八下Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains. 阅读训练（无答案）

八下 unit 6 阅读训练
一．语法填空 （一)
Last April, Eric got a box from his grandmother. After 1________(open)the box, Eric was 2_________ (excite) because six chicks were in it. The chicks were lovely but their voices were not loud. Eric held one chick in his hand 3_______(careful). It looked weak and closed 4________(it) eyes.
Eric didn't know what was wrong with it. Luckily, Eric's mother had experience and she 5___________
(remind) Eric to keep the chicks warm. 6________Eric placed the whole box under the heat lamp (加热灯).
After a few days, the chicks became healthy and they learned to jump out 7______ the box to explore the ground. They also began to grow feathers(羽毛)，first on their wings(翅膀)and then on their 8_____(tail). "It's time to move them to the hen house,” Eric thought.
This morning, Eric came to the hen house to do some cleaning. There was only one hen inside the house. The hen jumped and went out after it saw Eric. Eric used the stick 9________( push )the straw aside (把稻草拔开)，and there he saw a white egg.
“It's my 10.________ (one) egg!" Eric shouted happily. His mother and his grandmother laughed.
（二)
从方框中选择适当的单词，并用其正确形式填空
turn，happy，once，beautifully，marry，lucky，whole，remind，fall，kill
It was snowing heavily outside and the snow 1 me of the famous story Snow White. 2 upon a time, there was a king and a queen. They lived 3 but had no kids. Later they had a girl and the girl was very 4 , with snow-white skin and blood-red lips. The 5 family were very happy. The girl was named Snow White. It was 6 that the queen died when she gave birth to Snow White. The king married another woman. The woman was jealous（嫉妒的）of Snow White’s beauty so she asked someone 7 Snow White. But Snow White was saved. Then the woman 8 herself into an old lady and tried to kill Snow White with a poisonous（有毒的）apple. Luckily, a prince saved Snow White and 9 in love with her. Soon they got 10 and lived a happy life.
（三)
Once upon a time, there were five children who moved to the countryside with their mother. One day, while they 1 (play) in a gravel pit (采石场), they met a magical creature called the Psammead.
The Psammead was a sand-fairy (沙精). It had the power to give one wish per day. But every wish could only last until sunset. The children were 2 (excite) and started making wishes. First, they wished for money. 3 (Surprise), a whole pit filled with gold coins appeared in front of them. They tried to buy things with the gold coins, but were caught as 4 (thief) by the police.
The kids made more wishes—to become 5 (beautiful), to fly with wings, and to turn stronger. Each wish had 6 (it) own surprises at first, but it 7 (bring) problems in the end. They learned that wishes don’t always give them what they truly want.
The next day, the children received a letter saying their mother was coming back home. They wanted to wish for something special for her. Just then, they 8 (hear) that someone stole Lady Chittenden’s jewels. One of the children wished their mother could have jewels.
When their mother returned, she found the jewels and thought Martha’s boyfriend was the thief. The children tried to convince (说服) their mother about the Psammead, but she didn’t believe them. So they had to find the Psammead again and asked for one last wish 9 (solve) the problem. In return, they promised never to speak of the Psammead again and said goodbye. When they got back home, everything was resolved, and Lady Chittenden’s 10 (miss) jewels were found.
Now, the children wonder if they will ever meet the Psammead again.
（四)
从方框中选择适当的单词，并用其正确形式填空。
Turn marry once upon a time lucky whole remind fall in love kill get married, happy
It was snowing heavily outside and the snow 1_________me of the famous story Snow White .
2____________ there was a king and a queen. They lived 3___________ but had no kids. Later they had a girl and the girl was very beautiful, with snow-white skin and blood-red lips. The 4_________family was very happy. The girl was named Snow White. It was 5___________that the queen died after she gave birth to Snow White .The king 6__________another woman. The woman was jealous(嫉妒)of Snow White’s beauty so she asked someone 7___________Snow White. But Snow White was saved. Then the woman 8__________herself into an old lady and tried to kill Snow White with a poisonous(有毒的）apple. Luckily, a prince saved Snow White and 9___________ with her . Soon they 10___________ and lived a happy life.
（五)
This is a Chinese myth about the fantastic bird Jingwei. People 1 (talk) about it for many many years.
The Yan Emperor has a younger daughter 2 (name) Nuwa. Nuwa is a lively girl and she loves playing in the sea. One day, Nuwa goes to the Eastern Sea 3 (have) some fun. As she goes further away from the shore, the water becomes more and 4 (violence). Big waves come one after 5 (other). Nuwa does not know how to deal with it. Help! she cries, but no one is there to save her. After a serious fight against the angry sea, the little girl loses all of her 6 (strong) and drowns.
