Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals 单元质量检测2025-2026学年人教版八年级英语上册

Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals 单元质量检测 一、完形填空。 Once upon a time, there was a small town near a large forest. In the forest, there (1)__________ a kind fox named Lila. She was different from other foxes because she never hurt small animals. Instead, she often helped them when they were in trouble. All the forest animals thought Lila was a good friend and they lived (2)__________ together. One winter, the weather was much (3)__________ than usual. The snow was so thick that most animals couldn’t find enough food. A little rabbit named Timmy was very hungry. He tried to look for some grass, but he failed every time. He was so weak that he almost fell down on the way. Just then, Lila found him. She took Timmy to her warm hole and gave him some nuts and berries she (4)__________ before the snow came. Timmy was so thankful that he cried. Days later, some people from the town came to the forest. They wanted to (5)__________ some trees to build a new factory. When the animals heard the news, they felt very (6)__________. If the trees were cut down, they would lose their homes. Lila had an idea. She went to the town and met the leader of the team. She showed him how important the forest was—birds made nests in the trees, squirrels stored food in the tree holes, and the trees could also keep the air (7)__________. The leader was moved by Lila’s words. He decided to (8)__________ the plan of cutting trees. He even told the people in the town to (9)__________ the forest. From then on, more and more people came to the forest to plant young trees every spring. Now, the forest is greener and livelier than before. All the animals know that (10)__________ can live without the forest. It’s our duty to protect the home of all living things. ( )1. A. lived B. grew C. slept ( )2. A. angrily B. peacefully C. busily ( )3. A. warmer B. colder C. hotter ( )4. A. collected B. bought C. invented ( )5. A. put up B. cut down C. look for ( )6. A. excited B. happy C. worried ( )7. A. dirty B. fresh C. bad ( )8. A. give up B. take up C. turn up ( )9. A. destroy B. protect C. pollute ( )10. A. nobody B. somebody C. anybody 二、阅读理解。 Every year on October 4th the world comes together for the well-being(福祉) of animals everywhere. This is World Animal Day. Starting in 1925, the yearly event has become a special chance for everyone who cares about animals to make a difference. In 2022, the theme was "A Shared Planet". "As we share this Earth with all living things, we can truly make a difference for all animals!" wrote the event’s website. In the past ten years, China has done much to improve the well-being of domestic(驯养的) and wild animals. The protection of Asian elephants is a good example. Asian elephants have become endangered because some people hunt them for their ivory(象牙). Asian elephants in China are mostly in Yunnan Province. These wild animals sometimes eat local farmers’ crops. The government has been of trying to create a more harmonious relationship between the local people and wildlife. For example, they make rules to stop the ivory trade. With World Animal Day around the corner, we all can think of more ways to better protect our wild friends. Let’s take action together! ( )11. What does the underlined word “harmonious” in Paragraph 4 mean? A. Serious. B. Friendly. C. Awful. ( )12. Why have Asian elephants become endangered according to the passage? A. Because people caught them for shows. B. Because people hunted them to make medicine. C. Because people hunted them for ivory. ( )13. What’s the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage? A. To ask people to better protect wild animals. B. To ask people to protect local farmers’ crops. C. To tell people how to care about Asian elephants. 三、阅读还原。 请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从文后的七个选项中选择五个还原到文章中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。 