Unit 6 单元拔尖检测-2025-2026学年鲁教（五四）八年级英语上册

Unit 6 单元拔尖检测

(限时：100 分钟 满分：90 分)

第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分35 分)

第一节(共15 小题；每小题2 分，满分30 分)

阅读下列短文，从短文后每题所给的A、B、C 和D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Many Chinese people like American country music, such as the songs of John Denver. But some people don’t know when country music began.

At the beginning of the 20th century, country music was from the folk music of the Appalachian Mountains in the east of America. There, people sang while playing the violin and guitar. They sang about everyday life, love and their problems. The life in the countryside was hard, so the songs were sometimes a little sad.

One of the most popular country music singers, John Denver, is also quite famous to the Chinese. For Denver, music was a language that could bring the world together. He says music can bring people together. We will understand each other better through music. He also thinks that people are different in color and they may speak different languages, but people are the same in mind. All of them love music and can understand music.

The world lost a great man when John Denver died in 1997. But his music and words will live on.

(    ) 1. Country music is from the ______ of America.

A. pop music  B. jazz music

C. folk music  D. light music

(    ) 2. “For Denver, music was a language that could bring the world together.” means “people ______”.

A. can sing songs together

B. know languages and music

C. from all over the world sing the same songs

D. show their feelings through music and can understand each other better

(    ) 3. Which of the following is NOT right about John Denver?

A. He has been dead for over 20 years.

B. He is a great American country music singer.

C. He is also quite famous to the Chinese people.

D. He doesn’t think people are the same in mind.

B

J. K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, one of the best-sellers in the world. J. K. Rowling was born in Gwent on July 31, 1965. She has one sister who is two years younger than her. Both

girls loved listening to their father reading bedtime stories to them. They loved stories about magical (有魔力的) worlds. Rowling wrote her first story, called Rabbit, at the age of six. After she graduated (毕业) from university, Rowling worked in London. During that time, on a long train trip in the summer of 1990, the idea of a boy who has magic but doesn’t know it came to her. In 1992, Rowling began to teach English. She lived with her baby daughter, Jessica, and spent much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers. It came out in June 1997. To her surprise, the book was successful. The film came out in November 2001. Now Harry Potter series (系列) is popular with people of all ages. Why is the series so successful? Many other magical stories happen in faraway lands or in the past or future times. But Harry lives in modern England. He’s also a very normal (正常的) boy: polite, friendly and clever. So when other children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him. J. K. Rowling is very happy with the success. She says she will go on writing children’s books.

(    ) 4. J. K. Rowling ______.

A. has two sisters

B. lives with her son

C. worked in Gwent after university