2021八年级英语下册Unit7Whatsthehighestmountainintheworld测试卷人教新目标版

Thankyouverymuchforyourcooperation.Mayyouenjoytheride!

(C)31.Itisanoticeabout.

A.anunforgettableexperienceB.savingmoreenergy

C.takingthecablewayD.climbingthemountains

(B)32.Whileweareinthecablecar,wecan.

A.usethemobilephone

B.enjoythebeautifulscenery

C.stepoutofthecar

D.keepourheadandhandsoutsidethecar

(C)33.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisRIGHT?

A.Eachcablecarcancarrylessthan100people.

B.Peoplewhohavehearttroublecantakethecablecar.

C.Ifyoutakeacablecar,youcan'tcarrydangerousthingsintothecablecar.

D.Ifsomethinggoeswrongwiththecablecar,justdealwithitbyyourself.

B

CaliforniaisoneofthericheststatesinAmerica.Itisthethirdlargeststate

intheUnitedStatesinarea,,ithaslotsofnaturalresources(资源).Buteverything

isnot.perfectthere.Californiahastwomajorproblems：earthquakesandforestfires.

TheSanAndreasFault(断层)runsthroughCalifornia.Asaresultofit,thestate

getsmanyearthquakes.Someoftheearthquakesareverystrong.Forexample,there

wasastrongearthquakeinSanFranciscoin1906.Manybuildingsfelldown.Andthe

earthquakecausedalargenumberoffires.Upto3,000peoplediedinit.Therehave

alsobeenmanyotherstrongearthquakes.Somepeopleareafraidthatthe“bigone”

willhitthestatesomeday.Theythinkanearthquakewillcauseahugenumberof

problems.

Duringsummerandautumn,muchofCaliforniaisdry.Soforestfiresorwildfires

oftenstart.Thosefirescanspreadquicklyandburnmanyforests.What,sworse,

theyalsoburnpeople'shomes.Theyoftenkillpeoplebeforefirefighterscanput

themout.

(B)34.WhichisthelargestinpopulationinAmerica?

A.Alaska.B.California.

C.Texas.D.WashingtonD.C.

(D)35.WhatarethemainproblemsofCalifornia?

A.Populationandresources.B.Trafficandpollution.

C.Educationandclimate(气候).D.Earthquakesandforestfires.

(A)36.Californiahasmanyearthquakesbecauseof.

A.theSanAndreasFaultB.toomanyforests

C.lotsofforestfiresD.toomanypeople

(C)37.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"one"referto?

A.Fire.B.Problem.C.Earthquake.D.Fault.

C

Humanbeingscontinuetodevelop.Andatthesametime,theyhurtalotof

animals.Animals，homesarebecomingfewerandfewerdaybyday.Andsomeanimalseven

dieout.

Inthedeathofanimals,thylacines（袋才良）weretheworst.Alongtimeago,they

livedinthewild,andtheywereveryhappyandfree.Sincethearrivalofhumanbeings,

theirlifechangedalot.Asalargenumberofhumansmadethewildlandbecometheir

ownfarms,thylacinesdidn，thaveenoughfoodtoeat.Sotheystartedtosteal（偷）

humans,animalstoeat.Farmershatedthylacinesverymuchandthentheykilleda

lotofthem.Whenpeoplerealizedthedisappearance（消失）ofthethylacine,theybegan

toprotectthelastthylacineinthezoo.

Ofcourse,,inordertomakemoney,alotofpeoplesellanimals'furinthe

shoppingcenter.Andtheirmeatissoldtomanyrestaurantsintheworld.Huntershave

responsibility（责任）,andsodothebuyers.Ifnobuyersneedthefurandthemeat,

hunterswillnottaketherisk.Animalsareourfriends.Soweshouldrememberthat

toprotectanimalsistoprotectourselves!

（A）38.Whatdoesthefirstparagraphmainlytellus?

A.Whysomeanimalsdieout.

B.Thewaytoprotectanimals.

C.Whypeoplehavetodevelop.

D.Themeaningofprotectingourearth.

（D）39.WhichofthefollowingistheCORRECTorderaccordingtothesecond

paragraph?

①Thylacinesstolehumans'animals.

©Thylacinesdidn'thaveenoughfoodtoeat.

③Humansoccupied（占领）thewildland.

©Humanshatedthylacinesandkilledthem.

A.©©③②B.①③④②C.③②④①D.③②①④

(C)40.Howmanyreasonsleadtothedeathofanimals?

A.One.B.Two.C.Three.D.Four.

(B)41.Whatisthetopicofthepassage?

A.Thylacineprotection.B.Animalprotection.

C.Endangeredanimals.D.People'sbadbehavior.

D

TheGalapagosIslandsarehometomanystrangeandwonderfulanimals.Butpeople

mustn'tliveontheislands.Andtheanimalsthatlivethereareveryunusual.They

arenotliketheanimalsyoumightseeathome.Infact,theyareunliketheanimals

youmightseeatanyotherplaceintheworld.

OneinterestinganimalthatlivesontheislandsistheMarineIguana.Thisis

aspecialkindofiguana.Yousee,iguanaslooklikebiglizards.Theycanbeover

fivefeetlong!Surprisingly,mostiguanascannotswim.ButMarineIguanasknowhow

toswim.Theyaretheonlyonesthatcan.Thisiswhatmakesthemspecial.Andthey

onlyliveontheGalapagosIslands.

AnotherunusualanimallivingontheislandsistheGiantTortoise.Atortoise

isaturtlethatlivesonlyonland.Andthesetortoisesarereallygiant.Theycan

weighover500pounds!Andtheycanlivelongerthanpeoplecan.Theycanlivefor

upto150years!

Thetortoisesarenottheonlybigcreaturesontheislands.Theislandsalso

haveFurSealsandSeaLions.Likethetortoises,theFurSealsandSeaLionscan

alsoweighover500pounds.Andtheyarebothexcellentswimmers.Somepeoplehave

troubletellingthemapart.That*sbecausetheylookalotlikeeachother.Themain

differenceistheFurSealshavethickerfur(皮毛)，likeaveryfurrydog.

Also,theGalapagosIslandsarehometotheFlightlessCormorant.TheFlightless

Cormorantisaverystrangebird.Ithaswingsbutcannotfly!That'sbecauseits

wingsaretoosmallforflying.Butitcanswim!Itcanevenswimdowntotheocean

floortosearchforfood.

Asyoucansee,theGalapagosIslandsarehometosomeprettyinteresting

animals.Butthisisn'ttheonlyreasonwhytheislandsareamazing.Theyarebeautiful

too!Maybeonedayyouwilltakeatripthereandseeforyourself.

(C)42.Accordingtothepassage,whatmakestheMarineIguanaspecial?

A.Itcanbeoverfivefeetlong.

B.Itlookslikeabiglizard.

C.Itknowshowtoswim.

D.ItlivesontheGalapagosIslands.

(A)43.HowaretheFurSeal,SeaLionandGiantTortoisealike?

①Theycanallweighover500pounds.

②Theyareallexcellentswimmers.

③Theyareal1coveredinfur.

A.①B.①②C.②③D.①②③

(D)44.InParagraph5,whatdoesthewriterexplain?

A.HowtheFlightlessCormorantcanswim.

B.WheretheFlightlessCormorantfindsfood.

C.WhattheFlightlessCormorantdoeseveryday.

D.WhytheFlightlessCormorantisstrange.

(B)45.WhichgroupofwordsbestdescribetheanimalsthatliveontheGalapagos

Islands?

,fantastic,,interesting,special.

，long,,scary,dangerous.

四、词汇运用。（15分）

A）用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。（5分）

ill,keep,desert,weight,success

46.Ifyoudon，tsucceed,youcantryagain.

47.Theparkkeeperdoesn，tallowchildrentothrowrubbisheverywhere.

48.Peoplegetlosteasilyinthedesert.It'sdangerous.

49.—Linda,yoursisterlooksthinner.

一Oh,yes.Nowsheweighsabout50kilos.

50.Sheteachesalotofclassesanddoesn,thavemuchtimeforherownillness.

B）阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容和所给中文提示写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一

词。（10分）

DoyoulovePandas?Howmuchdoyouknowaboutpandas?Pandasare51.wild（野

生的）animals.Theycanlivefor20to30years.An52.adult（成年的）pandacanbeabout

1.5meterstall.Pandasliketoeat53.bamboo（竹子）.Theycanclimbandswim.Theyare

verylovely.Butnowpandasare54.endangered（濒危的）becauseoftheincreasing

55.population（AD）andpollution.Thereareonlyabout2,200pandas56.left（乘ij

余的）intheworldnow.

Luckily,our57.government（政府）isdoingusefulthingsto58.protect（保护）

pandas.Wehavebuilta59.natural（自然的）parkforpandasin

Sichuan.60.Tourists/Visitors（旅游者）fromallovertheworldcometovisitpandas

everyyear.

五、语法填空。（10分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

Ashark（鲨鱼）isakindoffish.Wealwaysfeelfrightenedwhenweseetheir

61.teeth（tooth）.Doyouknowashark62.loses（lose）thousandsofteethinits

lifetime（一生）？Asharkhasseveralrowsofteethandtheykeep

63.growing（grow）.When64.atoothislost,thetoothbehinditmovesforwardwithin

24hours.

Thesharkisverylarge,65.butiteatslittle.Asharkeatsabout2%of66.its（it）

bodyweighteachday.Sharksaredangerousanimals.Weonce67.saw（see）thenewsand

moviesthatsharksattackedhumans.68.Infact,sharkswon'tattackhumansifthey

arefull.Evenso,we'dbetternot69.swim（swim）nearthem.Sharkshaveaverygood

sense70.ofsmell.Theycansmelladropofbloodin100liters（公升）ofseawater.

六、任务型阅读。（5分）

根据短文内容，完成下面的思维导图（每空词数不限）。

GreatwhitesharksareinthePacificOcean.Wildebeests（角马）arein

Africa.Arcticterns（北极燕鸥）areintheAtlantic.Atfirst,theseanimalsseemquite

different.Oneswims,onewalks,andtheotherflies.Buttheyallhaveonethingin

common.Theyallmigrate（迁徙）.

Somemigratinganimalsmovetoaplacewithabettertemperature.Somegotofind

foodorwater.Thegroupstravelasone,butduringthetrip,theyfacemanydifferent

challenges.

Onechallengeisdistance.Somemigratinganimalstakeverylongtrips.For

example,onegreatwhitesharkswimsfromAustraliatoSouthAfricaandback.Innine

months,itswimsabout20,000kilometers!

Anotherchallengeisfindingenoughfoodandwaterduringthejourney.For

example,eachMalielephantneedsover200litersofwatereachday.Togetthis,

theyneedtogofromonewaterholetoanother.

Besides,migratinganimalshavetokeepawayfromotheranimals