八年级下英语第10单元复习测试题含答案(2)

　　B

　　John was travelling around the country in the town. One evening he was driving along a road and looking for a small hotel. When he saw an old man at the side of the road, he stopped his car and said to the old man, “I want to go to the Sun Hotel, Do you know it?”

　　“Yes,” the old man answered, “I’ll show you the way.”

　　He got into the car, and they drove for about twelve miles. When they came to a small house, the old man said, “stop here. ”

　　John stopped and looked at the house and said, “but this isn’t a hotel”

　　“No,” the old man answered, “this is my house. And now I’ll show you the way to the Sun Hotel, Turn around and go back nine miles, then you’ll see the Sun Hotel on the left.”

　　56. What is John looking for?

　　A. the Sun Hotel B. The Moon Hotel

　　C. his home D. the old man’s house

　　57. Who did John meet?

　　A. a policeman B. an old man

　　C. an old woman D. a boy

　　58. Where did the old man take John to?

　　A. the Sun Hotel B. a supermarket

　　C. the old man’s house D. a restaurant

　　59. How far did John drive after the old man got on his car?

　　A. five miles B. twelve miles

　　C. three miles D. nine miles

　　60. How far was the hotel from the place the old man got on the car?

　　A. twelve miles B. nine miles

　　C. three miles D. five miles

　　C

　　Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, They can help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asked everyone except the old people, to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century.

　　Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. Yet, many of the children use computers to play games, to watch videos or to sing karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain that computers can’t help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.

　　In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers make millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.

　　Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by today’s students themselves!

　　61. Our country asked everyone to learn to use computers except the ________ .

　　A. young people B. old people C. students D. adults

　　62. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _____

　　A. Our country asks us to learn it. B. it can help us to do a lot of things.

　　C. We can use it to play games only. D. it can help us to find jobs only.

　　63. What do many teachers and parents complain about? They complain about _____ .

　　A. their students and children use computers to learn well.

　　B. computers let them lose their jobs

　　C. computers make their students and children fall behind

　　D. computers bring people a lot of trouble

　　64. In this passage we know computers _____

　　A. also bring us trouble B. bring us happiness only

　　C. are hated by people D. are good for people’s health

　　65. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? It means ____

　　A. computers are used by people

　　B. people can live well without computers

　　C. one must decide how to use computers

　　D. computers are strange machine

　　D

　　Jack Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited (继承) a million dollars when he was 23, but he wasn’t happy at all. When his college friends were looking for their jobs, he didn’t have to. Jack decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He gave ﹩10，000 of his money to a charity to help poor children live a happy life. Today he is 36. He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only, but he is very happy.

　　Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world, by sending them each ﹩200 a month. The money was used for the children’s study, food, medicine and clothing. Jack receives a report each year on the children’s progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.

　　When Jack first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. “It was nothing special,” he said. “Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping, I didn’t know anything about their life.” Once Jack went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. “When I met her, I felt very, very happy, ”he said. “And I saw that the money was used for a good cause. It brought me happiness. I want to do everything I can to go on helping those children.”

　　66. Jack has sent them each ﹩200 a month to help so me poor children ________.

　　A. only in Washington B. only in England

　　C. only in Africa D. around the world

　　67. Jack learned about the children’s progress by ________.

　　A. visiting them each other B. getting a report each year

　　C. staying with them D. talking to them in English

　　68. The underlined words “for a good cause” means ________ in Chinese.

　　A. 施舍 B. 行善 C. 优惠 D. 赏赐

　　69.The money Jack gave the children wasn’t used for the children’s ________.

　　A. clothing B. medicine C. study D. playing

　　70. What’s the main idea of the story?

　　A. Help others, and you’ll feel happy

　　B. It’s necessary to write letters to poor children

　　C. Live a simple life., and you can give others help

　　D. It’s the most important to help the children in Africa

　　第Ⅱ卷 非选择题 (60分)

　　四、补全对话。(共10分，每小题2分)

　　Mary: Hello! ______________________________ (71)

　　Mrs Read: I’m sorry Ann isn’t here right now. ____________________________ (72)?

　　Mary: This is Kate.

　　Mrs Read: Ann isn’t back yet. ________________________________ (73)?

　　Mary: That’s very kind of you. I’m calling to ask her if she is free tomorrow. It’s March 12, Tree Planting Day. And we’re going to plant trees on the hill.

　　Mrs Read: I think she’ll be very glad to join you. _____________________________(74)?

　　Mary: We’ll meet at 7:00. Please tell her not to be late if she comes.

　　Mrs Read: OK. I’ll give her the message..

　　Mary: Thank you. Mrs Read. _________________________________ (75).

　　Mrs Read: Goodbye.

　　五、用所给动词正确形式填空:(10分)

　　1 Thank you for_________( listen) to my speech.

　　2 Could you help me ________ (give) the bag to my father?

　　3 All my friends enjoy_______( lie) on the beach.

　　4 English is important to us.We should try________(study) it hard.

　　5 He would like _________(see) a film this evening.

　　6 We will finish _______ (work)in a few minutes

　　7 Remember ________ (send) the letter for me

　　8 She decides _______(become) a doctor in the future.

　　9.Keep _______ (study),and maybe one day you can join us.

　　10.I'll go to Beijing if it _________ (not rain) tomorrow.

　　六、任务型阅读(10分)

　　Long, long ago, there was a bird in a cage. Her owner enjoyed listening to her songs every day, and gave her the best food. One day, the owner made a business trip. ①He said to the bird, “I will go through your home forest. What messages can I take to your friends?”

　　The bird said, “Tell them I sit sadly in a cage. ②I hope I will be with them soon. Tell my boyfriend: I love him.”

　　When the man got to the forest, he said, “Oh, you birds! My pretty bird in her cage says hello to you all. ③She wants to join you soon, but I can’t let her go because I would miss her beautiful songs.”

　　All the birds heard his words. Suddenly one of them fell from a tree. The man found it was dead.

　　④当他回到家时，他将一切都告诉了他的鸟。

　　The sad bird let out a cry and fell down. The man opened the cage and took her in his hands. “My bird is dead!” he cried.

　　Suddenly the bird flew up to the sky. She turned to him and said, “Thank you for sending the message. ⑤That bird taught me how to get back home. So now I am flying to my boyfriend. He is waiting for me. Goodbye!”

　　56. 将①处画线句子改为间接引语。

　　__________________________________________

　　57. 将②处画线句子翻译为汉语。

　　__________________________________________

　　58. 在不改变句意的条件下，改写③处画线句子。

　　_____ she wants to join you soon, I can’t let her go because I would miss her beautiful songs.

　　59. 将④处画线汉语句子译为英语。

　　___________________________________________________

　　60. 将⑤处画线句子改为含有宾语从句的复合句。

　　___________________________________________________

　　七、选词填空：根据文章的内容，从方框中选择恰当的单词并用其适当的形式填空。(10分)

　　You may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert we can 1._______ stones. We can see hills, too. There is a little rain in the 2.________, but it is not 3. ______ for most plants.

　　The animals are 4. _______ to the desert people in many ways. The desert people eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use their skins to 5. ________ shoes, water bags and even tents(帐篷). They use the camels(骆驼) for 6. _______ things.

　　The people of the desert have to keep 7. _______ from places to place. They must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. When there is mo more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camels and move to 8. _______ place. The desert people are very 9. _______. No man in the desert would ever refuse to help the people in 10._______ and give them food and water.

　　八.书面表达 (20分)

　　假设你叫玲玲，你的美国朋友David想了解一下中国的传统节日。请给他写一封信，介绍一下中国人是如何庆祝中秋节的。

　　Dear David,

　　How are you? ___________________________________________________

　　_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

　　Best wishes to you!

　　Yours,

　　Lingling

　　参考答案

　　1----5BABCD 6----10. DCCDA 11----15.BDACC 16-----20.AACBB

　　21---25 BDBBD 26-----30ABCDC 31----35CACDB

　　36----40BADCB 41-----45 ACAAB 46-----50CBBDA 51-----55CBDBC

　　56-----60ABCBC 61-----65 BBCAC 66------70DBBDA

　　四、71. May I speak to Ann, please?

　　72.Who is calling?

　　73.Can I take a message?

　　74.When will you meet?

　　75. Goodbye.

　　五、1. listening. 2.(to)give . 3.lying . 4.to study 5.to see.

　　6. working . 7.to send. 8.to become 9.studying 10.doesn't rain.

　　六、56. He said to the bird that he would go through her home the forest.

　　57. 我希望很快能和他们在一起。

　　58. Although

　　59. When he came back home, he told his bird everything.

　　60. That bird taught me how I could get back home.

　　七、参考答案：

　　1.find　　2.desert　　3.enough　　4.useful　　5.make

　　6.carrying　　7.moving　　8.another　　9.friendly 10.trouble

　　八、One possible version:

　　Dear David,

　　How are you? You said that you wanted to know something about Chinese festivals. Now let me begin with the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival of harvest. On the evening of it, we usually sit around a table outside and enjoy the beautiful moon. The moon looks brighter and rounder. On that day many families have a big dinner. We also eat mooncakes and fruit. I hope you can come and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with us next year.

　　Best wishes to you!

　　Yours,

　　Lingling