初中英语牛津译林版八年级下册Reading课时练习

八年级英语下册同步练习

 Unit 1 Reading

一、根据句意及中文提示完成单词。

1. We have lived here ___________ (自从) my father began to work in this city.

2. Tom and Linda have been _______ (已婚的) for ten years, but they’ve never quarrelled.

3. Yancheng is in the ___________ (北部的) part of Jiangsu Province.

4. Now there are a number of ___________ (工厂) in our hometown.

5. ---How many ___________ (街区) are there in your hometown?    ---About ten.

6. I have never read such an interesting novel ____________(以前).

7. After the meeting, the new leaders of the company gave an ____________(采访) to the reporters from all over the world.

8. We must stop driving cars to reduce air ___________ (污染) in the cities.

9. You will ___________ (意识到) the 5mistakes you made today in the future.

10. The woman’s ___________ (丈夫) drives her to work every day.

二、用所给词的适当形式填空

1. It’s ___________ (possible) for Tom to finish the work on time without your help.

2. Those scientists’ ___________ (wife) are looking forward to visiting the Great Wall.

3. The air in mountain areas is ____________ (good) than that in big cities.

4. Air ___________ (pollute) is the most serious.

5. Elsa ___________ (write) five letters since she ___________ (come) here.

6. Everything has ___________ (change) a lot over the years in the modern city.

7. I’m sure you will be ___________ (good) at English if you work harder.

8. ---__________you __________ (return)the book to the library?  

---Not yet. I plan to do it tomorrow afternoon.

9. I lived in the ___________ (north) part of the town with my parents two years ago.

10. Danny and Daniel are brothers, and their _______ (wife) are sisters. That’s interesting.

三、单项选择

( )1. ---Do you know the movie Lost in Thailand?  ---Yes. I _______ it twice. It’s funny.

   A. saw   B. see   C. have seen   D. will see

( )2. Things ___________ a lot since the boy finished school.

   A. has changed  B. have changed  C. changed  D. was changed

( )3. Lily’s grandpa has lived here ___________.

   A. 10 years ago  B. almost 10 year  C. since 1994  D. for long time

( )4. Last Thursday when I got to the station, I _______ I had left my ticket at home.

   A. understood  B. realized   C. believed  D. seemed

( )5. Look! The reporter from CCTV is having an interview ________ Mr Zhou.

   A. on    B. in     C. to    D. with

( )6. Jim’s grandpa lived ___________, but he didn’t feel ___________.

   A. alone; alone   B. alone; lonely   C. lonely; lonely   D. lonely; alone

( )7. Betty thinks playing ______ violin is more interesting than playing ______ chess.

   A. / ; the  B. the; the  C. / ; /   D. the; /

( )8. When did John ___________ Helen?

       A. married  B. marry with  C. get married  D. get married to

( )9. It is raining hard. ___________, my parents are still working in the field.

   A. But  B. So   C. However  D. Because

( )10. All of them are ___________ with that ___________ trip.

    A. pleased; pleasant   B. pleased; pleased

    C. pleasant; pleased    D. pleasant; pleasant

四、根据首字母提示完成短文

Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for m__1__ food than they can eat up and o__2__ often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don’t a__3__ with them.

Waste can bring a lot of p__4__. Although China is r__5__ in some resources(资源), we are short of others, for example, f__6__ water. It is reported that we will have no coal or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources, what can we use in the f__7__ and where can we move? Think about it. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.

In our d__8__ life, we can do many things to prevent waste from h__9__; for example, turn off the water tap when we finish washing, turn off the lights when we leave the classroom, try not to o__10__ more food than we need and so on. Little by little, everything will be changed.

1. ___________ 2. ___________ 3. ___________ 4. ___________ 5. ___________

6. ___________ 7. ___________ 8. ___________ 9. ___________ 10. _________

五、任务型阅读

Look up into the night sky. The moon is shining down on us. Sometimes, it's a full circle. Sometimes, it's not even there._______1________

Those different shapes are called phases (月相). They change when the moon goes around the earth. One full trip takes almost 30 days. First, we have a new moon.______2________

About 15 days later, the full moon come out. It’s big and bright, and we can see it very clearly then. After that, the moon goes back to a new moon again.People enjoy watching full moons._______3_______

Full moons usually happen once a month. However, one month can have a second full moon. That is a blue moon, but it doesn't happen very often._____4_______

Early Native Americans used the full moon names for the months. For example, June was the

Strawberry Moon, September was the Harvest Moon, and October was the Hunter's Moon.

Sometimes, full moons change colors. For example, a blood moon looks red. ____5______ Sometimes, the moon is really big and bright. That's a supermoon. It happens when the moon comes closest to the earth. For many people, the moon is super fun to watch!

A. We usually see a blue moon once a month.

B. It's not much to look at because we can't see it.

C. We can only see a blue moon about every three years.

D. Most of the time, the moon is in many different shapes.

E. It looks like blood because the moon is in the earth's shadow.

F. They. are wonderful, and they can be different colors and sizes.

1.____________ 2.____________ 3._____________ 4._____________ 5._____________