Unit 4 A good read Reading 课时练习 2025-2026学年译林版八年级英语下册

Unit 4 A good read Reading 课时练习(14) （附答案） 【基础过关】 一、根据句意、中文释义和首字母提示，写出所缺单词。 1. I have a ( 胃 )ache after eating too much cold food. 2. Please c telling your story , we are all listening. 3. The sailor tied the boat to the dock with a strong r . 4. An (大批)of volunteers helped clean up the park. 5. The road runs (径直)for miles before turning left. 6. The boy tried to （拉）the heavy box out of the room. 7. She was t out after looking after her kids all day without any help. 8. The players c against each other during the exciting basketball game. 二、用所给词的适当形式填空。 1. My arms, legs and hair ________ (tie) to the ground! 2. After saving the master, they continued ________ (go) to the west. 3. The Monkey King finally managed________ (save)his master out. 4. My dad ________ (lift)the heavy box and put it on top of the shelf. 5. When he woke up, he found himself________ (lie)on the grass in the park. 6. The demons ran as________ (quick)as they could when they saw the Monkey King. 三、选择方框中所给单词或短语，并用其适当形式完成句子。 sleep buy stomach reader get up 1. I haven’t decided what ________ for my little son yet. 2. His writing style created a colorful world in the ________ minds. 3. However , they soon ________again and continued moving across my body. 4. My little sister fell ______ quickly after listening to a bedtime story. 5. The camel has three ________, so they can live in the desert for a long time. 四、单项选择 1．He is standing by the window, watching the rain beating the window. A. along B. above C. across D. against 2．The hotel was far from the station. Luckily, we ________ to catch the train. A．decided B．managed C．failed D．continued 3．David ________ and hurt himself while he was playing soccer. A．cheered up B．blew out C．took up D．fell over 4. —What smells terrible?   —Sorry, I’ll ________ my shoes and wash them at once. A．put on B．take away C．move on D．get away 5．The kids were after playing football for two hours. A. full of energy B. very relaxed C. tired out D. quite interested 6．The fish fought to from the net and swam back to the river. A. break free B. stay in C. look around D. slow down 7．—I hear you're leaving for Guilin for your holiday. — . And I'm looking forward to it. A. It doesn't matter B. It's a pleasure C. That's right D. Never mind 【综合运用】 五、完形填空 It was a beautiful spring day in a forest. High up in a tree, a mother bird was watching her six baby birds come out of the 1 . Five of them were strong. But the 2 one that came out was not strong at all. This little one was called Little Six. He was the 3 and quietest. He was not fast enough to get the worms (虫子) Mother Bird brought back. Little Six ate little food, so he was always 4 . And he didn’t like that. Little Six didn’t have a strong 5 , but he had a strong will (决心). He decided to be stronger. He would 6 and flap (拍动) his wings every day. Every morning, Little Six would get up before the 7 rose. When his brothers and sisters 8 , Little Six had already finished all his exercises. Morning after morning, he 9 flapping his wings, and they were getting stronger and stronger. He 10 got the first worms Mother brought back home. All through the spring, Little Six woke up 11 than his brothers and sisters. Week after week, he worked harder than they did. He could eat big 12 and did not go hungry anymore. After a few 13 , all the baby birds had grown well. Mother Bird brought them together and taught them to 14 . To everyone’s surprise, Little Six was the first to start flying! “Chirp! Chirp! Look at me!” Little six cried 15 . What about his brothers and sisters? They still fought hard, trying to fly up. 1．A．trees B．holes C．houses D．eggs 2．A．first B．second C．third D．last 3．A．weakest B．fattest C．tallest D．heaviest 4．A．full B．hungry C．nervous D．excited 5．A．mind B．body C．head D．legs 6．A．sing songs B．tell stories C．do exercises D．play games 7．A．moon B．river C．sun D．mountain 8．A．ate B．drank C．walked D．woke 9．A．practiced B．stopped C．imagined D．forgot 10．