Unit 8 When is your birthday
基础过关卷
一、单项选择
1. —______ are you —I'm seventeen.
A. How many years B. How C. How old D. What old
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】句意:---你多大了?---我十七岁。考查特殊疑问词。A. How many years多少年;B. How怎样,如何;C. How old多大了,几岁;D. What old错误形式。据答语可知问句是对年龄进行提问,用how old。故选C项。
2. —When were you born(出生)
—I was born ______ July 6th,1992.
A. in B. at C. on D. of
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】句意:---你什么时候出生的?---我出生于1992年7月6日。考查时间介词。时间介词at/in/on的用法:1.在时间点,或很短的时间用at,例如 at 8:30,at this moment;2.在较长的时间段内用介词in,例如,in the morning,in February,in 1987;或表示从现在起在一段时间后,一般用于将来时,例如,He will come in a week(一周以后他将回来。);3.在具体的某一天或某一天的上午,下午或晚上用介词on,例如,on Sunday,on a sunny morning。故在1992年7月6日使用介词on;选C项。
3. —How many ______ are there in a year —______.
A. month;Six B. months;Twelve
C. months;Four D. months;The twelfth
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】句意:-----一年有几个月?------12个月。考查名词和数词。A. month月,单数;Six六;B. months月,复数;Twelve 12;C. months月,复数;Four四;D. months月,复数;The twelfth第12。How many多少,后面跟名词复数,我们知道一年有12月,需用基数词。结合句意和选项可知选B。
4. Sunday is the ______ day of the week.
A. seven B. seventh C. one D. first
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】句意:星期天是一周的第一天。考查序数词。A. seven七;B. seventh第七;C. one一;D. first第一。西方国家习惯把星期天作为一周的第一天。故选D项。
5. Today is my mother's ______ birthday. I want to buy some flowers for her.
A. thirty B. thirteenth C. thirtieth D. thirteen
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】句意:今天是我母亲三十岁的生日。我想给她买些花。考查序数词。A. thirty三十;B. thirteenth第十三;C. thirtieth第三十; D. thirteen十三。“某人的第几个生日”需用序数词表示,排除A、D两项;妈妈不可能是13岁,排除B项;可知选C。
6. — Happy birthday, Lily.
— ________.
A. Happy birthday B. You’re kind C. Thank you D. I like you
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】句意:——莉莉,生日快乐。——谢谢。
考查交际用语。Happy birthday生日快乐;You’re kind你真好;Thank you谢谢;I like you我喜欢你。对于别人对自己的生日祝福,我们应表示感谢。故选C。
7. Jim's class will have a speech ________ next month.
A. trip B. contest C. concert D. game
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】句意:吉姆的班下个月将举行演讲比赛。
考查名词辨析。trip旅行;contest比赛;concert音乐会;game游戏;根据“speech”可知,此处表达的是 “演讲比赛”,英语是speech contest,故选B。
8. —______ is the school trip —______ May.
A. When;In B. What;On C. Where;In D. When;On
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】句意:----学校旅行是什么时候?----五月。考查特殊疑问词和介词。由答语中的May(五月)可知题目是对时间提问,故需用特殊疑问词when,“在几月”需用介词in。故选A项。
9. ________ birthday is August 9.
A. My brother B. My brother’ C. I brother D. My brother’s
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】句意:我哥哥的生日是8月9日。
考查名词所有格。birthday是名词,其前面需用名词所有格修饰,排除A、C两项;my brother是单数形式,其所有格需在其后加’s,排除B项。故选D项。
10. The man in blue is______ father.
A. Jim and Kate B. Jim and Kate's
C. Jim's and Kate's D. Jim's and Kate
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】句意:穿蓝色衣服的人是吉姆和凯特的父亲。查名词所有格。Father和Jim and Kate是所属关系,可知填名词所有格,排除A项;C项表示两个人各自的父亲,指两个人,排除;表示“两个人所共有的”只需在最后一个人名后加's即可;故选B项。
【点睛】名词所有格表示所属关系。它的构成方法如下:1.单数名词在其后加’s,例如,Mike’s baseball;2.复数名词,不以-s结尾的复数名词’s,例如,Children’s Day;3.以-s结尾的复数名词,加’,例如,your grandparents’ room。4.以-s结尾的单数名词或人名的所有格的构成是在其后加’s,如,the actress’s watch女演员的手表, James’s book詹姆士书。5.of构成的名词所有格,例如,a photo of Tom’s family:汤姆的全家福。
11. I buy flowers ______ your birthday.
A. in B. for C. of D. with
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】句意:我为你的生日买花。考查介词。A. in在…里;B. for为了,给,对于;C. of …的,属于;D. with和,用,拥有。短语buy sth. for sb.:为某人买……,结合句意可知选B。
12. ________ ice cream do we need
A. Where B. How much C. How many D. What's
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】句意:我们需要多少冰淇淋?
考查特殊疑问词。Where哪里;How much多少,提问不可数名词数量;How many多少,提问可数名词数量;What’s什么是;根据语境可知,此处表达的是“多少”,而“ice cream ”是不可数名词,需用how much提问。故选B。
13. “What's his age?”This sentence means(意思是)______
A. “How is he?” B. “What's he?”
C. “Where is he?” D. “How old is he?”
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】句意:“What's his age?(他的年龄是多少?)”这句话的意思是“__________”考查特殊疑问句。A. “How is he?”他好吗;B. “What's he?”他是干什么的,询问职业;C. “Where is he?”他在哪里;D. “How old is he?”他几岁了,他多大了。询问年龄多大使用句型:“What's one's age?”或“How old is sb.?”可知选D。
14. What events do you have ______ your school
A. in B. on C. to D. for
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】句意:你们学校有什么活动?考查介词。考查介词。A. in在…里;B. on在…上;C. to到,朝;D. for为了,给,为了。“在某人学校里”需用介词in。结合句意可知选A。
15. —What's twenty and twenty —It's______.
A. fourty B. forty C. fourteen D. forteen
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】句意:----二十加二十是多少?-----四十。考查基数词。A. fourty错误形式;B. forty四十;C. fourteen十四;D. forteen错误形式。结合句意可知选B。
二、完形填空
Hello, everyone! I am your new friend. My name is Mike. There are___16___people in my family—my wife(妻子), my___17___and I. I was born___18___1976. My birthday is on___19___—New Year’s Day. I like soccer but I___20___volleyball. I think it is___21___. My wife has a clothes store. ___22___clothes are at very good prices. Many people come to her store to___23___clothes. My son is a student. He goes to___24___every day. His school has a(n)___25___. It is on March 11th. He likes music very much, so he is in the festival every year.
16. A. two B. three C. four D. five
17. A. brother B. sister C. daughter D. son
18. A. in B. on C. at D. for
19. A. January 1st B. March 8th C. April 1st D. July 1st
20. A. like B. doesn’t like C. likes D. don’t like
21. A. boring B. fun C. great D. interesting
22. A. She B. Her C. She’s D. Hers
23. A. buy B. bring C. sell D. make
24. A. store B. room C. school D. bed
25. A. School Day B. English party C. speech contest D. Music Festival
【答案】16. B 17. D 18. A 19. A 20. D 21. A 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. D
【解析】
【分析】本文作者迈克介绍了自己的生日以及妻子孩子的姓名和爱好。
【16题详解】
句意:我家有三口人,我妻子,我儿子和我。考查数词。A. two二;B. three三;C. four四;D. five五。根据my wife(妻子), my___2___and I可知“我家有三口人”;选B。
【17题详解】
句意:我家有三个人,我妻子,我儿子和我。考查名词辨析。A. brother兄弟;B. sister姐妹;C. daughter女儿;D. son儿子。根据短文中倒数第5句“My son is a student. ”可知填son;选D。
【18题详解】
句意:我出生于1976年。考查介词辨析。A. in在…里;B. on在…上;C. at在;D. for为了,给。表示“在哪一年”需用介词in。故选A。
【19题详解】
句意:我的生日是在元旦,一月一日。考查名词辨析。A. January 1st一月一日;B. March 8th三月八日;C. April 1st四月一日;D. July 1st七月一日。New Year’s Day(元旦)在“一月一日”,可知选A。
【20题详解】
句意:我喜欢足球,但我不喜欢排球。考查动词否定式。A. like喜欢;B. doesn’t like不喜欢(主语三单);C. likes喜欢(主语三单);D. don’t like不喜欢。but表示转折, 前面表示喜欢, 后面就应该表示不喜欢, 而且主语是第一人称,故借助助动词don’t。可知选D。
【21题详解】
句意:我觉得这很无聊。考查形容词辨析。A. boring无聊的,烦人的,枯燥的;B. fun乐趣;C. great伟大的;D. interesting有趣的。根据上文“我不喜欢排球”可知不喜欢的原因是“我觉得这很无聊。”选A。
【22题详解】
句意:她的衣服价格很高。考查代词。A. She她,人称代词;B. Her她的,形容词性的物主代词,她,人称代词宾格;C. She’s她是,she is的缩写;D. Hers她的,名词性的物主代词。形容词性的物主代词和名词一起使用,根据clothes名词,可知填形容词性的物主代词;选B。
【23题详解】
句意:许多人到她店里买衣服。考查动词辨析。A. buy买;B. bring带来;C. sell卖;D. make做,制造。根据上文My wife has a clothes store(我妻子有一家服装店) 可知“许多人到她店里买衣服。”选A。
【24题详解】
句意:他每天上学。考查名词辨析。A. store商店;B. room房间;C. school学校;D. bed床。根据上文My son is a student.(我儿子是名学生。)可知“他每天上学。”选C。
【25题详解】
句意:他的学校有音乐节。考查名词辨析。A. School Day学校开放日;B. English party英语聚会;C. speech contest演讲比赛;D. Music Festival音乐节。根据下文He likes music very much, so he is in the festival every year. (他非常喜欢音乐, 每年都参加这个节日)可知“他的学校有音乐节。”选D。
【点睛】完形填空是一卷难度最大的题。它集阅读理解、语法、词法、句法于一体,是考查语言综合运用的能力的一道题。 解题的方法第一要带着空通读文章,搞清事件发生的背景。本题主要考查词义辨析:名词辨析、形容词副词辨析、冠词辨析、介词连词辨析等,做此类型题时,要知道每一个词的意义,然后结合上下文背景语境,短语结合语境选择正确的选项。
三、阅读理解
A
阅读理解
It's Jim's birthday today. He is five years old. He gets many nice birthday presents(礼物) from his family and one of them is a big drum(鼓).
“Who gives him the drum ” his father asks.
“His grandfather does.” answers Jim's mother.
Jim likes his drum very much. He makes a noise(噪音) with it, but his mother doesn't say anything about it. His father is not at home. He is working in a school. So he doesn't hear the noise.
But one of the neighbors(邻居) doesn't like the noise at all. So one morning she takes a knife and goes into Jim's room. Jim is making a noise with the drum. She says to him, “Hello, Jim. Do you know there is something nice in your drum Here's a knife. Open the drum and let's find it.”
26. Jim's ________ gives him the drum.
A. grandfather B. father C. mother D. neighbor
27. Jim's father is ________.
A. a worker B. a teacher C. a cleaner D. a shop assistant
28. The neighbor hates(讨厌) ________.
A. Jim's presents B. the drum C. the knife D. the noise
29. The neighbor tells Jim ________.
A. to put the drum away B. to look after the drum
C. to open the drum with the knife D. to make a noise with the drum
30. Which of the following is right
A. Jim's grandfather makes the drum B. Something is wrong with Jim's father's ears.
C. There's a nice present in the drum. D. Jim's mother doesn't stop (阻止) the noise.
【答案】26. A 27. B 28. D 29. C 30. D
【解析】
【分析】文章讲述了吉姆生日时,他的爷爷送给他一个鼓作为生日礼物,他非常喜欢它,经常弄出噪音,他的一个邻居不喜欢,一天邻居拿着一把小刀告诉他鼓里有东西,让他用刀子打开鼓找到。
【26题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Who gives him the drum ” his father asks.“His grandfather does.” answers Jim's mother可知是爷爷给他一个鼓;故选A。
【27题详解】
细节理解题。根据His father is not at home. He is working in a school.可知他爸爸是一个老师;故选B。
【28题详解】
细节理解题。根据But one of the neighbors(邻居) doesn't like the noise at all.可知他的邻居讨厌噪音;故选D。
【29题详解】
细节理解题。根据Here's a knife. Open the drum可知是告诉他用刀子打开鼓;故选C。
【30题详解】
推理判断题。Jim's grandfather makes the drum吉姆的爷爷造鼓,根据文章可知是吉姆爷爷送他一个鼓做生日礼物,故A不对;Something is wrong with Jim's father's ears.吉姆的爸爸的耳朵有毛病,根据His father is not at home.He is working in a school.So he doesn't hear the noise.他爸爸不在家,所以听不到噪音,故B不对;There's a nice present in the drum. 鼓里有好的礼物,根据他邻居不喜欢吉姆敲鼓的噪音,让他用刀子打开鼓,可知不是里面有礼物,故C不对;Jim's mother doesn't stop (阻止) the noise吉姆妈妈没有阻止噪音,根据He makes a noise(噪音) with it,but his mother doesn't say anything about it.可知D对;故选D。
【点睛】短文阅读,做题时要结合文章的特点,题目涉及细节理解,词义猜测和推理判断,做题时要在了解文章大意的基础上,结合题目针对不同的题型采用不同的解答方式,比如细节理解题,我们要抓住里面的最有效的信息选择出正确的答案,总之理解透文章是做好一篇阅读理解的关键。例如:小题3 细节理解题。根据But one of the neighbors(邻居) doesn't like the noise at all.可知他的邻居讨厌噪音;故选D。
B
Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He is wearing old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in the room don't look at him. They don't ask him to sit at the table.
Mr. King goes home and puts on his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles at him. They give him very good food to eat.
Mr. King takes off his clothes,and puts them in the food and says,“Eat,clothes!”
The other people ask,“What are you doing?”He answers,“I'm asking my coat to eat food. I am wearing my old clothes. You don't look at me. You don't ask me to sit down. Now I'm in these clothes. And you give me very good food. Now I see,you give the food to my clothes,not to me!”
31. Mr. King goes to the dinner party,but people in the room don't look at him because ______.
A. he doesn't come by car B. he is young
C. he is wearing his old clothes D. he is old
32. Mr. King goes home to ______ his ______clothes.
A. put on;good B. put on;old
C. take off;old D. wear;old
33. Mr. King goes back to the party. People in the room stand up and smile at him because______.
A. he is wearing his old clothes B. he comes in a very good car
C. he is wearing his good clothes D. he is putting on his good clothes
34. Mr. King takes off his good clothes,and ______ them ______the good food.
A. ask;to eat B. asks;to eat
C. lets;to eat D. ask;eat
35. Mr. King says the good food is ______.
A. for he B. for his good clothes
C. for me D. for him
【答案】31. C 32. A 33. C 34. B 35. B
【解析】
【分析】本文叙述了金先生第一次参加宴会时穿着旧衣服受到人们的冷遇,然后他回家换上好看的衣服,再次参加宴会,人们对他很尊敬的故事。他把食物放到衣服上说吃吧,讽刺了人们以貌取人的恶习。
【31题详解】
细节理解题 根据第一段第2句He is wearing old clothes.他穿着旧衣服可知,这是他第一次参加宴会受到冷遇的原因。故选C。
【32题详解】
细节理解题 根据第二段Mr. King goes home and puts on his good clothes.可知,金先生回家穿上他的好衣服。故选A。
【33题详解】
细节理解题 根据Mr. King goes home and puts on his good clothes. He goes back to the party.可知,他回到家穿上好衣服返回宴会。所以人们对他刮目相看。故选C.
【34题详解】
细节理解题 根据第三段Mr. King takes off his clothes, and puts them in the food and says, “Eat, clothes!”可知,他脱下衣服,并告诉衣服说:“吃吧,衣服!”。故选B。
【35题详解】
细节理解题 根据最后一句Now I see, you give the food to my clothes, not to me! 可知他说,现在我明白了,你们是把食物给我的衣服的,而不是给我的。故选B。
C
下面是吉娜(Gina)十月份的记事,请看完记事后回答问题。
October
1st basketball game 2nd 3rd 4th
5th Vassia's birthday 6th school trip 7th 8th
9th volleyball game 10th 11st 12th
13th Maria's birthday 14th Maria's birthday party 15th 16th
17th speech contest 18th 19th 20th
21st 22nd English Speech Contest 23rd 24th
25th 26th 27th 28th
29th 30th Rehana's birthday 31st
36. When is Maria's birthday
___________________________________________________________
37. What does Gina have on the ninth of October
___________________________________________________________
38. When does the school trip start
___________________________________________________________
39. What do they have on the 22nd of October
___________________________________________________________
40. Whose birthday is on the 30th of October
___________________________________________________________
【答案】36. Maria's birthday is on October 13th.
37. She has a volleyball game.
38. It starts on October 6th.
39. They have an English speech contest.
40. It's Rehana's birthday.
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇应用文,文章主要讲述吉娜十月份的记事。
【36题详解】
根据文中13号的记事可知,玛利亚的生日在10月13号。故填Maria's birthday is on October 13th.
【37题详解】
根据10月9号的内容,她有一个排球比赛。故填She has a volleyball game.
【38题详解】
根据记事,学校旅行从10月6号开始。故填It starts on October 6th.
【39题详解】
根据记事,10月22号有一个英语演讲比赛。故填They have an English speech contest.
【40题详解】
根据记事,10月30号生日的是蕾哈娜。故填It's Rehana's birthday.
四、用所给词的正确形式填空
41. My sister is 15 ________(year)old.
【答案】years
【解析】
【详解】句意:我的姐姐15岁了。year(s) old表示“……岁了”,根据括号内所给的单词以及横线前的15可知,此处要填可数名词的复数形式。故填years。
42. When is________(Peter) birthday
【答案】Peter's
【解析】
【详解】句意:彼得的生日是什么时候?此处用于句中作定语修饰其后的名词birthday,所以用其名词所有格形式。故填Peter's。
43. Do you________ (have) a music festival
【答案】have
【解析】
【详解】句意:你们举办音乐节吗?本句是一般现在时一般疑问句,空格在助动词do后面,可知此处填动词原形;故填have。
44. ________ (New Year) Day is January 1st.
