Unit6 Historical stories 单元小测2024-2025学年沪教牛津版 英语 八年级上册

Unit6 Historical stories (单元测试) 【学习目标】对第六单元的重点知识进行巩固与提高 【基础测试】 Ⅰ. 词汇选择 ⅰ. 从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以替换划线部分的最佳选项。 1. The whale is a huge animal. It lives in the sea. A. very tiny B. very big C. very smart 2. We all went to the meeting except David because he was ill. A. like B. for C. without 3. Please speak slowly, Mrs Zhang. I can’t understand you. A. follow B. hear C. believe 4. Don’t make jokes about her. She is very shy. A. learn from B. laugh at C. help with 5. After a busy day, I went to sleep as soon as I lay on the bed. A. took off B. fell asleep C. got up 6. She is not clever, and she often fails in exams. A. stupid B. friendly C. strict 7. — Look! It must be Millie in the playground. — It can’t be her. I saw her enter the library just now. A. come back B. go into C. run towards 8. In the end, he thanked them and went back to his village in the evening. A. At least B. At first C. At last ⅱ. 从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共7小题，每小题1分） 9. A _______ is a clever way of doing something that works very well. A. side B. trick C. prize 10. To ________ means to show that a day or an event is important by doing something special on it. A. promise B. capture C. celebrate 11. In some cities, the air is ______ pollution. This often makes people ill. A. full of B. interested in C. popular with 12. If a bottle is ________ , it doesn’t have anything in it. A. strong B. empty C. heavy 13. The mother didn’t want to wake her child, so she closed the door _________ . A. rudely B. quietly C. noisily 14. The teacher asked the students to learn the dialogue by heart and then ______ in pairs the next day. A. find it out B. pick it up C. act it out 15. — Where is my schoolbag? I can’t find it. — ________ ! We’ll be late for school. A. Just a minute B. Don’t worry C. Come on II. Translation．（将下列句子翻译成英语。） 1. 他们尝试了好多次，最终还是放弃了。 They have tried many times, and finally _____________ ________________. 2. 午夜前，整个镇上都安静了下来，街上一个人也没有。 ___________ ___________, the whole town calmed down and there was nobody. 3. 一夜之间，整个村庄都被白雪覆盖了。 The village is covered by the white snow ___________ ___________ __________. 4. 我们的部队成功地占领了那个村庄，救出了50多名战士。(succeed in) Our troop __________ ________ ___________ the village, and saved over 50 soldiers. 5. 地铁上挤满了人，我都无法下车。(be full of) The underground _________ _________ _________ passengers, I nearly can’t ______ ______. 6. 飞机终于安全着陆，乘客们一个接一个地从楼梯上走了下来。(one by one) The plane landed safely, and passengers walked down the stairs _________ ________ ________. 7. 吉姆常拿比利的发型开玩笑。(make jokes about) Jim often __________ _________ ___________ Billy’s hairstyle. 8. 这篇短文除了有几个拼写错误外，整体不错。(except for) The passage is good, ____________ ___________ some spelling mistakes. 9. 我们可以写出一个剧本, 但是我们很难将它表演出来。 We can write a play, but it’s difficult for us to ___________ __________ ___________. 10. 当我们到达海边时, 他们还没有开船走。 When we arrived at the sea, they didn’t _____________ _____________. 11. 在广场的中心位置出现了一匹巨大的木马。 There is _____________ ____________ ____________ _____________ in the center of the square. 12. 不要拿他开玩笑, 他是一个极好的人。 Don’t ____________ ___________ ___________ him. He is a very good person. 13. 除了她之外我不相信任何人。 I don’t believe anyone ____________ _____________ her. 14. 这个房间里有许多书, 你可以挑你喜欢的。 The room ____________ _______________ ______________ books, and you can pick what you like. 15. 一只小老鼠从洞中爬出去, 四下看看, 然后跑了。 