新目标人教版八年级英语下册第十单元检测题及答案

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上一、单项选择(每小题1分，共15分)( ) 1. When a tiger is trapped, he will be very _ and can do nothing but wait for help.A. helpful B. unhelpful C. helpless D. useless( ) 2. Shall we go to the _ this weekend?Good idea. I havent enjoyed a movie for months.A. restaurant B. museum C. theme park D. cinema(

2、 ) 3. Dont worry about money. I can _ you some.Thanks. Ill give it back as soon as we are back.A. lend B. give C. return D. borrow( ) 4. How _ the meat smells! Why not dump it?OK. I will.A. nice B. wonderful C. terrible D. harmless( ) 5. I am looking forward to going to Qingdao on holiday this summe

3、r. I hope I can go _ on the sea and enjoy a sunbath on the beach.A. skiing B. skating C. diving D. sailing( ) 6. Did you catch what he said?No. He didnt speak _ enough.A. especially B. incorrectly C. clearly D. widely( ) 7. It _ that he has heard about the accident.Yes. He watched the local news on

4、TV.A. seems B. listens C. sees D. says( ) 8. How will you feel when you get to a city _for the first time?I will feel rather _.A. lonely; alone B. lonely; lonely C. alone; lonely D. alone; alone( ) 9. Look at the clock. Its lunchtime _. But Jim hasnt returned from school _.A. already; already B. alr

5、eady; yet C. yet; already D. yet; yet( )10. _, do you live with your parents or have a house of your own?I live with my parents.A. In fact B. In some ways C. In my opinion D. By the way( )11. Hello, this is Jane. May I speak to Tom?Sorry. He _ the library. Please call him later.A. went to B. has bee

6、n to C. has gone to D. has been in( )12. My family are going to Hong Kong Disneyland on holiday next week!_. How I wish I could go with you.A. Dont play too long B. You are welcome C. Have a nice trip D. Id love to( )13. Is there an underground in the city?Yes. It _ in 2005.A . has built B. was buil

7、t C. built D. has been built( )14. Han Han, a young writer in China, has been successful since his first book The Three successive Doors _ in 2000.A. came on B. came back C. came out D. came from( )15. Do you mind my turning on the TV?_. Its time for me to do my homework.A. No, please dont B. Sorry,

8、 but youd better notC. No, not at all D. Of course you can( )16. Jim was watching TV_ his mother was washing clothes. A. while B. since C. yet D. what time( )17. This is a big class, and _ of the students are girls. A. two third B. three quarters C. second three D. two three( )18. Father will buy yo

9、u a new computer_ you pass the English exam. A. although B. as long as C. because D. though( )19. I wont go to the cinema. Please ask Mary to go_ . A. instead of B. instead C. also D. for( )20. The car is running_ a top speed of 150 kilometers per hour. A. at B. in C. on D. to二、 完形填空(每小题1分, 计10分)One

10、 of the most famous writers from England until now is Agatha Christie. Her books and plays can_21_in many foreign languages. Agatha Christies real name was Agatha Miller. She was_22_in England in 1890. She married Archibald Christie_23_she was 24 years old, and she changed her _24_ name to Christie.

11、 She sold her first book in 1920. This book was the first _25_ that the world met Mrs. Christies famous detective(侦探), Hercule Poirot. Ten years after that, Mrs. Christie wrote her another book with her _26_ famous detective, Miss Marple. In 1928, Mrs. Christies first marriage broke up. She _27_ M.

12、E. L. Mallowun in 1930, but she continued to write her books under the _28_ of Agatha Christie.Over her_29_, Agatha Christie wrote 60 books, 16 plays, and more than 100 shorts stories. She _30_ in 1976 when she was 85 years old. Now her books can still be found for sale in bookstores all around the

13、world. ( )21. A. find B. be found C. read D. write( )22. A. interested B. busy C. read D. born( )23. A. when B. until C. though D. since( )24. A. full B. real C. family D. given( )25. A. work B. time C. chance D. experience( )26. A. very B. more C. less D. second( )27. A. knew B. showed C. married D

14、. lost( )28. A. name B. help C. way D. choice( )29. A. study B. life C. idea D. plan( )30. A. passed B. disappeared C. left D. died 三、阅读理解。（共20分，每小题2分） AIn Spain there once lived a king and he liked playing jokes. “I will give a bag of gold to the person who can tell me the best story,” he said. “Bu

15、t there is one rule: It must be a story which I cant believe true. If I can believe it, then I wont give away the bag of gold.”People came to the king from all parts of the country. They brought strange and wonderful stories. The king sat in his palace and listened to all the stories. He enjoyed the

16、m very much but to each person he said, “I can believe it. It could happen and it may be true. So I wont give you any gold.”At last a poor old man came to the palace. He was carrying a huge stone jar. The old man began his story， “Oh, my king. Your good father was once a very poor man, and my father

17、 was very rich. They were very good friends. My father gave your father a large jar, like this one, and it was full of gold. Your father promised(答应) to give back the gold when he became rich. But he didnt give it back. When my father died he told me not to forget to get our gold back. Now you are r

18、ich and I am poor. Its time to return my gold.”The king said, “I cant believe your story. Its impossible. My father never told me anything about the jar full of gold. Besides there isnt enough gold to fill that jar.”“All right,” said the old man. “If you dont believe my story, give me the bag of gol

19、d. Keep your promise(诺言), please.” The king remembered the rule and gave the man the bag of gold.( )31. At the beginning of the story the king wanted to . A. make a joke about others B. give his people some gold C. find a good story teller D. set up a new rule for people ( )32. The king would give a

20、 bag of gold to the person who told . A. a strange story B. an unbelievable story C. the best story of the world D. a story which was true.( )33. Why did the old man came to the palace? A. He tried to get his fathers gold back. B. He wanted to get the bag full of gold. C. He thought the king would l

21、ike his story. D. His father had been the kings fathers friend.( )34. Why didnt the king believe the old mans story? A. The jar was so big. B. There wasnt much gold in the country. C. The jar couldnt have been used for holding gold.D. His father didnt tell him about the jar full of gold.( )35. Which

22、 word can describe the old man best? A. Clever. B. Poor. C. Interesting. D. Strange. BWhen we do not understand each other's language，we can talk with the help of signs.A Frenchman was once travelling in England. He could not speak English at all. One day he went into a restaurant(饭店) and sat do

23、wn at a table. When the waiter came，he opened his mouth，put his fingers in it and took them out again. He wanted to say. “Bring me something to eat.”The waiter soon brought him a cup of tea. The man moved his head from side to side. The waiter understood him and took the tea away. In a moment he cam

24、e with a cup of coffee. But the man again refused(拒绝) it. He shook(摇) his head whenever the waiter brought him something to drink，for drinks are not food.When the man was going away，another man came in. This man saw the waiter，and he put his hand on his stomach(胃). That was enough. In a few minutes

25、there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table in front of him.So，you see，we cannot understand the language of signs as well as we can understand the language of words.( )36. According to the passage(根据短文)，when people do not understand each other's language， they can talk with the h

26、elp of _.A. a waiter B. a teacher C. an Englishman D. their hands，heads，and other parts of their bodies( )37. A Frenchman signed to the waiter _. A. to give him some medicineB. to bring him a cup of coffeeC. to ask him for food D. to tell him what he said( )38. The waiter brought the Frenchman _.A.

27、a cup of tea，a cup of coffee and a lot of other drinksB. a large plate of meat and vegetablesC. a lot of drinks and a large plate of meatD. a lot of food and drinks( )39. Another man saw the waiter，and put his hands on his stomach. He meant _.A. he had a stomach-ache B. he was hungryC. he was very t

28、hirstyD. he was full( )40. From this story，we know _.A. people can only understand the language of wordsB. people know the language of signs as well as the language of wordsC. people can make a waiter understand what they wantD. people can only understand their languages CPeople all over the world e

29、at rice. Millions of people in Asia, Africa, and South America live on it. Some people eat almost nothing but rice. Rice is a kind of grass. There are more than 7,000 kinds of rice. Most kinds are water plants. Farmers grow rice in many coun-tries, even in the south of the United States and in easte

30、rn Australia. China is the worlds largest rice-growing country. In 2003, China grew 166 million tons of rice. But it is not easy to feed the worlds largest population. In the 1960s, thousands of Chinese died because they didnt have enough food to eat. In the 1970s, Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist

31、, grew a new kind of rice called hybrid rice. It makes 20% more rice than any other kind. Hybrid rice is stronger plant, unlike ordinary rice. It can grow in lots of water or in not much water. It doesnt easily get diseases or worms（虫子）. Today, half of Chinas rice plants are Yuans special hybrid ric

32、e. China uses Yuans hybrid rice to grow much more rice than before. Yuan is known as the Father of Hybrid Rice. He won the World Food Prize for his work to help feed so many people. ( )41. Rice is grown_in the world. A. in lots of countries B. for humans and animals C. only on wet land D. by Chinese

33、 farmers( )42. China _ in the world. A. offers the best rice to people B. harvests the most rice C. has the largest farmland D. is short of rice( )43. Yuan Long pings hybrid rice . A. gets sick more often B. is ordinary rice C. can grow without water D. can make more rice than the others( )44. The C

34、hinese scientist, Yuan Longping, is famous for . A. the Father of Rice B. his rice to feed all Chinese C. his hybrid rice D. growing different kinds of rice( )45. What did Yuan Longping win? A. The World Food Prize. B. A game of growing rice. C. Chinas Population Prize. D. The Farming Prize. DMr Rob

35、inson worked in Africa(非洲). His son was born there. His name was John. One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went to England, and they took John there. John was seven years old then. One day it snowed. The boy went into the garden, and he played in the snow. He said, "Snow is very beautiful, but it is

36、 very cold. "Then he said, "What is this? It is a big, round piece of glass. It is beautiful, but it is very cold, too." But it was not glass. It was ice. It was on a bucket(桶) of water. John said, "Who put this glass here? I am going to take it into the house." He took the

37、ice to his father and said, "This is a beautiful piece of glass, but it is very cold and wet. It was on a bucket of water in the garden.” Mr Robinson smiled and said, "Take it to the kitchen, put it in front of the stove there, and dry it. "The boy took the ice to the kitchen and put

38、it in front of the stove. He dried(弄干) his hands, because they were very cold and wet, and then he went to the ice again .He looked at it, and then he took it to his father again. He said, "I put this glass in front of the stove, but it does not get drier. It becomes wetter and smaller."（

39、）46. John didn't know what the ice was, because _. A. he was very foolish B. he was youngC. he was born in Africa D. he didn't go to school（ ）47. One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went England with _.A. their son B. a boy of their friendsC. their daughter D. one of their friend's son（ ）48.

40、One day John found _ on a bucket of water.A. a piece of glass B. a piece of iceC. some snow D. some water（ ）49. What did Mr Robinson ask John to do?A. He asked John to take the ice out.B. He asked John to put the ice in front of the stove.C. He asked John not to play with ice.D. He asked John to dry

41、 his hands at once.（ ）50. After John put the ice in front of the stove, he found that it became _.A. dry B. wetter C. bigger D. colder四、任务型阅读(每小题1分，共5分)Have you ever heard of any fables? A fable is a very short story which explains to us a point of view or teaches us a lesson. Usually, fables are st

42、ories about animals that talk like people. Frogs are often the main characters. And of course, there are also many other animals playing a very important role in fables. (1)From these short stories, people may find a better way todeal with their problems, or a positive(积极的) attitude towards their li

43、ves. Many common sayings come from Aesops Fables(伊 索寓言), such as “Dont count your chickens until theyare hatched”, “Honesty is the best policy”, “Look before you leap” and so on. These are familiar examples. Aesop is believed to have been a Greek slave who made up these stories to make his life easi

44、er. (2)Nobody is really sure that Aesop made up these fables himself. What is certain, however, is that the stories called Aesops Fables are so wonderful that they have been told overand over again for thousands of years.根据短文内容回答下列问题。51. What is a fable?_52. What are the characters in a fable?_将短文中画

45、线的句子翻译成汉语。53. (1)_54. (2)_请给短文拟一个适当的标题。55. _五,词汇部分(5 分)A) 根据句意及括号内的汉语提示，用正确的单 词填空。56. She set the bird _(自由的) from the cage.57. Tom had great difficulty in learning English _(语法).58. My brother came into my bedroom directly, for the door was wide _(开着的).59. I had a good time at my friends birthday p

46、arty. It is very difficult to _(描述) my joy in words.60. Mrs Lee has much _(经验) of teachingEnglish. B)短文填空(每小题1分，共10分)根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。We often hear that children wish they were grownups, and that old people wish they were young.Childhood is a time when there are few d_61_ A child is fed, looked a

47、fter and loved by all grownups l_62_ parents or grandparents. Whats more, life is always g_63_new things to him.However, a grown-up always has many duties. He can no longer expect others to p_64_ for his food, clothes, house and many other things. And he h_65_ to work. If he still spends most of his time playing as he u_66_to as a child, he will