Unit 2 Growing pains and gains-Developing ideas：Reading for writing同步练 2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级下册

Unit 2 Growing pains and gains Developing ideas: Reading for writing 一、根据句意及首字母或汉语注释完成单词（每小题1分，共5分） 1. The teacher spoke very c_________ so that every student could understand. 1. My sister placed the new book u_________ the desk and started to read. 1. After practising for a month, she felt _________(完全地) confident of speaking in public. 1. My uncle taught me to go _________(滑雪) last winter holiday, and I soon loved this sport. 1. The news of the little girl’s lost cat was really _________（使人心碎的）— everyone felt sorry for her. 二、用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空（每小题1分，共5分） 1. After seeing the touching movie, she couldn’t help_________ (cry). 1. Jack met many_________ (challenge) while learning to play the guitar. 1. My parents were disappointed at _________(see) the mess in my bedroom. 1. He failed _________(keep) his promise to help me with my English homework. 1. The project_________(finish) last week and all our team members were excited about it. 三、用合适的词完成句子，每空限填一词（每小题1分，共5分） 1. Having a good rest can help take my mind _________the pain. 1. I want to be a science teacher when I grow_________ because I love helping kids learn. 1. Dark clouds gathered, and heavy rain fell_________ the students on their way home. 1. This hand-drawn picture is a special gift_________ me because my friend spent two hours making it. 1. David practised playing the piano every evening, and ______ a result, he won the school music competition. 四、词汇运用（每小题1分，共10分） 阅读下面短文，根据括号内所给汉语注释写出单词的正确形式（每空一词）。 One day, our English teacher Mr White came into the classroom with a book in his hand. He started his lesson with a question, “Who can 1._________ (描述) what stress (压力) is like?” No one 2. _________(答复). Then he raised the book and asked, “How heavy is the book?” On hearing the question, we began to think and guess. One student said, “I think it is . Another student said,”It’s .” We all had our own 3. _________(观点). Finally, Mr White 4. _________(解释), “It doesn’t only depend on the real weight. It also has much to do with the time I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have a 5._________ (疼痛) in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, I will have to see a doctor. It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. This book stands for stress. If you hold it 6._________ (没有) putting it down, sooner or later, you will not be able to keep on. No matter how much stress you have, stop and have a rest for a while if 7._________ (可能). Boys and girls, you should learn to relax 8._________ (你们自己). I am sure you will live a happy school life.” After listening to these, we all 9._________ (认识到) something about stress. The meaningful lesson made a 10._________ （差别，差异） to us and we all thanked Mr White. 五、阅读理解（每小题2分，共8分） Some people say that childhood is the best time of your life. However, being a child has good sides and bad sides. On the good side, you have few duties. For example, you don’t have to go to work, pay for things you need, or do the shopping or housework. This means you have lots of free time to do whatever you want — watch TV, play video games, go out with friends, play sports, or take up other hobbies. Besides, public transport (公共交通), cinemas, and sports centres cost much less for children. So being a child can be a fun time of life. However, every coin has two sides. For one thing, you have to stay at school on weekdays and this certainly means that you have to do homework and take exams. What is more, although you have free time, you are hardly allowed to do whatever you want. You need your parents’ permission (允许) before going out with friends, staying out late, or going to parties. It can sometimes seem that they want to stop you having any fun. Last of all, things may be cheaper for children, but that doesn’t mean they are cheap. Children depend on getting money from parents and only some parents choose to give or are able to give a lot. So not all children can afford many fun activities or the things they like. All in all, even though childhood doesn’t have many duties, I don’t think it is the best part of life. On the one hand, children may have free time, but on the other hand, they do not have the freedom (自由) to choose what to do with it. They can feel stressed both by parents and schools. Also, the greater duties that come with age make their own pressures, too. ( )1. Which is a good side of childhood according to the passage? [A] Free tickets for public transport. [B] No homework during weekends. [C] More time to spend on hobbies. [D] Freedom to choose fun activities. ( )2. What does the underlined word “afford” in Paragraph 3 mean? [A] pay for [B] wait for [C] part with [D] learn from ( )3. Where do the pressures on children mostly come from according to the passage? No free time. Parents. Housework. Schools. Growing duties. [A] ①②③ [B] ①③⑤ [C] [D] ( )4. Which can be the best title of the passage? [A] Parents — the controllers of childhood? [B] Childhood — is it the best time of life? [C] Homework — children’s biggest problem? [D] Schools — a main reason of childhood stress? 六、完形填空（每小题1分，共15分） You probably ride a bike well. I’m an exception (例外). I got a 1_________ when I was a little kid. It was a tiny toy bike 2_________ four wheels (轮子). I loved it very much and rode it every day. When I was 15, my uncle gave me a pink bike. It was a(n) 3_________ bicycle with just two wheels! At the time, my parents always left early in the morning and got back late in the afternoon. They were too 4_________ to teach me how to ride it. So I had to learn by 5_________. I 6_________ hard at weekends and during vacations. Gradually I learnt 7_________ to ride, but I still didn’t know how to make turns. One summer vacation, I rode my bike with my friends on a country road. We sang and practised our riding skills. 8_________, a little boy ran into the road. I was shocked and 9_________ stop the bike at all. My bike crashed into the 10_________ and he fell down. He didn’t get seriously hurt, but he cried 11_________. The boy’s grandma ran out and pushed me over into the bushes. She was too angry to accept my apology (道歉). My friends 12_________ five minutes later and saved me from the mess (困境). 13_________ the experience made me feel terrible: I no longer wanted to ride a bike. Then, The government started to offer free bikes. My mother tried to teach me how to ride. After practising in the yard for two days, I tried to ride on the road. The traffic made me so 14_________ that I had to ride really slowly. But I’m not going to 15_________. One day, believe me, you’d see me riding a bike like an expert in a big street. ( )1. [A] horse [B] bike [C]car [D] ship ( )2.[A]with [B] in [C] on [D] at ( )3. [A] special [B] old [C]cheap [D] real ( )4.[A] lazy [B] nice [C] busy [D] kind ( )5.[A]herself [B] myself [C] himself [D] yourself ( )6. [A] practised [B] drove [C] worked [D] pushed ( )7. [A] how [B] what [C] when [D] where ( )8. [A] Finally [B] Quickly [C] Suddenly [D] Clearly ( )9. [A] mustn’t [B] needn’t [C]shouldn’t [D] couldn’t ( )10.[A]boy [B] grandpa [C] friend [D] father ( )11. [A] politely [B]loudly [C]quietly [D] slowly ( )12.[A]left [B] sent [C] arrived [D] made ( )13.[A]So [B] And [C] But [D] Until ( )14. [A] excited [B] surprised [C] brave [D] worried ( )15. [A] give back [B] give up [C] look down [D] look up 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $