Unit 2单元测试卷 2022-2023学年冀教版八年级英语上册(word版含答案)

Unit 2单元测试卷

一、单项选择

1．Learning to write is learning to think. You don’t know things clearly ________ you write them down.

A．if B．unless C．since D．though

2．To our surprise, the computer        won the chess game against the human player.

A．certainly B．usually C．finally D．mostly

3．Peter didn’t tell his parents that he was going home because he wanted to give them a ________.

A．note B．surprise C．call D．gift

4．I live next to a supermarket. It's______for me to do some shopping.

A．crowded B．valuable C．convenient D．awful

5．You have to be ______ and wait until I finish my work.

A．patient B．strict C．honest D．active

6．Betty ___________ hard since last term. That’s why her exam results are so good!

A．has worked B．will work C．worked D．was working

7．I don’t eat ice-cream ________ I don’t want ________.

A．because; fat B．because; to be fat C．so; be fat D．so; to be fat

8．It won’t be long ________ we leave our junior middle school.

A．because B．until C．before D．though

9．Just be _____, you can’t make such great progress in a day. It takes time.

A．available B．humorous C．patient D．unbelievable

10．Be sure to______ your names before you hand in your papers.

A．write down B．look up C．turn down D．send up

11．He won’t pass the exam ________ he studies hard.

A．if B．unless C．since D．because

12．Our teachers have been with us for nearly three years ________ we came to junior high school. We should thank them for what they have done for us.

A．until B．before C．since D．when

13．All of us helped to clean up the old people’s home ________ Eric. He had a bad cold.

A．besides B．against C．except D．with

14．He tried to keep him cool ________ he was really angry.

A．because B．until C．even though D．so that

15．It sounds like a good plan, but you should        it with your parents first.

A．keep B．learn C．discuss D．choose

16．Huawei has put so much into research ________ it has become a great company in the world.

A．that B．while C．because D．as

17．— Thanks        our government, we can play sports on the new playground next week.

— That's for sure! And we' ll have a sports meeting        one month.

A．for; in B．to; in C．for; after D．to; after

18． I enjoy playing computer games, but I can't _____   too much time   _______that.

A．take; doing B．spend; doing

C．spend; on doing D．take; to do

19．— There are dark clouds, and the wind is blowing strongly.

— It ______ that a typhoon is coming.

A．feels B．sounds C．seems D．looks

20．We advise parents ________ their children at home alone in order to keep them away from danger.

A．not leave B．not to leave C．leave D．to leave

二、完形填空

“Choubaguai” is an offensive（冒犯的）word today. People often use it to play ___21___ on others’ looks. However, at first, this word did not refer to ___22___ people. The story of this word ___23___ with a group of painters in the Qing Dynasty.

In ___24___ times, Yangzhou was a big and important business center. Many ___25___ lived there. They lived a rich life and were crazy about art. They ___26___ a lot of works of art and helped nurture（扶持）many artists.

___27___ the artists, there was a special group of eight painters：Jin Nong, Zheng Xie, Huang Shen and so on. Because most of them were born into poor families, they put their feelings about life into paintings by ___28___ how common people lived. These paintings were very different from those of other artists.

Other artists didn’t like ___29___ paintings. They dismissed（对……不屑一提）them as “Yangzhou Baguai”. Some even called them “Choubagua”. ____30____ , some people loved their paintings. ____31____ some emperors, such as Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, thought highly of them.They made a difference in the art world. And their painting styles still have a great influence（影响）on painters in ____32____ times.

21．A．fun B．games C．jokes D．roles

22．A．good B．ugly C．bad D．perfect

23．A．ended B．went C．met D．started

24．A．early B．ancient C．important D．different

25．A．farmers B．waiters C．cooks D．businessmen

26．A．bought B．sold C．found D．had

27．A．Between B．From C．Among D．About

28．A．guessing B．imagining C．leading D．showing

29．A．their B．our C．your D．his

30．A．Although B．However C．But D．Since

31．A．even B．usually C．often D．especially

32．A．peaceful B．perfect C．modern D．hard

三、阅读单选

How do you keep cool during summer? Air conditioning (空调) or electric fans are good tools in modern society. But before that, people could only use fans.

Over 3, 000 years ago, fans began to be used. They were made of feathers (羽毛), bamboo or silk. They came in different shapes, including round and square.

