人教版八年级下册英语单元测试卷 Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came？

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 Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came？（满分100）一、单选题（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）1.There aren’t many tickets left for the concert, you’d better           that you get one today.A. make sure                   B. make a decisionC. make sure of                   D. make plans2.—Why are you late for school, Jack?—Because my alarm didn't           . I got up late this morning.A. go off              B. go upC. go down              D. go away3.We arrived at the station too early and had              to go, so we sat there and chatted (聊天)with each other.
A.somewhere
B.anywhere
C.everywhere
D.nowhere4.It is far better to read aloud than to read             .
A.in silence
B.in surprise
C.in English
D.in class5.—I’m so tired after the long journey that I want to go to bed at once.—You’d better ____ first and then have a rest.A. take a walkB. take a messageC. take a breakD. take a shower6.In winter, the _____ road makes people fall down easily.A.empty    B.strange    C.icy    D.straight7.The phone is ringing. Could you help me ____?A. pick it up B. pick up it C. put it up D. put up it8.The rainstorm is ____ or it may blow down more trees. A. lying down B. taking after C. dying downD. setting up9.Most water was sent to wash clothes and the rest ____ drink.A.used to    B.was used to    C. were used to    D.was used10.We soon              the mountains.
A.made our ways to
B.made way to
C.made us way to
D.made our way to二、阅读理解（共5小题；每小题4分，满分20分）It was Mother's Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.He asked her what was wrong and she replied, "I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars."The man smiled and said, "Come into the shop with me, and I'll buy you a rose."He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother's flowers. As they were leaving, he offered to drive the little girl home. She said, "Yes, please! You can take me to my mother." She brought him to a cemetery (墓地), where she placed the rose on the grave.The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother's house.Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother on Mother's Day.1. The man went to the shop to _____.
A .have a rest
B. order some flowers
C. buy some food
2. The man's mother lived _____ away from the flower shop.
A. 2 kilometers
B. 200 kilometers
C. 200 miles
3. The girl was crying on the road because _____.
A. she was hungry
B. she got hurt
C. she couldn't afford a rose
4. After the man bought the girl a rose, they went to _____ together.
A. the cemetery
B. his shop
C. the girl's home
5. We can learn from the passage that _____.
A. the girl loved flowers very much
B. the girl loved her mother very much
C. the shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man's mother三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）      A traveler was in a large desert, planning to walk across it in one month. Twenty more days passed，the journey had been going on  1  “ Soon I’ll be able to walk out of this desert,” he thought gladly.      But the desert was never friendly to travelers. In a short time, there came a strong sandstorm. He hurriedly  2  his head with the clothes, prostrate on the sand.      After about ten minutes, the sandstorm stopped. He shook the clothes and stood up. At that moment, he found himself in a hopeless situation—the backpack with food and water was swept away by the  3    .      As we know, it seems   4   to leave the desert without food and water. Luckily, he had a pear left. He held it in his hands tightly. “Not too bad, at least I have a pear. I  5    I can walk out of the desert.”      Days and nights went by quickly, but the desert still looked endless. Besides, hunger, thirst and fear of  6  were always around him like ghosts.   7   , each time he was close to losing hope, he forced himself to stare at the pear that he had been keeping. "Not too bad, at least I have a pear."  A small pear became the  8  for his survival (生存). Three days later, as soon as he saw a village not far away, he laughed with excitement. He felt completely relaxed—the “pear” brought him back to   9    .  To keep hope is the best weapon (武器) for victory, so never tell you “   10    left” because only if you try to search, you can always find a “pear” to pull you out of trouble.1. A. well   B. badly       C. terribly   D. heavily2. A. played  B. beat          C. filled            D. covered3. A.snow  B. desert      C. sandstorm   D. smoke4. A. right  B. impossible     C. safe            D. important5. A. believe  B. wonder      C. remember   D. advise6. A. death  B. pain        C. illness          D.sand7 A. Also   B. And        C.Or                D. However8 A. hope   B. rule        C. question   D. plan9. A. danger  B. sleep       C. life          D. mind10. A. anything B. nothing        C. something   D. everything四、用方框中所给词的适当形式补全短文。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）fall, alarm, sudden, heavy, remember, mess, shock, beat, storm, down   Dear Emma,    How are you in London? Last Sunday morning a heavy 1_____came to our village. I still 2_____what I was doing when it came. At that time I was repairing my 3_____with my dad’s help. 4_____, black clouds covered the sky.    There was no light outside. A few minutes later, the 5_____rain started to 6_____against the windows. Then some of the houses in our village fell 7_____. Half an hour later, the rain stopped and I found our village in a 8_____. I was completely 9_____. I didn’t believe what I saw. 10_____trees, broken windows and rubbish were everywhere. Oh, Emma! What should I do next? Please help me.五、句子翻译（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）1.起初我不怎么注意,但逐渐产生了兴趣。 _____ _____ I paid little attention, but slowly my interest awoke.2.老师指出了我作业中的很多错误。 The teacher_____ _____many mistakes in my homework.3.如果你朝窗外看的话,你就会看到彩虹。 If you ____ ______ _____the window, you’ll see the rainbow.4.我很快就朝着那个书店出发了。 I soon _____to the bookshop.5.这个地方很好玩。你要不要到处看看? It’s an interesting place. Do you want to_____ _____ _____around?六、书面表达（共1小题；满分25分）某英文报社正在举办以“An Unforgettable Experience” 为主题的征文活动。请你根据以下提示, 写一篇英语短文,向该报社投稿。 提示：Where were you?             What happened?             What do you think of the experience? 要求：1.至少使用一个含有过去进行时的句子;             2. 80词左右,可适当发挥。 An Unforgettable Experience                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       答案以及解析一、单选题1.答案：A2.答案：A3.答案：D4.答案：A5.答案：D解析：句意为:——长途旅行之后我太累了以至于我想马上去睡觉。——你最好先洗个澡,然后再休息。take a walk意为 “散步”;take a message 意为“捎口信”;take a break 意为“休息一下";take a shower意为"洗澡".根据语境可知选D项6.答案：C解析：句意为:在冬天,结冰的路面使人容易滑倒。结合题干中的 In winter 和 fall down easily 可知,此处应选 icy。empty 意为“空的”;strange意为“奇怪的”;icy意为“覆盖着冰的;冰冷的”; straight意为“笔直的”。故选C项。7.答案：A解析：句意为:电话在响。你能帮我接一下吗? pick up是固定搭配,意为“接电话”;如果其宾语为代词,代词要放在pick和up之间。故选A项。8.答案：C解析：lie down意为“躺下” ;take after意为"(外貌或行为)与(某个长辈)相像”; die down意为“逐渐变弱;逐渐消失”;set up意为 “建立”。由空后的“否则它可能会刮倒更多的树”可知暴风雨正在减弱,故选C项。9.答案：B解析：句意为:大部分的水都被送去洗衣服了,剩下的被用来饮用。此处the rest指剩下的水,表示不可数的概念,且空前的主语是物,故应用被动语态。故选B项。10.答案：D
解析：考查固定搭配。make one’s way to意为“前往;费力地向……前进”。 二、阅读理解答案：1-5 BCCAB
解析：1.根据短文第一段中的句子"A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers."可知答案选B。
2.根据短文第一段中的句子"He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away."可知答案选C。
3.根据短文第三段中的句子"I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars." 可知女孩哭是因为买不起一朵玫瑰花。
4.根据短文第五段中的句子"She brought him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on the grave."可知他们去了墓地。
5.根据短文内容可知女孩买玫瑰花是去看望去世的母亲, 由此可推测女孩很爱自己的母亲。故选B。 三、完形填空答案：1-5 ADCBA   6-10ADACB解析：1.A根据下句“我很快就能走出这片沙漠了 ”可知此处指旅行进行得比较顺利。well意为“顺利地”；badly意为"糟糕地"；terribly 意为“很; 非常糟地”；heavily意为“非常;大量地”。结合语境，故选A项。2.D句意为：他急忙用衣服盖住头，趴在沙子上。play意为"玩"； beat意为“敲打; 打败”；fill意为"（使）充满"，经常用于被动语态中；cover意为“遮盖；盖"，cover... with...意为“用.......遮盖……”。结合语境可知选D项。3.C结合前文中所说的沙尘暴可知，装有食物和水的背包应该是沙尘暴刮走了。故选C项。4.B句意为：众所周知，想要离开沙漠，没有食物和水似乎是不可能的。根据语境可知本题选择B项。5.A句意为：我相信我能走出沙漠。根据上句的“不算太坏，至少我还有一个梨。”可知，旅行者对于自己能否离开沙漠还是持积极乐观的态度的。believe意为“相信” ；wonder意为“感到疑惑； 想要知道”；remember意为“记得° ; advise意为“劝告;建议”。故选A项。6.A句意为：此外，饥饿，口渴和对死亡的恐惧像幽灵一样经常围在他身边。fear of…意为“对……的恐惧”。death意为“死亡”；pain意为“疼痛” ；illness意为"疾病"；sand意为“沙子”。结合语境可知选A项。7.D空前描述他的困难处境，空后说每次他要放弃希望的时候,他都强迫自己盯着这个他一直保留的梨，由此可知空处表示转折，故选D项。8.A 结合上句 “each time he was close to losing hope, he forced himself to stare at the pear... ”可知，这个梨给了他走出沙漠的信心，成了他生存下去的希望。故空处填hope。9.C此处指这个“梨”使他复活，bring sb. back to life意为"使某人复活;使某人恢复活力"。故选C项。10.B根据语境可知此处表示永远不要告诉自己“什么也没有了”，故选B项。四、短文填空答案：1.storm  2.remember 3.alarm 4.Suddenly 5.heavy 6.beat 7.down 8.mess 9.shocked 10.Fallen
五、句子翻译1.答案：At  first2.答案：pointed out3.答案：look out  of4.答案：make my way5.答案：have a look六、书面表达答案：An Unforgettable ExperienceOn June 1st, 2018, I decided to visit my grandparents in the countryside.While I was waiting for the bus at the bus stop, it began to rain. Unluckily, I left my umbrella at home. I had to stand at the bus stop, with the rain beating heavily against my body. Just at that time, a car stopped and the driver offered to take me to the train station. He didn’t ask for anything. What a kind man!I’ll never forget this experience and I will be always ready to help others like that driver.