北师大版八年级英语下册Unit 2 Communication 单元测试卷（含答案）

Unit 2 综合测试卷
[时间：90分钟　分值：60分]知识运用(共14分)
　Ⅰ.单项填空(共6分，每小题0.5分)
从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
(　　)1. People have always been ________ in animal communication.
A．interested B．interesting
C．interest D．interests
(　　)2.I have used my phone to send messages ________ two years ago.
A．since B．for
C．of D．in
(　　)3.________ the phone users in China has grown much these years.
A．A number of B．The numbers of
C．A numbers of D．The number of
(　　)4.Ann always helps her sister ________ her homework.
A．with B．does
C．to doing D．doing
(　　)5.—Why not ________ the music club?
—That's a good idea.
A．join B．to join
C．joining D．joins
(　　)6.Tom often asks his parents ________ some money.
A．for B．in
C．to D．at
(　　)7.I made some mistakes in vocabulary, and I'll ________ in my notebook.
A．write it down B．write down it
C．write down them D．write them down
(　　)8.We ________ the film several times.
A．has been B．saw
C．seen D．have seen
(　　)9.2020·北京丰台一模Tommy ________ very hard since he came to our school.
A．studies B．is studying
C．studied D．has studied
(　　)10.—Can you hear someone ________ the piano in the next room?
—Yes. It is John.
A．to playing B．plays
C．playing D．played
(　　)11.—Do you often help your sister with her English?
—No. She learns English by ________．
A．himself　 B．herself
C．myself　 D．yourself
(　　)12.A robot show will be held in July, but ________ knows the date for sure.
A．nobody　 B．everybody
C．anybody　 D．somebody
Ⅱ.完形填空(共8分，每小题1分)
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
As I drove my blue Buick into the garage(车库), I saw that a yellow Oldsmobile was parked too close to my space. I had to drive back and forth to get my car into the narrow space. That left __13__ enough room to open the door. Then one day I arrived home first, and just as I turned off the engine, the yellow Oldsmobile entered its space—too close to my car, as usual. At last I had a chance to meet the driver. My patience had run out and I shouted at her, “Can't you see you're not __14__ me enough space? Park farther over.” Banging(猛推) open her door into__15__， the driver shouted back, “Make me！” With this she stepped out of the garage. Still, each time she got home first, she parked too close to my side. Then one day, I thought, “What can I do？” I soon found__16__. The next day the woman __17__ a note on her windshield(挡风玻璃)：
Dear Yellow Oldsmobile,
I'm sorry my mistress(女主人) shouted at yours the other day. She's been sorry about it. I know it because she doesn't sing anymore while__18__. It wasn't like her to scream like that. In fact, she'd just got bad news and was taking it out on you two. I hope you and your mistress will__19__ her.
Your neighbour，
Blue Buick
When I went to the garage the next morning, the Oldsmobile had gone, but there was a note on my windshield：
Dear Blue Buick，
My mistress is sorry, too. She parked so crazily because she just learned to drive. We will park much farther over after this. I'm glad we can be __20__ now.
Your neighbour，
Yellow Oldsmobile
After that, whenever Blue Buick passed Yellow Oldsmobile on the road, their drivers waved cheerfully and smiled.
(　　)13.A.quite B．nearly C．very D．hardly
(　　)14.A.keeping B．saving C．offering D．leaving
(　　)15.A.mine B．hers C．itself D．ours
(　　)16.A.an instruction B．a result
C．an answer D．a chance
(　　)17.A.put B．wrote C．sent D．discovered
(　　)18.A.working B．driving C．returning D．cooking
(　　)19.A.comfort B．help C．forgive D．please
(　　)20.A.friends B．strangers C．drivers D．writers
阅读理解(共36分)
Ⅲ.阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项(共26分，每小题2分)
A
Like many high school graduates(毕业生), Maggie Doyne didn't go straight to college. She decided to travel and arrives in western Nepal in 2006. A war had just ended there and let many children live on the streets. They had work at hard physical jobs for little money.