Later, with the invention of paper, folding (可折叠的) paper fans became popular during the Song Dynasty. There are usually beautiful pictures on fans. Some are landscapes (风景). Others are flowers and animals. Moreover, many great people including Su Dongpo, a poet of the Song Dynasty, and Tang Yin, scholar and painter of the Ming Dynasty, once painted their masterpieces (杰作) on fans. This made fans not only useful tools in daily life but also great artworks.

Therefore, with its value of beauty, people take fans as a symbol of status (地位). That’s why in old China, emperors (皇帝) and scholars (学者) often held fans.

Today, fans are also great collectors’ items and gifts. On the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, folding fans were given to leaders and officials of other countries, as well as other audience. While they were waving fans to get cool, they were also experiencing Chinese culture.

33．What do Chinese people use to keep cool during summer in ancient (古老的) times?

A．Air conditioning. B．Fans. C．Electric fans. D．Bamboo.

34．How many kinds of tools for staying cool in summer are mentioned in the passage?

A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four.

35．What’s the main materials to make fans over 3,000 years ago in China?

①paper                    ②leather             ③silk                  ④ feather

A．①② B．③④ C．①③ D．①④

36．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．Feather fans became popular during the Song Dynasty.

B．Great people always painted beautiful pictures on fans in ancient China.

C．Fan is a symbol of Chinese culture.

D．People take fans as a symbol of status today.

37．What can we know from the passage?

A．The author is a scholar who often hold fans.

B．Fans are the best gifts for our best friends.

C．Round fans were much cooler than square ones.

D．The author is proud of Chinese culture.

What’s the most popular Winter Olympics design with kids and teenagers? It must be the mascots (吉祥物). Bing Dwen Dwen, a panda in an ice shell, was chosen as the mascot for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in 2019. Now it has been made into lovely toys and models, as well as printed on notebooks, bags, and so on.

“The International Olympic Committee (国际奥组委) has found that successful mascots had to be cuddly (令人想拥抱的) and liked by 9-year-old children,” said Cao Xue, one of the designers of Bing Dwen Dwen. “And I knew Bing Dwen Dwen would be.”

Cao’s team once made three designs, and Cao asked his 9-year-old son to choose his favorite. “When he first saw it, he chose Bing Dwen Dwen, which was the final mascot, ” Cao said. Cao’s team tried many plants and animals, finally going with a panda. “What can better stand for China than our national treasure (宝藏)?” said Cao, “We don’t need to say anything to let people understand across different cultures.”

They faced a problem, tough, there were already to many cartoon pandas. Cao’s team looked at panda deigns (设计) from around the world. They wanted to make sure their panda was different. For this reason. Cao thought that it should be a baby panda. This is how they got Bing Dwen Dwen’s body shape.

Bing Dwen Dwen looks like an astronaut in a space suit. It waves (挥动) its left hand to say hello. It has two red hearts on its hand, showing kindness and love. A series of colored floating lines around its head look like the tracks on an ice rink (冰场).They refer to “Ice Ribbon (冰丝带)”, which stand for Beijing’s National Speed Shating. The colorful lines also refer to fast 5G signals.

38．What is Bing Dwen Dwen?

A．A toy popular with children. B．An adult panda.

C．A mascot for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. D．A 9-year-old toy panda.

39．Two red hearts on Bing Dwen Dwen’s hand refer to ________.

A．“Ice Ribbon” B．kindness and love C．fast 5G signals D．the track on an ice rink

40．Why did Cao Xue decide Bing Dwen Dwen for the final mascot?

A．No other animals can stand for China than pandas.

B．Bing Dwen Dwen is different from other cartoon pandas.

C．Bing Dwen Dwen is a mascot that is cuddly and liked by 9-year-old children.

D．Above of all.

41．What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．The achievement of Cao Xue and his team.

B．The introduction of Cao Xue.

C．How did Cao Xue and his team design Bing Dwen Dwen?

D．The introduction of a mascot.

42．This article probably comes from ________.

A．Nature World B．Space World C．Olympics World D．Science World

四、补全对话

从所给句子中选择恰当的句子完成对话。其中有两个多余选项。

A: Hi, Daming, I haven’t seen you for a long time. Did you go travelling?

B: No. I had no time to travel. ____43____

A: What did you do there?

B: ____44____

A: Sounds exciting! How did you perform（表现）?

B: I won the first prize.

A: ____45____

B: Thank you.

A: Whose poems did you choose?

B: I chose DuFu’s.

A: ____46____

B: Fantastic. You know, our Chinese ancient poems are really great. We can learn much from them.

A: ____47____

B: That’s right.

A．Where are you been?

B．Congratulations（祝贺）! You’re always the best.

C．I went to Beijing last week.

D．Have you ever seen it before?

E．I took part in the Chinese Ancient Poem Reading Competition there.

F．And what do you think of the competition?

G．I agree with you. It’s our duty to keep and spread（传播）our traditional cultures.

五、语法填空

阅读下面短文，在空格处填入一个适当的词或用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡规定的位置上。

Do you know embroidery (刺绣)? It is one of the most famous art forms in Chinese culture. And Shu embroidery from Sichuan is one important embroidery style. It’s widely known ____48____ its powerful expression and great needlework (刺绣活).

Meng Dezhi ____49____ (attract) by embroidery when she was young. She used to be one of the most talented ____50____ (worker) at the Chengdu Shu Embroidery Factory. Shu embroidery can never be made ____51____ (easy). Even for an experienced worker like Meng, the long and repetitive (重复的) nature of the process often challenges ____52____ (she).

In winter, when her hands and feet were freezing, things became even ____53____ (hard). But the love for the work let her keep ____54____ (go). “Those experiences may sometimes make me upset. However, the love for Shu embroidery makes me continue,” said Meng.

Later, some cheap products could be made by machine. The factory Meng worked in was closed ____55____ its business became bad. When the tradition was at risk, Meng decided to do something. To make the culture of Shu embroidery popular again, Meng set up ____56____ company to teach people Shu embroidery skills. People in China and abroad come to her company to learn how to do Shu embroidery. “I have the ______57______ (responsible) to pass on Shu embroidery skills to young people. When people get the beauty of the art, they will fall in love with it,” said Meng.

语法填空。

We use flowers as messengers to say something we might have trouble ____58____ (say) directly ourselves. Over time flowers have come to symbolize the most ____59____ (power) human experiences: beauty, love, hope and rebirth. Sweet flowers alone can say ____60____ one fears expressing. We’ve listed some of the most famous flowers that have an important meaning. In Mao Zedong’s poem Ode to Plum Blossom (《咏梅》), the plum blossom was used ____61____ (praise) soldiers who sacrificed their lives for Chinese people. ____62____ great Chinese poet Li Bai from the Tang Dynasty once compared Yang Yuhuan’s beautiful face ____63____ blooming peonies (牡丹). Flowering in May, peonies’ large petals and strong colors are linked to prosperity (繁荣) and riches. The orchid is well known because ____64____ (it) delicate smell attracts lots of people. Beautiful articles and poems ____65____ (call) “lanzhang” by Chinese people in traditional culture. Rose, of course, have the most colorful meaning among all the flowers. Red roses mean “I love you”. A red rose, rather than yellow rose, act as the traditional romantic gift given to your love ____66____ valentine’s Day. Sending yellow roses can be risky, as they represent either friendship ____67____ envy.

六、电子邮件

68．假设你是李华，你的外国朋友Peter对中国的剪纸（paper cutting）很感兴趣。请你回复一封邮件向他介绍剪纸，要求包含以下要点。

注意：1. 短文应包括所有要点，可以适当发挥，使文章连贯；

2. 词数80左右（文章开头及结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；

3. 不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。

Dear Peter,I am glad that you are interested in Chinese paper cutting.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                     Yours,

Li Hua  

参考答案

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31--40DCBCB CDCBD  41--47CCCEB FG

48．for  49．was attracted  50．workers  51．easily  52．her  53．harder

54．going  55．because  56．a  57．responsibility  58．saying  59．powerful

60．what  61．to praise  62．The  63．to  64．its  65．are called  66．on  67．or

68．例文

Dear Peter,

I am glad that you are interested in Chinese paper cutting.

I love paper cutting. Paper cutting is a traditional Chinese art. It has a very long history. And if you want to start learning paper cutting, the tools needed are simple. As a result, you can easily learn how to cut well. Paper cutting can be made in different shapes, such as figures, animals, flowers and Chinese characters with good meanings. Many people put paper cutting on their front doors and on the windows and walls of their houses. People often decorate their home with paper cutting during festivals and weddings. They think paper cutting can bring them happiness and good luck.

I truly hope this e-mail will help you understand more about Chinese paper cutting.

Yours,

Li Hua