新人教版英语八年级下册第六单元测试

1、学习必备欢迎下载Unit 6An old man tried to move the mountains.（ 5月 10日 40 分钟）一、阅读理解(共 15 小题 ,计 30 分)A(Renee-a beautiful princessBroo-a blue bearNahloo-a magical place)When the Princess Renee heard about Broo, she came down from her castle. She foundBroo while he was busy eating honey .other. We don't tak

2、e things from each other .Broo thought about it for a moment and realized that he had made a mistake. "Well, " hesaid Maybe drinking all that milk wasn't the best idea.The Princess continued, "Mr Bear, you can drink and eat, but you won't feel goodbecause you have never made a

3、ny contribution to anyoneelse. I think you'll find that it isbetter to be full in your heart, not just in your stomach. "After saying this, the Princess went back to the castle, leaving alone.One day, Broo was going to take lots of cookies from the rabbits, then he remembered what the Princ

4、ess said to him. So Broo decided not to eat the cookies. The rabbits were surprised and said, “ Thankyou for your kindness, Mr Bear. Now these cookies will taste sweeter because they are given by you, my friend. If you like, come back tomorrow and we can have the cookies together.Broo was filled wit

5、h joy and went through the land. He gave back everything he had taken. In return, he received a promise from everyone to share their food with him. Broo was so delighted that he started dancing in the moonlight with the Princess as his partner.()1.What the Princess Renee came down, Broo was _.A. wat

6、ching with rabbitsB. eating honeyC. giving everything backD. having cookies()2. In Nahloo, _.A. the Princess Renee stayed with Broo all the time.B. everyone was happy to share with each otherC. Broo took a lot of cookies from rabbitsD. Broo never realized his mistake()3. Broo felt _ after he gave th

7、e cookies back to the rabbitsA. sadB. surprisedC. happyD. hungry()4. The passage is probably from_.A. an advertisementB. a tour guideC .an applicationD. a story book()5. What can we learn from the passage?A. It's better to give than to receive.B. Every dog has its dag.C. The early bird catches t

8、he worm.D. Many hands make light work.BOnce upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant( 仆人 ). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home. the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his

9、 servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, Here are two bottles of poison( 毒药 ) and some nice food in the house.学习必备欢迎下载You must take care of them. "With these words, he went out.Bu But the servant knew what the rich man

10、had said was not true. After therich manwas away from his home, the servant enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell onto the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn't find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant to

11、ld his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. Because he was afraid to be punished. he drank the poison to kill himself.()6. In the story, _ liked wine and good food very much.A. the rich manB. the he servantC. both A and BD. neither A and BA. there really was poison in the bottlesB

12、. he did not want the servant to drink his wineC. he wanted to kill the catD. he wanted to kill the servant()8. Why did the servant fall onto the ground?A. The servant drank the poisonB. The servant was drunkC. The servant was afraid to be punishedD. The servant had eaten up everything()9. In fact,

13、_ate all the nice food and drank the wine.A. the servantB. a catC. the rich manD. nobody()10. The servant _.A. was very kindB. told the truthC. didn't tell the truthD. was not afraid to be punishedCAre fables(寓言故事 ) and fairy tales different or the same? They areboth stories forkids,but fables a

14、re stories for adults(成人 ), too.Fables are usually short stories. They passed down from grandparents to parents and then to children. Fables can teach lessons to people. People can learn much from them. Most of the characters are animals and nature(自然 ) They can talk and act like humans. The most fa

15、mous fables were written by a man called Aesop. There are around six hundred fables in Aesop'sFables. The Lion and the Mouse. The Farmer and the Snake and The Wolf in Sheep,'sClothing are three examples Fairy tales are usually stories for children, often about magiccharacters such as fairies

16、(仙女 ) and giants( 巨人 ). Sometimes the characters are animals. Weare able to enjoy these fairy tales cause about two hundred years ago, Brothers Grimmtravelled all over Germany and collected ( 收集 )these stories before people forgot them. Thereare lots of fairy tales in Grimm s Fairy Tales, such as Sl

17、eeping Beauty, The TheFrog Prince,Death of the Little Hen, The Fisherman and His Wife and The Strange Musician()11.The underlined phrase"passed down"means” in Chinese.A. 记载B.编写C.流传D.出版()12. What are most of the characters in fables?A. Humans.B. Fairies.C. Giants.D. Animals and nature.()13.

