2026年八年级英语下册期中真题汇编 专题07 阅读理解记叙文

这是一份2026年八年级英语下册期中真题汇编 专题07 阅读理解记叙文，共9页。
Passage 1
（24-25八年级下·湖北省武汉市江夏区·期中）
Anyne wh knew Amelia Earhart as a child culd hardly have been surprised by her later achievements. Brn in 1897, Amelia was just like a “tmby” in her childhd, cllecting insects, hunting rabbits and climbing trees alng the Missuri River.
Then she mved arund the middle west with her parents. After seeing the wunded sldiers f Wrld War I, she wrked as a nurse’s aid (护士助理) and began t lk up t the wunded pilts.
At 23, a ten-minute plane ride at an air shw sparked (激发) her lifelng lve fr flying. She said, “By the time I gt tw r three hundred feet ff the grund, I knew I had t fly.”
The rad t success is always difficult. But she wrked hard fr her flying dream. In 1923, Amelia became the 16th wman in the wrld t receive a pilt’s license. Since then, ★ .
She wrte and gave speeches abut the time when flying wuld nt be just fr a few but wuld becme an accepted part f everyday life. Besides, she als brke dwn difficulties fr wmen, being the first wman t fly alne acrss bth Atlantic and Pacific.
In 1937, Amelia tried the first arund-the-wrld flight at the equatr (赤道), but while flying ver a small island in the Pacific, Amelia and her partner Frederick Nnan, disappeared. At the last mment f her life, she culd send messages ver the radi, but she culdn’t receive any. Her last wrds were “Circling ... cannt see island ... cannt hear yu ... please answer ...” Finally, “Gas lw ...” and then, silence.
Thugh Amelia died, she remains a legend (传奇) shwing that wmen dn’t have t live with limits, and everyne has ceans t fly dreams.
1．Amelia was described as a “tmby” in her childhd because she ________.
A．saw the wunded sldiers f Wrld War IB．liked playing indrs mre
C．enjyed challenging utdr activitiesD．dreamed f becming a pilt
2．Which f the fllwing can be put in ★ ?
A．her family has been prud f her success
B．she has wn many prizes arund the wrld
C．her life has always been clsely cnnected with flight
D．she has taught in a flight schl
3．Amelia’s last wrds ver the radi shwed ________.
A．she was very excited during the flightB．she was helpless at the last mment
C．she didn’t knw which way t gD．she didn’t knw hw t cmmunicate with thers
4．What can be inferred frm the passage?
A．Wmen are nt free enugh t fly r becme a pilt tday.
B．Amelia was the 16th wman in the wrld t fly alne.
C．Amelia succeeded in cmpleting her trip arund the wrld with her. partner.
D．Amelia’s childhd made a great difference t her later achievements.
5．What wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A．First Flights and Big DreamsB．A Strange Disappearance
C．Amelia’s Great AchievementsD．The Legend f a Female Pilt
Passage 2
（24-25八年级下·湖北省黄石市阳新县部分学校·期中）
On January 2nd, at 4:43 in the afternn, a sudden earthquake happened in Jinfeng District f Yinchuan City, Ningxia. At that time, students f Yinchuan Freign Language Experimental Schl were busy with their classes. When they felt an earthquake was happening, they quickly std up and ran ut f the classrm. Hwever, Gu Qing, ne student frm Class 6, Senir 2, did smething different. Just as he decided t leave, he nticed a classmate wh had difficulty walking. Wrried abut him, Gu turned back and carried this classmate n his back withut thinking twice.
The schl’s surveillance cameras (监控摄像头) caught this heart-warming mment. And it quickly became ppular after Gu’s teacher shared it nline. Lts f peple were tuched by what Gu did. They called him a true her (英雄).
After the earthquake, Gu said, “I was als scared when the earthquake happened. But my first thught (想法) was t never leave my classmate behind.”
Gu’s kindness nt nly saved a life but als encuraged (鼓励) many thers t be brave when facing danger. He shws that even small actins can make a big difference t smene’s life, s we shuld always give a helping hand t thse in need.
1．Gu Qing and his classmates were ________ at the time f the earthquake.
A．running ut f the classrmB．having a rest
C．having their classesD．eating dinner
2．What was wrng with ne f Gu Qing’s classmates?
A．He culdn’t walk easily.B．He fell asleep in class.
C．He didn’t knw the earthquake.D．He was disabled.
3．The underlined wrd “tuched” means ________.
A．surprisedB．mvedC．excitedD．shcked
4．Peple knew Gu Qing’s stry mainly ________.
A．n TVB．in the newspaperC．n the radiD．n the Internet
5．What des this passage want t tell us?
A．We shuld learn hw t keep safe when earthquakes happen.
B．We shuld carry ur classmate n back when earthquakes happen.
C．We shuld always be ready t help peple in need.
D．We shuld be friendly t thers.
Passage 3
（24-25八年级下·湖南省邵阳市新邵县·期中）
That year, I was a Grade 8 student. Falling ff the tree hurt me in the head. And it was difficult fr me t get back t nrmal life. I had t leave schl and learn everything, walking, talking, and maths.
T help me, Mrs. Pillar vlunteered t cme t the hspital and later t my huse nce a week. We began with simple maths skills. As time passed, I made prgress.
I remember very vividly hw she came t my hme n Sundays, sat with me at the kitchen table and threw different cins (硬币) n the table. She asked me t shw her 38 cents, 17 cents, 63 cents. It was hard, but she als made it fun.
After a year and a half, I had prgressed a lt, bth in bdy and mind, t return t schl. Seven years later, I graduated frm the University f Texas at the tp f my class.
As years went by, I always kept in tuch with Ms. Pillar. Unluckily, ne day my parents tld me that Mrs. Pillar had been in hspital.
Nw it was my turn t help her. Mrs. Pillar lay in bed, unable t speak r knw anybdy arund. I gt sme cins, drpped them n her bed, and asked her t shw me 12 cents. One day Mrs. Pillar smiled happily as I began wrking with her—just as she had wrked with me years befre. She made prgress every day and was finally ut f hspital.
One day, I called t wish her a Happy New Year. She spke int the phne excitedly, “Happy New Year t yu and yur family, Michael. Thank yu fr everything yu did fr me.” I quickly said, “Thank yu fr everything yu did fr me.”
1．Which f the fllwing is the right rder f the stry?
a. Mrs. Pillar was in hspital.
b. I fell ff the tree and gt hurt badly.
c. I returned t schl with Mrs. Pillar’s help.
d. Mrs. Pillar thanked me fr what I did fr her.
A．b-c-d-aB．b-c-a-dC．b-d-c-a
2．What des the underlined wrd “vividly” mean in Paragraph 3?
A．Clearly.B．Surprisingly.C．Hardly.
3．Why did the writer ask Mrs. Pillar t shw him 12 cents?
A．T help Mrs. Pillar just as Mrs. Pillar helped him.
B．T see hw Mrs. Pillar culd get better.
C．T let Mrs. Pillar remember the past.
4．What is the best title fr the passage?
A．A Great TeacherB．A Special StudentC．Kindness Wrks Wnders
02 人与社会——寓言故事
Passage 1
（24-25八年级下·河南省郑州市郑东新区春华学校·期中）
Gddess (女神) f Luck nce visited the wrld. She heard sme peple cmplain (抱怨) that n lucky things happened t them.
T slve the prblem, Gddess f Luck put a big stne (石头) in the middle f the rad.
A student passed by. He thught he was t yung and weak t carry the big stne, s he walked away.
An ld man came, but he thught he was t ld t mve the stne away. He turned arund and left.
Then a businessman (商人) came. When he started t get the stne away, he thught n ne wuld pay him fr ding that. He went away withut saying a wrd.
The stne stayed there fr days. One late evening, a yung man came by and saw it. He thught it was s dark that smene might fall because f it. He wrked hard and finally mved the stne t the side f the rad. T his surprise, he fund a bx under the stne. There were sme wrds n the bx. It said, “T the persn wh mved the stne.” The bx was full f gld (金子).
When the student, the ld man and the businessman heard it, they all cried. Hw sad they were! Just at that mment, Gddess f Luck tld them, “Nne f yu mved the stne, s yu didn’t get my lucky gifts.”
1．What did Gddess f Luck hear when she visited the wrld?
A．N ne wanted t be lucky.
B．N ne wanted t mve the stne.
C．N lucky things happened in the wrld.
D．N lucky things happened t sme peple.
2．The student didn’t want t mve the stne because ________.
A．he was t busy with his study
B．he thught it wasn’t his jb t d it
C．he thught he wasn’t strng enugh t d it
D．he was afraid that ther peple wuld laugh at him
3．The businessman didn’t mve the stne because ________.
A．he was t ldB．he didn’t see itC．he had n timeD．n ne gave him mney
4．What was the lucky gift under the stne?
A．A bx f gld.B．A bx f bks.C．A bx f stnes.D．A bx f fd.
5．What des the passage want t tell us?
A．We shuld be strng.B．We shuld fllw the rules.
C．We shuld learn frm each ther.D．We shuld be kind.
Passage 2
（24-25八年级下·福建省厦门双十中学·期中）
A muse used t live in a winery, and he liked t climb up nt the rim (边缘) f a vat and run arund and arund the edge.
One day, he slipped and fell int the vat full f wine. He culdn’t get ut again, s he swam arund in the wine and shuted, “Help! Help!”
A cat heard the muse’s cries fr help. He climbed up nt the rim and lked dwn at him. The muse cried, “Please, Mr. Cat, help me! I’m drwning!”
The cat said, “Well, if I save yu, what can I get?” The muse said, “Anything! Help me!” The cat said, “Well, if I save yu, can I eat yu?” The muse said, “Yes! Yes! Anything yu want!”
S the cat reached dwn with his paw and hked the muse back up t safety. The muse shk himself dry at nce and then ran back int his hle.
The cat said, “Mr. Muse, yu’re nt keeping yur wrd! Yu said I culd eat yu!”
The muse said, “Well, Mr. Cat, what d yu expect? I was drunk at that time!” “I will never save yu again,” the cat said.
1．What did the muse d in the winery?
A．He played with ther mice.B．He swam happily in the vat.
C．He made friends with Mr. Cat.D．He ran arund the rim f the vat.
2．The muse shuted fr help because __________.
A．he was afraid f the catB．he hped the cat wuld save him
C．he wanted t play a jke n the catD．he expected t make friends with the cat
3．What did the muse prmise the cat?
A．He wuld let the cat eat him.B．He wuld give the cat his tail.
C．He wuld stay away frm the winery.D．He wuld never cme near the vat again.
4．Hw did the cat feel mst prbably in the end?
A．Interested.B．Happy.C．Angry.D．Fair.
5．Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the stry?
A．The muse became the cat’s friend.B．The muse helped the cat drink wine.
C．The muse didn’t keep his prmise at last.D．The muse was shy and ran back int his hle.
Passage 3
（24-25八年级下·河北省石家庄第十九中学·期中）
Once upn a time, there was a king wh lst his leg and eye during a war. Even with these challenges, his cleverness and kindness made him a great king.
One day, the king was walking thrugh the palace hallway and saw the prtraits (肖像) f his ancestrs (祖先) n the walls. Thinking that ne day his children wuld admire his prtrait as well, he really wanted t have it painted well.
Hwever, he wasn’t sure hw his painting wuld turn ut due t (由于) his physical prblems. S he invited a grup f famus painters t the palace, ffering a great deal f mney t the artist wh culd create a beautiful prtrait fr him.
All the painters began t wnder hw t paint the king. They sn decided that it was an impssible task. They feared that if the prtrait did nt meet the king’s wishes, he wuld punish them. S, ne by ne, they started making excuses and refused t make the painting.
Then, ne painter raised his hand and said that he wanted t give it a try. When the painter cmpleted the prtrait, everyne, including the king, was amazed.
The painter made a prtrait in which the king was sitting n a hrse, shwing his ne-leg while hlding his bw (弓) and aiming the arrw (准箭) with his ne eye clsed. The king was very happy t see this beautiful prtrait, and gave the painter a lt f mney as he prmised.
1．Hw can we describe the king?
A．He was disabled.B．He was nt clever.C．He was unkind.D．His peple didn’t lve him.
2．What did the king invite famus painters t d?
A．T paint the palace walls.B．T paint prtraits fr his ancestrs.
C．T create a beautiful prtrait f himself.D．T rganize a painting cmpetitin.
3．What might the king think f the painter accrding t the last paragraph?
A．Weak and brave.B．Talented and clever.
C．Plite and thankful.D．Pr and strict.
主题03 人与自我——家庭生活
Passage 1
（24-25八年级下·湖南省永州市柳子中学·期中）
Hi! I’m Lily. My family and I live in a big huse. I’m 14 and I have a yunger brther Tm. He is 8.
My mm is a nurse, and she wrks in a hspital. 1 She desn’t have enugh time t d husewrk, s my dad ften shares it and he likes it. My dad wrks in a bank. He arrives hme at abut 4:00 p.m., s he can d a lt f things at hme.
2 Tm and I help him. After dinner, Dad des the dishes and I help him dry them. Then we take a shwer and Dad reads us shrt stries.
In the mrning, Mm makes breakfast. 3 Then Dad takes us t schl by car. On Saturday, we clean the huse. I clean the furniture (家具) and Dad sweeps the flr. Tm takes the rubbish ut and waters the plants. Dad likes cleaning the windws but he hates irning (熨). 4 My grandma cmes t see us twice a week and she irns ur clthes.
On Sunday, we wash the car tgether and Dad ften takes us t play in the park and eat in ur favrite restaurant.
A．He never des it.
B．She has a lt f wrk t d, and usually at night.
C．We ften play ftball n Sundays.
D．Tm and I make the bed.
E．Every evening Dad cks dinner.
Passage 2
（24-25八年级下·浙江省杭州市保椒塔教育集团·期中）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Smetimes, families can be hard. They argue a lt. Peple get upset. Smetimes they stp talking. Our family has had lts f ups and dwns. I’d say arguments ften happen in ur family, t.
I have an lder brther and an lder sister. I’m the baby by in the family. We grew up in a quite small huse and ften didn’t have a lt f mney. My mm and dad argued pretty much, just abut anything. My brther and sister argued. And I used t argue, t.
But as I gt lder, I always chse t be the mediatr (调停者). I wuld try t lk at bth sides f the argument and bring them tgether t make peace. “Dad, yu shuldn’t have said that t Mm, and Mm, try t see it this way.” “Cme n guys, we all lve each ther. It’s just been a bad day.” I’d say it ften wrked.
I learned much grwing up in ur family: understanding, being patient and the knwledge that smetimes things just dn’t g in yur way. We all make mistakes. We all say things that we wish we hadn’t dne. The key is t try and understand. Of curse, smetimes arguments d need t happen. If smething is wrng, it needs t be slved and smetimes, we get angry abut it. But as lng as we can lk at things with an attitude f care and respnsibility (责任), we can weather the strm and help each ther ut.
1．What d we knw abut the writer’s family?
A．Tw f the kids in the family are girls.B．The writer is the yungest in the family.
C．The writer never argues with his parents.D．The parents get alng well with each ther.
2．As a mediatr, what did the writer ften d?
A．He started a cnversatin angrily.B．He did nthing t help but watch.
C．He helped ne side t fight the ther.D．He tried t make an agreement with each ther.
3．What des the underlined part mean?
A．We can ask smebdy fr help when in truble.B．We can tell exactly what the weather will be like.
C．We can deal with a difficult situatin successfully.D．We can learn hw t keep cl during a strm.
4．What did the writer learn frm his family?
A．A family shuldn’t share feelings with each ther.B．A family shuld understand and care fr each ther.
C．Arguing is always bad and shuld never happen.D．Knwledge is useless in cmmunicatin.
Passage 3
（24-25八年级下·浙江省台州市路桥区·期中）
In a cld winter, a cuple had t mve ut f their big huse because f the bankruptcy (破产). The husband wrked day and night t supprt the family but with n care f his wife. S she thught, “He desn’t lve me any mre, he nly cares abut his business… nt me.”
One day, when she was ready t take a bath, he stpped her at the dr, “Let me take it first, OK?”
“Why nt let me shwer first?” she asked.
“I was tired, sweetie. Yu take it later, all right?” Hearing this, she was really upset.
It was yet anther sad day. She fund nthing t d and turned n his cmputer, a few wrds blurred her eyes. She was deeply mved. It was his diary:
Tday, I felt quite sad because I gt int serius truble n business. When I went hme, she asked me why I was always taking the bath first, and I said t her that I was tired ut. She was unhappy. In her mind, I didn’t treat her as well as usual, but what can I d? I was nt as rich as befre! We just mved int the small flat, and there was nly ne shwer in the bathrm. It was s cld t take a shwer in such a freezing winter. But I fund that if ne persn tk the shwer first, the rm culd get a little warmer. S every time I rushed t the bathrm first. I was thinking that, when she tk the shwer, the rm wuld get warmer, at least 1℃. Nw I can’t give her a cmfrtable life, take her t expensive restaurants, r buy her nice dresses, but at least, ▲ .
1．Why did the wman think her husband didn’t lve her anymre?
A．Because he always tk the bath first.
B．Because he didn’t buy her beautiful clthes.
C．Because he was t busy t take care f her.
D．Because he didn’t take her t expensive restaurants.
2．What des the underlined wrd blurred in Paragraph 5 prbably mean?
A．Made smething hard t see.B．Made smething easy t change.C．Made smething easy t remember.D．Made smething hard t mve.
3．Why did the husband want t take the bath first?
A．Because he gt int serius truble at wrk.
B．Because he was s tired that he needed a rest.
C．Because he wanted t warm up the bathrm fr her.
D．Because he wanted t cl dwn the bathrm fr her.
4．Which f the fllwing can be put int ▲ ?
A．I can give her my helpB．I can give her 1℃ lve
C．I can take gd care f herD．I can let her take a shwer first
主题04 人与自然——人与动植物
Passage 1
（24-25八年级下·湖北省武汉市江岸区·期中）
1．On which WEBSITE can we read the news?
A．https: //www. traveljurnal. rgB．https: //www. festivalwrld. cm
C．https: //www. naturediscvery. cmD．https: //www. sciencepaper/develper
2．The best heading fr the first piece f news wuld be
A．Cllecting fr sick penguinsB．Painting fr penguin cuplesC．Lking fr special pebblesD．Making pests fr penguins
3．What might make the elephants feel stressed?
①seeing t many peple ②seeing bright lights ③hearing lud music ④walking with rbts
A．①②③B．①②④C．①③④D．②③④
4．What’s the main purpse f the dlphin therapy-prgram?
A．Playing games.B．Spending time.C．Raising spirits.D．Taking exercise.
5．What d the three pieces f news have in cmmn?
A．They shw us certain ways f vlunteering.B．They teach us t wrk ut health prblems.
C．They ffer us sightseeing arund the wrld.D．They guide us t get n better with animals.
Passage 2
（24-25八年级下·北京市大兴区·期中）
A Gd Helper
Genevieve Mss has serius hearing lss. She can hardly hear anything. And in her life, alne in a twn in England, she ften felt lnely.
Then ne day in April 2021, smething drew her attentin as she was reading the lcal newspaper. It was a pht f a lvely black-and-white cat. A family was lking fr a hme fr their last newbrn cat. Mss fell in lve with the cat and cnnected (联系) with the family. As a result, Mss brught the cat hme happily. She called it Zebby because the cat’s clrs lk like thse f a zebra.
Mss hped that Zebby culd help her deal with lneliness in her life. But she was nt sure if Zebby wuld becme her helper and her ears. Frm then n, Zebby lived tgether with his wner. He always slept next t Mss. When he heard nises in the dark, he used t jump up. “He has becme my night watch cat,” Mss said. “Smetimes, he wuld run arund the rm until I wke up.”
After several weeks, Mss nticed that whenever her phne rang r smene kncked at the dr, Zebby wuld tuch her with his paw (爪子). It wasn’t lng befre the cat tk n anther task. He culd help t cllect Mss’s mails. Whenever he heard the mailbx being pened, he ran twards it, carried the mail in his muth and drpped it at Mss’s feet.
In July 2023, Zebby wn Britain’s Natinal Cat f the Year by Cats Prtectin, which was the largest cat charity in the UK. Mss was amazed by the news. Accrding t the charity, Zebby beat ut abut 3,000 ther cats because f the many ways he helped Mss. Althugh Zebby had n training at all, his instinct (本能) seemed t tell him that his wner needed his help.
“Zebby has made my huse a hme, ” Mss said. “I can hardly imagine nt having Zebby in my life nw.”
1．There is smething wrng with Mss’s ________.
A．legsB．eyesC．earsD．arms
2．Zebby wn Britain’s Natinal Cat f the Year because ________.
A．he culd help Mss in many ways
B．Mss spent much time training him
C．he lked prettier than the ther cats
D．he gt alng very well with his wner
3．What can we knw frm the passage?
A．Zebby didn’t get used t living with Mss.
B．Mss didn’t get messages frm newspaper.
C．Zebby culdn’t help Mss with the mails.
D．Mss didn’t feel lnely at hme anymre.
Passage 3
（24-25八年级下·辽宁省辽阳市·期中）
Mrs. Brwn lives in a small twn in Australia. There is a big farm near the twn.
On Saturday mrning, she ges t her small shp. She pens the windw f the shp and lks at the farm. It’s very beautiful. There are many cws, hrses and small animals n the farm. Suddenly she sees a kangar with her baby. It’s interesting t see them! The mther kangar is wearing an ld jacket. They stand there and lk hungry. Mrs. Brwn gives sme bread t them. The kangars get it. Then they becme happy and jump away. Suddenly a wallet drps n the flr frm the jacket pcket. She picks it up, and finds $ 300 and a pht in it. That is a man’s pht with his name “Jhn” n it. “Jhn? I have a brther. His name is als Jhn,” Mrs. Brwn says. “Is this man my lst brther?” she thinks.
She takes the wallet with her and begins t lk fr the man. She asks many peple in the twn, and then she cmes t the farm and asks the farmer. Hey! It is Jhn, her lst brther. They are very happy t see each ther.
1．What animals can Mrs. Brwn see n the farm that mrning?
A．Cws, hrses and small animals.
B．Cws, hrses, small animals and a kangar with a baby.
C．Cws, hrses and a kangar with her baby.
D．Cws, hrses, small animals and a kangar.
2．Why des Mrs. Brwn give sme bread t kangars?
A．Because she likes kangars very much.
B．Because the mther kangar is wearing an ld jacket.
C．Because the mther kangar with her baby lks hungry.
D．Because she wants t find Jhn.
3．What des Mrs. Brwn find after the kangars jump away?
A．A wallet.B．A pht.C．$300.D．A jacket.
4．Hw des Mrs. Brwn find her lst brther, Jhn?
A．By the wallet.B．By the kangar.
C．By the jacket.D．By the pht with his name.
主题01 人与社会——志愿服务
Passage 1
（24-25八年级下·浙江省杭州市保椒塔教育集团·期中）
After a lng week at wrk, I culd finally g t the beach by myself. It was a lvely time t watch families cme and g fr a warm weekend here in Califrnia.
After a few hurs, I nticed a little girl playing by herself. It lked like she built a sandcastle and was nw trying t fill it with water. The sandcastle lked beautiful in the summer sunshine.
Unluckily, there was n cntainer arund t carry water. She wuld g t the waves, cup her hands and then walk back t her little castle. Sadly, nt much f the water was kept in her hands every time she returned t the castle. But she kept trying and was still smiling and hpeful. S I wished I culd help her ut.
As I was standing there watching her, I suddenly realized I had a bttle f water in my bag. I quickly tk it ut and walked ver t give it t her.
Uncertain f what t d first, she shk her head shyly, saying n. I reassured (安慰) her it wuld make getting the water faster. She smiled widely and finally tk it. Nt wanting her t feel uncmfrtable, I walked ff the beach right away.
Lking back at her running t the sea with the same big smile, I knew when she nticed smene needed help in her life, she wuld recall (回忆起) this little act f kindness frm a stranger. And then a gentle wrld wuld be arund her.
1．What was the weather like?
A．Sunny.B．Rainy.C．Cludy.D．Snwy.
2．What might the underlined wrd “cntainer” in Paragraph 3 refer t?
A．B．C．D．
3．Which f the fllwing can best describe hw the little girl’s feelings changed?
A．Excited→Sad→NervusB．Nervus→Hpeful→Surprised
C．Cheerful→Shy→HappyD．Helpless→Happy→Uncmfrtable
4．What des the passage mainly want t tell us?
A．A beach vacatin helps us relax.B．Spending mre time alne is gd.
C．Kids shuld nt play utside alne.D．A small act f kindness can make a better wrld.
Passage 2
（24-25八年级下·辽宁省锦州第十二中学·期中）
Last year, I went t Beijing Qizhi Special Educatin Schl fr cmmunity service (社区服务). Befre we tk the bus, my friend asked me a questin: “Why are yu here?” I did nt knw hw t answer the questin. The schl was nt far frm my schl, but it lked like it was in a different wrld. A grup f children were waiting fr us. A by walked tward me. He held my hands and pulled me t the grund. I kissed the earth and tasted nature. I culd nt understand what he was ding at first, s I was very angry. Thugh I was very angry, I cntrlled my anger.
A teacher stpped this awkward (adj.尴尬的) silence when she shuted at the by. “What are yu ding right here, right nw?” she said. “Yu will never see yur mm again if yu keep ding this. Nw, say srry,” “Srry,” he cried fearfully and nervusly. I said nthing, but I realized smething abut this child. After lunch, I asked the teacher fr infrmatin abut the child’s parents.
She said that the child was very different frm ther students because f an illness. His family culd nt affrd (v.支付得起) t treat him. He needed the kindness f his family, but they had abandned him. S he depended n the supprt (支持) frm the teachers and cmmunity service wrkers like us.
I suddenly realized I culd answer the questin my friend asked me at the beginning f the day.
Cmmunity service wrkers help thers and make everyne feel better. There are s many peple in the wrld that need help. Playing with lnely children may nt make a big difference. But it can light a crner in the children’s hearts, making them knw they are lved by peple.
1．Hw did the writer reach Beijing Qizhi Special Educatin Schl?
A．By train.B．By car.C．By bus.D．By taxi.
2．Why did the writer get angry?
A．Because a by held the writer’s hands.
B．Because the writer did nt like t taste nature.
C．Because a by pushed the writer t the grund.
D．Because a by wasn’t friendly t the writer.
3．The underlined wrd “abandned” mst prbably means “______”.
A．hurtB．leftC．sldD．frgtten
4．Frm the passage we can learn that the writer ______.
