八年级英语上英语课外阅读拓展训练三（时文）

8a英语课外阅读拓展训练三（时文）完型填空
Wang Zhijun is a teacher. At the age of 48, he has been 1 at a rural school in Chongyang County, Hubei Province, for over 28 years. His school is located upstream （在上游） of the Qingshan Reservoir, surrounded by water on three sides, making it 2 to reach.
Wang's school, the only one in the rural village, was
3 by rainstorms, and was rebuilt later.
To our surprise, Wang didn't give in, and he
4 the school as his home. He bought a small wooden boat to help ferry（摆渡）students from remote（偏远的）areas 5 they could make it to school on time.
When the weather is 6 or the water level is too high, Wang invites his students to stay at school and eat with him for safety.
"Some students, 7 , even lived here for more than a week when their parents couldn’t come to pick them up. The children see the school as their second home," Wang said.
Over the years, Wang had several 8 to be transferred （调动） to teach in the town, but he said he would worry about the children in the remote areas.
Under Wang's guidance （指导）, 46 students from the rural village, with a 9 of about 800, have been admitted to universities and colleges.
"I just want to send more students out of the mountains so that they can go higher and farther.* I also hope they can 10 to help build their hometown after completing their university studies," he said.
1 A. teaching B. learning C. planning D. leaving
2 A. easy B. hard C. busy D. free
3 A. destroyed B. decorated C. washed D. painted
4 A. watched B. heard C. treated D. listed
5 A. but B. if C. so D. and
6 A. sunny B. hot C. cool D. terrible
7 A. always B. sometimes C. hardly D. usually
8 A. abilities B. ways C. reasons D. chances
9 A. population B. history C. year D. century
10 A. refuse B. allow C. return D. ask
阅读理解
A
In May, 2023, Joy Kochar and other students got together in Columbus Park, New York City. They set up a table with lemonade, cookies, and origami figures for sale. They were hoping to raise money for their school to solve a big problem: many spotted lantern fies （斑点灯笼蝇） had recently appeared in the area.
Their goal was to raise $200. That was the cost of the
equipment the kids needed to catch spotted lantern flies.
They only made about $75. So they decided to hold more
activities to collect money.
Since 2014, spotted lantern fie s have been seen across the eastern United States.* They are harmful to many plants. State officials have encouraged people to kill spotted lanternflies.
Joy saw many spotted lantern flies in her school courtyard. She decided to do something, so she started a club called Squash. Its goal is to kill spotted lantern fie s around the school. More than 20 students have joined.
Joy did some research and found a plant named milkweed. It is good food for some insects but it is toxic （有毒的） to spotted lantern flies. Joy thought using milkweed would be a better way to kill spotted lanternflies.
Finally, their effort paid off. They raised $197 in all. That was enough to buy milkweed.
The effort would not have been a success without teamwork. "I learned that two minds are better than one," Joy says.
1. Why did Joy and 10 other students set up a table with lemonade, cookies and origami figures in the park
A. Because they would like to do some research.
B. Because they wanted to look for spotted lantern flies.
C. Because they wanted to raise money to kill spotted lantern flies.
D. Because they would like to make more money for their families.
2 .What's the meaning of the underlined word "equipment" in Chinese
A.装备 B.金钱 C.主意 D.责任
3 .Spotted lantern flies are bad for __________.
A. the milkweed B. many plants C. some students D. state officials
4 .What's the purpose of setting up Squash
A. To pay off all the money.
B. To buy enough milkweed.
C. To train people to be a team player.
D. To kill spotted lantern flies around the school.
5. What's the best title of the passage
A. Spotted lantern flies do harm to the USA
B. Milkweed can help children solve some problems
C. Children tried every effort to kill spotted lantern flies around their school
D. Spotted lanternflies become more and more dangerous to America
B
Schools and kindergartens in Guangdong Province have
been asked to ban （禁止） the recently popular toy knives
known as "radish knives" and other similar things because
they might be dangerous to students, according to a notice
from the Department of Education of Guangdong Province.*
"Radish knives" look like small plastic switchblades （弹簧刀）, and kids like them because they can flick （轻弹） them open just like a fidget spinner（指尖陀螺）. Though the blade（刀片） is made of plastic, it could still cause harm if it touches the skin. Parents are worried that these toys might cause kids to fight and could be dangerous for their safety.
The notice said that schools and kindergartens should teach students about safety and ask them not to buy, carry, or play with toys like "radish knives". They also need to check stores nearby and report to the local governments if they find any of these toys being sold.
Besides, parents should watch out for these toys because they could be dangerous to their kids. They should choose safe toys and things that their children need every day.
Experts and officials have expressed worries about the increasing popularity of "radish knives" and the attitudes and behaviors of kids.
An expert said that selling toys with violence could be more harmful than the toys themselves, and it might break the law.
6. How does the writer start the passage
A. By telling a story.
B. By reporting a piece of news.
C. By raising a question.
D. By giving some suggestions.
7.What's the writer's purpose in writing Paragraph 2
A. To show the use of "radish knives".
B. To list the advantages of "radish knives".
C. To describe the shape and size of "radish knives".
D. To tell us that "radish knives" may do harm to students.
8.The writer may agree that _____.
A. kids should play with fidget spinners
B. fidget spinners are not as good as "radish knives"
C. it is the parents' duty to stop their children from playing with "radish knives"
D. it is necessary to stop students from playing with "radish knives"
9.What's the meaning of the underlined word "violence" in Chinese
A.暴力 B.开关 C.多功能 D.人工智能
10.What's the best title of the passage
A. Say no to "radish knives"
B. The safety is a big problem
C. Danger is coming to students
D. A safe environment is important
C
A primary school in southern China introduced a homework circuit breaker （断路器）. It told students to stop doing homework after 9:30 pm to make sure that they have enough sleep. This has sparked （引发） discussion on the best way to reduce study stress on students.
The school in Nanning, capital of the Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region, said recently that students would not be
punished for homework left unfinished after 9:30 pm.
Many schools and education authorities in the country are taking measures to follow the national "double reduction" policy （"双减"政策）, which aims to reduce students' homework and extracurricular（课外的） learning.*
Some people thought that the rule could help children get more sleep, but many others were not sure if it was the best way to really reduce their study stress.
Xiong Bingqi, director of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, said cooperation （合作）from parents will be needed if the measure is to work, because some ask their children to do extra homework.
Since the "double reduction" policy was carried out in 2021, most primary and secondary schools in China have reduced students' homework.
According to a notice from the Ministry of Education in 2021, primary school students should have 10 hours of sleep a night, with middle school students expected to sleep for 9 hours.
"Not many children have reached the standard （标准） because some parents pay more attention to their children's grades rather than helping them develop good time-management habits," Xiong said.
So it is a long way to go to reduce the study stress of the students.
11. What does the underlined word "It" in Paragraph 1 refer to
A. A homework circuit breaker.
B. A primary school.
C. Getting enough sleep.
D. The study stress of students.
12 .Why does China carry out the "double reduction" policy
A. Because it wants to make students have a good rest.
B. Because it wants to reduce students' study stress.
C. Because the homework circuit breaker isn't useful to students.
D. Because more and more students can't get good grades.
13 .Which of the following is TRUE about the "double reduction" policy
A. Plenty of students don't like this policy.
B. It has been carried out for five years in China.
C. The effect of the "double reduction" policy is not perfect because of some parents.
D. Many people have full confidence in this policy.
14. What's the best title of the passage
A. Looking forward to better ways to reduce students' study stress
B. Looking forward to more homework circuit breakers entering more schools
C. Parents should try their best to help their children
D. We should pay more attention to students' study stress
短文填空
In 2023, there was a lot of talk about generative（生成的）AI
in technology and education. This happened 1 ChatGPT and other
chatbots （聊天机器人）were introduced.
These chatbots can create text that looks like being written by
2 human in response to a question. Teachers got 3 （worry）that students might cheat by using the chatbot's text as their own. Schools are now 4 （make）rules about how students can use this tool and also looking at how it can help with teaching, like creating reading homework 5 helping with writing.
AI can help teachers by doing tasks like grading and planning lessons. This 6 （give） teachers more time to do the important work that made them want to be teachers in the first place.* Victor Lee, a researcher, believes that AI tools should make teachers' lives 7 （easy） instead of replacing them. He hopes to see more 8 （tool） that support teachers in the future.
Lee thinks it's very important to teach students how to treat 9 （careful） about AI. He believes AI is not going away and that students need to learn how 10 （understand） it. As the director of CRAFT, he offers free resources to help high school students learn about AI.
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阅读表达
Primary school students in Changsha, Hunan Province, have started to learn the Changsha dialect （方言） in an elective （选修的） course newly offered by the school this term.
More than 20 third-grade students from the Affiliated
Primary School of Hunan Normal University have signed up
for the course. Many language professors at universities
such as Hunan Normal University, Central South University
and Changsha Normal University are teaching the course.
Besides the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, students will also get knowledge about the idioms, nursery rhymes （童谣）, figures of speech and culture behind the dialect, according to Luo Xinru, Chinese language professor at Hunan Normal University and one of the teachers of the course.
As our country has spent a lot of energy promoting （推动） standard Mandarin （标准普通话）, lots of young children have not learned how to speak local dialects, she said. That's why the country has started to protect different language resources in recent years, she added.
The Ministry of Education carried out the National Language Resource Protection Project in 2015 to do some surveys and better protect its language resources. Our country has set up the largest language resource center in the world, according to the ministry.
Luo said promoting Mandarin and using dialects are not contradictory（相互矛盾的） and children have the ability to speak them at the same time.
"Dialect protection is very important and different dialects which carry different cultures and values should not and will not disappear,* "she said. "We do not expect all children taking the course to learn perfect Changsha dialect, but they should understand the importance of different dialects and perhaps be willing to dive into the research and protection of them as they grow older."
1.How many third-grade students from the Affiliated Primary School of Hunan Normal University wanted to learn the Changsha dialect
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2.What can students learn in dialect classes
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3.Why has China started protecting different language resources in recent years
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4. Where has the world's largest language resource center been set up
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5 .Please give an example of your local dialect, and explain what it means.
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