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Unit 8 Once upon a Time 自主检测
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Ⅰ.完形填空(每小题1分,共10分)
A man wanted to sell his donkey(驴) in a market. The market was far from his house, so he started off early in the morning with his 1 .
On the way, the man was sitting on the donkey while his son was 2 near it. Someone saw them. He said the father didn't love his son.After the man 3 this, he got down from the donkey and made his son sit on 4 . Then they continued their journey.
Soon, another man met them. He said it was not 5 to make the old father walk in the sun.What hot weather it was! Then 6 of them decided to walk.
After some time, a group of people saw them. They said the father and the son were 7 . They had a donkey, but they didn't sit on it. Then both of them 8 to sit on the donkey and then kept going.
There came a woman. “You may 9 the little donkey by doing that!” she shouted.
So what should they do? Maybe they should just do what they think is right, because they cannot follow everyone's 10
1. A. daughter B. son C. father D. wife
2. A. walking B. sitting
C. sleeping D. lying
3. A. saw B. felt C. heard D. watched
4. A. it B. him C. them D. you
5. A. bad B. real C. wrong D. right
6. A. any B. some C. both D. none
7. A. kind B. foolish C. strict D. clever
8. A. asked B. forgot C. learned D. chose
9. A. leave B. kill C. save D. sell
10. A. news B. dream C. advice D. wish
Ⅱ.阅读理解(每小题2分,共10分)
Once upon a time, there was a young prince. He had a pet lion. The lion was his best friend, but it lived in a cage(笼子) all the time. The lion felt sad. It thought,“If I am his friend, why can't I get out of the cage?”
Next to the lion's cage was a hyena (鬣狗).The hyena didn't like the lion. One day, it said to the lion, “Why does the prince keep you in a cage if you are friends?”
Before the lion could answer, the hyena said, “It's because of your big teeth!” The prince heard this and laughed, “No, that's not true!”
“Then it must be your claws,” said the hyena. “You could hurt the prince with them!”The prince laughed again, “I trust my lion. It won't hurt me. I keep it in the cage because I'm afraid it will leave me when it sees how free and happy life is outside.”
The hyena said, “You’ re wrong, Prince! We love our cages. Let me out, and I' ll show you.”The prince was kind and opened the hyena's cage.But the hyena jumped on the prince and tried to eat him!
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Just then, the lion jumped out of its cage. It caught the hyena with its strong claws. The hyena was scared and ran away quickly.
The prince was surprised.“How did you get out, Lion?” he asked. The lion said,“My cage was never locked, Prince. I stayed inside because we are friends.”
From that day on, the prince removed the cage door. He learned an important lesson:friendship needs trust. If you don't trust your friend, it's not real friendship.
11. Why did the lion feel sad?
A. Because the prince didn't play with it.
B. Because it lived in a cage all the time.
C. Because the hyena laughed at it.
D. Because it was afraid of the hyena.
12. What did the hyena ask the prince to do?
A. Feed the lion more meat.
B. Open its cage.
C. Give it a new home.
D. Lock the lion tightly.
13. How did the lion get out of the cage?
A. The prince opened it.
B. The hyena helped it.
C. It jumped out of the cage by itself.
D. It broke the cage with claws.
14. What does the underlined word“removed” mean in the last paragraph?
A. Took away. B. Cleaned.
C. Closed. D. Painted.
15. What lesson can we get from the story?
A. Animals can be good friends.
B. Always listen to others' advice.
C. Friendship needs trust.
D. Don't believe in strangers.
Ⅲ.任务型阅读(每小题2分,共10分)
阅读短文,根据短文内容完成文后的句子或回答问题。
Long ago, there was a very special boy. He wasn't like any other boy because the weather changed when he felt different. When he smiled,the weather was sunny and warm. When he cried,clouds were in the sky and if he was angry, it would rain. So people called him“Weather Boy”.
But sometimes“Weather Boy” didn't like to be special. He didn't want to make people unhappy with his dark clouds. He tried very hard to control (控制) his feelings, but it was really difficult. One day, an old man came to visit him.The old man said,“Your rain and sun are very special. It's a gift for you. The weather brings good luck to you, so you don't need to be worried. You can make full use of it.”
“Weather Boy” listened carefully. Then he started drawing pictures of his feelings. He drew sunny days when he was happy, windy and cloudy days when he was sad, and when he was angry. People loved his pictures so much that they felt happy when they saw them.
Over time,“Weather Boy” knew that he couldn't control all the weather outside, but he could always make his own heart feel sunny. And from then on,“Weather Boy” lived a very happy life, sharing his beautiful pictures and special weather with everyone in the world.
16. Why did people call the boy“Weather Boy”?Because when the boy felt different.
17. What did the weather bring to“Weather Boy”according to the old man?
The weather brought to“Weather Boy”.
18. What did“Weather Boy” do after listening to the old man's advice?
He started drawing pictures of .
19. What word(s) can you put in the“ ” in Paragraph 3?
I can put“ ” there.
20.Do you think the old man's advice was helpful? Why or why not?
Ⅳ.选词填空(每小题1分,共10分)
请先阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。每个词限用一次。
rice patient field worried dead
later still way plant stop
Long ago, there was a farmer who worked very hard. He was always 21 about different things.
One day, the farmer and his son 22 rice together. They were happy when all the seeds (种子) were planted. Several days 23 , the seeds grew into the rice. Then the farmer went to watch the 24 grow every day. Many days passed,but the rice 25 seemed the same. He began to get worried.
