Unit 5 第1课时 Reading(Word版)-【勤径学升】2025-2026学年八年级下册英语全程时习测试卷（外研版·新教材）

**基本信息** 本练习分层清晰，以“教材要点回归-知识综合运用”为路径，通过基础词汇语法巩固与语篇综合应用，培养语言能力与思维品质，适配新授课知识内化需求。 **分层设计** |层次|知识覆盖|设计特色| |----|----------|----------| |教材要点回归|核心词汇（首字母/汉语提示）、语法（词形转换、选词填空）、基础句型（汉译英）|含成都二模等改编题，聚焦单一知识点，强化教材词汇语法直接应用| |知识综合运用|阅读理解（记叙文/应用文）、完形填空（恐龙主题语篇）|通过动态化石叙事与自然项目广告，考查语篇理解与逻辑推理，体现词汇→句型→语篇递进|

Understanding ideas 第1课时 Reading 教材要点回归 一、根据句意及首字母或汉语提示完成句子。 1. The words in the n________ are too small. I can’t see them clearly. 2. The house was built in the 19th century and is a typical s________ of that time. 3. After years of hard work, a new m________ that could reduce patients’ pain was successfully discovered by the scientists. 4. My father works as a guard and he always checks w________ the gates are securely locked. 5. The ________ (恐龙) was a huge animal that lived millions of years ago. 二、用所给单词的适当形式填空。 （成都二模改编） 6. Zong Qinghou, the founder (创始人) of Wahaha Group, passed away on 25th February 2024, due to a kind of ________ (known) sickness. 7. Giant pandas live mainly in the mountains of ________ (north) Sichuan Province. 8. The giraffe is a large ________ (Africa) animal with a very long neck and long legs. 9. It is so cold that you can’t go outside unless being ________ (full) covered in thick clothes. 10. Luckily, many traditional art forms like Wuxi Opera are passed on and stay ________ (live). 三、根据句意选用方框中所给单词并用其适当形式填空。 （酒泉三模改编）（上海期末改编）（上海期末改编）（内江期中改编） belief; write; argue; discover; feather 11. Tim refused Jacky’s invitation because they had a(n) ________ yesterday. 12. To improve your ________ skills, you’d better develop a habit of reading. 13. The injured baby swan stayed under the mother swan’s ________ to get comfort and warmth. 14. Usually, children’s ________ are influenced by their early experiences, such as the values and teachings passed down by their parents. 15. The astronauts have recently made a couple more ________ about the space. 四、根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。 16. 我表姐大学一毕业就去找工作。 My cousin will ________ ________ a job as soon as she finishes college. 17. 别为他担心了。他不再是小孩子了。 Don’t worry about him. He is ________ ________ a child. 18. 我和Peter过去对打乒乓球感兴趣。 Peter and I ________ ________ be interested in playing ping-pong. 19. 多亏双减政策，多数学生能半小时内完成家庭作业。 ________ ________ the double reduction policy, most of the students’ homework can be finished in half an hour. 20. 《超级沟通者：如何解锁连接的秘密语言》是一本好读物。 Supercommunicators: How to ________ ________ ________ Language of Connection is a good read. 知识综合运用 五、阅读理解。 A “What is that?” “It looks like a fossil (化石).” “It looks part-human.” “It can’t be...” The words “animal” and “human” were discussed by the archaeologists (考古学家). “What if it’s neither human nor animal? What if it’s something we haven’t discovered yet?” I said. There was silence. Paul said, “I think you might be right, Jack. It isn’t an animal we know of. It’s not human. What else could it be?” The other scientists headed back to their computers to begin researching. Paul and I continued to look at the fossil closely. It seemed that the creature was smaller than a human, and could stand on two legs. The next morning, I ran to the fossil. The fossil was different! Now it looked like a small bear. “What happened?” I asked. Everyone had a puzzled look on their faces and no one had an answer. When night fell, we set up a rotation (轮班) to make sure two of us were with the fossil at all times. All was quiet for my watch (值班) at midnight. In the morning, I went to the fossil. It had changed again! This time it looked like a sheep. No one had seen or heard anything on their watch. How and why did it keep changing? To this day, no one has found the answer to the changes. 