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牛津版(深圳•广州)初中英语八年级下册Module 2 Unit 4单元测试

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    You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl. And she became very rich after that.

    When she was a child, she was poor. Once, she was invited to her friend's birthday party. She was pleased but sad because she didn't have enough money to buy a gift for her. "The party is coming soon, but now I don't have any money." the girl cried.

    Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in. "What happened?" her grandma asked. Hearing the girl's story, she said, "Don't worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to …" What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She wrote it down at once and would sing it to her friends at the party.

    When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. "How wonderfully you sing! I haven't heard such a beautiful song before. Thank you for giving me the special gift." said her friend. And they learnt to sing it together. Later the girl became famous in America.

(1)、The song Happy Birthday was written by ______.
A、an American girl B、an American girl's grandma C、an American boy D、an American girl's friend
(2)、The girl was sad because______.
A、she didn't want to go to the party B、she would be busy that day C、she didn't have enough money to buy a gift D、she wasn't invited to the party
(3)、What gift did she give her friend?
A、A flower. B、A toy. C、An interesting book. D、A song.
(4)、What did her friend think of the song? It was ______.
A、boring B、beautiful C、interesting D、sad
(5)、Which of the following is TRUE?
A、The girl was still poor after writing the song. B、The girl wrote the song with her grandpa in her dream. C、The girl's friend had heard the song before. D、The girl became famous because of the song.
举一反三
阅读下面语言材料,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

Inventions are very important and they can easily change our life. The followings are some great inventions. 

 

The television was invented in 1925. As time passed,more and more people were able to buy the television. It is a popular invention,but it is also bad for your eyes. People spend almost 4~8 hours in front of a TV while they spend less than 2 hours staying with their family. 

The plane was invented in 1903. It is a very popular way of going out either for travelling or business. Over 3,000,000 people take a plane every day. It is very convenient for us. And it makes our trip faster and more comfortable. But the biggest problem led by the planes is the air pollution. 

 

Credit cards were started in 1915. They allow people to buy things first and pay for them later. What's more,you don't have to carry lots of money around. You can know what you have bought by credit cards. However,you may not know how much money you have spent until you get your bill. This might put many young people and families into an economic crisis(经济危机). 

The pacemaker(心脏起搏器) began to be used in 1932. It saves many people's lives. It was an invention that was designed to give the heart small "shocks" and make it work again. The only disadvantage(缺点) for most people is that it costs a lot of money. Getting one can cost from 16,500 yuan to 35

 阅读短文,回答问题

There is a competition for photographers (摄影师) of wildlife in the Natural History Museum in London every year. This year, the competition had about 50,000 photos.These photos come from different parts of the world. They take us underwater, deep into the woods, and high above cities. All of them show different kinds of life on earth.

In the end, the great prize went to Laurent Ballesta. The French photographer won the prize for his photo of a horseshoe crab. In the photo, the horseshoe crab looks for food in the sea. Three little fish follow it closely. They may hope to eat what the horseshoe crab misses.

Horseshoe crabs are known as "living fossils (化石)". They have lived for at least 445 million years and stayed almost unchanged. They're now in great danger, however. What happened to them? In the 1960s, scientists found something surprising. The blue blood of horseshoe crabs can be used for scientific study. As a result, hundreds of thousands of them are caught each year.

For a long time, Ballesta took photos of horseshoe crabs in the sea. His winning photo took the judges (评委) by surprise. "To see a horseshoe crab so alive and well, in such a beautiful way, was fantastic," said one of them.

Read the passage and answer the following questions.

 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选择最佳选项。

We all enjoy the colors of autumn leaves. Did you ever wonder how and why a leaf changes color?Where do the yellows and oranges come from?To answer those questions,we first have to understand what leaves are and what they do. 

Leaves are the world's food factories. Plants take water from the ground through their roots and take CO2 from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and CO2 into glucose(葡萄糖),a kind of sugar. Plants use it as food for energy and growing. 

A chemical called "chlorophyll(叶绿素)" in the leaves gives plants their green color. As summer ends and autumn comes,the days get shorter and shorter,and trees "know" it's time to begin getting ready for winter. 

During winter,there is not enough sunlight or water. Trees rest during this time and live on the food they store during the summer. They begin to shut down their foodmaking factories. As the green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves,we begin to see yellow and orange leaves. 

The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in autumn. In some trees,like maples(枫树),sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn the glucose in the leaves into a red color. And we can enjoy the beautiful red leaves during autumn. 

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