Unit 3 Comic and animation 同步阅读训练-2025-2026学年沪教版英语八年级下册

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Unit 3 Comic and animation

语法选择： Word: about 230    Time: 6 minutes    难易度 ★★★☆☆

There are lots of lovely animal characters in Disney films. No wonder so many people are __1__ to see their favourite animal friends turn into colourful cartoon characters.

Isa Bredt, __2__ artist from the Netherlands, turns pet photos into Disney-style cartoons. The characters she creates seem like they __3__ jump right out of a classic Disney film!

Isa calls her project Pet Disneyfication.“I started it __4__ I am a big fan of both drawing animals and the old Disney style,”said the __5__ girl. As a result, art has always been an inseparable part of her life. Isa __6__ to draw when she was a child. __7__ the beginning, she offered free drawings to people who would __8__ her pictures of their pets. Now, she draws for people from around the world.

The Dutch artist __9__ works her magic to pay attention to homeless animals. She turns __10__ into lovely cartoon characters. And she hopes to increase their __11__ of finding loving homes.

Opia is one such animal. The cat __12__ in the street. She could hardly move because of her hurt back legs. Isa __13__ drew a picture of her that showed her charm (魅力). The artist encouraged her followers __14__ Opia if they could.

It was a slow process, __15__ Opia finally got her Disney dream come true! And she has found a caring family!

(        ) 1. A. exciting       B. excited       C. excite       D. excitedly

(        ) 2. A. a                  B. an               C. the            D. /

(        ) 3. A. could           B. must           C. need         D. should

(        ) 4. A. if        B. unless         C. when         D. because

(        ) 5. A. 26 year old  B. 26-years-old  C. 26-year-old  D. 26 years’old

(        ) 6. A. starts       B. started       C. has started       D. will start

(        ) 7. A. With         B. By              C. On          D. In

(        ) 8. A. send         B. sending       C. sent        D. to send

(        ) 9. A. too           B. also             C. either      D. as well

(        ) 10. A. them         B. their             C. they             D. theirs

(        ) 11. A. chance      B. chances        C. chances’      D. chance’s

(        ) 12. A. found       B. has found     C. is finding    D. was found

(        ) 13. A. care                   B. careful   C. more careful      D. carefully

(        ) 14. A. help         B. helping         C. helped         D. to help

(        ) 15. A. but           B. and               C. or                 D. so

 

完形填空: Word: about 220    Time: 6 minutes    难易度 ★★★☆☆

Bob’s Burgers is a very popular cartoon. It gets more popular with kids. In fact, the cartoon has 12 seasons and more than 200 episodes (集). And the Bob’s Burgers movie __1__ on 27 May, 2022. Now let me tell you something about the movie.

The movie tells a story about the Belcher family. They run a __2__ in a small city in the USA. The family may __3__ lose their restaurant because they owe (欠) the bank money. It becomes more difficult when a pretty big sinkhole (污水坑) __4__ in front of their restaurant. It __5__ the family from getting out of the problems and making their dreams for the summer come true. Bob and Linda lose __6__ because people don’t eat at their restaurant. However, after their three kids find a dead body below the sinkhole, the kids decide to find out the answer and help their parents __7__ the restaurant. The Belchers learn to love each other although they have their shortcomings (缺点).

Why is the movie so __8__ and popular? The main reason is that it makes absurd (荒诞的) comedy and common family life together. What’s more, there are lots of funny jokes in the movie and they often make people  __9__.

 “The movie is warm and interesting,”said Screen Rant.“And the characters in it are like a __10__ family.”

(        ) 1. A. blew out   B. found out   C. brought out  D. came out

(        ) 2. A. cinema                 B. library    C. restaurant             D. supermarket

(        ) 3. A. thankfully  B. usually  C. closely  D. finally

(        ) 4. A. appears        B. reaches        C. plays        D. waits

(        ) 5. A. learns          B. stops           C. gets          D. chooses

(        ) 6. A. hope            B. thoughts      C. tools         D. discussion

(        ) 7. A. organize        B. describe        C. save        D. attack

(        ) 8. A. slow        B. serious        C. short        D. successful

(        ) 9. A. sleep       B. laugh           C. score       D. sigh

(        ) 10. A. real        B. separate        C. similar        D. rough

 

阅读理解：

A

Words: about 280    Time: 7 minutes    难易度 ★★★☆☆

Imagine you are able to learn knowledge through cartoons instead of long passages. Could it be easier for you to learn knowledge? This is what the cartoonist Chen Lei, who is also called “Brother Hunzi”, has worked on.

      Chen became famous because of his cartoon books about history shared on the Internet. It’s hard to believe that he had no interest in history when he was in middle school. Chen said,“I couldn’t remember historical facts even though I studied hard at that time.”However, in university, Chen played a computer game about World War II which made him become interested in history.“I had no knowledge of the characters and historical background of the game, so I read lots of books about the history from that period,”Chen said.   The experience made him know that interest had a good effect on his study.

      Chen studied mechanical design in university and worked as a car designer after leaving his school. But then, he decided to give up his job so that he could put his whole

heart into what he really liked — to help people to learn more easily. Now he had his own team.

      Today, there are more than seventy people who have excellent drawing skills, creative thinking ability and a wide knowledge of different fields in Chen’s team. So far, Chen and his team have published (出版) a series of books, selling over tens of millions of copies. We have been spending a lot of attention and time on each cartoon work to meet the demand (需求) for knowledge from society,”Chen said. He and his team hope to raise the awareness of science among youths by cartoon works.

(        ) 1. What does Chen Lei do now?

 A. A History teacher.   B. A cartoonist.   C. A car designer.  D. A game designer.

(        ) 2. What can we know about Chen Lei?

 A. He is not good at drawing.   

B. He is interested in Chinese history all the time.

     C. He read lots of books when he was in middle school.

    D. He was interested in history because of a computer game.

 (        ) 3. What can we learn from the passage?

       A. Nothing is impossible.    B. Practice makes perfect.

      C. It’s never too old to learn.    D. Interest is the best teacher.

(        ) 4. Which of the following is NOT true?

     A. Chen became interested in history in university.

     B. Chen has a small team with less than 50 people.

     C. The books published by Chen and his team have become popular.

     D. Chen and his team have done a lot to help people learn knowledge.

B

Words: about 300    Time: 9 minutes    难易度 ★★★★☆

When Harmony OS, the Chinese self-developed operating system (操作系统) for Huawei mobile phones, appeared on 9 August, it quickly became hot on Douyin, WeChat, Weibo and so on. Many believe it not only means the rising power of our country’s technology, but also shows great love to traditional Chinese culture by naming the system.

“Hongmeng”is a word from the ancient book Zhuangzi. It was used to describe the original state of the universe ( 宇 宙 的 原 始 状 态) before the everything appears. For Harmony OS,“Hongmeng”shows that the makers want to develop a new operating system of high quality (质量), different from any other. Besides“Hongmeng”, Huawei has also owned many of its products under the names of animals from traditional Chinese folk stories, such as“Qilin”, a lucky one and“Kunpeng”, an animal that changed from a fish into a large bird. Many Chinese Internet users and media have spoken highly of Huawei’s use of these names which carry Chinese wisdom and ancient people’s imagination.