八年级下册英语unit 6 单元测试题
一、听力选择(共15小题，计15分)
选出与对话内容相符的图片或能回答所给问题的最佳答案。(每组对话读两遍)
1.Where did the monkey come from
2.On which day of October did Scott get married
3.How was the weather when the story happened
4.What story is Susan reading
A.Yu Gong Moves a Mountain.
B. Journey to the West.
C. Nu Wa Repairs the Sky.
5.What are they talking about
A.Yu Gong Moves a Mountain.
B. Sleeping Beauty.
C.Hou Yi Shoots the Suns.
6.What story does the girl like best
A. The Snow White.
B.Cinderella.
C.Tom and Jerry.
7.Why does the boy like The Lion King
A.Because the lion is very brave.
B.Because the lion is interesting.
C.Because the lion is clever.
8. What's the telephone number the man wants to call
A.8382-6679. B.8382-6779. C.8382-6799.
(二)请听录音中两段较长的对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出能回答所给问题的最佳答案。(每段对话读两遍)
听第一段较长的对话，完成第9至第11三个小题。
9.What does the man want to do
A. He wants to book two tickets for the film.
B. He wants to ask the time of the film.
C. He wants to know the price of the tickets.
10.When will the film stop showing
A.On Saturday. B. On Sunday.
C.On Monday.
11.When can he pick the tickets up
A. Tomorrow. B.This afternoon. C.At 7:30 p.m.
听第二段较长的对话，完成第12至第15四个小题。
12. Where did Alice live
A.In the wood. B. In a village.C. Near a river.
13. What happened to Alice one day
A.She fell into the river.
B. A car hit her.
C. She hurt her head when swimming.
14. Who saved Alice
A. A fish. B.A bird. C. Her grandma.
15. What class will Judy have
A.English.B.Chinese. C.Math.
二、阅读理解(共15小题，计30分)
阅读下列短文，从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能回答问题的最佳答案。
A
Momotaro One day,an old woman found a peach(桃子) in the river and took it home. She and her husband found a child in the peach when they were trying to eat it. They called him Momotaro. When Momotaro grew up,he started to fight bad men. With the help of a dog, a monkey and a bird, Momotaro beat them and went back home safely.
Pinocchio A kind old man created(创造) Pinocchio from wood and treated(对待) him as his son. Instead of doing right things like going to school, Pinocchio liked hanging out. One day,a whale(鲸) ate the old man. Pinocchio went into the sea and risked his life to save his father. The brave act made him become a real man.
16. Pinocchio's act made him become a real man at last.
A.friendly B.brave C.funny D.bad
17. What did Momotaro and Pinocchio have in common
A. They both came from a peach
B. They didn't love their fathers.
C.They were not born humans.
D. They both loved to fight bad men.
18. What do we know from the passage
A. Momotaro loved eating peaches.
B. Momotaro got hurt in the fight.
C.Pinocchio had three animal friends.
D. Pinocchio saved his father from the whale.
B
A very long time ago, when the world was just created, the moon was not there and the sun shone all the time. So there was no idea of night and people kept working hard and didn't know when to sleep. They went to bed only when they were too tired.
One day the creator visited the men in the fields.“When did you last water this field " he asked one of them.
“Today,” said the woman.
The creator then got to know:without a division(区分)of time, people had no understanding of time. He decided to change it. He told the sun,“You must set in the evening and rise again in the morning. So people will know it is time to sleep when it is dark."
But there was a big problem. When the sun went down, everything became dark suddenly. People were so frightened that they ran here and there. They fell down and broke things.
Then the creator decided to give people something else with less light. So he created the moon. People were excited, because they could see at night and did not hurt themselves anymore. They slept quietly in the light of the moon and got up the next day when the sun rose.
19. Why didn't the men in the fields understand time
A. Because they were silly.
B. Because they didn't like time.
C.Because there was no moon.
D.Because there was no division of day and night.
20.Why were people frightened when the sun went down
A. Because they didn't get used to it.
B. Because everything became dark.
C.Because they couldn't work anymore.
D.Because they thought it would disappear forever.
21.What happened after the moon was created
A. It made the sun unhappy.
B.It stopped people from sleeping.
C.People knew when to get up and when to sleep.
D.People were able to work in the light of the moon.
22.Where is the text probably from
A.A storybook. B. A dictionary.
C.A diary. D.A notice.
C
Li Shizhen was one of the most famous doctors in Chinese history. He was born in Qichun, Hubei in 1518.Both of Li Shizhen's father and grandfather were doctors. Li Shizhen's grandfather was a country doctor who traveled in the countryside with a bag of herbs(药草) and medications and cured(治愈) people. His father was a doctor who wrote several books.
Li Shizhen used to help his father in his medical practice when he was young. Li Shizhen's father wanted him to enterpolitics(从政).Li Shizhen studied for the exams and passed the country-level examination,but he was never able to pass the imperial(帝国的) examination.
When he was 38,he was invited to be an official in thatcourt(宫廷).A few years later,he became an official at the Imperial Medical Institute.
Even though he fulfilled his father's dream, he didn't want to continue working for the court. One year later,he left the court and returned to be a doctor again.
Li Shizhen was famous for his book,Compendium of Materia Medica(《本草纲目》). He spent 27 years writing the book. Unluckily,Li Shizhen died before the book was officially published.It is such a successful book. Now it is still one of the most important medical books in China.
23. What was Li Shizhen's grandfather
. A.An official. B. A prince.
C.A country doctor. D. A writer.
24. When he was 38, Li Shizhen was invited to be in the court.
A.a teacher B. a driver
C.an official D. a doctor
25. According to the passage,what was Li Shizhen famous for
A.Working for the court.
B. The book,Compendium of Materia Medica.
C.His long traveling.
D.Curing a lot of people.
26.What does the passage mainly talk about
A.Li Shizhen's life.
B.Li Shizhen's grandfather's life.
C.Li Shizhen's father's life.
D.Li Shizhen's book.
D
Once upon a time,there was a spider(蜘蛛) with the name Anansi. He knew that he was clever but he also knew he wasn't wise. He didn't like this,but he did not know what to do.One day he had an idea. He went around the village with a basket and asked each person to give him some of their wisdom. All people laughed at Anansi because they knew that he needed wisdom the most. So each person put a bit in his basket and wished him good luck.
Soon his basket was full,but Anansi was worried that his neighbors might be jealous of his wisdom and take it from him. He decided to hide it at the top of a tall tree. After he had tied the basket to the front part of his body,he tried to climb the tree. But it was too difficult. He tried again and again without success.
Then his youngest son walked by. “What are you doing,Dad " he asked. And Anansi told him. “Why don't you carry the basket on your back instead " his son said. Anansi put the basket on his back and climbed the tree easily, but he wasn't happy."I walked all over the village and collected so much wisdom that I am the wisest person ever,but my baby son is still wiser than me. Take back your wisdom!” he said. Then he threw the basket of wisdom into the air and went home. And that's how wisdom went all over the world.
27. Anansi went around the village because
A.he knew he was very clever
B.he wanted to show his good luck
C. he hoped to meet his son
D. he thought he wasn't wise enough
28. The underlined word “it" in Paragraph 2 refers to
A. the tree B. the basket
C.the luck D.the wisdom
29. The passage above is
A. a report B. a story
C.an advertisement D. a diary
30. The best title for the passage would be
A.Anansi's Wisdom
B. The Wisdom of Anansi's Son
C.Anansi and His Son
D. Anansi and the Villagers
三、听力填词(共5小题，计5分)
请听下面一段独白。根据所听到的内容，写出可以填入下表1～5空格处的适当单词，每空限填一词。(独白读两遍)
Information about Andersen
What he's famous for His
What he was like when he was a young boy Clever and
The time when he became an actor At the age of
The reason why he gave up his job as an actor His changed when he grew older.
What happened to him in 1875 He at the home of his close friend.
四、单词拼写及运用(共8小题，计8分)
根据句意完成已给出首字母或汉语提示的单词，使补全后的句子意思通顺，语法正确。
1.The boy is b enough to save the little girl from the river.
2.He was a liar and a c .Nobody believed what he said.
3.David is her h .They married two years ago.
4.W ideas went slowly through the East in ancient times.
5.The sun is (照耀) brightly. Let's go to beach to have a sunbath.
6. Sometimes to take the (领先地位)is easy,but to keep it is hard.
7.Lex's (嗓音) is special. Many people like her songs.
8.The (丝绸) Road is a bridge of cultures between China and many other countries.
五、语法填空(共10小题，计10分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。
A
It's very hot.An old man is 1 (sleep) on the chair. A fly flies and sits on the end of the
(man) nose.
The old man has naughty monkey. He runs after the fly.
The fly comes and sits on the old man's nose again. The monkey chases it away again and again.
This happens five or six (time). The monkey is very angry. He jumps up,runs to the garden and picks up a large stone.
When the fly sits on the old man's nose again. the monkey hits it hard with the stone. He kills the fly but breaks the old man's nose.
B
An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old. She could not run (quick)，and she could not bite,because she was so old. One day, the old cat saw a mouse. She jumped and
(catch) the mouse,but she could not bite it . the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away.
Then the old woman (become) very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said,"Don't hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would still work for you. I am too old.Do not be unkind to the old,and remember what good work the old did when they (be) young.”
六、完形填空(共7小题，计7分)
阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的词语填空。方框中有两个词语是多余的。
(
smile,upon,like,cheat,weak,silly,led,so,quickly
)
Do you like listening to stories Here is a short story. Once a time, there was a deer. He had large, strong antlers(鹿角).They protected him from being hurt by other animals, he was always safe.
One day,the deer came near a river to drink.The clear water was a mirror.When the deer looked at his big antlers in the water, he smiled.“I look like a king,” he said,“and this forest is my country.”
Then he noticed something else. “My legs are thin and my feet are small,”he said. “They look so .I hate them.”
While the deer was complaining,a tiger was hiding near the river. When the deer saw him,he ran towards the tall trees. The tiger ran after him. The deer was a fast runner and reached the trees first,but then his large antlers got stuck in(被困于) some small sticks. When the tiger caught him,the deer cried out.“I love my antlers, but they to my troubles. My legs and feet could help me run faster,but I hated them. How I was! They are all important to me!”
七、阅读表达(共5小题，计10分)
阅读短文，根据要求完成各题。
Three travelers, Allan, Carl and Paul were sitting on the chairs in a train station. They were waiting for a train that was late.
To pass the time,they began talking to each other. At first,they talked about the weather and their work. Then Paul said,“Tell me-what would you most like to do if Your doctor tells you that you have only three months to live ”
The other two men thought about this for a while. Then Carl spoke.
“Well,” he said,“if I have only three months to live,I'1ltake all my money out of the bank and go to foreign countries for holidays with my best friend,Erik. I'd like to travel to the places in the world as many as possible. And I'll stay at the best hotels and then eat the best food. I think I'll have a wonderful time.”
“That's very interesting,” Paul said. With these words, he turned to the other man,saying,“And what about you ”“I'll tell you a secret,”Allan said.“I always want to be a racing driver. So if I have only three months to live,the first thing I'd like to do is to sell my house. With the money I'll buy the fastest car in the world. Maybe I can enter all the big motor races.” Then he laughed,“I might even end up with a world champion(冠军).”
“Now it's your turn,"Allan went on.“If your doctor tells you the bad news, what would you most like to do ”“Oh,”said Paul with a smile.“I'll go and see another doctor.”
1. Why did the travelers talk to each other at the station (no more than 4 words)
2. What will Carl do if his doctor tells him he has only three months to live (no more than 4 words)
3.What will Paul do if the doctor tells him the bad news (no more than 7 words)
4.请将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。
5.请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
八、写作(共1小题，计15分)
请写一篇英语短文，向大家介绍一下神笔马良的故事。
注意：
1.文中不得出现任何透露考生真实身份的信息；
2.80词左右(短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数)。参考词语：magic brush 神笔
Once upon a time, there was a boy named Ma Liang. He liked painting very much. One day while he was sleeping,
