江苏省南京市旭东中学2015-2016学年八年级上英语第八单元测试卷班级姓名一、选择题( )1. There ______ a large number of students in our school. The number of the students _______ over three thousand.A. is; isB. are; areC. is; areD. are; is( )2. I don’t know if Tom _________ here tomorrow. If he ________, I’ll tell you.A. comes; comesB. will com; comesC. comes; will comeD. will come; will come( )3. The teacher told me _________when I left the classroom.A. lock the doorB. to lock the doorC. to knock at the doorD. knock at the door( )4. The wetland can ________ food and shelter ______ plants and animals, including different kinds of birds.A. provide; forB. provide; withC. make; forD. provides; for( )5. When I was working on a Maths problem, a good idea went ______my head.A. overB. inC. aboutD. through( )6. -----What do you call these animals ?-----We call them kangaroos . The structure of sentence is .A. S + VB. S + V + DOC. S + V + IO + DOD. S + V + DO + OC ( )7.When the flood was washing the village, people screamed and ran all directions.A. in fear, withB. with fear, inC. in fear, inD. with fear , with( )8. Diaoyudao is the of China .A. in, south-eastB. on, south-eastC. to, west-southD. in, south-west( )9. My mother often tells me to _____________when I am in trouble.A. come downB. slow downC. calm downD. get down ( )10. We should do everything we can the birds in danger .A. protectB. protectingC. to protectD. protected ( )11. The floor in the classroom is very dirty. Will you please _________?A. to mop up itB. mop up itC. to mop it upD. mop it up ( )12.They should do exercises as ________ as possible to keep _________.A. more, healthyB. much, healthC. more, healthD. much, healthy( )13. The baby stops ________ as soon as he ________his mother coming into the room .A. to cry, seesB. crying, will seeC. crying, seesD. to cry, will see ( )14. Could you tell me at the class meeting?A. what did he sayB. what does he sayC. what is he sayingD. what he said ( )15. The sad boy sat on the ground，shouting she was crying．A. whenB. whileC. asD. as soon as( )16. It was too cold , so we made a fire warm .A. keepB. to keepC. keepingD. kept( )17.There are _______ visitors to the park, and the number is becoming _______ now.A. thousand of, larger and largerB. thousands of, more and moreC. thousands of, larger and largerD. thousand of, more and more( )18. －I hear that you w ent to see the film called “The Fast and the Furious”, isn’t that boring?－__________. It’s one of the most successful films .A. Yes, it’s interesting.B. Yes, it’s boring.C. Not at all.D. Of course.( )19. －I’m sorry I ______ my maths book at home.－Don’t forget _______ it to school tomorrow, please.A. forgot, to takeB. left, to bringC. forgot, to bringD. left, to take( )20. The terrible earthquake ______ when I _______some cleaning.A. starts, was doingB. started, was doingC. was starting, was doingD. starts, were doing二、完形填空Is there anything strange on the top of the world’s highest mountains? If so, is it a bear? Is it a monkey? Or is it a kind of man?No one 1 . The world has tried their best to know more about this mystery (神秘) for years. In 1887, 2 mountain climber found very big footprints of a very large man. 3man doesn’t walk barefoot（光脚）in the snow. In 1906, 4 climber saw more than footprints. To his surprise, he saw a great hairy animal 5 on two legs. As he watched, it ran out of sight（视线）.Fifteen years later, there were 6 about the thing in the newspapers. A mountain climber said that he had seen the “snowman” 7 slowly across the snow, far below him. He said it looked like a very large hairy man.From that time on, more and more people had stories to tell. But not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back 8 of giant (巨大的) footprints. The picture showed 9that the snowman walked on two legs. So it was not a bear or a monkey. Could it be an ape man? The mystery grew!And the mystery keeps on growing. 10 men still hunt the snowman in the high mountains. Some day we may find out just what it is that makes the giant footprints.1. A. knows B. looks C. sees D. reads2. A. the B. a C. an D. /3. A. Or B. Then C. But D. So4. A. other B. another C. the D. others5. A. sitting B. putting C. using D. standing6. A. books B. news C. animals D. stories7. A. climb B. dance C. walk D. play8. A. pictures B. cards C. stories D. places9. A. bad B. clear C. clearly D. badly10. A. Kind B. Brave C. Generous D. Strange三、阅读理解（A）Many animals do strange things before an earthquake. This news may be important. Earthquakes can kill people and knock down homes. The animals may help to save lives.Some animals make a lot of noise before an earthquake. Farmers have told about this. Dogs thatare usually quiet have started to bark(吠). Horses on farms have run around in circles. Mice have left their holes and run away. Cows have given less milk.In a town in Italy, cats raced down the street in a group. That happened only a few hours before an earthquake. In San Francisco, a man kept tiny pet frogs. One Sunday, the frogs jumped around more than ever. They made loud noises, like bigger frogs. That night, an earthquake struck the city.People want to know when an earthquake is coming. Then they could get away safely. Right now, there is no sure way to know ahead of time. Maybe the best idea is watching the animals. ( )1. This passage is mainly about _____.A. how animals act before an earthquakeB. how an earthquake startsC. how mice leave their homesD. how animals live every day( )2. Before the earthquake in Italy, quiet dogs _____.A. ran awayB. started to barkC. climbed treesD. jump into the water( )3. Before the earthquake in Italy, the frogs _____.A. sangB. jumped into the waterC. diedD. jumped around a lot(B)The word “day” has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using “day” to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night, we are using “day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning（旋转）of the earth. At the equator（赤道）day and night are sometimes the same length（长度）. They are each twelve hours long. The sun rises at 6 o’clock in the morning and sets at 6 o’clock in the evening. For six months the North Pole（北极）is tilted（倾斜）toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere （半球）gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere（半球）. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than nights. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.（）4.When the Western Hemisphere is having day, the Eastern Hemisphere is having ______.A. both day and nightB. dayC. neither（既不）day nor nightD. night （）5. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by ________ of the earth.A. the pushingB. the pullingC. the spinningD. the passing（）6. At the equator day is as long as night ________.A. sometimesB. neverC. usuallyD. always（）7. When the North Pole is tilted toward the sun, the Northern Hemisphere gets ________ sunlight.A. lessB. moreC. allD. no(C)The leaders （领导人）of 13 countries had a big meeting in St Petersburg, Russia from November 21 to 24, 2010.The meeting was about tigers. They talked about the ways to protect the animals in their countries. They agreed to spend more money protecting tigers and they wanted to double the number of tigers in the world before 2022.Tiger is one of the world’s most endangered animals. The World Wildlif e Fund （WWF）says, there are only about 100,000 wild tigers now. And the number is becoming smaller and smaller. ‘If nothing happens, tigers will face disasters,’ said WWF spokeswoman Marie von Zeipel.Nine types of tigers lived 100 years ago, but now at least three of them have died out. ‘If people leave tigers alone and don’t kill them, then the number of tigers will double in 10 years,’ said Jean-Christoph Vie, a French tiger expert (专家).China is one of the 13 countries where tigers live. There are about 50 wild tigers in China now. They are the Bengal tigers in Tibet, Indochinese tigers in China’s southwest, and Siberian tigers in the northeast. The South China tigers lived in southeast China many years ago but disappeared in the 1970s. Many experts think they have already died out.8. What’s the meeting in St Petersburg mainly about?A. How to help tigers find a better place to live.B. How to protect tigers in their countries.C. How to stop people from hunting the wild animals.D. How to count the number of tigers in the world.9. Which of the following is TRUE according to the WWF?A. Many tigers have died only because people hunt them.B. About 3,200 tigers have died in the past 100 years.C. There are more and more tigers these years.D. There are about 100,000 wild tigers in the world now.10. In Jean-Christoph Vie’s opinion, the best way to double the number of tigers in 10 years is __________.A. to do nothingB. to keep all of them in the zooC. to stop people from killing themD. to build more nature reserves for tigers11. How many types of tigers were there in China 50 years ago?A. 3B. 4C. 13D. 50(D)Recently，a solar-powered (太阳能动力的）plane took to the sky for the first time. It passed an important test on the way to travel around the world.The plane took off from an airport（飞机场）in Switzerland. It slowly rose above the fields and into the sky."There has never been an airplane of that kind that could fly—never an airplane so big，so light, using so little energy.” said Bertrand Piccard, a leader of the project.During the 90-minute flight (飞行），the plane did several turns. It climbed nearly 1. 6 km above the countryside.Engineers（工程师）plan to test a night flight（飞行）before July. Then they will use the results （结果）of the tests to build a second plane. They plan to travel around the world in that plane in 2012."We want to fly it day and nigh with no fuel(燃料），” Piccard said. Piccard and pilot (飞行员）Andre Borschberg will take the plane around the world. They will make a few stops to change places and rest after a long time in the air--and to show off their airplane.The plane will fly at 70 km per hour on average(平均）.That is faster than a bike and slower than a car. The pilots will keep the plane in the air for up to five days at a time.( )12. The passage is probably taken from .A. a postcard（明信片）B. a newspaperC. a comic bookD. an advertisement ( )13. The solar-powered plane .A. is big and heavyB. uses much energyC. passed the first flight testD. will have a night flight after July ( )14. How long will it take the solar-powered plane to travel 140 km?A. About a day and a night.B. About 5 days.C. About 2 hours.D. About 90 minutes.( )15. Which of the following is NOT mentioned(提到) in the passage?A. During the 90 -minute flight, the solar-powered plane reached a height of 1. 6 km.B. The solar-powered plane is slower than a car and faster than a bike.C. Maybe the solar-powered plane will fly with no fuel.D. It took a long time to build the solar-powered plane.四、词汇运用A)根据句意及首字母提示，写出适当的单词形式。
