第一次月考高分冲刺Unit1-2 阅读理解20篇 2026-2027学年人教版英语八年级上册

八年级英语 Unit 1—2 阅读理解专练 基础 10 篇 + 提升 10 篇(每篇 5 题,共 100 题) 使用说明 1. 本份共 20 篇阅读理解,每篇 5 题,按单元与难度分四块:Unit 1 基础 5 篇(第 1—5 篇)、Unit 1 提升 5 篇(第 6—10 篇)、Unit 2 基础 5 篇(第 11—15 篇)、Unit 2 提升 5 篇(第 16—20 篇)。 2. 话题全部落在 Unit 1 Happy Holiday(假期与旅行:返乡导游、出行打包、错过火车、山中两日、假期该不该旅行、旅行摄影师、老城改造、放慢的假期、湖边三日、什么值得一去)与 Unit 2 Home Sweet Home(家与居家生活:祖母的厨房、小房间收纳、雨天做饼、社区探索、该不该做家务、社区修理匠、家里的旧物、停电的夜晚、祖母的村庄、家是什么)之内。 3. 每篇后附【生词注释】【长难句拆解】【伴读任务】。 第一部分 阅读理解(第 1—5 篇) Unit 1 基础篇 阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 第 1 篇 The Young Woman Who Came Home to Be a Guide 【Unit 1 基础篇 Unit 1 A 人物介绍 304 词】 Li Hui grew up in an old town in the south. When she was a child, she often walked through the narrow streets with her grandfather. “Every stone has a story,” he used to say. But when Li Hui finished college, most young people in the town were leaving for big cities. Li Hui went to Shanghai too, and for three years she worked in an office. She was well paid, but she was not happy. Then her grandfather became ill, and Li Hui came home to look after him. One afternoon she took a group of visitors around the town. To her surprise, she could tell them everything about it: why one family had a stone lion in front of its door, how the old theatre had been built, and where the best noodles were sold. Six months later, Li Hui gave up her job in Shanghai and became a guide in her home town. Today about forty people a day walk behind her. She never tells them to buy anything. She tells them about the people who live there. “Visitors are a part of the town now,” she says. “If I do my work well, they will leave with respect, not with rubbish.” Not everyone was happy at first. Some neighbours said that too many visitors would make the town noisy. Li Hui listened to them. Now she takes only small groups, and she asks visitors not to walk into the small lanes where people live. “Our town is a home, not a museum,” she says. Her grandfather died last winter. On the wall of her room there is a photo of him standing in the street where she now works. When she feels tired after a long day, she looks at it and remembers his words: every stone has a story. ( ) 1. Why did Li Hui go to Shanghai? A. To work in an office like many other young people. B. To visit her grandfather in hospital. C. To study in a college there. D. To become a guide for visitors. ( ) 2. What made Li Hui decide to become a guide? A. She found that she knew and could tell the town’s stories. B. Her family asked her to stay at home. C. She could not find a job in Shanghai. D. A visitor offered her more money. ( ) 3. Why does Li Hui now take only small groups? A. Because she cannot speak loudly. B. Because visitors ask for smaller groups. C. Because the streets are too narrow for big groups. D. Because she wants to keep the town quiet for the people living there. ( ) 4. What does Li Hui mean by “leave with respect, not with rubbish”? A. Visitors should leave good feelings behind and keep the town clean. B. Visitors should buy something before they leave. C. Visitors should take their rubbish home only. D. Visitors should not come to the town at all. ( ) 5. What is the best title for the text? A. How to Make Money in a Big City B. A Museum in the South C. Why Young People Leave Their Home Town D. Stones and Stories: A Young Guide Comes Home 【生词注释】narrow 狭窄的 lane 小巷 【长难句拆解】When she feels tired after a long day, she looks at it and remembers his words: every stone has a story. When 引导时间状语从句,主句是 she looks at it and remembers…;冒号后 every stone has a story 是 his words 的具体内容。 【伴读任务】 1)用三句话介绍你家乡的一个地方,说出它背后的一个故事。 2)讨论:游客多了,对家乡是好还是不好?说出一条理由。 