A．helped s many peple in the wrld
B．played with the lnely by after lunch
C．learned the meaning f cmmunity service
D．wasn’t gd at cmmunity service
Passage 3
（24-25八年级下·湖南省株洲市荷塘区·期中）
Stephen used t wrk in a cmpany. Unfrtunately (不幸地), he gt serius heart disease (疾病). He culdn’t wrk fr a lng time. Thinking he culd still d smething fr thers, he decided t be a vlunteer at a Children’s Hspital. Stephen lved children very much. With his lve, he did his jb well. Smetimes, sme children die frm illness. At that time, he wuld tell these sad parents that he wuld sn be with their children in heaven and that he wuld take care f them. His wrds seemed t help thse parents.
There was a girl wh culd nt walk because f a disease. She culdn’t d anything, and she was very sad. What was wrse, the dctrs said that they culd d little fr her. Stephen decided t try t help her. He started visiting her, bringing paints, brushes, and paper. He put the brush in his muth and began t draw. He didn’t use his hands at all. Only his head wuld mve. He always tld her that she culd d anything she wanted.
At last, she began t draw with her muth. She and Stephen became friends. By and by, the little girl was getting better and better. She was allwed t leave the hspital. One day, t Stephen’s great surprise, she walked t see him n her wn feet! She gave him a picture she had drawn. At the tp, it read: “Thank yu fr helping me walk. It’s all because f yur lve.”
Lve can smetimes be mre pwerful than dctrs and medicines. Lve makes ur wrld mre beautiful and clrful. Stephen died a few days after the girl gave him the picture.
1．Why didn’t Stephen g t wrk as usual?
A．Because he lst his jb.
B．Because he gt heart disease.
C．Because he decided t help thers.
2．Why did Stephen nly mve his head when he was drawing a picture?
A．Because he culd nly mve his head.
B．Because he wanted t shw hw well he culd draw.
C．Because he wanted t shw the girl everything was pssible.
3．Hw was the girl at last?
A．She was getting better and better.
B．She was nt allwed t leave the hspital.
C．She can draw with her feet.
4．What can we knw frm the stry?
A．Stephen himself had lst his hands and feet.
B．Sme children died because Stephen didn’t d his jb well.
C．Stephen lved children very much.
主题02 人与自我——爱好
Passage 1
（24-25八年级下·浙江省宁波市海曙区储能学校·期中）
请从以下选项 (A、B、C、D、E和F) 中选出符合各题意思的首句，选项中有一项是多余选项。
The new bkshp is n sale. What kind f bks d yu want? Cme and buy them!
Linda: 1 I’m 11 years ld. I like nature very much. I always read bks abut nature, especially bks abut the sea. I can knw many interesting stries abut the sea thrugh reading bks, such as hw the sea came int being (形成), hw the sea animals live, and hw they find fd.
Tny: 2 I’m 20. I ften read medical bks, because my dream is t be a dctr. Besides medical bks, I like t read sme stries abut famus peple. Their great stries can cheer me up when I feel a little bred and upset.
Harry: 3 I’m 35 years ld. I wrk in a middle schl. I like reading, and I als like t translate (翻译) sme English shrt stries int Chinese. It’s interesting. What’s mre, I can imprve my understanding f bth English and Chinese.
David: 4 I’m 28. I’m very busy every day. With t much wrk, my health is pr, especially my stmach. T keep fit, I d mre sprts every day. And dctrs tld me t eat healthily.
Lucy: 5 I’m 7 years ld. Tday is my first day t g t schl. My Chinese teacher asks us t buy a bk abut handwriting (书法). She wants us t practice ur handwriting.
A．Nw I want an English nvel abut war.
B．I need t buy a bk abut a balanced (均衡的) diet.
C．I want sme bks abut the cean (海洋).
D．I’d like a bk that can help me write beautifully.
E．I want a bk abut Helen Keller.
F．I need a bk abut hw t be a gd leader.
Passage 2
（24-25八年级下·江西省赣州市蓉江新区·期中）
If yu ask me what my favrite sprt is, my answer will be swimming. I started learning hw t swim when I was five years ld and I have been swimming ever since.
There are many reasns why I lve swimming, but I’ll just share a few with yu, and maybe I will even encurage yu t g fr a swim.
The first reasn is that it can be really relaxing. I lve the feeling f flating n the water and feeling almst weightless (失重). I find that whenever I leave the pl I feel relaxed.
The secnd reasn is that it has mre variety (多样性) than ther sprts. Swimming ffers many different strkes (划水的动作), s it desn’t feel like yu’re ding the same thing ver and ver again. It is a sprt that can be dne all ver the wrld in many beautiful places. Yu can chse t swim in a swimming pl r in the sea.
And finally, it’s a life skill that everyne shuld have. Nt nly is it gd fr yur health, but yu never knw when yu’ll need yur skill f swimming.
1．Suppse the writer is 15, then he has been swimming fr ________ years.
A．5B．10C．15D．20
2．Which f the fllwing abut Paragraph 4 is TRUE?
A．Different strkes make swimming an interesting sprt.
B．Yu can nly swim in a swimming pl r in the sea.
C．Swimming is nly ppular in the writer’s cuntry.
D．The writer likes t d the same thing ver and ver again.
3．The last paragraph tells us that ________.
A．swimming is nly gd fr healthB．swimming may help ne ut f danger
C．yu never need a life skillD．nt everyne has the ability t swim
4．What’s the best title fr the passage?
A．Encurage everyne t swimB．Hw t learn t swim
C．Let’s g swimming tgetherD．Why I lve swimming
5．Which f the fllwing best shws the structure f the passage?
A．①②③④/⑤B．①/②/③④⑤C．①②/③④/⑤D．①/②③④/⑤
Passage 3
（24-25八年级下·北京市第八中学·期中）
阅读下列俱乐部活动介绍，请根据人物喜好和需求匹配最适合的活动，并将活动所对应的A、B、C、D选项填在相应位置上。选项中有一项为多余选项。
主题03 人与自然——人与动植物
Passage 1
（24-25八年级下·广东省深圳市南山区南山外国语学校·期中）
Frd was a 20-year-ld cat wh lved t sleep in the sun. Althugh Frd was ld, he wuld still struggle (艰难地行进) up and dwn the stairs every day t get t the pl t enjy the sun.
But life has becme a lt easier fr the ld cat nw. Liam Thmpsn is a yung inventr wh lves cats. He fund Frd’s difficulties and decided t d smething helpful. He spent fur days building an elevatr (电梯) that wuld allw Frd t g up and dwn the stairs easily. He als sht a vide t recrd the inventing prcess and psted it nline.
The vide called I Built an Elevatr fr My Cat shwed hw Thmpsn made the elevatr fr Frd. It was funny. The vide made mre than 900,000 peple interested in the elevatr.
In his vide, Thmpsn used a ty t test the elevatr because he wanted t make sure it was safe fr Frd. Thmpsn asked his favurite cat, “Are yu ready t g dwnstairs withut mving a muscle? I hpe yu will be happy because it tk me fur days t cmplete the machine.”
Frd seemed relaxed in the elevatr as it went t the bttm f the stairs. Frd stayed in the elevatr fr a mment. He didn’t seem t knw hw t get ff. But after a while, Frd fund ut hw t get ut f the elevatr. Thmpsn laughed excitedly as Frd walked ut f the elevatr and made his way t the pl.
Thmpsn’s inventin was a great success. His lve fr his cat has wn 1.87 millin fans n the internet. After watching the vide, many peple felt amazed at his wrk and ne said, “His inventin fr his pet is much safer than the nes he invents fr himself. I think he is excellent.”
1．Hw des the writer start the stry?
A．By using a famus saying.B．By cmparing tw characters.
C．By intrducing a prblem.D．By shwing the ending.
2．Why did Thmpsn use a ty t test the elevatr accrding t Paragraph 4?
A．T win mre fans n the internet.
B．T make sure it was safe fr Frd.
C．T make the elevatr mve quickly.
D．T teach his friend t use the elevatr.
3．What can we infer frm Paragraph 5?
A．Frd knew hw t use the elevatr immediately.
B．Frd didn’t like the elevatr built by Thmpsn at all.
C．The elevatr Thmpsn built fr Frd didn’t wrk well
D．It might be easier fr Frd t get t the pl t enjy the sun.
4．What’s the writer’s attitude twards Thmpsn’s inventin?
A．Psitive.B．Negative.C．Uncertain.D．Dubtful.
5．Which f the fllwing best shws the structure f the text? (① refers t Paragraph 1)
A．①/②③④/⑤⑥B．①/②③④⑤/⑥
C．①②/③④/⑤⑥D．①②/③④⑤⑥
Passage 2
（24-25八年级下·浙江省温州实验六中·期中）
I arrived n a cld winter night, shaking and feeling tired. I searched fr any kind f place t stay and fund a small empty dghuse. Lying in it, I heard ftsteps getting clser, but I was t sick t lift my head.
A family fund me and stpped. Then I gt wrapped (包裹) in a thick jacket, slwly and sftly. A wman picked me up. She lwered her head, lking at me. I culd see the wrry and sadness in her eyes.
“Hney, dgs are everywhere in this area. We can’t save all f them.” said the man.
He was right. There were s many f us—hmeless and frgtten.
The wman answered, “She can’t even stand up. Hw can we say n t such a pr little thing?”
The man thught fr a mment. Finally, he agreed. They sn tk me t a nearby animal hspital. I started t believe every dg has its day. But my bdy tld a different stry. My legs were brken and almst culdn’t mve, my teeth were in bad cnditin, and my eyes became s cludy that I culd nt see anything clearly. The animal dctr said I had heartwrm (犬心虫病), and it was getting wrse because f my age. He suggested letting me die naturally. “That will never happen,” the wman said.
After getting back hme, she gave me a warm name—“Pretty Girl”—and cared fr me like her wn child, even making a sft bed fr me in the safest crner f the living rm. I ate real fd, smething I had never tasted. When I didn’t want t take medicine, she encuraged me and cheered me up.
Days went by, and nw, lk at me! I can run fast and jump high. My legs are strng and my eyes are bright. What a truly pretty girl! Every afternn, I fllw the family arund the garden, watching ver them. In the evening, my family always take me fr a relaxing walk.
Fr me, winter nights are nt cld anymre.
2．Hw was the dg when it was fund?
A．It was fat.B．It was pretty.
C．It was weak.D．It was relaxed.
3．Why did the man nt agree t save the dg at first?
A．The family were in a hurry t get back hme.
B．Their huse was nt big enugh t have a dg.
C．The family culd nt help all the hmeless dgs.
D．The weather was t cld when they fund the dg.
4．Which f the fllwing is the crrect rder accrding t the passage?
①The dg had sme fd it had never tasted.
②The dg gt a warm jacket frm the wman.
③The family made the decisin t save the dg.
④The family fund the dg had a serius illness.
A．②①③④B．②③④①C．①③④②D．①②④③
5．What’s the best title fr the stry?
A．Every Dg Has Its Day
B．A Pretty Dg Is Always Lucky
C．A Kind Family Fund A Dg
D．Pr Animals Lst Their Hmes
Passage 3
（24-25八年级下·吉林省吉林市船营区第二十三中学·期中）
My name’s Blackie. I have a special jb. I help a by, Sam, because he cannt see.
Every day I take Sam t schl. I am with Sam at schl all day. In P. E. classes, I always walk and run next t Sam. I dn’t want Sam t fall dwn! I like Sam’s music class a lt. All the children sing, s I sing with them. Everyne thinks I am very funny.
After schl I take Sam t buy an ice-cream. He always gives me sme f his ice-cream. I lve ice-cream! Then we walk hme r take the bus. The peple n the bus always tell me, “Gd by!”
In the evening, I sit next t Sam’s chair t watch him. He eats dinner and then he des his hmewrk. After dinner, we sit tgether t listen t the stries by Mm. It’s the happiest time in a day. At night, Sam sleeps in his bed. I sleep n the flr next t him. I dn’t want t leave him!
It’s my jb t lk after him and he is my best friend!
1．This passage was frm ________ pint f view (视角).
A．Sam’sB．a gd by’sC．a dg’sD．Sam’s brther’s
2．Which sentence is NOT ne f the ways Blackie helps Sam?
A．Blackie sings with the students in Sam’s music class.
B．Blackie takes Sam t schl every day.
C．Blackie sits next t Sam’s chair.
D．Blackie stays with Sam at schl all day.
3．What des the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 shw?
A．Ice-cream is delicius.B．Sam has dinner late every day.
C．Bth Sam and Blackie like eating.D．Sam is kind t Blackie.
4．Why d peple n the bus always say “Gd by” t Blackie?
A．Because Blackie and Sam take the bus every day.B．Because Blackie is very cute.
C．Because Blackie lks after Sam.D．Because Blackie lves ice-cream.
5．Where des Blackie sleep at night?
A．Next t Sam’s chair.B．In Sam’s bed.
C．On the bus.D．On the flr next t Sam.___________________________
D yu knw male penguins pick pebbles (鹅卵石) as gifts t shw lve t female penguins? And then the female nes place the pebbles n their nests. This year, the penguin breeding (繁殖) seasn at Edinburgh Z started with sme clrful pebbles painted by children at a hspital in the UK. They enjy watching penguins n live webcams. Nw, they can see the penguins cllect their painted pebbles t make nests. Cheering with rbtic elephants
Peple in India ften use elephants fr festivals. These huge animals have t walk with many peple. There are bright lights and lud music all arund them. This situatin makes elephants feel very stressed. Smetimes they even hurt peple. T deal with it, sme animal rights grups made abut 50 rbt elephants as big as real nes. Each can carry a persn. In this way, peple can enjy festivals safely and real elephants can live happily in the wild. Healing with therapy dlphins
On Feb 20 in Brazil, several yung peple played games with a pink dlphin in a river. These games were part f an animal therapy (治疗) prgram. A physical therapist started the free prgram in 2016. Over the years, he has helped abut 400 disabled peple wh had a hard time. Fr example, sme lst their arms r legs. Spending time with the dlphins nt nly made them feel much better, but als helped them get t knw ther peple alike.
