英语八年级下册Unit 7 International Charities达标测试

《Unit 7 International charities》

一、单项选择（共18分，每小题1分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

(  ) 1.  — ________ important job you’re doing! 

 — Yes. I’m proud to get _____ chance to work for our hometown.

 A. What a; a B. What an; the C. How; the D. How an; the

(  ) 2. — I think winter is a beautiful season, ______ when it snows.

 — Me, too. (2012连云港)

 A. specially B. especially C. probably D. properly

(  ) 3. — Mum, my little sister is crying all the time.

 — Mary, be _____! She feels ____. You should take good care of her. (2013无锡)

A. patient; ill B. lazy; disease C. polite; sickness D. careful; illness

(  ) 4. There is a lot to do. We can’t ______ to waste any time.

 A. wait B. have C. want D. afford

(  ) 5. David Burt’s dream in China is to go into the west and ______ a kindergarten (幼儿园) there. (2013苏州)

 A. clean up B. look up C. give up D. set up

(  ) 6. — Why are you so excited today?

 — We were told ______ a picnic this weekend. (2013南京)

 A. have  B. to have C. having D. had

(  ) 7. — Have you hear about the car accident near the school?

 — Yes. Luckily no one ________. (2013苏州)

 A. hurt B. was hurt C. has hurt D. was hurting

(  ) 8. — Who _____ this book ______?  — By Mo Yan in 2010.

 A. is; written by B. does; write C. did; write D. was written; by

(  ) 9. Unluckily, a car accident _____ on this road last week.

 A. has happened B. was happened C. was happening D. happened

(  ) 10. China is a ______ country while the USA is a ______ country.

 A. developing; developing B. developed; developed

 C. developing; developed D. developed; developing

(  ) 11. These doctors and nurses tried their best, but they did not _____ the poor patient.

 A. cure B. treat C. improve D. help

(  ) 12. Many foreign friends are from Europe, and ______ from England.

 A. most B. almost C. mostly D. nearly

(  ) 13. As children, they should go to school to receive ________ to make themselves successful. 

 A. education B. chances C. prizes D. excuses

(  ) 14. He walked back and ____ his hands wide.

 A. reach B. hold C. touch D. spread

(  ) 15. Before the discussion, the host _______the forms (表格) to all the students to fill in.

 A. hand in B. hand over C. hand out D. hand down

 (  ) 16. — What do we do to help these little animals?

 — Above all, we should ______ them from danger.

 A. keep B. prevent C. stop D. protect

(  ) 17. — You look ________, what’s _________ with you?

—     I feel terrible, and I’ve got toothache.

A. white; matter B. pale; the matter C. red; the wrong D. black; trouble

(  ) 18. — If you’re free tonight, how about having a dinner together?

 — ________. (2012淮安)   

 A. It doesn’t matter B. That’s all right C. All right D. Not at all

二、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Do you have mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family? Text messaging or “Texting”   19   very popular. But,, scientists have found that texting can bring us   20   with our hands. Be careful!   21   can cause swelling (膨胀) in our thumbs (拇指). Our thumbs were not made for   22   small buttons (按钮), over and over. Scientists call the problem RSI. We spoke to a doctor   23   Harriet Wilson, who treats many sick people with RSI. She says we need to see how much   24   we are spending in typing text messages. If we are spending   25   than 10—15 minutes once, we could have problems in the future.

As mobile phones develop, they are getting   26   with buttons closer together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with bigger buttons.   27  computers and playing video games can cause the same problem. So more and more people could find themselves with RSI.   28   them, most are university students and teenagers, as they do not know the   29   of spending so much time using computers, video games and mobile phones.   30   we don’t do something about this, too many young people could grow up in terrible pain.

(  ) 19. A. becoming B. to become C. is becoming D. became

(  ) 20. A. money B. question C. problems D. time

(  ) 21. A. Too much B. Too many C. Much too D. Many too

(  ) 22. A. to push B. pushing C. to pull D. pulling

(  ) 23. A. calling B. call C. to call D. called

(  ) 24. A. time B. money C. energy D. ability

(  ) 25. A. more B. less C. few D. little

(  ) 26. A. small B. smaller C. big D. bigger

(  ) 27. A. Using B. Used C. Selling D. Sold

(  ) 28. A. Between B. Among C. About D. Of

(  ) 29. A. risk B. importance  C, confidence D. advantages

(  ) 30. A. As B. When C. Since D. If

三、阅读理解（共26分，每小题2分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

(A)

Dear Reader,

Think about a ten-year-old child spending her days washing clothes, looking after a baby brother, and doing hard work on the farm.

Think about a little girl. She knows there will not be enough food for dinner, and has water to drink because it is not clean. She has watched her father, brother and sister lose their lives as the family has no money to send for a doctor.

Hard to believe? For Maria, there are the facts of life.

Maria would gladly walk to school, but her mother, now alone, really needs her at home. Maria had to leave school to work for her poor family.

But for five dollars a week, you can help out a child like Maria. Show her that somewhere, someone will help her. Through Save the Children, you can help Maria’s mother get better crops (收成) from their farm, and make the money to buy clothes and things for school.

To help Maria most, your money is to put together with other helpers, so hard-working people can help themselves. Build a school or a hospital, make their farm better, bring in  clean water… This is what Save the Children has been about since 1952.

For you, there are many returns. You can write letters to each other, get photos, or study reports. Know you are helping and saving another person in the same world as you. That’s how Save the Children works. But without you, it can’t work. Please take a moment to fill in this form to help a child like Maria and her village.

It can make such a difference—in her life and yours.

Save the Children

David L. Guyer

Chairman

(  ) 31. Maria’s father, brother and sister died because they ______________.

 A. were too poor to see a doctor B. did not know where to find a doctor

 C. did not have enough food to eat D. were too busy to see a doctor

(  ) 32. This letter mainly tells you to _________________.

 A. know about poor people B. make money for poor children

 C. show pity (同情心) to poor people D. donate money to help poor children

(  ) 33. If you try to help a child like Maria, which of the following can’t you get from her?

 A. You can often het some pictures from her.

 B. You can get more money from her when she grows up.

 C. You can often get her letters.   D. You can often be told how she is getting on.

(  ) 34. You can most probably read this letter _________________.

 A. on TV B. in a magazine C. in a dictionary D. on the radio

(B)

Christopher Reeve was a successful actor, famous for the Superman films. But disaster came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and broke his back. The doctors thought he would die. However, he made amazing progress. At first, he could not breathe without a machine, but he learned to breathe on his own.

Christopher Reeve made speeches all over the USA about his experiences. This encourages (鼓励) a lot of people with all kinds of problems.

From their home, Christopher and his wife Dana spoke about their life after the accident.

Could you say something about your life after the accident?

“Four days after the accident, I got to understand my situation. The doctors said I was not going to pull through. Those days were terrible. But my wife Dana said, ‘You are still you and I love you. Be confident in yourself.’ And that saved my life. Since that moment I have never thought of giving up. Of course, I’ve had moments of feeling sorry for myself, but I’ve never had any thoughts of killing myself.”

What do you think of your family?

“Great! Dana is so wonderful. We have always got on really well. My parents often quarreled (争论) with each other when I was young. But they’ve got closer since the accident.”

How do you spend your time?

“I spent most of my time on charity work to improve the life for all disabled people. I think they need my help. With the progress of new medical research, I’m confident that people like me would be able to walk again one day. so you can see I’m far too busy to think of giving up!”

Christopher Reeve died on October 10, 2004. but people all over the world will always remember him as a superhero.

(  ) 35. What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?

 A. His riding accident. B. His marriage (婚姻).

 C. His death.  D. His films.

(  ) 36. The underlined sentence “I’m far too busy to think of giving up!” means ____.

 A. I have been busy thinking of giving up so far

 B. I am so busy that I have no time to think of giving up

 C. I’m so busy that I have to think of giving up

 D. I have been so busy, so I have no time to think

(  ) 37. Why did he spend most of his time on charity work?

 A. Because he wanted people to remember him.

 B. Because his wife asked him to do so.

 C. Because he thought he would die soon.

 D. Because he wanted to help disabled people.

(  ) 38. Which of the following is TRUE?

 A. The doctors thought he could breathe without a machine.

 B. His speeches encouraged a lot of people with problems.

 C. His parents got on well with each other before the accident.

 D. Christopher Reeve never felt sorry for himself.

(C)

It would be hard for a family to live on 300 yuan a month, wouldn’t it? that is how much Li Hua’s family have to live on for a whole year. The world is now trying to help people like Li Hua live better.

From Tuesday until today, about 2,000 government leaders and scientists met in Shanghai to talk about stopping poverty (贫穷) around the world.

According to the United Nations (UN联合国), the poorest people in the world live on less than 8.5 yuan a day.

Most of those people live in African countries like Sierra Leone and Somalia. These countries often have wars and lots of diseases. Now, more than one billion people in the world live in poverty. The UN said that by 2015, the number should be cut (削减) in half.

To help people in China, the World Bank has given more than 37 billion yuan to help China build railways and schools and stop river pollution and deserts.

Many places in China’s countryside, like Li Hua’s home in Chongqing, are very poor. Li Hua, 13, lives with her mother, two grandparents and a 16-year-old brother in Chongqing. Her father is dead. The families make their lives by planting crops. They have no TV, no electric fan or telephone.

(  ) 39. How much do Li Hua’s family to live on for a whole year? 

 A. ￥300. B. ￥600. C. ￥1,500. D. ￥2,000

(  ) 40. How many people will live in poverty by the year 2015?

 A. About half a billion. B. Over one billion.

 C. All the African people. D. About one billion.

(  ) 41. The meeting in Shanghai is to talk about stopping poverty _______.

 A. in China B. in Serra Leone C. on Earth  D. in Somalia

(  ) 42. Why did the World Bank give more than 37 billion yuan to China?

 A. To build airports.  B. To build museums.

 C. To buy much food for poor people. D. To help China’s poor people.

(  ) 43. Which is the best title for the passage?

