2020-2021学年八年级下册人教版英语拓展阅读训练

Unit1

SectionB

过语篇

一、完形填空

[2019广西贵港中考]AlanandJackarefriends.Theywantedtomakesurethatthebirdsoutside

ontheicewereducksorgeese（鹅]

walkedontothefrozen（结冰的）riverneartheirho2

3

（踩4

Alanrantohelphisfr5

frozenland.Buttheicedidn'

Jack'seldersistersawtheboysfallingthroughtheiceandstartedshoutingforhelp.John,a

6

heardtheshout.Seeingtheboys,hecaughtanearbylifering（救生圈8

9

Theywereta10

l.A.atC.onD.of

2.A.threwC.collectedD.took

3.A.shoesC.heightD.weight

4.A.alittleC.littleD.few

5.A.pullC.pickD.protect

6.A.singingC.walkingD.driving

7.A.beforeC.afterD.unless

8.A.putonC.cleanedupD.turnedoff

9.A.theirC.themselvesD.them

10.A.SecondlyC.FinallyD.Especially

答案

一、完形填空

【解题导语】艾伦和杰克在他们家附近的河面上玩，可意外突然发生，杰克掉进了水里,

艾伦在救杰克时也掉进了水里，幸亏杰克的姐姐叫来了邻居救了他们两个。这个故事告诉

我们，不要去危险的地方玩耍，在发生意外时，要学会向别人求助，不要不考虑自身情况就

贸然救人。

1.C表示在具体某一天的晚上要用介词on。

2.A他们把一块石头扔到冰上，来检验一下它是否结实。throw"扔，投"；give"给"；collect"

收集”；take"带走"。

3.D根据下文中的"Thentheystepped（踩）onit"可知，他们认为冰面能承受住他们的重

量。

4.Bafew和few修饰可数名词复数，前者表示肯定，意为”一些，几个"，后者表示否定，

意为"几乎没有"。alittle和little修饰不可数名词。根据句意和空后的steps可知用afew。

5.A根据上文中的"Alanranlohelphisfriend"可知，他试图将杰克从冷水里拉出来，故用

pulL

6.D根据下文中的"quicklystoppedIhecar"可知，应用driving表示正开车"。

7.C根据常识可知，邻居约翰应是在听到求救声之后停车去救人的。

8.B看到这两个（落水的）男孩，他抓住附近的一个救生圈，脱掉他的鞋，跳入水中。puton”

