牛津译林英语八年级上册 Unit 8 Natural disasters单元测试（一）

There ______ a large number of students in our school. The number of the students _______ over three thousand.

I don't know if Tom _________ here tomorrow. If he ________, I'll tell you.

The teacher told me _________when I left the classroom.

The wetland can ________ food and shelter ______ plants and animals, including different kinds of birds.

When I was working on a Maths problem, a good idea went ______my head.

—What do you call these animals?

—We call them kangaroos. The structure of sentence is       .

When the flood was washing the village, people screamed        and ran       all directions.

Diaoyudao is         the       of China.

My mother often tells me to __________ when I am in trouble.

We should do everything we can         the birds in danger.

The floor in the classroom is very dirty. Will you please _________?

They should do exercises as ________ as possible to keep _________.

The baby stops _______ as soon as he ______ his mother coming into the room.

Could you tell me        at the class meeting?

The sad boy sat on the ground, shouting        she was crying.

It was too cold, so we made a fire         warm.

There are ______ visitors to the park, and the number is becoming ______ now.

—I hear that you went to see the film called “The Fast and the Furious”, isn't that boring?

—__________. It's one of the most successful films.

—I'm sorry I ______ my maths book at home. 

—Don't forget _______ it to school tomorrow, please.

The terrible earthquake ______ when I _______some cleaning.

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。

    Is there anything strange on the top of the world's highest mountains? If so, is it a bear? Is it a monkey? Or is it a kind of man?

    No one 1. The world has tried their best to know more about this mystery (神秘) for years. In 1887, 2 mountain climber found very big footprints of a very large man. 3 man doesn't walk barefoot（光脚）in the snow. In 1906, 4 climber saw more than footprints. To his surprise, he saw a great hairy animal 5 on two legs. As he watched, it ran out of sight（视线）.

    Fifteen years later, there were 6 about the thing in the newspapers. A mountain climber said that he had seen the “snowman”   7 slowly across the snow, far below him. He said it looked like a very large hairy man.

    From that time on, more and more people had stories to tell. But not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back 8 of giant (巨大的) footprints. The picture showed 9 that the snowman walked on two legs. So it was not a bear or a monkey. Could it be an ape man? The mystery grew!

    And the mystery keeps on growing. 10 men still hunt the snowman in the high mountains. Some day we may find out just what it is that makes the giant footprints.

根据短文理解选择正确答案。

    Many animals do strange things before an earthquake. This news may be important. Earthquakes can kill people and knock down homes. The animals may help to save lives.

Some animals make a lot of noise before an earthquake. Farmers have told about this. Dogs that are usually quiet have started to bark(吠). Horses on farms have run around in circles. Mice have left their holes and run away. Cows have given less milk.

In a town in Italy, cats raced down the street in a group. That happened only a few hours before an earthquake. In San Francisco, a man kept tiny pet frogs. One Sunday, the frogs jumped around more than ever. They made loud noises, like bigger frogs. That night, an earthquake struck the city.

    People want to know when an earthquake is coming. Then they could get away safely. Right now, there is no sure way to know ahead of time. Maybe the best idea is watching the animals.

根据短文理解选择正确答案。

    The word “day” has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using “day” to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night, we are using “day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning（旋转）of the earth. At the equator（赤道）day and night are sometimes the same length（长度）. They are each twelve hours long. The sun rises at 6 o'clock in the morning and sets at 6 o'clock in the evening. For six months the North Pole（北极）is tilted（倾斜）toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere（半球）gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere（半球）. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than nights. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.

根据短文理解选择正确答案。

    The leaders （领导人） of 13 countries had a big meeting in St Petersburg, Russia from November 21 to 24, 2010.The meeting was about tigers. They talked about the ways to protect the animals in their countries. They agreed to spend more money protecting tigers and they wanted to double the number of tigers in the world before 2022.

    Tiger is one of the world's most endangered animals. The World Wildlife Fund （WWF） says, there are only about 100,000 wild tigers now. And the number is becoming smaller and smaller. 'If nothing happens, tigers will face disasters,' said WWF spokeswoman Marie von Zeipel.

Nine types of tigers lived 100 years ago, but now at least three of them have died out. ‘If people leave tigers alone and don't kill them, then the number of tigers will double in 10 years,' said Jean-Christoph Vie, a French tiger expert (专家).

    China is one of the 13 countries where tigers live. There are about 50 wild tigers in China now. They are the Bengal tigers in Tibet, Indochinese tigers in China's southwest, and Siberian tigers in the northeast. The South China tigers lived in southeast China many years ago but disappeared in the 1970s. Many experts think they have already died out.

