14-15学年牛津八年级上学期Unit6试题
Class: Name: Marks: (满分100分)
一. 单项选择(每小题1分,共15分)
( )1. — Look at the birds. Which bird has long and thin legs
— does.
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( )2. In autumn, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )many red-crowned cranes fly to this wetland a short stay.
A. at B. in
C. on D. for
( )3. — To join our ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) society, you should write your information here in this first.
— OK, I will do it right now.
A. address B. report
C. paper D. form
( )4. How beautiful the cranes look! Words can’t their beauty.
A. understand B. describe
C. report D. write
( )5. — Not all people coming here are real bird lovers.
— Yeah. Some try to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )make the place a better area others just bring trouble.
A. so B. because C. while D. moreover
( )6. — More and more people are using 4G now.
— Yes. With 4G, you can share information on the Internet .
A. much easier B. more easier
C. much more easily D. much easily
( )7. — Red-crowned cranes need more people’s help.
— Yes. Peopl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e working in the reserves are doing everything they can these birds.
A. save B. saving C. to save D. to saving
( )8. The governm ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ent is doing a lot to people from hunting wild animals.
A. encourage B. prevent
C. protect D. provide
( )9. The numbe ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r of the birds living here last year almost 10 thousand. Hope there will be a lot more this winter.
A. is B. was
C. were D. are
( )10. — do people cut down so many trees here
— To get enough space for a new road.
A. Why B. How
C. When D. What
( )11. We must ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )make more people that they can and they should do something for birds.
A. understand B. to understand
C. understanding D. to understanding
( )12. Tom and Jim a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )re talking. We should tell them noise while watching birds.
A. don’t make B. not make
C. not making D. not to make
( )13. — My mother never me play computer games on weekdays.
— That’s not bad. You need to spend more time on your lessons.
A. keeps B. lets
C. asks D. wants
( )14. — Doesn’t the bird in the cage feel happy
— . I think he hopes to fly freely in the sky.
A. Yes, it does B. No, it does
C. Not at all D. Yes, not at all
( )15. — How about going birdwatching in the park this afternoon
— . But I will be busy with tomorrow’s exam.
A. That’s right
B. Sounds like a good idea
C. No, I am sorry
D. I don’t think the idea good enough
二. 完形填空 (每小题1分,共10分)
New Year’s Da ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )y is one of the oldest and most exciting festivals around the world. It is the 16 of a year and a clean start. 17 do people around the world celebrate it
In America, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )people usually hold a party late into the night 18 December 31.
In Greece, children ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) leave their 19 by the fireside (火炉边) on New Year’s Day. They hope that Saint Basil, a very kind man, will come and 20 their shoes with gifts.
Jewry (犹太人) take Ne ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )w Year 21 . They talk about something that they did 22 in the past, and then they promise to do better in the 23 .
Iran’s New Year’s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Day is in March. It 24 both the beginning of the new year and the beginning of spring.
On New Year’s Day in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Japan, everyone wears their new clothes. 25 they put bamboos at home. They have the meaning of long life.
( )16. A. beginning B. middle C. festival D. tradition
( )17. A. Why B. Where C. What D. How
( )18. A. in B. on C. at D. with
( )19. A. socks B. bags C. shoes D. boxes
( )20. A. send B. fill C. give D. take
( )21. A. loudly B. quickly C. seriously D. quietly
( )22. A. wrong B. right C. lucky D. poor
( )23. A. future B. space C. sea D. time
( )24. A. becomes B. cares C. shows D. celebrates
( )25. A. Though B. And C. So D. If
三. 阅读理解(每小题2分,共20分)
A
Meet the characters
Flik: He is a worker ant (工蚁). He likes making new things.
Atta: She is an an ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t princess (公主). She tries her best to help her ants.
Hopper: He is the head of the grasshoppers (蚱蜢). He is greedy.
What’s the story about
There is an ant isl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and (岛). Thousands of ants live there. The ants work hard. They spend all summer collecting food. But the food is not for themselves. There are a group of bad grasshoppers. They come and take the food every year.
This year, the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ants have a problem. They can’t give the grasshoppers food. But grasshoppers ask for more food. So the ants can’t bear (承受) any more. An ant named Flik stands out. He goes out and finds a group of circus bugs (马戏虫). They will help fight the grasshoppers.
On the island, the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )bugs save Dot, Atta’s young sister. From a big bird, Flik gets an idea. The grasshoppers are afraid of birds. So Flik makes a bird. But Hopper finds out that it’s not a real bird. So he beats (打) Flik. However, Flik doesn’t stop fighting. He calls all the bugs and the ants to stand up. They drive the grasshoppers out of the ant island.
( )26. The ants collect the food all summer for .
A. themselves B. the grasshoppers
C. circus bugs D. their princess
( )27. The underlined word “greedy” may mean .
A. willing to share B. always asking for more
C. willing to help D. thinking of others
( )28. From the story, we know Flik is a very ant.
A. strong B. young
C. brave D. generous
( )29. Flik does a lot of things, but he doesn’t .
A. save Dot
B. find a group of bugs
C. make a bird D. call his friends to fight
( )30. What happens at the end of the story
A. The ants leave the island. B. The ants go to the circus.
C. The grasshoppers leave the island.
D. The ants have birds as friends.
B
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scenery (风景) of mountains and lakes here. The tour includes a boat trip, a visit to the main islands full of birds. You have plenty of stops for watching birds and taking photographs.This is a tour you mustn’t miss!When&Where:
E ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )very day except Monday from City Square (from November to February)Prices:
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Leave Winde ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rmere at 09:45, arrive at the East Lake at 10:30, return at 17:00 Remember to take:
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useless while watching birds),
cameras, binoculars. Be sure
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( )31. People can’t during the trip.
A. see cranes and beautiful scenery
B. climb the mountains
C. take photos of the birds
D. go boating
( )32. James would like to join the trip, he can go there on .
A. Saturday, November 2
B. Monday, November 4
C. Thursday, October 31
D. Tuesday, October 26
( )33. 20 students ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) aged 15 are going to join the trip, how much do they have to pay
A. 416. B. 520. C. 576. D. 720.
( )34. How long is the trip from the City Square to the lake
A. About 7 hours. B. More than 7 hours.
C. About 45 minutes. D. About 15 minutes.
( )35. You don’t have to take with you if you join the trip.
A. B. C. D.
四. 填空(每小题1分,共15分)
A. 根据所给汉语意思,用合适的单词填空。
36. IPhone 5s is the best-selling phone in the (市场) now.
37. Tigers don’t have ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )enough (空间) to live because people cut down too many trees.
38. This lake is a (完美) home for wild birds.
39. The members of the society will (记录) what they see on video.
40. Please (介绍) yourself in simple language first.
B. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。
41. The boy’s father and grandfather are both (fisherman).
42. With the binoculars, you can watch the birds more (clear).
43. The (speak) is telling us how to write a birdwatching report.
44. Our restaurant only serves (提供) (nature) food.
45. More and more ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )people get to know the (important) of helping wildlife.
C. 阅读下面的对话,选用合适的单词或词组,并用其正确形式填空。
lead to, take action, different kinds of,tour, in order to
Wendy: Did you have a good time watching the birds in the wetland
Andy: Well, we sa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )w (46) birds there. But the trip made me worried.
Wendy: What went wrong
Andy: You know, th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e wetland is getting more and more famous. More and more (47)
go there to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )watch the birds. But they make noise and even drop little there. Their behavior (行为) (48) much trouble.
Wendy: That’s too ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )bad. (49) make the wetland a better place for birds, people have a lot to do.
Andy: You’re righ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t. Our Birdwatching Society will (50) to help the birds.
五. 根据所给汉语意思填空,完成下面的句子,每空一词。 (每小题2分,共10分)
51. 为了飞往南方,小天鹅们每天和妈妈一起练习飞翔。
( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to the south, the young swans practice flying with their mother every day.
52. 抽烟一定会导致严重的健康问题。
Smoking serious health problems.
53. 鸟儿找不到足够的食物时,当地人给他们提供了很多玉米和小麦。
When th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e birds couldn’t find enough food, local people lots of corn and wheat .
54. 通过研究它们数目上的变化,科学家可以更多地了解鸟类的生活情况。
Scientists can learn more about the birds’ lives
by .
