Units 3-4单元测试-2024-2025学年沪教牛津版八年级英语下册

8B Unit 3-4单元测试

一．             语法选择（15分）

Do you enjoy the modern life nowadays? Modern life is __1___ without travelling. The fastest way of travelling is __2__ air. With a modern airline you can travel in one day to other places. But it took a month or more ___3__ to these places a hundred years ago.

Travelling by train is __4__ than by air, but it has its advantage(便利). You can see the country you are travelling through. Modern trains have comfortable ___5__ and dining cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.

Some people ___6__ travel by sea if it is possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can __7___ many other countries and different places. Traveling by sea is a very __8___ way to spend a holiday.

Many people like to travel by ___9__. You can make your___10__ timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just ___11__ you like. You can stop ___12___ you wish --- where there is ___13___ to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is ___14__ travelling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take __15___ train or a plane when they are travelling for business.

1. A. possible	B. possibly	C possibility	D. impossible
2. A. over	B. on	C. by	D. in
3. A. to arrive	B. arrive	C. to get	D. get
4. A. slowest	B. slower	C. slow	D. slowly
5. A. seats	B. sit	C. seat	D. sits
6. A. prefer to	B. prefers to	C. prefer	D. prefers
7. A. visiting	B. visited	C. visit	D. visits
8. A. pleased	B. please	C. pleasant	D. pleasure
9. A. car	B. their car	C. cars	D. a car
10. A. own’s	B. owns’	C. own	D. owns
11. A. with	B. as	C. to	D. from
12. A. whichever	B. wherever	C. the place	D. which
13. A. interesting something	B. interesting anything	C. something interesting	D. anything interesting
14. A. which	B. what	C. why	D. where
15. A. a	B. the	C. this	D. /

二．             完形填空（每题1.5分，共15分）

It was a cold snowy morning after the winter vacation. And it was my first __1__ at my new school. I was walking alone slowly and ___2___ about lots of things. It was early and there weren’t many people on the road. Suddenly a girl who was ___3__ a bike on ice fell down. She was trying hard to get up but fell again. ___4___ thinking, I went over and helped her. She said “__5___” with a smile and then rode away. Her words warmed me a lot.

Finally, I got to school. the teacher led me to the __6_ and introduced me to the class. Then he asked me to sit down beside a girl. I felt so ___7___ that I didn’t dare to look at her. soon the first class, ___8__, started. Their textbooks were different from those in my old school. as I was wondering __9__ to do, an English book appeared in front of me. “Let’s share,” the girl beside me said, “Hi, I’m Carrie.” I ____10__. It was the girl I helped this morning. Later on, we became good friends..

From that I learned: to help others is actually to help ourselves!

1. A. day	B. week	C. term	D. month
2. A. worrying	B. talking	C. caring	D. dreaming
3. A. flying	B. riding	C. driving	D. running
4. A. From	B. Without	C. After	D. Before
5. A. Hello	B. Pardon	C. Sorry	D. Thanks
6. A. office	B. library	C. playground	D. classroom
7. A. happy	B. nervous	C. calm	D. serious
8. A. chess	B. geography	C. English	D. physics
9. A. what	B. where	C. when	D. how
10. A. looked into	B. looked up	C. looked down	D. looked out

 

三．             阅读理解（共35分）

第一节         阅读短文，选择正确答案（30分）

（A）

Zach has a stepson, Bradley. One day, Zach wrote over to meet Bradley. Barley was a student in a high school. He neither liked nor disliked Zach, Even though he had known Zach for three years. Zach was still trying to get along with Bradley. He told Bradley that he was coming over. Bradley said OK. When Zach got there, he asked if Bradley wanted to drive his car. Bradley had a driver’s license. Bradley said all right. Zach told him not to drive too fast, but he could drive anywhere he wanted. Bradley got on the 210 Road and headed northwest.

Zach gave Bradley a few driving tips: Don’t drive next to big cars; don’t drive behind trucks with goods….

On their way back, Ach suggested that they stop at the golf course(高尔夫球场). He wanted to show Bradley how to play golf. But Bradley didn’t like it; he liked his video games. However, Bradley soon found that playing golf was fun and he did very well. The next day, Bradley, for the first time, called Zach. Bradley asked if Zach would come the next Saturday, so they could take a driver and go to the golf course again. Zach said yes, with a happy feeling in his heart.

1. How did Bradley like his stepfather at first?

A. He liked him.  B. He neither liked nor dislike him.  

C. He thought his stepfather was a good man. D. He disliked him.

2. What does the underlined word “license” mean in Chinese?

A. 护照   B. 银行卡   C. 执照  D. 身份证

3. The reason why Zach tried to get along with Bradley is that ____.

1. he wanted to improve his relationship with Bradley
2. he wanted to show what he could do well in
3. he wanted to teach Bradley as a father
4. he didn’t know how to spend his time

4. The last sentence in the passage implies that ____.

1. Zach had never been happy before  B. Zach was not easy to get along with

3. Zach shared the same hobby with Bradley  D. Zach found hope in what he had done.

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

1. How Zach got on well with his stepson.  B. How Zach did in his spare time.

C. Zach taught Bradley how to play golf.  D. Zach was good at driving and playing golf.

 

（B）

Once upon a time, a boy was walking through a wood and he thought he could hear a sad cry. Following the sound, he came to a big, round, mysterious, grey fountain（喷泉）. The sad sound seemed to be coming from the fountain pool. The boy swept aside the pool’s dirty surface water and saw a group of grey fish swimming in a slow circle through the pond（池塘）.

Amused by this, the boy tried to catch one of these talking fish. But when he stuck his arm into the water it turned grey right up to the elbow. As this happened, a huge sadness