【答案】New Year's
【解析】
【详解】句意:元旦是1月1日。名词day需用形容词或所有格修饰;“元旦/新年”New Year’s Day,固定短语,Year’s是所有格形式,故填New Year’s。
45. Jim and John________(not have) a basketball.
【答案】don't have
【解析】
【详解】句意:吉姆和约翰没有篮球。根据语境可知,本句是一般现在时、否定句,主语Jim and John是复数,助动词用do,其否定式为don't,后接动词原形。故填don't have。
46. August is the________(eight)month of a year.
【答案】eighth
【解析】
【详解】句意:八月是一年中的第八个月。定冠词the修饰序数词,所给单词eight是基数词“八”,其序数词是eighth,故填eighth。
47. Can I________ (help) you
【答案】help
【解析】
【详解】句意:我能帮助你吗(我能为您效劳吗)?本句是含有情态动词的一般疑问句,可知此处填动词原形,help可做名词或动词,在本题中help是动词,用原型,故填help。
48. You are the________ (one) student to school.
【答案】first
【解析】
【详解】句意:你是第一个到校的学生。根据句意和定冠词“the”可知使用序数词,one:一,基数词,其序数词是first(第一)。故答案为first。
49. We have a________ (speech)contest every term.
【答案】speech
【解析】
【详解】句意:我们每学期都有演讲比赛。根据语境可知,此处指“演讲比赛”,speech意为“演讲”,名词,置于名词前当定语。故填speech。
50. How old is________(he) mother
【答案】his
【解析】
【详解】句意:他的妈妈多大了?本词修饰名词“mother”,可知填形容词性物主代词;he:他,人称代词,主格,其形容词性物主代词是his。故答案为his。
五、根据汉语提示完成下列句子
51. 十二月是一年中的第十二个月份。
________ is the ________ month of the year.
【答案】 ①. December ②. twelfth/12th
【解析】
【详解】根据语境,空格1是句子的主语,填名词,December意为“十二月”,名词;空格2指“第十二个月份”,位于定冠词和单数可数名词之间,填序数词,twelfth/12th意为“第十二”,序数词;故填December;twelfth/12th。
52. 中国音乐听起来不错。
________ ________ sounds good.
【答案】 ①. Chinese ②. music
【解析】
【详解】根据句意分析可知,本句谓语“sounds(第三人称单数)”,缺少主语“中国音乐”,主语是单数形式。中国音乐:Chinese music,不可数名词。故答案为①Chinese②music。
53. 你们学校有艺术节吗?
Do you have an ________ ________
【答案】 ①. art ②. festival
【解析】
【详解】根据中英文对比可知,空格处应填入意为“艺术节”的名词短语。art festival意为“艺术节”,符合句意,故填art;festival。
54. 今天是我的第二十个生日。
Today is my ________ ________.
【答案】 ①. twentieth/20th ②. birthday
【解析】
【详解】twentieth/20th:第二十;birthday:生日。第几个生日使用序数词,序数词前有形容词性物主代词、指示代词修饰时,不使用定冠词。故答案为“①twentieth/20th②birthday”。
55. 我爸爸的生日是十月九号。
My father's birthday is on ________ ________.
【答案】 ①. October ②. ninth/9th
【解析】
【详解】“十月”October;“九号/日”ninth/9th。英语中用“月份+序数词”表示“几月几日”,根据中英文提示,故填October;ninth/9th。
六、书面表达
56. 假如你是李红,请根据下面的提示向大家介绍一下你自己及学校的活动。
提示:
1. How old are you
2. When is your birthday
3. How old are your parents
4. When are your parents' birthdays
5. What activities do you have this term
要求:灵活运用本单元所学知识,60词左右,可适当发挥。
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【答案】例文:
Hello! I'm Li Hong. I'm 16.My birthday is on January 6th.My mother is 40 and my father is 41.My mother's birthday is on May 5th and my father's birthday is on June 25th.We have a basketball game and an art festival this term. The basketball game is on October 10th.The art festival is on December 20th.
【解析】
【详解】1.题干解读:这是一篇提纲式作文,根据所给的提示对自身、家庭以及学校活动进行介绍。
2.写作指导:本文主要采用第三人称和一般现在时;年龄的表达用基数词而日期的表达用序数词;整篇文章需要注意语法的运用和句子的连接,保证语法正确,条理清晰。
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