8B Revision for chapter 5-6

I. Choose the right word to fill in the blank

din dull lively screamer running rings slam stone deaf terribly  I’m ________ sorry if I made you angry.  He is old and _________

 He never closes the door quietly. And he always ________ it.  My baby sister is such a _______.

 When I came home, the children were __________ in the living room.  There’s always a _______ from the construction site.  The school life was so ________.

 Mrs. Zhang wants to make her life ________ but hardly sees the result.

II. Match the following faint sewage plant nodded pump weird precious vanishing impatient sped relax thorough froze view

--difficult to hear --push by machine --very strange

--moved her head up and down --building containing machines --waste matter and dirty water --very valuable --rest completely --complete

--moved fast

-angry because it wanted Daisy to do something -stopped moving --disappearing

treatment --things you can see --something done to change a person or thing Fill in the blanks with the proper forms with verbs

1. The children were ____(bore) with ____(do) physical exercises. 2. The story sounds ____(bore). 3. What _____(surprise) news it is!

4. It’s _____(interest) that the dog bows to you.

5. I used to hate _____(go) shopping.

6. Although it rained, he _____(keep) ____(walk) on and on.

7. Do you know how ____ ____ （we can/ can we）keep ____ (live)? 8. Do you mind my _____(close) the window?(=?)

9. There’s someone _____(cry) next door.

10. He finds it _____(not interesting) _______(stay) at home ______(alone/ lonely).

III. Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案): 20%

1. ( ) I don’t know this word. What shall I do? You can _______ in the dictionary. A. look for it B. look it for C. look it up D. look up it

2. ( ) I have left my umbrella in the office. Don’t worry. I will ____ it for you at once. A. buy B. take C. bring D. get

3. ( ) More than ________ people will take part in this Olympic Games.

A. thousands of B. ten thousand C. ten thousands D. thousand of 4. ( ) Some dinosaurs walked on two legs, ________ walked on four . A. others B. the others C. other D. the other 5. ( ) He doesn’t listen to the teacher __________ LiPing.

A. as careful as B. as carefully as C. so careful as D. the same careful 6. ( ) This old man is very forgetful. He always _____ his umbrellas on buses. A. forget B. forgot C. leaves D. left

7. ( ) His work at that moment was _______ newspapers to people. A. selling B. sold C. to sell D. sale 8. ( ) He is looking for a hotel to _______.

A. stay B. stay at C. live D. live in

9. ( ) On the way to school, I found a wallet _______ on the ground. A. lie B. lied C. lying D. lay 10. ( ) This kind of computer is ________.

A. much cheap B. much more cheap C. more cheaper D. much cheaper 11. ( ) Today is my mother’s __________ birthday.

A. fortieth B. the fortieth C. fortieth’s D. the fortieth’s 12. ( ) ______ important information he has given me！ A. What B. What a C. What an D. How 13. ( ) When we got to the airport, the plane _________ already.

A. has taken off B. has been taken off C. had taken off D.had been taken off 14. ( ) This is a _____________ door.

A. two storeys high B. high two storeys C. two-storey-high D.two-storeys-high 15. ( ) ________ two football matches on the playground tomorrow.

A. There’s going to have B. There’s going to be C. There will have D. There will be 16. ( ) Perhaps he will be the first person _______ the marathon in one hour. A. run B. runs C. running D. to run 17. ( ) It’s raining outside. You’d better ________.

A. go out B. don’t go out C. not go out D. not to go out 18. ( ) The door is too low for us to go _________.

A. cross B. across C. though D. through 19. ( ) All the aliens will die ______ dawn, tomorrow. A. in B. on C. at D. /

20. ( ) The steel bars around us closed ______ our heads. A. on B. over C. from D. onto

IV. Complete the sentence with the given words in their proper forms(用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子): 5%

1. There snakes are _________(harm), don’t be afraid. 2. How _________(fierce) the wind is blowing!

3. He always does exercise, and now he looks far _________(health) than before.

4. You have made the mistake again . You should listen to me ________ next time.(care) 5.“ I have won the first prize.”Mary said to me with ________(laugh).

6. He always goes out for a walk even in such ___________ weather. (freeze) 7. Though air is __________, it’s really very important to all of us. (visible)

8. Tom is so fat that he feels ___________ when he sits in such a small chair. (comfortably) 9. I’m _________ sorry if I made you angry. (terrible)

10. Do you know the __________ symbol for water? (science)

11. Most of us felt ___________ after he gave us a 2-hour speech. (bore) 12. I think your pet needs a thorough __________. (clean)

V. Choose the word or expression which is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each sentence(选择与下列各句中划线部分意思相近的单词或短语): 5% A. was held B. held C. over D. went towards E. less than F. lived G. tame 1. Some dinosaurs were as gentle as sheep. 2. It was a long time before people existed. 3. Our school sports took place last week. 4. More than five million RMB was spent on this project. 5. All the soldiers approached the bridge carefully.

VI. Rewrite the sentences as required（按要求改写句子，每空一词）: 10% 1. He put the real mouse into a cartoon. (否定句) He ______ _____ the real mouse into a cartoon. 2. We were almost out of bread at home. (同意句)

We _____ ______ bread at home.

3. Walt Disney created the Disneyland Park. (改为被动) The Disneyland Park _____ ______ by Walt Disney.

4. These animals looked like kangaroos. (划线提问)______ did these animals _______? 5. This boy is so weak that he can’t go to school today. (同意句)

It isn’t _______ ________ for the boy to go to school today. 6. The question is so difficult that nobody can do it. (保持原意)

The question isn’t _______ enough for _________ to answer. 7. I’ll wait here until you come back. (保持原意)

I _______ _______ here until you come back. 8. You can hear it ten miles away. （划线提问）

_______ _______ can you hear it?

9. There is a lot of water in the swimming pool. （否定句）

There ________ _________ water in the swimming pool.