Unit 5 Nature’s Temper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。 Have you ever experienced anything really terrible that made you have scary dreams at night? One of the 1_________ experiences of mine was going through a storm. One morning when I was eight years old, the news on TV 2_________ that there was a storm that might soon move into our town. But my parents and I were not going to leave our house because we thought the 3_________ wouldn’t be too serious. Around 8:00 p.m., the wind began to blow. We could see the leaves flying everywhere. About an hour later, it started to rain 4_________. The branches of the trees started to break off. I felt the wind pushing me back 5_________. I opened the door. At about 10:00 p.m., I tried to fall asleep but the wind kept making noises. Suddenly, my parents and I heard a 6_________ noise and knew that something bad happened. The storm broke a 7_________ into pieces and started to come in. After seeing this, we were so 8_________ that we couldn’t say a word. We were in shock for a moment, and then we decided to do something. I used rubbish bags to cover the TV and computer. My parents used an old bed to block (堵住) the window. The wind was strong, so they found some wood to keep it in place. Luckily, the storm did not get worse. This storm experience made us 9_________ that storms are very dangerous. We should take them seriously and make full 10_________ before they come. ( )1. A. longest B. busiest C.happiest D. worst ( )2.A. pointed B. remembered C. reported D. shared ( )3. A. snow B. storm C. sunshine D. thunder ( )4. A. slowly B. hardly C. heavily D. lightly ( )5. A. now that B. as soon as C. even though D. so that ( )6. A. usual B. loud C. soft D. clear ( )7. A. table B. chair C. door D. window ( )8. A. shocked B. low C. unlucky D. joyful ( )9. A. realize B. wonder C. change D. imagine ( )10. A. information B. steps C. situations D. preparations 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。 My mother and I were staying in a town near Pompeii（庞贝）. The earth shook those days. That night, I was sleeping when the ground shook very hard. My mother rushed into my room to wake me up. We had to stay outside for the night. My mother was so scared. She didn’t shut her eyes for even one second. By six o’clock the next morning, many buildings were still shaking. We decided to leave the town. The road was crowded. We were at a place out of town. Just then, shocking things happened. Our coach (四轮大马车) couldn’t go straight ahead. It began to move from side to side. The sea moved back suddenly, and many sea animals were left on the sand. We noticed a very dark cloud over Mount Vesuvius (维苏威火山). Soon, the cloud moved down and covered the sea. My mother asked me to continue without her, but I refused to leave her behind. We moved on while the cloud was spreading over the land like a flood. It turned day into night. The air was thick with smoke and ash (火山灰) began to fall in heavy showers. All around us, women were calling, children were crying and men were shouting. People were trying to find their families in the dark. Thankfully, after a while, the daylight returned! Everything was covered in ash, like the snow in winter. After a night of living between hope and fear, we had no thoughts of things to come. Pliny the Younger ( )1. Where were the writer and his mother staying? A. In Pompeii. B. In a town near Pompeii. C. On Mount Vesuvius. D. By the sea. ( )2. When did the ground shake very hard? A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. At night. D. At noon. ( )3. What happened to the sea before the dark cloud spread? A. It became very rough. B. It moved back suddenly. C. It froze completely. D. It rose quickly. ( )4. What is the passage mainly about? A. A trip to Mount Vesuvius. B. A terrible natural disaster the writer experienced. C. How to keep safe during an earthquake. D. The history of Pompeii. 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。 Typhoons are some of the worst storms, usually around the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. Most happen in July, August and September. 1.________When lots of sea water gets hot in the summer sun, it evaporates (蒸发) into the air. This makes the air hotter. When the air gets warm enough, it starts to move higher up into the sky. Then cooler air around it rushes in. It fills the space that is left. After the air gets warmer, it starts to move quickly, making wind. The wind goes in circles (圆圈) and it keeps moving higher in the sky. 2.________ And when the wind moves faster than 30 metres a second, a typhoon begins. A typhoon has two parts. One is called the “eye”. In the eye, the wind does not move so fast. The other part is the wall of clouds around the eye. This is where the strongest winds and hardest rain are. 3. _________In November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan killed around 6,000 people in the Philippines. More people were badly hurt and some others were missing. 4. ___________ · Stay inside. Close all the windows and stay away from them. · Try to bring all of your things inside. Strong winds could even blow away your bikes! · Listen to the radio or watch TV for important information. · If you’re told to go to a safe place, do it right away. 选项： A. How does a typhoon happen? B. What should we do when a typhoon hits? C. Typhoons often happen in the hot months. D. Typhoons can be very dangerous sometimes. E. The warmer the air gets, the quicker the wind moves. 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。 Did you experience an earthquake? There was a bad earthquake in Mexico City on September 19th, 1984. All of 1. _______ sudden, a lot of buildings fell down, and hundreds of people were in danger. Many people 2. _______ (sleep) when the earthquake happened. After the earthquake, of Mexico City was without electricity (电). It was reported that about 230 people died in the earthquake. Lots of people in Mexico City became 3. ________ (volunteer) to help others. Some people in other areas also offered 4. ________ (help). They took risks bringing clean water, enough clothes and food to Mexico City. Some doctors and nurses began to give people medicine and tried their best to help people on crowded streets. The aftershock (余震) happened 5. ________ the evening of September 20th. It was the 6. ________ (strong) after shock in Mexico. “I told my students two things. First, we should protect 7. ________(we), because it is not a game. 8. ________(two), we should get ready for everything in time,” said Adelina, a teacher of the Morelos Middle School. Although all the buildings in the school were broken, 9. ________ (thankful), everyone was safe. Because both the students 10 ________. the teachers had learned some life-saving skills, they quickly ran out of the buildings. 五、阅读与表达 阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。 Floods, droughts, storms, hot days… extreme (极端的) weather is becoming more and more common all over the world. This is caused by greenhouse gas emissions (温室气体排放) from human activities, reported China Daily. In the summer of 2024, big storms hit areas of Europe. At least 13 people died in Austria, France and Italy by Aug. 19. In Portugal and Spain, huge wildfires forced thousands of people to leave their homes. In the US, more than 80 percent of the west was in drought, causing three-quarters of farmers in these areas to stop growing food. In China, the heat hit the south starting from June 2024. The duration (持续时间) of 2024’s high temperatures broke the 62-day record in 2013, becoming the longest heat wave in 61 years. If you visited Chongqing in the summer of 2024, you may have seen a very “dark” city: no more neon lights (霓虹灯) in the streets with only a few lights on in shopping malls. The highest temperature there reached ! People there had no choice but to turn on the air conditioner the whole day, which was a big burden for the power system. Extreme weather has also made 218 of the known 375 diseases more serious. You may have heard the word “thermoplegia (热射病)” in 2024. It is the most serious type of sunstroke (中暑). Many cases of death were reported to be caused by it that summer. If people stay in high temperatures for too long, the heat will damage their organs (器官) and make people feel sick, even die. 1. What does “This” refer to (指的是) in Paragraph One? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 1. What made Chongqing a “dark” city according to the passage? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 1. What is thermoplegia? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 1. How can we, as middle school students, help deal with extreme weather problems in daily life? Write 30 words or more. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $