1、八年级下册八年级下册 英英 语语 人教版 Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains. 单元同步阅读能力提升 一、完形填空。一、完形填空。 The youngest daughter of Emperor Yan loved watching the sunrise.She once asked her father where the sun rose.Her father said it was in the Eastern Sea.She got very excited and she _1_ her father to take her
2、 there,but he thought she was too _2_ to go there. One day,the little princess went to the Eastern Sea alone without _3_ anyone.She jumped into the sea and planned to swim there._4_,there was a strong wind in the sea and she died because of it. After her death,she _5_ a beautiful bird and people cal
3、led her “Jing Wei”Jing Wei hated the sea very much because it took away her life.The small bird _6_ to fill up the sea in order to keep others from falling into it. From then on,Jing Wei flew across the mountain and the Eastern Sea, carrying little sticks and little stones and dropping them into the
4、 _7_Day after day,she never stopped. The sea _8_ Jing Wei and said,“,“Stop doing that,poor little bird.It is _9_ for you to fill me up.” “Ill fill you up no matter how hard it is,”,” replied Jing Wei.The brave little bird _10_ on doing this without taking a rest. Now we often use the story to descri
5、be people who will not give up until they realize their dreams. ( )1.A.promised Basked Callowed Drepaired ( )2.A.young Bangry Cexcited Dbusy ( )3.A.making Bputting Ctelling Dsharing ( )4.A.Unluckily BInstead CRecently DPerhaps ( )5.A.got into Bturned into Cwalked into Dran into B A C A B ( )6.A.deci
6、ded Bcheated Crefused Dadded ( )7.A.river Bsea Cboat Dmountain ( )8.A.looked like Blaughed at Clooked after Dhelped with ( )9.A.satisfied Bnervous Cimpossible Dimportant ( )10.A.began Bfinished Cimagined Dkept A B B C D 二、阅读理解。二、阅读理解。 A An elephant and a monkey were arguing. “Look,how big and strong
7、 I am!” said the elephant. The monkey disagreed,“,“Look,how fast I can run and climb!Can you?” At last they asked a wise tiger,“,“Which is betterto be strong or to be quick?” The tiger said,“,“Go across the river and pick the fruit on that tree for me, and then I can tell you the answer.” So the ele
8、phant and the monkey went to the river,but the water ran fast and the monkey was afraid. “Get on my back,”,” said the elephant proudly.“I shall carry you.” Soon they crossed the river.There stood the tree.But the fruit was too high for the elephant to reach.He also tried to pull the tree down,but fa
9、iled “Dont worry,”,” said the monkey.He climbed quickly up the tree,and picked the fruit. Then they returned and gave the tiger the fruit.“Which is betterto be strong or to be quick?” The tiger smiled,“,“Neither of you could get the fruit alone.It took both the elephants strength and the monkeys qui
10、ckness to get it.” ( )11.The elephant and the monkey argued about _. Awho could climb faster Bwhose skill was better Chow to be stronger Dwhere to pick the fruit B ( )12.The monkey was afraid of _. Athe fruit Bthe elephant Cthe tiger Dthe water ( )13.Why couldnt the elephant get the fruit? ABecause
11、the elephant was ill. BBecause the tree was not strong. CBecause the monkey was fast. DBecause the fruit was too high. D D ( )14.What does the underlined word “failed” mean in the passage? A成功成功 B推倒推倒 C失败失败 D摇动摇动 ( )15.How did the elephant and the monkey finally get the fruit? ABy working together.
12、BBy pulling down the tree. CBy asking some birds for help. DBy asking the tiger for help. C A B Long ago,three pigs grew up and left their parents home.They said goodbye to each other and went away alone. 16_ The middle pig didnt mind working,but he always worked in an easy way.The oldest pig worked
13、 hard and always thought before doing things. Each pig decided to build a house.The youngest pig thought,“,“17._ Its easy to build with grass.”The middle pig thought,“,“Here are many small sticks.Theyre easy to work with.Ill build my house with them.”The oldest pig thought,“,“There are many dangers
14、in this world.18._” And soon,the three pigs finished building their houses. D A E One day,a wolf (狼狼) came to their town.He was very hungry.19._ He pushed down the house and caught the little pig.Then the wolf came to the stick house and pushed down that house,too.Then he caught the middle pig.When
15、the wolf came to the stone house,he pushed it again and again.However,he couldnt push it down.20._ The oldest pig lived a happy life. C B 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。章意思通顺、内容完整。 AIll build my house with grass. BFinally,the wolf gave up and went away.
16、 CHe saw the first little pig in his grass house. DThe youngest pig was lazy and didnt like working. EI must build a strong house with stones. 三、用方框中所给词的适当形式填空,使短文完整、通顺。每词限用一次。三、用方框中所给词的适当形式填空,使短文完整、通顺。每词限用一次。 smile,upon,like,stick,silly, weak,quick,lead,so,hide Do you like listening to stories?Here
17、 is a short story.Once 21._ a time,there was a deer.He had large,strong antlers (鹿角鹿角).They protected the deer from being hurt by other animals,22._ he was always safe. One day,the deer came near a river to drink.The water was 23._ a mirror.When the deer looked at his big antlers in the water,he 24.
18、 _“I look like a king,”,” he said,“,“and this forest is my country.” upon so like smiled Then he noticed something else.“My legs are thin and my feet are small,”,” he said.“They look so 25. _I hate them.” While the deer was complaining (抱怨抱怨),a tiger was 26._ near the river.When the deer saw him,he
19、ran towards the trees.The tiger 27._ ran after him.The deer was a fast runner and reached the trees first,but then his large antlers got stuck in (被困于被困于) some small 28. _When the tiger caught him, the deer cried out. weak hiding quickly sticks “I love my antlers,but they 29._ to my troubles.My legs
20、 and feet could help me run faster,but I hated them.How 30._ I was!They are all important to me!” lead silly 八年级下册八年级下册 英英 语语 人教版 Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains. 单元常见错误诊断 病号病号1:Dale,please remind me closing the window after school. 【处方处方】remind动词,意为动词,意为“提醒,使想起提醒,使想起”,常用于,常用于remind sb
21、. to do sth. 结构中,意为结构中,意为“提醒某人做某事”。故应将原句中提醒某人做某事”。故应将原句中closing改为改为to close。 病号病号2:When did you marry_with Alice? 【处方处方】marry意为意为“(和某人和某人)结婚,嫁,娶结婚,嫁,娶”,marry sb.意为意为“嫁给某人,嫁给某人, 娶某人娶某人”。句意为:你什么时候娶艾丽丝的?故应将原句中。句意为:你什么时候娶艾丽丝的?故应将原句中marry with改为改为 marry。 病号病号3:I spent the_all day cleaning up the house. 【
22、处方处方】“限定词限定词whole单数名词单数名词”相当于相当于“all限定词单数名词限定词单数名词”。 故应将原句中故应将原句中the all改为改为the whole或或all the。 病号病号4:Jack,stop making soundYour father is sleeping now. 【处方处方】sound作名词,泛指自然界的各种声音;作名词,泛指自然界的各种声音;noise意为意为“噪音噪音”,常指,常指 不悦耳、不和谐的嘈杂声。句意:杰克,停止制造噪音,你的爸爸正在睡觉不悦耳、不和谐的嘈杂声。句意:杰克,停止制造噪音,你的爸爸正在睡觉 。故应将原句中。故应将原句中sound改为改为noise。