Module 10 The weather阅读培优训练（含参考答案）-2024-2025学年外研版八年级上册英语

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Module10 The weather 阅读培优训练
一、完形填空
There was ever a group of ants (蚂蚁). In winter, their food was 1 than before because of the bad weather. The ants were busy 2 food for winter, but it was very difficult. When the cold weather came, there may not be enough food 3 everyone.
One of them was Anita.Anita wanted to help her 4 , so she practised how to carry more food.When Anita was ready, she 5 other ants together and said to them, “I know you think we can’t live through (度过) the winter. 6 I have some ideas: Firstly, you need to believe we can do it. Secondly, I will 7 you how to carry more food. Thirdly, we should help 8 other because we are family.” The ants did as Anita told them. Finally, all the ants lived a 9 winter. And there wouldn’t be many 10 with food for them next winter.
1．A．better B．less C．more D．worse
2．A．looking after B．looking at C．looking for D．looking around
3．A．for B．in C．on D．with
4．A．child B．brother C．sister D．family
5．A．asked B．called C．made D．took
6．A．But B．After C．So D．And
7．A．see B．give C．learn D．teach
8．A．some B．any C．every D．each
9．A．sad B．bad C．happy D．new
10．A．problems B．questions C．ants D．ideas
二、阅读理解
A
Last summer vacation I went to Taiwan, China with my parents. Taiwan is really beautiful! The weather is good. It is always warm and humid because the sea is around Taiwan. In the north, it’s cold in winter. But in the south, it’s still warm in winter and you can enjoy the sunshine every day. The typhoon(台风) season is from June to October.
There are many mountains in Taiwan. Ali Mountain is one of the biggest mountains there. We went to climb Ali Mountain one afternoon. There are many trees in the forest there. They are very tall and many of them are really old.
Sun Moon Lake is the largest natural lake in Taiwan. In the lake there are many kinds of fishes.
We also went to the beaches and enjoyed the sunshine. There are many kinds of food in the small towns near the sea. Dumplings with shrimp(虾) in them are my favourite.
Taiwan is a beautiful island, and I love it! I took many photos there. Would you love to see them
11．The typhoon season lasts ________.
A．60 days B．10 weeks
C．about 3 months D．around 150 days
12．The trees in the forest in Ali Mountain are _________.
A．tall and old B．short
C．new D．short and old
13．The writer’s favourite food is ________ in Taiwan.
A．dumplings with shrimp B．fish
C．dumplings and porridge D．fish and dumplings
14．The weather in Taiwan is similar with that in ________.
A．Beijing B．Xiamen
C．Hunan D．Shanghai
15．The passage mainly talks about ________.
A．the weather in Taiwan, China
B．asking people to visit Taiwan, China
C．the introduction of Taiwan, China
D．the story of Taiwan, China
B
阅读下面的短文,把A—E五个句子填入文中空缺处,使短文内容完整
Everybody talks about the weather, It's the most popular topic of conversation(谈话). For example, people may say to each other "Isn't it a nice day " "Do you think it's going to rain " or "I think it is going to snow." 16
Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. 17 One man may say, "Do you see how cloudy it is in the east It is going to rain tomorrow." But another man may say, "Yes, it's cloudy in the east, so we are going to have a fine day tomorrow."
18 When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it is going to rain; he won't believe other things. When people are having a picnic, but it begins to rain, they will be so sure about something that shows the weather is going to be fine very quickly. 19
Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says. But he does not always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes a mistake. 20
A．People often hope for the weather they want.
B．However, he still probably comes closer to being right than most people.
C．But they don't always agree with each other.
D．They won't believe that they will finish their lunch in the rain.
E．All these are the common ways to start a conversation.
三、首字母填空
In England, people often talk about the w 21 because they can experience (经历) four s 22 in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour l 23 , black clouds come and then it r 24 hard.
The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to s 25 , and it will be summer at this time of a day.
In England, people can also have s 26 in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, while they need take w 27 clothes in summer sometimes.
When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an u 28 or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not l 29 at them.
I 30 you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.
四、任务型阅读
阅读短文，完成下列小题。
Look around when you’re on a subway. What is the most popular time-killing(消磨时间的) activity In China, most people play on their smart phones. While in other countries, people often enjoy reading.
On average(平均), each Chinese person read less than eight books in 2018, according to a recent survey from the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication. But Chinese people 5.①________ an average of 26 minutes on WeChat Reading every day.
In many western countries, people can read at any time. Even backpackers(背包客) enjoy reading books when they are having a break at the beach or relaxing from a hike. Reading books builds a bridge 5.②________ our lives and the unknown world.
Many hotels abroad also offer book-exchanges for visitors. Simply drop off your finished books and take those that other people left behind.
In most US middle schools, teachers give students a reading list every few weeks. 4.Most books are easy to read, so students won’t lose their confidence of reading.
Good reading habits lead you to a lifelong love of books. In order to encourage people to read more, China is planning to foster(培养) the habits of reading in its law. 5.③________ this has both good and bad sides, it can be seen as a way to develop one’s reading habits.
31．What is the most popular time-killing activity in China (no more than 6 words)
32．How do visitors in many hotels abroad exchange books (no more than 16 words)
33．What will China do to encourage people to read (no more than 15 words)
34．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
35．Fill in the blanks with proper words
① ② ③
36．What will you do to foster(培养) the habits of reading
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参考答案：
1．B 2．C 3．A 4．D 5．B 6．A 7．D 8．D 9．C 10．A
11．D 12．A 13．A 14．B 15．C
16．E 17．C 18．A 19．D 20．B
21．weather 22．seasons 23．later 24．rains 25．shine 26．summer 27．warm 28．umbrella 29．laugh 30．If
31．Playing on smart phones.
32．They simply drop off their finished books and take those that other people left behind.
33．China is planning to foster the habits of reading in its law. 34．大部分书籍都简单易读，因此学生们不会失去阅读的信心。
35． spend between Although/Though 36．I will read books for 30 minutes every day.
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