Unit 1 Reading I 同步练习 2022-2023学年牛津译林版英语八年级下册

Unit 1  Reading I

同步练习

一、选择题(每空2分，共20分)

1. They sat down at the table and had a chat ______ coffee.

A. by     B. over     C. on      D. in

2. Hong Kong is ________ the south of China, and Macau is ________ the west of Hong Kong.

A. in; to　　B. to; to   C. to; in　　D. in; in

3. —Do you think life is better now?

—Well, _______ it is.

A. on the way        B. by the way

C. in some ways      D. in the way

4. More and more teenagers have poor eyesight, so parents and teachers should take action ________ the situation from getting worse.

A. stop         B. stopping           C. stopped　　 D. to stop

5. Work hard, ________ you can't ________ your dream.

A. and; come true　    B. or; come true 

C. and; realize　      D. or; realize

6. —Have you ever been to Beijing?

—No, ______ .

A. never      B. ever    C. always      D. sometimes

7. You’d better tidy up your room ______ your father comes back.

A. so       B. or     C. before     D. but

8. —Basketball is a good team sport.

— I agree. I have understood more about teamwork ______ I joined the basketball club.

A. while     B. until     C. since      D. unless

9. The old man lives ______but he doesn’t feel ______ at all, because he often goes to the community centre for fun.

A. alone; lonely    B. lonely; alone

C. alone; alone     D. lonely; lonely

10. Jack ________ Rose in 1998. That is to say, they ________ for 23 years.

A. got married with; have got married 

B. got married to; have married

C. married; have been married 

D. married to; have been married

二、完形填空(每空1分，共10分)

China is changing very quickly and __1__ you look closely（仔细地）you can see it __2__in front of your eyes.

Fifty years ago, everybody travelled around by bike. Today lots of people in China still ride their bikes to school or work, but many people also take the bus or travel __3__ underground. There are some people who even drive their own cars.

Shops were small businesses but now the centres of China’s cities are full of __4___ department stores. In these department stores, you can buy __5__ you want in one go. You can buy food, toys, bikes and even televisions.

The television is another change. Many children would say that they cannot imagine life without the TV set, but years ago they had to live without it. The Internet and the computer have only recently become regular items in our lives.Without the Internet, people would not be able to get __6__ as quickly as they can now and the Internet helps to make people be friends all over the world.Computers help __7__ children and adults in their __8__ lives.Many students are __9___ to be able to use them to do their homework or __10__ with their friends and sometimes play games.

1. A. even if       B. if     C. although      D. so

2. A. making      B. make  C. changing      D. change

3. A. with        B. at      C. in           D. by

4. A. large       B. largest   C. small         D. smallest

5. A. anything     B. something  C. thing      D. nothing

6. A. advice     B. information  C. suggestions  D. message

7. A. both       B. none       C. either       D. neither

8. A. every day   B. everyday   C. some day   D. someday

9. A. unlucky enough  B. enough unlucky C. lucky enough  D. enough lucky

1 0. A. tell      B. say        C. chat        D. speak

三、阅读理解(每题2分，共10分)

Have you heard of a dog museum？In the world，there is a real dog museum called the American Kennel Club Museum of Dog.

Inside the museum is a library with around 15，000 books from the American Kennel Club collection.Readers will find pictures and information about different kinds of dogs.Visitors to the museum will also find pictures of royal dogs like Lincoln's.They will find dog fossils (化石) and other things about 30 million years ago.People can even try to find out which kind of dog they look like most and “train” a virtual (虚拟的) dog.

“Although there will not be real dogs except for special events，the museum hopes to give visitors an understanding of the history of dogs and how they came to be in such different forms，”said Alan Fausel，the museum's director.

The museum first opened in New York in 1982.Later，they moved it to St. Louis，but it only received 10，000 visitors in 2018.They hoped more visitors would come to visit the museum so it returned to New York City in February，2019 after opening for 32 years near St. Louis, Missouri.The new museum opened on February 8，and it is close to New York's busy Grand Central Terminal.The Kennel Club hopes it will receive close to 100，000 visitors next year.

1.The dog museum is in ________．

A．England    B．America    C．Japan    D．Australia

2.What does the underlined word “royal” mean in Chinese?

A．盛大的    B．昂贵的    C．一流的    D．皇家的

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．We can't see a real dog there except for special events.

B．We can't see many books about dogs there.

C．We can't know about dogs' history there.

D．We can't find out dogs' information there.

4.The dog museum returned to New York from St. Louis in ________.

A．1982    B．1987    C．1992    D．2019

5.What's the best title for the text?

A．A dog library    B．The Kennel Club

C．A dog museum in the US    D．How to train dogs