牛津上海（试用本）英语八年级上册 Unit 4 Numbers 单元测试（含答案）

初八上英语单元测试Unit_4_
初二英语测验 8A Unit 4
Ⅰ. Translate the following.
1. 最强大的计算工具之一 ________________________________________
2. 平方根 ________________________________________________
3. 5乘以7 等于35. ________________________________________________
4. 问题会在两周内解决。________________________________________________
5. 这个有着神奇大脑的女子能像闪电般计算。
________________________________________________________________。
6. 用分数，我们可以写出各种各样数字。
________________________________________________________________。
7. 南浦大桥是在1991年建成的。 ________________________________________。
Ⅱ. Choose the right answer.
1. -- What should we do now, Mr. Clark
-- Please turn to Page ________ and look at the ________ picture.
A. Twelve; fifth B. Twelfth; fifth C. Twelve; five D. Twelfth; five
2. He didn’t help me. ________ he laughed at me.
A. Instead B. But C. So D. Because
3. You will be late for school ________ you don’t get up early.
A. but B. if C. and D. or
4. Jack’s hobby is to play ________ chess.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
5. The theater is ________ to hold 500 people.
A. enough big B. enough small C. small enough D. big enough
6. I will meet Jane at the station. Please ________ what time she will arrive.
A. count B. choose C. check D. catch
7. You’d better take a map with you ________ you won’t get lost.
A. as long as B. as soon as C. now that D. so that
8. We all like my English teacher because he always makes his classes ________.
A. interested B. interest C. interesting D. interests
9. ________ man in the picture is my brother. He is working in ________ computer company.
A. A, a B. The, a C. The, the D. A, the
10. --- ________ do ou practise swimming -- Twice a week.
A. How soon B. How long C. When D. How often
11. He would like ________ in Shanghai for two weeks.
A. stay B. to stay C. staying D. stayed
12. They can take care of ________. You needn’t worry.
A. them B. their C. themselves D. they
13. Did you ________ the meeting yesterday
A. take part in B. join C. attend D. attend in
14. Among all the teachers in this school. Miss Tao is one of ________.
A. young B. younger C. the youngest D. the most young
15. -- Would you please read the text louder --- I ________ hear you.
A. can’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. may not
16. I am keen ________ chess but not very good at it.
A. to B. in C. of D. on
17. ________ beautiful flowers they are!
A. What B. How C. What a D. Which
18. There are many ________ in our school and they very well.
A. woman teacher B. Women teacher C. woman teachers D. women teachers
19. I love my school ________ my classmates are friendly and my teachers are very kind.
A. because B. as C. since D. but
20. You’d better ________ out at night.
A. go B. to go C. not go D. not to go
21. I have ________ to do. Please give me ________ to read.
A. something, anything B. nothing, something
C. nothing, everything D. anything, nothing
22. We seldom see snow in Hainan, ________
A. is it B. don’t we C. do we D. does it
23. ________, you can work out the maths problem easily.
A. In this way B. On the way C. In the way D. On this way
24. Look! The rest of apples ________ bad.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.
A. kinds B. countries C. little D. useful E. one of F. convenient
A person riding a bicycle uses ___1___ energy to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding. Even so, in developed ___2___, most people can’t travel to work by bicycle. It is not because the bicycles are expensive or people feel tired if they ride to work. It’s because all ___3___ of cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes ___4___ to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and to work in their cars and in this way, the situation is made more seriously. ____5____ the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to create paths only for bicycles, and make it so difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bicycles.
Ⅳ. Fill in the blanks with the given words in their proper forms.
1. There are a lot of things on ________ (sell) during the holidays in the big supermarket.
2. He worked as a ________ (report) after he left university.
3. Later John will tell us some things about ________. (he)
4. One of the things I want to know about my pen-friend is this ________. (high)
5. ________, John failed the exam and he will have to take another one next week. (luck)
6. These ________ were taken during my trip to Hong Kong. Don’t you think they are beautiful (photo)
Ⅴ. Change the sentences as required.
1. They told her the news two days ago.（否定句）
They ________ ________ her the news two days ago.
2. My father usually goes to work by bus.（特殊疑问句）
________ ________ your father usually go to work
3. Sidney has go only one brother.
________ ________ brothers has Sidney got
4. Wendy is not old enough to drive a car.（句意不变）
Wendy is ________ ________ to drive a car.
5. He hurried to an ice-cream shop.（保持句意不变）
He ________ to an ice-cream shop ________.
Ⅵ. Reading
A. Choose the best answer
People have been trying to predict earthquakes for over a thousand years. But can earthquakes be predicted Many scientists would probably answer. “Not yet.”
Earthquakes give very little warning before they hit. Around 500,000 detectable（可察觉的）quakes occur in the world each year. Of those. 100,000 can be felt by humans, and 100 cause injuries（受伤）and deaths. Scientists have no way of knowing exactly when or where the next one will hit.
Can animals be used to predict earthquakes As early as 2,000 years ago. Greek writers wrote that animals, including rats and snakes, left a Greek city before a quake destroyed the place. It has been reported that before earthquakes fish move wildly, chickens stop laying eggs and bees leave their homes and dogs dark for no reason.
In the 1970s, American scientists did several studies on animal prediction, but nothing came out of it. They believe there is no connection between animal behavior and quakes. Animals react to so many things -- being hungry, defending their territories（领地） --- so it’s hard to get that advanced warning signal.
Anyway, as long as earthquakes remain destructive, we will dream of being able to predict the next “big one” before it this.
1. What have people been trying to do in the past 1,000 years
A. make good use of animals B. predict earthquakes.
C. find the main cause of earthquakes. D. protect people during earthquakes
2. How many earthquakes can be felt by humans every year
A. 500,000 B. 100,000 C. 100 D. 2000
3. It was said that animals reacted strangely before earthquakes. Which of the following is not mentioned
A. fish jumped out of the rivers B. chicken stopped laying eggs
C. dogs bark without any reason D. rats left their homes
4. In the 1970s, ________ did several studies on animal prediction.
A. Greek scientists B. scientists all over the world
C. ordinary people D. American scientists
5. What does the last paragraph mean It means ________.
A. Predicting earthquakes is so difficult that people will give up.
B. People will be able to predict the next earthquake.
C. Though it is hard, people will never given up the hope to be able to predict earthquakes in the future.
D. Earthquakes are to destructive, predicting them can only be a dream.
6. We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. earthquakes are too dangerous B. it’s easy for people to predict earthquakes.
C. it’s difficult for people to predict earthquakes.
D. Predicting earthquakes is interesting
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.
Pizza Hut is the world’s largest pizza restaurant chain（连锁店）. It ___1___ in 1958 by two American brothers -- Dan and Frank Carney from Kansas. ___2____ $600 from their mother, the two college students took a family pizza recipe（制作法）and opened a restaurant. The restaurant was so ___3___ that it had only enough room for 25 seats. The restaurant sign only had space for nine letters. Frank and Dan wanted to have “Pizza” in the name, and it left space for just 3 more letters. Because the building looked like a hut（小屋）... Pizza Hut was born.
The small restaurant, ___4___, was a big success. It became so popular that the two brothers soon opened several other restaurants. ____5____ 1970, there have been over 300 Pizza Hut restaurants in the US. Today, Pizza Hut can be seen all over the world.
The first Pizza Hut restaurant in China was opened on December 1, 1990 in Beijing. Pizza Hut has grown so fast that it has ___6___ 200 restaurants in more than 50 Chinese cities.
1. A. found B. was found C. was founding D. was founded
2. A. Borrowing B. Lending C. Borrow D. Lend
3. A. big B. small C. great D. expensive
4. A. however B. but C. though D. so
5. A. In B. Since C. On D. By
6. A. at most B. at last C. at least D. less than
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper word.
If you think Declan Galbraith is an ordinary 15-year-old boy, you are wrong. The British boy is a singing genius. He released（发行）his first album at 10. He is one of the most popular young singers in the world.
Last week, Declan had a news conference（新闻发布会）in Beijing. He will do a concert t___1___ in China next May. Declan’s Chinese fans must be very happy about this.
Declan’s singing gift was found when he was a child. His grandfather was a musician. He often brought Declan along with him when he played music. Declan would sit for hours just watching and l___2___.
At the age of 8, he started taking part in competitions. He w___3___ 16 of them in 14 months. Soon EMI, a big record company, paid him 15,000,000 yuan to make records.
His first album Declan came out in 2001. It was a big h____4___ and Declan become well-known. People said he has ‘a powerful voice that really soars（飞翔）”. In 2006, Declan put out a___5___ album, called “Thank you.”
Declan work hard at his singing. Every day he practices for two hours. When he is not singing, Declan is l____6____ most other 15-year-olds. He likes computer games, swimming, cycling, football and Harry Potter.
D. Answer the questions.
Do your parents ever say, “act like a lady” or “be a gentleman” to you But in the eyes of today’s teenagers, what qualities（品质）should a lady or a gentleman have Let’s take a look. What is a gentleman
The girls have their opinion:
Huang Xiaoyu of Guizhou: A gentleman is not a strong, stupid guy. He doesn’t get angry. He cares about others’ feelings. He’s always ready to help.
There is a boy in my class who I think is a gentleman. I didn’t do well in the mid-term English exam. He comforted（安慰）me by saying I would do better next time. His words made me feel happier.
Chen Tingting of Shenzhen: A gentleman always says, “ladies first”. When it comes to cleaning up the classroom, he does the heavy work. He lets girls go into rooms first.
There aren’t any gentlemen in my class. When there are snacks, the boys in my class are always the first to grab them!
Boys tell us what they think a lady is:
Wu Yifan of Dalian, Liaoning: A ladylike girl is gentle and quiet. But she’s not shy: she’s not afraid of expressing（表达）herself. She is kind and beautiful.
To me, actress Dong Jie is a lady. She is pretty and gentle. She also has a kind heart. She does a lot for charity.
Wang Lichao of Tianjin: A lady is not just pretty-looking but wise too. She never says rude（粗鲁的）words. She is not noisy. She is always calm and at ease.
I don’t think there are any real ladies in my class. Most of the girls are of a style I call “wild beauities.”.
1. What are the boys and girls talking about in this passage
They are talking about _______________________________________
2. What does Huang Xiaoyu think a real gentleman should be like
She thinks a real gentleman should ________________________________________.
3. According to Wu Yifan, what is also important for a lady besides beauty and gentleness
________________________________________________________________________.
4. What does the boy from Tianjin call most of the girls in his class
________________________________________________________________________.
5. Boys and girls have different opinion on ladies and gentlemen, don’t they
________________________________________________________________________.
6. If you are a boy/girl, what do you think a lady/gentleman should be like
________________________________________________________________________.
附加卷
Read the text below. Use the word given in the brackets to form a word what fits in the space:
With the significant rise in mobile phone users around the world over the last ten years, it’s no wonder that many people are concerned about the potential health risks. For some time, scientists have been studying the (1) ________ (possible) that mobile phones use electromagnetic radiation（电磁辐射）that could be (2) ________ (harm) to us if we’re exposed to large amounts of it.
But so far, there is no (3) ________ (convince) evidence either way. Two new studies released this year concluded that there was no link (4) ________ (find) between mobile phone radiation and cancer. Regardless of this, many frequent users of mobile phones claim to experience headaches, (5) ________ (dizzy) and even feeling sick from to much usage.
Some longer-term studies have also reported (6) ________ (grow) numbers of tumors（肿瘤）appearing on nerves that connect to the ear and brain. Most (7) ________ (significant), in October, a court case in Italy ruled that heavy mobile phone usage had led to a brain tumor in one man who had used a mobile phone up to six hours a day for 12 year.
