Unit 12 The Wonderland of Literature Exploring the topic同步练习（含答案）仁爱科普版英语八年级下册

2025-2026英语新教材仁爱科普版八年级下册同步练习
Unit 12 Exploring the Topic
一、单项选择题
1. The story of the little match girl is so ________ that many readers are ________ when they read it.
A. moving; moved B. moved; moving C. moving; moving D. moved; moved
2. —I wonder ________ we can use the "Making Inferences" strategy to understand the character traits.
—Sure, it’s a good way to guess the hidden traits from actions.
A. that B. if C. what D. who
3. Master Chang always ____ great care for the people around him and often helps Wang Lifa out in trouble.
A. shows B. makes C. takes D. gives
4. Lao She’s Teahouse is a ________ of Chinese culture, and it’s loved by people all over the world.
A. symbol B. scene C. character D. society
5. The fox served soup in a small dish, ________ the stork couldn’t eat anything with its long beak.
A. or B. so C. but D. and
二、单句语法填空
1. All the _____________(character) in Teahouse are from all walks of life and have different traits.
2. The old fisherman was very __________(tire) after fighting against the fish for 84 days, but he never gave up.
3. Xiao Ying is good at ____________(invent) small things and she always comes up with creative ideas.
4. The play Teahouse ____________(show) the changes of modern Chinese society when it came out in the 1950s.
5. The little girl sat in the snow ____________(silent) because nobody bought her matches.
三、语篇选词填空（从方框中选择合适的单词或短语，并用其正确形式填空（每个词仅用一次）.
【 warm, fail, light, disappear, get along, cry, show, help, dream, make, serve 】
On a snowy night, the little match girl 1.__________ loudly in the street, but nobody bought her matches. She was too cold, so she 2.__________ a match to 3.__________ herself up. In the light, she saw delicious food, but it 4.__________ quickly. Unlike her, Wang Lifa, the teahouse manager, could 5.__________ well with all kinds of people. He tried his best to 6.__________ a living for his family in the changing times. Master Chang always 7.__________ care for others and 8.__________ Wang Lifa out when he was in trouble. Qin Zhongyi 9.__________ of building a better nation by opening banks, but his dream 10.__________. All these characters show us the real life of that time in Lao She’s Teahouse.
四、短文填空 根据短文内容，在空白处填入合适的单词，使短文完整通顺。
Teahouse is 1.________ wonderful treasure in modern Chinese dramas. It tells the story of Yu Tai Teahouse from the late Qing Dynasty to the 1940s. The play has over 60 2.________ (interest) roles from all walks of life. Wang Lifa, 3.________ manager of the teahouse, is kind and he 4.________ (treat) everyone with sincerity. He is 5.________ (true) a wise man who can keep the teahouse running for years. Master Chang is a Manchu and he is good at 6.________ (communicate) with people. He even helps Wang Lifa when 7.________ (he) life is hard. Qin Zhongyi loves his country and works hard for his dream, 8.________ his dream never comes true. The play 9.________ (become) popular since it came out in the 1950s and it is still well-known 10.________ the whole world today.
五、阅读理解
The Little Mermaid (Excerpt)
The little mermaid lived in the sea with her father and sisters. She was a kind and curious girl. She always wanted to know about the human world above the sea. One day, she saw a prince on a ship and saved him when the ship sank. She fell in love with him and wanted to be with him.
She went to a witch for help. The witch gave her a magic drink and told her that she would lose her voice and feel great pain when she walked on land. But the little mermaid still chose to drink it. She became a human and met the prince, but the prince thought another girl saved him and decided to marry her.
The witch told the little mermaid that she could kill the prince and go back to the sea, or she would turn into foam (泡沫). But the little mermaid was too kind to kill him. She jumped into the sea and turned into foam. At last, she became a spirit of the air because of her kindness.
1. What is the little mermaid like (根据行为推断人物特质，至少写两个)
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2. Which reading strategy can we use to know the main idea of the excerpt quickly
A. Scanning B. Skimming
C. Making Conclusions D. Monitoring and Clarifying
3. Why did the little mermaid go to the witch for help
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4. What did the little mermaid choose to do at last
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5. We can infer (推断) that the little mermaid is ________ from the fact that she didn’t kill the prince.
A. brave B. cruel C. kind D. curious
六、汉译英
1. 卖火柴的小女孩又冷又饿，在墙角点燃了三根火柴来取暖。
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2. 王利发与人相处融洽，却因生活太过艰难最终选择结束自己的生命。(got along with…)
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3. 《老人与海》是一个令人振奋的故事，老人的勇气让所有读者感到激动。
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4. 小英喜欢发明东西，她总能想出新点子让我们的生活变得更美好。
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Unit 12 exploring the topic 答案
一、单项选择
1. A 解析：-ing形容词moving（令人感动的）修饰事物；-ed形容词moved（感到感动的）修饰人，贴合课本-ed/-ing后缀用法。
2. B 解析：wonder后接宾语从句，表“是否”用if引导，符合课本宾语从句引导词规则。
3. A 解析：show care for sb（关心某人）为单元固定搭配，课本《茶馆》文本原句。
4. A 解析：symbol（象征），贴合课本“Teahouse - a cultural symbol of Beijing”核心句。
5. B 解析：so表因果，结合课本《狐狸和鹳》文本的逻辑关系。
二、单句语法填空
1. characters 解析：all后接可数名词复数，课本核心名词。
2. tired 解析：-ed形容词tired（感到疲惫的）修饰人。
3. inventing 解析：be good at doing sth（擅长做某事）。
4. showed 解析：时间状语in the 1950s用一般过去时，show的过去式为showed。
5. silently 解析：副词修饰动词sat，silence的副词形式为silently。
三、语篇选词填空
1. cried 2. lit 3. warm 4. disappeared 5. get along
6. make 7. showed 8. helped 9. dreamed 10. failed
四、短文填空
1. a（冠词，表泛指“一个”）
2. interesting（名变形，interest的形容词形式，修饰roles）
3. the（冠词，特指“茶馆的经理”）
4. treats（动词时态，一般现在时，主语he为第三人称单数）
5. truly（形变副，true的副词形式，修饰系动词is）
6. communicating（介词+动名词，be good at doing sth）
7. his（代词，形容词性物主代词修饰名词life）
8. but（连词，表转折关系）
9. became（动词时态，一般过去时，结合时间状语in the 1950s）
10. around（介词，around the whole world为固定搭配“全世界”）
五、阅读理解
1. She is kind, curious and brave.（写出任意两个即可）
2. B 解析：Skimming（略读）是快速了解文章大意的阅读策略，课本Reading Strategies核心考点。
3. Because she wanted to be a human and stay with the prince.
4. She chose not to kill the prince, jumped into the sea and turned into foam.
5. C 解析：从“她不愿杀死王子”的行为推断出“善良”的特质。
六、汉译英
1. The little match girl was cold and hungry, and she lit three matches in the corner of the wall to warm herself up.
2. Wang Lifa got along well with people, but he finally chose to end his life because life was too hard for him.
3. The Old Man and the Sea is an exciting story, and the old man’s courage makes all the readers feel excited.
4. Xiao Ying likes inventing things, and she can always come up with new ideas to make our life better.