新人教版初中英语八下Unit 4 单元检测卷（无答案 A4）

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八年级下册英语单元检测Unit 4·培优卷学校:________班级：_________姓名：_________分数：__________（时间：100分钟，满分：120分）第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分)第一节 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。How does Bob feel now?Fine. B. Nervous. C. Easy.Which is the best time for the woman speaker to get a table?At 7:30. B. At 8:00. C. At 8:30.3.What is the cup made of (from)?A. Glass. B. Silver. C. Bamboo.4.What are they mainly talking about?A.The fried rice. B. The friends. C. The rule.5. Whose cat could that be?A. Lisa’s. B. Betty’s. C. Lucy’s.第二节 (共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分)听下面3段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟。听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7两个小题。6.What did Tom use to be like?A. Active. B. Quiet. C. Outgoing.7.What’s the relationship between Tom and Mary?A. They used to be classmates.B. They’re cousins.C. They’re mom and son.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。8.What’s Li Hua’s grandma busy making for Spring Festival?A. Dumplings. B. Red lanterns. C. Paper cutting.9.Why does Helen want to learn to make a lion paper cutting?A. Because lions are her favorite animals.B. Because she likes Chinese lion dances.C. Because lions can bring good lucks.10. When will Helen visit grandma?A. On Saturday morning. B. On Saturday afternoon. C. On Saturday evening.听下面一段独白，回答第11至第15五个小题。When do most students have breakfast?At 7 o’clock. B. At 8 o’clock. C. At 9 o’clock.Why do most Chinese have a quick lunch?To save money. B. To have a rest. C. To take lunch boxes.13.Where do most people eat lunch?A. In big restaurants. B. At school or workplace. C. In restaurants far away.14. Why is dinner the most important meal for Chinese people?A. Because they enjoy different kinds of food. B. Because they often eat it at nice restaurants.C. Because it’s a meal with their family members.15. What do people usually do when eating at a restaurant?A. Leave the restaurants very quickly after dinner. B. Have noodles or dumplings very late at night.C. Spend time talking to each other or playing games.第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中选出最佳选项。AJOIN A WILD JOURNEY!Head to a museum near you and find some inspiration!JOIN in The Wild Escape and help create one big digital(数字的)artwork that's all about showing how much you care for the nature around us.This month, you're invited to take part in TheWild Escape, a new project to inspire creativity around wildlife for pupils aged 7 to 11 years old,to find an animal you like in a local museum and create your own picture.These pictures will then be uploaded and shown as part of a Wild World—one big digital artwork at the end of this month.Hope you'll come and take action to care for nature. Ready for a journey? Here's how to take part:◎Head along to your local museum and find one of the many animals waiting for you there.◎What do you see? It could be an animal crouching(蹲伏)in a painting or sitting in a photo! Whatever you find,make sure you have a good,long look at it.◎Create a picture that imagines your animal coming to life and taking a wild journey to a new world.◎Now,visit www.art fund.org/firstnews to send your picture to a huge digital artwork.( )16.We can learn from the text that The Wild Escape ___________.A.expects pupils to care for nature B.tries to find creative pupils aged 12 C.plans to start a new project next month D.is going to raise money for museums( )17.To take part in The Wild Escape,you have to ___________.A.study an animal in the wildB.take a drawing lessonC.hand in your picture onlineD.pay a visit to a local zoo( )18.What is the text?A.A diaryB.An advertisement. C.A news report. D.A book review.BA Dangerous WingIn some parts of the world, when dark clouds fill the sky,a great danger sometimes appears.This danger is a quickly turning tower of air called a tornado, and it is one of the most dangerous things in nature.Tornadoes happen mostly in the US, and they usually s form in the summer when warm, wet air and cold,dry air meet. They appear at the bottom of large,dark clouds.The wind under the cloud begins to go around and around.It gets faster and faster and can become very strong and dangerous.When the wind touches the ground,10 it is called a tornado.The turning tornado moves along the ground and can break down trees and buildings in its way.Most tornadoes are small and only stay on the ground a few minutes.However,even a small tornado can do a lot of damage. Sometimes,tornadoes are very,very big and can last much longer.The15 worst tornado ever traveled 352 km and was on the ground for three and a half hours. Over 600 people died.Tornadoes are so dangerous because they appear suddenly.There is often no time to run and no place to hide from them.( )19. Where do tornadoes mostly happen?A. In the UK B.In China C. In Australia D. In the US( )20. When do tornadoes usually form?A. In spring when it rains heavilyB. In winter when it is very cold C.In summer when warm wet air meets cold dry airD. In autumn when the wind is strong( )21. Why are tornadoes so dangerous?A. They are very big and colorfulB.They only stay in the skyC. They appear suddenly and people have little time to hideD. They can help people clean the road( )22. What can a tornado do when it moves along the ground?A. It can break down trees and buildings B. It can help plants grow quicklyC. It can make people warm D. It can bring more rainCAround the world, there are about 7,000 National Parks. Most of them cover huge areas of land where nobody lives. However, the National Parks in England include places where people live and work, as well as wild areas where there are few human activities.The National Parks in England are called "England's Breathing Spaces"because they are places where people can go to be in the open air, away from the dirt and noise of cities. They provide wonderful scenes of mountains, woods,grasslands and wetlands. And there are plenty of activities to do in all of the National Parks in England. Visitors can walk or ride bikes for fun. Many of the parks put on activities for families. Every year there are about 110 million visitors to the parks, bringing many benefits to the areas. At the same time, it creates problems too. First,life can be difficult for local people. Car parks and roads are too crowded. Gift shops and cafes take the place of many everyday shops. Even house prices in some areas can become too high.Besides, country roads can be damaged,for too many people walk, cycle or ride Horses on them. Roads can be rebuilt, but then they look less Natural. Another big problem to the National Parks is litter. In the parks it is a danger to wild animals. Broken glass can also cause fires by focusing the rays of the sun. Such fires in wild places can be out of control.______▲_____? All National Parks in England are making more rules,which tell people how to take good care of their environment. If these rules are followed, the National Parks will be well kept and continue to give pleasure to many people for a very long time.( )23. Visitors to the National Parks in England can _______.A. give food to wild animals B. drive cars on the grasslandsC. enjoy fresh air and peaceful time D. have fun farming with local people ( )24.The third paragraph mainly tells us _______. A. the problems of the National Parks B. the pollution caused by visitors C. the development of the National Parks D. the benefits brought by visitors( )25.Which of the following is the best sentence to fill in the blank in Paragraph 4?A .What can people get B. How can people help C. What are the National Parks like D. How are the National Parks set up ( )26.The passage is probably taken from the _______ part of a magazine. A. transport B. wildlife C. history D. geographyDWhen Wang Deshun made waves in the fashion industry(时尚界)as a male model in his late70s, many thought he had reached his top.However,the 85-year-old showed them he's still flying.Wang took light(飞行)in Beijing's Miyun district in a SW100 light plane on Aug.17. During the course of the flight,he finished turns and climbs on his own,becoming the oldest person to undertake flight training in China. His physical condition is good enough to apply(申请)for a fight license because of his many years of exercise."I've been dreaming of flying for more than 50 years,so I thought I should learn.I thought I could do this," Wang said."It's never too old to follow your dream," he added."Age has never been a problem. Just do it."This is not the first time Wang has made other Chinese people of his age amazed.Born in a countryside in Shenyang in 1936,Wang started his work as a bus conductor(售票员)and then a factory worker.In 1960,he became a stage actor and appeared in bit parts in films such as Brave Journey to Northeast and Miss Granny.Wang continued to challenge himself in his life.At44,he learned English and at 50,began fitness training. He learned to ride a horse at 65,to ride a motorcycle at 78,and hit the catwalk(走秀) at 79,when he took part in Beijing Fashion Week and became popular.He amazed people with his super fit physique(健美身材),and was named"China's hottest grandpa"( )27.What was Wang doing at the airport according to Paragraph 2?A. He was learning flying. B.He was flying to another city.C.He was applying for a flight license. D. He was doing a flying test.( )28.According to the passage,which is one of the necessary conditions for applying for flight license?A.Smart mind. B.Young age. C.Good character. D.Good physical fitness.( )29.How many kinds of jobs had Wang done before he became an actor?A.One. B.Two.C.Three. D. Four( )30.What is the best title for the text?A. Never Too Old to Shine B. Never Give UpC.Try to Be Active D.Keep Dreaming 第二节(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)阅读下面材料，从方框中所给的A~E五个选选项中选出正确选项(其中一项是多余选项),将其序号填入第31~34小题，并回答第35小是。注意，请将第35小题的答案写在答题纸上非选择题部分的相应位置。Bad things happen to many of us. Something makes you sad, angry, or disappointed. But you still have to get up and go to work. Everything others say to you sounds stupid. Everyone seems to trouble you from time to time. Luckily, you can do something about it. 31 . 32 If you’re mad, be mad. If you are sad, be sad. This does not allow you to be rude to others. It just means that you need to recognize and accept your bad mood(情绪) to be able to do something.Show your feelingsYou can try to keep your bad mood a secret and put on your happy mask. But guess what! You’re fooling nobody around you but yourself. The best thing to do is to tell the people you work closely with what is happening to you. Just simply tell them “Listen, I’m in a really bad mood today. 33 . If I bite your head off, I will say sorry in advance(提前).”Take some quiet time 34 . Sit and work somewhere peaceful alone. Take a relaxing long bathroom break. Consider going home early or taking the day off.Have a walk in your lunch breakB. Here are some ways to turn around a bad dayC. I’m not sure why, but it has nothing to do with youD. Accept your bad moodE. Try to be nice to other people35. What other things will you do if bad things happen to you? (不超过15词)______________________________________________________________________________.