8A Unit4 Wild animals 单元检测卷
)6. You shouldn't _________ b ecause the report is very imp orta nt. A take away them
B. take them away
C. take away it
D. take it away )7. When she was 16 years old, she _______ about 40 kg. A. is weighi ng
B. weighs
C. will weigh
D. weighed )8. They did n't arrive here on time ___ the heavy rain A because B because of C. so D. as
)9. My mother ________ if she ______ her work this week A. comes back; fini shes B. comes back; will finish
C. will come back; fini shes
D. will come back; will finish )10.- _______ in formati on the report gives us!
-Yes, it really tells us a lot about wild ani mals.
A. What useful
B What an useful C. How useful D. How an useful
二、完形填空(每小题
1分，共10分) When Jane was a little girl, she liked kee ping p ets. She had many books about ani mals and there were many pi ctures and sta mps on the walls of her bedroom. She ofte n said that she would work in a 1 whe n she grew up.
Most of Jan e's p ets were quite small-parrots, cats, dogs, and so on. But one day she met someth ing quite 2 .
That after noon, Jan e's mother was surp rised to see a big ani mal with long hair in the kitche n He 3 a T-shirt and was sitting on a chair, trying to put on a pair of glasses and making faces at her. I n front of him, on the table, were a basket of fruits and a glass of
water. 'Ja ne, where did you find it?' the mother shouts. Then sudde niy she remembered that a few days before a young gorilla(大猩猩)called Gor had run away from the zoo.
'I found him in the city square,' Jane said. 'He seemed so Ion ely. I talked to him. We
became friends at once and he followed me 4 .'
'Well, you know you _5_kee p him,' her mother said. 'You must send him back to the zoo.
（满分：100分时间：90分钟）
一、单项选择（每小题 1分，共10分）
（ )1. To
_______ n ature is to help ourselves, or we will be puni shed. A p rotect B. prevent C. p rovide
)2. -I'm ______ , Mum. Can I have somethi ng to drink? -OK. Here's some cola.
A. full
B. heavy
C. hu ngry
D. p ollute
D. thirsty )3.-Something ________ terrible. What goes bad in the kitche
n?
-The meat.
A looks
B. tastes
C.smells )4. If she _______ here tomorrow, I will tell you. A. comes B. will come C. come )5. He did n't go to school yesterday ___ he was i11.
D. feels D. came
D. so
You'd better phone the p olice.
Soon a 6 came and also a truck from the zoo. 7 was angry with Jane whe n she told her story. The p olicema n knew Jane loved ani mals. And the zookee per said, 'Tha nk you for your kindn ess. I can see that Gor likes you, 8 we n eed him back.' Jane agreed. She hugged Gor and said that she would go and see him 9 .
These days Jane has stopped collect in g 10 ,but you can still find her with her friend Gor at the zoo on Saturdays and Sun days!
( )1. A hos pital B school C. zoo D. factory
( )2. A small B long C. short D. big
( )3. A wore B made C. sold D. le nt
( )4. A to school B. home C. to the zoo D. to the
shop
( )5. A can't B. can C. must D. have to
( )6. A. teacher B. po stma n C. p olicema n D. frie nd
( )7. A Everybody B. The zookee per
C. Jan e's mother
D. Nobody
( )8.A and B. but C. so D. because
( )9. A. every day B. after school
C. in the after noon
D. at weeke nds
( )10. A. clothes B. glasses C. an imals D. fruits
三、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）
(A)
Long long ago there lived in the mountains a small drago n n amed Marvin Like all the other dragons, Marvin had hard skin, a long tail, wings for flying and a breath of fire. However, Marvin was differe nt from the others. He was frien dly like a dog and smart like an ele phant.
Three large dragons, Bord, Brun and Barg, delighted in scaring and teasing ( 戏弄)the other ani mals on the mountain One day a goat got lost and came to a p lace where Bord, Brun and Barg were sitt ing. The drag ons surr oun ded the goat and bega n to tease it. They breathed fire at it and burned its wool. They hit it with their long tails. The scared goat was des perate拼命的)to
get away from the three large drag ons.
Marvin was flying overhead. He saw what the dragons were doing and Ianded on a cliff above them. 'Excuse me!' Marvin shouted dow n to the drago ns. 'Which of you is the stro ngest drago n?'
The three drago ns looked up at Marvin
'The old man with magical po wers who lives on the other side of the mountain wants to find the stron gest drago n,' an swered Marvin 6So which of you is the stron gest?' 'I am!' shouted Bord, and he lifted up a huge rock over his head. He swayed( 摇摆)un der the weight of the rock but held it stron gly.