A little mouse _____________ ______________ _____________ the hole, looked around and ran away. 16. 你们要逐个地回答我的问题, 然后我再告诉你们哪个是正确答案。 You have to answer my question _________ ____________ __________, and then I will tell you which answer is true. 17. 捉弄别人是不礼貌的。 It’s not polite to _____________ _____________ _____________ ____________ others. 18. 当你已经决定了你的目标, 就不要轻易的放弃。 When you have decided on your goal, don’t _____________ _____________ ______________easily. 19. 天将要下雨, 带把伞。 It’s going to rain, and ____________ an umbrella _____________ you. 20. 他们成功地完成了那项艰巨的任务。 They _____________ ______________ _____________ the difficult work. III. 语法填空： You can’t re-read phone calls. I didn’t realize this (1) _______ one of my last calls to my mother. My parents lived in New Zealand and I was in (2) _______USA. I used to write letters to them but later I was too busy (3) _______ (write). Then we only talked on the phone. On one of my last calls to my mother I asked her what she (4) __________ (do). “Oh，I’m looking through the photos and re-reading all the letters,” she replied. I felt very sorry. I stopped writing letters 3 (5) _______ (month) ago! If I didn’t stop writing, she could re-read a newer letter. Although phone calls (6) _______ (be) special and we can hear each other’s voice, we can’t re-read phone calls! About two years before this, I decided (7) _______ (make) a Memory Book for my parents. I wrote to friends and family members and asked them (8) _______ (write) something they remembered about my parents. I got so many wonderful (9) _______ (memory) and stories. I planned to take the book back to New Zealand on my visit. On my plane back in 1999, I wrote a poem for my mother. I planned to read it to her when I arrived, (10) __________sadly she never got to hear it. I got back too late! IV. 阅读理解 You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl. And she became very rich after that. When she was a child, she was poor. Once, she was invited to her friend's birthday party. She was pleased but sad because she didn't have enough money to buy a gift for her."The party is coming soon, but now I have little money." Tears ran down her face. Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in, "What happened?" her grandma asked Hearing the girl's story, she said," Don't worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together! Happy birthday to..." What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party. When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. "How wonderfully you sing! We haven't heard such a beautiful song before. Thank you for giving me the special gift," said her friend. And they learnt to sing it together. Later the girl became well-known in America. 1. The song Happy Birthday was written by_________. A. an American girl B. an American girl's grandma C. an American boy D. an American girl's friend 2. The girl was sad because_________. A. she didn't want to go to the party B. she would be busy that day C. she didn't have enough money to buy a gift D. she wasn't invited to the party 3. What gift did she give her friend? A. A flower. B. A toy. C. An interesting book. D. A song. 4. What did her friends think of the song? It was_________. A. boring B. beautiful C. exciting D. interesting 5. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The girl was still poor after writing the song. B. The girl sang the song with her grandpa in her dream C. The girl's friends had heard the song before. D. The girl became famous because of the song. V .完形填空 Teddy's Bear The story of how the teddy bear was invented is an interesting one. In 1902, American president Theodore(Teddy) Roosevelt was hunting(打猎) in the forest 1 several of his friends. Almost everyone had successfully shot (射中) an animal, but the president 2 not. Nobody wanted to make the president look 3 , so they tied an American black bear to a 4 . They wanted the president to shoot(射中) 5 . The president was very surprised to see the bear tied to a tree. He felt it was 6 to shoot the bear, because it couldn't run away. He 7 to shoot it, and the story of his decision went all over the country. 8 was moved by the president's beliefs(信念). There was 9 a cartoon showing the president refusing to shoot a cute bear. It was this cartoon and the story behind the president's hunting trip that gave Morris an idea to make a new 10 . He made a small, soft bear and showed it in his shop window. Next to the bear he made a sign that read, "Teddy's Bear." The new toy was a big success and it provided Morris with the money to create a toy company. Teddy bears have been popular since they were first made. A teddy bear would be the first choice when people think about children's toys. Theodore Roosevelt's famous decision on a hunting trip in 1902 brought millions of soft, stuffed(填满填充物的) bears. They are being loved by people across the world. 1. A. for B. with C. by D. without 2. A. did B. should C. would D. had 3.A. sad B. happy C. friendly D. fine 4.A. wall B. chair C. rock D. tree 5.A. it B. him C. them D. her 6. A. difficult B. unfair C. dangerous D. exciting 7.A. wanted B. decided C. refused D. went 8.A. Everybody B. Nobody C. Both D. Neither 9.A. only B. hardly C. even D. still 10.A company B. present C. shop D.toy VI. 书面表达 中国是一个有着五千多年悠久历史的文明古国，博大精深的中华文化拥有不胜枚举 的经典故事，花木兰替父从军就是其中之一, 请你以“The story of Hua Mulan”为题写一篇短文，讲述一下花木兰替父从军的故事。 提示词语： emperor 皇帝 要求： 1. 词数： 80左右； 2. 内容完整，条理清楚，语义连贯，句式规范，字迹工整。 The story of Hua Mulan ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 以下是上述各题的答案及解析： **Ⅰ. 词汇选择** ⅰ. 1. B 解析：“huge”意思是“巨大的”，与“very big”意思相近。A 选项“very tiny”表示“非常小”；C 选项“very smart”表示“非常聪明”。 2. C 解析：“except”意思是“除了......之外（不包括）”，与“without”意思相近。A 选项“like”表示“像；喜欢”；B 选项“for”表示“为了；因为”。 3. A 解析：“understand”在句中意思是“明白，理解”，与“follow”意思相近。B 选项“hear”表示“听到”；C 选项“believe”表示“相信”。 4. B 解析：“make jokes about”意思是“拿......开玩笑；嘲笑”，与“laugh at”意思相近。A 选项“learn from”表示“向......学习”；C 选项“help with”表示“帮助......”。 5. B 解析：“went to sleep”意思是“去睡觉；入睡”，与“fell asleep”意思相近。A 选项“took off”表示“起飞；脱下”；C 选项“got up”表示“起床”。 6. A 解析：“not clever”意思是“不聪明”，与“stupid”意思相近。B 选项“friendly”表示“友好的”；C 选项“strict”表示“严格的”。 7. B 解析：“enter”意思是“进入”，与“go into”意思相同。A 选项“come back”表示“回来”；C 选项“run towards”表示“朝......跑去”。 8. C 解析：“In the end”意思是“最后；最终”，与“At last”意思相同。A 选项“At least”表示“至少”；B 选项“At first”表示“首先”。 ⅱ. 9. B 解析：“trick”有“技巧；诡计；诀窍”的意思，“A trick is a clever way of doing something that works very well.”即“诀窍是一种非常有效的聪明做事方式”。A 选项“side”表示“边；侧面”；C 选项“prize”表示“奖品；奖赏”。 10. C 解析：“celebrate”意思是“庆祝”，“To celebrate means to show that a day or an event is important by doing something special on it.”即“庆祝意味着通过在某一天或某一事件上做一些特别的事情来表明它很重要”。A 选项“promise”表示“承诺；答应”；B 选项“capture”表示“捕获；俘虏”。 11. A 解析：“be full of”意思是“充满”，“In some cities, the air is full of pollution.”表示“在一些城市，空气中充满了污染”。B 选项“be interested in”表示“对......感兴趣”；C 选项“be popular with”表示“受......欢迎”。 12. B 解析：“empty”意思是“空的”，“If a bottle is empty, it doesn’t have anything in it.”即“如果一个瓶子是空的，它里面没有任何东西”。A 选项“strong”表示“强壮的；坚固的”；C 选项“heavy”表示“重的”。 13. B 解析：“quietly”意思是“安静地；悄悄地”，“The mother didn’t want to wake her child, so she closed the door quietly.”即“母亲不想吵醒孩子，所以她轻轻地关上门”。A 选项“rudely”表示“粗鲁地”；C 选项“noisily”表示“吵闹地”。 14. C 解析：“act out”意思是“表演；把......付诸行动”，“The teacher asked the students to learn the dialogue by heart and then act it out in pairs the next day.”即“老师要求学生们用心学习对话，然后第二天两人一组表演出来”。A 选项“find out”表示“找出；查明”；B 选项“pick up”表示“捡起；接（某人）”。 15. C 解析：“Come on”有“快点；加油；来吧”的意思，“Come on! We’ll be late for school.”即“快点！我们上学要迟到了”。A 选项“Just a minute”表示“稍等一会儿”；B 选项“Don’t worry”表示“别担心”。 **II. Translation** 1. gave up 2. Before midnight 3. overnight 4. succeeded in capturing 5. is full of; get off 6. one by one 7. makes jokes about 8. except for 9. act it out 10. set off 11. a huge wooden horse 12. make jokes about 13. except for 14. is full of 15. climbed out of 16. one by one 17. play tricks on 18. give up halfway 19. take; with 20. succeeded in finishing **III. 语法填空** 1. until 解析：not...until 表示“直到......才”。 2. the 解析：the USA 表示“美国”，是固定用法。 3. to write 解析：too...to... 表示“太......而不能......”，“too busy to write”表示“太忙而不能写信”。 4. was doing 解析：主句是一般过去时，从句用过去进行时，表示过去某个时刻正在做的事情。 5. months 解析：“3 months ago”表示“三个月前”，month 要用复数形式。 6. are 解析：主语“phone calls”是复数，be 动词用 are。 7. to make 解析：decide to do sth. 表示“决定做某事”。 8. to write 解析：ask sb. to do sth. 表示“要求某人做某事”。 9. memories 解析：many 修饰可数名词复数，memory 的复数是 memories。 10. but 解析：前后句是转折关系，用 but 连接。 **IV. 阅读理解** 1. A 解析：根据“It was written by an American girl.”可知，《生日快乐》这首歌是由一个美国女孩写的。 2. C 解析：根据“She was pleased but sad because she didn't have enough money to buy a gift for her.”可知，女孩伤心是因为没有足够的钱给朋友买礼物。 3. D 解析：根据“She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party.”可知，她给朋友的礼物是一首歌。 4. B 解析：根据“How wonderfully you sing! We haven't heard such a beautiful song before.”可知，朋友们认为这首歌很美。 5. D 解析：根据“Later the girl became well-known in America.”可知，女孩因为这首歌而出名。 **V. 完形填空** 1. B 解析：with 表示“和......一起”，“hunting in the forest with several of his friends”表示“和他的几个朋友一起在森林里打猎”。 2. A 解析：did 在此处代替 shot，表示“射中”，“but the president did not”即“但是总统没有射中”。 3. A 解析：sad 表示“难过的，悲伤的”，“Nobody wanted to make the president look sad”意思是“没人想让总统看起来难过”。 4. D 解析：根据下文“He felt it was unfair to shoot the bear, because it couldn't run away. ”可知，熊被绑在树上，“a tree”符合语境。 5. A 解析：it 指代上文提到的被绑在树上的熊。 6. B 解析：unfair 表示“不公平的”，总统觉得射击一只无法逃跑的熊是不公平的。 7. C 解析：refuse 表示“拒绝”，“He refused to shoot it”即“他拒绝射击它”。 8. A 解析：everybody 表示“每个人”，“Everybody was moved by the president's beliefs”意思是“每个人都被总统的信念感动了”。 9. C 解析：even 表示“甚至”，强调程度，“There was even a cartoon showing...”即“甚至有一幅漫画展示......”。 10. D 解析：根据下文“He made a small, soft bear and showed it in his shop window.”可知，Morris 有了制作新玩具的想法，“toy”符合语境。 **VI. 书面表达** The story of Hua Mulan In ancient China, there was a girl called Hua Mulan. When the emperor ordered that every family should send a man to join the army to fight, Mulan's father was too old and her brother was too young. So Mulan decided to dress up as a man and join the army instead of her father. In the army, Mulan trained hard and fought bravely. She never gave up and always did her best. After many years of fighting, the war ended and the army won. When Mulan returned home, she changed back into her women's clothes. Everyone was amazed and praised her for her courage and loyalty. Mulan's story has been passed down through generations and she is still remembered as a great hero. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$