Unit6 Presenting ideas+Reflection 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 Presenting ideas 同步习题 一、阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 The sun provides sunshine for plants, animals, and people on the Earth. Energy from the sun is called solar energy. It comes in the form of light or heat. Solar energy makes you feel warm. People have used solar energy for many years. Houses were built with windows so that sunlight can get inside and provide heat. The sun's energy can also be used to heat water and even food. We can also turn the sun's light into electricity. This is done with solar panels（太阳能电池板）. Solar panels are made up of silicon（硅）. When the sunlight reaches the solar panel, the electrons（电子）in the silicon move and flow (流动) through wires in the solar panel. Using this technology, we can even run cars. But what happens when clouds block the solar panels? The electrons in the silicon will stop moving. But this doesn't mean that solar energy can only be used on bright sunny days. Solar panels can have batteries to store electricity for a rainy day. When the sun is shining, the electricity flows from the solar panel into the batteries. The stored electricity can be used at night or on cloudy days. Solar energy is not as expensive as before now. The sun produces more energy in one second than people have used since the beginning of time. Just imagine what we could do if we used the sun's energy to power our Earth. ( ) 1. What are the uses of solar energy? ①making people feel warm ②letting sunlight get inside ③building houses with windows ④heating water and even food A. ①③ B. ①④ C. ②③ D. ②④ ( ) 2. Paragraph 2 mainly tells us how people ______. A. make solar panels B. use electricity to run cars C. turn sunlight into electricity D. store electricity at home ( ) 3. What does the underlined word “block” probably mean in Paragraph 3? A. Take. B. Carry. C. Help. D. Cover. ( ) 4. What can we know from the text? A. Trains can even use solar energy. B. Solar energy makes you feel sleepy. C. Now solar energy is cheaper than before. D. People can only use solar energy on sunny days. 二、词汇运用 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，必要时可添加助动词。 Have you ever taken a bike ride in the sun? It might make your ride a little 1. ______ (hot), but a cycle path in a sunny area can be a good thing. In fact, in the Netherlands, one company decided to build a cycle path that can create energy using the sun. In the town of Krommenie, there's a cycle path of seventy meters with solar 2. ______ (panel) in it. They get light from the sun. They then use that light 3. ______ (produce) electricity, which is used for street lights and so on. In its first year, enough energy can be provided for one house for a whole year! Developers are still doing research. They must make sure the path 4. ______ (be) strong enough for buses to drive over it. They must also make sure the path isn't too smooth because that could make people fall over 5. ______ (easy). This test path must be just right before this type of path can 6. ______ (build) in other places. In another Dutch town, Eindhoven, there is a cycle path that 7. ______ (use) solar energy to make art. The path, which 8. ______ (open) in 2014, is made up of thousands of tiny lights that get the light during the day and give off light at night. From above, 9. ______ (this) lights look like the famous painting The Starry Night by Dutch 10. ______ (art) Vincent van Gogh. This one-kilometer path is to honor Vincent van Gogh, who lived in this area from 1883 to 1885. It's a beautiful and creative way of using the power of the sun, and the path now receives many visitors.   Reflection—回归教材 一、根据汉语提示，用单词的正确形式填空。 It was early one morning of Grain in Ear. Lively birds sang 1. ______ (好听地) in the trees. 2. ______ (村民) hurried to the fields. Under the blue sky, golden fields 3. ______ (照耀) like the sun. The wind blew, sending sweet smells into the air. Adults were busy cutting the wheat. Children raced behind to pick up the ears. This is one of the best memories of my 4. ______ (童年). I grew up in the countryside of Shandong 5. ______ (省). Most of the villagers there lived by farming. The 24 Solar Terms meant so much to them. The changes of the terms guided both their farming activities and daily lives. The terms helped them understand why things happened at certain times, and how they should react. When I grew up and left my hometown, the 24 Solar Terms followed me. I always felt excited when a new term is set to begin. I longed to share these feelings in my paintings and poems. I didn't know how popular the paintings would become. I'm so happy that many people, 6. ______ (尤其) the young, are taking a new interest in the ancient 7. ______ (智慧). In the hundreds of comments 8. ______ (在……的下面) my posts, others shared similar memories and feelings. Now people may be moving away from farming. However, the ancient way of dividing time stays close to our hearts. The 24 Solar Terms are known as the “Fifth Great Invention of China”. They help people understand why nature works this way. Many of the 24 Solar Terms bear social and cultural meanings, too. People celebrate their 9. ______ (到来) with traditional activities. For example, many people still eat spring pancakes at Start of Spring and dumplings at Start of Winter. The ancient 10. ______ (日历) has never disappeared from the life of the Chinese. 二、词汇运用 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，必要时可添加助动词。 You 1. ______ (probable) remember the Flaming Mountains from Journey to the West. But do you know where the real Flaming Mountains are? They are in Turpan, in the east of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It's 2. ______ (know) as one of the hottest areas in the world. The desert sand can be as hot as 80℃ in mid-summer. That's enough to make your feet burn! It may sound 3. ______ (crazy), but the locals can cook an egg on the desert sand. Rainfall in Turpan is only 16 mm a year. It is one of the 4. ______ (dry) places in China. How do people survive in such a terrible climate? The secret lies in the ancient karez system. The karez system in Turpan 5. ______ (include) more than 1,000 wells. They appear every 20-30 metres. Some of them are 100 metres deep! Under these wells are large underground canals. Water from the mountains falls into the wells. It then runs underground in the canals. It 6. ______ (keep) cool and safe from the desert heat. There are over 5,000 km of underground canals in the area. That's nearly as long as the Yellow River! Thanks to the karez system, people can grow plants for food in this difficult environment. And 7. ______ (amazing), all of this was completed with only hand tools! No wonder it's among the top three 8. ______ (project) of ancient China. Today, the area faces a water 9. ______ (short). There is less water from the mountains, lower rainfall and a large increase in water use. Although modern technology is solving some problems, the karez system still plays an important role. Now, more and more young people 10. ______ (take) action to protect it. The centuries-old water system will surely be carried into the future. 答案 一、1—4 BCDC 二、1. hotter 2. panels 3. to produce 4. is 5. easily 6. be built 7. uses 8. opened 9. these 10. artist Reflection—回归教材 一、1. sweetly 2. Villagers 3. shone 4. childhood 5. Province 6. especially 7. wisdom 8. below 9. arrival 10. calendar 二、1. probably 2. known 3. crazy 4. driest 5. includes 6. is kept 7. amazingly 8. projects 9. shortage 10. are taking 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $