年八年级英语上册第九单元测试题(人教版含答案)

英语人教八年级上综合测评Unit9(时间：90分钟分值：100分)第Ⅰ卷听力部分(15分)Ⅰ.听句子，选择与其意思相符的图片(有两幅多余图片)(5分)1．Jane is a talented pianist.2．I like to be an astronaut when I grow up.3．Ronaldo，a Brazilian，a famous football player，was born in 1980.4．Mr King often spends his free time with his family.5．Jane likes dancing very much.1．______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5．______Ⅱ.听句子，选择正确答语(5分)When was she born？6．A.He was born in 1988.B．She was born in New York.C．She was born on July 11th.Who's that man？7．A.That's John. B．That's a telephone. C．That's Mary.How old were you when you began to draw？8．A.I am four. B．You were five. C．I was six.When did they come？9．A.At two. B．For two hours. C．Yes，I did.Wh at's she like？10．A.She is a teacher. B．He is fifteen. C．She is tall.Ⅲ.听短文，选择正确的答案(5分) X Kb 1. Co mSusan King was a singer.She was born in 1945 in the USA.She lived in New York for most of her life.She always loved singing.She had o ne child，a daughter.She's a singer，too.Her favourite color was yellow and her favourite fr uit was pear.She had about two pears a day for most of her life.She loved dogs and usually had two.11．What did Susan do?A ．A writer. B．A scientist. C．A singer.12．How old is she?A．50. B．60. C．More than 60.13．What did she like doing?A．Singing. B．Writing. C．Drawing.14．Is white her favourite?A．Yes，it is. B．No，it isn't. C．It's yellow.15．Where did she live for most of her life?A．In Tokyo. B．In Sydney. C．In New York.第Ⅱ卷笔试部分(85分)Ⅳ.单项选择(10分)16．Mozart started ______ music when he was very young.A．write B．wrote C．writing D．writes17．Edison was an ______ person.A．outstanding B．bad C．good D．famous18．Like animals and plants，people need water to stay ______.A．living B．alive C．live D．lived19．She ______ Chinese and management when she studied at college.A．majors in B．majored in C．majors on D．majored on20．—______ has your mother been working in the hospital?—For ten years.A．When B．How often C．How long D．How far21．He started ______ music at the age of ten and now he is a ______.A．to write；painter B．writing；musicianC．to write；scientist D．writing；pianist22．The old woman is ______ old ______ look after herself.A．too；to B．too；too C．so；to D．too；that23．Wang Meng ______ a skating champion when she was seventeen.A．becomes B．becoming C．become D．became24．Lin Dan ______ Guangzhou Asian Games last year.A．join in B．joined C．took part in D．took part25．My mother asked me to stop ______ TV，and I stopped ______ my homework at once. A．watching；to do B．to watch；to doC．watching；doing D．to watch；didⅤ.完形填空(10分)Math is one of the most boring classes for many students.But recently，a math class at the University of California in the US got 400 students interested.There __26__ even another 35 students watching from behind windows.Who could make a boring subject so __27__？T erence Tao，a 31yearold professor.He is known as “the Mozart of Math”(数学界的莫扎特)．Tao was born __28__ Hong Kong.He spent his childhood in Australia.At the __29__ of two，he could read.At nine，he went to college math classes.At twenty，he __30__ his doctoral degree (博士学位)．Last summer，Tao won a Field Medal(菲尔兹奖)．This is known as the “Nobel Prize of Math”．Tao was talented.He went to college when he was 14.“There's no point going to college too young，” said Tao.He said studying __31__ is like building a pyramid(金字塔)．A pyramid must have a strong base(基础)，__32__ then it can be built higher.In __33__ ways he's like us.Tao wears an Adidas sweatshirt and __34__ sports shoes.Hereads Japanese comic books.But he said his __35__ love is still math.“In some ways，my work is my hobby，” he said.26．A.were B．are C．was D．is27．A.difficult B．useful C．important D．interesting28．A.on B．from C．in D．of29．A.year B．time C．day D．age30．A.made B．got C．took D．brought31．A.nice B．good C．well D．hardly32．A.though B．because C．and D．unless33．A.all B．some C．much D．any34．A.a piece of B．a set of C．a number of D．a pair of35．A.first B．second C．one D．lastⅥ.