八年级英语下册 Unit 3 Could you please clean your room？ 阅读专题练（含答案）

八年级英语下册
Unit 3 Could you please clean your room 阅读专题练
一、阅读单选
According to a report, about 60% of American families have working parents. Mothers spend about 18 hours doing the housework every week, and fathers spend about 10 hours doing the housework. What about the kids Children aged between six and twelve spend less than three hours doing the housework every week, but almost 14 hours watching TV. How about teenagers They spend nearly 31 hours on the Internet, but only three hours helping with the housework every week. However, some parents think children should spend more time on chores. Knowing how to do the housework is an important life skill.
Doing chores sends children the messages that they are part of the family and that they should do things for others. Every morning children care for the family pets by feeding them or walking them. It can also help the children keep healthy.
Children should take part in almost all the chores. They will feel happier when they make a contribution (贡献) to the family. And it may help them understand the idea of working hard better. At the same time, they can learn a lot from doing the housework. It can help them live a better life in the future.
1．American mothers spend about ________ hours doing the housework each week.
A．18 B．16 C．14 D．10
2．________ spend nearly 31 hours on the Internet every week.
A．Old people B．Parents C．Teenagers D．Only children
3．The underlined word “skill” means “________” in Chinese.
A．过程 B．趣味 C．练习 D．技能
4．Which of the following is NOT true
A．Doing chores can help children keep healthy.
B．Young children do not need to do any chores.
C．Children can learn a lot from doing chores.
D．Mothers should do more chores at home.
5．The best title for the passage may be “________”.
A．Doing Chores is Good for Children
B．Parents should Do Housework
C．How Much Housework There is
D．Doing Chores is Different
Don’t let your kids drag their feet (拖拖拉拉) over doing chores. Help them to make the boring chores enjoyable.
________ A simple and great way to make cleaning great fun is to do some of it together. Play some beautiful music while you are doing chores. Then you won’t feel bored.
Get lucky. If your kids like surprises, write chores on ice-cream and have each kid pick one. Tell them they can change their picks if each of them agrees. In this way, they will have a feeling that they’re making a choice (选择).
Make it playtime. Turn “kitchen time” into a party. Let one child be a cook and another be a DJ. The cook chooses what he or she would like to help make for dinner. The DJ chooses the music he or she would like to play. Everyone can dance around the kitchen while preparing dinner or cleaning up the kitchen later.
Find more difficult chores. One of my friends was trying to get her kids to help out around the house, and someone advised her to give the kids some things like candies or toys as rewards. The plan worked like magic. However, rewards usually don’t work for long because kids will be bored with doing the same chores all the time. At this time, give them some difficult chores. If they’re already used to helping clean the cage of the pet, make it harder by having them clean it all by themselves. Then, ask them to clean it faster.
6．What can we know from the first paragraph
A．Most children like to do chores at home. B．It’s not necessary for children to do chores.
C．Parents should do chores at home by themselves. D．Parents should help children make chores interesting.
7．Which can be put back into the blank
A．Work as a team. B．Be a model at home. C．Play while working. D．Let kids do chores alone.
8．What does the underlined word “rewards” mean
A．交换 B．实验 C．奖赏 D．惩罚
9．Which is a great way to make kids do chores actively (积极地)
A．Telling them the importance of doing chores. B．Asking them to do difficult chores all the time.
C．Letting them eat ice-cream whenever they want. D．Turning “chore time” into “party time”.
10．Where may this passage come from
A．Famous People. B．Parenting Science. C．World’s Teenagers. D．Short Stories.
Dear Jennifer,
Thanks for taking care of my apartment while I’m away. Please feed the cat and fish every day. The cat food is in the kitchen and the fish food is next to the cat food. Also, could you please check the cat’s water bowl The bowl is next to his food dish.
Please water the plants twice a week. And could you take out the trash on Thursday Please check my mail box for me on Wednesday, too.
If you’re hungry, have some chocolate cakes. They’re in the fridge(冰箱). You can help yourself to the orange juice in it, too. Thanks again for your help.
Mary
11．Jennifer needs to_____ every day.
A．check the mail box B．take out the trash C．water the plants D．feed the cat
12．The fish food is _____ the cat food.
A．in front of B．next to C．under D．in
13．Jennifer needs to check ______ for Mary.
A．homework B．test paper C．exercise D．the mail box
14．_____ Jennifer needs to take out the trash.
A．On Thursday B．On Wednesday C．On Tuesday D．On Saturday
15．The letter is from ______.
A．Jennifer B．Mary C．Jack D．Jane
二、阅读回答问题
Mitchell Wollen, 15, is a good swimmer and a second-year student at a high school in US. When swimming stopped and the school shut down because of the COVID-19, he found that he had a lot of free time.
“My friend and I were brainstorming (集思广益) ,” said Wollen. “We thought we’d make these hearts for people on the frontline who are doing everything for us.”
Wollen first made a red wooden heart with the words “Thank You” painted on the front. His mother Julie posted a picture of the heart online on April 5.
After that, Wollen didn’t have any more free time. He had 100 orders for his heart signs in the first week. He had to cut out the signs with a knife, paint them and deliver (寄送) them.
When online learning started up at the school, Wollen had to do schoolwork for six or seven hours a day before finding time to work on the signs.
Wollen has asked people to donate whatever they can for the signs. So far, he’s raised about 1,600 dollars, which he will use to buy meals for medical workers.
He’s talked with workers at Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford. His mother has a friend with a coffee truck, so he pays the people who run the truck to go to Gaylord and give the workers free coffee.
“Everybody’s having a hard time right now,” he said. “I just want to help those who are struggling in these times.”
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
16．Why did the swimming stop according to the passage
________________
17．What did Wollen’s mother Julie do on April 5
________________
18．How many orders did Wollen have in the first week
________________
19．How long did Wollen have to do schoolwork a day
________________
20．Who did Wollen buy meals for
________________
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参考答案：
1．A
2．C
3．D
4．B
5．A
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇议论文。文章介绍了在美国，大多数父母认为应该培养孩子的自立能力。他们认为孩子作为家庭成员，就应当分担家务，并且做家务对孩子的成长有很多好处。
1．
细节理解题。由第一段第二句“Mothers spend about 18 hours doing the housework every week…”可知，在美国，妈妈们每周大约花18个小时做家务。故选A。
2．
细节理解题。由第一段的“How about teenagers They spend nearly 31 hours on the Internet…”可知，每周，青少年花将近31个小时在因特网上。故选C。
3．
词义猜测题。根据第一段“However, some parents think children should spend more time on chores. Knowing how to do the housework...”可知，家长认为孩子们应该花时间做家务，根据第二段“Doing chores sends children the messages that they are part of the family and that they should do things for others.”可知做家务能告诉孩子他们是这个家的成员并且他们应该为他人做些事情，由此可推测孩子学会做家务是一种生活“技能”。故选D。
4．
细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“Children should take part in almost all the chores.”可知文章主旨是提倡、鼓励孩子做家务，B项与文章主旨大意不符。故选B。
5．
主旨大意题。根据文章第一段“Knowing how to do the housework is an important life skill.”及第二段文章“Doing chores sends children the messages...”和第三段“Children should take part in almost all the chores.”可知文章围绕孩子做家务展开，主要讲述了做家务及做家务对孩子们的益处。A项最能概括文章大意。故选A。
6．D
7．A
8．C
9．D
10．B
【解析】
【分析】
文章主要讲了如何帮孩子们把做家务变得有趣。
6．
细节理解题。根据“Help them to make the boring chores enjoyable.”可知第一段告诉我们父母应该帮助孩子把家务变得有趣。故选D。
7．
推理判断题。根据“A simple and great way to make cleaning great fun is to do some of it together. ”可知这里主要讲大家一起做家务，空格处填“Work as a team.”。故选A。
8．
词义猜测题。根据“One of my friends was trying to get her kids to help out around the house, and someone advised her to give the kids some things like candies or toys as rewards.”可知此处指孩子们做家务了会给糖果或玩具，这应是作为奖励，rewards意为“奖赏”。故选C。
9．
细节理解题。根据“Make it playtime. Turn ‘kitchen time’ into a party.”可知让孩子积极做家务的好方法是把家务时间变成派对时间。故选D。
10．
推理判断题。文章主要讲了如何帮孩子们把做家务变得有趣，可能选自《育儿科学》。故选B。
11．D
12．B
13．D
14．A
15．B
【解析】
【分析】
这是玛丽写给詹妮弗的信，她要出去，让詹妮弗照顾她的家，交代他一些事情。
11．根据Please feed the cat and fish every day.可知需要每天喂猫；故选D。
12．根据the fish food is next to the cat food.可知鱼食和猫食挨着；故选B。
13．根据Please check my mail box for me on Wednesday, too.可知需要为他检查邮箱；故选D。
14．根据could you take out the trash on Thursday 可知在星期四要把垃圾带出去；故选A。
15．根据最后署名Mary可知是玛丽写的信；故选B。
16．Because of the COVID-19.
17．She posted a picture of the heart online.
18．100/One hundred.
19．For six or seven hours.
20．Medical workers.
【解析】
【分析】
文章主要讲述了米切尔利用空闲时间做带有“Thank you”的心形标志牌，在网上出售，并把所得的钱给医护人员买食物。
16．
根据第一段“When swimming stopped and the school shut down because of the COVID-19”可知，停止游泳是因为新冠肺炎。故填Because of the COVID-19.
17．
根据第三段“His mother Julie posted a picture of the heart online on April 5”可知，他妈妈在网上发布了这张心形照片。故填She posted a picture of the heart online.
18．
根据第四段“He had 100 orders for his heart signs in the first week”可知，在第一周他有100个订单。故填100/One hundred.
19．
根据第五段“Wollen had to do schoolwork for six or seven hours a day”可知，他每天做六个小时或七个小时的功课。故填For six or seven hours.
20．
根据第六段“So far, he’s raised about 1,600 dollars, which he will use to buy meals for medical workers”可知，他给医务人员买餐食。故填Medical workers.
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