2023-2024学年牛津上海版英语八年级第二学期U7复习题(二)
I. Choose the best answer:
( ) 1. _________ young lady under the tree is _________ university professor.
A. A, a B. The, a C. A, an D. The, an
( ) 2. Tony is a(n) _________ boy. He never tells lies.
A. lively B. honest C. dull D. healthy
( ) 3. You must do this exercise _________ your own.
A. in B. on C. of D. for
( ) 4. When the father heard from his son from abroad, he became _________.
A. exciting B. happily C. happiness D. excited
( ) 5. is one of _________ shopping websites in China.
A. large B. larger C. largest D. the largest
( ) 6. It’s not safe for you to go to the forest alone, for you _________ lose your way in it.
A. need B. must C. should D. may
( ) 7. We should not pretend _________ when we do not know.
A. know B. to know C. knowing D. of knowing
( ) 8. Although Alice was busy _________ in college, she never forgot to phone her parents every day.
A. studying B. study C. to study D. studied
( ) 9. _________ fun it is to chat with you by WeChat every day!
A. How B. What a C. What D. What an
( ) 10. I don’t feel like _________ Suzhou because I have been there twice.
A. visit B. to visit C. visiting D. visited
( ) 11. He has a pain in the knee because he fell off his bicycle yesterday. The underlined word means “_________”.
A. ache B. fear C. worry D. fright
( ) 12. I won’t tell him about it by phone _________ he comes here by himself.
A. as soon as B. since C. unless D. though
( ) 13. I met my English teacher yesterday afternoon while I _________ in the street.
A. am walking B. was walking C. to walk D. walk
( ) 14. After reading the text, I’ve got to know _________.
A. where electricity comes from B. where electricity came from
C. where does electricity come from D. where did electricity come from
( ) 15. Kate has little bread for breakfast evey morning, _________
A. has she B. does she C. hasn’t she D. doesn’t she
II. Choose the proper words to complete the following passage. Each can be used only once:
A. rise B. have C. lonely D. hurt E. high F. alone G. seem
It’s a common sight to see food delivery workers riding electric bikes through big cities in China. Most of them ___1___ to be in a hurry, as they run red lights to deliver their meals in time. However, such reckless (鲁莽的) behavior often causes serious problems.
In the first half of last year, food delivery drivers had 76 traffic accidents in Shanghai ___2___. This means that on average, there is a food delivery worker that gets ___3___ or even dies on the road in Shanghai every 2.5 days.
Other cities also ___4___ similar problems. The ___5___ of reckless behavior among food delivery workers is closely related to the growing need for their service. However, food delivery workers are often under ___6___pressure (压力) from their employers. Moreover, the more orders they take, the more commission (佣金) they can earn, leading to some workers checking their mobile phones for new orders while they’re riding their bikes.
plete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms:
1. Sometimes, it is not easy for us to make everyone ________________ with our work. (please)
2. What’s your __________________ for being late (explain)
3. He talked to the young man in an extremely __________ way to show he is very angry. (polite)
4. His __________________ won the trust of people around him in the neighbourhood. (honest)
5. We can write poems about our _______________ and ideas. (feel)
IV. Rewrite the following sentences as required:
1. My friends paid attention to what he was doing at that moment. (改为否定句)
My friends _____________ ________________ attention to what he was doing at that moment.
2. The little girl was so scared that she wouldn’t go outside alone. (保持句意基本不变)
The little girl was __________________ scared __________________ go outside alone.
3. The magazine you are reading is Jane’s. (保持句意基本不变)
The magazine you are reading _______________ __________________ Jane.
4. Betty taught me how I could reject his outing plan without hurting him. (改为简单句)
Betty taught me how _______________ _______________ his outing plan without hurting him.
5. walks, a, plank, he, just, like, a superman, narrow, on (连词成句)
___________________________________________________.
V. Reading comprehension:
A. Choose the best answer:
More than 50,000,000 people live in the rainforests of the world and most of them do not hurt the forest they live in. They eat the fruits that grow on the forest trees, but they do not cut them down. They kill some animals to eat, but they do not destroy them.
When we cut down the rainforests, we destroy these forest people, too. In 1900, there were 1,000,000 forest people in the Amazon forest. In 1980, there were only 200,000.
The Yanomami live along the rivers of the rainforest in the north of Brazil. They have lived in the rainforest for about 10,000 years and they use more than 2,000 different plants for food and for medicine. But in 1988, someone found gold in their forest, and suddenly 45,000 people came to the forest and began looking for gold. They cut down the forest to make roads. They made more than a hundred airports. The Yanomami people lost land and food. Many died because new diseases came to the forest with the strangers.
The Yanomami people tried to save their forest, because it was their home. But the people who wanted gold were stronger.
Many forest people try to save their forests. Chico Mendes was famous in Brazil because he wanted to keep the forest for his people. In December 1988, people who wanted to cut down the forest killed Chico Mendes.
In Borneo, people were cutting down the forest of the Penan people to sell the wood. The Penan people tried to save their rainforest. They made blockades (障碍物) across the roads into the forest. In 1987, they closed fifteen roads for eight months. No one cut down any trees during that time.
( ) 1. How many people live in the rainforests of the world?
A. More than five million. B. More than fifty million.
C. More than five hundred million. D. More than fifty thousand.
( ) 2. The number of the people living in the Amazon forest in 1980 was ____ of that in 1900.
A. half B. one-third C. two-fifths D. one-fifth
( ) 3. The people who _________ have destroyed the rainforest of the Yanomami.
A. pick fruits and kill animals to eat B. use plants for food and medicine
C. have lived there for about ten thousand years D. made roads and airports
( ) 4. Those people made roads and airports in order to _________.
A. carry away the gold conveniently B. make people there live a better life
C. stop spreading the new diseases D. develop the tourism there
( ) 5. Which of the following is WRONG?
A. The Penan people closed 15 roads with blockades to save their forest.
B. The Penan people were cutting down the trees to sell the wood.
C. The Penan people didn’t want other people to destroy their forest.
D. Those who wanted to cut down the trees were stopped by the road blockades.
( ) 6. From the passage, we learn that _________.
A. we need wood to build houses, so we have to cut down trees
B. the rainforest people have done something to protect their home
C. to humans, gold is more important than trees
D. we mustn’t cut down any trees or kill any animals
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage:
How would you use a radio or a telephone if you had no electricity or batteries These ___1___ bothered British inventor Trevor Baylis. So in 1996 he ___2___ a wind-up (装有发条的) radio. It doesn’t need electricity or batteries. You wind it ___3___ hand. It plays for about an hour. Then, you wind it up again.
Then in 1999, Baylis invented a mobile telephone that is powered by shoes. The shoes ___4___ a small battery that is powered when you walk. This battery is connected to a mobile phone. These two simple inventions can bring modern ___5___ to all parts of the world.
Baylis doesn’t have a university degree in engineering. In fact, he left high school before graduating. He just loves making things to help people. He never knows ___6___ ideas will come to him. The idea for the telephone came to him in a dream.
( ) 1. A. dreams B. problems C. inventions D. wishes
( ) 2. A. invented B. improved C. borrowed D. copied
( ) 3. A. in B. at C. on D. by
( ) 4. A. call B. complain C. contain D. without
( ) 5. A. communications B. exhibitions C. suggestions D. instructions
( ) 6. A. because B. while C. unless D. when
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words:
In the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression (进攻性) in other animals. This sometimes h___1___ to humans too. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors f___2___ me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy.
From my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, but sometimes I feel sad because, those who appear independent miss the kindness I see d___3___. They don’t get to see this soft side of others. Often, we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But o___4___ when we stop pretending we’re brave or strong, do we allow people to show the kindness that’s in them.
Last month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more s__5___ than usual. People behind me began to get i___6___ and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, honking (按喇叭) or even shouting at me. At that moment,I decided to do something I had never done in twenty four years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed. No more angry shouts and no more horns!
When I put on my flashlights, I was saying to the other drivers, “I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can.” And e___7___understood. Instead of getting angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.
Sometimes situations need us to act strong and brave even when we don’t feel that way. But it would be not bad if we can show our real feelings.
D. Answer the questions:
There once was a young man who went to India. In those times, we didn’t have airplanes or many other kinds of modern transportation as now. So the young man went to India on foot. He hadn’t been to India before. And when he got there, he saw a lot of fruit. In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is expensive, because they can’t grow much because of the water situation. He saw a big basket of very red and long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop.
So he went up and asked, “How much is it per kilo ” And the shopkeeper said, “Two rupees (卢比).”
Two rupees in India is nothing; it’s like dirt. So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it.
He ate some of it. Oh, my God! His eyes watered, his mouth watered; his eyes were burning, his head was burning; and his face became red. As he coughed, he jumped up and down, saying “Ah! Ah! Ah!” But he still kept eating the fruit!
Some people looking at him shook their heads and said, “You’re crazy, man. Those are chilies (辣椒)! You can’t eat so many; they’re not good for you! People use them as a condiment (调味品), but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You can’t just eat them like that; they’re not fruit!”
But the stupid young man said, “No, I can’t stop! I paid money for them, and now I’ll eat them. It’s my money!”
And you think that young man was stupid, right Similarly, we sometimes do a lot of things like that. We still continue just because we’ve put money, time, effort and love into it, just like the man who ate the chilies and felt so bad but couldn’t stop because he didn’t want to waste the money he had paid.
So even if you’ve lost something, let it go and move on. That’s better than continuing to lose.
1. How did the young man go to India
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2. Why is fruit expensive in India
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3. When did his face become red
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4. Some people thought the young man was crazy, didn’t they
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5. What can you learn from this story
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Keys:
I. BBBDD DBACC ACBAB
II. GFDBAE
III. 1. pleased 2. explanation 3. impolite 4. honesty 5. feelings
IV. 1. didn’t pay 2. too, to 3. belongs to 4. to reject
5. He walks on a narrow plank just like a superman.
V. A. BDDABB
B. BADCAD
C. 1. happens 2. for 3. daily 4. only 5. strong 6. impatient 7. everyone
D. 1. On foot.
2. People there can’t grow much fruit because of the water situation.
3. After / (As soon as) he ate some chilies.
4. Yes, they did.
5. Never do foolish things like the young man. / Even if you’ve lost something, let it go and move on. (Any reasonable answer can be accepted.)