第三部分 语言运用(共三节，满分40分)第一节:完形填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出一个最佳选项。Every year, millions of animals __36__ on incredible journeys across the world. This is called migration, one of __37__ most amazing wonders.Birds are perhaps the most __38__ migrants. The Arctic tern flies from the Arctic to the Antarctic — a __39__ of about 70,000 kilometers! Scientists wonder how these small birds can __40__ such a long trip.It's not just birds that __41__. In Africa, over a million wildebeest travel across the Serengeti __42__ search of fresh grass. This journey is __43__ because they must cross rivers full of crocodiles. Many animals don't __44__ it, but the group keeps moving.In the ocean, salmon swim thousands of kilometers back to the __45__ where they were born. They swim __46__ strong currents and even jump up waterfalls. Scientists are still trying to __47__ how salmon remember their birthplace.Migration is __48__ for the survival of many species. However, climate change is making these journeys more and more __49__. If we want future generations to witness these wonders, we must __50__ the natural environment.( )36.A.work B.dreamC.set outD.give up( )37.A.world'sB.natureC.animal'sD.nature's( )38.A.dangerous B.famousC.beautifulD.common( )39.A.distanceB.heightC.speedD. weight( )40.A.avoid B.refuseC.missD.complete( )41.A.flyB.migrateC.swimD.run( )42.A.onB.forC.atD.in( )43.A.boringB.easyC.shortD.dangerous( )44.A.seeB.needC.makeD.like( )45.A.oceanB.riverC.lakeD.sea( )46.A.againstB.withC.alongD.across( )47.A.imagineB.proveC.showD.understand( )48.A.harmfulB.uselessC.necessaryD.difficult( )49.A.interesting B.difficultC.popularD.common( )50A.protect B.changeC.studyD.use第二节 词汇运用(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)A.将方框中所给词语的适当形式填入短文中，每词仅用一次。research prepare bit by bit curious appearLast night, I woke up at 11 p.m. because my friend called - he said the northern lights would 51._________! My dad and I were so 52._________ that we decided to go. We quickly 53. _________ warm coats and hot drinks. On the way to the hill, my friend told us about his 54._________ on this natural wonder. He said the lights come from the sun. When we got there, I walked very fast. 55._________, green lights started to dance in the sky! We stayed for an hour, feeling so lucky. It was the most amazing scenery I'd ever seen.B.阅读下面短文，根据括号内所给汉语写出单词的正确形式(每空一词)。To most people, Mount Qomolangma is one of the greatest wonders of the world. But only the best climbers reach the top, and that is only if they 56.__________(生存)the terrible conditions first. On the mountain,temperatures can fall to-30 57.__________(度).Climbers must also deal with thin air, high cliffs,and 58.__________(易变)weather.Before 1960, no one was able to reach the top of Qomolangma from the 59.___________(北部)side.Mountain climbers even called that way the "Death Road". But a Chinese climbing team was 60.___________(有决心)to make the climb.On 24 May 1960, Liu and other climbers arrived at the Second Step. It was 8,600 metres 61.________(在......上面)sea level.People said it was so high that even birds could not reach it. Liu allowed his teammates to step on his 62.___________(肩膀).Bit by bit,they made it past the Second Step.Climbing Qomolangma is dangerous. Some climbers reach the top 63.___________(成功),but many fail.Why do people still 64.__________(使......冒风险)their lives to climb the highest mountain in the world? It is because human curious and 65.___________(雄心) cannot be stopped.第三节 语法填空(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)阅读下面短文，在空白处填人一个适当的词，或填人括号中所给单词的正确形式。What 's the best way to overlook(俯视) beautiful city? If you find climbing mountain tiring, there is another way 66._________ is more relaxing: take Ferris wheel(摩天轮)!Ferris wheels sit in the middle of some great cities around the world. These tall, wide wheels move round and round while 67.________(carry)people. You can have such a wonderful time,chatting with friends while enjoying a fantastic view under your 68.__________ (foot).The first Ferris wheel 69.__________ (build) in 1893 by US engineer George Ferris Jr. in Chicago,US. The giant wheel shocked people. At that time, it was 70.__________ (large) single piece of steel-work that had ever been made. Ferris wheels 71.__________ (quick) became tourist attractions.Now, with many countries racing to build the tallest, greatest or coolest Ferris wheel, the big round wheels are becoming popular 72.__________ amusement parks and carnivals. Here is one of the top Ferris wheels around the world. Would you like to try it?With a 73.__________ (high) of 443 feet (about 135m), the London Eye is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe. It has enough space for 800 people on one turn and each car can carry as 74.__________ (much) as 25 people. By taking it, visitors can get a 360-degree view of London Tower,Buckingham Palace and Big Ben. One complete turn 75.__________ (take) 30 minutes The London Eye is at the center of the New Year's celebrations, as bright, sparkling fireworks rain down from the wheel.第四部分 书面表达(共1小题，满分20分)假如你是李华，请写一封邮件给你的网友Tom，介绍一处你认为最美丽的自然奇观。内容包括：1. 你认为最美丽的自然奇观是哪里；2.介绍其位置、风景以及喜欢的原因。要求：1) 围绕主题展开写作，可适当发挥；2)词数80—100，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。3)文中不得出现真实的姓名和学校名称。________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________