'I am!' shouted Brun, and he grabbed(抓住)the tops of two trees. He bent them towards each other so the tops touched and held them stro ngly.
'I am!' shouted Barg, and he drank all the water out of the mountain lake. His stomach swelled like a ballo on, but he held the water stron gly.
As the three drago ns showed their stre ngth, Marvin flew dow n to the goat and gen tly p
man and tell him that we have found the three stron gest drago ns in all the land!'
2
)1. The underlined word 'swelled' in Paragraph 8 means ' _____ '.
A.flew higher and farther
B.became larger and rounder
C.got heavier and smaller
D. grew lighter and faster )2. The problem in this story
was that __________________________________ .
A.Marvin and the goat flew away
B.three big dragons were scaring a goat
C.Marvin was smaller than all the other dragons
D.Marvin drew the three dragons' attention with a question
)3. Marvin was able to help the goat because ______ .
A.he was bigger than the other dragons
B.he was stronger than the other dragons
C.he was smarter than the other dragons
D.he could fly faster than the other dragons
)4. From what point of view( 角度) is the story told?
A.Marvin.
B.The goat
C. A storyteller who is a character in the story.
D. A storyteller who is not a character in the story. )5. The passage mainly talks
about __________________________________ .
A a clever small dragon
B.three strongest dragons
C. a poor goat
D.an old man with magical powers
(B)
Rats may be frightening and dirty animals to most people, but these small animals change
with Earth.
A rat can easily go through a three-centimetre (one-inch) hole. They can climb up almost any wall. They can dig through the earth and swim almost two kilometres(one mile) !
Rats have been known to live for three days swimming in water, and they can fall more than 15 metres(45 feet) without getting hurt. They can also jump as high as one metre(three feet).
For food, rats in the city eat mostly garbage( 垃圾). However, in the country, rats have been known at times to eat crops, chickens, ducks, and even young pigs.
Rats can also make baby rats very quickly. One male rat and one female rat can make
15,000 more rats in one year through their babies and their babies' babies! That is one reason why it is difficult to wipe out( 消灭) all of the rats in one place. Any poison that may kill rats at first will not kill them again Nature will make the new rats able to live even if they eat the poison.
( )6. Rats can live ______ .
A. in only a few places
B. only in the country
their environments surprisingly well. This means that rats can live almost anywhere on
C. only in the city
D. almost anywhere on Earth )7. How long can rats swim?
A. Rats can swim a long way.
B. Two hundred kilometres.
C. Rats can only swim a short way.
D. One hundred kilometres.
)8. What can rats eat?
A Crops.
C. Young pigs.
)9. What helps rats live in dangerous
places?
A. They are weak compared to their sizes.
B. They do not make babies very fast.
C. Rats can fit their environments well.
D. All the above.
)10. Some rats can _______ .
A. jump as high as one metre
C. eat some poison
into wanted to make his father-in-law like him more. They They had only been out hunting a few times when the disaster( 灾难 ) came.
The dogs stayed with a group of birds. The two men kicked up the birds. Then they used the dogs to hunt down some birds that had run throughout the field. My grandfather's best bird dog, Sally, ran after a bird. The men rushed over hurriedly.
My grandfather didn't take a step in that direction when the bird took off. At the
exact same moment my dad raised his gun and fired. My parents had only been married for a few months, and my father had shot his father-in-law's best bird dog! Luckily, the dog lived and only suffered some hearing loss, but it was much more difficult for my father to repair his respect.
They have been hunting for many years now, but my grandfather still talks about it once in a while, just to keep my father humble( 恭顺的 ). Now I am married, and my new husband
B. Garbage. D. A, B and
C. B. climb walls
D. A, B and C (C)
This story is practically a legend( 传奇 ) in my family. As a young man, my father
married a hunting family. My father tried to hunt with his new father in-law( 岳父 )
because he hunted together almost every weekend.
)11. Why did the writer's father like hunting with his father-in-law?
A. Because his father-in-law was good at hunting.
B. Because he wanted to make his new father-in-law like him more.
C. Because his wife was good at hunting.
D. Because he was good at hunting.
)12. How long had the writer's parents been married when her father shot the bird
dog? A. Only a few weeks.
B. Only a few days.
C. Only a few years.
D. Only a few months.
)13. How was the dog after it was shot?
hasn't hunted much. When he goes out hunting with my father and grandfather, I always tell him, 'Just don't aim ( 瞄准) anywhere near the dogs.' (
B.The dog was badly hurt. 4
C. The dog was very well.
D. The dog had some ear p roblems.
）14. I n the story, we can know that the writer's father .
A. was good at shooti ng
B. was bad at shoot ing
C. was too young to shoot
D. was gen erous
）15. What does the story main ly talk about?
A. A story about the dog.
B. A story about the writer's mother.
C. A hun ti ng story about the writer's father.
D. A story about the writer's new husba nd.
四、词汇（共15分）
A、根据句意、首字母或中文提示写出单词。（每小题1分，共5分）
1.I'm t _____ . Could you pl ease bring me a bottle of water?
2.We can't go to bed u ______ w e finish our homework every day.
3.The two ________ （熊猫）’Tuantuan' and 'Yuanyuan' were warmly welcomed when they arrived
in Taiwa n.
4.My mother always ________ （鼓励）me to face the difficulties bravely.
5.Koalas are very cute animals and they like eating ____ （树叶）.
B、用所给单词的适当形式填空。（每小题1分，共5分）
1.Don't slee p late, or you ___ （be） late for school.
2.This coat looks ______ （love） on you.
3.Cats are _______ （p eace） ani mals and n ever make loud no ises.
4.We were all surp rised at the monkeys' _____ （p erform）.
5.If there are more _________ （forest）in the northwest of China, Beijing will have fewer
sandstorms（沙尘暴）.
C、从方框中选用合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空。
（每小题1分，共5 分）be work live drink have
1.Which ani mals don't have eno ugh ______ areas?
2.The farmer kept ______ on the farmla nd.
3.If he finds the Mon key Hill, he ___fun there.
4.How much time do baby gia nt pan das spend ________ t heir mums' milk?
5.The nu mber of South China Tigers liv ing in the wild___ no more tha n 20.
五、句型转换（每小题2分，共10分）
1.Hurry up, or you will not catch the bus .（同义句转换）
You will not catch the bus________________________ h urry up.
2.I won't finish the work before lunch without his help. （同义句转换）
________________________ help me, I won't finish the work before lun ch.
3.The baby tiger got ill because he drank some dirty water.（同义句转换）
The baby tiger got ill _____________ drinking some dirty water.
4.The tiger looked quite weak because he did n't eat or drink for two days. （同义句转换）
The tiger did n't eat or drink for two days, __ it looked quite weak
5.I don't buy furs because I want to save animals.（对画线部分提问）
__________________________ b uy furs?
六、根据中文提示完成句子（每小题2分，共10分）
要求：1.词数100个左右。演讲稿的开头和结尾已给出，不计人总词数。
2 .所写短文必须包括以上内容，自由发挥的内容必须围绕主题。
3 .文中不得出现真实的人名、校名、地名等相关信息。
（参考词汇：额外的 extra ）
I want to be a volun teer of p rotect ing an imals
Hello, every one. I'm Li Min g. I want to be a volun teer of p rotecti ng ani mals. I'm glad
to make a sp eech here. _____________________________________________________________ If I can be a volun teer,
Thank you for liste ning!
我们应尽一切努力保护濒危动物。
We should do what we can to p rotect all animals ______________ .
如果我们不保护大熊猫，它们就会死。
Giant pandas _________________ i f we don't p rotect them.
如果我们继续筑路的话，野生动物就没有地方居住了。
If we con ti nue to build roads, wild animals ________________________________________ . 如果更多的人知道这些问题，也许他们会采取措施来帮忙。
If more people know about these p roblems, maybe they will ___________________________ . 由于中国政府的快速行动，在利比亚的中国公民很快就回到了家。
All the Chin ese livi ng in Libya __ home soon because __________ the quick acti on from the gover nment.
七、书面表达（共15分） 十月四日是世界动物日， 你校组织以 "1 want to be a volunteer of protecting animals "为 题的英语演讲比赛。假如李明参加比赛，请你以“李明”的名义写一篇英语演讲稿推荐自 己，内容如下： 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
七、 One possible version:
I want to be a volunteer of protecting animals
Hello, everyone. I'm Li Ming. I want to be a volunteer of protecting animals. I'm glad to make a speech here. I am kind to others. I am good with animals. I like playing football and the guitar. I have ever organized an activity to raise money for Save China's Tigers. And I keep some homeless little animals.
Animals are our friends. We should love each other. I am always thinking protecting animals is protecting ourselves.
If I can be a volunteer, I will work harder and do more meaningful things to protect animals. I will call on more people to love animals like me. I must try my best to make the world more united.
Thank you for listening!
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4. encourages
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3. because of
4. so
5. Why don't you 2. will die 3. will have no where to live 4. do something to help