牛津上海版八年级第二学期Module 2 Unit4 Newspapers 巩固提升练习（有答案）

Unit4 Newspapers 巩固提升练习
Ⅰ. Choose the best answer. （单项选择）
1. Which of the following is correct for the underlined letter in the word “decision”?
A. /?/ B. /e/ C. /?/ D. /a?/
2. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from the others?
A. In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor.
B. The wound is healing nicely.
C. He was very young and very lonely.
D. The energy unit in SI is joule.
3. The medical expert will fly to Shanghai to give a speech ______ December 8, 2017.
A. on B. in C. for D. at
4. The new airport is about______ hour’s drive away from the city centre.
A. the B. an C. / D. a
5. Everyone froze when they saw Henry’s fist hitting Johns face. Just then they heard______ shout,“Stop!”
A. nobody B. anyone C. no one D. someone
6. To keep healthy, you’d better drink______ water every day.
A. plenty of B. a few C. a lot D. a great many
7. Do you know______ he wants to go abroad or not?
A. if B. how C. whether D. when
8. Our chief editor failed to______ an outline of what will come next over the recent school newspaper.
A. puzzle B. provide C. prevent D. protect
9. What you said sounds reasonable, but it still_______ discussed.
A. needn’t be B. needs to be C. mustn’t be D. would be
10. You_______ run in the corridors after class.
A. ought to B. should C. ought not to D. ought
11. - Jane is a good typewriter.
- Oh, you're wrong. That_______ be typist.
A. will B. should C. may not D. can not
12. _______ am going to the concert. There is only one ticket. You decide.
A. Either you or I B. Both you and I
C. Neither you nor I D. Not only you but also I
13. Bob’s wife thought Bob_______ the wallet, so she brought it over to him.
A. will need B. won’t need C. would need D. wouldn’t need
14. Miss Kelly_______ a secretary here for a long time. Everyone knows her.
A. has become B. became C. was D. has been
15. _______ ! There’s a minibus!
A. Look at B. Take care of C. Look after D. Look out
16. The leader_______ a school is called a headmaster.
A. in charge of B. in the charge of C. take charge of D. took charge of
17. I’ll return this book_______ .
A. in two weeks’ time B. two weeks later C. after two weeks D. about two weeks
18. Could you tell us_______ ?
A. when will John start his plan B. when did John start his plan
C. when John will start his plan D. when John had started his plan
- Hi, I'm glad to know you’ve won the first prize in such an international competition. Congratulations!
- _______
That’s all right. B. That’s right.
C. Thank you very much! D. Thank you all the same
20. - I think the new edition of our school newspaper will be very popular.
- _______
A. Be careful! B. Look out!
C. I think so, too. D. I’ve had enough
Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with the given words in their proper forms. （用所给单词的适当形式填空）
1. Unluckily, the deadline of the_______ (decide) can no longer be delayed.
2. The weather in Shanghai is usually very_______ (please) in autumn.
3. Be sure to do it_______ (care) so that you won’t make the same mistake again.
4. Maggie sometimes gives helpful_______ (suggest).
5. It’s_______ (necessary) for you to buy so many dress at a time. They will be out of date soon.
6. October 1, 1949 was the_______ (begin) of a new age.
7. At lunchtime, there’s a_______ (choose) between the buffet and the set menu.
8. The cat walked around the fish in the bowl and looked at it s_______ (hungry).
Ⅲ. Rewrite the sentence as required. （按要求改写句子）
Marvin has to work overtime because of his carelessness．(改为否定句)
Marvin_______ _______ to work overtime because of his carelessness.
Our editor went to Beijing to attend a meeting.（对画线部分提问）
_______ did your editor go to Beijing_______ ?
Joyce politely asked them a question about the interview.（对画线部分提问））
_______ _______ Joyce ask them a question about the interview?
The twins have few differences.（改为反义疑问句）
The twins have few differences,_______ _______ ?
News is really important in our daily life.（改为感叹句）
_______ _______ news is in our daily life!
“She has decided to attend the discussion,” our manager said.（保持句意基本不变）
Our manager said that she_______ _______ to attend the discussion.
take care of, teach, themselves, parents, ought to, their children, to.（连词成句）
_____________________________________________________________
Ⅳ. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）
A.Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）
Long long ago, there was a kind lady. Every day, she baked bread for her family and an extra loaf for any hungry passer-by. She placed the extra bread beside a window. When the woman placed the bread, she always gave a prayer for her son. Her son had gone to a faraway place and she hadn’t heard from his for a very long time.
Every day, a tramp came and took away the bread. He said when he was leaving, “The evil you do remains with you. The good you do comes back to you.”
The woman felt irritated. “Not even a word of thanks”, she said to herself with unhappiness.
This went on, day by day.
Finally, the woman became so angry that she decided to get rid of the tramp. She added poison to the bread she was going to offer to the tramp! When she was placing it, her hands shook. “Look at what I’ve done!” she immediately threw the bread into fire and made another one.
As usual, the tramp came and pick up the bread. “The evil you do remains with you. The good you do comes back to you,” he said again and left.
That evening, there was a knock on the door. Surprisingly, the women’s son was standing in the doorway. He was tired and weak. “Mum, it’s a miracle that I can come back home! While I was only a mile away, I was so hungry that I almost gave up. But just then an old tramp gave me a loaf of bread .He said that the bread was his food everyday. But today, I should get the bread, for I needed the bread much more than he did!”
The lady’s face turned pale when she heard those words. The tramp’s words suddenly came back to her, “The evil you do remains with you. The good you do comes back to you.”
1. Every day, ______ came and took away the bread.
A. an hungry passer-by B. her son
C. her husband D. a tramp
2. What does “irritated” mean according to the context?
A. worried B. angry
C. pleased D. happy
3. How did the woman want to get rid of the tramp?
A. She added poison to the bread.
B. She threw away the extra bread.
C. She made terrible bread for the tramp.
D. She said something bad to the tramp.
4. From the first paragraph, we can know the kind lady did all the things except .
A. She baked bread for her family and an extra loaf for any hungry passer-by.
B. She placed the extra bread beside a window.
C. She always gave a prayer for her son when she placed the bread.
D. She had received a letter from her son recently.
5. Why did the lady’s face turn pale when she heard her son’s words?
A. Because her son was seriously ill.
B. Because the tramp died of the bread.
C. Because if she placed the poisoned bread out, her son might die.
D. Because somebody would come soon and took her son away.
6. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. A kind lady and her soon
B. A loaf of bread
C. The evil you do remains with you
D. The good you do comes back to you
选择最恰当的单词完成短文
A couple of days ago, a brownish gray hazed(雾霾) settled over Shanghai. It was, of course, 1 . There have been several days since then and some people are 2 that we may be the next city to catch up with Beijing, a city was slowly covered by a thick dirty brown haze.
The terrible pollution has not escaped the notice of foreigners in China, either. Recently a number of foreigner talents have left China. Mare van der Chijs, a co-founder(共同创始人) of the Chinese Video site Tudou(土豆网), said one of the big 3 he is leaving China is that “the pollution is too heavy.”
Shanghai does have a pollution problem, but it is not unsolvable. There are new laws to restrict harmful emission from cars and the city is trying to use “green technology” in his new buildings, factories and energy plants. But it will take years 4 we see the wonderful changes.
In the meantime ,we should try to protect ourselves, or 5 not add to the pollution problem. We should pay attention to the city’s pollution alerts(警报) and wear masks on heavily polluted days. We should try to 6 our energy consumption(消耗量).Remember: The more energy we use, the more pollution we produce.
1.
A. land pollution
B. water pollution
C. air pollution
D. noise pollution
2.
A. glad
B. surprised
C. excited
D. paid
3.
A. reasons
B. excuses
C. explanations
D. complaints
4.
