无锡外国语学校初二英语 8A Unit7-8试卷
一、单项选择(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
1. The river is clean enough to ________ so much life and many animals depend on it.
A. carry B. take C. support D. bring
2. ________ was the temperature yesterday?
A. What B. How much C. How D. Which
3. –Did you see Tom ______ off the tree?
–No. I saw him____ on the ground. Luckily, he was OK.
A. fallen; lying B. falling; lay
C. fall;lay D. fall;lying
4. Which of the following has the same structure as the sentence “I saw him reading a book in the room.”?
A. You have a very nice sister. B. The news made him excited.
C. My grandma gave me a red packet. D. He likes playing the piano.
5. Werner Herzog, the film director, arrived at the airport ________ and missed the plane because it rained ________ that day.
A. late; heavy B. lately; heavily
C. lately; heavy D. late; heavily
6. —Let’s go climbing if it____this Saturday.
— Good idea. But nobody knows if it .
A. is fine; rains B. is fine; will rain
C. will be fine; rains D. will be fine; will rain
7. After singing “Happy birthday”, the children helped ________ the candles on the cake.
A. put off B. put in C. put out D. put up
8. We form the word “________” in a different way from the other three.
A. kindness B. keyboard C. mailbox D. moonlight
9. He came ________ and stopped to look at the exhibits ________ .
A. closely; closely B. closely; close C. close; close D. close; closely
10. —Do you think that I can win the final?
—________. Everyone stands a chance.
A. You never know B. You got it C. Yes, I do D. You bet
二、完形填空(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
I used to have little passion (激情) in my life. But what happened the other day changed my mind. It was then that I learned how ____11____ it is to have a passion in life.
That day I went home in Mom’s car. When Mom stopped at a red light, someone on the side of the road caught my eye. It was a man dressed in rags (破旧衣服). He was homeless. That didn’t interest me,____12____I had seen many people like him before. Those people usually looked unhappy and hopeless. But this man was ____13____in some way. He was not sitting down with a sad expression. Instead, he had a ____14____in his hand and was dancing happily to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious thing he had. “Mom, why does that man have a radio though he’s homeless?” I asked.
“He ____15____ it,” she replied.
“But why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He ____16____ something that he didn’t need.”
“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t the most important.”
That man must care so ____17____about music that he bought a radio instead of food or clothes. I soon realized that ____18____is the key to life.
Since then, I have always been thinking of what is truly important in life. A home, a meal, clothes—these things are only____19____of life. What we often forget is that we all need a joy, a light in a ____20____day. We all need a passion which gives people the happiness they need to keep going.
11. A. important B. strange C. dangerous D. difficult
12. A. because of B. otherwise C. therefore D. because
13. A. common B. polite C. different D. rude
14. A. hat B. phone C. radio D. scarf
15. A. bought B. made C. fixed D. borrowed
16. A. asked for B. waited for C. paid for D. looked for
17. A. little B. much C. many D. few
18. A. happiness B. health C. knowledge D. friendship
19. A. power B. purpose C. key D. part
20. A. warm B. hot C. dark D. relaxing
