Module 7 A famous story 阅读培优训练（含答案）-2024-2025学年外研版八年级上册英语

Module7 A famous story阅读培优训练
一、完形填空
阅读短文，从短文后所给选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Old Mother Wind was talking with the Tall Tree in the forest, “I passed by the grass just now, and there I saw the Best Thing in the World.”
Bobby Mouse happened to sit under the tree and heard those 1 . “The Best Thing in the World— 2 can that be ” he thought. “Well, it must be plenty of delicious nuts! I’ll go and find them.” Then Bobby Mouse ran towards the 3 . He was running so 4 that he didn’t see Peter Rabbit until Peter Rabbit jumped out and asked, “why are you going in such a hurry ”
“To find the Best Thing in the World,” Bobby Mouse 5 .
“The Best Thing in the World I really look forward to eating carrots. That 6 be lots of carrots. I’ll go and 7 you.” Peter Rabbit said to Bobby Mouse and ran after him.
Before long, they met Johnny Chuck and he asked the 8 question as Peter Rabbit just did.
“To find the Best Thing in the World! Would you like to join 9 ” they shouted.
“The Best Thing in the World ” said Johnny Chuck. “ 10 is more wonderful than my own little home, the warm sunshine and the beautiful blue sky. I will never go with you!” So he stayed at home and played among the flowers with Old Mother Wind 11 .
When Bobby Mouse and Peter Rabbit finally reached the grass, they ran far and fast all day long and still they didn’t find the Best Thing in the World. When the 12 came, they started going back home. Now they didn’t hurry in the evening 13 they were very tired and hungry.
They came across Old Mother Wind on the way home.
“Did you find the Best Thing in the World ” asked Old Mother Wind.
“No!” Their 14 sounded very sad.
“Johnny Chuck has it,” she said. “You should be 15 with the things you have. The Best Thing in the World is already around you.”
1．A．words B．noises C．operas D．stories
2．A．how B．why C．what D．who
3．A．tree B．grass C．hill D．river
4．A．fast B．slow C．late D．early
5．A．read B．answered C．thought D．talked
6．A．must B．can C．need D．may
7．A．join B．take C．leave D．help
8．A．same B．easy C．difficult D．interesting
9．A．you B．them C．us D．him
10．A．Something B．Anything C．Everything D．Nothing
11．A．sadly B．suddenly C．happily D．quickly
12．A．day B．night C．rain D．wind
13．A．and B．but C．so D．because
14．A．songs B．poems C．tapes D．voices
15．A．busy B．kind C．happy D．friendly
二、阅读理解
A
In the Spring and Autumn period, a man from State Chu once got an unusual pearl (珍珠) from a big river. He decided to sell it.
The man thought, “I will sell the pearl for more money if it has a good-looking box.” So he made a wooden box at home and decorated (装饰) it with precious (贵重的) stones and beautiful feathers (羽毛). Then he put the pearl into the box and went to the market.
A man from State Zheng saw the beautiful box. He liked the box and decided to buy it. He took out the pearl and gave it back to the man from State Chu.
“I will take the box only. The pearl is useless to me. You can keep it for yourself.” the man from State Zheng said. He paid for the box and went away happily.
The man from State Chu could not understand this. He thought, “The man paid so much only for the box. Why didn’t he take the pearl ”
Some people may choose in a wrong way because they can’t make a good judgement (判断).
16．Why did the man from State Chu make a beautiful box
A．To pay for the pearl. B．To keep it for himself. C．To sell the pearl for more money.
17．What does the word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to
A．Much money. B．The wooden box. C．The unusual pearl.
18．The man from State Zheng gave the pearl back because he thought it was ________.
A．useless B．fantastic C．beautiful
19．How did the man from State Chu feel when the man didn’t take the pearl
A．Surprised. B．Sad. C．Angry.
20．What can we learn from the story
A．Practice makes perfect.
B．Don’t judge things only by how they look.
C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.
B
There was a big tiger long ago, and it lived in the wild near a village. It often attacked people. Because of this, the people dug a big hole in the ground and covered it with grass to catch the tiger.
One day, a man found the big tiger in the hole. The tiger said to the man, “Help me get out of this hole! 21 If you help me, I’ll protect you when you’re in the wild.”
The man thought it would be nice to have a tiger to look after him. So, he helped the tiger out of the hole. But the tiger caught the man and asked, “ 22 Now, I am very hungry and you...”
The man was very afraid and angry. He said, “Wait a minute, Mr. Tiger. You can’t kill me because I didn’t make the hole. Let’s go to your friends for their ideas.” 23
One of the tiger’s friends, the bear, said that people always took away their babies. And the cow said people killed them for their meat. 24 Just then came the rabbit.
The rabbit said it wanted to know what happened at first. The tiger went back to the hole and jumped into it. “ 25 ” said the rabbit to the lion. Then the rabbit told the man to run away at once.
The man was safe.
A．The tiger agreed.
B．I’ll never forget you.
C．Why did you make the hole
D．Both of them thought the man should die.
E．Because you people made the hole to catch me.
F．We should always remember who once helped us.
三、短文填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Long long ago, there was a smart boy called Cao Chong. He was the 26 (young) son of Cao Cao.
Once, one of Cao Cao’s friends sent him a big elephant. Cao Cao was very happy and 27 (thank) him. He said to his friends, “What a big and heavy elephant! Can you tell me 28 to weigh (称重) it ” They thought carefully, 29 nobody could think of a good way. Just for that moment, Cao Chong was playing games with brothers. As soon as they heard this, they stopped 30 (play). They all tried 31 (they) best to come up with a way. After a while, Cao Chong got a great idea. He told a man 32 (take) the elephant into a boat, and then marked (作记号) a line where the water went up. After that the man took the elephant out of the boat. Cao Chong asked other persons to put some stones 33 the boat instead of the elephant. When the water went up to the marked line, they weighed all the stones. In this way, he could know how heavy the elephant was. All of Cao Cao’s friends jumped 34 (happy). They thought he would be somebody when he grew up.
What 35 interesting story!
四、任务型阅读
A duck is very sad because he looks different from all the other ducks. They don’t want to play with him and they think he is very ugly. But when he grows up, he is surprised to find himself a handsome young swan (天鹅)! This is the story of The Ugly Duckling by Danish (丹麦) writer Hans Christian Andersen.
In fact, Andersen was an “ugly duckling” himself. In 1805, he was born in a poor family in Odense, Denmark. Andersen was tall, ugly and had a very big nose. His friends always made fun of his big nose.
Later, because of his father’s death, Andersen had to make a living (谋生) by himself. He had a hard life and tried different kinds of jobs. For example, he once worked as a dressmaker and made money in a theater. The difficulties helped him to write. He started writing in the year 1832 and wrote many famous fairy tales such as The Emperor’s New Clothes and so on. He kept writing for 43 years, till the end of his life in 1875. In his life, he finished 168 works and we can read them in about 150 languages. They never stop bringing happiness to kids around the world.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
36．What job does Hans Christian Andersen do
37．Where was Andersen born
38．Why did Andersen’s friends make fun of him
39．When did Andersen have to make a living by himself
40．How many languages do people translate (翻译) Andersen’s works into
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参考答案：
1．A 2．C 3．B 4．A 5．B 6．A 7．A 8．A 9．C 10．D 11．C 12．B 13．D 14．D 15．C
16．C 17．B 18．A 19．A 20．B
21．B 22．C 23．A 24．D 25．F
26．youngest 27．thanked 28．how 29．but 30．playing 31．their 32． to take 33．into 34．happily 35．an
36．He is a writer./A writer. 37．In Odense, Denmark. 38．Because of his big nose./Because he had a big nose. 39．After his father died./After his father’s death. 40．About 150 languages.
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