成都嘉祥外国语学校2019- 2020学年八年级下期Unit7测试题A卷(70分)一、单项选择(计20分)。
A.单项选择。
从各题的A,B,C选项中选择正确答案。
(共10小题，每小题1分，计10分)1. As the world's population____becoming _____, we have to do something to change the situation.A. is; bigger and biggerB. are; bigger and biggerC. is; more and more2. The first woman_____the top of Qomolangma was Junko Tabei. She did what she can _____her dream.A. to arrive; achieveB. to get; to achieveC. to reach; to achieve3.-In our English study, I think reading is_____important than speaking,-I don't agree with you. Speaking is _______reading.A. more ; as important asB. more; so important asC. much; the same as4. Could you speak in a______ voice to make yourselfA. louder; hearB. loud; to hearC. louder, heard5.A baby panda's___ _is about 0.2 kilos, but an adult panda may__ 100 kilos.A. weight; weighB. weight; weightC. weigh; weighs6. Pandas in China are ______. As a result, there are fewer than 2,000 pandas____ in the forestA. dangerous; liveB. in great danger, livingC. endangered;to Jive7.-Do you know Shanghai is one of _____in the world?- Yes, it's bigger than ________city in China.A. the biggest city; anyB. the biggest cities; the otherC. the biggest cities; any other8. --Canada is____ less crowded than China--That's true. The population in China is much larger than______ in Canada.A. a lot; thatB. very, itC. a little; those9. This building is _____that one, I've never seen a ______one.A. the height three times of, higherB. three times the height of, tallerC. the three times height of, taller10. --_____Aron lost half his right arm from the 2003 accident, he kept on climbing mountains.--_________excellent climber he is !A. Although; What anB. Although; HowC. Because; WhatB. 补全对话。
根据对话内容，从下面方框中选出适当的选项补全对话，并将选项的编号依次填入题前结号内。
(共5小题，每小题2分，计10分)A: Linda you need to clean your bedroom.B: I'm sorry, mom. Can you help me do it?A: I've cleaned your bedroom so many times. __11._B: But mom. I am not myself today,A: __12___B: I'm really sleepy. __13__A: What did you do?B: ___14.___ I thought about a math problem for a long time.A: You could ask your teacher for help today.B: I know that. ___15___A: OK, I see. Don't go to bed too late next time.二、完形填空阅读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容,从A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的正确答案. (共15小题，计20分。
A篇每小题2分，计10分;B篇每小题1分，计10分.)AA man stopped at a flower shop. He wanted to __16___ some flowers for his mother for her birthday. However, she lived 200 miles away and he was busy with work.As he got out of his car and headed to the shop, he noticed a little girl sitting in the corner who looked quite sad. He asked her what was __17__. The girl said,“I want to buy a red rose for my mother. But I only have 75 cents, and a red rose __18___two dollars." The man smiled and said,"Come with me. I’ll pay for the rose."He bought the little girl a red rose and also ordered his own mother someflowers.___19___they were leaving, he thought he might offer the girl a ride. She told him where to go.To the man's surprise, the girl directed him to a cemetery (墓地). Her mother had died just days earlier.On the way back to his work, the man was ___20___. Later that day, He went back to the flower shop, picked up his flowers and drove all the way to his mother's house. He wanted to give the flowers to her in person more than ever.16.A. get B. order C. buy17. A. matter B. happened C. wrong18. A. spends B. pays C. costs19.A. As B. Since C. Until20. A. happy B. silent C. amazedBHave you ever thought about ___21___astronauts wash their clothes without gravity (重力). It's not easy. There's no washing machine on the International Space Station (ISS) __22___ this may not be a problem in the future.Russian scientists are making a special washing machine for astronauts to use in space, AFP reported. The washing machine is different from the __23__we use. For one thing, it doesn't need water. ___24___, it collects carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) from the air that the astronauts ___25___ out. Then, it uses high pressure (压力) to __26___ that carbon dioxide into liquid (液体) that can help clean clothes.This could make astronauts' lives much _____27___. Because normal washing machines can't work in space, astronauts living aboard the ISS need to bring as manyclothes as possible. Sometimes they even ask___28___ spacecrafts(字宙飞船) to bring clean clothes from Earth. According to Newsweek, three astronauts living on the ISS for a year need 657. 7 kg of clothing. Six people taking a___29___trip to Mars would need 2, 722 kg of clothes. That's as___ 30___as two cars!21.A. what B. how C. why22. A. Luckily B. Unluckily C. Suddenly23. A. those B. ones C. these24. A. Instead B. However C.But25. A. take B. breathe C. give26.A. run B. look C. turn27. A. more difficult B. more easily C. easier28.A. other B. another C. others29. A. two years B. two-year C. two- years30. A. long B. big C. heavy三、阅读短文，根据内容判断正误，正确涂“A",错误涂“B" . (共5小题，每小题2分:计10分)On April 5, Queen Elizabeth II gave a short but powerful speech to inspire(激励) the British people. The UK, like many countries around the world, has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Many people have to stay at home and many businesses have been closedIn her speech, the Queen thanked people of all walks of life for both following stay-at-home rules and making an effort to help their neighbors. She also thanked the county's medical workers as they continue to fight the virus.The Queen talked about her first-ever radio broadcast-delivered in 1940-whenshe and her sister Margaret spoke to children who had been evacuated (撤离) from their homes during World War II . Fearing that German bombing would kill people in the cities, millions of children in England were sent to safer places in the countryside."Echoes(再现) of that struggle of the 1940s, which for so long defined(定义) Britain and its self-image, ran through the broadcast," the BBC said.She ended the speech with a familiar phrase: "We will meet again. It's a reference(引用)to Vera Lynn's We’ll Meet Again, a song that encouraged unity(团结) and optimism(乐观) among Britons during World War II. With her speech, the Queen hoped to encourage national unity, according to the BBC.31. The UK is a country that has been seriously hit by coronavirus.32. In the Queen's short speech on April's, she showed her thanks to people of all walks of life. Including the county's medical workers for their continuous efforts in fighting the virus.33. For safety many children in England were sent to the countryside during World War l.34. The Queen's first radio broadcast speech was made with her sister in 1940.35. The Queen ended the speech with a song called "We will meet again.四、阅读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。