课时训练（十三） Units 7-8（八下）
(限时:30分钟)
Ⅰ.单项选择
1.Sam is doing some about the ancient Silk Road.
A.exercise B.operations
C.research D.experiments
2.[2019·襄阳]—She is leaving to take part in the final poem competition.
—I'm proud of her. I wish her a great .
A.speed B.method C.pressure D.success
3.—On the TV show Chinese Poetry Conference, Lei Haiwei, a food delivery courier（外卖小哥） won the final of the third season.
—How ! I admire him for his effort.
A.energetic B.amazing
C.generous D.practical
4.[2019·唐山路南区一模]He the exam. He is so excited.
A.passes B.passed
C.will pass D.has passed
5.You will still miss the flight you catch a Didi car.
A.even if B.as if C.until D.before
6.[2020·原创]—How do you like the film Ne Zha（《哪吒之魔童降世》）?
—Wonderful! I have never seen a one before.
A.worst B.best C.worse D.better
7.[2019· 广东]Fishing is one of activities among the middle-aged people.
A.popular B.more popular
C.most popular D.the most popular
8.When going upstairs or downstairs, we need to walk on the right, leaving the left space for the people who .
A.hurry up B.give up
C.take up D.put up
9.[2019·北京]Our school life a lot since 2017.We have more activities now.
A.changes B.changed
C.will change D.has changed
10.[2018·保定二模]Someone the window. Could you clean up the broken glass?
A.break B.was breaking
C.has broken D.would break
Ⅱ.[2019·淄博]完形填空
For thousands of years, people farmed the land. They grew fruits and vegetables. They hunted and fished for meat. They 11 cloth, dyes（染料） and paper from plants. They used stone and metal for weapons and tools.
People progressed to making machines powered 12 water and steam（蒸汽）, and even later, by coal, oil, and petrol. Large cities were built. Factories 13 of machines created jobs in the cities for thousands of people. The Industrial Revolution（工业革命） changed the lives of many people because, for the first time, more people lived in cities than on 14 .
Companies built power plants（工厂） to make 15 to run the machines, factories and cities.
People did not realize these activities were 16 the Earth. They didn't realize how 17 oil, gas, coal and minerals were being used up. 18 cities grew bigger and spread across the land, plants and animals began to disappear. Their nature homes were destroyed（破坏） as people moved into new places.
As time passed, people began to 19 the need to protect the Earth and its natural resources（资源）. They saw that plants and animals needed protection, so they wouldn't disappear forever. People joined together to tell 20 around the world to conserve（节约） our natural resources and care for the Earth. And so, Earth Day was born. Each year more and more people take part in Earth Day. What can you do to help?
