Unit 8 Detective stories 单元综合测试卷（含答案）

9A Unit8 Detective　stories单元综合测试卷
提优版
一、单项选择
（ ）1. One of the suspects is ______ schoolboy.
A. a 18-year-old B. an 18-years-old C. a 18 years old D. an 18-year-old
（ ）2. Paul was charged ______ murder. Also he was guilty ______ theft.
A. on, of B. with, about C .with, of D. about, of
（ ）3. The police can’t confirm if the suspect is guilty because he could prove he was ______ at the time of the crime.
A. else somewhere B. somewhere else C. everywhere else D. else anywhere
（ ）4. When Linda returned to the classroom, she found her watch ______.
A. missing B. missed C. 1osing D. 1ose
（ ）5. Who can ______ that he did his homework on his own yesterday?
A. insist B. ask C. confirm D. offer
（ ）6. --- Don’t forget ______ off the TV when you finish watching this play. --- OK, ______.
A. to turn; I won’t B. turning; I won’t C. to turn; I will D. turning; I will
（ ）7. ______ the evening of December 25, the poor boy was ______.
A. On; kidnapped B. In; kidnapping C. At; kidnapped D. In; kidnapped
（ ）8. --- A college girl named Jiang Ge from Qing Dao was killed in Japan.
--- Yes. What a pity! The ______ was a 24-year-old pretty girl.
A. witness B. victim C. worker D. detective
（ ）9. Anita improved her way of study. ______, she has made much progress.
A. In all B. As usual C. In other words D. As a result
（ ）10. Our house ______ yesterday. Look at the footprints on the floor.
A. was broken into B. was breaking into C. broken into D. broke into
（ ）11. I thought the job would be a success. But it ______ to be a mess（乱七八糟）!
A. turned into B. turned out C. turned away D. turned off
（ ）12. The kidnapping ______ in Moon Town ______ between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.yesterday.
A. took place; sometime B. was took place; some time
C. was happened; some times D. happened; sometime
（ ）13. --- Do you know Tu Youyou?
--- Of course. She is the famous pharmacist（药学家）______ won the Nobel Prize in 2015.
A. who B. whom C. which D. /
（ ）14. The victim was last ______ in the library at 9:00 a.m. yesterday.
A. looked reading B. seeing reading C. seen to read D. seen reading
（ ）15. People didn’t know ______ last night.
A. what was happened B. what the murder happened
C. what happened D. how the murder has happened
二、完形填空
“These are tulip bulbs（郁金香）,” Grandpa explains to Ava, “I like to call them patient plants.”
“Why?”
“Because they wait all winter __1__ they start to grow.”
Together, they pick a special place in the garden. Then Grandpa teaches Ava __2__ to plant them carefully.
“Make sure you plant them pointing up,” __3__ advises. “And plant them about a hand’s length deep. Squirrels love to dig them __4__ and eat them!”
“When will they start to grow?” asks Ava as she carefully tamps（压实）down the garden __5___.
“In spring,” replies Grandpa.
“__6__ that’s so far away,” Ava shouts.
“Then you will have to be like the tulips,” smiles Grandpa. “You will have to become a __7__ gardener.”
So she tries. She watches and waits.
Now it is spring, and the weather is getting __8__.
However, Saturday brings a late __9__. Ava gets up and eats breakfast. She tries to read and watches TV while waiting for Grandpa, but she __10__ sit calmly. Will the tulips survive the cold?
When Grandpa __11__ arrives, Ava can’t __12__ to ask him questions.
“They are hardy, Ava,” Grandpa says. “Let’s go and see those of plants of ours.”
Outside, Grandpa bends down and __13___ brushes some snow off the small plants. He looks __14__ the plants and then at Ava, and smiles. “They were growing while the earth was still frozen. They waited for the right time. And I am proud of you, Ava,” he says. “You have been __15__ the tulips.”
（ ）1. A. before B. after C. while D. as
（ ）2. A. what B. how C. when D. where
（ ）3. A. she B. he C. I D. they
（ ）4. A. down B. over C. around D. up
（ ）5. A. oil B. gas C. soil D. coal
（ ）6. A. So B. But C. Or D. And
（ ）7. A. beautiful B. polite C. patient D. curious
（ ）8. A. colder B. hotter C. cooler D. warmer
（ ）9. A. snow B. fog C. rain D. shower
（ ）10. A. won’t B. can’t C. will D. can
（ ）11. A. quietly B. happily C. carefully D. finally
（ ）12. A. stop B. remember C. wait D. help
（ ）13. A. quickly B. gently C. simply D. terribly
（ ）14. A. at B. for C. after D. over
（ ）15. A. liking B. like C. likes D. liked
三、阅读理解
(A)
The spaceship landed with a thump（砰的一声）. A cloud of soft, powdery dust flew up. Elmo looked out of the tiny round window and could not believe what he saw.
Little things were running around the spaceship. The things were not people, and Elmo didn’t think they were animals either. What were they?
The things had four green arms with two fingers on each end. They had two short legs and a big round head with one big eye in the center.
It was some time before Elmo got the nerve to open the spaceship door. He knew that he had no choice. He had crash-landed（紧急迫降）on an unknown planet. Slowly the door opened. Elmo walked down the ramp.
All of a sudden the little creatures were all around him. They patted him with their four little hands. The hands went pat, pat, pat, but it did not hurt. It even felt good. Elmo thought this was their way of saying hello. The hands went pat, pat, pat again. Elmo opened his eyes. It was his mother. She said,” Elmo, get up. You were having a dream. It is time to go to school.”
（ ）1. What was the little creature like?
A. B. C. D.
（ ）2. Which of the following is the correct order?
①Elmo mother woke Elmo up. ②Elmo opened the door and walked down the ramp.
③Elmo crash-landed on an unknown planet. ④The creatures patted Elmo with their hands.
⑤Elmo saw little things running around the space ship.
A. ⑤③②①④ B. ③⑤②④① C. ③⑤①②④ D. ⑤③④②①
（ ）3. We can read the passage from ______.
A.a report B. a poster C. a novel D. an ad
(B)
Would you like to take a trip if you could not use your mobile phone during it? Not even a camera? A new travel company called Off the Grid is asking customers to do just that.
“When you are somewhere new, there is a lot to hear, a lot to see, a lot if cool, interesting people to meet,” Beattie said. “Your phone can distract you. You may not be fully enjoying the trip.” The mobile phone ban will not be forced upon the travelers. “We want it to be volunteer,” Beattie said. “We are not collecting phones ...” Travelers will be able to use a simple mobile phone with useful local phone numbers. Off the Grid travelers are allowed to bring usual cameras to take photos. But the company also has a photographer to take pictures during the tour. Once the trip is over, travelers can post the photos one social media. “I think it’s interesting and challenging to say, ‘Can I enjoy this moment without a camera? Can I have this memory be part of me without sharing with someone else at one?’”
The company’s first trip is to London, Portugal, in July. The 7 to 10 day tours are for small groups, no more than 16 people. Trip prices begin at $1,500. the cost includes stays in hotels, some meals and ground transportation. It does not include air tickets. Off the Grid prefers special experiences rather than traditional sightseeing. The trips include at least three activities and two social events. The Lisbon trip, for example, includes surfing lessons, exercise by the sea, a day of boating and dinner with a local family. Beattie says he does not want the travelers to be too busy going from one place to another.
（ ）4. What do we know about the company Off the Grid?
A.It wants travelers to enjoy the trip fully without taking mobile phones.
B.It prefers traditional sightseeing to special experiences.
C.It collects the travelers’ mobile phone before the trip.
D.It advises people not to use mobile any more to protect eyes.
（ ）5. What does the underlined word “distract” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. 使困惑 B. 使分心 C. 使隔离 D. 使焦虑
（ ）6. Which of the following is a social event?
A. Surfing lessons B. Exercise by the sea C. A day of boating D. Dinner with a local family
（ ）7. According to the passage, we know ______.
A.A group of 16 people can join in the trip provided by Off the Grid
B.The company provides free meals for travelers
C.Travelers can post the photos on social media during the trip.
D.The trips include at most three activities and two social events.
四、任务型阅读
Alina’s school had the Career Day. Four people told Alina’s class about their jobs between 8 o’clock and 10 o’clock in the morning. A doctor was there. She told the class how she helped people. She helped sick people feel better. A doctor must study in school for a long time. You must get good grades in school to become a doctor.
A firefighter also came to the Career Day. He showed the class what firefighters wear. They wear boots and a heavy coat. Firefighters must be strong. They have to carry heavy hoses（输水管道）. He explained to the class how he puts out fires. Firefighters spray（喷洒）water from the hoses onto burning houses. The firefighter provided the class with safety tips. He told them never to play with fire or matches.
A writer spoke to Alina’s class on the Career Day. She said she writes books. The class uses some of her books in school. She said she writes children’s books. She also said reading is important if you want to write. She told the class to keep a diary. They should practise writing every day if they want to be a writer in the future.
Alina’s teacher spoke to the class. She said she went to school to learn how to teach. She told them being a teacher is not just teaching a class. She explained that she makes preparations at night. She must be ready for the next day’s lessons. “Teachers have homework, too!” she said. She spends a lot of time grading papers. Teachers have meetings to decide what to teach.
Alina learned many things on the Career Day. She learned there are many kinds of jobs. Alina loved science. Her dream is to be a science teacher someday.
The __1__ Day
Introduction
Four people told Alina’s class about their jobs __2__ 8 o’clock and 10 o’clock in the morning.
Main body
A doctor
Doctors help sick people feel better. They must study for long. They must get good __3___ in school to become doctors.
A firefighter
He showed what they wear and how to put out fires. He __4__ the class safety tips and told them never to play with fire or matches.
A __5__
Some of the writer’s books are used in school. According to the writer, reading is of __6__ if you want to write. She told the class to keep a diary and practise writing.
A teacher
Being a teacher is more than __7__ a class. She must be__8__ for the next day’s lessons at night. She __9__ a lot of time to grading papers. They also have meetings to decide what to teach.
Conclusion
She has learned many kinds of jobs. She __10__ of being a science teacher some day.
1.____________ 2.____________ 3.____________ 4.____________ 5.____________
6.____________ 7.____________ 8.____________ 9.____________ 10.___________
五、阅读并回答问题,每题答案不超过5个词。
According to a report, over 22,000 plastic bottles in the world are thrown away every second, and the number is still growing. Most plastic waste goes to the oceans, and it is often eaten by fish and birds. It is harmful to their health.
Robert Bezeau, a man from Canada, is building a village with plastic bottles. The amazing village, is deep in the jungles in Panama. There will be 120 houses in the village, and each house needs thousands of bottles.
Before Robert came up with the creative idea in 2015, he had lived in the country for many years. One day, he notices there were so many plastic bottles on the beautiful beach. Then he decided to do something to make a difference to the environment.
Building the Plastic Bottle Village is a very smart idea to turn plastic waste into houses, and the oceans will be cleaner. What’s more, the houses are green and eco-friendly(环保的). The bottles can help keep the home at a comfortable temperature, so there is no need to use expensive energy for air conditioning in hot weather. Now Robert plans to create an education center. He wants to teach people from all over the world how to reuse plastic bottles.
1. How many plastic bottles are thrown away every second?
________________________________________________________________
2. Where is the Plastic Bottle Village?
________________________________________________________________
3. When did Robert come up with the idea of building the Plastic Bottle Village?
________________________________________________________________
4. What are the houses made of plastic bottles like?
________________________________________________________________
5. What’s Robert’s recent plan?
________________________________________________________________
六、词汇
1. --- Do you know the man of ____________（中等的）height?
--- Yes. He is Uncle Li.
2. The boy’s bedroom was so ____________（不整洁的）that his mother was rather angry about it.
3. Paul feels very sorry that he ____________（说谎）to his parents this morning.
4. They are now trying to look for all possible____________（线索）.
5. The victim’s parents are offering a ____________（报酬）of $100,000 for useful information.
6. When she woke up, she found her head was ____________（流血）.
7. Good chances always hide ____________（在某处）around us, waiting for careful people to find them.
8. Your ____________（呼吸）more ____________（重）when you are nervous.
9. I ____________（猜想）that Mike will come here this afternoon.
10. The cat is ____________（使...受伤）by a knife. It needs some help.
11. --- My neighbour ____________（charge）with ____________（break）into my house last year.
--- How terrible!
12. “How am I supposed ____________（live）without you?” Jane said to Dad, tears in eyes.
13. If we do not take action to stop air pollution, we’ll have no clean air to ____________（breath）.
14. Sandy is noticed ____________（walk）into the room and teach the boy how to play the violin.
拔尖版
根据短文内容及首字母提示, 填写所缺单词, 使短文意思完整。
Drones（无人机）can do a lot of things for us, taking photos, delivering（传送）things and following wild animals. But they have o__1__ uses now.
Can you believe it? Drones can serve people coffee. US company IBM has made this kind of drone. It can deliver coffee to people when they are s__2__. The drone can know when to bring a cup of coffee b__3__ studying a person’s personal data. Then, the drone will fly to the person. There is a special device（装置）under the drone. It helps the drone to give people coffee. The drone can also learn about p__4__ coffee-drinking habits and predict（预测）when they need their next cup of coffee.
