2017-2018学年牛津译林版初中英语提高练习Unit Eight of 8AClass _____________ Name _____________一、单项选择( ) 1. The flood in 1998 washed lots of houses _______ and lots of people _______.A. on; diedB. off; dieC. away; dieD. away; died( ) 2. The floor is so wet. Let’s _______.A. stop mopping it upB. stop to mop up itC. stop mopping up itD. stop to mop it up( ) 3. Someone is knocking at the door. It _______ my mother. It’s time for her to be back.A. can beB. may not beC. must beD. mustn’t be( ) 4. I don’t know if I _______ free tomorrow. If I _______, I will go to the bookstore.A. am; amB. will be; will beC. will be; amD. am; will be( ) 5. All the _______ things need air and water. Without air or water, nothing can stay _______.A. living; livingB. living; aliveC. alive; aliveD. alive; living( ) 6. The big flood last week affected (影响) _______ people’s lives, and _______ them died.A. millions of; two hundredB. millions of; two hundred ofC. two million; two hundredD. two millions; two hundreds( ) 7. It _______ hard _______ he got to the cinema yesterday evening.A. rained; whileB. was raining; whenC. was raining; whileD. is raining; when( ) 8. We should practise speaking English _______ to improve our spoken English.A. as many as possibleB. as much as possibleC. as possible as we canD. as possible as we could( ) 9. If the earthquake happens, you should run _______ the empty ground.A. out toB. out ofC. out fromD. out at( ) 10. I spent _______ awful holiday this summer because _______ big flood on July 30th made lots of people lose lives.A. a; theB. an; aC. an; theD. the; the( ) 11. At first, Luke felt a sense of cold _______ his body.A. crossB. acrossC. throughD. by( ) 12. We should do everything we can _______ the birds _______ danger.A. to protect; awayB. protected; fromC. protecting; inD. to protect; in( ) 13. —I didn’t hear you come in at noon.—That’s good. We tried _______ any noise. We wanted you to have a good sleep.A. not makeB. not makingC. to make notD. not to make( ) 14. Last night, I _______ along the street when I met my English teacher.A. walkB. walkedC. was walkingD. am walking( ) 15. While she _______ TV in the sitting room, the bell _______.A. watches; ringsB. was watching; rangC. is watching; rangD. was watching; was ringing( ) 16. I went to the classroom to close the door yesterday. But as soon as I was _______ to the classroom, I found it already _______.A. closed; closelyB. closely; closedC. close; closedD. close; close( ) 17. —Ouch! You hurt me!—I’m sorry. But I _______ any harm. I _______ to drive a mouse out.A. didn’t mean; was tryingB. didn’t mean; tryC. don’t mean; am tryingD. haven’t meant; tried( ) 18. He saw the bad man _______ into his neighbour’s house and _______ 110 for help in a hurry.A. to break; calledB. break; calledC. break; callD. breaking; calling( ) 19. He shouted _______ help, but no one came _______ a long time.A. to; toB. to; forC. for; toD. for; for( ) 20. —If you are in trouble, make sure to call the police. —_______A. I’m happy to hear that.B. I don’t know.C. I have to think about it.D. I will. Thanks a lot.二、完形填空The world is full of many interesting sounds. Some are unpleasant (讨厌) to our ears while 1 are very pleasant to hear. In daily life you may hear 2 sounds. All sounds are different. Some may be soft; others may be 3 . Some sounds are high, others are low.Some sounds are useful. 4 sound we can’t talk or listen to each other. The ringing of clock wakes people up. The hooting (鸣笛声) of a car warns people there may be 5 .Some sounds are 6 . When planes fly above the land, the very sounds can break the house down. Very loud sound can even make people deaf.We know sound travels about one kilometer in three 7 . In a thunder storm you see the lightning first and then hear the thunder. This is because light travels 8 than sound.Next time you see lightning, count the number 9 you hear the thunder.Divide (除) this number by 3. This will tell you 10 the thunder storm is.( ) 1. A. others B. the other C. another D. the others( ) 2. A. hundreds of B. hundred of C. hundreds D. hundred( ) 3. A. hard B. loud C. hardly D. loudly( ) 4. A. Of B. With C. Without D. Under( ) 5. A. safety B. car C. lights D. danger( ) 6. A. useful B. high C. dangerous D. wrong( ) 7. A. hours B. days C. minutes D. seconds( ) 8. A. more fast B. much faster C. more faster D. much fast( ) 9. A. after B. when C. before D. while( ) 10. A. how much B. how many C. how far D. how long三、阅读理解Babies love chocolate and sometimes they also eat the paper around it. My cat enjoys a meal of good, thick paper, old letters, for example. She doesn’t like newspapers very much.Of course, the best paper comes from wood. Wood comes from trees and trees are plants. Vegetables and fruit are plants too, and we eat a lot of them. So we can also eat wood and paper.Scientists say, “All food comes in some way from plants.” Well, is that true? Animals eat grass and grow fat, then we eat their meat. Little fish eat little seaplants, then bigger fish swim along and eat them. Chickens eat lots of grass and give us meat. Think for a minute. What food does not come from plants in some way?Scientists can do wonderful things with plants. They can make food just like meat and cheese. And they can make it without the help of animals. It is very good food, too. Now, they begin to say, “We make our paper from wood, and we can also make food from wood. The next thing is not very difficult.”What is the next thing? Maybe it is food from paper. Scientists say, “We can turn paper into food. It will be good, cheap food too, cheaper than meat or fish or eggs.”So please keep your old books and letters (Don’t feed them to your cat). One day, soon, they will be on your plate. There is nothing like a good story for breakfast.( ) 1. According to (按照) the writer, the best paper is made from _______.A. treesB. vegetablesC. woodD. grass( ) 2. According to the passage, which is the best title?A. Plants, Animals and Food.B. Food from Plants.C. Keep Your Books and Letters.D. What Can We Make with Old Paper?( ) 3. The writer asks us to keep our old books and letters because _______.A. there are always good stories in themB. we can make food from them soonC. we can read them at breakfastD. they may be used to feed cats( ) 4. The main idea of this passage is that _______.A. all food comes from plants in some wayB. scientists can make food with meat or eggsC. it will not be long before food can be made from paperD. scientists can do wonderful things with plants( ) 5. From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _______ don’t come from plants in some way.A. fish and chickensB. wood and paperC. meat and cheeseD. few kinds of food四、动词填空1. It is important for us to do something _______________ (stop) sandstorms.2. —Did you see a girl in red pass by just now?—No, sir. I _______________ (discuss) the new plan with my classmates.3. I heard someone _______________ (scream) for help while I was walking around the lake.4. The old man’s house caught fire because lightning _______________ (hit) it.5. _______________ he _______________ (make) a snowman when you saw him?6. He _______________ (mop) the floor for her mother at 4 p.m. yesterday.7. I’m sorry that I didn’t answer your phone. I _______________ (listen) to music and didn’t hear the ring.8. Sandstorms were getting more and more serious and _______________ (cause) a lot of problems.9. There _______________ (be) a strong sandstorm in the north of Beijing next Saturday, isn’t there?10. The house _______________ (shake) when the trains went by.五、阅读填空Lightning is one of the most beautiful natural phenomena (现象). It is also one of the most deadly phenomena. A bolt of lightning is six times hotter than the surface (表面) of the sun and gives out 30, 000 amps of electricity (电). It can travel at 100, 000 kilometers per hour and has the ability to hit a target up to 40 kilometers away. About 1,000 people around the world are killed by lightning every year.Only about ten percent of people struck (击中) by lightning will actually die, but the others are actually very badly injured (受伤), with burns, broken bones, blindness, deafness, paralysis, or memory loss. However, when the electricity passes through their brains (大脑), it can occasionally have unusual and even positive effects (积极作用). Some blind (瞎的) people have got their sight back after being struck by lightning. One woman said a psychological test showed her intelligence (智力) had greatly improved (提高) and one man said he could no longer feel cold at all and could go out in temperature below zero in just a T-shirt!So what should you do to stay safe in a thunderstorm? The most important rule is to stay inside, but do not go near phones, electrical appliances, plumbing or water. If you are struck outside, do not take shelter under a tree. Instead, roll (卷) yourself up into a ball on the ground as small as possible. And do not think it has to be raining in order for lightning to strike.Strangely, lightning seems to prefer (偏爱) some people to others. If you are a man, you are more likely to be struck by lightning than a woman!六、完成句子1. 一阵大风从后面袭来，我几乎跌倒。
