Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.单元阅读训练（无答案）

八下 Unit 6单元阅读训练
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Welcome to the Coconut Hotel. It takes about five minutes to walk to the city center. All the hotel rooms have the following features(特色)： good views of the city 20 square meters in size modern bathrooms The hotel also has the following facilities(设施): large swimming pool which opens at 6:45 am. a souvenir shop(纪念品店) that is open from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm. a games center a dinning room where breakfast is served from 8:00 am to 9:30 am; lunch from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm; dinner from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. a snack bar(小吃店) which is open from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm.
1.The above information is about _____.
A. a swimming pool B. a bar C. a shop D. a hotel
2.If the guests(顾客) in the hotel want to go to the city center, they had better go there ____.
A. on foot B. by subway C. by train D. by ship
3.If the guests want to have a swim, they should go to _____.
A. the city center B. the games center
C. the swimming pool D. the bathroom
4.We can have supper from ____ in the hotel.
A. 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm B. 6:45 pm to 9:30 pm
C. 1:00 pm to 6:30 pm D. 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
5.If you arrive at the hotel at 11:00 pm and feel hungry, what should you do
A. Go to the dinning room. B. Go to the shop.
C. Go to the snack bar. D. Go to the bathroom.
B
Goddess (女神) of Luck once visited the world. She heard lots of people complain (抱怨) that no lucky things happened to them.
To solve the problem, Goddess of Luck put a big stone (石头) in the middle of the road.
A student passed by. He thought he was too young and weak to carry the big stone. So he walked away.
An old man came, but he thought it was a young man’s job to move the heavy stone away. He turned around and left.
Then a businessman appeared. As soon as he started to get the stone away, he dropped it. He thought he couldn’t get money because no one would pay him for doing that, and he was afraid that other people would laugh at him for his stupid action. So he went away without saying a word.
So the stone stayed there for days. One late evening, a young man came by and saw it. He thought it was so dark that someone might fall because of it. He worked hard and finally moved the stone to the side of the road. To his surprise, he found a box under the stone. There were some words on the box. It said, “To the person who moved the stone.” Yeah, the box was full of gold.
When the student, the old man and the businessman heard it, they all cried. How sad they were! Just at that moment, Goddess of Luck told them, “All of you lost the chance to move the stone. That means you lost the chance to get my lucky gifts, too.”
1. What did Goddess of Luck hear when she visited the world
A. No one wanted to be lucky. B. No one wanted to move the stone.
C. No lucky things happened in the world.
D. No lucky things happened to lots of people.
2. The student didn’t want to move the stone because ________.
A. he was too busy with his study B. he thought it wasn’t his job to do it
C. he thought he wasn’t strong enough to do it
D. he was afraid that other people would laugh at him
3. What do the underlined words “pay him” mean
A. Ask him questions. B. Give him money.
C. Buy something from him. D. Sell something to him.
4. What was the lucky gift under the stone
A. A box of gold. B. A box of books.
C. A box of stones. D. A box of food.
5. What is the text
A. A story. B. A poem. C. An instruction. D. An introduction.
C
It was Mother’s Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.
As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.
He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars.”
The man smiled and said, “Come into the shop with me, and I’ll buy you a rose.”
He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving, he offered to drive the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.” She brought him to a cemetery(墓地),where she placed the rose on the grave.
The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house.
Today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.
1.The man went to the shop to .
A. have a rest B. help the girl C. buy some food D. order some flowers
2.The man’s mother lived away from him.
A. 2 kilometers B. 75 miles C. 200 miles D. 200 kilometers
3.The girl was crying on the road because .
A. she was hungry B. she got hurt
C. she couldn't afford a rose D. she couldn’t find her way home
4. After the man bought the girl a rose, they went to together.
A. the cemetery B. his shop C. the girl’s home D. his mother’s house
5. We can learn from the passage that .
A. the girl loved flowers very much
B. the girl loved her mother very much
C. the shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man’s mother
D. the man drove to his mother’s house to look after her.
D
A woman is traveling around the world.She is 28 years old and she is from England.The 20，000 mile trek(徒步旅行) is called “London 2 London”. That means she can't travel by plane.And she can't catch a bus or take a car during her journey. She must ride a bike or walk. The woman also has a boat.She must move and drive the boat by herself, too. The woman departed from London on April 1st, and she has already traveled 11，000 miles.