Drones can also save l__5__. One company in Africa use drones to deliver m__6__ and blood fast and save many people’s lives. The drones are a__7__ to fly at the speed of up to 60 mph and when they are within a minute of the destination（目的地）, the doctors receive a text and wait nearby. The drone drops off the package and then r__8__ to its home.
A 92-year-old hunter in Virginia was l__9__ and had to spend a night in the woods. The police searched for him all night but failed to find him. L__10__, the drone tracked him down 20 minutes later and saved him. Also, drones helped the firefighters know about the fire in wildfire fight.
1.____________ 2.____________ 3.____________ 4.____________ 5.____________
6.____________ 7.____________ 8.____________ 9.____________ 10.___________
阅读理解
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a fantasy novel written by English author Lewis Carroll（1832-98）. In the book he creates a magic world where the little girl Alice meets all kinds of strange creatures. She meets a cat with a big smile, a rabbit who holds a tea party and the angry and cruel queen. It turns out that not everything in the wonderland is kind and beautiful. What is the world like? You may learn about it in the following story.
The path led Alice into a forest. Alice noticed that there was a door in one of the trees. She pushed it and it opened. Alice walked inside.
The door in the tree led into a beautiful garden, full of bright flowers. Near the door there was a large rose tree. The roses on the tree were white, but three gardeners were busily painting them red.
“How very curious!” thought Alice. She went nearer in order to watch them. The gardeners didn’t look like real gardeners. In fact, they didn’t look much like men at all. They looked like playing cards, except that they had proper heads, arms and legs.
The gardeners seemed _____. They were shouting at each other, but when they saw Alice, they dropped their brushes in surprise.
Why are you painting those roses?” asked Alice.
“ Well, Miss,” began one of the gardeners. “This rose tree should be a red rose tree. But we planted a white one by mistake. If the Queen sees the white roses, she’ll cut off our heads. So we’re painting them quickly before…”
Before he could finish what he was saying, one of the other gardeners shouted, “The Queen! The Queen!” And the three gardeners threw themselves down on the ground.
Alice looked around. She wanted to see the Queen. First came ten soldiers. The courtiers（侍臣）in very fine clothes followed them. Just like the gardeners, they were the shape of playing cards.
Then came the Knave of Hearts（红心武士）. He was carrying the King’s crown on a red cushion . At last Alice saw THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS. They looked just like the pictures on the pack of cards Alice had at home.
（ ）1. Where is Lewis Carroll from?
A. Japan B. Canada C. America D. Britain
（ ）2. What do we know about the gardeners in Paragraph 4?
A. They were playing cards. B. They didn’t have proper heads, arms or legs.
C. They are real gardeners. D. They didn’t look like men at all.
（ ）3. Which word can be put on the line?
A. angry B. happy C. busy D. brave
（ ）4. What happened first in the story?
A. Alice went into the forest. B. The King and Queen of heart came.
C. The gardeners planted a white rose tree by mistake.
D. The three gardeners threw themselves down on the ground .
（ ）5. What can we infer from the story?
A. The queen saw the white roses and loved them very much.
B. The queen hated the white roses and cut off the gardeners’ heads.
C. The queen like playing cards with the soldiers and courtiers very much.
D. The queen didn’t come until the gardeners finished painting the roses red.
参考答案
一、单项选择
1-5 DCBAC 6-10 AABDA 11-15 BAADC
二、完形填空
1-5 ABBDC 6-10 BCDAB 11-15 DCBAB
三、阅读理解
1-3 CBC 4-7 ABDA
四、任务型阅读
1. Career 2. between 3. grades 4. offered 5. writer
6. importance 7. teaching 8. ready 9. devotes 10. dreams
五、回答问题
1. Over 22000.
2. In the jungles in Panama.
3. In 2015.
4. Green and eco-friendly.
5. To create an education center.
六、词汇
1. mediver 2. untidy 3. lied 4. clues 5. Reward
6. bleeding 7. somewhere 8. breathe; beawily 9. Suppose
10. wounded 11. was changed; breaking 12. to live 13. Breathe
14. to walk
拔尖卷
首字母
1. other 2. sleepy 3. by 4. people’s 5. lives
6. medicine 7. able 8. returns 9. lost 10. Luckily
阅读理解
1-5 DDACB