8B Unit l Past and Present

课时练习4 (Grammar)

一、单词拼写．

1．Have you received a letter from your friends _________(最近)? 2．You will be masters of the 21st___________(世纪)．

3．Can you make some____________(句子)with these words?

4．The boy has__________(拥有)this kind of model plane for half a year． 5．I like all the subjects，___________(特别)English． 二、用所给单词的适当形式填空．

1．If it doesn’t rain tomorrow，I_________(go)to see my cousin． 2．The students decided___________(play)football after school． 3．Mr Green____________(not come)back to China yet．

4．In the past，he often_____________(buy)some cheap clothes．

5．I made my daughter___________(read)English for an hour last week．

6．No country______________(make)such great progress as China in the past thirty years． 三、单项选择．

( )1．一Would you like to go and see Avatar(阿凡达)with me tonight? 一Thank you very much，but I___________it already．

A．see B．will see C．have seen D．am seeing ( )2．When she’s_________，she never feels__________．

A．lonely；alone B．lonely；lonely C．alone；lonely D．alone；alone ( )3．一—_______you ever________Italian noodles，Dad? 一Yes．And I like it very much．

A．Will；try B．Did；try C．Are；trying D．Have；tried ( )4．一Have you finished your housework_________? 一Yes．I’ve done that__________．

A．yet；already B．already；yet C．ever；never D．still；just ( )5．一Do you think it will rain tomorrow?

一________．It hasn’t rained for a whole month．It’s too dry．

A．I hope so B．I hope not C．I’m sure it will D．I’m afraid it will ( )6．Prison Break is the best American TV play that I_________these years． A．watch B．will watch C．have watched D．was watching ( )7．一Have you ever read a book called Jane Eyre? 一Who_________it?

A．writes B．has written C．was writing D．wrote

( )8．They told me it would be cheap but________，it cost me nearly 5，000 dollars． A．in fact B．for example C．of course D．by the way ( )9．She said she didn’t take the dictionary，but I’m sure she________． A．is B．was C．does D．did

( )10．一Have you worked out that maths problem? 一_________． A．Not yet B．Never C．Not still D．Not already 四、完形填空．

Electric bicycles run on battery-operated(用电池发动的) motors. More and more people like this type of bikes __1__ their speed and quality(质量).

They were __2__ made in 1980s in China, but the selling was not very good. Today, thanks to(多亏了)

improvement on the quality of the batteries, the electric bikes sell __3___. There are more than 100 electric bicycle producers in China and ___4__ of such bicycles have been produced. Japan is __5___ large producer of such bicycles in the world.

Now China is one of the __6__ producers of electric bicycles in the world, and lots of people have __7__ this kind of bicycles.

Such bikes are quick, safe and __8__ to operate(操作), __9__ their batteries still have shortcomings(缺点). They weigh more than 10 kilograms. Their service life is less than two years and they __10__ 500 yuan each. ( )1. A. because B. because of C. to D. as

( )2. A. at first B. first C. the first D. at firstly ( )3. A. good B. bad C. well D. badly ( )4. A. hundreds and thousand B. hundred and thousands

C. hundred and thousand D. hundreds and thousands

( )5. A. another B. other C. others D. the other ( )6. A. largest B. smallest C. bigger D. fewest ( )7. A. bought B. brought C. broken D. bright ( )8. A. hard B. interesting C. easy D. boring ( )9. A. but B. / C. so D. and ( )10. A. pay B. cost C. spend D. worth 五、阅读理解．

Two hundred years ago, people in the West didn't know coffee or tea. They were afraid to drink them because they thought coffee or tea could kill(杀死) a person. Once the king of England decided to find out if it was true or not.

At that time there were two brothers in prison(监狱). They would be killed in a few days. because they did wrong. The king said, \must drink coffee and the other must drink tea every day. \

They both lived many years. At last, the elder brother died when he was eighty-three years old. The younger one died a few years later. After that, people knew that coffee and tea were not bad to man. ( )1. Why were people in the west afraid to drink coffee and tea? A. Because they didn't see them at all B. Because of their colours .

C. Because they didn't know them very well. D. Because people didn't like to drink them.

( )2. Who decided to find out if coffee and tea were harmful(有害的) ? A. The two brothers. B. The king of England. C. People in the west. D. A scientist. ( )3. Why were the two brothers in prison? A. Because they didn't work

B. Because they stole(偷) something from others.

C. Because they hurt other people. D. We don't know.

( )4. Did the two brothers follow the king's words?

A. Yes, they did. B. No, they didn't. C. We don't know. D. No, they did. ( )5. How old was the younger brother when he died?

A. Eighty-three. B. More than eight-three. C. Eighty. D. We don't know. 六、句子翻译．

1．他们还没有学会怎样开车。

________________________________________________________________________ 2．它是有关北京上个世纪的变迁的。

________________________________________________________________________ 3．那是我曾经看过的最美的地方。

________________________________________________________________________ 4．顺便问一下，你知道去动物园的路吗?

________________________________________________________________________ 5．对不起，我把家庭作业忘在家里了。

________________________________________________________________________ 6．自从上周一以来，那个老人修好了十多辆自行车。

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参考答案

一．1．recently 2．century 3．sentences 4．owned 5．especially

二．1．will go 2．to play 3．hasn’t come 4．bought 5．read 6．has made 三．CCDAA ／CDADA 四．BBCDA ／AACAB 五．CBDAD

六．1．They have not learned how to drive yet．

2．It is about the changes in Beijing since over the past century,． 3．That is the most beautiful place I have ever seen．

4．By the way, do you know the way to how to get to the zoo? 5．I'm sorry, I forgot homework at home．

6．The old man has repaired over ten bicycles since last Monday．