Some parts of the trek are harder than others. She recently has finished a very hard part of the trek. She spent a long time at sea when she crossed the North Pacific Ocean. Getting across it was not easy. When she finished, she was really tired.This was her second and successful attempt(尝试) to cross the North Pacific Ocean. The first one was stopped by a tropical storm(热带风暴).
Actually, she has never thought that she would achieve so much. She thinks life is like a journey. It's not important where you are going. How you get there is what matters most.When you start to do something, just enjoy whatever you may meet during your journey.
1. Which of the following ways can the woman use in the trek
A. By bike. B. By car. C. By bus. D. By plane.
2. The underlined word “departed” means “________” in Chinese.
A. 停留 B. 飞往 C. 到达 D. 离开
3. What is the main idea of the last paragraph
A. How the woman plans to go on the journey.
B. What she thinks about her journey.
C. Why the woman decides to have such a journey.
D. Some hard parts of her journey.
4. Which is NOT true about the woman's trek
A. It is a journey about twenty thousand miles.
B. She departed from London in April and has traveled long.
C. She spent little time crossing the North Pacific Ocean.
D. This was not her first time trying to cross the North Pacific Ocean.
5. What does the passage mainly want to teach us
A. We should all go on a trek like her to challenge ourselves.
B. It is dangerous and difficult to go on a long trip.
C. Finding ways to realize our dreams is important.
D. It is necessary to know where we are going in life.
E
Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don't have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.
Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.
Why do people work so many hours Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don't pay overtime. Their workers don't get more pay for more work. Some people think it's their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don't work more hours.
Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull ( 迟钝的 ) boy." If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.
1. A Japanese worker works __ more hours a year than a French one.
A. 513 B. 1,646 C . 2,159 D. 3,805
2. The word "extra" in Paragraph 3 means ".
A. 正常的 B. 额外的 C.有用的 D. 少量的
3. People in ________ get only two weeks of paid vacation a year.
A. France B. Germany C. the United States D. Great Britain
4. Which of the following is true according to the passage
A. No companies offer vacations to their workers.
B. Many people say they have enough time to relax.
C. Not all companies pay their workers for more work.
D. More than half of workers use all their vacation days.
5. What can we infer from the passage
A. Many workers have to work long hours.
B. Many people have vacations long enough.
C. Work hours are the same around the world.
D. There are a lot of dull people in the world.
F
Is the servant (仆人)clever or foolish
This is an old story. It was first told long ago. A rich man wanted to make a journey to another town. He was a businessman. He wanted to take things to sell. He also wanted to take some gold to buy some things with. He decided to take ten servants with him. They would carry the things to sell and the food to eat on the journey.
He was a kind man. He said to one of his servants, “You are the smallest, the thinnest and the weakest of all my servants. You can not carry a heavy load. You may choose the lightest load to carry.” The servant thanked his master. He pointed to the biggest load. This was bread for them to eat on the journey.
“You are foolish,” said his master. “ That is the biggest and heaviest load.” But the servant lifted up the load cheerfully and the journey began. They walked for four hours. Then they stopped for a rest. They all ate some of the bread. Then there was less bread for the servant to carry. The servant’s load grew smaller and lighter every day. At the end of the journey, the smallest servant had nothing to carry.
1. The rich man wanted to sell things and .
A. buy some gold B. buy some gold with the money
C. buy some things with the gold D. sell some gold
2. Before the journey began, the rich man said something to .
A. a businessman B. one of his servants C. the servants D. some servants
3. The weakest servant .
A. asked for his master’s advice. B. followed the master’s advice
C. refused to accept the master’s advice D. took the advice another servant gave him
4. It took them .
A. less than four hours to finish the journey. B. some days to finish the journey
C. no more than four hours to finish the journey D. only four hours to finish the journey
5. The smallest servant was very .
A. clever B. foolish C. honest D. kind