Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world?语篇组合检测（含答案）

2023-2024学年初中英语八年级下册单元过关检测
Unit 7 语篇组合
（人教新目标，含答案）
一、完形填空
（一）
The Sahara is one of the world’s 1 deserts. Many people think it has always been a desert 2 they are wrong. At one time the Sahara was under water, and then the water went away and things grew. 3 , hot winds made everything very dry and then 4 could grow.
During the day, the Sahara can be 5 place in the world. One day, in 1924, it was 136.4 °F, or 58℃. 6 night, however, it is not so hot. And in winter it can be very cold. Not 7 big animals can live in the desert. The camel is the best known and there 8 also a kind of deer. These animals can live for a long time 9 water. There are also people living in the desert. They are called Bedouins（贝多因人）. They don’t live in the same place all the time, but move about 10 place to place.
（ ）1．A．big B．bigger C．the biggest D．biggest
（ ）2．A．but B．and C．or D．so
（ ）3．A．However B．Because C．So D．And
（ ）4．A．everything B．anything C．something D．nothing
（ ）5．A．hot B．hotter C．hottest D．the hottest
（ ）6．A．In B．On C．At D．By
（ ）7．A．much B．many C．a lot D．a lots of
（ ）8．A．be B．is C．are D．has
（ ）9．A．with B．without C．have D．has
（ ）10．A．between B．by C．from D．of
（二）
Pandas are one of China’s treasures. They are so lovely that many foreign tourists come to China to see them every year.
Some of the foreigners even choose to 11 pandas. Abe Nobuko, from Japan, is
one of them. She came to Sichuan many years ago to work 12 a panda keeper.
When Abe was three years old, her grandmother bought 13 a panda doll (玩偶). The little girl 14 it very much. She would go everywhere with it. 15 Abe grew up, she learned a lot about pandas.
One day, her mother 16 to her, “You like pandas so much. Why don’t you find a 17 that has something to do with pandas ” Abe thought it was a great idea.
In order to work as a panda keeper, Abe learned 18 in college. After graduation, she came to China to study about animal protection. Three years later, she started working at a panda base in Sichuan.
Abe does her best to 19 the pandas at the base are healthy and happy. The job is 20 , but Abe never complains (抱怨). “I love pandas and I love this job,” she says.
Do you like pandas Do you want to work as a panda keeper If you do, then try to learn as much about pandas as you can!
（ ）11．A．stay with B．look for C．play with D．pay for
（ ）12．A．as B．like C．for D．with
（ ）13．A．him B．her C．us D．you
（ ）14．A．wanted B．liked C．hated D．treated
（ ）15．A．Because B．Though C．When D．If
（ ）16．A．spoke B．talked C．said D．told
（ ）17．A．hobby B．place C．job D．story
（ ）18．A．English B．Japanese C．French D．Chinese
（ ）19．A．make sure B．ask for C．learn from D．hear of
（ ）20．A．tiring B．interesting C．surprising D．exciting
二、阅读理解
（一）
There are places in North America where great cities once stood. There were gardens, trees and grass. But now these places are like deserts. Scientists began to study this land to find out what had happened. Many of them believe the land died when the trees were cut down.
Trees help other plants grow. Tree roots (树根) hold the soil in place. They keep the wind from blowing away the soil. Leaves on the ground keep rainwater from running off. Trees near
farms can help to stop strong winds.
Once there were hundreds of farms in the northwest of the US. Then the farms turned into fields of dry land. This was because few trees grow there.
Now we try to save trees. In many places, when a tree is cut down, a new tree is planted in its place. We don’t want the land to die.
（ ）21．Places where great cities stood are now like ________.
A．forests B．deserts C．farms D．gardens
（ ）22．The underlined word “its” means ________.
A．the old tree’s B．the new tree’s C．the place’s D．the land’s
（ ）23．Why are trees important
A．Because they turn fields into dry land. B．Because they help other plants grow.
C．Because they help strong winds blow. D．Because they keep rainwater running off.
（ ）24．What does the text tell us
A．Farms are better than cities. B．There are no deserts in America.
C．Lands will die without trees. D．All the trees are cut down.
（ ）25．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage
A．You can’t find any trees or grass in North America.
B．Trees help us live a life as we are living now.
C．Trees grow only in the deserts.
D．Trees can blow soil away.
（二）
Do you know why different animals or pests (害虫) have their special colors Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts (蝗虫). But birds cannot easily catch them. Why It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other pests with different colors from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of coloring is protecting themselves. Bears, tigers and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be seen by hunters.
This is because they have the colors much like the trees.
Have you ever noticed an even stranger act An octopus (章鱼) can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over, the enemies cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it isn’t strong at all.
（ ）26．From the passage we learn that locusts ________.
A．are small animals B．are easily found by birds
C．are dangerous to their enemies D．change their colors to protect themselves
（ ）27．How can pests with different colors from plants keep out of danger
A．They run away quickly.
B．Their colors are like their enemies’.
C．They hide themselves in the day and appear at night.
D．They have to move quietly.
（ ）28．Bears and tigers can keep safe because they ________.
A．have the colors much like the trees B．move quickly
C．like brown and grey colors D．live in forests
（ ）29．An octopus lives up to now because ________.
A．it is very big and strong
B．the liquid it sends out helps it escape from its enemies
C．the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies
D．it swims faster than any other fish
（ ）30．Which is the BEST title for this passage
A．The Changes of Colors for Animals and Pests
B．Colors of Different Animals and Pests
C．The Main Use of Colors for Animals and Pests
D．Some Animals and Pests
（三）
On my recent trip to Sydney with my parents, we visited the Wildlife Park.
The Wildlife Park has lots of different animals and birds. Some are native (当地的) toAustralia and can only be found there. There are over 600 animals there, including kangaroos,koalas and crocodiles (鳄鱼). They are kept in their natural environment. I like the
Wildlife Park better than a zoo where most of the animals are in cages (笼子).
We first spent some time with the kangaroos. We were allowed to touch and feed them. It was very exciting to be so close to them. There were koalas there too. They looked very cuddly (令人想拥抱的). Although we were not allowed to carry them, I got to take a photo with one. It is a wonderful souvenir (纪念品) of my holiday in Sydney.
The Wildlife Park has plenty of freshwater and saltwater crocodiles. Some of them arereally big and scary (吓人的) with huge teeth! I did not want to get too close to them.
There was also a bird show. The keepers showed us different species (种类) they had. I saw an old parrot which could “talk”. It made a great impression on me.
I enjoyed the trip very much. There was so much to see.
（ ）31．Where is the Wildlife Park
A．In Sydney. . B．In Cairo. . C．In Athens. . D．In Rome.
（ ）32．What is a wonderful souvenir of the writer’s holiday
A．A parrot that could talk. . B．A chance to feed a koala.
C．A photo with a koala. . D．Food for the kangaroos.
（ ）33．Why didn’t the writer want to get very close to the crocodiles
A．They lived in water. B．The writer was afraid of them.
C．The writer did not want to feed them.
D．The writer did not like the smell of saltwater.
（ ）34．Which of the following is true
A．The kangaroos are kept in cages in the Wildlife Park.
B．The writer travelled to the Wildlife Park alone.
C．The writer went to see koalas first.
D．The writer watched a bird show.
（ ）35．How did the writer feel after visiting the Wildlife Park
A．Excited. . B．Unhappy. . C．Bored. . D．Hopeless.
（四）
Once there were many thousands of Gourma Desert (沙漠) elephants in Mali, a country in West Africa. Now, there are fewer than four hundred.
Why did the number of the elephants drop so quickly On the one hand, the elephants’
main lake, their only water source (来源), dried up. On the other hand, the land which the elephants lived on was overused by humans.
To protect the elephants’ living environment, the Mali Elephant Project (MEP) was started in 2007. MEP met with local people and helped them make rules of using land and water. As a result, the situation became better and there was more food, forest and grassland.
However, from 2012 to 2016, poaching (偷猎) and illegal trade in the elephants increased rapidly. Eighty-three elephants were lost in 2015 alone, and another fifty-one elephant were killed in 2016. “If this situation goes on, all the Gourma elephants will be killed by 2020,” said a member of MEP.
Luckily, the voice of MEP was heard. More organizations (组织) have joined together to educate the local people that trading elephants is against the law. Elephant poaching has dropped to a very low level. The local people have learned to live peacefully with the elephants, one of the wildlife treasures in the world.
（ ）36．MEP was started to ________.
A．raise more elephants in Mali B．stop the main lake from drying up
C．discover water source for elephants D．protect the elephants’ living environment
（ ）37．What does the word “illegal” in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese
A．公平的 B．亏损的 C．非法的 D．合理的
（ ）38．Eighty-three elephants were lost ________.
A．in 2012 B．in 2015 C．in 2016 D．in 2020
（ ）39．We can learn from the last paragraph that ________.
A．the number of organizations has dropped
B．there is much less elephant poaching now
C．the local people keep the elephants at home
D．the whole world live peacefully with elephants
（ ）40．This passage is mainly about ________.
A．the rules of using land and water B．the education of the local people
C．the work of Mali Elephant Project D．the situation of Gourma Desert elephants
三、阅读判断
People already know a lot about animals. However, there are still some things about
animals that may surprise you. Here are some facts about animals you probably didn’t know.
Cows do have best friends and feel stressed when they are separated. Scientists have found that cows are very social animals and a cow always makes friends with other cows. When a cow is with its friends, it feels relaxed, compared with when it is alone.
During breeding season, a male penguin (企鹅) will offer a small stone to a female penguin as a gift. If she takes it, they will become partners. When the female penguin lays an egg, she and her partner may carry it on their feet, because some penguins don’t build nests (鸟巢).
Crocodiles (鳄鱼) swallow (吞) stones. Crocodiles always swallow their food instead of eating it like other animals. They swallow stones which break the food into very small pieces in their stomachs. These stones may stay in their stomachs all their lives.
Elephants use plants to treat pain or other illness. Scientists once found a pregnant (怀孕的) elephant in Africa who ate a kind of plant which was not part of her normal food. Four days later, she gave birth to a baby elephant. The same plant was used by the local pregnant women.
根据短文内容,判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示,不正确的用“B”表示。
（ ）41．A cow hates making friends with other cows.
（ ）42．All the male penguins will build nests if the female penguins lay eggs.
（ ）43．Crocodiles swallow stones to help with digestion (消化).
（ ）44．Elephants eat plants only when they are hungry.
（ ）45．The passage mainly tells us some surprising facts about animals.
四、阅读还原
Green Home campaigners (发起者) really love the nature world. In fact, we love it so much that we’re determined (决心) to do our best to protect it. 46 For that, we need money too. GreenHome can be strong only with the support from people like you. 47
If the joy of walking through the green forest, the excitement of climbing ancient rocks, or even the simple pleasure of watching wildlife in its own habitat (栖息地) really moves you, then share GreenHome’s idea of the world. Please turn that idea into some support today.
48 So take action right now! Even a very small amount, like $1 a month, will soon build up into a valuable contribution (贡献) to protecting the natural world we love so much. 49 We’ll also use it to develop ways to deal with environmental problems.
Think about it in another way. If you want a future where you can continue to do the things
you love in the great outdoors, you need to make sure you’ve got a great outdoors to do them in. 50 And this way is simple enough—that’s got to be worth $1 a month.
A．Giving GreenHome your support is one way you can do that.
B．But determination alone will not protect the environment.
C．That’s why we’re asking you to join us today.
D．And we won’t just use it to stop bad things.
E．Everything we do costs money.
五、选词填空
scary also finish he since but night young get trip
Three-year-old Jackson and his seven-year-old sister, Freya, reached the top of a 3,000-meter mountain, led by climber dad Leo. Jackson has become the 51 climber to reach the top of such a high mountain. Jackson with his father, Leo, and his sister, Freya, 52 the trip together. They were with Jackson all the way.
Jackson’s father Leo carried 53 part of the way. Leo said, “I enjoyed the climb by myself and I 54 enjoyed the happiness together with my children.” Freya made the 55 without any help. She said, “I found it was fun and 56 during the trip. I’m proud of (为……感到骄傲) myself.”
Leo celebrated his 40th birthday at the top of the mountain on the Switzerland-Italy order (边界). He said, “It’s great 57 to the top. I knew it was a big risk, 58 we never felt out of our depth (超出本身的能力).”
The family spent three 59 on the top of the mountain from July 25, 2020, though they were in freezing temperatures and strong winds. It was 153 years 60 American William Coolidge had climbed this mountain for the first time.
六、短文填空
One day, a man was walking by the corner of a street. Here he met 61 little boy holding a bird cage and selling the birds inside. He 62 (stop) and looked very sadly at the birds without freedom in front of him. The birds were screaming in the cage, trying to fly away.
After standing 63 a moment, he said to the boy, "How much does 64 (you) bird cost I want…"
"One fifty cents, sir," the boy answered quickly.
"I am afraid that you are mistaken. I am not asking how much it is." The man said, "I would like 65 (buy) all of them. What I ask is how much you want for them."
Hearing this, the boy 66 (happy) counted the number of the birds in the cage.
"They cost five dollars."
"Here 67 (be) the money!" The man passed the money. The boy counted excitedly. However, he then was 68 (surprise) to find all the birds had flown away.
"OH, my god, for what reason did you do that, sir You don't even get a bird!" The boy asked the man who set the birds free.
"My boy, let me tell you 69 I did this." The man said, "I have no right to get them. Every life should be free and they are our 70 (friend). So we should give them freedom."
