Unit 8 Natural disasters 寒假巧练习 2023-2024学年八年级英语牛津译林版上册

（8）Unit 8 Natural disasters—2023-2024学年八年级英语牛津译林版寒假巧练习 一、单项选择 从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。 1.--- Don’t drive so fast! We must slow down when we drive ______the tunnel. A. past B. through C. across D. over 2.There was a heavy rainstorm yesterday. The flood ________ the bridge over the small river. A. washed away B. put away C. went away D. kept away 3.Millie _________ a picture when Mr. Green came in. A. draw B. will draw C. drew D. was drawing 4.—Manager, all the machines _____ just now! —What? Call the engineer at once. A. broke down B. turned down C. broke out D. turned out 5.—I _____ to Hainan on vacation with my parents this coming summer holiday. —That's great! A. go B. went C. will go D. have gone 6.—The book is popular. _____ you it _____ yet? —Yes, I have. A. Are; reading B. Were; reading C. Have; read D. Will; read 7.If you take this train, you _____in Shanghai in five hours. A. arrive B. will arrive C. arrived D. have arrived 8.Watching The Legend of Luo Xiaohei is a good _____ to relax when you're tired A. rule B. choice C. question D. skill 9.—Do you know the writer called Zheng Min? —Yes, of course. She is one of the greatest and oldest _____ writers. She is still _____. A. alive; living B. living; live C. living; alive D. alive; alive 10.How _____ it rained yesterday! We had to cancel our football match. A. heavily B. light C. heavy D. lightly 二、阅读理解 阅读下列文本，选出最佳选项。 The world's largest rainforest, the Amazon, grows over eight countries and covers 40% of South America. It makes about one-fifth of Earth's oxygen(氧气). People call it "the lungs(肺) of the Earth". However, the rainforest is in danger now. A large fire broke out(发生) in the Amazon last month. As of Aug. 27, it had lasted for 22 days. In fact the Amazon has seen a large number of fires in 2019. Between January and August, there were over 74,000 fires—the highest number since 2013, the BBC reported. Most of the fires came from human activities. Farme