初中英语八年级上册第四单元作业
基础性作业
一、词汇运用
(A) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。
1. Watch your kid. He is trying to reach that pair of ________ (剪刀).
2. Now few people are willing to __________ (修补) things at home.
3. He didn’t answer me. __________ (反而), he turned around and left the room.
4. Ms. Wu put the sign on the desk and Mr. Wu __________ (粘贴) it on the front wall.
5. We took __________ (积极的) steps to prevent the factory releasing the polluted water
into the sea.
(B) 根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
6. My favourite actor Will Smith __________ (one) said, “Fear is not real.”
7. How dare you! I’m not ________ (finish) with you yet.
8. Would you please repeat ________ (exact) what he just said?
9. Before using the mobile phone, please read ________ (instruct) first.
10. The noise outside made it ________ (possible) for me to fall asleep, so I got up quickly.
二、语法专练
(A) 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。
1. You’d better ________ (have) a good rest after working for long hours.
2. You had better ________ (not drive) back home after you drink wine. It’s too dangerous.
3. It’s cold today. You should ________ (put) on your warm clothes.
4. Tom, ________ (keep) your room tidy, it’s in a mess!
5. Never ________ (put) off today’s work till tomorrow.
(B) 根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
6. Miss Wang is quite popular because she is never ________ (patient) with the students.
7. He stopped walking at the crossing, ________ (certain) about which road to choose.
8. It’s ________ (usual) for him to do so many good things. He cared only about himself.
9. Why do you keep making noise when talking with others, you are ________ (polite).
10. Don’t believe him. What he told you is ________ (correct).
三、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。
1. — Hey, Allen. Shall we go swimming?
— I’d love to but I ________ (watch) the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games at the
moment.
2. Not only Ann but also her parent ________ (practise) speaking French during their stay in
France.
3. Mr. Li ________ (attend) the meeting held in Hangzhou next week, isn’t he?
4. Tom, ________ (not say) a bad word about others, will you?
5. When doing DIY jobs, you’d better __________ (not play) with tools.
6. __________ (make) sure to arrive on time, Jenny set an alarm and got up early.
7. All of us should __________ (take) an active part in the school activities.
8. Spend as much time as you can __________ (read) books, and you’ll get a lot of knowledge.
9. If there __________ (not be) some rain tomorrow, we plan to have a day out.
10. My sister, as well as my parents, always ________ (mix) my cup with theirs.
1四、完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子。
1. 你能告诉我”pro”代表什么吗？
Could you tell me ____________________?
2. 那个幽默的男孩对上DIY课程很着迷。
The boy with a good sense of humour ____________________ in DIY.
3. 务必保密，不要告诉其他人。
____________________. Don’t tell it to others.
4. 如果你再犯如此愚蠢的错误，那就只能另谋高就了。
If you ____________________ again, you will have to find another job.
5. 我的电脑一直出故障，你能帮我一下吗？
My computer ____________________, could you do me a favour?
6. 可以肯定的是，他在10分钟内剪出一朵纸玫瑰有困难。
It’s certain that he has ____________________ a paper rose in ten minutes.
7. 当他们到达农场的时候，迫不及待地往篮子里装蔬菜。
When they arrived at the farm, they ____________________ vegetables.
8. 尽管他只是一个孩子，但是他没有放弃独自在房间安装灯具。
He is just a child, but he didn’t ____________________ the lights in the room by himself .
9. 我们需要尽快吃掉这份水果沙拉，不要在空气中放置太久。
We need to eat up the fruit salad as soon as possible ____________________ for a long time.
10. 我奶奶经常建议我不要花钱让人去整理这个房间。
My grandma often ____________________ the room.
五、单项选择 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. The song What makes you beautiful tells us that believing in __________ matters.
A. Itself B. yourselves C. ourselves D. themselves
2. — Sorry for being late for the diving competition.
— __________ here on time next time, or you will miss Quan Hongchan’s wonderful
performance.
