Unit 8 Once upon a Time单元测试卷-2024-2025学年人教版（2024）七年级英语下册

Unit 8 Once upon a Time单元测试卷 （时间：90分钟 满分：100分） 一、单项选择。（每小题1分，共10分） 1.Once there was ________ emperor. ________ emperor loved clothes very much. A.a, The B.an, An C.the, The D.an, The 2.—Lucy, do you like playing basketball? —No, I ________ it. I think it's boring. A.hate B.need C.forget D.enjoy 3.I wanted to learn about art, so I decided ________ the art club. A.join B.joined C.to join D.joining 4.Let’s have a swim in the river! — Don’t be __________ . It’s dangerous to swim in the river because it’s deep. A.silly B.excited C.shy D.worried 5.—Can you come to play soccer with me? —Sorry! My 5-year-old brother can’t look after ________. A.him B.himself C.his D.he 6. She worked out the answer__________. A.at once B.at first C.at the last D.in the end 7._______there was a magic rock. A.In the future B.Once upon a time C.Next week D.At present 8.The hen ____ three eggs last week. A.lie B.lay C.lain D.laid 9.I am sure she tells the ________ because she never tells lies. A.letter B.truth C.joke D.name 10.—Don’t forget your ________! —I can remember I agree to buy a violin for you. A.smile B.promise C.example D.surprise 二、完形填空。（每小题1分，共10分） Once upon a time, there was a little bird who loved to sing. However, she was very  1 and always sang alone in her nest. One day, a wise old owl (猫头鹰)  2 by and saw the little bird singing. The owl told the bird that she had a  3  voice and should share it with others. The little bird was  4  to sing among the birds, but the owl encouraged (鼓励) her to sing and  5 with others. The little bird started to practice singing every day and at last she  6 it. She began to  7  of becoming a famous singer. However, one day the little bird became very  8  and didn’t practice her singing. Her voice started to sound  9 , and other birds didn’t want to sing with her anymore. The little bird sat in a tree and  10 , feeling very sad. Luckily, the wise old owl came back and said to the little bird, “Laziness makes beggars, so work harder and keep trying.” From then on, the little bird never forgot the value of hard work, and she kept practicing and always sang with joy and happiness. 1.A.friendly B.shy C.outgoing D.dangerous 2.A.flew B.walked C.ran D.swam 3.A.sweet B.terrible C.bad D.loud 4.A.relaxed B.excited C.happy D.afraid 5.A.eat out B.take a walk C.make friends D.drink tea 6.A.was good at B.was bad for C.was strict with D.was made of 7.A.hear B.dream C.know D.tell 8.A.lucky B.quiet C.lazy D.busy 9.A.great B.sweet C.fun D.terrible 10.A.showed B.shouted C.climbed D.Cried 三、阅读理解。（每小题2分，共40分） A There lives a hen. She has five children. She also has three friends: a duck, a cat and a dog. They all live happily together. One day, the red hen finds a wheat (小麦) seed (种子). “Hey, who wants to help me plant this seed?” she asks. “Not me,” the duck says. “Nor can I,” the cat says. “I’m afraid not,” the dog says. “All right. I will do it by myself,” the hen answers. She plants the seed and waters it. Wow! It grows quickly and yields (产出) lots of wheat. “Hi! Who wants to help me harvest the wheat?” the red hen asks. “Not me,” the duck says. “Nor can I,” the cat says. “I’m afraid not,” the dog says. “Fine. I will do it by myself,” the red hen says. She works all day long. By evening, she has two big bags full of wheat. “Hello, friends! Who wants to help me grind (磨碎) the wheat?” she asks. Once again, all three of her friends refuse (拒绝). “I see that I will have to grind it by myself. I will make flour (面粉) and bake (烤) bread!” she says. The next day she bakes delicious bread. “Hello! Who would like to eat some bread with me?” she asks. “I want to!” the duck says. “Me too!” the cat says. “I’d like some as well,” the dog says. “None of you can have a bite! I work hard in the field and at home. You don’t want to do anything before I make the bread. You must know ‘No pains, no gains (不劳则无获).’ Only my children and I can eat this bread!” the hen says. Then she and her children have a great meal that day. 1. How many times does the hen ask her friends to help her? A.One. B.Two. C.Three. D.Four. 2. The hen’s friends refuse to help her plant the seed because they ________. A.find it difficult to do that B.don’t want to work hard C.want to eat the wheat seed D.want to plant seeds by themselves 3. According to (根据) the story, which word can best describe (描述) the red hen? A.Hard-working (勤劳的). B.Beautiful. C.Interesting. D.Friendly. 4. Which of the following is the correct order (顺序) according to the story? a. The hen’s family have a great meal. b. Three friends refuse to help the hen. c. The red hen finds a wheat seed. d. The hen makes flour and bakes bread. A.a-b-c-d B.a-d-b-c C.c-b-d-a D.c-d-a-b 5. What’s the best title (标题) for the passage? A.The bread. B.No pains, no gains. C.The wheat. D.Mother Hen. B Once upon a time, there was a king and he was bad to his people. So nobody liked him. One hot day, the king went to swim by himself in a river. Suddenly he didn’t feel comfortable and couldn’t move his hands or legs. He began to drown.      Luckily, two farmers were working on the farm near the river and saw everything. Of course, the farmers didn’t know the man in the river was the bad king. So the two farmers jumped into the river and saved him. The king thanked the farmers and said, “I’m the king of the country. Ask me for anything, and I will give it to you.” “My mother and father are sick (生病的) in bed,” the first farmer said. “Can you give me some money to send them to a doctor?” The king answered, “It’s easy.” Then he turned to the second farmer and asked, “How about you? What do you want?” The farmer looked worried and unhappy. “Don’t let other people know I saved you.” he answered. 1. Who did the king go swimming with? A.No one. B.A farmer. C.Two farmers. D.His men. 2. Which season may the story happen? A.Spring. B.Summer. C.Autumn. D.Winter. 3. What does the word “drown” mean? A.Move. B.Rise. C.Swim. D.Die under water. 4. Which one is NOT true according to the passage? A.The king swam in a river. B.Two farmers saved the king. C.Both farmers wanted some money. D.The king could give anything to the farmers. 5. Why did the second farmer look worried? A.Because he felt sick as well. B.Because he wanted to swim in the river. C.Because the king didn’t give him the money. D.Because he didn’t want others to know he saved the king. C The birds of the forest had no king. All the birds thought they needed a king. But who would be the king? One said “Let the bird who flies the highest be the king.” Everyone agreed. Eagle (老鹰) heard that and asked, “Why not make me the king now? I can fly the highest.” “  ▲  ” said Sparrow (麻雀). “Oh! Who’s going to beat me? You?” Eagle laughed. Owl started the race. When everyone was ready, Owl cried, “Whoo, whoo!” All the birds took to the air. But they could not fly very high and fast for long. One by one, they dropped out of the race. Only Eagle went on flying. “High, high… I’m the king in the sky…” he sang. He looked down and found all the birds giving up. But Eagle did not know that little Sparrow was flying under one of his wings (翅膀) all the way. The time he stopped, Sparrow flew out. He flew just over the Eagle’s head and cried out, “No, no, no, Mr. Eagle. I’m the king of the birds. Look! I am now flying higher than you.” All the birds were very surprised to see Sparrow fly higher. They wanted Sparrow as their king. Eagle did not like this at all. So he caught Sparrow and threw him to the ground. Sparrow got hurt, and half of his tail (尾巴) was cut off. From then on, Sparrow had a short tail. 11. The bird who flew ________ could be the king of the forest. A.the fastest B.the farthest C.the highest D.the longest 12. Please choose a right answer to fill in the blank ________ in Paragraph 2. A.Why not be the king? B.You may not be the king. C.You can be the king. D.You may not lose. 13. Can you put the sentences in the right order? ①Sparrow had a short tail. ②Sparrow flew higher than Eagle. ③Birds thought they needed a king. ④All the birds took to the air. A.①②③④ B.①③②④ C.③②④① D.③④②① 14. What do the underlined words “dropped out of” mean? A.Left. B.Went on. C.Joined. D.Started. 15. What’s the best title of the passage? A.Who Needs the King? B.Who Helps the King? C.Who Is the King? D.Who Loves the King? D Once upon a time, there lived a man named Hans. He didn’t work hard but dreamed that he could become rich. One day, Hans saved an old man on his way home. The old man had magic. He thanked Hans for helping him and promised to give Hans a boon (恩惠). Hans told the old man that he wanted to become rich without having to work hard. Then the boon came true. 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, because when he woke up, there would be money by his bed. Hans thanked the old man and went home. From that night on, Hans had different dreams. In his dreams, he helped a rich man find his missing gold, cured (治愈) a very sick girl... The people all thanked him and gave him lots of money which he could use in his real life. However, as time went by. Hans felt less happy. Since he dreamed of people’s troubles every night, he couldn’t sleep well. As a result, his health deteriorated. Hans decided to visit the old man and asked him to take the boon back. The old man asked why. Hans said although he loved money. his health was more important. He said he would work hard to make money. The old man agreed. From that night, Hans no longer had dreams. He couldn’t make money from his dreams, but he could sleep well. 16. From the first two paragraphs, we can know that Hans was a ________ man. A.lazy B.hard-working C.strange D.brave 17. What was the boon for Hans? A.He could get a lot of gold. B.He could be in good health. C.He could move into a big new house. D.He could make money in his dreams. 18. What does the underlined word “deteriorated” in Paragraph 5 probably mean in Chinese? A.冲突 B.恶化 C.提升 D.恢复 19. You may read the passage in the ________ section of the newspaper. A.nature B.science C.story D.health 20. What can we learn from this passage? A.You are not rich until you have a big heart. B.The most important thing is to enjoy your life. C.When you help others, you are helping yourself. D.One can get something great only through hard work. 16.A 17.B 18.B 19.C 20.D 四、语法填空（每小题1分，共10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当一个的词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Once upon a time, there was 1.          poor farmer. He worked every day in the field. One day, the farmer was farming as usual in the field. 2.          (Sudden), he saw a hare running into a tree stump (树桩). The hare broke its neck and 3.          (die). The farmer was very 4.          (surprise) and happy of course. He took the hare home. His wife cooked a good meal with the hare for him. 5.          (Late) in the evening, the farmer 6.         (lie) on his bed. He thought to 7.          (him), “I don’t need to work so hard any more. I just need to wait for a hare by the stump every day. From that day on, the farmer stopped 8.          (work). Every day, he sat by the tree stump, waiting for more hares 9.         (come). A long time passed, 10._________ the hares never came again. The story tells us that we should work hard to get what we need, just like a famous saying goes: “No pains, no gains.” 五、阅读表达。 Jerry was a chubby little mouse. He loved to eat cheese (芝士). One day, he ran into Mr Johnson’s house to look for an afternoon snack. On a table, he saw a box. Jerry climbed up and took a peek (偷看). Jerry’s eyes lit up with delight (高兴). There was enough food there to last him for a month. He cut the cheese with his teeth and tried to break it up into pieces. Unknowingly, a large grey cat was watching Jerry from the floor. He had a plan. He was going to wait until the mouse was full. Then he would catch him. “I think I will get a drink of water and then head back to my mouse hole,” Jerry said happily to himself. He ran to the sink (洗碗池) and drank the water in it. After drinking, Jerry patted his tummy (肚子) and started to climb out of the sink. But he was too full and too fat to get back out. Suddenly, Jerry looked up and saw a large cat looking down at him. He started running around in circles in the sink, hoping to confuse (迷惑) the cat. With no other choice, Jerry ran into the drainage pipe (排水管) and crept (匍匐) away. Since then, he never went to the kitchen ever again. 1. The word ________ in paragraph 1 has the same meaning as “fat”. 2. Jerry went to Mr Johnson’s house in the __________. 3. What did the cat plan to do? __________________________________________________________ 4. Where was Jerry when he saw the cat? _____________________________ 5. Why was Jerry unable to get out of the sink after drinking the water? __________________________________________________________ 六、补全对话。（每小题2分，共10分）  从方框中选择句子补全对话，有一项是多余的。 A: Hey, Cindy. 1.    B: “The Little Match Girl” by Hans Christian Andersen. A: What’s it about? B: It’s about a dying girl’s hopes and dreams. A: 2.     B: On a cold New Year’s Eve, a little girl was walking in a street to sell matches. She was very cold but was afraid to go home, because her father would beat her for not selling any matches. A: Poor girl! 3.    B: She lighted the matches to warm herself. In the flame (火焰) she saw her dead grandmother who loved her very much. 4.    A: What do you think of the story? B: It’s moving. 5.    A: I agree with you. I plan to read it tomorrow morning. A.It makes me feel thankful for everything I own. B.How does the story begin? C.But sadly, in the end, the girl died. D.I don’t think we should give up easily. E.What’s your favourite fairy tale (童话故事)? F.What happened next? 七、书面表达。（10分） 童话故事是世界文学宝库中的常青树，一直深受青少年的喜爱。你读过哪些童话故事？请你以“My Favourite Story”为题，介绍令你印象最深刻的一个童话故事。 提示： 1. What’s the name of it? 2. Who is in it? 3. What’s the story? 4. What do you think of it? 要求： 1. 词数80左右； 2. 条理清晰，语意连贯，句式规范。 My Favourite Story ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 一、1.D 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.B 6.D 7.B 8.D 9.B 10.B 二、1.B 2.A 3.A 4.D 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.D 三、1.C 2.B 3.A 4.C5.B B 【语篇导读】本文主要介绍了一个坏国王独自在河里游泳溺水，被两个农民施救的故事。 1.A细节理解题。根据“One hot day, the king went to swim by himself in a river.”可知国王一个人去游泳。故选A。 2.B推理判断题。根据“One hot day, the king went to swim by himself in a river.”可知当天天气很热，由此可推知这个故事可能发生在夏季。故选B。 3.D 词义猜测题。根据“Suddenly he didn’t fell comfortable and couldn't move his hands or legs: He began to drown.” 可知国王不能移动他的手和腿，所以此处应是指溺水。故选D。 4.C细节理解题。根据“Don't let other people know I saved you.”可知第二个农民希望国王别让别人知道自己救了他。故选C。 5.D 细节理解题。根据“The farmer looked worried and unhappy. ‘Don't let other people know I saved you' he answered”可知，第二个农民看起来很担心是因为他不想让别人知道他救了国王。故选D。 C【语篇导读】本文讲述麻雀与鹰争夺森林之王，鹰不满结果，把麻雀摔倒地上，麻雀的尾巴变得很短。 11.C细节理解题。根据第一段“Let the bird who flies the highest be the king.”可知，飞得最高的鸟为王。 12.B推理判断题。根据第三段“‘Who's going to beat me? You?’ Eagle laughed.”鹰笑问麻雀：你能赢我吗。可知，此处指“麻雀不同意鹰为王”。 13.D 推理判断题。本文按故事发展顺序叙述。根据第一段“All the birds thought they needed a king”鸟儿们认为他们需要一个国王；第四段“All the birds took to the air.”所有的鸟都飞起来了；第把八段“All the birds were very surprised to see Sparrow fly higher”麻雀飞得比鹰高;第九段“Sparrow got hurt, and half of his tail was cut of. From then on, Sparrow had a short tail.” 麻雀的尾巴很短；可知选项D排序正确。 14.A词义猜测题。根据第五段“Only Eagle went on flying”可知，此处指“鸟儿们退出了比赛”。 15.C最佳标题题。本文讲述麻雀与鹰争夺森林之王，鹰不满结果，把麻雀摔倒地上。由此可知，选项C“谁为王”符合文意。 四、1.a 2.Suddenly 3.died 4.surprised 5.Later 6. lay 7.himself 8.working 9.to come 10.but 五、1.chubby 2.afternoon 3. He was going to wait until the mouse was full. Then he would catch him. 4.In the sink. 5.Because he was too full and too fat. 六、1.E2.B 3.F 4.C 5.A 七、One possible version： My Favourite Story I love reading and I have read many books. My favourite story is The Three Little Pigs. There were three little pigs in the story. They built their own houses. The first built a straw house. The second built a house with wood. The third built a brick house. Then a wolf hit the straw house and the wooden house. But he couldn't break down the brick house because it was too strong. At last, the third pig killed the wolf. This is my favourite story because it is interesting and it teaches us to be hard-working. There are also many colourful pictures in the book. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$