Unit 1 单元测试-八年级英语上册同步精品课堂（沪教牛津版） （广州深圳沈阳通用）

Unit 1 Encyclopedias 单元测试 一、语法选择（15分） Thomas Edison lit up the world with invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be ___1___ dark place. However, the electric light was not his only ___2___. He invented over 1,200 things. About every two weeks he created ___3___. Thomas Edison ___4___ born in Ohio, America, on February 11, 1847. He went to school ___5___ only two months. His mother taught him only ___6___ things, but most of the time Thomas taught himself. His natural curiosity ___7___ him to make all kinds of experiments at a young age at home. ___8___ he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a news boy on a train. He set up a laboratory in a baggage car of the train. ___9___, his first work experience did not end well. Thomas then worked ____10____ a telegraph operator for five years. He continued to spend much of his time ____11____ experiments. He got his first patent (专利) in 1868. Thomas Edison was deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in ____12____, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. I kept conversations short so that he could have ____13____ time for work. Every day he worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely (专注地) that ____14____ wife had to remind him to sleep and eat. Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 ____15____ October 18, 1931. He left a lot of inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world. 1. A. a B. an C. the D. / 2. A. invent B. inventing C. inventor D. invention 3. A. new something B. something new C. new anything D. anything new 4. A. is B. be C. was D. were 5. A. in B. for C. at D. on 6. A. a little B. a bit of C. a few D. few 7. A. lead B. led C. leading D. leads 8. A. When B. Because C. Though D. If 9. A. But B. So C. Then D. However 10. A. as B. in C. for D. at 11. A. do B. did C. doing D. done 12. A. another B. other C. others D. the other 13. A. many B. fewer C. less D. more 14. A. he B. his C. him D. himself 15. A. on B. in C. at D.