第 2 篇 How to Pack for a Short Trip 【Unit 1 基础篇 Unit 1 B 说明文 276 词】 Many people take too many things when they travel. They carry a heavy bag, and by the second day their shoulders hurt. Here are three simple ideas for a two-day trip. First, think about the weather, not about your wardrobe. Put three T-shirts and one warm coat in your bag. A coat can be used as a pillow on a train, and T-shirts are easy to wash in a hotel bathroom at night. If it rains, a light raincoat is better than an umbrella, because you will need both hands for your phone and your tickets. Second, take only one pair of shoes—the pair you are wearing. Shoes are the heaviest thing in a bag. A traveller who takes three pairs of shoes will carry two pairs for nothing. Third, put the things you need most at the top of your bag: your passport or ID card, your tickets, your phone and a little money. Do not put them in a small pocket on the side. In a crowded station you may not have time to look for them. What about cameras and computers? They are useful, but ask yourself one question: how many hours a day will you really use them? A woman in our class took a computer to the seaside and opened it once—to write a message to her mother. Finally, remember that you can buy most things on the way. Water, biscuits and even a scarf can be found in any town. The only thing you cannot buy is a tired body. If your bag is light, you will walk more, and you will see more. And that is why we travel. ( ) 6. According to the text, how many pairs of shoes should you take for a two-day trip? A. Three pairs. B. One pair. C. Two pairs. D. As many as you like. ( ) 7. Why is a raincoat better than an umbrella on a trip? A. A raincoat is cheaper. B. A raincoat is easier to carry in a bag. C. You will need both hands for your phone and your tickets. D. An umbrella cannot keep the rain off. ( ) 8. Where should you put your passport and tickets? A. In a small pocket on the side of the bag. B. At the top of the bag. C. In the hotel bathroom. D. In the warm coat you do not wear. ( ) 9. What does the writer mean by “The only thing you cannot buy is a tired body”? A. A heavy bag will make you tired and spoil your trip. B. You should not buy things on a trip. C. Bodies cannot be bought in any town. D. You must rest before you travel. ( ) 10. What is the main idea of the text? A. Why travelling in a group is better. B. Three ideas for packing light on a short trip. C. How to wash clothes in a hotel. D. The best places for a two-day holiday. 【生词注释】wardrobe 衣服;衣柜 raincoat 雨衣 【长难句拆解】If your bag is light, you will walk more, and you will see more. If 引导条件状语从句,主句用一般将来时 you will walk…;and 连接两个并列的结果,说明轻装带来的好处。 【伴读任务】 1)列出你两天出行要带的五样东西,并说明为什么带它们。 2)把你同桌的“必带清单”减掉两样,说出理由。 第 3 篇 The Day We Missed the Train 【Unit 1 基础篇 Unit 1 C 记叙文 242 词】 Last summer my family went to see my aunt in another city. We had tickets for the 7:20 train, and my father told us to leave home at five. Everything went wrong. My little sister could not find her shoes. My mother went back twice to get the tickets. When we reached the station, the clock showed 7:25. The train had gone. My father stood in the middle of the hall and did not speak. My sister began to cry. Then an old woman in a blue coat came to us. “Young man,” she said to my father, “there is another train at 9:40. Go and have breakfast, and don’t shout at the children. I have missed bigger things than a train.” Then she smiled and left. We sat down in a small restaurant near the station. My father bought four bowls of noodles. While we were eating, he said, “I am sorry. I was angry with myself, not with you.” My sister stopped crying. My mother said, “We can have a look around and buy some fruit for your aunt.” We got on the 9:40 train in the end. We were three hours late. But on that slow morning I learned two things. The first is that a plan without time to spare is not a plan. The second is more important: when something goes wrong, the way we talk to each other matters more than the thing we have lost. ( ) 11. Why did the family miss the train? A. They bought the wrong tickets. B. The train left earlier than usual. C. The station clock was wrong. D. They left home too late for the 7:20 train. ( ) 12. What did the old woman tell the father to do? A. To buy new tickets for the next day. B. To take his family home at once. C. To ask the station staff for help. D. To have breakfast and not shout at the children. ( ) 13. Why did the father say sorry in the restaurant? A. Because he had lost the tickets. B. Because he had shouted at the old woman. C. Because he was angry with himself, not with the children. D. Because he bought the wrong food. ( ) 14. What does the writer mean by “a plan without time to spare is not a plan”? A. We should leave some extra time in any plan. B. A plan should be written down. C. Plans are not useful at all. D. We should not make plans for a trip. ( ) 15. What is the writer’s main message? A. Trains are often late in summer. B. It is better to travel by car. C. When something goes wrong, how we treat each other matters most. D. Children should not travel with parents. 