Unit 2 Numbers【A卷·提升卷】-2024-2025学年八年级英语上册单元速记·巧练（广州专用，沪教牛津版）

班级 姓名 学号 分数 Unit 2 Numbers（A卷·提升卷） （时间：100分钟，满分：90分） 第1部分 选择题部分 一、单项选择 (本大题共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 1．I like playing ________ chess, while my sister likes playing ________ violin. A．the; the B．the; / C．/; / D．/; the 2．Boys and girls,please turn to Page and look at the picture. A．Fifth;five B．Five;five C．Fifth;fifth D．Five;fifth 3．—I heard that Jack ________ Frank to a game of ping-pong. Did he win? —No, he lost the game. Frank is really good at ping-pong. A．offered B．challenged C．changed D．promised 4．Some people are on the playground. Some of them are singing, and the rest ________ dancing. A．be B．is C．am D．are 5．There are _________ stars in the sky but we can only see about six _________ stars. A．a large amount of; thousand B．a large number of; thousand C．a large amount of; thousands D．a large number of; thousands 2、 语法选择 (本大题共10小题；每小题1分，满分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，从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 In a town, there was a wise man who would listen to people’s problems and try to offer advice. The problems seemed 6 complaints about the same things over and over again. But it seemed that the villagers never actually took 7 advice. In fact, it almost seemed like the people simply 8 complaining and didn’t want to listen to the wise man. He came up with 9 interesting solution to this problem. Every time they came to him with their complaints, he would tell them a joke. The joke was funny the first time they heard it. 10 as they came back over time with the same old complaints, the man would say the same old joke. It got 11 funny as time went bу. Finally, one person asked the wise man, “ 12 are you always telling the same joke over and over again? Do you think it funny?” The wise man replied, “If you 13 laugh at the same joke over and over, then why do you always complain about the same things over and over again?” There is no point in worrying 14 if you can’t take action to solve it. 15 that you are only in charge your life. The world is what you make it. 6．A．be B．being C．to be D．been 7．A．him B．his C．he D．himself 8．A．enjoyed B．enjoy C．will enjoy D．have enjoyed 9．A．a B．an C．the D．/ 10．A．And B．Or C．So D．But 11．A．little and little B．less and less C．few and few D．fewer and fewer 12．A．When B．What C．Why D．How 13．A．won’t B．didn’t C．mustn’t D．can’t 14．A．about B．at C．with D．for 15．A．To remember B．Remembering C．Remember D．Remembered 三、完形填空 (本大题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) Zu Chongzhi was a Chinese 16 , astronomer and mechanic. He was born in to a well-educated family. 17 an excellent engineer, Zu Chongzhi’s grandfather taught him science. From an early age, ZuChongzhi showed great intelligence and curiosity, with special interest in mathematics and 18 . Today we know Zu Chongzhi because he was the first person to 19 that pi falls between 3. 1415926 and 3. 1425927, and his result remained 20 value in the world for more than 900 years. He also worked out the close value of pi to be 355/113, which he called “close ratio”. This ratio was 21 hard that a Japanese mathematician named it “Zu’s ratio”. It is not clear how Zu Chongzhi became interested in finding the value of pi, yet people have told stories about him. For a long time in the past, people believed that a circle’s circumference（周长）was 22 its diameter（直径）. Zu Chongzhi was not sure about this result and wanted to prove it 23 . He used a 24 to measure the circumference of a wheel. Then he folded the rope into three equal parts and compared it with the diameter of 25 . No matter how many wheels he measured, the diameter of the wheel was always shorter than a third of the circumference. 16．A．mathematician B．artist C．painter D．musician 17．A．In B．As C．At D．With 18．A．Biology B．English C．Math D．Astronomy 19．A．watch out B．look for C．find out D．take care 20．A．the accurate B．the most accurate C．more accurate D．accurate 21．A．such B．very C．so D．terribly 22．A．3 times B．10 times C．3 time D．5 times 23．A．ourselves B．herself C．themselves D．himself 24．A．rope B．wheel C．computer D．ruler 25．A．diameter B．circle C．wheel D．circumference 四、阅读理解 (本大题共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) A Have you ever wondered how numbers first came about? And why is there 10 of them? Early humans in the Old Stone Age likely counted animals and other objects by carving tally marks (记数符号) on walls, bones or stone. Tally marks were grouped by 5. Each tally mark stood for 1 and each fifth mark was scored through to help keep track. This system was fine for small numbers, but it didn’t really work with large numbers. As the society developed, people came up with different ways of writing down numbers. Many of these systems, though appearing in different countries, were mainly based on tally marks. They created new symbols for each larger number. But even with these systems, it was still cumbersome to write large numbers. By the 7th century, Indians had perfected the decimal positional (十进位) system, which could describe any number with only ten unique symbols. A key breakthrough of this system was the number 0. Older systems, which didn’t have 0, would leave a blank in its place, making it hard to distinguish between 63 and 603 or 12 and 120. Having and using 0 helped make writing down numbers clearer and easier for everyone to understand. But why were the numbers known as “Arabic” since they were born in India? Here’s an interesting story behind it. Sometime in the year 771, Arab businessmen took some Indian scholars (学者) to Baghdad to help teach them the new set of numbers. After learning the numbers, the Arabs translated the new numbers into their own script (文字体系) that is Arabic. Sometime later, the Arab traders carried a book of these numerals to Europe, where the numbers were translated into Latin. As the world got these numbers from Arabia, these came to be known as Arabic numerals. 