Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature 同步练 2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature 一、根据句意及汉语注释完成单词(每小题1分,共5分) 1. We’re going to spend a weekend on the African _(大陆). 1. Linda has a _ (巨大) amount of knowledge on natural science. 1. Scientists are studying how plants _(适应) to their environment. 1. Planting trees is certainly a very _ (有效) way to protect nature. 1. The government is introducing more _(措施) to protect the wildlife. 二、语法填空(每小题1分,共10分) The earth gives us special and important things to help us live. We call these things natural resources (资源), such as air, sunlight, water, wood, oil and land. Living things need clean air to breathe and clean water 1._ (drink). Plants need sunlight and land to grow. When plants breathe, they clean the air around them. We need plants 2._ food. We also need plants to make a lot of things, such as paper, houses, and tools like 3._ (basket) and matches (火柴). We shouldn’t hurt our natural resources because we can’t make more of them. Smoke from cars and factories 4. _ (make) the air dirty. If the air is dirty, people will get sick 5. _ plants won’t grow. If we cut down trees, we must plant new ones as 6. _ (quick) as possible. Or it will be hurtful to nature. Rubbish is very bad for our natural resources. People throw hundreds of tons of rubbish into the water. It makes the water become 7. _ (bad) than years ago. And the land with much rubbish is dirty and smells bad. Farmers cannot grow food on it. 1. _ can we take care of the earth’s resources? Here are some ideas. Use things until we can’t use them anymore. Reduce the use of natural resources. Take 9. _ bag when we go shopping. Don’t throw things away. Reuse 10. _ (they). For example, make toys from old things. 三、阅读理解(每小题2分,共10分) Fraser Island is in Queensland, Australia, about 300 kilometres north of Brisbane. It is about 120 kilometres long and 25 kilometres wide. It is completely made of sand. In fact, it is the largest sand island in the world. There is no airport on the island, but there is a long beach along the east coast. Planes arrive and leave from here. The sand makes unusual shapes. There are hills made of sand. Nothing grows on them. They move one or two metres a year from the southeast towards the northwest of the island, getting bigger and bigger. At other places on the island, such as Rainbow Gorge, the Cathedrals and Red Canyon, the sandy rocks have different colours. Sometimes the rocks are so brown that they turn the sea brown, like coffee. Surprisingly, the sand island has a lot of different plants and animals. There are over a hundred lakes. There are many kinds of birds. There are many other animals there too, such as flying foxes (大狐蝠) and wild dogs. About 500,000 people visit the island every year to see the island’s beauty and nature. People enjoy camping and hiking there. Unluckily, the visitors create problems. They damage (毁坏) plants and scare animals. Their suncream (防晒霜) makes the water dirty. So it is necessary for the government to manage the visitors. For example, people must not damage plants or scare animals while camping or hiking in the forests, they must not use motor boats or go fishing in the lakes, and they need government papers to drive there. ( )1. What can we know about Fraser Island from the text? [A] No one can get there by plane. [B] Few people know about it. [C] There are no living things on it. [D] It is a beautiful sand island. 1. What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refer to? [A] The sand hills. [B] The small lakes. [C] The brown seas. [D] The long beaches. ( )3. What does the writer advise in order to protect Fraser Island? [A] People should plant more trees and beautiful flowers on the sand hills. [B] No visitors should go deep into the forests for camping and hiking. [C] The government should take action to stop visitors damaging nature. [D] The number of visitors to the island should be under 500,000 per year. ( )4.What is the text mainly about? [A] The life on Fraser Island. [B] The nature on Fraser Island. [C] The history of Fraser Island. [D] The culture of Fraser Island. [拓展设问] 1. What we can do to protect Fraser Island? (不超过 15 词) _ 四、任务型阅读(每小题2分,共10分) 阅读下面材料,从选项中所给的A一F六个选项中选出正确选项(其中一项是多余选项),将其序号填入第 小题。 Stonehenge, a rock circle, is not only one of Britain’s most famous historical places but also one of its greatest mysteries (神秘的事物). 1. _People like to go to this place especially in June as they want to see the sun rising on the longest day of the year. For many years, historians believed Stonehenge was a temple where ancient leaders tried to communicate with the gods. 2. _ Because Stonehenge was built so many centuries ago. “The leaders arrived in England much later,” he points out. 1. _The large stones were together in a certain way. On midsummer’s morning, the sun shines directly into the centre of the stones. Other people believe the stones have a medical purpose. They think the stones can stop illness and keep people healthy. “As you walk there, you can feel the energy from your feet move up your body,” said one visitor. No one is sure what Stonehenge was used for, but most agree that the position of the stones must be for a special purpose. Some think it might be a burial (埋葬) place or a place to honour ancestors (祖先). 4._ Ancient people built Stonehenge slowly over a long period of time. Most historians believe it must be almost 5,000 years old. One of the greatest mysteries is how people built it because the stones are so big and heavy. In 2001, a group of English volunteers tried to build another Stonehenge but they couldn’t. “We don’t really know who built Stonehenge,” says Paul Stoker. “5. _ But we do know they must have been hard-working — and great planners!” 选项: A. And perhaps we might never know. B. Every year it receives more than 750,000 visitors. C. Stonehenge is one of the greatest mysteries in America. D. However, historian Paul Stoker thinks this can’t be true. E. Others think people built it to celebrate a victory of a war. F. Another popular idea is that Stonehenge might be a kind of calendar. 学科网(北京)股份有限公司 $