Unit8复习预测卷 2023-2024学年人教版英语九年级全册

Unit 8·复习预测卷 (满分100分,限时60分钟) Ⅰ.阅读理解(10小题,每小题4分,共40分) A 根据材料内容,选择最佳答案。 1.What is the purpose of the passage? A.To tell us about blowing air. B.To tell us how to make a large plastic dry cleaner’s bag. C.To tell us how to make a bag of wind. D.To tell us the importance of a bag of wind. 2.Who can blow more air into the bag? 　　　 　　　 3.Where does this passage come from? A.China Daily.　　　 B.English Weekly. C.BBC Wildlife.　　　 D.TNS. 4.What is the passage? A.A story.　　　 B.An experiment. C.A song.　　　 D.An interview. 5.In which part of a magazine can you read the passage? A.Health. B.Sports. C.Science. D.Travel. B Archaeologists(考古学家) in Italy are learning more and more about the everyday life of the people who lived in Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago. Recently, they’ve carefully uncovered a well-preserved street restaurant. Pompeii is an ancient city that is famous for being suddenly covered under the ground in 79 AD by the nearby volcano(火山), Vesuvius. Though some people got away from it, many people were killed by the great heat. They were quickly covered by small rocks and dust from the volcano. People began carefully digging out Pompeii in the mid-1700s. Over the years, scientists have found theaters, gyms, and many different kinds of stores. They’ve also found restaurants, including about 80 “fast food” restaurants. In a restaurant, the scientists found many large clay jars(陶土罐), which held food and drinks. Two jars held fish and meat. At least one of the jars held wine. “It was so strong that we could smell it through our masks,” said one of the archaeologists. The scientists expect to learn even more after the things in all the jars are studied carefully in the laboratory. The archaeologists also found bones of a small dog, as well as bones of at least two people. One of the people was a man who was about 50 years old. He appeared to have been asleep when he was killed by the volcano. The archaeologists say they only just begin to understand all that they can lear