广东省2023-2024学年人教版八年级英语上册话题阅读训练-话题3个人特征

2023-2024学年级八年级英语上册话题阅读训练 话题3 个人特征 一、语法选择 Born in Venice in 1254, Marco Polo was the most famous westerner to visit Asia during the Middle Ages. His father, Nicolo Polo, and his uncle _1_ rich businessmen. They often travelled to parts of the East. They visited China and made friends _2_ Kublai Khan(成吉思汗). When they returned to Italy from China, Marco was 15 years old, and he met his father for the first time. Marco decided to join _3_ for their next trip. They spent more than three years _4_ the 9,000 miles to Shangdu, _5_ famous city at that time. The great Khan gave them a _6_welcome and they stayed in a huge palace. Soon the young Marco became one of his best friends. Marco _7_ learned the language and customs of the Chinese because he travelled around and talked to _8_ people. After nearly 17 years in the East, Marco and his father prepared to return home. Not long after Marco came home, the local people _9_ him during a war at sea. While he was in prison, he met a writer called Rustichello. Marco told him about his travels and the writer wrote down the long story about them. He did not make any more journeys after the publication of the book, _10_ he had a place in history—he was the first European ever to travel to the East and to return with a story to tell. ( )1. A. were B. is C. was D. are ( )2. A. to B. with C. by D. from ( )3. A. them B. they C. their D. theirs ( )4. A. travel B. to travel C. travelling D. travelled ( )5. A. the B./ C. a D. an ( )6. A. more warmly B. warmer C. warmly D. warm ( )7. A. quick B. quickly C. more quickly D. quicker ( )8. A. much B. a little C. many D. little ( )9. A. catch B. catches C. to catch D. caught ( )10. A. so B. but C. and D. or 二、完形填空。 In a small village, there was a family with eight children. Two of the children loved _1_ very much. Both of them were good _2_ drawing pictures. They wanted to _3_ at an art college. But the family was so _4_ that it was impossible to send them to the college at the same time. Lat