Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came
一、阅读理解〔共15小题,计30分)
阅读下面短文,从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出能回答所提问题或完成所给 句子的最佳答案。
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A little girl walked to and from school every day. Though it was not fine and clouds appeared in the sky that morning, the little girl made her daily trip to school as usual. When school was over, the winds became stronger and it began to rain.
The mother of the little girl felt worried that her daughter would be afraid when she walked home from school and that lightning(闪电)might make her child scared. Following the bright light of lightning, the mother quickly got into her car and drove to her child's school.
When the mother drove along the road, she saw her little girl walking alone in the rain. To her great surprise, she found that when a lightning came, her daughter stopped, looked up and smiled. Another lightning came and then another followed. With each lightning, the little girl stopped, looked up and smiled.
Inside the car, the mother asked her daughter, \you look up and smile when the lightning came? \little girl answered with a smile, \the rain, God would take a picture of me. I knew he was playing a game with me. 1. How did the little girl go to school every day? A. By car B. On foot C. By bus 2. What was the weather like that day?
A. It was rainy B. It was fine C. It was only cloudy. 3. At first the mother feel worried because________. A. she couldn’t help her daughter B. her daughter hadn't taken her umbrella C. her daughter might be afraid of the lightning
4. According to the article, we can know that the little girl was A. Shy B.brave C.nervous
5. This passage is possibly from________. A. a menu B. a dictionary D.a magazine
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Perhaps your childhood piano lessons made you never want to play the piano again. Perhaps a piano is too expensive for you to afford. Now, thanks to a program in Sydney called \ yours\for free. They share beautiful music, and the program also helps them communicate with each other.
Thirty pianos have been placed in different parts of the city, including in several parks, at a bus stop and on some streets. The pianos have the logo\Me, I'm yours \them. People are invited to play music or sing songs with the pianos, no matter what level of ability they have. Lots of people have been attracted(被吸引) to the program and stopped to watch or play the pianos.
“Play Me, I'm yours \British artist Luck Jerram. He wants to help people in the city connect with each other. He thinks that so many people
are sitting in front of computers and busy with their work all hours, and they almost have no chance to enjoy music. So the purpose of the project is to help them relax and make new friends.
The program“ Play Me,' m yours” has also reached England and Brazil(巴西) before. It was
warmly welcomed there. But its greatest success seems to come at the Sydney Festival. \fun, \
6. According to the first sentence of the passage, your childhood piano lessons may be _____.
A. boring B.valuable C. interesting D.meaningful
7. Thirty pianos are placed in parts of the city except(除了)______. A. in parks B. at a bus stop C. on streets D. in a school
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8. The aim of the project is to help people_______. A.sing songs B.play the piano for free C.relax and make friends D. enjoy beautiful music 9. _______countries have had the program. A. Two B.Three C. Four D. Five
10. What can be the best title for the passage?
A. Beautiful music B. A British artist, Luck Jerram C. The Sydney Festival D. A program\ C
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories(新界), destroying (毁坏)fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged(破坏)that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether(总共) over two hundred hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour. \was eating with my wife and children. \said. \we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very scared.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
There was no time to take anything. \（屋顶） care down.”
Solders(士兵) helped to take people out of the flooded(水淹的) area and the welfare department(福利机构) brought them food，clothes and shelter。 11. How many homes altogether were damaged in the storm? A. Fourteen. B. twenty-one. C. twenty-nine. D. Thirty six. 12. Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?
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A. He was in bed.
B. He was inside the house. C. He was outside the house. D. He was on the roof.
13. Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because_______ A. her husband knew there would be a storm.
B. they were all outside the house when the storm became worse. C. she felt the house moving and they ran out at once. D. the welfare department helped her.
14. The underlined word \A. something to eat B. something to wear C.somewhere to stay D. somewhere to stay
15. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage? A. A Terrible Storm B. A Lucky Woman C. Good Soldiers D. Clever People
二、单词拼写与运用(共10小题,计10分)根据句意完成己给出首字母或汉语提示 的单词,使补全后的句子意思通顺,语法正确。
1. The little boy walked_______(突然) he fell down. 2. How_______(奇怪的) that thing was. 3. The_______(光线) in the roon1 too dark.
4. Her heart_______(敲打) very fast when she heard the news. 5. The_______(文章) is about famous sports stars. 6. Mary closed her eyes and listen to him in s_______. 7. He didn’t r_______his mistakes.
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8. The sun r_______ in the east.
9. He was a school p________ at that time. Now he is a teacher in the same school. 10. We hope that the little girl can tell us the t_______.
三、用所给词的适当形式填空 (必要时可加情态动词或助动词)(共13个空,计13分) 1. It began to rain_______(heavy) on my way to school. 2. Michael_______(go) to Canada last weekend.
3. Our teacher_______(give)us a lesson when John came. 4. What_______(happen)while you were waiting for the bus? 5. Mom was cooking when the phone_______(ring).
6. What were you doing when your father_______(leave)home yesterday. 7.I_______(play) soccer with my friends when it started to rain. 8. While she_______(sing), her mother came into the room. 9. The girl_______(watch)TV at eight yesterday evening.
10. The two boys_______(do) their homework at that time yesterday. 11.Could you give me some_________(match)? 12.We saw many _________(fall) trees.
13.Tell me the _______(true), or I will be angry with you. 四、完型填空〔共7小题,计7分)
根据短文内容,从方框中选择恰当的词填空,每空一词。方框中有两个词是多余选项每词限用一次。
Mr. Black was once a policeman. He was a kind person. He liked to have a walk in the park after breakfast.
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山东省济宁市2018年春季八年级英语下册 Unit 5 What were you doing wh
