Unit 1 Past and present 单元话题阅读填表练习-2024-2025学年八年级英语下册单元重难点易错题精练（牛津译林版）

Unit 1 Past and present 单元话题阅读填表练习 基础语篇巩固练 （22-23八年级上·江苏宿迁·期末）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填写表格，每空限填一词。 Life is like the four seasons. Now I am very old, and I am not busy any more. I have time to look back on it. When I was young, it was the spring of my life. I was born. I played a lot, and then I started school. I learned many new things. Like a flower, I grew bigger every day. There were happy days and sad days: some days the sun shone, and some days it didn’t. In my twenties, I started to work to make money. I was strong and happy. Then I married (结婚) and had a child. In those days, I didn’t have much time to think. Every day I was busy and worked very hard. The summer of my life passed quickly. Then the days got shorter. Leaves fell from the trees. My child was a college(大学) student, and then an engineer. I started walking more slowly. One day I didn’t work any more. I had more time. I understood this was my autumn, a beautiful time when the trees change colour and give us delicious fruits. But the days kept getting shorter and colder. Winter has come. I am older and not as strong as before. I know I do not have many days left, but I will enjoy them to the end and try to make my winter a warm one. The four 1 of my life Spring I was like a flower and 2 bigger every day. I played and learned a lot. And there were both happy days and 3 days. 4 I began making money and had my family in my twenties. I had 5 time to think. Time passed 6 . Autumn My child became a(n) 7 after leaving college. I walked slowly and I didn’t work any 8 . I knew it was my autumn. Winter I am older and not as 9 as before. I will enjoy my days to the end and make my life 10 . （22-23八年级上·江苏南京·期中）请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案填写在答题卡相应横线上。 Many people dream of going on a great travel adventure（探险）. Most of us keep dreaming; others make it happen. Gregg Bleakney’s dream was to travel the Americas from top to bottom. He got the idea after he finished a 1,600-kilometer bike ride. Gregg’s friend, Brooks Allen, was also a cyclist. The two friends talked and had the plan: they would travel from Alaska to Argentia by bike. To pay for the journey, Gregg and Brooks worked and saved money for years. Once they were on road, they often camped outdoors or stayed in rest houses so that they wouldn’t spend so much. In many places along their journey, local people opened their homes to the two friends and gave them food. During their trip, Gregg and Brooks cycled through desert, rainforest, and mountains. They visited different places. And everywhere they went they met other cyclists from all over the world. Two years, twelve countries, and over 30,500 km later—Gregg finally got to the city Ushuaia, Argentina, at the top of South America. Gregg and Brooks kept a record（记录）of their adventures in an online blog. The trip taught both men a lot about travelling. Here is what Gregg advises travellers: Travel light. The fewer things you take, the less you’ll worry about. Make flexible plans. Don’t plan everything, then you’ll be more relaxed and happier. Make yourself a polite person. As one traveler told Gregg, “Always remember that nobody wants to fight, cheat, or rob a nice guy.” Travel Adventure: From Alaska 1 Argentina Two cyclists, Gregg Bleakney and Brooks Allen, travelled the Americas from top to bottom. Planning The 2 came to Gregg after he finished a long bike ride. Then he 3 it with Brooks and they made the plan. Paying for the trip *They saved money for years. *To spend 4 money, they stayed in camps and rest houses at night. *Local people were 5 enough to welcome them and offer them food. 6 during the trip They cycled through different places and visited many places. They met different 7 . The end of the trip After travelling 30,500 km, they finally 8 the southernmost city in the world two years later. Advice from Gregg To 9 less, you should take fewer things with you. Make flexible plans. Be 10 . （22-23八年级上·江苏泰州·阶段练习）Vanilla is my best friend. She is a lovely girl with two big, beautiful eyes. But she always hides them behind a pair of glasses. One day, I nearly ended our friendship. I remember that day clearly(清楚地). The teacher gave us our results of a Chinese test. I did very badly. I felt so sad that I wouldn’t talk to anyone. At lunchtime, I even stayed in the classroom by myself. Suddenly, I heard a voice. It was Vanilla. “You look very unhappy,” she said. “What’s wrong?” I looked up at her, but said nothing. I knew Vanilla had a good mark in the test. I thought she was making fun of(取笑)me. I kept quiet, but Vanilla didn’t go away. She kept asking me questions, “Is it because of the exam? Do you want me to show you the right answers?” I looked away from her. When I looked up again, Vanilla went. And my exam paper was also losing! I looked everywhere for my paper, but couldn’t find it. In the afternoon, Vanilla came up to my desk and gave me my exam paper back. I looked at it and got a big surprise. The right answers are next to every one of my mistakes. My face turned red. Vanilla tries to help me all along. How nice she is! I wanted to hug(拥抱)her, but all I did was to hold her hands and say “Thank you”. That afternoon, Vanilla and I went home on foot together. I felt so happy that we were still best friends. Who is Vanilla? Vanilla is my 1 friend. She wears a pair of 2 . What happened one day? I did very 3 in the Chinese test. I felt very sad and I wouldn’t talk to anyone. I stayed in the classroom 4 at lunchtime. What did Vanilla do? She kept 5 me questions. She 6 my exam paper back. She wrote the right answers next to my 7 . What did I do then? I held her hands and 8 her. We 9 home together and we 10 still best friends. （21-22八年级下·江苏泰州·阶段练习）根据短文内容, 完成下面表格。每空一词。 Many Chinese who travel to the US find that though they have studied English for years, they have to “re-learn” it as soon as they arrive. Words that we learned in English classes are not pronounced the same way here. To truly be part of the “melting pot”, fluency(流利) in English is not enough. You need an accent(口音) to stand out. When I first came to the US for graduate school, I was a nervous foreigner. I felt so out of place that I wanted to hide everything about me that was “different”. To talk like an American became one of my goals. During my first term as a teaching assistant(TA), my students complained they could not understand me. I learned later from a study that this complaint was common among US students with an international TA．It is called the “Oh, no!” syndrome (情绪、举动), “Oh, no! Not another international TA, and not that accent again!’’ So I imitated(模仿) the way native speakers talk over time, I made such good progress that American friends started to think highly of my English as having “almost no accent’’. I took this as a sign of my success. Ever since, people have often thought of me as someone from many places: the Midwest, the West Coast, China, Japan, South Korea. Most often, people think I am from California. Suddenly, conformity (一致) was no longer a praise(表扬): If I talk like an American, am I still Chinese? If I lose my Chinese accent, do I also lose my cultural identity(身份)? Am I denying(否认) my past by being lost in a new culture? Now I realize that a person’s accent is a ever-lasting record of their past cultural experience and it is a mark of one’s experience. As a fourth-year student in the US, I am no longer a nervous foreigner. My nervousness has been replaced by a wish to hold on to my cultural origins. Now I add some Chinese “accent” on purpose when I speak. I do not wish to speak “perfect” English because I am proud of who I am. My Feeling of Speaking English in America Time Supporting details At the 1 I have to relearn English 2 arriving there, for my pronunciations of words are not the same as native 3 . My students complained that I couldn’t make myself 4 . During my 5 I made great 6 in spoken English by imitating the 7 local speakers talk. People often 8 me as someone from the Midwest, the West Coast, China, California and so on. At present I think it necessary to keep my 9 origins. I often speak English, 10 some Chinese “accent” because I am proud of being a Chinese. （20-21八年级下·江苏镇江·阶段练习）根据短文内容, 完成下面表格。 Now telephone, television, radio and the Internet all help people communicate with each other. As a result, ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know who wins the vote in another country. An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a TV set. When an earthquake or a flood happens in some places, news of these disasters can bring help from distant countries within hours. Help is on the way. Modern technology like the satellites(人造卫星）makes information travel fast. How has this speed of communication changed the world? To many people, the world has become smaller. Of course this does not mean that the world is really becoming smaller. It means that the world seems smaller. Two centuries ago, communication between two countries took a long time. In the 17th and 18th centuries, it took six weeks for news from Europe to reach America. This time difference influenced people’s actions. For example, a fight, or a war in 1812 between England and the United States could have been avoided(避免). A peace agreement had already been signed(签署）. Peace was made in England, but the news of peace took six weeks to reach America. During these six weeks, the large and serious War of New Orleans was fought. Many people lost their lives after the peace agreement had been signed. In the past, communication took much more time than it does now. With the help of modern technology, it’s much easier to get more information within a short time. Our lives are becoming faster and faster. Title: The World Is Getting Smaller Themes ＊Communication between people or countries is becoming much easier 1 of television, telephone, radio and the Internet. ＊ Ideas and news of events spread quickly spread around the world. Examples at 2 ＊ People can know the results of a vote that is being held in another country within seconds. ＊An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a TV set. ＊People from distant countries offer their 3 within hours when the news of a disaster like an earthquake or a flood comes. ＊ Thanks to modern technology,information goes faster now. Examples in the past Two 4 years ago,communication between the two countries took a long time. The news of peace agreement signed in England took six weeks to reach America. Conclusion （结论） Now communication takes 5 time than it did in the past. So it’s much easier to communicate with others. （22-23八年级下·江苏泰州·阶段练习）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。 