【生词注释】spare 富余的 matter 要紧;有关系 【长难句拆解】When something goes wrong, the way we talk to each other matters more than the thing we have lost. When 引导时间状语从句;主句主语 the way we talk to each other 中含省略 that 的定语从句;matters 在此作动词,意为“要紧”。 【伴读任务】 1)讲一件你出门遇到意外的事,说说是怎么解决的。 2)用两句话说明“留出富余时间”对出行有什么好处。 第 4 篇 Two Days in the Mountains 【Unit 1 基础篇 Unit 1 D 游记与探索 275 词】 Last October my father and I spent two days walking in the mountains. It was my first time to sleep in a small guesthouse, and I was a little afraid. We left the village at seven in the morning. The path went up and up, and after two hours my legs were heavy. But when we reached the top, the whole valley opened in front of us. A river ran through the middle of the green fields like a silver line. My father sat down and said nothing for ten minutes. Then he said, “This is why I walk.” The guesthouse was a two-storey building of wood. The owner was a woman of about sixty. She cooked rice and vegetables for us, and asked where we came from. She had never been to a city, but she knew the name of every mountain we could see. At night it was very quiet. There was no television and no phone signal. I could not sleep at first, so I opened the window. The air was cold and it smelled of grass. I listened and heard water running in the river far below. The second morning we walked down the other side. On the way we met a boy of my age. He was carrying a basket of eggs to the market, and he walked faster than us with a full basket. “How far is the market?” I asked. “Two hours,” he said, “but it is not far for me.” When I got home, my mother asked if the trip was fun. I said it was hard. It was also the best two days of my year. ( ) 16. What did the writer see when they reached the top? A. A two-storey wooden building. B. A basket of eggs on the path. C. A river running through the green fields. D. A market with many people. ( ) 17. What can we learn about the owner of the guesthouse? A. She had lived in a city for many years. B. She cooked only vegetables for herself. C. She wanted the writer to stay longer. D. She knew the names of all the mountains around. ( ) 18. Why could the writer not sleep at first? A. Because the room was too hot. B. Because the owner was talking loudly. C. Because he was afraid of the river. D. Because it was very quiet and unusual for him. ( ) 19. Why does the writer mention the boy with the basket of eggs? A. To show that the market is very far. B. To show that eggs are cheap in the mountains. C. To show that the village children work hard and are used to walking. D. To show that his father was too slow. ( ) 20. How did the writer feel about the trip in the end? A. It was hard but the best two days of his year. B. It was boring and he wanted to go home. C. It was easy and he wanted to stay longer. D. It was too expensive for his family. 【生词注释】valley 山谷 guesthouse 乡村小旅馆 【长难句拆解】She had never been to a city, but she knew the name of every mountain we could see. have been to 表示“去过某地”,此处用过去完成时 had never been to;we could see 是省略 that 的定语从句修饰 every mountain。 【伴读任务】 1)用五句话写一次你走过的山路或公园小路,写清看到、听到、闻到什么。 2)讨论:没有网络的两天,是浪费还是收获? 第 5 篇 Should We Travel in the Holidays? 【Unit 1 基础篇 Unit 1 E 议论文 272 词】 Every holiday, some of my classmates travel with their parents. Others stay at home and say that travelling is a waste of money. I think both sides are partly right. Those who travel say that they see new places and meet new people. A boy in my class went to Xi’an last summer. He came back with a notebook of small drawings: a tower, a bowl of noodles, a bicycle in the rain. He told us that he now reads about history because he wants to understand what he saw. Those who stay at home have their reasons too. A trip costs a lot. For the price of two train tickets, a family can buy a month of vegetables. And not every trip is useful: some students spend eight days in a hotel and take photos of their food. So the question is not “travel or not travel”. It is “what do we travel for?” If we travel only to take photos and buy things, we may come home with nothing. But if we travel to look, to ask questions and to write things down, even a two-day trip to a small town can teach us a lot. There is also a third way. We can explore our own city. Many people have never walked into the old street ten minutes from their home. A student in my class spent one holiday visiting seven parks in our city and drew a map of them. That holiday cost him almost nothing, and he learned more than he expected. Travelling is not about how far you go. It is about how much you notice. ( ) 21. What does “both sides” refer to in “I think both sides are partly right”? A. The writer and his classmates. B. Rich families and poor families. C. People who draw and people who write. D. People who travel and people who stay at home. ( ) 22. Why does the writer mention the price of train tickets and vegetables? A. To show that travelling is too expensive for everyone. B. To tell us that vegetables are expensive. C. To show that a trip costs money that a family could use in other ways. D. To ask students to work for their tickets. ( ) 23. What kind of trip does the writer think is useless? A. A two-day trip to a small town. B. A trip where students only take photos and buy things. C. A trip to seven parks in the same city. D. A trip where students ask questions. ( ) 24. What is the writer’s answer to the question “Should we travel in the holidays?” A. No, travelling is a waste of money. B. Yes, but only if the family is rich. C. It depends on what we travel for. D. Everyone should travel to another city. ( ) 25. What is the main idea of the text? A. Travelling is better than staying at home. B. How much you notice matters more than how far you go. C. Students should visit seven parks in their city. D. Drawing maps is a good way to learn history. 【生词注释】explore 探索 notice 注意到 【长难句拆解】If we travel only to take photos and buy things, we may come home with nothing. If 引导条件状语从句,主句用 may 表示推测;only to do 表示“只是为了……”,带有否定的评价意味。 【伴读任务】 1)用 30 词左右回答:假期你更愿意出门还是待在家?给出两条理由。 2)列出你所在城市你还没去过的三个地方,说说打算怎么去看看。 第二部分 阅读理解(第 6—10 篇) Unit 1 提升篇 阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 第 6 篇 The Photographer Who Waits for the Light 【Unit 1 提升篇 Unit 1 A 人物介绍 338 词】 Zhao Peng is a travel photographer. He has taken pictures in more than thirty places, but he does not like the word “trip”. “A trip is what you do between two trains,” he says. “What I do is waiting.” Zhao began as a newspaper photographer in a small city. In those years he took hundreds of pictures a day, and he was fast. Then, in 2011, he was sent to the mountains to photograph a village. He stayed there for nine days and took only eleven pictures. His editor was not pleased. But one of those eleven pictures won a prize, and Zhao understood something: the light comes to you only if you are already standing there. Since then his way of working has changed. He now spends at least four days in one place before he takes out his camera. He walks around, talks to shop owners, and writes down when the sun reaches a certain wall. In one old town he waited for a whole week for fog. On the seventh morning the fog came, and he took three pictures. “Two of them were bad,” he says, laughing. “The third one is the best picture of my life.” Young people often ask him which camera to buy. His answer is always the same: “Buy a pair of good walking shoes first.” He says that a photographer’s real work happens before the camera comes out—in knowing which street is busy at six in the morning and which window catches light at five in the afternoon. Zhao is now fifty-one. He still carries a heavy bag, and he still walks. Young photographers often send him their best pictures and ask for advice. He reads every message, but his answer is almost always the same: go back to the same street tomorrow morning, and you will see something that you did not see today. “A good picture is not something you take,” he says. “It is something the place gives you, when it thinks you have waited long enough.” ( ) 26. What does Zhao Peng mean by “A trip is what you do between two trains”? A. He dislikes travelling by train. B. He thinks many travellers are only in a hurry to move on. C. He has never taken a train. D. He wants to travel by plane instead. ( ) 27. Why was Zhao’s editor not pleased in 2011? A. Zhao took far fewer