Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.
单元检测
一、根据句意及汉语提示写单词。
1．Paul saved a little boy from a deep river. How b______ he was!
2．We had to stay at home the w______ day because of the heavy rain.
3．The cup is broken. Who d______ it on the ground?
4．The man looks w______. Maybe he falls ill.
5．Hearing the sound of someone coming, Jessica h______ her diary under the bed.
6．They are having a meeting over there. Please keep your ______（声音）down.
7．Why did you put your finger into the hot water? Are you a ______（愚蠢的）boy?
8．Keep a ______（微笑）all the time, and you’ll have a happy life.
9．We saw a bright ______（物体）in the sky just now.
10．Thanks for your gift and it will always ______（使想起）me of you.
二、根据句意及汉语提示写单词，完成句子。
1．这张书桌倒是很好看，不过小了点。
The desk looks fine, but it is ________ ________ ________ small.
2．从前，这里住着一位美丽的公主。
________ ________ ________ ________, there lived a beautiful princess.
3．他们两年前结的婚。
They ________ ________ two years ago.
4．我一下飞机，就爱上了这个国家。
I ________ ________ ________ ________ the country the minute I got off the plane.
5．他病得如此重以至于我们只好给他请医生了。
He was ________ ill ________ we had to send for a doctor.
三、单项选择。
1．Miss Li, a ________ teacher, always makes us laugh in class.
A．brave B．humorous C．clever D．strict
2．—Henry, ________ is asking for you at the gate.
—OK. I’m coming. He must be Tony.
A．anybody B．everybody C．somebody D．nobody
3．—Where did Frank go after school?
—After school he didn’t go home. ________, he went to the supermarket.
A．Instead B．Instead of C．Until D．Or
4．Don’t worry. I will give the tape to David ________ he comes back.
A．as soon as B．so that C．until D．unless
5．—That tall building used to be a hotel. The government ________ a library last year.
—That’s great! Books can ________ a whole new world to us. So we should read more books.
A．turned it into; open up B．put it into; put up
C．turned it on; grow up D．moved it into; pull up
6．（2019·辽宁本溪·中考真题）—Look at the dark clouds, and the wind is blowing strongly.
—It ______that a big storm is coming.
A．sounds B．seems C．feels D．smells
7．（2019·湖北襄阳·中考真题）— The sun shines .
— We’d better wear our sunglasses to avoid getting sunburned.
A．softly B．hardly C．fast D．brightly
8．（2019·江苏淮安·中考真题）Betty has a beautiful _________. She wants to be a singer in the future.
A．voice B．look C．noise D．sound
9．（2021·河北·石家庄市第二十二中学八年级期末）If we study hard at school, our life will be ________ hope.
A．afraid of B．full of C．instead of D．proud of
10．（2021·河北·石家庄市栾城区教育局教研室八年级期末）One year, the weather was ________ dry that no food would grow.
A．so B．such C．too D．very
四、补全对话。
A: Have you ever read the novel Jane Eyre?
B: __1__
A: What a pity! It’s a wonderful book, you know?
B: Well, I’ve looked forward to reading it for a long time. But I can’t get a copy. The library only has three copies and __2__
A: Well. __3__ If you like, I’ll lend it to you.
B: Thank you. __4__ By the way, when can I get it?
A: __5__ Would you please go to my house with me after school?
B: OK, I’ll go with you as soon as school is over.
五、语法填空。
（2020·云南·八年级单元测试）用括号中所给词的适当形式填空,使语篇意思完整,必要时请用否定式。
Once upon a time, there____1____(be)a king. He only had one leg and one eye, but he was very smart and kind. Everyone lived a happy and____2____(health)life because of the king. One day, the king was walking through the palace hallway and saw the____3____(paint)of ancestors(祖先). He thought that one day his children would also walk in the same hallway and remember all the ancestors through these paintings. He wanted his children to remember him, too. So he invited many famous ____4____(art)to his palace.
All of the artists began to think about the king’s physical disabilities(生理缺陷). How could his painting be made very beautiful? It was ____5____(possible). They weren’t sure what his painting would be like. So one by one, they all started to politely refuse ____6____(make)a painting of the king.
But ____7____(sudden)one artist raised his hand and said he would make a very nice painting of the king. The king became happy hearing that. Then the artist started painting. After a long time, the painting was ready.
