牛津版英语八年级上册 Unit 1 Encyclopedias
一．基础知识应用 A 单项选择
1. She looks as ______ as usual.
A. happy B. happily C. happier D. happiest
2. If you don’t know the meaning of the words, you can look _____ in the dictionary. A. at them B. them up C. after them D. them down 3. You can get much _____ about the World Expo on the Internet. A. map B. picture C. ticket D. information 4. Jim sold most of his things. He has hardly ______ left in his house. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
5. Most people believe that success usually ______ hard work and dedication. A. take B. spend C. takes D. spends 6. The encyclopedia ________ eight units and many different topics. A. makes B. finds C. builds D. contains 7. Mum is ill. I have to ______ her at home
A. look for B. look at C. look around D. look after
8. —————————————— people in the world are sending and receiving e-mails every
day.
A. Millions of B. Many millions of C. Several million of Ｄ. Several millions
9. I saw the doctor_____ in the city of Shanghai last year. Maybe he comes from Shanghai.
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A anywhere B. everywhere C. here and there D. somewhere 10. Tomorrow we’ll go to the city park _____ it is sunny. A. as soon as B. when C. if D. as
11.Someone says, “Time is money.” But I think time is _____important than money. A. much B. less C. much least D. even more 12.There is ______ in today’s newspaper so I don’t enjoy reading it A. nothing interesting B. interesting nothing C. something interesting D. interesting something 13.The sun goes ______ the window and warms the room.
A. into B. across C. through D. cross 14. The USB and CD-ROM are used for ____ information. A. giving B. copying C. typing D. storing 15.—Would you like some coffee?
__ No，thanks. I ________drink coffee. Coffee is bad for my stomach. A. almost B. already C. hardly D. still
B．补全对话。
A:I don’t know how to find my topic in this encyclopedia, Betty, would you like to help me? B: Sorry, I have no ___16____, either. You can ask Kelly. A: Do you have any idea, Kelly?
C: I think an encyclopedia _ 17___ of many volumes and in each volume, the topic is in alphabetical
____18____
A: That’s a good idea, and what should I do next?
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C: you can find the guide word on __19___ of each page. A: That’s great. Thank you so much.
C. If you have a computer, you can find it easily ___20_____. A. top B. online C. consists D. order E. idea F. include 二． 完形填空
Mary and Peter were having a picnic near a river when Mary noticed something flying overhead.“ __21__ ,” she shouted to her friends. “ That’s a spaceship up there and it’s going to __22__ here.”
Frightened(吓唬) by the strange silver colored spaceship, __23__ of the young people got in their __24__ and drove away quickly. Peter __25_ Mary and always close to her. They, more __26__ than frightened, watched the spaceship land, saw a door open. When nobody __27__ , they went to the spaceship and looked into。In the center of the floor __28__ was a pile of food. Peter followed Mary into the spaceship and didn’t __29__ the door close behind him. The temperature fell quickly and the __30__ young people lost consciousness(知觉).
When they woke up, they were __31__ to see that they were back by the river __32__ . The spaceship had gone. Their car was nearby.
“What __33__ ?” said Mary.
“Don’t ask me; perhaps we had a __34__ .” Peter said slowly. “Did you … did you see a spaceship?”
“Yes,” said Mary. “Oh, Peter, we __35__ have seen a UFO coming from another world.”
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21. A. Look B. Come C. Stop D. Stand
22. A. arrive B. come C. land D. leave
23. A. none B. some C. many D. most
24. A. cars B. rooms C. houses D. buses
25. A. knew B. liked C. saw D. met
26. A. afraid B. worried C. careful D. curious (好奇)
27. A. come along B. came over
C. came out D. came round
28. A. it B. there C. that D. this
29. A. know B. think C. hear D. hope
30. A. two B. three C. four D. five
31. A. happy B. surprised C. interested D. ready
32. A. again B. too C. later D. finally
33. A. started B. stopped C. happened D. landed
34. A. rest B. dream C. drink D. walk
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35. A. could B. would C. should D. must
三． 阅读理解 共18小题 A节每小题1.5分 B节每小题1分，共25分 A节： 阅读并选择正确答案
A
A young officer was at a railway station. On his way home, he wanted to telephone his mother to tell her the time of his train, so that she could meet him at the station in her car. He looked in all his pockets, but found that he did not have the right money for the telephone, so he went outside and looked around for someone to help him.
At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said, \"Have you got change for ten pence?\"
\"Wait a moment, \" the old soldier answered, beginning to put his hand in his pocket, \"I'll see whether I can help you. \"
\"Don't you know how to speak to an officer?\" the young man said angrily. \"Now let's start again. Have you got change for ten pence?\" \"No, sir, \" the old soldier answered quickly.
36. The young officer wanted to telephone his mother to tell her _________. ( ) A. that he was going to visit her B. when his train would leave C. when his train would arrive
D. that he was now at the railway station
37. He looked around for help because he _________. ( ) A. didn't have coins for the phone call
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B. had no money to make the phone call C. didn't have the local money D. wanted to change money 38. The old soldier _________. ( ) A. was glad to help him B. didn't know if he had coins C. didn't want to help him D. was angry
39. The young officer was angry because he thought the old soldier _________. ( ) A. didn't know how to speak to him B. didn't want to help him C. didn't answer him correctly D. was not friendly to him
40. The old soldier in the story was_________. ( ) A. clever B. stupid C. polite D. friendly
B
December 25 is Christmas Day(圣诞节). Christmas is an important holiday in many countries. On Christmas Day, most families get together for a big dinner. They give presents to each other and visit friends. The Christmas tree is an important part of the Christmas holiday. Most families buy trees. The families decorate(装饰) the tree together. Parents usually tell their children that Father Christmas comes during the night and brings presents to good children. Of course, Father
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Christmas isn’t real. The parents of the children are really “Father Christmas”. They put the presents under the tree or into their children’s stocking(长统袜) after the children go to sleep. 41. When is Christmas Day? __________.
A. November 25 B. December 25 C. December 24 D. December 26 42. What do most families in America do on Christmas Day? __________. A. They only have a big dinner together
B. They have a big dinner, exchange (交换) presents and visit friends C. They just visit friends and exchange presents D. They exchange presents only
43. Who is really “Father Christmas”? ___________. A. Their parents B. Their father C. Their mother D. Father Christmas 44. When Christmas Day is coming, the parents __________. A. usually tell their children that Father Christmas isn’t real
B. tell their children that Father Christmas comes during the night and brings presents to good children
C. sometimes tell their children that Father Christmas comes during the day D. often tell their children that Father Christmas gives presents to poor children 45. When did parents put the presents into their children’s stocking? __________. A. Before the children go to sleep B. After the children go to sleep C. December 26 D. At midnight of December 25
C
No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like
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those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted（发出呼噜声）like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him----water splashing（飞溅）, bees humming（嗡嗡作响声）, a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.
People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.
The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy language. Your dictionary is your most useful book. 46．
What do we mean by language?
A．Sounds made by man. B．All the words made by man. C．Different kinds of sound. D．The way man learns.
47．From the passage we know that long long ago ______. [ ] A．no one learned how to make sounds or words B．animals taught to learn the language
C．Man learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the ground, and so on D．Man followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words
48．What is the number of language spoken in the world today? [ ] A．500 B．5, 000
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C．1, 500 D．15, 000
49．In which sentence can the word “contain (s)” be put so that it is a right one? [ ] A．I ______several dictionary B．Sea water______ salt. C．A dog ______four legs
D．Mr Smith ______glasses on his nose
B节：下面短文共有六段组成，开头和结尾都已经给出，其余的四个段落都是随机排列的。请根据段落之间的逻辑关系，用字母A 。B 。C 。D 重新排列这四个段落的顺序，使短文通顺。
A Trip to the Forest
One day Bob took two of his friends in-to the mountains.
1． Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew
there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp? 2. In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp(营地), it started to snow.
More and more snow fell.
3． They put up their tents (帐篷) and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing. 4． Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the
horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!
It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!
