2021-2022学年牛津深圳版英语八年级下册 Units1-4 期中综合能力模拟检测题 (含答案)

这是一份2021-2022学年牛津深圳版英语八年级下册 Units1-4 期中综合能力模拟检测题 (含答案)，共8页。试卷主要包含了语法选择，完形填空，阅读，第一节等内容，欢迎下载使用。
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,选择可以填在横线上的最佳选项。
D yu knw hand gestures? Hand gestures are a very useful cmmunicatin tl __1__ they are easy t learn and simple t perfrm. They help us __2__ strng feelings withut the need fr wrds. __3__ hand gestures have been arund fr a very lng time, thugh their meanings may have changed ver the years. Here is the histry f tw f ur mst cmmnly used hand signs.
Thumbs-Up
Is there a __4__ ppular sign f apprval (赞成)than the thumbs-up? It is widely knwn that the use f this gesture ges back t the bldy games f ancient Rme. When ne gladiatr(角斗士)beat __5__, he wuld lk t the crwd fr __6__ pinin. Shuld the lser __7__ t live? The crwd wuld respnd(回应)by __8__ their thumbs up if they wanted the man t be saved r dwn if they wanted him t be killed ---- __9__ least, that’s what peple used t think. __10__, new studies have shwn that, in fact, a thumbs-up meant that the lser shuld die!
High Five
On 2 Octber, 1977, after Dusty Baker did a gd jb in a baseball game, LA Ddgers baseball player Glenn Burke __11__ his hand t greet his teammate. Withut thinking, Baker struck(击) Burkes hand __12__.Frm then n, they wuld ften “high five” during their games, and __13__ gesture became ppular.
Every day, peple use hand gestures __14__ a lt f meanings. Just as a picture can say __15__ wrds, a gesture can t!
1. A. ifB. whenC. becauseD. until
2. A. expressingB. t expressingC. expressedD. express
3. A. A ltB. Lt fC. LtsD. Lts f
4. A. muchB. manyC. mreD. mst
5. A. therB. antherC. the thersD. thers
6. A. theyB. themC. theirD. theirs
7. A. be allwedB. allwC. allwedD. is allwed
8. A. turnB. turnedC. turnsD. turning
9. A. nB. atC. inD. fr
10. A. BesidesB. HweverC. FinallyD. Whenever
11. A. raisesB. has raisedC. raisedD. will raise
12. A. hardlyB. hardC. harderD. hardest
13. A. theB. anC. aD. /
14. A. cmmunicateB. cmmunicatingC. t cmmunicatingD. t cmmunicate
15. A. thusand fB. thusandsC. a thusandD. thusandth
二、完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,选择可以填在横线上的最佳选项。
Once upn a time during the Jin Dynasty(晋朝) there lived a man named Zu Ti. He had a dream t serve(为…效力) his cuntry. Hwever, when he was yung, he was very naughty(淘气的)and __16__ learning anything. As he grew up, he wanted t learn smething useful t serve his cuntry. He started t read and practise swrd (剑) playing.
Zu Ti’s friend Liu Kun had a __17__ t serve his cuntry t, s they read and practised swrd playing tgether. At night, they slept in the same bed. One early mrning, while Zu Ti was __18__, the rsters’ crwing(公鸡的鸣叫) suddenly wke him up. At first, he was angry, but sn gt __19__. He wke Liu Kun up.
“Why dn’t we use the crwing f the rsters t __20__ us t get up s that we can have mre time fr swrd playing?” __21__ Zu Ti.
“That’s a gd idea!” Liu Kun agreed __22__.
The tw friends went ut f the rm and started swrd playing. Frm then n, they gt up as sn as they __23__ the crwing f the rsters. After years f hard __24__, they were gd at swrd playing. __25__, they bth became famus peple in ancient China and their dream t serve their cuntry came true. Tday their stry still inspires(激励) peple t achieve their dreams.
