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八年级下册 Units 7~8
Ⅰ.阅读理解(2024 德阳中考改编)
主题
人与社会——热爱和敬畏自然,与自然和谐共生
建议用时
12分钟(313词)
If you see a girl and a boy throwing two baby puffins(海鹦) off a cliff(悬崖) on the Westman Islands,you may not understand why they’re doing so.In fact,they are just trying to help save them.
Puffins are the most common birds on the Westman Islands in Iceland.Different from most seabirds,they are able to go under water to 60 meters deep to catch fish.Each spring,they lay eggs in holes on cliffs.40 days later,they will fly back to the sea,leaving the young there.Baby puffins would spend about six weeks in the holes alone before they are ready to fly to the sea.
In the past,young puffins could easily find the sea with the help of the moonlight.But now,bright lights of the city often make them lose their way.Many of them end up flying into the town.However,it’s not an easy thing for young puffins to fly up and find food in the town,so they may lose their lives there.
That’s why people on the Westman Islands have decided to help those young puffins.In late summer,when young puffins leave their holes,local people often go out to look for the missing puffins at night.If they find one,they would pick it up and put it in a box.The next day,they would take it to the cliff and throw it off.In this way,young puffins can fly safely to their new home for the next few years.
The unusual tradition also helps make sure the puffins will be back to their holes another year.
A puffin lays one egg each year at most,so the help from the people on the Westman Islands is of great importance to the survival(生存) of puffins.
1.Why are the boy and the girl throwing the baby puffins off a cliff?
A.To have fun. B.To help them.
C.To hurt them. D.To take photos.
2.How are puffins different from most seabirds?
A.They can lay eggs.
B.They can fly to the sea.
C.They can grow up quickly.
D.They can go under deep water to catch fish.
3.What often make young puffins lose their way?
A.The moonlight.
B.The cliffs.
C.The holes.
D.Bright lights of the city.
4.Which question can help readers know the main idea of Paragraph 4?(中考新考向)
A.What do puffins live on?
B.Where can puffins live?
C.How do local people help puffins?
D.Why can’t puffins fly to the sea?
5.What’s the purpose of this text?
A.To teach teenagers how to feed puffins.
B.To introduce a special way to save puffins.
C.To help local people raise money for puffins.
D.To encourage readers to visit the Westman Islands.
Ⅱ.短文填空(2024广安中考改编)
主题
人与社会——日常体育活动,体育精神
建议用时
12分钟(231词)
Bob likes climbing very much.However,there 1. (be not) one climbing club in his school at first,so he felt sad.
At the beginning of the 2. (two) year of middle school,his school offered rock climbing lessons to encourage students 3. (exercise).He was so happy 4. he joined at once.
In the first lesson,the coach said,“Rock climbing 5. (need) strength,speed,courage and persistence.All these are necessary.” But 6. Bob’s opinion,rock climbing was just a fun activity.
During the following classes,the coach asked the 7. (student) to run 1,000 meters first,and then climb with a rope.When Bob finished running,he almost lost his breath and got bored,and he even did not want to touch 8. rope.He thought it was 9. (interesting) than before.The coach noticed that and asked him,“10. do you want to take rock climbing lessons?” “For fun,of course.” “Is that fun?” he asked.Bob 11. (shake) his head slowly.The coach then explained 12. (patient),“That’s because you stop halfway.You know,beautiful sights are always on the top.”
After hearing his words,Bob made up 13. (he) mind to finish his journey.When he got to the top in the end,he felt really 14. (excite).
Sometimes it’s hard to reach the top of the mountain,15. it’s a pity to stop halfway,so don’t give up.
微拓展
1.How did Bob’s feelings change according to the passage?
2.What does the writer want to tell us?
Ⅲ.书面表达(2024湖北中考)
学校的英语校刊正在开展以“畅享阅读”为主题的征文活动。请你围绕下图所示的三个问题,用英文写一篇短文投稿。
注意:1.根据上图所给提示,适当发挥;
2.文中不得出现真实姓名和校名;
3.词数80左右,开头已给出,不计入总词数。
I often read books in my free time.
答案:
Ⅰ.1-5 BDDCB
Ⅱ.1.wasn’t/was not 2.second 3.to exercise
4.that 5.needs 6.in 7.students 8.the
9.less interesting 10.Why 11.shook
12.patiently 13.his 14.excited 15.but
微拓展
1.Sad→happy→bored→excited.
2.Don’t give up halfway./…(答案不唯一,合理即可)
Ⅲ.One possible version:
I often read books in my free time. Reading brings me both pleasure and knowledge. I enjoy exploring different worlds and ideas through books. My favorite types of books are storybooks and science books. Storybooks take me on adventures with exciting characters, while science books teach me amazing facts about the world. I have a habit of taking notes while reading to remember important points and sometimes I draw mind maps to understand complex ideas better. This helps me appreciate the books more and learn effectively.
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