Unit 1 Reading 课时练习 2024-2025学年牛津译林版英语八年级下册

Unit 1 Past and present Reading 一、 根据中文或首字母提示用合适的单词补全句子。 1. Her new flat is several ________ (街区) away from her old one. 2. Learning English in a classroom is important, while using English in real _______ (情况) will improve your English skills greatly. 3. With the development of our country, our life has greatly _______(改善) since the late 20th century. 4. Alice has made many Chinese friends _______ (自……以来) she came to our school. 5. It’s wrong to dump ________ (废品) carelessly. 6. _________ (丈夫) and wife should share housework with each other. 7. Many people don’t r ________ the importance of health until they fall ill. 8. The government has taken action to reduce water p________. So Fuxi River becomes cleaner. 二、 用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。 1. It is interesting that John and Daniel are brothers and their _______ (wife) are sisters. 2. — It’s _________ (possible) to change his mind. — That’s true. He never takes others ’ advice. 3. The Whites have been ________ (marry) for about thirty years. 4. There were a few _________ (factory) in the centre of the city in the past. 5. Yancheng is in the _________ (north) part of Jiangsu Province. 三、 选用方框中所给的单词或短语,并用其适当形式填空,有一个单词或短语是多余的。 take action lucky turn into learn used to as often as before 1. — The football program will be on at 3:00 a.m. I ’ll stay up tonight. What about you? — Me too. But I ___________ go to bed early. 2. We should __________ to stop people from cutting down the forests. 3. When the temperature drops below zero, water ___________ ice. 4. Lucy had a traffic accident on her way home. _______ she was not hurt. She just got scared. 5. I _____________ English ever since I was in Grade 3. 四、 单项选择。 1. Guangdong is far from Heilongjiang. It’s _______ the south of China, ______ the south of Jiangxi. A. in; to B. on; to C. in; on D. to; to 2. — Nowadays, most Chinese families are allowed to have three children. — Fantastic! The children won’t feel ________ any more if they have sisters or brothers. A. lonely B. sleepy C. cold D. hungry 3. Nothing in the world is ________ if you make up your mind to do it. A. impossible B. wonderful C. interesting D. necessary 4. If you miss this chance, it must be years __________ you get another one. A. since B. after C. until D. before 5. — How long has the bridge been in use? — ________ the beginning of June. A. Before B. Since C. By D. At 6. — Is Mr Li still living here? — No. He ________________. A. has moved away B. will move house C. has moved into D. is moving away 7. — This dictionary app is a useful tool for English learners. — So it is. I often watch English videos through the app to _________ English. A. improve B. compare C. afford D. sell 8. — Some Chinese government officers have ________ livestreamers(主播). — Yes . They ’re trying their best to help local farmers to improve product sales. A. turned into B. broken into C. fallen into D. looked into 9. Chinese people cared about the _______ of the panda Ya Ya after the sudden death of its partner Le Le at a zoo in the USA. A. connection B. position C. imagination D. situation 10.— Oh dear! It looks like it is going to rain. — I don’t care. I have to stay in today and finish my report ___________ . A. anyway B. besides C. instead D. moreover 11. — So far, the population of China has been the second largest all over the world! — _________ I’m proud of being in China! A. Not bad. B. That’s amazing! C. That’s all right. D. I think so. 12. The reporter from NTTV is having a(n) _______ with Mr Zhou at the school gate. A. communication B. instruction C. interview D. introduction 五、 根据中文提示完成句子。 1. 他们中大部分人已经搬走了,所以我感到有点孤单。 Most of them _________ , so I _____________ . 2. 辛迪偶尔周末还得工作。 Cindy has to work at weekends _____________. 3. 在某些方面,我和我的姐姐相当不同。 ______________, I’m quite different from my sister. 4. 基蒂的家乡已经发生了令人惊奇的变化。 ___________________________________________________________________ 5. 他一辈子都住在阳光镇吗? ____________________________________________________________________ 六、 选用方框中所给的单词或短语,并用其适当形式填空。 pull down village lake hundred turn Anjiazhuang used to be a quiet village. But now, it 1. ____________ into a modern town. This is all because of the railway station. Five years ago, about three 2 . _______ people lived in this place. There was a small hill in the east of the village. Around the hill, there were small 3 . _________ and farmland. People grew crops for a living. Children went to a small primary school with three grades. There were dirt(泥土) roads connecting(连接) the village to the town about five kilometres away. Now, the hill is no longer there. At the place of the hill, people built the railway station . The government 4 .________ down most of the low houses and built some residential ( 住宅的) buildings for the 5 . __________. Some high ways were built too. And the primary school is no longer there. get used to rich work factory pollute Since the railway station was built, more and more 6. _______ have appeared(出现). And more and more people have flooded into this area. Now, most villagers make a living by 7. _______ in the factories. They live a 8. _______ life than before. But the changes have also brought many problems. Some people can’t 9 .________ living in tall buildings . And more people and more factories bring more 10. _______. As there are fewer trees, more wild animals have been away from this area. 