Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature Section B(2a-4c)同步练习——2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature 第五课时 Section B (2a-4c) 夯实基础 一、根据句意及汉语提示填写单词。 1. My hometown, Tianjin, is a beautiful city on the (海岸). 2. Learning is a (终身的) journey for every one of us. 3. The strong wind blows some tiny (沙子)into my eyes. 4. Poyang Lake is the largest (淡水的)lake in China. 5. Be (好奇的), and you'll find new things everywhere in your life. 二、用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。 1. Jumping up and down is a (risk)action. 2. People in the (south)part of China like to eat rice. 3. We are proud of the Chinese culture and want to keep it (live). 4.Xu Xiake was famous as a great (travel)in Chinese history. 5. The magic hotel (attract)a large number of tourists because it's totally underwater. 三、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。 live, locate, nature, include,structure 1.The of this ancient bridge is very strong. 2. The sunlight seven colours-red, orange... 3. I wonder how I can make my class interesting and . 4. It is important to protect wonders from disappearing. 5. Harbin, in northeastern China, is famous for its ice-snow art. 四、根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。 1.每天在网上聊天占用了她太多的时间。 Chatting online every day too much of her time. 2.这个节目展示了保护珊瑚礁的重要性。 This program shows the importance of protecting . 3.这家商店出售各种类型的书籍，从小说到教科书。 The store sells all books, from novels to textbooks. 4.不要让孩子们在河里游泳，因为我们不知道河有多深。 Don't let kids swim in the river, because we don't know it is. 5.这个小男孩对一切都感到好奇,一直问问题。 The little boy is everything and keeps asking questions. 提升素养 五、阅读理解。 It's hard to imagine a place that's more extreme(极端的) than Death Valley in California and Nevada. Death Valley is the hottest and the driest place in North America. Yet Death Valley is full of life. Death Valley isn't an easy place to live. It gets less than two inches of rain a year, so there isn't much water. It's hot too. In July, temperatures often rise to over 46 °C. The ground is mostly sand and rocks. There is even a dried-up lake that has turned into salt crystals(结晶). Although the weather condition in Death Valley is terrible, it is still filled with lives.Nothing can stop plants and animals from making it their home. People have found more than 1,000types of plants there. It also has 51 types of mammals(哺乳动物)，36 kinds of reptiles(爬行动物)，6 types of fish, and more than 300 kinds of birds. The animals aren't all small, either. There are big ones like bighorn sheep, mountain lions,and mule deer. Water is the biggest challenge for anything that lives in Death Valley. Some plants have roots that go fifty feet under the ground to find water. Kangaroo rats get the water they need from the seeds(种子) of desert sunflowers. Tiny pupfish can live in water that is 32 °C and five times as salty as the ocean! ( )1. How much rain does Death Valley get a year? A. Two inches. B. Fifty-one inches. C. At least two inches. D. Less than two inches. ( )2. What do we know about Death Valley from the first two paragraphs? A. There is no life in Death Valley. B. Death Valley is the coldest and driest in America. C. It's hot in Death Valley all year round. D. The ground in Death Valley is mostly sand and rocks. ( )3. What does the underlined word "it"in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. Sand. B. Death Valley. C. The dried-up lake. D. The weather condition. ( )4. How does the writer show his idea in Paragraph 3? A. By listing some numbers. B. By asking a question. C. By comparing facts. D. By telling a story. ( )5. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? A. Life in Death Valley B. Death Valley-An Easy Place to Live C. Death Valley-A Place You Can't Miss! D. The Challenge of Living in Death Valley 参考答案 一、1. coast 2. lifelong 3. sand 4. freshwater 5.curious 二、1. risky 2. southern 3. alive 4.traveller 5.attracts 三、1. structure 2. includes 3. lively 4. natural 5.located 四、1. takes up 2. coral reefs 3. types/kinds of 4. how deep5. curious about 五、1. D 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. D 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $