Unit 5综合阅读模拟限时提优卷3（江苏适用）（偏难）译林版英语2025-2026学年八年级下册

Unit 5综合阅读模拟限时提优卷3（江苏适用） （时间45分钟） 一、完形填空 My father carried me up the stairs to my bedroom, followed by my mother, and three-year-old brother. Upon my returning home, our excitement was mixed with a sense of ___1___, since we all knew I would be staying in bed for a long time. Leaving my room, my father turned to me and said, “This, too, shall pass.” He ___2___, and closed the door behind him. It made me a little relaxed. I had scoliosis when I was twelve years old. My parents took me to see the doctor from time to time. We tried different ways but they didn’t stop my back forming an S-shape. The doctors ___3___ stopped all the treatment. An operation was the only ___4.___ Two weeks later, I was sent home with orders to stay flat on my back ___5___ seven months. Tidy and clean, my room welcomed me with comfort. But when the lights were off and the house grew quiet at night, I realized that I ___6___ leave my bedroom, even my bed, for such a long time! How lonely I felt! “This, too, shall pass.” rang in my ___7___. I didn’t understand. But I knew that if my father believed it, it must be ___8___. His words reduced my worry. If he said everything would work out okay, then it would. Long winter days passed. Sometimes, I became impatient, ___9___ I always felt upset while staying in the bedroom alone. Everyone in the family noticed that and ___10___ of them came to help me, especially my father. Very gently, he would pick me up and carry me downstairs and place me on the sofa, making me ___11___ the rest of the family. I couldn’t help laughing when they talked about something interesting. Some days, he even carried me ___12___ to enjoy some much-needed sunshine. With their encouragement, I ___13___ the hard time. By summer’s end, I was back on my feet and starting my freshman year in high school. At last, my father’s words made sense: “This, too, has passed!” Life is a journey with challenges. I’ve lived through a lot of ___14___ since then. My father taught me to hold on to the good memories and get out of the bad. When life is good, time flies by and his words never enter my mind. When it’s not so good, I___15___ “This, too, shall pass.” And, it does. 1. A. pleasure B. worry C. luck D. danger 2. A. accepted B. excused C. cried D. smiled 3. A. recently B. suddenly C. finally D. quickly 4. A. choice B. experiment C. support D. influence 5. A. in B. for C. after D. before 6. A. shouldn’t B. needn’t C. mustn’t D. couldn’t 7. A. eyes B. ears C. heart D. arms 8. A. wrong B. obvious C. true D. exact 9. A. but B. and C. or D. so 10. A. none B. neither C. all D. either 11. A. believe B. leave C. join D. visit 12. A. inside B. across C. off D. outside 13. A. put off B. went through C. concentrated on D. made up 14. A. trouble B. happiness C. fear D. success 15. A. wait B. remember C. forget D. wonder 二、阅读理解 A In East China’s Anhui Province, there’s a famous alley(小巷), Liuchi Alley. The 2-metre-wide alley separates a pair of gray walls. At first sight it may seem common, but to those who know its history, it means much more than its appearance would suggest. During holidays, the alley is filled with thousands of visitors each day—attracted there by the story of its creation and the lessons that can be learned from it. Its name comes from the Chinese word for six and chi—a traditional Chinese unit of length that corresponds to one-third of a metre. It was so named because of its width. In the early Qing Dynasty, it served as the boundary (边界) between the households of two families. To the south was the Zhang family and to the north the Wu family. Both had male members in high positions within the court of Emperor Kangxi. But the two families quarrelled(争吵). The point of their quarrel was the boundary between their two houses and which family had the right to build a wall on the dividing line. After trying but failing at mediation(调解), the Zhangs wrote to Zhang Ying, their most prominent family member and a trusted top official in the emperor’s court. His response(回复), which is still celebrated in the form of a poem, did not provide the support for which his family had hoped. Instead, he called for his family to step back one metre from the boundary. His suggestion so moved the two families that both did exactly that. ___▲___ Although the walls by the alley are replicas(仿制品), people are still attracted to the area because of its back story. To them, the story is about how to get along with other people. And it has often been cited to talk about the qualities of a kind person, a cultured family, or a good official. The local government has made great efforts to restore the area to its original glory(昔日辉煌). It was reopened to visitors last year. 1. According to the passage, people go on a visit to Liuchi Alley mostly for its ______. A. nature beauty B. design style C. educational value D. new appearance 2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the story? A. The Zhangs failed in the quarrel at last. B. The Wu family stepped back one metre as well. C. They solved their problem through mediation. D. The two families quarrelled about the length of the alley. 3. Which sentence should be filled in ___▲___? A. So they built the alley. B. As a result, they quarrelled worse. C. Thus the alley was born. D. In this way, the two families became one. 4. What does the last paragraph imply about the alley? A. It’s as good as new now. B. Tourists like its old appearance. C. Restoring it is unnecessary. D. They try to give full play to its role. B I once thought I had superpower in my senior year of high school. I was living with my grandparents at that time. My grandparents had recently been out of work. While they’d managed to save money to buy a house, they didn’t have enough money for living costs. ① So, my grandfather took a job as doorkeeper of the Java school building. Keeping the whole building clean was a stressful job for an old man. Realizing this, I began helping him after school, sweeping rooms and emptying waste baskets, for a small payment. ② When winter arrived, he fired up the school’s furnace(火炉). He quickly realized how difficult it had become for him to shovel (铲) the huge pile of coal to fill in the furnace. I volunteered to take on that job, a promise that required me to get up an hour earlier each morning. I’d go over to the school, and shovel a half ton of coal, enough to keep the fire burning for 24 hours. After finishing that task, I’d return home, change clothes, and eat breakfast. Then I’d rush back to school, always at the last minute. ③ On two mornings, at the very moment I stepped onto the sidewalk(人行道) in front of the school, the first bell rang. That was the signal (信号) for students to go to class. This surprising coincidence caused me to improve my action. I carefully planned each step of my morning activity. I sped myself. Often I’d step onto the school’s sidewalk just as the first bell rang. This effort gave me a huge sense of achievement—and some strange feelings. ④ Twenty years later, at a school get-together, I happened to meet Harold Spiry, the head teacher, who had been in control of ringing the bell by pushing a button(按钮) in his office. I couldn’t stop talking about my superpower. I told Mr Spiry about how I had kept my difficult morning work in good order, how my timing had been perfect. “Oh,” he said. “Do you remember my office windows? I used to look out through the windows. I often saw you coming. And when you hit the sidewalk, I’d ring the bell.” 5. Why did the writer’s grandfather work as a doorkeeper after he was out of work? A. Because he needed the job to support the family. B. Because he was interested in working for extra hours. C. Because he wanted to stay close to his grandson at school. D. Because he found he could be well paid by taking on the job. 6. The sentence “It was during those morning rushes to school that I discovered my superpower.” should be put in ______. A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④ 7. What does the underlined word “coincidence” mean in Paragraph 4? A. 巧合 B. 举措 C. 业绩 D. 表现 8. How would the writer feel after hearing what Harold Spiry said? A. Proud. B. Surprised. C. Relaxed. D. Calm. 9. What message does the writer’s story express? A. Our dream can be realized through hard work. B. Personal superpower brings people joy and success. C. Careful plans lead to the development of special skills. D. Our achievements are often supported by unseen kindness. 三、阅读表达 The Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes are among the most important and international prizes in the world. The prizes are given to encourage great discoveries or special achievements. The fields cover physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology (医学或生理学), literature, peace and economic sciences(经济学). The prizes were first given out in 1901. And since then it has been presented almost every year. The prize in economic sciences began only in 1969. The winners receive a large sum of money, a medal and a certificate(证书). They are admired and respected for their hard work and the achievements they have made. The prizes were created by a Swedish chemist called Alfred Nobel. Nobel devoted much of his life to working with explosives(炸药). In 1864, his younger brother and several other people were killed in an experiment(实验). After his brother’s death, Nobel decided to discover a way of making explosives safer to use. When he died in 1896, he left about US $9 million. In his will (遗嘱), Nobel said the money and the prize should be given to people who had contributed a lot to mankind each year, no matter which country they were from. Marie Curie won the prize twice. It makes her still one of the most famous winners today. She was also the first woman winner. One of the other women to win a prize was her daughter, who won the prize in chemistry in 1935. 1. Why are Nobel Prizes given out each year? ______________________________________________________________ 2. Who can win a Nobel Prize? ______________________________________________________________ 3. Which Nobel Prize was not given out in 1901? ______________________________________________________________ 4. How did Nobel’s young brother die? ______________________________________________________________ 5. Why is Marie Curie still one of the most famous winners? ______________________________________________________________ 四、缺词填空 Bassanio reached Belmont and went to visit Portia. Portia was very pleased to see him b ___1___ she remembered him from his earlier visit. She was c ___2___ he would be brave enough to choose a box. She hoped he would be w ___3___ enough to choose the one with her picture in it. Bassanio loved Portia more than e ___4___. He wanted to choose a box and marry her. However, Portia was now afraid that he would choose the w ___5___ box. Then he would never be able to marry her. At last, Portia took Bassanio to the t ___6___ boxes and told him the rules. Bassanio looked at the boxes, but he did not read the w ___7___ on them. He looked at the gold and silver. He d ___8___ want these beautiful boxes of gold and silver. He would choose the lead box with its ordinary colour. “It spoke more to me than all the gold and silver in the world.” He went to the lead box and opened it. The writing inside the box told him that he had c ___9___ the right box. It s ___10___ that he should go to Portia and look into her eyes. She would be his wife. —Adapted from The Merchant of Venice 1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________ 6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________ 10. __________ 参考答案 一、完形填空 BDCAB DBCBC CDBAB 二、阅读理解 CBCD ACABD 三、阅读表达 1. To encourage great discoveries or special achievements. 2. People who have contributed a lot to mankind. 3. The prize in economic sciences. 4. He was killed in an experiment./He was killed by explosives./Explosives killed him. 5. Because she won the prize twice. 四、缺词填空 1. because 2. certain 3. wise 4. ever 5. wrong 6. three 7. writing 8. didn't 9. chosen 10. said 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $