初中英语人教新目标 (Go for it) 版八年级下册Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?综合与测试当堂检测题

单元综合能力自测(Self Check)

(时间:60分钟满分:100分)

一、根据句意，用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

1.The price of the houses________ high last year. ( rise )

2.I took some sleeping pills, but I still couldn't fall ________ .(sleep)

3.They are________  surprised to see their teacher at the concert. (complete)

4.When the rain ________ came, what were you doing? (sudden)

5.The boy ________he was lost in the forest. (realize)

二、单项填空。(共10小题;每小题2分，满分20分)

(           )1.  ________Linda was sleeping，Jenny was helping Mary with her homework.

A. Until                     B. While                             C. As soon as D. If

(           )2. He  the telephone and talked to a friend over it for a long time.

A. pick up                   B. picked up

C. put up                      D. stayed up

(           )3.（苏州中考）None of them talked. They finished their meal in________.

1. silence                    B. order                             C. place                               D. public

(           )4.（福建中考改编）一How________ ! There are no workers in the bank.

一It's the first self-service （自助服务）bank in China.

A. strange                         B. disabled                  C. interested D. clear

(           )5.(凉山中考)一Did you hear the strange noise next door at around 10 o'clock last night?

—No. I  ________my favorite music in my bed­room.

A. listen to                                           B. listened to

C. was listening to                               D. am listening to

(           )6. 一Tom?the dress is so beautiful.

一Really? Let me have________ look.

A. a          B. /        C. the         D. an

(           )7. —What can you hear?

—I can hear the rain beating________ my windows now.

A. against        B. across         C. above                D. about

(           )8. —Peter passed his math exam last week.

—________. He isn't good at math at all

A. That's all right B. Of course

C. It doesn't matter D. You are kidding

(           )9. Sometimes it often rains ________ in my hometown . in summer.

A. heavy               B. heavily                         C. hardly D.strongly

(           )10. When I saw her , she was to school.

A. making her ways B.making her way

C. Having her ways                                       C. having her way

三、将下列句子中汉语部分译成英语，注意使用适当的形式。（共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分）

1.Most people in the city don't agree ________the old buildings.（拆除）

2.Mary was angry because her best friend ________about the event.（没说实话）

3.________, Jane was shy to talk with others.（最初）

4.He ________________her at a party once. （记 得见过）

5.Lily________________.（学数学有困难）

四、完形填空。（共10小题;每小题2分，满分20分）

Sara was sitting on the sofa and thinking about her birthday party. Because of the terrible storm, her ____1____ decided to have the party next weekend. Sara didn't understand why.

“Sara,you can^t sit there all day,n her mother said. "We'll have your party next weekend• ”

“ It's ____2____. My birthday is today, not next week­end.Sara ____3____ She wanted to watch anything else that wasn't about the storm. ____4____ every station was talking about it. u This storm is ruining（毁灭）everything. I can't ___5_____ watch my favorite shows. ”

Her mother sat down next to her. "The storm is ru­nning a lot. Look at that. Those people are trying to ___6_____ their houses. Could you imagine if we lose our home?”

Sara looked at what was happening on the TV. The storm did look bad. She knew she"d be really sad if her family lost their____7____

What’s going to happen to all those people? Will____8____be OK?" asked Sara.

“Usually when there's a big storm like this, people raise money and give away （捐赠）food and other things to the homeless families.”

“ I want to help, too," said Sara. " Maybe I could___9_____my birthday money to them. Those people will need it more than me."

Her mother smiled. “I'm ____10____ you, Sara. Helping others is a great way to weather（渡过）the storm."