21. What were the archaeologists discussing? A. How old the fossil was. B. What animal’s fossil it was. C. Whether it was a fossil of a human or an animal. D. What if the creature was something they hadn’t discovered. 22. After the other scientists left, Paul and Jack ________. A. continued to talk B. ran a test together C. looked at the fossil closely D. worked on their computers 23. The underlined word “puzzled” means “________” in Chinese. A. 尴尬的 B. 气愤的 C. 难过的 D. 疑惑的 24. What situation are the archaeologists facing? A. The fossil went missing. B. The fossil kept changing. C. The fossil was strange in shape. D. The fossil made the scientists dream a lot. B Let’s Dive into the Mysterious World of Nature! Do you want to know about the secrets of the natural world and its great creatures? Do you dream of spending your time learning something special? Nature Seekers has prepared a wonderful 3-day autumn program just for you. Well, here you can do a lot of fun activities and see amazing animals like tall giraffes, sneaky foxes and huge eagles. It’s going to be so exciting! This program is for students who are between 10 and 18 years old. There are two periods for you to choose from. And each period needs at most 20 students. ▶Period 1: Dates: 5th-7th March 2025 Time: 9:00 am-3:00 pm ▶Period 2: Dates: 2nd-4th April 2025 Time: 9:30 am-3:30 pm ●Cost: 300 dollars for club members; 330 dollars for non-members. ●Visit our official website to download an application form and hand it in before 1st February 2025. Important notes: We don’t give free snacks. You can bring your own snacks or buy them at our snack bar here. COME AND BE A PART OF THIS AMAZING JOURNEY! DON’T LET THIS CHANCE SLIP AWAY! 25. Who can join in the program? A. A pupil at the age of 8. B. A middle-aged woman. C. An old teacher. D. A middle school student. 26. How long does the first period of this program last? A. For two days. B. For three days. C. For four days. D. For five days. 27. What time does the program begin on 3rd April 2025? A. At 9:00 am. B. At 9:30 am. C. At 3:00 pm. D. At 3:30 pm. 28. How much does a club member need to pay for the program? A. 300 dollars. B. 330 dollars. C. 350 dollars. D. 400 dollars. 六、完形填空。 The Earth’s history has been 45 billion years. Now it can be found in different periods (时期) of different ____29____ of fossils, and these fossils can ____30____ the history of our planet earth-shaking changes. Over 200 million years ago, on Earth there ____31____ a group of animals: the dinosaurs. They have dominated (支配) the Earth ____32____ up to 1.5 million years. However, dinosaurs died out ____33____. Nobody knows why. And a very long time later, humans ____34____ and no one has seen a ____35____ dinosaur up to now. Today, we know everything about them ____36____ the dinosaur fossils. ____37____ people found dinosaurs’ bones (骨骼), teeth, egg fossils, and skin marks, footprints, and other cave sites (洞穴遗址), the scientists have discovered the ____38____ of the dinosaurs. 29. A. types B. sizes C. years D. places 30. A. speak B. tell C. say D. talk 31. A. had B. has C. were D. was 32. A. in B. of C. for D. to 33. A. quietly B. suddenly C. sadly D. finally 34. A. came B. disappeared C. appeared D. happened 35. A. real B. living C. alive D. interesting 36. A. with B. in C. from D. by 37. A. Before B. After C. When D. Since 38. A. secrets B. names C. eggs D. lives Understanding ideas 第1课时 Reading 教材要点回归 一、根据句意及首字母或汉语提示完成句子。 