八年级下英语Unit4单元训练题(含答案)(2)
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Many people like to watch TV.There are all kinds of programs on TV.The soap opera is one of them.The soap opera was first on the radio in the 1920s.Then it started on TV in the 1940s.
Why do so many people like to watch soap operas on TV，especially young people?What makes soap operas popular?Let's find out.
First，what's happening in the soap opera is very different from that in our lives.Everything is perfect (完美的) in the play.People don't need to worry about almost anything.People don't have money problems.
Second，there are many beautiful girls and handsome (英俊的) boys.In the soap opera，they are so cool.They drive young people crazy (疯狂的) .They make young people happy.
Third，stories in soap operas are usually interesting.It makes people relax after a day's hard work.Even some old people like to watch it，too.
But some people don't like it.They think the show is too slow and too long.Do you like soap operas?What do you think of them?
41.Soap operas started on TV ______.
A.in the 1920s B.in the 1930s
C.in the 1940s D.in the 1950s
42.What's happening in the soap opera is ______ our lives.
A.very different from B.the same as
C.as interesting as D.crazier about
43.______ in soap operas make young people crazy.
A.The money problems B.The perfect stories
C.The interesting stories D.The beautiful girls and handsome boys
44.People like soap operas because ______.
A.the show is too slow and too long B.they can make people sad
C.they can make people relax D.they started on TV early
45.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.The people in the soap opera don't need to worry about almost anything.
B.All people like soap operas.
C.The story in the soap opera is usually interesting.
D.The girls and boys in the soap ope ra are usually cool.
Ⅶ.任务型阅读 (10分)
Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you couldn't see.Imagine having to read this page，not with your eyes but with your fingers.How do you feel，then?
With medical knowledge and skills today，two thirds of the world's 42 million blind people need not have to suffer (受苦).Unluckily，rich countries have this knowledge，but developing countries do not.
ORBIS is an international charitable organization (慈善组织).Its goal is to help fight blindness all over the world.Inside a DC¬8 airplane，there is a teaching hospital with television rooms and classrooms.Doctors are taught the latest technology of helping the blind get sight again here.ORBIS is always trying to keep a closer relation among countries.
ORBIS helps those developing countries by providing sight¬saving training.It has taught over 35,000 doctors and nurses.They continue to treat thousands of blind people every year.They have traveled around the earth 3 times，visited 76 countries and treated over 20,000 blind people.They need your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.
For just $38，you can help one person see;for $380 you can bring sight to 10 people;$1,300 helps train a doctor new skills;and for $13,000，you can provide a training program for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again.Your_love_can_help_them_open_their_
eyes_to_the_world.
判断正 (T) 误 (F)
46.Both rich and developin g countries have the knowledge of helping blind people.______
完成句子
47.ORBIS' goal is to ___________________________________________________.
简略回答问题
48.How many doctors and nurses has ORBIS taught?
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49.What can you do with $380 according to the passage?
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将文中画线句子译成汉语。
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Ⅷ.补全对话，每空一词 (10分)
A: Did you get your 51.______ card today，Tony?
B: Yes，Dad.
A: 52.______ did you do it?
B: I did OK 53.______ some subjects.
A: What did your math teacher say?
B: She said I could do better.
A: What did your English teacher say?
B: She said I was good 54.______ speaking.
A: How 55.______ history?
B: History is very interesting.I got an A.
Ⅸ.词汇运用 (10分)
A.根据句意及首字母提示完成单词
56.I was born in Shandong，so Shandong is my h______.
57.I a______ two eggs and drank a glass of milk this morning.
58.Don't be n______，and try to relax wh en you take an exam.
59.The river is about 3,000 m______ long.
60.He isn't a child anymore，so you could let him make this d______ by himself.
B.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
61.Mary said she ______ (go) there by bus yesterday.
62.She is good at ______ (play) the violin.
63.______ (one) of all，we should try our best to find out the reason.
64.______ (luck)，I got Tan Jing's autograph at the concert.
65.I hope you are all in good ______ (healthy) .
Ⅹ.书面表达 (15分)
现在很多大学生毕业时自愿到西部参加工作，他们愿意为西部大开发作出自己的'贡献。你对此有何感想?如果将来你也有类似机会，你会去做吗?为什么?请写一篇80词左右的短文谈谈你的想法。
词汇提示： chance机会 the West Development 西部大开发
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