Module 3 Unit 6 Ancient stories 强化练习（含解析）沪教牛津版英语八年级上册

Unit 6 强化练习
一、单词拼写
1. Failure is the mother of the s________.
2. We should r_______ the old and be polite to them.
3. The teachers have i_______ us to Japanese culture.
4. It’s been a f_________ experience so far and we’ve had a great time.
5. We should keep it s_________ and never tell others.
6.He did well in the last test e_______for some small mistakes.
7. A tall man went into my room q___________and nobody noticed him.
8. They have tried to c__________our city for ten years.
二、用所给词的适当形式填空。
1. The students sat ________ (quiet) and listened to their teacher carefully.
2.In the tests, students always try________ (get) high scores.
3. The little boy decided__________ (tell) his mother the truth.
4. He is a __________ (succeed) man.
5. He loves reading. He can always learn lots of things by________ (read) books.
6. There are many beautiful flowers on both ____ (side) of the street.
7. In order to go to school early, I need _________ (catch) the early bus.
8. The workers are very tired because their boss orders them _______ (work) all day.
三、选择题
（ ）1. --- How long ________ you ________ at this school
--- I have been here ________.
A. do; stay; in two months B. did; stay; for two months
C. have; stayed; since two months D. have; stayed; since two months ago
（ ）2. Nobody likes this piece of work ________ you.
A. besides B. in addition to C. except D. as well as
（ ）3. Uncle Wang________ in this factory for 20 years already.
A. will work B. works C. has worked D. is working
（ ）4. John likes history very much. he spends one hour________ ancient stories every day.
A. reading B. to read C. reads D. read
（ ）5. --- Miss Li will check our homework this afternoon. Have you finished it
--- Yes. I ________it last night.
A. do B. did C. will do D. have done
（ ）6. Class is over, everyone. You can stop ________ a rest for 10 minutes.
A. have B. having C. to have D. to having
（ ）7. --- Who helped Betty tidy up the bedroom just now
--- ________. She cleaned all by herself.
A. Somebody B. Nobody C. Everybody D. Anybody
（ ）8. Many people took part in 10,00-meter race, but only________ them kept on running to the end.
And ________ these people is 100.
A. the number of; the number of B. a number of; a number of
C. a number of; the number of D. the number of; a number of
（ ）9. The club members ________ an English play named Romeo and Juliet. It’s wonderful!
A. put off B. got on C. took off D. put on
（ ）10. ---Hello, this is Kate speaking.
---Hello, Kate. ________ Jack.
A. I’m B. It’s C. He’s D. That’s
四、完成句子
1.我的同学们昨天为他们表演了梁山伯与祝英台的故事。
My classmates__________ __________ the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai for them yesterday.
2. 你拿别人开玩笑是不对的。
It’s wrong of you__________ __________ __________ __________ others.
3. 每年暑假期间，北京的故宫满是游客。
Every summer vacation, the Forbidden City in Beijing__________ __________ __________ tourists.
4. 加油！我们相信你能成功。
__________ __________! We are sure that you will make it.
5. 最后，玛丽在英语演讲比赛中获胜了。
__________ __________ __________, Mary won the English speaking competition.
五、完形填空
Ben’s mother worried about him. Ben always did 1_____ than others in school. Some students played jokes on him. The mother 2_____ that she would help her son by herself. She told Ben to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a book every week and write a book report 3_____.
One day, in Ben’s class, the teacher took out a stone and asked who knew it. No one could, but Ben put up his 4_____ and the teacher let him answer. “Why did Ben put up his hand ” all of his 5 _____laughed. “He 6_____ says anything in class. What can he say this time ”
However, Ben not only knew the stone, but also 7_____ a lot about it. The teacher and the other students got a big _____8.In fact, Ben learnt this from one of the book reports he wrote. Later Ben became the _____9 student of his class. When he finished high school, he went to the famous Yale University and at last became one of the best in a hospital. Anything is possible if you work hard enough.
( )1. A. more B. better C. worse
( )2. A. agreed B. decided C. ordered
( )3. A. easily B. secretly C. carefully
( )4. A. hand B. leg C. head
( )5. A. students B. classmates C. friends
( )6. A. always B. never C. even
( )7. A. talked B. read C. heard
( )8. A. idea B. surprise C. story
( )9. A. second B. last C. best
阅读理解
A
You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer
It was written by an American girl. And she became very rich after that. When she was a child, she was poor. Once, she was invited to her friend's birthday party. She was pleased but sad because she didn't have enough money to buy a gift for her."The party is coming soon, but now I have little money." Tears ran down her face. Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in, "What happened " her grandma asked Hearing the girl's story, she said," Don't worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together! Happy birthday to..." What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party.
When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. "How wonderfully you sing! We haven't heard such a beautiful song before. Thank you for giving me the special gift," said her friend. And they learnt to sing it together. Later the girl became well-known in America.
( )1.The song Happy Birthday was written by_________.
A. an American girl B. an American girl's grandma
C. an American boy D. an American girl's friend
( )2.The girl was sad because_________.
A. she didn't want to go to the party B. she would be busy that day
C. she didn't have enough money to buy a gift
D. she wasn't invited to the party
( )3.What gift did she give her friend
A. A flower. B. A toy. C. An interesting book. D. A song.
( )4. What did her friends think of the song It was_________.
A. boring B. beautiful C. exciting D. interesting
( )5. Which of the following is TRUE
A. The girl was still poor after writing the song.
B. The girl sang the song with her grandpa in her dream
C. The girl's friends had heard the song before.
D. The girl became famous because of the song.
B
The Butterfly Lovers is a Chinese legend of a tragic love story of a pair of lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Their love story is considered as the Chinese version of Romeo and Juliet.
The legend is set in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, about 1600 years ago. In order to pursue her academic success, Zhu Yingtai decided to go to Hangzhou to attend classes and dressed as a young man. During her journey to Hangzhou, she met Liang Shanbo, a scholar from Kuaiji. They studied together for the next three years and Zhu gradually fell in love with Liang. But Liang is a bookworm and failed to notice it. Later, after being clear about Zhu’s love to him, he headed for the Zhu’s family to propose marriage. Unfortunately, Zhu had been engaged by her father to another man named Ma Wencai.
Liang was so sad that he suffered illness and finally died. On the day of Ma and Zhu’s marriage, Zhu went to Liang’s tomb to show respect to him. She was very grieved and begged for the grave to open up. After a while, the tomb opened as she wished and Zhu threw herself into it without any hesitation. Later on, the lovers turned into a pair of beautiful butterflies and flied wing to wing and would never to be separated again.
Their touching love story is very popular in China and other East Asia areas.
( ) 6. The relationship between Liang and Zhu is ______.
A. husband and wife
B. workmates
C. lovers
D. brother and sister
( ) 7. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage
A. Zhu fell in love with Liang at once when they first met.
B. Liang liked reading books very much.
C. Liang went to Zhu’s home to propose marriage.
D. Zhu’s father disagreed Zhu and Liang’s marriage.
( ) 8. From the passage, we can infer that _____.