【1题答案】 【答案】newspaper##ewspaper 【解析】 【详解】句意：报纸上的字太小了，我看不清。 根据首字母提示和“The words ... are too small. I can’t see them clearly.”可知，此处表示有小字、需要阅读的纸质载体。名词newspaper“报纸”符合语境。 故填newspaper。 【2题答案】 【答案】style##tyle 【解析】 【详解】句意：这座房子建于19世纪，是当时典型的建筑风格。根据提示和首字母可知，此处表达“风格”，固定搭配：style of“……的风格”，符合题意，放于a之后用其单数形式。故填style。 【3题答案】 【答案】method##ethod 【解析】 【详解】句意：经过多年的努力，科学家们成功发现了一种能够减轻患者痛苦的新方法。 根据首字母提示和“that could reduce patients’ pain”可知，此处表示一种新的医疗手段或办法。名词method“方法、办法”符合语境。 故填method。 【4题答案】 【答案】whether##hether 【解析】 【详解】句意：我父亲是一名保安，他总是检查大门是否锁好了。 根据首字母提示和“checks”及从句“the gates are securely locked”可知，此处表示“是否”，引导宾语从句。连词whether“是否”符合语境，且可用于介词后或与“or not”连用，此处用于及物动词“checks”后，表核查的内容。 故填whether。 【5题答案】 【答案】dinosaur 【解析】 【详解】句意：恐龙是一种生活在数百万年前的巨型动物。根据汉语提示可知，dinosaur“恐龙”，可数名词，句中谓语动词为was，因此主语用单数形式。故填dinosaur。 二、用所给单词的适当形式填空。 （成都二模改编） 【6题答案】 【答案】unknown 【解析】 【详解】句意：娃哈哈集团创始人宗庆后于2024年2月25日因一种‌未知疾病‌去世。根据提示可知，此处表达“未知的”，know“知道”，此处应改为其形容词unknown“未知的”。故填unknown。 【7题答案】 【答案】northern 【解析】 【详解】句意：大熊猫主要生活在四川省北部的山区。根据“the mountains of...Sichuan Province”和提示词汇可知，此处是四川北部，空处需填形容词，修饰Sichuan Province，northern“北部的”，形容词。故填northern。 【8题答案】 【答案】African 【解析】 【详解】句意：长颈鹿是一种大型‌非洲‌动物，拥有非常长的脖子和长腿。根据提示可知，此处表达“非洲的”，Africa“非洲”，此处应用Africa的形容词African“非洲的”，作定语修饰animal。故填African。 【9题答案】 【答案】fully 【解析】 【详解】句意：天气太冷了，除非裹严厚衣服，否则你不能出去。full“满的”，此处修饰过去分词covered，需要用副词形式，因此填fully。故填fully。 【10题答案】 【答案】alive 【解析】 【详解】句意：幸运的是，像锡剧这样的许多传统艺术形式被传承下来，保持着活力。 live“活的；现场的”，是形容词。句中stay是系动词，后接表语表示状态，此处需用live的同根形容词alive表示“有活力的；存在的”，用来体现传统艺术形式依然鲜活、得以延续的状态。故填alive。 三、根据句意选用方框中所给单词并用其适当形式填空。 （酒泉三模改编）（上海期末改编）（上海期末改编）（内江期中改编） 【11~15题答案】 【答案】11. argument 12. writing 13. feathers 14. beliefs 15. discoveries 【解析】 【11题详解】 句意：蒂姆拒绝了杰基的邀请，因为他们昨天吵了一架。根据“Tim refused Jacky’s invitation because they had a(n) ... yesterday.”及备选词可知，不定冠词a(n)后接可数名词单数，argue的名词形式argument表示“争吵”，符合句意。故填argument。 【12题详解】 句意：为了提高你的写作技巧，你最好养成阅读的习惯。根据“To improve your ... skills, you’d better develop a habit of reading.”及备选词可知，此处需用名词作定语修饰skills，write的动名词形式writing表示“写作”，writing skills是固定搭配，意为“写作技巧”。故填writing。 【13题详解】 句意：受伤的幼天鹅待在天鹅妈妈的羽毛下寻求安慰和温暖。根据“The injured baby swan stayed under the mother swan’s ... to get comfort and warmth.”及备选词可知，天鹅的羽毛不止一根，此处需用复数形式，feather的复数feathers表示“羽毛”，符合句意。故填feathers。 【14题详解】 句意：通常，孩子们的信念会受到他们早期经历的影响，比如父母传递的价值观和教诲。根据“Usually, children’s ... are influenced by their early experiences, such as the values and teachings passed down by their parents.”及备选词可知，谓语动词为are，主语需用复数形式，belief的复数beliefs表示“信念”，符合句意。故填beliefs。 【15题详解】 句意：宇航员最近又有了几项关于太空的发现。根据“The astronauts have recently made a couple more ... about the space.”及备选词可知，a couple more后接可数名词复数，discover的名词形式discovery的复数discoveries表示“发现”，符合句意。故填discoveries。 四、根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。 【16题答案】 【答案】 ①. look ②. for 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，此处缺“寻找”，此句时态为一般将来时，look for“寻找”符合语境，放于will之后用其动词原形look。故填look for。 【17题答案】 【答案】 ①. no ②. longer 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，此处缺少“不再”。no longer是固定短语，意为“不再”，可直接放在be动词后，符合本题结构。故填no；longer。 【18题答案】 【答案】 ①. used ②. to 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，此处缺少“过去常常”。used to do sth“过去常常做某事”，used to没有人称和数的变化。故填used；to。 【19题答案】 【答案】 ①. Thanks ②. to 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，此处缺少“多亏”。thanks to意为“多亏，由于”，介词短语，位于句首，首字母需大写。故填Thanks；to。 