八年级（上）英语第九单元同步达标预测试卷

   Tom是我的好朋友，14岁，现在在二中上八年级。中等身材，卷发，圆脸，蓝眼睛。喜欢 唱歌、下棋。最喜爱的运动是足球，是校足球队队长。根据提示写一篇短文，不少于60词。

35． She is going to take a _a __________ lesson．

Helen: ___36___

James :l admire Leonardo da Vinci．

Helen :Leonardo da Vinci． Who-s that?

James: ___37___

Helen :Oh ,yeah．___ 38___

James :Yes ,he was． He painted one of the most famous paintings in the world．lt is called"Mo-na Lisa

 Helen :Yes ,you are right． And another famous painting of his is" The Last Supper"．

James :And do you know when he was born?

Helen: ___39___

James :No ,he wasn’t．___40___

36.________   37. ________   38. ________   39. ________    40. ________

32． Bill Gates made much great __a________ in computer．

33． —What are you going to do after high school?

—I want to go to T singhua __U__________ ．

34． Liu Xiang won a __g________ medal ir t~e 2004 0lympic Games．

Ⅳ．根据图片和首字母提示完成下列句子。（10分）

 

31．—Who's that?

—It’ s Tiger Woods,one of the most outstanding __g________

(      )30． Why can fish swim in the water? Jack's answer is ________ ．

• A．fish can't walk on land                  
• B． fish can- t swim on land
• C． fish can-t walk in the water   
• D．fish has no legs or hands

(      )29． When it thunders, we always see the light before we hear the sound．______ It’s because

• A． our eyes are in front of our ears
• B． our eyes are cleverer than our ears
• C． our eyes can see but our ears can-t
• D．light goes faster than sound

(       )27． Jack didn't like to ________ when he was a student．

• A． write compositions                        
• B． do his homework
• C． do the housework                       
• D．learn science or biology

(     )28． How old is John's brother now when John is fifteen in the story?

• A．Ten years old． 
• B． Fifteen years old
• C． Twenty years old                       
• D． Twenty-five years old．

(     )25． Which of the following about Jay Chou is NOT true?

• A． He was born on January 8,1979．
• B． He has a lot of fans．
• C． He hardly ever smiles．
• D． His songs are different from others．

B

Jack is a famous writer now．But he said he was not a good student when he was young．He was often late for class and didn’t like doing his homework． Sometimes he slept in class while the teacher was teaching．He didn't understand much, but he always thought he under-stood everything．．

One day the teacher asked the students a question, "When John was ten years old, his brother was twenty． John is fifteen now and how old is his brother?" Jack answered, "That's easy． His brother is twice as old as John, so he is now thirty． "

• Another time, the teacher in a science class asked, "When it thunders(打雷) , why do we always see the light before we hear the sound? "But, Miss White," said Jack quickly, "can't you ．see our eyes are in front of our ears?"  &
• A．strong    
• B．lazy      
• C．clever     
• D．well

(       )23． Jay Chou wrote songs ________for two years．

• A．for him self
• B． for his friends
• C． for his mother
• D． for Coco Lee, Jacky Cheung and some other singers

(     )24． Which of the following is TRUE?

• A． When he talks or sings, Jay Chou can both speak clearly．
• B． When he sings, Jay Chou can-t speak clearly． When he talks, he can't, either．
• C． When he talks, Jay Chou can-t speak clearly． But when he sings, he can．
• D． When he sings, Jay Chou can't speak clearly． But when he talks, he can．

(     )20．

• A． take              
• B． begin               
• C． make              
• D． start

(       )22． Jay Chou-s mother sent him to learn the piano ________ ．

• A． in 1982                                         
• B． when he was in primary school
• C． when he was five                          
• D． when he was in high school

A

Jay Chou was born on January 18, 1979, in Taiwan, China． He grew up with his mother, and was a quiet and shy kid． He didn’t do well in study, so people thought he would never be successful in life．

• As a small child, Jay took a great interest in music．His mother sent lum to learn the piano when he was only three years-old He loved it and kept on practicing． When he was in high school, he could play the piano quite well． At the same time, he
• Before Jay became a singer, he worked as a songwriter． For two years, he spent most of his time writing for singers． Some of them were very famous, like Coco Lee and Jacky Cheung． Jay released(友行) his first album(专辑) in 2000 and soon he got quite popular．

(     )18．

• A． went             
• B． went to            
• C． want               
• D． wanted

(     )19．

• A． and               
• B． with                
• C． for                  
• D． by

( )17．

• A．sell     
• B．sale      
• C．sold     
• D．bought

(     )16．

• A． took             
• B． put                  
• C． paid                
• D． spent

(     )13．

• A． At                
• B． Until               
• C． When              
• D． At the moment

(     )15．

• A． at                 
• B．in                    
• C． on                  
• D． for

(     )14．

• A．is                  
• B． are                  
• C． was                
• D． were

Bill Gates(11) on October 28,1955． He grew up in Seattle ,Washington．He was a very(12 ) boy．His favorite subjects at school were science and maths．( 13) he was 13 years old ,Bill started to play with computers． At that time ,computers (14) very large machines．

Once he was very interested (15) a very old computer． He and some of his friends (16).lots of time doing unusual things with it． In the end ,they worked out a software program(软件程序：) with the old machine． Bill (17) it for $ 4,200 when he was only 17．

In 1973,Bill   (18) Harvard University．in his third year ,he left Harvard to work for a company(公司) called Microsoft． Bill began his company in 1975  (19 ) his friend Paul Allen． They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon． So they began developing the software for personal computers． They improved(改进) the software to (20) it easier for people to use computer,．

(     )11．

• A．is born           
• B． was born          
• C． did born          
• D． born

(     ) 12．

• A． intellectual(聪明的 )                                 
• B． lucky
• C． loving                                         
• D． shy

(   )10．—________ will it start?

—In a week．

• A． How soon                               
• B． How long
• C． How often                               
• D． How far

(      )8． You must be very tired ,why not ________a rest?

• A． to stop to have                             
• B． to stop having
• C． stop to have                                 
• D． stop having

(      )9．—Where-s Mr Wu ,do you know?

—Well ,lt's hard to say． But I saw him ________a football game just now．

• A． was watching                              
• B． watching
• C． had watched                                
• D． watched

(     )6． She spends two hours________ the violin every day．

• A．play     
• B．plays     
• C．to play   
• D．playing

(    )7．________ a child received ________ many honors．

• A．Such ,so   
• B．So ,such   
• C．Such ,such  
• D．So ,so

(     )4．I am afraid he is no longer ________ ．

• A．alive     
• B．live      
• C．living     
• D．lives

(      )5． When did the young man ________the army?

• A． enter                                         &
• B． take part in
• C． join in                                         
• D． join

(      )2． The mother is ________weak _________look after her little daughter．

• A． too ,to             
• B． so ,that            
• C． very ,to           
• D． so ,to

(     )1, She was born ________the evening ________May 5,1996．

• A．in ,of      
• B．on ,of      
• C．in ,in      
• D．on ,in

(      )3． The boy stopped ________ when he saw a dog．

• A． run                 
• B． runing              
• C． running           
• D． to run