Unit6 Understanding ideas 同步习题检测 -2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级下册

Unit 6 Living with nature

Understanding ideas 同步习题

 

一、完形填空

 

The 24 Solar Terms on the Chinese lunar calendar have been around  1  about 2, 500 years. But do you know which solar term was the  2  ? It's Winter Solstice(冬至).

It's an important one too, as it was once a  3  holiday. People still  4  it in many parts of China.

Winter Solstice marks when the sun  5  its lowest point in the sky in the Northern Hemisphere（半球）. After that，the sun rises  6  and sets later each day until Summer Solstice.

It's also a time for Chinese  7  to get together. There was a  8  that "Winter Solstice holiday is greater than the Spring Festival".

Dumplings are necessary and the most popular food，  9  in northern parts of China. In the south，rice balls（汤圆）symbolize（象征）family reunions. In Tengzhou，Shandong Province, people eat mutton soup. In Suzhou，Jiangsu Province, people drink rice wine with osmanthus flowers（桂花），while in Jiaxing，Zhejiang Province, the locals prefer eggs with longan（桂圆）.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine，Winter Solstice is a good time to eat delicious  10  . Many types of food are good for you during this period such as lotus seeds（莲子），gorgon fruit（芡实），red beans（赤豆）and Chinese dates(大枣).

 

(   )  1. A. in   B. of   C. for   D. with

(   )  2. A. twentieth   B. twenty-second   C. twenty-first   D. twenty-fourth

(   )  3. A. traditional   B. sweet   C. lively   D. natural

(   )  4. A. celebrate   B. get   C. see   D. guide

(   )  5. A. comes   B. gets   C. reaches   D. falls

(   )  6. A. higher   B. later   C. quieter   D. earlier

(   )  7. A. families   B. friends   C. classes   D. villages

(   )  8. A. state   B. word   C. saying   D. childhood

(   )  9. A. quickly  B. especially   C. actually   D. finally

(   )  10. A. beans   B. nuts   C. food    D. ears

 

二、短文还原

 

阅读短文，从短文下面方框中的六个句子中选择五个还原到短文中，使短文通顺完整、衔接自然。

Cold Dew(寒露)，the 17th of the 24 Solar Terms，started on October 8th in 2025. Cold Dew got its name from the dew which becomes frost（霜）as temperatures continue to drop.

Compared with the White Dew，the Cold Dew period is much colder，marking the arrival of late autumn. 1. ______ . But in the south，people enjoy some cooler and drier days. During the