A. Liang died because he was so sad
B. Zhu died because Ma killed her
C. Zhu and Ma lived a happy life after they got married
D. Liang and Zhu loved each other very much
( ) 9. What does the author think of Liang and Zhu’s story
A. Inspired. B. Sad.
C. Moved. D. Bored.
( ) 10. Where can you read this passage most probably
A. Travel Guide. B. Newspaper.
C. A storybook. D. An Encyclopaedia.
一、
success 解析：“Failure is the mother of success.” 是一句谚语，意为 “失败乃成功之母”。
respect 解析：“respect” 有 “尊重” 的意思，“We should respect the old and be polite to them.” 表示我们应该尊重老人并且对他们有礼貌。
introduced 解析：“introduce” 意为 “介绍”，“have + 过去分词” 构成现在完成时，“introduced” 是 “introduce” 的过去分词。
fantastic 解析：“fantastic” 意为 “极好的；了不起的”，“It’s been a fantastic experience so far and we’ve had a great time.” 表示到目前为止这是一次极好的经历，我们玩得很开心。
secret 解析：“keep it secret” 表示 “保密”。
except 解析：“except for” 表示 “除了…… 之外”，“He did well in the last test except for some small mistakes.” 意思是他上次考试考得很好，除了一些小错误。
quietly 解析：“went” 是动词，需要用副词 “quietly” 修饰。
change 解析：“try to do sth.” 表示 “努力做某事”，“They have tried to change our city for ten years.” 意思是他们十年来一直努力改变我们的城市。
二、
quietly 解析：“sat” 是动词，需要用副词 “quietly” 修饰。
to get 解析：“try to do sth.” 表示 “努力做某事”。
to tell 解析：“decide to do sth.” 表示 “决定做某事”。
successful 解析：“successful” 是形容词，修饰名词 “man”。
reading 解析：“by” 是介词，后接动名词 “reading”。
sides 解析：“both” 表示 “两者都”，后接名词复数 “sides”。
to catch 解析：“need to do sth.” 表示 “需要做某事”。
to work 解析：“order sb. to do sth.” 表示 “命令某人做某事”。
三、
D 解析：“How long have you stayed at this school ” 询问在学校待了多久，用现在完成时，“since + 时间点”，“two months ago” 是时间点。
C 解析：“except” 表示 “除了…… 之外（不包括在内）”，“Nobody likes this piece of work except you.” 意思是除了你没人喜欢这份工作。
C 解析：“for 20 years already” 是时间段，用现在完成时，“has worked”。
A 解析：“spend + 时间 + doing sth.”，“reading”。
B 解析：“last night” 是过去时间，用一般过去时，“did”。
C 解析：“stop to do sth.” 表示 “停下来去做某事”，“stop to have a rest” 停下来休息。
B 解析：“Nobody” 表示 “没有人”，“She cleaned all by herself.” 说明没人帮忙。
C 解析：“a number of” 表示 “许多”，“the number of” 表示 “…… 的数量”，“Many people took part in 10,00-meter race, but only a number of them kept on running to the end. And the number of these people is 100.” 很多人参加了 10000 米比赛，但只有一些人坚持到最后，这些人的数量是 100 。
D 解析：“put on” 有 “上演；表演” 的意思，“The club members put on an English play named Romeo and Juliet.” 俱乐部成员上演了一部名为《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的英语剧。
B 解析：电话用语中，“This is...” 表示 “我是……”，“It's...” 表示 “是……”，“It's Jack.” 表示 “是杰克”。
四、
performed for 解析：“perform” 有 “表演” 的意思，“performed” 是过去式，“for” 表示 “为了”。
to play jokes on 解析：“It’s wrong of you to do sth.”，“play jokes on” 表示 “开玩笑”。
is full of 解析：“be full of” 表示 “充满”。
Come on 解析：“Come on” 表示 “加油”。
In the end 解析：“In the end” 表示 “最后”。
五、
C 解析：根据下文 “Some students played jokes on him.” 可知 Ben 在学校表现比别人差，“worse” 表示 “更差”。
B 解析：“decided” 表示 “决定”，“The mother decided that she would help her son by herself.” 母亲决定亲自帮助儿子。
C 解析：“carefully” 表示 “认真地”，写读书报告要认真。
A 解析：“put up one's hand” 表示 “举手”。
B 解析：在班上应该是同学，“classmates”。
B 解析：“never” 表示 “从不”，“He never says anything in class.” 他在班上从不说话。
B 解析：关于石头应该是读了很多相关内容，“read”。
B 解析：“get a big surprise” 表示 “大吃一惊”。
C 解析：后来 Ben 成为班上最好的学生，“best”。
六、
A
A 解析：根据 “It was written by an American girl.” 可知生日歌是由一个美国女孩写的。
C 解析：根据 “She was pleased but sad because she didn't have enough money to buy a gift for her.” 可知女孩伤心是因为没钱买礼物。
D 解析：女孩给朋友唱了一首生日歌作为礼物。
B 解析：根据 “How wonderfully you sing! We haven't heard such a beautiful song before.” 可知朋友们觉得这首歌很美。
D 解析：女孩因为这首歌出名了，“Later the girl became well-known in America.”。
B
6. C 解析：根据 “The Butterfly Lovers is a Chinese legend of a tragic love story of a pair of lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.” 可知梁祝是恋人关系。
7. A 解析：文中说朱英台是逐渐爱上梁山伯的，不是一见面就爱上，“They studied together for the next three years and Zhu gradually fell in love with Liang.”
8. D 解析：从故事可以推断出梁祝非常相爱。
9. C 解析：这样的爱情故事通常让人感动，“moved”。
10. C 解析：梁祝的故事最可能出现在故事书里。