16. A. enjyedB. startedC. finishedD. disliked
17. A. dreamB. habitC. tryD. feeling
18. A. drinkingB. sleepingC. runningD. walking
19. A. tiredB. surprisedC. excitedD. frightened
20. A. inviteB. remindC. allwD. teach
21. A. thughtB. answeredC. advisedD. rdered
22. A. happilyB. angrilyC. sadlyD. carelessly
23. A. watchedB. fundC. stppedD. heard
24. A. discussingB. trainingC. readingD. teaching
25. A. StrangelyB. HweverC. LuckilyD. Later
三、阅读(共两节,满分35分)
第一节阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,根据短文内容选择最佳选项。
A
I used t teach music in a cllege in the nrth f England. It wasn’t a bad jb and I really liked my students, but I began t feel tired f ding the same thing every day. I decided I needed a break.
One day, I saw an advertisement fr a grup nline. It asked vlunteers t g and stay n an island in the Indian Ocean and help prtect the sea life. I had sme diving experience. The mre I talked abut it with my friends, the mre I wanted t d it. Then I called the grup. One week later they ffered t send me t the island and I accepted. Sme peple were surprised by my decisin but I wasn’t t wrried. After all, the vlunteer jb was nly fr tw mnths during the summer hlidays. I thught after I’d finished, I’d cme hme.
As sn as I gt t the island, I was sure I’d dne the right thing. My first dive was breathtaking. I used t train in cld water in the UK, s the clear warm water felt great. I felt s lucky t be able t experience that every day.
In fact I lved it s much that I never came hme! I’ve nw been n the island fr tw years. Nw I teach peple abut the sea life and take them diving. I wrk far harder than I used t. Hwever, I can’t imagine ging back t my ld life.
26. The writer learnt abut the vlunteer jb frm ________.
A. his friendsB. a vlunteerC. the InternetD. a magazine
27. The writer wasn’t t wrried abut the vlunteer jb because __________.
A. he is gd at divingB. it wasn’t fr a lng time
C. he used t be a vlunteerD. the island isn’t far frm England
28. What des the writer mainly want t tell us thrugh the passage?
A. A big decisin changed his life.B. There are many ways t vlunteer.
C. It’s imprtant t prtect the sea life.D. Travelling made him a happier persn.
B
Culd yu live withut a TV fr ne year? Philippa Carting wanted t if it was pssible and advised her family t give theirs up fr ne whle year.
“I live with my husband and ur tw children,” explains(解释) Philippa, “and I realized just hw much time we spent sitting in frnt f the TV. The children turned it n as sn as they gt up and again when they gt back frm schl. My husband and I were n better. We spent the evening watching TV prgrammes and talking little with each ther. Then after lts f arguments(争吵), we decided t d an experiment ---- trying t live withut a TV fr ne year.” S, n 20 June last year, the Carting family sld their TV.
Eleven mnths have nw gne by and Philippa believes the experiment is successful. She says, “At first we thught life withut a TV wuld be bring. But we were all astnished t find that life still carried n. It was even fun! After selling ur TV, we all started t read a lt mre. My husband and I spend time tgether after dinner playing bard games and the children finish their hmewrk a lt quicker than befre.”
S will the TV return when the year cmes t an end next mnth? “We’re nt sure, says Philippa. We might decide t buy a new ne r we might nt, because we’ve learnt that life can be gd withut a TV.”
29. What d we knw abut Philippa’s family befre last June?
A. They fund life was bring.
B. Their TV was n almst all day.
C. The tw children didn’t enjy their schl days.
D. Philippa talked little with her husband in the evening
30. The underlined wrd “astnished” in Paragraph 3 is clsest in meaning t ________.
A. angry B. serius C. surprisedD. nervus
31. Withut a TV, Philippa’s tw children __________.
A. argue with each ther lessB. read mre than their parents
C. play bard games mre ftenD. spend less time ding their hmewrk
32. The writer wrte this passage mainly t____________.
A. advise us t give up ur TVsB. argue that watching TV is bring
C. talk abut the dangers f watching TVD. explain that life can be gd withut a TV
C
Sme f us live in big huses; sme f us live in small huses; sme f us live in apartments in very tall buildings…But mst f us live in huses that lk like…well... huses. But nt everyne. Sme peple like things that are a bit different and that includes their hme. Fr example, there’s a huse that lks like a strawberry in Japan. There’s even a huse in Pland that is cmpletely upside dwn!
Maybe yu knw the children’s pem abut the ld lady wh lived in a she. In Pennsylvania, USA there is a real she huse. Of curse, it’s nt really a she, just a huse in the shape f a she. A lcal she manufacturer (制造商) called Mahln N. Haines had the idea f building It. He used it as a guest huse. When he died, it became an ice-cream shp fr a while. These days, it’s a museum.
The One Lg Huse in Garberville, Califrnia, USA is a ne-bedrm huse inside a 2000-year-ld tree. It tk tw peple seven mnths t remve(移除)all the inside f the tree and make a living space that is just ver tw metres high and nearly 10 metres lng.
Janne Ussery frm Benit, Mississippi in the USA lives in a plane. It’s a Being 727. The plane cst her $2,000 and it cst anther $4,000 t mve it n t her land. She spent anther $24, 000 making it int a hme.
It’s nt the nly “flying” hme in the USA In Chattanga, there is a huse in the shape f a spaceship. The huse is a rund white disc(圆盘) with fur legs.
And believe it r nt, there is a walking huse in Denmark. It has six metal legs. It was created by sme Danish artists and scientists and mving it is quite ________. When yu want t live smewhere new, just push a buttn (按钮) and walk it t a new lcatin.
33. Frm Paragraph 2, we knw the she-shaped huse __________.
A. is a museum nwB. was first used as a shp
C. is cmpletely upside dwnD. was built by an American lady
34. Hw much did Janne Ussery spend n her “flying” hme?
A. $2,000B. $4.000C.$24,000D.$30,000
35. The best wrd fr “___▲___” is __________.
A. easyB. hardC. cheap D. expensive
36. Which f the fllwing is TRUE?
A. The One Lg Huse is inside a 3000-year-ld tree.
B. A strawberry-shaped huse can be fund in Pland.
C. The spaceship-shaped huse in Chattanga has six metal legs.
D. The walking huse in Denmark is the wrk f sme artists and scientists.
D
At the age f 50, Eddie Brcklesby frm Lndn decided t run her first half marathn(半程马拉松). Until that pint, she had dne little running, and the nly exercise that she gt was just walking her children t their sprts clubs. Like many adults, she was busy with wrk and hme life and had n time t d smething she was interested in.
After that half marathn and the death f her husband. Eddie cmpleted her first marathn at the age f 52. Sn after she fllwed her sns example t enter a triathln(铁人三项). And she hasn’t stpped since then. During the past years, she has taken part in lts f marathns and triathlns arund the wrld and has wn many medals(奖牌). In 2015 at the age f 72, she became the ldest British wman t cmplete an Irnman Triathln.
Realizing the imprtance f lifelng health, in 2013 Eddie started an rganizatin named Silverfit, She hpes t help lder peple t be happier and healthier thrugh physical activity. Nw Silverfit has grwn t ver 2,000 members.
T further inspire thers t fllw in her ftsteps, in 2018 Eddie wrte a bk ---- Irngran. In her bk, she lks back n her life and explains just hw she has develped the habit f living an active life. She shares the difficulties she has experienced in her sprting effrts, and explains hw she has managed t vercme them. “If I can start t run at 50 and becme the ldest British wman t cmplete a triathln, everyne shuld realize it’s never t late,” said Eddie.