正确顺序为 50________ 51________ 52 _________ 53 _________
第二部分 非选择题 （四大题；共90分）
四．阅读与回答问题 （共15小题, 每小题2 分；满分30 分）
阅读下列短文，然后根据其内容回答问题。
A
PANSY
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One basic way of improving your memory is to use the link method. If you want to memorize something, you must make a “picture”. If the picture is silly, strange and colorful, you will remember it better. For example, I’m trying to remember the word “smiles”. An easy way to do this is to imagine there is a “mile” between the first letter and the last letter. This makes it the longest word in the world!
MILLIE Memory is connected with our feelings. For example, if someone says “This is a spider,” and then puts a large spider on your hand, you will probably remember the word “spider”! When some dramatic things happen, we usually remember them well, and we also remember where we were and what we were doing. For example, 98% of older people in the USA can remember where they were when they heard about the death of President John F Kennedy in 1963. 54. What method did the writer use to remember the word “smiles”?
__________________________________________________________________ 55. What did Millie mainly talk about in her article?
__________________________________________________________________ 56. What happened to John F Kennedy in 1963?
__________________________________________________________________
B
Miley Ray Cyrus was born on November 23, 1992. She is an actress and singer-songwriter. Cyrus is better known for starring(主演) in the TV show Hannah Montana. Cyrus became very known after Hannah Montana first
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appeared in March 2006. Following the success of the show, in October 2006, a CD was released(发行). She sang eight songs from the show on the CD. In December 2007, she was 17th in the list of “Forbes Top Twenty Superstar Earners under the age of 25”. She was making US$3.5 million a year. As of December 2007, she was working on a movie about Hannah Montana, titled Hannah Montana. The movie was shown on April 10, 2009.
Cyrus’s music career began with the release of her first album(唱片), Meet Miley Cyrus, on June 23, 2007. Her second album, Breakout, was released on July 22, 2008. Breakout was Cyrus’s first album that had nothing to do with Hannah Montana.
In 2008, Cyrus was listed among other artists as one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential(有影响力的) People in the World. 57. Cyrus isn’t an old woman, is she?
_____________________________________________________________________ 58. When did Cyrus start playing Hannah Montana?
_____________________________________________________________________ 59. What was the name of Cyrus’s second album?
_____________________________________________________________________ 60. If you want to enjoy all the songs in Hannah Montana, which album should you buy?
_____________________________________________________________________
C
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Soldiers were in an old, wooden building today when the roof collapsed. The building is on a large, empty plain ten kilometers from the nearest town. Nine of the soldiers escaped, but one soldier could not get out. One rescue worker from the army talked to our news team.
‘We have just rescued the soldier! At first, we couldn't open the windows because they were all closed securely. However, we got in through a window. It was difficult to get beyond the window because wood from the roof blocked the way. We finally found the soldier. He was unconscious so we dragged him out of the building. The main thing is he was not seriously hurt.''
The police are looking for a man. The man disappeared after a lucky day. He won a lot of money from horse racing. On the same day, he succeeded in getting the right numbers in the lottery.
Including the lottery, he won several million US dollars. The police do not know what happened to the man. They say perhaps criminals captured him and seized his money, or maybe he decided to celebrate by taking a world trip.
61. How far is the building that soldiers were in?
_____________________________________________________________________ 62. Who told the news story to our news team?
_____________________________________________________________________ 63. The soldier who couldn't get out at first wasn’t seriously hurt, was he? _____________________________________________________________________ 64. How much money did the man win in all?
_____________________________________________________________________
D
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Wild animals are important to us. They live together with us on the earth. If there are no animals on the earth, we will not live on, either. So we should take good care of them to help the earth live a healthy life.
But some people still don’t realize the importance of protecting them. They kill wild animals for food and other things. Every day there are many wild animals being killed. So lots of wild animals have died out. We can’t see them any more. Today the number of wild animals is becoming less and less. If people don’t protect them, they will all die out. If this goes on there will be no animals left on the earth.
Luckily many people have begun to realize the importance of protecting wild animals. They ask others to stop killing wild animals. They teach others about the importance of protecting wild animals. Now many countries have made some laws (法律) to protect wild animals and to stop people from killing them.
