牛津译林版八年级英语下册Unit 3 Online tours阅读能力专项训练（含答案）

牛津译林版八年级英语下册Unit3阅读能力专项训练
一、完形填空
A
Julie was sitting in bed late at night playing with her new smart phone. Earlier that week, her children and grandchildren visited her to celebrate ___1___ 70th birthday. The phone was a gift ___2___ her granddaughter Mary.
Up until then, Julie had never really been ___3___ in catching up with modern technology, ___4___ having her own smart phone made her feel youthful. Julie decided to join Facebook ___5___ she noticed all the younger people were doing so. However, when making her profile page, she was embarrassed (尴尬) to put up a picture of herself. She thought she looked much too old and ___6___ would want to talk to her. She thought for a while and got a ___7___ of a beautiful 20-something year old from Google, posted it under her name, and went to sleep.
The next morning.Julie woke up and logged into (登录) Facebook, hoping that she would have one or two new ___8___ . She could not believe her eyes. Her inbox was ___9___ friend requests (请求) from many young handsome men. Julie decided to accept only the best looking ones and began chatting with them day and night. She ___10___ let them know that they were actually talking to a grandma.
The next time Julie met up with Mary, she thanked her so much for the phone and said, “I haven’t felt so young and pretty in years!”
1. A. his B. her C. their D. our
2. A. from B. for C. with D. at
3. A. helpful B. interested C. favorite D. serious
4. A. and B. but C. or D. so
5.A.if B. while C. ; because D. although
6. A. somebody B. anybody C. everybody D. nobody
7. A. name B. picture C. machine D. voice
8. A. friends B. pages C. down D. gifts
9. A. made of B. full of C. short of D. careful of
10. A. sometimes B. always C. often D. never
B
China is running ahead in 5G. Last month, the Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station ___1___ the world’s first “5G railway station”. Now it ___2___ only 20 seconds to download a long movie there.
We are moving closer and closer to the 5G world. However, the new technology is still ___3___ to most of us. What is 5G, after all? The first feature of 5G is obvious it is ___4___ . 5G will not only be faster than the current 4G networks. It will ___5___ be much faster than the broadband (宽带) connection we have at home!
The first 5G modem (调制解调器) of the IT company Qualcomm supports the ___6___ gigabytes (千兆字节) per second. Most of us have never experienced 7 close to that speed. And we are only talking about the first generation of 5G modems. Future modems are likely to be even faster.
___8___ 5G is not all about speed. Have you ever been to a large event where your data (数据) connection slowed down? That is ___9___ 4G networks can only support a certain number of devices (装置、设备) per square kilometer. 5G networks will be able to do much ___10___ . They can support up to a million devices per square kilometer.
Now, you begin to ___11___ why 5G is a huge upgrade (提升) over 4G. The technology is not just for the smart phone. It has a strong ___12___ on every connected device. ___13___ 5G self driving cars will be able to communicate with the world around them as quickly as possible. They will be ___14___ independent. Wearables (可穿戴设备), PCs and smart home appliances will be able to be ___15___ as well. Are you looking forward to it?
1. A. described B. became C. connected D. caused
2. A. takes B. spends C. costs D. pays
3. A. successful B. harmful C. strange D. good
4. A. fast B. slow C. common D. unusual
5. A. too B. either C. also D. neither
6. A. task B. speed C. weight D. height
7. A. anything B. something C. nobody D. anybody
8. A. So B. But C. And D. Or
9. A. while B. since C. because D. whether
10. A. better B. worse C. well D. bad
11. A. mention B. understand C. doubt D. prove
12. A. chance B. level C. influence D. mind
13. A. With B. From C. For D. To
14. A. completely B. simply C. mostly D. nearly
15. A. discovered B. happened C. improved D. begun
C
Mr Wu is an English teacher. Last Monday at the beginning of class, he ___1___ asked his students how their weekends had been. One girl said that she had spent a ___2___ weekend — she had her wisdom teeth pulled out and they still hurt. “Why do you always seem to be so happy, Mr Wu?” she asked.
The girl’s question ___3___ Mr Wu of something he had read somewhere before. “Every morning when you get up, you have a ___4___ about how you want to get close to life that day,” Mr Wu said with a smile.
“I choose to be cheerful.”
“And today is my ___5___ day,” he added.
