1、七下Units5-8一、閱讀理解。閱讀下列短文，根據短文內容選擇最佳答案。Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place. Around 1870, it was experiencing an economic boom(經濟繁榮), and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as many foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires looking f

2、or jobs. These jobs didnt pay well, and the people felt lonely with their new life in the city. As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known as the tango(探戈舞) came into being.At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes(階級). It was danced in t

3、he bars and streets. At that time women were fewer than men, so if a man didnt want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the women. Gradually, the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable

4、.In Europe at this time, strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning. The interest in international dance was especially strong in Paris. Every kind of dance from ballet to belly dancing could be found in Paris theaters. After tango dances from Argentina arrive in Europe, they began

5、 to draw the interest of the public as they performed their exciting dance in cafes, though not everyone liked the new dance, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.The popularity of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world. Soldiers(士兵) who returned to the Unite

6、d States from World War I brought the tango to North America, It reached Japan in 1926, and in 2003 a tango dancer of South Korea was hired to act as a kind of dance ambassador(大使) and promote tango dancing throughout South Korea.1.According to the article, the tango dances came from _ in thebeginni

7、ng.A. belly dancersB. American soldiersC. a Spanish cityD. the capital of Argentina2.If a man didnt want to be left out in the tango dancing, he had to _.A. dance in the bars or streetsB. dance with another manC. look for jobs in ArgentinaD. perform dances in cafes3.Whatdoweknowfromparagraph3?A.Peop

8、leinEuropedidnthavemuchinterestindancing.B.BothballetandtangocanbefoundinParistheatres.C.BalletdancingwasverypopularinParisatthattime.D.EveryonelikedtangodancingwhenitcametoEurope.4.Before World War I, the tango spread to_.A. AmericaB. JapanC. FranceD. South Korea5.What can be the best title for the

9、 text?A. How to Dance the TangoB. The History of the TangoC. How to improve Tango skillsD. The Modern Tango Boom參考答案15、DBCCB二、單項選擇。1. Look! There _A_ a photo of our English teacher in todays newspaper！(南京)A. is B. are C. have D. has2. It is five years since we began to enjoy a _A_ spring holiday eac

10、h year. (泰安)A. tenday B. ten day C. ten days D. ten days3. We should not _B_ trees in order to make our environment more beautiful. (貴陽改編)A. write down B. cut downC. turn down D. put down4. You should look into his eyes when you talk to somebody. It shows your _B_. (山西改編)A. shyness B. politeness C.

11、quietness D. happiness5. Confucius(孔子) is also very famous in many Western countries because he taught people to be _B_ to others first. (2016，山西改編)A. similar B. kind C. important D. careful6. _C_ water running when you are brushing your teeth. We must save every drop of water. (本溪模擬)A. Keep B. To k

12、eepC. Dont keep D. Not to keep7. It is a little cold in the mountain. Making a fire can make us _C_. (丹東模擬)A. wet B. cold C. warm D. cool8. He was born _B_ Shanghai in 1999. (錦州模擬)A. at B. in C. on D. by9. Do you know about the new _A_ in our neighborhood?Sure. Ive tried the food there. A. restauran

13、t B. libraryC. supermarket D. theater10. Excuse me. Is this seat taken?_A_. The man got his books here and left a few minutes ago. (鞍山模擬)A. Im afraid so B. I dont think soC. I dont know D. I cant agree more三、完形填空。Once when Kevin was selling hats under a big tree, the monkeys on the tree picked some

14、hats and put them on. So Kevin took off his own hat and threw 1 on the ground. The stupid monkeys threw their hats, too! Kevin soon 2 all the hats and left happily. Fifty years later, young Tony, 3 of Kevin, also sold hats for a living. 4 a long walk, Tony was tired, so he put his bag of hats beside

15、 him and laid down under a big tree. He was soon fast 5 . When he woke up, Tony found that there werentt any hats in his bag! Tony started looking for his hats. To his 6 , he found some monkeys on the tree wearing his hats. Tony didntt know what to do. Then he remembered the story his grandfather 7

16、used to tell him. “Yes! I can fool these monkeys!” said Tony. “Ill 8 them imitate (模仿) me and very soon I will get all my hats back!” Tony then waved at the monkeys, the monkeys waved at him. Tony started dancing, the monkeys were also dancing. Tony threw his hat on the ground Just then, one of the

17、monkeys jumped down 9 the tree, picked up the hat Tony threw on the ground and 10 up to Tony. He said, “Do you think only you had a grandfather?” （ ）1. A. it B. its C. him D. his（ ）2.A. pointed B. put C. collected D. matched（ ）3.A. father B. son C. grandson D. friend （ ）4. A. When B. After C. Before

18、 D. As（ ）5. A. alive B. afraid C. awake D. asleep（ ）6. A. pleasure B. interest C. value D. surprise（ ）7. A. recently B. luckily C. proudly D. angrily（ ）8.A. tell B. make C. promise D. realize（ ）9. A. from B. beside C. toward D. through（ ）10. A. put B. brought C. walked D. took 【答案】1-5 A C C B D 6-10

19、 D C B A C四、短文改錯。此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標有題號的每一行做出判斷，每一行均有一處錯誤。請按下列情況進行改正。此行多一個詞：把多余的詞用斜線（）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，也并用斜線劃掉。此行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。此行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下面劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。At 3:42 am something began to shake. It seemed that 1. _the world was in an end! Eleven kilometers directly below 2. _the

20、city, the greatest earthquake of the 20th century begin. 3. _It was heard in Beijing where is one hundred kilometers 4. _away. One third of the nation felt. A huge crack that was 5. _eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut cross 6. _houses, roads and canals. Steam burst into from holes in t

21、he 7. _ground. Hard hills of rocks become rivers of dirt. In 8. _fifteen seconds a large city lain in ruin（廢墟）. Two thirds of 9. _people died of or injured during the earthquake. 10. _參考答案1. something改everything 2.in改at 3. begin改began 4. where改which/that 5. felt后加it 6.cross改across 7.burst into去掉into

22、 8. become改became 9. lain改lay 10.died of 去掉of 六、書面表達。(2016，荊門)在過去的三年初中生活中， 你肯定遇到了很多好老師。言愛學校英語廣播電臺開展了“I love you, my English teacher”英語征文活動， 請你根據下面寫作要點和要求， 寫一封英語廣播稿。寫作要點：1. 中等身高， 戴眼鏡； 性格外向， 善于交流； 喜歡運動； 經常和同學們打籃球。2. 愛工作， 嚴格對待和關愛每一個學生， 幫助家庭有困難的學生。3. 課堂有趣充滿活力， 經常開展豐富多彩活動； 課后幫助學困生， 同學英語成績好。參考詞匯：medium; outgoing; communicate; strict; care about; in trouble; colorful; Thanks to寫作要求：1. 詞數80100(短文的開始和結束語已給出，不計入總詞數); 2. 內容完整， 語言流暢，不要逐句翻譯， 可適當發揮；3. 短文中不得出現真實的姓名及校名。I love you, my English teacherI have met many good teachers in t