山东省某校2025-2026学年八年级下学期英语Unit6单元检测

U6单元检测（满分90分）

一、完形填空

Gift-givingindifferentcountries

Frombirthdaysandanniversariestogoing-awaypresents,orperhapsjustwhenvisitingsomeone's

home,therearemany[tobuygiftsforpeopleduringtheyear.

However,theetiquetteofgift-givingisn'tthesameinallplacesaroundtheworld.Soifyou'rebuying

forsomeone2anotherculture,itmightbeusefultoknowwhattodo-orwhatnottodo.

Infact,buyingagiftmightnotalwaysbeappropriate（，恰当的）ineverysituation.Inmanypartsofthe

MiddleEast,givinggiftsisanimportantpartofbusinessandpersonallife—3it'snotagoodidea

foramantobuyagiftfbrawomantheydon'tknowwell,orforawomantobuyoneforaman.Andin

YemenandSaudiArabia,giftsareonlygivenbetweenpeoplewhoarealreadyquite4.

You'Halso5tothinkabouthowyouwrap（包）thegift.InEgypt,giftsareoftenwrapped

twiceintwodifferenttypesofpaper,whileinothercountriessome6ofwrappingshouldn'tbe

usedatall.Forexample,youshouldn'tusewhiteinChina,orblackorpurpleinSouthAmerica,because

thesecolorsarerelatedto7.

8yougiveorreceivethepresentisalsodifferent.InGhana,giftsshouldbegivenwiththe

righthand,andthesameistrueinIndiaandtheMiddleEast.InsomeAsiancountries,includingChinaand

Japan,thepersongettingthegiftmightrefuseittwoorthreetimes9finallyacceptingit.Thisis

thoughttobeapolitewayofreceivingagiftinsomesituations.

Butperhapsthemostimportantthing,10youareintheworld,isthepurposeofyourgift:

Youwanttoshowyoucare!

1.A.reasonsB.problemsC.meaningsD.festivals

2.A.exceptB.withC.fromD.behind

3.A.soB.butC.sinceD.because

4.A.closeB.differentC.proudD.strange

5.A.decideB.hopeC.wantD.need

6.A.secretsB.colorsC.formsD.parts

7.A.birthB.wealthC.deathD.happiness

8.A.WhoseB.WhyC.HowD.When

9.A.beforeB.untilC.throughD.over

10.A.whicheverB.whateverC.whoeverD.wherever

二、阅读理解

Sometimes,usinghandgesturescanbringmoreinformationandbemoreconvenientthanwords,

especiallywhenyouarespeakingtosomeonewithnolanguagein

common.Butthesamegesturecanmeansomethingquitenasty

andoffensive（冒犯的）toapersonfromadifferentcultural

background.

“V”Shape

Inmanycountries,ifyouhaveyourindexandmiddlefingers

pointedupinthe"V"shape,itstandsfbrwinning.However,when

youmakethesign,besuretohavethefrontofyourpalmfacing

outwardinsteadofinward,becauseshowingpeoplethebackofyourhandisimpoliteinsomecountrieslike

theUKandAustralia.

FingerSnap（打响指）

Snappingyourthumbandmiddlefingeroverandovermaymeanoneistryingtoremindsomeoneof

somethingforgotten.WhileinLatinAmericasnappingthemmeansaskingonetohurryup.Butonething

youshouldrememberisthat,inmanycultures,snappingfingersclosetosomeone'sfaceisconsideredtobe

anoffensivegesture.

FingersCrossed

Crossingtheindexandmiddlefingersisregardedasasignofwishingforgoodluckorfortune.At

othertimes,peoplecrosstheirfingersbeforetellingalie,asitisbelievedtocountervail（抵消）thebad

thingscomingfromthelie.Soitisbothapositiveandnegativesymbol.

ILYsign

鬻+鹿+取=m

ILYILYSign

ThisisalwaysanicehandgesturefromAmericanSignLanguage.Itcombinestheletters"I”,“L"and

"Y"tomean“Iloveyou."Peopleusethisgestureveryoftentoshowtheirlovefortheirfamily,friendsand

alltheotherpeopletheylove.

11.Whenyoumakethesign"V”,it'stoshowpeoplethebackofyourhandintheUK.

A.victoryB.peaceC.politeD.rude

12.Theunderlinedword"them"inParagraph3refersto.

A.thumbandmiddlefingerB.thumbandindexfinger

C.thumbandpalmD.thumbandpinky

13.OnMother'sDay,canbestshowlovetoyourmominsteadofwords.

14.Thewritermentionedsomanydifferenthandgesturesto.

A.tellthedifferencesbetweenAmericanandChinesecultures

B.warnpeopletobecarefulwhenusingahandgesture

C.askpeoplenottoworryaboutmakingwronggestures

D.encouragepeopletousehandgesturesmore

15.Fromthepassagewecanknowthat.

A."V"shapesignmeansremindingsomeoneofsomethingforgotten

B.fingerscrossedisalwaysconsideredasapositivesign

C.ILYsignisoftenusedtowishforgoodluckandfortune

D.snappingfingersclosetosomeone'sfacemaybeimpolite

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多

余选项。

Whentwopeoplemeet,therearealotofwaysofgreeting.16

InAmerica,twopeopleusuallygreeteachotherwithahandshake.Itisawaytoshowrespecttothe

otherperson.Athletesfromoppositeteamsshakehandsbeforeagameforthesamereason.17When

Americanfriendsmeeteachother,theymightonlywave,ormaybejustnodtheirheads.

InNewZealand,thereisaspecialwayofgreetingcalled“Hongi”.Inthegreetingtwopeoplepress

theirnosesandforeheadstogetherandclosetheireyes.ThisisanoldtraditionthatcomesfromtheMaori

whowerethefirstpeopletoliveinNewZealand.18

Kissingissometimesusedasawaytogreetsomeone.Insomecountries,importantpeopleusedto

wearspecialrings.19InFrance,whenpeoplemeet,theysometimeskisseachotherontheface.

20Peoplecandothiswithaquick“hi"，ahandshake,orevenasimplesmile.Theimportant

thingisthatthepeopletheyaregreetingunderstandthem.

A.InsomeAsiancountries,peoplegreeteachotherwilhabow.

B.Today,newwaysofgreetingar?createdallthetime.

C.Thewaysofgreetingarenotalwaysthesameindifferentcountries.

D.However,theydon'tshakehandswhenmeetingpeopletheyknowwell.

E.Eventoday,manyNewZealandersstillpresstheirforeheadswhentheymeet.

F.Itwasthecustomforvisitorstokisstheseringswhentheycameforameeting.

三、短文填空

[A]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。

LastNovember,agroupofinternationalstudentstookatourofGuangxi.Meston,amemberofthe

group,neverexpectedthatthistripwouldchange(1)(he)understandingofthecountry.

“IgrewupinasmalltownandoncestudiedatafamousuniversityintheUK.Atfirst.Iwondered(2)

itwouldbeawonderfultrip,,^Mcstonsaid,“butthetripwasso(3)(surprise)tome.”

Duringthetour,thegroupfirstexploredBaiseCity,acityrichinhistory.Thefriendlylocalstreated

themvery(4)(nice).ThentheyvisitedBainiVillage,aplacewhereHuangWenxiuonceworked.

Thanks(5)thegreatwoman,thevillagers,livesimproved.Herstoryalsoencouragedmoreexcellent

younglocals(6)(return)homeandbuildtheirhometowntogether.

Thetripalsoshowedthem(7)technologymadepeople'slivesbetter.*Torexample,whenyou

goshoppinghere,allyouneedisyourphone.Hardlyanyoneusescashanymore.Itis(8)(common)

outsideChinaJonemembershared.

“Thetriptrulywent(9)longwayinhelpingmelearnaboutthedepthofChineseculture,“

Mcstonsaid."1experiencednotonlydifferentcustomsand(10)(tradition)ofSouthwestChinabut

alsothemodernlifehere.”

[B]阅读下面短文，根据不号内所给汉语注释写出单词的正确形式。

JiaHuilinwasa20-year-oldbeginnerinGerman.Shesatatthetableandcarefullypickedupaknife

and(11)(叉子).Wassheenjoyinghermealinaforeigncountry?No,thiswaspartofa(12)

(文化的)practiceactivityatheruniversity'sGlobalVillage.

TheGlobalVillageisalearningcentre.Its(13)(主要的)goalistoturnlanguagelearninginto

real-worldexperiences.There,JianotonlylearnedWesterntable(14)(礼仪)butalsopractisedhow

togreetpeopleina(15)(恰当的)way.Besides,shetookonaroleasaguide,helpingyounger

visitorsgettheirfirst"worldexperience".

Internationalstudentsatheruniversityalsojoinedin.Theyactedaslanguagepartnersandhelpedclear

upstudents'(16)(错误的)(17)(印象)frommovies,sotheycouldhavereal

interactions.NiafarraAylawasoneofthem."Myroleistobringupeasyandfuntopics,"shesaid."Withmy

help,manystudentscanspeak(18)(正确地)andconfidently.I'malwaysreadyto(19)(祝贺)

themonevenasmallimprovement."

"TheGlobalVillagegivespeoplechancestounderstandeachother,"sheadded.H(20)(除非)

weexperiencethecultureandstarttolikeit,wecannotreallylearnthelanguagebetter.H

四、阅读表达

Laughingaboutlife:HowtheBritishjokewitheachother

Britishpeoplehavetheirownsenseofhumor.

Britishpeoplearequitecheeky(厚脸皮的).Theyliketomakefunofthemselvesandlaughatjust

aboutanything.TheyMlmakefunofeachother,lightlyinsulting(冒犯,)oneanotherandthenlaughingabout

it.Forexample,ifyourfriendtripsoveryouandsays“Enjoyyourtrip?”wecallthiskindofjokingbetween

friends,“banter”.

Britishpeoplelovebeingsarcastic（挖苦的）whenyousayonethingbutmeananother.Likeifyour

friendhasgotabadhaircutandyousay,“Wow,thafsthebesthaircutTveeverseen."whenyoubothknow

it'sreallybad.Similartothisistheunderstatement,likesaying"It'sabitwindy“whenthereahugestorm

outside.

Theyalsolovetheirembarrassingsituations.TheBritishcanbequiteembarrassingpeople,not

knowingwhattosayinsocialsituationsorsayingthewrongthingtothewrongpeople,orjustbeingabit

weird（奇怪的）inpublic.MrBeanmakingafoolofhimselfinfrontofpeopleisagoodexample.

Anotherthingtheylovedoingisbeing“deadpan”.Thisiswhenyousayfunnythingswithaserious

faceasifthey'renotajoke.

So,thenexttimeyoumeetaBritishpersonanddon'tunderstandtheirhumor,don'tworry,it'svery

understandable.Dad^haircomesback

Teacher:Whenyourfatherseesthisreport,hishairwillgoallgray!

Johnny:Nice!Thatwillmakehimveryhappy.He'sbeenbald（秃头）forycars.Askastupidquestion

Sam:Doyouknowhowtomakeastupidpersoncurious（好奇的）？

Thomas:No,how?

Sam:Tiltellyoutomorrow.Everywherehurts

Amangoestothedoctorandsays,“Doctor,whereverItouch,ithurts.^^

Thedoctorasks,“Whatdoyoumean?”

Themansays,“WhenItouchmyshoulder,itreallyhurts.IfItouchmyknee-ouch!When.Itouchmy

forehead,itreally,reallyhurts.”

Thedoctorsays,“Iknowwhat'swrongwithyou-you'vcbrokenyourfinger!”

1.WhatdoBritishpeoplecallthekindofjokingbetweenfriendslike“Enjoyyourtrip?”whenonefriend

tripsoveranother?

2.HowdoBritishpeopleshowtheirsarcasmaccordingtothepassage?Pleasegiveanexample.

3.Whatis“deadpan”inBritishhumor?

4.WhydoesJohnnythinkhisfatherwillbehappyaboutthereport?

5.What'swrongwiththemanwhosayseverywherehurtsaccordingtothedoctor?

Youmayhavealreadyforgottenthedayswhenyouhadtolearnhowtousechopsticks.EveryChinese

kidmanagestousethemforsometime.Buichopsticksarenotjustsimpletoolstopickupfood.Theycome

withtheirownspecialrulesandtraditions.Generally,peopleshouldnotmakenoisewithchopsticks.Playing

withchopsticksisseenasbadmanners,justasplayingwithforksandknivesinaWesterncountrywouldbe

rude.

Therearealsosomesuperstitions（迷信）relatedtochopsticks.Forexample,somepeoplebelievethat

chopsticksshouldnotbeleftstandinguprightinabowl.Itlooksliketheincense（香）thatChineseuseto

honorthedead.Doingitatthedinnertableisbelievedtobringbadluck.

Youshouldnottap（敲）chopsticksontheedgeofthebowleither,asbeggars（乞丐）dothistoaskfor

food.Parentsmightgetangryifchildrendothisastheydon'twanttheirchildrentobeaspoorasbeggarsin

thefuture.

Besides,chopstickscanalsobeagreatgift.InChinese,“chopsticks”arcknownas“kuaizi”，so

newlyweds（新婚夫妇）feelhappytoreceivechopsticksasaweddinggift.Skilledcraftsmen（手艺人）paint

beautifulpicturesonchopstickstomakethemlooklikefineartwork.Today,evenpeoplefromWestern

countriesarelearningtousechopsticksandliketocollectthemassouvenirs（纪念品）.

6.Whatisthetextabout?

7.Whyisgivingnewly-wedschopstickswelcome?

8.Whatdocs"this"referto?

9.根据短文内容，基于你对文章的理解绘制一个思维导图