八年级(上) Units 1—2 (时间：50分钟 分值：46分) 一、单项填空(8分) ( )1.(2020临沂改编)Most of us enjoy _____ to our mothers speak，because our brains greatly prefer the voices of our own mothers. A．listening B．listen C．to listen D．listened ( )2.(2019赣州适应性考试)I can _____ work out these math problems.They are really difficult. A．quickly B．hardly C．simply D．gradually ( )3.Mrs.Liu is a good teacher.She always uses games to make learning _____. A．important B．enjoyable C．difficult D．boring ( )4.—Do you know Nick，Lucy? —Of course.He's so famous._____ he has no arms and no legs，_____ he can look after himself well and travel all over the world. A．Although；but B．Because；/ C．Although；/ D．Because；so ( )5.─Oh，I have a bad tooth.I can't eat anything. ─I think you should go to the _____ and ask for help. A．dentist B．reporter C．writer D．trader ( )6.(2020天水)—I want to buy _____ for my grandpa to make him happy. —That's a good idea. A．something special B．special something C．anything special D．special anything ( )7.(2020江西信息卷七)I want to think about it a bit longer before I make a(n)_____.Please give me more time. A．mistake B．chance C．decision D．excuse ( )8.—What did your cousin do last week? —He_____ my father. A．visited B．visits C．is visiting D．visit 二、完形填空B)(10分) park hour he solve however fly easy ability than whole Curt von Badinski is an engineer of a company in San Francisco.1. ，his home is in Los Angeles，which is 770 miles away from his workplace，so he has to take a plane to work and back.Every workday morning，Curt gets up at 5 a．m.for the 15－minute drive to the airport.After 2. his car，he goes straight to take the plane.After a 90－minute flight，he lands at Oakland International Airport and drives to 3. company.The 4. trip takes him about 3 hours. Curt pays the airline 2，300 dollars monthly so that he can 5. freely at any time to and from San Francisco.Flying to work every day is not 6. for him because he can only sleep five 7. every night，but he believes nothing could be more important to him 8. his family.He had thought about several ways 9. the problem，including moving his family to San Francisco，but none of them worked. “The six－hour round trip shows that I have the 10. to have all the things I want，” he explains.“I am always excited to start a new day.” 三、(VOA英语听力网改编)阅读理解B)(8分) Cancer is now the leading cause of death in wealthy countries.Researchers say cancer has replaced heart disease as the top killer in the industrial world. If the trend(趋势) continues，they predict cancer could become the leading cause of death worldwide later in this century. However，the news is not that cancer deaths are increasing but that deaths from CVD(心血管疾病) are decreasing. CVD is a group of medical conditions that include heart failure，heart attack and stroke(心脏病发作和中风).It remains the leading cause of death among middle－aged adults worldwide. ... ...
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