One day, while Doyne was walking down a country road, she saw a little girl breaking up rocks. She soon learned that 7?year?old Hima sold the rocks to help her family. Feeling so sad, she decided to pay Hima's tuition(学费) for school. The changes in the child encouraged Doyne. She thought, “If we can help one child, why not 10？”
Doyne felt that the street children's greatest need was a home. She found a piece of land for sale and bought it with MYM 5，000 she saved from years of babysitting. In 2008 the Kopila Valley Children's Home was set up. With the help from the community, Doyne reached another goal in 2010—the Kopila Valley School. Over 350 children now attend the school and over 50 live in the home.
Today, Doyne lives in the home and is “mum” to the kids.
(　　)21.Why did Hima break up the rocks?
A．To do physical exercise.
B．To build a new school.
C．To get money for her family.
D．To repair the country road.
(　　)22.What can we learn from Paragraph 3?
A．The street children once worked as babysitters.
B．Doyne got some support from the community.
C．Doyne borrowed much money from the government.
D．Over 5，000 children attend the Kopila Valley School.
(　　)23.Which of the following might be the best title for the text?
A．Maggie Doyne—A Lonely Traveller
B．War in Western Nepal
C．Maggie Doyne—Mum to More Than 50 Children
D．A Girl Lived on Her own
B
Photographs are everywhere. They decorate the walls of homes and are used in stores for sales of different goods. The news is often filled with pictures of fires, floods, and special events. Photos record the beauty of nature. They can also bring things close that are far away. Through photos, people can see wild animals, cities in foreign lands, and even the stars in outer space. Photos also tell stories.
Reporting the news through photos is called photojournalism. At times photojournalists tell their stories through a single picture. At other times, they use a group of pictures to tell a story. Each picture is like a chapter in a book, which can do more than record the facts. It can also be a strong force for social change.
Jacob Riis was among the first photojournalists. He took pictures of parts of New York City where the poor lived. Riis believed that poverty(贫穷) caused crime, and he used photos to help him prove his point. A few years later, the photos of small children working in factories by Lewis Hine shocked the public. Hine's pictures helped bring about laws to protect such children.
Hundreds of pictures may have to be taken in order to get one or two really good photos. It takes science to have the photo come out clearly and art to make a photo that has a good design and expresses feelings. Photojournalists make anactual record of what they see. A photo, however, can be both a work of art and an actual record. It can record an important event as a beautiful or exciting picture.
As historical and artistic documents(文献), photos can become more important over time. Today photojournalists still have their pictures appear in newspapers and magazines. They also publish them in books and on the Internet.
(　　)24.The underlined word “They” in the first paragraph refers to ________．
A．beauties B．photos C．stores D．events
(　　)25.The photos of the small children by Hine show us that photos ________．
A．are also works of art
B．are popular ways of reporting news
C．often shock the public
D．can serve as a force for social change
(　　)26.What can we learn from the passage?
A．News with pictures is encouraging.
B．Photos can't help people improve their life.
C．News photos mean history in a sense.
D．People prefer reading news with pictures.
C
Many people say dolphins are intelligent. They seem to be able to think, understand and learn things quickly. But are they as smart as humans, or are they more like cats and dogs? Dolphins use their brains quite differently from the way humans do. But scientists say dolphins and humans are very similar in some ways. How?
Like humans, every dolphin has its own “name”. The name is a special whistle(哨声). Each dolphin chooses a specific(特有的) whistle for itself, usually by its first birthday. Dolphins are like people in other ways, too. They “talk” to each other about a lot of things—such as their age, their feelings, and finding food. They also use a system of sounds and body language to communicate. Understanding dolphin conversation is not easy for humans. No one “speaks dolphin” yet, but some scientists are trying to learn.
Dolphins are also social animals. They live in groups called pods and they often join others from different pods to play games and have fun—just like people. Scientists believe playing together is something only intelligent animals do.
Dolphins and humans are similar in another way: both species make plans for getting things they want. In the seas of southern Brazil, for example, dolphins use an intelligent plan to get food. When there are fish near a boat, dolphins signal(发信号) to the fishermen to put their nets in the water. Using this method, the men can catch a lot fish. Why do dolphins help the men? There is an advantage for them: they get to eat some of the fish that escape(逃脱) from the net.
(　　)27.What is a dolphin's name?
A．It is a kind of game.
B．It is a body sign.
C．It is a dolphin's age.
D．It is a specific sound.
(　　)28.What does the underlined word “others” refer to?
A．Other fishes.
B．Other people.
C．Other dolphins.
D．Other games.
(　　)29.What can we infer from the passage?
A．Some scientists can understand dolphins' system of sounds.
B．Dolphins probably help fishermen by using their body language.
C．Humans join dolphins' groups to get things they want.
D．Dolphins can talk to humans about their age and their feelings.
(　　)30.What's the main idea of the passage?
A．Dolphins can communicate with each other at birth.
B．Dolphins are social animals because they play together.
C．Dolphins are smart and are like humans in some ways.
D．Dolphins help humans do many things like catching fish.
D　2019·北京东城期末
Have you ever been angry with your parents about putting away the iPad or turning off a video game? Most families are having these fights. In 2018, Brigham Young University and Deseret News did their American Family Survey(调查). It showed that the Number One worry for parents about teenagers was too much technology(科技)．
If you're in school now, you may not remember a time before there were smartphones and tablets everywhere. The iPhone came out in 2007 and the iPad a few years later, in 2010. But screen(屏幕) time is nothing new. When your parents were growing up, they watched as much television as you do now, or even more. They probably played video games, too.
Mobile devices(设备) are different, though, because they can come with us everywhere we go: to the dinner table, to restaurants, into the car, into the bedroom when we're going to sleep. They are always trying to make us pick them up or keep using them. That's part of what makes smartphones smart! But it also means that they always stop us from having family time. And unlike with TV, which people often watch as a family, everyone—including parents—is now distracted(分心) by his or her own little machine.
Studies show that too much screen time can cause problems. More than two hours a day of screen time raises your risk of being overweight. Too much screen time at night stops you from getting healthy sleep. Children who grow up with the most screen time (several hours a day) can have a hard time doing well in school. And many families fight about screen time, which is no fun for anyone.
The solution is to talk about screen time. Make an agreement with your family about where, when, and how you are going to use computers and other devices. No more than an hour a day is suggested for children during the school week. Parents, too, should put down their phones.
When you do use a device, remember to enjoy it with your family, perhaps by playing games or watching a movie. The American Academy of Pediatrics says it's the best way for children to grow up healthy in our digital world.
(　　)31.According to the survey, what do teenagers' parents worry about most?
A．Teenagers do badly at school.
B．Teenagers have fights with classmates.
C．Teenagers have risks of being overweight.
D．Teenagers spend too much time in front of screens.
(　　)32.The writer compares mobile devices with televisions to explain ________．
A．why parents prefer watching TV
B．why mobile devices lead to less family time
C．why smartphones are smarter than televisions
D．why mobile devices can cause health problems
(　　)33.What is the writer's purpose of writing the passage?
A．To give parents advice on using smartphones.
B．To introduce the development of new technology.
C．To tell children how to use mobile devices in a right way.
D．To ask children to spend less time playing computer games.
Ⅳ.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题(共10分，每小题2分)
To be a good teacher, you need some of the abilities of a good actor. You must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience(听众). You must be a clear speaker with a good, strong, pleasing voice which is fully under your control. And you must be able to act what you are teaching in order to make the meaning clearer.
Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he does not just sit before his class. He stands the whole time while he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms and hands to help him with his explanations, and his face to express feelings. Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness and the note(音调) of his voice always changing according to what he is talking about.
The fact that a good teacher has some of the abilities of a good actor doesn't mean that he will really be able to act well on stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher's work and the actor's. The actor has to speak words that he has learnt by heart. He has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, and even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on stage. A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience takes an active part in his play. They ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don't understand anything, they will say so. The teacher therefore has to act according to the needs of his audience, which is his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.
I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but were unable to take part in a stage play because they could not keep strictly to what another had written.
34．Do good teachers need some of the abilities of the good actors?
________________________________________________________________________
35．Who has to speak words that he has learnt by heart, the actor or the teacher?
________________________________________________________________________
36．What is the main difference between students in class and the theatreaudience?