(           )1. A. friends                               B. classmates                             C. parents                     D. grandparents

(           )2. A. strange                               B. great                                      C. exciting                    D. difficult

(           )3. A. went to the movies             B. turned on the TV

C. listened to the radio              D. helped others

(           )4. A. Or                                      B. And                                       C. But                              D. So

(           )5.A. even                                   B. just                                        C. often                             D. never

(           )6. A. count                                B. save                                       C. push                              D. cut

(           )7. A food                                   B. money                                  C. home                              D. sofa

(           )8. A. we                B. you                                          C. they                         D. it

(           )9. A. send               B. pay                                             C.spend                         D. cost

(           )10. A. interested in                B. proud of                                    C. sorry for                       D.afraid of

五、根据短文内容，判断正误（正确“T”，错误“F”）。 （共5小题;每小题3分，满分15分）

Mrs. Hand was old but she was very strong and healthy. One day when she was returning to her car after doing some shopping, she found four young men were sit­ting in her car. At once she put down her shopping bags and took out her handgun（手枪）,pointed it at them and shouted at the top of her voice," I have a handgun and I know how to use it! Get out of my car!"

The four men didn't wait for a second （秒）. They got out and ran as quickly as possible. Mrs. Hand put her shopping bags into the back of the car and got into the driver's seat.

The old lady was surprised to find that she could not start the car with her key. She tried again and again and then felt something strange . A few minutes later she saw her own car parking four or five meters away! She got in her own car and drove to the police station.

When the policeman heard her story, he couldn't help laughing loudly and pointed to another information desk. There the four young men were reporting a car rob­bery (抢劫案) by a crazy old woman.

(         )1. Mrs. Hand took a bus to buy things.

(        )2. Mrs. Hand lost her shopping bags because of the four men.

(         )3. The four men stole Mrs. Hand's key so she couldn't start the car.

(         )4. The policeman felt very sad when he heard Mrs. Hand's story.

(         )5 .In fact, the four young men were in their own car.

六、阅读理解。（共5小题；每小题 3分，满分15分）

People often remember what they were doing when they heard the news of important events in history. In America, for example, many people remember what they were doing on April 4, 1968. On this day, Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. Although some people may not remember who killed him, they remember what they were doing when they heard the news. Robert Allen was a school pupil at that time. He and his parents were having dinner in the kitchen when they heard the news on the radio. After that , they finished the rest of their dinner in silence.

More recently, most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists. Kate Smith was working in her office near the two towers. " My friend shouted that a plane just hit the World Trade Center. I didn't believe him at first, but then I looked out of the window and reali­zed that it was true. I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that."

(         )1. When did Dr. Martin Luther King die?

A.On April 4,1968. B. On March 4,1968.

C. On April 4,1969.D. On March 14,1969.

(         )2. How did Allen hear the news that Dr. Martin Luther King was killed?

A.On TV.    B. On the radio.

C. On the Internet.                   D. His friend told him.

(         )3. What was Allen doing when he heard the news about Dr. Martin Luther King?

A.He was taking a walk.                      B.He was doing his homework.

C. He was eating dinner.                     D. He was watching TV.

(         )4. How did Kate feel when she saw the event?

A. Unhappy               B. Afraid                            C.Surprised. D. Meaningful.

(         )5. What is the main idea of the article? .

A.Talk about what somebody was doing when an important event happened.

B.Help somebody recall（回忆）important things.

C.Make somebody recall some terrible things.

D.Help people find out the truth.

七、根据短文内容，从短文后所给的选项中，选出能填 入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 （共5小题;每小题3分，满分15分）

____1____. He was walking alone on his way home when he saw a lightning in the sky. Then a spacecraft（航 天器）showed up一at least he thought it was a space­craft. ____2____. Then it stopped a few meters above the ground. He saw two green people inside. ____3____.Dennis thought they were aliens. He had a camera with him then,but ____4____.Then he began to feel weak and fell to the ground. An hour later, he woke up. ____5____.  He couldn't explain how he got there. Of course he told his friends about this strange experience. All of them said he was kidding.

A. It was orange and white, and it was coming closer and closer.

B.He looked out of the window.

C.They had big ears and small eyes,but no hair.

D.An amazing thing happened to Dennis yesterday eve­ning.

E.Suddenly he heard a strange noise.

F.he was too scared to take a picture.

G. He found himself lying on the grass in front of his house.