课时训练（十一） Unit3（八下）
（限时:30分钟）
Ⅰ.单项选择
1.Do you know that the UK is European country?
A./ B.an C.a D.the
2.The USA 50 states. It is in North America.
A.is made of B.is made up of
C.makes up of D.is made up for
3.[2018·曲靖] —What do you think of your junior school life?
—It some sweat memories in my heart in the past three years.
A.leave B.left
C.has left D.will leave
4.Every year, many people gather at Times Square to see the huge glass ball through the darkness.
A.fall B.falling C.to fall D.fell
5.—Would you mind me here?
—Better not. Look at the sign. It says “No Smoking”.
A.smoke B.to smoke
C.smoking D.smokes
6.The new supermarket since last month.
A.opened B.has opened
C.has been open D.opens
7.—When will Uncle Sam come to see us?
—He’ll visit us this weekend. He me that by email.
A.told B.is told
C.will tell D.was going to tell
8.—Did Alice tell you to get to the station?
—Yes, she said we would meet there at ten.
A.how B.what C.when D.where
9.[2018·包头] —Has your daughter come back from Australia?
—Yes. She there for three years.
A.has stayed B.stays
C.stayed D.had stayed
10.—May I have a look at your new iPad?
— . Here you are.
A.I hope not B.My pleasure
C.Of course D.No way
Ⅱ.阅读理解
Last summer I went to one of the world’s most famous historical places, the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. It was the home of the emperors of the last two dynasties（朝代） in China, the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.
The Forbidden City was built in 1420. The palace has over 10,000 rooms. It was a palace where the emperors dealt with the official business with their ministers.
In Mandarin（普通话）, the Forbidden City is called the Purple Forbidden City. However, the colour of the palace itself is not purple. The colour purple stands for power of the great emperors of China. It was so sacred（神圣的） that the commoners（平民） could not even dream of ever going in.
The emperors also had some of the largest festival celebrations in the Forbidden City. During Chinese New Year, the emperors would invite all the members of their family and officials to a banquet. The banquet had one hundred and eight Chinese dishes. It was such an expensive banquet that it could feed a commoner’s family for three generations（代）.
Now the Forbidden City is known as a historical site for tourists from all over the world. Everyonecan go in it. It is a museum with priceless Chinese antiques（古董） and treasures in it.
I really learned a lot about Chinese culture and its history from this trip to the Forbidden City. It was like a dream come true to go on the trip and see the things that I had always wanted to see.
