牛津深圳版英语八年级上odule 1 Amazing things Unit 1 Encyclopaedias单元测试卷（含答案无听力部分）

2021-2022学年度8A Unit 1 单元测试
I.词汇（共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）
( ) 1. --- What do you usually do after dinner every day
--- I go for a walk with my mother near our home. It’s good for our health.
A. take a walk B. take a shower C. take a rest
( ) 2. ---The little boy has the ability to speak three foreign languages.
--- How great he is!
A. is proud to B. is able to C. is kind to
( ) 3. ---How many students are there in your class
---There are more than 50 students in our class.
A. around B. under C. over
( ) 4.---Why do you like spring
---Because we can see flowers everywhere in spring.
A. in a place B. here and there C. in some places
( ) 5. Perhaps you would like to pay a visit to London.
A. Maybe B. Usually C. Personally
( ) 6.---Where do you prefer to live
---I prefer to live in the countryside because the air is fresh there.
A. the centre of the city B. the centre of the town C. the country
( ) 7. Dinosaurs had died out for ages before human beings came into being.
A. killed B. appeared C. disappeared
( ) 8. ---Do you think robots will take the place of human beings in the future
---I don't think so.
A. people B. scientists C. workers
( ) 9. ---Which basketball team won in the final round
---The team from Class One.
A. beat the other teams B. lost C. failed
( ) 10. --- Did you _____ how to start the new machine
--- No, I didn't. I’ll call Mr. Li for help.
look out B. care about C. find out
( ) 11.---Are you feeling any better
---Yes, the medicine works.
A. is expensive B. is helpful C. is sweet
( ) 12. --- Peter, would you like ______ cookies
--- Yes, Mom. I am hungry.
A. any B. few C. some
( )13._____ is the ability to learn, understand and think about things.
A. Information B. Knowledge C. Intelligence
( ) 14. The earthquake happened at midnight. Most people were sleeping . _____,
everything began to shake.
A. Carefully B. Suddenly C. Actually
( ) 15. You can _________ the new words in an English dictionary.
look after B. look up C. look for
( ) 16. All the students went back home. There was __________ in the classroom.
A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody
( ) 17.Mary wanted to have a word with Tom. She had ____________ to tell him.
A. important something B. something important C. nothing important
( ) 18. Everything _________ well, so we don't need to worry.
A. goes B. go C. went
( ) 19. The Internet is a wonderful ________ in human history.
A. introduction B. invitation C. invention
( ) 20. The test paper ____________ five parts.
A. includes B .is made from C. concludes
II. 完形填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分）
Charles Dickens was born in a small town of England in 1812. He was one of the greatest English 　21　.
When he was 12, Charles　22　work in a dirty old factory because his father was in prison for six months for not paying his bills. By 1824, Charles’ father had had enough 　23　to send him back to school. Charles got a job in a lawyer’s office at 15. He learnt shorthand (速记) and then got a　24 writing about Parliament. He traveled around England by stagecoach (驿马车) and 　25　 for newspapers.
Charles often walked around London, watching and listening. He was　26　 at the sad things that he saw, but it helped him 　27 of ideas for new stories. He wanted to open new libraries, schools and hospitals for people.
Charles became 　28 and everyone knew who he was. He began to write a book about the poor. In 1837, Oliver Twist　29　. In the book, Oliver was an orphan (孤儿) boy who had to live with a group of thieves in London. Although Oliver had a hard life at first, the story ends 　30 for Oliver.
In 1843, Charles wrote A Christmas Carol, one of his most famous stories. In this story, we meet Scrooge and three ghosts. In 1870, Charles Dickens died at his house in Kent. He was writing a book called The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
( ) 21. A. writers B. inventors C. scientists
( ) 22. A. liked to B. had to C. wanted to
( ) 23. A. time B. food C. money
( ) 24. A. book B. job C. report
( ) 25. A. painted B. wrote C. sold
( ) 26. A. excited B. nervous C. angry
( ) 27. A. think B. talk C. hear
( ) 28. A. interested B. famous C. busy
( ) 29. A. was born B. took place C. came out
( ) 30. A. sadly B. happily C. easily
III.阅读理解（共20小题,每小题2分,共40分）
A
Useful Information in Australia
Useful Numbers
All the telephone numbers are useful and free.
Fire/ Police/ Ambulance---000 Telephone information---12455
Medical(医学的) Care---1300369359 Taxi---1800421113
Surfing the Internet
It’s easy to get access to the Internet in Australia. Also it’s very cheap for you to surf the Internet.
Public libraries offer free Internet service every day even during public holidays.
Many travel agents provide connection which is cheap or free.
Post Service
All post offices around the country offer post services(服务) so you can receive mails as you travel around the whole country.
Post offices are usually open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.
It costs 50 cents to send a standard (标准的) letter in Australia.
Public Holidays
On public holidays all shops are closed across Australia, so are banks and post offices.
New Year’s Day---1st January
Australia Day---26th January
Christmas Day---25th December
( )31.If there is a fire, what number can you dial in Australia
A. 1300369359. B. 180042113. C.000. D.12455.
( )32.Which is the right time to send a letter in a post office in Australia
A. At 8:30 on Tuesday. B. At 9:30 on Sunday.
C. At 8:30 on Saturday. D. At 9:30 on Monday.
( ) 33.Mr. Green lives alone in Australia and he is is not in good health. He needs a nurse to
look after him. What should he do
A. Go to a public library. B. Send a letter to his son.
C. Call 1300369359. D. Go to a hospital.
( )34.Which one might be open on public holidays
A. Public libraries. B. Shops. C. Banks. D. Post offices.
( ) 35.Which one is NOT TRUE according to (根据) the above passage
A. Surfing the Internet is cheap in Australia.
B. It costs 50 cents to send a standard letter.
C. Australians go to work on 26th January.
D. Australians don’t go shopping on public holidays.
B
When our planet Earth began, there was no life. Huge storms with lightning, thunder, and floods went on for millions of years. Rivers, lakes, and seas filled with water. Then came the first living things.
The first living things developed in the sea. About 380 million years ago, some sea creatures began to move onto the shore. Over millions of years, some of them changed and were able to walk and breathe air. Others, including the horseshoe crab, have hardly changed at all.
By 200 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the land. Some were giant plant-eaters. Others were the biggest hunters ever to walk the earth. But 65 million years ago the dinosaurs died out.
A few million years ago, the world became colder. Ice covered much of the land. Mammoths and other animals had thick fur to keep warm. These cold periods are now known as the Ice Ages.
The first people collected fruit and berries for food, and hunted wild animals. They moved around a lot, never staying anywhere for very long. Then about 10,000 years ago they started to settle down in villages. They built huts, planted crops, and kept farm animals. They kept goats and sheep. Wild dogs were also tamed so that they could help people look after their animals.
( )36. Life on Earth began around _______________________.
A. 380,000, 000 years ago B. 38,000, 000 years ago
C. 3,800,000 years ago D. 380,000 years ago
( )37. Which of the following shows the correct order of the appearance of different creatures
A. dinosaurs--- life in the sea--- life on the land--- mammoths--- humans
B. life on the land---- life in the sea---- mammoths--- dinosaurs----humans
C. life in the sea --- life on the land ---- dinosaurs---- mammoths---humans
D. life in the sea---- life on the land---- mammoths---- dinosaurs---- humans
( )38. From the passage, we know that “mammoths” ____________________.
A. were a kind of animal with long feathers B. lived in the Ice Ages
C. died out 650 million years ago D. moved around a lot
( )39. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage
A. At the very beginning , there was no life on Earth.
B. The horseshoe crab is very different from what they used to be a long time ago.
C. There were a lot of dinosaurs 200 million years ago.
D. People began to keep farm animals about 10,000 years ago.
( )40. The passage is mainly about _____________________.
A. the history of human B. the development of science
C. the food circle on Earth D. the history of life on Earth
C
A new report shows what life might be like in 100 years from now. It describes skyscrapers that are much taller than today’s buildings, underwater “bubble” cities and holidays in space. The report is from a company. It asked experts (专家) on space and architecture, as well as city planners, to give their ideas on the life in 2120. They said the way we live, work and play will be totally different to how we do these things today. The experts used the Internet as an example. They said that 25years ago, people could not imagine how the Internet and smart phones would change our lives. The Internet has completely changed the way we communicate, learn and do daily things. The experts said the changes in the next century would be even more unbelievable.
Researchers questioned 2,000 adults about the predictions (预言) they thought were most likely (很可能的) to happen in the future. They predicted that in the future, few people will go to an office but will work from home and have work meetings online. People will have highly developed 3-D printers that will let you download a design for furniture or a food recipe (食谱) and then “print” the sofa, table or pizza at home. There will also be less need for visits to the doctor. We will all have a home health instrument that will tell us what the problem is and give us treatment. We will also be going into space for holidays and to get resources that we have used up on Earth. A prediction that is missing is whether people will still need to study English.
( ) 41.What does the writer use the example of the Internet in Paragraph I for
A. To show the Internet was often used.
B. To show technology will change people’s lives.
C. To show how technology will change people’s lives in a negative way.
D. To show the Internet has developed fast.
( ) 42.With the help of highly developed 3-D printers, a way to get a sofa in 2120 is to　　.
A. buy one in a shop B. ask somebody to make one
C. download a design and “print” one D. design and make one by oneself
( )43. According to the passage, which of the following is a missing prediction
A. It’s how people will work.
B. It’s where people will get resources.
C. It’s what people will have at home to treat illness.
D. It’s how students will get their education.
( )44. What’s the passage mainly about
A. The life in the future. B. Predictions about the Internet.
C. The development of the Internet. D. Medical treatment in the future.
( )45. Where is the passage most probably from
A. An advertisement. B. A newspaper.
C. An encyclopaedia. D. A school report.
D
Plants and animals pass traits to their offspring through their genes. Then the process of living and growing begins. A trait is something that makes one living thing different from another. For example, having brown eyes is a trait. Another trait is having curly hair. These traits are passed along from your parents through genes. Genes are inside the cells of living things. They have information about how living things will grow. All humans have the same number and kind of genes. However, the information on the genes isn’t the same. All of the information about your traits is in your genes.
All living things go through stages of growth. After a human baby is born, it begins its life cycle. Infancy is the first stage. You are an infant in the first two years of your life. You grow a lot and learn to walk and talk. The second stage is childhood. It lasts from infancy until you become a teenager. The third stage is adolescence. During adolescence, your body will start to look like an adult’s. Adulthood is the last stage. Adults are completely developed.
Other animals go through a metamorphosis (蜕变). This happens when there are great changes in the body form in the life cycle of an animal. Some insects go through a complete metamorphosis. They change completely. Butterflies are one of them. Other insects go through an incomplete metamorphosis. The young are born like the adult but without all the same parts. Young grasshoppers grow wings only as they become adults.
( )46. What does the first paragraph want to tell us
A. How genes work. B. The stages of life cycle.
C. What traits and genes are. D. Differences between plants and animals.
( )47. Why are butterflies talked about in the third paragraph
A. To show that they are different from grasshoppers.
B. To give an example of a complete metamorphosis.
C. To show that they are different from human beings.
D. To give an example of an incomplete metamorphosis.
( )48. What can we infer (推断) from the passage
A. All the animals go through a metamorphosis.
B. Genes make humans more important than other animals.
C. Humans’ stages of growth are the same as those of insects.
D. We look like our parents because we have the same traits.
( )49. The underlined word "offspring" in the first paragraph probably means ___________.
A. little babies B. the young of an animal of a plant
C. the first season of the year D. animals that are born in spring
( )50. Where can we probably read the passage
A. In a science magazine. B. In a guidebook.
C. In a news report. D. In a dictionary.
IV. 用所给词的正确形式填空。（共15题，每小题1.5分，共15分）
51.It is useful (learn) a foreign language.
52.The shop sells all kinds (music) instruments to music lovers.
53.She (sudden) got up and walked towards the door.
54. Many people died in this accident, (include) three children.
55.They finally gave a long report after a lot of (science) research.
56. These students have different kinds of (able).
57.I am used to (get) up early in the morning every day.
58.He was very excited because he became the (win) of the game at last.
59.The little boy was (bear) in a poor family.
60.The great (art) left many beautiful painting after his death.
V .课文语法填空（共10小题,每小题1分,共10分）
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was 61 Italian painter, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist. He was born in the countryside. When he was young, he showed great 62 (intelligent) and artistic ability. As he 63 (grow) older, he learnt 64 (do) many different things. His paintings are very famous, and one, the Mona Lisa, is perhaps the most famous in the world. He also had many 65 (invent ), such as some 66 (interest) drawings of flying machines.
Dinosaurs lived on Earth over 60 million years 67 humans. They lived here and there on Earth. Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens. Others were as big as ten elephants. Some could even fly. Many of 68 (they) ate plants while some like to eat meat. Dinosaur lived on Earth 69 more than 150 million years. Then, suddenly, they all disappeared 70 (complete). The reason is still unknown. However, we can learn about them from their fossils.
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