“Why?” The students’ eyes opened wide. The whole class were curious.
“This morning. I ___6___ to school as usual. I only had to go another kilometer down the road when my e bike broke down...”
“Your e bike broke down and you are happy?” The students were ___7___ . “What do you mean, Mr Wu?”
“My e bike broke down a quarter before class, so I ___8___ it on the roadside, took my books, and ___9___ down the road. It took me ten minutes to arrive at the school. I live eight kilometers away. My e-bike could have broken down ___10___ along the way. But it didn’t. But, it broke down in the ___11___ place-off the main road, within walking distance of here. I’m still able to teach my class, I’ll be able to get it repaired after class ___12___ and I can get back home on my e-bike. If my e-bike must break down ___13___ , it couldn’t be arranged (安排) in a better way.”
The students smiled. Mr Wu smiled back. Somehow, his story had ___14___ them. He was happy that they had a perfect chance to consider ___15___ in a new way.
1. A. proudly B. cheerfully C. seriously D. angrily
2. A. busy B. satisfying C. terrible D. meaningful
3. A. reminded B. warned C. told D. thought
4. A. question B. task C. dream D. choice
5. A. awful B. faithful C. busy D. lucky
6. A. walked B. ran C. drove D. rode
7. A. surprised B. bored C. impatient D. nervous
8. A. repaired B. checked C. left D. found
9. A. rode B. walked C. drove D. skated
10. A. somewhere B. anywhere C. everywhere D. nowhere
11. A. middle B. dangerous C. perfect D. bad
12. A. hard B. secretly C. exactly D. rapidly
13. A. yesterday B. that day C. tomorrow D. today
14. A. hurt B. touched C. controlled D. worried
15. A. dream B. purpose C. wish D. luck
二、阅读理解
A
Once upon a time, a king dressed up and went to a local village. He placed a large stone in the middle of the main road and hid gold coins under the stone. Then he hid behind a huge tree and watched.
The first person down the street was a milkman with his cart (小车) . He crashed into the stone and the milk spread all over the ground.“What fool put this stone here?" he shouted. He picked himself up and angrily went away.
After a while, a group of women came along, each balancing a pot of water on her head. One woman tripped over (绊倒) the stone and her water pot went crashing to the ground. She picked herself up and walked away in tears. Neither she nor her friends thought about moving the stone out of the road.
The king watched all day as many people complained about the stone, but he found nobody was willing to move it. The king wondered, “Is there no one in this village who feels any responsibility to keep their neighbours from harm?”
Just then, the king saw a young girl coming along. She was the daughter of a local farmer. She had been working all day and was very tired. But when she saw the stone, she said to herself, “This stone is a danger to anyone who comes down the road after dark. I’ll move it out of the way.”
After a great deal of effort, the girl finally succeeded in moving the stone to the side of the road. Imagine her surprise when she saw the gold coins where the stone had been!
Just then, the king stepped out from behind the tree. “Oh sir,” the girl said, “Is this gold yours? If not, we surely must find the owner, for he will certainly miss it.”
The king said, “My dear, the gold is mine, but now the gold is yours, because you are the only person who has learnt the lesson I want to teach my people. Nothing good can come to a nation whose people only complain and expect others to solve their problems.”
1. How did the milkman feel when he crashed into the stone?
A. Angry. B. Sad. C. Curious. D. Worried.
2. What’s the meaning of the underlined word“responsibility” in Paragraph (段落) 4?
A.欲望 B.兴趣 C.责任 D.能力
3. Why did the king place a stone on the road?
A. He wanted to give the girl a reward. B. He wanted to hide gold coins under it.
C. He wanted to play a trick on his people. D. He wanted to see if anyone would move it.
4. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. All the people complained about the stone.
B. It was not easy for the girl to move the stone.
C. One of the women in the group tried to move the stone.
D. The girl was excited when seeing the gold coins under the stone.
5. What’s the best title (标题) of the passage?
A. A wise king B. A kind girl C. A stone on the road D. Gold coins under the stone
B
How did the sea horse get its name? It’s not hard to guess. The top half of the fish looks like a small horse.
