Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came? 阅读提升综合训练题 2022-2023学年人教版英语八年级下册（含答案）

Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came
阅读提升综合训练题（附答案）
一、阅读选择。
One day，a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said，“Look. There is a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said，“It isn’t worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself.
When they got to a nearby town，they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with a few pennies he bought some cherries（樱桃）. The father and the son continued their way.The sun was well up in the sky. And there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time，his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while，his father dropped another cherry and once again，his son
lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth. And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up.
When Thomas had eaten all the cherries，his father said to him，“My dear son，if you had bent（弯曲） down earlier to pick up that horseshoe，it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.”
1.What can we infer from the father’s behavior of buying cherries
A. He thought cherries were easy to take.
B. He thought they might be thirsty on the way.
C. He had no money to buy anything else.
D. He liked cherries very much.
2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean
A. The sun was rising. B. The sun went behind a cloud.
C. The sun was setting. D. The sun was shining brightly.
3.Thomas bent down so many times on their way to ___.
A. pick up horseshoes B. pick up cherries
C. pick up pennies D. have a rest
4.What can we learn from the passage
A. Practice makes perfect.
B. Where there’s a will，there’s a way.
C. Detail（细节） is the key to success.
D. No pains，no gains（收获）.
二、补全短文。
阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的六个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。
Maybe we can’t remember some normal days in our daily（日常的） life easily，although someone has a good memory（记忆）.However，when some big events happened，such as the 2008
Sichuan Earthquake and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games，it’s hard for most of us to forget.5________ Why does this happen？Here are some reasons that will help us understand why we remember big
events while forgetting others.
6________ They appear in our memory every now and then. They are reported on TV or on the Internet from time to time，or maybe the people around us always talk about them in our daily
life.7________
Some events are about our hobbies or our favorite people，so we can’t forget them easily. For example，if we are interested in planes，we probably remember the day when C919 flew into the
sky.8________
When something makes us have a bad feeling，like being afraid or sad，our mind can feel we are in danger.9________ For example，if we fall off the bike and hurt our legs badly，we will remember it all the time and be careful when we ride bikes.
A.As time goes on，memory in our brain changes.
B. These help us remember the events again and again.
C. Some events are bigger and more important than other things.
D. We can remember where we were and what we were doing at that time.
E. If we like reading Jin Yong’s books，we may not forget the day when he died.
F. It keeps the event in our memory so that we can remember it and keep away from it.
Ⅲ.阅读填空。
阅读短文，根据短文内容，在短文后的空格里填入最恰当的单词（每空限填一词）。
You may already know that hurricanes（飓风） are storms that can cause strong waves，wind，and rain. They happen during Hurricane Season,which is from June 1st to November 30th in the Atlantic Ocean and from May 15th to November 30th in the Pacific Ocean.
There are five categories（级别） of hurricanes，which depend on the wind speed（速度）. The categories help people know how much damage（危害） a hurricane may cause.
When a hurricane happens together with heavy rainfall，there can be a terrible flood（洪水）. The center of a hurricane is called the eye. While most of a hurricane has dangerously strong winds，the eye is actually a calm area in the storm. When the eye of a hurricane passes over land,people might think that
it’s over,but before long there would be more wind and rain as the second part of the hurricane moves through.
There is no way to stop a hurricane or make it change its way，so if you find yourself in the path（路线） of a hurricane，be sure to remember the following advice to keep safe.
·Be sure you have a radio，batteries，fresh drinking water，and enough food.
·Tell neighbors，friends，and family members your emergency（紧急情况） plans. Tell them where you’ll go if you need to leave your home.
·Stay inside during the storm. You could get seriously hurt if you go outside.
Hurricane
Characteristics（特点） ◆Hurricane Season usually _10______ about 6 months in the Atlantic Ocean and 6.5 months in the Pacific Ocean. ◆Strong waves，wind，and rain.
Categories ◆Hurricanes are divided into five categories according to the wind speed. ◆How much damage a hurricane does _11_________ on the category of the hurricane.
Dangers ◆When a hurricane comes together with heavy rainstorm，a terrible flood may _12_____. ◆Soon after the eye of a hurricane goes by，the wind and rain increase.
_13_______ advice ◆It’s _14___________ to stop a hurricane or change its way. ◆Tell others your plans and where you plan to go. ◆Stay inside during the storm，or you could 15 yourself seriously.
四、语法填空。
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内所给单词的正确形式。
When I was 11，a terrible thing happened in the middle of one night. My home 16.__________（sudden） caught fire.Luckily，we ran out and didn’t get hurt. But we had nothing. We felt
17._________（shock） and helpless. We didn’t know if we could get through this by 18.____（we）.
The next day，my mom’s friend brought me a few T-shirts and pairs of jeans. One pair of jeans was too short 19._______ the other pair was too long，but I didn’t care.20.____ least I had
some clothes again. At the same time，my dad returned to our home to see what he could salvage（抢救）. The only thing he could find was my mom’s wedding ring，but it was 21._______（good） than nothing.
After several days，my dad found 22.____ old house by the side of the road near our old house. As we moved in，our family，friends and 23.__________（neighbor） in our community all
came. They gave away many things 24.________（help） us get back on our feet. There were more clothes，furniture（家具），food，money and even some books for me to read.Looking back now，I am thankful for everything we went through that summer because it taught me so much about life，
love，and people’s125._________（kind）. It showed me that when you have nothing left but love，that can still be enough.
参考答案
1-4BDBC 5-9DCBEF
10.Lasts 11.depends 12.happen 13.Safety 14.impossible 15.hurt
16.suddenly 17.shocked 18.ourselves 19.while 20.At
21.better 22.an 23. neighbors 24.to help 25.kindness