专题06 阅读理解（说明文）（期中真题汇编，陕西专用）八年级英语上学期

专题06 阅读理解 说明文 主题01 人与社会——社会文化 Passage 1 （24-25八年级上·陕西·期中） People are spending much money buying mystery boxes (盲盒) these days. Usually, there are toys in mystery boxes, but now shops are putting food in them. They are “leftover mystery boxes”. They are more and more popular in China’s cities, such as Beijing, Nanjing and Chengdu. The food inside is near its expiration date (保质期) and will be thrown away if no one buys it. Each box costs little money but has a lot of food inside. I buy leftover mystery boxes from an app called Too Good To Go. Each box costs about 3 to 5 pounds (27 to 45 yuan), and there are usually three to four things inside. For example, a box I buy from the coffee shop has three kinds of bread and one cake. The box costs 3 pounds but the original price (原价) is around 10 pounds. Every time I buy a mystery box, I feel happier thinking about how much money I can save. Wasting less food is also good for the environment. But the boxes also bring me problems. Because I can’t choose what’s in the box, sometimes I get the same kind of food. Also, the food may not be nutritious (有营养的) enough. I have to make other choices, such as a salad, to make the meal healthier. 1. What is a leftover mystery box? A. A box with toys. B. A box with money. C. A box with food. D. A box with books. 2. Which is right about mystery boxes according to the passage? A. We can only buy them in Beijing, Nanjing and Chengdu. B. We can get more food with less money. C. The food price is higher than before. D. It wastes more food. 3. Why do the boxes bring problems to the writer? A. Because of fewer choices and less nutrition. B. Because he always gets the same kind of food. C. Because he loves salad. D. Because the food is nutritious enough. 4. What is the best title for the passage? A. Save food. B. Leftover mystery boxes become popular. C. Protect the environment. D. Eat a healthier meal. 【答案】1. C 2. B 3. A 4. B 【解析】 本文主要介绍了在中国城市中越来越流行的”剩食盲盒”。 1. 细节理解题。根据第一段“Usually, there are toys in mystery boxes, but now shops are putting food in them. They are ‘leftover mystery boxes’.”可知，“剩食盲盒”就是一个装有食物的盒子。故选C。 2. 细节理解题。根据第三段“Each box costs little money but has a lot of food inside.”可知，我们可以用更少的钱买到更多的食物。故选B。 3. 细节理解题。根据最后一段“But the boxes also bring me problems. Because I can’t choose what’s in the box, sometimes I get the same kind of food. Also, the food may not be nutritious (有营养的) enough.”可知，“剩食盲盒”给作者带来问题，是因为作者不能选择盒子里的东西，得到的食物也可能不够营养。故选A。 4. 标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了在中国城市中越来越流行的”剩食盲盒”。因此，选项B“剩食盲盒变得流行”是最佳标题。故选B。 Passage 2 （24-25八年级上·陕西咸阳·期中） Many of us buy things from vending machines (自动售货机). Most machines sell food and drinks. But this one is special. It sells novels (小说). You can see the special vending machines in France. You can find them easily in many places, such as airports, train stations and shopping malls. The vending machines sell lots of novels. The novels are not the same. Some are long and some are short. It’s easy to get a novel from the vending machines. First, you need to choose your reading time: 1 minute, 3 minutes or 55 minutes. Then, a piece of paper will come out of the vending machines. Finally, take away the paper and it is the novel you want. Lots of young people like the special vending machines. They say the novels from the vending machines can help them pass the time. They don’t want to use their mobile phones to read novels. They prefer to read novels on paper. 5. The passage is about vending machines which sell ________. A. food B. drinks C. water D. novels 6. You can see the special vending machines in ________. A. China B. America C. France D. Italy 7. When you want to buy the novel from the vending machines, the first thing you need to do is ________. A. to choose your reading time B. to put the coins inside C. to turn on your mobile phone D. to put a piece of paper inside 8. What does the underlined word “pass” probably mean in Chinese? A. 路过 B. 打发 C. 传递 D. 浪费 9. From the passage, we can know ________. A. what the special vending machines look like B. how much is a vending machine C. where the special vending machines are D. how you can use your mobile phone to buy novels 【答案】5. D 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. C 【解析】 本文是一篇说明文，介绍了一种特殊的自动售货机，这种机器在法国销售小说，而不是常见的食品和饮料。文章解释了如何使用这些机器，并提到年轻人对这种新型自动售货机的喜爱。 5. 细节理解题。根据“But this one is special. It sells novels (小说).”可知，这篇文章是关于售卖小说的自动售货机的。故选D。 6. 细节理解题。根据“You can see the special vending machines in France.”可知，这种特殊的自动售货机可以在法国看到。故选C。 7. 细节理解题。根据“First, you need to choose your reading time: 1 minute, 3 minutes or 55 minutes.”可知，当你想要从自动售货机购买小说时，你需要做的第一件事是选择你的阅读时间。故选A。 8. 词句猜测题。根据“They say the novels from the vending machines can help them pass the time.”可知，他们说自动售货机里的小说可以帮助他们打发时间，因此“pass”在这里的意思是“打发”。故选B。 9. 细节理解题。根据“You can see the special vending machines in France. You can find them easily in many places, such as airports, train stations and shopping malls.”可知，从这篇文章中我们可以知道这种特殊的自动售货机在哪里。故选C。 主题02 人与自我——生活与学习 Passage 3 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安·阶段练习） As students in Singapore, we will have about a-month-long holiday for summer. We don’t have as much homework as Chinese students, so we have more time to learn a lot of things out of the textbooks (课本). During this time, many would travel overseas (国外) because Singapore is much smaller than Xi’an. If our parents have no time or can’t afford (负担得起) a vacation, there are many, many activities and summer camps for students. The most popular activities are programming (编程), sports, language, art and cooking classes. Aside from that, students who stay in Singapore may spend our time in the public libraries, public swimming pools, gyms (健身房) and stadiums (体育馆). Students don’t have to pay much, usually we pay nothing. Students always have something interesting to do in our summer holidays. All in all, Singaporean students can either travel or stay. Maybe we can’t travel in other countries (国家), we still can have fun in Singapore. 10. How long is the summer vacation for the students in Singapore? A. Ten days. B. Thirty days. C. fifty days. D. A week. 11. The students in China has _________ the ones in Singapore. A. more homework than B. as much homework as C. less homework D. the same homework as 12. —What cannot the students who stay in the country do? —They cannot _________. A. read is the public libraries B. go swimming in public swimming pools C. exercise in the gyms and stadiums D. travel everywhere 13. What does the writer think of the summer vacation for the students in Singapore? A. It is special. B. It is quite busy. C. It is boring. D. It is interesting. 【答案】10. B 11. A 12. D 13. D 【解析】 本文介绍了新加坡学生的暑假生活是如何度过的。 10. 细节理解题。根据“As students in Singapore, we will have about a-month-long holiday for summer.”可知，新加坡学生会有一个月的暑假，故选B。 11. 细节理解题。根据“We don’t have as much homework as Chinese students,”可知，新加坡学生的作业比中国学生少。故选A。 12. 细节理解题。根据“Aside from that, students who stay in Singapore may spend our time in the public libraries, public swimming pools, gyms (健身房) and stadiums (体育馆). ”可知，留在新加坡的学生可以在公共图书馆、公共游泳池、健身房和体育场度过暑假，故选D。 13. 细节理解题。根据“Students always have something interesting to do in our summer holidays.”可知，新加坡的学生的暑假很有趣。故选D。 Passage 4 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安·阶段练习） Canada and the United States are neighbours. They are on the same land. They share the same long boundary (国界). These two nations are same in many ways. Canadians buy many goods from the United States. Cars and clothes are two examples. Americans also buy goods from Canada. Much of the paper used in the United States comes from Canada. Some of the oil we use comes from Canada, too. Americans travel to Canada on holiday. And Canadians often visit the United States. It is easy for the people of one country to go to the other country. Canadians read about the United States in newspapers and magazines. Many Americans watch Canada baseball and hockey matches on Sundays. However, there are important differences between the United States and Canada. The United States has many more people. Because the population (人口) is smaller, there are more open places in Canada. There is much unusual land. This is another important difference. 14. Canadians buy ________ from the United States. A. oil and paper B. nothing C. many things D. everything 15. The people in the United States like Canadian ________. A. newspaper B. baseball C. basketball D. oil 16. Which one of the following is NOT true? A. Canada is connected (连接) with America. B. Canada has not used all the land. C. Canadians don’t like hockey. D. Canada has less people than USA. 【答案】14. C 15. B 16. C 【解析】 本文讲述了美国的邻居加拿大的概况，包括它的进口和出口物品，运动项目及美国的不同之处等。 14. 细节理解题。根据“Canadians buy many goods from the United States.”可知，加拿大人从美国购买许多商品。故选C。 15. 细节理解题。根据“Many Americans watch Canada baseball and hockey matches on Sundays.”可知，美国人喜欢加拿大的棒球。故选B。 16. 推理判断题。根据“Many Americans watch Canada baseball and hockey matches on Sundays”可知，许多美国人在星期天看加拿大的棒球和曲棍球比赛，由此可推知加拿大人喜欢曲棍球，C选项表述错误。故选C。 主题03 人与自我——运动 Passage 5 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安期中） In recent years, plank exercise has become more and more popular. It’s easy to find a right place to do plank exercise. You can even do it with a chair! But you should know one thing—using a stable chair to make sure your safety. It is dangerous if the chair moves during exercise. Moreover, doing plank exercise often may bring you lots of benefits. Doing plank exercise as a home exercise before or after school will not only speed up your metabolism (新陈代谢), but also keep your metabolic rate high all day long. Doing it often will make you burn lots of calories (卡路里). This is especially useful if you have to sit in the classroom for hours every day. A high metabolic rate will help you lose weight and keep in good shape. Doing plank exercise can also improve your balance (平衡) and relax the muscle groups. As a result, it can have a powerful and good effect on our body. By making plank exercise a habit, you will not only be stronger and more balanced, but also happier and more focused in class. For all the benefits of plank exercise, will you make it a part of your everyday life? 17. What does the underlined word “stable” mean in Chinese? A. 干净的 B. 稳定的 C. 昂贵的 D. 健康的 18. What’s Paragraph 3 mainly about? A. Doing plank exercise is dangerous. B. Doing plank exercise is good for our body. C. Only men can do plank exercise. D. Plank exercise is not easy for young people. 19. The text may be from ________. A. a guidebook B. a story book C. a sports newspaper D. a science magazine 【答案】17. B 18. B 19. C 【解析】 本文为一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了平板支撑这一运动的好处。 17. 词义猜测题。根据“But you should know one thing—using a stable chair to make sure your safety.”可推知，稳定、稳固的椅子才能确保安全，stable应意为“稳定的”。故选B。 18. 段落大意题。根据“Doing plank exercise can also improve your balance (平衡) and relax the muscle groups.”及第三段内容可知，本段主要介绍做平板运动对我们的身体有什么好处。故选B。 19. 推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了平板支撑的好处以及如何进行平板支撑，可能选自一份体育运动报纸。故选C。 主题01 人与自我——饮食与健康 Passage 6 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安·期中） For years, American parents are trying to get children to drink fewer sugary (含糖的) drinks such as Coca Cola and Pepsi because sugary drinks make many people get fat. And being fat can bring many health problems later in life. Children are drinking fewer sugary drinks these days. They turn to sports drinks. There are many ads (广告) for sports drinks on TV and they show sports stars or movie stars having the drink. These ads make the drinks look healthy. In fact, they are not. Sports drinks have lots of sugar, too. Scientists at Harvard University did a survey (调查) in 2023 to find out how many sports drinks high school students had. They surveyed 22,000 students and found those students were drinking sports drinks more than they did before. Almost one third of the students drank one to three sports drinks each week. And more than one tenth had four to six drinks. Students in sports teams would have sports drinks each day and they maybe had one or more. The same was true of those students who watched TV for over two hours every day. “Although water is the best choice for kids, sometimes having a sports drink is fine. If someone is on a long bike ride or in an all-day race, he can have one,” said Tomas Hardy, a health expert (专家). “But if kids play sports or have soccer practice for only 20 minutes, they just need water or a little fruit juice.” 20. Parents don’t want their children to drink sugary drinks for their ________. A. health B. study C. happiness D. mind 21. More than ________ of the students had four to six drinks. A. one third B. one tenth C. twenty percent D. fifteen percent 22. According to Tomas Hardy, it is fine for ________ to have a sports drink. A. kids who play sports for 5 minutes B. people who have soccer practice for only 20 minutes C. someone who rides a bike for a long time D. children who rides a bike for a short time 23. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Sports drinks are healthier than Coca Cola and water. B. It’s wrong for anyone to drink sports drinks. C. In the survey of Harvard University, students in sports teams had sports drinks as often as students who watched TV for over two hours every day. D. It is necessary for the kids who play sports for only 20 minutes to have a sports drink. 【答案】20. A 21. B 22. C 23. C 【解析】 本文讲述了美国青少年饮用含糖饮料的趋势及其健康影响。 20. 细节理解题。根据“For years, American parents are trying to get children to drink fewer sugary (含糖的) drinks such as Coca Cola and Pepsi because sugary drinks make many people get fat. And being fat can bring many health problems later in life” 可知，父母不希望孩子喝含糖饮料是为了他们的健康着想。故选A。 21. 细节理解题。根据“Almost one third of the students drank one to three sports drinks each week. And more than one tenth had four to six drinks.”可知，有超过十分之一的学生每周喝四到六杯运动饮料。故选B。 22. 细节理解题。根据“If someone is on a long bike ride or in an all-day race, he can have one,”可知，如果有人进行长途骑行，喝运动饮料是可以的。故选C。 23. 细节理解题。根据“Students in sports teams would have sports drinks each day and they maybe had one or more. The same was true of those students who watched TV for over two hours every day.”可知，参加体育运动的学生喝运动饮料的频率和每天看电视超过两小时的学生一样。故选C。 主题02 人与自我——生活与学习 Passage 7 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安·阶段练习） Here are some apps to make study easier and fun! Khan Academy It’s like a fun learning app that helps you learn new things really fast! You can practice, watch videos that teach you, and see how well you’ re doing on your special page. This app covers lots of different subjects like math, computers, and arts. It’s not just in English, you can find it in many other languages, too. Goodnotes With the app Goodnotes, note-taking becomes easier and more fun! You can draw whatever you want and use all kinds of colors, bringing your notes and ideas to life. One user says it’s really useful for taking notes on subjects such as math and chemistry. Study notes can be made into note cards for easy reviewing (复习) and your text can be turned into audio so you can listen to them. Photomath For many, math is often the most difficult subject to learn at school. Learning it from textbooks can often be boring. This is where the app Photomath can help. By taking photos of the difficult problems and searching for more information online, this app has helped students understand math better and helps them with challenging homework. Some people say that this app will not help you if you just use it to get the answer to problems without thinking them through. 24. When John learns math through apps, he can use ________. ①Khan Academy    ② Goodnotes    ③ Photomath A. ①② B. ②③ C. ①③ D. ①②③ 25. When taking notes with Goodnotes, Lisa can do the following except (除了) ________. A. Draw pictures about her text. B. Use her favorite colors for each note. C. Listen to her teachers teach her about the text. D. Make her notes into easy reviewing cards. 26. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean? A. The app is not helpful for your study. B. You should think about the answer after using the app. C. You should think of the answer without using this app. D. The app is not helpful because it only gets the answer to the question. 【答案】24. D 25. C 26. B 【解析】 本文主要介绍了几款让学习变得更简单有趣的应用程序。 24. 细节理解题。根据应用程序Khan Academy中介绍“This app covers lots of different subjects like math, computers, and arts”，应用程序Photomath中介绍“By taking photos of the difficult problems and searching for more information online, this app has helped students understand math better and helps them with challenging homework”，及应用程序Goodnotes中介绍“One user says it’s really useful for taking notes on subjects such as math and chemistry.”可知约翰学习数学可以使用Khan Academy、Photomath和Goodnotes。故选D。 25. 细节理解题。根据“You can draw whatever you want and use all kinds of colors”可知使用Goodnotes应用程序可以画任何你想要的东西，并且可以使用各种颜色，所以A、B项是丽萨能做的事情；根据“Study notes can be made into note cards for easy reviewing”可知使用Goodnotes应用程序能把笔记制作成易于复习的卡片，故D项也是丽萨能做的事情。而C项“听她的老师教她关于课文的内容”没有提及，所以丽萨除了C项内容，其他都能利用Goodnotes应用程序来做。故选C。 26. 推理判断题。根据划线部分“Some people say that this app will not help you if you just use it to get the answer to problems without thinking them through”可知，如果只是用这个应用来得到问题的答案而不去思考问题本身，那么这个应用对你不会有帮助，由此可知在使用应用程序之后应该思考答案，故选B。 主题03 人与自然——自然生态 Passage 8 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安·期中） People depend on plants. They are useful in our life and we can’t live without them. Plants keep our air and water clean. Green plants give us oxygen (氧气). Oxygen is part of the air we breathe. Plants are also part of the water cycle. Most of the water goes back into the air after a plant takes it in (吸收). Plants give us a lot of food on the earth. Fruits, vegetables, and grains come from plants. Without plants, we would not have bread, rice, carrots, apples, oranges, or bananas! Plants are also important resources (资源). For example, trees provide wood to build homes and furniture. Trees are used to make lots of things around your home and at your school. And trees provide fruits that are good for you. Without trees, the earth would be a very different place. All in all, plants are very important in our daily life. We can see plants everywhere. Many people are also growing plants in their own gardens at home. When people grow their own fruits and vegetables, they help cut down pollution (污染物) because big trucks don’t need to take their food to shops. People can just pick it out of the ground or off a plant and put it into a basket! Why don’t you just start to grow your own plants now? 27. Where does the water go after a plant takes it in? A. It stays in the river. B. It goes back into the air. C. It goes into the ground. D. It stays in the plant. 28. What does the underlined phrase “cut down” mean in Paragraph 6? A. 排出 B. 产生 C. 减少 D. 增加 29. What is the best title of the passage? A. A Different Place B. The Uses of Plants C. Food on the Earth D. Gardens at Home 30. What is the structure of the passage? A. B. C. D. 【答案】27. B 28. C 29. B 30. A 【解析】 本文主要介绍了植物在人类生活中的重要作用。 27. 细节理解题。根据“Most of the water goes back into the air after a plant takes it in”可知，大部分的水在植物吸收后又回到了空气中，故选B。 28. 词义猜测题。根据“because big trucks don’t need to take their food to shops”可知，大卡车不需要把食物送到商店，这对于减少污染物有帮助，所以划线单词表示“减少”，故选C。 29. 最佳标题题。根据“People depend on plants”及全文的内容可知，本文主要介绍了植物在人类生活中的重要作用，所以B选项“植物的用途”符合，故选B。 30. 篇章结构题。通读全文可知，第一段总说人们依赖植物；第二段到第五段介绍了植物的作用；第六段总结植物在日常生活中非常重要，故选A。 Passage 9 （24-25八年级上·福建泉州·期中） What genetics (基因) did your parents pass on to you? Was it their eye color or their height? It could be their characters or their musical talent. Or maybe it was their anxiety (焦虑) about math. A US study found that genetics can decide children’s math skills and anxiety over math. It studied over 500 sets of twins and found that genetics has something to do with math anxiety. Over 10 years, the twins did math tests and filled out questions about their math anxiety. They found that fraternal twins (twins with different genetics) had different skills and anxiety over math. Identical twins (twins with the same gene set) were similar. This shows genes can influence (影响) people’s anxiety over math. Math anxiety has a stronger influence on a child’s abilities. It could bring the same feeling as being hurt in the body. This anxiety means that students will not want to practice math as much as they should. Then, they become even worse at math. It only adds to their anxiety about it. But if you’re bad at math, don’t just look at your parents. Math anxiety is still rare —genetic reasons explained about 40 percent. The environment, including school and family, is also a reason. So in life, it’s important to know how to deal with math anxiety. 31. Which question did the study try to answer? A. Can parents pass on their character to their children? B. Can genetics decide on children’s math anxiety? C. Why is math a difficult subject? D. What makes twins different? 32. Why did identical twins have similar math anxiety? A. Because they had similar math skills. B. Because they greatly influenced each other. C. Because they did the same number of math exercises. D. Because they shared the same gene set. 33. According to the article we can learn that ________. A. math anxiety can help students face problems B. children with better abilities won’t be better at math C. math anxiety makes students feel worse with math D. genetics is the main reason for math anxiety 34. What does the underlined word “rare” in the last paragraph mean? A. Common. B. Uncertain. C. Unusual. D. Interesting. 35. What might the next paragraph of the passage talk about? A. Reasons for math anxiety. B. Ways of learning math well. C. How to communicate with parents. D. How to deal with math anxiety. 【答案】31. B 32. D 33. C 34. C 35. D 【解析】 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了基因对孩子数学能力和数学焦虑的影响。 31. 细节理解题。根据第一段“What genetics (基因) did your parents pass on to you? …Or maybe it was their anxiety (焦虑) about math.”可知，研究试图回答基因能否决定孩子的数学焦虑。故选B。 32. 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“They found that fraternal twins (twins with different genetics) had different skills and anxiety over math. Identical twins (twins with the same gene set) were similar. This shows genes can influence (影响) people’s anxiety over math.”可知，同卵双胞胎有相似的数学焦虑，是因为基因会影响他们对数学的焦虑。故选D。 33. 细节理解题。根据第三段“Math anxiety has a stronger influence on a child’s abilities. It could bring the same feeling as being hurt in the body.”以及第四段中的“This anxiety means that students will not want to practice math as much as they should. Then, they become even worse at math.”可知，数学焦虑会让学生在数学方面感觉更糟。故选C。 34. 词句猜测题。根据最后一段中的“Math anxiety is still rare —genetic reasons explained about 40 percent. The environment, including school and family, is also a reason.”可知，数学焦虑仍然很少见，大约40%是由遗传原因造成的，所以划线部分的含义是“罕见的”。故选C。 35. 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“So in life, it’s important to know how to deal with math anxiety.”可推断出，文章的下一段可能谈论如何应对数学焦虑。故选D。 主题04 人与社会——科学与技术 Passage 10 （24-25八年级上·陕西·阶段练习） What is going to happen in the future? Will robots control (控制) our world? Will computers become smarter than us? Probably no. But here are some things that scientists say that will happen in 10-30 years from now, according to the BBC. Bionic (仿生的) Eyes They’re no longer something only in a movie. Now we have them in real life. People who are blind would be able to see things clearly by wearing bionic eyes. A blind eye can’t see things, but a bionic eye can use a machine to “see” the environment and send information to the mind. Digital (数字的) Money Now we can use WeChat Pay (微信支付) or Alipay (支付宝) to shop. That means we are already using digital money. People only need to take a phone wherever they go. Using these ways is much easier than looking for money in our pockets. However, it is not true at all. The truth is that digital money is even safer. Self-driving (自动驾驶) Cars There are some machines on the car. They can make the car follow the rules of the road and keep a safe space from other cars. This would make the road safer. You can even take a short rest when the car drives itself. In the future, self-driving cars would be used by many people. 36. Bionic eyes send information to ________ . A. the mind B. the camera C. the computer D. the heart 37. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Bionic eyes can only appear in a film. B. We can have a short rest when using self-driving cars. C. Self-driving cars don’t have to follow the traffic rules. D. Everybody in the world likes using digital money. 38. What is the passage mainly about? A. Some new things in the future. B. How to help the blind people see. C. Self-driving cars in the future. D. The importance of phones. 【答案】36. A 37. B 38. A 【解析】 本文主要介绍了科学家预测在未来10-30年内可能发生的几项科技变革。 36. 细节理解题。根据“but a bionic eye can use a machine to ‘see’ the environment and send information to the mind.”可知，仿生眼睛将信息传送到大脑。故选A。 37. 细节理解题。根据“You can even take a short rest when the car drives itself.”可知，人们可以在车辆自行驾驶时短暂休息。故选B。 38. 主旨大意题。根据“But here are some things that scientists say that will happen in 10-30 years from now, according to the BBC.”及通读全文可知，本文主要介绍未来的一些新事物。故选A。 Passage 11 （24-25八年级上·陕西·阶段练习） “Turn left! Turn right!” In the information technology (IT) class, Zhang Ruixuan was controlling a robot to move around. “This is part of our artificial intelligence (AI) courses,” said the 10th grader from Beijing 101 Middle School. The school provides AI (人工智能) classes to both junior and senior high school students. Apart from compulsory (必修的) courses that teach basic knowledge, there are also optional (选修的) courses if students want to learn more. “This year in our compulsory class, we have learned coding (编程) through a programming language called Python,” said Zhang. Using Python to code is a basic skill for training AI models. AI courses are starting to appear in high schools. In recent years, Python has been tested in high school graduation exams in places like Beijing, Jiangsu and Anhui. In fact, having AI education in schools has become a growing in many places, ________. In 2020, Zhejiang added AI education into textbooks from Grade 5 in primary school all the way to senior high. In the city of Wenzhou, the government is planning to build 1,000 AI experimental schools by 2025. “With the development of technology, our textbooks have been changing all the time,” said Shang Yin, an IT teacher from Beijing 101 Middle School. “From typing to using Word and Excel, and then today’s coding and AI, the courses are keeping up with the times and teaching students necessary skills. In the future, there will be more jobs where AI knowledge is required. Even in daily life, people may need to understand things like ChatGPT and the Internet of things. AI education will become increasingly important,” Shang added. 39. Which of the following can be put in “________”? A. robots is coming to class B. with Zhejiang Province being a typical example C. the courses start to appear in high school D. many students are learning about AI now 40. What do we know about the AI class at Beijing 101 Middle School? A. It is an optional course. B. It only teaches basic knowledge. C. It often makes students feel stressed. D. It teaches students to code with Python. 41. Why is AI education becoming increasingly important according to the passage? A. Because AI is included in all high school graduation exams. B. Because understanding AI is becoming a necessary skill. C. Because AI is going to take over school education. D. Because AI is students’ powerful competitor. 【答案】39. B 40. D 41. B 【解析】 本文主要介绍了北京101中学和浙江省等地在中小学课程中引入了人工智能课程的情况。并预计未来人工智能知识在就业和日常生活中将变得越来越重要，因此人工智能教育的重要性将显著增加。 39. 推理判断题。根据“In 2020, Zhejiang added AI education into textbooks from Grade 5 in primary school all the way to senior high.”可知，2020年，浙江将人工智能教育纳入小学五年级至高中的教科书，此处说的是浙江省的例子，B选项“以浙江省为典例”符合语境。故选B。 40. 细节理解题。根据“This year in our compulsory class, we have learned coding through a programming language called Python”可知，北京101中学教学生们用Python进行编程。故选D。 41. 推理判断题。根据“From typing to using Word and Excel, and then today’s coding and AI, the courses are keeping up with the times and teaching students necessary skills. In the future, there will be more jobs where AI knowledge is required.”可知，因为AI将成为人们必要的技能，所以AI课程变得越来越重要。故选B。 主题05 人与社会——社会服务 Passage 12 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安·期中） It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose (目的) of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted (接受) by all people. Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail (详细地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living. Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of humans. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays, and the most importantly, take an interest in the world. I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason. 42. People with little education usually ________. A. spend a long time in school B. have a good chance to get a job C. spend the best years to choose jobs D. have fewer chances to get a good job 43. The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “________” in Chinese. A. 圆满的 B. 崭新的 C. 圆形的 D. 全面的 44. It is expected that educated people will be able to ________. A. accept education as a way of living B. take an interest in the whole world C. develop their abilities to make plays D. learn subjects like language and math 45. The passage mainly tells us that ________. A. education can make people improve themselves B. people can get education in a short time C. people get education only to get better paying jobs D. all subjects are so important to get a better education 【答案】42. D 43. D 44. B 45. A 【解析】 本文讲述了有些人认为人们接受教育是为了谋生，但是作者认为接受教育的意义不仅限于此，接受教育可以帮助人们提高自己各方面的能力，更重要的是激发对这个世界的兴趣。 42. 细节理解题。根据第一段中“In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t.”可知，受过很少教育或没受过教育的人获得好工作的机会更少。故选D。 43. 词句猜测题。根据第三段中“Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities.”可知，教育是全面的，应该在很多方面提高一个人。它不仅要教他说话、读、写，而且要培养他的创造性思维和其他能力。因此划线词“well-rounded”意为“全面的”。故选D。 44. 细节理解题。根据第三段中“Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays, and the most importantly, take an interest in the world.”可知，受过教育的人们能听好音乐、读好书、看戏剧和最重要的是对这个世界感兴趣。故选B。 45. 主旨大意题。根据第三段“Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man.”及全文可知，本文主要表达了教育是全面的，接受教育可以帮助人们提高自己各方面的能力，选项A“教育可以使人提高自我”符合文章主题。故选A。 Passage 13 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安·阶段练习） Who’s building the new China? It’s not the factory owners or the business men. It’s someone else. We see them every day. They work day and night in the terrible working places and weather. They build the roads, the theaters, the cinemas and the supermarkets. They even clean up our rubbish. They are China’s migrant workers (民工). Over 140 million workers left their homes in the countryside to look for jobs in big cities around China. They hope to be rich, but they find they have many difficulties in making enough money. And one of the difficulties is the pride and discrimination (歧视) from the people in cities. When night falls. I see the sad faces of the migrant workers. Many are living far away from the people whom they love. Yes, they dress differently, they speak differently, and they have different habits, but they work hard. The people in cities think they are outsiders, and most governments refuse (拒绝) to give them medical care (医疗) and public schooling for their children. If China hopes to move into the future, many things need to change. The first is discrimination! We need to stop our discrimination against the migrant workers of China! They may not make as much money as some people in cities, but they are good people just trying to survive (生存). These workers are very important and necessary to China’s economic development (经济发展) and play an important role in changing Chinese society (社会). They are building the new China, so we should help them. 46. The writer thinks ________ is building the new China. A. the factory owners of China B. the business men and women of China C. the migrant workers of China D. the people in Chinese cities 47. China’s migrant workers work ________. A. only at night B. day and night C. in good working conditions D. when the weather is fine 48. What is the best title for the fourth and fifth paragraphs? A. Moving into the future. B. The discrimination from the people in cities. C. How to make more money. D. A lonely life. 【答案】46. C 47. B 48. B 【解析】 本文主要讲述了中国的农民工如何在不利的社会条件和工作环境中努力工作以建设新中国，并呼吁停止对他们的歧视。 46. 细节理解题。根据“Who’s building the new China?.. They are China’s migrant workers (民工).”可知，作者认为正在建设新中国的是中国的农民工。故选C。 47. 细节理解题。根据“They work day and night in the terrible working places and weather.”可知，民工们整天都在工作，无论白天还是晚上。故选B。 48. 最佳标题题。根据第四段和第五段内容，可以看出这两段主要讨论的是来自城市人们的歧视问题。故选B。 1 / 2 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 专题06 阅读理解 说明文 主题01 人与社会——社会文化 Passage 1 （24-25八年级上·陕西·期中） People are spending much money buying mystery boxes (盲盒) these days. Usually, there are toys in mystery boxes, but now shops are putting food in them. They are “leftover mystery boxes”. They are more and more popular in China’s cities, such as Beijing, Nanjing and Chengdu. The food inside is near its expiration date (保质期) and will be thrown away if no one buys it. Each box costs little money but has a lot of food inside. I buy leftover mystery boxes from an app called Too Good To Go. Each box costs about 3 to 5 pounds (27 to 45 yuan), and there are usually three to four things inside. For example, a box I buy from the coffee shop has three kinds of bread and one cake. The box costs 3 pounds but the original price (原价) is around 10 pounds. Every time I buy a mystery box, I feel happier thinking about how much money I can save. Wasting less food is also good for the environment. But the boxes also bring me problems. Because I can’t choose what’s in the box, sometimes I get the same kind of food. Also, the food may not be nutritious (有营养的) enough. I have to make other choices, such as a salad, to make the meal healthier. 1. What is a leftover mystery box? A. A box with toys. B. A box with money. C. A box with food. D. A box with books. 2. Which is right about mystery boxes according to the passage? A. We can only buy them in Beijing, Nanjing and Chengdu. B. We can get more food with less money. C. The food price is higher than before. D. It wastes more food. 3. Why do the boxes bring problems to the writer? A. Because of fewer choices and less nutrition. B. Because he always gets the same kind of food. C. Because he loves salad. D. Because the food is nutritious enough. 4. What is the best title for the passage? A. Save food. B. Leftover mystery boxes become popular. C. Protect the environment. D. Eat a healthier meal. Passage 2 （24-25八年级上·陕西咸阳·期中） Many of us buy things from vending machines (自动售货机). Most machines sell food and drinks. But this one is special. It sells novels (小说). You can see the special vending machines in France. You can find them easily in many places, such as airports, train stations and shopping malls. The vending machines sell lots of novels. The novels are not the same. Some are long and some are short. It’s easy to get a novel from the vending machines. First, you need to choose your reading time: 1 minute, 3 minutes or 55 minutes. Then, a piece of paper will come out of the vending machines. Finally, take away the paper and it is the novel you want. Lots of young people like the special vending machines. They say the novels from the vending machines can help them pass the time. They don’t want to use their mobile phones to read novels. They prefer to read novels on paper. 5. The passage is about vending machines which sell ________. A. food B. drinks C. water D. novels 6. You can see the special vending machines in ________. A. China B. America C. France D. Italy 7. When you want to buy the novel from the vending machines, the first thing you need to do is ________. A. to choose your reading time B. to put the coins inside C. to turn on your mobile phone D. to put a piece of paper inside 8. What does the underlined word “pass” probably mean in Chinese? A. 路过 B. 打发 C. 传递 D. 浪费 9. From the passage, we can know ________. A. what the special vending machines look like B. how much is a vending machine C. where the special vending machines are D. how you can use your mobile phone to buy novels 主题02 人与自我——生活与学习 Passage 3 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安·阶段练习） As students in Singapore, we will have about a-month-long holiday for summer. We don’t have as much homework as Chinese students, so we have more time to learn a lot of things out of the textbooks (课本). During this time, many would travel overseas (国外) because Singapore is much smaller than Xi’an. If our parents have no time or can’t afford (负担得起) a vacation, there are many, many activities and summer camps for students. The most popular activities are programming (编程), sports, language, art and cooking classes. Aside from that, students who stay in Singapore may spend our time in the public libraries, public swimming pools, gyms (健身房) and stadiums (体育馆). Students don’t have to pay much, usually we pay nothing. Students always have something interesting to do in our summer holidays. All in all, Singaporean students can either travel or stay. Maybe we can’t travel in other countries (国家), we still can have fun in Singapore. 10. How long is the summer vacation for the students in Singapore? A. Ten days. B. Thirty days. C. fifty days. D. A week. 11. The students in China has _________ the ones in Singapore. A. more homework than B. as much homework as C. less homework D. the same homework as 12. —What cannot the students who stay in the country do? —They cannot _________. A. read is the public libraries B. go swimming in public swimming pools C. exercise in the gyms and stadiums D. travel everywhere 13. What does the writer think of the summer vacation for the students in Singapore? A. It is special. B. It is quite busy. C. It is boring. D. It is interesting. Passage 4 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安·阶段练习） Canada and the United States are neighbours. They are on the same land. They share the same long boundary (国界). These two nations are same in many ways. Canadians buy many goods from the United States. Cars and clothes are two examples. Americans also buy goods from Canada. Much of the paper used in the United States comes from Canada. Some of the oil we use comes from Canada, too. Americans travel to Canada on holiday. And Canadians often visit the United States. It is easy for the people of one country to go to the other country. Canadians read about the United States in newspapers and magazines. Many Americans watch Canada baseball and hockey matches on Sundays. However, there are important differences between the United States and Canada. The United States has many more people. Because the population (人口) is smaller, there are more open places in Canada. There is much unusual land. This is another important difference. 14. Canadians buy ________ from the United States. A. oil and paper B. nothing C. many things D. everything 15. The people in the United States like Canadian ________. A. newspaper B. baseball C. basketball D. oil 16. Which one of the following is NOT true? A. Canada is connected (连接) with America. B. Canada has not used all the land. C. Canadians don’t like hockey. D. Canada has less people than USA. 主题03 人与自我——运动 Passage 5 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安期中） In recent years, plank exercise has become more and more popular. It’s easy to find a right place to do plank exercise. You can even do it with a chair! But you should know one thing—using a stable chair to make sure your safety. It is dangerous if the chair moves during exercise. Moreover, doing plank exercise often may bring you lots of benefits. Doing plank exercise as a home exercise before or after school will not only speed up your metabolism (新陈代谢), but also keep your metabolic rate high all day long. Doing it often will make you burn lots of calories (卡路里). This is especially useful if you have to sit in the classroom for hours every day. A high metabolic rate will help you lose weight and keep in good shape. Doing plank exercise can also improve your balance (平衡) and relax the muscle groups. As a result, it can have a powerful and good effect on our body. By making plank exercise a habit, you will not only be stronger and more balanced, but also happier and more focused in class. For all the benefits of plank exercise, will you make it a part of your everyday life? 17. What does the underlined word “stable” mean in Chinese? A. 干净的 B. 稳定的 C. 昂贵的 D. 健康的 18. What’s Paragraph 3 mainly about? A. Doing plank exercise is dangerous. B. Doing plank exercise is good for our body. C. Only men can do plank exercise. D. Plank exercise is not easy for young people. 19. The text may be from ________. A. a guidebook B. a story book C. a sports newspaper D. a science magazine 主题01 人与自我——饮食与健康 Passage 6 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安·期中） For years, American parents are trying to get children to drink fewer sugary (含糖的) drinks such as Coca Cola and Pepsi because sugary drinks make many people get fat. And being fat can bring many health problems later in life. Children are drinking fewer sugary drinks these days. They turn to sports drinks. There are many ads (广告) for sports drinks on TV and they show sports stars or movie stars having the drink. These ads make the drinks look healthy. In fact, they are not. Sports drinks have lots of sugar, too. Scientists at Harvard University did a survey (调查) in 2023 to find out how many sports drinks high school students had. They surveyed 22,000 students and found those students were drinking sports drinks more than they did before. Almost one third of the students drank one to three sports drinks each week. And more than one tenth had four to six drinks. Students in sports teams would have sports drinks each day and they maybe had one or more. The same was true of those students who watched TV for over two hours every day. “Although water is the best choice for kids, sometimes having a sports drink is fine. If someone is on a long bike ride or in an all-day race, he can have one,” said Tomas Hardy, a health expert (专家). “But if kids play sports or have soccer practice for only 20 minutes, they just need water or a little fruit juice.” 20. Parents don’t want their children to drink sugary drinks for their ________. A. health B. study C. happiness D. mind 21. More than ________ of the students had four to six drinks. A. one third B. one tenth C. twenty percent D. fifteen percent 22. According to Tomas Hardy, it is fine for ________ to have a sports drink. A. kids who play sports for 5 minutes B. people who have soccer practice for only 20 minutes C. someone who rides a bike for a long time D. children who rides a bike for a short time 23. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Sports drinks are healthier than Coca Cola and water. B. It’s wrong for anyone to drink sports drinks. C. In the survey of Harvard University, students in sports teams had sports drinks as often as students who watched TV for over two hours every day. D. It is necessary for the kids who play sports for only 20 minutes to have a sports drink. 主题02 人与自我——生活与学习 Passage 7 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安·阶段练习） Here are some apps to make study easier and fun! Khan Academy It’s like a fun learning app that helps you learn new things really fast! You can practice, watch videos that teach you, and see how well you’ re doing on your special page. This app covers lots of different subjects like math, computers, and arts. It’s not just in English, you can find it in many other languages, too. Goodnotes With the app Goodnotes, note-taking becomes easier and more fun! You can draw whatever you want and use all kinds of colors, bringing your notes and ideas to life. One user says it’s really useful for taking notes on subjects such as math and chemistry. Study notes can be made into note cards for easy reviewing (复习) and your text can be turned into audio so you can listen to them. Photomath For many, math is often the most difficult subject to learn at school. Learning it from textbooks can often be boring. This is where the app Photomath can help. By taking photos of the difficult problems and searching for more information online, this app has helped students understand math better and helps them with challenging homework. Some people say that this app will not help you if you just use it to get the answer to problems without thinking them through. 24. When John learns math through apps, he can use ________. ①Khan Academy    ② Goodnotes    ③ Photomath A. ①② B. ②③ C. ①③ D. ①②③ 25. When taking notes with Goodnotes, Lisa can do the following except (除了) ________. A. Draw pictures about her text. B. Use her favorite colors for each note. C. Listen to her teachers teach her about the text. D. Make her notes into easy reviewing cards. 26. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean? A. The app is not helpful for your study. B. You should think about the answer after using the app. C. You should think of the answer without using this app. D. The app is not helpful because it only gets the answer to the question. 主题03 人与自然——自然生态 Passage 8 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安·期中） People depend on plants. They are useful in our life and we can’t live without them. Plants keep our air and water clean. Green plants give us oxygen (氧气). Oxygen is part of the air we breathe. Plants are also part of the water cycle. Most of the water goes back into the air after a plant takes it in (吸收). Plants give us a lot of food on the earth. Fruits, vegetables, and grains come from plants. Without plants, we would not have bread, rice, carrots, apples, oranges, or bananas! Plants are also important resources (资源). For example, trees provide wood to build homes and furniture. Trees are used to make lots of things around your home and at your school. And trees provide fruits that are good for you. Without trees, the earth would be a very different place. All in all, plants are very important in our daily life. We can see plants everywhere. Many people are also growing plants in their own gardens at home. When people grow their own fruits and vegetables, they help cut down pollution (污染物) because big trucks don’t need to take their food to shops. People can just pick it out of the ground or off a plant and put it into a basket! Why don’t you just start to grow your own plants now? 27. Where does the water go after a plant takes it in? A. It stays in the river. B. It goes back into the air. C. It goes into the ground. D. It stays in the plant. 28. What does the underlined phrase “cut down” mean in Paragraph 6? A. 排出 B. 产生 C. 减少 D. 增加 29. What is the best title of the passage? A. A Different Place B. The Uses of Plants C. Food on the Earth D. Gardens at Home 30. What is the structure of the passage? A. B. C. D. Passage 9 （24-25八年级上·福建泉州·期中） What genetics (基因) did your parents pass on to you? Was it their eye color or their height? It could be their characters or their musical talent. Or maybe it was their anxiety (焦虑) about math. A US study found that genetics can decide children’s math skills and anxiety over math. It studied over 500 sets of twins and found that genetics has something to do with math anxiety. Over 10 years, the twins did math tests and filled out questions about their math anxiety. They found that fraternal twins (twins with different genetics) had different skills and anxiety over math. Identical twins (twins with the same gene set) were similar. This shows genes can influence (影响) people’s anxiety over math. Math anxiety has a stronger influence on a child’s abilities. It could bring the same feeling as being hurt in the body. This anxiety means that students will not want to practice math as much as they should. Then, they become even worse at math. It only adds to their anxiety about it. But if you’re bad at math, don’t just look at your parents. Math anxiety is still rare —genetic reasons explained about 40 percent. The environment, including school and family, is also a reason. So in life, it’s important to know how to deal with math anxiety. 31. Which question did the study try to answer? A. Can parents pass on their character to their children? B. Can genetics decide on children’s math anxiety? C. Why is math a difficult subject? D. What makes twins different? 32. Why did identical twins have similar math anxiety? A. Because they had similar math skills. B. Because they greatly influenced each other. C. Because they did the same number of math exercises. D. Because they shared the same gene set. 33. According to the article we can learn that ________. A. math anxiety can help students face problems B. children with better abilities won’t be better at math C. math anxiety makes students feel worse with math D. genetics is the main reason for math anxiety 34. What does the underlined word “rare” in the last paragraph mean? A. Common. B. Uncertain. C. Unusual. D. Interesting. 35. What might the next paragraph of the passage talk about? A. Reasons for math anxiety. B. Ways of learning math well. C. How to communicate with parents. D. How to deal with math anxiety. 