八年级下册Unit 8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） As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered（被认为）to be a great English writer. He's very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other 1 in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked 2 . He was an actor. Maybe it's interesting to hear that and that's 3 his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted 4 part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them 5 : Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful 6 . Dickens's early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He 7 it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write 8 he died. When he died in 1870, he was 9 a story. But what a pity! We'll never know 10 it ended. ( ) 1. A. cities B. countries C. Towns D. villages ( ) 2. A. reading B. writing C. acting D. playing ( ) 3. A. what B. how C. when D. why ( ) 4. A. the next B. next C. next to D. next time ( ) 5. A. but also B. as well C. as well as D. also ( ) 6. A.book B. story C. play D. film ( ) 7. A. hated B. enjoyed C. wanted D. shamed ( ) 8. A. as B. while C. until D. since ( ) 9. A. drawing B. singing C. writing D. making ( ) 10. A. what B. how C. who D. Which 二、阅读理解（共8小题；每小题2分，满分16分） A Tina was not like many of her classmates. She didn't listen to popular music or watch many movies, and she wasn't interested in nice clothes. When she got together with her friends, they wanted to listen to rock and pop music.When Tina asked if they would like to try classical（古典的) music, they all looked at her strangely, “Classical music is for old people, " one of her friends said. Tina was worried that something was wrong with her. She decided to talk to her father. As she entered his study（书房），her father could feel something was wrong. "Dad, am I strange "she asked her father. "Of course not, ”he answered. “Why do you ask that ”“Because I don't like the same things as my classmates do. They want to listen to Mariah Carey's music. I like Yo-Yo Ma's." "I can understand, Tina. It's all right to be your own person. You don't have to copy（模仿） what other people do. Everybody has different tastes. Some of them are popular, and others aren't.” After talking with her father, Tina felt better. She realized that being different made her special. It was an important lesson for her to learn. ( ) 1. Why did Tina talk with her father A. Because she wanted to tell him about Yo-Yo Ma. B. Because she wanted to talk about her problem. C. Because she wanted to know about her friends. D. Because she wanted to give him some ideas. ( ) 2. What does the underlined ... ...
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