A. Be B. Being C. To be D. Are
3. — How about going skating on the river?
— I don’t like skating. __________, the ice is too thin.
A. Moreover B. However C. Otherwise D. Instead
4. — How about the fruit juice?
— Wonderful! Nothing tastes __________.
A. worse B. terrible C. nice D. better
5. I saw not only the twins but also their brother Tom with a dog __________ a walk in the park
at 6 yesterday evening.
A. take B. taking C. took D. takes
6. — Is the woman over there Lily’s mother?
— Oh, that __________ be her mother. She looks so young.
A. should B. may C. can’t D. must
7. To improve my English, my mother gave me __________ to read during the summer holiday.
A. something interesting B. everything interesting
C. interesting something D. interesting everything
8. Flying to Beijing __________ less time than taking the bus but ________ more money.
2A. takes; spends B. takes; costs C. costs; costs D. spends; costs
9. There are many school things __________ pens, pencils, rubbers for you to choose from.
A. for example B. for instance C. such as D. look like
10. What else do you need __________ the birthday card for your mum?
A. complete making B. complete to make
C. to complete making D. completing to make
11. The girl came here with a bag in one hand and a Huawei Mate60 in __________.
A. another B. others C. other D. the other
12. David and his brother __________ the same school, so they always go to school together.
A. join B. attend C. take part in D. join in
13. __________ worried about me, Mom. I’m an adult now.
A. Never B. Don’t C. Don’t be D. No
14. — Jane, can you help me __________ the map of China on the wall?
— No problem.
A. put in B. put down C. put on D. put up
15. — You must be very excited about travelling to Singapore.
— __________, but I’m afraid my English is too poor.
A. I’m sorry B. Certainly not C. I’m not sure D. Well, I should be
拓展性作业
一、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可
以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A
Every year, wildfires destroy millions of hectares(公顷)of forest land. Homes are damaged,
and thousands of people die. Smokejumpers help to 1 this.
Smokejumpers are a special type of firefighters. They jump from planes or are lowered by
helicopters(直升机)into areas that are 2 to reach by car or on foot, such as the middle of a
mountain forest. They race to 3 fires as fast as they can.
At a fire site, smokejumpers first examine the land and decide 4 to fight the fire. Their
goal is to stop a fire from spreading or to slow it progress 5 full, ground-based firefighters
arrive. Using basic equipment(设备) such as shovels and axes, smokejumpers clear land of
burnable material, like dry grass and dead trees. They carry some water with them, too, but only a
limited(有限的) 6 .
Although most smokejumpers are men, more women are smokejumping now. The most
important factors are your height and 7 . Smokejumpers employed in the United States, for
example, must be between 120 and 200 pounds (between 54 and 91 kilograms) so that they don’t
get blown away by the strong winds or get hurt when they land. Smokejumpers must also have the
ability of 8 in the wilderness. In Russia, many smokejumpers know how to find food in the
forest and can even make simple furniture from trees.
The work is dangerous, and the hours are long. But for these firefighters, smokejumping isn’t
just a job. They love being able to 9 planes, fight fires and live in the forest. As 28-year-old
Russian smokejumper Alexi says, “This is a(n) 10 job for tough guys.”
1. A. start B. stop C. show D. spend
2. A. pleasant B. excellent C. boring D. difficult
33. A. turn out B. try out C. put out D. go out
4. A. how B. what C. where D. who
5. A. after B. until C. though D. since
6. A. amount B. number C. speed D. size
7. A. length B. sight C. weight D. looks
8. A. defeating B. behaving C. surviving D. breathing
9. A. take charge of B. jump out of C. run away from D. fall from
10. A. funny B. easy C. great D. interesting
B
We’ve all heard about success stories and we know that success never comes at once. In fact,
for many, success is often only achieved after first having had to overcome(克服)great failure.
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books have sold more than 450 million copies and have been
translated into 77 different languages. But 1 she became famous, Rowling said of herself,
“I was the 2 failure I knew.” She sent her first book to 12 publishers(出版商), but they all
3 it. However, Rowling was persistent(坚持不懈的). After a year of trying, a publisher
finally accepted her manuscript(手稿). Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone became the
4 novel in a series that would become the best-selling young adult book series 5 .
When you hear the name Albert Einstein, you probably think of the word “genius(天才).”
But many of Einstein’s teachers thought he was lazy and wouldn’t amount to anything. When he
applied to university, he was turned away because he 6 the college entrance exams. He spent
one year preparing to re-take them before he was accepted. After graduation, he tried hard to get a
job because none of his teachers was willing to give him a recommendation(推荐信). However,
Einstein decided to go on working hard. While he worked as a clerk, he continued his studies. He
finally published papers(论文)with his theories(理论), and these works changed the field of
7 . In 1921, Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.
Japanese businessmen Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita started a company that repaired radios
after World War II. When they visited a house to repair a radio, they would receive a bag of rice in
addition to payment for their work. This gave them the 8 to build and sell rice cookers.
Unluckily, their rice cookers didn’t work very well, as they would always over- or under-cook the
rice. But this failure didn’t make Ibuka and Morita stop trying. They continued experimenting
with electronics. Their company soon found success making portable radios. Today, Sony is
known for everything from producing electronics to films.
These stories show us that failure isn’t a 9 that a person is a loser. In fact, it’s just a part
of the process of becoming successful. “It’s like two sides of a coin — you can’t have success
10 at least once having experienced failure.”
1. A. before B. after C. when D. while
2. A. smallest B. biggest C. best D. worst
3. A. accepted B. received C. refused D. took
4. A. first B. second C. third D. last
5. A. in no time B. at a time C. all the time D. of all time
6. A. failed B. succeeded C. passed D. checked
7. A. nature B. medicine C. science D. society
8. A. advice B. idea C. information D. message
9. A. lesson B. word C. sign D. feeling
410. A. as B. for C. with D. without
二、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳
选项。
A
1. This experiment is from __________.
A. a chemistry(化学)book B. a physics book
C. a geography book D. a biology book
2. What’s the right order of the following five steps in the above experiment?
a. Dip(蘸)coin in water and put on top bottle.
b. Take bottle from fridge and hold it for a few minutes between your hands---don’t squeeze
(挤压).
c. Take it out of fridge; put some water on mouth of bottle.
d. Put back in fridge for an hour.
e. Put bottle in fridge for about an hour.
A. e-a-d-c-b B. a-c-e-d-b
C. d-c-a-e-b D. e-c-a-d-b
3. When the force of the expanding air is stronger than the ice holding down the coin, what will
the coin do?
A. The coin will drop into the bottle. B. The coin will fly away.
C. The coin won’t move at all. D. We aren’t sure.
B
Saving the Tradition of Making Indigo Cloth
Yang Xiuying, 76, sits at a wooden loom(织布机).
As her fingers pass the shuttle(织布机的梭子) back and
forth through the cotton threads, the old machine comes to
5life.
Ever since she was a young girl, Yang has been
making indigo cloth. “You can never buy this type of hand
made cloth at the market,” she says.
For the Dong people in Guizhou, making indigo cloth has a long tradition. The skill has been
passed down from mother to daughter over generations. Nearly every family makes its own cloth.
This traditional skill, unfortunately, is now under threat(威胁). Young people show little
interest in it. Some of them have moved to big cites to find better jobs.
Local officials want to save the tradition. They are trying to change young people’s attitude
towards it. One program has set up several cloth-making factories in Guizhou. After learning how
to make indigo cloth, young Dong people can now find jobs easily. They can also work closer to
home.
Traditionally, the Dong people consider indigo cloth as important as rice. Many Dong women
spend countless hours making the cloth. They rise and start working very early in the morning. To
make the cloth shiny, it must be rubbed(搓)and beaten hard. The noise of cloth being beaten often
wakes the whole village up.
Almost every Dong woman over the age of 40 has a tub(盆)for indigo dye(染料). The cloth
has to be placed in the dye over lots of rounds to gain the rich color. The process of coloring usually
takes two weeks.
Yang holds out her purple and wrinkled(有皱纹的)hands. “They say she who has the darkest
indigo marks on her hands makes the best cloth,” the old lady says proudly.
4. What is Yang Xiuying doing at the beginning of the article?
A. She is repairing an old machine.
B. She is making some cotton cloth.
C. She is selling some newly-made indigo cloth.
D. She is teaching her children how to make indigo cloth.
5. According to the article, which of the following charts shows the correct steps of making
indigo cloth?
6. What have local officials done to save the tradition of making indigo cloth?
A. They have forced some young people to learn the tradition.
B. They have helped some young people find jobs in big cities.
C. They have brought some young people back from big cities.
D. They have opened several cloth-making factories in Guizhou.
7. What does Yang probably want to say in the last paragraph?
6A. She can make good indigo cloth.
B. Her daughter is also good at making indigo cloth.
C. The tradition of making indigo cloth is under threat.
D. She has taught many people how to make indigo cloth.
C
“There’s nothing to discuss,” barked my husband when I told him that Rosie, our 17-year-old
daughter, had asked whether she could go to Kavos, Greece, for a holiday with her friends. “Of
course she can’t. She’s too young to travel without the presence of an adult. It’s completely out of
the question.”
So how come I found myself standing, two weeks later, at Gatwick Airport? Tearfully, I
watched our eldest child disappear through the security checkpoint. In four hours’ time, she would
be in Kavos. It’s 2,500 kilometers away from England!
There comes a time when you have to let your baby go---for many parents, it’s around the
age of 17. We know that there is likely to be something wilder than hanging around by the pool
and building sandcastles, but the time has come to trust that they’ll look after themselves.
But I still felt worried. Rosie tried to put my mind at rest. She said she and her friends would
always look after one another and that it really, really was all going to be okay.
After we had waved our last goodbye at the airport, I looked back. She was, to my surprise,
looking back at me, too. Teenagers want to cut free, but it’s a frightening business for them, too.
We made Rosie promise to text as soon as she had arrived in Kavos and at least once a day
after that. Around 9 a.m. on the first morning, her first message came through. It was twelve hours
since I had left her at Gatwick. And all I got was: “I’m here.”
I wish there were safer places than these so-called teen destinations(目的地). But like all the
dangers that life can hold for them, at some stage, all you can do is warn them, warn them again,
warn them once more, and then hope that some of your messages have got through.
My daughter got home safely. So did her friends. But Rosie is now talking about a similar
journey next year. And my alarm bells have already started ringing.
8. According to the author, how much time should it take her daughter to fly to Kavos?
A. About two hours. B. About four hours.
C. About eight hours. D. About twelve hours.
9. How did Rosie feel about her trip to Kavos?
A. She was nervous but excited.
B. She was afraid of travelling alone.
C. She was forced to go by her friends.
D. She was very confident and not worried at all.
10. The author didn’t receive a message from her daughter until _______.
A. her daughter was about to return home
B. two days after her daughter had left her
C. her daughter had safely landed in Kavos
D. twelve hours after she had left her daughter
11. We can learn from the last paragraph that the author _______.
A. now encourages teenagers to travel freely without their parents
B. believes it’s useful to warn teenagers about the dangers they might face
7C. won’t allow her daughter to travel again without having an adult present
D. still worries about her daughter’s safety even after she’s returned from a successful trip
三、阅读填空 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最
恰当的单词。每个空格只能填一个单词。
A
Have you ever regretted what you did in the past? Anyone around you will have no difficulty
in telling his regrets. As we get older, we look back and wish that we had made better choices. What
can we do to prevent this happening?
Make better plans
If you begin to do something, you need to make a plan before doing it. The earlier, the
better .You will know what comes first and what comes last. You’ll also know what you should do
and what you shouldn’t do. If changes happen, you can have more time to deal with them.
Live a more active life
You can go around more often. More outdoor activities can keep you relaxed. You also need to
be kind. “Thank you”can bring a smile to someone’s face. Learn to say “sorry” and don’t be angry
with others.
Find the right friend
A friend may make your life and he or she can break your life as well. So you need to think
twice when you choose a friend. Good friends will always better your ideas.
When you have problems, ask others for help. That little help may get you good results.
Never fear failure
Everybody fails. Even the greatest person failed. We should not fear failure, because failure is
not the end of the road. We must take failure as a chance to learn and improve ourselves.
Life is good. We don’t have to live in our past, but we do hope that we can plan better, live
better, and work better when we have the chance to do so.
Title: How to 1 future regrets
�Make a plan before 2 to do something.
Make better plans
�Know what you should do or not.
�Do outdoor activities more often to relax.
Live a more active life
�Be kind to the people who are 3 you.
�Think twice when you choose a friend.
Find the best friend
� 4 to others for help if you have problems.
�Don’t be afraid of failure.
Never fear failure
�Take failure as a chance to learn and make ourselves 5 .
B
Most of us get our earliest life lessons from fairy tales, like “True love can overcome(战胜)
anything” and “Even a frog can turn into a prince”. However, when we grow up, we start to learn
new things about life, especially that love doesn’t always win, and that a frog is just a frog. Even so,
our love for fairy tales never dies. Just look at cartoons like The Lion King and Frozen which have
millions of fans young and old.
“Fairy tales are always there because they are the stories of our lives in the purest form.” wrote
US writer Laura Packer. “They are stories of love and loss, happiness and sadness, riches and
dreams.”
Fairy tales are all about the real world. But if children only see just one side of life, adults
usually see the other. For example, in the 2014 film Maleficent, we’re told the tale of Sleeping
8Beauty from the views of the evil queen. Unlike the children’s version(版本)of the story, we see
that the queen wasn’t an evil at birth. Instead, she experiences great lossers, leading to her “evil”
side. And in US writer James Garner’s bedtime story books, he tells the classic story of Little Red
Riding Hood, but with a modern touch: When the wolf tells Red Riding Hood that it isn’t safe for
a little girl to walk through the woods alone, she calls the wolf sexist(性别歧视者), which connects
with today’s women’s rights movement.
It looks like fairy tales aren’t just stories our parents read us at bedtime. They may usually start
with “Once upon a time…”, but as we grow older, we learn that every story doesn’t always need a
“Happily ever after” to be a good one.
Learning From Fairy Tales
�We get our lessons from fairy tales at our early age.
Introduction �Fairy tales are mainly stories that come from our daily lives．
�Fairy tales are 1 among millions of people young and old.
�Children think the queen in Sleeping Beauty is a 2 evil.
�Adults think that the queen’s experience 3 her evil side.
Different ideas �The wolf thinks it dangerous for Red Riding Hood to walk through
the woods by 4 .
�James Garner thinks of the wolf as a sexist.
�Fairy tales are more than stories our parents read us at bedtime.
Conclusion
�Not every fairy story needs a happy 5 .
综合实践性作业
最近，你校开展了“巧手制书签，书香满校园”主题活动，请你以“A DIY bookmark for
my favourite book”为题，根据表格中的内容提示写一篇英语短文，向学校英文报的读书栏
目投稿，介绍制作书签的目的和过程，并分享制作心得。
Help enjoy reading your favourite book
Why you made it
(name, type of book, what you like most)
※card
Materials & Tools
※scissors, glue...
※cut the paper into...
How you made it ※draw a picture of...
Steps ※write (your favourite sentence from the
book or a famous saying or...)
※...
How you felt ...
注意：
1. 短文须包括表格内所有信息，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；
2. 省略号处，请展开合理想象，作适当发挥；
93. 词数在100个左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数；
4. 不得使用真实姓名、校名和地名等。
A DIY bookmark for my favourite book
Last week, I took part in our school’s Reading & Bookmark-making activity.
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