Unit 5 Good manners综合练习2025-2026学年译林版八年级英语下册

八年级英语下册Unit 5 Good manners综合练习

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一、单项选择

1．We should wait in ________ line when we wait for the bus.

A．a B．an C．the D．/

2．Don’t be ________ to ask for help when you are in trouble.

A．kind B．shy C．polite D．helpful

3．We shouldn’t drop ________ everywhere. It makes our city dirty.

A．litter B．paper C．books D．bottles

4．The little boy is ________ young ________ go to school alone.

A．enough; to B．so; that C．too; to D．such; that

5．We should learn to keep ________ in the library.

A．noisily B．quietly C．noisy D．quiet

6．When you meet an old man, you should be polite enough ________ help him.

A．to B．for C．at D．with

7．You are not ________ to enter the teachers’ office without knocking at the door first.

A．enough polite B．polite enough C．too polite D．polite too

8．It’s polite ________ “please” and “thank you” very often in our daily talk.

A．say B．to say C．saying D．to saying

9．The old saying “When in Rome, do as the Romans do” tells us to ________ the local customs when we are in a foreign country.

A．break B．avoid C．follow D．refuse

10．—Would you mind turning down the music? I’m doing my homework.

—________.

A．Never mind B．You’re welcome C．That’s right D．Of course not

二、完形填空

Small talk is a good way to kill time and make friends. If you   1    to other countries, do you know what to say to start small talk with local people?

In Britain, the best topic is the    2    because it changes quite often. It’s also a safe topic. You can start small talk simply by saying “It’s a lovely day today, isn’t it?”

Besides the weather, it’s good to talk about gardens   3    English people. For example, you could say, “Those roses look really beautiful,    4   ?” English people love their pets. So it’s also nice to begin with “What a lovely dog! What is    5    name?”

In America, people like to talk about sports,    6    American football and basketball. They also talk

about clothes by saying “It’s a nice shirt! Where did you get it?” The weather is a safe topic there, too.

Of course, there are also a lot of   7   topics we should avoid during small talk in Western countries. Don’t ask people “How old are you?” Age is usually a    8    especially for women. Never ask “How much money do you make?” It makes people    9   . Don’t ask    10    whether they have a girlfriend or boyfriend. Politics (政治) or religion (宗教) is not a good topic for two people who have just met, either.

1．A．listen B．travel C．talk D．want

2．A．weather B．people C．food D．environment

3．A．in B．at C．on D．with

4．A．don’t they B．do they C．aren’t they D．are they

5．A．their B．he’s C．its D．it’s

6．A．such that B．the same as C．so that D．such as

7．A．dangerous B．humorous C．private D．ideal

8．A．figure B．secret C．problem D．expression

9．A．uncomfortable B．embarrassing C．active D．tired

10．A．sportspeople B．teenagers C．physicists D．strangers

三、阅读理解

My name is Jack. When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect the elderly. Unluckily, this rule led to my first embarrassment in the United States.

I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One day, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respected the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long talk about how sensitive (敏感的) Americans were and how they disliked the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and said sorry to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood the cultural difference, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.

1．Jack brought the couple their food very fast because ________.

A．the manager asked him to do so B．he thought he should respect the elderly

C．the couple wanted him to do so D．he wanted more pay

2．What does the underlined word “embarrassment” mean in the first paragraph?