人教版八年级下册英语 Unit 8 复习检测

Unit 8复习检测

一、用括号内所给词的适当形式填空

1. Let's go to the countryside to enjoy the ___________ (beautiful)of nature.

2. —How many _______ (ship)can you see over there?

—Five.

3. Jenny's dog has some white _______ (mark)on its body.

4. Many students are from the _______ (south) states of America.

5. Mr. Black is an Englishman, but he speaks _______ (France)very well.

二、从方框中选择适当的词填空

towards     fan     gun     tool     fiction

6. The English-Chinese dictionary is a very useful _______ for us.

7. Henry is a _______ of the TV program Animal World. He watches it every day.

8. He used his _______ to kill the fox.

9. I don't like reading science _______.

10. The driver got out of the car and went _______ the post office.

三、根据汉语意思完成句子

11. 我们学校的学生人数是620人。

_______ _______ _______the students in our school is 620.

12. 当我遇见他们的时候, 他们正在等公共汽车。

They were _______ _______the bus when I met them.

13. 你最喜欢哪种音乐?

_______ _______ _______music do you like best?

14. 他进入房间, 把书本放下。

He entered the room and _______ _______his books.

15. 他在聚会上介绍我认识了一位希腊姑娘。

He _______ me _______ a Greek girl at the party.

四、任务型阅读

In recent years, a growing number of Chinese books and movies have been translated into other languages. _______16 They have been learning Chinese and interested in Chinese culture. Anna is one of them. Before she translated Jin Yong's novel Legends of the Condor Heroes, the writer was little known to English readers. _______17

But Anna managed to do it. Impressed by the book's themes of good against evil, loyalty and love, as well as Chinese philosophy, Anna hoped to bring it to new readers. After five years of work, the translated book was published in 2018. _______18 Many people think Anna did a good job.

Anna studied at the University of Oxford. _______19 After the trip she became interested in China and began to learn Chinese. She calls herself “a clumsy student, just like Guo Jing from Legends of the Condor Heroes, but one of loyal heart.”

_______20 Last year, he translated the movie Ne Zha. He said, “I see China's stronger cultural influences. And we have a growing number of students majoring in Chinese. More Chinese stories will appear in front of new audiences.”

根据材料内容, 从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项, 使文章意思通顺、内容完整。

A. Like Anna, another translator David also learned Chinese in college.

B. She took a trip to China at the age of 21.

C. Many of the translators are young people.

D. One reason for this was that his works were too hard to translate.

E. It was reprinted seven times within several months in the UK.

五、完形填空

Most people in the world have mobile phones today. People use _______21 to make phone calls and send messages to communicate with others. Now we _______22 write letters. But a TV show, Letters Alive, is _______23 back this old habit.

Letters Alive gets its _______24 from a UK program with a similar name. They have something in common. The shows both invite famous actors and actresses, _______25 there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead, it is just one person reading a letter. Since it has been on in December, Letters Alive has been _______26 praised.

The letters were written by people from different _______27 in history. For example, once they read a letter written by famous writer Xiao Hong to her brother who is younger than her in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong _______28 her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.

“Every letter opens _______29 world for us,” said Guan Zhengwen, the director of the TV show. It seems that we can _______30 the real lives and feelings of the writers. _______31, many people said that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today's TV shows.

Apart from Letters Alive, some other _______32 TV shows have also been accepted by the Chinese audience. They _______33 Chinese Poetry Conference, a classical Chinese poetry competition, and The Reader, a program that _______34 people to read poems and articles they like or wrote. “This means that our audiences are not only looking for entertainment like gossip and eye-catching games,” reported China Youth Daily. “Cultural _______35 and true feelings are the keys to winning praise.”

21. A. computers  B. TVs  C. radios  D. phones

22. A. often  B. always  C. hardly  D. usually

23. A. returning  B. getting  C. bringing  D. taking

24. A. idea  B. book  C. letter  D. news

25. A. and  B. but  C. because  D. or

26. A. wildly  B. carefully  C. clearly  D. widely

27. A. grades  B. times  C. classes  D. families

28. A. thought  B. treated  C. missed  D. praised

29. A. the other  B. other  C. others  D. another

30. A. make  B. pass  C. experience  D. get

31. A. Anyway  B. But  C. Otherwise  D. So

32. A. traditional  B. cultural C. fashionable  D. humorous

33. A. include  B. have  C. say  D. report

34. A. invite  B. inviting  C. invited  D. invites

35. A. price  B. cost  C. values  D. worth

六、语篇填空

第一节

阅读短文, 从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空, 使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词, 每词限用一次。

confident  express  mean  discuss  improve

neighbor  popular  think  competition  loud

Have you performed drama? In Canada, drama is a fun subject. During the drama class, I have learnt a lot of skills to perform on stage. One of them is called improvisation. It _______36 we didn't know anything before the performance.

When we had improvisation, we got 10 seconds to _______37 out a one-minute scene after the teacher gave us a topic. Once, my teacher gave my two partners and I a place: farm. And then we quickly _______38 our story. Our final story was that we were _______39 on a farm. I was the one who lost a chicken. I would ask if one of them had stolen my chicken.

In the beginning, I was not _______40 enough. I didn't talk a lot and felt a little embarrassed. But as time passed, I tried to talk more and spoke _______41. Now, I really enjoy drama and have _______42 my oral English.

Drama is quite _______43 with students in Canada. There is a big event called Canadian Improve Games which interests high school students from all over Canada. The final _______44 is held in the capital city Ottawa. My school also joined the games and got a good score in 2010. We watched the show on TV in our class and the players were great.

I hope one day I can become a shining star like them. I want to stand on stage and _______45 myself. I love drama!

第二节

阅读短文, 根据语篇要求填空, 使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。

Two men left home to look for some treasure. One man was tall and the other was short. On their way, they found some wool. They carried wool as much as they _______46 because wool was useful to them. They could use it to make clothes.

They went _______47 and saw some silver plates in the street. The tall man threw away the wool and picked up as many plates as he could. The short man said, “Why _______48 you throw away the wool? It is nice. I have enough wool. I can't carry any plates.” _______49 a result, the short man didn't take any of the plates.

On their way home, it began to rain. The short man had to throw away all the wool _______50 it was wet. The tall man kept his silver plates. Later he became rich.

Sometimes we like keeping the old things and refusing the new ones. It is not wise. We need to know which is more valuable.

七、补全对话

根据下面的对话情景, 在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子, 使对话的意思连贯、完整。

A: Hi, Li Ping! I didn't see you yesterday. ___________________________51?

B: Oh, I went to the cinema with my parents.

A: ___________________________52?

B: It's Cook Up A Storm. It's a comedy.

A: ___________________________53?

B: It's very funny. I like comedies because they can make me relaxed. __________54?

A: Sometimes. I prefer reading books quietly to watching movies. Can you go to the bookstore with me this afternoon?

B: OK. ___________________________ 55?

A: What about half past three at the school gate?

B: All right! See you then.

A: See you．

Unit 8 复习检测

一、1. beauty 2. ships 3. marks 4. southern 5. French

二、6. tool 7. fan 8. gun 9. fiction 10. towards

三、11. The number of 12. waiting for 13. What kind of

14. put down 15. introduced; to

四、16. C 点拨： 根据“They have been learning Chinese and are interested in Chinese culture. Anna is one of them.”可知, 答案为C。

17. D 点拨：根据“ the writer was little known to English readers”可知, 英国读者对作者知之甚少, 此处说的是作者不被了解的原因。故选D。

18. E 点拨：根据后一句“Many people think Anna did a good job.”可知, Anna 所做的事情得到了大家的肯定, 故这本书又再版了好几次。故选E。

19. B 点拨：根据后一句“After the trip she became interested in China and began to learn Chinese.”可知, 此处说的是她去中国旅游的事。故选B。

20. A 点拨：根据后一句“Last year, he translated the movie Ne Zha.”可知, 他在去年翻译的是《哪吒》, 而他的行为与Anna 类似。故选A。

五、21. D

22. C 点拨：根据后文“But a TV show, Letters Alive, is back this old habit.”可知, 此处与后文构成转折关系, 表示现在我们几乎不写信了。故选C。

23. C 点拨：根据前文“Now we hardly write letters.”可知, 现在人们已经几乎不写信了, 这个节目把这个老习惯带回到人们的生活中。故选C。

24. A 点拨：根据后文“They have something in common. The shows both invite famous actors and actresses...”可知, 此处表示《见字如面》的灵感来自于英国的一个同名节目。故选A。

25. B 点拨： 根据后文“there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead, it is just one person reading a letter”可知, 此处表示转折含义, 描述两者的差异。故选B。

26. D

27. B 点拨： 根据后文“For example, once they read a letter written by famous writer Xiao Hong to her brother who is younger than her in 1941.”可知, 此处强调时间, 指不同的时代。故选B。

28. C 点拨：根据后文“...her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.”可知, 此处表示她非常想念她的弟弟。故选C。

29. D 点拨：分析句子可知, 此处表示三者或三者以上的另一个。故选D。

30. C 点拨：根据“the real lives and feelings of the writers”可知, 此处表示体验。故选C。

31. A 点拨：分析句子可知, 此处表示总结性含义, 总结该节目给人们带来的感受。故选A。

32. B

33. A 点拨： 根据后文“Chinese Poetry Conference, a classical Chinese poetry competition...”可知, 此处指“包括”。故选A。

34. D 点拨：分析句子可知, 此处句子时态是一般现在时, 主语a program 是单数, 所以动词用单三形式。故选D。

35. C 点拨：分析句子可知, 此处指“价值观”, 与true feelings 构成并列结构。故选C。

六、第一节

36. means 37. think 38. discussed 39. neighbors 40. confident

41. louder 42. improved 43. popular 44. competition 45. express

第二节

46. could 47. on 48. do 49. As 50. because

七、51. Where did you go/What did you do yesterday/...

52. What's the name of the movie /Can you tell me the name of the movie/...

53. How do you like it /What do you think of it/...

54. Do you often watch movies/Do you enjoy watching movies/...

55. When and where shall we meet/...