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【暑假自练】Unit 6 Ancient stories（含听力音频 答案）八年级英语上册 牛津版（深圳 广州）
一、听长对话选答案
听下面材料,回答以下各小题。
1．Who visited the mountain
A．Some scientists. B．Some students. C．Some historians.
2．What were the flying objects made of
A．Stone. B．Gold. C．Wood.
3．What were the paintings about
A．Animals and plants. B．The sun and the moon. C．The sun and the stars.
二、听短文选答案
听短文，回答下列小题。
4．What is it difficult for the three children
A．To read and listen. B．To listen and write. C．To read and write.
5．How long did the documentary take
A．Three years. B．Two years. C．One year.
6．What is Xiaoxiao good at
A．Composing music. B．Designing clothes. C．Communicating with people.
7．Who made Qunxiao feel stressed
A．His parents. B．His teacher. C．His deskmate.
8．Why are the three children lucky
A．Because teachers help them with their study.
B．Because parents help them find their own ways.
C．Because they make progress by teaching themselves.
三、语法选择
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求，从每题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
During the Chinese New Year, lion dancers from martial art schools will visit all kinds of stores to “choi chang”, that is picking the greens. It is supposed to bring good luck and fortune to 9 business. During “choi chang”, the store keeper 10 a red envelope filled with money to a head of lettuce (生菜) and hang it high above the front door. The lion then plays lots of movements 11 the lettuce. In the end the dancers receive the money 12 a payment.
In the old days, the lettuce 13 15 to 20 feet above ground. Only a well-trained martial artist 14 reach the money while dancing with a heavy lion head. This event later became the public challenge. A large amount of money was rewarded, 15 people came to watch and expected a good show.
Sometimes, if more than one lion wants to get the lettuce at the same time, they fight to decide a winner. The fights between the lions are usually 16 but fierce (激烈的). They use methods and martial arts skills 17 to reach the lettuce. People will decide the quality (品质) of martial art schools according to 18 the lions fight.
9．A．a B．an C．the D．/
10．A．fix B．fixes C．is fixing D．has fixed
11．A．get B．getting C．to get D．to getting
12．A．as B．for C．by D．with
13．A．hangs B．hung C．is hung D．was hung
14．A．must B．could C．might D．should
15．A．or B．so C．but D．and
16．A．polite B．more polite C．politely D．more politely
17．A．create B．creative C．creatively D．creation
18．A．when B．what C．why D．how
四、完形填空
Have you ever told yourself that you are not able to do something Well, perhaps you can do it.
Mary was eleven years old and she had something seriously wrong 19 her nervous system. She was not able to walk. In fact, she could 20 move. Though she believed that she had a good chance to get well again, the doctor said that 21 people could come back to normal after getting this disease. The little girl didn’t 22 up after she heard this. When she was lying in her hospital bed, she 23 that no matter what the doctor said, her going back to school was possible.
She was sent to a health center. Every method was tried and 24 worked. However, she would not give up. It seemed that nothing could beat her. The doctors all 25 her and taught her to imagine that she could make it. Every day Mary would lie there, doing her mental exercise 26 .
One day, as she was imaging her 27 moving again, it seemed as if a miracle happened: the bed began to move! “Look, 28 I am doing! Look! I can do it! I moved!” she cried. At this moment everyone else in the hospital was 29 . They were crying, rushing for safety. 30 everything was falling. It was an earthquake. 31 Mary believed that she did it, just as she had 32 doubted that she would get well. And now only a few years later, she is 33 in school. You see, to such a person who can shake the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isn’t it
19．A．about B．with C．to D．on
20．A．nearly B．almost C．just D．hardly
21．A．little B．few C．a bit D．a little
22．A．get B．wake C．set D．give
23．A．believed B．trusted C．promised D．imagined
24．A．nobody B．something C．none D．anything
25．A．accepted B．admired C．amazed D．advised
26．A．badly B．sadly C．carefully D．excitedly
27．A．head B．hand C．eyes D．legs
28．A．how B．which C．what D．where
29．A．frightened B．excited C．interested D．surprised
30．A．But B．So C．Or D．And
31．A．Although B．But C．Whenever D．After
32．A．ever B．once C．seldom D．never
33．A．away B．absent C．against D．back
五、阅读单选
You draw, you paint, or you do sculptures. It doesn’t matter—everyone is an artist!
THE CASE FOR We look at the Mona Lisa or a Picasso painting, and we say, "That’s art." But what about the amazing graffiti（涂鸦） on your street What about photographs posted online by our friends What about your school art display You worked hard, and it's great. So, is that art To me, art is anything that’s creative. Of course, I like going to famous museums. But I also like drawing pictures of my friends. I'm not very good, but I'm creative. I'm very interested in it, and my friends like it. Most of all, I like it! Jane, age 15 THE CASE AGAINST I like visiting art museums, too. Why Because I like looking at good art. Art is not the drawings of four-year-old children. It isn't painting your body crazy colors and standing in the street. And it certainly isn’t graffiti. Some people say, "If it's creative and cool, it’s art.” I don t agree. Art is the result of hard work and study. My aunt is an artist. She went to art school for six years. She doesn't make much money, but sometimes her sculptures are on display. Her art is great. Art is very hard, and not many people can do it well. Kayla, age 16
34．What do Jane and Kayla argue（争辩）about？
A．Whether everyone is an artist. B．Whether children should learn art.
C．Whether artists make much money. D．Whether people like visiting museums.
35．The underlined word "it” in THE CASE FOR refers to .
A．going to famous museums posting B．posting photographs online
C．drawing pictures of friends D．making friends by drawing
36．How can we become artists according to Kayla？
A．Go to art museums from time to time. B．Stay in an art school for six years.
C．Devote ourselves to art study and practice. D．Try to get our sculptures displayed.
"God made the world，but the Dutch made Holland．"True to this saying，the people of the Netherlands are again"making"their land．
About 1980 the Netherlands will complete a project begun in the 1920's：
transforming the Zyuder Zee，an inlet of the North Sea into dry land and a freshwater lake．By stages，550，000 acres of land will serve several
purposes：industrial，recreational，military，and agricultural．Fed by the river Yssel，the remaining water basin Lake Yssel，about 300，000 acres will irrigate the surrounding land and help in the fight against salination （盐化作用）．Excess water will drain through sluices into the sea．
As the first stop a nineteen﹣mile﹣long barrier dam，rising twenty﹣five feet above sea level，closed the entrance to the Zuider Zee．Then the experimental polder of a hundred acres preceded the first and smallest of the main polders fifty thousand acres that became dry land in 1930．The fifth and largest polder 150，000 acres will be the last of the Zuider Zee works．
Farmers for the new polder come from every province．The Eastern Flevoland polder，completed in 1957，became farmland for many from the province of Zealand which was badly hit by the disastrous floods of 1953．
37．This article gives a present﹣day example of how ．
A．salty soils are desalinated
B．the Netherlands has increased its land area
C．irrigation systems are built
D．dams are constructed
38．The period taken for the Zuider Zee project is ．
A．from 1900 up to 1960
B．from the 1920 till about 1980
C．from 1930 to 1957
D．less than fifty years
39．The Zuider Zee will be replaced by ．
A．550，000 acres of land
B．300，000 acres of fresh water
C．both A and B
D．Neither A nor B
40．The article gives a measurement for the ．
A．height of the barrier dam
B．width of the barrier dam
C．width of the road along the dam
D．height above sea level of the area on the land side of dam
41．Implied but not stated：
A．The first step in the project was a barrier dam．
B．The polder recipe was first used in this century．
C．Half of the Netherlands is below sea level．
D．There is more than one method of fighting salination．
六、短文选词填空
around also look like set up materials
Wang Tao set up a small business in Shanghai four years ago. He is known for using iron and other 42 from old cars to make beautiful art pieces. Some are large pieces that 43 animals or humans, and some are even pieces you can put at home. The more popular works can even be seen in art shops 44 the city. Wang Tao hopes to 45 a “metal art” theme park to show people the importance of environmental protection. Not only can the art bring happiness to others, but it 46 shows that even cold, hard iron can be brought back to life with a little creativity.
参考答案：
1．C 2．A 3．C
【原文】M: What are you reading on the website, Tina
W: A piece of news about some historians visiting an unknown mountain.
M: Did they find anything interesting in the mountain
W: Yes, they did. They went into some holes and found lots of strange flying objects made of stone.
M: What were there on the flying objects
W: Some paintings about the sun and the stars.
M: Wow, cool.
4．C 5．A 6．C 7．C 8．B
【原文】 Chinese documentary The Chosen One tells the stories of three children. They all have difficulty in reading and writing. They often get into trouble because of that. It took three years to make the documentary. In January, it was shown on CCTV-9 and got 9.4 points out of ten on Douban.
The first story is about a lively and clever boy Xiaoxiao. He’s good at communicating with people, but his grades are poor. The second story is about Qunxiao. His deskmate is a top student and it makes him stressed because he studies harder but still can’t do well. The third story is about Ruoxi. Her sister has entered a top middle school, while she has never passed her Chinese exams. Her classmates say she is stupid. Finally, she has to go to another school. Luckily, the three children’s parents have never given up. They give their children more care and help them find their own ways.
9．D 10．B 11．C 12．A 13．D 14．B 15．B 16．A 17．C 18．D
【导语】本文主要介绍了中国民间艺术舞狮的采青环节。
9．句意：它应该给生意带来好运和财富。
a不定冠词；an不定冠词；the定冠词；/不填。根据句意可知，此处“business”是“生意”的意思，其为不可数名词，所以此空不能填不定冠词；根据语境可知，此处不表特指，也不用定冠词。故选D。
10．句意：在“采青”期间，店主将一个装满钱的红包固定在一棵生菜上，并将其高挂在前门上方。
fix一般现在时；fixes一般现在时；is fixing现在进行时；has fixed现在完成时。根据语境可知，此句描述的是一般情况，时态应用一般现在时，主语“the store keeper”为第三人称单数，谓语也应用动词第三人称单数形式fixes。故选B。
11．句意：然后狮子会做很多动作来获取生菜。
get动词原形；getting动名词；to get动词不定式；to getting介词+动名词。根据句意可知，狮子做很多动作就是为了获取生菜，所以此空应填动词不定式to get作目的状语。故选C。
12．句意：最后，舞狮的人收到了钱作为报酬。
as作为；for为了；by通过；with和……一起。结合选项和上文可知，舞狮的人付出了劳动，所以他们收到的钱是作为报酬的，“as”符合文意。故选A。
13．句意：在过去，生菜被悬挂在离地15到20英尺的地方。
hangs一般现在时；hung一般过去时；is hung一般现在时的被动语态；was hung一般过去时的被动语态。根据“In the old days…”可知，此处时态应用一般过去时；根据常识可知，主语“the lettuce（生菜）”和谓语动词“hang（悬挂）”是被动关系，所以此处应用一般过去时的被动语态。故选D。
14．句意：只有训练有素的武术家才能在与沉重的狮子头跳舞时拿到这笔钱。
must必须；could能够；might可能；should应该。结合常识和句意可知，因为普通人很难顶着沉重的狮子头跳舞，所以只有训练有素的人能拿到这笔舞狮的钱，因此此空应填could表示能力/能够。故选B。
15．句意：奖金丰厚，所以人们前来观看并期待一场精彩的演出。
or表选择；so表因果；but表转折；and表顺承或递进。根据句意可知，因为丰厚的奖金使得演出更加精彩，所以人们前来观看，由此可知前后两句是因果关系，所以此空应填so。故选B。
16．句意：狮子之间的争斗通常是有礼貌但激烈的。
polite形容词原级；more polite形容词的比较级；politely副词原级；more politely副词的比较级。并列连词but连接的是对等的成分，其后的“fierce”为原级形容词，那么此空也应填原级形容词。故选A。
17．句意：他们创造性地运用方法和武术技巧来达到目的。
create动词；creative形容词；creatively副词；creation名词。分析成分可知，此空应填副词creatively作状语修饰动词“use（运用）”，意为“创造性地运用”。故选C。
18．句意：人们会根据狮子的搏斗方式来决定武术学校的质量。
when什么时候；what什么；why为什么；how如何。根据上文可知，舞狮注重舞的方式和技巧，由此可知人们会根据狮子是怎样去搏斗来决定武术学校的质量，“how”符合文意。故选D。
19．B 20．D 21．B 22．D 23．A 24．C 25．B 26．C 27．D 28．C 29．A 30．D 31．B 32．D 33．D
【导语】本文主要讲述了Mary的神经系统出现了问题，导致她无法像正常人一样移动，但是她积极乐观的心态使她克服了重重困难，最终重新回到学校上学的故事。
19．句意：玛丽11岁，她的神经系统出现严重问题。
about关于；with和；to向；on在……上。have something wrong with“在……方面有问题”。故选B。
20．句意：事实上，她几乎无法动弹。
nearly接近；almost几乎；just仅仅；hardly几乎不。根据“She was not able to walk”可知，她几乎无法动弹。故选D。
21．句意：虽然她相信自己有很好的机会再次康复，但医生说，很少有人能在得了这种病后恢复正常。
little几乎没，修饰不可数名词；few几乎没，修饰可数名词；a bit一点；a little一些，修饰不可数名词。根据“people”以及上文可知，此处是可数名词，表示否定意义，应用“few”。故选B。
22．句意：小姑娘听了这话，也没有放弃。
get得到；wake醒来；set制定；give给。根据“few people could come back to normal after getting this disease.”可知，她没有放弃。give up意为“放弃”，固定词组。故选D。
23．句意：当她躺在病床上时，她相信无论医生怎么说，她都有可能回到学校。
believed相信；trusted信任；promised承诺；imagined想象。根据“her going back to school was possible.”可知，她相信自己有可能回学校。故选A。
24．句意：每种方法都试过了，没有一个奏效。
nobody没有人；something一些事；none没有；anything任何事。根据“Every method was tried”可知，她所有的方式都试过了，但是没有一个奏效。故选C。
25．句意：医生们都很钦佩她，教她想象自己能做到。
accepted接受；admired赞美；amazed惊讶；advised建议。根据“taught her to imagine that she could make it.”可知，医生们都很钦佩她。故选B。
26．句意：每天玛丽都会躺在那里，仔细地做她的脑力活动。
badly糟糕地；sadly伤心地；carefully仔细地；excitedly兴奋地。根据“Every day Mary would lie there”可知，玛丽每天都仔细地做她的脑力活动。故选C。
27．句意：有一天，当她想象自己的腿又在动时，仿佛奇迹发生了：床开始动了！
head头；hand手；eyes眼睛；legs腿。根据上文中“She was not able to walk.”可知，此处指的是她的腿在移动。故选D。
28．句意：看，我在做什么！
how怎样；which哪个；what什么；where哪里。根据“…I am doing!”可知，空处缺宾语，此处表示“做什么”，应用“what”。故选C。
29．句意：这一刻，医院里的其他人都被吓坏了。
frightened害怕的；excited激动的；interested感兴趣的；surprised惊奇的。根据“They were crying, rushing for safety”可知，医院的人都十分害怕。故选A。
30．句意：一切都在下降。
But但是；So所以；Or或者；And和。根据“They were crying, rushing for safety.”以及“everything was falling.”可知，前后是顺承关系，应用“and”。故选D。
31．句意：但玛丽相信她做到了，就像她从不怀疑自己会好起来一样。
Although虽然；But但是；Wherever无论哪里；After在……之后。根据“It was an earthquake.”可知，此处表示转折，应用“but”。故选B。
32．句意：但玛丽相信她做到了，就像她从不怀疑自己会好起来一样。
ever曾经；once一旦；seldom很少；never从不。根据“…doubted that she would get well.”可知，此处表示“她从不怀疑自己会好起来一样”。故选D。
33．句意：而现在仅仅几年后，她又回到了学校。
away离开；absent缺席；against反对；back回来。根据“You see, to such a person who can shake the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isn’t it ”可知，她又回到了学校。故选D。
34．A 35．C 36．C
【分析】什么是艺术？博物馆里的绘画、雕塑是艺术，那么街道上的涂鸦、朋友的照片、学校艺术节的展览，这些是艺术吗？文章中列举了两个学生对此的不同观点。
34．推理判断题。根据短文第一段“It doesn’t matter—everyone is an artist!”，这里说到“每个人都是艺术家”，下文分别列举了两个学生的看法，一种是“THE CASE FOR”支持这一说法的；另一种是“THE CASE AGAINST”，反对这一说法的。因此两个学生争论的就是是否每个人都是艺术家。故选A。
35．代词指代题。根据语境“Of course, I like going to famous museums. But I also like drawing pictures of my friends. I'm not very good, but I'm creative. I'm very interested in it, and my friends like it.”可知，Jane喜欢去博物馆，她也喜欢朋友给朋友画画，她对它很感兴趣。由此可知，it代指上文提到的drawing pictures of my friends。故选C。
36．细节理解题。根据Kayla的观点“Art is the result of hard work and study.”可知，Kayla认为艺术是努力工作和学习的结果。由此可知，要想成为艺术家，必须要致力于艺术研究和实践。C选项与原文意思相同，故选C。
37．D 38．B 39．C 40．D 41．A
【分析】文章由"上帝创造世界，但是荷兰人创造了荷兰"引出荷兰人民花费了大量的时间和超凡的智慧建造了伟大的大坝工程，使得大海的入口成为了具有多种用途的土地和淡水湖．新生的土地吸引了来自各省的农民，在1953年还经历了灾难性的大洪灾．
37．细节理解题，根据About 1980 the Netherlands will complete a project begun in the 1920's：transforming the Zyuder Zee，an inlet of the North Sea into dry land and a freshwater lake．大约在1980年，荷兰将完成一个从20世纪20年代开始的项目：把北海的入口Zyuder Zee转变为干燥的陆地和一个淡水湖，加上As the first stop a nineteen﹣mile﹣long barrier dam，rising twenty﹣five feet above sea level，closed the entrance to the Zuider Zee．当一个19英里长的大坝屏障作为工程第一站，大坝高于海平面25英尺，来关闭通往须德海的入口，可知这讲述的是大坝的建造，故选D．
38．细节理解题，根据About 1980 the Netherlands will complete a project begun in the 1920's大约在1980年，荷兰将完成一个从20世纪20年代开始的项目，可知从1920年开始，大约1980年完工，故选B．
39．细节理解题，根据550，000 acres of land will serve several purposes…550000英亩的土地将服务于多方面的目的…，结合about 300，000 acres will irrigate the surrounding land and help in the fight against salination （盐化作用）大约将灌溉300000英亩周围的土地，帮助对抗盐化，故选C．
40．细节理解题，根据As the first stop a nineteen﹣mile﹣long barrier dam，rising twenty﹣five feet above sea level，closed the entrance to the Zuider Zee作为第一站，一座19英里长的拦水坝，海平面上升25英尺，关闭了Zuider Zee的入口，故选D．
41．细节理解题，根据As the first stop a nineteen﹣mile﹣long barrier dam，可知工程第一部是修建一个拦水坝，故选A．
42．materials 43．look like 44．around 45．set up 46．also
【分析】本文介绍了王涛因为使用旧车上的铁以及其它的材料做出漂亮的艺术作品而著名，他还想建立一个“金属艺术”公园，向人们展示环境保护的重要性。
42．句意：他以使用旧汽车的铁和其他材料制作美丽的艺术品而闻名。本句中的and连接名词iron和空格上所填词，故空格上所填词为名词，根据所给词可知，只有materials是名词，故填materials。
43．句意：一些是大的作品，它们看起来像动物或者人类。根据句子结构可知，本句是含有关系代词that的定语从句，that在句中作主语，空格所填词在句中作谓语，根据所给词可知，只有look like和set up可作谓语。句子说的是艺术作品看起来像动物或者人类。故填look like。
44．句意：更受欢迎的作品甚至可以在城市的艺术商店里看到。观察句子结构可知，空格所填词为介词，和the city构成介词短语，在句中作状语。根据所给词可知，只有around为介词，故填around。
45．句意：王涛希望建立一个“金属艺术”主题公园，向人们展示环境保护的重要性。本题考查hope to do“希望做某事”，故空格上所填词为动词，根据所提供的词可知，只有look like和set up为动词短语，句子说的是建立主题公园。故填set up。
46．句意：艺术不仅可以给别人带来快乐，而且它还表明，即使是冰冷、坚硬的铁也可以用一点创造力复活。根据句子结构可知，本题考查not only…but also“不仅……而且”，故填also。
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