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牛津译林版英语八年级上册 Unit 8单元检测
一、单项选择
( )1. There are ______ books and magazines in our school library.
A. five thousands B. thousands of
C. six thousand of D. thousand of
( )2. My family had to stay at home ______ the terrible weather.
A. because B. because of C. but D. if
( )3. Lucy’s grandmother is ______. She can’t look after her ______ pet.
A. 75 year old; 11 months old B. 75 years old; 11-month-old
C. 75-year-old; 11 months old D. 75 year old; 1l month old
( )4. The traffic is so heavy! You should drive ______ .
A. as fast as possible B. as slow as possible
C. as carefully as possible D. as careful as possible
( )5. ______ snow it is! I think we can go skiing tomorrow.
A. What a heavy B. How heavily
C. What heavy D. How heavy
( )6. The number of students in our school gets ______ .
A. more and more B. less and less
C. fewer and fewer D. larger and larger
( )7. I ______ my homework when the doorbell ______ .
A. did; rang B. was doing; was ringing
C. did; was ringing D. was doing; rang
( )8. It was very cold, so he picked up sticks ______, but unluckily 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
( )9. When the house caught fire, people rushed out ______ and ran ______ all directions.
A. in fear; with B. with fear; for
C. in fear; in D. with fear; through
( )10. We were swimming in the lake ______ suddenly the storm started.
A. until B. while C. when D. before
( )11. —Is Tom still in New York or already back at home?
—I’m not sure ______ . I’ll call to make sure.
A. how he will be back B. that he has come back
C. why he has come back D. if he has been back
( )12. It rained heavily yesterday. The water ______ the old bridge over the river.
A. washed away B. went away C. put away D. got awa