Unit5 Saving animals in danger Reading（同步练） 2025-2026学年沪教版八年级英语下册

Unit5 Saving animals in danger ⭐Reading 同步练 一、单项选择（语法 / 词汇 / 短语，共 10 小题，每题 1 分） 1. I lived with my mother, aunts and cousins in a wild and beautiful ______. A. sky B. land C. river D. forest 2. We never worried about anything until one day, when I was about ______. A. three B. four C. five D. six 3. A group of two-legged strangers appeared—they were ______. A. animals B. humans C. birds D. monkeys 4. They raised their guns and shot dead my mother and several of my ______. A. friends B. relatives C. teachers D. neighbours 5. I was trained and forced to do all kinds of stupid ______ to make humans laugh. A. tricks B. sports C. games D. exercises 6. Now, things are changing for the ______. Our population is growing again. A. worse B. better C. older D. younger 7. The little ones are not chased or ______ by humans. A. helped B. harmed C. fed D. protected 8. People leave them bags of corn and fruit on the roadside to lead them ______ the right direction. A. in B. on C. at D. for 9. Volunteers protect the elephants ______ harm. A. from B. for C. with D. at 10. In the new world, humans respect and ______ all animal species. A. kill B. value C. catch D. sell 二、完形填空（动物保护类短文，共 10 小题，每题 1.5 分） I’m an old elephant. I can still remember the old days. I lived with my family in a wild and beautiful 1. ______. We had more than enough to eat and never 2. ______ anything. When I was three, some humans came. They shot my mother and relatives. I was taken away and forced to do 3. ______ to make humans laugh. Now, things are 4. ______ for the better. Our population is growing again. My great-great-grandsons can move 5. ______ across the land. They search for food and water. Sometimes they damage crops, but people don’t 6. ______ or harm them. Instead, people leave them 7. ______ on the roadside to lead them home. Drones follow their progress and 8. ______ protect them from harm. The little ones live 9. ______ a care in the world. No one forces them to leave their land. This is a world of 10. ______ between man and animals. 1. A. land B. city C. town D. village 2. A. enjoyed B. worried C. liked D. hated 3. A. tricks B. homework C. sports D. jobs 4. A. changing B. staying C. becoming D. getting 5. A. freely B. slowly C. quickly D. carefully 6. A. chase B. help C. feed D. love 7. A. money B. food C. water D. toys 8. A. volunteers B. hunters C. farmers D. workers 9. A. with B. without C. for D. at 10. A. fight B. war C. harmony D. argument 三、阅读理解（细节理解 / 主旨大意，共 5 小题，每题 2 分） 阅读短文，完成任务 One family, two worlds: an elephant’s story I’m now very old and near the end of my life. But I can still remember many years ago, I lived with my mother, aunts and cousins in a wild and beautiful land. We enjoyed our time under the deep blue sky. We had more than enough to eat. We never worried about anything until one day, when I was about three. On that day, a group of two-legged strangers appeared in front of us—I found out later that they were humans. Without warning they raised their guns and shot dead my mother and several of my relatives. As I was about to be shot, one of them said, “Keep that little one. He’s handsome and seems smart. We can make greater use of him.” I was then trained and forced to do all kinds of stupid tricks to make humans laugh. Now, years and years later, things are changing for the better. Our population is starting to grow again. My great-great-grandsons and granddaughters are able to move freely across the land. They search for food, water and places to rest. The little ones sometimes damage crops and people’s homes. But they are not chased or harmed. There are no angry humans going after them. Instead, people leave them bags of corn and fruit on the roadside. The food leads them in the right direction back to their homeland. Drones follow their progress and volunteers protect them from harm. The little ones do not have to worry about anything. They move around without a care in the world. They eat when they are hungry and sleep when tired. They swim in the river and play when they feel like it. No one forces them to move away from their land. What a different world this is! This is a world of harmony between man and other animals. In the old world, we were killed for our tusks. In this new world, humans respect and value all animal species. 