期中复习小练习二（含答案）2023-2024学年牛津上海版英语八年级下学期

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I. Choose the best answer
( ) 1.The police warn girls ______ out alone during the night.
A. not go B. don’t go C. not to go D. not going
( ) 2.When the kids finished _____ their posters, they handed them in to Miss Guo.
A. made B. making C. to make D. make
( ) 3.Look at the nice Benz car.It ______ to Mr Hu.
A. belong B. belongs C. belonged D. is belonging
( ) 4.Mr Hu always encourage us ______ English in class.
A. speaking B. to speak C. sayingD. to say
( ) 5. Linda, ________ the window when you leave the room.
A．close B．closes C．closing D．closed
( ) 6. ___ exciting the news is that our school football team has won the first prize!
A．What an B．What a C．How D．What
( ) 7. The three astronauts of the Shenzhou XIII mission _____ on April 16, 2022.
A．returns to home B．returned home
C．will return home D．had returned to home
( ) 8 ________ great fun it is to go to visit Hongkong Disneyland!
A．What B．What a C．What an D．How
II. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once:
A. attend B. penfriend C. different D. Making
E. easily F. what G. same
__1__ friends is an important part of one’s life. If you want to make friends, you must go outside, meet people and take part in different activities. You won’t make friends by staying at home alone.
To __2__ a club or a group is a good way to find someone with the __3__ hobby or interest as you.
Many people do not know __4__ to do or say when they meet some people for the first time. Just relax for a while and then you’ll feel comfortable enough to face new friends.
If you really find it hard to make friends at a party or a club, maybe looking for a __5__ in a magazine is a good choice. In this way, maybe you won’t feel nervous.
Meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person. Friendship does not come __6__, but at least you should try to achieve it.
III. Rewrite sentences
1. Jiangwen is not only a director, but also an actor.
Jiangwen is an actor _________ ________ as a director.
2. My sister is too young to go to school this year.
My sister isn’t __________ ________ to go to school this year.
My sister is __________ young that she ________ go to school this year.
3. Mr White wondered where he could buy a map of Shanghai.
Mr White wondered _________ ________ buy a map of Shanghai.
4. Jack failed in the maths test. So did Mike.
_________ Jack ________ Mike failed in the maths test.
_________ Jack ________ Mike passed in the maths test.
5. I will understand the painting after I read the words below it.
I _________ understand the painting ________ I read the words below it.
6. We noticed the grass was wet after we sat down.
We _________ notice the grass was wet _________ we sat down.
7. Please imagine how our lives will be in 20 years’ time.
Please imagine _________ our lives will be _________ in 20 years’ time.
8. My brother joined the army last year.
My brother _________ _________ in the army for about one year.
9. Jack Ma owns the Maybach car.
The Maybach car _________ _________ Jack Ma.
10. Miss Guo is our class teacher.
Miss Guo is in _________ _________ our class.
IV. Reading
A.Choose the best answer:
In the 13th century, Marco Polo, the world known Italian, travelled in China. He saw many wonderful things in China and one of the things he discovered was money made of paper. People in the West did not have such kind of money until the 15th century. However, the Chinese began to use it in the 7th century.
Paper was invented by a Chinese man called Cai Lun almost 2,000 years ago. But it was not made in Europe until the year 1100. Four hundred years later, a German discovered that he could make the best paper from trees. After that countries rich in forests, such as Canada, Sweden, America and Finland became the most important ones in paper making.
Paper can be used in many ways. The common uses include newspapers, magazines and books. But do you know that paper can be used for keeping warm? In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow. And even houses can be insulated (使隔离) from heat or cold with paper.
However, we have to understand that paper still comes from trees now. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the Earth some day in the near future. Every day people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting down nearly 48,000 trees every day. The fact is that it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow.
So we must start saving paper right now. We can use both sides of every piece of paper. We can make useful things out of used paper. We can use china cups instead of paper ones. When shopping, we can use fewer paper bags and reuse them if we have some.
In short, we should keep a balance between using paper and protecting trees, and do it now before it is too late.
( ) 1. When did the Chinese begin to use paper money?
A. In the 5th century. B. In the 6th century.
C. In the 7th century. D. In the 15th century.
( ) 2. Why did Canada become an important country in paper making?
A. Because it was a large country. B. Because it had lots of forests.
C. Because it was a very rich country. D. Because the inventor was from Canada.
( ) 3. In Finland, paper is used for ______.
A. making beds B. reducing waste C. making umbrellas D. keeping warm
( ) 4. According to the passage, how many trees are needed to make one ton of paper?
A. 10. B. 17. C. 2,800. D. 48,000.
( ) 5. Paragraph 5 mainly talks about ______.
