Unit4 Life is beautiful Reading同步练习2026-2027学年译林版英语八年级上册

**基本信息** 初中英语Unit4 Reading同步练，以"植物文化"为主题，通过基础-进阶-综合三层设计，实现词汇、句型到语篇的渐进巩固，培养语言能力与思维品质。 **分层设计** |层次|知识覆盖|设计特色| |----|----------|----------| |基础层|核心词汇（茎、花生等）、基础句型（begin doing等）|单词拼写（1-8题）直接考查课文重点词，完成句子（9-18题）复现课文原句结构，夯实语言能力| |进阶层|语法应用（时态、非谓语、连词）|短文填空（19-28题）在植物文化语篇中综合考查动词形式、从句连接，提升语言运用能力| |综合层|语篇理解与文化内涵|阅读理解（29-31题）分析植物特性与科研价值，任务型阅读（32-38题）对比花生与苹果的象征意义，深化思维品质与文化意识|

Unit4 Life is beautiful Reading同步练习 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 一、单词拼写 1．The ________ (茎) of this flower is thin but strong enough to hold it. 2．My grandmother loves eating roasted ________ (花生) while watching TV in the evening. 3．Don’t put too much salt or ________ (食用油) when you are cooking dishes. 4．The teacher ________ (表扬) Tom for his excellent performance in the English speech contest. 5．The story tells us that we should be ________ (感激的) for what we have every day. 6．With hard work, he finally ________ (实现) his dream of becoming a famous writer. 7．We should give more care and love to the ________ (残疾的) people around us. 8．Helen Keller’s ________ (勇气) and spirit have inspired millions of people all over the world. 二、完成句子 9．我们开始购买种子、翻土并给植物浇水。 We began _________, _________ and ________. 10．妈妈用几种不同的方法煮花生。 Mother ________. 11．试着像花生一样是个好主意。 ________ is a good idea. 12．苹果和桃子在树上展示它们的果实，并以其美丽的颜色吸引人们。 Apples and peaches ________ and ________. 13．就这样让它白白浪费掉，真是太可惜了！ _________ it is to _________ like that! 14．在我们房子的后面，有一小块闲置的土地。 _________ our house, there was_________. 15．与有用相比，寻求他人的关注和赞扬并不是那么重要。 _________, ________ is not that important. 16．除非你把它挖出来，否则你无法通过观察它的细茎来判断它是否结果。 Unless you ________, you can’t tell ________. 17．花生吃起来很好吃，也很适合榨油。 Peanuts ________ and ________. 18．父亲的话至今仍清晰地印在我的记忆中。 Father’s words ________. 三、短文填空 Many plants 19 (carry) different cultural spirits. 20 (grow) peanuts teaches us to be plain. We often compare village teachers to peanuts 21 they work silently. The sunflower 22 (be) popular abroad. When summer 23 (come), it turns to sunshine but never 24 (hide) fruit underground. We get much 25 (satisfy) from quiet hard work. Whenever we feel upset, think 26 peanuts. Don’t waste time 27 (chase) praise; inner spirit 28 (count) most. 四、阅读理解 Many kinds of plants are around us. Some are attractive lotus flowers, while some are strong cactuses living in dry deserts. Unlike lotus, cactuses can stay alive for a long time in dry conditions. Some plant researchers devote lots of their time to plant research. Sometimes they dig up or dig out a couple of old seeds. They compare different plants and study their special features. Society expects a lot of these workers. People expect much of them to find more plant secrets. Some old plant information is hidden. Researchers try their best to house these materials and digitalize them. Their research serves our life well. They contribute a lot to our world. When we see their great work, we will feel amazed. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 29．What can we know about cactuses? A．They can live in dry conditions B．They look the same as lotuses C．They can grow only in lakes D．They have no special features 30．What does the underlined phrase “expect much of them” mean? A．同情他们 B．对他们寄予很高期待 C．嘲笑他们 D．完全信任他们 31．What is the main idea of this passage? A．How to plant lotus flowers at home. B．The importance and work of plant researchers. C．Ways to dig up peanuts in the field. D．How to digitalize all old books. 五、任务型阅读 The Meaning of Being Useful In the essay “The Peanut”, the father teaches his children a valuable lesson about life. He compares peanuts to apples and peaches. Apples and peaches hang on trees and show their beauty to everyone. They are attractive and attract people’s attention. But peanuts grow underground. You cannot see them until you dig them out. The father says that peanuts are useful, though not very attractive. They provide food and oil, but they don’t show off. This is the lesson he wants his children to learn: it is more important to be useful than to seek attention and praise. This lesson is still important today. In our modern world, many people want to be famous and noticed. They spend a lot of time and energy trying to impress others. But the father in the essay suggests that true value comes from being helpful and making a real contribution to the world. Being like a peanut means working hard without expecting recognition. It means being humble and focusing on doing good rather than looking good. This is a lesson that the writer carried with him for his whole life, and it is a lesson that we can all learn from. A．根据短文内容，完成表格。 Plant Characteristics Lesson Learned Apples and Peaches 32 33 Peanuts 34 35 B．根据短文内容，用完整的句子回答下列问题。 What does the father in the essay want his children to learn? 36 Why does the writer say the lesson is still important today? 37 What does “being like a peanut” mean according to the passage? 38 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 《Unit4 Life is beautiful Reading同步练习》参考答案 题号 29 30 31 答案 A B B 1．stem 【详解】句意：这朵花的茎很细，但足够坚固可以支撑住花朵。句中缺少名词作句子主语；中文“茎”对应英文为stem。谓语动词为 is，表示单数，所以此处填单数形式stem。 2．peanuts 【详解】句意：我的奶奶晚上看电视的时候爱吃烤花生。中文提示“花生”对应名词peanut；此处泛指一类事物，要用复数形式。故填peanuts。 3．oil 【详解】句意：炒菜的时候不要放太多盐和食用油。too much修饰不可数名词，oil表示“食用油”，为不可数名词。 4．praised 【详解】句意：老师表扬汤姆在英语演讲比赛中的出色表现。“表扬”对应英语词汇是动词praise；事情已经发生，时态使用一般过去时； praise的过去式是praised。 5．grateful/thankful 【详解】句意：这个故事告诉我们，我们应当对每天所拥有的心怀感激。固定搭配be grateful/thankful for，意为“对……心怀感激”。grateful/thankful为形容词，作系动词be后面的表语。 6．achieved 【详解】句意：凭借着努力的工作，他最终实现了他成为一个著名作家的梦想。根据“he finally…his dream”提示可知，这句话中缺少谓语动词。achieve one’s dream意为“实现某人的梦想”。根据“finally”以及句意可知，“最终实现了”描述的是一件已经过去的事情，因此这里谓语动词要用过去式“achieved”。故填achieved。 7．disabled 【详解】句意：我们应该给我们周围的残疾人更多的关心和爱。根据空前的“the”和空后的“people”提示可知，此处应该表示“什么样的人”，填形容词来修饰people。disabled意为“残疾的”，是形容词来修饰people，用来表示“残疾人”。故填disabled。 8．courage 【详解】句意：海伦凯勒的勇气和精神已经激励了全世界成千上万的人们。根据“and spirit have inspired”提示可知，and并列“勇气”和“spirit”共同作句子主语。因此这里填“勇气”的名词形式。courage意为“勇气”，是不可数名词。故填courage。 9． buying seeds digging up the ground watering the plants 【详解】原句中“开始”是关键词，表示“开始做某事”的短语是begin doing sth.。本句为一般过去时，began后接动名词形式。句中三个动作“购买种子”、“翻土”、“给植物浇水”为并列关系，均需使用动名词形式以保持结构一致。“购买种子”译为buying seeds，“翻土”译为digging up the ground，“给植物浇水”译为watering the plants。故填buying seeds；digging up the ground；watering the plants。 10．cooked the peanuts in a few different ways 【详解】原句核心关键词为“煮花生”“用几种不同的方法”。“煮花生”对应固定表达cook the peanuts，主语Mother，句子描述已完成的动作，动词cook使用过去式cooked；“用几种不同的方法”对应介词短语in a few different ways，作方式状语放在句末。 11．Trying to be like peanuts 【详解】原句中“试着像……一样”是关键词，表示“尝试做某事”用try to do，此处作主语需用动名词形式Trying；“像……一样”对应短语be like，“花生”译为the peanut。故填Trying to be like peanuts。 12． show their fruits on the trees attract people with their beautiful colors 【详解】第一空：原句中“在树上展示它们的果实”是关键词，表示“展示”的动词是show，“果实”是fruits，“在树上”是on the trees。本句描述事实，使用一般现在时，主语Apples and peaches是复数，谓语动词用原形show。第二空：原句中“以其美丽的颜色吸引人们”是关键词，表示“吸引”的动词是attract，“人们”是people，“用”的介词是with，“美丽的颜色”是beautiful colors。and连接并列谓语，也用一般现在时，谓语动词用原形attract。 13． What a pity let it go to waste 【详解】原句中“真是太可惜了”和“让它白白浪费掉”为关键词，“What a pity”意为“真是太可惜了”，构成感叹句结构“What a pity it is to do sth.”；let it do sth.意为“让它做某事”，位于动词不定式符号to之后，需用动词原形。动词短语“go to waste”意为“被浪费”，此时“waste”是名词，表示“浪费”。 14． At the back of a small piece of unused land 【详解】原句中“在……后面、一小块闲置的土地”是关键词，表示“在……后面”的介词短语是At the back of，置于句首，首字母大写；表示“一小块”的名词短语是a small piece of；表示“闲置的土地”的名词短语是unused land。 15． Compared with being useful looking for attention and praise from others 【详解】原句中“与有用相比”和“寻求他人的关注和赞扬”为关键词，“与有用相比”译为“Compared with being useful”，过去分词短语作状语，表被动比较，“寻求他人的关注和赞扬”译为“looking for attention and praise from others”，为动名词短语作主语。 16． dig it out by looking at its thin stem whether it bears fruit or not 【详解】原句中“把它挖出来”“通过观察它的细茎来判断它是否结果”是关键词，“把它挖出来”对应的短语是dig it out，本句是unless引导的条件状语从句，遵循主情从现，此处主句含有情态动词can，从句要用一般现在时，从句主语是you，谓语动词使用原形。tell后面接宾语从句，“通过观察它的细茎”用by looking at its thin stem作方式状语，“判断它是否结果”用whether it bears fruit or not作tell的宾语。 17． are delicious to eat are good for making oil 【详解】原句中“吃起来很好吃”、“很适合榨油”是关键词，表示“吃起来”的短语是are delicious to eat，不定式主动表被动，主语为复数，be动词用are；表示“适合”的短语是are good for doing sth；表示“榨油”的动词短语是make oil，置于介词for之后，需用动名词形式making。 18．remain clear in my memory to this day 【详解】原句中“至今”“清晰地印在我的记忆中”是关键词，“清晰地印在我的记忆中”对应remain clear in my memory，“至今”对应短语to this day；本句主语Father’s words为复数，描述现在依然存在的状态，使用一般现在时，谓语动词用原形。 19．carry 20．Growing 21．because 22．is 23．comes 24．hides 25．satisfaction 26．of 27．chasing 28．counts 【导语】本文借助植物蕴含的文化内涵，借花生、向日葵等植物启示人们：应当朴实低调、默默耕耘，依靠踏实努力收获成果，内在品质远比外界赞誉更加重要。 【详解】19．句意：许多植物承载着不同的文化精神。本句介绍客观存在的常识，时态使用一般现在时；根据主语Many plants是复数，可知谓语动词使用原形，故填carry。 20．句意：种植花生这件事教会我们要朴实低调。句中有谓语动词teaches，根据句子缺少主语，动词原形不能直接充当句子主语，需要变为动名词形式，可知此处填grow的动名词，故填Growing。 21．句意：我们常常把乡村教师比作花生，因为他们默默地工作。根据前后分句为因果关系，后半句解释进行类比的原因，可知需要填入表原因的连词，故填because。 22．句意：向日葵在海外广受喜爱。本句介绍事物常态特征，时态为一般现在时；主语The sunflower为单数名词，可知此处be动词用is。 