Unit 7-Unit8完形填空和阅读理解过关练 2024-2025学年沪教版（2024）八年级英语上册

Unit 7-Unit8完形填空和阅读理解过关练 一、完形填空。 When Liivand was little, she was often sick. To get __1__, she took up swimming. Soon after, she even took part in the swimming competitions. Several years ago, Liivand moved to Florida, but she __2__ to swim in the sea. One day during her training, she almost swallowed (吞) some plastic waste in the sea. That experience made Liivand think of the sea animals. They face __3__ problems every day like her. So she decided to do __4__. She came up with the idea of swimming like a sea animal.__5__ using her arms, she started swimming with a rubbery fin (橡胶脚蹼) on her feet and swam forward by __6__ her legs together. She believed that swimming this way would send “a bigger message”. She first set the world record for swimming with a rubbery fin in 2019. She swam 10 kilometers off the coast of California. In 2021, she broke the record by swimming 30 kilometers in Miami. But Liivand believed she could go __7__. Every day, she got up at 4:00 a.m., put on her fin and practiced hard. On May 7, 2022, Liivand managed to break her record again. __8__, she swam 42.2 kilometers. It took her nearly 12 hours. Along the way, the woman collected all the__9__ she found and put it in the small boat that was following her. Finally, the small boat held three full bags of waste. “Breaking a record means a lot to me, __10__ being warm-hearted to help the sea animals means much more,” Liivand said. ( )1. A. stronger B. heavier C. happier ( )2. A. agreed B. continued C. refused ( )3. A. special B. similar C. silent ( )4. A. anything B. nothing C. something ( )5. A. Instead of B. Because of C. As for ( )6. A. folding B. crossing C. kicking ( )7. A. faster B. farther C. higher ( )8. A. Unbelievably B. Suddenly C. Uncertainly ( )9. A. fish B. rubbish C. plants ( )10. A. so B. or C. but 二、阅读理解。 A The earth is our home. There are some ways that you and your family can use to help the planet and make a difference. ①Use less water. Take shorter showers. A 10-minute shower or a full bathtub (浴缸) can waste a lot of water. Also, turn off the tap as you brush your teeth. Use less water in the garden and let the rain clean cars. ②Avoid wasting food Don’t take more than you can eat. About one-third of food in some areas is thrown out or wasted. ③Care and repair. Take good care of things you own and they will last a long time. If they break, try to repair them. If you can’t repair them, call a repairman. Producing new goods will add CO₂ to the air. ④Use reusable bags. Use plastic and paper bags less, and reusable ones more. When you go shopping, use cloth bags instead of plastic bags. ⑤Use fewer paper cups. Use reusable cups instead of throwaway paper cups if necessary. If you use more paper cups, you will produce more rubbish. ( )1. What can you do to save water? A. Take shorter showers. B. Bathe in a full bathtub. C. Stop using the tap. D. Clean cars every day. ( )2. What should you do when something breaks? A. Throw it away. B. Repair it if possible. C. Produce new goods. D. Take good care of it. ( )3. What does the writer suggest? A. Using fewer paper cups. B. Using more plastic bags. C. Using throwaway paper cups. D. Using paper bags just once. ( )4. Which of the following is about reusing things? A. ①④ B. ①⑤ C. ②③ D. ④⑤ ( )5. In which section of a newspaper can you probably read the text? A. Culture. B. Health. C. Sports. D. Environment. B On December 17, 2024, two Chinese astronauts, Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong, made history. They did a spacewalk outside the Tiangong Space Station and broke a world record. They are part of the three-person team on the Shenzhou 19. The spacewalk started in the afternoon. Cai went out of the space station first at 12:51 p.m. Song followed him about 90 minutes later. After working very hard for 9 hours and 6 minutes, they came back to the station at 9:57 p.m. Before this, the longest spacewalk was 8 hours and 56 minutes. American astronauts James Voss and Susan Helms set that record in March 2001. Our Chinese astronauts walked 10 minutes longer! While Cai and Song were outside, Wang Haoze stayed inside the space station. She made sure everything worked well. The three astronauts worked together. They also got help from the space station’s robot arm and the scientists on the earth. Cai and Song did many important things during the spacewalk. They checked tools and put in a machine to protect the space station from space junk. Their work was a big success! This spacewalk is the 17th time Chinese astronauts have worked outside the Tiangong Space Station. These brave astronauts’ hard work is good for China and the whole world. They are heroes. Their work shows us that everything is possible if we try hard. Their success tells us to dream big! ( )1. How many people were there on the Shenzhou 19? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five. ( )2. How long did Cai Xuzhe stay out of the space station? A. 8 hours and 6 minutes. B. 8 hours and 56 minutes. C. 9 hours and 6 minutes. D. 9 hours and 10 minutes. ( )3. What did Wang Haoze do during the spacewalk? A. She went outside the space station. B. She checked tools outside the space station. C. She put in a machine to protect the space station. D. She stayed inside and made sure everything worked well. ( )4. How many times had Chinese astronauts worked outside the Tiangong Space Station before this spacewalk? A. 16 times. B. 17 times. C. 18 times. D. 19 times. ( )5. What can we learn from these astronauts’ work? A. Space work is very easy. B. Only astronauts can dream big. C. Everything is possible if we try hard. D. Wang Haoze picked up space junk. 三、短文还原。 A The Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang, China’s largest desert, covers an area of 337, 600 square kilometers. It’s a harsh place where few plants can grow. Strong winds sweeping across this vast land often carry masses of sand. 1. ________ Local people, workers, and volunteers started planting a belt of trees in 1978 to stop the sand. They carried water and fought against wind and sand daily. Planting trees in such a dry, sandy environment was difficult. 2. ________ On November 28, 2024, the last group of trees was planted in Yutian County, marking the completion of this 46-year-long green belt project. 3. ________ “It works like a wall against the sand, ” a local official said. It helps with farming, and farmers can grow more crops as less sand blows onto their fields. By blocking sandstorms, the trees help farmers grow more crops than before. 4. ________ Now, more birds and small animals are appearing in the area, bringing new life to the landscape. This green belt is part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program (TSFP). Over the past 46 years, China has planted 320, 000 square kilometers of trees under this program.5. ________ The TSFP is set to be completed by 2050. By then, the north of China will have a much better ecological environment. A. Yet they never gave up. B. The environment has also improved. C. The green belt benefits local people. D. This causes a lot of sandstorms in this desert. E. The trees cover the country’s northwest, north, and northeast. B “Are we alone? What’s out there?” People have always looked up at the stars and wondered about space. Before the mid-20th century, most people felt traveling into space was only a dream. 1. ________ After many tests, they succeeded in making rockets that could overcome Earth’s gravity (重力) . Ever since then, humans’ exploration (探索) of space has started. 2. ________ China’s space program started late in the last century, but it has made great progress in a short time. China became the third country in the world to independently send humans into space in 2003. 3. ________ It is large enough to allow astronauts to carry out many important scientific studies. More recently, the Shenzhou-20 manned spaceship was successfully sent into space on April 24th, 2025. Besides the exploration near the earth, many countries are doing some research on other planets. For example, on July 23rd, 2020, China sent Tianwen-1 to explore (探索) the surface of Mars. Planets like Mars might be safe enough for humans to live on. 4. ________ There is still a long way for humans to go to explore space. If you are interested in space walking, go for your dream. 5. ________ Maybe you will become one of the engineers who work on China’s space exploration. A. China has never stopped its steps exploring space. B. So far, no more progress in space has been made. C. It certainly requires a lot of hard work and a strong will. D. However, scientists made up their minds to make it come true. E. In 2022, China completely set up its own space station Tiangong. F. This shows that exploring other planets could help find humanity’s future homes. 四、短文填空。 The Yellow River runs from the mountains 1. ________ the sea. It gave birth to one of 2. ________ oldest and most famous cultures in the world—the Yellow River culture. In the hearts of 3. ________ (China) people, the Yellow River is the mother river. It is expected to play a more important role in our country’s 4. ________________ (develop). The river got its name Huanghe in Chinese 5. ________ its water is yellow, as it took lots of yellow sand to the water when it ran through the Loess Plateau (黄土高原) . The river starts from Qinghai Province in the northwestern China. It runs through a lot of places before 6. ________ (run) into the Bohai Sea. The 5,464-kilometre-long river 7. ________ (feed) about 12% of China’s population and provides water for about 15% of fields and more than 60 8. ________ (city). So far, our country has 9. ________ (make) great efforts in the environmental protection of the river. Each year over 400 million tons of sand is prevented from being washed into it. Our mother river has become much 10. ________ (clear) than before. 参考答案 一、完形填空：1～5: ABBCA　6～10: CBABC 二、阅读理解：A篇：1～5: ABADD B篇：1～5: BCDAC 三、短文还原：A篇：DACBE B篇：DAEFC 四、短文填空：1.to　2.the　3.Chinese　4.development　5.because 6.running　7.feeds　8.cities　9.made　10.clearer 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $