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新八年级课外阅读拓展训练一 完型填空 Zong Qinghou, the founder of the Hangzhou Wahaha Group, passed away on February 25,2024, aged 79, the company said. Zong was born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, in October, 1945, and has long been 1 as one of the landmark figures （里程 碑式的人物） in Chinese business history. Listed as the richest person in China by Forbes as early as 2010, his successful story 2 many people in the country. A late bloomer（大器晚成者）, Zong worked mostly in farms and school-run companies before entering the business world at the 3 of 42. He began by taking over a small drinks factory and delivering 4 to schools on a tricycle（三轮车）. This led him to start a food factory which later became the beginning of Wahaha.* Wahaha had a big 5 with its French partner Danone in the late 2000s. Many people around the world 6 attention to this. After a long battle, Wahaha won and became the leader in the Chinese market. Zong was one of the 7 people in China, with around the Forbes list. He was 8___for frugality （节俭）. Reports said he would travel in economy class （经济舱） and would spend less than 50,000 yuan a year, which have made many Chinese 9 him. "Whether I am the richest person or not does not cause my heart to miss a beat," Zong once said. "When I started my business, it was a battle to survive. Now that I have money, I'm 10 to society. Money, for me, is about helping others-it's just a number showing the value of life." 1 A. seen B. said C. understood D. made 2 A. draws B. inspires C. teaches D. misses 3 A. number B. age C. month D. year 4 A. services B. cultures C. products D. dreams 5 A. agreement B. communication C. battle D. discussion 6 A. cost B. spent C. took D. paid 7 A. nicest B. richest C. biggest D. easiest 8 A. famous B. fit C. good D. ready 9 A. respect B. help C. ask D. teach 10 A. giving up B. giving away C. giving back D. giving out 阅读理解 A The Space-Time Painter, written by Chinese writer Hai Ya, won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette at the 81st World Science Fiction Convention, held in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu. Hai became the third Chinese winner of the Hugo Award, following sci-fi writers Liu Cixin and Hao Jingfang. The Space-Time Painter was published in 2022. It was inspired by the life experience of the talented Chinese painter Wang Ximeng during the Northern Song period, who created the 12-meter-long painting One Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains.* It tells a story about the political power struggle of the time combined with different elements （元素） such as traditional Chinese culture, history, deduction （推理） and science fiction. "I watched a program of China Media Group named National Treasure Archive and the information of the painter of One Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains was introduced, which interested me," he said, adding that the painter was a gifted young man but was never seen again in history, which is fit for science fiction. In this story, Hai did his best to balance the relationship between the story, characters and history, hoping to bring readers a good work. Hai, also a financial worker, thinks himself more of a sci-fi fan than a writer. "I write while doing my job, so I have very little time to write every day," he said. "But I think as long as I love it and am willing to put efforts in it, I will see hopes and the dawn（曙光）." 1. Who first won the Hugo Award in China? A. Liu Cixin. B. Hao Jing fang. C. Mo Yan. D. Hai Ya. 2. What does the underlined word "It" refer to? A. The Space-Time Painter. B. The Northern Song period. C. The Hugo Award. D. One Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains. 3. Which of the following is TRUE about Hai Ya? ① He is not only a writer but also a financial worker. ② He is a man who has a dream and is willing to try his best to realize it. ③ He prefers to be called a writer rather than a science fiction fan. ④ He is the third most famous writer in China so far. A.① ③ B.② ③ C.① ② D.② ④ 4. Where can you probably find the passage? A. In a history magazine. B. In a travel guidebook. C. In a storybook. D. In a newspaper. B A 92-year-old great-grandmother, Salina Khan from Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India, achieved her lifelong dream by learning how to read and write after attending school for the very first time. Salima Khan was born in 1931 and got married when she was 14. She has always wanted to learn how to read and write. Growing up in a village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, she had no chance to go to school during her childhood. About six months ago, she started going to school with students who were almost 80 years younger than her. Her grandson's wife went to class with her as well. Her journey to literacy （识字）became widely known after a video of her counting from 1 to 100 spread widely on social media. Thinking of her earlier life, she said, "My grandchildren used to trick me into giving them extra money as I couldn't count money. Those days are gone." India's literacy rate is about 73 percent, according to the 2011 census（人口普查）. Lakshmi Pandey, a local education officer, said that Salima Khan's story showed that the pursuit （追求） of knowledge knows no age limits. * Volunteers from a government program that promotes education found Salima Khan and thought she could be a student. They encouraged her to go to school. At first, the teachers were hesitant about teaching Ms Salima Khan, but they were won over by her decision to learn, said Pratibha Sharma, the school headmistress. "We didn't have the heart to refuse her," Sharma said. Since Salima Khan's enrollment, 25 women from her village have also joined literacy classes, including two of her daughters-in-law. 5. How does the writer start the passage? A. By telling a story. B. By comparing numbers. C. By expressing feelings. D. By giving suggestions. 6.Which of the following is TRUE about Salima Khan? A. Most of her classmates are teenagers. B. Her grandson's wife teaches her at school. C. She wants to go to college in the future. D. Her excellent grades are praised by many people. 7. What's the meaning of the underlined word "hesitant" in Chinese? A.认可的 B.犹豫的 C.受欢迎的 D.激动的 8. What can we infer from the passage? ① Education in India is very advanced. ② Khan has great confidence in her studies. ③ Khan doesn't get on well with her grandchildren. ④ No matter how old you are, you must have dreams. A.① ② B.② ③ C.③ ④ D.② ④ C Stuck at home during a pandemic lockdown, artist Anton Thomas, like many of us, wanted to find a way to escape. "I thought: this is my chance. I'm going to make the world map that I've always dreamed of," he says. From his home in Melbourne, Thomas began his artistic journey in Alaska, drawing a grizzly bear with a mouthful of salmon in colored pencil. Three years later, his Wild World map was finished. The map shows 1,642 animal species （物种）. Thomas had three rules for choosing species to draw: they had to be wild, native, and currently（当前）living. "It's a celebration of the nature that we still have," says Thomas. "There is plenty of very bad news to look at about the ecology（生态）of this planet. But I want people---especially the next generation---to know that there's still so much to protect." During the expedition（探险）of drawing the map Wild World, Thomas had the chance to explore nature in distant locations. He saw monkeys in the Amazon that look strange and deep-sea fishes that look terrible. One of the fishes he discovered was the giant oarfish, which seems like a huge sea snake.* All the weird and wonderful species on the map are listed in an accompanying（随附的）booklet. The map itself gave up political borders, roads and cities to focus only on nature. "Mountains, deserts, forests, ice, ocean and millions of species---of which we are but one. It's a map of nature, rather than nations," Thomas said. Labelled geographical features make the map not just an artwork, but a resource. This is also part of Thomas' idea: using art to draw people in. 9.What did Thomas do to get rid of being stuck at home? A. He started his artistic journey. B. He studied animals across the world. C. He drew wild animals that were in danger. D. He found a chance to know about nature. 10.Which of the following is TRUE about Thomas? A. He was luckier than any other people during the pandemic lockdown. B. In order to paint, he visited every corner of the world. C. He had rules for choosing which animals to paint. D. He spent four years drawing the map called Wild World. 11. What can we infer about Thomas from the third paragraph? A. He is hopeful about the future of the earth. B. He has a strong sense of environmental protection. C. He would like to learn about different animals. D. He hopes that his next generation can save more animals. 12.What do we know about the map Wild World? ① It is a map full of strange and fascinating species. ② It is a map that focuses on nature, not nations. ③ It is only a resource, not a work of art. ④ It is Thomas' dream to use art to attract people to love their country. A.① ④ B.② ③ C.① ③ D.① ② 13. What's the best title of the passage? A. Thomas and his Wild World B. Thomas and his beautiful dream C. Thomas and his next generation D. The future of the earth and humans 信息还原 Recently, the blind date column （相亲栏目）Wang Po Said Matchmaker （"王婆说媒"） in Kaifeng, Henan Province, became popular on the Internet. The host "Wang Po" has gain popularity because of her excellent eloquence（口才）and performance skills. 1 . However, "Wang Po" of Kaifeng City, Henan Province, brought this historical role to the stage vividly（生动地）. Wang Po's performer is Teacher Zhao Mei. 2 . Moreover, her personal charm has also been loved by countless tourists. Zhao Mei, who is sixty-one years old this year, has been playing Wang Po in Wansui Mountain for six years.* 3 , and that her purpose was to give single men and women a chance to find a partner. She introduced that one of the men and women she matched on site had already gotten married. 4 . Zhao Mei usually said golden sentences in her performances, so she is called "a walking love guide" by people. Zhao Mei said that playing this role is to pass on the Song culture of Kaifeng. 5 , and the performance time, which is only ten minutes, is often increased to about an hour. Recently, Zhao Mei said in an interview with CCTV, "Thank you for your love and support for me, which can make me burn again at the age of 61." A. Every day, she thinks about how to make the visitors happier B. Wang Po was originally a character in the classical novel Water Margin. C. Her performance is kind and interesting D. She has been a matchmaker for a year, and has already facilitated（促进）forty or fifty marriages E. On March 19th, "Wang Po" introduced in the live broadcast that it was her extra work to give everyone a blind date 1 2 3 4 5 短文填空 A big earthquake hit Taiwan, China, on April 3, 2024. A high school student in Southeast China q 1 carried his classmate who couldn't walk to a safe place when he felt the shaking. *The video about his brave and kind act h 2 won lots of praise on the Internet. The young h 3 in the video, Zhang Zhixun, is a first-year high school student at Xiamen Shuangshi Middle School of Fujian, located in Xiamen, Fujian Province. Zhang saved a student n 4 Lele who has rare sickness that makes his arms and legs very weak, causing quite limited physical strength. Lele, who usually d 5 on a wheelchair for moving, keeps his wheelchair outside the classroom during school because of the limited room space. At 7:58 in the morning, a very s 6 earthquake happened near Hualien County in Taiwan, China. When the shaking hit the school ground, Lele got scared b 7 he couldn't walk or move. However, the video shows that Zhang soon came to the rescue, c 8 Lele out of the classroom and placing him in his wheelchair, making s 9 he was taken to a safe place with the other classmates. Later, when describing his e 10 , Lele said that when Zhang came to pick him up, he felt "alive again". Recalling the shaking caused by the earthquake, Zhang said that he did not hesitate （犹豫） for a moment and his first reaction（反应） at the time was to make sure that Lele was not left behind. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$