Unit7练习卷

初二英语单元测试卷8B Unit 7一、单项选择（共18分，每小题1分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

( ) 1.—________ important job you‟re doing!—Yes. I‟m proud to get _____ chance to work for our hometown.A. What a; aB. What an; theC. How; theD. How an; the ( ) 2.— I think winter is a beautiful season, ______ when it snows.— Me, too. (2012连云港)A. speciallyB. especiallyC. probablyD. properly( ) 3. — Mum, my little sister is crying all the time.— Mary, be _____! She feels ____. You should take good care of her. (2013无锡)A. patient; illB. lazy; diseaseC. polite; sicknessD. careful; illness ( ) 4. There is a lot to do. We can‟t ______ to waste any time.A. waitB. haveC. wantD. afford( ) 5. David Burt‟s dream in China is to go into the west and ______ a kind ergarten (幼儿园) there. (2013苏州)A. clean upB. look upC. give upD. set up( ) 6. — Why are you so excited today?— We were told ______ a picnic this weekend. (2013南京)A. haveB. to haveC. havingD. had( ) 7. — Have you hear about the car accident near the school?— Yes. Luckily no one ________. (2013苏州)A. hurtB. was hurtC. has hurtD. was hurting ( ) 8. — Who _____ this book ______? — By Mo Yan in 2010.A. is; written byB. does; writeC. did; writeD. was written; by ( ) 9. Unluckily, a car accident _____ on this road last week.A. has happenedB. was happenedC. was happeningD. happened( ) 10. China is a ______ country while the USA is a ______ country.A. developing; developingB. developed; developedC. developing; developedD. developed; developing( ) 11. These doctors and nurses tried their best, but they did not _____ the poor patient.A. cureB. treatC. improveD. help( ) 12. Many foreign friends are from Europe, and ______ from England.A. mostB. almostC. mostlyD. nearly( ) 13. As children, they should go to school to receive ________ to make themselves successful.A. educationB. chancesC. prizesD. excuses( ) 14. He walked back and ____ his hands wide.A. reachB. holdC. touchD. spread( ) 15. Before the discussion, the host _______the forms (表格) to all the students to fill in.A. hand inB. hand overC. hand outD. hand down ( ) 16. — What do we do to help these little animals?— Above all, we should ______ them from danger.A. keepB. preventC. stopD. protect( ) 17. — You look ________, what‟s _________ with you?—I feel terrible, and I‟ve got toothache.A. white; matterB. pale; the matterC. red; the wrongD. black; trouble ( ) 18. —If you‟re free tonight, how about having a dinner together?— ________. (2012淮安)A. It do esn‟t matterB. That‟s all rightC. All rightD. Not at all二、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Do you have mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family? Text messaging or “Texting” 19 very popular. But,, scientists have found that texting can bring us 20 with our hands. Be careful! 21 can cause swelling (膨胀) in our thumbs. Our thumbs were not made for 22 small buttons (按钮), over and over. Scientists call the problem RSI. We spoke to a doctor 23 Harriet Wilson, who treats many sick people with RSI. She says we need to see how much 24 we are spending in typing text messages. If we are spending 25 than 10—15 minutes once, we could have problems in the future.As mobile phones develop, they are getting 26 with buttons closer together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with bigger buttons. 27 computers and playing video games can cause the same problem. So more and more people could find themselves with RSI. 28 them, most are university students and teenagers, as they do not know the 29 of spending so much time using computers, video games and mobile phones. 30 we don‟t do something about this, too many young people could grow up in terrible pain.( ) 19. A. becoming B. to become C. is becoming D. became( ) 20. A. money B. question C. problems D. time( ) 21. A. Too much B. Too many C. Much too D. Many too( ) 22. A. to push B. pushing C. to pull D. pulling( ) 23. A. calling B. call C. to call D. called( ) 24. A. time B. money C. energy D. ability( ) 25. A. more B. less C. few D. little( ) 26. A. small B. smaller C. big D. bigger( ) 27. A. Using B. Used C. Selling D. Sold( ) 28. A. Between B. Among C. About D. Of( ) 29. A. risk B. importance C, confidence D. advantages ( ) 30. A. As B. When C. Since D. If三、阅读理解（共26分，每小题2分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

