Module 8同步话题拓展阅读 2023—2024学年外研版英语七年级下册

2023—2024学年外研版英语七年级下册 同步话题拓展阅读（For Module 8） I.阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 One day a king went to a far away place in his country. When he came back, his feet hurt a lot. “There are too many small stones on the roads. They hurt my feet. You should cover (覆盖) every road with leather (皮革),” he told his men. Of course, it would cost a lot of money. One of his men was very smart. He told the king, “Why not cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?” The king was surprised. He agreed to the man’s idea. He asked his men to make a pair of leather shoes for him. Maybe this is not the beginning of leather shoes. But it teaches us a lesson of life: if you want to make this world a happy place to live in, the best way is to change yourself, not the world. 1. What happened to the king after his trip? A. He lost his feet. B. His feet hurt. C. His shoes were broken. D. He lost many stones. 2. What did the king want his men to do at first? A. Cover all the roads with leather. B. Cover all the roads with stones. C. Make a pair of leather shoes for him. D. Buy him lots of new shoes. 3. The king’s idea was ______. A. cheap B. boring C. expensive D. exciting 4. What did the king do at last? A. Ask his men to take away all the stones on the roads. B. Ask his men to kill cows to get enough leather. C. Ask his men to make a pair of leather shoes for him. D. Stop travelling around the country. 5. What’s the purpose (目的) of the last paragraph? A. To show the moral (寓意) of the story. B. To explain the use of leather shoes. C. To introduce ways to be happy. D. To tell the beginning of leather shoes. II. 短文还原 One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe (斧头) fell into the water. 1 Then all at once a beautiful fairy (仙女) came out and asked the man what was the matter. “I have lost my axe,” he said, “ 2 ” The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, “Is this yours?” “No,” said the man. The fairy then sh