八下Unit 1-unit 2练习

一、单选

( )1. I must leave for______ the in a hurry. My flight will take off at ten.

A. railway station

B. post office

C. airport

D. police station

( )2. —What’s your father’s hobby, Jane?

—He likes reading. He has read over three hundred books _____the past five years.

A. with

B. since

C. over

D. on

( )3. I like walking on the beach. It is great to________ the sand between toes (脚趾).

A. smell

B. feel

C. hear

D. see

( )4. — Have you handed in your project?

—Yes. I_______ on it for two hours, you know.

A. worked

B. have worked

C. will work

D. am working

( )5. Everyone here except Tom and Jim _______the film. So they will go to the cinema alone.

A. have seen

B. has seen

C. will see

D. saw

( )6. — What places in Beijing do you think I should visit?

—Well, I________ Beijing before.

A. haven’t gone to

B. won’t go to

C. don’t go to

D. haven’t been to

( )7. —It’s a long time______ Aunt Jane left for America.

—Yes. How time flies!

A. when

B. before

C. until

D. since

( )8. I_____ the city for three years. But I haven’t travelled to many places of interest around it.

A. arrived in

B. got to

C. have arrived in

D. have been in

( )9. The first settlers (移民) from England were in a hard______ when they arrived in America because it was cold winter and they had little food.

A. condition

B. situation

C. instruction

D. vacation

( )10. —I can’t believe that you______ the car for five years. It looks as good as new. —Yes. I always take good care of it.

A. have bought

B. bought

C. have had

D. have got

( )11. — How about the show? It has been already over,_______ ?

—Yes. It is a pity that you have missed it.

A. is it

B. isn’t it

C. hasn’t it

D. has it

( )12. —_______ food your mother cooked! She is a great cook.

—Thanks. I am glad you enjoyed it.

A. How delicious

B. What delicious

C. How a delicious

D. What a delicious ( )13. — Have you visited Shanghai Disneyland_______?

—Yes. It’s the most interesting theme park that I’ve______ visited.

A. yet; ever

B. already; ever

C. ever; already

D. already; yet

( )14. —______ have you been back from Beijing?

—Well, I came back this morning.

A. When

B. How much

C. How soon

D. How long ( )15. — Do you know how long it takes to go to Hangzhou by train?

—_____ . I need to check it on 12306.

A. I am not sure

B.About an hour

C. Of course

D. It’s up to you ( )16._____ Starlight Town was once a poor place and the people lived _______uncomfortable life at that time.

A. /; an

B. The; an

C. /; a

D. The; a

( )17. — Miss Li, can you tell me what a block is?

—It’s a group of buildings with streets on______ sides.

A. both

B. each

C. every

D. all

( )18. — Can you tell me something about the school life in Australia?

—Sorry, I know______ about it. Why not search for the information online?

A. much

B. little

C. few

D. a little

( )19. — What an interesting book! How long have______ you it?

—For two weeks.

A. borrowed

B. bought

C. kept

D. seen

( )20. My mother_______ my father since 2000.

A. has got married to

B. got married to

C. has married

D. has been married to ( )21. Usually, when the temperature is below 0℃, water______ ice.

A. moves into

B. goes into

C. turns into

D. falls into

( )22. — How long have you lived in Nanjing?

—_______ I was eight years old. I moved here from the countryside.

A. When

B. Until

C. Not until

D. Since

( )23. — David, our project is difficult. , we seem not to have enough time.

—That’s true. But______ , we must finish it within the given time. Let’s hurry up instead of talking here.

A. Moreover; instead

B. Moreover; anyway

C. Instead; anyway

D.Anyway; moreover ( )24. — I_______ Uncle Bob recently.

—Really? Can you tell me when you last_____ him?

A. haven’t seen; will see

B. didn’t see; have seen

C. didn’t see; saw

D. haven’t seen; saw

( )25. — You have been in our school for a month. I want to know if you_______ the life here.

—I_____ have lots of homework, but now I have much less homework so I can have

more time for hobbies.