七、阅读理解。 Here ’s something new you need to know about the 2024 Paris Olympics—from new sports to new events and more. Breaking Breaking was included in the Olympics for the first time in Paris in 2024. You may know the sport by its more common name, breakdancing. Athletes didn’t know the music ahead of time—they must move to the beat. Athletes, both men and women, from around the world showcased their skills in one-on-one battles, where each dancer had 60 seconds to impress the judges with their improvisation(即兴创作) and proficiency (水平) in six criteria : creativity, versatility, performance skills , personality, technique and musicality. Skateboarding Skateboarding first came to the 2020 Olympics and returned for the 2024 Paris Games. The world’s best 88 men’s and women’s skateboarders faced each other at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, from 27 July to 7 August, competing in the two most popular events: the park and street skateboarding events. Athletes must carry out their most impressive tricks, meeting criteria for the degree of difficulty, speed and range of moves. Sport climbing It was the second time that sport climbing had come to the Olympic Games . In the Paris Games , the number of athletes climbed from 40 to 68 .Two competitions took place in sport climbing. One was a combined competition of bouldering and lead events, and the second one only featured a speed event. Whether you know it as indoor rock climbing or not, the best athletes in the sport climbing world competed in this unique event in 2024! Surfing For its second appearance at the Games following the Tokyo 2020 Games in 2021, surfing in the 2024 Olympics took place on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia. The island is over 9,000 miles from Paris, and it is known for its challenging waves. The events took place over four days in a 10-day window, from 27 July to 5 August. 1. How many Olympic sports are introduced in the passage? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five. 2. Which of the following first appeared in the Paris Olympics? A. Breaking. B. Skateboarding. C. Sport climbing. D. Surfing. 3. What does the underlined word “criteria” probably mean in Paragraph 2? A. 评判标准 B. 难度系数 C. 韵律节奏 D. 技能技巧 4. Which of the following sentences is true according to the passage? A. Breaking athletes from around the world showcased their skills without a time limit. B . Skateboarding , sport climbing and surfing made their second appearance in the Olympics. C. A number of athletes climbed rocks from 40 metres to 68 metres high in the sport climbing event. D. The island of Tahiti in French Polynesia is famous for its 10-day-long waves. 八、任务型阅读。 In 223 BC Meng Tian(蒙恬) led the army in a war against the Chu Kingdom. In those days, people wrote on silk with a kind of stick pen. The stick pen was very hard and made writing very slow. Meng Tian had to often write a great number of reports about the battlefield situation to the Qin ruler. He was frustrated(沮丧的) with the difficulty of writing, so he decided to make improvements. Between battles, Meng enjoyed hunting. One day, Meng hunted a wild rabbit. It was fat and heavy and its tail left a trail(痕迹) on the ground. Meng suddenly had an idea. He immediately tied the rabbit’s tail to a stick and tried writing with it. But the rabbit’s hair was too oily(多油的) to hold the ink. Meng felt very sad and threw his “rabbit hair brush pen” away into a hole in the rocks. However, Meng Tian couldn’t accept the failure and continued to spend time wondering how to improve the brush pen . A few days later, he was having a walk outside for some fresh air. By chance, he found the rabbit hair brush pen that he had thrown away. He picked it up and found that it had changed and was now soft and wet—holding water. Meng Tian got inspiration at once. He put the rabbit hair brush pen back in the ink and found it worked beautifully on silk. 根据短文内容, 回答问题。(每题答案不超过5个词) 1. What did people write with in 223 BC? ____________________________________________________________________ 2. What was Meng Tian’s hobby between battles? ____________________________________________________________________ 3. How did Meng Tian feel when he failed to write with the rabbit’s hair? ____________________________________________________________________ 4. How was the rabbit hair brush pen that he had thrown away? ____________________________________________________________________ 5. What do you think of Meng Tian? ____________________________________________________________________ 一、 1. blocks 2. situations 3. improved 4. since 5. waste 6. Husband 7. realize 8. pollution 二、 1. wives 2. impossible 3. married 4. factories 5. northern 三、 1. used to 2. take action 3. turns into 4. Luckily 5. have learned 四、 1. C 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. A 8. A 9. D 10. A 11. B 12. C 五、 1. have moved away; feel a bit lonely 2. from time to time 3. In some ways 4. Amazing changes have taken place in Kitty's hometown. 5. Has he lived in Sunshine Town all his life? 六、 1. has turned 2. hundred 3. lakes 4. pulled 5. villagers 6. factories 7. working 8. richer 9. get used to 10. pollution 七、 1. C 2. A 3. A 4. B 八、 1. A stick pen. 2. Hunting. 3. Sad. 4. Soft and wet. 5. Creative. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$