。 。 内部文件，版权追溯 第十五讲 八年级下 Units 9—10
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.[2018海南改编]David likes taking photos,so his father bought him a last week. A.camera
B.dictionary
C.bicycle D.handbag
2.[2018合肥蜀山区一测]Some people buy stamps not for sending letters now. They them as their hobby. A. sell
B. collect
C. receive D. design
3.[2018合肥50中三测]Tom's pet dog for five days. A. died
B. has been dead D. was died
C. has died
4.Though he is short of money,I'm not sure he will accept it or not because he is not willing(愿意)to ask others for help. A.when
B.whether
C.why
D.which
5.—How can I get there?
—A fifteen-minute taxi will take you to the airport. A.ride
B.line
C.yard
D.call
6.[2018合肥蜀山区一测]—Have you heard of a cool washing machine called Bicycle Washing Machine?
—Yes, it's a new by a group of Chinese university students.
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A. instruction C. invention
B. information D. introduction
7.Everyone wants to win.But me, the most important thing is to learn something new and have fun. A.as for
B.thanks to
C.instead of
D.such as
8.The boy can from one to one hundred though he is only three. A.search
B.walk
C.talk
D.count
9.—The two countries are at war.
—Yes.All the people there hope the war will end as soon as possible so that they can live a life. A.careful
B.helpful
C.peaceful
D.terrible
10.There are so many waste things in the room.We must . A.turn them up C.put them up
B.clear them out D.take them out
11.My cousin likes drink very much, the wine produced in France. A.especially B.specially
C.finally
D.simply
12.He puts his heart into his work though he is to others in the company. A.awake
B.junior
C.stupid
D.usual
13.—He works so hard that he makes every day. —What a good student! A.progress
B.efforts
C.inventions
D.shame
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14.I don't want to part with my old toys they hold many of my childhood memories. A.unless
B.though
C.if
D.because
15.[2018宣城二模]—Hello! Could I speak to Mike, please? — . Please call back later. A. Speaking
B. Hold on, please
D. Yes, it's me
C. Sorry, he isn't in Ⅱ.完形填空
I grew up in Point Breeze, a neighborhood in the east of my hometown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US.It's probably best known 1 Frick Park, a public park with many picnic areas, gardens and 2 for playing sports.Frick Park is a wonderful place that the whole neighborhood 3 .People use it for exercise and relaxation.
In addition to great green 4 , Point Breeze has excellent public and private schools.Therefore, 5 age 14, my whole world was in Point Breeze.
My neighborhood was, in my 6 , a world ruled by kids.I remember how my friends and I would walk around with a baseball, a football or — in later years — a video camera, 7 other kids and getting into adventures(冒险活动).We'd race to the candy store on foot.We'd chase(追赶) down the ice-cream truck on bikes.We'd come home when it got 8 outside, tired from play but eager(渴望的) to 9 and do it all again.
We 10 felt afraid, and we never felt bored,either.That's how childhood should be. 1. A.to
B.for
C.as
D.of
D.stores
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2. A.classrooms
B.factories C.fields
3. A.celebrates 4. A.forest 5. A.until 6. A.life
B.shares
C.buys C.spaces
D.hates D.lights D.though D.dream
B.food
B.because
C.unless
B.surprise C.memory
7. A.searching 8. A.dark 9. A.pick up
B.controlling C.playing D.meeting B.excited
C.angry
D.rainy
D.save up
B.wake up
C.end up
10. A.sometimes Ⅲ.补全对话 A: 1
B.never C.often D.usually
B: What? Flying cars? That's impossible.
A: Many companies have been trying to make safe ones. 2 B: Really? I know nothing about it. A: 3
B: Sounds great! What's it like?
A: It is nearly 6 meters long and seats two people.It has wings that fold. 4 And it can turn into an airplane in just seconds. B: It is very expensive, isn't it? A: Yes, around one million yuan. B: Wow! 5
A.It's reported that one of them plans to sell the flying car.
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B.So the driver can park it like a car. C.How fast it is! D.Have you heard of flying cars? E.But anyway, it's worth the price. F.Can they fly high? G.Actually, they are not exactly a new idea. Ⅳ.阅读理解
Artificial intelligence(AI, 人工智能) can help us make phone calls.It can guide us to where we want to go.It can play games.And now, it can do even more things.
Researchers from Microsoft have created the first translating(翻译)machine that can translate news texts from Chinese into English, Business Standard reported.
According to Microsoft's official website, researchers tested the machine by asking it to translate hundreds of sentences taken from news stories.Then, language experts(专家) compared the results to two translations that were done by humans.The experts said that the machine's translations were as good as the humans' translations.
Machine translation is not easy to design.This is partly because different words can be used to express the same meaning.It can be hard to say which word is more \
Researchers used several methods to improve the machine's translation.\of our research is really inspired(得到启发) by how we humans do things,\researcher Liu Tieyan said.
One method is to translate every sentence from Chinese into English, as well as translate the sentences back from English into Chinese.This way, the machine can
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