7 Nuwa dies, her spirit turns into a bird called Jingwei. Unlike usual birds, Jingwei looks like a crow with a white beak and red feet. It makes the sad sound: Jingwei and gets its name from the sound. Jingwei lives in Fajiu Mountain which is full if fruit trees. The little bird has 8 strange habit. It 9 (regular) carries small branches and stones from the Western Mountains to fill up the Eastern Sea. Why does Jingwei do that There are many ideas. Some people think Jingwei wants to punish the sea for taking her life. Some people argue that Jingwei does it to keep other people from drowning. No one knows the real answer but everyone 10 (praise) Jingwei for its strong will to change something as unchangeable as the Eastern Sea.
（五)
marry　stone　silly　voice　nobody hide　brave　prince　hate　advise
Long long ago, there was a prince. There was a big tree in his garden. Many animals lived in the tree. Every morning when the 1.___________woke up, he heard these animals' nice 2.___________. Every evening he sat on the 3.______________under the tree to enjoy his mom's stories.
Slowly, the prince grew up. He got 4.______________and had some children. But he began to 5.___________ the tree, because it became old and dry. One day he asked some people to cut the tree down.
After the tree was cut down, the animals left. The prince was sad. He wanted to know where the animals 6.____________. He asked many people but 7.___________knew. He thought these people were very 8.___________. And he was angry with them. He decided to kill them. Luckily, a 9.____________boy stopped him and explained that it was because of the tree that those animals went away. The boy 10.__________the prince to plant more trees so that more animals would come.
二．完形填空 （一)
One day, a hungry wolf was looking for food in the countryside. 1 , he found a sheepskin (羊皮) on the road by chance.
He thought, “If I 2 this sheepskin and stay with the sheep, no one will know I am a wolf. At midnight, I can catch a young sheep and enjoy a delicious 3 . Night after night, I’ll have many delicious dinners.”
With these ideas in mind, the wolf couldn’t help 4 . He put on the sheepskin and looked up and down. Nothing was 5 except that he looked a little fat. “It is not a big problem,” he thought. He ran into the group of sheep 6 while a farmer was busy looking somewhere else.
In the evening, the farmer placed the wolf with the other sheep in the same area. The wolf waited excitedly for the 7 to come, so he could have the chance for his big plan. But before he could do anything, the farmer came out to 8 a fat sheep to make a big family dinner. The wolf, thinking himself 9 than the farmer, happened to be the fattest one among the sheep.
As you might guess, the wolf ended up on the dinner table as someone’s delicious meal. The story tells us sometimes even the best 10 may not work in the end. A fooling one becomes the fool.
1. A. Unluckily B. Quietly C. Suddenly D. Carefully
2. A. buy B. wear C. borrow D. protect
3. A. drink B. breakfast C. lunch D. meal
4. A. crying B. laughing C. shouting D. shaking
5. A. wrong B. perfect C. possible D. dangerous
6. A. loudly B. sadly C. clearly D. immediately
7. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. midnight
8. A. wait for B. pay for C. look for D. ask for
9. A. cleverer B. braver C. thinner D. better
10. A. offer B. plan C. notice D. journey
（二)
In the time of the Jin Dynasty (朝代), there was a man named Le Guang. One day Le Guang asked one of his 1 to have dinner at his home.
When his friend arrived at his home, Le Guang 2 something was wrong. His friend seemed 3 in the house. So Le Guang asked him what was wrong. His friend replied, “It was 4 that party at your home. At the party, I found a little 5 in the wine (酒) and I have felt upset since then.”
Le Guang was very 6 because there wasn’t a snake in the wine. He looked around and then saw a bow (弓) 7 a snake painted on it on the wall.
So Le Guang asked his friend to join him for a 8 again. When the glass was full of wine, he pointed to the shadow (影子) of the bow in the glass and asked his friend to have a 9 . His friend shouted, “That is 10 I saw last time.” Le Guang laughed and 11 the bow.
“Can you see the snake now ” he asked. His friend was surprised to 12 that the snake was not in the wine. After his friend knew the 13 , he was not upset any more.
This 14 turned out to be the idiom “Bei Gong She Ying”. For many years, it has been used to 15 people not to be suspicious (怀疑的) unnecessarily.
1. A. friends B. teachers C. cousins D. doctors
2. A. forgot B. said C. added D. knew
3. A. angry B. uncomfortable C. hungry D. quiet
4. A. kind of B. such as C. because of D. as long as
5. A. fish B. cat C. snake D. mouse
6. A. lucky B. friendly C. sad D. surprised
7. A. with B. under C. about D. from
8. A. walk B. drink C. trip D. meeting
9. A. try B. reason C. discussion D. look
10. A. how B. what C. when D. where
11. A. cut down B. picked up C. took off D. brought out
12. A. find B. believe C. expect D. promise
13. A. example B. lesson C. fact D. experience
14. A. result B. story C. part D. mistake
15. A. advise B. order C. wish D. help
（三)
One day, a tiger caught a fox in a forest. The tiger didn’t eat 1 all day. He was very hungry and he couldn’t wait to eat the fox.
The fox was 2 of the tiger, but he didn’t want to lose his life. Then he had an 3 to save himself. As soon as the tiger opened his 4 to eat the fox, the fox said, “You can’t eat me. I was sent to rule (统治) the animals by God.”
The tiger didn’t believe what the fox said. The fox continued, “If you don’t 5 me, just follow me to see whether the animals are afraid of me.”
The tiger agreed. Then he followed the fox and they began to 6 the forest. While they were walking in the forest, all of the 7 ran away.
The tiger thought that the animals were afraid of the fox. Then he 8 not to eat the fox. Finally, he let the fox 9 .
How silly the tiger was! He didn’t realize that the animals were afraid 10 him instead of the fox.
1. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
2. A. proud B. excited C. afraid D. bored
3. A. invitation B. idea C. relationship D. information
4. A. nose B. mouth C. ears D. eyes
5. A. allow B. beat C. believe D. consider
6. A. walk around B. give up C. write down D. clean out
7. A. children B. tigers C. foxes D. animals
8. A. organized B. expected C. improved D. decided
9. A. going B. to go C. go D. went
10. A. of B. with C. for D. at
（四)
Have you heard of the story of The Legend of White Snake(白蛇传) It’s a very famous traditional 1 story. It’s a love story between White Snake and Xu Xian. It has a connection to the Dragon Boat Festival in China.
Once upon a time, there were two snakes, White Snake and Green Snake. They had 2 power and became two beautiful young ladies. At the West Lake of Hangzhou, they met a man called Xu Xian. White Snake quickly
3 in love with him. They got 4 soon and lived happily.
The Dragon Goat Festival came. In those days, people drink realgar wine(雌黄酒). But it was dangerous for White Snake 5 this kind of wine. If she drank the wine, she would 6 the snake again. However, Xu Xian didn’t know anything about it, so he asked his wife to drink realgar wine. Soon White Snake became badly 7 and went into her room. When Xu Xian 8 the room, he couldn’t find his 9 .
He only saw a huge white snake on the bed. He was frightened to death. Later, White Snake recovered. In order to 10 her husband, she went to steal magical herb(草药) from a god. In the end, the god was so moved by her true love that he saved Xu Xian. What a moving love story!
1. A. American B. English C. Chinese D. European
2. A. magical B. little C. heavy D. small
3. A. fall B. feel C. fell D. felt
4. A. married B. together C. ready D. home
5. A. drinks B. to drink C. eats D. to eat
6. A. turn back B. turn down C. turn away D. turn into
7. A. interested B. strange C. ill D. relaxed
8. A. went B. came C. ran D. entered
9. A. snake B. wife C. husband D. Sister
10. A. kill B. save C. give D. meet
（五)
Long long ago, there was a swan (天鹅) with golden feathers (羽毛). She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house near the lake with her two daughters. They were very 1 . They worked hard all year round, but still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough 2 to buy food.
The swan was sad to see that. She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my feathers to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money 3 my feathers.” That evening, she 4 to the woman’s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying anything. From then on, the swan came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much 5 than before.
But day after day, the woman became greedy (贪婪). She said to her daughters. “The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all her feathers if she comes next time.”
“Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will 6 the swan. She helps us a lot!” But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the 7 came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. 8 , the golden feathers changed into chicken feathers.
Then, the swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to 9 you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will 10 come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan left.
1. A. rich B. poor C. lucky D. happy
2. A. money B. time C. room D. energy
3. A. asking B. looking C. buying D. selling
4. A. flew B. ran C. climbed D. walked
5. A. poorer B. better C. busier D. harder
6. A. hurt B. save C. protect D. help
7. A. woman B. daughter C. chicken D. swan
8. A. So B. And C. However D. Therefore
9. A. visit B. help C. teach D. invite
10. A. sometimes B. always C. usually D. never
三．阅读理解
（一)
A group of swans flew down to a beach. There was a crow (乌鸦) jumping around. The crow watched them and looked down on them.
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air No, that’s not for you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, did other flying tricks, and then came down and looked at the swan proudly.
Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments (评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so tired that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to try to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother Is that another trick “
“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride (骄傲) ! If you don’ t help me, I’ll lose my life…”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.
1. Why did the crow want to have a flying competition with the swans
A. To play with the swans.
B. To teach the swans new flying skills.
C. To show his good flying skills to the swans.
D. To practice his flying skills with the swans.
2. Why did the crow keep touching the water
A. He was enjoying himself by doing so.
B. He was showing another flying skill.
C. He was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.
D. He was keeping himself from falling into the water.
3. What can we infer (推断) from the passage
A. The crow didn’t know flying.
B. Flying skills were useless.
C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.
D. The swan was better at flying for a long time than the crow.
4. What may be the main idea of the passage
A. Pride goes before a fall. B. Crows fly better than swans.
C. A crow helps his friends. D. It’s important to help others.
（二)
One day, some doves (鸽子) went to find food. Their king went with them. The doves felt too tired to fly. They wanted to stop. The king said, “Don’t give up! Together, we can find food.”
One dove saw some rice on the ground. The doves flew onto the ground to eat. Then a net (网) fell over the doves! They tried to fly away, but they couldn’t get out of it!
A hunter (猎人) was coming! The doves were afraid. The king said, “Don’t be afraid! Together, we can get away! Let’s fly together so that we can lift the net!” All the doves lifted the net and flew away with it! The hunter watched the doves fly away.
The doves were safe from the hunter, but they were still trapped in the net. The king said, “I know a mouse that lives in the town. He will be very helpful to us. We can find him.”
The doves flew to the town together. They found a hole in a wall. The mouse lived in the hole. The doves called for help loudly together.
After a while, the mouse heard their call and came out of his hole. He saw the king and ran to him. The king told the mouse that he needed his help. Then the mouse bite (咬) the net until all the doves were free.
The doves thanked their king for saving their lives. The king said, “I did not save your lives! We did it together!”
1. Why were the doves caught under the net
A. Because the king made a wrong decision.
B. Because the net was very big and high
C. Because they ate rice under the net.
D. Because the doves were so tired that they couldn’t fly high.
2. What does the word “trapped” mean in Paragraph 3
A. 失望的 B. 困住的 C. 兴奋的 D. 担忧的
3. Where did the mouse live
A. A hole under the ground. B. A box on a desk. C. A cage in the town. D. A hole in a wall.
4. How did the mouse save the doves
A. By biting the net. B. By cutting the net.
C. By burning the net down. D. By asking for other mice’s help.
5. What is the passage mainly about
A. Call for help. B. Thank the people around you.
C. Never give up. D. Be careful with the net.
（三)
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.
（四)
A long time ago, there was an emperor. He had a beautiful garden. In the garden, there was a little nightingale (夜莺) singing beautifully.
One day, the emperor heard about this little bird’s beautiful voice. He asked his guards to bring her to him. When the emperor heard the nightingale’s voice, he said, “Put her in a golden cage, she can sing for me whenever I want to hear her.”
The little bird was so unhappy about being kept in the cage that she stopped singing one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the scientists to make a robot bird for him. The robot bird could sing very beautifully, too. The emperor was pleased.
Day by day, the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that time, the emperor was ill and he became very weak. One morning, while lying in bed, the emperor wanted to hear a song once again. But the robot bird couldn’t sing any more. Suddenly, the nightingale landed on the window. She began to sing her most beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! He became better and better each day.
After the emperor was well, he changed a lot and became kind to his people. From then on, all his people cherished (爱戴) him for his love and kindness.
1. Where did the nightingale live in according to Paragraph 1
A. In the park. B. In the zoo. C. In the forest. D. In the garden.
2. What does the underlined word “her” in Paragraph 2 refer to
A. The scientist. B. The emperor. C. The robot bird. D. The nightingale.
3. Why did the emperor make a robot bird
A. Because the nightingale flew away.
B. Because he didn’t like the nightingale.
C. Because the nightingale was unhappy in the cage and stopped singing.
D. Because the robot bird sang better than the nightingale.
4. What is the right order of the story
①The emperor was ill and weak.
②The nightingale sang a beautiful song for the emperor.
③The nightingale was unhappy in the cage so she stopped singing.
A. ③①② B. ①②③ C. ③②① D. ②①③
5. What can we learn from the story
A. The robot bird never became old. B. The nightingale was kind.
C. The emperor died in the end. D. The emperor never changed himself.