18、Which of the following is a fable?A. The Frog Prince.B. The Strange Musician.C. The Lion and the Mouse.D. Sleeping beauty.()14.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?学习必备欢迎下载A. Fables are stories only for adults.B. There are about 600 fables in Aesop's Fables.C. The characte

19、rs in fairy tales are often magic.D. Brothers Grimm did a lot in collecting fairy tales .()15. What's the passage mainly about?A. Two famous foreign writers.B. Differences between fables and fairy tales.C. Famous fables and fairy tales.D. The reason why kids like reading stories.二、单词拼写与运用(共 8 小题

20、 ,计 16 分)1. The room is so b_that you don't need to turn on the light.2. The two dresses f_me very well. I ll take them.3. Our guide tried to l_us to go through the forest.4. Please tell me the w_story, from the beginning to the end.5.They can_(继续 ) to use the library.6. Nobody wanted to sound_(

21、愚蠢的 ).7. They were trying to_( 欺骗 ) the old man.8. He comes from a_(西方的 ) country.三、语法填空 (10 分 )在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Queen Victoria Is a very famous queen in history. Victoria _ (be) born in 1819.She became the queen in 1837 at the_ of 18. Many great things happened inVictoria's lifetime. Fo

22、r example, Britain had the world's _(one) steam engine(蒸汽火车 ), people could _ (take) photos for the first time, had electric lights in theirhomes,_ (make) the first phone calls, and _(drive) their fist cars. In 1801 therewere about 16 million people in Britain. By 1901 when Victoria died there w

23、ere about 41 million.There are many things _(name) after her. Victoria in Canada is a city. Victoria inAustralia in a state(州 ). In Africa there is a waterfall _(call) the Victoria Falls.Queen Victoria _(die) in January 1901. Her great-great-granddaughter is QueenElizabeth II. They are both great _(

24、woman).四、完形填空(共 7小题题, 计14分)从方框中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。smiled,each,named,carefully, reached,arrived,sad,one,andA king was old and he knew it was time to choose a new king. He told all the young people in his country, " I will give _of you a seed( 种子 ). Plant it and bring it back oneyear later

25、. Show me the plants that you bring, _I'll choose a new king from you.A boy _ Peter got a seed, too. He planted it _. But the seed didntgrow at all.A year later, Peter had to take his empty（空的） box to the palace. Others all brought beautiful plants there and Peter felt _.The king _ the palace an

26、d looked around.When he found there was nothing inPeters box,he king _and said to the others, "One year ago, I gave everyone a seedthat couldn't grow. But all of you, except Peter, have brought me plants and flowers. Peter was the only one with the honesty( 诚实 )and courage to bring such a b

27、ox. So he will be the new king!五、课文挖空 (共 10 小题 ,计 10 分 )In November 1979, pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program 1_(call) Monkey. Most of them were hearing this story for the 2_(one)time. However, this story is not new to Chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong学习必备欢迎下载is the m

28、ain character in the 3_(tradition) Chinese book Journey to the West.The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey! This is because he can make 72 4._(change) to his shape andsize, 5_(turn) himself into different animals and objects. But unless

29、he can hidehis tail, he cannot turn himself into a man. 6_(fight) bad people, the MonkeyKing uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so small that he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long.The Monkey King has 7_(excite) the children of China for many y

30、ears. Andas soon as the TV program came out more than 30 years ago, Western children became 8_(interest) in 9_(read) this story because the clever Monkey Kingkeeps 10_(fight) to help the weak and never gives up.六、阅读表达 (共 5 小题 ,计 10 分)I began to send my first e-mail when I was 17. I discovered( 发现 )G

31、oogle 5 years later. Now, I use the Internet all the time. Internet has become so popular that 90 percent （百分之 .的） of 12-to-17-year-olds in the US use the Internet, and about half of these kids use it every day. They visit chat rooms and send e-mails. They go to websites to get information for their homework.“ Kids are now living in a virtual word, ” says Greenfield, an expert（专家） at the University of Califo