Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents?检测卷（含答案）

八(下)Unit 4单元卷
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一、单项填空(每小题1分, 满分35分)
( )1. Mario often thinks more about other people, ______ he is good at working with others.
A. because B. so C. although D. if
( )2. My mother doesn’t allow me _______ out on school nights.
A. hung B. hanged C. to hung D. hang
( )3. My _______ brother is two years ______ than me. He likes playing football with me on the weekend .
A. older; older B. older; elder C. elder; elder D. elder; older
( )4. The teachers encourage their students to ______the problems by themselves, and in this way students can enjoy success.
A. give up B. work out C. look through D. come up with
( )5. My cousin always offers _______ others when they are in trouble.
A. help B. helping C. to help D. helps
( )6. James explained it again and again. He just wants to make it _________.
A. difficult B. easy C. interesting D. clear
( )7. It’s really______ you to drive so fast on such a rainy day. Slow down!
A. crazy for B. crazy of C. wise for D. wise of
( )8. ________ you say, I will never believe you again.
A. However B. Whatever C. Whoever D. Wherever
( )9. Mid-exam is coming. I have to ________ some of my afterschool activities to study for it.
A. cut off B. cut out C. cut up D. cut in
( )10. With the _______ of science, people will use more and more robots.
A. develop B. developing C. developed D. development
( )11. Don’t worry! I’m sure you’ll_____ your classmates if you are kind and friendly to them.
A. catch up with B. get on well with C. agree with D. be strict with
( )12. —I lost my brother's favorite football. What should I do?
—________ say sorry to him and buy him a new one?
A. Why don't you B. Would you like C. How about D. How do you like
( )13. —Why are you angry with Cathy?
—I saw her ___ my things yesterday.
A. looking through B. looked through C. looking out D. looked out
( )14. —My sister always sings songs while I’m trying to sleep.
—Why not tell her to do ________ when you want to sleep?
A. quiet something B. interesting something
C. something quiet D. something interesting
( )15. Our teacher often tells us to use the context(语境) to _____ the meaning of a new word.
A. change B. write C. find D. guess
( )16. —My cousin always takes my things without asking. —________，I think.
A. It's right B. It's not a big deal C. It's dangerous D. It's not a good idea
( )17. — Could you please ____ how the machine works? — Of course.
A. argue B. refuse C. explain D. wonder
( )18. In order to make her meaning ________，Miss Li drew a picture.
A. quiet B. fair C. quick D. clear
( )19. My father is ______ about football and he watches football matches on his computer every day.
A. worried B. happy C. crazy D. angry
( )20. —Would you like to go to the movies with me tonight?
—Sorry, my parents don’t ______ me to go out at night.
A. agree B. allow C. drop D. develop
( )21. —What did your teacher say this morning?
—She told us ______ make faces in class.
A. to not B. not to C. do not D. didn't
( )22. Here is the book. First ____ it and then tell me what you think of it.
A. look into B. look through C. look up D. look after
( )23. Children should spend more time ____ their parents.
A. communicate with B. to communicate for C. communicating with D. communicated for
( )24. —Sorry, Mr. Hu. I ______ my English exercise book at home.
—It doesn't matter. Please remember ______ it here this afternoon.
A. forgot; to bring B. left; to take C. forgot; to take D. left; to bring
( )25. If you ______ the copy with the original, you'll find there is not much differences.
A. predict B. make C. compare D. improve
( )26. Dr. Bethune _ working in spite of cutting his hand during an operation.
A. stopped B. continued C. forgot D. enjoyed
( )27. Today, Wechat becomes very popular, and more and more people like to use it to ______ each other.
A. depend on B. communicate with C. believe in D. agree with
( )28. If there’s anything you don’t understand, I'll be happy to ______.
A. explain B. decide C. train D. copy
( )29. It's difficult for a small supermarket to ____ with big supermarkets.
A. share B. drop C. compete D. provide
( )30. Many parents always ____ their own children ____ other children.
A. compared; for B. compare; to C. compare; with D. compared; at
( )31. —Do you mind ______your room?
—No, I’ll do that after finishing ______this article.
A. clean, write B. clean, writing C. cleaning,write D. cleaning,writing
( )32. I was very angry ____ myself ___ making such as a stupid mistakes.
A. at; at B. with; for C. at; with D. with; at
( )33. —Too much _____about school causes too much _____ for children.
—Parents shouldn’t ______their kids so hard.
A. stress; pressure; keep B. stress; pressure; make
C. pressure; stress; pull D. pressure; stress; push
( )34. —Would you please___ the test paper for me and ____ the mistakes?
—Of course, I will.
A. look at; work out B. look through; find out C. look up; work on D. look through; find
( )35. If you feel ________，you could ________ the feeling with your parents or friends.
A. lonely；provide B. alone；share C. lonely；communicate D. alone；talk
二. 完形填空（15分）
We spent this summer with our uncle. He was a geologist(地质学家) and loved to go on walks to collect stones(收集石头）. One day, he bought us backpacks and 1 us to go to the mountain with him and carry the 2 .
The whole day we walked around. Every now and then he put stones in our 3 . To our surprise, he 4 took some stones out from our bags. But we thought he had just found 5 ?stones.
Still, when we returned?to the house, we were very 6 . The backpacks were so heavy that we felt great relaxed when we took them off. 7 , uncle’s backpack was half empty.
?“ 8 did you give us so many stones?” we asked.
“I didn’t. You did ” He said. “You didn’t know it, but I gave you a little attitude (态度) 9 . Today I listened to every word you said. When you were complaining(抱怨). I 10 a stone into your bags. 11 you talked about something with positive (积极的) thinking, I 12 out a stone. And now look at your backpacks.”
The bags were almost full of stones.
“Your negative(消极的) thoughts are like stones. You put them in your 13 mind?just like those stones in a backpack. The more negative thoughts you have, the 14 your mind will be.”
With great love, our uncle taught?us one of the most 15 lessons in life—the power of attitude.
1. A. asked B. allowed C. made D. complained
2. A. water B. fruits C. cakes D. stones
3. A. bags B. pockets C. baskets D. boxes
4. A. never B. hardly C. often D. also
5. A. heavier B. better C. smaller D. cleaner
6. A. interested B. tired C. nervous D. glad
7. A. And B. So C. However D. Then
8. A. Where B. What C. How D. Why
9. A. test B. exercise C. activity D. competition
10. A. bring B. take C. put D. find
11. A. When B. After C. Before D.Until
12. A. cut B. looked C. took D. worked
13. A. nose B . hand C. head D. mind
14. A. happier B. heavier C. less D. more
15. A. interesting B. important C. hard-working D. serious
三. 阅读理解（30分）
A.
A father and his son went to a kite?flying festival. The son was full of joy when he saw the sky filled with colorful kites. He wanted to fly a kite, too. The father then bought a kite for him.
The son started to fly the kite. Soon, his kite was high up in the sky. After a while, he said, “Father, it seems that the string（线）is stopping the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, the kite will be free and fly even higher. Can we cut it？” The father cut the string. The kite started to go higher. This made the little boy happy.
But then, slowly, the kite started to come down. And finally it fell to the ground. The son was surprised to see this. He asked his father, “I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. Why did it fall down？”[来源:Z_xx_k.Com]
The father explained, “The string was not stopping the kite from going higher, but was helping it stay in the sky. You helped the kite go up in the right direction using the string. But when you cut the string, it could no longer support（支持）the kite.”
Sometimes, we may feel like there are certain things that are holding us back and stopping us from growing. But in fact, these might be the things that support us the most.[来源:Z*xx*k.Com]
1. How did the boy feel when he saw the colorful kites?
A. Strange. 　 B. Happy. C. Relaxed. D. Sad.
2. When the son started to fly the kite, ________．
A. it could not fly B. it stopped in the sky
C. it was high up in the sky D. it could be found in the sky
3. Why did the son want to cut the string?
A. Because he liked to use a longer one better.
B. Because he thought the kite would fly higher.
C. Because he found the string was not strong.
D. Because he didn’t want the fly go so high in the sky.
4. According to the passage, what happened to the kite after the string was cut?
A. It fell to the ground in the end.
B. It fell down at once.
C. It became broken suddenly.
D. It flew higher in the sky.
5. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Flying kites can make people healthy.
B. Flying kites need to know some ways.
C. The things that hold us back can also support us.
D. We can fly kites in our free time with our parents.
B
On January 27,?in order to win the new pneumonia Resistance?War（抗击新型肺炎战）,?the Ministry of Education?issued（公布）a notice on putting off the start time of school in spring 2020.?It was said that school should not start before February 17.?The exact start time of school?will depend on situations and further notices.
?However, many parents are very worried that putting off the start of school may affect(影响）children’s studies. If they have such a long winter vacation, children will not learn any knowledge, read books or study at all. They may forget what they have learned before. Staying at home for a long time will make them keep eating, sleeping and playing, which seriously affect their physical and mental?health.
In short, the close of school influences learning and develops bad habits, so how should we avoid these problems? Local education departments have also issued a notice, that is, to organize online teaching and create a network platform（平台）, where necessary courses will be shown every day, and online teaching will be given by excellent teachers of the subject, and students can learn at home through computer or mobile network.
It should be said that such a way is very good. It can not only keep students indoors and not worry about the infection（感染) of the illness, but also make them study at home, improve their learning ability, and truly achieve “no?suspension?of classes”. Both the platform itself and the recorded lesson resources (资源）are more useful, and are welcomed by parents and teachers.
Of course, except for learning at home, it is also necessary to teach children about health knowledge, especially how to keep away from touching virus and other knowledge popularization; at the same time, it is also necessary for children to do some physical exercises or some games, which is good for physical health at?home.
6.?Parents worried about putting off the start time of?school?because_________??.
?A.?children may be infected by?virus
?B.?they don’t like the idea of online?learning
?C.?children’s?study may be?affected
D.?parents have no time to look after?children
?7.? Which of the following is necessary according to the?writer?
?A.?To?keep playing online?games.
? B.?To?keep touching different?people.
?C.?To?do some physical exercises?outside.
? D.?To?teach children about health?knowledge.
?8.?The underlined word “suspension” in Paragraph 4?probably?means?_________?.
? A.?plan ???? B.?stop??????? ? C.?growth ?? ??D.?change
?9.?Which is?TRUE?according to the?passage?
? A.?Students likes going to?school instead of staying at home.
?B.?The date of going to school is?decided.
? C.?Online teaching will help students?study.
? D.?Parents believe children can teach?themselves.
?10.?What’s?the best title for this?passage?
?A.?A Special?Way?to Learn at?Home
B.? A New?Way to spend?the holiday
?C. ?A?Way?to Keep?Healthy
?D.? A thing to Make Parents?Worried
C
We are often told to pay attention to (关注)what our mothers tell us. Most of us enjoy listening to our mothers speak. Scientists have found that compared to other people’s voices, our brains greatly prefer（更喜欢）the voices of our own mothers.
Scientists at Stanford University, US, recently studied this. They scanned (扫描) children’s brains while they were listening to different sounds, including their mothers’ voices. They found that 97 percent of the time, children could recognize (辨别）their mothers’ voices at once.
Hearing their mothers’ voices makes children’s brains more active. We usually just use one part of our brain to do with sounds when we hear something. But when we hear our mothers’ voices, many parts of the brain, including those in charge of reward (奖赏) and emotion (情感), start to work as well.
Why do we respond so strongly to our mothers’ voices? It starts even before we’re born. When children are still in the womb (子宫) or have just been born, they hear their mothers talking. This makes babies feel comfortable and teaches them language and social skills, even though they are still very young. The babies learn to recognize their mothers’ voices as a rewarding sound. Later, when this sound is heard again, more attention is paid to it.
Some sounds are necessary for our survival (生存) or bring us pleasure. These sounds are recognized by our brains as rewarding sounds. Most human voices are not recognized in this way, since we hear them so often. But mothers’ voices are different. They bring us a lot of comfort.?
11. What is the story mainly about?
A. Why we should listen carefully to our mothers. B. Why we prefer to hear our mothers’ voices.
C. How we recognize our mothers’ voices. D. How we respond to different kinds of sounds.
12. What will happen when children hear their mothers’ voices?
A. Many parts of their brains become active. B. They will need time to recognize the voices.
C. Their language skills start to improve. D. They will remember some bedtime stories.
13. According to Paragraph 4, why do children pay more attention to their mothers’ voices?
A. Because they can recognize their voices quickly. B. Because their voices make them more comfortable.
C. Because they can get a reward for doing so. D. Because they can get love from their mothers.
14. “Rewarding sounds” in the fourth paragraph refers to sounds that _____.
A. we can recognize B. we often hear C. we hear as babies D. make us happy
15. What do you think the passage is about?
A. Medicine B. Lifestyle C. Education D. Science
四、词汇运用( 5分） 用方框内所给单词或短语的适当形式填空。
1.I think there is no 　　　　　(relate) between the two things.?
2.Good 　　　　　(communicate) is important for business.?
3.It’s normal 　　　　　(come) late for work in snowy days.?
4.Do you mind my　　　　　(sit) next to you??
5.Please explain to me how 　　　　　(use) the tool??
6．_________ (也许) Kate will come to visit me this afternoon，I guess.
7．Mike decided not to spend time on computer games _______(不再)．
8．You have to ________(归还) the book before this Friday.
9．It seems that he will _______ (争论) about it for a long time.
10．Some middle school students can't get enough sleep under the _______ (压力) of schoolwork.
五、书面表(12.5分）
亲爱的同学，你生活中有烦恼，学习有压力吗？请根据提示以“How to solve our stress”为题写一篇80词左右的短文，提示内容必须用完,可适当发挥。
提示:1.积极参加体育锻炼，有一个健康的身体。 2.多与老师、家长和朋友交谈，说出自己的烦恼。 3.多听听音乐，多看看书。4.尽自己最大努力学习，勇敢面对自己的成绩。
How to solve our stress
We all have some problems and stress in our lives. How should we solve them?





一、单项填空
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二. 完形填空
1-5 ADADB 6-10 BCDAC 11-15 ACDBB
三. 阅读理解
1-5 BCBAC 6-10 CDBCA 11-15 BABDD
四 1.relation　2.communication　3.to come 4.sitting　5.to use.
Perhaps，anymore，return，argue，pressure
五、How to solve our stress
We all have some problems and stress in our lives. How should we solve them?
Firstly, we should take more exercise. Sports can help us to have a healthy body and study better. Secondly, we need to talk with our teachers, parents and friends, try to tell them our trouble. They may give us some useful advice. Thirdly, we can also listen to music and read books. They are good ways to relax ourselves. Fourthly, we should try our best to study hard and learn to face our grades bravely. Last, if we have too much stress, we’d better see a doctor.