For over 100 years, it is convenient (方便的) for people to go from one place to another by taxi. But sometimes there are no taxis coming to the place you are waiting. However, this has become a thing of the past since Uber app appeared. What is Uber Uber is an American company that provides a taxi service through an app on the smartphone. It was set up in March, 2009 and has grown quickly. An app, in fact, is a computer program working on smartphones, computers and other communication devices. By using your smartphone, it’s easy for you to order a taxi that takes you to any place. Uber app makes you feel good The nicest thing about Uber app is that you can see the place your taxi is or how long it will take to arrive at your place on your smartphone screen. And when you wait for the taxi, you can call or send messages to the driver because Uber app will give you the telephone number of the driver. Uber taxis are always available(可获得的) Uber is always there 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If you want to go somewhere, you can easily open Uber app at home or anywhere in the open air, then it connects you to the nearest driver. Usually it takes only between 5 and 15 minutes to get a Uber taxi by using Uber app. The advantages of Uber Many people like Uber because it is simple and very user-friendly. You are not related to(与……有关) a taxi company. If you are not happy with the ride and the driver, you can write complaints and give the driver a low score through Uber app, so Uber taxi drivers usually serve well. Generally speaking, Uber is simple and time-saving, and most importantly, it is very easy to use. The cost of a Uber taxi At Uber, the payment is easy through your bank card. How much you need to pay depends on the country and the city that you are in. There is no doubt (疑问) that Uber taxis are much cheaper than taxis you used to take. Uber 1 People’s Life More Convenient Brief (简要的) introduction ◆It is a company that provides a taxi service through an app on the smartphone. ◆It was set up in March, 2009 in the USA and has grown quickly. ◆You can order a taxi to take you to any place 2 . Good 3 Uber app brings you ◆The nicest thing is that you can see 4 your taxi is or how long it will take to reach your place. ◆The telephone number of the driver is shown in Uber app, so you can call or send messages to the driver while 5 . Uber taxis available ◆If you want to go somewhere, you can easily open Uber app at home or anywhere in the open air, then it can 6 you to the nearest driver with its help. ◆It’s usual for you to 7 between 5 and 15 minutes getting a Uber taxi by using Uber app. Advantages ◆You have nothing to do with a taxi company. ◆You can complain about the driver if you are not 8 with the ride and the driver. Generally speaking, Uber is simple and time-saving. ◆The most 9 advantage is that it is very easy to use. Cost ◆At Uber, the payment is easy through your bank card. ◆It’s certain that Uber taxis cost much 10 than the taxis you used to take. 重难语篇拔高练 （23-24八年级下·江苏泰州·阶段练习）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。 Times have changed, but falling asleep in class is still a usual thing among students. Why do students sometimes fall asleep in class? An obvious (明显的) reason is lack (缺乏) of sleep. However, there are also causes for getting too little sleep. Homework is a daily thing for most students, one that can take three to four hours per night to finish it. A student who wants to be able to take part in any activity besides homework must stay up late to fit everything in. Club activities, sports, computer-game playing, and TV viewing, for example, all make students have less time for both homework and sleep. Sometimes students lack sleep because of after-school jobs for their families. Physical (身体的) problems can also cause students to fall asleep in class. Insomnia (失眠), which may keep a student up at night, causing exhaustion (疲惫不堪) during class hours, is a serious problem. Medical evidence (证据) also supports the idea that each person has a body clock that helps to decide his or her sleep pattern (模式). Unluckily, these body clocks don’t always go well with their school timetables. The effects (影响) of falling asleep in class can be quite serious. First of all, sleeping in class is not a good way to endear (使受喜爱) yourself to teachers. And students may make jokes about those who sleep in class. However, the most serious effect of sleeping in class is missing out on important points. In the long run (从长远看), sleepers may end up failing classes. Since students are probably not going to deal with the problem, falling asleep in class will probably remain an all-too-common thing. It will continue (继续) until more teens find a way to balance their personal and social lives with school and work on their own, while still finding enough time to sleep. Introduction Time have changed, but falling asleep in class 1 happens. Causes Lack of sleep     To 2 doing their homework, students may have to work three to four hours every night.     To take part in 3 and finish homework, students may stay up late.     To spare (抽出) time for after-school jobs, students may not have 4 time to sleep. Physical problems     Insomnia may 5 students from falling asleep at night.     