What were you doing when the rainstorm came
一、单项选择。（10分）
1．We were reading the newspaper _______ suddenly the light went out (熄灭). A. when B. while C. as D. / 【答案】A
2. I _____________ my homework last night, so I didn’t have any free time. A. do 【答案】D
3. Martin Luther King was killed ________ April 4, 1986 _______ American history. A. in; in B. on; on C. in; on D. on; in 【答案】D
4. Stop ___________. She is practicing __________ the piano.
A. talk; play B. to talk; to play C. talking; playing D. to talk; to play 【答案】C
5. _________ saying anything, she left home angrily _________ some money. A. Without; with B. With; without C. Without; without D. With; with 【答案】A
6. —Where are you going, Jack?
—I’m going to _______ the English corner. Would you like to _______ me? —I’m afraid I can’t.
A. take part in; join B. join; take part in C. join; join in D. join in; take part in 【答案】A
7. —What did the teacher say?
—The teacher told us at the Capital Museum on time.
A. arrive B. arrived C. arriving D. to arrive 【答案】D
8 Song Zuying is one of the ____ singers in China. A. popularer C. more popular 【答案】D
9. —I didn’t see you at the meeting yesterday. Why?
—I _________ for an important telephone call at that moment.
B. popularest
D. most popular
B. am doing
C. did
D. was doing
A. wait B. waited C. am waiting D. was waiting 【答案】D
10. —I'm sorry to keep you waiting for me so long. — .
A. I don't think so B. That's right C. It doesn't matter D. I'd love to 【答案】C
二、 完型填空（10分）
Nowadays more and more Chinese teenagers find life more difficult without their parents. They don’t know how to do 【小题1】. Because their parents do almost everything for them at home. This is a big problem.
Joy is 14 years old. One day her parents went out, so she had to stay at home 【小题2】 . At first she thought she would be happy 【小题3】 her parents were not in. She could do everything that she 【小4】 . But it was six o’clock in the afternoon, she felt 【小题5】 . “Oh, it’s time to have supper. Where can I get my food?” she said to herself. Later she found some food in the fridge, but she 【小题6】 know how to cook. At that moment, she missed her 【小题7】 very much. At last she could only go to the supermarket and 【小题8】 some food to eat. x*-k/w
Many of teenagers are 【小题9】 as Joy. So I think they should learn some basic（基本的）life skills, like cooking, tidying up their rooms or dressing themselves. 【小题10】 live better in the future, they shouldn’t depend on( 依靠) their parents too much. Sometimes they need to deal with something by themselves.
【小题1】A. their homework B. some shopping 【小题2】A. lonely 【小题3】A. so
B. alone B. because B. liked B. full
C. business D. housework
C. lovely D. safely C. but
D. until
【小题4】A. hated 【小题5】A. hungry
C. waited D. regrets
C. excited
D. bored
D. mustn’t
【小题6】A. couldn’t 【小题7】A. cousin 【小题8】A. made
B. didn’t
C. might not
D. parents
B. aunt C. brother
C. gave
B. bought
D. saw
D.warm-hearted
【小题9】A. the same 【小题10】A. In fact 【答案】 【小题1】D
B. difficult B. In danger
C. different
C. In the end D. In order to
【小题2】B 【小题3】B 【小题4】B 【小题5】A 【小题6】B 【小题7】D 【小题8】B 【小题9】A 【小题10】D
三、阅读理解（10分）
Once there lived an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him, “Don’t forget this.” One day he went for a long trip by train alone. Before he left home, his wife said, “Now you have all these things that you need on your way. Take care of your things on the way.” He went to the station. He bought a ticket and got on the train with it. About an hour later, the conductor (列车员) began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and said，“Will you please show me your ticket?” The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets but he could not find it. He was very worried. “I can’t find my ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train, ”said the old man. “I think you are right. I believe you bought a ticket. All right, you don’t have to buy another ticket,” said the conductor kindly. But the old man still looked worried and said sadly, You don’t know why I’m worried. If I don’t find my ticket, I can’t remember my station. Where am I going?”
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的用“A”表示，错误的用“B”表示。 1. The old man bought a ticket before he got on the train. 2. About an hour later, the conductor began to check the tickets. 3. The conductor told the old man that he had to buy another ticket. 4. The conductor didn’t believed what the old man said.
5. The old man still looked worried because he forgot where he was going. 【答案】1. A 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A 四、 任务型阅读 （10分）
It was raining heavily while I was walking up the hill towards the station at six o'clock on a Saturday morning.At this early hour there wasn't much traffic and there weren't many
people.①While_I_was_crossing_the_road_near_the_top_of_the_hill,_a_car_came_round_the_corner. It was traveling very fast.Suddenly it hit a lamp post(路灯柱)and turned over.
I ran to the car to help the driver at once.He was badly hurt and there was a lot of blood on his
2017-2018学年八年级英语下册 unit 5 what were you doing wh