26．What do we know about the early counting systems? A．They were created in India. B．They all worked with large numbers. C．All the systems followed old symbols. D．Many of them were based on the same system. 27．What does the underlined word “cumbersome” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A．Hard. B．Useless. C．Convenient. D．Practical. 28．Which of the following about Indians is TRUE? A．They recreated the decimal positional system in 771. B．They invented the numbers from 0 to 9. C．They named a perfect number system. D．They created the number 0. 29．The new set of numbers is called Arabic numerals because ________ A．the Arabs invented them B．the Arabs spread them C．the Arabs lied to the world D．the Arabs kept them to themselves B Once there lived a man named Hans. He didn’t work but dreamed that he could become rich. One day, Hans saved an old man. The old man was a sage (智者). He thanked Hans and promised to give Hans a boon (恩惠). Hans told him he wanted to become rich without hard work. Then the sage gave Hans the boon: Every night, Hans would have a dream. The dream would show the troubles of someone, and Hans was the only one who knew how to solve the problems. This could help him make money. Starting that night, Hans had different dreams. With his dreams, he helped a rich man find his missing gold, cured (治愈) a sick girl…The people all thanked him and gave him much money. Soon he became rich. However, as time went by, Hans felt less happy. Since he dreamed of people’s troubles every night, he couldn’t sleep well and get peace of mind. As a result, his health got bad. Hans decided to visit the sage. When he met the sage, Hans asked him to take the boon back. The sage asked why. Hans said although he loved money, his health was more important. He said he would work hard to make money. The sage agreed. From that night, Hans no longer had dreams. 30．What can we know about Hans from the first two paragraphs? A．He was a lazy man. B．He lost a lot of money. C．He had a sick daughter. D．He was kind to everyone. 31．What was the boon for Hans? A．He got a lot of gold. B．He was in good health. C．He moved into a big new house. D．He would dream and solve others’ troubles. 32．How did Hans probably feel after the sage took the boon back? A．Happy. B．Sad. C．Angry. D．Funny. 33．What can we learn from this passage? A．You’re not rich until you have a big heart. B．The most important thing is to enjoy your life. C．When you help others, you’re helping yourself. D．One can get something great only through hard work. C Do you have a lucky number? What is it? Many people have a special number and they hope that it will bring them good luck. In China, people think some numbers are lucky or unlucky because those numbers sound similar to some Chinese words that mean (意思是) something good or bad. For example, the word for number 8 sounds like “making lots of money” in Chinese. So, people think it a very lucky number. Some people will even spend much more money to have 8s in their phone numbers. Do you remember the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing? It opened at 8:08 p. m. on August 8, 2008. The number 9 is also a lucky number because of its connection to the emperors (皇帝) of China. There were nine dragons on emperors’ robes (长袍) and it’s told in many Chinese ancient stories that the dragon has nine children. The number of 9 also means “long lasting”. In China, a man would send 99 or 999 roses to his lover with the wishes that the love between them will be long lasting. What’s more, Chinese think that the number 2 is lucky as it’s said that “all good things come in pairs”. For example, during wedding celebrations (婚礼庆典), you usually find pairs of red candles, double pillows and many other things in pairs. And people often give gifts in pairs for someone’s birthday, wedding or other celebrations. So what’s an unlucky number in China? It might be 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as an unlucky number because it sounds similar to the Chinese word “die”. Because of this, many buildings don’t have the fourth floor, and just call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip (跳过) all floors with the numbered 4, such as 4, 14, 24, 34 and all 40-49 floors. So, a building whose highest floor is 50 may have only 36 floors in fact. 34．From the article, we can learn that some people would pay much more money for ________. A．the phone numbers with 8s B．the Summer Olympic Games C．the emperors’ robes D．the wedding celebrations 35．Why would a man like to send 99 roses to his lover? A．Because he thinks that women love roses the best. B．Because the number 9 has a connection to the emperors of China. C．Because he hopes that he will be in love with the woman for a long time. D．Because he wishes that he will have lots of children with the woman in the future. 36．What can we learn from the article? A．The shape of a word makes Chinese think that a word is lucky or unlucky. B．The Beijing Olympic Games opened at 8:00 p. m. on August 8, 2008. C．Chinese like to give gifts in pairs. D．Roses mean long lasting in Chinese. 37．What is the article about? A．Numbers and old stories in China. B．Lucky and unlucky numbers in Chinese culture. C．Ways to find your lucky and unlucky numbers. D．Different meanings of numbers in different countries. D Camp Counselor(辅导员) We are looking for people to join us as a camp counselor at Williams Outdoor School. We connect children to science through nature. Our camp counselors are energetic and supportive, and more importantly, caring team members. This is an eight-hour everyday job in the five-day-long programme during the summer. Work time: 9: 00 a.m.~5: 00 p.m. Pay: $10 per hour LEGO Engineering Instructor Do you enjoy taking things apart and then putting them back together? If so, then this maybe your dream job! We are looking for smart and creative LEGO engineering instructors. Work time: 2: 00 p.m.~5: 00 p.m. Pay: $15 per hour Teacher’s Assistant We are looking for part-time teacher’s assistants for our Inspire Kids Preschool in Newburgh. Teacher’s assistants need to prepare materials, help children finish activities and create a safe environment. Work time: 8: 00 a.m. ~11: 00 a.m.  Pay: $100 per week Summer Care Giver I’m looking for someone careful and patient to watch my kids when I’m working from 11: 00 a.m. to 3: 00 p.m. I have a 7-year-old daughter, and a 5-year-old son. I am also asking you to prepare snacks and clean up the rooms. Pay: $150 per week 38．How much can a camp counselor make in total? A．$10. B．$80. C．$400. D．$800. 39．If you are free from 9: 00 a.m. to 5: 00 p.m, you can apply for all summer jobs EXCEPT ________. A．Teacher’s assistant. B．Summer caregiver. C．LEGO engineering instructor. D．Camp counselor. 40．Where can you probably find this text? A．On a website. B．In a dictionary. C．In a visitor guide. D．In an E-mail. 五、阅读填空 (本大题共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 阅读短文及文后A～E选项，选出可以填入各题空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 What inventions do you think are the most important? 41 Paper is one of the most important inventions in the world. People can’t write without paper. 42 Cai Lun’s invention allowed people to write down information, stories and history. The toilet is a simple and important invention. Before toilets, people’s waste would go into the rivers from their homes. 43 However, with toilets, people can dispose of (处理) their waste in a cleaner way. This has helped to make people less sick and keep cities cleaner. 44 Before this invention, most animals died every autumn because there wasn’t enough food for them to eat. But then, hay (干草) came along and became a popular and easy-to-get food for animals. Then animals could live through the long winter. The fourth great invention is reading glasses. When people become more than 45 years old, they often start having trouble seeing things up close. It is called far-sightedness. 45 Thankfully, reading glasses were invented to solve this problem. They allow people to easily read, write, and do “close work”. Do you know other important inventions? A．Here are four important ones. B．This made people sick in big cities. C．Another great invention is animal food. D．In 105 AD, Cai Lun in ancient China invented paper. E．This makes it hard to see things clearly that are close to them. 第二部分 非选择题部分 六、语篇填词 (本大题共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) How did people count things before the i 46 of written numbers? At first, people used their fingers, and even their toes. H 47 , they could only count small numbers in this way. After that, they began to make small marks on sticks and bones. This helped them count bigger numbers. They used them to count things like the days of the month, the a 48 of food and the number of animals they had. Then people began to use tokens made from clay or small stones. This helped them count even bigger numbers. They often put the tokens on pieces of string so that they could c 49 them around easily. This developed into tools like the abacus. Finally, people began to develop systems of written marks to show different numbers, and this l 50 to the Hindu-Arabic system (0-9). We are still using this system today. 七、完成句子 (本大题共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分) 51．王老师叫我们抄写下这篇文章，然后背诵。 Mr. Wang asked us the article and recite it. 52．我的爱好很多，例如足球，篮球，游泳等等。 I have many hobbies, such as football, basketball, swimming . 53．刚刚我和妈妈去公园散步了。 I with my mom in the park just now. 54．我们将待在家里而不是去购物。 We shall stay at home shopping. 55．他把杯子里剩下的水喝完以后便出去了。 He drank up the water in his glass and went out. 八、书面表达（15分） 56．假设你们学校进行了一项有关学生假期活动的调查，下面图表显示的是你们班的调查数据。 请根据该图表写一份调查报告并谈谈你自己的想法。 要点： 提示词： 聊天 chat　义务性工作 voluntary work 要求：1. 80词左右，标题和开头已给出，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。 Activities on holidays Our school made a survey on students’ activities on holidays recently. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 答案第10页，共10页 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！6 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 班级 姓名 学号 分数 Unit 2 Numbers（A卷·提升卷） （时间：100分钟，满分：90分） 第1部分 选择题部分 一、单项选择 (本大题共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 1．I like playing ________ chess, while my sister likes playing ________ violin. A．the; the B．the; / C．/; / D．/; the 【答案】D 【详解】句意：我喜欢下象棋，而我妹妹喜欢弹钢琴。 考查冠词的用法。the表特指，定冠词；/不用冠词，零冠词。chess为棋类，棋类名词前不用冠词；violin为乐器，表示演奏乐器时，乐器的前面要加定冠词the。故选D。 2．Boys and girls,please turn to Page and look at the picture. A．Fifth;five B．Five;five C．Fifth;fifth D．Five;fifth 【答案】D 【详解】试题分析：句意：孩子们。请翻到第五页，看第五幅图画。表示计量单位时，基数词位于单位名词之后，序数词位于单位名词之前，并且加定冠词the。Page five="the" fifth page“第五页”。the fifth picture“第五幅图画”。故选D。 3．—I heard that Jack ________ Frank to a game of ping-pong. Did he win? —No, he lost the game. Frank is really good at ping-pong. A．offered B．challenged C．changed D．promised 【答案】B 【详解】句意：——我听说杰克向弗兰克挑战要打乒乓球。他赢了吗？——不，他输了比赛。弗兰克乒乓球打得很好。 考查动词辨析。offered提供；challenged挑战；changed改变；promised许诺。根据“Did he win?”和“No, he lost the game.”可推知，此处指杰克向弗兰克挑战打乒乓球，应用challenged。故选B。 4．Some people are on the playground. Some of them are singing, and the rest ________ dancing. A．be B．is C．am D．are 【答案】D 【详解】句意：有些人在操场上。其中有的人正在唱歌，其余的人都在跳舞。 考查be动词和主谓一致。the rest作主语时，谓语动词的单复数由它所修饰的名词或指代的意义决定。根据“Some of them”可知此处指在操场上活动的人，因此the rest指“其余的人”，表示复数意义，故谓语应用be动词的复数形式are。故选D。 5．There are _________ stars in the sky but we can only see about six _________ stars. A．a large amount of; thousand B．a large number of; thousand C．a large amount of; thousands D．a large number of; thousands 【答案】B 【详解】句意：天空中有很多星星，但我们只能看到大约6000颗星星。 考查词汇辨析。a large amount of大量的，修饰不可数名词；a large number of许多，修饰可数名词复数；thousand千，前面有具体数词时，thousand不能用复数形式。第一个空后面的stars是可数名词，故用a large number of。第二个空前面有具体的数字six，故用thousand。故选B。 2、 语法选择 (本大题共10小题；每小题1分，满分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，从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 In a town, there was a wise man who would listen to people’s problems and try to offer advice. The problems seemed 6 complaints about the same things over and over again. But it seemed that the villagers never actually took 7 advice. In fact, it almost seemed like the people simply 8 complaining and didn’t want to listen to the wise man. He came up with 9 interesting solution to this problem. Every time they came to him with their complaints, he would tell them a joke. The joke was funny the first time they heard it. 10 as they came back over time with the same old complaints, the man would say the same old joke. It got 11 funny as time went bу. Finally, one person asked the wise man, “ 12 are you always telling the same joke over and over again? Do you think it funny?” The wise man replied, “If you 13 laugh at the same joke over and over, then why do you always complain about the same things over and over again?” There is no point in worrying 14 if you can’t take action to solve it. 15 that you are only in charge your life. The world is what you make it. 6．A．be B．being C．to be D．been 7．A．him B．his C．he D．himself 8．A．enjoyed B．enjoy C．will enjoy D．have enjoyed 9．A．a B．an C．the D．/ 10．A．And B．Or C．So D．But 11．A．little and little B．less and less C．few and few D．fewer and fewer 12．A．When B．What C．Why D．How 13．A．won’t B．didn’t C．mustn’t D．can’t 14．A．about B．at C．with D．for 15．A．To remember B．Remembering C．Remember D．Remembered 【答案】 6．C 7．B 8．A 9．B 10．D 11．B 12．C 13．D 14．A 15．C 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一位智者经常倾听别人遇到的问题并给出解决的建议，但是他发现人们只是反复的向他倾诉相同的问题而并不采取他的建议解决问题，后来智者想出一个主意让村民明白了遇到问题不要抱怨而要解决。 6．句意：问题似乎是一次又一次地抱怨相同的问题。 be是；being动名词；to be动词不定式；been动词的过去分词。seem“似乎”，后接动词不定式作其宾语，故选C。 7．句意：但是似乎村民们从来没有真正想采用他的建议。 him他，宾格；his他的，物主代词；he他，主格；himself他自己，反身代词。此处应填形容词性物主代词作定语，故选B。 8．句意：事实上，看来几乎是人们仅仅喜欢抱怨而不是想要听智者的话。 enjoyed喜欢，动词的过去式；enjoy原形；will enjoy一般将来时；have enjoyed现在完成时。根据“didn’t want to listen to the wise man”和“and”可知句子时态为一般过去时，故选A。 9．句意：他想出一个有趣的解决问题的方式。 a一，表泛指，用于辅音音素开头的单词前；an一，表泛指，用于元音音素开头的单词前；the表特指；/零冠词。此处表泛指，而interesting为元音音素开头，故选B。 10．句意：但是随着时间的推移，当他们带着同样的抱怨返回时，这个人讲同样的老笑话。 and并且；or或者；so所以；but但是。根据“The joke was funny the first time they heard it.”和“the man would say the same old joke”可知二者为转折关系，故选D。 11．句意：随着时间的流逝，它变得越来越无趣。 little and little逐渐地；less and less越来越少，修饰不可数名词，副词或形容词；few and few错误表达；fewer and fewer，修饰可数名词复数。根据“as time went bу”可知此处暗含比较级，funny为形容词，故选B。 12．句意：你为什么总是反复讲相同的笑话？ when什么时候；what什么；why为什么；how怎样。根据“If you...laugh at the same joke over and over, then why do you always complain about the same things over and over again?”可知此处询问原因，故选C。 13．句意：如果你不想反复笑同一个笑话，那么你为什么总是反复抱怨同样的事？ won’t不将；didn’t不，没有；mustn’t禁止；can’t不可能。根据“If you...laugh at the same joke over and over, then why do you always complain about the same things over and over again? Do you think it funny? ”可知对方认为，总是觉得同一个笑话可笑是不可能的，故选D。 14．句意：如果你不能采取行动解决它，担心是没有用的。 about关于；at在；with和；for为了。worry about“担心”符合语境，故选A。 15．句意：记住你是唯一的掌控你生命的。to remember记住，动词不定式；remembering动名词；remember原形；remembered动词的过去式。分析句子可知，句子为祈使句，句首用动词原形，故选C。 