第11课时 八年级下册 Units 7～8
一、阅读理解
(2016·山东济宁中考)
Fraser Island is in Queensland, Australia, about 200 kilometers north of Brisbane. It is about 120 kilometers long and 240 kilometers wide. It is a very important island because it is completely made of sand. In fact, it is the largest sand island in the world. There is no airport on the island, but there is a long beach along the east coast. Planes arrive and leave from here.
The sand makes unusual shapes. There are hills made of sand called sandblows. Nothing grows on them. They move one or two meters a year from the northwest towards the southeast of the island, getting bigger and bigger. At other places on the island, such as Rainbow Gorge, the Cathedrals and Red Canyon, the sandy rocks have different colors. Sometimes the rocks are so brown that they turn the sea brown, like coffee.
Surprisingly, the sandy island has a lot of different plants and animals. There are dark forests—eucalyptus woods, beautiful flowers and over a hundred lakes. There are many kinds of birds, like owls and curlews. There are many animals there, too, such as crocodiles, flying foxes and wild dogs called dingoes.
About 500，000 people visit the island every year to see the island's beauty and nature. People enjoy camping and hiking(徒步) there. Unluckily, the visitors create problems. They damage plants and frighten animals. Their sun cream(防晒霜) makes the water dirty. So it is necessary to manage the visitors. For example, people may not use motor boats or go fishing in the lakes, and they need official papers to drive there.
1．The passage is mainly about ．
A．the shape of Fraser Island
B．nature on Fraser Island
C．the history of Fraser Island
D．daily life on Fraser Island
2．From Para.1 we know ．
A．how large Fraser Island is
B．Fraser Island is the largest island
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C．many people live on Fraser Island
D．people will build an airport there
3．The underlined word “They” in Para.2 refers to(指) the ．
A．unusual shapes B．sandy hills
C．sandy rocks D．different plants
4．From the 3rd paragraph we can infer(推断) that is a kind of plant.
A．eucalyptus B．owl
C．curlew D．dingo
5．Visitors may not be allowed to on Fraser Island soon.
A．camp and hike
B．go fishing in the sea
C．wear sun cream
D．drive without official papers
二、单词拼写与运用
根据句意完成已给出首字母或汉语提示的单词，使补全后的句子意思通顺，语法正确。
1．(2013·山东济宁中考)Pandas are from China. And Koalas are from A .
2．(2018·广西贵港桂平一模)—Do you know what the p of China is now?
—It's over 1.4 billion.
3．(2018·江苏扬州中考改编)Ge Garden with an area of 12，000 s meters houses over 60 types of bamboo.
4．(2018·山东泰安中考改编)China has been making many great a in every field these years, which amazes the world.
5．(2019·原创)We all know that doing exercise is good for (保护) our eyes.
6．(2015·山东济宁中考)My friend Wang Ying comes from a (南方) town.
7．(2018·山东济宁鲁桥一中月考)There will be an international meeting in Qingdao in June. A lot of foreign (游客) will enjoy staying in the city.
8．(2013·山东济宁中考)Don't give up. You know hard work leads to (成功)．
三、语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A
(2018·山东济宁邹城模拟)Marco Polo was from Venice, Italy. In 1271, at age 17, Marco went
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on a trip with his father and uncle to China. Today people often 1. (travel) to different places around the world. But it was very hard for people from Europe to visit China then. After three and a half 2. (year), the Polos reached China in 1275.
While he was there, Marco Polo worked for Kublai Khan, the emperor(皇帝) of China. He was able to learn and experience many things that were new to Europeans. In 3. (he) diary, he wrote, “Kublai Khan's palace is the greatest I've ever seen. The streets of the new capital, Dadu, are so straight and so wide.” Paper money also took him by surprise, since it was not yet in use in the West at that time. Homes 4. (heat) with “black stones... which burn like wood.” These stones were coal, and most of the Europeans 5. (know) little about it then.
