牛津版(深圳·广州)初中英语八年级上学期Unit 1 Encyclopaedias 单元检测
试卷更新日期:2023-08-07 类型:单元试卷
一、选择题。(共15题)
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1. The list includes many British guests.A、gives B、gets C、contains2. — Do not write more than 200 words.
— OK, I won't.
A、less than B、over C、under3. —— Do you know about Snow White?—— Yeah, it is a(n) famous fairy tale.
A、well-known B、good C、interesting4. —— I called last night, but nobody answered.—— All the people went out and try again now.
A、somebody B、anybody C、no one5. —— What will you do this weekend?—— Perhaps I will take part in the sports meeting.
A、Maybe B、Soon C、Later6. An encyclopaedia often consists of a number of books.A、is made up of B、is made from C、is made of7. No one has come up with an exact answer of why dinosaurs died out.A、discovered B、disagreed C、disappeared8. However, we can learn about them from their fossils.A、know about B、talk about C、think about9. If something happens ____, it happens quickly and unexpectedly(意料之外的).A、immediately B、quickly C、suddenly10. He is the last of the family, after his death the name will die ____.A、out B、in C、away11. —— How many students are there in your class?—— There are twenty students in our class, five Americans.
A、including B、improving C、discussing12. —Why do you want to be a(n) ____?—Because I'm very interested in science.
A、inventor B、musician C、scientist13. —The ____ of modern xerography (复印) has made our work much easier.—I agree with you.
A、invention B、discovery C、experiment14. —Who ____ the 400-metre race yesterday?—David.
A、won B、beated C、missed15. —It's raining hard. ____, I still want to go there.—You'd better take an umbrella.
A、So B、Perhaps C、However二、填空题(共11题)
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16. 阅读短文,填入适当的内容或括号内单词的适当形式。
The polar bear is a very big white bear. We call it the polar bear it lives in the Arctic Circle near the North Pole.
The polar bear lives in snow and ice. At the North Pole there (be) only snow, ice and water. There is not any land. The polar bear has a very (warmly) coat because the weather is cold in the Arctic Circle.
You can't find the polar bear easily in the snow because (it) coat is white.
A grown-up polar bear is usually about three meters long and weighs 450 kilos. It can stand up on its back legs because it has very wide (foot). It can use its front legs like arms. The polar bear can swim very (good). It catches fish and sea animals for food. It goes into the sea when it is afraid. People like to kill the polar bear its beautiful white coat. The government of Canada and United States call on that people should stop (kill) polar bears. They don't want these beautiful animals to (death) out.
17. When I arrived at the party, I found I knew(没有人) there.18. He showed great(才智) in painting when he was young.19. Dinosaurs lived on Earth more than 60 million years beforebeings (人类).20. You'd better take a(笔记本) to write down the important information.21. Edison was a great(发明家) of America.22. We can learn about the dinosaurs from their(化石).23. What a hot day! The weather report says it will be(甚至) hotter tomorrow.24. I think the most helpful(发明) is the light bulb.25. (也许) I'll see him tomorrow, but I'm not sure.26. He has the(能力) to be an artist.三、完形填空(共1题)
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27. 阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的选项中,选择最佳选项。
Some people think that all wild animals are dangerous. But in fact, very few of them will1 a man if he leaves them alone. If you meet a lion or an elephant, I guess you will2 away, but even a lion will avoid (躲避) a man if it is not very 3 . Lions and tigers only kill and eat men when they have grown too 4 and too weak to catch their usual 5 , such as deer and other small animals. If you see a wild elephant, perhaps you will be 6 . However, elephants usually run away at once if you don't attack them. Some animals get very frightened if they only smell a man, some7 and look at him for a moment before they run away, some take no notice at all but walk away 8 in another direction. Wild animals only attack 9 when they are afraid that people want to harm (伤害) their10 , or when the hunters shoot at them and make them angry.
(1)A、hide B、attack C、protect(2)A、take B、put C、run(3)A、thirsty B、hungry C、tired(4)A、full B、friendly C、old(5)A、food B、fish C、plants(6)A、excited B、angry C、frightened(7)A、stand B、eat C、kill(8)A、luckily B、loudly C、quietly(9)A、dogs B、people C、children(10)A、neighbours B、friends C、young babies四、写作题(共1题)
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28. 写作
要求:1. 词数不少于70词; 2. 短文中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名。
参考词汇:basin 盆
五、阅读理解题(共5题)
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29. 阅读下列短文,根据短文内容,从短文后各题所给的选项中,选择最佳选项。
Beethoven, a famous musician in the world, was born in Germany in 1770.
In his childhood Beethoven didn't have a happy life. His father was a singer. When he was only four, his father began to make him practise hour after hour on different musical instruments (乐器). If he did not put his heart into it, his father would beat him or make it hard on him.
Beethoven loved music and he learned so fast that he was able to go around to give concerts, when he was only a boy of eleven. At the age of seventeen, he won high praise from Mozart, the greatest musician at that time.
Beethoven was often poor and ill during his life. After one illness, he suddenly found he couldn't hear. At that time, he was only thirty-one. It was a great blow(打击) to him.
But he still went on working and writing music pieces. To people's surprise, he wrote some of his best pieces after he lost his hearing.
In 1827, the great musician died. He left more than 300 pieces. But people still remember his name today.
