Unit8 阅读能力提升练2022-2023学年人教版英语八年级下册

2022-2023人教版英语八年级下册课时同步练习 Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet? 阅读能力提升练习题 Ⅰ.完形填空。 Poetry(诗歌) is the forgotten child of literature(文学).Few people read it for 1 .In Western high schools，poetry is 2 taught because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today's students. In China，however，poetry is still an important part of the curriculum(课程).Recently，the Ministry of Education(教育部) has increased the 3 of ancient Chinese poems，from 14 to 72，for students to memorize. 4 is it important to learn poems? First of all，poetry is a 5 part of learning traditional Chinese culture.It is a path to understanding our 6 and society.It is also the key to understanding the thoughts and feelings that common people have，which may be hard to express.Everyone has feelings of joy，love，loneliness，sadness and even anger.A good poem can 7 these feelings into words and bring us self－understanding. Poems can also express beauty.In a few short lines，even something common can 8 beautiful.Of course，to really enjoy poetry，it has to be read aloud.After all，a poem is a song 9 music. Chinese students are so lucky to have 10 poems to learn! 1.A.food B.fun C.health D.safety 2.A.hardly B.often C.usually D.always 3.A.object B.history C.number D.opinion 4.A.Where B.When C.Why D.Which 5.A.boring B.dangerous C.careful D.necessary 6.A.Chinese B.art C.history D.science 7.A.run B.return C.put D.learn 8.A.taste B.find C.smell D.become 9.A.with B.for C.in D.without 10.A.fourteen B.fifty－eight C.seventy－two D.eighty－six II.阅读理解。 Country music is very old. It came from the United States，Canada，Ireland and Great Britain. It is a mixture of music from all of these places. In the west of America，cowboys had to take care of the cattle(牛).They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle might run away. A cowboy's life was lonely and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert with the cattle，he drank strong coffee to ma