牛津译林版Unit 8 Natural disasters课后测评

Unit 8 Exercise C（含答案）

一、单项选择

1. Last night, I _____ along the street when I met my English teacher.

1. walk    B. walked    C. was walking    D. am walking

2. While she _____ TV in the sitting room, the bell _____.

1.         watches; rings   B. was watching; rang  

C. is watching; rang   D. was watching; was ringing

3. --- Ouch! You hurt me!

   --- I’m sorry. But I ____ any harm. I ____ to drive a mouse out.

1.         didn’t mean; was trying   B. didn’t mean; try  

C. don’t mean; am trying       D. haven’t meant; tried

4. Thanks to the rescue service’s timely arrival, we are still ___ after the terrible natural disaster.

1. living    B. live     C. alive    D. lively

5. --- What shall we do now?   --- ____ it’s raining hard, let’s stay at home.

1. So     B. Since     C. Though     D. Otherwise

6. What he said made me ____ and I nearly fell ____.

1. asleep; sleepy   B. asleep; asleep   C. sleepy; asleep   D. sleepy; sleepy

7. Yesterday evening I was playing the piano ____ the doorbell rang.

1. when    B. before     C. while    D. after

8. My brother ____ his bike while he _____.

1. fell off; was riding   B. fell over; rode   C. falls over; rode  D. was falling off; was riding

9. Jim was reading ____ his sister was watching TV.

1.         as      B. when     C. before     D. while

10. We know the chairman will come to our office. But the question is, no one knows ____.

1.         how long    B. how often     C. how soon     D. how far

11. He saw the bad man ___ into his neighbour’s house and ____ 110 for help in a hurry.

1.         to break; called   B. break; called    C. break; call    D. breaking; calling

12. Humans are slowly polluting the whole world and there is not enough clean air ____ water. We must take action, ___ things will be worse.

1.         and; and    B. or; and      C. and; or    D. or; or

13. --- This Maths problem isn’t easy for you to work out, is it?

   --- ____. I am far better at Maths than you thought.

1.         No, it isn’t    B. I’m afraid not     C. Yes, it is     D. I don’t think so

14. --- Have you played baseball before?I need one more player.

   --- _____. I like ball games, so I believe it will be fun to learn baseball.

1.         That’s cool    B. Not really    C. I am not certain     D. Good idea

二、动词填空

1. I _____ (do) my homework, while my parents _____(watch) TV last night.
2. One day while we ____(drive) to the seaside, a truck ______(come) round a street corner suddenly in front of our car.
3. When two ladies _______(walk) along the street, they saw the accident _______(happen).
4. You _____(fail) the driving test if you ______(not be) careful enough tomorrow.
5. You’d better make sure if she ______(be) here tomorrow.
6. Who _____(mop) the floor while the guests(客人) ______(have) dinner from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. the day before yesterday?
7. --- What _____ our teachers ______(discuss) at that moment?  --- Nothing important.
8. --- ______ the girl ______(take) the medicine at the moment?   --- Yes, she is.
9. I ____(hurt) my leg last week, and it still _____(hurt) now.
10. --- You seemed busy when I walked past. Have you got a minute now, sir?

   --- Sure. I ____(write) a report. It’s done. So, what’s up?

11. Didn’t you notice the man with a black hat _______(hide) behind the tree over there?
12. Mary ______(talk) on the phone, so I just nodded to her and went away.
13. Our Chinese teacher _______(prepare) the test papers the whole morning in her office.
14. Hurry up! Your parents _______(wait) for you at the school gate at present.
15. --- What do you think of the colour of my new dress?

--- Sorry, but what did you say? I _____(think) about something else.

16. He _____(move) to a small town named Little Rock on August 3, 2001.
17. --- Why didn’t you say anything?  --- Sorry, I ______(reply) to my boss’s message.
18. He ______(drop) his wallet on the ground when he walked past the coffee shop.
19. The floor _______(shake) slightly when she walked across the room.
20. John will run fast ______(break) the school 100-meter race record in the sports meeting.

三、完成句子

1. 昨天的这个时候，学生吗正在从教学楼跑出来。

  The students ________________________________________________ yesterday.

2. 昨天晚上我正要睡觉突然有人敲门。

   There was a knock on the door when ________________________ yesterday evening.

3. 当他正在试着找出路的时候跌倒了。

   _____________________________________________________________.

4. 昨天晚上从九点到十点Tom一直在找些什么？

   What ________________________________________________ yesterday evening?

5. 上周三我看到Mark从自行车上摔了下来。

   I saw Mark ___________________________________________________.

6. 由于积雪，我的车在去上班的路上抛锚了。

   My car _____________________________________________________.

7. 昨天一整个下午Timmy站在路的另一边。他在等什么？

   What was Tom _________________________ the whole afternoon yesterday?

8. 昨天我们拖地时，他在用湿毛巾擦窗子。

   We _______________________________ while he _____________________________.

参考答案

一、CBACB      AAADC      BDCB

二、was doing; were watching    were driving; came    were walking; happen    

will fail; aren’t      will be      was mopping; were having     were discussing   

Is taking    hurt; hurts     was writing   

hiding     was talking    was preparing     are waiting    was thinking   

moved     was replying     dropped        was shaking   to break

三、were running out of the classroom building at this time    

I was going to sleep    

He fell over when he was trying to find his way out     

was Tom looking for from 9  to 10    

fall off his bike last Wednesday     

broke down because of snow when I was going to work    

waiting for to stand at the other side of the road     

were mopping up the floor; was washing the windows with wet towel yesterday