七、任务型阅读
（一）
The giant panda is one of the most popular animals in the world. A giant panda can grow up to 1.5 meters tall and weigh up to 160kg. People think the giant panda is very lovely. ①So it is not surprising that the World Wide Fund for Nature chose the giant panda as its symbol. The WWF tells people about animals that are in danger and raises money to save them.
The giant panda only lives in the wild in China. In the early 1980s, there were only 1,000 left in the wild. The main reason why pandas are endangered is that the area where panda can live has become smaller.
The WWF works to help giant pandas in the wild in many ways. One of the ways is to increase the size of panda reserves（自然保护区）. Some reserves need to be joined together by planting bamboo between them to make “corridors”. These are paths that lead from one reserve to another. No one may harm the pandas in these areas. The corridors let pandas move from one habitat（栖息地）to another to look for food. ②People are working very hard to make sure the giant panda does not die out.
71．How long and heavy can a giant panda grow to be
72．将文中画线的句子①改为被动句。
So it is not surprising that by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
73．Why are the giant pandas endangered
74．Give a way to help the giant pandas in the wild, please.
75．将文中画线的句子②翻译成中文。
（二）
As we all know, environmental pollution is serious now. Our group wanted to know how much our young people knew about this problem and whether they realized the situation of our environment. So we made a survey of them.
This survey was mainly about many different environmental problems in China and the situation of the polluted environment. What’s more, we also paid attention to the environmental awareness (环保意识) of our young people. In the project, we also designed a questionnaire (问卷调查) to survey the young people in China.
The questions in the questionnaire could be divided into two parts. One was mainly about some knowledge of the environmental problems in China, the other was about environmental awareness.
The results of our questionnaire
Do you know about these problems

Use the plastic bags

From the results of the questionnaire, we can see our young people’s environmental awareness needs to be raised and they are short of the knowledge of the environment. It’s really worrying.
76．Why did the group do the survey
77．How many parts are there in the questionnaire
78．Which is known by the most people among the problems
79．According to the chart, what do 15% of the people sometimes do
80．What does the data (数据) of the two survey charts show
（三）
Have you ever heard of Iceland Iceland is a European country. It used to be one of the richest countries in the world. Its total area is 103 thousand square kilometers. Summer in Iceland is very short, which lasts from June to August. Its winter starts from September and ends next May.
In 1980, Iceland started to develop its tourist industry. Forty years has passed since then. In summer, plenty of tourists from all over the world come here to have a visit. In winter, people in Iceland have to spend the long dark night. They usually have a lot of special activities, such as skating, riding snow motorbikes and having parties to have an exciting night.
Because of a long cold winter, Iceland has a short growing season. Food problem was always a headache for Iceland in the past. Now the problem is being solved.
Iceland — a Country in 81
Its total area 103,000 82 kilometers
When Iceland started to develop its tourist industry Forty years 83
What people do to have an exciting night in winter They 84 , ride snow motorbikes and have parties.
Why Iceland has a short 85 season Because of a long cold winter
参考答案：
1．D 2．A 3．A 4．D 5．D 6．C 7．B 8．B 9．B 10．C
11．A 12．A 13．B 14．B 15．C 16．C 17．C 18．D 19．A 20．A
21．B 22．A 23．B 24．C 25．B
26．D 27．C 28．A 29．B 30．C
31．A 32．C 33．B 34．D 35．A
36．D 37．C 38．B 39．B 40．D
41．B 42．B 43．A 44．B 45．A
46．B 47．C 48．E 49．D 50．A
51．youngest 52．finished 53．him 54．also 55．trip 56．scary 57．to get 58．but 59．nights 60．since
61．a 62．stopped 63．for 64．your 65．to buy 66．happily 67．is 68．surprised 69．why 70．friends
71．It can grow up to 1.5 meters long and weigh up to 160kg.
72．the giant panda was chosen as its symbol
73．Because the area where pandas can live has become smaller.
74．To increase the size of panda reserves.
75．人们为了确保大熊猫不灭绝而努力工作着。
76．(Because) the group wanted to know how much our young people knew about environmental pollution and whether they realized the situation of our environment. 77．Two parts./Two./2. 78．Air pollution.
79．They use the plastic bags./15%/Fifteen percent of the people use the plastic bags. 80．①We can see our young people’s environmental awareness needs to be raised and they are short of the knowledge of the environment.
②It shows (that) our young people’s environmental awareness needs to be raised and they are short of the knowledge of the environment.
81．Europe 82．square 83．ago 84．skate 85．growing