初中英语牛津译林版九年级上册Unit 8 Detective stories同步测试题

这是一份初中英语牛津译林版九年级上册Unit 8 Detective stories同步测试题，共7页。

A


Peple have tld stries abut Rbin Hd fr ver 700 years. Nbdy knws if he was a real persn r an invented character. In the legends, Rbin was extremely smart and humrus, he helped strangers, and later his kindness paid ff.


The Merry Adventures f Rbin Hd was just a yung man, wh was gd at archery (射箭术). One day he was walking thrugh Sherwd Frest, a ryal hunting frest near Nttingham in England. There he gt int truble with a grup f men. Amng them, he killed the cusin f the Sheriff (郡长) f Nttingham. Rbin became a legendary utlaw, and sn the leader f ne hundred utlaws, knwn as his "Merry Men".


Rbin and his "Merry Men" always lked fr rich peple and asked them t their camp in Sherwd Frest. When they arrived, Rbin gave them a gd meal and played music fr them. Then he tk their gld away t help the pr. Rbin became mst famus fr "rbbing frm the rich and giving t the pr. "


The Sheriff f Nttingham was Rbin’s greatest enemy. He was cruel and treated the pr badly. It was his jb t keep the wds safe and t make sure that nbdy stle the king’s deer. He hated Rbin because Rbin was an utlaw. But mst f all, he hated Rbin because everyne else lved him. The Sheriff f Nttingham kept trying t catch Rbin Hd and his "Merry Men", but never succeeded.


1. What was Rbin Hd like accrding t the passage?


A. Clever and full f fun. B. Smart and serius.


C. Cruel t the pr peple. D. Gd at telling stries.


2. The underlined wrd "utlaw" in Paragraph 3 means ____________.


A. enemy B. criminal C. king D. fighter


3. What was Rbin Hd best knwn fr?


A. Playing beautiful music fr the rich.


B. Rbbing the rich and helping the pr.


C. Stealing the king’s deer in Sherwd Frest.


D. Killing the cusin f the Sheriff f Nttingham.


4. Which is the right rder f what happened in the stry?


① Rbin became the leader f a grup f utlaws.


② Rbin asked the rich peple t Sherwd Frest.


③ Rbin killed the cusin f the Sheriff f Nttingham.


④ Rbin gave pr peple the gld he tk away frm the rich.


A. ①④②③ B. ②③①④ C. ③①④② D. ③①②④


5. What can we learn frm the first and last paragraphs?


A. Rbin Hd was a real man wh nce lived in England.


B. Peple can nly read stries f Rbin Hd frm bks.


C. The stries f Rbin Hd are still very ppular nwadays.


D. Rbin Hd didn’t get help frm strangers wh he nce helped.





B


An ld man was ging hme late ne night with his hrse and cart after a day's hard wrk. When he was nt far frm his huse, the light n the cart went ut. He tried but culd nt mend (修理) it. He was near his hme, and s he went alng the rad withut a light. When a pliceman saw this, he stpped the ld carter.


"Where is yur light?" asked the pliceman. "N man may take a cart alng the rad at night withut a light. Yu knw that. Yu have brken the law (法律)." "I had a light, but it has just gne ut," said the ld man.


"I dn't believe that stry," said the pliceman. He tk ut a bk and gt ready t write. What's yur name and where d yu live?" he asked.


"Please dn't take my name," said the ld man. "My hme is just there. Yu can see it frm here. I had a light nearly the whle way. I haven't cme far withut a light."


"Yu came all the way withut a light. What's yur name?"


The carter quickly tk the pliceman's hand and put it dwn n tp f the light. The light was still ht and burnt the pliceman's hand. The pliceman jumped and he was very angry. "Nw, what d yu think?" said the carter. "Did I cme all the way withut a light?"