1. Where did the elephant live when he was young? A. In a zoo. B. In a wild and beautiful land. C. In a city. D. In a farm. 2. What happened to the elephant’s mother? A. She was shot dead by humans. B. She left the family. C. She was taken to a zoo. D. She died of illness. 3. What was the elephant forced to do after he was caught? A. To work on a farm. B. To carry heavy things. C. To do tricks to make humans laugh. D. To fight in wars. 4. What do people do when the little elephants damage crops? A. They chase and harm them. B. They leave them food to lead them home. C. They kill them. D. They put them in cages. 5. What is the main idea of the story? A. Elephants are dangerous animals. B. Humans should kill elephants for their tusks. C. The world is changing to be more harmonious between man and animals. D. Elephants should live in zoos. 四、语法填空（共 10 空，每空 1.5 分） 阅读短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 I’m an old elephant. I can still remember the old days. I 1. ______ (live) with my family in a wild and beautiful land. We had more than enough to eat and never 2. ______ (worry) about anything. When I was three, some humans came. They 3. ______ (shoot) my mother and relatives. I 4. ______ (take) away and forced to do tricks 5. ______ (make) humans laugh. Now, things are 6. ______ (change) for the better. Our population is growing again. My great-great-grandsons can move 7. ______ (free) across the land. People don’t chase or harm them. Instead, they leave them food 8. ______ (lead) them home. Drones and volunteers protect them 9. ______ harm. This is a world of 10. ______ (harmonious) between man and animals. 参考答案及解析 一、单项选择 1. B 解析：由课文 “I lived with my mother... in a wild and beautiful land” 可知答案。 2. A 解析：由课文 “until one day, when I was about three” 可知答案。 3. B 解析：由课文 “I found out later that they were humans” 可知答案。 4. B 解析：由课文 “shot dead my mother and several of my relatives” 可知答案。 5. A 解析：由课文 “forced to do all kinds of stupid tricks” 可知答案。 6. B 解析：固定搭配 change for the better 表示 “向好的方向发展”。 7. B 解析：由课文 “But they are not chased or harmed” 可知答案。 8. A 解析：固定搭配 in the right direction 表示 “朝正确的方向”。 9. A 解析：固定搭配 protect...from... 表示 “保护…… 免受……”。 10. B 解析：由课文 “humans respect and value all animal species” 可知答案。 二、完形填空 1. A 解析：land 表示 “土地”，对应文中 “wild and beautiful land”。 2. B 解析：worried 表示 “担心”，对应文中 “We never worried about anything”。 3. A 解析：tricks 表示 “把戏”，对应文中 “forced to do all kinds of stupid tricks”。 4. A 解析：changing 表示 “变化”，对应文中 “things are changing for the better”。 5. A 解析：freely 表示 “自由地”，对应文中 “move freely across the land”。 6. A 解析：chase 表示 “追捕”，对应文中 “not chased or harmed”。 7. B 解析：food 表示 “食物”，对应文中 “leave them bags of corn and fruit”。 8. A 解析：volunteers 表示 “志愿者”，对应文中 “volunteers protect them from harm”。 9. B 解析：without a care in the world 表示 “无忧无虑”。 10. C 解析：harmony 表示 “和谐”，对应文中 “a world of harmony between man and animals”。 三、阅读理解 1. B 解析：由第一段 “I lived with my mother... in a wild and beautiful land” 可知答案。 2. A 解析：由第二段 “shot dead my mother and several of my relatives” 可知答案。 3. C 解析：由第二段 “I was then trained and forced to do all kinds of stupid tricks” 可知答案。 4. B 解析：由第三段 “people leave them bags of corn and fruit... to lead them in the right direction back to their homeland” 可知答案。 5. C 解析：文章通过大象的今昔对比，展现了人与动物关系向更和谐方向转变的主题。 四、语法填空 1. lived 解析：描述过去的生活，用一般过去时。 2. worried 解析：and 连接并列谓语，与 had 时态一致，用一般过去时。 3. shot 解析：shoot 的过去式为 shot，描述过去发生的动作。 4. was taken 解析：一般过去时被动语态，表示 “被带走”。 5. to make 解析：动词不定式作目的状语，表示 “为了让人类发笑”。 6. changing 解析：现在进行时，表示 “正在变化”。 7. freely 解析：副词修饰动词 move，用 freely。 8. to lead 解析：动词不定式作目的状语，表示 “为了引导它们回家”。 9. from 解析：固定搭配 protect...from...。 10. harmony 解析：介词 of 后接名词，用 harmony。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $