阅读限时训练（三）2024-2025学年沪教牛津版英语八年级上册

8A-Reading Sept. 2024 英语阅读限时训练（三） Name___________ Score___________ (points) 一．完形填空（10分） Joe was a farmer. He didn’t have a good harvest (丰收) for years. “If God let me control the weather, everything would get ____1____,” he complained, “I know better than God does because I am a clever farmer.” God heard his words. “Well, I will give you one year,” God replied. “You will be in charge of the weather. Let’s see what your crops will grow like.” Joe was so surprised that he couldn’t ____2____ what he heard. But he still wanted to have a try. He shouted, “Sunny!” Suddenly the clouds went away. He tried again, “Rain!” The sky became cloudy right away and heavy rain poured down. In the following year, he changed the weather between sunny and ____3____. Watching his crops growing bigger and bigger, he felt satisfied. When the harvest season came, he carried his basket and sickle (镰刀) to the field, looking forward to a big harvest. But his heart sank to the ____4____ when he found his strong crops had not grown any grain at all. Puzzled and ____5____, he started crying. Once again, God heard him. “Don’t you have your wish to control the weather?” God asked. “Yes, but I just don’t understand. I have given them what they ____6____. How could it be?” Joe wondered. “That’s because you ____7____ asked for wind, rainstorm, snow or anything that could make the roots stronger. ____8____ strong roots, of course they won’t grow any fruit.” After he knew the truth, he asked God to ____9____ the power. It turned out that only through life’s challenges would we harvest the ____10____ of life. 1. A. smaller B. bigger C. better D. worse 2. A. believe B. feel C. understand D. think 3. A. windy B. rainy C. cloudy D. snowy 4. A. top B. bottom C. middle D. center 5. A. interested B. relaxed C. excited D. disappointed 6. A. know B. have C. offer D. need 7. A. almost B. never C. always D. just 8. A. As B. For C. With D. Without 9. A. copy down B. take back C. give up D. find out 10. A. taste B. money C. fruit D. love 2. 阅读理解 (30分) A The stadium (体育馆) of Hangzhou Asian Games is sometimes called the “Small Lotus” (莲花). The Games are going to be very “smart” with the use of many exciting technologies. On the top of the stadium, there are eight “petals” (花瓣). When it rains, the petals will close. What if there’s an accident during the game and the athletes need first aid (急救)? Drones (无人机) can be used to send things over. They can fly as far as 20 kilometers and travel 16 meters in one second. Medicine and other things needed for first aid can be sent to people rapidly. Every dish at the Asian Games should be safe and healthy to eat. There is a special system that can tell people’s faces. If a “stranger” goes into the kitchen, an alarm will go off to let people know. The managers of the kitchen will also get messages on their phones. What’s more, you can try the Hangzhou Asian Games’ metaverse (元宇宙)! There’s a mini program on Alipay. Inside, it’s like an online cartoon world. Also, you can have your own character in the metaverse. You can choose clothes for your character, “run” around the stadiums and even talk with other online users. Augmented reality (AR, 增强现实技术) can help if you can’t find your way. There’s a mini program called the Hangzhou Asian Games AR service. You simply turn on your phone’s camera and it will see where you are and then show you the way. You can also get more information about the stadiums as you walk by. 11. What is the use of “petals”? A. To show the beginning of the game. B. To stop people from getting wet. C. To show what time it is. D. To move heavy things quickly. 12. Drones can be used to do the following things EXCEPT ________. A. They can fly as far as 20 kilometers. B. They can travel 16 meters in one second. C. They can send food messages to managers. D. They can send medicine. 13. What does the underlined word “rapidly” probably mean? A. quietly B. conveniently C. quickly D. directly 14. Why does the writer mention Augmented reality in paragraph 5? A. To describe the importance of phones. B. To encourage people to try the new technology. C. To introduce how to check information. D. To show Augmented reality would help out people who are lost. 15. Which might be the best title of the passage? A. Technologies in the Hangzhou Asian Games B. The AR Service C. The Asian Games D. The Smart Inventions B In the past, bicycles have long been a kind of transport (交通工具) in China. However, now more and more people take cycling (骑自行车运动) as a kind of sports and enjoy it. In recent years, cycling has become a hot topic. Riders share their favourite ways and health advice about cycling on some popular apps like Xiaohongshu or Sina Weibo. On Xiaohongshu, there are more than 2.5 million posts (帖子) about cycling. Besides, on Weibo, the topic about cycling has been discussed more than 700 million times. It is true that cycling activities are welcomed. A bicycle company says the sales in one of its stores rose 20% to 30% in 2020, compared to the same time a year earlier. According to the Chinese Cycling Association, at least 20 million people have joined in the sport. People prefer cycling because more and more people care about their health. In addition, their need for outdoor exercise becomes much stronger. For people who have start cycling, the sport seems to provide a good way to run away from the busy city life. People feel that they become part of the nature. Though the sport cycling sometimes costs a lot, many cyclists think spending money on their own bodies is more valuable than on other things. More people take part in cycling as cities in China are also planning to build more cycle- only lanes (车道). Several years ago, Beijing started building the city’s first cycle- only lane. Since the opening of it, the lane has seen larger daily traffic. Such lanes are also being built in some other cities. 16. What does the first paragraph mainly tell us? A. People used to ride a bicycle to work. B. Cycling is a kind of transportation. C. People like cycling as a means of sports. D. Cycling is popular on Xiaohongshu. 17. Why does the author mention “a bicycle company” in the passage? A. To show that bicycles are good for health. B. To show that cycling is very welcomed. C. To tell us it makes lots of money. D. To tell us people care about their health. 18. Which is NOT the reason why people prefer cycling? A. Because people worry about their health. B. Because people need more outdoor exercise. C. Because cycling helps people stay in city life. D. Because cycling makes people become part of nature. 19. In the last paragraph, what does “it” mean? A. The city, Beijing. B. Beijing’s first cycle- only lane. C. Cycling as transport. D. Daily traffic. 20. What is the purpose of this passage? A. It introduces the best way of exercise. B. It introduces cycling is becoming popular. C. It advises people to start cycling. D. It advises cities to build more lanes. C People pay close attention to 5G these years. So, what is 5G? The “G” stands for (代表) the generation of your mobile network. 5G is the 5th generation mobile networks and it’s a hundred times faster than 4G. The first 5G video call was made on a Huawei Mate X smartphone on March 30, 2019. Shanghai has also become the first city in China to start testing 5G networks. Monaco became the first country in Europe to use a next-generation 5G mobile phone network based on technology from Chinese company Huawei. It sounds obvious, but it’s important to understand just how much faster 5G is compared to current 4G speeds. 5G will not only be many, many times faster than your existing connection, and it will be greatly faster than the broadband connection you have at home. Now, 4G takes about 100 to 200 milliseconds to send and receive data. But 5G will get it down to 1 millisecond or less. This big change will not only make our mobile Internet faster. It can be used in many other ways as well. For example, 5G will help make self-driving cars safer. Today’s self-driving test cars have one problem—lag. When the car “sees” an obstacle (障碍), it sends this information to a data centre and receives instructions. However, it takes time to send and receive this information. With this kind of lag, the cars might crash because they don’t receive instructions in time. With 5G, this lag will be greatly lowered, making the cars safer, according to CNN. 5G could also be used to power the Internet of Things (IOT). This refers to a large online network that connects all things and people. Fast Internet speeds will be the key to developing this technology. For example, with IOT under 5G, your fridge could automatically (自动地) place an order online for eggs when it finds that there are no eggs left inside. All in all, 5G will shape every type of technology that it touches. And you won’t have to wait too long for that to happen. Though we’ve seen a lot of positive progress just in the last year, we still have a long way to go before 5G is anywhere near as common as 4G is right now. 21. Which city first tested 5G? A. Beijing. B. Guangzhou. C. Shenzhen. D. Shanghai. 22. What can we learn about from Paragraph 2? A. 5G is widely used in Shanghai. B. It took lots of efforts to test 5G. C. China and Monaco is working on its 5G networks. D. 5G would make it possible to take videos. 23. What does the underlined word “lag” probably mean? A. Delay. B. Order. C. Speed. D. Ability. 24. Why does the writer mention the fridge? A. To describe the importance of IOT. B. To encourage people to try the new product. C. To introduce how to use the Internet of Things.D. To show 5G would make IOT more powerful. 25. Which might be the best title of the passage? A. Can 5G go far? B. How is 5G changing our work? C. 5G is on the way D. China is leading the world in 5G 3． 阅读填空六选五（10分） Do you often use WeChat for chatting with your friends or family? WeChat is an online Chinese social media (社交媒体) platform. WeChat is fun, but it is important to know how to stay safe when using it. 26 Don’t share your personal (私人的) information with strangers. Just like in the real world, not everyone online is your friend. 27 When you use WeChat, do not put your personal information, such as your name and your ID card number online, or you may make yourself in danger. 28 When you see “To be a friend or not?” from a stranger, check the person’s information first. This is a good way to keep you safe. Think carefully before you post your photos. It may be a good place to post something interesting, but you still need to be careful. Why? 29 After all, not everyone is kind. 30 But when you grow up, you will be glad that you are careful about your Moments (朋友圈). A．Because some bad guys can get some information easily from what you post. B．Here are some ways for you. C．Some people may use your personal information to do something bad. D．Maybe it is hard for you to think about these while you are in school. E．Don’t accept (接受) anyone as a friend online if you do not know him or her. F．You don’t need to worry about too much when you talk online. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 四．语法填空（10分） AI (人工智能) makes our lives easier and better. Let’s see some amazing AI products. A cool driverless bus A bus door opens and we get on. Wait Where is the driver? Here is a new kind of driverless bus 31 (call) Apolong. It has 14 seats and doesn’t need a driver. The bus follows traffic rule 32 (care). It stops as soon as it sees a stop light. An AI friend This is Xiaobing, a chat robot. It speaks like a 17-year-old girl. 33 we feel lonely, we can talk with it. It is good at singing, writing poems and 34 (tell) stories. It wants to be our friend! An AI anchor (主播） Hey, look! The famous Chinese anchor Qiu Hao 35 (report) the news for us. However, is “he” really Qiu Hao? The answer is “no”. This is the world’s 36 (one) AI anchor. It looks and speaks just like 37 real person. It can work 24 hours and doesn’t make any mistakes. We might see it on TV soon. An AI painting This 38 (value) painting was at an auction (拍卖) in 2020. It attracted a lot of people. It is not a work by a famous painter, such as Vincent van Gogh. It was painted by an AI artist. Three 39 (Germany) created the AI artist. It studied over 15,000 paintings. 40 this way, it learnt to paint. 31.______________ 32.______________ 33.______________ 34.______________ 35.______________ 36.______________ 37.______________ 38.______________ 39.______________ 40.______________ 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. D 7. B 8. D 9. B 10. C 11. B 12. C 13. C 14. D 15. A 16. C 17. B 18. C 19. B 20. B 21. D 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. B 27. C 28. E 29. A 30. 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