【20题答案】 【答案】 ①. Unlock ②. the ③. Secret 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，此处缺“解锁……的秘密”，unlock为“解开，解锁”，放于不定式to之后用其动词原形，the secret为“秘密”，符合语境；属于书名，所以其首字母要大写。故填Unlock；the；Secret。 知识综合运用 五、阅读理解。 A 【21~24题答案】 【答案】21. C 22. C 23. D 24. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了考古学家针对一块奇怪的化石进行的讨论以及化石的变化。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The words ‘animal’ and ‘human’ were discussed by the archaeologists (考古学家).”可知，考古学家们正在争论它是人类化石还是动物化石。故选C。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Paul and I continued to look at the fossil closely.”可知，其他科学家离开后，保罗和杰克仔细观察了化石。故选C。 【23题详解】 词句猜测题。根据“... and no one had an answer.”可知，没有人有答案，因此此处表示每个人都很疑惑，画线单词puzzled意为“疑惑的”。故选D。 【24题详解】 细节理解题。根据“How and why did it keep changing? To this day, no one has found the answer to the changes.”可知，考古学家面临着化石一直在变的局面。故选B。 B 【25~28题答案】 【答案】25. D 26. B 27. B 28. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇活动宣传广告，主要介绍了Nature Seekers为10-18岁学生推出的3日秋季自然探索项目，包含活动时间、费用、报名方式及注意事项等信息。 【25题详解】 细节理解题。根据文中“This program is for students who are between 10 and 18 years old.”可知，该项目面向10至18岁的学生，中学生符合这一年龄范围。故选D。 【26题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Period 1: Dates: 5th-7th March 2025”可知，第一期活动从3月5日持续到3月7日，共3天。故选B。 【27题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Period 2: Dates: 2nd-4th April 2025; Time: 9:30 am-3:30 pm”可知，4月3日属于第二期，该期开始时间为上午 9:30。故选B。 【28题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Cost: 300 dollars for club members; 330 dollars for non-members.”可知，俱乐部成员需要支付300 美元。故选A。 六、完形填空。 【29~38题答案】 【答案】29. A 30. B 31. D 32. C 33. B 34. C 35. B 36. C 37. D 38. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍地球历史和恐龙的灭绝。 【29题详解】 句意：现在可以在不同类型的化石中找到不同时期的地球历史。 types类型；sizes尺寸；years年；places地点。根据“Now it can be found in different periods (时期) of different…of fossils,”可知，此处是指在不同时期存在不同类型的化石。故选A。 【30题详解】 句意：而这些化石可以讲述我们星球翻天覆地的变化的历史。 speak说；tell告诉；say说话；talk谈论。根据“…and these fossils can…the history of our planet earth-shaking changes.”可知，此处是指化石用它们自己来告诉我们地球巨大变化。故选B。 【31题详解】 句意：2亿多年前，地球上有一群动物：恐龙。 had有，过去式；has有，三单形式；were是，be动词复数形式的过去式；was是，be动词单数形式的过去式。根据“Over 200 million years ago, on Earth there…a group of animals: the dinosaurs.”可知，此处为there be句型，时态为一般过去时，由空后的不定冠词a可知，用单数形式。故选D。 【32题详解】 句意：它们统治地球长达1.5亿年。 in在……期间；of……的；for达，计；to到。根据“They have dominated (支配) the Earth…up to 1.5 million years.”可知，此处是指它们统治地球长达1.5亿年，用介词for表示。故选C。 【33题详解】 句意：然而，恐龙突然灭绝了。 quietly快速地；suddenly突然地；sadly悲哀地；finally最后地。根据“However, dinosaurs died out…Nobody knows why.”可知，此处是指灭绝得很突然，用副词suddenly修饰整个句子。故选B。 【34题详解】 句意：而很久以后，人类出现了，至今没有人见过活着的恐龙。 came来；disappeared消失；appeared出现；happened发生。根据“And a very long time later, humans…and…”及常识可知，此处是指恐龙灭绝很久后人类出现了。故选C。 【35题详解】 句意：而很久以后，人类出现了，至今没有人见过活着的恐龙。 real真的；living活的，有生命的；alive存活着的；interesting有趣的。根据“…and no one has seen a…dinosaur up to now.”可知，此处是指没有人见过一只活着的恐龙，用形容词living修饰。故选B。 【36题详解】 句意：今天，我们通过恐龙化石了解它们的一切。 with和；in在……期间；from来自，表示事物的来源；by经过。根据“Today, we know everything about them…the dinosaur fossils.”可知，此处是指恐龙化石是了解恐龙的来源。故选C。 【37题详解】 句意：自从人们发现恐龙的骨骼、牙齿、蛋化石、皮肤痕迹、脚印和其他洞穴遗址以来，科学家们已经发现了恐龙的秘密。 Before在……之前；After在……之后；When当……时候；Since自从。根据“…people found dinosaurs’ bones (骨骼), teeth, egg fossils, and skin marks, footprints…”可知，此处是指自从人们发现恐龙后，用连词Since表示。故选D。 【38题详解】 句意：自从人们发现恐龙的骨骼、牙齿、蛋化石、皮肤痕迹、脚印和其他洞穴遗址以来，科学家们已经发现了恐龙的秘密。 secrets秘密；names名字；eggs蛋；lives生活。根据“…the scientists have discovered the…of the dinosaurs.”可知，此处是指人类从来没有见过恐龙，通过考古终于发现了恐龙的秘密了。故选A。 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $