第16课时 八年级下册 Units 9～10
一、单项填空
1．(2018·江西南昌高安三模)Without the great ________， Gennifer won't become so confident.
A．progress B．prediction
C．pollution D．protection
2．(2018·重庆长寿联考)—As we now it's difficult to live in a foreign country.
—________ if you can't understand the language there.
A．Properly B．Recently
C．Usually D．Especially
3．(2018·江苏徐州模拟)—hang Lei, why not ________ eating dumplings instead of noodles?
—Good idea. I lie dumplings.
A．practise B．forget
C．remember D．consider
4．(2018·山东济南市中一模)—What are you reading, Steven?
—The ite Runner. I didn't finish reading it though I have ________ it for two wees.
A．borrowed B．started
C．had D．returned
5．(2019·原创)—Where is Bill?
—He ________ Sydney with his father.
A．has gone to B．has been to
C．have gone to D．have been to
6．(2019·原创)My mother always encourages me ________ out my opinions.
A．spea B．speaing
C．to spea D．will spea
7．(2019·原创)I have to ________ my room. It's really a mess.
A．loo after B．tae in
C．clear out D．wal into
8．(2018·山东青岛平度模拟)—I ________ the Science Museum many times so far. What about you?
—Only twice.
A．will visit B．visited
C．visit D．have visited
9．(2019·预测)Bell ________ the telephone which is still being used today.
A．invented B．discovered
C．found D．produced
10．(2019·预测)—What time is it?
—Just a minute. I will ________ it for you.
A．eamine B．chec
C．watch D．set
二、阅读理解
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根据短文内容，从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空，使语意通顺完整。第一个方框供11～15小题选用，第二个方框供16～20小题选用。每个选项只能使用一次，每框有一项剩余。
Are you interested in mountain climbing? Perhaps you thin it's so dangerous 11.________ only a few people lie it. In fact, in many countries, it's very popular. Although most of them have met different inds of hard problems. 12.________ giving up, they try to help themselves out of danger. Why do so many climbers ris their lives? One of the main reasons is because people want to 13.________ themselves in the face of difficulties. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to 14.________ our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be 15.________ than the forces of nature.
Aron Ralston is a famous eample. He had a terrible accident when climbing in Utah. His right arm was caught under a 360ilo 16.________. Nobody could find him and save him. So five days later, he had to 17.________ the right arm with his nife by himself. Then, with his left hand, he bandaged himself and climbed down the mountain to find help. He said, “I lie taing riss. But now I now when I meet problems, it's important to eep a clear mind and try to face them. I must 18.________ my life.”
Sir Edmund Hillary is another eample. He was one of the first people to reach the top of Qomolangma on May 29, 1953. However, in 1952 he tried to climb the top, but failed. A few wees later after the 19.________， a club in England invited Hillary to give a speech(演讲) to its members. When he was speaing, he suddenly lifted one hand and pointed at a picture of Qomolangma and said loudly, “You 20.________ me this time, but I'll win you the net time because you've grown all you are going to grow, but I'm still growing！”
Are you interested in mountain climbing?
B
(2018·吉林中考)The Inuit people of North America used to be called Esimos. 21.________. Their lives have changed a lot in 30 years.
The Inuit people used to live in igloos(冰屋) in winter, but today, many of them live in houses in small towns. They used to hunt seals(海豹). 22.________. Many of them still wear sealsin clothes today because they are very warm. Remember，the weather is very cold for many months of the year.
Mariano Tagali, a 65yearold Inuit, told us a little about her past life. “Our winter igloos were very warm. We cooed inside, so sometimes it got too hot. 23.________.In the short summers, we lived in sealsin tents, but I spent as much time as possible playing outside.”
To move over the snow, Inuit people wore special snowshoes on their feet. 24.________. These machines can travel long distances(距离) in a short time. In the past，it too them days or wees to travel the same distance.
25．________， and they learnt everything from their parents. Now, lie all North Americans, they go to school for about ten years. Life is not as hard as it used to be, but many of the older Inuits hate modern life and want to go bac to the old days.
根据短文内容，从方框中选出五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容通顺完整。
A．I too off most of my clothes when I was in our igloo
B．Inuit children never went to school
C．They are now named Inuits which means “the people” instead of Esimos
D．Today many Inuits ride snowmobiles
E．They ate the meat and made clothes from the fur(皮毛)
F．They used to travel with teams of dogs which pulled their baggage
三、动词应用
根据短文内容，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。
My aunt is an engineer in America. She 26.________(wor) in the Company of Microsoft since 1986.Last month she 27.________(come) bac to China. We were happy to see her on May Day. After we finished lunch, we showed her around our hometown.
“This hotel28.________(build) last year. Loo! The worers 29.________(put) up(建造) another one over there.” “What a great change！” aunt said.
“We30.________(plant) more trees and flowers in the town soon. And we'll do something to stop the factories from 31.________(pour) the waste water into the river.” I told her.
Aunt was very pleased with what she saw. When we ased her to stay longer, she answered, “No, I can't. I must fly to Beijing tomorrow. I have an important lecture to give. If I 32.________(have) time, I'll certainly come bac again. Though I live in America, I'll always be Chinese. I should do something for our hometown. Let's mae contributions(贡献) to it together.”
四、书面表达
假如你是李明，上周你和父母去上海度假三天。请根据表格提示内容，以“A Threeday Holiday”为题写一篇80词左右的英语短文。
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参考答案
一、1～5 ADDCA 6～10 CCDAB
二、11～15 CFADB 16～20 DFEBC 21～25 CFADB
三、26.has wored 27.came 28.was built
29．are putting 30.will plant 31.pouring 32.have
四、A Threeday Holiday
I spent a threeday holiday in Shanghai with my parents. It too us over two hours to drive to Shanghai. On the first day, we simply stayed in the hotel and rested. On the second day, we went to Nanjing Road to go shopping. It's one of the busiest streets in Shanghai. I bought two Tshirts and two pairs of trousers. On the third day, my parents too me to Jinjiang Entertainment Center to play many games. I had a good time in Shanghai.
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