期中任务型阅读专项分层检测卷（十篇）2026-2027学年外研版英语八年级上册
八年级英语上册期中任务型阅读专项分层检测卷（十篇）
拔高篇 Passage 1（Unit 1 This is me）
主题：接受真实的自己
Sally has a birthmark on her face. It is bright red, the colour of a strawberry. When she was younger, she felt people secretly looking at it. On crowded buses, she felt uncomfortable. So she kept her hair long to cover it.
One cloudy morning, a new student named Maddie came to her class. Maddie sat beside Sally. Instead of looking away, Maddie studied Sally’s face. Sally felt nervous. Then Maddie said, “Sally, right? You have a red rose on your face. How beautiful!”
Sally looked up and met Maddie’s smiling eyes. She only replied “thank you,” but her heart felt sunny. When she got home, she looked in the mirror for the first time without turning away. The birthmark really did look like a flower. The next day, Maddie painted a red rose on her own face.
Sally has not told Maddie how much she has changed her. But she has learnt something important: she is what she is. Everyone has something special and different.
1. Why did Sally keep her hair long?
2. How did Sally feel when Maddie studied her face?
3. What did Maddie do the next day?
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4. What has Sally learnt from Maddie?
5. What does the passage mainly tell us?
拔高篇 Passage 2（Unit 1 This is me）
主题：苏炳添——从零开始的勇气
Su Bingtian is a Chinese runner. In 2011, he ran the 100-metre race in 10.16 seconds. Many people thought that was fast. But Su was not satisfied. He wanted to run in under 10 seconds.
In 2014, Su made a risky decision. He changed his starting leg. This meant he had to start from zero. At first, he was slower than before. He was also 25 years old. At that age, many runners choose to stop. People doubted his decision.
But Su fought his fears. He trained hard and never gave up. In 2015, he ran the race in 9.99 seconds. He made history. In 2021, at the Tokyo Olympics, he finished in 9.83 seconds. He became the first Chinese runner to reach the Olympic 100-metre final.
Su once said to young people, “Don’t let age hold you back. Work hard, and work harder. I believe you can write your own story.”
1. What did Su Bingtian want to do after 2011?
2. What risky decision did Su make in 2014?
3. Why did people doubt Su’s decision?
4. What did Su achieve in 2015?
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5. What does Su’s story tell us?
拔高篇 Passage 3（Unit 2 Getting along）
主题：自私的巨人
Once there was a giant who had a beautiful garden. The grass was soft, and the flowers were bright like stars. Children loved to play there after school.
One day, the giant came back. He saw the children in his garden and shouted angrily, “What are you doing here?” The children were frightened and ran away. The giant built a high wall around the garden and put up a sign: “No children allowed.”
Spring came to every garden, but not to the giant’s. The trees were too sad to grow flowers. The birds did not sing there. Snow and frost covered the garden all year. The giant sat alone and felt cold.
Then one morning, the giant heard birds singing. He looked out and saw children sitting in the branches of a tree. The tree was covered with flowers. The giant’s heart softened. He realized how selfish he had been. He broke down the wall and welcomed the children back. Spring returned to his garden at last.
1. What did the children love to do after school?
2. What did the giant do when he saw the children?
3. What happened to the giant’s garden after he built the wall?
4. What made the giant change his mind?
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