英语人教版八年级上 Unit 7　Will people have robots?
单元检测

(总分 100分，用时60分钟)
Ⅰ.单项选择(每小题1分，共15分)
1．People should keep the ______ between countries.
A．relationship　　　　　　            B．peace
C．discussion                          D．role
2．It's careless(粗心)______the same mistake again in your composition.
A．for you to make                      B．for you making
C．of you to make                      D．of you making
3．The TV program was very______and we all got______.
A．bored；bored                      B．boring；boring
C．bored；boring                      D．boring；bored
4．—He got an A in last week's math test.
—It is ______！His math is always the worst.
A．possible                          B．simple
C．impossible                          D．bored
5．The old man is very healthy.I think he will live______.
A．to be 100 years old                  B．100 years old
C．at 100 years old                      D．in 100 years old
6．—In 2050，what will the world's population be?
—I think cities will be really big and crowded because there will be a lot ______ people.
A．much                              B．more
C．many                              D．less
7．I predict there will be less ______ in the future.
A．people                              B．trees
C．countries                          D．pollution
8．—What will the future ______？
—No one can predict exactly.
A．be like                              B．be
C．like                              D．like as
9．I ______believe everything ______ be free in 20 years.
A．/；won't                          B．don't；won't
C．don't；will                          D．will；doesn't
10．Some old houses ______in my hometown last summer.
A．fall down                          B．fell down
C．write down                          D．wrote down
11．What do you think Sally will be______10 years?
A．after                              B．behind
C．later                              D．in
12．I can't find my notebook.Could you help me ______ it?
A．look for                              B．look at
C．look like                          D．look out
13．“There______a meeting next Monday.”means “They______a meeting next Monday.”
A．will be；will be                    B．will have；will have
C．will be；will have                    D．will have；will be
14．—How many people came to Beijing for the Olympic Games in 2008?
—It's hard to say.______people，I think.
A．Million of                          B．Millions of
C．Two million of                      D．Two millions of
15．It ______ that everyone ______ to laugh.
A．seems；loves                      B．seem；love
C．seems；love                          D．seem；loves
Ⅱ.完形填空(每小题1分，共10分)
What will our life be like in the future？Each family will have a __16__in the future.You can ask it to do everything__17__you.It will serve you__18__hours a day.The robot will__19__like a human.It can talk with you when you are __20__.You won't know whether it is a human__21__ a robot when you meet it on the street.
People will have__22__time to work and more time to travel.The vehicles (交通工具)in the future will fly freely in the sky because every vehicle will have wings with it.They will__23__ you to any place you want to visit.You can go to__24__during your travel when you feel tired.All vehicles will be__25__because they're driven by robots.
16．A.rocket                          B．robot
C．car                                  D．computer
17．A.on                              B．about
C．around                              D．for
18．A.eight                              B．twenty
C．twenty-four                          D．forty-eight
19．A.sound                          B．live
C．look                              D．take
20．A.happy                          B．alone
C．comfortable                          D．ill
21．A.so                              B．and
C．or                                  D．but
22.A.less                              B．few
C．more                              D．most
23．A.make                          B．take
C．let                                  D．turn
24．A.school                          B．work
C．parks                              D．sleep
25．A.safe                              B．dangerous
C．unpleasant                          D．impossible
Ⅲ.阅读理解(每小题2分，共20分)
A
A new library opens in the town.It's a very big library.Some robots work there as library assistants.The robots can help you find the right books you want and do other things you tell them to.But you must say “Please”when you ask for something and “Thank you”when you get something.
Li Ming wants to borrow a book from the new library.He comes to the library with Zhang Hua.They see a robot standing there.
Li：Hey，give me the book “Little Tom”．Why，the robot doesn't work.There must be something wrong with it.