A. when
B. after
C. before
D. since
5.
A. at least
B. at most
C. at first
D. at last
6.
A. repair
B. require
C. reduce
D. refuse
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给出)
How can I win a Nobel Prize for writing? Here is the secret from this year’s winner: make it short, keep it real, and work hard.
Canadian author Alice Munro,82,was a_____1____ the 2013 Noble Prize in the literature(文学)。She is known for her short stories about personal relationship of ordinary people, usually women.
Munro was born in a farmer family in Ontario. The family was very poor. Munro did a lot of physical work a____2_____ a young girl.
But she decided to be a w____3______ when she was 12.She turns her hard childhood into great writing ideas.
The story Dear Life, for example, opens with a description of the neighborhood in which Munro grew up.
B_____4____, she talked about her poor relationship with her mother in many of her stories, such as Lives of Girls and Women and Friend of My Youth.
Since she p____5_____her first book in 1968, Munro has won many awards, with the Nobel Prize as her biggest honor. But Munro doesn’t see h_____6______ as a talented writer.
“I’m the opposite of a writer with a quick gift. I don’t grasp it very readily(轻而易举地) at all, the “it” being whatever I’m trying to do,’ she said.
Do you d____7____ of becoming a writer while sadly admitting you are not that talented? Munro has a tip for you: use notebooks and write a lot.
“I have lots of notebooks that contain this terribly clumsy(蹩脚的) writing,” she said .But it helps her sort out her mind. Stories would just be working in my head for so long that when I started to write I was deep into them.”
D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)
PISA is not the same as pizza, although both words are pronounced the same by Chinese. Pizza, of course, is the tasty Italian dish of crispy bread topped with many wonderful flavors. PISA, on the other hand, is just a test, a reflection of the knowledge you learn in school. And how could that possibly be as flavorful as pizza?!
PISA stands for Programme for International Student Assessment. It’s a test taken every three years by fifteen-year-old worldwide. It tests students’ ability in math, reading and science. Last year’s results were just released and they show that Shanghai students are ranked number one in the world. Yes, that’s right! Shanghai students are the best in the world!
Shanghai students are the best because they are also the hardest working. No other students in the world put in as many hours of study, homework and test taking as Shanghai students. And few others feel the stress of schoolwork like shanghai students.
That’s why the Shanghai education authority is encouraging students to step away from their books. From time to time and take up hobbies or join clubs. Schools are setting aside time and providing facilities so that students can follow some personal interests such as photography, art, singing and dancing. They want students to have a little more flavor in their lives.
Doing well on the tests like PISA is important, but developing yourself as a whole person is also important. There is no end to the flavor you can add to pizza, and there should be no limit to the amount of flavors you can add to your own life.
1. Is PISA pronounced that same as pizza by Chinese?
2. What does PISA stand for?
3. How often is PISA taken?
4. What did the last year’s results show?
5. Why is the Shanghai education authority encouraging students to step away from their books?
6. Is it a good idea that schools are setting aside time and providing facilities for the students?Why or why not?
Key:
Ⅰ 1-5 CCABD 6-10 ACBBC 11-15 BACDD 16-20 AACCC
Ⅱ 1. decision 2. pleasant 3. carefully 4. suggestions 5. unnecessary 6. beginning 7. choice 8. hungrily
Ⅲ 1. doesn’t have 2. What for 3. How did 4. do they 5. How important 6. had decided 7. Parents ought to teach their children to take care of themselves.
A. DBADCD
B. DBADCD
C. 1. awarded 2. as 3. writer 4. Besides 5. published 6. herself 7. dream
D.
Yes, it is.
2. (It stands for )Programme for International Student Assessment.
3. every three years.
4. (It show that) Shanghai students are ranked number one in the world.\ Shanghai students are the best in the world!
5. No other students in the world put in as many hours of study, homework and test taking as Shanghai students./ Shanghai students are the most stressful.
6. Yes it is . Because it is important to do well on the test and develop yourself as a whole person.