A. are used to; used to

B. used to; was used to

C. used to; used to

D. are used to; was used to

( )26. ________ fantastic time the children are having !They can’t stop_______through the ride．

A．What；to scream B．What a；to scream

C．What；screaming D．What a；screaming

( )27. Betty and Jenny aren’t sisters，but they look like each other________．

A．by the way B．in some ways

C．in this way D．on the way

( )28. They haven been our friends_______we met ten years ago．

A．for B．since C．ever D．when

( )29. —__________is it from Nanjing to Yangzhou? —About one hour’s bus ride.

A. How long

B. How soon

C. How far

D. How many hours

( )30. The Jiangs have lived in the city of Nantong since__________.

A. ten years

B. last summer

C. they buy a flat

D. five months later

二、词汇

1. It’s her grandfather’s _____________(ninety) birthday next week.

2.At the beginning, no one___________ (get to know and understand sth.) the harmfulness of cutting down trees and forests.

3.The old man was very sad because he found his cat _____(lose one’s life) there days ago.

4.His father has travelled to many places, such as _____(亚洲), Europe, America and so on.

5.Sandy was born in a big family, so she has many r_________.

6.Would you like to work in the ________ (south) cities in China?

7.Walking on the moon was once an __________(possible)task before the 1960s.However,the dream came true later on.

8.This meeting is important，so we'll have a _______（far）discussion later.

9.His dog has been ________for three days.（die）

10.We should speak to the old man____________(polite).

11.Have you ever of a man called John Brown? (hear)

12.You can find Mr. Ma at his office ____________ Tuesday morning . (除了)

13.Something must be done to protect the ___________ tigers. (Asia)

14.The little girl will travel ____________ to learn more about art. (在国外)

15.More __________(细节) are needed to describe the suspect(嫌疑人)

16.He looked ___________ (sad) at me with tears in his eyes.

17.We should try our best to protect our ________________(环境)

18.English is a kind of _____________ (国际的) language.

19.My uncle often goes to London on ________ (商业)

20.When you come to our town，you can enjoy its ________ (beautiful) everywhere.

三、翻译

1.上海是世界闻名的国际贸易中心之一。

2.我的父母亲结婚30年了。

3. 我的朋友们一大早就动身去机场了。

4. 当他听到这个好消息时，忍不住笑了。

5. 他出国公差一个多月了。

6.我的家乡近几年发生了很大的变化。

7.读过这本故事，他没有以前害羞了。

8. 这些工厂过去常常把废料倒进河里。

9.他的堂弟离家至少2个多月了。

10.你叔叔曾经去过日本吗？

11.他总是梦想着跟Judy保持联系。

12.我不知道怎样在网上搜索有用信息。

13.陆家嘴，这个世界闻名的贸易中心，位于浦东的西端。

14.中国政府已经采取措施来改善这种状况了。

Unit 2 I’ll help to clean up the city parks. Name___________ Grade___________ 第一节单项选择。（本题共15小题，每小题1分，计15分） 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。 ( )1. _________ great fun it is! And ______ good time I’m having! A. What a ; what B. What; what a C. How a; how D. How; how a ( )2. They often live _______, but they don’t feel _______. A. alone; alone B. lonely; lonely C. alone; lonely D. lonely; alone ( )3. —Excuse me. Could you please tell me my car? —Sure. Park it right here. I’ll help you. A. where park B. where to park C. to park where D. when to park ( )4. Jim has many hobbies, ______ swimming, hiking, sailing. A. for example B. such as C. such for D. as the example of ( )5.—Do we have to have the meeting right away? —Yes, we can’t __________. A. put off it B. put it off C. put off them D. put them off ( )6.—He’s just back from work, _______? —_______. He won’t come back until tomorrow. A. hasn’t he;Yes, he has B. h asn’t he;No, he hasn’t C. isn’t he;Yes, he, is D. isn’t he; No, he isn’t ( )7. Hi, Jim. Would you please help me the signs on the wall? A. pick up B. look up C. get up D. put up ( )8. I _______ some clothes to charity because they are too small for me. A. take after B. hang out C. give away D. put off ( )9. Now, I can spend time _____ what I love to do. A. to do B. doing C. do D. did ( )10. He________with his family, but now he________on his own. A. used to live; is used to living B. is used to living; used to live C. used to live; used to living D. is used to live; is used to living

Unit1 SectionA 预习检测 1 一、单项填空 2 1. The tower ____; the scientist is trying to save it. 3 A. fell down B. is falling down C. will fall D. 4 falls down 5 2. It’s time for class. Let’s go right away.（同义替6 换） 7 A. on time B. in time C. at first D. at once 8 3. Don’t keep y our mother ____ long. 9 A. wait B. waiting C. wait for D. waiting for 10 4. —Where is mom now? 11 —I’m not sure. She ____ be in the kitchen. 12 A. shall B. may C. need D. must 13 二、根据汉语意思完成句子。 14 1. 躺在床上直到你感觉好点。 15 ____ ____ on the bed until you feel better. 16 2. 令我惊奇的是工作在两周之内就完成了。 17 ____ ____ ____, the work was finished in two weeks. 18 3. 让我们马上就去，不然就太晚了。 19 Let’s go ____ ____ before it gets too late. 20 4. 多亏有个好老师，乔治通过了考试。 21 ____ ____ a good teacher, George passed the examination. 22 5. 让我给你量一下体温。Let me ____ ____ ____. 23 1

八年级英语( 上) 综合练习题 一、选择题。 ( ) 1、Why don’t we ________ half an hour in cleaning the classroom? A．to spend B. spent C. spend D. spending ( ) 2、The dictionary _______ me twenty yuan. A．paid B. spent C. took D. cost ( ) 3、The rain stopped the farmers _______ in the fields. A. working B. worked C. work D. to work ( ) 4、We should always _________ our teachers carefully in class. A. listening to B. listen to C. to listen D. to listening to ( ) 5、I saw the boy ______ up to me at this time yesterday afternoon. A. to walk B. walked C. walking D. walk ( ) 6、They enjoyed _______ last holiday. A. they B. their C. them D. themselves ( ) 7、You______ smoke if you see this symbol ““ A. mustn’t B. can C. needn’t D. should ( ) 8、I have ______ this novel for one week. A. kept B. borrowed C. lent D. bought ( ) 9、The old man has _______ for several years. A. died B. been dead C. die D. death ( ) 10、I can’t find my pen . I think I _______ it . A. lost B. losed C. have lost D. is losing ( ) 11、-----Thank you for sending me the beautiful flowers. ----_____.( 选出不恰当的一项) A. You are welcome B. It is a pleasure. C. That’s all right D. No thanks. ( ) 12、My classmates like playing _____basketball, but they don’t like to play_____ trumpet. A. X, the B. the , X C. an, the D. X., X ( ) 13、Since 1989 Project Hope _______ many schools. A. built B. build C. has built D. is building ( ) 14、Project Hope has built many labs since the manger ______ lots of money for it. A. has raised B. raised C. is raising D. raise ( ) 15、We have ______ been there, but we have _____ been Beijing. A. ever, never B. never , already C. just, yet D. since , for ( ) 16、A：_____ else? B：Yes, I have ______ to tell you. A. Something, anything important B. Anything, something important C. Nothing, important ( ) 17、Get ___ the boat when you reach the bridge .Then get _____ a No.51 bus to the end. A. on, off B. off, on C. on, on D. off, off ( ) 18、Open th window, _________? A. shall we B. will you C. don’t you D. didn’t you ( ) 19、Let’s have a party tonight, ________? A. shall we B. will you C. don’t you D. didn’t you ( ) 20、It is ______ to learn English well if ( 如果) you study hard. A. probably B. impossible C. may be D. possible

Unit1 What's the matter？名词： matter 问题；事情stomachache 胃痛；腹痛stomach 胃；腹部 foot 脚；足 neck 颈；脖子 throat 咽喉；喉咙 fever 发烧 X-ray X射线；X光toothache 牙痛headache 头痛 break 间歇；休息 passenger 乘客；旅客 trouble 问题；苦恼 knee 膝盖 climber 登山者；攀登者 situation 情况；状况 kilo（=kilometer）千克；公斤 rock 岩石 knife 刀 blood 血 importance 重要性；重要 decision 决定；抉择 spirit 勇气；意志 death 死亡 nurse 护士 动词： lie 躺；平躺 hurt （使）疼痛；受伤hit （用手或器具）击；打mean 意思是；打算；意欲 形容词： sick 生病的；有病的sore 疼痛的；酸痛的代词： herself 她自己ourselves 我们自己介词： onto 向；朝 兼类词： rest v&n 放松；休息cough n&v 咳嗽risk n&v 危险；风险；冒险control n&v 限制；约束；管理 off adv&prep 离开（某处）；不工作；从…去掉短语： have a cold 感冒 have a stomachache 胃痛have a fever 发烧 lie down 躺下 take one's temperature 量体温take breaks=take a break 休息get off 下车 get on 上车 to one's surprise 使……惊讶的是right away 立即；马上 精品文档

八年级英语下册unit2单元测试题 Unit2 I’ll help t lean up the ity parks . 一、单元知识梳理 rds and expressins： lean up, heer, heer up, give ut, vlunteer, e up with, put ff, sign, ntie，hand ut，all up, used t, lnely ,are fr, several, strng, feeling, satisfatin, y, wner, try ut, urney, raise, alne, repair, fix, fix up, give away, take after, brken, wheel, letter, iss, set up, disabled, ake a differene, blind, deaf, iagine, diffiulty, pen, dr, arry, train, exited, training, kindness, lever, understand, hange, interest, sir, ada Sentenes: I’d like t help heless peple. She deided t try ut fr a vlunteer after-shl reading prgra. yu uld ask hspitals t let yu visit the kids and heer the up. ari believes it an help hi t get his future drea b. She vlunteers there ne a week t help kids learn t read. I’ aking se signs t put up arund the shl. ari lves anials and wants t be an anial dtr.

Unit 1 What’s the matter? 一.单项选择。(每小题1分，共15分) （）1.As people’s life is getting better and better, so how to ________ is becoming more and more important. A. play sports B. keep healthy C. have a cold D. drink coffee （）2.You are tired, so you ________ go to the party. A. shall B. need C. shouldn’t D. aren’t （）3.The little girl has a fever. The doctor is __________. A. taking her temperature B. putting some medicine on it C. getting an X-ray D. putting a bandage on it （）4.—I’d like a cup of tea ________ nothing in it. —OK. What else? A. have B. has C. with D. and （）5.—I have a toothache. —I think you should___________ . A. lie down and rest B. drink hot tea with honey C. listen to soft music D. go to see a dentist （）6.—What was the matter with you? —______________. A.I passed my math exam B.I found my library book C.I broke my bike D.He lost his dictionary （）7.You shouldn’t eat_______food, or you’ll be ________ fat. A. too much; much too B. too much; too much C. much too; too much D. much too; much too （）8.Tony is thinking about ___________ a new bike. A. buy B .to buy C. buys D.buying （）9.Alice is interested in ______________ the Internet. A. use B. using C .to use https://www.wendangku.net/doc/ec18485849.html,es （）10. __________her surprise, she felt better after having a rest. A .In B. On C. To D .At （）11.Linda has trouble ____________ Chinese history. A. learning B. learn C. to learn D. learned （）12.Ben is used to __________ to school. He used to __________ the bus to school last year. A. walking;taking B. walk; take C. walking;take D. walk;taking （）13.Where will you ____________? A. get out B. get off C .get out of D. get of （）14.His money______________ . He asked his mother for some. A. ran out of B. is run out C. was run out D. ran out （）15.If you keep on ______________, you’ll succeed. A. try B. to try C. trying D. tries 二.单元重难点过关。（10分） A）根据句意及汉语提示填单词。 16.The ___________（乘客）on the bus are all very friendly and helpful.