Protecting wild animals is the duty of each of us. We should do our best to protect them because protecting them is protecting ourselves too.
65. Why is the number of wild animals becoming less and less today?
__________________________________________________________________ 66. What do you mean by “die out” in Chinese?
__________________________________________________________________ 67. Why have many countries made some laws?
__________________________________________________________________ 68. What do you think we should do to protect wild animals?
__________________________________________________________________
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五. 短文填空 (共15小题, 每小题1分; 满分15分)
A）阅读短文, 然后从方框中选出可以填入文中空白处的单词。 used, just, line, heard, happy, came, piece, from, well We can often see dog owners taking their dogs for a walk. But have you___69___ of taking penguins(企鹅) for a walk? Here is a ___70___ of news from Japan. In Tokyo Zoo, penguins go out for a walk in __71__ every day. It is said that this can make them happy and stop them___72___ being homesick(想家的). The penguins in the zoo didn’t eat ___73___ and were not kind to workers when they first came to the zoo, maybe they were not ___74___ to the life in the zoo. So the zookeepers ___75___ up with this good idea.They___76___ let them walk as they did in South Pole. Now, all these penguins have become ___77___.
69____________ 70____________ 71____________ 72____________ 73____________ 74____________ 75____________ 76____________ 77____________ B）阅读短文, 然后用短文括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
Astronauts used to only have freeze-dried powders and semi-liquid pastes（冻干粉和半液状的糊糊）for meals. Now US scientists want to grow vegetables in mini-greenhouses on the Moon. They look forward to __78__(provide) astronauts or space travelers with fine dinners of fresh vegetables in the future.
Paragon, a company that works with NASA, has designed the \"Lunar Oasis（月亮绿洲）\". \"Lunar Oasis\" is a small greenhouse. It looks like a bell jar put into a 46cm-tall frame. The frame is designed to protect plants while they grow on the Moon.
They plan to send the small greenhouse into space __79__(successful) in 2012. Scientists will put brassica（芸苔）seeds —like a cabbage —in the greenhouse. Because this kind of vegetable goes
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from seed to flower in just 14 days, it can complete __80__(it) life cycle in just one night on the Moon.
The Moon greenhouse has been compared to an experiment at the South Pole. The South Pole greenhouse, now in its __81__(five) year, allows workers living in the coldest place on Earth to have __82__(tomato), lettuces, strawberries and herbs.
\"Living on the Moon seems so far away, but it is __83__(importance) that we do this research now,\" said Jane Poynter, the president of Paragon. 78____________ 79____________ 80____________ 81____________ 82____________ 83____________
六、综合阅读（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读短文，然后按要求完成第84~93小题。
A
Our eating habits are very important for good health and a strong body. There are times when most of us would （A）have sweets and ice-cream rather than eat meat and rice. Sweets and ice-cream are not bad for the stomach if we eat at the end of a meal. If we drink beer at meals, it may take away our appetite（食欲）. （B）对于我们很重要 to have dinner at the same time every day. When we feel hungry, it is a sign that our body needs food. When we feel angry or excited, we may not want to eat.
（C）_____, in England, some judges used to decide whether a man was telling the truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow the bread, it was a sign that he was not telling the truth.（D） this seems very strange and rather（E）foolish, it is indeed(真的) an excellent way
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of finding out the truth. （F）A worried man has difficulty in swallowing anything dry. Because of his worriment, he loses his appetite and does not want to eat.
84. 写出划线部分（A）和（E）的同义词或近义词: ___________ ____________
85. 把划线部分（B）译成英语:__________________________________________________ 86. 在划线（C）和（D）的空白处各填入一个适当的单词: ___________ ____________ 87. 将（F）改写为：It’s __________ ___________ a worried man to swallow anything dry. 88. 找出并抄写全文主题句：______________________________________________________
B
During summer vacations, I would volunteer at an animal hospital, so I’d seen a lot of dogs. Minnie was the funniest dog that I’d (A)______ seen. She looked like a sausage with thin curly hair. Her eyes always seemed surprised, and her tail looked like a rat’s tail.
She was brought to be put here because her owners didn’t want her any more. I thought Minnie had a sweet personality.” No one should judge her by her looks,” I thought. The doctor gave her the necessary shots finally, I advertised Minnie in the (B)________. “Funny-looking dog, sweet personality, needs loving family.”
A few days later, a young man called me. I warned (C) him that Minnie was strange-looking. The boy on the phone told me that his grandfather’s sixteen-year-old dog had just died. A few minutes later, an old car stopped in front of the animal hospital. Two kids ran to the door. (D)They brought the dog to their grandfather, who was waiting in the car. I hurried behind them. Inside the car, the grandfather held Minnie in his arms she licked his face. It was love at the first lick. “ She’s perfect!” the old man said.
I was thankful that Minnie had found the good home. When I looked at the grandfather’s eyes, (F)我发现他是盲人.
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89. 在（A）和（B）的空白处填入一个适当的词语：__________ __________ 90. 写出划线部分（C）指代的内容：____________________
91. 将划线部分（D）改写成： The dog _________ _________ to their grandfather. 92. 将划线部分（F）译成英语：________________________________________________ 93. 在文中找出描述狗的两个形容词：_______________ __________________
七、书面表达（共两节；A节5分，B节20分；满分25分）
（A）人们逐渐认识到学习英语不能仅仅靠背单词、学语法、做习题，还可以通过听歌、看英文影视剧等多种方式“边用边学”。请填写这份调查问卷，简要介绍你的学习经验。
（B）请结合填写的调查问卷，围绕如何学好英语这一话题，具体谈谈你的做法。 写作要求：
1. 字迹工整，语言规范，内容健康。词数80-100； 2. 鼓励写出真情实感，对紧扣主题的适当发挥不扣分。
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English is interesting to learn!
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参考答案及评分标准
一、基础知识与运用 （共20 小题，每小题1 分； 满分20 分） 1-5CCBDC 6-10BCBAD 11-15DAACB 16-20GAFBD 二、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 21-25ABBBA 26-30BCBCA 31-35DADCB
三、阅读理解（36-49小题，每小题1.5分；50-53小题，每小题1分） 36-39CDBA 40-43BADA 44-46CDB 47-49DAD 50-53 BDCA 四．阅读与回答问题 （共15小题, 每小题2 分；满分30 分） 54. The link method.
55. Memory is connected with our feelings. 56. He died. / He was killed. / He lost his life. 57. No.
58. In March 2006. 59. Breakout.
60. Her first album. / Meet Miley Cyrus. 61. 10 kilometers away from the nearest town. 62. One rescue worker from the army. 63. No.
64. Several million dollars.
65. Because there are many wild animals being killed every day. 66. 灭绝。
67. To protect wild animals and to stop people from killing them. 68. 开放话题。如：We shouldn't kill / eat wild animals. 五. 短文填空 (共15小题, 每小题1分; 满分15分) 69. heard 70. piece 71. line 72. from 73. well 74. used
75. came 76. just 77. happy 78. providing 79. successfully 80. its 81. fifth 82. tomatoes 83. important
六、综合阅读（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分） 84. eat, silly/stupid
85. It’s very important for us 86. However, Though 87. difficult, for
88. Our eating habits are very important for good health and a strong body. 89. ever; newspaper 90. The young man 91. was brought
92. I found him (to be) blind./ I found him (to be) a blind man./ I found (that) he was a blind man.
93. curly; strange-looking; sweet; funniest;
七、书面表达（共两节；A节5分，B节20分；满分25分）
A节5分 写出1点得1分 单词拼写错误、大小写，累计扣1分。标点符号不扣分。 B节20分 评分标准：
1. 字迹清晰，字数达到要求，得1分；
2. 语言地道，语法正确，行文流畅，得15-19分；
3. 语言基本正确，语病较少，能写出大部分要点，得10-14分； 4. 基本可读，语病较多，能写出部分要点，得5-9分； 5. 能写出与主题相关的单词或只言片语，得1-4分； 内容与主题无关，书写内容凌乱无法辨识，或白卷，得0分。
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