23．句意：当夏天来临，向日葵向着阳光生长，但从不会把果实藏在泥土下。when引导时间状语从句，描述客观常态，使用一般现在时；主语summer是第三人称单数，谓语动词使用第三人称单数形式，故填comes。 24．句意：当夏天来临，向日葵向着阳光生长，但从不会把果实藏在泥土下。本句描述向日葵的生长特性，时态为一般现在时；but连接并列谓语，主语it为单数，动词使用三单形式，故填hides。 25．句意：我们能从默默的艰苦奋斗中收获许多满足感。根据much用于修饰不可数名词，括号内satisfy是动词，意为“满足”，可知需要转换为名词形式satisfaction。 26．句意：每当我们感到沮丧的时候，就想一想花生蕴含的道理。此处指感到沮丧时的思维活动，根据固定短语think of，意为“想到、想起”，可知此处填入介词of。 27．句意：不要浪费时间去追逐他人的夸奖。根据固定搭配waste time doing sth.，表示“浪费时间做某事”，可知此处动词需要使用动名词形式，故填chasing。 28．句意：内在的精神才是最重要的。本句表达长久不变的观点，时态为一般现在时；主语inner spirit是第三人称单数，谓语动词使用第三人称单数形式，故填counts。 29．A 30．B 31．B 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍不同种类植物的生存特点，讲解植物科研人员的日常工作、大众对他们的期盼以及这项研究所带来的价值。 【详解】29．第一段介绍仙人掌的生存特性：“cactuses can stay alive for a long time in dry conditions”，这直接说明仙人掌可以在干燥的环境当中存活。 30．第二段提到：“Society expects a lot of these workers. People expect much of them to find more plant secrets.”结合上下文，“expect much of them”表示人们期望这些研究人员能发现更多植物的秘密，即“对他们寄予很高期待”。 31．第一段以植物多样性起笔，第二、三段转入植物研究者的工作、社会期待及其贡献，因此全文主旨是介绍植物科研者的工作与重要性。 32．attractive and attract people’s attention 33．seek attention and praise 34．useful, though not very attractive 35．it is more important to be useful 36．He wants them to learn that it is more important to be useful than to seek attention and praise. 37．Because in our modern world, many people want to be famous and noticed, but true value comes from being helpful. 38．It means working hard without expecting recognition and being humble. 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要通过父亲将花生与苹果、桃子进行对比，阐述了“有用比寻求关注更重要”的人生道理，并指出这一道理在现代社会依然具有重要价值，倡导人们像花生一样谦逊有用。 【详解】32．根据文章第一段“They are attractive and attract people’s attention.”可推知苹果和桃子的特点是吸引人且引人关注。可以填attractive and attract people’s attention。 33．根据文章第二段“It is more important to be useful than to seek attention and praise.”可推知苹果和桃子在文中代表的是寻求关注和赞美这一反面教训。可以填seek attention and praise。 34．根据文章第二段“The father says that peanuts are useful, though not very attractive.”可推知花生的特点是有用但不太吸引人。可以填useful, though not very attractive。 35．根据文章第二段“This is the lesson he wants his children to learn: it is more important to be useful than to seek attention and praise.”可推知从花生身上学到的教训是有用更重要。可以填it is more important to be useful。 36．根据文章第二段“This is the lesson he wants his children to learn: it is more important to be useful than to seek attention and praise.”可推知父亲希望孩子学到有用比寻求关注更重要。可以填He wants them to learn that it is more important to be useful than to seek attention and praise. 37．根据文章第三段“In our modern world, many people want to be famous and noticed… true value comes from being helpful…”可推知lesson依然重要是因为现代人追求名声但真正价值在于有用。可以填Because in our modern world, many people want to be famous and noticed, but true value comes from being helpful. 38．根据文章第四段“Being like a peanut means working hard without expecting recognition. It means being humble…”可推知像花生一样意味着努力工作不求认可且谦逊。可以填It means working hard without expecting recognition and being humble. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $