Unit 3 Growing Up阅读专项训练-2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

英语人教版新教材八年级下册阅读专项训练

Unit 3 Growing Up

        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

Our parents are important people in our life. They are our first teachers in our life. They love us and help us all the time. But do you want to get on well with them? Here are some suggestions to help you to be happy with your parents. Have fun together How much time do you spend just enjoying being with each other? Ask your parents to play with you. Go outside together, try some sports, or go to the movies. Be kind Little things may bring a lot to your parents. Make a meal for them by yourself and that can make your parents happy. Ask for help When you are in trouble or meet some sad things, you can ask your parents for help and advice. They will be happy to listen to you and help you. Have a try You don't have to be the best but you need to have a try. They will be happy to see you have the courage to achieve your dream. It lets them know they're doing a good job in helping you grow up.

1.Why are our parents important people for us?

A. Because they teach us first in class.
B. Because they love us sometimes.
C. Because they always give us a hand.
D. Because they are happy all the time.

2.How many suggestions does the writer give us in the passage?

A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.

3.What's the best title for this passage?

A. How to Love and Teach Kids
B. How to Talk with Your Parents
C. How to Keep Happy with Your Parents
D. How to Try to Be the Best of Yourself

B

When Chris Haas was nine years old, he noticed many of his classmates holding basketballs incorrectly, so they didn't shoot very well during a school basketball practice. He was the son of a basketball coach and knew a thing or two on the right way to shoot. After trying to show his classmates the right way to hold a ball, he came up with his invention: the hands-on basketball.

The hands-on basketball is a basketball training tool for kids. It has hands painted on it, showing the correct ways to hold the ball while trying to shoot. With his teachers’ and family's encouragement, he went on to patent（获得专利）his idea and he made it. Then he went to several sports companies（公司）and asked whether they would be interested in making and selling his invention. None of them was.

Chris didn't give up and a year and a half later, luckily, his invention won the attention of a sports company. And it was soon popular in the market. The hands-on basketball is now sold successfully around the world.

But being a famous person was just one of the new challenges Chris had to face after he sold his invention. Chris promoted（宣传）his invention by travelling around and showing it in cities, like New York and Las Vegas. He also had to decide how to use his money wisely. Each year, he gives away much money to children in need. These days, Chris is an active basketball player and writer of the book—Shooting for Your Dreams.

4.Where did Chris get the idea of the hands-on basketball?

A. From his basketball coach.
B. From helping his classmates.
C. From improving his shooting skills.
D. From joining a sports company.

5.What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Chris's teachers. B. Chris's family.
C. Several sports companies. D. Kids in Chris's school.

6.When did Chris's invention come on the market?

A. The year when his book came out.
B. One year after he came up with his idea.
C. After he went to several sports companies.
D. One and a half years after he patented his idea.

7.What's the main idea of the passage?

A. To share a kid's success.
B. To show the importance of study.
C. To tell people how to become popular.
D. To let people know about an invention.

第二部分  完形填空

A

Rick Black was a great teacher known for his wise and down-to-earth lessons. One sunny afternoon, his student Mark walked into his office with a(n)     1     look. “Mr Black, I want to know how to live a happy life,” Mark asked.

Rick smiled and didn't answer right away.     2    , he asked Mark to come with him to the forest. Then he would show him the     3     of being happy. When they were walking to the forest, Rick saw a big stone on the road. He asked Mark to    4     the stone, hold it in his hand and follow him. A few minutes later, Mark started feeling kind of tired, but he still     5     walking and said nothing.

When Mark was very tired, he told Rick about it. Rick asked him to put the stone on the road. After that, Mark felt     6    . Then Rick smiled and asked, “Now do you know how to live happily?”

Seeing that Mark was confused（困惑的）, Rick said, “When you hold the stone in your hand for a few minutes, you may feel a little tired. But    7     you hold it for a long time, you'll even feel sick. Life is the same. The stone is just like some problems in our life. The     8    we carry these problems, the unhappier we will be. To be happy, you need to learn to    9     your ‘stones’ in life.”

Mark stared at（注视）the stone, and then smiled—he finally     10    .