Think about a world without insects(昆虫). It might sound nice at first. There would be no flies in your room. (14)______ The number of insects is becoming less and less, according to British biologist Dave Goulson. “In the 27 years from 1989 to 2016, the number of insects fell by 75 percent,” Goulson wrote. (15)______ They are bad for the places that insects live in. What would happen without insects? (16)______ But the results would be far-reaching(深远的). We need insects to pollinate crops(给庄稼授粉). They also break down dead plants and animals and turn them into new useful things. We need them to keep the soil(土壤) healthy and do much more. (17)______They would go hungry and die. The ecosystem(生态系统) would be off balance(不平衡的). “The first step to stop this is to let more people understand the values(价值)of the natural world,” Goulson said. “(18)______ We should encourage them to protect the environment from an early age.” A. Scientists say the main reason for this is the use of pesticides(农药). B. It’s almost impossible to give an answer. C. But in fact, this could be really bad news. D. The best place to start is with our children. E. Without insects many animals would have nothing to eat. F. Everyone could play a part in protecting the environment. 四、任务型阅读。 阅读短文，根据内容回答问题。 After a 10-year project to count tuna(金枪鱼) and other large fish in the world’s oceans, scientists have made a very surprising discovery: these fish are almost gone. Because of too much fishing, almost 90 percent of the worldwide population of large fish—the ones we usually eat—has disappeared. If we don’t act, these animals will totally disappear. That will do harm to every animal in the ocean. The need for fish is growing. Almost a billion people around the world get their protein(蛋白质) mostly from fish. Doctors praise seafood for being low in fat. But what seems like a healthy choice for humans is causing a disaster(灾难) to our oceans. “People are using too much,” says Lance Morgan, a scientist at Marine Conservation Institute. A dish of tuna in restaurants costs more than just one animal’s life. When fish like tuna disappear from the ecosystem(生态系统), the ocean’s food chain(链) breaks down. Animals such as sharks, which normally eat tuna, may die because they find no food. The sharks may not seem important, but taking action now can stop harm that hasn’t happened yet. World organizations are taking action from now on to prevent fishing too much. The Monterey Bay Aquarium gives seafood choices to anyone hoping to keep healthy without destroying the environment. “If you care about wildlife, first spend time and think about your own values and beliefs,” says Morgan. “Then decide what you’re going to eat.” 19. Why are large fish almost gone? ________________________________________________ 20. What are the reasons that people like eating fish? ________________________________________________ 21. What might happen to sharks if tuna disappear? ________________________________________________ 22. What can we do to protect the ocean ecosystem? Write 30 words or more. ________________________________________________ 五、根据句意及首字母提示补全单词。 23. I’m sorry to d___________ you, Kate. I can’t go to your birthday party this weekend. 24. The hole(洞) in her T-shirt is so t__________ that we can hardly see it. 25. Frogs play an important r_________ in our planet’s ecosystem. 26. All the students in Class 7 went camping e__________ Peter yesterday because he had a cold. 27. —Do you know about the c___________ in the place? —Yes. It’s usually hot and rainy. 六、综合填空。 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每个单词限用一次，每空限填一个单词。 opinion, with, important, worry, they, save, play, appear, big, keep Now more and more people like keeping pets. But different opinions (28)___________ about their usefulness. Many families deeply connect (29)___________ pets, treating them as family members like daughters or sons. On the one hand, they believe pets (30)___________ a part in easing loneliness by staying with them when they’re alone. On the other hand, some pets are brave. When some people are in danger, the pets can (31)_________ them. Recently, guide dogs have even helped send elderly people to hospitals successfully. Through all of the above, we can understand the (32)__________ of owning pets for some people. However, other people are against (33)__________ pets because of so many reasons. They think it is very wasteful(浪费的)to spend hundreds of dollars on pets. In (34)__________ view, the money should be used to help the poor. Some people are also (35)__________ about the illness that pets may bring to them. Pets don’t know that people need a quiet environment. So their sounds may become the (36)_________ problem in their lives. How different the (37)__________ about pets are! I think keeping pets is a personal habit. But if you can’t deal with it well, that will make your neighbours dislike you. 七、书面表达。 动物是人类的朋友，也是人类的助手。请结合下面的问题，用英文写一篇名为“An Amazing Animal“的小短文。 （1）What is its name? （2）Where does it live? （3）Why did you choose it? （4）What are some interesting facts about it? 要求：包含以上所有信息，可适当发挥；不少于80词。 An Amazing Animal ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 参考答案 一、完形填空。 1. A 考查动词词义辨析。句意为“森林里住着一只名叫莱拉的善良狐狸”。live意为“居住”，grow意为“生长”，sleep意为“睡觉”，结合语境选A。 2. B 考查副词词义辨析。前文提到莱拉从不伤害小动物还会帮助它们，所以动物们应该是“和平地”生活在一起。angrily愤怒地，peacefully和平地，busily忙碌地，选B。 3. B 考查形容词比较级辨析。后文提到雪很厚，动物们找不到食物，可知冬天比往常“更冷”。warmer更暖和，colder更冷，hotter更热，选B。 4. A 考查动词词义辨析。句意为“她把蒂米带到温暖的洞穴，给了他一些下雪前收集的坚果和浆果”。collect收集，buy买，invent发明，狐狸不可能买或发明食物，选A。 5. B 考查动词短语辨析。后文提到要建工厂，可知人们是来“砍树”的。put up张贴、搭建，cut down砍倒，look for寻找，选B。 6. C 考查形容词词义辨析。树被砍倒动物们就会失去家园，所以它们感到很“担忧”。excited兴奋的，happy开心的，worried担忧的，选C。 7. B 考查形容词词义辨析。树木的作用之一是净化空气，让空气保持“清新”。dirty脏的，fresh清新的，bad糟糕的，选B。 8. A 考查动词短语辨析。领队被莱拉的话打动，所以决定“放弃”砍树的计划。give up放弃，take up开始从事，turn up调大、出现，选A。 9. B 考查动词词义辨析。领队不仅放弃砍树，还告诉镇上的人要“保护”森林。destroy破坏，protect保护，pollute污染，选B。 10. A 考查不定代词辨析。句意为“所有动物都知道，没有森林，没有人能生存”。nobody没有人，somebody某人，anybody任何人，选A。 二、阅读理解。 11. B 考查词义猜测。根据上下文“政府试图创造当地人和野生动物之间更……的关系”及举例“制定规则禁止象牙交易”，可推测“harmonious”意为“友好的”，故选B。 12. C 考查细节理解。根据“Asian elephants have become endangered because some people hunt them for their ivory”可知，亚洲象濒危是因为人们为了象牙猎杀它们，故选C。 13. A 考查主旨大意。根据最后一段“we all can think of more ways to better protect our wild friends. Let's take action together”可知，作者的目的是呼吁人们更好地保护野生动物，故选A。 三、阅读还原。 四、任务型阅读。 14. C 考查上下文衔接。前文说“没有昆虫听起来不错”，空格处表转折，C选项“但事实上，这可能是个坏消息”承接上文，引出昆虫减少的问题，故选C。 15. A 考查上下文衔接。前文提到昆虫数量下降，空格处解释原因，A选项“科学家称主要原因是农药的使用”符合语境，故选A。 16. B 考查上下文衔接。前文问“没有昆虫会发生什么”，空格后说“但结果影响深远”，B选项“几乎无法给出答案”承接问题，引出后续影响，故选B。 17. E 考查上下文衔接。后文说“它们会挨饿死亡”，E选项“没有昆虫，很多动物会没有食物可吃”是“挨饿死亡”的原因，故选E。 18. D 考查上下文衔接。后文说“鼓励他们从小保护环境”，D选项“最好从我们的孩子开始”中的“children”对应后文的“them”，故选D。 四、任务型阅读。 本文通过描述对金枪鱼的研究，号召人们停止过度捕捞，保护海洋生物。 19. Because of too much fishing. 根据文章第一段中的“Because of too much fishing, almost 90 percent of the worldwide population of large fish-the ones we usually eat-has disappeared.”可知, 因为过度捕捞，大鱼几乎消失。 20. Because doctors praise seafood for being low in fat and almost a billion people get their protein mostly from fish. 根据文章第二段中的“Almost a billion people around the world get their protein mostly from fish. Doctors praise seafood for being low in fat.”可知,人们喜欢吃鱼的原因是其脂肪含量低，近 10 亿人主要从鱼类中获取蛋白质。 21. Sharks may die (because they find no food). 根据第三段中的“When fish like tuna disappear from the ecosystem... Animals such as sharks, which normally eat tuna, may die because they find no food.”可知，如果金枪鱼消失，鲨鱼可能会因为找不到食物而死。 22. First, we can tell our friends and family not to waste fish. Second, we can join in activities to clean the beach and draw pictures about protecting the ocean. Then, we can learn more about the ocean and tell others how important it is. 开放性试题,言之有理即可。 五、根据句意及首字母提示补全单词。 23. disappoint 考查动词。根据“I can't go to your birthday party”可知是“使失望”，结合首字母d，disappoint表示“使失望”，“be sorry to do sth”后接动词原形，故填disappoint。 24. tiny 考查形容词。根据“we can hardly see it”可知洞很“小”，结合首字母t，tiny表示“微小的”，故填tiny。 25. role 考查名词。固定搭配“play an important role in”表示“在……中起重要作用”，结合首字母r，故填role。 26. except 考查介词。根据“he had a cold”可知除了Peter都去露营了，结合首字母e，except表示“除……之外（不包括）”，故填except。 27. climate 考查名词。根据“It's usually hot and rainy”可知是问“气候”，结合首字母c，climate表示“气候”，故填climate。 六、综合填空。 28. appear 考查动词。根据“different opinions”可知是不同观点“出现”，主语opinions是复数，此处用动词原形appear（出现），故填appear。 29. with 考查介词。固定搭配“connect with”表示“与……联系”，故填with。 30. play 考查动词。固定搭配“play a part in”表示“在……中起作用”，主语pets是复数，用动词原形play，故填play。 31. save 考查动词。根据“in danger”可知宠物能“救”他们，情态动词can后接动词原形save，故填save。 32. importance 考查名词。此处指养宠物的“重要性”，important的名词形式是importance，故填importance。 33. keeping 考查动词。根据“against”可知后接动名词，“keep pets”表示“养宠物”，故填keeping。 34. their 考查代词。固定搭配“in one's view”表示“在某人看来”，此处指代“other people”，用形容词性物主代词their，故填their。 35. worried/worrying 考查形容词。固定搭配“be worried/worrying about”表示“担心”，故填worried。 36. biggest 考查形容词最高级。根据“the”可知用最高级，此处指“最大的”问题，big的最高级是biggest，故填biggest。 37. opinions 考查名词。根据“different”可知用复数，此处指关于宠物的“观点”，故填opinions。 七、书面表达。 One possible version: An Amazing Animal Among all the animals in the world, the elephant is truly amazing. It is the largest living land animal on Earth. Elephants mainly live in Africa and Asia, where they roam in forests and savannas. I chose the elephant because it is not only intelligent but also gentle and social. They have a strong family bond and are known for their incredible memory. Elephants are fascinating creatures. They use their trunks for many things, like picking up objects and drinking water. Their large ears help them stay cool by being flapped to create a breeze. Elephants can live up to 70 years, which is longer than many other animals' life. They are also known for their ability to use tools and solve problems. We should protect elephants because they play an important role in the ecosystem. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $