Reading Comprehension Unit2 2024-2025学年牛津上海版英语八年级下学期

Reading Comprehension Unit 2 (8B) Name: Class: (A) Plants give us a lot of different food and drinks. In fact, the most popular drink in the world comes from leaves that grow on bushes grow best on hills, and they like a lot of rain. They also like warm weather. The leaves contain caffeine. This can wake you up when you feel tired. Do you know what the drink is? It's tea! The first person to drink tea was probably a man living in China about 4,000 years ago. According to h____________, he discovered tea when he was camping. Some leaves fell from a tea bush into a pot of b______________ water. The man drank the mixture and thought it tasted delicious. Nowadays, people all over the world drink tea in different ways. For example, the Chinese sometimes a_____________ flowers to tea. The Japanese e______________ plain green tea. Arabs like tea with mint and lots of sugar. In North America, many people b______________ iced tea with lemon is the best drink for a hot summer day. There are so many different ways to drink tea. Why not try a new way? Answer to questions 1. What good is caffeine? _________________________________________________________ 2. What kind of tea do Chinese sometimes drink? _________________________________________________________ Rewrite sentences 3. People all over the world drink tea in different ways. (划线提问) _________________________________________________________ 4. Some leaves fell from a tea bush. (一般疑问句) _________________________________________________________ 5. Why not try a new way? (保持同义) _________________________________________________________ (B) Neil: This is Real English from BBC Learning English. I’m Neil. This is the program in which we look at words and phrases that you may not find in your dictionary. Neil: Today we’re looking at an expression which has become very popular over the past years. Lily: What’s that? Neil: Carbon footprint. Lily: Carbon footprint? What does it mean? Neil: Well, let’s start with the second word, footprint. Lily: OK. Neil: You know what happens when you walk on wet or muddy(泥泞的) ground? Lily: Oh yes. Footprint. Neil: That’s right. Well, your carbon footprint is the impact(影响) you make on the planet from your use of energy. Listen to the dialogue. A: I’m going on a weekend break to Barcelona(巴塞罗那) tomorrow. I was able to get a really cheap flight. B: Didn’t you fly to Paris last month? A: Yeah, that was interesting, too. B: Don’t you ever think about the environment? Your carbon footprint must be terrible! Neil: So, lots of people want to reduce their carbon footprint. Lily: What are you doing to reduce your carbon footprint, Neil? Neil: Well. I only use my car when necessary and I’ve decide not to take short flight. I’ll use the train instead. That’s all we have for today. Lily: You’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Neil: Join us again soon for more up-to-the-minute Real English Bye. Lily: See you next time. Choose the best answer ( ) 1. What is “Real English”? A. a TV program B. a radio program C. an online program D. a classroom teaching ( ) 2. What does “reduce” mean in the sentence “Lots of people want to reduce their carbon footprint”? A. make…small B. make…big C. make…nice D. make…more ( ) 3. Which word has the similar meaning to “put” in the sentence “He uses a lot of energy which puts carbon into the environment” A. replace B. remove C. reduce D. release ( ) 4. Real English teaches you _______ A. how important popular words are B. how to use words in the dictionary C. how to understand and use popular words D. how to find words in the dictionary ( ) 5. When B says “Didn’t you fly to Paris last month?” he probably feels _______. A. happy B. excited C. sad D. surprised Answer the questions 1. What is “Carbon Footprint”? ______________________________________________________ 2. What happens when you walk on wet or muddy ground? ______________________________________________________ 3. According to the dialogue, how can people reduce their carbon footprint? People can _____________________________________________ 4. What can you do to reduce your carbon footprint? I can ___________________________________________ to reduce my carbon footprint. (C) These are the sentences from the article “More information about water” in Unit 2. Translate them into Chinese 1. 90% of water on the Earth that human being can drink right now is underground __________________________________________________________________ 2. A bath uses even more water than a shower – about twice as much. __________________________________________________________________ 3. 22.5 litres of water is enough to fill 65 cans of soft drinks __________________________________________________________________ (D) Every year hundreds of films are made but not many of them are good for us. Most of these films are not suitable for children. When we see a film in a cinema or watch a DVD at home, we __1__ be careful to choose a good one. A good film should teach us a __2__. For example, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ teaches us to love someone for his or her good heart but not for his or her looks. ‘The Lion King’ teaches us to be brave and be fair to other people. ‘Babe’ tells us not to give in to fate. Some films are quickly forgotten; others stay for a long time as classic (经典). People can see a classic film many times and __3__ enjoy it. Every time they see it, they learn something __4__. For example, if you worry about your looks, you may watch ‘Beauty and the Beast’ again and learn that __5__ are not so important. If you are sad, you may watch ‘Mouse Hunt’ again to make yourself happy. 1. A) can B) may C) need D) should 2. A) lesson B) subject C) story D) way 3. A) never B) also C) still D) even 4. A) old B) new C) interesting D) exciting 5. A) faces B) beauty C) looking D) looks (E) Living at the bottom of the sea Aquarius is an underwater laboratory. It lies at the bottom of the ocean, in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary(佛罗里达群岛国家海洋保护区) off the southeast coast of the USA. Scientists use it as their home while they explore the coral reefs in the Marine Sanctuary and study the sea animals and p_______________ that live there. Usually, drivers(潜水员) can spend only a short time in deep water and then they have to return to the surface very slowly. If they rise t_______________ quickly, they can become sick and possibly die. But on Aquarius, drivers can stay underwater for ten days. They go out into the deep ocean and return to the Aquarius to eat, work and sleep. They can visit the reef times b_______________ they have to return to the surface. Living on Aquarius is like living in a small submarine(潜水艇), except the windows are larger so that scientists can w_______________ the reef life outside all the times. Aquarius has bunk beds, a shower, a toilet and a kitchen. It also has computers that are connected to others on land. At the end of ten days, the scientists spend seventeen hours slowly returning to the surface so they don’t get s___________________. 以下是这些题目的答案及解析： (A) 1. Caffeine can wake you up when you feel tired. 2. The Chinese sometimes add flowers to tea. 3. How do people all over the world drink tea? 4. Did some leaves fall from a tea bush? 5. Why don't you try a new way? (B) 1. B 解析：根据文中提到的“BBC Learning English”以及对话形式，可推测这是一个广播节目。 2. A 解析：“reduce”在此处意为“减少，使变小”。 3. D 解析：“put”在此处有“排放”的意思，“release”也有“释放，排放”的意思。 4. C 解析：Real English 教给人们如何理解和使用流行的词汇。 5. D 解析：B 说“Didn't you fly to Paris last month?”，可能感到惊讶。 6. Your carbon footprint is the impact you make on the planet from your use of energy. 7. Footprint happens. 8. People can only use the car when necessary and take the train instead of short flights. 9. I can walk or ride a bike instead of taking a car to reduce my carbon footprint. (C) 1. 地球上人类现在能饮用的 90%的水在地下。 2. 盆浴比淋浴用水更多——大约是淋浴的两倍。 3. 22.5 升水足以装满 65 罐软饮料。 (D) 1. D 解析：“should”表示“应该”，我们看电影时应该仔细选择好的电影。 2. A 解析：“teach a lesson”表示“给人教训，教导”。 3. C 解析：“still”表示“仍然”，人们看经典电影很多次仍然喜欢。 4. B 解析：每次看都能学到新的东西。 5. D 解析：“looks”在此处指“外表”，与前文的“looks”相对应。 (E) 1. plants 2. too 3. before 4. watch 5. sick 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$