Indeed, the (8) ________ (big) problem with current research is that it is too premature（不成熟的）.
Some researcher papers on the health risks of mobile phones have warned that it is (9) ________ (possible) to make any definitive conclusion as mobile phones have only been in widespread use since the 1990s --- cancers can take decades to develop.
There is also still a strong argument that mobile phones are a particular risk to children. This is because their brains take many years to develop, and the radiation waves from a mobile phone could be (10) ________ (particular) harmful to smaller skulls.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________
7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
What would happen
What if Neanderthals never went extinct
Neanderthals were a type of early human that lived between 40,000 and 400,000 years ago. They disappeared some 10,000 years after modern humans appeared. C___1___ between the two species was likely a factor, but what if Neanderthals were still a___2___ These guys didn’t react well to change, so they’d probably find it hard to fit in and would find today’s technology difficult to m___3___. And since animals aren’t as plentiful. Neanderthals would need to add more plants to their plates. They’d be more likely to live in remote, c___4___ areas of the world because their stockier（敦实的）bodies were better s___5____ for life in an Ice Age environment. It’s unlikely you’d ever see a Neanderthal sunbathing!
What if the sun suddenly disappeared
Light from the sun takes about eight minutes to reach Earth. So, if the sun suddenly disappeared, its final rays would r___6____ in eight minutes. Then, darkness. The moon would go black o____7___ sunlight stopped reflecting off its surface, and the only light on Earth would be starlight and artificial（人造的）light -- e____8____ light, gaslight, and campfires. To s____9____ the below - freezing temperatures, humans would need to move their cities deep underground near the Earth’s internal heat（内热）. Luckily the sun disappearing is impossible. But its core will r___10___ out of hydrogen fuel ... in about a billion years.
What if Columbus never landed in the Americas
Christopher Columbus didn’t “discover” the New World. People already lived there, after all. But Columbus, exploring on b___11___ of Spain, was one of the first Europeans to set foot on the Americas. So what would the world be like if he hadn’t set sail in 1492 Well, eight years after Columbus began his v___12___, a Portuguese explorer named Pedro alvares Cabral made landfall in Brazil and Claimed（要求拥有）it for Portugal（葡萄牙）, one of the most p___13___ countries in the world at the time. So even if Columbus hadn’t landed in the Americas, the New World wouldn’t have remained u___14___ for long. But with a different country leading the way, today’s maps and h___15___ books could look a lot different.
1. e________ 2. a________ 3. m________ 4. c________ 5. s________ 6. r________
7. o________ 8. e________ 9. s________ 10. r________ 11. b________ 12. v________
13. p________ 14. u________ 15. h________
参考答案；
I. 1. one of the most powerful calculating machines
2. square root
3. 5 multiplied by 7 equals 35
4. The problem will be solved in two weeks.
5. This lady with an amazing brain can calculate like lightning.
6. With fractions, we can write various numbers
7. Nanpu Bridge was built in 1991.
II. 1. A 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. D 6. C 7. D 8. C 9.B 10. D 11. B 12. C
13. C 14. C 15. A 16. D 17. A 18. D 19. A 20. C 21. B
22.C 23. A 24. C
III. 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. F 5. E
IV. 1. sale 2. reporter 3. himself 4. height 5. Unluckily 6. photos
V. 1. didn’t tell 2. How does 3. How many 4. too young 5. went hurriedly
VI. (A) 1. B 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. C 6. C
(B) 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. C
( C ) 1. tour 2. listening 3. won 4. hit 5. another 6. like
1. What qualities a lady or a gentleman should have.
2. be smart, gentle, considerate, helpful.
3. Braveness and kindness.
4. Wild beauties
5. Yes, they do
附加卷
1. possibility 2. harmful 3. convincing 4. found 5. dizziness 6. growing
7. significantly 8. biggest 9. impossible 10. particularly
1. Conflict 2. alive 3. master 4. cold 5. suitable 6. reach 7. once 8. electric
9. survive 10. run 11. border 12. voyage 13. powerful 14. unknown 15. history