Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals 单元训练卷（含答案）人教版八年级上册英语

中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 八年级上册英语Unit 4单元训练卷 一、完形填空 动物是我们的朋友，它们能给我们带来快乐。 Animals are important for us. Some people see animals as their friends, and some even like keeping a cat or a(an) 1 at home because they're cute. After bringing them home, animals can 2 with people for a long time. The writer of The National Academy of Sciences finds that dogs enjoy looking at people's eyes.That's why many people feel dogs are so lovely when they look at dogs' big 3 .Some scientists also find that animals can understand people because they can learn about the feelings quickly and 4 .When people are sad, animals can not only know it at once but also make people feel warm and 5 . We should be friendly to animals.Animals need home, food and drink. So we need to 6 them those things. Learning to 7 animals at home helps children become kind. We should also notice the situation of animals. The bad news is that many animals don't have 8 land to live in because the cities are getting bigger and bigger. So we should 9 them when they are in trouble. It's time for us to do something. Setting up nature parks is a good 10 . Let's find more ways to help them. ( )1.A.kid B.umbrella C.flower D.dog ( )2.A.compete B.stay C.talk D.feed ( )3.A.noses B. mouths C.eyes D.ears ( )4.A. widely B. healthily C.hardly D. smartly ( )5.A.happy B.worried C.interested D. bored ( )6.A. tell B.teach C.give D.post ( )7. A. look up B. look after C. look at D. look for ( )8.A.enough B. magic C.famous D.similar ( )9.A.help B.forget C.show D. leave ( )10.A.story B.way C.question D.menu 二、阅读理解 Feeling hot So is Earth. Because of problems like climate(气候)change and bad ways of farming, much of the land is drying up. What can we do to solve this problem The United Nations set up a holiday.In1994, the UN started World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought(世界防治荒漠化和干旱日),to let more people know about desertification. It is on 17 June every year. Desertification happens when healthy land filled with water and nutrients (营养) becomes desert. It is dry and unhealthy.Every year, 20, 000 km to 50, 000 km2 of Earth's. land is lost to desertification. In Africa scientists predict(预测)that about70% of Africa's healthy land will be lost by 2025. Desertification sometimes happens because of climate change. Big and fast changes in temperature can kill plants and trees. However, it also happens because people use land too much, and in bad ways, to grow food on their farms. If we grow too many plants in the same soil(土壤) within too short a time. it will take away the soil's nutrients.That can turn the soil into dry sand. like a desert. The UN suggests some different actions to stop desertification. One is to teach people better ways of farming, including the use of better fertilizers(肥料). Another is reforestation (重新造林). It means planting more trees. Today China has 61 million hectares (公顷) of new land to plant trees-more than anywhere else in ... ...