55. 告诉孩子们别忘了带上水。
Tell the childr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )en some water
with them.
六. 任务型阅读 (每小题1分,共15分)
A. 阅读下面的材料,根据其内容填空,完成后面的表格。
Many people say dolphi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ns are very intelligent
(聪颖的). But are they clever like humans or more
like cats or dogs Scientists say dolphin intelligence is more like human intelligence in some ways.
Like humans, every dol ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )phin has a “name”. It is a special whistle (哨声). Scientists think dolphins, like people, “talk” to each other about a lot of things.
And, like humans, dolphins use system (系统) of sounds and body language to make other dolphins understand them. But understanding their talks is not easy for humans. No one can speak dolphins’ language, but some scientists are trying to learn.
Dolphins are a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lso social animals. They live in groups, and they often come to play games from different groups and have fun, just like people. In fact, playing together is something only intelligent animals do.
Dolphins and hum ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ans both make plans to get something they want. Let’s take some dolphins in the seas of southern Brazil as an example. These dolphins use an interesting way to get food. When fish are near a boat, dolphins signal (发信号) to the fishermen to put their nets (网) in the water. And the men can catch a lot of fish. What do the dolphins get Why do they help the men The dolphins can get some of the fish from the fishermen.
Dolphins are (56)________ animals
Scientists say dolphi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n intelligence is (57)
human intelligence in some ways.
Dolphins “talk”
to each other Dolphins can use sy ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )stem of sounds and body (58) to “talk”. Humans find it (59) to understand their talks and (60) can speak their language.
Dolphins are (61)
animals Dolphins live in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )(62) .
Like people, they have fun playing (63) .
Dolphins make
(64) Some dolphins in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the seas of southern Brazil help fishermen (65) fish. And then they get some fish.
B. 阅读下面的短文,根据所给首字母提示,用合适的单词填空。
What do you know ab ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )out Shenzhen Shenzhen may make you (66) t of busy streets and tall buildings.
But do you know t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he city also has a special zone to (67) p birds This is a place called the Futian Mangrove Bird Natural Reserve. This reserve is beside a busy road around the city. It has an (68) a of 367.64 hectares. It has enough (69) s for both birds and fish. As (70) m as 189 kinds of birds live happily there, including many rare birds.
The birds there ha ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ve a great (71) p —noise pollution. Birds like to live in a
(72) q place. Some birds will choose to leave the reserve if there is too much noise. The noise comes from the busy traffic on the road. The (73) g wants to make the reserve a better home for birds. So they build a 1,500-metre-long sound shield (防护物) (74) b the road and the reserve. The shield is about 5 metres high.
They also decide to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) (75) c the reserve to most tourists. They say birds don’t like too many people to visit them.
七. 书面表达(共15分)
( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) 左边是江苏观鸟会的标志和口号,假设你是观鸟会的成员Andy,请你写一篇70词左右(不包括所给的开头)的发言稿,鼓励你的同学参加观鸟会。
Dear classmates,
I am a membe ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r of Jiangsu Birdwatching Society. We need you to join us.
参考答案:
1-5 DDDBC 6-10 CCBBA 11-15 ADBCB
16-20 ADBCB 21-25 CAADB 26-30 BBCAC
31-35 BAACA
36. market 37. space 38. perfect 39. record 40. introduce
41. fishermen 42. clearly 43. speaker 44. natural 45. importance
46. different kin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ds of 47. tourists 48. leads to 49. In order to 50. take action
51. In order to fly
52. can/will certainly lead to
53. provided; for them
54. studying the changes in their numbers
55. not to forget to take
56. clever/i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ntelligent 57. like 58. language 59. hard/difficult 60. nobody
61. social 62. groups 63. together 64. plans 65. catch
66. think 67. protect 68. area 69. space 70. many
71. problem 72. quiet 73. government74. between 75. close
One possible version:
Dear classmates,
I am a member of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Jiangsu Birdwatching Society. We need you to join us.
The members of o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ur society often go birdwatching. By watching birds, we can learn more about nature. We can feel close to nature while watching birds. Some birds may have problems because of people. And it is great to do something for birds. We can do a bird count and we can take photos of them. We can call on more people to help birds.
If you’re a bird lover, you can join us.
Let’s do something together now!