八下英语单元2018人教版英语八年级下册下Unit7单元测试卷含答案

Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world? 测试题

一、选择填空。（15分）

( )1.The bags ________ sand were used to stop the flood.

A. are full of B. full with C. filled with D. are filled of

( )2.The water ________ another meter. People became more worried.

A. raised B. rose C. were raised D. were risen ( )3.The world’s deepest salt lake is the Caspian sea. It’s _______

A. 1,025-meters-deep B.1,025 meter deep C.1,025 meters deep D.1,025 meters-deep

( )4.Some of the doctors are paid almost twice as _____as the nurses.

A. much B. many C. more D. most ( )5.The price of this computer is the ________ of the three. A. smallest B. biggest C. highest D. tallest ( )6. ________ friends you have , ________ you will be. A. More, happier B. The more，the happier C. More，more happy D. the more，the more happy ( )7. The number of the book ______________20000. A. is B. are C./ D. were

( )8.The population of Shanghai is ________ than that of Shijiazhuang. A. smaller B. larger C. less D. large ( )9. ________ the weight of a giant panda？ It’s 120 kilos. A. How many B. How much C. What's D. How heavy is ( )10.li Ming is more hard-working than ________ in his class.

A. any student B. any other student C. the other student D. anyone

( )11.Mr Wang usually drives at a____ of fifty kilometers an hour。 A. speed B. price C. time D. space

( )12.My sister was____ from going to school because of her illness。 A. served B. prevented C. protected D. formed

( )13.Mount Tai is____ lower than Qomolangma . A. much B. more C. very D. quite

( )14.There is a young man___ for Miss Chen at the school gate now. A. to wait B. wait C. waited D. waiting

( )15. The Yellow River is 5464km in _____.It’s the second____ river in China. A. long；long B. length；length C. length；longest D. long；very long

二、完形填空（10分）

Once upon a time, some children were playing at seaside when they found a turtle(海龟). They began to beat the turtle. Just at that time, a young man came and said to them, “Stop!” The children ran 1 quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said, “Thanks for your kindness. I really would like 2

The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he 3 the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle, “What a nice palace!” To thank him, the king of the turtles gave him 4 . He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warm welcome there and was very 5 everything.

After dinner, the king of the turtles said, “I am going to give you two boxes, 6 you can open only one.” “You mustn’t open both. Don’t forget it!” the turtle warned him. “All right. I will open only one,” the young man promised(许诺). At this time, a large wave sent him out of the sea.

After he 7 , he opened the bigger one of the two boxes.8 the box was full of gold. “My God!” he cried. “I’m 9 now.” Then he thought, “Things in the other box must be expensive, too.” He could not wait any longer. He broke his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became an old man. His hair turned white. His face

man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it

( )1. A. through B. away C. into D. out

( )2. A. wanting B. asking C. to let D. to invite ( )3. A. left for B. arrived on C. arrived at D. got away ( )4. A. a very big dinner B. a very poor dinner C. a very bad dinner D. a very small dinner

( )5. A. pleased with B. strict in C. angry with D. sorry for ( )6. A. so B. or C. but D. as ( )7. A. went back to home B. was back home

C. went back to the sea D.was back the sea

( )8. A. To his surprising B. To one’s surprising

C. To one’s surprise D. To his surprise

( )9. A. a poor man B. a rich man

C. an old man D. a young man

( )10 A. liked B. felt like C. looked like D. looke

三、阅读理解（20分）

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Light travels at a speed which is about a million times faster than the speed of sound. You can get some idea of this difference by watching the start of a race. If you stand some distance away from the starter, you can see smoke from his gun before the sound reaches your ears.

This great speed of light produces some strange facts Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach us If you look at the light of the moon tonight, remember that the light rays left the moon 1.3 seconds before they reached you The nearest star is so far away that the light that you can see from it tonight started to travel towards you four years ago at a speed of nearly 2 million km. per minute. In some cases, the light from one of tonight's stars had started on its journey to you before you were born.

Thus, if we want to be honest, we can't say, \

to say instead, \

but their light has only just reached the earth.\

1．Light speed is ________ sound speed( ) A．as fast as

B．a million times slower than

C．about millions of times faster than D．about a million times faster than

2．If you stand 200 metres away from a man who is firing a gun to

start a race, you will find out that _______( )

A．you can hear the sound before you see the smoke B．the sound does not travel as fast as light

C．the sound will reach you before the man fires

D．sound travels about a million times faster than light

3．Sunlight obviously（明显地）_________ than the light of the moon( ) A．has to travel a greater distance B．moves less quickly

C．travels much more quickly D．is less powerful（有力的）

4．The scientific way of saying \( ) A．the stars have been shining all the time

B．the stars seen tonight will shine four years later C．the stars were shining long ago but seen tonight D．the starlight seen today could be seen four years ago 5. The Main idea of the article is __________.( )

A. the speed B. the light C. the speed of the light D. the speed of the sound B.

根据短文肉容．判断下列旬子的正误。正确的用“T”．错误的用“F”。

A long time ago. there was an emperor. He had a beautiful garden. In the garden, there was a little nightingale(夜莺) singing very beautifully.

One day the emperor heard about this little bird's beautiful voice. He asked his guards to bring her to him. As soon as the emperor heard the nightingale's voice, he said, \and sing for me whenever I want to hear her. \

The tittle bird was so unhappy about being kept in the cage that she stopped singing one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the scientists in his palace to make a robot bird for him. The bird could sing very beautifully, too. The emperor was pleased.

Soon the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that time, the emperor became very weak. One morning, while lying in bed, the emperor wanted it to sing once again. But the robot bird couldn't sing any more. Suddenly the nightingale landed on the window. She began to sing her most beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! He became better and better each day.

After the emperor was well，he changed a lot and became kind to his people. From then on, all his people cherished(爱戴) him for his love and kindness.

( )6. Both the nightingale and the robot bird had a beautiful voice.

( )7. The emperor kept the nightingale in a golden cage in order to hear her sing at any time. ( )8. The nightingale was very happy after she was kept in the golden cage. ( )9. The emperor was not satisfied with the robot bird at first.

( )10. The emperor learnt from the nightingale what love and kindness was.

四、从下面方框中选择适当的句子，补全对话(10分)

A: Have you ever heard of George Mallory? B: 1 What is it?

A: He is an American teacher. He has been dead for 60 years. B: Did he died in England? A: No, 2 . B: 3 .

A: Maybe it was because the weather was very bad. B: 4 . Did he reach the top? A: I don’t know, but I hope so. B: 5 . A. What a pity. B. Why couldn’t he come back? C. Sorry, I haven’t. D. Yes, I have. E. He died on Qomolangma with Andrew Irvine. F. So do I. G. How did they live on it? 1_________________2_______________3________________4________________5________________ 五、词汇运用（10分）

（一）根据句意和首字母提示完成单词。（5分）

1. Every year thousands of t______ come to visit my hometown. 2. The Great Wall is an a_____ man-made object.

3. Many animals are I danger. We should do something to p_____ them. 4. Work hard and you ca a_____ your dream.

5. It’s midnight, but I am not asleep, I am still a______. （二）、根据句意和汉语提示完成单词。 （5 分） 6. Pandas feed on ______(竹子).

7. _____ (日本) is to the east of China.

8. His ______(病) was more serious than the doctor first thought.