________________________________________________________________________
37．Why are good teachers usually unable to do well in a stage play?
________________________________________________________________________
38．Why does a good teacher make gestures(示意动作) while speaking?
________________________________________________________________________
书面表达(共10分)
Ⅴ.文段表达(10分)
从下面两个题目中任选一题，根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。
题目①
2018·北京假如你是李华，你们学校要举办一场关于京剧的讲座，你打算邀请你们班交换生Peter参加，请你用英语写一封电子邮件，告诉他讲座的时间和地点，以及需要做什么准备。
提示词语： lecture(讲座), invite, information, question, online
提示问题：·When and where will you have the lecture?
·What do you advise Peter to prepare for it?
Dear Peter，
How is it going?
There will be a lecture on Peking Opera in our school. ________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
If there is anything that I can do, please let me know.
Yours，
Li Hua
题目②
某英文报社正在就“中学生是否应该带手机进校园”这一话题进行征稿。假如你是李华，请你用英文写一篇文章向报社投稿，简单介绍你对手机的看法，并说明你对此话题的观点并说明原因
提示词语： useful, popular, call, receive messages, waste time, properly
提示问题：·What do you think of mobile phones?
·Do you think it is good for middle school students to bring mobile phones to school?
·Why?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
教 师 详 解 详 析
Ⅰ.1.A　
2.A　
3.D　
4.A　
5.A　
6.A
7．D　
8.D　
9.D　
10.C　
11.B　
12.A
Ⅱ.13.D
14．D　leave sb sth 意为“留给某人某物”，此处指没给作者留足够的停车空间。
15．A　
16.C　
17.D　
18.B　
19.C　
20．A
Ⅲ.A　[主旨大意] 本文是一篇记叙文。因为一场战争，尼泊尔很多孩子无家可归。一个高中毕业生Maggie Doyne看到这个现象，用自己攒的钱办了一个收容所，并在社区的帮助下为这些街道孩子建了一所学校。
21．C　细节理解题。由第二段中“…she saw a little girl breaking up rocks. She soon learned that 7?year?old Hima sold the rocks to help her family.”可知，Hima砸碎石头的目的是卖那些碎石头赚钱来帮助她的家庭。故选C。
22．B　细节理解题。由第三段中“With the help from the community, Doyne reached another goal in 2010—the Kopila Valley School.”可知，Doyne得到社区的帮助。故选B。
23．C　标题归纳题。本文主要谈论的是Doyne帮助尼泊尔街道孩子的故事。从文章最后知，这些孩子都叫她“妈妈”。因此用C作为文章标题是合适的。故选C。
B　24.B　
25.D　
26.C
C　27.D　
28.C　
29.B　
30.C
D　31.D　
32.B　
33.C
Ⅳ.34.Yes, they do.
35．The actor.
36．Students take an active part in their teacher's play.
37．Because they can't keep strictly to what another has written.
38．To make the meaning clearer, draw the attention of his class and express feelings.
Ⅴ. 题目①
One possible version：
Dear Peter，
How is it going?
There will be a lecture on Peking Opera in our school. The lecture will start at 10：00 this Friday morning in the school hall. I am writing to invite you to take part in the meaningful lecture.
In the lecture, we can not only get some useful information about Peking Opera, but also get close to the traditional Chinese culture, which can benefit you a lot.
There are some suggestions for you to prepare for it. First of all, remember to be there on time. What's more, don't forget to bring a camera with you, which can record the precious moment. Last but not least, it's a golden chance for you to come up with some questions that you are willing to learn about.
If there is anything that I can do, please let me know.
Yours，
Li Hua
题目②
One possible version:
Mobile phones are becoming more and more useful and popular in the world. We can not only use them to send text messages to our friends but also call our parents when we are far away from our home. Besides, we can receive messages no matter what we are doing.
In my opinion, it is not good for middle school students to bring mobile phones to school. That is because most students like to chat online. So if they spend more time sending text messages or chatting with their friends online, they will not have enough time to study. And some students can't even listen to their teachers carefully in class because they often check their phones.
In a word, we should use mobile phones properly.