八年级英语下册 Units 14 期中测试 新版鲁教版.docx

1、八年级英语下册 Units 14 期中测试 新版鲁教版Units 1-4 一、单项选择（共15小题；共15分） 1. - do you know so much about the Change-3 lunar probe(嫦娥 3号月球探测器)? - By searching the information on the Internet. A. Why B. When C. How D. What 2. Usually naughty boys try to the teachers attention by making a lot of noise in class. A. bring

2、 B. catch C. pay D. present 3. - Mr. Wangs never been to Canada, has he? - . He went there on business last week. A. No, he hasnt B. Yes, he has C. No, he has D. Yes, he hasnt 4. - Paul, how did you become such a rich man? - I think its very important to know how to use money . A. easily B. wisely C

3、. quickly 5. I think not difficult English every morning. A. that; keep reading B. its; keep reading C. that; to keep read D. it; to keep reading 6. During the Spring Festival, taking a plane usually more money than usual. A. takes B. pays C. costs D. spends 7. So far, MERS has become one of illness

4、es in the world. A. serious B. more serious C. the most serious 8. - Did you have any difficulty in todays homework? - No, in fact I found . A. it very easy to do B. it very easy done C. its very easy doing D. very easy to do 9. The poor girls parents six years ago. Now she lives . A. died; alone B.

5、 were died; lonely C. have died; lonely10. We all went to see the film Tom. What a pity it is for him to miss it! A. besides B. except C. beside D. except for11. - The price of food, drinks, clothes so quickly these years. - Oh, no, but I dont think so. A. develops B. raises C. improves D. increases

6、12. Stop about the traffic. Just think about what we can do to improve it. A. complain B. to complain C. complaining D. complained13. Just be ; you cant make such great progress in a day. lt takes time. A. available B. humorous C. patient D. unbelievable14. - We have missed the last bus. What shall

7、we do? - Lets take a taxi. We have no other now. A. reason B. habit C. choice15. - There are so many new words in this passage. - You neednt every new word in the dictionary. You can try to guess the meanings of them. A. look up B. look for C. look through D. look at二、完形填空（共10小题；共15分） At the present

8、 time, more and more people love travelling. Its a very good 16 of getting to know new people and cultures and acquiring(获得) experiences. It helps travellers 17 a lot. Travel can make our minds become 18 . But travel does more than all that. It can also make us more creative. In recent years, some p

9、rofessors have been doing research on what many people have already learned from travel experiences. They believe that spending time abroad has the 19 to affect(影响) peoples mind. For example, they found that the students who lived abroad for a longer period were better at 20 problems creatively than

10、 those who did not. If you stay in the same place, you cant experience new sights, new smells, new sounds and new cultures. All these can 21 your mind and make it more active. 22 , that doesnt mean the more places youve been, the more creative youll become. Another group of professors have been doin

11、g 23 research. They found the people who often travelled from one place to another didnt have enough 24 to immerse(使沉浸) themselves in a new place and a new culture. They werent as creative as the people who spent the time 25 getting to know a place. You have to interact(相互影响) with the places you go

12、to and then you can benefit(得益) from it. If you go travelling, which do you prefer, staying in a place for a certain period or rushing all the way?16. A. way B. area C. sign D. state17. A. present B. produce C. get D. check18. A. thicker B. smoother C. wider D. healthier19. A. ability B. possibility

13、 C. personality D. difficulty20. A. solving B. causing C. controlling D. spreading21. A. set up B. wake up C. turn up D. clean up22. A. Instead B. Otherwise C. Moreover D. However23. A. secret B. rapid C. common D. similar24. A. interest B. money C. time D. quality25. A. nearly B. probably C. hardly

14、 D. really三、阅读理解（共15小题；共30分）A Foods that are well known to you may not be familiar to people from different places around the world. Tourists and travelers often get to try some unfamiliar food. That is part of the fun of traveling. Here are four peoples experiences with foreign food. David King is

15、a Chinese student in France. I never had cheese or even milk before I came to France. Cows are seldom seen in my part of China. So there is no milk or milk products. I drank some milk when I first arrived in France. I hated it! I tried cheese, too, but I didnt like it. I love ice cream, though thats

