Test for 8B U5-6
一、单项选择
1 It was such_______ unlucky experience that everybody thought it was ______ useless event.
A. an; an
B. a; a
C. a; an
D. an; a
2 You may leave the radio ________ even if you leave _______ the office.
A. open; to
B. open; /
C. on; /
D. on; to
3 He __________ his wife________ a loving hug when she appeared at the airport.
A. was greeting; by
B. greeted; by
C. greeted; with
D. was greeting; with
4 Come _________I want to tell you that she is ________ related to him and that you must study this______.
A. close; close; close
B. closely; closely; close
C. close; closely; closely
D. closely; close; close
5 He said he would come to see us___________ the next afternoon, but _________, he didn’t.
A. some time; in deed
B. sometime; in fact
C. sometimes; in face
D. sometimes; actually
6 --Why didn’t Lucy go to your birthday party last night?
--She said she was busy ________ for SAT, but that was only a(an) _________. I saw her going to a movie with her friends yesterday evening.
A.to prepare; reason
B. preparing; reason
C. preparing; excuse
D. to prepare; excuse
7 --It won’t take long to clean up after the picnic if we all volunteer to help.
--I can’t agree more. ________.
A. Practice makes perfect
B. Don’t burn the candle at both ends
C. Many hands make light work
D. The sooner begun the sooner done
8 --_________you _________the football match on CCTV-5 the day before?
--Yes. Jackie is really a dark horse. Nobody__________ him to go so far.
A. Have watched; expected
B. Have watched; wanted
C. Did watch; wanted
D. Did watch; expected
9 Just_________ many other children, the naughty boy seldom does ___________ his parents tell him to.
A. like; like
B. as; as
C. as; like
D. like; as
10 Mary would like to spend _________ days on her research.
A. a little more
B. a little
C. a few more
D. much more
11 --Susan, will you please go and empty that drawer? --___________?
A. What is it?
B. How is it
C. How come
D. What for
12 --The meeting will __________ in five minutes b ut Mr. Wang hasn’t arrived.
--Let’s call to find out what has ________ to him.
A. happen; happened
B. happen; taken place
C. take place; taken place
D. take place; happened
13 The tree house is ________ for a family of four _________.
A. big enough; to live in it
B. enough big; to live in
C. big enough; to live in
D. enough big; to live
14 He had to speak in a loud _________ because of the loud ___________ outside the meeting room.
A. sound; noise
B. voice; noise
C. voice; sound
D. noise; sound
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15 --Would you mind telling me ________? --Of course not.
A. what the matter with him is
B. which the way to Xinhua Bookstore is
C. where to find the nearest flower shop
D. how to do with the math problem
16 --When will you come back from Paris? --_________ all the work is done.
A. Until
B. Soon after
C. Above all
D. Shortly after
17 It is generous ________ them to donate money to UNICEF. They think it important ________ them to help
poor children to go to school.
A. to; for
B. for; of
C. of; to
D. of; for
18 I didn’t have any confidence ___________myself a t school while my brother was quite confident _________
himself and dealt with everything __________ confidence.
A. of; of; in
B. of; about; in
C. in; about; with
D. in; in; with
19 John, as well as hi mother _________ it hard to avoid ________ the stinky man.
A. find; to meet
B. finds; meeting
C. finds; to meet
D. find; meeting
20 --Come on, man. ___________.
A. I’m a lucky dog
B. I wasn’t born yesterday
C. It’s nice of you
D. Hard to believe
二、动词填空
1 The woman was far away from home. Whenever her parent was ill, how could she ______ to her beside? (fly)
2 The man has such a big family __________ that he looks in his late fifties, though actually he is only 40.
(support)
3 The news usually covered everything __________ to the people and their surroundings. (happen)
4 Who __________ with me to Beijing tomorrow is still unknown. (travel)
5 The traffic lights, _________ by computer, have gone wrong, thanks to a terrible virus. (control)
6 She has been married for years. Sometimes she feels like _________with a stranger. (live)
7 Nothing is wrong with my fridge any more. Someone must ________it for me. (mend)
8 I wouldn’t advise ________ the car ----- there’s nowhere to park. (take)
9 How________ they ________ in touch with their families when they were away from home? (keep)
10 The man _________ emails to his lover when there was a power cut. (write)
11 Remind me ________ Allan before I go out. (call)
12 --I’ve no idea where to go next month.
--Why not consider __________ Beijing? (visit)
三、词汇填空
1 We thank the help of the _________ because they have helped us a lot with our daily exercise. (教练)
2 The scar on Harry Potter’s forehead looks like lightning but he won’t feel any ________. (疼痛)
3 What a rude young boy! He spoke to the _______ in such bad manners. (年老的)
4 With the weak light from ________, the poor little girl still worked hard to learn English. (蜡烛)
5 Getting yourselves well prepared is very important to __________your ideas clearly when you give a speech
in front of others. (表达)
6 It’s said that the doctor was trained ___________. That’s why one of his patients died during the operation.
(proper)
7 Remember never to put yourselves in danger since you needn’t take____________ ris ks. (necessary)
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