Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet? 单元检测题 （无答案）2023-2024学年人教版八年级英语下册

Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet 单元检测卷
一、单项选择。（每小题1分，共10分）
1. There is ___________ island in the middle of the lake. It's ___________ most beautiful island I have ever seen.
A. a; the B. a; a C. an; the D. an; an
2. —Do you know Li Na
—The tennis player. Of course I know her. She is really a great player. And her way to ______ isn't smooth.
A. succeed B. success C. successful D. successfully
3.—Nancy, do you like pop music
—Yes, I do. _________________, I am a super fan of pop music.
A. Instead B. Actually C. Nearly D. Hardly
4. —The American warships(军舰) have appeared near South China Sea Islands again.
—We must let the Americans know clearly that the islands ______________ China.
A. come from B. belong to C. care about D. believe in
5. Mobile phones are important in the _________________ world.
A. ancient B. modern C. amazing D. endangered
6.—The exciting film is for showing in August, 2020.—Sounds great! I can t wait to see it!
A. due B. good C. fit D. possible
7.—Have you finished your task —Yes. I have finished it.
A. yet; yet B. yet; already C. already; already D. already; yet
8.In our school library there ________ a number of books on science, and in these years the number of them ________ growing larger and larger.
A. are; is B. is; are C. have; are D. has; is
9.—My aunt is in France now. I want to see her.
—Sounds great! But you can't speak .
A. Chinese B. English C. French D. Japanese
10.If you don t , you won t catch the early bus.
A. stay up B. hurry up C. give up D. put up
二、阅读理解。 (每小题2分，共30分）
A
When he was a teenager, Hunter Adams was very unhappy and he spent many years in a special hospital for people with mental (精神的) health problems.
When he left the hospital, Adams decided to become a doctor, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, the USA．But when he was there, he did things in a different way. For example, he didn’t like the doctors’ white coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn’t like Adams because he was too different.
But Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them. He spent a lot of time with children in hospital and often dressed up like a clown to make the children laugh. When he finished medical school and became a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital, called “The Gesundheit Institute”, together with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people.
Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1998, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film (called Patch Adams), Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said, “Adams is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who is a friend. I enjoyed playing him.”
11．When did Adams have mental health problems
A．After he left medical school. B．During the 1980s.
C．When he was a teenage boy. D．After the film came out.
12．Why did the doctors at the medical school dislike Adams
A．Because he was a warm person. B．Because he had mental health problems.
C．Because he was a clown. D．Because he wasn’t the same as others.
13．The Gesundheit Institute _________.
A．was a hospital B．belonged to Universal Pictures
C．could make films D．was a medical school
14．According to the passage, which statement is NOT true
A．Adams wore shirts instead of white uniforms when visiting patients.
B．Robin Williams believed that patients need a doctor who is a friend.
C．In Adams’ opinion, not only medicine was needed for patients.
D．Robin Williams was an actor.
15．The passage mainly tells us about ________.
A．how to cheer up patients B．people with mental health problems
C．a film about Adams D．a doctor named Hunter Adams
B
Mark Twain: father of American literature
On the night of Nov 30, 1835, a boy named Samuel Clemens was born in Florida, US. Many years later, the world would know this boy as Mark Twain.
Mark Twain is one of the greatest US writers of all time. Some people even call him the father of American literature.
Like many US writers of his day, Twain had little school education. As a teenager, he worked as a printer. Later, he worked as a riverboat pilot, miner and freelancer for newspapers. These experiences gave him wonderful writing material.
Mark Twain is considered the greatest humorist of his age. His jokes go to the roots of human nature. In 1873, Twain released a book called The Gilded Age. The book made fun of the very wealthy people of the time.
Besides humor, Twain developed a unique writing style that was very American. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885 in the US) describes the adventures of a boy, Huck Finn, and a black slave, Jim. Twain used dialects in the novel, making the character’s speech sound like real Americans: using local dialects, newly invented words, and regional accents.
Twain’s writing style has influenced many writers. “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn,” Ernest Hemingway wrote in 1935.
In 1910, Twain died of heart disease. But his brilliance keeps on shining to this day.
16. Mark Twain was born in________.
A. 1830 B. 1873 C. the UK D. the US
17. Mark Twain’s________ gave him wonderful writing material.
A. educational experiences B. working experiences C. family D. teachers
18. Mark Twain released the book The Gilded Age in________.
A. 1835 B. 1873 C. 1885 D. 1935
19. Mark Twain used dialects in his novel to________.
A. extensive English
B. enable readers to understand
C. make the character’s speech sound like real Americans
D. make the character’s speech sound like real British
20. Mark Twain died of________.
A. heart disease B. an accident C. lung disease D. the virus
C
Grain in Ear, or Mangzhong in Chinese, is the ninth solar term (节气) of the year. 21 Mangzhong is a pun (双关语) on the phrase “busy planting” in Chinese. 22 “Busy” is the keyword. Farmers need to plant various crops, such as beans and sweet potatoes. They also need to harvest wheat (小麦) and vegetables in time.
23 In southern China, this period of time is called the plum rain season (梅雨季节). Plum rains often happen during June and July. Plums become ripe (熟的) during this time, so this long summer period of rainy or cloudy weather is called the plum rain season.
Plum rains might be unpleasant, but plum wine has been popular among the Chinese for thousands of years. 24 However, fresh plums taste sour. Therefore, Chinese people make wines with them instead of eating them directly. They also use plums to make a sour plum drink and preserved plums.
25 They put plums into rice wine and added sugar. Then they sealed (密封) the mixture in a bottle and kept it for 30 days before drinking. Today, people still make plum wine with alcohol, and such drinks can be kept for years.
A. How did the ancient Chinese people make plum wine B. Plums are good for people’s health. C. It describes what a farmer’s life is like during this period of time. D. It falls on June 5 this year. E. Grain in Ear usually begins a period of increased rainfall. F. Do you like the ancient Chinese people
三、语言知识运用。(每小题1分，共20分）
A
A. meters B. ancient C. wide D. or E. protect F. square
There are many places of interest in Beijing, such as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City is in the center of Beijing. It reaches about 750 26 from the east to the west. It is 720,000 27 meters in size. It is the largest palace in the world. To 28 the people inside the palace, the 29 people built a moat （护城河） around it, which is 52 meters 30 and 6 meters deep.
A. includes B. buildings C. nobody D.tourist E. achievements F. thick
There is also a 31 wall, which is 3 kilometers long and 10 meters high. The wall 32 four gates in it. They are Wumen in the south, Shenwumen in the north, Donghuamen in the east and Xihuamen in the west. On the four corners of the wall stand four towers. All the 33 are strong and amazing. They are great 34 of Chinese ancient architecture （中国古建筑）. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the emperors and their families worked and lived in the Forbidden City. Now, thousands of 35 come to visit it every day.
B
The highest mountain in the world is Qomolangma. It is about 8, 848. 86meters 　36． _sea level. Many men have tried to climb this mountain 　37． 　without success high winds, cold and little oxygen(氧气)have made this almost 　38． 　impossible thing. It was not until 1953 that two men 　39． 　(stand)on the top of Qomolangma. One of the men 　40． 　(be)Edmund Hillary from New Zealand. The other was Tenzing Norgay of Nepal. They 　41． (spend)about sixty days 　42． 　(finish)the whole climbing. The last day, 　43． 　 half past eleven they were on the top of Qomolangma. They wanted to stay there for some time, but they couldn't. It was too cold and 　44． 　(danger). They had climbed as 　45． 　(high)as people could climb.
36. ______ 37. ______ 38. ______ 39. ______ 40. ______
41. ______ 42. ______ 43. ______ 44. ______ 45. ______
四、请阅读下面的短文，回答问题。（每小题2分，共10分）
As we all know, the giant panda is a symbol of China. And people all over the world like this cute animal. During these years, our government has taken action to protect it. Thanks to our governments efforts, the animal is growing in number and already not on the endangered species (物种)list. However, it doesn’t go far enough. Now the government is trying hard to help more giant pandas live in the wild. Not long ago, two giant pandas, Ba Xi and Ying Xue, caught many people's eyes because they became the eighth and ninth pandas to be sent back to the wild.
Ba Xi and Ying Xue were both two years old. They were born at Wolong Hetaoping Wild Training Base and had got the back-to-nature training since they were born. Ba Xi’s mother, Xi Mei, taught him how to climb trees when he was just four months old. And Ying Xue's mother started bringing her to the forest to find food when she was little. After two years of training, they grew well and learnt basic survival (生存) skills. Experts all agreed to send them back to nature.
On the day when the two pandas left, a ceremony (仪式)was held at Liziping Nature Reserve and many reporters were invited to experience the important moment together. Ba Xi and Ying Xue left their cages(笼子) and quickly ran into the bamboo forest. With the GPS put on them, experts said they would keep an eye on their activities and study how well the two pandas would get used to the wild life.
46. What is a symbol of China
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47. How many pandas have been sent back to the wild so far
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48. Who taught Ba Xi to climb trees
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49.Where was the ceremony held
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50. Why did the experts put the GPS on Ba Xi and Ying Xue
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五、句型转换。（每小题2分，共10分）
51.Tom runs fast. Allan runs faster.(同义句)
Tom Allan.
52. The Caspian Sea is deeper than any other salt lake in the world.(同义句转换)
The Caspian Sea is in the world.
53. How many people are there in Europe
________ ________ ________ of Europe
54.The Qomolangma is 8,848.86 meters high. (对画线部分提问)
is the Qomolangma
55. The population of our city is 18,000,000.( 对划线部分提问)
___________ _________ the population of your city
六、补全对话。（每小题2分，共10分）
根据对话情景填入适当的句子补全对话。
A: What do you think is the most beautiful mountain in China
B: Mount Huang, of course.
A:56._________________________________________________________
B: It’s in Anhui Province.
A:57._________________________________________________________
B:It is about 1,864 meters high.
A: Did you go there before
B: Yes, I did.
A: 58._____________________________________________________
B: I went there last summer.
A: 59._____________________________________________________
B: I went there with my parents. What about you Did you go there before
A: 60.____________________________.But I plan to go there this summer.
B．I’m sure you will have a good time when you visit it.
A: I hope so.
七、书面表达。（10分）
“读万卷书，行万里路。”你校英语社团将举办以“热爱阅读”为主题的征文活动。请根据以下提示，以“Enjoy Reading, Enjoy Life”为题写篇短文，分享你对阅读的看法，并提出建议。
内容要点：1.阅读给你和同学们带来了什么好处，如：开阔视野(open one’s eyes)……；
2．同学们在阅读中还存在什么问题，如：一些人不愿意阅读，一些人没时间阅读……；
3．针对存在的问题，提出你的建议(至少2条)。
注意：1.词数80—100，开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2．短文必须包括所有要点，可以适当发挥；
3．文中不得出现真实人名、校名和地名等。
Enjoy Reading, Enjoy Life
Reading has become part of our life.
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