Unit 1 Time to Relax单元阅读提升训练-2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

阅读提升循环练 一、完形填空 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个能填入文中相应空白处的最佳答案。 We need to learn how to relax when we are studying or working for a long time. Finding ways to 1 _________stress is important and not too easy. I have many good ways of relaxing 2_________, and some came from my friends’ suggestions last year. Here are my favourites. I’m a sports fan, so I relax by watching or playing sports. My parents are a bit 3_________ about my study time, but they allow me 30 minutes of sports every evening. Watching games on TV is 4_________ - I jump for joy when my team wins, and that makes me very happy. Playing sports not only relaxes my body but is 5_________ great for my brain after hard work. I can also manage to finish homework faster 6_________ playing basketball with classmates. I enjoy music in my free time. For example, I love soft piano, violin and guitar music. Some people can’t study while listening to music. However, I can study better 7_________ listening to light music. Some 8_________ to relax by traveling. I hear traveling to southern Anhui is wonderful—I 9_________ going there with my family soon. I like its quiet ancient villages, delicious food and beautiful Hui 10_________, like traditional white houses with black roofs (屋顶). ( )1. A. express B. manage C. reduce D. push ( )2. A. himself B.myself C. yourself D.herself ( )3. A. worried B. strict C. careful D. nervous ( )4. A. scaring B. stressing C. understanding D. exciting ( )5. A. carefully B. cheaply C. importantly D. really ( )6. A. after B. until C. if D. although ( )7.A. over B. with C.by D. through ( )8. A. choose B. allow C. promise D. return ( )9. A. am scared of B. deal with C. am up to D. dream of ( )10. A. programs B. plants C. objects D. buildings 二、阅读理解 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。 How do you spend your free time? What do you like to do? Here are some of our likes. My name is Tina. My favourite hobby is singing. I started singing at 3. Four years later, my mom sent me to the Children’s Palace to learn music. I won many competition awards. I think the best thing in life is sitting in the sun, listening to music and singing along. One of my friends, Victor, likes collecting stamps. He has stamps from England, Canada, China and more. On his birthday, people always give him stamps. His favourite stamps are from France—he has almost all from 1954 to 2004, but needed a 1974 special edition. Victor also has a French pen friend, Phillip. Once Phillip’s mother gave Phillip an old green stamp. When Victor got Phillip’s letter, he was surprised: the stamp on the envelope was the 1974 special one! He was very happy. Another friend, Nancy, loves reading most. When she was little, she read comic books; now she likes fiction. “Reading is fun. My favourite fiction is Pride and Prejudice–it gives knowledge and teaches the right attitude toward life. Reading makes my life complete. I’ll keep reading,” Nancy says. Everyone has a hobby. Hobbies make life colourful and bring benefits—they help us relax after hard work, and give activities to retired people. ( )1. When Tina was ______ years old, she began to learn music. A. 3 B. 5 C. 7 D. 10 ( )2. Why does Nancy like Pride and Prejudice? A. Because when people grow up, they all love fiction more. B. Because she can learn knowledge and a right attitude toward life from it. C. Because the characters of this book help make her life complete and happy. D. Because there are many exciting and attractive mysteries in it. 3.What are their hobbies? A. Tina—dancing; Victor—collecting books; Nancy—writing books. B. Tina—dancing; Victor—collecting stamps; Nancy—reading books. C. Tina—singing; Victor—collecting books; Nancy—writing books. D. Tina—singing; Victor—collecting stamps; Nancy—reading books. ( )4. Choose the best structure for the passage. 三、短文还原 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。 Why do you need hobbies? A study has found that people are more positive when they take part in a relaxing activity. Other studies have shown that hobbies can give you a sense of achievement. Scientists also think they might be good for your brain. How do you choose the right hobby? Start with what you enjoyed in the past. Did you once play football? 1. ________ If you find it isn’t for you, stop and turn to something new. Probably joining a class or a team will give you a chance to meet other people. Which relaxing activities are good for physical health? It’s clear that exercise is going to be good for your body, for example, walking. 2. ________ A review of 94 studies found that dancing three times a week improved balance in older people. Getting out in nature is helpful, whether you’re hiking or doing something less active. Which hobbies keep your mind active? 3. ________ Playing the piano or listening to your favourite band can help you make it. Researchers have found reading is also good for your brain. 4. ________ So let’s take up great hobbies. 选项： A. Dancing is wonderful exercise. B. Take it up again or start something else. C. Reading more books can help you. D. Learning an instrument and reading are the best choices. E. Hobbies let you forget your worries and have fun. 四、语篇填空 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Today, I’m going to talk about my hobby.Some people play sports and others build models, but my hobby is 1. ________ (collect) stamps. I love stamps because they are very beautiful. They can also teach me about the history and culture of different countries. I developed this hobby 2. _______ I was seven years old. My grandpa is a stamp collector, and he has 3. _______ (thousand) of stamps. Some of them are valuable, so he always handles (处理) them with great care. He even wears white gloves 4. _______ (protect) his stamps! Every Sunday my grandpa adds new ones to his collection, and I sometimes help him take old stamps from envelopes and 5. _______ (postcard). More interestingly, once in 6. _______ while he tells the kids stories about different stamps. It is almost like a history lesson. Look at the stamp of the Palace Museum. It is my favourite because it was my first one. My grandpa 7. _______ (manage) to buy it for me. “They built these buildings hundreds of years ago. It may seem impossible, but they built them 8. _______ using a single nail (钉子)!” he explained. My grandpa also shared many other interesting bits of history about the old palace. Now, when friends ask how to start collecting stamps, I give them small 9. ________ (suggest): pick themes they like, like animals. 10. ________ (important), we don’t need to buy expensive stamps; we can use ones from letters rather than spend much money. This hobby is always fun! 五、阅读与表达 阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。 As we all know, hobbies are things that people truly enjoy doing in their free time. They are not just simple activities but meaningful parts of daily life. Hobbies are really important because they give people a wonderful way to have fun and relax after busy study or work. Different kinds of hobbies can help us learn all sorts of useful skills. For example, some people like outdoor hobbies like climbing mountains or riding bikes. These hobbies are great for getting fresh air and keeping our bodies healthy. Other people are more interested in indoor hobbies, such as watching movies or reading books. These hobbies are perfect for getting new knowledge and opening our minds. Still others enjoy creative hobbies like drawing pictures or writing stories. These hobbies make people create new things and show their talents. Maybe it’s hard at first. Don’t worry. As long as you don’t give up, you’ll get better at it over time. Though these hobbies are quite different, most of them have one key thing in common: All of them can make people feel happy and satisfied. Besides, in most cases, hobbies can also help people learn something important and even make new friends who share the same interests. So why not try to find your own hobbies and fully enjoy them every day? 1. Why does the writer say hobbies are important?. _______________________________________________________________________________ 1. What can people get from drawing or writing? _______________________________________________________________________________ 1. What is one common thing most hobbies have? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 1. What do you think of hobbies? Why? 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