江苏省溧阳市汤桥初级中学2020-2021年度8年级上学期英语8AUnit4单元测试卷(答案+解析)

8A Unit-4 单元检测Name ____________ Mark ___________I. 听力（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）A.听对话，回答问题。

每段对话听两遍。

( )1. What’s Lily’s brother doing?A. B. C.( )2. What is the woman doing?A. B. C.( )3. What is she doing?A. B. C.( ) 4.Where is John going tomorrow?A. The museum.B. The market.C. The zoo.( )5.How much did an old car cost?A.$ 2,000.B.$ 3,000.C.$ 4,000.( )6.Who is the tallest, Bob, Jim or Li Lei?A. Bob.B. Li Lei.C. Jim.( )7.Which festival are they talking about?A. Lantern Festival.B. Spring Festival.C. New Year.( )8.What did Sam do first after college?A. He traveled in Europe.B. He went to work.C. He stayed at home.B.听对话和短文，选择最佳答案, 听两遍听一段对话，回答第9—10小题( )9. What club does the man want to join?A. The chess club.B. The art club.C. The football club. ( )10. What can the man do?A. He can swim.B. He can sing.C. He can play football.听一篇短文，回答第11—15小题( )11. Now there are _______ moon cakes.A. many kinds ofB. someC. meat and egg( )12. Many people like moon cakes with______.A. meatB. nutsC. eggs( )13. People in China usually eat moon cakes______.A. every nightB. every dayC. on Mid-Autumn Day( )14. Now many children eat _______ at breakfast.A. nutsB. moon cakesC. eggs( )15. When people eat moon cakes in the morning, they can look at the ______.A. sunB. moonC. cakesII. 单选选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）( ) 1. —Can you help me with the kite? —Sorry , it______, “Do it yourself”A. speaksB. talksC. tellsD. says( ) 2. —Shall we make some model planes? —_______? Let’s do it right away.A. Why notB. Will weC. Are youD. Do we( ) 3. —Don’t_______ t he pictures on the blackboard! —Sorry, I won’t.A．put on B．put away C．put up D．put in( ) 4. Mike, you should ________ your house. It is so _________.A. to tidy up; untidyB. tidy up; untidyC. tidy; untidyD. tidy up; tidy ( ) 5. I kept on _______ many pieces of paper, now it is enough．A. cut outB. to cut outC. cuttingD. cutting out( ) 6. ________ spending our vacation in a hotel, why not try hiking in the country?A. Instead ofB. InsteadC. In place ofD. In the place( ) 7. My teacher advised me ________it again.A. tryB. tryingC. to tryingD. to try( ) 8. The sound made the film ________. I am afraid of watching it.A. terribleB. terriblyC. happyD. happily( ) 9. The letters “USA”_______ “United States of America”.A. standsB. stands forC. instead ofD. tidy up( ) 10. .Not only you but also Jack and I _______ good at “DIY”..A. amB. isC. areD. was( ) 11.一The box is too heavy to carry．What’s in it?一Jack_______ it with many books．A. filledB. coveredC. usedD. asked( ) 12. The bookshop is on _________side of the street. You should find a zebra crossing first.A anotherB the otherC otherD others( ) 13. I need a tool __________ my bike.A to repairB repairingC repaired D. repair( ) 14.一Can you tell me how to make a cake? 一_________. Let me show youA. No wayB. No problemC. Forget itD. Thank you( ) 15. You look quite tired. You had better __________ a good rest.A stop to haveB stop havingC to stop to haveD to stop havingIII. 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）A French student went to London for his holiday. He thought, “I know a little English. I think people can 1 me.”One day he went to a restaurant and sat down at the table. He wanted to 2 a cup of tea and some eggs. Soon the waiter came up to him, and asked, “Can I help you?” “A cup of tea and…” he could not remember the 3 word for eggs. He looked 4 him, but nobody was eating eggs. Then he 5 a picture-book on the table next to him. There was a picture of a cock on 6 cover(封面). He 7 the picture to the waiter. “What’s the English8 this?” he asked. “A cock,” answered the waiter. “What do you call a cock’s wife?” he asked again. “A hen.” “And what do you call a hen’s children?” “ Chicks.” “And what do you call chicks 9 they’re born?” “Eggs.”“Very well,” said the French student happily. “Bring me two eggs and a cup of tea, please.” And he sat down 10 a smile on his face.( ) 1.A. understand B. know C. help D. speak( ) 2.A. drink B. take C. have D. eat( ) 3.A. French B. Chinese C. Japanese D. English( ) 4.A. at B. for C. after D. around( ) 5.A. saw B. had C. bought D. drew( ) 6.A. it B. it’s C. its D. his( ) 7.A. drew B. put C. gave D. showed( ) 8.A. for B. of C. in D. about( ) 9.A. when B. before C. after D. if( ) 10.A. of B. with C. in D. aboutIV. 阅读理解（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）AWhen Jimmy was a boy, he liked watches and clocks very much. When he was eighteen years old, he joined the army. One year later, he began to teach himself how to mend (修理) watches. A lot of his friends brought him broken watches, and he mended them all.Then his captain heard about this. One day he brought Jimmy a watch too, and said, “My watch doesn’t work. Can you mend it for me, please?”Jimmy said, “Yes, sir. I can.” After a few days, he brought the watch back to the captain.“How much should I pay you?” the captain asked.“One pound, sir.” Jimmy answered. Then he took a small box out of his pocket and gave it to the captain. He said, “Here are three wheels from your watch. I didn’t find a place for them when I put everything back.”( ) 1. Jimmy began to learn how to mend watches and clocks when he was ______.A. at homeB. a boyC. 18 years oldD. 19 years old( ) 2. Jimmy learned to mend watches and clocks ______.A. by himselfB. from his teacherC. from his friendsD. from his captain( ) 3. The underlined word “broken” means “______” in Chinese.A. 破的B. 旧的C. 坏的D. 好的( ) 4. Jimmy wanted ______ to pay one pound after he mended the watch for him.A. his friendB. his captainC. someoneD. no one( ) 5. Which of the sentences is TRUE?A. Jimmy did not put everything back to the watch.B. Jimmy mended the watch very well.C. Jimmy did not mend the watch because there was nothing wrong with it.D. Jimmy tried hard but he did not find the wrong place.BDIY is very popular in China now. Do you know what it is? Yang Chen works for a computer business in Beijing. Though he enjoys his work, it is hard for him for relax(放松) after work. "For a long time, I had no choice（选择）except（除了）going to a bar for a drink and karaoke to relax myself," he said.One day when he saw many toys in a toy shop, he had an idea. "Why not do some kind of things and relax myself?" Then he began to make model planes, model ships and something else. The thing he has made by himself doesn't look as professionally made as those in the shop, but he likes doing it. "It is not as much fun to play with things which are bought expensively from theshops," he said. Now his bookshelves are full of many kinds of things he has made. They are very beautiful and friends like them very much..More and more people are like Yang, making or creating(创造) things on their own. They like to do it themselves. Though making things with our own hands, may take much time, some people, now known as DI Yers. do-it-yourselfers, enjoy doing it very much. They can make all kinds of things they like.DIY is becoming more and more popular in China. It may be to the young, yet many people remember when it was once a way of life. During 1960s and 1970s, when there were not enough living things for people to live on, they had to use their own hands to do many things. Whitewashing the wall or making clothes was a part of life because there was no other choice. If you want something done, you had to do it yourself, and if you needed something you made it yourself. But times have changed and DIY has a1so different meanings.( ) 6. What does Yang Chen most enjoy doing in his free time now?A. Playing computers.B. Going to a bar for a drink and karaokeC. Whitewashing the wall.D. Making something by himself.( ) 7. Many young people like making things by themselves because _______.A. they want to make more moneyB. they do it for funC. they need them in their life.D. they can't buy them anywhere( ) 8. From the passage we know _______.A. more and more people like making things on their ownB. more and more people began to make model planesC. between 1960s and 1970s, people liked making things themselvesD. more and more people begin to like Yang Chen( ) 9. What's the main idea of the passage?A. The things Yang made don't look as professionally made as those in the shops.B. Planes bought from the shops are too expensive.C. DIY is a good way of life.D. DIY was a part of life in the past.( ) 10. Which is NOT true according to the passage?A. Yang likes to collect things made by his friends.B. People had to make things by themselves during 1960s and 1970s.C. DIY has different meaning now.D. Yang wants to find a way to relax himself.V. 词汇（共16小题；每小题1分，满分16分）1. The (句子) in this poem are so beautiful.2. Make sure you read the (说明) before you start working.3. The book with a yellow (封面) may tell you a lot about DIY.4 All our teachers (went to) the parents’ meeting last Friday.5. Luckily, we (finished) the hard work at the eleventh hour.B. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。