The farmer asked his neighbor for help, “I am worried about my rice. It seems to 26 growing!” His neighbor replied, “Nature will provide. Be 27 .”
The farmer got worried again. “What if my rice never grows?” He thought and thought, “I must find a 28 to help my rice grow faster. I think the rice really needs my help. I must do something!” The next morning, the farmer ran to the rice 29 , and pulled the rice up a few inches(英寸) one by one.
Later, his son went to the field and found that all the rice was 30 . All the hard work had gone to waste, and there was no rice left to be saved.
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V.书面表达(共20分)
假如你是李华,是阳光中学七年级的学生。你校英语社团正举办讲故事比赛,你打算参加。你选择了《伊索寓言》里的一则故事“The Lion and the Mouse”。请你根据图片和文字提示,写一篇短文叙述这个故事。
注意:
1.词数 70 左右。短文开头已给出,不计入总词数;
2.短文中不得出现真实姓名和校名。
This is a story about a lion and a mouse.
Unit 8 自主检测
Ⅰ.[语篇解读]本文以父子两人骑驴的故事教育我们,我们无法听从所有人的建议,因此我们做自己认为正确的事情就可以了。
1. B 根据第二段中提到的 his son可知,这个人和他的“儿子”一起去了市场,son符合题意,故选 B。
2. A 根据上下文可知,这个人坐在驴背上,而他的儿子在旁边“走路”, walking 符合题意,故选 A。
3. C 根据设空处前提到的“他说父亲不爱自己的儿子”可知,这个男人“听到”那些话之后,就让儿子坐在驴背上了,heard 符合题意,故选 C。
4. A 此处所缺的词是 it,指代的是 the donkey,故选 A。
5. D 根据上下文可知,另一个人说“让老父亲在太阳下走路是不对的”,right符合题意,故选 D。
6. C 根据上下文可知,父亲和儿子两人都决定走路,both 符合题意,故选 C。
7. B 根据语境可知,他们说父亲和儿子愚蠢,foolish符合题意,故选 B。
8. D 根据上下文可知,他们两人都“选择”坐到驴背上,chose 符合题意,故选 D。
9. B 那位妇人说的是“你们那样做可能会弄死那头小毛驴!”,kill 符合题意,故选 B。
10. C 他们不可能听从所有人的“建议”,advice符合题意,故选C。
Ⅱ.[语篇解读]本文讲的是狮子和王子的故事。
11. B 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The lion was his best friend, but it lived in a cage all the time. The lion felt sad.”可知,狮子因一直住在笼子里而难过,故选 B。
12. B 细节理解题。根据第五段中的“Let me out”可知,鬣狗让王子打开笼子,故选 B。
13. C 细节理解题。通读第六段和第七段可知,狮子是自己跳出来的,因为笼子未上锁。故选C。
14. A 词义猜测题。画线的词是 removed,根据“friendship needs trust”可推断,他移除了笼子的门,故选A。
15. C 主旨大意题。通读最后一段可知,这个故事告诉我们的是“友谊需要信任”,故选 C。
Ⅲ.[语篇解读]本文介绍了一个特别的男孩,他的心情能影响天气变化,因此他被称为“Weather Boy”。
16. the weather changed 根据第一段中的“He wasn't like any other boy because the weather changed when he felt different.”可知,当他的心情不一样时,天气也跟着变化。
17. good luck 根据第二段中老人说的“The weather brings good luck to you”可知,天气给他带来好运。
18. his feelings 根据第三段中的“Then he started drawing pictures of his feelings.”可知,他开始画出他的感受。
19. rainy days 根据第一段中的“if he was angry, it would rain”可知,他生气时,天会下雨,故他会在生气的时候画雨天。
20. Yes, I do. Because“Weather Boy” lived a happy life at last after following his advice. 本题是开放性试题,答案不唯一,言之有理即可。
Ⅳ.[语篇解读] 本文讲的是揠苗助长的故事。
21. worried 根据语境可知,他总是为不同的事情担心,应填形容词 worried。
22. planted 根据语境可知,此处表示“农夫和他的儿子一起种水稻”,所选的词是 plant,再根据一般过去时的用法可知,所缺的词是 planted。
23. later 此处表示“几天后”,所缺的词是 later。
24. rice 根据上下文可知,农夫每天都去看水稻生长,rice符合题意。
25. still 根据上下文可知,许多天过去了,但水稻看起来仍然没有变化,所缺的词是 still。
26. stop 根据上下文可知,它好像停止生长了,所缺的词是 stop。
27. patient 根据上下文可知,他的邻居劝他要有耐心,patient符合题意。
28. way 根据上下文可知,农夫心里想的是“我必须找到一种能帮助水稻长得更快的方法”,所缺的词是 way。
29. field 根据上下文可知,此处表示“农夫跑到稻田里”,所缺的词是 field。
30. dead 根据上下文可知,之后,他的儿子去田里,发现所有的水稻都死了,所缺的词是 dead。
V. One possible version:
This is a story about a lion and a mouse.
A strong lion was sleeping when a small mouse walked by. The lion woke up. He caught the mouse. The mouse said to the lion,“Please set me free and let me go. Maybe I can help you one day.” The lion didn't take it seriously.He set the mouse free although he didn't believe the mouse.
One day, a hunter caught the lion with a net. The mouse bit through the net and helped the lion get out. The lion thanked the mouse for saving his life.
We can learn a lesson from the story: Everyone has his or her value.
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