八年级下英语综合能力提升训练 一、根据首字母填空 Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A short while ago, however, he b a bus-driver and he feels no sorry about it. He is finding his new work far more i . When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves r out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag f of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves. The one w the money got so afraid that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get a in their car, Roy drove his bus into the b of it. While the car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t the police. The thieves’ car was badly damaged(损坏) and e to recognize(辨认).Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were c . 二、完形填空 A young woman was driving along through the country. It (1) dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the (2) , holding her hand out as if she needed a lift(搭便车). “I can’t(3) her out in this weather, ” the young woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the (4) . “Do you want a lift ?” she asked . The old woman nodded and (5) the car. After a while she sai d to the old woman ,“Have you waited for a long time?” The old woman shook her head . “Strange ,” (6) the young woman . She tried again, “Bad weather for the time (7) year,” she said . The old woman nodded. Although the driver tried some more , the old lady said (8) except for a nod of the head or a shake . Then the young woman (9) the lady’s hands : they were very large with thick hair. Suddenly she knew the lady was a (10) . She stopped the car. “I can’t see the mirror (11) ,”She said .“Would you mind cleaning it for me?” The old lady nodded and (12) the door. As soon as the old lady was (13) the car , the young woman drove off quickly. When she got to the next village she 14) .She found that the old lady had left a (15) behind. She picked it up and opened it . She gave out a deep breath , inside the bag was a gun. （）（1）A. was getting B. happened C. was becoming D. was coming （）(2) A. hill B. tree C. city D. road （）(3) A. throw B. leave C. make D. let （）(4) A. door B. car C. glass D. hand （）(5) A. took in B. get off C. climbed into D. went into （）(6) A. thought B. said C. spoke D. talk （）(7) A. out B. off C. in D. of （）(8) A. nothing B . anything C. something D. everything

Unit2基础测试卷 【必会短语】 1.打扫(或清除)干净 2.(使)变得更高兴 3.分发;散发 4.想出;提出(主意、计划等) 5.推迟 6.分发 7.打电话给(某人)8.曾经……过去… 9.照顾;非常喜欢10.参加……选拔 11.修理;装饰12.赠送;捐赠 13.(外貌或行为)像14.建起;设立 15.影响;有作用16.与……相似 【重点句式】 1.这个女孩可以看望医院里生病的孩子，使他们振奋起来。 The girl could visit the sick kids in the hospital. 2.我们需要想出一个计划来告诉人们关于城市公园清洁的情况。 W e need a plan t o tell people abo ut the city park clean-up. 3.他们给我讲过去的生活经历，讲过去是什么样子的。 They told me stories the past and how things. 4.她在四岁时就能够独自看书了。 She could by the age of four. 5.有了你的帮助，我才可能拥有“幸运儿(狗名)”。Y ou helped t o mak e it possible me Lucky. 6.我们应该倾听他们，照顾他们。 W e should listen t o them and them. 7我长得像我妈妈。 I my mother. 8.在这里做志愿工作对我来说是梦想成真。 V olunteering here is a dr e am for me. 知识点2词语运用 I.根据所首字母或汉语提示填写单词。 1.W e went t o the playground t o(欢呼)for the player. 2.Look!There is a(通知)abo ut the school trip. 3.I’d like t o share my(愉快)with my friends. 4.The key bo ar d was(破损的).Let’s buy a new one. S.Thomas is a(聪明 的)boy.He can work out the difficult problems. 6.Can't you see the s.It says"No smoking”. 7.They are going t o hold a concert t o r money for the charity. 8.She's new here.so she feels l. 9.She works as a v t o help the poor and the sick. 10.The poor boy can't see anything.He is b. Ⅱ.用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。 put off give o ut call up come up with cheer up set up t ake after

一.单项选择。 1. --------What’s matter with you? --------I have toothache. A. a; the B. the; a C. /; a D. a; / 2. Mrs.Yang lived in a small village when she was young. But she is used to in the big city now. A. live B. lived C. lives D. living 3. Mr.Liu kept on although he was tired. He should stop to have a rest. A. work B.to work C.to working D. working 4. All the students in the classroom do their homework. A. enough careful B. careful enough C. carefully enough D. enough carefully 5. The new kind of car is dear. I don’t have money. A. too much; much too B. much too; too much C. too much; too much D. much too; much too 6. This morning she went to school breakfast just drank some hot tea honey. A. with; with B. with; without C. without; with D. without; without 7. If you questions please ask me. A. will have B. having C. have D. has 8. Kate is girl. very happy at school. A. a eighteen-year-old B.an eighteen-year-old C. a eighteen-years-old D.an eighteen-years-old 9. Steven we should the bus at the next stop. A. get up B. get off C. get to D. get on 10. her husband she has now become a famous film star. A. Thanks to B. Thanks for C. With the help D. you 11. my surprise the worst student passed the English test. A. For B. To C. In D. On 12. -Is Jack in the next room? -Well it's hard to say. But I heard him loudly when I passed by just now. A. speak B.to speak C. speaking D.to speaking 13. She is in hospital. I have to look after the person. A .ill; sick B. ill; ill C. sick; ill D. stay; sick . 14. -Did you have a sports meeting yesterday? - No we didn't. It was put off the heavy rain. A. instead of B. because of C.as for D.as well 15. Maria watch TV but now she listening to music. A. used to; is used to B.is used to; used to C. used to; used to D.is used to; is used to 二.完形填空。 Alex was at home in Washington on Friday. At around 9 a.m. he 11 the noise of a car. He then ran out to see what happened. Outside he found Mike a five-year-old boy 12 on the side of the road.A car hit him and his 13 was bleeding. Alex needed somet hing to put down under the boy’s head 14 he might hurt even worse. What Alex could use was only his T-shirt. Then he 15 put it under the boy's head

初中英语学习材料 madeofjingetieji 八年级上册语篇阅读综合训练 一、完形填空：阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容从短文后各题所给的选项中选择能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 Yesterday was Father's Day. Many things happening between my father and me crowded my mind. But one thing made a deep impression on me. It was a Sunday morning, and I was in a 1 mood(情绪).Two of my friends had gone to the movies the night before and hadn't invited me. I was in my room 2 ways to make them sorry when my father came in. “Want to go for a rid today, Beck? It's a beautiful day.” “No! Leave me alone!” Those were 3 words I said to him that morning. My friends called and 4 me to go to the mall with them a few hours later. I forgot to be 5 with them and then went with them. When I came home, I found a 6 on the table. My mother put it where I would be sure to see it. “Dad has had an 7 .Please meet us at Highland Park Hospital.” When I reached the hospital, my mother came out and told me a car hit my father and his injuries were extensive(大面积的). “Your father told the driver to leave 8 alone and just call 911, thank God! If he had moved Daddy, ...” My mother may have said but I didn't hear. I didn't hear anything 9 those terrible words: Leave me alone. My dad said them in order to 10 himself. He didn't want to be hurt more. How much had I hurt him 11 I shouted out those words at him earlier in the day? It was several days later that he was 12 able to have a talk. I held his hand gently，afraid of hurting him. "Daddy...I am so sorry...” “It's okay，sweetheart. I'll be okay.” “No，”I said，"I mean about 13 I said to you that day. You know, that morning?" He looked at me and said, “Sweetheart, I remember14 about that day, not before, during or after the accident. I r emember telling you goodnight the night before, though.” He managed a weak smile. My English teacher once told me that words have great power. They can hurt or they can heal(治愈).

1.What's the matter？ What's the matter?和What's wrong?是用来询问对方出了什么毛病或问题，意为“怎么了？”，是医生询问病人病情时的常用语。 — What's the matter? 你怎么了？ —I have a stomachache. 我胃疼。 —What's wrong, Tom? Tom怎么了？ —I don't feel very well. 我感觉不太舒服 What's the matter?和What's wrong?后可接with sb. / sth.，即What's the matter with sb./ sth.?或What's wrong with sb./sth.?意为“某人/某物怎么了？” What's the matter with you? = What's wrong with you? 你怎么了？ —What's wrong / What's the matter with your leg? 你的腿怎么了？ —Nothing. 没什么。 注意：matter是名词，其前只能加定冠词the；wrong是形容词，前面不需要加任何冠词。 不能说What's your wrong? 和What's your matter? 2. —What should she do？—She should take her temperature. should作情态动词，意为“应当，应该”。表示义务、责任，可用于各种人称，无人称和数的变化，也不能单独作谓语，只能和主要动词一起构成谓语，表示说话人的语气和情态；否定形式为should not，缩写为shouldn't。其主要用法有： (1) 表示责任和义务，意为“应该”。 You should take your teacher's advice. You shouldn't be late for class. (2) 表示推断，意为“可能，该”。 The train should have already left. 3. But to his surprise，they all agreed to go with him. (1) surprise作动词时，意为“使……惊奇，使……感到意外、吃惊”。 What surprised you? 什么事使你感到意外？ (2) surprise作不可数名词时，表示“惊奇，惊异”。 Her face showed surprise at the news. （3) surprise作可数名词时，表示“惊奇、惊讶、意外的事或吃惊的事”。 He gave me a surprise by arriving early. （4）作名词用时常可构成如下短语： to one's surprise意为“使某人吃惊的是……”；in surprise意为“吃惊地”。 To my surprise, he passed the exam. He looked at me in surprise. 4. He was not ready to die that day. （1）ready 作形容词，意为“准备好的”。 Is everything ready? Are you ready? （2）be/get ready to + 动词原形，意为“准备做……”。 I'm getting ready to travel.

Unit 2 单元过关检测（100分） Ⅰ. 选择填空（10分） （）1. I half an hour reading English in the morning. And it helps me a lot. A. cost B. spend C. take D. pay （）2. ---We get knowledge ______ from books ______ from life. ---Yes, both are important. A. either, or B. neither, nor C. not, but D. not only, but also （）3. Let’s planting the trees until tomorrow. I think it’s going to rain. A. put on B. put off C. put up D. put down （）4. ---Would you help me ______, Mr. Lin? This question is too hard for me. ---OK. Let me try. A. after B. out C. up D. with （）5. ---Could you do for me, please? ---Yes, with pleasure. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything （）6.Your cartoon books are very interesting. Where did you buy ? I want to buy , too. A. one, one B. them, it C. them, some D. one, ones （）7.---Jim takes ______ his father. ---You mean he is similar ______ his father? A. for, as B. to, with C. after, to D. away, from （）8. ---What was Jimmy going to do? ---He was going to put some signs old books. A. up, asking for B. on, to ask to C. up, asking to D. down, asking for （）9. ---Let’s help to clean the city park on Sunday. --- ! A. It’s dirty B. Well down C. Thank you D. Good idea （）10. My computer has broken down. I’ll ________ now. A. mix it B. mix up it C. repair it up D. repair it Ⅱ. 完形填空（10分） Wearing a pair of perfect jeans makes people look cool. Jeans are the most popular kind of 11 in the world. They are popular almost 12 , in Japan, France, Indonesia, Canada and Brazil. Rich people and poor people wear them. Young people and even some old people wear them. Why are they popular? Who made the 13 jeans? In 1849, two men found gold in California. Men from the other parts of the United States and other countries hurried there to 14 gold, too. These workers needed some 15 clothes. A young man 16 Germany named Levi Strauss arrived in California in 1850. He went there to 17 things to the workers. He saw that the workers needed strong pants, so he began to make pants. He used cloth that people 18 tents from. He put rivets (铆钉) on the 19 to make them strong, because the men put rocks in them. These