牛津深圳版八年级上册Module 1 Amazing things Unit 2巩固练习（含答案）

Unit 2 Numbers
综合能力演练
I. 单项选择。
1. I got a beautiful bike on ______________ birthday. I like it very much.
A. fifteenth B. fifteen C. my fifteen D. my fifteenth
2. — Hello. May I speak to David, please
— Yes, ______________.
A. I am David B. David, please C. my name is David D. this is David speaking
3. Gina’s birthday is ______________ the first of June.
A. in B. on C. at D. for
4. Yesterday my teacher gave me ______________ on how to learn English.
A. some advices B. many advices C. an advice D. some advice
5. ______________, you can work out the Maths problem easily.
A. In this way B. On the way C. In the way D. On this way
6. I will visit the Summer Palace ______________.
A. one day B. some days C. somedays D. any day
7. The teacher challenged his students ______________ a new game that could be played indoors.
A. invented B. to invent C. invent D. inventing
8. — What did he say
— He promised ______________ the secret for me.
A. to keep B. keeping C. to keeping D. keep
9. The rest of the money ______________ his.
A. is B. are C. be D. were
10. My father and I like to ______________ very much.
A. playing the chess B. play chess C. playing chess D. play the chess
11. — We have ______________ to eat tonight.
— Great! Thank you, Mum.
A. special something B. special anything C. nothing special D. something special
12. Would you like ______________ water
A. some B. any C. a D. an
13. I didn’t go out on Sunday. I stayed at home ______________.
A. however B. but C. instead D. instead of
14. I found it difficult to communicate with him ______________.
A. at first B. first C. on first D. to first
15. Everything begins ______________ in spring.
A. to grow B. grow C. grows D. grew
II. 完形填空。
My favorite book is The Wonderful Adventures of Nils．A boy named Nils Holgersson is the 1 of the story and his main enjoyment is to eat and sleep．
Nils likes hurting the animals on his family farm 2 his main enjoyment．While his family are at church，he catches an elf(小精灵)．The elf 3 that if Nils makes him free，he will give him a gold coin，but Nils refuses the offer．The elf gets so 4 that he turns Nils as small as himself．At the same time，this makes Nils be able to talk with animals． 5 this is happening，some wild geese(大雁) are flying over the farm and a white farm goose(鹅) tries to join 6 . Nils holds on to the bird’s neck as it successfully takes off．
The wild geese are not 7 at all to be joined by a boy and a farm goose，so the farm goose needs to prove he can 8 like the wild geese and Nils needs to prove that he is useful. During the trip，Nils learns that the 9 might be glad to change him back to his normal size if he proves he has changed for the 10 ．Later，he goes on his journey to look for the elf．
1．A．writer B．hero C．director D．reader
2．A．in addition to B．because of C．as much as D．except for
3．A．realizes B．promises C．agrees D．believes
4．A．worried B．nervous C．angry D．afraid
5．A．Until B．Because C．Although D．While
6．A．her B．him C．it D．them
7．A．sad B．pleased C．hard D．lucky
8．A．play B．eat C．fly D．jump
9．A．goose B．wild geese C．God D．elf
10．A．better B．larger C．smaller D．worse
III. 阅读理解。
A
Xiao Lin’s father is ill. His mother must look after him at home. So she says to her son,“Go to the hospital and ask a doctor to come to us, Xiao Lin. ”
“OK,”says the boy,“But where is the hospital ”
“In the town. ”answers his mother.
Then Xiao Lin leaves his house. He gets to a fork (岔路口). He doesn’t know if he turns right or left. He stands there. Just then a farmer drives a carriage(马车) and comes.
“How far is the town from here ”asks Xiao Lin.
“Two kilometers. ”says the farmer.
“May I take your carriage ”
“Certainly. ”
“Thank you very much,”Xiao Lin is happy and gets on the carriage. Half an hour later the carriage doesn’t get to the town.
“How far is the town from here ”Xiao Lin asks again.
“Four kilometers. ”says the farmer.
“Why is the town farther now ”
“The carriage is going in the opposite direction. ”
1. Xiao Lin must ask a doctor to come because ________.
A. his father is busy B. his mother must look after his father
C. the town is not far D. he often goes there
2. ________, so he stops at the fork.
　A. Xiao Lin wants to have a rest
　B. Xiao Lin doesn’t know the way to the town
　C. Xiao Lin wants to wait for the carriage
　D. Xiao Lin must go to the town by himself
3. Half an hour later Xiao Lin is farther from the town because ________.
A. the farmer is afraid of him
　　B. the farmer takes him to another hospital
　　C. the carriage goes very fast
　　D. the carriage takes him to the opposite direction
4. Xiao Lin wants ________.
A. the farmer to take him to the town
　　B. to know which direction he should turn to
　　C. to take the farmer’s carriage
　　D. the farmer to tell him where the town is
5. The town is ________ kilometers from Xiao Lin when he asks the farmer again.
　　A. two　　　 B. four 　　　C. six　　　 D. eight
B
One day, there was a blind man called John sitting on the bench with a hat by his feet and a sign that read, “I am blind. Please help me.”
A creative publicist(广告员) named Tom was walking by the blind man and stopped to see that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He put a few of his own corns in the hat. Without asking for permission, took the sign, turned it around and wrote a new message. Then he put the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left.
Later that afternoon the publicist returned to the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost full of bills and coins. The blind man recognized(识别) his footsteps and asked if it was he who had changed his sign. He also wanted to know what the man wrote on it.
The publicist said, “I just wrote the message a little differently.” He smiled and went on his way.
The new sign read, “Spring has come, but I can’t see anything.”
6. What’s the blind man’s name
A. Tom. B. John. C. Tony. D. Sorry, I don’t know.
7. Who wrote a new message
A. The blind man. B. The teacher. C. The publicist. D. The farmer.
8. How did the blind man recognize the publicist
A. By his sign. B. By his footsteps. C. By his voice. D. By his corns.
9. When did the story happen
A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In autumn. D. In winter.
10. What can we learn from the passage
A. Publicists are always friendly and helpful.
B. We can get more money by changing a sign.
C. The blind man is very stupid, so he has little money.
D. The power of language is great.
【答案与解析】
I. 单项选择。
1. D。“第15个生日”应表达为the fifteenth birthday，因为句中主语是I，其形容词性物主代词为my，即my fifteenth birthday。
2. D。打电话表示“我是……”用This is…(speaking).，故答案为D。
3. B。在具体的某一天前用介词on。
4. D。advice是不可数名词，不能用a/an/many修饰，也无复数形式，故排除A、B、C三项。
5. A。in this way意为“这样，用这种方式”，根据句意可知选A。
6. A。one day意为“某天”，可以表示将来的某一天，用于将来时态的句中。
7. B。challenge sb. to do sth. 意为“向某人挑战做某事”。
8. A。promise sb. to do sth.意为“许诺某人做某事”。
9. A。money是不可数名词，be动词用单数形式。
10. B。like to do sth.意为“喜欢做某事”；表示球类、棋类的名词前不加冠词。
11. D。肯定句中用something，形容词修饰不定代词，放在不定代词的后面。
12. A。some用于疑问句中表示邀请或请求，water是不可数名词，不能用a或an修饰。
13. C。instead意为“代替”，一般放在句尾。
14. A。at first意为“首先，起初”，符合句意。
15. A。begin to do sth.意为“开始做某事”。
II. 完形填空。
1. B。hero意为“男主角，男主人公”的意思。
2. A。由“his main enjoyment is to eat and sleep”可推知除了这些以外，还有其他的爱好，in addition to意为“除了……之外，还有”。
3. B。由“he will give him a gold coin”可知，小精灵在向Nils做出承诺。
4. C。由后文的“he turns Nils as small as himself”可知答案。
5. D。while意为“当……时候”符合句意。
6. D。由“some wild geese”可知是复数形式。
7. B。由“Nils needs to prove that he is useful”可知大雁对他们的加入并不高兴。
8. C。由文意可知the farm goose需要证明他会飞。
9. D。由文意可知是“小精灵”也许会愿意把他变为原来的样子。
10. A。根据文意可知“如果Nils变好，也许小精灵会将其变为原样。”
III. 阅读理解。
A
1. B。 根据第一段第二句话可得到答案，是小林的妈妈要他去镇上请医生，她得照顾小林生病的爸爸。
2. B。 根据He doesn’t know if he turns right or left(他不知道是向左转还是向右转)这句话知，小林不知道去镇上的路。
3. D。 在文章的最后几句话中我们可以找到答案：半小时后，小林再次问农夫时，农夫告诉他目前离镇上有4千米的距离，因为他们是向反方向行进的。
4. A。 根据全文的内容可知小林的妈妈要他去镇上请医生，所以他去的方向应该是镇上，而且他以为农夫也是去镇上的，就上了他的车。
5. B。 根据最后的内容可知小林又一次问话时，已经离城镇4千米了。
B
6. B。根据第一段第一句…there was a blind man called John sitting…可知。
7. C。 从整个第二段理解可知。
8. B。 根据第三段第二句“The blind man recognized(识别)his footsteps…”可知。
9. A。 根据短文最后一句“Spring has come, but I can’t see anything.”可知。
10. D。 根据对文章的理解，因为广告员的修改，John的收入大大提高了。