Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came? 阅读提升练（含答案）人教八年级下册英语

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八年级下册英语Unit 5阅读提升练
一、完形填空。
One day my parents went out and I was left at home with my grandmother. It was a stormy afternoon and it was raining 1 outside. My grandmother was 2 in her room. The toys soon bored me and I 3 for something new. My grandma's 4 caught my attention(注意), I put them on my nose and looked around. Wow! Everything looked 5 .There were two lights, two tables and two chairs.But soon my eyes got tired and I threw the glasses away.Oh. no! They 6 the wall and were broken! I 7 I was getting into a big trouble. The glasses were important to my grandma because she was always 8 them when she was reading.
I started thinking how to 9 the glasses.As I was holding the broken glasses, I felt a pain(疼痛) in my finger and blood came down.I was 10 to see it and started crying loudly.
Hearing my crying, my grandma woke up.She bandaged my finger quickly. Luckily, my grandma forgave(原谅) me at last.
( )1.A.quietly B.heavily C.quickly D.silently
( )2.A.cooking B.writing C.sleeping D.reading
( )3.A.looked around B.showed up
C.called back D.woke up
( )4.A.coat B.light C.glasses D.shoes
( )5.A.colorful B.small C.beautiful D.strange
( )6.A.faced B.hit C.picked D.painted
( )7.A.realized B.reported C.wondered D.explained
( )8.A.seeing B.wearing C.cleaning D.touching
( )9.A.break B.return C.buy D.repair
( )10.A.bored B.interested C.shocked D.excited
二、阅读理解。
A
Once a gentleman was traveling on a train.He felt thirsty and got off at a station in search of water. When he reached the water tap(水龙) the train started.11. .
It was getting dark and he decided to spend the night at the station. The next morning he asked the ticket office about the next train. 12. . So he decided to find a place for a day's stay. He went to a nearby hotel to ask fora room but found none.
At last he reached a small house. He asked the owner if he could stay in his house for a day.13. .But he did not ask anything in return(作为回报).
At seven, the gentleman heard a knock at the door.14.The gentleman saw a man dressed in expensive clothes come into the house and asked the owner to pay his debts(债务).
The next morning the gentleman left some money on the bed. 15. .It said," You helped me but did not want anything from me.Yesterday evening I heard the conversation between you and the rich man and learned that you were in need of money. This is what you need."
根据材料内容，从下面六个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。选项中有一项为多余项。
A. When the owner found the money, he also found a note.
B. He ran back but missed it.
C. The owner opened the door.
D. The owner didn't accept the money.
E. He came to know that the next train was on the next day.
F. The owner agreed, then served him food and gave him a room to stay.
B
My name is Janet, and I'm from a town,where it hardly ever rains. The weather is almost sunny all year round.
However, yesterday was different. I woke up late because the clouds made it seem like nighttime, I was so hurried(匆忙的)that I left my house without taking an umbrella.
(A)在我等公交车的时候，天开始下雨。A car passed by and splashed(溅)water on me.My school uniform was really dirty when I got to school. Then during lunchtime, I opened my lunch box and found my lunch was wet.I had to eat a cold and wet sandwich.
After school, I realized I didn't have enough money for the bus ride, so I had to walk home.While I was walking, I realized that walking in the rain wasn't worse than taking the bus-there were two car accidents. Walking might be safer.
When I got home, I got wet through.Luckily, my mom was already home, and she was making hot chocolate for everyone. (B)I took a hot shower and changed into dry clothes.Soon the hot chocolate warmed me up. It wasn't a bad day, was it
根据短文内容，完成下列各题。
16. How was the weather when Janet woke up yesterday
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17.将(A)处画线句子翻译成英语。
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18. What did Janet have for lunch
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19. Why did Janet return home on foot
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20.将(B)处画线句子翻译成汉语。
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三、短文填词。
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。每词限用一次。
begin,silence,wind ,asleep,play,complete,strange,realize,heavy, fall
One day, Bill went to the beach with his friends Jim and Bob. After playing for a while.Bill fell 21. on the comfortable beach.After an hour, he woke up. He found his friends 22. volleyball. Bill walked towards them and 23. to play with them.
Bob hit the ball too hard and it 24. into the sea. Just as Bob was going to pick up the ball, a strong 25. blew it away. Bill wanted to show off(炫耀)his swimming skills, so he decided to get the ball back for them.
After swimming for about ten minutes.Bill became tired. He 26. it was impossible for him to get the ball. But he tried his best to swim to it. At that moment, some black clouds appeared in the sky! Oh, what 27. weather it was! It started to rain 28. .
At that time Jim and Bob were 29. surprised because they couldn't see Bill. They didn't just stand on the beach in 30. anymore. They shouted for help.
Luckily, a young man saved Bill.
参考答案
一、1~5.BCACD 6~10.BABDC
二、11~15.BEFCA
16.It was cloudy.
17. While/When I was waiting for a bus, it began to rain.
18.She had a (cold and wet) sandwich.
19. Because she didn't have enough money for the bus ride.
20.我洗了一个热水澡，换上了干衣服。
三、21.asleep 22. playing 23.began 24.fell 25.wind 26.realized
27.strange 28.heavily pletely 30.silence
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