八年级下册英语第三单元测试题

一、选择填空(15分)

　　(　　)1.Thegirlisill.She’s______.

　　A.inhospitalB.inthehospitalC.athospitalD.atthehospital

　　(　　)2.Thepatients(病人)arewaiting_______.

　　A.atthedoctorB.atthedoctor’sC.inthedoctorD.indoctor’s

　　(　　)3.What______you_______whenshecamein?

　　A.did,doB.are,doingC.do,doD.were,doing

　　(　　)4.WherewasDavy______Lindawaslookingforhim?

　　A.thatB.whileC.atD.where

　　(　　)5.Theyarethinkingabout_______thepoorchildren.

　　A.helpB.tohelpC.helpingD.helps

　　(　　)6.Thewomancouldn’tseeherson________.She’sveryworried.

　　A.anywhereB.somewhereC.nowhereD.where

　　(　　)7.Theyaretalkingaboutsomething______thetelephone.

　　A.inB.onC.atD.for

　　(　　)8.Wewerevery________thatJimdidn’tpasstheexam.

　　A.surpriseB.surprisingC.surprisedD.surprises

　　(　　)9.Justnowshesawtheman________intotheroom.

　　A.goB.wentC.goesD.togo

　　(　　)10.There’sabigtree_______thebuilding.

　　A.infrontofB.inthefrontofC.infrontD.atthefrontof

　　(　　)11.Thecomputer_____atelevision,doesn’tit?

　　A.islikeB.likeC.lookslikeD.looks

　　(　　)12.Tomis______boynow.

　　A.a11-years-oldB.a11-year-oldC.an11-year-oldD.an11-years-old

　　(　　)13.--Doyoumindmysmokinghere?

　　--___.Lookatthesign.Itsays,“Nosmoking.”

　　A.Itdoesn’tmatterB.No,Idon’t.C.You’dbetternotD.Nevermind.

　　(　　)14.Canyoushowme_____tostartthecomputer?

　　A.whatB.whereC.howD.which

　　(　　)15.Doyouwanther_____oneforyou?

　　A.orderB.toorderC.ordersD.ordering

　　二、完型填空(10分)

　　Haveyoueveraskedyourselfwhychildrengotoschool?Youmay16theygotolearnlanguages,P.E.,history,scienceandallother17.Butwhydotheylearnthesethings?

　　Wesendourchildrentoschooltopreparethemforthetime18theywillbebigandwillbegintoworkfor19.Nearlyeverythingtheystudyatschoolhassomepracticaluse(实用)intheirlife.Butisthatthe20reasonwhytheygotoschool?

　　Thereismoreineducationthanjust21facts.Wegotoschoolabovealltolearnhowtolearn,sothatthenwehaveleftschoolwecan22tolearn.Amanwhoreallyknowshowtolearnwillalwaysbesuccessful,becausewheneverhehastodosomethingnewwhichhehasneverhadtodo23hewillrapidlyteachhimselfhowtodoit24thebestway.Theuneducatedperson,ontheotherhand,is25unabletodosomethingnew,ordoesitbadly.Thepurpose(目的)ofschool,therefore,itnottoteachlanguages,math,geography,etc,buttoteachpupilsthewaytolearn.

　　(　　)16.A.speakB.tellC.sayD.talk

　　(　　)17.A.mattersB.subjectsC.mathD.physics

　　(　　)18.A.whileB.whenC.whichD.where

　　(　　)19.A.oneselfB.theyC.themD.themselves

　　(　　)20.A.onlyB.nearlyC.loneD.alone

　　(　　)21.A.studyB.studiedC.learningD.learn

　　(　　)22.A.makeB.keepC.keeponD.goon

　　(　　)23.A.laterB.agoC.thenD./

　　(　　)24.A.fromB.inC.withD.on

　　(　　)25.A.eitherB.neitherC.otherD.nor

　　三、阅读理解(30)

　　A

　　“Cool”isawordwithmanymeanings.Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpressatemperaturethatisalittlebitcold.Astheworldhaschanged,thewordhashadmanydifferentmeanings.

　　“Cool”canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything.Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet,maybeyouwillsay“It'scool.”Youmaythink,“He'ssocool,”whenyouseeyourfavoritefootballer.

　　Weallmaximize(扩大)themeaningof“cool”.Youcanuseitinsteadofmanywordssuchas“new”or“surprising”.Here'saninterestingstorywecanusetoshowthewaythewordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthewaterfall(瀑布)theyhadvisited.Ononestudent'spaperwasjusttheonesentence,“It'ssocool”.Maybehethoughtitwasthebestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt.

　　Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity(缺乏)ofwords.Without“cool”,somepeoplehavenowordstoshowthesamemeaning.Soitisquiteimportanttokeepsomecredibility(可信性).Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthatmakeyourlifeascolourfulastheword“cool”?Ican.AndIthinktheyarealsoverycool.