A. how paper boots are made B. how paper was invented
C. how we can save paper D. how we can make useful things
( ) 6. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Marco Polo travelled in China in the 15th century.
B. It only takes 5 years for a tree to grow up.
C. Cai Lun visited Europe 2,000 years ago.
D. The paper we use still comes from trees now.
B.Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage:
When I was in primary school, I had a big argument with a boy in my class. I can’t remember what it was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day. I was __1__ that I was right and he was wrong. However, he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a lesson. She came up with a good idea. She brought __2__ of us to the front of the class, then she placed the boy on one side of her grey desk and me on __3__. In the middle of the desk was a large, round object. It was clear for me __4__ that it was black. She asked the boy what colour the object was. “White,” he answered in a loud voice. I couldn’t believe that the object was white. One more argument started between the boy and me, this time about the colour of the object. The teacher told me to go where the boy was standing and told him to come where I had been. We changed __5__ and then she asked me what the colour of the object was. I had to answer, “White.” It was then that I __6__ what was wrong. It was an object with two differently coloured sides. From his side it was white only, but from my side it was black. My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must stand in other persons’ position and look at the situation through their eyes in order to truly understand their ideas.
( ) 1. A. sorry B. sad C. sure D. free
( ) 2. A. all B. both C. none D. neither
( ) 3. A. others B. another C. other D. the other
( ) 4. A. see B. saw C. to see D. seeing
( ) 5. A. rooms B. places C. cities D. classrooms
( ) 6. A. believed B. knew C. realize D. described
C.Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words:
Dear Editor,
Why do newspapers carry so many advertisements for electronic equipment? Last Sunday I c__1__ advertisements for seven kinds of televisions and thirteen kinds of radios in the News Express. B__2__ that, there were pages and pages of advertisements for radios and tape recorders.
Don’t you realize what electronic equipment is doing to our d__3__ life? Everywhere you go you may hear loud music and advertisements over radios: this noise is ruining our ears. Children ruin their eyes with hours of watching not only the programs for children but also those for grown-ups. Husbands don’t talk to wives any more and they are a__4__ watching the news or a ball game. And even w__5__, hidden microphones find out more about our private lives, and computers k__6__ records of personal information about us. Enough is enough! I think you should limit the a__7__ of advertising of electronic equipment in the News Express. Otherwise it will make life terrible for us all.
D. Answer the questions:
We parents like to make sure that our children are eating well and getting all the nutrients they need. Children need two or three kinds of vegetables every day.
A simple way to get children to eat vegetables is eating them ourselves. Following our habit, they may start eating vegetables. Don’t say like this, “If you eat vegetables, you can have desserts.” These methods work for a while but can possibly lead them to disliking vegetables more. Giving your children new varieties (多样性) which will help her or him develop a taste for trying new things.
Sometimes the simple things just don’t work. We have to start becoming a little creative when it comes to making our children eat vegetables. By doing this in the beginning when they are small, it will hopefully help them learn to love vegetables.
Think of creative ways to make children eat vegetables. For example, cut up vegetables like carrots, tomatoes, and assemble (集合) them in a creative way on a plate for an afternoon snack. Or try using cheese sauce either by dipping (浸) vegetables or by putting the cheese right on top of the uncooked vegetables.
If you prefer, you can also add a teaspoon of sugar on top of cooked green beans and peas to give them a little sweeter taste. Doing this couldn’t lead to a sweet tooth as long as you only give them a small amount.
If you have a child that refuses to eat vegetables, some of these suggestions I’ve listed will help to turn that around. In the end, you’re not just getting them to eat vegetables; you are helping them to live a healthier lifestyle.
1. How many kinds of vegetables does a child need every day?
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2. What is a simple way to let the children eat vegetables?
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3. What’s the advantage of thinking of creative ways when it comes to making children eat vegetables?
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4. Which will children usually prefer, vegetables or desserts?
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5. What couldn’t lead to a sweet tooth?
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6. What is this article mainly talking about?
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Keys:
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II. DAGFBE
III.1)as well 2)old enough;so couldn’t 3)where to 4)Both and;neither nor 5)won’t until 6)didn’t until 7)what like 8)has been 9)belongs to 10)charge of
IV.(A) CBDBCD
(B) CBDCBB
(C) 1. counted 2. Besides 3. daily 4. always / all 5. worse 6. keep 7. amount
(D) 1. Two or three.
2. Eating them ourselves. / The parents should eat vegetables themselves.
3. It will hopefully help them learn to love vegetables.
4. Desserts.
5. You can give children a small amount of sugar.
6. How to make children eat vegetables. (Any reasonable answer can be accepted.)