Unit 1 单元话题阅读理解练习-2022-2023学年八年级英语下册单元重难点易错题精练（牛津译林版）

Unit 1 Past and present. 单元话题阅读理解练习 （2021·江苏扬州·八年级期中）Riding a bicycle has become very popular these days. My school is far from my house, so I went there by bus for years.I sometimes got there late. This March I asked my father to get me a bicycle so that I might get to school on time. And he bought me one some days later. Then the problem was how to ride the bicycle. One of my friends lives next door. He helped me learn how to ride. He took me to a school playground and demonstrated how to ride to me. When it was my turn to ride, he ran with me. He did that to make sure he would be there when I was falling off. I learned things very quickly and could ride a bicycle without anyone’s help after a few days. What fun it is to ride a bicycle! I now go to school on my bicycle. I think a bicycle is the cheapest and quickest means of transport （交通工具） for a student. I make use of my bicycle if a football game is waiting for me in the park. I visit the homes of my friends by bicycle. And they live too far away. I can also be very helpful to my mother and get vegetables and fruit for the house. What fun it is to fly like a bird on my bicycle! 1．The writer wanted a bicycle to ________ first. A．visit the homes of his friends B．help his mother to get vegetables and fruit C．watch a football game in the park D．get to school on time 2．What does the underlined word “demonstrated” mean in Chinese? A．证明. B．观察. C．示范. D．建议. 3．Which of the following is true? A．The writer rides to school because he lives near the school. B．The writer thinks it great fun to ride a bicycle. C．The writer learned to ride in a park. D．The writer could not ride with his friend’s help after a few days. 4．What does the writer think of riding a bicycle? ①It’s cheap.      ②It’s hard.      ③It’s quick.     ④It’s fun. A．①③④ B．①②④ C．①②③ D．②③④ （2021·江苏常州·八年级期中）We can not live a life without travelling. The fastest way of travelling is by air. With a plane one can travel in one day to places which it takes a month or