2024-2025学年沪教牛津班八年级英语下册
Unit 1 Help those in need(同步检测练习）
一、单项选择题
1．Miss Chen, my dear English teacher, often encourages me ______the challenges in my study.
A．face B．faces C．facing D．to face
2． Tim used to ____ sports until he hurt his legs in an accident.
A．love B．loves C．loving D．loved
3． She had a lot of difficulty ____ that book.
A．read B．reading C．to read D．reads
4． Many companies suffer ____ a shortage of skilled workers.
A．at B．to C．for D．from
5． Do you know that the Earth is home to ____ animals
A．million B．millions C．million of D．millions of
6． Daisy is such a good daughter that she ____most of her luck money buying some gifts for her family.
A．spends B．costs C．takes D．affords
7．— Did the storm cause ________ damage
— Yes. Many people ______ their houses.
A．noisy; lost B．serious, lost C．serious; built D．noisy; built
8．— She was in great ______ after she broke her leg.
— We should do something _________ her relaxed.
A．danger; to make B．danger; making
C．pain; to make D．pain; making
9．—I always feel _______ when I am at home________.
—I think you should go out to communicate with more people.
A．lonely; lonely B．lonely; alone
C．alone: lonely D．alone; alone
10．As she is looking forward to _______ from me, please remember _______ this letter on your way to school.
A．hear; post B．hearing; to post
C．be heard; posting D．be hearing; to posting
11．She decided to devote herself _______ the problem of old age.
A．to study B．studying C．to studying D．study
12．She returned home only to find the door open and something _______.
A．missed B．to be missing C．missing D．to be missed
13．— What do the volunteers always do
—They always help those .
A．in total B．in time C．in need
14．Helen had to shout ______ above the sound of the music.
A．making herself hear B．to make herself hear
C．making herself heard D．to make herself heard
15．A person with __________is usually not afraid of anything dangerous or difficult.
A．courage B．advice C．oxygen D．disease
16．—I don't know when he___________.
—If he___________ here, I'll call you at once.
A．will come; arrives B．will come; will arrive
C．comes; arrives D．comes; will arrive
17．His funny story made everyone in the room___________.
A．laughing B．laugh C．to laugh D．laughed
18．___________is the quality of being brave when you are in danger, in pain or in a difficult situation.
A．Energy B．Courage C．Experience D．Patience
19．—Lisa is my best friend. She is always there whenever I'm in trouble.
—It is true that a friend _____ is a friend indeed.
A．in order B．in fact C．in public D．in need
20．I got up very early this morning _____ be late for watching the sunrise.
A．in order not to B．in order to not
C．so that not to D．so that to not
二、完形填空
21．完形填空
Not long ago, I arrived at a meeting
earlier. So I walked into a room, and there I saw some volunteers were busy
with handouts (手册) of the meeting. I went over and asked if I could （1） .
Seeing I was lame (瘸腿的) , one of the ladies （2） said
"Oh, no, thank you" and offered me a chair to just sit while they （3） .
Then, （4） volunteer
came into the room, saw me （5） there doing nothing and said, "Hey,
young man, come over there. There's work to do, and you can help." He put
two chairs together, placed two stacks (摞) of handouts and （6） me, "OK, the left piece goes on top
of the right one."
"Fine,
I can do that," I said. And just like that, I was now happy to be part of
the （7） .
This member of the group saw that my
disability did not mean an inability (无能) to help. Later, I （8） him
and asked why he invited me to help. "Well, I considered we'd finish more
quickly with more （9） . Of course you can," he （10） .
The kind lady （11） my
offer of help, but I know that she didn't mean to offend (冒犯) me. Too often,
people with disabilities are left out of a social group because of their （12） but
not because of their inability.
It's important for all of us to feel part
of a group. And when we are （13） , we feel that we are accepted,
respected and considered as a full and （14） member
of a group. It sends a （15） that says,
"To us, your abilities are more
important than your disability."
（1）A．enter B．read C．leave D．help
（2）A．rudely B．politely C．loudly D．coldly
（3）A．worked B．rested C．chatted D．laughed
（4）A．any B．other C．another D．the other
（5）A．crying B．lying C．speaking D．sitting
（6）A．showed B．moved C．treated D．controlled
（7）A．meeting B．family C．group D．community
（8）A．thanked B．introduced C．guided D．punished
（9）A．heads B．handouts C．legs D．hands
（10）A．talked B．replied C．thought D．remembered
（11）A．wanted B．refused C．accepted D．considered
（12）A．ability B．disability C．wisdom D．honesty
（13）A．mentioned B．rewarded C．encouraged D．included
（14）A．secret B．different C．equal D．simple
（15）A．message B．gift C．decision D．suggestion
三、阅读理解
阅读理解
When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (住所). I suggested that they should stay at ‘bed and breakfast' houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.
"We didn't stay at bed and breakfast houses," they said, "because we found that most families were away on holiday."
I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought ‘VACANCIES' meant ‘holidays', because the Spanish word for ‘holidays" is ‘vacaciones'. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said ‘VACANCLES', which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said ‘NO VACANCLES', because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!
We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word ‘DIVERSION' means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word ‘DIVERSION' on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hold.
English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris. when someone offered me some more. coffee, I said ‘Thank you' in French. I meant that I would like some more, However, to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that ‘Thank you' in French means ‘Mo, thank you.'
22．My Spanish friends wanted advice about ____.
A．learning English
B．finding places to stay in England
C．driving their car on English roads
D．going to England by car
23．I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses because ____.
A．they would be able to practise their English
B．it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels
C．it would be convenient for them to have dinner
D．there would be no problem about finding accommodation there
24．"NO VACANCIES" in English means ____.
A．no free rooms B．free rooms
C．not away on holiday D．holidays
25．If you see a road sign that says ‘Diversion', you will ____.
A．fall into a hole
B．have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself
C．find that the road is blocked by crowds of people
D．have to take a different road
26．When someone offered me more coffee and I said ‘Thank you' in French, I ____.
A．didn't really want any more coffee
B．wanted them to take the coffee pot away
C．really wanted some more coffee
D．wanted to express my politeness
阅读理解
In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what "keeping up with the Joneses" is about, It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants. Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.
It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment(公寓房间) in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich life--style of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series (系列) of short stories, He called it "Keeping up with the Joneses' because ‘Jones' is a very common name in the United States." Keeping up with the Joneses' came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand's series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are "Jonses" in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
27．Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ____.
A．want to be as rich as their neighbours
B．want others to know or to think that they are rich
C．don't want others to know they are rich
D．want to be happy
28．It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to ____.
A．live outside New York City B．live in New York City
C．live in apartments D．have many neighbours
29．The underlined word neighbourhood in the second paragraph means ____.
A．a person who lives near another
B．people living in an area
C．an area near the place referred to
D．an area in another town or city
30．Arthur Momand used the name "Jones" in his series of short stories because "Jones" is ____.
A．an important name
B．a popular name in the United States
C．his neighbour's name
D．not a good name
31．According to the writer, it is____to keep up with the Joneses.
A．correct B．interesting C．impossible D．good
四、任务型阅读
32．任务型阅读
On February 9th, Sarah Darling was walking
along the street when she met a homeless man named Billy Ray Harris. She
reached into her change purse, emptied out all the coins she had and gave them
to the homeless man.
Sarah didn't realize that she had given
Billy not only all her change but also her diamond ring that she had put in her
change purse earlier until the next morning. She and her husband, Bill Krejci,
rushed to see if they could find Billy. The grateful couple paid him back for
his honesty by emptying out their pockets of all the money they had.
Bill Krejci, a web designer, felt that he
needed to do something more for this amazingly honest man. In just four days, Billy received over
$85,000.
Billy is living with a person who is
generous instead of living in the streets. And that's not all—Thanks to the news
report, he got together again with his older brother, Edwin Harris who he had
been unable to find for 27 years.
He returned something that did not
belong to him.
A. That is not enough. B. The homeless man not
only was in the same place, but also immediately returned the ring. C. So on February 18th, he
set up a special web page (网页) to raise money for him. D. All the good luck is
just because Billy did the right thing. E. Neither of them
realized that this small generous act (举动) would change their lives.
五、语法填空
33．阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
You can seldom see homeless people on the
street. So could
you do if you want to help them Here are some (way).
Donate (捐赠) money. The easiest way to help the
homeless is (give) your money. When you want (do)
that, you can donate your money to local organizations. Most charity
organizations know where the most help is needed.
Donate things. (donate)
your used or new things is another easy way to help. Donate these things to
local organizations which help the homeless or give them to homeless people you
see often. The best things to donate include things professional clothing, new socks…
Provide food. There are lots of ways that
you can help homeless people get food. You can donate fresh fruit vegetables to local soup kitchens. You
can also drop off bananas, apples, or sandwiches.
Call emergency (紧急) services. If you
see someone who may be a danger to the homeless (them)
or others, call emergency services. If someone is (clear)
having a serious problem, call for (help) too. If someone is in danger because of
weather conditions, call emergency services as well.
六、书面表达
34．根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
Chris is not a traditional explorer (探险者) —he usually works in an office for a large organization. Yet his job
can sometimes be as exciting and dangerous as being an explorer.
Chris works for MSF, an organization also
known as Doctors Without Borders (无国界医生). MSF sends trained doctors all over the world to help people after
a war or a disaster (灾难). Chris is a doctor from France
who has travelled to many places to organize programs that help people.
At the moment, there are over 27,000
trained medical staff taking part in MSF projects and tasks (任务). The organization
received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. All kinds of doctors can volunteer for
MSF. They need to be prepared to go almost anywhere in the world and, of
course, they should expect difficult conditions. Doctors with experience in
tropical (热带的) diseases are especially useful because
most of MSF's work is in Africa. When MSF accepts a doctor for a task, he has to
go for at least six months. When doctors have completed a few tasks, they might
be sent on an emergency task (紧急任务) following a
disaster, such as an earthquake.
But why would a doctor leave a comfortable
life and a good salary (薪水) to join MSF According to Chris, the experience you get is a great
help in your profession. Besides, just like the explorers of the past, you need
to keep an open mind and learn to mix well with the people you meet. Most
importantly, at the end of each task, you have made a real difference to
people's lives.
（1）When
does MSF send trained doctors all over the world to help people
（2）How
many medical staff are taking part in MSF projects and tasks
（3）What
kind of doctors are badly needed in Africa
（4）Why
is an MSF doctor's job exciting and dangerous as well
（5）What
has happened to MSF doctors at the end of each task
35． 在我国，政府（government）让所有儿童都有机会免费入学，但很多乡村的儿童学习条件还很艰苦。假设你叫Sam， 请给你们学校的学生会（Students`Union）写一封信，提一些建议。
内容：
1.阅读了关于"希望工程"的方案后， 谈谈你的感想；
2.建议学生会组织同学们为当地一所乡村小学筹款，增添图书和教学设备；
3.希望乡村的孩子们能受到很好的教育，长大后为乡村服务。 字数要求80字。
Dear Students` Union,
I have just read an article on "Project Hope" in an English newspaper. ...
……
Best wishes!
Yours truly,
Sam
参考答案
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21．【答案】（1）D；（2）B；（3）A；（4）C；（5）D；（6）A；（7）C；（8）A；（9）D；（10）B；（11）B；（12）B；（13）D；（14）C；（15）A
【答案】22．B 23．A 24．A 25．D 26．C
【答案】27．B 28．A 29．C 30．B 31．C
32．【答案】E；B；C；A；D
33．【答案】what；ways；to give；to do；Donating；like；and；themselves；clearly；help
34．【答案】（1）After a war or a disaster.
（2）Over 27,000.
（3）Doctors with experience in tropical diseases.
（4）It's exciting because the doctor may travel to many places and help people in need. It's dangerous because the doctor may work in difficult conditions.
（5）They have made a real difference to people's lives.
35．【答案】略