A．seldom B．always C．never D．sometimes 11．A．later B．slower C．earlier D．quicker 12．A．animals B．plants C．fruits D．meals 13．A．hours B．months C．years D．minutes 14．A．fly B．walk C．swim D．run 15．A．angrily B．sadly C．happily D．differently 六、阅读理解 Once upon a time, there was a grasshopper (蚂蚱) who didn’t like to work. He spent his time singing and playing music all day long. One lovely spring day, the grasshopper was singing his favorite song with a guitar in his hands, when a little ant passed by. “Little ant, why don’t you come and sing along to my songs?” the grasshopper asked. “I must prepare for the winter, and so should you,” replied the ant. The grasshopper laughed. That sounded like too much work and quite boring. Besides, winter was such a long way away and he had plenty to eat at the moment. Summer and autumn came and went, and the grasshopper continued to laze about while the ant was busy working day and night. The ant reminded him to prepare for the winter but he turned a deaf ear. But winter came earlier than usual that year and the grasshopper became worried because he hadn’t made any preparations. He saw the ant was happy in his warm house with his food. But he was cold and running out of food. Nor did he have a place to live in. “The little ant was right!” he thought sadly. “I must not be so silly next year. I should have prepared earlier.” Luckily, the ant was glad to share food with him, but the grasshopper learned how important it is to work hard and be prepared. 1．The title of the passage is ________. A．The winter B．The grasshopper C．The ant D．The grasshopper and the ant 2．The grasshopper was ________ when the ant passed by. A．singing B．thinking C．eating D．working 3．The underlined part “he turned a deaf ear” in the passage means “________”. A．he did not hear anything around B．he had something wrong with his ear C．he refused to accept the ant’s advice D．he lost his hearing because of the ant 4．What lesson did the grasshopper learn from his experience? A．A good beginning is half done. B．True friendship lasts for a lifetime. C．It’s easier to say things than to do them. D．It’s important to work hard and get ready. 5．We can know the ant in the passage is ________. A．hard-working and brave B．hard-working and kind C．clever and talented D．clever and humorous 七 、首字母填空 There lives a farmer in a village. On his farm, there is an a 1 tree. When the farmer was a little kid, he played with the tree and p 2 quite a lot of apples. But now the tree is old and has no fruit. “Why must I k 3 it? ” says the farmer. “Now the tree is not u 4 . I should cut it down. ” after hearing this, some birds come to speak to him, “Please don’t cut it down! We have no other places to live. We can s 5 for you. Our songs will fill the air with love and joy, making your world wonderful. ” “Please don’t cut it down! All my family live in it, ” a squirrel (松鼠) also says, “This tree is our h 6 . We love the happy life here.” But the farmer doesn’t l 7 to them. At this time, he finds a beehive (蜂巢) in the tree. He takes a little honey (蜂蜜) from it and puts it in his mouth. The taste of the honey is d 8 and wakes the little boy up in his heart. He r 9 his happy childhood (童年) . He stops cutting and thinks, “The tree doesn’t have fruit but is home to these animals. And the music of birds and honey are the best gifts. ” “Sorry. The tree is still important, I will n 10 cut it down and you can live here, ” the farmer tells them. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 参考答案： 一、根据句意、中文释义和首字母提示，写出所缺单词。 1. stomach 2. continue 3. rope 4.army 5. straight 6.pull 7.tired 8.crashed 二、用所给词的适当形式填空。 1.were tired 2. going 3. to save 4. lifted 5. lying 6. quickly 三、选择方框中所给单词或短语，并用其适当形式完成句子。 1.to buy 2. readers’ 3. got up 4.asleep 5.stomachs 四、单项选择 1-5 DBDBC 6-7 AC 五、完形填空 1-5 DDABB 6-10 CCDAB 11-15 CDBAC 六、阅读理解 1-5 DACDB 七、首字母填空 1.apple 2. picked 3.keep 4.useful 5.sing 6.home 7.listen 8.delicious 9.remembers 10.never 2 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $