外研新版八年级下册《英语周报第23期》2022年单元测试卷
发布：2025/1/5 12:0:2
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1．China Wins
First Olympic Medal in Skeleton Racing China's Yan Wengang on Friday （11th February） won bronze in the men's skeleton racing at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.It's the country's first medal in this exciting event.Yan made a new history!
After 4 runs along the 1.6-kilometre track，the 24-year-old won the country's first Olympic bronze medal at the National Sliding Centre in northwest Beijing's Yanqing.He used 4 minutes 1.77 seconds in total.Germany's Christopher Grotheer won gold with a time of 4 minutes and 1 .01 seconds.Germany's another rider Axel Jungk won silver with a time of 4 minutes and 1.67 seconds.Another young Chinese star Yin Zheng also did well.He finished the game with a fifth place.
"I am both happy and a little unsatisfied，because I don't feel I rode to my best.I made some mistakes during the first three runs." Yan said.So in the last run，he gave it all he had.And his speed reaches 129.7 km/h，which is the quickest of him.
"Now I have quite enjoyed sliding at such high speed." Yan said， "I enjoyed it after having practised it for hundreds of times."
"This medal should make China very confident in its skeleton future.We do have the ability to be competitive." Yan added.
"China's Skeleton Racing Team has a very short history，but I believe this team will get better results in the future."
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Word Bank
bronze /brɒnz/ n.铜牌
skeleton racing钢架雪车比赛
medal /'medl/ n.奖牌
track/træk/n.跑道、赛道
slide /slaɪd/ v.滑行
speed /spi：d/ n.速度
Checking Corner
Answer the questions.
（1）How long is the skeleton racing track？
（2）What is Yan Wengang's quickest speed？组卷：0引用：1难度：0.5 -
2．An Unusual Helper at School
这是一个有感情的机器人。 Autistic students at a school in Somerset，England，are getting help from an unusual helper--a robot called Pepper.Autism affects the way people feel and hear，and how they see the world.It affects people in different ways.For example，some autistic people find it difficult to understand other people.
Pepper has been taking part in activities with students aged 12 to 19 at the Mendip School in Somerset.The robot was made by the Bristol Robotics Lab at the University of the West of England with help from teachers and students.It takes part in activities such as dancing and storytelling，and it helps to learn about how the autistic students feel and then find a way to make them feel better.
When a student meets Pepper，the robot asks him how he is feeling and recommends an activity according to his answer.Is the activity useful or not？You will know it in about a year.
"Since Pepper arrived at the school，there has been a lot of dancing and the children have also really enjoyed the robot's jokes，" said assistant headmaster Lian Conley. "It's great to see that students are happy to communicate with the robot and open up their friendship groups.Children who wouldn't socially interact with others are now interacting with their classmates."
Word Bank
autistic /ɔ：tɪstɪrk/ adj.患自闭症的
affect / v.影响
recommend /rekə'mend/ V.推荐
assistant headmaster副校长
interact /ɪntər'ækt/ v.互动
Checking Corner
Choose the best answer.
（1）Who was Pepper made for？
A．Busy teachers.
B．Autistic students.
C．The workers in the school.
D．The assistant headmaster.
（2）What do we know about Pepper from Paragraph 2？
A．It creates activities itself.
B．It can dance and tell stories.
C．It came to the school in 2019.
D．It can't know the feelings of the autistic students.
（3）What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to （指代）？
A．The time of the activity.
B．The plan for the activity.
C．The result of the activity.
D．The name of the activity.
（4）What can we learn from the last paragraph？
A．Pepper is a helpful robot.
B．Pepper likes telling jokes a lot.
C．Pepper teaches lots of things to students.
D．Pepper is happy to be with teachers and students.组卷：0引用：1难度：0.8
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3．Last summer I wanted to start making money so that I could save to go on holiday with my friends.I applied for （申请） jobs at a few shops in my neighbourhood but none of them had any jobs for teenagers （青少年）.Then，one day my mum told me the zoo was looking for teenagers to work on the weekend.I applied for the job online.
Within a few days，I got a phone call asking me to go for an interview.I put on my best clothes and went to the zoo's office the next day to meet the manager.That evening I got a phone call from him saying that I got the job.He asked me to start the following Saturday.
On Saturday morning I got up early and went to the zoo.The manager gave me a uniform which I had to put on over my clotjye.ais.He also gave me a pair of boots.He told me that the ground was wet and dirty everywhere，so I would need them.
My first job was to clean the elephant house.It was good that I was with another girl named Jane.She started working there two months " before.She told me how to do the job and helped me a lot.My next job was to clean the lion's cage.I was really afraid but luckily the lion wasn't in the cage at that time.
It's been a few months since I started my weekend job and each week I work with different animals and people.I really love it!
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
（1）The writer learned about the job at the zoo from.
A．her friend
B．her mother
C．the Internet
D．the newspaper
（2）When the writer got to the zoo on Saturday，the manage.
A．introduced her to Jane
B．taught her cleaning skills
C．showed her around the zoo
D．gave her some work clothes
（3）What does the underlined word "cage" mean in Chinese？
A．笼子
B．盘子
D．袋子
D．夹子
（4）Which word can we use to describe Jane？
A．Brave.
B．Honest.
C．Friendly.
D．Hard-working.
（5）What's the best title for the passage？
A．Going on holiday
B．Getting a weekend job
C．Making a friend at the zoo
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4．Albert Einstein and Wolfgang Mozart are possibly the two most famous examples of people who are geniuses （天才）.But unlike Mozart，Einstein wasn't very talented as a kid.Born in Germany in 1879，he was slow to learn to speak，and he was a normal student at school.He was interested in Maths and Science，but he liked to study at home better.Later，he studied to be a teacher，but he didn't find a job in a school and for some years he was an office worker.A lot of Einstein's most famous ideas were the result of his study in his free time when he also played the violin to have a rest.
From 1908，he was a college teacher for many years，first in Europe "and then in the USA.He was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.He was famous for his theory of relativity （相对论），but only a few scientists could understand it.His biggest dream was to find one explanation （解释） for the basic （基础的） ideas in physics，but he died before this was possible.
As a famous scientist，Einstein got letters from people around the world.Some of the letters were from children which he always answered.One letter was from a girl with maths problems at school."Do not worry about your difficulties in Maths" was his answer. "I can tell you that mine are still greater."
Einstein died in a hospital in 1955.He was named "Person of the Century" in 1999 by Time.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
（1）When Einstein was a kid，he.
A．liked to study at home
B．had no friends at school
C．was a very lazy student
D．showed no interest in Science
（2）What does the underlined word "this" in Paragraph 2 refer to？
A．Being a college teacher.
B．Finding the theory of relativity.
C．Winning the Nobel Prize in Physics.
D．Explaining the basic ideas in physics.
（3）What can we know from Paragraph 3？
A．Many people sent presents to Einstein.
B．Many people had difficulties in maths.
C．Einstein always answered letters from old people.
D．Einstein told a girl not to worry about her maths problems.
（4）Einstein died at the age of.
A．44
B．55
C．76
D．79
（5）Which is the best title for the passage？
A．Two Great Geniuses
B．Person of the Century
C．The Theory of Relativity
D．Einstein's Answer to a Letter组卷：1引用：1难度：0.5
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11．I'm Helen.I live in the city.Last August I visited my friend David.He lives（1）
a farm in the north of the country.His dad，William，is a famous actor（2）he's a farmer too!I saw lots of cows and other（3）there.But I remember Pirate，the black and white dog，most.
Early one morning，David's dad came into（4）kitchen. "The sheep （绵羊） in the field aren't there now!" he said. "I must find （5）.Come and help me!" David and I jumped up and followed him outside.We all jumped up onto the back of his big old green tractor （拖拉机）.Pirate jumped up into the front.
William（6）the tractor up the hill.Suddenly，Pirate got very excited.William（7）the tractor and shouted， "Go，Pirate!Find the sheep!" Pirate jumped down and ran behind some trees.Minutes later，we saw him again.The clever（8）ran around the sheep to make them come to us from the forest.David's dad said（9），"Pirate，you did a good job!"
Pirate worked very hard to get the sheep back down into the field that day."He's too（10），" I said to David after dinner."He ran a long way today." But that didn't stop him eating some of his favourite meat that evening!组卷：0引用：1难度：0.5
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12．Do you feel homesick （思乡的） after being away for a week or two？Do you feel lonely （孤独的） after being on your own for a few hours？If so，you may not enjoy being an astronaut.
In some ways，living in a space station is like living on an island without people.A group of two or three astronauts have to live far from home for weeks or months at a time.
If astronauts want to be successful，they have to learn to live and work together as a team.This is not easy when they may have known each other for only a year or two.
ESA （欧洲航天局） astronauts come from many different countries.They have to fly with astronauts from the United States，Russia，Japan，etc.All of these space travelers have different languages，different customs （习惯） and different ways of looking at things.So it's important for them to understand each other.They have to learn to share jobs such as cleaning and checking.They also have to talk over problems and find out how to solve them.
Luckily，now astronauts can send emails and talk to their families over video links （连线）.And that may help them find some happiness and feel less lonely.
（1）How long do astronauts have to live in space at a time？
（2）What do astronauts have to learn to do as a team？
（3）How many countries does the passage talk of？
（4）What is the important thing for astronauts to do？
（5）How do astronauts communicate with their family in space now？组卷：0引用：1难度：0.9