根据短文理解选择正确答案。
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     Recently, a solar-powered (太阳能动力的） plane took to the sky for the first time. It passed an important test on the way to travel around the world.
    The plane took off from an airport（飞机场）in Switzerland. It slowly rose above the fields and into the sky.
   “There has never been an airplane of that kind that could fly—never an airplane so big, so light, using so little energy.” said Bertrand Piccard, a leader of the project.
    During the 90-minute flight (飞行）, the plane did several turns. It climbed nearly 1. 6 km above the countryside.
    Engineers（工程师） plan to test a night flight（飞行）before July. Then they will use the results（结果）of the tests to build a second plane. They plan to travel around the world in that plane in 2012.
    “We want to fly it day and night with no fuel(燃料）,” Piccard said. Piccard and pilot (飞行员）Andre Borschberg will take the plane around the world. They will make a few stops to change places and rest after a long time in the air--and to show off their airplane.
     The plane will fly at 70 km per hour on average(平均）. That is faster than a bike and slower than a car. The pilots will keep the plane in the air for up to five days at a time.

根据句意及首字母提示, 写出适当的单词形式。

The man rushed into the house and saved those children's (life).

Would you please (not prevent) us from becoming a member of the Birdwatching Club?

We've got no idea about how (stay) alive in the wild.

Tom spent as little time as he could (play) computer games.

The (excite) people in the hall all stood up and cheered for Liu Xiang.

Jack's dad said he (mop) the water up at that time.

Did they have a nice time (ski) last week?

I hope we   (not make) the same mistake again.

The earthquake happened in 2008 and many people were (terrible) hurt.

Lily (learn) another language next year, isn't she?

Listen! I can hear an old man (scream) for help in the next door.

My brother was playing computer games while my father (read) newspapers.

Keep (work) on the problem, we will work it out soon.

The heavy rain prevented him (go) out last weekend.

Tom failed the exam, because he did most of his answers (correct).

根据汉语意思完成句子。

阅读下列短文, 根据内容在横线上写出适当的单词。

    The world's first “flying car” will soon appear in the market — It will be yours for just ￡127,000.

    The Terrafugia Transition is a light sport plane with four wheels (轮子) and foldable (可折叠的)wings. It can fly up through the skies just like a regular plane, then land on the ground, fold up its two wings and drive down the road at highway speeds.

    It is 19 feet long and can fly a distance (距离) of 460 miles, with a top speed of 115mph in the air and 60mph on the highway. According to early reports, the plane uses common gas — no rocket fuels (燃料) are necessary. It gets its power through the 100 horsepower four — stroke Rotax 912S engine（发动机）.

It is about as wide as most normal cars except the folded gliders. The Terrafugia Transition can be put into most garages(车库) and drive normally on the road. A special code from a pilot's license is needed to get the wings to unfold.

    Interested pilots (yes, you need to be a licensed flyer or a driver with a pilot's license (执照) to buy one) can get an order of the flying car (or the highway plane) for ￡6,500. It is planned to be finished towards the end of the year.

Title: The world's first flying car

首字母填空，根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词.

It seems to us that Earth stands quite stable (稳定的). But it is really m all the time. It turns around a make-believe line through its centre. We c this make-believe line Earth's axis(轴). The t ends（尽头） of Earth's axis are its poles(极). It t Earth 24 hours to travel around its axis once. We look at the sun and say it ‘rises' and t across the sky, but the sun doesn't really do so. It is the turning of E that makes us feel that the sun were moving across the sky. We can't see the Earth is moving b everything on Earth is turning around it.

    As Earth moves around every 24 hours, the first half of Earth faces the sun and then the other h. When our half of Earth is f the sun, we say it is day. When our half is a from the sun, we say it is night. It is the turning of Earth that tells us when to get up and when to go to bed.

请你根据下面提示,以A landslide（山崩）为题, 写一篇70词左右的短文（开头已给出, 不计入总词数）。

①上周一早上, 在连续下了两天大雨之后发生了山崩(landslide)。

②我和妈妈在家, 爸爸下午回来。雨很大。他叫我和妈妈赶快带伞离开。

③就在那时, 房子开始摇晃, 我们非常害怕, 迅速跑开了。

④第二天上午回家时, 我们发现房子没有了, 到处是碎玻璃和砖块, 我们感到很悲伤。

A landslide

    Last Monday morning, ……