(A)Dear Reader,Think about a ten-year-old child spending her days washing clothes, looking after a baby brother, and doing hard work on the farm.Think about a little girl. She knows there will not be enough food for dinner, and has water to drink because it is not clean. She has watched her father, brother and sister lose their lives as the family has no money to send for a doctor.Hard to believe? For Maria, there are the facts of life.Maria would gladly walk to school, but her mother, now alone, really needs her at home. Maria had to leave school to work for her poor family.But for five dollars a week, you can help out a child like Maria. Show her that somewhere, someone will help her. Through Save the Children, you can help Maria‟smother get better crops (收成) from their farm, and make the money to buy clothes and things for school.To help Maria most, your money is to put together with other helpers, so hard-working people can help themselves. Build a school or a hospital, make their farm better, bring in clean water… This is what Save the Children has been about since 1952.For you, there are many returns. You can write letters to each other, get photos, or study reports. Know you are helping and saving another person in the same world as you. That‟s how Save the Children works. But without you, it can‟t work. Please take a moment to fill in this form to help a child like Maria and her village.It can make such a difference—in her life and yours.Save the ChildrenDavid L. GuyerChairman ( ) 31. Maria‟s father, brother and sister died because they ______________.A. were too poor to see a doctorB. did not know where to find a doctorC. did not have enough food to eatD. were too busy to see a doctor( ) 32. This letter mainly tells you to _________________.A. know about poor peopleB. make money for poor childrenC. show pity (同情心) to poor peopleD. donate money to help poor children ( ) 33. If you try to help a child like Maria, which of the following can‟t you get from her?A. You can often het some pictures from her.B. You can get more money from her when she grows up.C. You can often get her letters.D. You can often be told how she is getting on. ( ) 34. You can most probably read this letter _________________.A. on TVB. in a magazineC. in a dictionaryD. on the radio(B)Christopher Reeve was a successful actor, famous for the Supermanfilms. But disaster came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and broke hisback. The doctors thought he would die. However, he made amazingprogress. At first, he could not breathe without a machine, but he learnedto breathe on his own.Christopher Reeve made speeches all over the USA about hisexperiences. This encourages (鼓励) a lot of people with all kinds ofproblems.From their home, Christopher and his wife Dana spoke about theirlife after the accident.Could you say something about your life after the accident?“Four days after the accident, I got to understand my si tuation. The doctors said I was not going to pull through. Those days were terrible. But my wife Dana said, …You are still you and I love you. Be confident in yourself.‟ And that saved my life. Since that moment I have never thought of giving up. Of course, I‟ve had moments of feeling sorry for myself, but I‟ve never had any thoughts of killing myself.”What do you think of your family?“Great! Dana is so wonderful. We have always got on really well. My parents often quarreled (争论) with each other when I was young. But they‟ve got closer since the accident.”How do you spend your time?“I spent most of my time on charity work to improve the life for all disabled people. I think they need my help. With the progress of new medical research, I‟m confident that people like me would be able to walk again one day. so you can see I’m far too busy to think of giving up!”Christopher Reeve died on October 10, 2004. but people all over the world will always remember him as a superhero.( ) 35. What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?A. His riding accident.B. His marriage (婚姻).C. His death.D. His films.( ) 36. The underlined sentence “I’m far too busy to think of giving up!” means ____.A. I have been busy thinking of giving up so farB. I am so busy that I have no time to think of giving upC. I‟m so busy that I ha ve to think of giving upD. I have been so busy, so I have no time to think( ) 37. Why did he spend most of his time on charity work?A. Because he wanted people to remember him.B. Because his wife asked him to do so.C. Because he thought he would die soon.D. Because he wanted to help disabled people.( ) 38. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The doctors thought he could breathe without a machine.B. His speeches encouraged a lot of people with problems.C. His parents got on well with each other before the accident.D. Christopher Reeve never felt sorry for himself.(C)It would be hard for a family to live on 300 yuan a month, wouldn‟t it? that is how much Li Hua‟s family have to live on for a whole year. The world is now trying to help people like Li Hua live better.From Tuesday until today, about 2,000 government leaders and scientists met in Shanghai to talk about stopping poverty (贫穷) around the world.According to the United Nations, the poorest people in the world live on less than 8.5 yuan a day.Most of those people live in African countries like Sierra Leone and Somalia. These countries often have wars and lots of diseases. Now, more than one billion people in the world live in poverty. The UN said that by 2015, the number should be cut in half.To help people in China, the World Bank has given more than 37 billion yuan to help China build railways and schools and stop river pollution and deserts.Many places in China‟s countryside, like Li Hua‟s home in Chongqing, are very poor. Li Hua, 13, lives with her mother, two grandparents and a 16-year-old brother in Chongqing. Her father is dead. The families make their lives by planting crops. They have no TV, no electric fan or telephone.( ) 39. How much do Li Hua‟s family to live on for a whole year?A.￥300.B. ￥600.C. ￥1,500.D. ￥2,000( ) 40. How many people will live in poverty by the year 2015?A. About half a billion.B. Over one billion.C. All the African people.D. About one billion.( ) 41. The meeting in Shanghai is to talk about stopping poverty _______.A. in ChinaB. in Serra LeoneC. on EarthD. in Somalia ( ) 42. Why did the World Bank give more than 37 billion yuan to China?A. To build airports.B. To build museums.C. To buy much food for poor people.D. To help China‟s poor people.( ) 43. Which is the best title for the passage?A. Li Hua‟s familyB. Still too many poor peopleC. What is povertyD. How to stop poverty四、阅读表达（共5分，每小题1分）阅读下面短文，并根据所读短文内容在文章后的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。