Sea horses live in warm ocean waters all over the world. There are 32 different kinds of sea horses. Their sizes are quite different from one inch long to about one foot long. Because their fins are small, sea horses swim very slowly. They keep safe from other fish by hiding in plants and grasses. They can also change colours to keep themselves safe. Sea horses feed on live food, such as tiny shrimps. A sea horse has no teeth, so it eats the shrimp whole.
A sea horse keeps the same mate for its whole life, unlike most kinds of fish. And it’s the male sea horse, not the female, which gives birth to baby sea horses. How does this happen? Baby sea horses start out as eggs, which come from the female’ s body. But the female places the eggs in the male sea horse’s pouch (育儿袋) . The male carries the eggs for about three weeks until they hatch (孵化) .
The number of sea horses is becoming smaller. Why is this happening? Some places where sea horses once lived have been filled in to make new land. Also, many sea horses are caught and kept in aquariums (水箱) where they can’t live long. The best place for a sea horse is the ocean. There it can find a mate and bring new sea horses into the world.
1. Sea horses do the following things except ______ to keep themselves safe from other fish.
A. changing colours B. changing sizes C. hiding in plants D. hiding in grasses
2. What does a female sea horse do with her eggs?
A. She carries the eggs for about three weeks. B. She hatches them under the water by herself.
C. She places them in the male sea horse s pouch. D. She hides them in plants and grasses in the water.
3. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Father Sea Horses B. All About Sea Horses C. Kinds of Sea Horses D. How Sea Horses Grow
C
Zhang dingyu, the director of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, leads over 600 doctors and nurses fighting against the Novel coronavirus pneumonia (新型冠状病毒肺炎) , which has caused hundreds of deaths in central China’s Hubei Province.
As Zhang led over 600 doctors and nurses fighting the disease, his strange way of walking shocked his colleagues. He finally admitted that he had fallen ill with ALS (渐冻症) since October 2018 after constant researches. ALS is a disease that gradually blocks the connection between brain and body. People with ALS become partially paralyzed (瘫痪的) leading to respiratory (呼吸系统的) failure. While working with handicapped (瘸的) legs, his wife was confirmed to get infected with the virus after working in another hospital. The bad news brought him to his knees, and he cried for the first time after the virus broke out. Zhang could only find time to visit his wife until three days after she got admitted to the hospital. Even then he could only stay for 30minutes. Fortunately, the good news came that his wife had recovered ten days after treatment.
Zhang, 57, has offered medical services along with Chinese medical teams to Algeria and Pakistan. Three days after the earthquake hit central Sichuan Province in 2008, Zhang entered the city with his medical team members to offer help.
“Life is always short. I need to do more to finish the things that I might leave behind, then I would leave without too many regrets,” Zhang said. “We are at the center of a storm, so we need to give all we have to protect our city, and our Wuhan people,” Zhang said.
1. What is TRUE about Zhang Dingyu?
A. His colleagues had known his health
B. His wife worked in the same hospital as him.
C. He treated people injured in earthquakes in Sichuan.
D. He retired from the hospital before the outbreak of the virus.
2. We can learn from the passage that Zhang Dingyu is a ______ man.
A. terrible B. serious C. thoughtful (体贴的) D. responsible (有责任感的)
3. What does Zhang Dingyu mean in the last paragraph?
A. He wants to realize his dream. B. He is determined to fight the disease.
C. He regrets not being able to do more for his patients. D. He will soon leave his position.
4. This passage mainly talks about ______ .
A. Zhang Dingyu’s story of fighting against the Novel coronavirus pneumonia
B. Zhang Dingyu’s story with his wife
C. how to prevent the Novel coronavirus pneumonia
D. Zhang Dingyu’s story with his colleagues (同事)
三、短文填空
Want to be a hero? Better take a trip to the Great Wall. As the saying g___1___ : He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.
Millions of tourists visit the Great Wall each year. The Great Wall has different sections (段) and each one is very s___2___ . Jinshanling Great Wall in Hebei is the most beautiful section. In spring, it is in the middle of a white apricot blossom (杏花林) . In summer, there are many green plants a___3___ the wall. In autumn, maple leaves (枫叶) paint a golden and red scene. And winter puts the great wall in a w___4___ of white snow.
Jiankou Great Wall is a___5___ famous. Trees g___6___ between the stones. In some places, you have to climb the stones with b___7___ your hands and feet. So be careful when you visit the wild walls. You’d better not go there a___8___ .