pictures than usual in nine days. B. Zhao lost his camera in the mountains. C. Zhao refused to go to the village. D. Zhao’s pictures were all of poor quality. ( ) 28. What does Zhao do before he takes out his camera? A. He buys a new camera. B. He writes a plan for his editor. C. He walks around, talks to people and studies the light. D. He waits for young people to ask him questions. ( ) 29. What does the writer suggest by mentioning the fog in the old town? A. Bad weather usually makes bad pictures. B. Waiting is part of a photographer’s work. C. Fog is easy to photograph. D. Photographers should not take pictures in the morning. ( ) 30. Which of the following is the best title for the text? A. How to Choose a Camera B. Waiting for the Light C. Nine Days in a Mountain Village D. A Prize-winning Newspaper Photographer 【生词注释】editor 编辑 fog 雾 【长难句拆解】A good picture is not something you take. It is something the place gives you, when it thinks you have waited long enough. something you take / something the place gives you 均为含省略 that 的定语从句;when 从句用 thinks 拟人化,说明等待是得到好照片的前提。 【伴读任务】 1)用三句话介绍一位在你身边“做事很慢但很好”的人。 2)讨论:拍照是为了记录,还是为了分享?各说一条理由。 第 7 篇 Why Old Towns Keep Their Old Streets 【Unit 1 提升篇 Unit 1 B 说明文 351 词】 When a small town becomes popular with visitors, the first idea is often to make it new: wider roads, taller hotels, brighter shops. But some towns choose another way. They keep their narrow streets and old walls, and they spend their money on something visitors cannot see. Take one old town by a river. Ten years ago, the streets were broken after heavy rain. A company offered to build a wide road through the middle of the town. The town said no. Instead, workers repaired the stones under the streets, one by one, and put the old pipes in order. Visitors still walk on the same stones that people walked on two hundred years ago, but they no longer get wet feet. Why does this matter? First, old streets are the town’s memory. A stone lion, an old well or a name on a door tells you who lived there and what they did. If everything is new, a visitor can walk for two hours and learn nothing. Second, keeping old buildings is usually cheaper than people think, and it brings more money back. Studies of several small towns show that visitors stay longer in towns with old streets, because there is something to look at and something to ask about. A guesthouse owner in the town says that her guests often ask her the same question: “Has this building always been here?” That question is the beginning of a conversation—and of a longer stay. Of course, old towns must also be safe and clean. In one town, workers now write down every change they make, so that the next generation can see clearly what was kept and what was replaced. Some of them even put the old stones back in the same place, one by one, so that the street keeps its old shape as well as its old material. Repairs are needed, and some buildings are too dangerous to keep. The point is not to freeze a town like a photo. The point is to ask, before every change, one question: will this help people understand this place better? ( ) 31. What does the town by the river spend its money on? A. Wider roads and taller hotels. B. New shops in the middle of the town. C. A wide road through the town centre. D. Things visitors cannot see, such as the stones and pipes under the streets. ( ) 32. Why does the writer mention the stone lion, the old well and the name on a door? A. To show that the town is very old. B. To ask visitors to take photos of them. C. To show that small things in old streets tell the town’s story. D. To show that the town needs more repairs. ( ) 33. What does “this” refer to in “Why does this matter?” A. The company that offered to build a wide road. B. The town’s decision to keep its old streets and repair what is under them. C. The money spent on new shops. D. The number of visitors in the town. ( ) 34. What does the last paragraph suggest? A. Every change should be judged by whether it helps people understand the place. B. All old buildings must be kept, however dangerous. C. Old towns should never be changed. D. Photos of towns should not be taken. ( ) 35. What is the text mainly about? A. Why small towns are becoming popular. B. How to build a wide road in an old town. C. Why keeping old streets can be better than making everything new. D. How to find a cheap guesthouse in a town. 