三、完形填空 (本大题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) Zu Chongzhi was a Chinese 16 , astronomer and mechanic. He was born in to a well-educated family. 17 an excellent engineer, Zu Chongzhi’s grandfather taught him science. From an early age, ZuChongzhi showed great intelligence and curiosity, with special interest in mathematics and 18 . Today we know Zu Chongzhi because he was the first person to 19 that pi falls between 3. 1415926 and 3. 1425927, and his result remained 20 value in the world for more than 900 years. He also worked out the close value of pi to be 355/113, which he called “close ratio”. This ratio was 21 hard that a Japanese mathematician named it “Zu’s ratio”. It is not clear how Zu Chongzhi became interested in finding the value of pi, yet people have told stories about him. For a long time in the past, people believed that a circle’s circumference（周长）was 22 its diameter（直径）. Zu Chongzhi was not sure about this result and wanted to prove it 23 . He used a 24 to measure the circumference of a wheel. Then he folded the rope into three equal parts and compared it with the diameter of 25 . No matter how many wheels he measured, the diameter of the wheel was always shorter than a third of the circumference. 16．A．mathematician B．artist C．painter D．musician 17．A．In B．As C．At D．With 18．A．Biology B．English C．Math D．Astronomy 19．A．watch out B．look for C．find out D．take care 20．A．the accurate B．the most accurate C．more accurate D．accurate 21．A．such B．very C．so D．terribly 22．A．3 times B．10 times C．3 time D．5 times 23．A．ourselves B．herself C．themselves D．himself 24．A．rope B．wheel C．computer D．ruler 25．A．diameter B．circle C．wheel D．circumference 【答案】 16．A 17．B 18．D 19．C 20．B 21．C 22．A 23．D 24．A 25．C 【导语】本文主要介绍了祖冲之的成就以及发现圆周率的过程。 16．句意：祖冲之是中国数学家、天文学家和机械师。 mathematician数学家；artist艺术家；painter画家；musician音乐家。根据“with special interest in mathematics”以及常识可知，他是一个数学家。故选A。 17．句意：作为一名优秀的工程师，祖冲之的祖父教他科学。 in在里面；as作为；at在；with和。根据“an excellent engineer”可知是作为优秀的工程师。故选B。 18．句意：祖冲之从小就表现出极大的智慧和好奇心，对数学和天文学特别感兴趣。 Biology生物；English英语；Math数学；Astronomy天文学。根据“astronomer”以及“with special interest in mathematics”可知他对天文学感兴趣。故选D。 19．句意：今天我们知道祖冲之是因为他是第一个发现圆周率在3.1415926到3.1425927之间的人，他的结果在900多年的时间里一直是世界上最准确的值。 watch out小心；look for寻找；find out查明；take care小心。根据“that pi falls between 3. 1415926 and 3. 1425927”可知是查明圆周率的范围。故选C。 20．句意：今天我们知道祖冲之是因为他是第一个发现圆周率在3.1415926到3.1425927之间的人，他的结果在900多年的时间里一直是世界上最准确的值。 the accurate准确的，定冠词加原级；the most accurate最高级；more accurate比较级；accurate原级。根据“in the world”可知此处用最高级。故选B。 21．句意：这个比例太难了，以至于一位日本数学家把它命名为“祖率”。 such如此；very非常；so如此；terribly非常。根据“hard that...”可知此处是so...that“如此……以至于”。故选C。 22．句意：在过去很长一段时间里，人们认为一个圆的周长是其直径的3倍。 3 times三倍；10 times十倍；3 time错误形式； 5 times5倍。根据“Then he folded the rope into three equal parts and compared it with the diameter of”可知当时人们认为周长是直径的三倍。故选A。 23．句意：他想亲自证明。 ourselves我们自己；herself她自己；themselves他们自己；himself他自己。根据“Zu Chongzhi...wanted to prove it...”可知祖冲之想自己证明。故选D。 24．句意：他用绳子测量轮子的周长。 rope绳；wheel车轮；computer电脑；ruler尺子。根据“Then he folded the rope”可知是用绳子测量。故选A。 25．句意：然后他把绳子折成三等分，和轮子的直径比较。 diameter直径；circle圈；wheel车轮；circumference圆周。根据“measure the circumference of a wheel.”可知是和车轮的直径比较。故选C。 四、阅读理解 (本大题共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) A Have you ever wondered how numbers first came about? And why is there 10 of them? Early humans in the Old Stone Age likely counted animals and other objects by carving tally marks (记数符号) on walls, bones or stone. Tally marks were grouped by 5. Each tally mark stood for 1 and each fifth mark was scored through to help keep track. This system was fine for small numbers, but it didn’t really work with large numbers. As the society developed, people came up with different ways of writing down numbers. Many of these systems, though appearing in different countries, were mainly based on tally marks. They created new symbols for each larger number. But even with these systems, it was still cumbersome to write large numbers. By the 7th century, Indians had perfected the decimal positional (十进位) system, which could describe any number with only ten unique symbols. A key breakthrough of this system was the number 0. Older systems, which didn’t have 0, would leave a blank in its place, making it hard to distinguish between 63 and 603 or 12 and 120. Having and using 0 helped make writing down numbers clearer and easier for everyone to understand. But why were the numbers known as “Arabic” since they were born in India? Here’s an interesting story behind it. Sometime in the year 771, Arab businessmen took some Indian scholars (学者) to Baghdad to help teach them the new set of numbers. After learning the numbers, the Arabs translated the new numbers into their own script (文字体系) that is Arabic. Sometime later, the Arab traders carried a book of these numerals to Europe, where the numbers were translated into Latin. As the world got these numbers from Arabia, these came to be known as Arabic numerals. 26．What do we know about the early counting systems? A．They were created in India. B．They all worked with large numbers. C．All the systems followed old symbols. D．Many of them were based on the same system. 27．What does the underlined word “cumbersome” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A．Hard. B．Useless. C．Convenient. D．Practical. 28．Which of the following about Indians is TRUE? A．They recreated the decimal positional system in 771. B．They invented the numbers from 0 to 9. C．They named a perfect number system. D．They created the number 0. 29．The new set of numbers is called Arabic numerals because ________ A．the Arabs invented them B．the Arabs spread them C．the Arabs lied to the world D．the Arabs kept them to themselves 【答案】26．D 27．A 28．D 29．B 【导语】本文主要介绍了数字的发展历史。 26．细节理解题。根据“Many of these systems, though appearing in different countries, were mainly based on tally marks”可知，许多系统都是基于记数符号这一个相同的系统，故选D。 27．词义猜测题。根据“They created new symbols for each larger number. But even with these systems, it was still cumbersome to write large numbers”可知，尽管为每一个较大的数字创造了新的符号，但要写出大的数字还是很麻烦，所以cumbersome与hard同义，故选A。 28．推理判断题。根据“A key breakthrough of this system was the number 0. Older systems, which didn’t have 0”可知，印度人创造了“0”这个数字，D表述正确，故选D。 29．推理判断题。根据“Sometime later, the Arab traders carried a book of these numerals to Europe, where the numbers were translated into Latin. As the world got these numbers from Arabia, these came to be known as Arabic numerals”可知，因为阿拉伯人帮他们传到了欧洲，故选B。 B Once there lived a man named Hans. He didn’t work but dreamed that he could become rich. One day, Hans saved an old man. The old man was a sage (智者). He thanked Hans and promised to give Hans a boon (恩惠). Hans told him he wanted to become rich without hard work. Then the sage gave Hans the boon: Every night, Hans would have a dream. The dream would show the troubles of someone, and Hans was the only one who knew how to solve the problems. This could help him make money. Starting that night, Hans had different dreams. With his dreams, he helped a rich man find his missing gold, cured (治愈) a sick girl…The people all thanked him and gave him much money. Soon he became rich. However, as time went by, Hans felt less happy. Since he dreamed of people’s troubles every night, he couldn’t sleep well and get peace of mind. As a result, his health got bad. Hans decided to visit the sage. When he met the sage, Hans asked him to take the boon back. The sage asked why. Hans said although he loved money, his health was more important. He said he would work hard to make money. The sage agreed. From that night, Hans no longer had dreams. 30．What can we know about Hans from the first two paragraphs? A．He was a lazy man. B．He lost a lot of money. C．He had a sick daughter. D．He was kind to everyone. 31．What was the boon for Hans? A．He got a lot of gold. B．He was in good health. C．He moved into a big new house. D．He would dream and solve others’ troubles. 32．How did Hans probably feel after the sage took the boon back? A．Happy. B．Sad. C．Angry. D．Funny. 33．What can we learn from this passage? A．You’re not rich until you have a big heart. B．The most important thing is to enjoy your life. C．When you help others, you’re helping yourself. D．One can get something great only through hard work. 【答案】30．A 31．D 32．A 33．D 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一个叫汉斯的懒人想要不劳而获，在受到一位智者的恩惠之后，虽然变得富有，但是却不开心。文章告诉我们只有通过自己的努力才能获得真正的财富。 30．推理判断题。根据“He didn’t work but dreamed that he could become rich.”及“Hans told him he wanted to become rich without hard work.”可知，汉斯想不工作就能变得富有，可知他很懒。故选A。 31．细节理解题。根据“Then the sage gave Hans the boon: Every night, Hans would have a dream. The dream would show the troubles of someone, and Hans was the only one who knew how to solve the problems.”可知，智者给汉斯的恩惠是，他可以通过做梦，梦到其他人遇到的问题，然后帮助他们解决问题。故选D。 32．推理判断题。根据“However, as time went by, Hans felt less happy. Since he dreamed of people’s troubles every night, he couldn’t sleep well and get peace of mind. As a result, his health got bad.”可知，汉斯受到恩惠后，随着时间的推移，变得不再快乐，而且身体健康状况也变差了，所以智者收回恩惠后，汉斯很开心。故选A。 33．主旨大意题。整篇文章讲述了汉斯通过智者的恩惠变得富有，但最终选择通过努力工作来赚钱的故事，传达出的主题是只有通过努力工作才能获得真正的财富。故选D。 C Do you have a lucky number? What is it? Many people have a special number and they hope that it will bring them good luck. In China, people think some numbers are lucky or unlucky because those numbers sound similar to some Chinese words that mean (意思是) something good or bad. For example, the word for number 8 sounds like “making lots of money” in Chinese. So, people think it a very lucky number. Some people will even spend much more money to have 8s in their phone numbers. Do you remember the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing? It opened at 8:08 p. m. on August 8, 2008. The number 9 is also a lucky number because of its connection to the emperors (皇帝) of China. There were nine dragons on emperors’ robes (长袍) and it’s told in many Chinese ancient stories that the dragon has nine children. The number of 9 also means “long lasting”. In China, a man would send 99 or 999 roses to his lover with the wishes that the love between them will be long lasting. What’s more, Chinese think that the number 2 is lucky as it’s said that “all good things come in pairs”. For example, during wedding celebrations (婚礼庆典), you usually find pairs of red candles, double pillows and many other things in pairs. And people often give gifts in pairs for someone’s birthday, wedding or other celebrations. So what’s an unlucky number in China? It might be 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as an unlucky number because it sounds similar to the Chinese word “die”. Because of this, many buildings don’t have the fourth floor, and just call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip (跳过) all floors with the numbered 4, such as 4, 14, 24, 34 and all 40-49 floors. So, a building whose highest floor is 50 may have only 36 floors in fact. 34．