Module 2 Nature and the environment Unit 5 Wild animals（测基础）——2023-2024学年牛津译林版英语八年级上册单元闯关双测卷

Module 2 Nature and the environment Unit 5 Wild animals

（测基础）

满分：100分

一、单选题（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1.—Hi, boys. How was your party yesterday?

—Wonderful! We had a big meal and enjoyed _______.

A. themselves B. myself C. yourselves D. ourselves

2.You'll have to get your parents' _____ if you want to go on the trip.

A. achievement B. announcement C. agreement D. advertisement

3.—I don't care what people think.

—Well, you ______. Some opinions are worth weighing.

A. might B. should C. could D. would

4.A better future is the goal of the Chinese people, ______ it's also the common interest of the world.

A. so  B. and C. or  D. but

5.If we don't do anything to protect tigers, the number of the tigers in the wild will become ______.

A. fewer and fewest  B. fewer and fewer

C. smaller and smaller   D. smaller and smallest

6.The gift from my friend is getting old ______, but I still like it very much.

A. usually B. suddenly C. slowly D. exactly

7.Elephants in Africa are ______. We should do something to solve this problem.

A. in peace B. in use C. in danger D. in control

8.Nowadays some parents spend more time on mobile phones so that they _____ care for their kids.

A. often B. seldom C. usually D. sometimes

9.—My mother was badly ill in hospital yesterday. I had to look after her, so I didn't go to have the picnic.

—_______.

A. Never mind  B. I am sorry to hear that

C. No problem  D. You're welcome

10.—Some people don't show their talents at the very beginning.

—I agree. Even Einstein _____ read until he was seven.

A. can't B. mustn't C. couldn't D. needn't

11.The air pollution in the small town is getting worse. People have to wear thick masks almost every day.

_______!

A. What a shame B. What shame C. What a surprise D. What surprise

12.Hunters hunt bears ______ their paws.

A. for B. at C. in D. on

13.—Dad, I'll be in the final singing competition tomorrow.

—Be careful not to get a sore throat and _____ your voice.

A. lose B. raise C. drop D. break

14.—Mom, I don't think I can learn Maths well. It's so difficult for me.

—Come on! You should believe in yourself. ______ there is a will(意志), there is a way.

A. Why  B. Which  C. What  D. Where

15.—I'm going to take part in China's Got Talent next month.

—______! I am sure you will win.

A. Never mind B. Good luck C. What a pity D. My pleasure

二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

Thirty years ago, I fell in love with a dog called Cookie.      1     it was hard for me to add another mouth to feed, I never gave it a second thought.

Cookie could quickly     2     seeing my bags spread across the bed with my leaving on a trip. She was also good at showing unhappiness with her tail, trying to make me     3     .

When I came back home and wrote my stories, she     4     sat next to my desk and we could have conversations about where I'd been and what I'd seen. We     5     each other as only animals and those who love them can. I often read to her what I'd written. If she turned away to start cleaning a paw, I knew I had to improve my story.      6     , she didn't understand what I was really writing. But this kind of communication with her was my     7     of pushing a story to a higher level.

She inspired(激发) me to make up many stories and became my partner in my travels. In this way, we travelled together. Some readers may think it     8     to have such a relationship, but dog owners like me will know it's true and understandable.

Today I am still a travel writer. My heart is broken because my friend Cookie left me forever. Like many old friends, she and I     9     much over the years. I miss her so much and I am also     10     to her for being at my side for all those years, listening and simply loving.

It doesn't matter if she never understood a word I said or that she never left our home. She was my travel partner and always will be.

1. A. Though     B. Because     C. If     D. While
2. A. compare     B. fill     C. connect     D. mix
3. A. laugh     B. cry     C. stay     D. leave
4. A. always     B. seldom     C. sometimes     D. never
5. A. worried about    B. shouted at     C. complained to     D. communicated with
6. A. Above all     B. Of course     C. First of all     D. As a result
7. A. risks     B. ways     C. results     D. problems
8. A. incorrect     B. proper     C. valuable     D. impossible
9. A. paid     B. shared     C. threw     D. forgot
10. A. generous     B. helpful     C. thankful     D. friendly

三、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

A

Cats are animals that live on land. They can be divided(分成)into two groups:big cats and small cats.Big cats are the larger animal species. Here is some information about big cats.

Tigers are one of the largest cats. They live in the forest and marsh(沼泽)areas of Southeast Asia, India, Russia and Southern China. Tigers mostly live alone and mainly hunt at night. Young tigers leave their mothers at about two years of age.

Lions live mostly on the larger grassland of Africa. Unlike tigers, lions are the most social of the big cats. They live in family groups and hunt together. There can be up to 35 lions in a group. They use speed and strength to catch and kill their prey(猎物).

Leopards(豹) live mostly in the forest on the edges of plains(平原)in Africa and Asia.New born leopards only open their eyes after 10 days. They spend much of the day resting in trees. They do most of their hunting at night. They eat almost any animal they can catch.

1.When do tigers mainly hunt?

A. In the morning.  B. At noon.

C. In the afternoon.  D. At night.

2.Lions live mostly in ______.

A. Asia B. Russia C. Africa D. India

3.What does the underlined word " social" mean in Chinese?

A.害羞的 B.社交的 C.忙碌的 D.幽默的

4.What do leopards often do in the daytime?

A. Rest in trees.  B. Sleep in caves.

C. Look after their babies. D. Hunt small animals.

5.Which of the following is true?

A. Tigers, lions and leopards are all small cats.

B. Lions live in family groups but hunt alone.

C. New born leopards open their eyes after 35 days.

D. Young tigers live on their own at about 2 years old.

B

Whales look like the biggest fish in the world, but they are not fish.They belong to mammals(哺乳类动物).People are mammals too,like dogs and cats. That means they do not lay(下) eggs. They have live babies and feed them milk.

Whales are very big. They have lungs(肺) and breathe air. They swim in oceans all over the world. They have large brains and live in family groups. The largest is the blue whale. It grows to be about 100 feet long and weighs(重)about 200 tons!

Do you know how whales get their names? Most whales are often named after how they look. The humpback whale(驼背鲸)was named after its humped back.

Whales use sound to sing and hunt. The sound can help whales find other fish or animals and tell the direction(方向).For example,they send out a sound and then listen. The sound waves come back and give them a picture of the things around them.

1.About mammals, which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Mammals lay eggs.

B. People are mammals.

C. Mammals have live babies.

D. Mammals feed babies milk.

2.After reading the second paragraph, we can know ______.

A. the blue whale weighs about 100 tons

B. whales live in family groups

C. the blue whale grows to be about 200 feet long

D. whales don't have lungs

3.The humpback whale was named after ______.

A. its sound B. its weight C. its length D. its back

4.The sound that whales make can help them ______.

A. swim faster

B. breathe well

C.find other fish or animals

D. attract(招引)other fish

5.What's the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. It's about the blue whales.

B. It's about what mammals are like.

C. It's about how the whales get their names.

D. It's about the use of the sound made by whales.

四、用所给单词的正确形式填空（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

1.People in the area ______ (main) grow rice and wheat on farms.

2.Schools are still closed in some countries _______ (stop) the spread of the virus.

3.I would like __________（invite） Betty to my birthday party.

4.Many parents are considering _____(choose) a good school for their children.

5.He is a( n)__________( honest) boy so we seldom believe what he says.

五、词汇互译。（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

1.You'll have to go now, ______ (否则) you'll miss your bus.

2.Don't forget to leave your name, address and a _____ (白天) telephone number!

3.Ant is a kind of ______ (昆虫), right?

4.Can you speak more ______ (缓慢地)? I can't understand what you're saying.

5.The dog wagged its ______ (尾巴) when it saw his master.

六、根据对话内容, 从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。其中有两项为多余选项。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

A: I just finished a really interesting interview (采访), Bob.

B: ① ______

A: Anna Wild. She works at a zoo and knows a lot about animals.

B: I like animals, too. My favorite is the cheetah (猎豹). It can run 115 kilometers an hour.

A: That's fast. ②______

B: Really? What is it?

A: A kind of falcon (猎鹰). ③______ 

B: I see. I know koalas sleep the most. ④______

A: The shark. It never really sleeps! Elephants don't sleep much, either.

B: ⑤______

A: About four hours.

七、书面表达（共1小题；满分25分）

野生动物是人类的朋友，是地球大家庭的一员，对维护生态平衡有着不可替代的作用。假如你是李华，你们学校准备开展主题为“保护野生动物”的英语演讲比赛，倡议大家关爱野生动物。你的美国好友Kevin给你发邮件询问相关事宜。请你根据以下要点和要求用英语给他回复一封邮件，告诉他演讲比赛的时间和地点，并分享你对保护野生动物的一些想法。

要点：

(1)When and where will the speech competition be held?

(2) What would you like to share with Kevin on protecting wild animals?

要求：

(1)邮件须包括所有要点提示，可适当发挥；

(2)文中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名；

(3)词数80-100；

(4)文章开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Kevin,

I'm glad to receive your email.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hua

答案以及解析

一、

1.答案：D

解析：考查反身代词词义辨析。 enjoy oneself意为"玩得开心"。根据主语"We"可知用 ourselves。

2.答案：C

解析：考查名词词义辨析。 achievement成就； announcement宣告，通知；agreement同意； advertisement广告。根据句意"如果你想要去旅行，你需要征求你父母的同意"可知，该题的正确答案为C。

3.答案：B

解析：考查情态动词词义辨析。句意：—我不在乎人们怎么想。—你应该在乎，有些观点值得权衡。 might可能； should应该； could能够； would将要。根据句意可知选B。

4.答案：B

解析：考查连词的用法。空前句子表示"一个更好的未来是中国人的目标"，空后句子表示"它也是全世界的共同利益"。空前空后两句为并列关系，故中间用"and"连接。故选B。

5.答案：C

解析：考查形容词词义辨析。表示数量（number）的"多少"用big和small。"比较级+and+比较级"表示"越来越……"。该句是说，老虎的数量越来越少。

6.答案：C

解析：考查副词词义辨析。 usually通常地； suddenly突然地； slowly慢慢地； exactly确切地。物品变旧是一个缓慢的过程。故选C。

7.答案：C

解析：考查介词短语辨析。in peace处于平静中； in use在使用中；in danger处于危险中； in control控制。句意：非洲象正处于危险中，我们应该采取措施来解决这个问题。故选C。

8.答案：B

解析：考查副词词义辨析。 often经常； seldom难得； usually通常； sometimes有时候。现在一些家长将更多的时间花在手机上，因此难得去关心孩子。故选B。

9.答案：B

解析：考查交际用语。 Never mind用来回答别人的道歉，意为"没关系"； I am sorry to hear that用来表示对某事的惋惜，意为"听到这我很遗憾（难过）"； No problem用来回答别人的请求，意为"没问题"；You're welcome用来回答别人的感谢，意为"不用谢"。当听到别人妈妈住院时应表示很难过。

10.答案：C

解析：考查情态动词的用法。句意：—有些人一开始并没有显示出他们的才华。—我同意。爱因斯坦甚至直到7岁才可以阅读。not...until...意为"直到……才……"，且句中时态为一般过去时，故用couldn't。故选C。

11.答案：A

解析：考查固定短语的用法。 What a shame真遗憾； What a surprise真是一件令人惊讶的事。

12.答案：A

解析：考查介词词义辨析。for用来表示"目的"。

13.答案：A

解析：考查动词词义辨析。lose丢失； raise提高；drop降低； break打破。 get a sore throat的意思是"嗓子疼"。嗓子疼就会失（lose）声。故选A。

14.答案：D

解析：考查谚语。"Where there is a will, there is a way"是一句英语谚语，意为"有志者，事竟成"。

15.答案：B

解析：考查交际用语。因为上句说的是"下个月我要参加《中国达人秀》"，所以下句表示的是祝福。因此此处选B（祝你好运）。而其他选项的意思分别是：A项意为"没关系"；C项意为"真可惜"；D项意为"不用谢"。

二、

答案：1-5 ACCAD 6-10 BBDBC

解析：1.考查连词词义辨析。句意：尽管再添一张嘴吃饭对我来说很难，但我想都没想就把她带回了家。A项意为"虽然"；B项意为"因为"；C项意为"如果"；D项意为"当……时候"。正确答案应为A。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：狗狗很懂我。她很快就能我把包平铺在床上和我要出门这件事联系在一起。A项意为"对比"；B项意为"填满"；C项意为"联系"；D项意为"混合"。正确答案应为C。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当她意识到我要出远门时，总是摇尾巴表达她的不高兴，想让我留下来。A项意为"大笑"；B项意为"哭喊"；C项意为"停留"；D项意为"离开"。故选C。

4.考查副词词义辨析。句意：当我旅行回来开始写作时，她总是坐在我的桌旁，我把自己的见闻讲给她听。A项意为"总是"；B项意为"很少"；C项意为"有时"；D项意为"从不"。故选A。