When the artist showed the painting, everyone was____8____(shock). In the painting, the king was sitting on a horse, on the one-leg side, holding his bow(弓箭)and aiming(瞄准)something with his one eye closed. The king was very happy and gave ____9____(he) lots of money.
As we all know, no one is perfect. So we should ______10______(try)to focus on(关注)others’ advantages instead of their disadvantages. Just take an optimistic view(乐观的观点)of the event. Everyone can do a good job.
六、完形填空。
Last week,I read a book—Life of Pi. It’s about a boy from India __11__ Pi, who traveled across the Pacific Ocean in a lifeboat.
Pi’s family lived in India and his father opened a zoo. When Pi was seventeen, they decided to __12__ the zoo and moved to Canada. They sold __13__ of the animals to several zoos and took the other animals on a ship to Canada. __14__ the way, they met with a very heavy rain and the ship sank（沉没）.
When Pi woke up after the terrible rain, he __15__that his family died and he was in a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a tiger. When he saw those big __16__, Pi was scared. One by one, the animals in the lifeboat killed and ate each other.
At last, there was only Pi and the tiger left. __17__ for Pi, there was some food and water in the lifeboat, but he soon needed to start catching fish. He fed the fish to the tiger to __18__ it killing and eating him. He also used what he learned from the zoo to control（控制）the tiger.
Pi and the tiger __19__ 227 days in the lifeboat. They were often hungry. Sometimes, Pi was happy and hopeful, but sometimes he felt __20__ and afraid. At last, they arrived in Mexico.
11．A．liked B．asked C．named D．saved
12．A．buy B．join C．visit D．close
13．A．all B．some C．few D．none
14．A．By B．On C．In D．To
15．A．hoped B．showed C．found D．felt
16．A．animals B．ships C．men D．fish
17．A．Usually B．Easily C．Luckily D．Seriously
18．A．make B．stop C．have D．expect
19．A．spent B．fought C．planned D．worked
20．A．excited B．sad C．relaxed D．busy
七、阅读理解
Once upon a time, there was a boy named Nils. What he liked most was to play tricks on (捉弄) others. So nobody liked him.
One day, Nils caught an elf (小精灵) and played tricks on him The elf was very angry. He turned Nils into a very little boy and then he left. Nils asked the animals where the elf went, but they wouldn’t tell him. Nils was very sad.
At that time, Nils saw some wild geese (野鹅；雁) flying in the sky, and Morten, his home goose, was going to follow them. “Oh no! You can’t fly away.” Nils jumped to Morten and tried to catch him. But right then, Morten flew up. He took Nils to the sky. Soon, Morten began to fall behind the wild geese, but he didn’t give up. When it was getting dark, the geese stopped by a lake.
Morten was very tired. “Come on, Morten,” Nils said. He fed him with water. To thank Nils, Morten caught a small fish for him. “It’s so good to have a friend,” Nils thought.
Morten flew hard every day. The wild geese began to like Morten. But they still didn’t like Nils, because he was a human.
1．What did the elf do to Nils?
A．He took Nils home. B．He played tricks on Nils.
C．He turned Nils into a small boy. D．He flew up with Nils on his back.
2．Why didn’t the animals help Nils?
A．Because they couldn’t talk. B．Because they disliked Nils.
C．Because they were the elf’s friends. D．Because they didn’t know where the elf was.
3．What can we learn about Morten?
A．He was a wild goose. B．He became smaller.
C．He didn’t give up easily. D．He didn’t like the wild geese.
4．What happened by the lake?
A．Nils and Morten helped each other. B．Nils made friends with the wild geese.
C．The wild geese caught fish for Morten. D．Morten left without Nils.
5．What would happen next?
A．Morten would turn into a wild goose. B．The wild geese would live by the lake.
C．The animals would follow Morten. D．Nils would try to make the wild geese like him.
八、材料作文
假如你是李梅。你的美国笔友Tom在昨天的 e﹣mail中告诉你，最近他对中国文化产生了浓厚的兴趣，希望你能给他介绍一些经典故事。请你根据下面所给图画，给Tom回复一封e﹣mail，向他讲述这一经典故事，并希望知道他对该故事及主人公的看法。
作文要求：
（1）文章需包括所有图画的内容，可以适当发挥，使全文连贯；
（2）词数70个左右；
（3）邮件的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Tom，
I'm very happy that you are interested in traditional Chinese stories. Well, let me tell you a famous one with the name Sima Guang Hit the Tank.
I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours，
Li Mei