Unit8 话题阅读理解题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 Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet. 话题阅读理解题 A During the Tang Dynasty there lived a man named Meng Jiao. He loved poetry（诗）. He loved studying it. He loved writing it as well. He gave all his life to the art. And luckily,his hard work paid off. It helped him become a poet（诗人）. But writing poetry was not a good-paying job. Meng Jiao was poor most of his life. When he got older,he realized he had to change. He decided to take the Keju exams. Keju was the official test of ancient China. The exams were open for anyone to take,even a farmer. Whoever passed it could get a job as an officer. Meng Jiao studied hard for the tests. He took them several times though each time he failed. It was until he was forty-six years old that he passed. To celebrate it,Meng Jiao put on new clothes and wore red flowers. Then he rode on a horse through Chang’an City. During his ride,Meng Jiao wrote a poem. In English,it is “Horseback riding quickly through the spring wind,while seeing all the sights and flowers of Chang’an in one day.” On that day,he was able to let go of the unhappiness of the past. The poem was passed down through the years. But people said it would be impossible to really enjoy everything in one day. This led to the phrase “The warm spring wind suits the good feeling.” It describes how happy people are when things work out really well. 1.How did Meng Jiao change his situation? A. By working as a farmer. B. By turning to an officer. C. By moving to Chang’an. D. By taking the Keju exams. 2.What made Meng Jiao successful? A. Hard work. B. Great talent. C. Good luck. D. Big dreams. 3.What did Meng Jiao do after he rode on a horse? A. He wrote a poem. B. He wore red flowers. C. He put on new clothes. D. He went out of Chang’an. 4.What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined sentence in the last paragraph? A. 春风化雨 B. 春风得意C. 寸草春晖D. 妙手回春 5.What is the best title for the text? A. China’s Official Test B. A Good-paying Job C. Meng Jiao’s Hap