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(2019·原创)Gulliver's Travels(《格列佛游记》) is a quite interesting book. It 6. (write) by an English writer named Jonathan Swift.
The hero of the book is Gulliver. He likes traveling and exploring(探险). At the beginning of the story, he is a doctor who works on a big ship. One day, they 7. (run) into a big storm at sea and everyone died except Gulliver. Then, he arrived on 8. island. Everybody on this island was tiny. Many years 9. (late), he arrived on another island. It was full of giants. He also traveled to many strange places such as Lepta, Barr Barney Be and Japan. He experienced many strange things.
The book is a fairytale. Would you like 10. (read) it? I think you might enjoy it.
四、完形填空
阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的词语填空。方框中有两个词语为多余选项。
(2019·原创)
ordered set enough relations that took
during exchange at
Zheng He was a famous Chinese explorer. In 1405, he 1. off from China on the first of seven great voyages. This was nearly a century before Christopher Columbus first set sail on his journey of discovery to America. His travels were so important 2. they are still studied today.
Zheng He was born in Yunnan in 1371. He became a trusted official of the Yongle Emperor
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of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor 3. Zheng He to visit and explore the lands outside China. His task was to develop 4. and set up trade routes with foreign countries. In a few years, he built a great fleet of ships, the biggest in the world at that time. They were big 5. to carry 25，000 people as well as very large quantities of goods.
From 1405 to 1433, Zheng He went on seven trips and visited SouthEast Asia, the MiddleEast and even the east coast of Africa. These voyages allowed China to trade valuable goods like gold, silver and silk. Besides developing trade, the voyages also encouraged the 6. of cultures and technologies. They helped the development of those countries and areas.
Zheng He died in 1433 7. his last voyage. However, his voyages were such a huge achievement that people still remember him as a pioneer in opening up cultural contacts between different peoples around the world.
五、阅读表达
阅读短文，根据要求完成文后的题目。
(2019·预测)Many of us don't spend a lot of time improving our writing skills. This can be a problem when we hand in our articles. Good writing skills will help us improve our grades and benefit(有益于) us later in life. The following tips(窍门) can be helpful.
Make good word choices
When we're not sure which word is the right one for a sentence, look it up in a dictionary. Many of us choose words in a hurry and don't take the time to decide if they're proper. Good word choices are necessary for good writing.
Check facts
If we want people to believe what we write, we must make sure our facts are true. We should use dependable facts.
Rewrite
A common problem is that we don't like to rewrite. In fact rewriting is the best way to find out and correct some mistakes, like grammar and spelling mistakes. Rewriting makes our writing better, though it needs more time and more work.
Read aloud
Sometimes it's easier to find problem with spelling, word usage(使用) and grammar when we read aloud. Reading aloud helps us not only find out our problems but also develop our writing.
Prepare a list
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Preparing a list is necessary for writing a good article. Such a list includes: Is there a proper title? Have we explained every point? Are all the parts of the article included? This can help us to make sure that we have covered everything.
It is not easy to become a better writer. But with a few simple steps, we can improve our writing skills and learn how to write better articles.
1．How many tips are given to help us improve writing？(no more than 4 words)
2．What should we do if we can't decide which word is proper for a sentence？(no more than 8 words)
3．What can help us make sure that we have covered everything？(no more than 3 words)
4．请将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。
5．请给短文拟一个适当的英文题目。
参考答案
一、BABAD
二、1.Australia 2.population 3.square
4．achievements 5.protecting 6.southern
7．tourists 8.success
三、1.travel 2.years 3.his 4.was heated 5.knew
6．was written 7.ran 8.an 9.later 10.to read
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四、1.set 2.that 3.ordered 4.relations 5.enough
6．exchange 7.during
五、1.Five./Five tips are given.
2．We should look it up in a dictionary.
3．Preparing a list.
4．好的写作技巧将会帮助我们提高成绩，而且在以后的生活当中我们也会受益。
5．How to Become a Better Writer/How to Improve Our Writing Skills/How to Write Better Articles
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