Unit 8 Life in the future检测题
(时间：60分钟；满分：100分)
一、听力部分(满分20分)
(一)听句子，选出句子中所包含的信息。每个句子读一遍。
1. A. cat B. late C. cake
2. A. go home B. go there C. go out
3. A. happened B. broken C. opened
4. A. picture B. future C. flower
5. A. look at B. run after C. look after
(二)听句子，选择适当的答语。每个句子读两遍。
6. A. It’s blue. B. It’s in my desk. C. It’s small.
7. A. I’m fifteen. B. On March tenth. C. In 1995.
8. A. Last week. B. I went to the zoo. C. It was great.
9. A. Twenty dollars. B. Two, please. C. I like them very much.
10. A. Japanese. B. Canada. C. In Shanghai.
(三)听对话和问题，请根据每段对话的内容和后面的问题，从所给的三个选项中选出最恰当
的一项。每段对话和每个问题读两遍。
11. A. Next to the park. B. Far from the park. C. Across from the park.
12. A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times.
13. A. In a TV station. B. In a bank. C. In a factory.
14. A. To do homework. B. To play the piano. C. To play chess.
15. A. To say goodbye to Linda. B. To work here. C. To enjoy himself.
(四)听一篇短文，根据短文内容和所提问题选择正确答案。短文读两遍。
16. What class are the girls in?
A. In Class 8, Grade 2.
B. In Class 2, Grade 8.
C. In Class 3, Grade 8.
17. Who does well in singing and dancing?
A. Wang Hui.
B. Li Hong.
C. Yang Fang.
18. What does Li Hong enjoy?
A. She enjoys writing.
B. She enjoys drawing.
C. She enjoys reading novels.
19. What’s Yang Fang’s favourite sport？
A. Playing table tennis.
B. Playing basketball.
C. Playing volleyball.
20. What does Zhang Mei usually do at the weekend？
A. She usually plays games with her friends.
B. She usually does some shopping with her mother.
C. She usually helps her parents do the housework at home.
二、笔试部分(满分80分)
I.单项填空(每小题1分，满分10分)
21. I didn’t hear the phone because my father ________ TV then．
A. is watching
B. was watching
C. watched
D. watches
22. Look, so many passengers ________ with their smart phones on the underground.
A. played
B. will play
C. are playing
D. have played
23. —Linda, I called you this morning, but nobody answered the phone.
—I’m so rry. I ________ football with my friends then.
A. play
B. played
C. am playing
D. was playing
24. Millie ________ a picture when Mr Green came in.
A. draw
B. will draw
C. drew
D. was drawing
25. —I didn’t see you at the meeting yesterday. Why?
—I ________ for an important telephone call at that moment.
A. wait
B. waited
C. am waiting
D. was waiting
26. Sally took a photo of her friends while they________ computer games.
A. play
B. are playing
C. have played
D. were playing
27. What ________ you ________ when the captain came in?
A. are; doing
B. did; do
C. were; doing
D. does; do
28. —Mr Li ________ to Mary carefully when I entered the classroom this morning.
—He is very patient ________ he is young.
A. talking; but
B. was talking; though
C. talks; though
D. talked; however
29. —I saw Mr Smith in the office at ten yesterday morning.
—That’s impossible. He ________ an English party with us then.
A. has
B. had
C. was having
D. has had
30. —Could you tell me what he said just now?
—Sorry, I ________ what was happening outside.
A. had thought
B. was thinking
C. thought
D. think
II.完形填空(每小题1.5分，满分15分)
These days, cars are designed using computers. Let’s look at how a new car is created.
First, several 31 talk about the new car and any good ideas that they have. Then they sit down at their computers and 32 many sketches. The best two or three drawings are chosen and then more detailed drawings of 33 are developed on the computer. You can change the size, shape or colour of any part on the computer to see 34 the car would look and then you can choose the best design.
Both the inside and the outside of the car have to be designed. Part of the inside of the car is 35 so that the designers can sit in it. They can feel if there is enough 36 inside and if they can reach 37 . Then some cars are built—there are more than 15, 000 parts of a car to 38 .
When everything is known to be 39 , the cars are made in the factory. Again, computers are used to make sure that all the parts are 40 as they are needed. The factory usually stays open all through the night so that the car production never stops.
31. A. drivers B. designers C. workers D. salesmen
32. A. draw B. order C. type D. enjoy
33. A. bicycles B. trains C. cars D. buses
34. A. how B. if C. what D. that
35. A. covered B. painted C. locked D. built
36. A. metal B. glass C. leather D. room
37. A. nothing B. somebody C. everything D. nobody
38. A. choose B. test C. how D. repair
39. A. safe B. easy C. cheap D. fast
40. A. rare B. electronic C. comfortable D. ready