【生词注释】pipe 管道 freeze 冻结;使静止 【长难句拆解】The point is not to freeze a town like a photo. The point is to ask, before every change, one question: will this help people understand this place better? not to do 与 to do 构成对比;插入语 before every change 放在动词与宾语之间;冒号后的疑问句说明 one question 的内容。 【伴读任务】 1)用三句话说明你家乡一处老地方为什么值得保留。 2)讨论:如果学校要拆掉一栋老楼,你会提出什么建议? 第 8 篇 The Holiday That Taught Me to Slow Down 【Unit 1 提升篇 Unit 1 C 记叙文 323 词】 My parents plan everything. On the first day of the holiday my father took out a piece of paper. On it were twenty-seven things we had to do in five days: four museums, two towers, three famous restaurants, a lake and a night market. By the third day I was tired and cross. In the fourth museum I sat down on a bench and refused to move. My mother sat down beside me and said nothing for a while. Then she said, “When I was your age, my grandmother took me to a temple. We spent the whole afternoon there. I don’t remember what the temple looked like. I remember the tea and how she held my hand.” We did not go to the night market that evening. My father put his paper away, and we walked along a small street near our hotel. There was an old man selling brushes. My father stopped and asked him how the brushes were made. They talked for twenty minutes, and my father forgot the time. Then we ate noodles in a shop with six tables, and the owner told us that his family had sold noodles there since 1987. On the last morning I woke up early and went out by myself. I bought two steamed buns and sat by the river. I watched a woman washing vegetables and two boys racing their bikes. Nobody was doing anything famous. It was the best hour of the holiday. I still have my father’s paper. When my mother sees it, she says that next time we will write a much shorter list—four things, or five, and one whole afternoon with nothing on it at all. My father only smiles and puts the paper back in his bag, as if he were keeping a ticket from a journey. I keep it because it makes me laugh. Twenty-seven things—and the one I remember best was not on the list. ( ) 36. How did the writer feel on the third day? A. Pleased with the plan. B. Afraid of the city. C. Tired and cross. D. Sorry for his mother. ( ) 37. Why did the mother talk about her grandmother? A. To show that temples are interesting places. B. To help the writer understand what people really remember about a trip. C. To tell the writer that she also disliked museums. D. To ask the writer to hold her hand. ( ) 38. What happened after the family gave up the night market? A. They talked with a brush seller and ate noodles in a small shop. B. They went back to the hotel and slept. C. They visited a temple instead. D. They bought twenty-seven brushes. ( ) 39. What does the writer mean by “the one I remember best was not on the list”? A. His father lost the list. B. He cannot remember the twenty-seven things. C. The best part of the trip was something unplanned. D. The list was written by his mother. ( ) 40. What is the main idea of the text? A. Travelling with a plan is a waste of time. B. The best travel memories often come from unplanned moments. C. Museums are not worth visiting. D. Children should travel alone. 【生词注释】temple 寺庙 steamed bun 包子 【长难句拆解】I still have my father’s paper. I keep it because it makes me laugh. because 引导原因状语从句说明 keep 的理由;it 指代 my father’s paper,与后文 Twenty-seven things 形成呼应。 【伴读任务】 1)写一段你印象最深的一次家庭出行,注明哪些是计划内、哪些是计划外的。 2)讨论:出行要不要做详细计划?给出两条理由。 第 9 篇 Three Days by the Lake 【Unit 1 提升篇 Unit 1 D 游记与探索 349 词】 The lake is two hours by bus from the nearest town. There is one guesthouse, one shop, and no bank. When my uncle said we were going there for three days, I asked him what we would do. “Nothing,” he said. “That’s the programme.” We arrived on a Friday afternoon. The guesthouse keeper, Mrs Yang, gave us two rooms and a key with a wooden tag. The tag was shaped like a fish, and every room had a different animal on its key. She told us that the lake is deepest in the middle—twenty-two metres—and that the water is so clear that on quiet mornings you can see the bottom near the shore. On Saturday we walked around the lake. It took five hours, and we met four