Unit 4 Digital life-Understanding ideas Reading同步练习 2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级上册

Unit 4 Digital life Unit 4 Understanding ideas Reading A 教材要点回归 I. 用选项中所给单词的适当形式填空 develop, pay, wallet, oven, smartphone 1. Peter got his _ and took out some money from it. 2. My mother promises to buy me a _ when I enter university. 3. It’s already 30 minutes. Take the cake out of the _. 4. The _ of numbers has a long and interesting history. 5. Young people always prefer to make digital _ when shopping. II. 根据汉语意思完成句子,词数不限 6. 除了生病外,她有一个特别快乐的童年。 _ her illnesses, she had a particularly happy childhood. 7. 请坚持你的梦想,永远不要放弃自己。 Please hold on to your dream and never _ yourself. 8. 她逐一和他们谈话。 She talked to them _. 9. 昨晚我又累又困,所以很快就睡着了。 Last night I was _ and sleepy _ I fell asleep soon. B 知识综合运用 III. 阅读理解 Do you ever think about talking to astronauts(宇航员) in space? Ezekiel Wheeler, 13, from the USA, did more than just thinking about it. He started to make it happen when he was just eight years old. When Wheeler was 8, he started to think about reaching out to the International Space Station (ISS). To make this happen, he needed a ham radio(业余无线电) and a tracker(追踪器). He made his own tracker at first. But later he found the tracker didn’t work well. So, he 3D-printed two other important parts. He then used a small computer and an LCD screen to track the ISS. The tracker helped Wheeler win second prize in a top STEM competition for middle school students in the USA. Wheeler wasn’t only interested in talking to the astronauts himself. He also wanted to let his friends talk to them. For him, science is everything. “I like to meet challenges,” he said. Ezekiel Wheeler can talk to people on the ISS through the ham radio because the ISS has its own ham radio. Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is an international programme. It lets students around the world talk with people on the ISS. They can learn about what it is like to live and work in space. Students usually use their schools’ ham radios to talk to the ISS. Recent(最近的) talks took place at schools in France, Greece, India and Russia. ( )10. How does the writer begin the passage? A. By showing some facts. B. By giving an example. C. By listing numbers. D. By asking a question. ( )11. What is the purpose of the ARISS programme? A. To let students learn about how to make ham radios. B. To let students communicate with people on the ISS. C. To encourage students to take part in STEM competitions. D. To help students make their own trackers. ( )12. In which part of a magazine can we read the passage? A. Science and Technology. B. Art and Music. C. Sports News. D. Story Time. IV. 阅读表达 Special Robots at World Intelligence Expo (世界智能产业博览会) On June 20, 2024, Tianjin hosted the World Intelligence Expo. And there was a special worker, Xiaoqi. She stood in the hall and got ready to answer a lot of questions. She is friendly, smart and helpful. But here’s the surprise. Xiaoqi is not a real person. She is a humanoid robot (仿真机器人). Humanoid robots can show feelings on their faces and make emotional connections (联系) with people, so they are called emotional interaction (情感互动) robots. Now, these robots are mostly used in museums and schools. Some people guess that in the next five years, humanoid robots could help with all kinds of housework. At the expo, many companies showed robots that can walk fast, dance and even make coffee. Some people noticed Walker X, a robot that is 130 cm tall. Walker X can say hello, shake hands, do T’ai Chi, and make heart shapes with its hands. People think differently about humanoid robots. During the expo, someone even had an interaction with Xiaoqi. Nicole Yandun, a visitor at the expo, said, “She is smart and lifelike. It is surprising that she can speak English. Lifelike robots can make our life and work easier in the future.” However, Zeng Qiao, a student in Tianjin, said, “It’s scary. Her overall look makes me uncomfortable, and her answers are not very intelligent. I also care about the safety of humanoid robots.” Facing these ideas, Xiaoqi replied, “My job is to help people, not to take their place.” 13. What did Xiaoqi do at the expo? _ 14. Where are humanoid robots mostly used according to the passage? _ 15. What can Walker X do? _ 16. How do you like Xiaoqi? Why? (Please give two reasons.) _ 学科网(北京)股份有限公司 $