Unit 4Then and now周测卷 2025-2026学年沪教版（五四学制）（2024）八年级英语上册

Unit 4 Then and now测试卷

(满分100分，考试时间90分钟)

Part 1 Listening(第一部分 听力)

Ⅰ. Listening comprehension(听力理解)(共25 分)

A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容,选出相应的图片)(共5分)

1.              2.                3.              4.               5.            

B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear(根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案)(共7分)

(         )6. A. On foot. B. By bicycle. C. By car. D. By underground.

(         )7. A. A teacher. B. A doctor. C. An artist. D. A scientist.

(        )8. A. In Shanghai. B. In Beijing. C. In London. D. In New York.

(        )9. A. Jack. B. Peter. C. Linda. D. Mary.

( )10. A. Industry in Britain.

B. People's lives in Britain.

C. Industry developed fast in Britain.

D. Great changes in Britain in the 19th century.

(         )11. A. Changing the batteries. B. Repairing the watch.

C. Throwing away the batteries. D. Buying a new watch.

(         )12. A. The village was quite near.

B. The village was not worth visiting.

C. They only took a bus to the village.

D. They enjoyed the beautiful scenery.

C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示)(共5分)

(        )13. According to a new report, machines will do all the work instead of humans by2050.

(        )14. In the next five years, machines will take up about 85 million jobs.

(        )15. In the future, no jobs will be created.

(        )16. Nowadays, countries are focusing only on AI development.

(        )17. People need to learn new skills to deal with the change of society.

D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences(听短文,完成下列内容。每空格限填一词)(共8分)

18. Charles Dickens was a famous and successful writer in England in the                                        .

19. When Charles was small, life wasn't easy because his parents had serious                                              

20. Charles got a job in a factory and                                        6 shillings(先令) a week after he left school.

21. As an adult, Charles wanted people to know about the                                      that children often had to work in.

Part 2    Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar

(第二部分 语音、词汇和语法)

Ⅱ. Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案)(共 15 分)

(        )22. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from the others?

A. There was a terrible accident on the highway yesterday.

B. For years we had little knowledge of what life was like inside China.

C. I can't imagine life without the children now.

D. My grandfather had to work in the local mine to make a living.

(        )23. Tony had                      unpleasant trip last time when he went to his hometown by train.

A. a B. an C. the D./

(        )24. The steam engine was invented by Watt                     the eighteenth century.

A. on B. at C. in D. for

(        )25. Students will have to wait for                      three weeks before the result of the final exam comes out.

A. other B. others C. another D. the other

(        )26. Habit formation(形成) is                     new methods that people get used to with-out thinking about them.

A. develop B. to develop

C. developed D. to developing

(        )27                    he is fat,                    he can jump very high. He got first prize in the last game.

A. Although; but B. Although; so

C. Although; because D. Although;/

)28. According to Tina, talent and others’ help are                     important to be successful.

A. all B. both C. also D. either

)29. He                      be the winner. He didn't even finish the race!

A. must B. may C. needn't D. can't

(        )30I won't see the film “Promise” again because I                      it already.

A. has seen B. saw C. have seen D. will see