大丰市万盈第二中学八年级英语上学期培优作业7 牛津版

八年级上册英语培优作业7

一、单项选择（20分）

( )1. Today computers _______ in both cities and towns.

A. were using B. are used

C. were used D. are using

( )2. What a pity! ______ of the computers are working .

A. No B. None C. Nothing D. No one

( )3.－Do you mind me smoking here? －____.Look at the sign. It says, ‘No smoking.’

A. It doesn’t matter B. No, I don’t. C. You’d better not D. Never mind.

( )4. Try to buy one before all the tickets _____.

A. be sold B. will sell out C. are sold D. are sold out

( )5. She has _________ a ticket online.

A. had B. ordered C. forgotten D. asked ( )6. Can you show me_____ to start the computer?

A. what B. where C. how D. which

( )7. We can change the channel on TV with a _____.

A. keyboard B. mouse C. icon D. remote control

( )8. People have realized how important the environment is, but still trees___ in the world every year.

A. were cut down B. cut down C. are cut down D. will be cut down

( )9. On May 30th, 2005, one bowl in the Ming dynasty(明朝)___ at the price of 30.36 million

Hong Kong dollars. A. sell B. sold C. is sold D. was sold ( )10 —

are the window_______? —Once a month.

B. How long, clean C. How many times, cleaned

D.

How

A. How soon, clean often, cleaned

( )11. The letter _________ in French. I can't read it.

A. writes B. wrote C. is writing D. is written

( )12. Chi Li’s new book __________ last year.

A. comes B. comes out C. came up D. came out

( )13. I’m sorry. I have your book at home.

A. missed B. lost C. forgot D. left

( )14. Sheep __________ by the farmers for ___________ wool and mutton.

A. keep , producing B. are kept , producing C. is kept , to produce D. are kept , to produce

( )15. ----When your name ____________ please say: ‘I’ m here .’ ---- Yes, Mr Hu . A. will be called B. calls C. is called D. is calling ( )16. We saw a strange cloud _____a question _______ it in the game.

A. have, on B. with, on C. /, in D. /, written for ( )17. Was the keyboard __________the computer properly?

A. connect to B. connected and C. connect D. connected to

( )18. They sat at the table until all the food ____________ .

A. were eating B. was eaten C. was eating D. were eaten ( )19. She is often laughed at ________her classmates because of her laziness.

A. with B. by C. to D. from

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( )20. _______ this CD-ROM, you can learn English on the computer. A. Put on B. Put in C. Turn on D. Push in

二、完形填空（15分）One day, a poor boy, who was selling newspapers from door to door to pay for his schooling, found he had only ten pennies (便士) left, and he was hungry. He decided to ask for a 1 at the next house. However, he had another idea when a young 2 opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. But as he looked 3 , she brought him a large glass of 4 .

He drank it, and then asked, ‘How much do I owe (欠) you?’ ‘My mother teaches me that I should 5 get money for any kindness,’ she replied, ‘so you don't owe me 6 .\

Many years later, the woman became seriously ill. Then she was sent to a famous 7 in London. Dr Kelly was called in to study her illness. When he heard the name of the 8 which she came from, a

strange light filled his eyes.

As soon as he walked 9 her room, he got to know her at once.

He did his best to 10 her. Then he gave special attention to her. After some time she got 11 . Dr Kelly asked for her final bill (账单) before she left hospital. He 12 it, then wrote something on it 13

it was sent to her. She was afraid to open it, for she believed it would 14 the rest of her life to pay for it all.

But 15 she opened it, and read these words on it: Paid in full with one glass of milk. ( )1. A. banana ( )2. A. father ( )3. A. excited ( )4. A. coffee ( )5. A. always ( )7. A. park ( )8. A. country ( )9. A. from ( )11. A. away ( )13. A. after ( )14. A. cost 三、阅读理解（20分）

A．Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can't do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century, except the old people.

Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. Yet, many of their children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.

In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions

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B. chocolate B. man

B. hungry B. juice B. never

C. drink D. meal

C. teacher C. thirsty

C. milk C. often C. hotel

C. off

D. woman D. tired

D. water D. something

D. sometimes D. university

D. town D. to

( )6. A. anything

B. everything B. house B. into

B. protect

C. nothing C. street

B. hospital

( )10. A. examine ( )12. A. looked at

C. remember D. save C. well

D. worse

D. looked up D. when

C. looked for C. before

B. back

B. looked after B. because B. pay B. happily

C. spend C. quickly

D. take D. soon

( )15. A. finally

of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by today's students themselves! ( ) 1. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because ______.

A. our country asks us to learn it B. it can help us a lot C. we can use it to play games D. it can help us to find jobs

( ) 2. What do many teachers and parents complain（抱怨）about? They complain that ______ .

A. their students and children use computers to play games B. computers let them lose

their jobs

C. computers make their students and children fall behind D. computers bring people

a lot of trouble

( ) 3. In this passage we know computers ______.

A. also bring us trouble B. bring us happiness only C. are hated by people D. are bad for people's health

( ) 4. Can computers really help children to study?

A. Yes, they can. B. It's hard to say. C. No, they can't. D. Of course not.

( ) 5. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means ______.

A. computers are used by people B. people can live well without computers C. one must decide how to use computers D. computers are strange machines

B. Are you looking for something fun? Would you like to help other people in your spare（空闲的）time? Then join us and be a volunteer（志愿者）

We are a non-profit organization(非盈利性组织). We have volunteer jobs for people of all ages. Anyone, from twelve-year-old children to people in their 80s, can become a volunteer. You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are working. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents see a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something for everyone.

‘As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children's happy faces, I am happy, too.’ said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62.

‘I often played computer games in my spare time before. Now I help older people learn how to use computers.’ said another volunteer at the age of 18.

If everyone helps out a bit, we'll all have a better world to live in. Interested? Call us on 1-800-555-5756. Or visit our website: www. active. Com. ( )6. What kind of people can become volunteers?

A. Only teenagers. B. People from 12 years old to about 80. C. Only old people.

D. only students and teachers.

D. Everyone

( )7. ___________need(s) volunteers.

A. Animals without homes B. Doctors C. Non-profit organization ( )8. Volunteers want to get _________ when they help others.

A. everything B. money C. nothing D. computers ( )9. Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with ___________.

A. dogs B. cats C. old people D. children ( )10.This passage might be ___________ .

A. a story on a newspaper B. a play in a magazine C. a poster D. a TV play 四、任务型阅读（10分） Smoking harms you and is bad for all

‘I first tried smoking after watching TV. It makes me feel excited and I think it looks cool.

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