(1)、Beethoven was a ____ musician.A、American B、French C、German D、British(2)、Why didn't Beethoven have a happy life in his childhood?A、Because his family was poor. B、Because he had to practise a lot of musical instruments. C、Because his father was strict with him. D、Both B andC.(3)、Beethoven lived in the world for only ____ years.A、43 B、70 C、57 D、60(4)、According to the passage, Beethoven wrote some of his best pieces ____.A、when he was only four B、at the age of 11 C、at the age of 17 D、after he lost his hearing30. 阅读下列短文,根据短文内容,从短文后各题所给的选项中,选择最佳选项。We know the mosquito very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They are almost all over the world, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.
No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide that she loves you. She? Yes, she. It's true that the male mosquito doesn't bite and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay (产) eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn't like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember she chooses you. You're different from the others!
If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch (痒) on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itch begins, she has flown away.
And then what happens? Well, after the delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.
(1)、"Mosquito" means ____.A、a fly in one's house B、a little bird C、a small animal that can catch mice D、a small flying insect that sucks the blood of people and animals(2)、If the mosquito doesn't bite you, it will ____.A、get angry with you B、be afraid of you C、make a lot of noise D、choose another one(3)、The mosquito bites you ____.A、when you're asleep B、because you have chosen it C、too quickly to let you know D、but doesn't like you(4)、Which of the following sentence is WRONG?A、The itch begins after the mosquito bites you. B、You feel terrible when the mosquito bites you. C、Mosquitoes use blood to lay eggs. D、Not all the mosquitoes like to bite people for blood.31. 阅读下列短文,根据短文内容,从短文后各题所给的选项中,选择最佳选项。Harvard University is the oldest of all the colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth all came after Harvard.
In the early years, these schools were nearly the same. Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin and Greek. At that time, people knew little about science, and one kind of school could teach everything about the world. When the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers.
In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could study in Harvard's law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began to teach modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began to teach American history.
As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students could choose the subjects that interested them.
Today. there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning. There's so much to learn that one kind of school can't offer all.
(1)、Which university is the oldest in the USA?A、Yale B、Harvard C、Princeton D、Columbia(2)、What language couldn't students in Harvard learn in 1825?A、Japanese. B、Latin and Greek. C、French. D、German.(3)、What does the underlined word "graduated" mean?A、Found a job. B、Got a degree at a university. C、Got married. D、Took an exam.(4)、What's the best title of the passage?A、The Development of University B、Subjects in Universities C、Universities in the USA D、Harvard University32. 阅读下列短文,根据短文内容,从短文后各题所给的选项中,选择最佳选项。Why do plants grow in some places but not in others? Why does some land have so many plants growing on it, while other land has almost no plants growing on it at all?
To grow, plants need several things. One is warmth. In very cold places almost nothing grows. Plants also need water. In very dry parts of the Earth only a few unusual plants can grow. That's why there are almost no trees or grass in dry deserts.
Plants must also have a place to put down their roots and grow. They find it difficult to grow on hard land. The town is built (被建立) on hard land. The plants there have only the soil between the cracks of the stones to grow in.
Another thing plants must have before they can grow is food. What will happen if we try to make things grow on the sandy beach? A few plants, such as grass, will grow in sand, but most plants won't. Even if the weather is warm enough and we water the plants each day, many of them will die because the sand on this beach has almost no food for plants.
(1)、According to the passage, plants need ____ things to grow well.A、two B、three C、four D、five(2)、The underlined word "cracks" means "____".A、long narrow openings B、the surface of something C、small plants on something D、the bottom of something(3)、From the passage, we can know it is ____ for plants to grow in dry places.A、easy B、difficult C、impossible D、important(4)、The passage can most probably be found in a ____ book.A、science B、history C、travel D、math33. 阅读下列短文,根据短文内容,从短文后各题所给的选项中,选择最佳选项。Once upon a time in Greece, there lived a young man called Narcissus. He lived in a small village by the sea and was famous on the land because he was quite handsome. Villagers would turn up on the streets to stare at the beautiful child.
When he grew up, people always said, "How handsome Narcissus is!" Villagers thought that Narcissus could not be any more handsome than he already was. But as years passed Narcissus became a teenager. His beauty grew and became so great that he was known all over the country of Greece.
As he grew, Narcissus was very proud of his good-looking face.
"Oh! You are so handsome. Narcissus!" Narcissus said one day as he looked into a pool, "There's nobody more handsome in the whole world! I'd love to kiss you. And that's just what I'll do!"
He leaned closer to the water. Suddenly he lost his balance and fell into the pool. Narcissus tried to reach the bank of the pool, but he could not swim and he drowned.
(1)、When Narcissus came out in the street, ____.A、there were always many people to see him B、everyone went home in a hurry C、some people would take photos of him D、no one would like to talk to him(2)、The purpose of the writer by writing the third and the fourth paragraph is ____.A、to tell us that a handsome man was difficult to succeed B、to show Narcissus was more and more handsome C、to show Narcissus was too proud to see himself clearly D、to tell us that Narcissus should look at others, not himself(3)、From the paragraph we can infer that ____.A、Narcissus was talking to one of his friends B、one of Narcissus' friends wanted to help him C、Narcissus was talking to himself D、Narcissus had fallen in love with a girl(4)、The story is mainly about ____.A、a poor man who didn't want to do anything B、a man who thought himself to be better than he really was C、how to teach children to learn better D、what to do when you met a handsome boy
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