Unit 1 单元检测卷2025-2026学年沪教版英语八年级上册
2024版新教材
（时间：75分钟 满分：75分 附加题10分不计入总分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。（共10小题，每小题1分）
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He 1 a sign which said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then 2 the sign, turned it around and wrote some words. He put back the sign
3 everyone who walked by would see the new words. Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.
That afternoon the man came to see 4 things were. The boy asked him. “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write? “
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said in a 5 way. “What he had written was: “Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it. “
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course 6 signs told people, the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sigh told people they were so 7 that they were not blind.
Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective (有效的)?
Be thankful for what you have. 8 life gives you 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to 9 . Face your past without regret (后悔). Deal with your present with confidence. Prepare for the 10 without fear.
1．A. held up B. looked at C. turned on D. put down
2．A. changed B. took C. checked D. reached
3．A. while B. although C. after D. so that
4．A. what B. why C. how D. where
5．A. different B. similar C. simple D. straight
6．A. either B. each C. all D. both
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7．A. happy B. healthy C. lucky D. pretty
8．A. Until B. When C. Before D. Because
9．A. smile B. cry C. live D. prove
10．A. today B. aim C. future D. past
Ⅱ．阅读理解（40分）
第一节 阅下列短文，从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。（共15小题，每小题1.5分）
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Conrad was eighteen months old when he crawled (爬) up on a piano bench and began playing some tunes he had heard on the radio. At three he wrote his first piano piece, which he named “Congrajulashons” because, like Mozart, he could compose music before he could spell.
At ten, Conrad studied at Juilliard School in New York City, one of the best music schools in the world. He spent five hours a day playing the violin and the piano. “I’m like and unlike other children,” he said. “I’m interested in the same things as other children, such as books and films. And I’m not such a big fan of practising, but I have to do it.”
Early this year Conrad won a big competition for young composers (作曲家) . He was the youngest of the more than 450 people.
Conrad loves to compose classical music. He has written thousands of pieces of kinds. When he has time, he reads Harry Potter. He also goes to see Spider Man.
11．The writer mainly wants to tell us __________.
A. about the whole life of Conrad B. about a famous young composer
C. about a good music school D. how to become a successful composer
22．Conrad reads Harry Potter and sees Spider Man because he __________.
A. has the same interests as other children B. is unlike other children
C. wants to kill time D. loves books and films of all kinds
13．Conrad composed his first piano piece __________.
A. when he was10 years old B. after he studied at Juilliard School
C. when he met Mozart D. before he learned to spell
14．The Chinese for the underlined word “tunes” should be “_________”.
A. 乐器 B. 音响 C. 乐谱 D. 曲调
15．Which of the following about Conrad is true?
A. He could play the piano very well when he was one year and a half,
B. He won a big competition in New York for young pianists.
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C. He practiced playing the piano and the violin at school
D. He has composed thousands of beautiful songs for children
B
One day, a young man went to a company. He wanted to find a job. There were many people who also wanted to get this job. A large crowd of people sat in a huge hall, waiting for their new future. After some time, they all received a difficult test.
After the hard test, only a young man with two others left. Then the manager of the company wanted to have a talk with them. In this way, he could decide who was the winner because he only needed one person to do the job. After a serious preparation, he began his job.
He talked to the first man by asking the following question, “Now if I want you to buy one hundred books for me, one book is ten dollars, how much money should I give you?”
“One thousand and ten dollars, sir,” the first man answered and told the simple reason.
Then the manager asked the second man the same question. The reply was one thousand and twenty dollars, and he didn’t tell why.
At last the manager asked the young man the question, too. He thought for a while and then answered, “That will be one thousand and eighteen dollars. One hundred books will cost one thousand dollars. And I have to ask a truck to carry them. It will cost ten dollars. Then I have to ask someone to take them down. It will cost eight dollars...”
The young man won. His name is Carnegie, one of the most successful merchants in the US history.
16．How many people left after the hard test?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five
17．The manager talked with the men to __________.
A. decide who was the cleverest B. decide who would be the winner
C. buy some books D. make friends with them
18．Carnegie was the _________ person to answer the manager’s question.
A. first B. second C. third D. fourth
19．Which of the following is TRUB according to the passage?
A. There were few people who wanted to get the job.
B. The manager wanted two people to do the job.
C. The manager asked the men different questions.
D. Carnegie got the job.
20．From the story, we can learn that __________.
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