Unit4 综合提升练习2022-2023学年牛津译林版八年级英语下册

训练6   综合提升练习

一、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

A

My best friend Ally and I spare 1.s            hours of our time every week as volunteers for Buddy Ball. It'sa2.p        that helps disabled kids do sports and make new friends.

So what does a buddy(伙伴) do?3.A      present,I am a buddy for an 11- year- old boy Tom. He is in a wheelchair and is a good basketball player, but just 4.1   _____  any kid,it upsets him 5.w        he misses a shot or makes a bad pass. He starts to cry and doesn't want to play. Sometimes he even wants to 6.g       up. So, as his buddy,I encourage him. Now we' re 7.w       on our basketball skills together. It's great to 8.s       how he has improved and that he doesn't get upset so easily.

Ally is a buddy for Clara,a kid with very few language skills. She is also a bit wild!She likes running away. Ally has learned how to work with Clara and to get her to 9.j       in the games. Now she loves baseball and has more friends. Next week she's going to play in a team. Her parents are 10.t        happy about Buddy Ball and they say that Clara is more confident and outgoing after her Buddy Ball sessions.

Buddy Ball is a great chance for everyone!Differences disappear(消

失)and we realize that we're all just kids loving sports. I love working in Buddy Ball because I know I'm doing something meaningful!

B

Just as a famous saying 1.g       ,“ Reading is to success what water is to fish.”Reading is very important to all humans. It can open many doors and can lead you into a path to success. It's quite clear that every successful person has the good 2.h        of reading. This is 3.b_________ reading is an important way to get the information required to understand something. For example,a good doctor has to know the latest developments(最新进展)in medicine by reading.

Then, how can you develop an 4.i        in reading? There is only one way. Let me explain this to you. If you want to learn how to ride a bike,you have to get on the bike as many times as possible 5.u_________you can ride skilfully(熟练地). It works in the same way as reading.

二、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

BookCrossing,a new way of reading, is developing, with book-lovers leaving 1.    (they)books in public places,to be picked up and“borrowed”by others.

Belarusian National Technical University was 2.       first to support the idea in the