There are also many sections of the Great Wall built in special places. For example, Jiumenkou Great Wall in Hebei is the o___9___ one across a river. Xifengkou Great Wall, also in Hebei, has one part under the water.
Badaling Great Wall is the most popular. Many tourists visit there and o___10___ 400 leaders of countries have visited it. Do you want to visit?
四、信息还原
A
It was my birthday last Thursday. I decided to celebrate by inviting a few friends out to supper. I chose a restaurant in a quiet part of town. It is one of my favourite restaurants because the food is good and the waiters are friendly. ______ So it is not usually necessary to book a table. In any case, Thursday is not a busy evening as before.
______ I looked around but no table was free. One of the waiters recognized me. He came across and explained the situation. “A party of tourists came in about half an hour ago,” he said. “It was like an invasion (侵略). Suddenly the place was full! We can hardly manage (对付,应付).”
The waiter then pointed to a table in the corner. “The people there are about to leave.” he said. “Just hold on and you’ll find a place there.” He was right. Fifteen minutes later, the people at the corner table paid their bill, got up and left. I led my friends across and we all sat down.
______ We tried to call the attention of the waiter who sent us there, but he, like all the other waiters, was busy with the party of tourists. They ordered lots of food. At last , an hour later, the tourists were finishing their meal and looking very satisfied with life. The waiter, now very tired, appeared at our table. ______
A few moments later he returned to our table. We could tell from his face that he had bad news for us. ______ “All we can offer you,” he said, “is an omelet (煎蛋卷) !”
A. Unluckily, our table was almost out of sight.
B. I advised my friends about the best dishes and finally the waiter went off with our order.
C. The waiter was in a hurry.
D. It is hardly ever crowded, because not many people know about it.
E. When we entered the restaurant, we were surprised to find it completely full.
F. Looking a little sorry he told us that there was no meat or fish.
G. All the waiters went out happily after having meals.
B
A: Hello, this is Starlight Cinema. What can I do for you?
B: ______ My booking card number is 879623059.
A: Could you tell me which movie you’d like to watch?
B: The Green Book.
A: OK. We have The Green Book at 1:00, 3:00 and 5:00. ______
B: I’d like the movie beginning at 3:00.
A: All right. ______
B: Two.
A: We have only 10 seats left now They are in Row One and Row Four.
B: Let me see. ______ What are the numbers?
A: They are No.3 Row Four and No. 5 Row Four.
B: OK. That’s it.
A: So, we’ll leave the two tickets for you. Please remember to take the tickets half an hour before the
movie begins.
B: No problem.
A: ______ See you.
B: See you.
A. What time would you choose?
B. I’d like the seats in Row Four.
C. Thanks for calling.
D. How many tickets do you want?
E. Yes, sure.
F. I’d like to book movie tickets for tomorrow afternoon.
G. How much are they?
五、回答问题
请认真阅读下面短文, 用英语回答短文后的问题。
Hi, Tom,
Thanks for your message and I am glad that you wrote to me for ideas.
I remember when I was learning English, I felt uncomfortable about speaking. I could remember lots of words and knew grammar rules, but speaking was difficult. I now feel a lot more confident about speaking, so here are some ideas that I have taken from my own experience.
Don’t worry about making mistakes. Other people will still know your meaning and they probably won t notice your mistakes.
Use every chance you get to speak. For example, it’s a good idea to use only English in class and not to speak to your classmates in your own language. At home, you should also try practicing new words and grammar learnt in class.
Think about extra speaking practice outside the classroom. You can join a conversation group, such as the chat groups in the study centre. They are free to join.
Practice speaking online. There are lots of websites where you can communicate with someone from all around the world.
I hope this helps you and please come to me if you have other problems.
Best wishes.
Eliza
1. How many suggestions does Eliza offer?
2. What is Tom’s problem when he is learning English?
3. If you are Tom, will you take Eliza’s suggestions? Why or why not?
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BCADD DACBB CDDB D
二、
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三、
1. goes 2. special 3. around 4. world 5. also
6. grow 7. both 8. alone 9. only 10. over
四、
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五、
1.Four.
2. Tom has problems in speaking English.
3. Yes. Because I think her suggestions are helpful and I would like to have a try. / No. Because I have better ways to improve my spoken English. 本题是开放性试题。回答合理即可。