8A Unit4 Wild animals单元检测卷

8A Unit4 Wild animals单元检测卷（满分：100分时间：90分钟）一、单项选择（每小题1分，共10分）( )1. To _______nature is to help ourselves, or we will be punished.A protect B. prevent C. provide D. pollute( )2. -I'm_______, Mum. Can I have something to drink?-OK. Here's some cola.A. fullB. heavyC. hungryD. thirsty( )3.-Something_______ terrible. What goes bad in the kitchen?- The meat.A looks B. tastes C. smells D. feels( )4. If she _______here tomorrow, I will tell you.A. comesB. will comeC. comeD. came( )5. He didn't go to school yesterday_______ he was i11.A. becauseB. because ofC. ifD. so( )6. Y ou shouldn't_______ because the report is very important.A take away them B. take them awayC. take away itD. take it away( )7. When she was 16 years old, she_______ about 40 kg.A. is weighingB. weighsC. will weighD. weighed( )8. They didn't arrive here on time_______ the heavy rainA becauseB because of C. so D. as( )9. My mother _______if she_______ her work this weekA. comes back; finishesB. comes back; will finishC. will come back; finishesD. will come back; will finish( )10.-_______ information the report gives us!-Y es, it really tells us a lot about wild animals.A. What useful B What an usefulC. How usefulD. How an useful二、完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）When Jane was a little girl, she liked keeping pets. She had many books about animals and there were many pictures and stamps on the walls of her bedroom. She often said that she would work in a 1 when she grew up.Most of Jane's pets were quite small-parrots, cats, dogs, and so on. But one day she met something quite 2 .That afternoon, Jane's mother was surprised to see a big animal with long hair in the kitchen He 3 a T-shirt and was sitting on a chair, trying to put on a pair of glasses and making faces at her. In front of him, on the table, were a basket of fruits and a glass of water. 'Jane, where did you find it?' the mother shouts. Then suddenly 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 lonely. I talked to him. We became friends at once and he followed me 4 .''Well, you know you 5 keep him,' her mother said. 'Y ou must send him back to the zoo.Y ou'd better phone the police.’Soon a 6 came and also a truck from the zoo. 7 was angry with Jane when she told her story. The policeman knew Jane loved animals. And the zookeeper said, 'Thank you for your kindness. I can see that Gor likes you, 8 we need him back.' Jane agreed. She hugged Gor and said that she would go and see him 9 .These days Jane has stopped collecting 10 ,but you can still find her with her friend Gor at the zoo on Saturdays and Sundays!( )1. A hospital B school C. zoo D. factory( )2. A small B long C. short D. big( )3. A wore B made C. sold D. lent( )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. postman C. policeman D. friend( )7. A Everybody B. The zookeeperC. Jane's motherD. Nobody( )8. A and B. but C. so D. because( )9. A. every day B. after schoolC. in the afternoonD. at weekends( )10. A. clothes B. glasses C. animals 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 dragon named Marvin Like all the other dragons, Marvin had hard skin, a long tail, wings for flying and a breath of fire. However, Marvin was different from the others. He was friendly like a dog and smart like an elephant.Three large dragons, Bord, Brun and Barg, delighted in scaring and teasing (戏弄) the other animals on the mountain One day a goat got lost and came to a place where Bord, Brun and Barg were sitting. The dragons surrounded the goat and began to tease it. They breathed fire at it and burned its wool. They hit it with their long tails. The scared goat was desperate(拼命的) to get away from the three large dragons.Marvin was flying overhead. He saw what the dragons were doing and landed on a cliff above them. 'Excuse me!' Marvin shouted down to the dragons. 'Which of you is the strongest dragon?'The three dragons looked up at Marvin'The old man with magical powers who lives on the other side of the mountain wants to find the strongest dragon,' answered Marvin 6So which of you is the strongest?''I am!' shouted Bord, and he lifted up a huge rock over his head. He swayed(摇摆) under the weight of the rock but held it strongly.'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 strongly.'I am!' shouted Barg, and he drank all the water out of the mountain lake. His stomach swelled like a balloon, but he held the water strongly.As the three dragons showed their strength, Marvin flew down to the goat and gently picked it up. 'Come now, small one,' Marvin said to the goat. 'Let us go quickly to the old man and tell him that we have found the three strongest dragons in all the land!'( )1. The underlined word 'swelled' in Paragraph 8 means '_______'.A. flew higher and fartherB. became larger and rounderC. got heavier and smallerD. grew lighter and faster( )2. The problem in this story was that_______.A. Marvin and the goat flew awayB. three big dragons were scaring a goatC. Marvin was smaller than all the other dragonsD. 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 dragonsB. he was stronger than the other dragonsC. he was smarter than the other dragonsD. he could fly faster than the other dragons( )4. From what point of view(角度) is the story told?A. Marvin.B. The goatC. 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 dragonB. three strongest dragonsC. a poor goatD. an old man with magical powers(B)Rats may be frightening and dirty animals to most people, but these small animals change with their environments surprisingly well. This means that rats can live almost anywhere on 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 placesB. only in the countryC. only in the cityD. 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. B. Garbage.C. Y oung pigs.D. A, B and C.( )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 metreB. climb wallsC. eat some poisonD. A, B and C(C)This story is practically a legend(传奇) in my family. As a young man, my father married into a hunting family. My father tried to hunt with his new father in-law(岳父) because he wanted to make his father-in-law like him more. They hunted together almost every weekend. 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 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.'( )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?A. The dog was dead.B. The dog was badly hurt.C. The dog was very well.D. The dog had some ear problems.( )14. In the story, we can know that the writer's father_______ .A. was good at shootingB. was bad at shootingC. was too young to shootD. was generous( )15. What does the story mainly talk about?A. A story about the dog.B. A story about the writer's mother.C. A hunting story about the writer's father.D. A story about the writer's new husband.四、词汇（共15分）A、根据句意、首字母或中文提示写出单词。