新目标英语八年级下 Mid-term Comprehensive Check

新目标英语八年级下 Mid-term Comprehensive Check

一、 根据句意，选择适当的词语填空。

1. Someone will probably find it and _______(return, return to) it sooner or later.

2. She was ________(worried about, worried) and asked her if he had seen a history book.

3. It looks ________(exciting, excited), but I don’t know how to surf.

4. Hawaii is famous ________(for, of) its beautiful beaches.

5. His teacher, Miss Lee, spoke ________(highly, high) of her student.

6. There was a truck _______(collecting, collects) rubbish and throw it in.

7. You have helped _______(protect, product) our environment.

8. There is _______(much too, too much) water here. How can I get past?

9. Don’t forget ________(to tell, telling) me the time. I’d like to join you.

10.Make sure that all of the rubbish _______(go, goes) into the dustbin.

 

二、用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，每个词语只能使用一次。

 

get,    go,    be,    swim,    learn,    game, different,    good,    stop,    leave

 

 

 

 

1.    Jim ________ his math homework at home yesterday.

2.    _________ is my hobby.

3.    Excuse me, have you _________ any books about biology?

4.    What’s the _________ between American English and British English?

5.    Where’s Jim? He has ________ to plant trees with his classmates.

6.    Tom thinks that the movie Hero is much ________ than Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon(卧虎藏龙)

7.    The students ________ talking when the teacher came in.

8.    The Olympic ________ of 2008 will be held in Beijing.

9.    I’ve _________ in this city for about 30 years.

10.     There are a lot of people ________ English in China now.

 

三、补全对话，每空一词，缩写算一词。

Jim:        Good morning!

Mike:      Morning! I’m sorry to (1)________ you. Could I borrow your pan, please?

Jim:        Of (2)_______. Here you are. But what’s (3)_______ with your pan?

Mike:      It’s just broken. Thank you very much. I’ll give it back to you as soon as (4)_________.

Jim:        No hurry.

……

Mike:      Good afternoon! I’ve (5)_________ to give your pan back. Thank you very much for (6)_________ it to me.

Jim:        Not at all. Glad to help! Oh, what’s this? There’s another small pan here, too!

Mike:      Yes, that’s (7)_________. It’s just (8)_________ a baby!

Jim:        Really? I’ve never (9)_________ of that (10)________!

Mike:      Ha! It was only a joke! The small pan is a gift for you. Thank you very much. Goodbye!

Jim:        Bye!

 

四、阅读理解，根据短文内容回答问题。

       Aeroplanes(飞机) are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day. The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however, it came into use. Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the few people left(剩下的). Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been offered(提供) a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined(下定决心的) to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.

1.       Where does he live?

____________________________________________________________

2.       Are the aeroplanes noisy or quiet?

____________________________________________________________

3.       How many people left their homes because of the noise?

____________________________________________________________

4.       What is he determined to do?

____________________________________________________________

5.       What does everybody say about him?

____________________________________________________________

 

五、完型填空。

I have just (1)______ to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar(乞丐) knocked (2)______ my door. He (3)______ me for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar (4)______ on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate (5)______ food and drank the (6)______. (7)______ he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. (8)______ a neighbor told (9)______ about the beggar. Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He (10)______ at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.

(   )1.   A. move                B. moved            C. moving           D. moves

(   )2.   A. in                     B. of                  C. off                  D. at    

(   )3.   A. told                   B. gave               C. asked              D. sent 

(   )4.   A. stand                B. stood             C. standed           D. stands

(   )5.   A. the                    B. a                    C. an                   D. ×   

(   )6.   A. water                B. juice               C. beer                D. tea   

(   )7.   A. So                    B. After              C. Before             D. Then

(   )8.   A. Late                  B. Later              C. Last                D. Let  

(   )9.   A. him                   B. he                  C. me                  D. I      

(   )10.  A. comes               B. calls               C. visits               D. sees 

 

六、阅读下面一篇短文，根据短文内容，将最佳答案填在题前的括号里。

Diving or Drowning

A rich young man decided that he would like to do some diving in the sea, so he bought a rubber suit and all the other things that he needed, and took some lessons at a diving school. Then one day he walked into the water by himself and began to explore the bottom of the sea.

He saw a lot of beautiful fish and other things, and then, after half an hour, he suddenly saw a man waving his arms and legs around wildly near the bottom of the sea. He was wearing only a bathing suit.

The rich young man was very surprised to see him, so he took out a plastic notebook and a special pencil, which could write under water, and wrote, “What are you doing here?”

He showed the notebook to the other man, who then took the pencil and wrote, “Drowning!”

 

(   ) 1. What did the rich young man want to do?

a. driving       b. diving       c. walking        d. swimming

(   ) 2. How did he prepare himself for this?

a. He bought all the things needed for diving.

b. He took a diving lesson.

c. He bought a rubber suit and a bathing suit.

d. both a and b.

(   ) 3. What did he first see at the bottom of the ocean?

a. some fish                    b. some plants  

c. a man with a bathing suit       d. a man with a diving suit

(   ) 4. What did he see later?

a. some sea animals             b. some rocks   

c. a man with a bathing suit       d. other things

(   ) 5. What was the man doing?

a. swimming                   b. diving      

c. searching for fish              d. drowning

(   ) 6. What was he wearing?

a. a rubber suit                 b. a swimming suit    

c. a diving suit                 d. a bathing suit

(   ) 7. What did the rich young man do?

a. He talked with him.

b. He pulled the man out of water.

c. He communicated with the man by writing.

d. He gave his suit to the man.

(   ) 8. What did the other man write in the notebook?

a. It’s none of your business.

b. Who are you?

c. What are you doing here?

d. Drowning!

 

等一下！再回过头来仔细检查一遍……

 

 现在来看看答案吧：

一、1. return        

2. worried     

3. exciting       

4. for       

5. highly

6. collecting          

7. protect                    

8. too much          

9. to tell                  

10. goes

 

二、1. left        2. Swimming      3. got       4. difference            5.  gone

6. better  7. stopped      8. Games 9. been                10. learning

 

三、1. trouble       

2. course       

3. wrong

4. possible     

5. come

6. lending             

7. right          

8. had    

9. heard         

10. before

 

四、1.  He lives near an airport (and passing planes can be heard night and day).

2.  They are noisy.

3.        Over one hundred people (left their homes because of the noise).

4.       He is determined to stay there/live near the airport.

或者 He is determined not to move.

5.       Everybody says he must be mad.

 

五、1. B      2. D      3. C      4. B      5. A    

6. C      7. D      8. B      9. C      10. B

 

六、1. b      2. d      3. a      4. c      5. d      6. d      7. c      8. d

 

 

 都做对了吗？你真棒！！！趁着假期多多复习巩固哦 ：）

 

现在我们来轻松一下欣赏一首歌。这首歌是电影Forrest Gump（《阿甘正传》）里面的一首插曲，名为Blowin’ in the wind，其中blowin’为blowing与in连读时的缩写形式。远在中东的那场战争虽然已经结束了，但是战争给人们带来的伤害还远没有结束。让我们静静的听一下这首歌，体会一下歌里所表达的对战争的控诉和对和平的呼声。

   关于Blowin’ in the Wind这首歌，同学可以通过天网搜索（http://e.pku.edu.cn/ ）或者星空互联（http://sheenk.com/）搜索电影Forrest Gump的原声带。这是第一碟（Disc1）的第六首歌。这里提供一个FTP站点可以通过复制该文件下载：

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Blowin’ in the Wind

 

How many roads must a man walk down

Before you call him a man?

How many seas must a white dove sail

Before she sleeps in the sand?

How many times must the cannon balls fly

Before they’re forever banned?

The answer, my friends, is blowin’ in the wind

The answer is blowin’ in the wind

 

How many years can a mountain exist

Before it’s washed to the sea?

How many years must some people exist

Before they’re allowed to be free?

And how many times can a man turn his head

And pretend that he just doesn’t see?

The answer, my friends, is blowin’ in the wind

The answer is blowin’ in the wind

 

How many times can a man look up

Before he sees the sky?

How many ears must one man have

Before he can hear people cry?

How many deaths will it take till he knows

That too many people have died?

The answer, my friends, is blowin’ in the wind

The answer is blowin’ in the wind