Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains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Unit6阅读提升练
一、完形填空。
There were once two snakes. They changed into beautiful girls, Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing.They traveled to the West Lake 1 Hangzhou and met a man, Xu Xian. 2 Bai Suzhen met Xu Xian, she fell in love with him. They soon got married and opened a drugstore （药店）.
Fahai found out that Bai was a snake and went to 3 Xu Xian. Fahai told Xu that he should let his 4 drink alcohol(酒)on the Dragon Boat Festival to show her true body.On the day of the festival, Xu 5 his wife Baialcohol. Although Bai knew alcohol would make her 6 she didn't refuse him. After a while,Bai became a snake. Xu was so 7 to see it that he fell to the ground.
After Bai got well,she8went to Kunlun Mountain to save Xu's life. When Xu came to life,he thought Bai 9 him and wished to leave his wife. But Bai explained 10 story to him and they got together.
However, one day Bai was caught in the Thunder Peak Pagoda （雷峰塔） by the West Lake. After many years, she was saved by her son and got together with her husband.
( )1.A.with B.of C.about D.on
( )2.A. As far as B. As long as C.As well as D. As soon as
( )3.A.control B.lead C.shoot D.remind
( )4.A.husband B.wife C.couple D.passenger
( )5.A.borrowed B.allowed C.offered D.returned
( )6.A.strong B.weak C.silly D.brave
( )7.A.stupid B.crazy C.clever D.shocked
( )8.A.recently B.quickly C.heavily D.suddenly
( )9.A.saved B.believed C.trained D.cheated
( )10.A.her B.his C.their D.my
二、阅读理解。
A
The mother duck had eight little yellow ducklings, but one of them was different from the others. They called him Ugly Duckling小鸭).
"You are an Ugly Duckling," the other ducklings said."You don't look like us. We don't want to play with you.""You have made fun of me since I was born," the poor duckling said sadly."You have hurt me for years! I don't want to stay here any more."So he left them and tried to find a happy place. Finally, he came to a lake. Many beautiful swans （天鹅）were there. The Ugly Duckling swam to them.
"Hello, little one. I've never seen you before.Where are you from " One of the swans saw him and asked.
"Hello, I came from a place far away.I walked a long way.Now I'm tired. Can I join you "
"Sure, you are welcome, my dear child,"the swan answered."You're just one of us!"
The Ugly Duckling was very happy, but a little surprised. He looked at himself in the clear water. Instead of an ugly duckling, he saw a beautiful swan. It was himself!
He became the most beautiful swan of the mall.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正(T)误(F)。
( )11.At first, all the ducklings liked Ugly Duckling.
( )12.Next, Ugly Duckling left the ducklings.
( )13. The swan welcomed Ugly Duckling to join them.
( )14. Ugly Duckling didn't become the most beautiful swan of them all.
( )15.In fact, Ugly Duckling is a duck.
B
Two cats were walking through a forest.Suddenly, they found a piece of bread lying under a tree. They both jumped at it and caught it at the same time. Neither would give it up, so they decided to divide(分) it into two pieces and have one piece each. "How can we divide it " one cat said.
A monkey sitting in the tree saw what had happened. He got an idea. He came down from the tree and walked up to them."Hi,dear friends! Can I help you " the monkey asked.The cats told the monkey what the problem was and asked, "Can you divide the bread for us "The monkey agreed.
The monkey divided the bread into two pieces, but one piece was a little bigger than the other.“Oh no! I will take a little bite(咬一口)of this bigger piece to make both equal(相等),"the monkey said. He took a bite from the bigger piece, but the bite he took was too big."Oh! Now it has become smaller than the other piece. I'll just have to take a little bite from that piece now, the monkey said. He took another bite.
The two cats sat in front of the monkey,seeing the bread getting smaller and smaller.When the whole bread was finally gone, the monkey said, "I'm sorry. It was really very difficult to divide that bread. I must be going now."He jumped back into the tree.
"If only we had not fought against each other, we could have kept our bread,"the two cats said.
( )16. What did the cats decide to do after they found the bread
A. To eat it up together. B. To look for another piece.
C. To ask a monkey to eat it. D. To divide it into two pieces.
( )17. Why did the monkey take a bite of the bigger piece each time
A. To have a taste of the bread.
B. To show how to divide the bread.
C. To make the two pieces equal.
D. To eat the bread little by little.
( )18. How did the two cats feel after they saw the bread was gone at last
A.Angry. B.Regretful. C.Unfair. D.Worried.
( )19. What lesson might the cats learn from this experience
A. The monkey is ready to help others.
B.It's very important to work together.
C.It is difficult to divide things.
D. They should learn to do things themselves.
( )20. What is the best title for the text
A. Having a Good Idea B. Eating the Bread
C.Dividing the Bread D. Meeting a Problem
参考答案
一、1~5. BDDBC 6~10.BDBDA
二、11~15. FTTFF 16~20.DDBBC
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