Unit 1 Time to Relax阅读专项训练-2025-2026学年人教版八年级英语下册

英语人教版新教材八年级下册阅读专项训练

Unit 1 Time to Relax

        本资料分为三部分，第一部分为阅读理解，第二部分为完形填空，第三部分为阅读填空。

第一部分  阅读理解

A

How do you spend your free time? Do you make good use of your free time? Letˈs see how the four students do.

	In my country, it snows for seven months of the year. So my favourite free time activity is skiing. I usually ski with my friends three times or more a week, and every time we ski for two hours. That makes me feel relaxed and energetic. And when there is no snow, I like to make things by hand. Itˈs meaningful.
	Iˈm in a band at school. I can play the guitar and the piano, but in the group Iˈm the singer. So I always play music in my free time. I also love taking photos. I think photos can help us remember wonderful moments and find the beauty around. I like working on the photos with a computer.
	In my free time, I mainly do two things—dance and karate（空手道）. Many people in Brazil dance. I dance every Wednesday and Saturday. Itˈs a good way of exercise. Karate can help protect myself. I practise it in a club three times a week. I have many friends with the same interest in the club.
	As a student in Grade 9, I donˈt have much free time every week. But I try to make the best use of it. Every day I do exercise like swimming. Before going to bed, I usually read books, especially history books. Sometimes I go to the movies. And now, thereˈs almost no time to play computer games.

1.Where is Sophia probably from?

A. Russia. B. Australia. C. Thailand.

2.What does Jason think of taking photos?

A. Exciting. B. Helpful. C. Easy.

3.Why does Tina practise karate?

A. Because it can help protect herself.
B. Because it's a good way of exercise.
C. Because it can help her make many friends.

4.What can we learn about Teng Fei?

A. He doesn't like playing computer games.
B. He has a habit of staying up reading books.
C. He spends most of his free time reading and exercising.

5.In which part of a magazine（杂志）can we probably find the passage?

A. CULTURE. B. HISTORY. C. LIFE.

B

I used to be a shy girl. To make me more outgoing, my mother told me to develop some hobbies. She thought it could make me relaxed. I finally agreed with her and had a try. I found I was interested in collecting leaves of beautiful shapes and colors, so I talked with my mum about it.“Collecting leaves needs to be done outside so you can also enjoy the fresh air. Believe me. It will make your spare time more colourful,” my mother said. She also gave me a nice notebook to save the leaves.

There was a park near my home. It was a good place to get leaves. One day, my grandmother went there with me. We walked slowly around it and picked up many leaves. After that, she went there with me several times.“At first, I just wanted to be with you so that you wouldn't feel lonely. However, I have fallen in love with the activity now.” After hearing her words, I understood something.

Everyone needs to develop a hobby to live happily.

6.Who wanted to make the writer more outgoing?

A. Her grandma. B. Her father. C. Her grandpa. D. Her mother.

7.What was the writer's hobby?

A. Collecting leaves. B. Taking a walk.
C. Picking rubbish. D. Drawing pictures.

8.What does the underlined word“it”refer to in Paragraph 2?

A. A notebook. B. A park. C. A home. D. A hobby.

9.Which of the following is the right order of the story?
a.The writer was a little shy.
b.The writer decided to develop a hobby.
c.The writer understood something about hobbies.
d.The writer went to the park to collect leaves with her grandma.

A. a-b-d-c B. a-b-c-d

C. b-a-c-d D. b-a-d-c

10.What is the writer's purpose of writing the passage?

A. To tell us not to develop as many hobbies as possible.
B. To tell us to try spending time with our family.
C. To tell us to develop some hobbies in our life.
D. To tell us not to forget others' help easily in our life.

第二部分  完形填空

A

The first person in our family to do yoga was my mum. Her best friend, Sissy, who lived next door to us,   (1)  yoga to her. She said if Mum was   (2)  of the rush of modern life and wanted to reduce stress, then yoga could help. Sissy was a very peaceful person, so Mum   (3)  accepted.

I watched Mum every day doing her breathing exercises and   (4)  her postures(动作).After a few months, she said she felt much   (5) . Dad was getting envious(羡慕的). He wasn't going to be left out so he   (6)  yoga too. He goes to a class twice a week now.

Then Mum had the bright   (7)  that my sister and I should do yoga. She researched the kind of yoga that is   (8)  for children and learnt as much as she could about it. Then she became our   (9) . To my surprise, it turned out really well.

At first, we mostly did breathing exercises but then we moved on to stretching(伸展) exercises. We had to lift our ribcage(胸腔), reach our arms to the side and circle our body with them. Mum told us to   (10)  we were enjoying ourselves in the sunshine. It was really fun!

Our whole family does yoga now. Even our dog, Bingo, likes to join in!

1.A. took B. introduced C. replied D. sent

2.A. sure B. full C. tired D. free