Students’ body clocks do not always 6 their school timetables. Effects     Teachers will not 7 the students who sleep in class.      8 students will laugh at those who sleep in class.     Students who sleep too much in class may 9 in their study. Conclusion The problem will not be solved until students 10 can manage (管理) their lives, deal with their school and work, and then still have time to sleep. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ Unit 1 Past and present 单元话题阅读填表练习 基础语篇巩固练 （22-23八年级上·江苏宿迁·期末）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填写表格，每空限填一词。 Life is like the four seasons. Now I am very old, and I am not busy any more. I have time to look back on it. When I was young, it was the spring of my life. I was born. I played a lot, and then I started school. I learned many new things. Like a flower, I grew bigger every day. There were happy days and sad days: some days the sun shone, and some days it didn’t. In my twenties, I started to work to make money. I was strong and happy. Then I married (结婚) and had a child. In those days, I didn’t have much time to think. Every day I was busy and worked very hard. The summer of my life passed quickly. Then the days got shorter. Leaves fell from the trees. My child was a college(大学) student, and then an engineer. I started walking more slowly. One day I didn’t work any more. I had more time. I understood this was my autumn, a beautiful time when the trees change colour and give us delicious fruits. But the days kept getting shorter and colder. Winter has come. I am older and not as strong as before. I know I do not have many days left, but I will enjoy them to the end and try to make my winter a warm one. The four 1 of my life Spring I was like a flower and 2 bigger every day. I played and learned a lot. And there were both happy days and 3 days. 4 I began making money and had my family in my twenties. I had 5 time to think. Time passed 6 . Autumn My child became a(n) 7 after leaving college. I walked slowly and I didn’t work any 8 . I knew it was my autumn. Winter I am older and not as 9 as before. I will enjoy my days to the end and make my life 10 . 【答案】 1．seasons 2．grew 3．sad 4．Summer 5．no 6．quickly 7．engineer 8．more 9．strong 10．warm 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。本文主要描述了作者回顾自己的一生的故事。 1．根据“Life is like the four seasons. ”可知，人生如同四季一样。故填seasons。 2．根据“ Like a flower, I grew bigger every day. ”可知，作者如同花一样，每天都在成长。故填grew。 3．根据“There were happy days and sad days”可知，有欢乐的日子也有悲伤的日子。故填sad。 4．根据“The summer of my life passed quickly.”可知，此段比20多岁的日子比作夏天。故填Summer。 5．根据“ I didn’t have much time to think.”可知，作者没有时间思考。故填no。 6．根据“ The summer of my life passed quickly.”可知，这段时间快速流逝。故填quickly。 7．根据“ My child was a college(大学) student, and then an engineer.”可知，作者的孩子毕业之后成为了一名工程师。故填engineer。 8．根据“One day I didn’t work any more.”可知，作者不用工作了。故填more。 9．根据“I am older and not as strong as before. ”可知，作者老了且不像之前那样强壮了。故填strong。 10．根据“but I will enjoy them to the end and try to make my winter a warm one.”可知，作者会一直享受自己的生活直达最后并让自己的生活再次温暖起来。故填warm。 （22-23八年级上·江苏南京·期中）请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案填写在答题卡相应横线上。 Many people dream of going on a great travel adventure（探险）. Most of us keep dreaming; others make it happen. Gregg Bleakney’s dream was to travel the Americas from top to bottom. He got the idea after he finished a 1,600-kilometer bike ride. Gregg’s friend, Brooks Allen, was also a cyclist. The two friends talked and had the plan: they would travel from Alaska to Argentia by bike. To pay for the journey, Gregg and Brooks worked and saved money for years. Once they were on road, they often camped outdoors or stayed in rest houses so that they wouldn’t spend so much. In many places along their journey, local people opened their homes to the two friends and gave them food. During their trip, Gregg and Brooks cycled through desert, rainforest, and mountains. They visited different places. And everywhere they went they met other cyclists from all over the world. Two years, twelve countries, and over 30,500 km later—Gregg finally got to the city Ushuaia, Argentina, at the top of South America. Gregg and Brooks kept a record（记录）of their adventures in an online blog. The trip taught both men a lot about travelling. Here is what Gregg advises travellers: Travel light. The fewer things you take, the less you’ll worry about. Make flexible plans. Don’t plan everything, then you’ll be more relaxed and happier. Make yourself a polite person. As one traveler told Gregg, “Always remember that nobody wants to fight, cheat, or rob a nice guy.” Travel Adventure: From Alaska 1 Argentina Two cyclists, Gregg Bleakney and Brooks Allen, travelled the Americas from top to bottom. Planning The 2 came to Gregg after he finished a long bike ride. Then he 3 it with Brooks and they made the plan. Paying for the trip *They saved money for years. *To spend 4 money, they stayed in camps and rest houses at night. *Local people were 5 enough to welcome them and offer them food. 6 during the trip They cycled through different places and visited many places. They met different 7 . The end of the trip After travelling 30,500 km, they finally 8 the southernmost city in the world two years later. Advice from Gregg To 9 less, you should take fewer things with you. Make flexible plans. Be 10 . 【答案】 1．to 2．idea 3．shared 4．less 5．kind 6．Experiences 7．cyclists 8．reached 9．worry 10．polite 【导语】本文讲述了两位好朋友骑自行车从阿拉斯加到阿根廷旅行的冒险经历。 1．根据“The two friends talked and had the plan: they would travel from Alaska to Argentia by bike.”可知，本文讲述了两位好朋友骑自行车从阿拉斯加到阿根廷旅行的冒险经历。故填to。 2．根据“He got the idea after he finished a 1,600-kilometer bike ride.”可知，这个想法是在他骑完1600公里的自行车旅程后产生的。故填idea。 3．根据“The two friends talked and had the plan: they would travel from Alaska to Argentia by bike.”可知，他把这个想法分享给了他的朋友Brooks，并一直制订了计划。根据“it with Brooks”可知此处应用动词短语share sth with sb，此处应用动词share的过去式shared。故填shared。 4．根据“Once they were on road, they often camped outdoors or stayed in rest houses so that they wouldn’t spend so much.”可知，一旦他们在路上，他们经常在户外露营或住在客栈，这样他们就不会花那么多钱。也就是说，他们在户外露营或住在客栈是为了少花钱，应用形容词less来修饰名词money。故填less。 5．根据“In many places along their journey, local people opened their homes to the two friends and gave them food.”可知，在旅途中的许多地方，当地人向这两个朋友敞开家门，并给他们食物。说明这些人非常善良，应用形容词kind来表示“善良的”。故填kind。 6．根据“During their trip, Gregg and Brooks cycled through desert, rainforest, and mountains. They visited different places. And everywhere they went they met other cyclists from all over the world.”可知，此处介绍他们的旅途中的经历，应用experience表示“经历”，此处用其复数形式experiences，且首字母要大写。故填Experiences。 7．根据“And everywhere they went they met other cyclists from all over the world.”可知，无论他们走到哪里，他们都会遇到来自世界各地的其他自行车手。故填cyclists。 8．根据“Two years, twelve countries, and over 30,500 km later—Gregg finally got to the city Ushuaia, Argentina, at the top of South America.”可知，两年，12个国家，30500多公里后，格雷格终于到达了位于南美洲顶端的阿根廷城市乌斯怀亚。此处应用动词reach表示“到达”，应用其过去式reached。故填reached。 9．根据“The fewer things you take, the less you’ll worry about.”可知，为了少担心，少带东西。to后跟动词原形。故填worry。 10．根据“Make yourself a polite person.”可知要做一个有礼貌的人，be动词后跟形容词polite作表语。故填polite。 （22-23八年级上·江苏泰州·阶段练习）Vanilla is my best friend. She is a lovely girl with two big, beautiful eyes. But she always hides them behind a pair of glasses. One day, I nearly ended our friendship. I remember that day clearly(清楚地). The teacher gave us our results of a Chinese test. I did very badly. I felt so sad that I wouldn’t talk to anyone. At lunchtime, I even stayed in the classroom by myself. Suddenly, I heard a voice. It was Vanilla. “You look very unhappy,” she said. “What’s wrong?” I looked up at her, but said nothing. I knew Vanilla had a good mark in the test. I thought she was making fun of(取笑)me. I kept quiet, but Vanilla didn’t go away. She kept asking me questions, “Is it because of the exam? Do you want me to show you the right answers?” I looked away from her. When I looked up again, Vanilla went. And my exam paper was also losing! I looked everywhere for my paper, but couldn’t find it. In the afternoon, Vanilla came up to my desk and gave me my exam paper back. I looked at it and got a big surprise. The right answers are next to every one of my mistakes. My face turned red. Vanilla tries to help me all along. How nice she is! I wanted to hug(拥抱)her, but all I did was to hold her hands and say “Thank you”. That afternoon, Vanilla and I went home on foot together. I felt so happy that we were still best friends. Who is Vanilla? Vanilla is my 1 friend. She wears a pair of 2 . What happened one day? I did very 3 in the Chinese test. I felt very sad and I wouldn’t talk to anyone. I stayed in the classroom 4 at lunchtime. What did Vanilla do? She kept 5 me questions. She 6 my exam paper back. She wrote the right answers next to my 7 . What did I do then? I held her hands and 8 her. We 9 home together and we 10 still best friends. 【答案】 1．best 2．glasses 3．badly 4．alone 5．asking 6．took 7．mistakes 8．thanked 9．walked 10．were 【导语】本文主要是作者在文中讲述了自己和好朋友Vanilla之间发生的一件事。 1．根据“Vanilla is my best friend.”可知，Vanilla是我最好的朋友。故填best。 2．根据“But she always hides them behind a pair of glasses.”可知，她戴一副眼镜。故填glasses。 3．根据“The teacher gave us our results of a Chinese test. I did very badly. ”可知，我语文考试考得很差。故填badly。 4．根据“I felt so sad that I wouldn’t talk to anyone. At lunchtime, I even stayed in the classroom by myself.”可知，午饭时间我一个人待在教室里。by myself“独自”，与alone同义。故填alone。 5．根据“She kept asking me questions”可知，她一直问我问题。故填asking。 6．根据“In the afternoon, Vanilla came up to my desk and gave me my exam paper back.”可知，她把我的试卷拿回来了。take back“归还”。故填took。 7．根据“The right answers are next to every one of my mistakes.”可知，她在我的错误旁边写下了正确的答案。故填mistakes。 8．根据“but all I did was to hold her hands and say ‘Thank you’.”可知，我握着她的手，向她道谢。此处题干句子为一般过去时，使用动词过去式。故填thanked。 9．根据“That afternoon, Vanilla and I went home on foot together. I felt so happy that we were still best friends.”可知，我们一起走回家。walk“步行”，使用动词过去式。故填walked。 10．根据“That afternoon, Vanilla and I went home on foot together. I felt so happy that we were still best friends.”可知，我们仍然是最好的朋友。故填were。 （21-22八年级下·江苏泰州·阶段练习）根据短文内容, 完成下面表格。每空一词。 Many Chinese who travel to the US find that though they have studied English for years, they have to “re-learn” it as soon as they arrive. Words that we learned in English classes are not pronounced the same way here. To truly be part of the “melting pot”, fluency(流利) in English is not enough. You need an accent(口音) to stand out. When I first came to the US for graduate school, I was a nervous foreigner. I felt so out of place that I wanted to hide everything about me that was “different”. To talk like an American became one of my goals. During my first term as a teaching assistant(TA), my students complained they could not understand me. I learned later from a study that this complaint was common among US students with an international TA．It is called the “Oh, no!” syndrome (情绪、举动), “Oh, no! Not another international TA, and not that accent again!’’ So I imitated(模仿) the way native speakers talk over time, I made such good progress that American friends started to think highly of my English as having “almost no accent’’. I took this as a sign of my success. Ever since, people have often thought of me as someone from many places: the Midwest, the West Coast, China, Japan, South Korea. Most often, people think I am from California. Suddenly, conformity (一致) was no longer a praise(表扬): If I talk like an American, am I still Chinese? If I lose my Chinese accent, do I also lose my cultural identity(身份)? Am I denying(否认) my past by being lost in a new culture? Now I realize that a person’s accent is a ever-lasting record of their past cultural experience and it is a mark of one’s experience. As a fourth-year student in the US, I am no longer a nervous foreigner. My nervousness has been replaced by a wish to hold on to my cultural origins. Now I add some Chinese “accent” on purpose when I speak. I do not wish to speak “perfect” English because I am proud of who I am. My Feeling of Speaking English in America Time Supporting details At the 1 I have to relearn English 2 arriving there, for my pronunciations of words are not the same as native 3 . My students complained that I couldn’t make myself 4 . During my 5 I made great 6 in spoken English by imitating the 7 local speakers talk. People often 8 me as someone from the Midwest, the West Coast, China, California and so on. At present I think it necessary to keep my 9 origins. I often speak English, 10 some Chinese “accent” because I am proud of being a Chinese. 【答案】 1．beginning 2．after 3．people’s 4．understood 5．stay 6．progress 7．way 8．considered 9．cultural 10．adding 【导语】本文通过作者在美国留学的经历阐述了口音的重要性。作者来美国留学时发现，他在国内英语课上所学的英语到了美国很多人听不懂。他发现这是中国口音的缘故。于是他模仿美国人的口音，后来他又认为，丢失了口音就是丢失了一个人的文化身份。于是，他在与美国人交流时仍然保留着中国口音。他为自己是一个中国人而自豪。 1．右栏介绍了作者刚开始到美国的经历，故填beginning。 2．根据“Many Chinese who travel to the US find that though they have studied English for years, they have to “re-learn” it as soon as they arrive.”可知，许多到美国旅游的中国人发现，尽管他们已经学了很多年英语，但他们一到美国就必须“重新学习”英语。所以是到达那里后，必须重新学习英语，故填after。 3．根据“Words that we learned in English classes are not pronounced the same way here.”可知，我们在英语课上学到的单词在这里的发音不一样。所以我的发音和当地人的不一样，故填people’s。 4．根据“During my first term as a teaching assistant(TA), my students complained they could not understand me.”可知，在我担任助教的第一个学期，我的学生抱怨说他们听不懂我的话。make oneself done“使某人被……”，故填understood。 5．文章开始是说作者刚到美国的情况，接下来就是说在美国“停留”期间的事情。故填stay。 6．根据“So I imitated(模仿) the way native speakers talk over time, I made such good progress”可知，所以我模仿母语人士说话的方式，随着时间的推移，我取得了很好的进步。故填progress。 7．根据“So I imitated(模仿) the way native speakers talk over time, I made such good progress”可知，我模仿母语人士说话的方式，故填way。 8．根据“Ever since, people have often thought of me as someone from many places: the Midwest, the West Coast, China, Japan, South Korea. Most often, people think I am from California.”可知，从那以后，人们经常认为我来自很多地方，consider sb as...“认为某人是”，时态是一般过去时，动词用过去式，故填considered。 9．根据“My nervousness has been replaced by a wish to hold on to my cultural origins.”可知，我的紧张情绪被保留我的文化渊源的愿望所取代。故填cultural。 10．根据“Now I add some Chinese “accent” on purpose when I speak.”可知，现在我说话的时候故意增加了一些中国“口音”，用现在分词作状语，故填adding。 （20-21八年级下·江苏镇江·阶段练习）根据短文内容, 完成下面表格。 Now telephone, television, radio and the Internet all help people communicate with each other. As a result, ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know who wins the vote in another country. An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a TV set. When an earthquake or a flood happens in some places, news of these disasters can bring help from distant countries within hours. Help is on the way. Modern technology like the satellites(人造卫星）makes information travel fast. How has this speed of communication changed the world? To many people, the world has become smaller. Of course this does not mean that the world is really becoming smaller. It means that the world seems smaller. Two centuries ago, communication between two countries took a long time. In the 17th and 18th centuries, it took six weeks for news from Europe to reach America. This time difference influenced people’s actions. For example, a fight, or a war in 1812 between England and the United States could have been avoided(避免). A peace agreement had already been signed(签署）. Peace was made in England, but the news of peace took six weeks to reach America. During these six weeks, the large and serious War of New Orleans was fought. Many people lost their lives after the peace agreement had been signed. In the past, communication took much more time than it does now. With the help of modern technology, it’s much easier to get more information within a short time. Our lives are becoming faster and faster. Title: The World Is Getting Smaller Themes ＊Communication between people or countries is becoming much easier 1 of television, telephone, radio and the Internet. ＊ Ideas and news of events spread quickly spread around the world. Examples at 2 ＊ People can know the results of a vote that is being held in another country within seconds. ＊An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a TV set. ＊People from distant countries offer their 3 within hours when the news of a disaster like an earthquake or a flood comes. ＊ Thanks to modern technology,information goes faster now. Examples in the past Two 4 years ago,communication between the two countries took a long time. The news of peace agreement signed in England took six weeks to reach America. Conclusion （结论） Now communication takes 5 time than it did in the past. So it’s much easier to communicate with others. 【答案】1．because 2．present 3．help 4．hundred 5．less 【分析】由于电视、电话、广播和互联网的普及，人们在短时间内可以轻易地获得更多的信息，我们的生活变得越来越快。文中列举了现代通信给带来的便利。 1．根据第一段“Now telephone, television, radio and the Internet all help people communicate with each other. As a result, ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the world” 可知，由于电视、电话、广播和互联网的普及，人们或国家之间的交流变得更加容易；故填because。 2．根据下一栏“Examples in the past”和右侧内容可知，此处介绍现在的例子；at present“现在”；故填present。 3．根据第一段“When an earthquake or a flood happens in some places, news of these disasters can bring help from distant countries within hours. Help is on the way”可知，当地震或洪水等灾难的消息传来时，来自遥远国家的人们会在数小时内提供帮助；offer one’s help“提供帮助”；故填help。 4．根据第二段“Two centuries ago, communication between two countries took a long time”两个世纪前，两国之间的交流要花很长时间；two centuries=two hundred years；故填hundred。 5．根据第二段“In the past, communication took much more time than it does now”可知在过去，沟通比现在花的时间多得多，因此现在沟通所需的时间比过去少的多；less“更少的”；故填less。 （22-23八年级下·江苏泰州·阶段练习）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。 For over 100 years, it is convenient (方便的) for people to go from one place to another by taxi. But sometimes there are no taxis coming to the place you are waiting. However, this has become a thing of the past since Uber app appeared. What is Uber Uber is an American company that provides a taxi service through an app on the smartphone. It was set up in March, 2009 and has grown quickly. An app, in fact, is a computer program working on smartphones, computers and other communication devices. By using your smartphone, it’s easy for you to order a taxi that takes you to any place. Uber app makes you feel good The nicest thing about Uber app is that you can see the place your taxi is or how long it will take to arrive at your place on your smartphone screen. And when you wait for the taxi, you can call or send messages to the driver because Uber app will give you the telephone number of the driver. Uber taxis are always available(可获得的) Uber is always there 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If you want to go somewhere, you can easily open Uber app at home or anywhere in the open air, then it connects you to the nearest driver. Usually it takes only between 5 and 15 minutes to get a Uber taxi by using Uber app. The advantages of Uber Many people like Uber because it is simple and very user-friendly. You are not related to(与……有关) a taxi company. If you are not happy with the ride and the driver, you can write complaints and give the driver a low score through Uber app, so Uber taxi drivers usually serve well. Generally speaking, Uber is simple and time-saving, and most importantly, it is very easy to use. The cost of a Uber taxi At Uber, the payment is easy through your bank card. How much you need to pay depends on the country and the city that you are in. There is no doubt (疑问) that Uber taxis are much cheaper than taxis you used to take. Uber 1 People’s Life More Convenient Brief (简要的) introduction ◆It is a company that provides a taxi service through an app on the smartphone. ◆It was set up in March, 2009 in the USA and has grown quickly. ◆You can order a taxi to take you to any place 2 . Good 3 Uber app brings you ◆The nicest thing is that you can see 4 your taxi is or how long it will take to reach your place. ◆The telephone number of the driver is shown in Uber app, so you can call or send messages to the driver while 5 . Uber taxis available ◆If you want to go somewhere, you can easily open Uber app at home or anywhere in the open air, then it can 6 you to the nearest driver with its help. ◆It’s usual for you to 7 between 5 and 15 minutes getting a Uber taxi by using Uber app. Advantages ◆You have nothing to do with a taxi company. ◆You can complain about the driver if you are not 8 with the ride and the driver. Generally speaking, Uber is simple and time-saving. ◆The most 9 advantage is that it is very easy to use. Cost ◆At Uber, the payment is easy through your bank card. ◆It’s certain that Uber taxis cost much 10 than the taxis you used to take. 【答案】 1．makes 2．easily 3．feelings 4．where 5．waiting 6．connect 7．spend 8．happy/pleased/satisfied 9．important 10．less 【导语】本文主要讲了一款打车app——优步，它让人们出行变得更加方便。 1．根据第一段的叙述可知，优步让人们出行变得更加方便，空处缺谓语动词，make表示“使，让”，时态为一般现在时，主语是单数，make用三单形式。故填makes。 2．根据第二段“By using your smartphone, it’s easy for you to order a taxi that takes you to any place.”可知通过智能手机可以轻易地叫出租车。修饰动词order用easy的副词形式easily。故填easily。 3．根据第三段小标题“Uber app makes you feel good”并结合空处可知，是一个同义句转换，good是形容词，修饰名词，用可数名词复数表示类别。故填feelings。 4．根据第三段“The nicest thing about Uber app is that you can see the place your taxi is or how long it will take to arrive at your place on your smartphone screen.”可知，能够看到你叫的车在哪儿，空处仅限一词，用where引导宾语从句。故填where。 5．根据第三段“And when you wait for the taxi, you can call or send messages to the driver because Uber app will give you the telephone number of the driver.”