主题04 人与社会——科学与技术 Passage 10 （24-25八年级上·陕西·阶段练习） What is going to happen in the future? Will robots control (控制) our world? Will computers become smarter than us? Probably no. But here are some things that scientists say that will happen in 10-30 years from now, according to the BBC. Bionic (仿生的) Eyes They’re no longer something only in a movie. Now we have them in real life. People who are blind would be able to see things clearly by wearing bionic eyes. A blind eye can’t see things, but a bionic eye can use a machine to “see” the environment and send information to the mind. Digital (数字的) Money Now we can use WeChat Pay (微信支付) or Alipay (支付宝) to shop. That means we are already using digital money. People only need to take a phone wherever they go. Using these ways is much easier than looking for money in our pockets. However, it is not true at all. The truth is that digital money is even safer. Self-driving (自动驾驶) Cars There are some machines on the car. They can make the car follow the rules of the road and keep a safe space from other cars. This would make the road safer. You can even take a short rest when the car drives itself. In the future, self-driving cars would be used by many people. 36. Bionic eyes send information to ________ . A. the mind B. the camera C. the computer D. the heart 37. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Bionic eyes can only appear in a film. B. We can have a short rest when using self-driving cars. C. Self-driving cars don’t have to follow the traffic rules. D. Everybody in the world likes using digital money. 38. What is the passage mainly about? A. Some new things in the future. B. How to help the blind people see. C. Self-driving cars in the future. D. The importance of phones. Passage 11 （24-25八年级上·陕西·阶段练习） “Turn left! Turn right!” In the information technology (IT) class, Zhang Ruixuan was controlling a robot to move around. “This is part of our artificial intelligence (AI) courses,” said the 10th grader from Beijing 101 Middle School. The school provides AI (人工智能) classes to both junior and senior high school students. Apart from compulsory (必修的) courses that teach basic knowledge, there are also optional (选修的) courses if students want to learn more. “This year in our compulsory class, we have learned coding (编程) through a programming language called Python,” said Zhang. Using Python to code is a basic skill for training AI models. AI courses are starting to appear in high schools. In recent years, Python has been tested in high school graduation exams in places like Beijing, Jiangsu and Anhui. In fact, having AI education in schools has become a growing in many places, ________. In 2020, Zhejiang added AI education into textbooks from Grade 5 in primary school all the way to senior high. In the city of Wenzhou, the government is planning to build 1,000 AI experimental schools by 2025. “With the development of technology, our textbooks have been changing all the time,” said Shang Yin, an IT teacher from Beijing 101 Middle School. “From typing to using Word and Excel, and then today’s coding and AI, the courses are keeping up with the times and teaching students necessary skills. In the future, there will be more jobs where AI knowledge is required. Even in daily life, people may need to understand things like ChatGPT and the Internet of things. AI education will become increasingly important,” Shang added. 39. Which of the following can be put in “________”? A. robots is coming to class B. with Zhejiang Province being a typical example C. the courses start to appear in high school D. many students are learning about AI now 40. What do we know about the AI class at Beijing 101 Middle School? A. It is an optional course. B. It only teaches basic knowledge. C. It often makes students feel stressed. D. It teaches students to code with Python. 41. Why is AI education becoming increasingly important according to the passage? A. Because AI is included in all high school graduation exams. B. Because understanding AI is becoming a necessary skill. C. Because AI is going to take over school education. D. Because AI is students’ powerful competitor. 主题05 人与社会——社会服务 Passage 12 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安·期中） It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose (目的) of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted (接受) by all people. Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail (详细地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living. Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of humans. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays, and the most importantly, take an interest in the world. I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason. 42. People with little education usually ________. A. spend a long time in school B. have a good chance to get a job C. spend the best years to choose jobs D. have fewer chances to get a good job 43. The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “________” in Chinese. A. 圆满的 B. 崭新的 C. 圆形的 D. 全面的 44. It is expected that educated people will be able to ________. A. accept education as a way of living B. take an interest in the whole world C. develop their abilities to make plays D. learn subjects like language and math 45. The passage mainly tells us that ________. A. education can make people improve themselves B. people can get education in a short time C. people get education only to get better paying jobs D. all subjects are so important to get a better education Passage 13 （24-25八年级上·陕西西安·阶段练习） Who’s building the new China? It’s not the factory owners or the business men. It’s someone else. We see them every day. They work day and night in the terrible working places and weather. They build the roads, the theaters, the cinemas and the supermarkets. They even clean up our rubbish. They are China’s migrant workers (民工). Over 140 million workers left their homes in the countryside to look for jobs in big cities around China. They hope to be rich, but they find they have many difficulties in making enough money. And one of the difficulties is the pride and discrimination (歧视) from the people in cities. When night falls. I see the sad faces of the migrant workers. Many are living far away from the people whom they love. Yes, they dress differently, they speak differently, and they have different habits, but they work hard. The people in cities think they are outsiders, and most governments refuse (拒绝) to give them medical care (医疗) and public schooling for their children. If China hopes to move into the future, many things need to change. The first is discrimination! We need to stop our discrimination against the migrant workers of China! They may not make as much money as some people in cities, but they are good people just trying to survive (生存). These workers are very important and necessary to China’s economic development (经济发展) and play an important role in changing Chinese society (社会). They are building the new China, so we should help them. 46. The writer thinks ________ is building the new China. A. the factory owners of China B. the business men and women of China C. the migrant workers of China D. the people in Chinese cities 47. China’s migrant workers work ________. A. only at night B. day and night C. in good working conditions D. when the weather is fine 48. What is the best title for the fourth and fifth paragraphs? A. Moving into the future. B. The discrimination from the people in cities. C. How to make more money. D. A lonely life. 1 / 2 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$