Zhang：No，there isn't.When you borrow a book，you must say “Please”．
Li：Will you please give me the book“Little Tom”，Mr.Robot?
Zhang：Look！The robot is bringing you the book.Take it，Li Ming.
Li：What's wrong with the robot？It won't let me have the book.
Zhang：Yor must say “Thank you”．
Li：Oh，thank you very much，Mr.Robot.
The robot smiles and gives the book to Li Ming.
阅读短文，判断正误。
26．In the library all the assistants are robots.
27．The robot will be glad to help you if you say “Please”and “Thank you”．
28．Li Ming asks for help from the robot in the library.
29．Mr.Robot is a young man.
30．People say “Please”and “Thank you”only to robots.
B
Life in the future will be different from life today.Between then and now many changes will happen.But what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast.There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful，and there will be at least one in every home.And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports，watching TV and traveling.Traveling will be much cheaper and easier.And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food，too.More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people.Then there will be less room for cows and sheep，so meat will be more expensive.Maybe no one will eat it every day.Instead，they will eat more fruits and vegetables.Maybe people will be healthier.Work in the future will be different，too.Robots will do dangerous and hard work.Because of this，many people will not have enough work to do.This will be a problem.
31．In the future there will be ______.
A．much more fruit                          B．fewer people
C．less vegetables                          D．less people
32．Every family will have at least a ______ in the future.
A．robot                  B．cow            C．TV set              D．computer
33.In the future people don't have to ______.
A．work long hours                          B．work fast
C．walk on foot                              D．eat meat
34．People may not eat ______ as much as they do today.
A．fruit                                  B．fish
C．meat                                  D．rice
35．One big problem in the future is that ______.
A．many people don't have to work
B．many people will not be able to find work
C．people have to work fast
D．all the work will be done by robots
Ⅳ.阅读表达(每小题1分，共10分)
阅读下面短文，根据短文意思和首字母提示补全单词，使短文意思完整。
In some science fiction movies，people in the future have their own robots.They help with the housework，and do the 36.m______ unpleasant jobs.
Some scientists believe that there will be such robots，and they think that robots will be 37.a______ to talk to people in the future.But James White thinks it will be 38.d______ for a robot to do so.However，they agree it may 39.t______ hundreds of years.They are now trying to make robots look like people，and do the same things 40.a______ us.There are already robots 41.w______ in factories.They do simple jobs over and over again.They will never get bored.
In the future，there will be more robots everywhere，and humans will have 42.l______ work to do.New robots will have many different 43.s______.Some will look like humans and 44.o______ might look like snakes.They could help look for people under buildings 45.a______ an earthquake.That may not seem possible now，but we never know what will happen in the future!
Ⅴ.用括号内所给词的适当形式填空(每小题1分，共10分)
46．He ______(be)a teacher after he leaves college.
47．There ______(be)fewer children in people's homes in 10 years.
48．Do you think ______(predict)the future is difficult or easy?
49．His sister always plays a part in ______ (save) the animals.
50．—What will you do tomorrow afternoon?
—I ______(play)basketball with Jim.
51．Now the ______ (pollute) is very serious.
52．We should plant ______ (many)trees than before.
53．It ______(seem)that it's going to rain.
54．There are ______(hundred)of people planting trees on the hill.
55．The elephants are in great ______(dangerous)；people shouldn't kill them any longer.
Ⅵ.根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词(每小题2分，共10分)
56．一百年后人们将住在空间站。
People______ ______ ______a space station______100 years.
57．将来一切都将是免费的。
______will______ ______ ______ ______ ______.
58．我们家乡将有一个火车站。
______ ______ ______a railway station in our hometown.
59．你十年后的生活将会是什么样？
What______your life______ ______in ten years?
60．多久之后你能完成这份工作？
______ ______will you finish the work?
Ⅶ.补全对话(共5分)
A．Do you think there will be schools in ten years?
B．No，you'll have to live on the space station，too
C．I don't think there will be any homes.
D．Do you really think everybody will live there?
E．and every home will have one.