From the article, we can learn that some people would pay much more money for ________. A．the phone numbers with 8s B．the Summer Olympic Games C．the emperors’ robes D．the wedding celebrations 35．Why would a man like to send 99 roses to his lover? A．Because he thinks that women love roses the best. B．Because the number 9 has a connection to the emperors of China. C．Because he hopes that he will be in love with the woman for a long time. D．Because he wishes that he will have lots of children with the woman in the future. 36．What can we learn from the article? A．The shape of a word makes Chinese think that a word is lucky or unlucky. B．The Beijing Olympic Games opened at 8:00 p. m. on August 8, 2008. C．Chinese like to give gifts in pairs. D．Roses mean long lasting in Chinese. 37．What is the article about? A．Numbers and old stories in China. B．Lucky and unlucky numbers in Chinese culture. C．Ways to find your lucky and unlucky numbers. D．Different meanings of numbers in different countries. 【答案】34．A 35．C 36．C 37．B 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了中国文化中的幸运数字和不吉利数字。 34．细节理解题。根据“Some people will even spend much more money to have 8s in their phone numbers.”可知，有些人甚至会花更多的钱在他们的电话号码有8。故选A。 35．细节理解题。根据“In China, a man would send 99 or 999 roses to his lover with the wishes that the love between them will be long lasting.”可知，在中国，男人会送99朵或999朵玫瑰给他的爱人，希望他们之间的爱情能天长地久。故选C。 36．细节理解题。根据“And people often give gifts in pairs for someone’s birthday, wedding or other celebrations.”可知，送礼时人们通常喜欢送成双成对的礼物，故选C。 37．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文是一篇说明文，介绍了中国文化中的幸运数字和不吉利数字。故选B。 D Camp Counselor(辅导员) We are looking for people to join us as a camp counselor at Williams Outdoor School. We connect children to science through nature. Our camp counselors are energetic and supportive, and more importantly, caring team members. This is an eight-hour everyday job in the five-day-long programme during the summer. Work time: 9: 00 a.m.~5: 00 p.m. Pay: $10 per hour LEGO Engineering Instructor Do you enjoy taking things apart and then putting them back together? If so, then this maybe your dream job! We are looking for smart and creative LEGO engineering instructors. Work time: 2: 00 p.m.~5: 00 p.m. Pay: $15 per hour Teacher’s Assistant We are looking for part-time teacher’s assistants for our Inspire Kids Preschool in Newburgh. Teacher’s assistants need to prepare materials, help children finish activities and create a safe environment. Work time: 8: 00 a.m. ~11: 00 a.m.  Pay: $100 per week Summer Care Giver I’m looking for someone careful and patient to watch my kids when I’m working from 11: 00 a.m. to 3: 00 p.m. I have a 7-year-old daughter, and a 5-year-old son. I am also asking you to prepare snacks and clean up the rooms. Pay: $150 per week 38．How much can a camp counselor make in total? A．$10. B．$80. C．$400. D．$800. 39．If you are free from 9: 00 a.m. to 5: 00 p.m, you can apply for all summer jobs EXCEPT ________. A．Teacher’s assistant. B．Summer caregiver. C．LEGO engineering instructor. D．Camp counselor. 40．Where can you probably find this text? A．On a website. B．In a dictionary. C．In a visitor guide. D．In an E-mail. 【答案】38．C 39．A 40．A 【导语】本文是一篇应用文，介绍了关于孩子们的暑假工作招聘广告。 38．细节理解题。根据“ This is an eight-hour everyday job in the five-day-long programme during the summer. Work time: 9: 00 a.m.~5: 00 p.m. Pay: $10 per hour”可知，露营指导员一个小时费用为10美元，每天8小时，一共5天，一共是400美元，故选C。 39．细节理解题。根据“Work time: 8: 00 a.m. ~11: 00 a.m. Pay: $100 per week”可知，助教工作时间为上午八点到十一点，所以上午九点到下午五点的时间不合适，故选A。 40．推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文介绍了关于孩子们的暑假工作招聘广告，根据图片上面的提示可知应该出现在网站上，故选A。 五、阅读填空 (本大题共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 阅读短文及文后A～E选项，选出可以填入各题空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 What inventions do you think are the most important? 41 Paper is one of the most important inventions in the world. People can’t write without paper. 42 Cai Lun’s invention allowed people to write down information, stories and history. The toilet is a simple and important invention. Before toilets, people’s waste would go into the rivers from their homes. 43 However, with toilets, people can dispose of (处理) their waste in a cleaner way. This has helped to make people less sick and keep cities cleaner. 44 Before this invention, most animals died every autumn because there wasn’t enough food for them to eat. But then, hay (干草) came along and became a popular and easy-to-get food for animals. Then animals could live through the long winter. The fourth great invention is reading glasses. When people become more than 45 years old, they often start having trouble seeing things up close. It is called far-sightedness. 45 Thankfully, reading glasses were invented to solve this problem. They allow people to easily read, write, and do “close work”. Do you know other important inventions? A．Here are four important ones. B．This made people sick in big cities. C．Another great invention is animal food. D．In 105 AD, Cai Lun in ancient China invented paper. E．This makes it hard to see things clearly that are close to them. 【答案】41．A 42．D 43．B 44．C 45．E 【导语】本文主要介绍了四个重要的发明。 41．根据第二至五段可知，此处表示要介绍四个重要的发明，选项A“这里有四个重要的发明。”符合语境。故选A。 42．根据“Cai Lun’s invention allowed people to write down information, stories and history.”可知，此处介绍的是蔡伦的发明，选项D“公元105年，中国古代的蔡伦发明了纸。”符合语境。故选D。 43．根据“Before toilets, people’s waste would go into the rivers from their homes.”可知，此处介绍人们的排泄物流入河流的危害，选项B“这让大城市的人们生病。”符合语境。故选B。 44．根据“But then, hay (干草) came along and became a popular and easy-to-get food for animals.”可知，此处介绍的是动物的食物，选项C“另一项伟大的发明是动物食品。”符合语境。故选C。 45．根据“It is called far-sightedness.”可知，此处介绍的是远视的特征，选项E“这使得人们很难清楚地看到离他们很近的东西。”符合语境。故选E。 第2部分 非选择题部分 六、语篇填词 (本大题共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) How did people count things before the i 46 of written numbers? At first, people used their fingers, and even their toes. H 47 , they could only count small numbers in this way. After that, they began to make small marks on sticks and bones. This helped them count bigger numbers. They used them to count things like the days of the month, the a 48 of food and the number of animals they had. Then people began to use tokens made from clay or small stones. This helped them count even bigger numbers. They often put the tokens on pieces of string so that they could c 49 them around easily. This developed into tools like the abacus. Finally, people began to develop systems of written marks to show different numbers, and this l 50 to the Hindu-Arabic system (0-9). We are still using this system today. 【答案】46．(i)nvention 47．(H)owever 48．(a)mount 49．(c)arry 50．(l)ed 【导语】本文主要介绍了数字的发明过程。在没有数字之前，人们用手指连同脚趾数数，后用棍棒和骨头制作一些小物件来计数，接着用粘土或小石块做成小物件计数，后来人们为了方便携带把它们穿成串儿，从而发展成了算盘，最后人们开始扩展文字系统，产生了阿拉伯数字。 46．句意：在书写数字发明之前，人们是怎么数东西的呢？根据“How did people count things before the ... of written numbers?”及首字母提示可知，此处是指书写数字发明之前，the后跟名词，invention“发明”。故填(i)nvention。 47．句意：但是，他们只能用这种方法数很小的数字。根据“At first, people used their fingers, and even their toes.”和“they could only count small numbers in this way.”可知，前后是转折关系，由首字母提示可知，however“但是”，表转折。故填(H)owever。 48．句意：他们使用它们来数像每月的天数，食物的数量和他们拥有的动物的数量。根据“the days of the month, the ... of food and the number of animals they had.”可知，此处表示数量，the amount of“……的数量”。故填(a)mount。 49．句意：他们经常把这些记号穿在细绳上，以便他们能容易地四处携带它们。根据“They often put the tokens on pieces of string so that they could ... them around easily.”可知，他们把这些记号穿在绳子上是为了方便携带，carry“携带”，情态动词could后跟原形。故填(c)arry。 50．句意：最后，人们开始发展书写符号系统来表示不同的数字，这导致了阿拉伯数字系统（0—9）的出现。根据“people began to develop systems of written marks to show different numbers”可知，由于书写系统的发展，导致了阿拉伯数字系统的出现，lead to“导致，引起”，本句时态为一般过去时。故填(l)ed。 七、完成句子 (本大题共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分) 51．王老师叫我们抄写下这篇文章，然后背诵。 Mr. Wang asked us the article and recite it. 【答案】 to copy down 【详解】copy down“抄下来”，固定短语，此处是ask sb to do sth的结构，空处用不定式形式作宾补，故填to；copy；down。 52．我的爱好很多，例如足球，篮球，游泳等等。 I have many hobbies, such as football, basketball, swimming . 【答案】 and so on 【详解】“等等”and so on，固定搭配。故填and；so；on。 53．刚刚我和妈妈去公园散步了。 I with my mom in the park just now. 【答案】 went for a walk 【详解】go for a walk“去散步”，根据“just now”可知，此处用一般过去时，故填went；for；a；walk。 54．我们将待在家里而不是去购物。 We shall stay at home shopping. 【答案】 instead of going 【详解】根据汉语提示可知缺少部分为“而不是去”，“而不是”译为“instead of”，“去购物”译为“go shopping”，“of”是介词，因此后面的动词“go”需用动名词形式“going”，因此第一空填“instead”，第二空填“of”，第三空填“going”。故填instead；of；going。 55．他把杯子里剩下的水喝完以后便出去了。 He drank up the water in his glass and went out. 【答案】 the rest of 【详解】对比中英文可知，空处缺少“剩下的”对应的翻译，英文表达为the rest of，故填the；rest；of。 八、书面表达（15分） 56．假设你们学校进行了一项有关学生假期活动的调查，下面图表显示的是你们班的调查数据。 请根据该图表写一份调查报告并谈谈你自己的想法。 要点： 提示词： 聊天 chat　义务性工作 voluntary work 要求：1. 80词左右，标题和开头已给出，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。 Activities on holidays Our school made a survey on students’ activities on holidays recently. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 Activities on holidays Our school made a survey on students’ activities on holidays recently. 30 percent of the students study by themselves during the holidays. They read books or do their homework. There’re 30 percent of the students chatting or playing games online. Then, 25 percent of the students watch TV or listen to some music. 10 percent of the students like to do some sports, such as playing basketball and football. There’re still 5 percent of the students. They travel or do some voluntary work. I think we should have a meaningful holiday. Don’t spend too much time playing online games. We should make good use of the holidays. 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文； ②时态：时态为“一般现在时”； ③提示：写作要点已给出，考生要根据图表写一份调查报告，适当添加细节，并突出写作重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，表明写作意图。借用“学生假期活动的调查”来引出重点介绍的内容； 第二步，具体阐述写作内容。介绍几项假期活动的占比并谈谈自己的想法； 第三步，书写结语。表达“希望学生们好好利用假期，过一个有意义的假期”的愿望。 [亮点词汇] ①study by themselves自学 ②like to do sth喜欢做某事 ③do some voluntary work做一些志愿工作 ④make good use of好好利用 [高分句型] ①There’re 30 percent students chatting or playing games online.（There be句型） ② Don’t spend too much time playing online games.（祈使句） 答案第10页，共10页 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！6 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$