Unit1测试卷 牛津深圳版八年级英语上册.doc

Unit 1测试卷(时间：70分钟满分：75分)第一部分选择题(50分). 完形填空(10分)阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。(共10小题，每小题1分)Every scientist has a childhood dream. A scientist in China once had a(n) 1. He wished to grow a new type of rice which could produce a lot. This person is Yuan Longping， who was 2 in 1930. He graduated from the Southwest Agricultural(农业) University in 1953. Yuan Longping came up with an idea for a hybrid (杂交的) rice in the 1960s. Since then， he has devoted himself to the research and development of new varieties(品种).In 1973， together with other people， he 3 in the development of hybrid rice. This made China be a worldwide leader in rice production. For this， he was called “Father of Hybrid Rice”. In 1980， the technology for hybrid rice was 4 to the United States. 5 Professor Yuan's hard work， China now produces enough rice to 6 her people every year.In his7 time， he loved playing the violin and listening to music. Every night， he read for half an hour 8 he went to sleep. He liked swimming， too.It was said that Professor Yuan is one of the 9 people in China， because he cared about 10 but his research.( )1. A. idea B. dream C. thought D. invention( )2. A. bornB. appeared C. discovered D. took( )3. A. failed B. succeeded C. arrived D. defeated( )4. A. given B. introduced C. won D. included( )5. A. According to B. Compared with C. Because of D. Based on( )6. A. feedB. offer C. send D. provide( )7. A. spare B. busy C. lonely D. boring( )8. A. after B. until C. before D. since( )9. A. richest B. poorest C. oldest D. nicest( )10. A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something. 阅读理解(40分)第一节阅读下列短文，从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。(共15小题，每小题2分)ASchool holiday activities at the libraryCartooning with Eva LeungTuesday， 7 June， 9 a.m.11 a.m.$3.00 to cover the cost of art paper and pencilsChildren from 5 to 8 years old.Cartooning with Eva LeungWednesday， 8 June， 9 a.m.11 a.m. $3.00 to cover the cost of art paper and pencilsChildren from 9 to 10 years old.Kite-makingWednesday， 8 June， 2 a.m.4 p.m.$3.00 to cover the cost of paper， string and other materialsChildren from 5 to 10 years old.Kite-makingThursday 9 June， 2 a.m.4 p.m. $3.00 to cover the cost of paper， string and other materialsChildren from 9 to 12 years old.( )11. Lily is 10 years old. She and her 6-year-old brother want to take part in the kite-making activity. How much will it cost？A. $3. B. $6. C. $9. D. $12. ( )12. Who is this poster for？A. Doctors. B. Teachers. C. Writers. D. Children. ( )13. When will there be two different activities？A. On Monday.B. On Tuesday. C. On Wednesday.D. On Thursday. ( )14. Why are there two cartooning classes on the programme？A. Because the classes are for different age groups. B. Because more time is needed to learn cartooning.C. Because there is a strict limit on numbers for each class. D. Because some children might want to have the classes twice a week. ( )15. Where can we see the above information？A. In a travel guide. B. In a school newspaper. C. In a storybook. D. In an animal magazine. BNow QQ coins are popular among Chinese teenagers. People use real money to buy Web money. Then they buy clothes for their online characters or services for their online pets with it. And these fancy things will cost QQ fans more in the future.According to the latest policy from the government， it will put a tax(税) of three per cent on online sales. For example， if QQ users pay 100 yuan for 110 QQ coins， they will have to spend 103 yuan in the future. The extra three yuan is the tax.The capital of China was the first city to carry out the policy. Online games have to pay the tax， too. A number of players make money by spending a lot of time on the games to gain powers， and then selling them.Experts said that online trade grew fast. There is more than 10 billion yuan of real money in online trade a year in China.However， the government's new move has become a hot topic among Internet users around the country. A survey by sina. com showed that more than 70% of about 3,000 people were against it. They said that the tax is too much.But supporters said the government's better management of the Internet would help it become healthier. They believe the new move would help keep the Internet users safe from online identity theft (身份盗用).( )16. What can we learn from the story？A. QQ coins are a kind of game software. B. QQ coins are special Web money.C. QQ coins are some fancy clothes. D. QQ coins are some online pets.( )17. How many per cent of a tax will the Chinese government put on the online sales？A. 3%. B. 10%. C. 11%. D. 15%.( )18. What can we learn from the passage？A. Online gamers don't have to pay the tax. B. Many people think the tax is too much.C. All the people support this policy. D. The new move will cause online identity theft.( )19. What good things can the new move bring to the Internet？A. It can help the Internet become healthier and stop online shopping. B. It can help the Internet become healthier and stop online trade. C. It can help the Internet become healthier and stop online identity theft. D. It can help the Internet become healthier and stop online spending money. ( )20. What is the best title for the passage？A. QQ coins around the world B. A new policy about QQ coins C. Higher tax on online sales D. The Internet safety CThomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him， the world might still be in the dark. However， the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home， but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.When he was 12 years old， he got his first job. He became a newsboy(报童) on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily， his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator， but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent (专利) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity. Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other， but he thought of his deafness as a blessing(祝福) in many ways. It kept conversations short， so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat. Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.( )21. How often did Edison make a new invention？A. About every fourteen days. B. About every seven days.C. About once a week. D. About twice a week.( )22. What does the underlined word “fired” mean in this passage？A. Gave somebody a job. B. Set fire to somebody. C. Let somebody down. D. Forced somebody to leave his job.( )23. Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage？ A. Edison had only 8 hours rest each day because of work.B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching.C. Edison had his first job in 1869.D. Edison's inventions greatly improved the quality of people's life.( )24. What does the passage mainly talk about？A. The function of the electric light. B. Edison and his experiments. C. The importance of inventions. D. The whole life of Edison.( )25. What can we infer from the passage？A. Edison was lazy when he was young. B. Edison was poor so he needed to work on a train. C. He had little difficulties in experimenting. D. Edison was very hard-working. 第二节请阅读短文，并从下列方框里的六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中，使原文的意思完整、连贯。(共5小题，每小题1分)Florian Nast， George Horn and Stefan Streit come from Switzerland. They like travelling around the world. 26. One day， when they were travelling in Vietnam， one of their motorbikes(摩托车) broke down. 27. However， they couldn't speak the local language. At last， they drew some signs on a piece of paper and got the motorbike fixed. 28. In this way， travelling in different countries became easier for them than before. One day， they came up with an ideawhy not make a T-shirt with simple signs to help other travellers？ They had a try. 29. On the T-shirt， there are 40 common signs. It is easy for people all over the world to understand them. If you travel in a foreign country with this T-shirt on， you can just point to the signs to tell others what you need. 30. Visitors can also point to more than one sign. For example， putting signs of a heart， a bike and a wave (海浪) together means “I want to ride on a beach”. A. Finally， they made a T-shirt called Iconspeak T-shirt. B. They wanted to find somebody to fix it up.C. After that， the three young man used the same way to “talk” to the local people. D. Sometimes they find language is really a problem. E. In other words， these signs can help you a lot when you have trouble communicating with foreigners. F. For example， if a visitor wants to find the bus stop， he can ask people for help. 第三节信息匹配下面材料AF分别介绍了六条建议， 请根据对五位同学的需求，帮助他们选择合适的建议，并将其标号填入题前括号内。 (共5小题，每小题1分)A. You can come to the Happy Farm. Compared with the city center， it is quiet and relaxing. In the morning， birds will wake you up. You can see many farm animals here and help farmers to pick vegetables and cook meals by yourself.B. I believe you'd better tell them your ideas and feelings. Tell them that you need to relax at the weekend so that you can study better during the weekdays. If they don't listen to you， talk to your teachers or friends and ask them for help. C. I agree with your parents. Health is the most important. On weekdays， you spend too much time on reading. Sitting for a long time is bad for your health. At the weekend， why not do something that can exercise your body？D. As a student， school always comes first. Every student needs to do homework. I think you can listen to music when doing homework. You can also tell your teachers and parents that too much homework doesn't always work well. E. Good news！ I hear there is a nice park near our school. It's a new one， so not many people go there. I highly recommend it to you. You may do many interesting activities there， like flying a kite or having a picnic. F. It's important to listen to your parents. They do everything for you. So stop playing sports and finish your homework first. ( )31. Every weekend I have too much homework to do. Some is from my teachers and some is from my parents. I want to do something relaxing， but I can't. I really don't like it. Who can help me？( )32. This weekend I'd like to go to a place with trees and flowers and the place can't be too far. I want to have a picnic and do some fun activities with my friends there. ( )33. My parents are too strict with me. They never let me watch TV even at weekends. This Sunday there will be an important basketball game on TV. I really want to watch it. However， can my parents agree？( )34. At weekends， I want to play computer games or chat with my friends online， but my parents don't agree. They ask me to do more exercise. I can't stand it. At school， I'm really busy and tired. Shouldn't I relax at the weekend？( )35. Every summer holiday I go to the beach or go for a picnic with my parents. But I want to do something new and exciting this summer holiday. It doesn't need much money， but I can learn something about animals or a new way of living. Can you give me some advice？第二部分非选择题(25分). 语法填空(每小题1分，共10分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用所给单词的适当形式填空。John Smith was an old porter(行李搬运工). He worked at the station. Every day he was busy 36. (carry) heavy things for the people. He was careful 37. his work. He was kind to everyone. He was always ready to help 38. (other).One morning he stood in the station. He was waiting for the train. Just then he saw 39. man running towards the trains with a big bag in his hand.“No train is starting. Why is he in such a hurry？” the old man thought to 40. (he). He went up to the man and asked， “May I help you？”As soon 41. the man saw the porter， he stopped running.“Can I catch the 10：35 train to London？” the man asked. He looked 42. (worry).The old porter looked at him for a few seconds and said，“Well，Sir. I'd like 43. (help) you，but I can't answer your question because I don't know 44. fast you can run，”Then he explained to the man， “The 10：35 train to London 45. (leave) five minutes ago. Can you run fast enough to catch it？”. 书面表达(15分)假如你叫陈云，昨天从报纸上看到南山区要组织一次“全民学英语”的活动，并且在暑假要招聘一批英语志愿者的广告，你想应聘。请你用英语写一封简短的书信，根据表格提供信息，表示愿意为深圳市民服务。姓名陈云年龄15身高160cm健康状况良好性格外向爱好体育运动特长英语，唱歌，跳舞电子邮箱chenyunfifteen提示词：外向 outgoing要求：1. 80词左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数内；2. 文中不得出现真实姓名和校名；3. 可适当增加细节，以使条理清楚、行文连贯；4. 标点正确，书面整洁。Dear Sir，I read your advertisement in the newspaper yesterday. I am writing to tell you I'd like to work as a volunteer for the Nanshan district._Yours truly，Chen Yun