Unit 4 Reading同步练习 2025-2026学年译林版八年级英语下册

U4 Reading同步练习

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一、语法选择（共5小题，每题只有一个选项符合题意）

1. After hours of climbing, Jenny was so tired that she ______ stand up. 

   A. couldn't     B. mustn't     C. needn't  D. shouldn't 

2. —Do you know the result of the match? 

   —Not yet. I don’t know it ______. Let’s check the sports news. 

   A. neither     B. too     C. either     D. also 

3. The old photo is quite valuable. It ______ belong to my greatgrandmother. No one else in the family had such a picture. 

   A. can     B. must     C. need     D. might 

4. Be careful when you walk on the icy road, or you may ______ easily. 

   A. fall behind     B. fall over     C. get away     D. move away 

5. The rain was so heavy that we could ______ see the road clearly while driving. 

   A. nearly     B. hardly     C. almost     D. simply 

 

二、完形填空（共10小题）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

It was a windy autumn afternoon. Mia and her grandfather were walking through the old forest near their village. The leaves were falling like golden rain, and the air was 1 and fresh.

“Grandpa, why do people say this forest is magical?” Mia asked.

Her grandfather smiled. “Because it has stories, my dear. Every tree, every path 2 something.”

They walked deeper into the woods 3 they reached a large oak tree. Its trunk was covered with small carvings — names, dates, and even short sentences.

“People from different times left their marks here,” Grandpa said softly. “Some came to remember, some to 4 goodbye, and some just to feel less alone.”

Mia touched one carving: “Hope is the thing with feathers.” 

“That’s from a poem!” she said 5 .

“Yes. And look at this one — ‘For those who sail away.’ Perhaps it was carved by someone 6 a sailor.”

As the sun began to set, Grandpa pointed to a new, empty space on the trunk. “Every year, someone adds something. Maybe this year, it could be 7 .”

Mia thought for a while. She took out a small coin and pressed it gently into a crack in the bark. “For all the stories yet to come,” she whispered.

Grandpa nodded. “You see, the magic isn’t in the tree itself. It’s in the 8 we share and the ones we leave behind.”

On their way back, Mia felt the wind was no longer cold. She looked back at the oak, standing strong under the fading light. She knew that 9 they had just done would be remembered, just like all the marks before.

“Grandpa,” she said, “I think I understand now. This forest isn’t just trees. It’s a 10 of memories.”

1. A. warm     B. cool     C. hot    D. freezing 

2. A. hides     B. throws    C. keeps     D. breaks 

3. A. until     B. unless     C. though     D. because 

4. A. speak     B. tell     C. talk     D. say 

5. A. carefully     B. angrily     C. excitedly    D. nervously 

6. A. waiting for     B. looking for     C. paying for     D. caring for 

7. A. his     B. hers     C. yours     D. ours 

8. A. stories     B. coins     C. poems     D. gifts 

9. A. when     B. what     C. how     D. why 

10. A. map     B. book     C. library     D. museum 

 

三、语篇填空（共10小题）

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。

In a small town in Yunnan, there is a young man 1_______ (name) Lin Tao. He runs a special library in his home. The library is not like 2_______ (other) in the city. It is small but full of warmth.

 

Lin Tao started the library three years ago 3_______ he noticed that many children in the village had no place to read after school. “I 4_______ (simple) wanted to give them a space where they could dream,” he said.

 

Now, the library has more than two thousand books. Most of them 5_______ (give) by friends and strangers who heard about his story. Every afternoon, children come to