Unit 1　Past and present 第2课时　Reading（1） 课时练习-2025-2026学年译林版八年级英语下册

姓名_________ 日期______ 等第_____ Unit 1　Past and present 第2课时　Reading（1） 一、 根据句意及所给中文提示、首字母或英文解释，写出句中所缺单词，每空限填一词。 1. Yesterday， Sandy gave an __________（优秀的） show and the whole class were excited. 2. According to the survey， more ________（市民） agree to be green travelers to cut down on air pollution. 3. — What happened to you yesterday afternoon？ — I fell off the __________（电动的） bicycle. Luckily， I wore a helmet and didn’t hurt my head. 4. Please m______ your car away， sir. This is the “No Parking” area. 5. — It’s impolite to speak loudly in p________.　— Sorry， I won’t do that again. 6.Which is more important， health or  __________（a large amount of money，property，etc. that a person or country owns）？ 二、 用所给单词的适当形式填空。 1. Sally thinks the news is ________________（education） than the sitcom（情景喜剧）. 2. The students came up with a  __________（create） solution to raise money for the charity. 3. Guangzhou， a modern and developed city， is in the  ____________（south） part of China. 4. Too much attention and pressure are harmful to a child’s  ______________（develop）. 5. Look！ Julia as well as her sisters ____________（fly） a kite on the playground. 6. Alice ______________（make） many Chinese friends since she came to our school. 三、 单项选择。 （　　）1. Meishan，the hometown of Sansu，is a city with a long history and rich culture. It  　　　　a lot of tourists every year. A. expects B. attracts C. needs D. hopes （　　）2. Tom spends two extra hours practicing his speech every day， which  　　　　his confidence and success in the school competition. A. leads to B. sounds like C. agrees with D. takes place （　　）3. — China’s high-speed railway technology is leading the world now. — That’s true. It  　　　　rapidly over the past years. A. developed B. will develop C. has developed D. is developing （　　）4. Since the beginning of 2024， the price of gold worldwide  　　　　a lot. A. had risen B. was rising C. has risen D. will rise （　　）5. — I felt very proud when I saw many things made in China during my stay in Europe. — There’s still a long way to go.  　　　　“Made in China”  　　　　“Created in China” is what we need. A. Either；or B. Neither；nor C. Not only；but also D. Both；and 四、 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Over the last 40 years， great changes have taken place in our streets and local shops. When I was young， people used to do the shopping in the 1.______________（tradition） shops. There used to be the butcher’s where we 2.________（buy） meat and the newsagent’s which sold newspapers and magazines. Each of these 3.______（shop） used to be small without much space. As large supermarkets opened， some of these traditional shops 4.________（close） down. They often stayed open much 5.________（late） than the new supermarkets. As the supermarkets stayed open 6.______ more and more hours， many of the small corner shops went away. The supermarkets have grown larger and they sell many 7.______________（difference） things， such as clothing， car parts， food and drinks. I have written 8.______ article hoping to remember those who ran the traditional shops and those who shopped in these shops. We’d better know 9.__________ we have lost because of these changes. We’d better know the reasons why there 10.____________（be） these changes and know what changes will take place in the future. We should know how to face these changes. 五、 阅读理解。〔人与自我——职业规划〕 When you graduate（毕业） from university， do you prefer to work in a big company or grow strawberries in your hometown？ Wang He， a girl who studied art and design， chose to become a strawberry farmer after graduating. When she was at university， Wang He always spent her free time helping her grandmother to sell strawberries. She noticed that Changfeng strawberries were more popular than others， because they were juicy（多汁的） and very sweet. However， she also realized that they didn’t have a special local brand（品牌） to make them famous. This made Wang want to make a special local brand of strawberries. She wanted to make Changfeng strawberries famous not just in her hometown， but possibly around the world. After graduating in 2022， Wang went back to her hometown and became a “new farmer”. To plant juicy and sweet strawberries， Wang worked hard in the fields and greenhouses. She met many kinds of difficulties， but she didn’t give up. Once， she fell down in the field and hurt her legs badly. However， she didn’t tell her family about it. She just treated her wounds secretly. Now， her strawberries are liked by many people. Even though she is very busy， she still spends time packing them beautifully. She uses gift boxes and prints pretty designs on the outside. Her artistic skills make the whole process of growing and selling strawberries more special. By taking root in the countryside， she has made her career a success. And Wang also helps the villagers become rich and promotes rural revitalization（乡村振兴）. In a word， there are many different roads to success. （　　）1. What did Wang He want to do with the Changfeng strawberries？ A. She wanted to grow them all year round. B. She wanted to use them to make strawberry juice. C. She wanted to make a special local brand of them. D. She wanted to make them famous only in her hometown. （　　）2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to（指的是）？ A. The decision to become a strawberry farmer. B. The fact about hurting her legs badly. C. The idea of creating a new strawberry brand. D. The difficulty she met in the fields and greenhouses. （　　）3. Which of the following best describes Wang He？ A. Strict and caring. B. Patient and outgoing. C. Creative and hard-working. D. Friendly and understanding. （　　）4. Which of the following is the best title for the text？ A. All roads lead to Rome B. Think twice before you act C. Practice makes perfect D. There is no end to learning 六、 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。〔人与社会——生活变迁〕 A. I like the changes. B. They live a richer life. C. I have lived here for ten years. D. Building the railway station needs space. E. There was a small hill in the east of the village. F. But now， it has turned into a busy and modern town. G. More people and more factories also bring more pollution. My hometown used to be a quiet village near a big lake. 1.______ This is all because of the high-speed railway station. 5 years ago， about three hundred people lived in the place. 2.______ Around the hill， there were small lakes and farmland. People grew crops for a living. Children went to a small primary school with 3 grades. There were dirt roads（土路） connecting（连接） the village to the town. Now， the hill is gone. Even the village itself is no longer there. At the place of the hill， people built the railway station. 3.______ The government pulled down most of the low houses and built some residential（住宅的） buildings for the villagers. Also， some highways were built to connect the area to the outside world. Only half of the farmland is left. And the primary school is no longer there either. Children go to school in the town. Since the railway station was built， more and more factories have appeared. Now， most villagers make a living by working in the factories. 4.______ But the changes have also brought many problems. Some people can’t get used to living in tall buildings. 5.______ As there are fewer trees， a lot of wildlife has left this area. I hope that in the future， my hometown can find a balance between developing and protecting its past. 参考答案 一、excellent citizens electric move public wealth 二、more educational creative southern development is flying has made 三、BACCC 四、traditional bought shops closed later for different an what have been 五、CBCA 六、FEDBG 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $