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第八单元自测题

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　　一、单项选择

　　1—I'm afraid I dare not speak in ____ public.

　　—Just have ____ try.

　　A.a,/ B./，a C.the,a D.the,the

　　2They ____ to walk in the street at night.

　　A.didn't dare B.not dared C.not dare D.dared not

　　3An ____ man was brought /into/ the hospital. The doctors had to stop to save him.

　　A.wounded B.ill C.injured D.sick

　　4The woman ____ her baby on its back on the bed.

　　A.lied B.lay C.laid D.lain

　　5Tom's mother kept telling him that he should work harder, but ____ didn't help.

　　A.it B.she C.which D.he

　　6All parents should know some ____.

　　A.first aids B.first aid C.the first aid D.the first aids

　　7Goods of poor ____ won't sell easily.

　　A.quality B.quantity C.materials D.character

　　8The story was so moving that I could hardly ____ my tears.

　　A.hold up B.hold on C.hold on to D.hold back

　　9—I'm terribly ill.

　　—____. Ill call the doctor right away.

　　A.Take it easy B.Don't think so C.Come and help D.You're right

　　10Much attention ____ pronunciation if you want to speak English well.

　　A.should pay to B.must be paid C.should be paid to D.will pay to

　　11It's bad manners to make a lot of noise ____ eating.

　　A.during B.while C.if D.in

　　12—Must I hand in the composition today?

　　—No, you____ .

　　A.shouldn't B.don't C.needn't D.mustn't

　　13—Need I clean the hall now?

　　—Yes, you ____, but you ____ ask your partner to help you.

　　A.must, need B.need,can

　　C.must,can D.need,must

　　14—I usually go to school on foot.

　　—Why not ____ there by bike for a change?

　　A.manage going B.manage to go

　　C.try going D.try to go

　　15The little girl ____ on the ground ____ that she had ____ all the toysswheresthey were.

　　A lying,lied,laid B.lying,lied,lain

　　C laying, lay,laid D.laying,lay,lain

　　二、完形填空

　　We're always 1____ road accidents, and when we are in a car, we try 2____ carefully,

　　but 3____ of us take the same degree of care in our homes? Any large hospital

　　will tell you 4____ accidents that happen in the home is almost 5____ as that on the

　　road. 6____ can we do to prevent them 7____?

　　One of the commonest and most dangerous 8____ of home accidents 9____ wrong and

　　careless use of electrical equipment. People will continue to use a

　　loose(松的) plug(插头) 10____ first turning off the power. Sometimes one forgets

　　11____ the power before mending a lamp or something else. So the rule about

　　anything 12____ works by electricity is. Turn off 13____ you touch anything.

　　If you've got children in the house, it's always the best to keep medicines

　　of any kind out of their 14____.15____, they may be taken for candies or a new kind

　　of drink. When there are older people 16____with you, you have to make them 17____.

　　Remember not to dry clothes in front of fires, or leave stoves(火炉) in the

　　middle of rooms 18____ they can easily be knocked over. And don't forget to keep

　　the children 19____ fire. Smoking, too, may cause fire, so youd better 20____.

　　1A.hearing B.heard C.hearing about D.heard about

　　2A.to drive B.driving C.to take D.to taking

　　3A.none B.all C.how many D.how much

　　4A.the number of B.a number of C.many D.some

　　5A.same B.the same C.such D.so

　　6A.What B.How C.Why D.Whether

　　7A.to happen B.being happened C.in happening D.happening

　　8A.cause B.causes C.reason D.reasons

　　9A.are B.is C because of D.because

　　10 A.without B.for C.unless D.until

　　11 A.cutting off B.to cut off C.cut D.cutting

　　12 A.that B.which C.what D./

　　13 A.until B.when C.before D.after

　　14 A.reach B.reaches C.way D.ways

　　15 A.So B.Therefore C.Otherwise D.But

　　16 A.live B.lives C.lived D.living

　　17 A.safe and happy B.safety and happy

　　C.safe and happily D.safe and happiness

　　18 A.which B.that C./ D.where

　　19 A.away B.away from C.out D.up

　　20 A.give up B.give in C.give up it D.give it up

　　三、阅读理解

　　Our surroundings(环境) are being polluted faster than the nature and man's

　　present efforts cannot prevent it. Time is bringing us more people, and more

　　people will bring us more industry, more cars, larger cities, and growing

　　use of manmade materials.

　　What can explain and solve this problem? The fact is the pollution is caused

　　by man—by his desire for a modern way of life.We make“increasing

　　industrialization(工业化)”our chief aim(主要目标). So we are often ready to

　　offer everything: clean air, pure water, good food, our health and the

　　future of our children. There is a constant(经常的) flow of people from the

　　countryside /into/ the cities, eager for the benefits of our modern society.

　　But as our technological achievements have grown in the last twenty years,

　　pollution has become a serious problem.

　　Isn't it time we stopped to ask ourselvesswhereswe are going and why? It

　　makes one think of the story about the airline pilot(飞行员) who told his

　　passengers over the loudspeaker,“Ive some good news and some bad news.

　　The good news is that we're making rapid progress at 530 miles per hour. The

　　bad news is that we're lost and don't knowswhereswe're going.”The sad fact

　　is that this becomes a true story when we speak of our modern society.

　　1Man can not prevent the world from being polluted because____ .

　　A.the pollution of the world is increasing fast

　　B.people use too many manmade materials

　　C.we have more industry

　　D.we are producing more cars, trucks and buses

　　2People crowd(挤) /into/ the cities for____ .

　　A.they want very much to find wellpaid jobs

　　B.they are anxious(渴望) to enjoy the achievements of our society

　　C.they have become tired of their homeland

　　D.they have a strong wish to become industrial workers

　　3According to the passage, what does man value(看重)most among the following?

　　A.Industry

　　B.Health

　　C.Clean air

　　D.The future of the children

　　4The story about the airline pilot tells us that____ .

　　A.man knowsswheresthe society is going

　　B.people do not welcome the rapid development of modern society

　　C.man can do little about the problem of pollution

　　D.the writer is worried about the future of our society

　　5What does the writer think of technology development pollution has become a serious problem?

　　A.With the development of technology pollution has become a serious problem.

　　B.Lower the speed of development to stop pollution.

　　C.It's time we did something to reduce(减少) pollution.

　　D.As industry is growing fast, pollution is the natural result.

　　四、短文改错

　　For thousand of years the Nile River has made 1____

　　the land around it richer. But the ancient people of 2____

　　Egypt could not control river. Often the river over3____

　　flowed. Then there was floods. Other times there 4____

　　was too few water from the Nile. Then the crops 5____

　　died, and the people went hunger. The people said 6____

　　these things were happened because the river 7____

　　god was angry. They threw beautiful girls in the 8____

　　river. They hoped these gifts would make the river 9____

　　god happliy. Today, we know that dry seasons can 10____

　　make the river run dry and wet seasons make a river overflow.

　　the earth……………………

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