Unit 8 单元拓展阅读训练 2023—2024学年 牛津译林版 英语八年级下册

Unit 8 单元拓展阅读训练 2023—2024学年 牛津译林版 英语八年级下册 一、阅读理解 In China, people all over the country plant trees on March 12th. Do you know who made the day? Sun Yat-sen, the great pioneer (先驱) in China’s history put forward the day for planting trees in 1911. He said we needed more trees as a protection against flood (洪水) and drought (干旱). In 1915, the government named April 5th as Tree Planting Day. Then, in 1979, the day was changed to March 12th, to remember the date on which Sun Yat-sen died. The whole country plants trees on this day. In the last ten years, we have planted fifty-six billion across China. The Gobi Desert in the north of China is growing every year. Terrible dust storms make more land dry and useless. In 1978, a tree planting program—the Green Wall, began to try to stop the Gobi from spreading (蔓延). The government and local farmers are planting millions of trees in a great green “wall” along the edge (边缘) of the desert. When we finish it in 2050, it will be 4,500 kilometers long. Tree planting is a tradition in China now. Everyone does it on March 12th. 1．How many trees did we plant ten years ago? A．1,979. B．56,000,000,000. C．5,600,000,000. D．4,500. 2．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to (指的是)? A．The dust storms. B．The Gobi Desert. C．The Green Wall. D．The government. 3．Why did the government set up the Green Wall? A．To protect the Green Wall of China. B．To stop the desert from spreading. C．To make the biggest Green Wall in the world. D．To increase the field to plant lots of trees. 4．What’s the main idea of the passage? A．Asking local farmers to plant trees. B．Talking about a tree planting program. C．Stopping the flood and drought. D．Telling us what Tree Planting Day is. Taihu Lake is a famous place of interest. If visitors look at Taihu Lake, they will see much clean water. Boats run under the white clouds and the blue sky. However, 15 years ago, the lake looked very different. The lake is part of the Yangtze River and covers more than