5.考查动词短语辨析。句意：我们像感情深厚的朋友那样交流。A项意为"担心"；B项意为"对……喊叫"；C项意为"抱怨"；D项意为"与……交流"。故选D。

6.考查短语辨析。句意：当然，她也许根本不理解我真正写的是什么。A项意为"最为重要的是"；B项意为"当然"；C项意为"首先"；D项意为"结果"。正确答案应为B。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：当然，她也许根本不理解我真正写的是什么。但是这种与她的交流却是我把故事推进到更高水平的方法。A项意为"冒险"；B项意为"方法"；C项意为"结果"；D项意为"问题"。正确答案应为B。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：有些读者认为我与狗狗的这种亲密关系是不可能存在的，但是像我这样的狗主人却知道这是真实存在并可以理解的。A项意为"不正确的"；B项意为"恰当的"；C项意为"有价值的"；D项意为"不可能的"。正确答案应为D。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们像老朋友一样彼此分享许多事情。A项意为"付钱"；B项意为"分享"；C项意为"投掷"；D项意为"忘记"。正确答案应为B。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我非常感谢她陪伴我这么多年。

A项意为"慷慨大方的"；B项意为"有帮助的"；C项意为"感谢的"； D项意为"友好的"。正确答案应为C。

A

1.答案：D

解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的"Tigers mostly live alone and mainly hunt at night"可知答案。

2.答案：C

解析：细节理解题。由第三段中的"Lions live mostly on the larger grassland of Africa"可知狮子主要生存于非洲草原。

3.答案：B

解析：词义猜测题。根据下文中的"They live in family groups and hunt together. There can be up to 35 lions in a group"可推测B 项符合文意。

4.答案：A

解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段中的"They spend much of the day resting in trees"可知答案。

5.答案：D

解析：推理判断题。根据第二段中的"Young tigers leave their mothers at about two years of age"可推知D项表述符合文意。

B

1.答案：A

解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的"That means they do not lay(下)eggs"可知，哺乳动物不能下蛋。

2.答案：B

解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的"They have large brains and live in family groups"可知答案。

3.答案：D

解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的"The humpback whale(驼背鲸)was named after its humped back"可知，驼背鲸因它的背部特征而得名。

4.答案：C

解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段中的"The sound can help whales find other fish or animals and tell the direction(方向)"可知答案。

5.答案：D

解析：段落大意题。通读最后一段，尤其是"Whales use sound to sing and hunt"可知D项符合题意。

四、

1.答案：mainly

解析： 句意：这个地区的人们主要种植水稻和小麦。修饰谓语动词用副词，在句中修饰动词grow, main主要的，其副词形式是mainly，意为“主要地，首要地”。故填mainly。

2.答案：to stop

解析：考查不定式作目的状语的用法。句意：在一些国家，学校仍然处在关闭状态，以阻止病毒的蔓延。stop在此处是作目的状语，所以使用其不定式形式。

3.答案：to invite

解析：句意：我想邀请 Betty来参加我的生日聚会。 would like to do sth意为"想做某事"，故本空填 to invite。

4.答案：choosing

解析：考查非谓语动词的用法。 consider doing sth意为"考虑做某事"，故本空填 choosing。

5.答案：dishonest

解析：句意:他是个不诚实的男孩,因此我们很少相信他说的话。由“我们很少相信他说的话”可知他不诚实。故用dishonest。

五、

1.答案：otherwise

2.答案：daytime

3.答案：insect

4.答案：slowly

5.答案：tail

六、

答案：EDBGA

解析：①根据上文中提到的"采访"以及答语中的 Anna Wild可知，所缺的问句是E。

②设空前提到了"猎豹跑得快"，再根据下文的描述可知，所缺的句子是D，该句的含义是"但是另一种动物能移动得甚至更快"。

③根据上下文的描述可知，所缺的句子是B，该句的含义是"它一小时可以飞三百千米！"。

④根据下文中提到的睡得很少的动物可知，所缺的问句是G。

⑤根据答语"大约四个小时"可推断，所缺的问句是A。

七、答案：

Dear Kevin,

I'm glad to receive your email. We will hold the speech competition at 4 o'clock next Monday afternoon, in the school hall.

Now, I'd like to share some ideas with you on protecting wild animals.First, we can make posters. And then we can put them up on our school noticeboard in order to make more and more people know that wild animals are humans'friends. It's our duty to protect them. Second, we can set up a website on protecting wild animals. We need to tell people not to kill wild animals. In a word, we should try our best to protect wild animals.

Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hua