阅读理解(20分)AOne of the best known American writers is Mark Twain.Many Americans feel that Twain' s novel Huckleberry Finn is the greatest American novel.Twain was born in the state of Missouri，in a town named Hannibal，on the Mississippi River.As a child，he watched with great interest the steamboats，large and small，that carried goods and passengers up and down the Mississippi.He learned a lot about the river，and he became the pilot of a steamboat.Like many men of that time，he hoped to get rich in the silver mines in Nevada.He did not get rich.He worked as a newspaper writer，an d American literature became richer for that.He moved to California and wrote for newspapers there.Some of his writings were serious，some were humorous.His funny story about a frogjumping competition won him national ter，he wrote a number of books，traveled and became a wellknown lecturer.He went back to the river，met some old friends，and wrote a book about the Mississippi.He made funny speeches at many dinners.His last years were sad because of the deaths of his wife and daughter，and some of his later writing was painful.Many people agree that Mark Twain is an excellent representative (代表) of the America of his time because his writings show a variety of interests and activities.36．When Mark Twain was young，he ______.A．enjoyed watching steamboatsB．was interested in watching passengersC．liked large boats but not small onesD．traveled up and down the river37．According to the writer，American literature became richer because Mark Twain______.A．wrote about silver mines in Nevada B．hoped to get richC．wrote for newspapers D．moved to California38．According to the writer，Mark Twain became wellknown in America because of his ______.A．novel Huckleberry FinnB．funny story about a frogjumping competitionC．books about the MississippiD．funny speeches at dinners39．According to the passage，which of the following statements about Mark Twain is TRUE?A．He is the greatest American writer.B．He only wrote sad stories during his last years.C．He not only wrote novels but also taught in schools.D．His life experiences were rich.40．The passage is mainly about Mark Twain's ______.A．hometown B．writing career C．travels D．familyBThe long HiccupIt all sta rted with Indian food but it ended in hospital.For many people the subject of hiccups is a joke，but for Harry Mendis，a fifteenyearold schoolboy from Birmingham，it was something quite different.His hiccups began on Sunday lunchtime and continued (持续) day and night for two weeks.After the first week，Harry's parents took him to hospital，but it took another week for the doctors to cure (治愈) his hiccups.Harry，who is now back at school，told what happened to him.“When I began to hiccup，I drank a glass of water but that didn't work.That evening I had hiccups every four seconds.We tried everything to stop them.I held my breath(屏住呼吸)and drank cold drinks.My father even tried to give me a shock but that didn't work either.”After a week，he went to the hospital.The doctors took an Xray of his chest but they couldn't find anything wrong.“They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down，but it was another week before the medicine work ed and my hiccups stopped.”Harry was very lucky.The world record holder of hiccupping is the American farmer Charles Smith，who hiccupped for more than sixtynine years.He stopped in 1990 at last，but nobody knows why.41．Harry hiccupped for ______.A．a week B．fourteen days C．three weeks D．one month42．His hiccups started after he ______.A．drank a glass of water B．held his breathC．ate an Indian meal D．finished his homework43．His parents took him to hosptial ______.A．on Sunday night B．after giving him a shockC．after doing everything for it D．a week later44．His hiccups stopped on the week after the doctor ______.A．let him take the medicine B．took an Xray of his chestC．gave him an examination D．let him drink cold drinks45．Who is the world record holder of hiccupping?A．Charles Smith. B．Harry Medis.C．A Worker. D．We don't know.Ⅶ.任务型阅读(10分)Qian Zhongshu，a very famous writer，was born on November 21,1910 in Wuxi，Jiangsu. Qian went to Qinghua University in 1929 because of his excellent performance in Chinese and English languages.He met Yang Jiang in Qinghua and married her in 1935.Yang was also a famous writer.As one of the most famous writers in China，Qian is best known for his book Fortress Besieged.The book was very popular at home and in foreign countries.It has been translated into English，French，German，Russian，Japanese and Spanish.Qian passed away on December 19,1998 in Beijing due to sickness.根据短文内容，补全下列句子。