11 Kathy enjys learning histry especially thrugh different kinds f cins.
12 Jack is interested in English and wuld lve t watch English mvies.
13 Tm likes ging fr walks in nature and want t find a gd place t hike.
A．Hiking is the activity f ging fr lng walks in the cuntryside. It’s a natural exercise that gets yur bdy mving and puts yu ut in nature. If yu want t find a gd place t hike and enjy the beautiful view, cme and hike with us.
B．Paper cutting is ne f the mst famus Chinese handicrafts (手工艺). Its histry dates back t the sixth century. It is easy t learn hw t make paper cuttings, and yu nly need a piece f paper and a pair f scissrs.
C． Cins can carry a lt f value. They help peple learn mre abut lcal, natinal, r even wrld histry. If yu’re interested in cllecting, begin by chsing what kind f cins yu like, lk at what yu have n hand and get started!
D．T succeed in yur English learning, yu need t read and listen t as much English as pssible. We may help yu get int the habit f watching TV shws r mvies, listening t sngs, reading bks and magazines in English.
专题07 阅读理解（记叙文）
主题01 人与自我——个人经历
Passage 1
（24-25八年级下·湖北省武汉市江夏区·期中）
Anyne wh knew Amelia Earhart as a child culd hardly have been surprised by her later achievements. Brn in 1897, Amelia was just like a “tmby” in her childhd, cllecting insects, hunting rabbits and climbing trees alng the Missuri River.
Then she mved arund the middle west with her parents. After seeing the wunded sldiers f Wrld War I, she wrked as a nurse’s aid (护士助理) and began t lk up t the wunded pilts.
At 23, a ten-minute plane ride at an air shw sparked (激发) her lifelng lve fr flying. She said, “By the time I gt tw r three hundred feet ff the grund, I knew I had t fly.”
The rad t success is always difficult. But she wrked hard fr her flying dream. In 1923, Amelia became the 16th wman in the wrld t receive a pilt’s license. Since then, ★ .
She wrte and gave speeches abut the time when flying wuld nt be just fr a few but wuld becme an accepted part f everyday life. Besides, she als brke dwn difficulties fr wmen, being the first wman t fly alne acrss bth Atlantic and Pacific.
In 1937, Amelia tried the first arund-the-wrld flight at the equatr (赤道), but while flying ver a small island in the Pacific, Amelia and her partner Frederick Nnan, disappeared. At the last mment f her life, she culd send messages ver the radi, but she culdn’t receive any. Her last wrds were “Circling ... cannt see island ... cannt hear yu ... please answer ...” Finally, “Gas lw ...” and then, silence.
Thugh Amelia died, she remains a legend (传奇) shwing that wmen dn’t have t live with limits, and everyne has ceans t fly dreams.
1．Amelia was described as a “tmby” in her childhd because she ________.
A．saw the wunded sldiers f Wrld War IB．liked playing indrs mre
C．enjyed challenging utdr activitiesD．dreamed f becming a pilt
2．Which f the fllwing can be put in ★ ?
A．her family has been prud f her success
B．she has wn many prizes arund the wrld
C．her life has always been clsely cnnected with flight
D．she has taught in a flight schl
3．Amelia’s last wrds ver the radi shwed ________.
A．she was very excited during the flightB．she was helpless at the last mment
C．she didn’t knw which way t gD．she didn’t knw hw t cmmunicate with thers
4．What can be inferred frm the passage?
A．Wmen are nt free enugh t fly r becme a pilt tday.
B．Amelia was the 16th wman in the wrld t fly alne.
C．Amelia succeeded in cmpleting her trip arund the wrld with her. partner.
D．Amelia’s childhd made a great difference t her later achievements.
5．What wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A．First Flights and Big DreamsB．A Strange Disappearance
C．Amelia’s Great AchievementsD．The Legend f a Female Pilt
【答案】1．C 2．C 3．B 4．D 5．D
【导语】本文介绍了传奇女飞行员阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特的生平事迹，包括她童年时期的性格特点、如何爱上飞行、取得的航空成就以及最后的失踪事件，展现了她打破性别限制的传奇人生。
1．细节理解题。根据“Brn in 1897, Amelia was just like a “tmby” in her childhd, cllecting insects, hunting rabbits and climbing trees alng the Missuri River.”可知，Amelia童年时就像一个“假小子”，在密苏里河边收集昆虫、猎兔、爬树，这些都是有挑战性的户外活动，故选C。
2．推理判断题。根据“In 1923, Amelia became the 16th wman in the wrld t receive a pilt’s license.”以及“She wrte and gave speeches...”可知，空缺处前文提到她获得飞行执照，后文描述她撰写飞行相关文章并创造跨洋飞行纪录。根据逻辑，此处应强调她一生与飞行的紧密联系。选项C“她的生活一直与飞行紧密相连”符合，故选C。
3．细节理解题。根据文中她最后的无线电留言“Circling ... cannt see island ... cannt hear yu ... please answer ...” Finally, “Gas lw ...”可知，她因燃油耗尽而陷入绝境。故选B。
4．推理判断题。根据首段“Anyne wh knew Amelia Earhart as a child culd hardly have been surprised by her later achievements.”及后文成就可推知，童年经历影响了她的一生。故选D。
5．最佳标题题。全文围绕阿梅莉亚的飞行梦想与传奇人生展开，末段“she remains a legend”点明主题，故选D。
Passage 2
（24-25八年级下·湖北省黄石市阳新县部分学校·期中）
On January 2nd, at 4:43 in the afternn, a sudden earthquake happened in Jinfeng District f Yinchuan City, Ningxia. At that time, students f Yinchuan Freign Language Experimental Schl were busy with their classes. When they felt an earthquake was happening, they quickly std up and ran ut f the classrm. Hwever, Gu Qing, ne student frm Class 6, Senir 2, did smething different. Just as he decided t leave, he nticed a classmate wh had difficulty walking. Wrried abut him, Gu turned back and carried this classmate n his back withut thinking twice.
The schl’s surveillance cameras (监控摄像头) caught this heart-warming mment. And it quickly became ppular after Gu’s teacher shared it nline. Lts f peple were tuched by what Gu did. They called him a true her (英雄).
After the earthquake, Gu said, “I was als scared when the earthquake happened. But my first thught (想法) was t never leave my classmate behind.”
Gu’s kindness nt nly saved a life but als encuraged (鼓励) many thers t be brave when facing danger. He shws that even small actins can make a big difference t smene’s life, s we shuld always give a helping hand t thse in need.
1．Gu Qing and his classmates were ________ at the time f the earthquake.
A．running ut f the classrmB．having a rest
C．having their classesD．eating dinner
2．What was wrng with ne f Gu Qing’s classmates?
A．He culdn’t walk easily.B．He fell asleep in class.
C．He didn’t knw the earthquake.D．He was disabled.
3．The underlined wrd “tuched” means ________.
A．surprisedB．mvedC．excitedD．shcked
4．Peple knew Gu Qing’s stry mainly ________.
A．n TVB．in the newspaperC．n the radiD．n the Internet
5．What des this passage want t tell us?
A．We shuld learn hw t keep safe when earthquakes happen.
B．We shuld carry ur classmate n back when earthquakes happen.
C．We shuld always be ready t help peple in need.
D．We shuld be friendly t thers.
【答案】1．C 2．A 3．B 4．D 5．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了学生郭庆在地震发生时背起行动不便的同学逃离教室的感人事迹。
1．细节理解题。根据“At that time, students f Yinchuan Freign Language Experimental Schl were busy with their classes.”可知，地震发生时郭庆和同学们正在上课。故选C。
2．细节理解题。根据“he nticed a classmate wh had difficulty walking”可知，该同学存在行动不便的问题，A项符合。故选A。
3．词句猜测题。下文“They called him a true her”以及上文描述郭庆在地震发生时背起行动不便的同学逃离教室，这应是感人事迹，所以此处应表示“感动”。故选B。
4．细节理解题。根据“The schl’s surveillance cameras (监控摄像头) caught this heart-warming mment. And it quickly became ppular after Gu’s teacher shared it nline.”可知，传播渠道是互联网。故选D。
5．主旨大意题。根据“He shws that even small actins can make a big difference t smene’s life, s we shuld always give a helping hand t thse in need.”可知，文章核心主旨是倡导助人精神。故选C。
Passage 3
（24-25八年级下·湖南省邵阳市新邵县·期中）
That year, I was a Grade 8 student. Falling ff the tree hurt me in the head. And it was difficult fr me t get back t nrmal life. I had t leave schl and learn everything, walking, talking, and maths.
T help me, Mrs. Pillar vlunteered t cme t the hspital and later t my huse nce a week. We began with simple maths skills. As time passed, I made prgress.
I remember very vividly hw she came t my hme n Sundays, sat with me at the kitchen table and threw different cins (硬币) n the table. She asked me t shw her 38 cents, 17 cents, 63 cents. It was hard, but she als made it fun.
After a year and a half, I had prgressed a lt, bth in bdy and mind, t return t schl. Seven years later, I graduated frm the University f Texas at the tp f my class.
As years went by, I always kept in tuch with Ms. Pillar. Unluckily, ne day my parents tld me that Mrs. Pillar had been in hspital.
Nw it was my turn t help her. Mrs. Pillar lay in bed, unable t speak r knw anybdy arund. I gt sme cins, drpped them n her bed, and asked her t shw me 12 cents. One day Mrs. Pillar smiled happily as I began wrking with her—just as she had wrked with me years befre. She made prgress every day and was finally ut f hspital.
One day, I called t wish her a Happy New Year. She spke int the phne excitedly, “Happy New Year t yu and yur family, Michael. Thank yu fr everything yu did fr me.” I quickly said, “Thank yu fr everything yu did fr me.”
1．Which f the fllwing is the right rder f the stry?
a. Mrs. Pillar was in hspital.
b. I fell ff the tree and gt hurt badly.
c. I returned t schl with Mrs. Pillar’s help.
d. Mrs. Pillar thanked me fr what I did fr her.
A．b-c-d-aB．b-c-a-dC．b-d-c-a
2．What des the underlined wrd “vividly” mean in Paragraph 3?
A．Clearly.B．Surprisingly.C．Hardly.
3．Why did the writer ask Mrs. Pillar t shw him 12 cents?
A．T help Mrs. Pillar just as Mrs. Pillar helped him.
B．T see hw Mrs. Pillar culd get better.
C．T let Mrs. Pillar remember the past.
4．What is the best title fr the passage?
A．A Great TeacherB．A Special StudentC．Kindness Wrks Wnders
【答案】1．B 2．A 3．A 4．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者因从树上摔下受伤后，在Pillar夫人的帮助下康复并重返学校，多年后作者反过来帮助住院的Pillar夫人的故事，体现了善良与互助的力量。
1．细节理解题。根据“Falling ff the tree hurt me in the head.”；“T help me, Mrs. Pillar vlunteered t cme t the hspital and later t my huse nce a week.”和“After a year and a half, I had prgressed a lt, bth in bdy and mind, t return t schl.”；“Mrs. Pillar had been in hspital”；“Thank yu fr everything yu did fr me.”可知，正确顺序是：作者受伤→Pillar夫人帮助作者康复并返校→Pillar夫人住院→ Pillar夫人感谢作者。故选B。
2．词句猜测题。根据“sat with me at the kitchen table and threw different cins (硬币) n the table. She asked me t shw her 38 cents, 17 cents, 63 cents”可知，作者对细节记忆深刻，所以划线部分的含义是“清晰地”。故选A。
3．推理判断题。根据“Nw it was my turn t help her.”及后文作者用硬币练习帮助Pillar夫人康复（模仿她当年的方法），可知目的是“像她帮助自己一样帮助她”。故选A。
4．最佳标题题。全文围绕“互助”展开，Pillar夫人的善良帮助作者康复，而作者的回报又帮助她康复，体现了“善意创造奇迹”的主题。故选C。
主题02 人与社会——寓言故事
Passage 1
（24-25八年级下·河南省郑州市郑东新区春华学校·期中）
Gddess (女神) f Luck nce visited the wrld. She heard sme peple cmplain (抱怨) that n lucky things happened t them.
T slve the prblem, Gddess f Luck put a big stne (石头) in the middle f the rad.
A student passed by. He thught he was t yung and weak t carry the big stne, s he walked away.
An ld man came, but he thught he was t ld t mve the stne away. He turned arund and left.
Then a businessman (商人) came. When he started t get the stne away, he thught n ne wuld pay him fr ding that. He went away withut saying a wrd.
The stne stayed there fr days. One late evening, a yung man came by and saw it. He thught it was s dark that smene might fall because f it. He wrked hard and finally mved the stne t the side f the rad. T his surprise, he fund a bx under the stne. There were sme wrds n the bx. It said, “T the persn wh mved the stne.” The bx was full f gld (金子).
When the student, the ld man and the businessman heard it, they all cried. Hw sad they were! Just at that mment, Gddess f Luck tld them, “Nne f yu mved the stne, s yu didn’t get my lucky gifts.”
1．What did Gddess f Luck hear when she visited the wrld?
A．N ne wanted t be lucky.
B．N ne wanted t mve the stne.
C．N lucky things happened in the wrld.
D．N lucky things happened t sme peple.
2．The student didn’t want t mve the stne because ________.
A．he was t busy with his study
B．he thught it wasn’t his jb t d it
C．he thught he wasn’t strng enugh t d it
D．he was afraid that ther peple wuld laugh at him
3．The businessman didn’t mve the stne because ________.
A．he was t ldB．he didn’t see itC．he had n timeD．n ne gave him mney
4．What was the lucky gift under the stne?
A．A bx f gld.B．A bx f bks.C．A bx f stnes.D．A bx f fd.
5．What des the passage want t tell us?
A．We shuld be strng.B．We shuld fllw the rules.
C．We shuld learn frm each ther.D．We shuld be kind.
【答案】1．D 2．C 3．D 4．A 5．D
【导语】本文讲述了幸运女神为人们提供获得一箱金子的机会，三人路过但是都错过了机会，唯有一位年轻人把握住机会，获得金子的故事，故事告诉我们要善良。
1．细节理解题。根据“Gddess (女神) f Luck nce visited the wrld. She heard sme peple cmplain (抱怨) that n lucky things happened t them.”可知，幸运女神听到很多人抱怨幸运的事情没有发生在自己身上。故选D。
2．细节理解题。根据“A student passed by. He thught he was t yung and weak t carry the big stne, s he walked away.”可知，那个学生不想移动那块石头，因为他觉得自己不够强壮。故选C。
3．细节理解题。根据“Then a businessman (商人) came…he thught n ne wuld pay him fr ding that. He went away withut saying a wrd.”可知，商人没有移动石头，因为没有人给他钱。故选D。
4．细节理解题。根据“T his surprise, he fund a bx under the stne…The bx was full f gld (金子).”可知，石头下面有一箱金子。故选A。
5．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章讲述了幸运女神为人们提供获得一箱金子的机会，三人路过但是都错过了机会，唯有一位年轻人把握住机会，获得金子的故事，故事告诉我们要善良。故选D。
Passage 2
（24-25八年级下·福建省厦门双十中学·期中）
A muse used t live in a winery, and he liked t climb up nt the rim (边缘) f a vat and run arund and arund the edge.
One day, he slipped and fell int the vat full f wine. He culdn’t get ut again, s he swam arund in the wine and shuted, “Help! Help!”
A cat heard the muse’s cries fr help. He climbed up nt the rim and lked dwn at him. The muse cried, “Please, Mr. Cat, help me! I’m drwning!”
The cat said, “Well, if I save yu, what can I get?” The muse said, “Anything! Help me!” The cat said, “Well, if I save yu, can I eat yu?” The muse said, “Yes! Yes! Anything yu want!”
S the cat reached dwn with his paw and hked the muse back up t safety. The muse shk himself dry at nce and then ran back int his hle.
The cat said, “Mr. Muse, yu’re nt keeping yur wrd! Yu said I culd eat yu!”
The muse said, “Well, Mr. Cat, what d yu expect? I was drunk at that time!” “I will never save yu again,” the cat said.
1．What did the muse d in the winery?
A．He played with ther mice.B．He swam happily in the vat.
C．He made friends with Mr. Cat.D．He ran arund the rim f the vat.
2．The muse shuted fr help because __________.
A．he was afraid f the catB．he hped the cat wuld save him
C．he wanted t play a jke n the catD．he expected t make friends with the cat
3．What did the muse prmise the cat?
A．He wuld let the cat eat him.B．He wuld give the cat his tail.
C．He wuld stay away frm the winery.D．He wuld never cme near the vat again.
4．Hw did the cat feel mst prbably in the end?
A．Interested.B．Happy.C．Angry.D．Fair.
5．Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the stry?
A．The muse became the cat’s friend.B．The muse helped the cat drink wine.
C．The muse didn’t keep his prmise at last.D．The muse was shy and ran back int his hle.
【答案】1．D 2．B 3．A 4．C 5．C
【导语】本文主要介绍了一只老鼠掉进酒桶后向猫求救，承诺让猫吃掉自己以获救，但得救后食言，猫因此生气的故事。
1．细节理解题。根据“A muse used t live in a winery, and he liked t climb up nt the rim (边缘) f a vat and run arund and arund the edge.”可知，老鼠喜欢在酒桶边缘跑来跑去。故选D。
2．细节理解题。根据“A cat heard the muse’s cries fr help. He climbed up nt the rim and lked dwn at him. The muse cried, ‘Please, Mr. Cat, help me! I’m drwning!’”可知，老鼠因掉入酒桶无法逃脱而呼救，希望猫救他。故选B。
3．细节理解题。根据“The cat said, ‘Well, if I save yu, can I eat yu?’ The muse said, ‘Yes! Yes! Anything yu want!’”可知，老鼠承诺猫救了自己后让猫吃了自己。故选A。
4．推理判断题。根据“The muse said, ‘Well, Mr. Cat, what d yu expect? I was drunk at that time!’ ‘I will never save yu again,’ the cat said.”可知，老鼠没有兑现自己的承诺，因此猫很生气。故选C。
5．推理判断题。根据“S the cat reached dwn with his paw and hked the muse back up t safety. The muse shk himself dry at nce and then ran back int his hle.”可知，老鼠获救后未兑现承诺。故选C。
Passage 3
（24-25八年级下·河北省石家庄第十九中学·期中）
Once upn a time, there was a king wh lst his leg and eye during a war. Even with these challenges, his cleverness and kindness made him a great king.
One day, the king was walking thrugh the palace hallway and saw the prtraits (肖像) f his ancestrs (祖先) n the walls. Thinking that ne day his children wuld admire his prtrait as well, he really wanted t have it painted well.
Hwever, he wasn’t sure hw his painting wuld turn ut due t (由于) his physical prblems. S he invited a grup f famus painters t the palace, ffering a great deal f mney t the artist wh culd create a beautiful prtrait fr him.
All the painters began t wnder hw t paint the king. They sn decided that it was an impssible task. They feared that if the prtrait did nt meet the king’s wishes, he wuld punish them. S, ne by ne, they started making excuses and refused t make the painting.
Then, ne painter raised his hand and said that he wanted t give it a try. When the painter cmpleted the prtrait, everyne, including the king, was amazed.
The painter made a prtrait in which the king was sitting n a hrse, shwing his ne-leg while hlding his bw (弓) and aiming the arrw (准箭) with his ne eye clsed. The king was very happy t see this beautiful prtrait, and gave the painter a lt f mney as he prmised.
1．Hw can we describe the king?
A．He was disabled.B．He was nt clever.C．He was unkind.D．His peple didn’t lve him.
2．What did the king invite famus painters t d?
A．T paint the palace walls.B．T paint prtraits fr his ancestrs.
C．T create a beautiful prtrait f himself.D．T rganize a painting cmpetitin.
3．What might the king think f the painter accrding t the last paragraph?
A．Weak and brave.B．Talented and clever.
C．Plite and thankful.D．Pr and strict.
【答案】1．A 2．C 3．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一位在战争中失去腿和眼睛的国王，尽管身体有残疾，但他的聪明和善良使他成为一位伟大的国王。国王希望画一幅自己的肖像画，但由于身体原因，他不确定画作会是什么样子。他邀请了一群著名画家来为他作画，但画家们因担心无法满足国王的愿望而纷纷拒绝。最后，一位画家勇敢地接受了挑战，并成功地画出了一幅令国王满意的肖像画，国王也兑现承诺给了画家很多钱。
1．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“there was a king wh lst his leg and eye during a war”可知，国王在战争中失去了腿和眼睛，因此他是残疾的。故选A。
2．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“S he invited a grup f famus painters t the palace, ffering a great deal f mney t the artist wh culd create a beautiful prtrait fr him.”可知，国王邀请著名画家来为他创作一幅美丽的肖像画。故选C。
3．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“The painter made a prtrait in which the king was sitting n a hrse, shwing his ne-leg while hlding his bw and aiming the arrw with his ne eye clsed. The king was very happy t see this beautiful prtrait, and gave the painter a lt f mney as he prmised.”可知，画家成功地画出了一幅国王骑在马上，展示他的一条腿，同时手持弓箭，闭着一只眼睛瞄准的肖像画。国王看到这幅美丽的肖像画非常高兴，并兑现承诺给了画家很多钱。由此可以推断，国王认为这位画家既有才华又聪明。故选B。
主题03 人与自我——家庭生活
Passage 1
（24-25八年级下·湖南省永州市柳子中学·期中）
Hi! I’m Lily. My family and I live in a big huse. I’m 14 and I have a yunger brther Tm. He is 8.
My mm is a nurse, and she wrks in a hspital. 1 She desn’t have enugh time t d husewrk, s my dad ften shares it and he likes it. My dad wrks in a bank. He arrives hme at abut 4:00 p.m., s he can d a lt f things at hme.
2 Tm and I help him. After dinner, Dad des the dishes and I help him dry them. Then we take a shwer and Dad reads us shrt stries.
In the mrning, Mm makes breakfast. 3 Then Dad takes us t schl by car. On Saturday, we clean the huse. I clean the furniture (家具) and Dad sweeps the flr. Tm takes the rubbish ut and waters the plants. Dad likes cleaning the windws but he hates irning (熨). 4 My grandma cmes t see us twice a week and she irns ur clthes.
On Sunday, we wash the car tgether and Dad ften takes us t play in the park and eat in ur favrite restaurant.
A．He never des it.
B．She has a lt f wrk t d, and usually at night.
C．We ften play ftball n Sundays.
D．Tm and I make the bed.
E．Every evening Dad cks dinner.
【答案】1．B 2．E 3．D 4．A
【导语】本文主要介绍了Lily的家庭成员及其日常生活分工情况。
1．根据“My mm is a nurse, and she wrks in a hspital.”及“She desn’t have enugh time t d husewrk”可知，妈妈在医院工作很忙，选项B“她有很多工作要做，而且通常在晚上”符合语境，故选B。
2．根据“Tm and I help him. After dinner, Dad des the dishes”可知，此处应提到爸爸做晚饭，选项E“每天晚上爸爸做晚饭”符合语境，故选E。
3．根据“In the mrning, Mm makes breakfast.”及“Then Dad takes us t schl by car”可知，此处应提到早餐后的活动，选项D“Tm和我整理床铺”符合语境，故选D。
4．根据“Dad likes cleaning the windws but he hates irning”及“My grandma cmes t see us twice a week and she irns ur clthes”可知，爸爸从不熨衣服，选项A“他从不做这个”符合语境，故选A。
Passage 2
（24-25八年级下·浙江省杭州市保椒塔教育集团·期中）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Smetimes, families can be hard. They argue a lt. Peple get upset. Smetimes they stp talking. Our family has had lts f ups and dwns. I’d say arguments ften happen in ur family, t.
I have an lder brther and an lder sister. I’m the baby by in the family. We grew up in a quite small huse and ften didn’t have a lt f mney. My mm and dad argued pretty much, just abut anything. My brther and sister argued. And I used t argue, t.
But as I gt lder, I always chse t be the mediatr (调停者). I wuld try t lk at bth sides f the argument and bring them tgether t make peace. “Dad, yu shuldn’t have said that t Mm, and Mm, try t see it this way.” “Cme n guys, we all lve each ther. It’s just been a bad day.” I’d say it ften wrked.
I learned much grwing up in ur family: understanding, being patient and the knwledge that smetimes things just dn’t g in yur way. We all make mistakes. We all say things that we wish we hadn’t dne. The key is t try and understand. Of curse, smetimes arguments d need t happen. If smething is wrng, it needs t be slved and smetimes, we get angry abut it. But as lng as we can lk at things with an attitude f care and respnsibility (责任), we can weather the strm and help each ther ut.
1．What d we knw abut the writer’s family?
A．Tw f the kids in the family are girls.B．The writer is the yungest in the family.
C．The writer never argues with his parents.D．The parents get alng well with each ther.
2．As a mediatr, what did the writer ften d?
A．He started a cnversatin angrily.B．He did nthing t help but watch.
C．He helped ne side t fight the ther.D．He tried t make an agreement with each ther.
3．What des the underlined part mean?
A．We can ask smebdy fr help when in truble.B．We can tell exactly what the weather will be like.
C．We can deal with a difficult situatin successfully.D．We can learn hw t keep cl during a strm.
4．What did the writer learn frm his family?
A．A family shuldn’t share feelings with each ther.B．A family shuld understand and care fr each ther.
C．Arguing is always bad and shuld never happen.D．Knwledge is useless in cmmunicatin.
【答案】1．B 2．D 3．C 4．B
【导语】本文讲述了作者的家庭中经常发生争吵，但随着年龄增长，作者学会了作为调停者来化解矛盾。作者从家庭中领悟到了理解、耐心以及相互关爱的重要性，并认为只要以关心和负责的态度看待问题，就能克服困难，相互帮助。
1．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“I have an lder brther and an lder sister. I’m the baby by in the family.”可知，作者是家里最小的孩子。故选B。
2．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“I wuld try t lk at bth sides f the argument and bring them tgether t make peace.”可知，作为调停者，作者经常尝试让双方达成一致，化解矛盾。故选D。
3．词句猜测题。根据文章最后一段“But as lng as we can lk at things with an attitude f care and respnsibility (责任), we can weather the strm and help each ther ut.”可知，只要以关心和负责的态度看待问题，就能克服困难，相互帮助。因此，“weather the strm”在此处意为“成功应对困难局面”。故选C。
4．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“I learned much grwing up in ur family: understanding, being patient and the knwledge that smetimes things just dn’t g in yur way. We all make mistakes. We all say things that we wish we hadn’t dne. The key is t try and understand.”可知，作者从家庭中学到了理解、耐心以及相互关爱的重要性。故选B。
Passage 3
（24-25八年级下·浙江省台州市路桥区·期中）
In a cld winter, a cuple had t mve ut f their big huse because f the bankruptcy (破产). The husband wrked day and night t supprt the family but with n care f his wife. S she thught, “He desn’t lve me any mre, he nly cares abut his business… nt me.”
One day, when she was ready t take a bath, he stpped her at the dr, “Let me take it first, OK?”
“Why nt let me shwer first?” she asked.
“I was tired, sweetie. Yu take it later, all right?” Hearing this, she was really upset.
It was yet anther sad day. She fund nthing t d and turned n his cmputer, a few wrds blurred her eyes. She was deeply mved. It was his diary:
Tday, I felt quite sad because I gt int serius truble n business. When I went hme, she asked me why I was always taking the bath first, and I said t her that I was tired ut. She was unhappy. In her mind, I didn’t treat her as well as usual, but what can I d? I was nt as rich as befre! We just mved int the small flat, and there was nly ne shwer in the bathrm. It was s cld t take a shwer in such a freezing winter. But I fund that if ne persn tk the shwer first, the rm culd get a little warmer. S every time I rushed t the bathrm first. I was thinking that, when she tk the shwer, the rm wuld get warmer, at least 1℃. Nw I can’t give her a cmfrtable life, take her t expensive restaurants, r buy her nice dresses, but at least, ▲ .
1．Why did the wman think her husband didn’t lve her anymre?
A．Because he always tk the bath first.
B．Because he didn’t buy her beautiful clthes.
C．Because he was t busy t take care f her.
D．Because he didn’t take her t expensive restaurants.
2．What des the underlined wrd blurred in Paragraph 5 prbably mean?
A．Made smething hard t see.B．Made smething easy t change.C．Made smething easy t remember.D．Made smething hard t mve.
3．Why did the husband want t take the bath first?
A．Because he gt int serius truble at wrk.
B．Because he was s tired that he needed a rest.
C．Because he wanted t warm up the bathrm fr her.
D．Because he wanted t cl dwn the bathrm fr her.
4．Which f the fllwing can be put int ▲ ?
A．I can give her my helpB．I can give her 1℃ lve
C．I can take gd care f herD．I can let her take a shwer first
【答案】1．C 2．A 3．C 4．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了一对因破产搬入小公寓的夫妻，妻子起初因丈夫忙于工作且总先洗澡而误以为他不爱自己，后来通过丈夫的日记得知他先洗澡是为了让浴室变暖，给她带来1℃的温暖。
1．细节理解题。根据“The husband wrked day and night t supprt the family but with n care f his wife. S she thught, ‘He desn’t lve me any mre...’” 可知，因为丈夫忙于工作而无暇照顾她。故选C。
2．词义猜测题。根据“She was deeply mved. It was his diary”以及语境，看到日记内容后她很感动，可推测“blurred her eyes”指的是泪水模糊了视线，即让东西难以看清。故选A。
3．细节理解题。根据日记中“But I fund that if ne persn tk the shwer first, the rm culd get a little warmer. S every time I rushed t the bathrm first. I was thinking that, when she tk the shwer, the rm wuld get warmer, at least 1℃”可知，丈夫先洗澡是想为她把浴室弄暖和一点。故选C。
4．推理判断题。根据前文“I was thinking that, when she tk the shwer, the rm wuld get warmer, at least 1℃”可知，丈夫通过先洗澡为妻子带来至少1℃的温暖，此处应承接这一内容，即至少能给她1℃的爱。故选B。
主题04 人与自然——人与动植物
Passage 1
（24-25八年级下·湖北省武汉市江岸区·期中）
1．On which WEBSITE can we read the news?
A．https: //www. traveljurnal. rgB．https: //www. festivalwrld. cm
C．https: //www. naturediscvery. cmD．https: //www. sciencepaper/develper
2．The best heading fr the first piece f news wuld be
A．Cllecting fr sick penguinsB．Painting fr penguin cuplesC．Lking fr special pebblesD．Making pests fr penguins
3．What might make the elephants feel stressed?
①seeing t many peple ②seeing bright lights ③hearing lud music ④walking with rbts
A．①②③B．①②④C．①③④D．②③④
4．What’s the main purpse f the dlphin therapy-prgram?
A．Playing games.B．Spending time.C．Raising spirits.D．Taking exercise.
5．What d the three pieces f news have in cmmn?
A．They shw us certain ways f vlunteering.B．They teach us t wrk ut health prblems.
C．They ffer us sightseeing arund the wrld.D．They guide us t get n better with animals.
【答案】1．C 2．B 3．A 4．C 5．D
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了三则与动物相关的新闻。
1．细节理解题。根据“https: //httpwww. naturediscvery. cm”可知，这个网址与自然发现相关，文章讲述的是与动物有关的新闻，最有可能出现在自然探索类网站上。故选C。
2．最佳标题题。根据“This year, the penguin breeding (繁殖) seasn at Edinburgh Z started with sme clrful pebbles painted by children at a hspital in the UK.”可知，第一则新闻主要讲述了孩子们为企鹅夫妇画彩色鹅卵石用于筑巢的故事。因此，最佳标题应为“为企鹅夫妇画画”。故选B。
3．细节理解题。根据“These huge animals have t walk with many peple. There are bright lights and lud music all arund them. This situatin makes elephants feel very stressed.”可知，大象感到压力的原因是看到太多人、看到明亮的灯光和听到嘈杂的音乐。因此，选项①②③正确。故选A。
4．推理判断题。根据“Spending time with the dlphins nt nly made them feel much better, but als helped them get t knw ther peple alike.”可知，海豚治疗项目的主要目的是通过与海豚相处来提高残疾人士的精神状态。因此，主要目的是“振奋精神”。故选C。
5．主旨大意题。根据三则新闻的内容可知，它们都讲述了人类与动物和谐相处的方式，包括通过艺术活动、科技手段和治疗项目来改善动物的生活或帮助人类通过动物获得益处。因此，共同点是“它们引导我们更好地与动物相处”。故选D。
Passage 2
（24-25八年级下·北京市大兴区·期中）
A Gd Helper
Genevieve Mss has serius hearing lss. She can hardly hear anything. And in her life, alne in a twn in England, she ften felt lnely.
Then ne day in April 2021, smething drew her attentin as she was reading the lcal newspaper. It was a pht f a lvely black-and-white cat. A family was lking fr a hme fr their last newbrn cat. Mss fell in lve with the cat and cnnected (联系) with the family. As a result, Mss brught the cat hme happily. She called it Zebby because the cat’s clrs lk like thse f a zebra.
Mss hped that Zebby culd help her deal with lneliness in her life. But she was nt sure if Zebby wuld becme her helper and her ears. Frm then n, Zebby lived tgether with his wner. He always slept next t Mss. When he heard nises in the dark, he used t jump up. “He has becme my night watch cat,” Mss said. “Smetimes, he wuld run arund the rm until I wke up.”
After several weeks, Mss nticed that whenever her phne rang r smene kncked at the dr, Zebby wuld tuch her with his paw (爪子). It wasn’t lng befre the cat tk n anther task. He culd help t cllect Mss’s mails. Whenever he heard the mailbx being pened, he ran twards it, carried the mail in his muth and drpped it at Mss’s feet.
In July 2023, Zebby wn Britain’s Natinal Cat f the Year by Cats Prtectin, which was the largest cat charity in the UK. Mss was amazed by the news. Accrding t the charity, Zebby beat ut abut 3,000 ther cats because f the many ways he helped Mss. Althugh Zebby had n training at all, his instinct (本能) seemed t tell him that his wner needed his help.
“Zebby has made my huse a hme, ” Mss said. “I can hardly imagine nt having Zebby in my life nw.”
1．There is smething wrng with Mss’s ________.
A．legsB．eyesC．earsD．arms
2．Zebby wn Britain’s Natinal Cat f the Year because ________.
A．he culd help Mss in many ways
B．Mss spent much time training him
C．he lked prettier than the ther cats
D．he gt alng very well with his wner
3．What can we knw frm the passage?
A．Zebby didn’t get used t living with Mss.
B．Mss didn’t get messages frm newspaper.
C．Zebby culdn’t help Mss with the mails.
D．Mss didn’t feel lnely at hme anymre.
【答案】1．C 2．A 3．D
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了听力受损的Genevieve Mss因收养小猫Zebby而获得陪伴与帮助的故事。
1．细节理解题。根据“Genevieve Mss has serius hearing lss. She can hardly hear anything.”可知，Mss的耳朵有问题。故选C。
2．细节理解题。根据“Accrding t the charity, Zebby beat ut abut 3,000 ther cats because f the many ways he helped Mss.”可知，因为Zebby在很多方面帮助了Mss。故选A。
3．推理判断题。根据“Zebby has made my huse a hme,”以及“I can hardly imagine nt having Zebby in my life nw.”可推知，Mss在家里再也不会感到孤独了。故选D。
Passage 3
（24-25八年级下·辽宁省辽阳市·期中）
Mrs. Brwn lives in a small twn in Australia. There is a big farm near the twn.
On Saturday mrning, she ges t her small shp. She pens the windw f the shp and lks at the farm. It’s very beautiful. There are many cws, hrses and small animals n the farm. Suddenly she sees a kangar with her baby. It’s interesting t see them! The mther kangar is wearing an ld jacket. They stand there and lk hungry. Mrs. Brwn gives sme bread t them. The kangars get it. Then they becme happy and jump away. Suddenly a wallet drps n the flr frm the jacket pcket. She picks it up, and finds $ 300 and a pht in it. That is a man’s pht with his name “Jhn” n it. “Jhn? I have a brther. His name is als Jhn,” Mrs. Brwn says. “Is this man my lst brther?” she thinks.
She takes the wallet with her and begins t lk fr the man. She asks many peple in the twn, and then she cmes t the farm and asks the farmer. Hey! It is Jhn, her lst brther. They are very happy t see each ther.
1．What animals can Mrs. Brwn see n the farm that mrning?
A．Cws, hrses and small animals.
B．Cws, hrses, small animals and a kangar with a baby.
C．Cws, hrses and a kangar with her baby.
D．Cws, hrses, small animals and a kangar.
2．Why des Mrs. Brwn give sme bread t kangars?
A．Because she likes kangars very much.
B．Because the mther kangar is wearing an ld jacket.
C．Because the mther kangar with her baby lks hungry.
D．Because she wants t find Jhn.
3．What des Mrs. Brwn find after the kangars jump away?
A．A wallet.B．A pht.C．$300.D．A jacket.
4．Hw des Mrs. Brwn find her lst brther, Jhn?
A．By the wallet.B．By the kangar.
C．By the jacket.D．By the pht with his name.
【答案】1．B 2．C 3．A 4．D
【导语】本文主要讲述了Brwn夫人所住的小镇上有一个大农场，一天她看到农场里有一只袋鼠和它的孩子，它们很饿，所以Brwn夫人就给了它们一些吃的。从袋鼠的夹克衫里掉出了一张照片，照片上的人是她失踪的弟弟Jhn，最后她找到了她的弟弟Jhn。
1．细节理解题。根据“There are many cws, hrses and small animals n the farm. Suddenly she sees a kangar with her baby”可知，那天早上Brwn夫人看到农场里有许多牛、马、小动物，以及一只袋鼠和它的孩子。故选B。
2．细节理解题。根据“They stand there and lk hungry. Mrs. Brwn gives sme bread t them”可知，袋鼠妈妈和它的孩子看起来很饿，所以Brwn夫人给了它们一些面包。故选C。
3．细节理解题。根据“Suddenly a wallet drps n the flr frm the jacket pcket”可知，袋鼠妈妈和孩子离开后，从夹克衫的口袋里掉下来一个钱包。故选A。
4．细节理解题。根据“That is a man’s pht with his name ‘Jhn’ n it”可知，Brwn夫人是通过带有她弟弟名字的照片，找到了她的弟弟。故选D。
主题01 人与社会——志愿服务
Passage 1
（24-25八年级下·浙江省杭州市保椒塔教育集团·期中）
After a lng week at wrk, I culd finally g t the beach by myself. It was a lvely time t watch families cme and g fr a warm weekend here in Califrnia.
After a few hurs, I nticed a little girl playing by herself. It lked like she built a sandcastle and was nw trying t fill it with water. The sandcastle lked beautiful in the summer sunshine.
Unluckily, there was n cntainer arund t carry water. She wuld g t the waves, cup her hands and then walk back t her little castle. Sadly, nt much f the water was kept in her hands every time she returned t the castle. But she kept trying and was still smiling and hpeful. S I wished I culd help her ut.
As I was standing there watching her, I suddenly realized I had a bttle f water in my bag. I quickly tk it ut and walked ver t give it t her.
Uncertain f what t d first, she shk her head shyly, saying n. I reassured (安慰) her it wuld make getting the water faster. She smiled widely and finally tk it. Nt wanting her t feel uncmfrtable, I walked ff the beach right away.
Lking back at her running t the sea with the same big smile, I knew when she nticed smene needed help in her life, she wuld recall (回忆起) this little act f kindness frm a stranger. And then a gentle wrld wuld be arund her.
1．What was the weather like?
A．Sunny.B．Rainy.C．Cludy.D．Snwy.
2．What might the underlined wrd “cntainer” in Paragraph 3 refer t?
A．B．C．D．
3．Which f the fllwing can best describe hw the little girl’s feelings changed?
A．Excited→Sad→NervusB．Nervus→Hpeful→Surprised
C．Cheerful→Shy→HappyD．Helpless→Happy→Uncmfrtable
4．What des the passage mainly want t tell us?
A．A beach vacatin helps us relax.B．Spending mre time alne is gd.
C．Kids shuld nt play utside alne.D．A small act f kindness can make a better wrld.
【答案】1．A 2．B 3．C 4．D
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在海滩上帮助一个小女孩的暖心故事。
1．细节理解题。根据“The sandcastle lked beautiful in the summer sunshine.”可知，天气是晴朗的，故选A。
2．词句猜测题。根据“Unluckily, there was n cntainer arund t carry water. She wuld g t the waves, cup her hands and then walk back t her little castle.”可知，小女孩没有能装水的容器，只能用手捧水，结合选项，“cntainer”指的是桶类的容器，故选B。
3．推理判断题。根据“But she kept trying and was still smiling and hpeful.”、“Uncertain f what t d first, she shk her head shyly, saying n.”和“She smiled widely and finally tk it.”可知，小女孩的情绪从开心到害羞再到开心，故选C。
4．主旨大意题。根据“Lking back at her running t the sea with the same big smile, ... And then a gentle wrld wuld be arund her.”可知，文章主要告诉我们一个小小的善举能造就更美好的世界，故选D。
Passage 2
（24-25八年级下·辽宁省锦州第十二中学·期中）
Last year, I went t Beijing Qizhi Special Educatin Schl fr cmmunity service (社区服务). Befre we tk the bus, my friend asked me a questin: “Why are yu here?” I did nt knw hw t answer the questin. The schl was nt far frm my schl, but it lked like it was in a different wrld. A grup f children were waiting fr us. A by walked tward me. He held my hands and pulled me t the grund. I kissed the earth and tasted nature. I culd nt understand what he was ding at first, s I was very angry. Thugh I was very angry, I cntrlled my anger.
A teacher stpped this awkward (adj.尴尬的) silence when she shuted at the by. “What are yu ding right here, right nw?” she said. “Yu will never see yur mm again if yu keep ding this. Nw, say srry,” “Srry,” he cried fearfully and nervusly. I said nthing, but I realized smething abut this child. After lunch, I asked the teacher fr infrmatin abut the child’s parents.
She said that the child was very different frm ther students because f an illness. His family culd nt affrd (v.支付得起) t treat him. He needed the kindness f his family, but they had abandned him. S he depended n the supprt (支持) frm the teachers and cmmunity service wrkers like us.
I suddenly realized I culd answer the questin my friend asked me at the beginning f the day.
Cmmunity service wrkers help thers and make everyne feel better. There are s many peple in the wrld that need help. Playing with lnely children may nt make a big difference. But it can light a crner in the children’s hearts, making them knw they are lved by peple.
1．Hw did the writer reach Beijing Qizhi Special Educatin Schl?
A．By train.B．By car.C．By bus.D．By taxi.
2．Why did the writer get angry?
A．Because a by held the writer’s hands.
B．Because the writer did nt like t taste nature.
C．Because a by pushed the writer t the grund.
D．Because a by wasn’t friendly t the writer.
3．The underlined wrd “abandned” mst prbably means “______”.
A．hurtB．leftC．sldD．frgtten
4．Frm the passage we can learn that the writer ______.
A．helped s many peple in the wrld
B．played with the lnely by after lunch
C．learned the meaning f cmmunity service
D．wasn’t gd at cmmunity service
【答案】1．C 2．D 3．B 4．C
【导语】本文主要讲述了作者前往北京启智特殊教育学校进行社区服务的经历，在与一位特殊儿童的互动中，从起初的愤怒到最终理解社区服务的真正意义。
1．细节理解题。根据“Befre we tk the bus”可知作者是乘公交车到达该校。故选C。
2．细节理解题。根据“He held my hands and pulled me t the grund. I kissed the earth and tasted nature. I culd nt understand what he was ding at first, s I was very angry”可知他握住作者的手，把作者拉到了地上，可推知作者生气是因为小男孩对他不友好。故选D。
3．词义猜测题。根据“His family culd nt affrd (v.支付得起) t treat him. He needed the kindness f his family, but they had abandned him”可知，他的家人因无法承担治疗费用而抛弃了他，划线部分意为“抛弃、遗弃”，和left意义相近。故选B。
4．推理判断题。根据“Cmmunity service wrkers help thers and make everyne feel it can light a crner in the children’s hearts, making them knw they are lved by peple.”可知作者意识到社区服务能让每个人感觉更好，它可以照亮孩子们心中的一个角落，让他们知道人们爱他们，所以作者明白了社区服务的意义。故选C。
Passage 3
（24-25八年级下·湖南省株洲市荷塘区·期中）
Stephen used t wrk in a cmpany. Unfrtunately (不幸地), he gt serius heart disease (疾病). He culdn’t wrk fr a lng time. Thinking he culd still d smething fr thers, he decided t be a vlunteer at a Children’s Hspital. Stephen lved children very much. With his lve, he did his jb well. Smetimes, sme children die frm illness. At that time, he wuld tell these sad parents that he wuld sn be with their children in heaven and that he wuld take care f them. His wrds seemed t help thse parents.
There was a girl wh culd nt walk because f a disease. She culdn’t d anything, and she was very sad. What was wrse, the dctrs said that they culd d little fr her. Stephen decided t try t help her. He started visiting her, bringing paints, brushes, and paper. He put the brush in his muth and began t draw. He didn’t use his hands at all. Only his head wuld mve. He always tld her that she culd d anything she wanted.
At last, she began t draw with her muth. She and Stephen became friends. By and by, the little girl was getting better and better. She was allwed t leave the hspital. One day, t Stephen’s great surprise, she walked t see him n her wn feet! She gave him a picture she had drawn. At the tp, it read: “Thank yu fr helping me walk. It’s all because f yur lve.”
Lve can smetimes be mre pwerful than dctrs and medicines. Lve makes ur wrld mre beautiful and clrful. Stephen died a few days after the girl gave him the picture.
1．Why didn’t Stephen g t wrk as usual?
A．Because he lst his jb.
B．Because he gt heart disease.
C．Because he decided t help thers.
2．Why did Stephen nly mve his head when he was drawing a picture?
A．Because he culd nly mve his head.
B．Because he wanted t shw hw well he culd draw.
C．Because he wanted t shw the girl everything was pssible.
3．Hw was the girl at last?
A．She was getting better and better.
B．She was nt allwed t leave the hspital.
C．She can draw with her feet.
4．What can we knw frm the stry?
A．Stephen himself had lst his hands and feet.
B．Sme children died because Stephen didn’t d his jb well.
C．Stephen lved children very much.
【答案】1．B 2．C 3．A 4．C
【导语】本文讲述斯蒂芬曾在公司工作，因患严重心脏病无法长期工作，遂决定去儿童医院做志愿者。他热爱孩子，用心工作，用爱帮助患病孩子及家属。他帮助因疾病无法行走的女孩，用嘴画画鼓励她，女孩逐渐康复，还能走路并送画感谢他，最终斯蒂芬在女孩送画几天后离世。故事体现爱的力量有时比医生和药物更强大，能让世界更美好。
1．细节理解题。根据“Unfrtunately (不幸地), he gt serius heart disease (疾病). He culdn’t wrk fr a lng time.”可知，他因心脏病不能正常工作。故选B。
2．细节理解题。根据“There was a girl wh culd nt walk because f a disease. She culdn’t d anything, and she was very sad. What was wrse, the dctrs said that they culd d little fr her. Stephen decided t try t help her. He started visiting her, bringing paints, brushes, and paper. He put the brush in his muth and began t draw. He didn’t use his hands at all. Only his head wuld mve. He always tld her that she culd d anything she wanted.”可知，女孩因疾病无法走路很悲伤，斯蒂芬用嘴画画，是想向女孩展示“一切皆有可能”，鼓励她。故选C。
3．细节理解题。根据“By and by, the little girl was getting better and better. She was allwed t leave the hspital. One day... she walked t see him n her wn feet!”可知，女孩最后越来越好。故选A。
4．细节理解题。根据“Stephen lved children very much.”可知，斯蒂芬非常喜欢孩子。故选C。
主题02 人与自我——爱好
Passage 1
（24-25八年级下·浙江省宁波市海曙区储能学校·期中）
请从以下选项 (A、B、C、D、E和F) 中选出符合各题意思的首句，选项中有一项是多余选项。
The new bkshp is n sale. What kind f bks d yu want? Cme and buy them!
Linda: 1 I’m 11 years ld. I like nature very much. I always read bks abut nature, especially bks abut the sea. I can knw many interesting stries abut the sea thrugh reading bks, such as hw the sea came int being (形成), hw the sea animals live, and hw they find fd.
Tny: 2 I’m 20. I ften read medical bks, because my dream is t be a dctr. Besides medical bks, I like t read sme stries abut famus peple. Their great stries can cheer me up when I feel a little bred and upset.
Harry: 3 I’m 35 years ld. I wrk in a middle schl. I like reading, and I als like t translate (翻译) sme English shrt stries int Chinese. It’s interesting. What’s mre, I can imprve my understanding f bth English and Chinese.
David: 4 I’m 28. I’m very busy every day. With t much wrk, my health is pr, especially my stmach. T keep fit, I d mre sprts every day. And dctrs tld me t eat healthily.
Lucy: 5 I’m 7 years ld. Tday is my first day t g t schl. My Chinese teacher asks us t buy a bk abut handwriting (书法). She wants us t practice ur handwriting.
A．Nw I want an English nvel abut war.
B．I need t buy a bk abut a balanced (均衡的) diet.
C．I want sme bks abut the cean (海洋).
D．I’d like a bk that can help me write beautifully.
E．I want a bk abut Helen Keller.
F．I need a bk abut hw t be a gd leader.
【答案】1．C 2．E 3．A 4．B 5．D
【导语】本文主要介绍了不同人根据自身兴趣和需求想要购买的书籍，有关于海洋、名人、战争、均衡饮食和书法的书籍等。
1．根据“I like nature very much. I always read bks abut nature, especially bks abut the sea.”可知，表示自己喜欢大自然，总是阅读关于大海的书。可知想要关于海洋的书，选项C“我想要一些关于海洋的书”符合语境。故选C。
2．根据“Besides medical bks, I like t read sme stries abut famus peple.”可知，表示喜欢读一些名人的故事。可知想要关于名人的书，选项E“我想要一本关于海伦・凯勒的书”符合语境。故选E。
3．根据“I like reading, and I als like t translate (翻译) sme English shrt stries int Chinese.”可知，喜欢翻译英文故事。可知想要英文小说，选项A“现在我想要一本关于战争的英文小说”符合语境。故选A。
4．根据“With t much wrk, my health is pr, especially my stmach. T keep fit, I d mre sprts every day. And dctrs tld me t eat healthily.”可知，因为工作太多，导致健康受损，所以想要一些关于健康的书帮自己恢复健康。可知需要关于均衡饮食的书，选项B“我需要买一本关于均衡饮食的书”符合语境。故选B。
5．根据“My Chinese teacher asks us t buy a bk abut handwriting (书法). She wants us t practice ur handwriting.”可知，中文老师要求买一本关于书法的书，以此来练习书法。可知想要有助于写好字的书，选项D“我想要一本能帮助我写得漂亮的书”符合语境。故选D。
Passage 2
（24-25八年级下·江西省赣州市蓉江新区·期中）
If yu ask me what my favrite sprt is, my answer will be swimming. I started learning hw t swim when I was five years ld and I have been swimming ever since.
There are many reasns why I lve swimming, but I’ll just share a few with yu, and maybe I will even encurage yu t g fr a swim.
The first reasn is that it can be really relaxing. I lve the feeling f flating n the water and feeling almst weightless (失重). I find that whenever I leave the pl I feel relaxed.
The secnd reasn is that it has mre variety (多样性) than ther sprts. Swimming ffers many different strkes (划水的动作), s it desn’t feel like yu’re ding the same thing ver and ver again. It is a sprt that can be dne all ver the wrld in many beautiful places. Yu can chse t swim in a swimming pl r in the sea.
And finally, it’s a life skill that everyne shuld have. Nt nly is it gd fr yur health, but yu never knw when yu’ll need yur skill f swimming.
1．Suppse the writer is 15, then he has been swimming fr ________ years.
A．5B．10C．15D．20
2．Which f the fllwing abut Paragraph 4 is TRUE?
A．Different strkes make swimming an interesting sprt.
B．Yu can nly swim in a swimming pl r in the sea.
C．Swimming is nly ppular in the writer’s cuntry.
D．The writer likes t d the same thing ver and ver again.
3．The last paragraph tells us that ________.
A．swimming is nly gd fr healthB．swimming may help ne ut f danger
C．yu never need a life skillD．nt everyne has the ability t swim
4．What’s the best title fr the passage?
A．Encurage everyne t swimB．Hw t learn t swim
C．Let’s g swimming tgetherD．Why I lve swimming
5．Which f the fllwing best shws the structure f the passage?