穿上"；takeoff'脱掉"；cleanup"打扫"；turnoff关闭

9.D空处表示“他们”，并在句中作宾语，故用them。

10.C空后内容为故事的结局，空处表示"最终，终于"，故选C。

Unit2

SectionB

过语篇

一、完形填空

[2019浙江湖州中考]Myneighborisadoctor.Heandhiswifearesomeofthe_j_

peopleIhaveevermet.Afewyearsago,westartedthiskindof"favorwar"whereoneofuswould

dosomethingkindfortheother,suchas2thedrivewayorbuildingashed（棚）,andnexttime

theotherwould3

Yesterdaymorningtherewasabout2or3feetofsnowonthegroundandI4heshoveled

（铲）mydrivewayformewhenIwasoutonabusinesstriplast5.SoItookoutmyshovel

andtookcareofbothoursidewalksanddrivewaysbecauseitwasmyturntodoafavor6.lt

ThatnightIgota7onmydoor,itwasmyneighbor.Heimmediatelyshookmyhandand

thankedmeforshoveling8drivewayandsidewalk,sothathewasabletogettoworkearlier

and9

“AssoonasIstartedthecarearlythismorning,a（n）10camethroughthatayoungboyin

ourneighborhoodwasseriouslyill.11,mypartnerandIwereonlyabout2minutesaway,but

theclosestambulance（救护车）10minutes,"addedhe.'*Ayoungboygottolivehislife12

Itwasn'ttoomuch13toshoveladriveway,butwhatIdidgotayoungboytoseehis

14favoristoosmall.Eventhesmallestfavorcanmakethebiggest15.Onefavorwill

LA.nicestC.richestD.happiest

2.A.lookingforC.cleaningupD.walkingacross

3.A.tryC.agreeD.refuse

4.A.sawC.expectedD.remembered

5.A.springC.autumnD.winter

6.A.soonC.againD.first

7.A.noteB.kickC.giftD.knock

8.A.myC.hisD.your

9.A.metC.supportedD.encouraged

10.A.callC.letterD.invitation

ll.A.FinallyB.ActuallyC.LuckilyD.Suddenly

12.A.whenC.becauseD.though

13.A.practiceC.attentionD.experience

14.A.NoC.SomeD.Each

15.A.choiceC.decisionD.difference

答案

一、完形填空

【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者帮助邻居清扫车道，邻居才有时间挽救一

个男孩的生命的故事。文章告诉我们：再小的恩惠都会产生重大影响。

1.A根据下文中的"westartedthiskindof'favorwar"'可知nicest符合语境。

2.C根据下文中的"I4heshovele（铲）mydrivewayforme"可知,此处应用cleaningup

表示“清理，清扫"。

3.A下一次另一个人会努力用另一个恩惠超过它。trytodosth."努力做某事"。

4.D我记得去年冬天我外出出差时，他帮我铲了车道。remember”记得"符合语境。

5.D根据上文中的"2or3feetofsnow"可知，下雪应是在冬季。

6.B现在轮到我帮助他,作为回报了。

7.D根据下文中的"Heimmediatelyshookmyhandandthankedmefor..."可知，邻居来敲作者

家的门了。

8.C根据上文内容可知，作者帮邻居家清理的车道和人行道，所以应用his。

9.B根据下文中的"ayoungboyinourneighborhoodwasseriouslyill"可知,邻居救了一个病

得很严重的小男孩。

10.A此处表示作者的邻居接到电话得知自己社区的一个小男孩病得很严重。

11.C根据下文中的转折部分"buttheclosestambulance（［HTK］救护车［HT］）10minutes"可知，

幸运的是，作者的邻居离男孩很近。

12.C空处前后为因果关系，故用because。

13.B铲车道并没有多麻烦，但作者的行为却让一个小男孩再次见到他的家人，再次回到学

校……。

14.A根据下文中的"Eventhesmallestfavorcanmakethebiggest15"可知,没有恩惠是小

的。

15.Dmakea/thedifference"有作用,有影响"，为固定搭配。

Unit3

过模拟

［2018河北邢台第八中学八下期中］Manyparentsthinkthatit'sverydifficulttogettheir

childrentodochores.ButIdon1

Mydaughteristenyearsold.Atnightjwritedownherchoresforthefollowingday.Then

Istick（贝占）thepaperwithchoresonherdoor.Usuallyshegetsthreetoeightchoresaday.It_d

onhowshedoeschores.Ifshedoesallofherchoreswell,shecangetfewerchoresthenextday.

Thechoresaresomeeasyones,suchas（扫）thefloor,foldingtheclothesandcleaningthe

ta

Formyothertwochildren,thechoresaredifferentbecausetheyareveryyoung.Theybothknow

howtoputtheiremptydinnerplatesinthedishwasher.My19-month-oldsonhelpsmeputthe

dirtyclothesinthewashingmachine（洗衣机）whenIamdoingthelaundry（洗衣物的活）.They

canalsohelpmewhenI'mworkingintheyard.Theyhelpmepickuptheslicks（树枝）andthrow

根据短文内容完成下列小题

1.请将文中画线句子译成汉语

2.根据首字母提示补全句子中的单词

3.根据汉语提示补全句子中的单词

4.Howdoesthewriter'sten-year-

5.Howmanychildrenarethereinthewriter'

答案

1.许多父母认为让孩子做杂活非常困难。

2.

3.

4.

5.

Unit4

SectionB

过语篇

[2018河北藁城尚西中学月考]Whenyoumeetproblems,whomwillyouaskforhelp?

Yourparents,yourteachersoryourfriends?You'dbettertellothersyourbadfeelings,andnotface

allthedifficultiesbyyourself.Rememberthatthereisalwayssomeonetohelpyou.Bekindto

Nameyourfeelings.Foxexample,youmaysay"Iamsoangry!"loudlywhenyoufeelangry.You

canalsodoexercise,listentomusic,writeadiary,playwithapet,gofbrawalkordowhatever

Becalm.It'stimeforyoutogetdowntobusiness（开始干正事）.Youneedtounderstandwhatthe

problemis,withthehelpofothers.Youmustdealwiththeproblem.Ifyouworkonit,youwill

findgoodwaystodealwithitandyouwillbecomestrongerafterthisexperience.Unhappiness

won'tstayforalongtime,sodon'tthinkproblemswillcatchyouallthetime.Instead,youshould

alwaysseethebrightside.

1.

D.Feelunhappyandworried.

2.Whymustyoudealwithproblemsaccordingtothepassag

D.Becauseyoucanhavesomethingtotalkabout.

3.Youshould______________

A.seethehope

4.Whaf

D.GoodWaystoDealwithProblems

答案

【解题导语】面对困难时，你会想到谁？你会怎样解决困难？通过本文，或许你会有一

些启小。

1.C细节理解题。根据第一段中的”You'dbettertellothersyourbadfeelings,andnotfaceallthe

difficultiesbyyourself.Rememberthatthereisalwayssomeonetohelpyou...askforhelp”可知答

案选C。

2.C细节理解题。根据第三段中的"andyouwillbecomestrongerafterthisexperience”可知答

案选C。

3.A推理判断题。A项（看到希望）与文章末句"Instead,youshouldalwaysseethebright

side”（相反，你应该总是看到光明的一面）表达的含义相同。

4.D标题判断题。文章主要介绍了解决困难的一些好方法，故选D。

Unit5

过中考

一、阅读理解

[2019四川南充中考10分]WhenthegreatLibraryofAlexandriaburned,thestorygoes

thatonebookw

Thebookwasn'tveryinteresting,butbetweenitspagestherewassomethingveryinteresting

indeed.Itwasathinstripofvellum（羊皮纸）onwhichwaswrittenthesecretofthe

鹅卵石）thatcouldturnanycommonmetal

Thewritingexplainedthatitwaslyingamongthousandsandthousandsofotherpebblesthat

lookedexactlylikeit.Butthesecretwasthis:Therealstonewouldfeelwarm,whileordinary

Sothemansoldhishouse,boughtatent,campedontheseashore,andbegantestingpebbles.

Heknewthatifhepickedupnormalpebblesandthrewthemdownagainbecausetheywerecold,

hemightpickupthesamepebbleshundredsoftimes.So,whenhefeltonethatwascold,hethrew

itintothesea.Hespentawholedaydoingthisbutnoneofthemwasthetouchstone.Yethewent

onandonthisway.Pickupapebble.Cold—throwitintothesea.Pickupanother.Throwitinto

thesea.Thedaysslrelched（延续）intomonthsandthemonthsintoyears.

Oneday,however,aboutmidafternoon,hepickedupapebbleanditwaswarm.Hethrewitinto

theseabeforeherealizedwhathehaddone.Hewasusedtothrowingeachpebbleintotheseaas

Soitiswithopportunity（¥L会）.Unlesswearevigilant,t*seasytofailtorealizeanopportunity

whenitisinhandanditsjustaseasyto

1.Accordingtothepassage,thetouchstoneisastone

D.thatcanbringyougoodluck

2.Themanthrewthetouchstoneintotheseabecause

A.itwascold

D.hehadformed（形成）ahabit

3.

A.Excited.

C.Interested.D.Regrelted（后悔的）.

4.What'

A.Braveenough.

B.Hard-

C.Carefulenough.

D.Strongenough.

5.

A.Opportunityknocksbut

D.Practicemakesperfect.

答案

一、阅读理解

【解题导语】本文讲的是一个因为疏忽而错失机会的故事。本文教育我们，如果不想错

失机会，一定要时刻保持警觉。

1.B细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Thetouchstonewasasmallpebble（鹅卵石）thatcouldturn

anycommonmetalintopuregold”可知答案为Bo

2.D推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的描述可推知，那个男人把touchstone也扔进了海里，因

为他己经养成了一个捡到鹅卵石就扔掉的习惯，故答案为Do

3.D推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的描述可推断，当他意识到他扔掉的就是自己一直寻找

的touchstone时，他感到很后悔，故答案为D。

4.C词义猜测题。结合上下文的描述可知L如果不保持警觉,我们很容易错失机会，故vigilant

意为“警觉的"，与carefulenough意思相近。

5.A作者意图题。本文通过一个故事告诉我们机不可失，时不再来”，故答案为A。

Unit6

过中考

一、完形填空

[2019湖南衡阳中考,A,10分]Onedayaboy1hishometofindtheBirdof

Happiness.He2

Beforelong,hemetamonster（怪兽）withablackbeard（胡子）.Themonsteraskedhim_3

"Filtellyouwhereitis,"themonstersaid,Mbutyoumustkillsomeoneforme.Ifyoudon't,I'll

sothemonster

Beforelong,theboywasvery5andthirsty.Thenhemetamonsterwithawhite

'111tellyouwheretheBirdofHappinessis/'themonstersaid,"butyoumustblindsomeone

6」，Hlblindyo

Atlast,theboyreachedthetopofthemountainwheretheBirdofHappinesslived.Helay

Thenthebirdtouchedhiseyesandhecould7uphis

strengthandcarriedhimhome.

8thebirdlandedintheboy's9,thecountrysideallaroundturnedgreen.Flowersand

otherplantsgrewandeveryonelivedinpeace.Itwasall10thebraveboybroughttheBirdof

Happinesshometothem

l.A.gottoB.left

2.A.wantedB.had

3.A.whatB.when

4.A.agreedB.refused

5.A.hungryB.excited

6.A.toB.for

7.A.listenB.see

8.A.AssoonasB.Though

9.A.factoryB.village

10.A.whenB.so

答案

一、完形填空

【解题导语】本文讲的是一个勇敢的男孩寻找快乐之鸟的故事。男孩不畏艰险，拒绝

诱惑，最终把幸福之鸟带回了自己的村庄。

1.B一个男孩"离开"家去寻找快乐之鸟，故所缺的词是left。

2.A他“想要"那只鸟把温暧、花和树带到他的村庄，故所缺的词是wanted。

3.C根据下文中的Tiltellyouwhereitis"可知，那个怪兽问男孩要去"哪里"，故所缺的词是

whereo

4.B根据上下文的描述可知，那个男孩“拒绝”了黑胡子怪兽，故所缺的词是refused。agree"

同意";answer"回答"。

5.A根据上文描述可知，黑胡子怪兽把男孩所有的东西都带走了。由此可推断那个男孩又"

饿"又渴，故所缺的词是hungry。excited"兴奋的";full"饱的"。

6.B那个白胡子怪兽要男孩为他把一个人弄失明，表示"为了"要用for。

7.B那只鸟碰了碰他的眼睛，他又能“看见”了，故所缺的词是see。

8.A那只鸟一降落到男孩的村庄，周围就变得绿意盎然了，表示就……"要用

Assoonaso

9.B根据第一段中的“hisvillage”可知所缺的词是villageo

10.C这一切都是“因为“那个勇敢的男孩把快乐之鸟带回了家，故所缺的词是because。

Unit7

SectionB

过语篇

[2018陕西中考]Manyanimalsaroundusaresmart.Let'sgettoknowsomeofthem

theresearchersmaderedmarksontheanimals'bodiesandlooktheminfrontofamirror.Many

seaanimalseitherranawayorfoughtwiththeonesinthemirror.However,whenthedolphins

sawthemselvesinthemirror,theytriedtoclean[JP]theredmarksofftheirbodies.Sothe

researchersbelievedthatthedolphinsknewtheonesinthemirrorwerejustthemselves.

Beesworkhard,andtheyaresmartenoughtolearnsomething.Researchersfoundagroupof

beesandtaughtthemtotellwhichhorizontalline（水平线）washigherthantheother.Iftheycould

findthehigherline,theywouldgetsugarasaprize.Aftertrainingforaperiodoftime,the

researcherstestedthebees.Totheirsurprise,thebeesfoundthehigherhorizontallinequicklyand

gotsugar.Instead,whentheresearchersshowedthemverticallines（垂直线），thebeessimplyflew

away,becausetheyknewtherewasnowaytogetsugar.

Chimpanzees（黑猩猩）areveryhuman-like.Theycanlearnfastandwell.Researchersshowed

thenumbersfromonetonineonthescreen.Chimpanzeesandsomecollegestudentswereasked

torememberwherethenumberswereafterwatchingthenumbersinlessthanasecond.Theadult

chimpanzeesandthecollegestudentsperformedalmostthesame,buttheyoungchimpanzees

performedmuchbetter.Itwasamazing.

l.Inthetest,thedolphins

C

D.didn'tfindanyredmarksontheirbodies

2,Whenthebeessawtheverticallines,they

A.flewaway

C.stayedthere

D.foundthenumbers

3.performedbetterinrem

A.Theyoungchimpanzees

B.Theadultchimpanzees

C.Theoldchimpanzees

D.Thecollegestudents

答案

【解题导语】本文介绍了三种聪明的动物，它们分别是海豚、蜜蜂和黑猩猩。

1.C细节理解题。根据海豚描述中的"However,whenthedolphinssawthemselvesinthemirror,

theytriedtocleantheredmarksofftheirbodies”可知答案为Co

2.A细节理解题。根据蜜蜂描述中的"Instead,whentheresearchersshowedthemvertical

lines（垂直线）,thebeessimplyflewaway”可知答案为A。

3.A细节理解题。根据黑猩猩描述中的"…buttheyoungchimpanzeesperformedmuchbetter"

可知答案为A。

Unit8

过模拟

[2019江苏南通海安第三联盟期中]WorldReadingDaywassetupbytheUNESCOin1995.

Itisheldon23Aprileveryyeartoencourage（鼓励）peopleofallages,especiallyteenagers,to

WorldReadingDaycallsonpeopletoturnofftheTV,logoff（注销，退出系统）theNet,putaway

WorldReadingDayencouragespeopleeverywheretoorganizetheirownactivitiestopromote（促

进）reading.Inaschool,pupilsreadapagefromtheirfavouritebook.Inaworkplace,an

after-workbookclubisheld.Oldpeopleareencouragedtorereadthebooksthathelpthemintheir

ManycountriescelebrateWorldReadingDay.Onthatday,millionsofschoolchildrenintheUK

canbuybooksofaspecialprice,amuchlowerpricethanusual,inanybookstore.Ithasbeendone

everyyearsince1998.InChina,somelibrariesprovidesomespecialshelves.Therethe

book-loverscanexchangetheirbooksandjoybytakingothers'bookshomewhileofferingsome

oftheirown.Studentsareorganizedtoexchangetheirideasaboutreading.Throughtheactivities

onWorldReadingDay,peoplecanseemoreclearlytheimportanceofreading.Booksgiveus

knowledgeandhelpusknowmoreandbetterabouttheworldaroundus.Booksprovideuswith

inspiration（灵感）sowecanhaveideasformakingordesigningthingsthatwedidnothave

Books,magazines,newspapersandotherkindsofreadingmaterialscanhelpustoperfect

根据短文内容回答下列问题

2.

3.Whatc

4.

5.Whatdoyouthinkofreading?（自拟一句话作答

答案

1.23April

2.Toencouragepeopleofallages,especiallyteenagers,toenjoythepleasureofreading.

3.Theycanbuybooksofaspecialprice,amuchlowerpricethanusual,inanybookstore.

4.Knowledgeandinspiration

5.Readingmakesafullman./Ifsuseful./Ifsgoodforus.（答案合理即可）

Unit9

过模拟

[2019江苏靖江城南新区中学期中]TheHongKong-Zhuhai-MacaoBridge（港珠澳大桥）

officially（正式）openedtotrafficonthemorningof24October,2018,afteralmostnineyearsof

construction（建设）.Chinahasagainamaz

OntheearlymorningofWednesday,thethreeportsoftheHongKong-Zhuhai-MacaoBridge

werefullofearlybirdseager（渴望的）toexperiencetheworld-

Cross-boundarycommuters（往返上班族），touristgroupsandelderlypeople,whowerewilling

toseethebridge,tookselfies（自拍）

TheHZMBhasadual3-lanecamageway（双向六车道），andthespeedlimit（限制）is1OOkm/h

onthemainbridge.The55km-longbridgeisthelongestsea-crossingbridge

Asthebridgeismostlylocatedinmainlandwaters,vehicles（车辆）willkeeptotherightofthe

road.Carscanchangetotheleftafterhavingpassedtheboundarycheckpoints（边防关卡）in

TheHZMBAuthoritywillbeinchargeofthebridgetoll（通行费）.ThetollisinRenminbi.

Besidescash（现金）,bankcardsande-paymentsuchasWeChatPayandAlipaycanalsobeused.

根据短文内容回答下列问题（不超过五个词）

l.HowlongdidittakeChinatobuildtheHongKong-Zhuhai-

2.HowdidpeoplerecordtheopeningoftheHongKong-Zhuhai-

3.Whatisthelength（长度）oftheHongKong-Zhuhai-

4.Whatcanpeopleus

答案

1.

2.

3.

4.Cash,bankcardsande-

Unit10

过中考

一、阅读理解

[2019浙江台州中考・B,8分]"Iamgoingtothestore,UncleMoti,"Minasaid.nDoyouwant

Uncleshookhishead."No,thankyou,'*hesaid."Itisjusttooloudandcrowedforme.

Everyoneisalwaysonthego（四处奔走），whileIamusedtothepeaceandquietofourvillage.I

feelafraidoutthere,likeafrightened（害怕的）child."Minasatonthesofanexttoheruncle."Tell

Unclelaughed."Withoutadoubt,youwouldfinditdull（沉闷的）atfirst——theloudestsoundis

usuallybirdsong.ThepeopleImeetonthestreetareallpeopleIknow,andwestopandtalkorgo

totheteashopandhavetea.Therearenotmanyshops,buttheshopkeepersknowalltheir

custo

"Soundsreallynice,"Minasaid.*'ButIthinkmaybeitisnot