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八年级(下) Units 5-6
一、阅读理解
During the Jin Dynasty (265-420), there was a child named Che Yin. He was smart and loved to read. He grew up in a poor family and couldnt afford lamp oil to study at night. One night, he saw fireflies (萤火虫) outside his house and came up with an idea. 1. B It was said that he spent all of his summer nights reading like this.
Another child named Sun Kang who lived during the same time period also loved reading. 2. D When he suddenly woke up at midnight, he saw the thick snow reflecting the moonlight out⁃side his house. He thought, “Oh, I can use the reflected light to read!” He took out his books and read, even though he was freezing cold.
3. A People were touched by their hard⁃working spirit and turned their stories into the Chinese idiom nangying yingxue (囊萤映雪) or “to read by the light of bagged fireflies or the reflected light of snow.”
In the past, people had a much harder time studying than we do now. They had to copy books by hand because books were rare at that time. 4. C Students even had to travel over mountains and rivers in order to find a good teacher. However, these tough conditions did not stop young minds from pursuing (追求) knowledge.
Xie Cun, a PhD in literature from Peking University said, “5. E We can also learn from these stories. Although some may sound a little exaggerated (夸张的) and romanticized, they are just like the dim light of fireflies that lights up the road to knowledge.”
A.Both of the kids later became successful government officials.
B.He caught some fireflies in a cloth bag and hung the bag up as a lamp.
C.For poor families, paper and writing brushes were too expensive to afford.
D.One night during winter, he used up all of his lamp oil and couldnt study at night.
E.All of these stories encourage people to study hard in spite of (尽管) difficulties.
二、完形填空
Many, many years ago, in a kingdom (王国) far far away, there lived a beautiful princess named Ice Princess.
The kingdom had beautiful snowy mountains in the north, and green forests in the south. The people of the kingdom were very 1 , as they lived in a beautiful clean environment. No one in the kingdom took more than they 2 , and so no one wanted for anything. No one ever fell ill.
That is until one day something 3 happened …
An ugly witch (女巫) 4 about the princess and her wonderful kingdom, and decided to curse (诅咒) them. “PoPo — Lu — Tion, may the Kingdom of Ice Princess pollute!” the witch said.
5 , the people stopped caring about keeping their kingdom clean and healthy. They littered and polluted the forests and rivers, they 6 trees without replanting them and they built factories and made fires.
The kingdom soon turned as black as coal. Different 7 spread, because the air and food were not clean, and all the people fell ill. Many unusual and 8 things began to happen. The weather was changing, the land began heating up. Sometimes there was heavy rains and floods and other times there was not a single 9 of rain.
The princess became very worried. She couldnt understand what had happened to her beautiful land. Her eyes filled with 10 .
Just as the tear fell on the ground, a fairy (小精灵) appeared in front of her and 11 to help.
The princess asked, “Tell me, how can I make 12 people and my kingdom healthy and happy again?”
The fairy 13 , “I think a witch has changed the balance of greenhouse gases. But dont worry! We can fix it by planting more trees and cleaning the 14 .”
With the help of her people, the princess planted trees everywhere in her kingdom again, collected the trash, and stopped 15 pollution. They started using clean energy like windmills.
The curse of the witch broke and then, the land of the kingdom became beautiful and full of gardens again.
1.A.active B.famous
C.smart D.healthy
2.A.invented B.needed
C.bought D.doubted
3.A.terrible B.amazing
C.important D.useful
4.A.cared B.learned
C.came D.brought
5.A.Luckily B.Deeply
C.Slowly D.Lately
6.A.set up B.cut down
C.put down D.pick up
7.A.reasons B.excuses
C.interests D.diseases
8.A.wonderful B.strange
C.unreal D.traditional
9.A.drop B.cup
C.box D.bowl
10.A.animals B.air
C.blood D.tears
11.A.promised B.feared
C.failed D.learned
12.A.her B.his
C.my D.your
13.A.replied B.examined
C.praised D.thought
14.A.house B.wood
C.environment D.road
15.A.colorful B.helpful
C.skillful D.harmful
三、语篇填空
第一节
阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词,每词限用一次。
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According to some old Chinese stories, there once was an ancient emperor named Shen Nong.1. At that time, people could not tell the difference between medicinal (药用的) and poisonous (有毒的) plants. When they got sick, there was no medicine to treat their illnesses. Many sick people could only wait for 2. death .
To save his people, Shen Nong 3. decided to find and test out different plants. He and his followers 4. set out on a journey in search of medicinally effective plants.
Once, they saw a large forest on a high cliff (悬崖) from a distance. 5. Though there must be many different kinds of plants, they couldnt find a way to the cliff. 6. Suddenly , they saw some monkeys climbing along the vines and trees hanging down from the cliff. Shen Nong was inspired by the scene. He asked his followers to cut down the tree trunks and vines. Together they built a scaffold (脚手架). With its help, they climbed to the cliff and collected many 7. valuable plants.
Each time the team found a new type of plant, Shen Nong would taste it 8. himself . Some plants made him sleepy. Some caused him to suffer pains in his stomach. Some made him tremble (颤抖) all over. 9. After searching and testing over a long period of time, he and his followers managed to discover hundreds of medicinal plants.
One day, Shen Nong tested a poisonous plant by mistake, and passed away later. People covered him with thousands of flowers. From then on, Shen Nong was 10. called “the Emperor of Medicine”.
第二节
阅读短文,根据语篇要求填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。
In the Warring States Period, there was a musician named Gongming Yi 11. that/who was good at playing the guqin. One day he went to the countryside and noticed that there 12. was a cow eating grass nearby. He got closer to the cow and played a beautiful piece of music to attract it, but the cow seemed to have no interest. After a while, he had an idea. He played randomly and the music sounded like the noise 13. of flying mosquitoes (蚊子). To his surprise, the cow seemed to understand it. The cow was clearly more familiar with the sound of mosquitoes 14. than pleasant music. It is really 15. a waste of time to play the guqin for the cow.
答案速批栏
一、1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
二、1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
三、1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
7. 8. 9.
10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15.
四、补全对话
(Li Hua and Bob are talking in the classroom.)
A:Hi, Li Hua. I called you at 5:00 yesterday afternoon, but you didnt pick up. 1. What were you doing at that time ?
B:Oh, I was reading a book in the library at that time. Whats the matter?
A:I need your help. Our school talent show is next week but I dont know what to perform.
B:2. Why not play the guzheng/Why dont you play the guzheng/How/What about playing the guzheng ? You are so good at guzheng.
A:Sure enough. But how can I make it more creative?
B:I can dance very well. Subject Three is popular these days. Im good at it. Maybe we can perform together.
A:Wow!3. Thats a great idea/Good idea . I believe it will be the most creative in the show.
B:Yeah. Hope we can make it!
A:By the way, 4. what/which book did you read in the library/what did you read ?
B:I read the book How the Steel Was Tempered in the library.
A:What do you think of Pavel Korchagin (保尔·柯察金)?
B:5. I think he is brave enough to face the difficulties and never gives up .
A:I think the book is really worth reading.
B:Yes, I agree with you.
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