A．①②③④/⑤B．①/②/③④⑤C．①②/③④/⑤D．①/②③④/⑤
【答案】1．B 2．A 3．B 4．D 5．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过分享自己从五岁开始游泳的经历，阐述了游泳能让人放松、具有多样性且是生活技能等热爱游泳的原因。
1．推理判断题。根据“I started learning hw t swim when I was five years ld”以及假设作者现在15岁可知，计算可得游泳时长为15 - 5 = 10年。故选B。
2．细节理解题。根据“Swimming ffers many different strkes, s it desn’t feel like yu’re ding the same thing ver and ver again”可知，不同的泳姿让游泳成为有趣的运动。故选A。
3．细节理解题。根据“it’s a life skill that everyne shuld have ... yu never knw when yu’ll need yur skill f swimming”可知，游泳可能帮助人脱离危险。故选B。
4．最佳标题题。全文围绕作者喜欢游泳的原因展开，第一段引出主题，中间段落阐述不同理由。选项A、C侧重鼓励他人，B聚焦学习方法，均偏离核心；D“为什么我爱游泳”符合文章主旨。故选D。
5．篇章结构题。文章第一段介绍作者从5岁开始游泳并引出主题；第二段总述喜欢游泳的原因；第三、四、五段分别从放松、多样性和生活技能三个方面具体说明。结构为①/②/③④⑤。故选B。
Passage 3
（24-25八年级下·北京市第八中学·期中）
阅读下列俱乐部活动介绍，请根据人物喜好和需求匹配最适合的活动，并将活动所对应的A、B、C、D选项填在相应位置上。选项中有一项为多余选项。
【答案】1．C 2．D 3．A
【导语】本文是关于三位同学兴趣爱好与俱乐部活动的情况。
1．根据“Kathy enjys learning histry especially thrugh different kinds f cins.”可知，Kathy喜欢通过硬币学习历史，选项C“硬币帮助学习历史”，二者直接对应，故选C。
2．根据“Jack is interested in English and wuld lve t watch English mvies.”可知，Jack对英语感兴趣且想观看英语电影，选项D明确提到“观看英语电影”，符合要求，故选D。
3．根据“Tm likes ging fr walks in nature and want t find a gd place t hike.”可知，Tm喜欢在自然中散步并寻找徒步地点，A活动围绕“徒步、自然、美景”展开，匹配其喜好，故选A。
主题03 人与自然——人与动植物
Passage 1
（24-25八年级下·广东省深圳市南山区南山外国语学校·期中）
Frd was a 20-year-ld cat wh lved t sleep in the sun. Althugh Frd was ld, he wuld still struggle (艰难地行进) up and dwn the stairs every day t get t the pl t enjy the sun.
But life has becme a lt easier fr the ld cat nw. Liam Thmpsn is a yung inventr wh lves cats. He fund Frd’s difficulties and decided t d smething helpful. He spent fur days building an elevatr (电梯) that wuld allw Frd t g up and dwn the stairs easily. He als sht a vide t recrd the inventing prcess and psted it nline.
The vide called I Built an Elevatr fr My Cat shwed hw Thmpsn made the elevatr fr Frd. It was funny. The vide made mre than 900,000 peple interested in the elevatr.
In his vide, Thmpsn used a ty t test the elevatr because he wanted t make sure it was safe fr Frd. Thmpsn asked his favurite cat, “Are yu ready t g dwnstairs withut mving a muscle? I hpe yu will be happy because it tk me fur days t cmplete the machine.”
Frd seemed relaxed in the elevatr as it went t the bttm f the stairs. Frd stayed in the elevatr fr a mment. He didn’t seem t knw hw t get ff. But after a while, Frd fund ut hw t get ut f the elevatr. Thmpsn laughed excitedly as Frd walked ut f the elevatr and made his way t the pl.
Thmpsn’s inventin was a great success. His lve fr his cat has wn 1.87 millin fans n the internet. After watching the vide, many peple felt amazed at his wrk and ne said, “His inventin fr his pet is much safer than the nes he invents fr himself. I think he is excellent.”
1．Hw des the writer start the stry?
A．By using a famus saying.B．By cmparing tw characters.
C．By intrducing a prblem.D．By shwing the ending.
2．Why did Thmpsn use a ty t test the elevatr accrding t Paragraph 4?
A．T win mre fans n the internet.
B．T make sure it was safe fr Frd.
C．T make the elevatr mve quickly.
D．T teach his friend t use the elevatr.
3．What can we infer frm Paragraph 5?
A．Frd knew hw t use the elevatr immediately.
B．Frd didn’t like the elevatr built by Thmpsn at all.
C．The elevatr Thmpsn built fr Frd didn’t wrk well
D．It might be easier fr Frd t get t the pl t enjy the sun.
4．What’s the writer’s attitude twards Thmpsn’s inventin?
A．Psitive.B．Negative.C．Uncertain.D．Dubtful.
5．Which f the fllwing best shws the structure f the text? (① refers t Paragraph 1)
A．①/②③④/⑤⑥B．①/②③④⑤/⑥
C．①②/③④/⑤⑥D．①②/③④⑤⑥
【答案】1．C 2．B 3．D 4．A 5．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了20岁的猫咪Frd因年老上下楼梯困难，年轻发明家Liam Thmpsn为其发明了一部电梯，还拍摄了发明过程视频发布到网上，该发明大获成功，赢得了众多粉丝的故事。
1．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“Althugh Frd was ld, he wuld still struggle (艰难地行进) up and dwn the stairs every day t get t the pl t enjy the sun.”可知，作者通过介绍Frd面临上下楼梯困难这一问题来开启故事。故选C。
2．细节理解题。根据文章第四段“In his vide, Thmpsn used a ty t test the elevatr because he wanted t make sure it was safe fr Frd.”可知，Thmpsn用玩具测试电梯是为了确保它对Frd来说是安全的。故选B。
3．推理判断题。根据文章第五段“Frd seemed relaxed in the elevatr as it went t the bttm f the laughed excitedly as Frd walked ut f the elevatr and made his way t the pl.”可知，Frd乘坐电梯后能轻松走向泳池，由此可推断出它可能更容易到达泳池享受阳光了。故选D。
4．观点态度题。根据文章最后一段“Thmpsn’s inventin was a great success. His lve fr his cat has wn 1.87 millin fans n the internet.”以及人们对Thmpsn发明的评价可知，作者对Thmpsn的发明持积极态度。故选A。
5．篇章结构题。文章第一段介绍Frd面临的问题，为故事背景引入；第二至五段讲述Thmpsn为Frd发明电梯的过程以及Frd使用电梯的情况；第六段总结Thmpsn的发明大获成功，赢得了众多粉丝。所以文章结构为①/②③④⑤/⑥。故选B。
Passage 2
（24-25八年级下·浙江省温州实验六中·期中）
I arrived n a cld winter night, shaking and feeling tired. I searched fr any kind f place t stay and fund a small empty dghuse. Lying in it, I heard ftsteps getting clser, but I was t sick t lift my head.
A family fund me and stpped. Then I gt wrapped (包裹) in a thick jacket, slwly and sftly. A wman picked me up. She lwered her head, lking at me. I culd see the wrry and sadness in her eyes.
“Hney, dgs are everywhere in this area. We can’t save all f them.” said the man.
He was right. There were s many f us—hmeless and frgtten.
The wman answered, “She can’t even stand up. Hw can we say n t such a pr little thing?”
The man thught fr a mment. Finally, he agreed. They sn tk me t a nearby animal hspital. I started t believe every dg has its day. But my bdy tld a different stry. My legs were brken and almst culdn’t mve, my teeth were in bad cnditin, and my eyes became s cludy that I culd nt see anything clearly. The animal dctr said I had heartwrm (犬心虫病), and it was getting wrse because f my age. He suggested letting me die naturally. “That will never happen,” the wman said.
After getting back hme, she gave me a warm name—“Pretty Girl”—and cared fr me like her wn child, even making a sft bed fr me in the safest crner f the living rm. I ate real fd, smething I had never tasted. When I didn’t want t take medicine, she encuraged me and cheered me up.
Days went by, and nw, lk at me! I can run fast and jump high. My legs are strng and my eyes are bright. What a truly pretty girl! Every afternn, I fllw the family arund the garden, watching ver them. In the evening, my family always take me fr a relaxing walk.
Fr me, winter nights are nt cld anymre.
2．Hw was the dg when it was fund?
A．It was fat.B．It was pretty.
C．It was weak.D．It was relaxed.
3．Why did the man nt agree t save the dg at first?
A．The family were in a hurry t get back hme.
B．Their huse was nt big enugh t have a dg.
C．The family culd nt help all the hmeless dgs.
D．The weather was t cld when they fund the dg.
4．Which f the fllwing is the crrect rder accrding t the passage?
①The dg had sme fd it had never tasted.
②The dg gt a warm jacket frm the wman.
③The family made the decisin t save the dg.
④The family fund the dg had a serius illness.
A．②①③④B．②③④①C．①③④②D．①②④③
5．What’s the best title fr the stry?
A．Every Dg Has Its Day
B．A Pretty Dg Is Always Lucky
C．A Kind Family Fund A Dg
D．Pr Animals Lst Their Hmes
【答案】1．C 2．C 3．B 4．A
【导语】本文以一只流浪狗的口吻讲述自己在寒冬中被善良家庭救助，重获新生的故事。
1．细节理解题。根据“I arrived n a cld winter night, shaking and feeling tired…I was t sick t lift my head.”可知狗狗被发现时非常虚弱。故选C。
2．细节理解题。根据“Hney, dgs are everywhere in this area. We can’t save all f them.”可知男子最初不同意救助是因为他们无法帮助所有流浪狗。故选C。
3．细节理解题。根据“A family fund me and stpped. Then I gt wrapped (包裹) in a thick jacket…The man thught fr a mment. Finally, he agreed…The animal dctr said I had heartwrm (犬心虫病), and it was getting wrse because f my age…I ate real fd, smething I had never tasted.”可知故事发展顺序为：②狗狗被裹上外套→③那个家庭决定救助→④那个家庭发现狗狗得了严重的疾病→①狗狗吃到从没吃过的食物，即②③④①。故选B。
4．最佳标题题。通读全文可知故事主要讲述一只被救助的狗狗重获新生的经历，最贴切的标题是Every Dg Has Its Day“每只狗都有走运的一天”。故选A。
Passage 3
（24-25八年级下·吉林省吉林市船营区第二十三中学·期中）
My name’s Blackie. I have a special jb. I help a by, Sam, because he cannt see.
Every day I take Sam t schl. I am with Sam at schl all day. In P. E. classes, I always walk and run next t Sam. I dn’t want Sam t fall dwn! I like Sam’s music class a lt. All the children sing, s I sing with them. Everyne thinks I am very funny.
After schl I take Sam t buy an ice-cream. He always gives me sme f his ice-cream. I lve ice-cream! Then we walk hme r take the bus. The peple n the bus always tell me, “Gd by!”
In the evening, I sit next t Sam’s chair t watch him. He eats dinner and then he des his hmewrk. After dinner, we sit tgether t listen t the stries by Mm. It’s the happiest time in a day. At night, Sam sleeps in his bed. I sleep n the flr next t him. I dn’t want t leave him!
It’s my jb t lk after him and he is my best friend!
1．This passage was frm ________ pint f view (视角).
A．Sam’sB．a gd by’sC．a dg’sD．Sam’s brther’s
2．Which sentence is NOT ne f the ways Blackie helps Sam?
A．Blackie sings with the students in Sam’s music class.
B．Blackie takes Sam t schl every day.
C．Blackie sits next t Sam’s chair.
D．Blackie stays with Sam at schl all day.
3．What des the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 shw?
A．Ice-cream is delicius.B．Sam has dinner late every day.
C．Bth Sam and Blackie like eating.D．Sam is kind t Blackie.
4．Why d peple n the bus always say “Gd by” t Blackie?
A．Because Blackie and Sam take the bus every day.B．Because Blackie is very cute.
C．Because Blackie lks after Sam.D．Because Blackie lves ice-cream.
5．Where des Blackie sleep at night?
A．Next t Sam’s chair.B．In Sam’s bed.
C．On the bus.D．On the flr next t Sam.
【答案】1．C 2．A 3．D 4．C 5．D
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，以名为Blackie的导盲犬视角，讲述其日常陪伴失明男孩Sam上学、参与课堂、课后互动及夜晚守护的经历，体现二者间的亲密关系与Blackie的职责。
1．推理判断题。根据“Gd by!”可知，人们常以此称呼宠物，同时根据“help a by, Sam, because he cannt see”及“sleep n the flr next t him”等内容，可推断文章从一只狗的视角展开。故选C。
2．细节理解题。根据“Every day I take Sam t schl”，“I am with Sam at schl all day”，“In the evening, I sit next t Sam’s chair t watch him”可知，B、D、C均是Blackie帮助Sam的方式。故选A。
3．词句猜测题。根据“He always gives me sme f his ice-cream”可知，Sam总会把自己的冰淇淋分给Blackie，这体现出Sam对Blackie很友善。故选D。
4．细节理解题。根据全文可知Blackie的职责是照顾失明的Sam，公交车上的人看到它陪伴、帮助Sam的行为，所以总说“Gd by”。故选C。
5．细节理解题。根据“At night, Sam sleeps in his bed. I sleep n the flr next t him”可知，Blackie晚上睡在Sam旁边的地板上。故选D。___________________________
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