37. What d we knw abut Eddie frm Paragraph 1?
A. She gt lts f training fr her first half marathn.
B. She dreamt f running a marathn as a child.
C. She jined a sprts club with her children.
D. She wasn't active befre she was 50.
38. Eddie ran her first marathn ___________.
A. with her snB. as the ldest runner
C. after lsing her husbandD. ne year after her first half marathn
39. Paragraph 3 gives us infrmatin n Silverfit’s __________.
① creatr② gal③ future plans④ number f members
A. ①②③B. ①②④C. ②③④D. ①③④
40. What can we learn frm Eddies stry?
A. Yu are never t ld t get started.B. Helping thers makes us happier.
C. Life can be hard fr everyne.D. The first wealth is health.
第二节 阅读填空(共5小题;每小题1分,满分5分)
阅读短文及文后选项,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Hw ften d yu leave fd n yur plate? Des yur family thrw when fd frm the fridge because it’s n lnger fresh? 41. ______________
Abut ne third f all fd in the wrld is wasted (浪费). Amng the waste, 45% f fruits and vegetables, 35% f seafd, and 30% f cereal (谷类食物) are wasted. 42. ___________
Fd waste is a big prblem. It csts mney and hurts the envirnment. 43. ___________ One gd way is t add it t the sil(土壤)t help plants grw. Much f fd waste can help imprve the sil in ur gardens if we use it crrectly.(S fd waste can be useful and we shuld get mre peple t understand its value. ) 44. ____________ We shuld take time t think abut hw much fd we will actually eat. Anther way is t Jin rganizatins that give fd t peple that dn’t have enugh fd. Finally, give uneaten fd t pets r farm animals. 45. _____________ Hwever, if we all make an effrt, we can make a difference.
A. But we can d smething t help slve it.
B. We culd als buy less at the supermarket.
C. The fd waste prblem isn't ging t be slved vernight.
D. Milk prducts and meat are als wasted, but nt as much.
E. If fd waste is a prblem in yur hme, think abut what it’s like I arund the wrld.
（2019烟台改编）Why Shrt Stries Are Best fr English Learning
Yu get mre time t fcus n wrds. When a text is shrt, yu can have mre time t learn hw every single wrd is used and what imprtance it has in 64 _________ text. This is 65 _________ (useful) fr thse wh are beginners f English.
Yu can read a whle stry at a time. Attentin length is very imprtant fr learning. And the ability t finish a stry gives yu mre time 66 _________ (understand) it. Shrt stries are written t give yu mre infrmatin with less effrt.
It is best fr cnsistency（一致性）. 67 _________ (try) t read a big nvel that never seems t end is much mre difficult than reading ne stry every day.
Yu can share them 68 _________ (easy) in a grup. Since shrt stries can 69 _________ (read) in any place, they are perfect fr bk clubs and learning circles. Mst f the time these grups d nt wrk 70 _________ members have n time t read. Shrt stries are the perfect way fr them.
Yu can fcus mre n ideas. Language is less abut wrds and mre abut the 71 _________ (mean) behind them. If yu spend all yur time 72 _________ (learn) vcabulary and grammar, yu will never be able t speak a language smthly because yu will have little t talk 73 _________ . Shrt stries give yu the chance t understand big ideas in a shrt text.
In a wrd, shrt stries will nt nly imprve yur English reading cmprehensin（理解力）, but als pen yur mind t different wrlds.
第三节书面表达(共1题;满分15分)
地震通常是突然发生的,因此知道在地震中该怎样做非常重要。假设你是班长,请根据下面表格的内容提示用荚语写一则口头通知,告知同学们参加报告会。词数80左右,通知的开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
【内容提示】
Listen up, everyne! I’d like t tell yu smething imprtant. ______________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I am sure yu will learn a lt if yu g t the talk. That’s all. Thank yu!
参考答案：
一、1-5 CDDCB 6-10 CADBB 11-15 CBADC
二、16-20 DABCB 21-25 CADBD
三、26-30 CBADC 31-35 DDADA36-40 DDCBA 41-45 EDABC
四、第一节
46. suffered 47. lnely
48. attracted 49. friendship50. cmmunicate
第二节
51. tk place
52. set ff
53. practises climbing
54. ffered t d
55. is spken by
第三节 One pssible versin：
Listen up, everyne! I’d like t tell yu smething imprtant. We all knw that earthquakes ften happen suddenly, s it is imprtant fr us t knw what t d in an earthquake. Mr White frm the US is ging t give us a talk n what t d in an earthquake. It is n 25 May at the schl gym. His talk begins at half past fur in the afternn. All the students in Grade Eight must g t the talk. And students frm ther grades are als welcmed.
I am sure yu will learn a lt if yu g t the talk. That’s all. Thank yu!

内容
What t d in an earthquake
报告人
来自美国的Mr. White
时间
5月25日下午4点半开始
地点
学校体育馆
参加人员
所有八年级学生必须参加，欢迎其他年级的学生参加