A：Hi，Mary，I watched a TV show just now about the future.61.______
B：Yes，I think so.There will be more computers than books.
A：I think there will be fewer books，too.Computers will be cheaper，62.______
B：I don't think homes will have computers.63.______ We will live on space stations.
A：64.______ I don't want to.Could I live here?
B：65.______ But they'll be better than houses.They'll be bigger and cleaner.
Ⅷ.书面表达(共20分)
根据下面表格提示，请你充分发挥想象力，描述一下未来人们的生活。
要求：1.提示内容全部使用，语句通顺；
2．词数在70词左右。
住房
高楼林立

交通
驾车出行，环游世界

饮食
合理膳食

教育
在家上网学习

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参考答案

Ⅰ. 
1. 答案：B　点拨：A项意为“关系”；B项意为“和平”；C项意为“讨论”；D项意为“作用；职能；角色”。根据句意“人们应当保持国与国之间的和平”可知B项正确。
  2. 答案：C　点拨：此题运用句式：It＋be＋adj.＋of sb.＋to do sth.。句意为“你在你的作文中再次犯了同样的错误，你太粗心了”。
  3. 答案：D　点拨：bored 和boring都是形容词，前者形容人，而后者形容某事物。
 4. 答案：C　点拨：根据答语“他的数学成绩总是最糟糕的”可知“他在上周的数学测试中得了个A”是“不可能的”。
  5. 答案：A　点拨：考查词组词义：live to be ...意为“活到……(岁数)”。
 6. 答案：B　点拨：本句暗含2050年与现在相比较的味道；再据句意“城市将会很大很拥挤”可知“将来人更多”。
 7. 答案：D　点拨：less是little的比较级，后面修饰不可数名词；浏览各选项只有pollution是不可数名词，意为“污染”。
 8. 答案：A　点拨：　be like意为“像”。句意为“——未来的生活会是什么样的？——没有人能准确地预测”。
  9. 答案：C　点拨：以believe引导的宾语从句，其否定句要前置；浏览各选项可知C项正确。
  10. 答案：B　点拨：根据last summer可知时态用一般过去时；fall down意为“倒塌”；write down意为“写下”，根据句意“去年夏天我家乡的一些旧房子倒塌了”可知B项正确。
  11. 答案：D　点拨：in 10 years 意为“十年后”，常用于一般将来时。
 12. 答案：A　点拨：根据前句“我找不到我的笔记本了”可知“你能帮助我寻找它吗？”。故A项正确。
  13. 答案：C　点拨：there will be (a meeting)将有(一个会议)，there be结构的将来时态；have 不能用于there be结构中。
  14. 答案：B　点拨：millions of ...意为“数百万……”；two million people意为“两百万人”，前面有具体数字时，million/hundred/thousand后均不加-s。
 15.  答案：A　点拨：浏览题干可知，it和everyone都是第三人称单数，故谓语动词都用第三人称单数形式。故选A项。

Ⅱ. 
答案：16.B　点拨：根据句子The robot will ...可知“将来每个家庭都将有一个机器人”。
17．D　点拨：句意为“你可以让它为你做一切事情”。
18．C　点拨：一天有24个小时。
19．C　点拨：look like意为“看起来像”。
20．B　点拨：句意为“当你孤独时机器人可以与你交谈”。
21．C　点拨：or意为“还是”，表选择。本句句意为“当你在街上遇到它时，你不知道它是人还是机器人”。
22．A　点拨：因为人们有更多时间去旅行，也就意味着工作时间少了。
23．B　点拨：take sb.to some place意为“带某人去某地”。
24．D　点拨：根据“在旅行中如果你感觉疲劳时”可推测“你可以去睡觉”。
25．A　点拨：B项意为“危险的”；C项意为“不快乐的”；D项意为“不可能的”。B、C、D三项均与题意不符。

Ⅲ. 
A
答案：26. F　点拨：文章第三句已说明是some robots(一些机器人)，而不是所有的都是机器人。
27．T　点拨：由文章第一段最后两句可知。
28．T　点拨：由文章第二、三段可知。
29．F　点拨：根据文章可知Mr.Robot是个机器人。
30．F　点拨：本文提到的是机器人服务员，要求人们对机器人服务员用礼貌语言。并不意味着人们只对机器人用礼貌语言。

B
答案：A　点拨：根据最后一段第五句“Instead，they will eat more fruits and vegetables.”可知未来将有更多的蔬菜和水果。
32．D　点拨：由第三段第一句可知。
33．A　点拨：由第三段第三句中的“People will work fewer hours than they do now ...”可知A项正确。
34．C　点拨：根据最后一段可知，因为养牛和养羊的空间少了，肉就更贵了。故人们吃肉不如现在多了。
35．B　点拨：由短文最后三句可知“机器人将做危险的、艰辛的工作。由于此，人们将没有足够的工作去做，这就成了一大问题”。
 

Ⅳ. 
答案：36.most　37.able　38.difficult　39.take  40．as　41.working　42.less　43.shapes　44.others  45．after
 
Ⅴ. 
答案：46.will be　47.will be　48.predicting　49.saving　50.will play　51.pollution　52.more  53．seems　54.hundreds　55.danger

Ⅵ.
答案：56.will live on；in　57.Everything；be free in the future　58.There will be　59.will；be like　60.How soon

Ⅶ.
答案：61.A　62.E　63.C　64.D　65.B
Ⅷ.
答案：What do you think our life will be like in the future?
I think there will be tall buildings and most of the families will live in big apartments.Most of the families will have cars and we will all drive to work.We can travel around the world by car.People will eat a balanced diet.We won't eat meat or junk food.We will eat more fruits and vegetables.Each family will have a computer.Students won't go to school.They can study at home with the help of the computers.
In a word，our life will be much better in the future.Do you think so?