Unit 1 【单元测试 · 提升卷】-2023-2024学年八年级英语上册单元速记•巧练（牛津沪教版）

Unit 1 【单元测试 · 提升卷】 一、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分 10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 his 7 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. And he cared about 10 but his research. 1．A．idea B．dream C．thought D．invention 2．A．born B．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．feed B．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．most careful 10．A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something 二、阅读理解。(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Thomas 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 mont