阅读专项训练Unit 8 Once upon a Time-- 2025-2026学年人教版英语七年级下册

英语人教版新教材八年级下册阅读专项训练 Unit 8 Once upon a Time 这份阅读专项训练包含三部分内容，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，旨在提高学生的阅读理解能力，请认真答题。 第一部分 阅读理解 A Bao Zheng is considered(被认为) as one of the highly respected officials in history and is much loved by Chinese people. Many of the stories about Bao were made into some movies, plays and so on. Here is one of them. A young boy made a living by selling fried dough sticks(油条) in the market. One day he fell asleep on a rock after he got 100 copper coins(铜钱).When he woke up,he found his coins were gone. The boy cried because the money was so important for his sick(生病的) mother. Bao Zheng happened to pass through the market. After knowing that the boy's coins were gone, he ordered everyone in the market to put a coin into a basin(盆) filled with water. When a coin created an oil bloom(油花) in the water, Bao caught the man who dropped the coin and told everyone that he took the boy's coins. Bao explained,“The boy is the only one who sells oily food in the market and the man's coin is the only one that created an oil bloom in the basin.” 1.What problem did the boy have? A. He fell asleep and sold few dough sticks. B. He had no time to take care of his sick mother. C. He lost 100 copper coins when he was asleep. 2.How did the boy feel when he found his coins were gone? A. Tired. B. Sad. C. Excited. 3.What did Bao do to help the boy? A. He gave his own coins to the boy. B. He asked everyone to put a coin into water. C. He searched every person in the market. 4.Why did Bao think the man took the boy's coins? A. The man's coin created an oil bloom. B. Only the man's coin was made up of copper. C. The man was afraid to put his coin into a basin. 5.This story shows Bao was ____. A. hard-working B. polite C. wise B Once upon a time, there was a crocodile(鳄鱼) who lived in the river. One day, the crocodile crawled(爬行) into the desert(沙漠) and he lost his way. Just then, he noticed a young man there. Then he shouted,“Hi,friend! Please help me! I couldn't get back to the river.” The young man put the crocodile on his back and finally took him to the river. At this time, the crocodile said to the young man,“In fact, I want to eat you up, but your kindness really moved me. I decided to eat only one of your legs.” Then they argued(争吵) with each other. That woke up a bird. After knowing what happened, the bird said to the young man,“I don't believe you can carry Mr Crocodile. You have to show me how you do it first.” So the young man carried the crocodile again and walked back to the desert. When they reached there, the bird asked the crocodile,“Do you think you can walk to the river without the help of the young man?” The crocodile answered,“No.” Then the bird turned to the young man and said,“It's up to you, young man. Do you want to save him again?” 6.Where did the crocodile lose his way? A. B. C. D. 7.The young man carried Mr Crocodile back into the water by ____. A. putting the crocodile on his back B. putting the crocodile on his car C. asking the bird for help D. using his hand and a piece of string 8.What can we know about the bird in Paragraph 3? A. He came from the desert. B. He wanted to help the man. C. He just made fun of the man. D. He decided to help the crocodile. 9.What was the crocodile like? A. Brave. B. Strange. C. Bad. D. Careful. 10.What may the young man do next according to the passage? A. He may leave the desert alone. B. He may give some food to Mr Crocodile. C. He may go to the river again with the bird. D. He may save Mr Crocodile again. 第二部分 完形填空 A Once upon a time, a rabbit built a beautiful house. He made it so strong that it stood well even    (1)  a great snowstorm. However, the snowstorm broke the    (2)  of many animals. One after another, the homeless animals came to the rabbit's door. They wanted to spend that    (3)  in his home. He asked each visitor to stay in, and soon there was no room left.    (4)  it became crowded (拥挤的), the rabbit was quite happy. He enjoyed     (5)  his house with others. In spring, all the animals returned to their own new homes. One day, the rabbit was playing happily outside. He didn't    (6)  that a lion was watching him. One of the animals saw this and he shouted to the rabbit to come into his home. The lion broke that home, but the rabbit ran to stay in the home of another friend. The lion    (7)    the rabbit from house to house, but the rabbit was always able to    (8)  himself. All the animals wanted to help him because they got help from him in winter. The rabbit felt very   (9) , not only because he ran away from the dangerous lion, but also because he had made so many     (10)  in the forest. 1.A. before B. from C. after 2.A. arms B. homes C. hearts 3.A. spring B. summer C. winter 4.A. So B. Although C. Because 5.A. sharing B. visiting C. building 6.A. believe B. remember C. realize 7.A. followed B. carried C. watched 8.A. meet B. save C. catch 9.A. tired B. happy C. scared 10.A. promises B. houses C. friends B An official in Yunnan wanted to show his respect to the emperor. So      (11)      sent a man named Mian Bogao to bring some gifts to the emperor. One of the gifts was a beautiful      (12)     , and it was a very valuable(贵重的) gift at the time. Mian took good care of the swan on his way. One day he passed by a      (13)      and wanted to let the swan drink some water. But when he set the swan free, it quickly flew away, leaving only some      (14)      on the ground. Mian was very      (15)     , but he didn't run away. He decided to tell the emperor the      (16)     . He picked up one of the feathers and      (17)      going on his trip. When Mian met the emperor, he told him what happened and said,“This swan feather is light,      (18)      it carries our deep(深的) respect for you.”     (19)      his surprise, the emperor didn't get angry. Instead, he      (20)      Mian because he thought Mian was honest(诚实的). 11.A. she B. we C. he D. they 12.A. swan B. hen C. duckling D. fish 13.A. mountain B. lake C. house D. market 14.A. money B. marks C. ropes D. feathers 15.A. powerful B. silly C. afraid D. wise 16.A. promise B. lie C. truth D. idea 17.A. kept B. stopped C. hated D. pretended 18.A. so B. but C. although D. or 19.A. In B. To C. At D. For 20.A. caught B. praised C. searched D. killed 第三部分 阅读填空 A In ancient India, there was an emperor named Akbar. He liked to ask his people strange questions. It was very hard    (1)   (answer) these questions and few people could answer them correctly. Once, he asked a very strange question. None of his people    (2)   (know) the answer. At this moment, a man named Birbal came up to the emperor.“May I ask what    (3)    question is?” Birbal asked. Akbar said,“How many crows(乌鸦)    (4)   (be) there in this city?” Birbal answered    (5)   (quick),“There are 50,589 crows,my lord.” “How can you be so sure?” asked Akbar. Birbal said,“Make your men    (6)   (count), my lord. If you find a smaller number of crows than I gave, it means some have gone to visit their    (7)   (friend) elsewhere (去别处).” Akbar was very happy    (8)    Birbal's answer. Some questions may seem quite difficult,   (9)   actually, they have open-ended answers. We just need to think about    (10)   (they) in another way. Do you agree? B Once upon a time, there was a hippo(河马) living in a river next to a big tree. One day, a bird came and nested(筑巢) in the tree. They became    (11)  (neighbour). The hippo envied (羡慕) the bird very much. The bird could sing beautiful songs    (12)  he couldn't. Every day, the hippo would think why he wasn't born(天生的) to be a bird. The bird told him he was so    (13)  (luck) to be so big and such a good swimmer. But the hippo didn't listen to    (14)  (he). At last, the hippo came out of the river. He    (15)  (try) to fly to the tree, but it was very clear that he couldn't fly. Knowing that he would never fly up to the tree, the hippo knocked down(推倒) the tree angrily. Then he sat on the leaves of the tree and began singing. Unluckily, the hippo couldn't    (16)  (sing) either. He could only make terrible noises. When other animals heard this, they came around. They    (17)  (hate) his singing. Some of them thought the hippo was silly and even laughed    (18)  him.    (19)  (final), the hippo was sorry for what he did. He made    (20)  tree back up again and looked after it. He learnt that he couldn't do the things beyond(超出) his ability. 答案 第一部分 阅读理解 1~5. C、B、B、A、C 6~10. A、A、B、C、A 第二部分 完形填空 1~10. C、B、C、B、A、C、A、B、B、C 11~20. C、A、B、D、C、C、A、B、B、B 第三部分 阅读填空 1.to answer 2.knew 3.the 4.are 5.quickly 6.count 7.friends 8.with 9.but 10.them 11.neighbors 12.but 13.lucky 14.him 15.tried 16.sing 17.hated 18.at 19.Finally 20.the 第1页，共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $