Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet? 阅读提升练（含答案）人教版八年级下册英语

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八年级下册英语Unit8阅读提升练
一、完形填空。
Island Adventure is a book about a group of survivors(幸存者) on a desert island.
The main character in the story is a 14-year-old boy called Robert Wilson. At the beginning of the story, he 1 in New Zealand with his family. But when his parents die in an accident, Robert is suddenly 2 .He decides to leave New Zealand and go to the USA,where his aunt lives.
Robert finds a ship to the USA, but he doesn't have any 3 .So, he has to work with the crew （全体工作人员） on the ship in return for his ticket. It is a long and difficult 4 .There are storms and the ship gets lost. Finally,it is shipwrecked （船只失事） near an island in the middle of the ocean. When the ship sinks （沉没)，Robert swims to the island with five other people 5 .They are the only survivors.
There aren't any 6 passing by, and there is no one who can find them and save them. The six people have to start a new 7 on the island. They find wood to make fires.They learn to 8 fish to eat. They cut down trees to build small wooden houses against the wind and rain. But winter is coming, and it is getting 9 .The survivors don't 10 if they can get through the cold winter. But they will do everything they can and fight to live!
( )1.A.waits B.lives C.hides D.rests
( )2.A.common B.angry C.alone D.hungry
( )3.A.food B.time C.money D.information
( )4.A.journey B.competition C.history D.discussion
( )5.A.normally B.carefully C.suddenly D.successfully
( )6.A.cars B.trains C.boats D.subways
( )7.A.job B.life C.group D.family
( )8.A.catch B.order C.protect D.borrow
( )9.A.hotter B.wetter C.warmer D.colder
( )10.A.know B.report C.explain D.promise
二、阅读理解。
A
Virginia Woolf was one of the greatest English writers. Some of her most famous novels（小说）are Jacob's Room, Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse.
She was born in London on January 25th,1882. Her father was a very educated man.Virginia Woolf had two brothers, one sister, two stepbrothers and two stepsisters. All eight children lived with their parents at Hyde Park Gate, Kensington.
Virginia Woolf never went to school,but she could use her father's large library and she decided to become a writer. Her brothers Thoby and Adrian went to Cambridge. There they met many clever young men. Some of them later became Virginia's friends.
After she married Lenard Woolf, they decided to make money by writing. Virginia finished her first novel in 1913.Its name was The Voyage Out.
Unluckily, she and her husband moved to the country because of the Second World War.
She lost her mother and a lot of friends, which made her very sad. On March 28, 1941, she filled her clothes with stones and walked into the water of the River Ouse. People found her body almost a month later.
阅读短文，判断句子正(T)误(F)。
( )11. Virginia Woolf's father got a good education.
( )12. With her brothers' help, Virginia went to Cambridge and studied there.
( )13. Virginia decided to make money by writing when she was a little girl.
( )14. Virginia had to move to the country after her mother died.
( )15. Virginia died when she was 59 years old.
B
Huck's life changed after Mrs. Douglas took him to her home. He felt terrible there and then he ran away. Mrs. Douglas and all the other people in the village tried to look for him.
Early on the third morning, Tom Sawyer found Huck.16. .His hair was a mess(乱) He was wearing his old clothes. Tom asked him to go back to Mrs. Douglas, but Huck put on a sad face right away. He said, "Don't talk about it, Tom.17. .I must get up at the same time every morning. I must wash. I must sleep in a clean bed. I must wear those good and clean clothes. I must wear shoes."
"We all live like that, Huck."
"Tom, I'm different. I can't live like that. I like these old clothes. I like sleeping in this place.18. .”
"Listen, Huck. If you try longer, you will like it.19. .But if you want to join me and the other boys, you must live like us. All the boys in Tom Sawyer's club must have good manners."
"I will return to Mrs. Douglas.20. .
"I agree, e with me now. And I promise to ask Mrs. Douglas to change a little, Huck..."
根据材料内容，从下面五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。
A. I can't live with her.
B.I will try for another month.
C. Being rich won't change that.
D. We are rich now but I've lost my pleasure in life.
E. He was lying behind an old building outside the village.
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。
against, forever, good run,while, ship,talk, successful, though ,treasure
Robinson Crusoe was born in York, England in 1632. His father's family the Kreutznauers)were German 21. his mother was English, with the last name Robinson. He was named Robinson Kreutznauer. It was difficult to read the last name in English, so he was known as Robinson Crusoe.
Robinson always wanted to go to sea,22. both his parents were 23. this idea. His father told Robinson that going to sea was for poor people who wanted to find 24.
or rich people who wanted adventures(冒险)，and that Robinson was the middle class.His father said the "middle class" was the 25. in life, free from lots of problems.
After 26. with his father, Robinson decided to stay home 27. but this feeling disappeared after a few days. He planned 28. away. About a year later, Robinson left home 29. when a friend invited him to board （登上） a 30. for London.
-Taken from Robinson Crusoe
参考答案
一、1~5.BCCAD 6~10.CBADA
二、11~15.TFFFT 16~20.EADCB
三、21. while 22.though 23.against 24.treasure 25.best 26.talking
27.forever 28. to run 29.successfully 30.ship
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