1. In the passage the wrd "cart" is __________.


A. smething like a car


B. smething like a light


C. smething pulled by a hrse


D. smething with a light


2. The ld man drve hme __________.


A. n the back f his hrse


B. late ne night


C. very late every night


D. with a pliceman


3. Where did the pliceman stp the ld man?


A. Near the ld man's hme.


B. At the traffic lights.


C. Under a rad light.


D. Far frm the ld man's hme.


4. The cart was stpped by the pliceman because __________.


A. the ld man didn't have a light


B. the pliceman didn't believe the ld man's wrds


C. the ld man didn't want t tell his name


D. the light n the ld man's cart was nt n


5. What made the pliceman believe the ld man's wrds?


A. He made the pliceman tuch the light.


B. He jumped and shuted angrily.


C. He made the pliceman angry.


D. The light burnt the pliceman's hands.





C


Teenagers have their wn TV channels， websites and magazines. S what abut bks？


Last year ne publisher， Martins， started publishing a series called Waves. We spke t the directr Julia Smith. She explained， "Teenage fictin has been published since the 1970s but publishers have never been very successful in getting teenagers t buy and read bks. Nw they're realizing that teenagers are just lder children， but are nt adults either. They are ften nt interested in adult fictin. Fr this series we are lking fr new writers wh write especially fr teenagers.


Athene Grr's nvel was published in the series last year and is selling well. Its title is The Purple Ring. She says， "The imprtant thing is t encurage teenagers t pick up yur bk. I'm a new writer. Althugh I've gt an unusual name which peple might remember， nbdy knws it yet! But my bk has a fantastic cver which makes peple want t lk inside. Then they realize what an excellent stry it is!"


And what d teenagers themselves think abut the series？ We talked t Sphie Clarke， aged 15. She said？ "I've read a few bks in the Waves series. They say they are fr 14-19 year lds and I agree with that. We're nt interested in the same things as peple in their twenties and thirties. I like them and I think they lk really gd t. The nly thing is that because bkshps put them in the children sectin， lts f teenagers wn't find them s they may nt d very well. And it's a shame there's n such series as I think lts f teenagers， especially bys， might buy."


1.What can we infer frm Paragraph 2？ ______


A.The Waves series are suitable fr adults.


B.It is necessary t publish bks aimed at teenagers.


C.Teenagers are mre interested in reading nwadays.


D.Teenagers shuld be encuraged t read.


2.What makes The Purple Ring catch peple's eye？ ______


A.Its writer.


B.Its cver.


C.Its price.


D.Its title.


3.What d we knw abut the Waves series？ ______


A.They have attractive cvers.


B.They are abut real facts.


C.They are ppular with teenage bys.


D.They are wrngly placed in the children sectin.


4.What des the authr intend t d with the passage？ ______


A.T cmpare different series f teenage fictin.


B.T give infrmatin abut a new series f bks.


C.T encurage mre writers t create fictins fr teenagers.


D.T explain why teenage fictin is easier t write than adult fictin.








D


As children enter their teens, they usually begin t pay mre attentin t their peers(同龄人)r friends．Peer pressure can be direct r indirect, but is almst always present．Learning t deal with peer pressure(压力)makes a teen mature(成熟的), and be able t get alng well with thers．


Bad peer pressure is when teens feel pressured t d smething that they knw is wrng, such as smking, drinking, r using drugs(毒品), which can remain with them int adulthd．This is the main reasn teens have t learn hw t deal with it．


Sme f the things yu can d t deal with peer pressure include：


●Chse friends wh share yur values．Gd friends use psitive peer pressure t help yu be yur best self．


●Keep away frm situatins where peple are ding things yu dn't want t d．


●Think abut yur reasns fr ding things．Are they gd reasns?Are yu being true t yurself and yur values?


●Practice ways f saying n, giving excuses if necessary．


●Talk t yur parents, r ther trusted adults, abut the kinds f peer pressure yu face, and listen t their advice．


●Let the adults knw when yu need help t get ut f a bad situatin, and dn't knw what t d abut it．Remember that if just ne teen stands up t peer pressure, usually thers will jin him r her．Learning t deal with peer pressure will make yu cnfident and mature．


1. Accrding t the passage, which f the fllwing is TRUE?


A Peer pressure includes direct and indirect pressure．


B Peer pressure cmes frm smking, drinking and using drugs．


C Teens facing pressure can't tell right frm wrng．


D Teens wh face pressure becme maturer than thse wh d nt


2.Teens shuld learn t deal with peer pressure mainly because______.


A .it can keep them frm making serius mistakes


B .it can influence them even when they have grwn up


C .learning t deal with it can help them get alng well with thers


D .learning t deal with it can make them mature and cnfident


3.Accrding t the passage ,teens shuld______.


A .stay away frm peple wh dn’t share their values


B .have gd reasns fr anything they d


C .say n mre ften than yes


D .ask adults they trust fr help


4.Which clumn(专栏) f a magazine may the passage be frm ?


A .Scial prblem . B .Schl news .C. Fr teens D .Science.








E


Stealing cars fr lve


A man named Simn Black frm Califrnia had a tl that culd start up cars made in Japan easily. It is said that he had stlen many cars.


One day he was caught at the scene as he was stealing the 27th car. The yung man tld the plice that he did this just fr a girl he lved.


Simn Black was very pr，but he had a very beautiful girlfriend. He didn’t want her t knw he was pr, s he made up his mind t steal a car. Fr the first time, he was successful and drve it t see her. She was very excited abut “his” wnderful car. Frm then n, every time he visited her, he wuld drive a different car.


It was just fr lve! Smetimes lve can make a man mad! This time when the wner f the car fund Simn trying t steal his car, he called the plice at nce.


After knwing this, Simn’s girlfriend tld the plice that she was ging t leave him. She wasn’t willing t have a byfriend with a criminal recrd.


( )1. Simn Black was gd at stealing cars made in ________.


A. EnglandB. FranceC. AmericaD. Japan


( )2. Hw many cars did Simn Black succeed in stealing?


A.27.B. 26.C. 36.D. 37.


( )3. Why did Simn Black steal a car at first?


A.Because his girlfriend needed mney.


B.Because his father asked him t d s.


C.Because he wanted t give the car t his girlfriend.


D.Because he didn’t want t let his girlfriend knw he was pr.


( )4. Hw did Simn Black’s girlfriend feel when she first saw “his” car?


A.She was very frightened.B. She was very excited.


C. She was curius abut it.D. She was very angry.


( )5. Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the passage?


A.The plice wuld nt arrest Simn because he didn’t break the law.


B.It was stupid f Simn t steal cars and make himself guilty.


C.Simn’s girlfriend wuld lve him much mre than befre in the future.


D.Lve can make everyne mad.








F


By nw, mst peple knw they shuld be eating mre vegetables. But are there ways t get mre frm the vegetables yu already eat A research shws that when it cmes t vegetables, it's nt nly hw much we eat, but als hw we prepare them, that decides the vitamins(维生素) and ther nutrients（营养物）that enter ur bdy.


Many studies shw that peple wh eat lts f vegetables have less heart disease, and eye prblems and even cancer. But raw(生的) vegetables are nt always best. The researchers fund that 198 Germans wh eat raw fd were shrt f lycpene（番茄红素）, the matter fund in tmates and ther red vegetables. “There is an idea that raw fds are always ging t be better，” says Steven K. Clintn, a prfessr at Ohi State University. “Fr fruits and vegetables, smetimes a little bit f cking can be helpful.”


A number decide hw the vegetables d gd t peple's health befre they reach the table, including where and hw they were grwn and stred befre being bught. N single cking way is best. Sme nutrients are easily lst in cking if they are cked in different ways.


Vitamins C and B are ften lst. In January, anther reprt said that biling was better fr carrts than frying（油炸） r serving them raw. Frying was the wrst way t ck.


What cked with the vegetables can als be imprtant When the vegetables were cked with fat, the diners can get mre nutrients. Fat can als make the taste f vegetables better, meaning that peple will eat mre f them. Putting n sme ther things that make it taste better—a little salt—can make the fd taste better.


1．The writer mainly wants t tell us that ________.


A. peple shuld eat mre vegetables


B. the way peple eat vegetables is imprtant


C. eating vegetables is gd fr us


D. hw much vegetables ne shuld eat


2．The peple wh eat the raw vegetables fr a lng time will ________.


A. have the eyes prblems


B. have heart disease


C. be in need f lycpene


D. hate eating tmates


3．The fllwing decide hw the vegetables d gd t peple EXCEPT ________.


A. the place where the vegetables are grwn


B. the way hw the vegetables are stred


C. the way hw the vegetables are prepared


D. the price at which the vegetable are sld


4．Frm the last paragraph, we can knw ________.


A. it's better t ck vegetables with the fat


B. the mre fat in the cking, the fewer vegetables peple will eat


C. it's better t ck the vegetables withut salt


D. the fat will increase the nutritin f the vegetables