 A. Li Hua’s family  B. Still too many poor people

 C. What is poverty  D. How to stop poverty

四、阅读表达（共5分，每小题1分）阅读下面短文，并根据所读短文内容在文章后的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

In America, labor (劳工) costs are so high, DIY is a way of life. Many people repair their own cars, build their own garages, even rebuild their own houses. Soon many of them will also be writing their own books.

In Hollywood there is a company that publishes (出版) children’s books with the help of computers. Other book companies also publish that way, but this company is not like the others. This is a wonderful book that you and your child can make. In this book, your child can write (or have you write) and draw all about their family, friends, and favorite things. It allows (允许) the reader to become the main character in the stories with the help of computers. Here is how they do it. Let us suppose the child is named Jenny. She lives in New York, and has a dog named Howdy. The computer uses this information to make up a story with pictures. The story is then printed (要刷) up. A child who receives such a book might say, “This book is about me,” so the company calls itself the “Picture Me-Books Publishing Company”.

Children like the picture-me-books because they like to see in print their own names and the names of their friends and their pets. But more important, in this way, readers are much more interested in reading the stories. Picture-Me-Books are helping a child to learn how to read.

     44. ________; 45. ________; 46. ________; 47. ________; 48. __________

五、词汇（共10分，每小题1分）。

A）根据句子意思，用括号中所给词的正确形式填空，每空填一词。

49. Do you know the _________ (interview) names? If possible, please tell me.

50. She is afraid of ________ (drive) because he will feel carsick.

51. Even the doctors don’t know what causes his ________ (blind).

52. After studying seven years in the _________ (medicine) school, he became a doctor.

53. They have walked for hours, and the children are too tired to walk any _______ (far).

B）根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空填一词。

54. She decided to train a volunteer and _______ (参加) courses at the weekend.

55. One day, a UNICEF officer came and learnt the ________ (状况) of the local people.

56. Chinese people were at _______ (战争) with Japan, and finally we drove them away from China. 

57. We need a peaceful ________ (国际) environment to make our country stronger.

58. Could you please tell me how to _______ (处理) these difficult things?

六、用括号内所给动词的正确形式填空（共5分，每小题1分）。

59. Now, most people are getting used to ________ (travel) abroad.

60. Jack, come on! You __________ (want) on the phone.

61. Good care _________ (take) of all the children and the old in China.

62. a charity show for Project Hope last week? Do you know where it ______ (hold).

63. Students are often seen _________ (read) under the trees in the garden.

七、根据所给中文完成句子（共9分，每小题1.5分）。

64. 通过对他们的培训，我们希望帮助更多的人。

___________________, we hope ________________.

65. 在我上次巡诊期间，150为病人做了手术。

___________________, 150 patients __________________.

66. 但是需要更多的资金来继续我们的工作。

But _____________________________________ their work.

67. 他们花了很长时间才决定周游世界。

It took them a long time _________________________________________.

68. 这对兄弟没有以前那样有钱了，但是比以往更快乐了。

The brothers _________________________________, but happier than before.

69. 当地医生应邀到飞机上学习新的技能。

Local doctors and nurses ________________________________________.

八、书面表达（共一题，计15分）。

在和谐社会里，人与人之间的互帮互助已构成我们生活的主要组成部分。下周你们学校将要举行一次以“Helping each other makes the world wonderful”为主题的英语演讲比赛。假如你是林雨，根据下列两幅图片，请你用英语写一篇演讲稿。

要求：

1、内容必须包括所有提示内容，也可适当发挥；

2、不得出现真实姓名、校名及地名；

3、80字左右。开头与结尾已给出，不计入总字数。

Helping each other makes the world wonderful

Hello, everyone! I’m Lin Yu. It’s nice to speak about help here. ____________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1—6：BBADCB 7—12：BDDCAC 13—18：ADCDBC

19—24：CCABDA 25—30：ABABDA

31—34：ADBB 35—38：ABDB  39—43：AACDB

44—48：popular; company; character; names; do

49—53：interviewers’; driving; blindness; medical; further

54—58：attends; / takes; conditions; wars; international; treat

59—63：Travelling; are wanted; is take; was held; to read

64. By training them, we hope to help more people.

65. During my last visit, 150 patients were operated on.

66. But more money is needed to carry on with their work.

67. It took them a long time to make up their mind to travel around the world.

68. The brothers don’t have as much money as before, but happier than before.

69. Local doctors and nurses are invited to learn new skills on board.

书面表达：

    Helping each other makes the world wonderful

Hello, everyone! I’m Lin Yu. It’s nice to speak about help here.

As we all know helping each other is also part of our life.

In public places, especially in the street, people are often seen to help the old or the disabled cross the road or go upstairs. At home, children often help their parents do some housework they can when they are free. At school, when one student has some trouble with his study or life, other classmates often offer their help. Sometimes, students always donate some money to help some classmate when he has a serious disease. When a teacher is ill or has trouble having lessons, we students will try their best to help him or her.

In a word, helping each other Is meaningful for us and is making our world more wonderful.