Unit6 An old man tried to move the mountains.单元检测（无答案）人教版八年级下册

八年级下册Unit 6单元检测题 姓名：_____ 班级：_____ 分数：_____ 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） Long long ago, the Emperor of Heaven（玉皇大帝） organized an animal race. The first 12 animals to win could get a 1 in the Chinese animal signs （生肖），and have a year named after them. The cat and the mouse both 2 the ox （公牛） to wake them up early on the day of the race. That day, the ox 3 to wake them up, but without success. So the kind ox carried them on 4 back and started running when the race began.The mouse 5 just when the ox was going across the last river. He knew that he could 6 beat the cat. So he pushed the 7 off the ox's back. When the ox reached the other side of the river, the mouse jumped off and ran to the finishing line, just 8 the ox. The tiger came third. So the 12-year cycle （循环） begins with the mouse. The ox comes after him. The tiger 9 the ox. The rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig come after them. The cat was 10 to finish the race, almost dying in the river, but she has no place in the 12 animal signs. So that's why cats kill mice. They can never forget what happened in that race long long ago! ( ) 1. A. place B. prize C. sign D. skill ( ) 2. A. promised B. helped C. hated D. asked ( ) 3. A. loved B. refused C. forgot D. tried ( ) 4. A. her B. his C. their D. your ( ) 5. A. made up B. took up C. woke up D. dressed up ( ) 6. A. never B. still C. perhaps D. almost ( ) 7. A. monkey B. cat C. tiger D. dog ( ) 8. A. for B. against C. before D. after ( ) 9. A. leads B. cheats C. reminds D. follows ( ) 10. A. fast B. lucky C. easy D. free 二、阅读理解（共8小题；每小题2分，满分16分） A Once upon a time，the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan went boating on the Eastern Sea. Unluckily, she fell into the sea and died. Then her spirit turned into a beautiful bird. As it flew over the sea, it cried sadly in the sound “jingwei". So people called it“jingwei”. Jingwei hated the sea so much that it decided to fill it up. Every year, it flew to the sea, carrying a twig （细枝） and dropping it into the sea. One day, the sea said to Jingwei, “Poor little bird, stop doing the meaningless thing! You'll never fill me up.” Jingwei replied, “I will, even if it'll take me thousands of years! I'll fight until the end of the world!" The brave little bird kept filling the sea without taking a rest. This is where the story"Jingwei tries to fill the sea” comes from. We use the story to describe people who _____. ( ) 1. What happened to the girl A. She died because of the illness. B. She fell into the sea and died. C. She met a strange bird. D. She argued with her father. ( ) 2. How did Jingwei fill up the sea A. By asking the god for help. B. By asking its friends for help. C. By dropping twigs into the sea. D. By dropping birds into the sea. ( ) 3. What did the sea think of Jingwei's behavior （行为） of filling up the sea A. Amazing. B.Stupid. C. Meaningless. D. Brave. ( ) 4. Which can be put in the ... ...