16、 made from milk. Birgit is from Sweden. She traveled to Australia on vocation. I was in a restaurant that was special in fish. I heard some other people order flake, so I ordered some, too. It was delicious! Later, I learned that flakes is an Australian name for shark. Now, whenever I see a new food

17、, I try it on purpose. You know why? I remember how much I enjoyed flake. Chandra is a dentist in Texas. She is from India. Im afraid to try new foods because maybe there is beef in them. Im a Hindu(印度教信徒) and my religion(信仰) stops me from eating meat from the cow. Thats why I cant eat hamburgers or

18、 noodles with meatballs. Nathan is from the United States. He taught for a year in China. My friend gave me some 100-year-old eggs to eat. I didnt like their appearance at all. The eggs were green inside, but my friends said the color was normal. Chinese people put something on fresh eggs. Then they

19、 put them in the earth for three months. So the eggs werent really very old. Even so, I didnt want to touch them.26. David King is a student in France and he comes from . A. China B. Sweden C. India D. America27. Birgit ordered in a restaurant during her vocation in Australia. A. cheese B. eggs C. h

20、amburgers D. flake28. Chandra is afraid to try new foods because . A. she cant eat food with beef B. she doesnt like their appearance C. she doesnt like foreign food D. she doesnt need any food at all29. Nathan worked as in China for a year. A. a worker B. a dentist C. a teacher D. a student30. The

21、passage tells us that . A. David King often drinks milk B. flake and shark are the same fish C. a Hindu eats meat from the cow D. the egg is put in the earth for a hundred yearsB Zheng He was an amazing man. He was born in 1371. Eleven years later, he was caught by the army of a rich young man calle

22、d Zhu Di and made to work for him. Over time the rich man saw that Zheng He was very clever and strong and they became close friends. In 1403 Zhu Di was made the King of China and he asked Zheng He to join his government. The King wanted to learn more about the world and show other countries his pow

23、er. He ordered many new ships to be built and made Zheng He their leader between 1405 and 1433. Zheng He led seven sea trips to different parts of the world. He certainly travelled to India, Africa and the Middle East. A few people think his ships have even reached South America and Australia. Each

24、trip lasted between two and four years and it is believed he sailed more than 50,000 kilometers during the years of his travels. Zheng He led a fleet with 28,000 men and over 300 ships, such as boats for food, water and even soldiers horses. On these trips he brought with him many Chinese goods like

25、 silk and medicine to give to foreign kings or to sell for local goods. He returned from each trip with boats filled with expensive things such as gold and treasures, foreign guests and strange animals like a giraffe. It is a pity that we may never learn everything about Zheng Hes travels. The Colum

26、bus of the east, Zheng He, died in 1433. After that, the new king, had these trips stopped and he burned almost all the books about Zheng Hes travels, because he believed the trips were unlucky and too expensive. It is only in the last 50 years that historians have begun to carefully study the adven

27、tures of great Zheng He.31. Why did Zhu Di want Zheng He to sail to many different countries? A. To learn more about the world. B. To bring new countries under the control of China. C. To show other countries his power. D. Both A and C.32. What do we know about Zheng He from the passage? A. He trave

28、lled to India and Africa. B. Each trip lasted six years. C. When he died, he was 72 years old. D. He was a great king.33. Which of the following did Zheng He take to foreign countries from China? A. Gold. B. Treasures. C. Giraffes. D. Silk.34. After Zheng He died, . A. nobody remembered him B. almos

29、t all the books about his travels were burned C. the new king thought these trips were lucky D. sea trips to other countries lasted 50 years35. Whats the best title of this passage? A. The Kings Seven Sea Trips B. Zheng Hes Travels to Western Countries C. Zheng He, the Columbus of the East D. Zhu Di

30、, the Great KingC Making a good job choice is almost as good as choosing a good life. So, choosing a job is one of the most important decisions to make in life. For my job, there are three important things that I will consider: The first onethat I must work in an area I likeis most important to me.

31、Someone once said if you find a job that you enjoy, then you wont have to work another day. I would like to work in an area where I can be more creative. I would like to be the most valuable member there. All this is possible only if I like what I do. The second one is that the area of my work must lead me to solve some new and hard problems. I would like to stay in the same area for a long time. In order for this to happen, the work must provide enough problems. More than just working to live, I enjoy making a difference and trying my best for the whole progress. I would also like to b