并结合空处可知，是一个同义句转换，指等车的时候，while后省略了you are，wait“等待”用现在分词waiting。故填waiting。 6．根据第四段“you can easily open Uber app at home or anywhere in the open air, then it connects you to the nearest driver.”并结合空处可知，它能让你与最近的司机联系上，情态动词后接动词原形。故填connect。 7．根据第四段“Usually it takes only between 5 and 15 minutes to get a Uber taxi by using Uber app.”可知，本句是原文的同义句转换，结构是：spend+时间+doing sth。不定式符号后接动词原形。故填spend。 8．根据第五段“If you are not happy with the ride and the driver, you can write complaints and give the driver a low score through Uber app”可知，如果对司机不满意，可以投诉，be happy/pleased/satisfied with sb“对某人满意”，故填happy/pleased/satisfied。 9．根据第五段“and most importantly, it is very easy to use.”可知，最重要的是，它很简单，空处用形容词作定语。故填important。 10．根据最后一段“There is no doubt (疑问) that Uber taxis are much cheaper than taxis you used to take.”并结合题目句子可知是同义句转换，即变为“优步出租车肯定比你以前坐的出租车花费更少”，故填less。 重难语篇拔高练 （23-24八年级下·江苏泰州·阶段练习）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。 Times have changed, but falling asleep in class is still a usual thing among students. Why do students sometimes fall asleep in class? An obvious (明显的) reason is lack (缺乏) of sleep. However, there are also causes for getting too little sleep. Homework is a daily thing for most students, one that can take three to four hours per night to finish it. A student who wants to be able to take part in any activity besides homework must stay up late to fit everything in. Club activities, sports, computer-game playing, and TV viewing, for example, all make students have less time for both homework and sleep. Sometimes students lack sleep because of after-school jobs for their families. Physical (身体的) problems can also cause students to fall asleep in class. Insomnia (失眠), which may keep a student up at night, causing exhaustion (疲惫不堪) during class hours, is a serious problem. Medical evidence (证据) also supports the idea that each person has a body clock that helps to decide his or her sleep pattern (模式). Unluckily, these body clocks don’t always go well with their school timetables. The effects (影响) of falling asleep in class can be quite serious. First of all, sleeping in class is not a good way to endear (使受喜爱) yourself to teachers. And students may make jokes about those who sleep in class. However, the most serious effect of sleeping in class is missing out on important points. In the long run (从长远看), sleepers may end up failing classes. Since students are probably not going to deal with the problem, falling asleep in class will probably remain an all-too-common thing. It will continue (继续) until more teens find a way to balance their personal and social lives with school and work on their own, while still finding enough time to sleep. Introduction Time have changed, but falling asleep in class 1 happens. Causes Lack of sleep     To 2 doing their homework, students may have to work three to four hours every night.     To take part in 3 and finish homework, students may stay up late.     To spare (抽出) time for after-school jobs, students may not have 4 time to sleep. Physical problems     Insomnia may 5 students from falling asleep at night.     Students’ body clocks do not always 6 their school timetables. Effects     Teachers will not 7 the students who sleep in class.      8 students will laugh at those who sleep in class.     Students who sleep too much in class may 9 in their study. Conclusion The problem will not be solved until students 10 can manage (管理) their lives, deal with their school and work, and then still have time to sleep. 【答案】 1．usually 2．finish 3．activities 4．enough/much 5．keep/stop/prevent 6．match 7．like/love 8．Likely/Possible 9．fail 10．themselves 【导语】本文主要介绍了学生在课堂上睡觉这一现象，以及这种现象出现的原因和产生的影响。 1．根据“Times have changed, but falling asleep in class is still a usual thing among students.”可知，时代变了，但是课堂上睡着仍是普遍发生的现象。usually“通常”，频度副词。故填usually。 2．根据“Homework is a daily thing for most students, one that can take three to four hours per night to finish it.”可知，为了完成家庭作业，学生每晚可能要花费三到四小时。finish“完成”，不定式符号to后用动词原形。故填finish。 3．根据“A student who wants to be able to take part in any activity besides homework must stay up late to fit everything in.”可知，参加任何活动和完成作业，学生都有可能会熬夜。activity“活动”，可数名词，此处用复数形式表示多种活动。故填activities。 4．根据“Sometimes students lack sleep because of after-school jobs for their families.”可知，由于课后的工作，学生可能会缺乏睡眠，即没有足够或很多的时间睡觉。enough“充足的”，much“很多的”，修饰不可数名词time。故填enough/much。 5．根据“Insomnia, which may keep a student up at night”可知，失眠会让学生彻夜难眠。“keep/stop/prevent sb. from doing sth.”意为“阻止某人做某事”，情态动词may后用动词原形。故填keep/stop/prevent。 6．根据“these body clocks don’t always go well with their school timetables”可知，学生的生物钟不能总是与学校时间表一致。match“相同；一致”，助动词do后用动词原形。故填match。 7．根据“sleeping in class is not a good way to endear yourself to teachers”可知，老师不会喜欢上课睡觉的学生。like/love“喜欢”，助动词will后用动词原形。故填like/love。 8．根据“And students may make jokes about those who sleep in class. ”可知，学生可能会拿那些上课睡觉的学生开玩笑。likely/possible“可能的”，形容词作定语，位于句首首字母大写。故填Likely/Possible。 9．根据“sleepers may end up failing classes”可知，课堂上睡觉的学生最后可能会挂科。fail in“失败”，情态动词may后用动词原形。故填fail。 10．根据“It will continue until more teens find a way to balance their personal and social lives with school and work on their own, while still finding enough time to sleep.”可知，这种情况将持续下去，直到学生能够管理他们的生活，处理好学业和工作，然后还有时间睡觉时，问题才能解决。设空处作主语的同位语表示强调，应填写students的反身代词，即“他们自己”，其英文表达为themselves。故填themselves。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$