八年级上Uit 1 Encyclopaedias 阶段性测试.docVIP

八年级上Unit?1?Encyclopaedias?阶段性测试 一、单项选择1.---Are there???? boys in the classroom??---No, there aren’t???A.some; some??? B.any; some???? C.some; any???? D.any; any2.---Your English is very good. Who taught you??---???? . I learned it all by myself.A.Somebody???? B.Everybody???? C.Nobody???? D.Anybody3.Aa we all know, Paris is famous???? its fashionable products.A.for???? B.as????? C.with????? D.about4.---What are your classmates doing now??---????? students are playing sports outside,????? are playing soccer.A.Some; other??? B.Some; others??? C.Many; others?? D.Others; some5.We have told him to come here.???? , he didn’t come.A.However???? B.And????? C.But???? D.So6.I’ve been so bored for a long time. I hope to have?????? to do.A.exciting anything???????? B.nothing exciting?????C.something interesting???? D.good something7.Do you know how dinosaurs died????? ?A.off????? B.out????? C.away????? D.down8.He has the look after himself well.A.ability??? B.able????? C.ability to??? D.able to9.---Is the wine made???? grapes??---Yes, it’s made???? France.A.of; in???? B.from; in??? C.from; by??? D.of; as10.What a fine day! Let’s go????? a walk.A.for????? B.at????? C.out for????? D.in?二、阅读理解AThomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and 1200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a