八年级英语（上）周末练（第5周）
一、单项填空。
( ) 1.Thank you for to let me you.
A. agree; take part in B. agreeing; join C. agreeing; join in D. agree; join
( ) 2. It took us a long time Xinjiang, we thought the journey was pleasant. A. to get; but B. reaching; and C. to reach; but D. to arrive; and ( ) 3. The show last night was so wonderful that I couldn't photos. A. to stop to take B. to stop taking C. stop taking D. stop to take ( ) 4. —You'd better keep the secret to , Millie and Lily. —OK. Amy. You should keep it for too.
A. yourself; you B. myself; yourself
C. you; ourselves D. yourselves; us ( ) 5. —How much is the ticket to Central Park?
—A one-way ticket $ 40, and you can another $ 20 for a round-trip. A. costs; pay B. cost; spend C. pay; spend D. spends; pay ( ) 6. Millie found difficult to play the piano well.
A. it's B. it C. that D. this ( ) 7. the river is! I don't think anybody can swim across it. A. What wide B. What a long C. How wide D. How I ( ) 8. The rich woman has almost everything. But she thinks life is and wants to try something new.
A. lazy B. exciting C. boring D. colourful
( ) 9. The ball is the same size as that one made of glass. It must be made of because
it is much heavier.
A. paper B. wood C. steel D. water
( )10. People in never have a white Christmas. Christmas comes in summer in their country.
A. China B. America C. Canada D. Australia
二、完形填空。
Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 20th century because many changes will take place in the new century, but what will the changes be?
The population is l fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live 2 than before. 3 will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And Computer Studies will be one of the most important subjects at 4 . People will work fewer hours than they did in the 20th century, and they will have more free time for sports, 5 TV and travelling. Travelling will be 6 . And many people will go to other
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countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows, pigs and sheep, so 7 will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. 8 . they will eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be 9 too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. 10 this. many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
( )1. A. making B. growing C. running D. doing ( )2. A. longer B. shorter C. faster D. taller ( )3. A. Trains B. Cars C. Computers D. Houses ( )4. A. factory B. hospital C. farm D. school ( )5. A. watching B. seeing C. looking D. buying ( )6. A. less interesting B. much easier C. more expensive D. more difficult ( )7. A. fruit B. milk C. meat D. bread ( )8. A. Instead B. Different C. Still D. But ( )9. A. dangerous B. difficult C. heavy D. different ( )10. A. Thanks for B. Many thanks C. Because of D. Because 三、阅读理解。
Many years ago, there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town. But he wanted to find out whether they were good enough to get his help first. So he placed a very large stone in the centre of the main road into town. Then he hid behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow. \the old man, but he did not try to move the stone away. Instead. he passed around the stone and continued on his way. Another man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone in the centre of the road, but none of them tried to move it away.
Late in the afternoon, a young man came along. He saw the stone and said, \at night. Some people will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone. \
The young man then began to move the stone. He pulled with all his strength to move it to one side. But imagine his surprise when he found a bag full of money and a message under the stone: The money is for the thoughtful(关心别人的) person who takes this stone away from the road. Thank you. ( )l. What did the rich man aim to do?
A. To offer help to the people of his town. B. To show his people how rich he was. C. To give money to anybody in need.
D. To find out how good the people of his town were. ( )2. Why did the rich man put a large stone on the road? A. To make life harder for the people of his town. B. To find out the strongest man in his town. C. To stop people from getting into his town.
D. To find the right person to receive his help.
( )3. The first old man found the stone and walked around it because .
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A. he was too old to take the stone away all by himself B. he thought it was good to have a stone on the road C. he didn't want to move the stone away for others D. he didn't want the money from the rich man
( )4. How many people complained but didn't try to move the stone?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five
( )5. Why did the young man decide to move the stone? A. Because he was strong enough to do the job. B. Because he had others' safety on his mind. C. Because he knew there was money under it. D. Because he wanted to make it safe for himself. 四、信息还原。
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。 How many times have you told yourself that you can't do anything? 1
Mary was eleven years old and she was seriously ill. She was not able to walk. In fact, she could hardly move. Though she believed that she had a good chance to get well again, the doctor said that few people could come back to normal after getting this disease.
2 When she was lying in her hospital bed. she believed that no matter what the doctor said, her going back to school was possible. She was sent to a health centre. Every method was tried but none worked. However, she would not give up. 3 The doctors all admired her and taught her to imagine that she could make it. 4 One day, as she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as if a miracle(奇迹) happened: The legs began to move! \do it! I moved!\crying. rushing for safety. 5 It was an earthquake. But Mary believed that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would get well. And now only a few years later, she's back at school.
A. It seemed that nothing could beat her. B. Well, probably you can do it. C. What do you think of her? D. And everything was falling. E. Every day, Mary would lie there, imaging carefully F. The little girl didn't give up after she heard this. G. The little girl gave up after she heard this. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
五、词汇检测。
1. Both of them are interested in different （文化）.
2. Our teacher asked us to remember those （总统的）names. 3. The city streets are full of (来往车辆). 4. My father gave his （整个的）life to teaching.
5. She is going to take part in one of the most important drawing c . 6. It's a long and boring j from the village to the big city by train. 7. The bridge is 20 metres [wa?d] and 800 metres long.
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江苏省苏州市新区实验初中2020-2021学年八年级英语(上)周末练(第5周)
