1 译林版初中英语八年级上册Unit8 Natural disasters 拔高提优试卷 姓名班级得分 一、单项选择（本题共15 小题；每小题2 分，满分 30 分） ( )1. -I didnt see you at the party yesterday. -Oh, I_ for an important call from my brother. A. waited B. will wait C. waiting D. was waiting ( )2. The earthquake killed _ people. A. over nine hundred B. hundreds of C. hundred of D. A and B ( )3. If you _ this evening, I will _. A. dont come; mop up it B. wont come; mop up it C. dont come; mop it up D. wont come; mop it up ( )4.The boy couldnt say a word after seeing the train accident. The policewoman tried to_. Acalm down him Bcalm him down Ccalmed him down Dcalmed down him ( ) 5. The boy_ from a wall and hurt his leg. He_ very painful（疼） . A. fell; fall B. fell; felt C. felt; fell D. fall; feel ( ) 6. I tried my best_ the street. A. to run out B to run out to C. run out of D. run to out ( )7. Grandpa Wang wanted to find the kind taxi driver_. A. as quick as possible B. as soon as can C. as soon as possibly D. as soon as possible ( )8. _ you never met your new workmates before, I will introduce you first at party. A.While B. So C. But D. Since ( )9. - What s wrong with Peter? I didn t see him yesterday. -He_ from his father s motorbike and_ his leg. A.fell; hurt B. felt; hurt C. fell; hurted D. felt; hurted ( )10. They _ for help and then people heard exciting _. A.shout; shout B. shouted; shouts C. shouted; shouted D. shouts; shouts ( )11.-What would you like to drink? -I m very thirsty. _ you can get. Just get it now. (2015 南京 ) A. Anything B. Something C. Nothing D. Other things ( )12. My school is about _ walk from here. A.twenty-minutes B. twenty minutes C. twenty- minute s D. twenty minutes ( )13. His car _the bad weather on his way home, so he couldnt come back for dinner. A. broke down because B. broke down because of C. was broken down because of D. was broken down because ( )14. It was very cold, he picked up sticks , but sadly the house . A. to make a fire, caught a fire B. to make a fire, caught fire C. to make fire, caught fire D. made a fire, caught fire ( )15. I don t know if it _ tomorrow. If it_, I _ stay at home. A. rains ；does；will have to B. will rain ；does；will have to 2 C. will rain ；will do ； have to D. rains；will do ；have to 二、完形填空（本题共15 小题；每小题2 分，满分 30 分） Carson was_1_ with his mother and sisters one evening. Suddenly his younger sister asked, “_2_ does it look like that outside?” Everyone_3_the window on the north side of the kitchen. They saw the sun in a blue sky. Then, they looked out of the window on the south side of the kitchen. They saw a dark sky _4_ big，grey clouds. Next ，they heard the tornado siren(龙卷风报警）.That meant a tornado was coming. They all knew that during a tornado，the _5_ place to be is underground. _6_ ， they had a basement (地下室）.They all ran quickly into the basement. Suddenly, Carson remembered the pet cat, Pete. Mum, we _7_ Pete!” Carson yelled, “I will go upstairs and find him! ”But his mother said, “ No, Carson! It s too _8_. The tornado is coming, you have to stay down here. ” All at once they _9_ the very loud noise of a very strong wind. It was _10_ loud that although they were screaming, they could not even hear their own screams. Everyone was very scared. Just _11_ seconds later， it was finished. The tornado went away and everyone was safe. Carson ran upstairs and found that the house was _12_ damaged and Pete was gone. He _13_ went outside. He saw that all the trees were knocked down _14_ one. And at the top of the tree, there was Pete, looking at Carson and _15_him to help him down. ( )1. A.have dinner B.having dinner C.had dinner D.having breakfast ( )2. A. How B. What C. Why D. Where ( )3. A. looked into B.looked for C.looked out of D.took care of ( )4. A.with B.have C.has D.having ( )5. A.safe B.safest C.safely D.safety ( )6. A.Lucky B.Luck C.Luckily D.Unlucky ( )7. A.forgot B.left C.leave D.forget ( )8. A.safe B.dangerously C.dangerous D. safely ( )9. A. heard about B. heard C. listened to D. heard of ( )10.A.very B.such C.too D.so ( )11.A.a few of B.a little C.a few D.a little of ( )12. A. bad B. badly C. worse D. worst ( )13. A. begin to cry B.began to cry C.begins to cry D.began cry ( )14. A. besides B. except C. expect D. beside ( )15. A.wait for B.waits for C.waited for D.waiting for 三、阅读理解（本题共10 小题；每小题2 分，满分 20 分） A What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape (逃离 )? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage. 3 Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. Its important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways（楼梯） and fire escapes, but not lifts From the lower floors of the buildings, escapin