1、牛津英语牛津英语 8A unit8 单元提优题单元提优题 一一、单项选择、单项选择 1. I spent _ awful holiday this summer because _ big flood on July 30th made lots of people lose lives. A. a; the B. an; a C. an; the D. the; the 2. The floor is so wet. Lets _. A. stop mopping it up B. stop to mop up it C. stop mopping up it D. stop to mop
2、it up 3. You are 15 minutes late. Whats wrong? My car_. I had to take a taxi. It took me _ to wait for one. A. broke down; some times B. was broken down; some time C. broke down; some time D. was broken; some times 4. What he said made me _,and I nearly fell_. A. asleep, sleepy B. asleep, asleep C.
3、sleepy, asleep D. sleepy, sleepy 5. We should drive as_ as_. A. careful, possible B. carefully, possible C. careful, can D. carefully, can 6. The shopping mall caught fire because lightning _ it. -_ anyone hurt? -No. A. hit, Did B. hit, Was C. hurt, Did D. hurt, Was 7 -Did you hear the shouts _the b
4、oy? -Yes. When I arrived there, I found the boy looking at a snake_ fear. A. from; in B. at; with C. from; with D. to; in 8. Luckily, _ people were found _ after the earthquake. A. a number of ; alive B. the number of ; dead C. a number of ; dead D. the number of ; alive 9 _ Amy met Peter, she with
5、her mum _ the bus at the bus station. A. When; were waiting B. When; was waiting C. While; were waiting D. While; was waiting 10. I wonder if Lucy _me if she _ tomorrow. A. tells; will arrive B. tells; will get C. will tell; gets D. will tell; arrives 11. It was very cold, he picked up sticks , but
6、sadly the house . A. to make a fire, caught a fire B. to make a fire, caught fire C. to make fire, caught fire D. made a fire, caught fire 12. As we all know, we should _our best to _ when there is an earthquake. A. try; calm down B. make; come down C. do; put down D. try; sit down 13. My aunt _ be
7、at home now, for she left for France this morning. She wont be back _ next month. A. cant; until B. maybe; before C. may not; after D. mustnt ; until 14 Dont believe everything on the Internet, _? _. The teacher has told us to pay more attention to online safety. A. dont you; I will B. do you; I won
8、t C. wont you; I will D. will you; I wont 15. I miss my elder sister very much. She has been abroad for three years but she will be back in a week. Pardon? I _ about something else just now. _ will she come back? A. was thinking; How long B. thought; How often C. was thinking; How soon D. thought; W
9、hen 二二完形填空完形填空 A squirrel and a bird are close friends. One day, they see a snowman in front of a house. Look at the snowman, says the squirrel. He looks 1 .Do you think we can cheer him up? Of course, says the bird.I will sing to him. 2 will make him feel better. I will give him a present, says the
10、 squirrel, That may cheer 3 up. The squirrel goes back 4 and brings some nuts and puts them in front of the snowman. The bird sings her favourite songs. 5 , the snowman doesnt smile. We cant cheer him up, says the squirrel, Can you call the 6 in the house out? Maybe they know 7 to do. The bird flies
11、 to the 8 and sings to the children. Listen! a boy cries 9 .A bird is singing. It is a _ 10 day. Lets go out and play. The boy and his sister put on their coats and boots. They 11 to play in the snow. They see the nuts on the playground. We can use these to give our snowman a bigger 12 , the boy say
12、s, He needs a smile on his face. And we can make another snowman. We can give him a big 13 , too, says the girl. The squirrel and the bird watch the children 14 a nearby tree. Look! the squirrel says to the bird. The snowman is smiling. And they are 15_ another snowman. Thats good says the bird, Eve
13、ryone needs a close friend. 1. A. sad B. happy C. nervous D. hungry 2. A. Food B. Songs C. Words D. Jokes 3. A. it B. her C. him D. me 4. A. home B. office C. work D. school 5. A. Even B. Still C. So D. Always 6. A. teachers B. workers C. children D. parents 7. A. what B. where C. how D. when 8. A.
14、table B. kitchen C. bathroom D. window 9. A. inside B. outside C. front D. back 10. A. rainy B. windy C. foggy D. nice 11. A. come in B. walk back C. run out D. jump into 12. A. mouth B. arm C. hair D. head 13. A. coat B. dinner C. smile D. party 14. A. to B. on C. at D. from 15. A. playing B. makin
15、g C. drawing D. finding 三阅读理解三阅读理解 A Lily Born is an 11-year-old girl from Chicago, America. When most 11-year-olds are watching Hunger Games, Lily is busy designing(设计) a special cup to help people with Parkinsons disease(帕金森病). Lily is the daughter of an inventor, and his grandfather has Parkinson
16、s disease. After Lily noticed that her grandfather spilled his drinks, she decided to make a special cup for him. Lilys cup has three legs, so its harder to knock over than the common cup. She named it the Kangaroo Cup. The design was not a success at first. The cup broke easily. However, with the h
17、elp of her father, Lily worked with some older designers and manufacturers(厂商)to improve her design. Now Lilys grandfather can use the Kangaroo Cup. This new Kangaroo Cup is made from plastic(塑料), and Lilys grandfather cant break it. The new cup can stand up on anywhere , even on the grass. It also
18、has many colours, so its the perfect cup for picnics. Lily gives some advice to boys and girls like her. Dont be afraid if you fail, because youll fail a lot before you get it right, she said. Also, dont be afraid to ask for help. Your parents and teachers ca n help you with a lot of things. Most of
19、 the time they are happy to help you if its not anything really expensive. 1. Why did Lily invent the Kangaroo Cup? A. To make her dream come true. B. To help her grandfather C. To finish her homework D. To make some money 2.The underlined word spilled probably means _. A. flew out of a cup B. got h
20、urt easily C. warmed something up D. finished something quickly 3.The Kangaroo Cup is harder to knock over because _. A. it has many colours B. it has three legs C. its shape is beautiful D. its made from plastic 4.Which of the following is NOT Lilys advice? A. Dont worry about failure B. Dont be af
21、raid to ask for help C. Your parents and teachers can help you a lot. D. Its expensive to get help from other people. B Once a king got two nice baby eagles. He loved them so much and asked his best eagle trainers to train them to fly. After several months, the king found that one eagle was already
22、able to fly high in the sky, while the other was staying on a branch of a tree quietly. The king called all his eagle trainers together and ordered them to try every way to make the other eagle fly. But all of them failed. Then he had an idea. Maybe someone living in the wild could work out the prob
23、lem. Then he found a farmer living in the grasslands. The king invited him into his palace to train it at once. The next morning, when the king walked in his garden, he saw the other eagle flying above in the sky freely. It is unbelievable! shouted the king. How could you make it happen? The farmer
24、replied, Its very easy. This eagle was resting on a branch when I came. I just cut off the branch. It is always the same to people. We all have two flying wings in our hearts, but we often seem not to notice them and stay at a safe and comfortable place. We dont know we can fly so high and freely un
25、til the branch we are resting on breaks. 1. After the king got the two baby eagles,_. A. he kept them on a branch of a tree B. he made his eagle trainers train them to fly C. he sent them to a farmer in the grasslands D. he set them free and let them fly in the sky 2. Why did the king call all his t
26、rainers together after several months? A. Because he wanted to get more eagles. B. Because he wanted them to see the eagles fly. C. Because he wanted the other eagle to fly. D. Because he wanted to know about: his eagles. 3. The underlined word unbelievable means _. A. easy to believe B. certainly p
27、ossible C. too dangerous D. very amazing 4. What can be the best title for the story? A. The flying wings B. The clever king C. The brave eagles D. The best trainer C Mongolia is Chinas neighbor. Its a beautiful country with large grasslands and forests. The grasslands have lots of space for people
28、to ride horses. Recently, 70-year-old US photographer (摄影师) Bonnie Stewart went to Mongolia. She took photos of eagle hunters riding horses there. But these hunters dont actually hunt eagles themselves. They use the eagles to hunt other animals, like foxes and hares. Once the hunter sees an animal,
29、he or she sends the eagle out. The eagle then catches the animal with its feet and holds onto it. This is a tradition for hunters in Mongolia according to National Geography. It usually takes about five years to train an eagle. The bird learns how to follow the animals and land on the hunters arm. T
30、he hunters also sing and talk to the birds so they can remember the hunters voices. But the hunters dont keep their eagles forever. After several years, they will send their eagles back into the wild. 1. What do we know about Mongolia from Paragraph l? A. It belongs to China. B. It has many lakes an
31、d grasslands. C. People there live hard lives. D. People there like riding horses. 2. What is special about Mongolian eagle hunters? A. They train their horses to hunt eagles. B. They hunt eagles on horseback. C. They train eagles to hunt other animals. D. They dont actually hunt any animals. 3. Whi
32、ch of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. the hunters keep their eagles till the end. B. the hunter spends five years training an eagle. C. Mongolian hunters have done this for a long time. D. The eagles can catch the animal with its feet . 4. Why do the hunters sing and talk to t
33、heir eagles? A. To teach the eagles how to sing. B. To help the eagles remember their voices. C. To teach the eagles how to catch other animals. D. To help the eagles to learn to talk with hunters. 四四、词汇运用、词汇运用 1. His car _ (猛撞) into a tree, so he called 120 for help. 2. May I know your_（外孙）names? 3
34、.The boy didnt want to stay at home alone, because he was afraid of_(闪电). 4. Is the disabled girl one of the （幸存者） of the terrible earthquake? 5. The advertisement says the _ (烙饼) are nice and cheap. 6. Did you hear somebody_ (scream) when you walked past the house? 7. We Chinese often greet each ot
35、her by _ (shake) hand. 8. Suddenly the birds flew away in all _. (direct) 9. Timmy was _ (trap) under the stones and bricks, so he shouted for help. 10. All the fans screamed with _ (excite) when they saw the pop star on the stage. 五五、任务型阅读、任务型阅读 Some people have found that they always spend much mo
36、re on travelling than planned. Here is how it happens. 1. Preparing too much before travelling Some people, especially females, like to travel as if starting a new life. Several weeks before the trip, they would be busy shopping for new dresses, better sunglasses and best-selling books. They would r
37、ather fill their travelling bags up with all fashionable things. Just travelling? Attending a fashion show more like it. They care more about their appearance than the sights they see during the trip. 2. Following other travellers blindly They cant stop shopping for objects they would never normally
38、 buy and would certainly never use. For example, we can find a group of travellers getting ahead to buy Christmas presents even in summer. 3. Replacing things that are forgotten to bring They dont remember to bring things like trainers, cool bags, toothbrushes or beach towels. The towels sold near b
39、eaches are nearly the price of gold leaves. They spend a lot on those things. However, plenty of new towels are sleeping in their bathroom at home. Some people have found that they always spend much more on travelling than planned. _1 too much before travelling. It 2 that these women will start a ne
40、w life before the trip. Their travelling bags are 3 of all fashionable things. We may think they would attend a fashion show 4 of travelling. Follow 5 travellers blindly. They _ 6 shopping for objects they would never use. Even in summer, a group of travellers buy Christmas! 7 . Buy new things when
41、they 8 to bring them. The towels near beaches are as 9 as gold leaves. They_10 a lot for the towels that are sleeping at home. 六六、首字母填空、首字母填空 What are you going to do if you are in a burning house？How will you escape？Do you know how to p 1 yourself? Please read the following passage. Escaping a fire
42、 is a serious matter. Knowing w 2 to do during a fire can save your life. It is important to know the w 3 you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts. From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping t 4 windows is possible，The second floor
43、window is usually not very high from the ground. Though its a little dangerous, it is s 5 to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building. Windows are also useful when you are w 6 for help. Be sure to keep the door c 7 . Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the
44、window to be sure you get fresh air rather than s 8 that may leaked（渗）into the room. o 9 a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof(屋顶). From the roof a person can drop to the ground more s 10 . 七七书面表达书面表达 某英文报社以The Earth is our home为题，举行中学生征文活动请根据以下 信息写一篇英语
45、短文： Your idea 地球是我们的家园， 我们只有一个地球, 我们和其他的生物共享一 个家园。 Problems 1. 人 们 砍伐大量树木,森林面积越来越小,结果， 许多野生物处于 危险中有的甚至灭绝（die out） 。 2. 全球气温不断上升,每年发生更多自然灾害,例如. 3. 此外， 越来越多的私家车 （personal car） 使空气污染越来越严重。 Ways 1. 该是我们采取措施改善这种情况的时候了。每个人都应该知道 保护地球的重要性. 2. 政府: 3. 我们学生: Importance 如果我们不 要求：1）表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；2）必须包括所有要点，并适当
46、 发挥； 3）词数：100 词左右（文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）。 The Earth is our home The Earth is our home and we only have one Earth _ _ _ _ Thats all. Thank you very much! 参考答案参考答案 选择题 BDCCB BACBD BAADC 完形填空 ABCAB CADAD CACDB 阅读理解 BABD BCDA DCAB 词汇 1.crashed 2.grandsons 3.lightning 4.survivors 5.pancakes 6.screaming 7.shaking 8.directions 9.trapped 10.excitement 任务型阅读 1. Prepare 2. seems 3. full 4. instead 5. other