people: a man cutting grass, two women picking tea, and a boy fishing with a line and no rod. The boy had caught nothing all morning, but he showed us his box of “treasure”: three stones, a bird’s feather and a key that opened nothing. That evening the wind came up and the water turned grey. Mrs Yang cooked fish and told us about the winter of 1998, when the lake froze and the buses stopped for a month. “We ate what we had,” she said, “and we told stories every night.” I asked her if she had ever wanted to leave. She thought for a while and said, “Twice. But the lake is the only place where I know the name of every bird.” On Sunday morning I got up before the sun. The guesthouse was still quiet, and Mrs Yang had already left a bottle of hot water outside our door with a note: “The lake is calm today. Go and look at it before the buses come.” I put the note in my pocket and walked down to the water. The water was still, and I could see the stones under it, exactly as Mrs Yang had said. I sat there for forty minutes. I did nothing. It was, I think, the best forty minutes of my summer. ( ) 41. What did the writer’s uncle mean by “Nothing. That’s the programme.”? A. They would be too busy to talk to each other. B. They would have no plan and simply stay by the lake. C. The guesthouse had no programme for guests. D. They would go there only to sleep. ( ) 42. What do we know about Mrs Yang’s keys? A. They all had a fish on them. B. They opened the shop as well as the rooms. C. There was a different animal on each key tag. D. They were made of wood from the lake. ( ) 43. Why does the writer describe the boy’s box of “treasure”? A. To show that the boy found value in small, ordinary things. B. To show that the boy was a good fisherman. C. To show that the lake has no fish. D. To show that the writer wanted to buy the stones. ( ) 44. What does Mrs Yang’s answer tell us about her? A. She has never thought of leaving the lake. B. She loves the lake more than money. C. She thought about leaving but chose to stay. D. She wants to move to a bigger town now. ( ) 45. Where would this text most probably be found? A. In a student’s travel notes. B. In a science report about lakes. C. In a weather report. D. In a notice about bus times. 【生词注释】tag 标签;牌子 feather 羽毛 【长难句拆解】She thought for a while and said, “Twice. But the lake is the only place where I know the name of every bird.” where 引导定语从句修饰 the only place;But 表示转折,先承认曾想离开,再说明留下的理由。 【伴读任务】 1)用五句话写一次“什么也没做”的下午,写清你看到了什么。 2)讨论:住在一个小地方,是错过机会还是得到安宁? 第 10 篇 What Makes a Place Worth Visiting? 【Unit 1 提升篇 Unit 1 E 议论文 337 词】 A friend of mine came back from a five-day holiday last month. I asked him what he had seen. He took out his phone and showed me forty pictures. On every picture there was the same smile and a different building behind it. I asked about the buildings. He could not remember their names. This is not a small problem. When taking a picture becomes the purpose of a visit, the visit becomes a job. We stand in a line for twenty minutes, take the photo, and leave. The place stays a background. Some people will say that photos help us remember. That is true, but only partly true. A photo records what a place looked like. It does not record what you thought, what you asked, or what surprised you. If you want to keep those things, you need a few written words—even three lines in the evening. Others will say that some places are famous, so we must visit them. I think fame is a poor reason. A place is worth visiting if it makes you ask a question you cannot answer. A small market can do this as well as a famous tower: why does this woman sell only one kind of vegetable? Why are there no young people in this street? Why is the church on this hill and not on that one? So here is my suggestion for the next holiday. Choose one place, not five. Stay there long enough to walk the same street twice. Talk to one person whose job you do not understand. And at the end of each day, write three lines. Not a report—just three lines about what you noticed and what you still do not understand. It is also a good way to save money, and in a busy season you will spend less time standing in lines. But money is not the reason I am giving you this advice. If you do this, you will bring home fewer photos a