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Unit 1 What’s the matter?
单元话题任务型阅读练习
基础语篇巩固练
（24-25八年级上·河北邢台·期中）阅读文章后，根据文章的内容回答下列问题。
Do you know about the flu? The flu germs usually spread quickly. In winter, lots of people may get the flu.
If you do get sick, do you know what to do? Here are some tips.
Drink lots of water. Water is good for your body especially (尤其) when you get the flu.
Get plenty of sleep and take it easy. If you can’t sleep, you can read a book to relax yourself.
If you feel serious, ask your parents to take you to see the doctor. But don’t take any medicine until you see
the doctor.
Wash your hands often! You will make others have the flu. Also, don’t share (共用) cups and eating utensils
(餐具), like forks, with other people.
Most people who get the flu may get better without going to see the doctor. They will get better in about a
week. But if you have a high temperature for more than a few days, call your doctor at once.
1．What should you drink to fight the flu?
2．What can you do to relax yourself if you can’t sleep?
3．If you feel serious, what mustn’t you do before seeing the doctor?
4．Why can’t you share forks with others if you get the flu?
5．How long does the flu last?
（23-24八年级上·江苏苏州·期中）It’s easy for people to catch a cold in the springtime or fall. It makes
us wonder: If scientists can send a man to the moon, why can’t they find a cure (治愈) for the common cold? The
answer is that there are actually different cold viruses (病毒) out there, and you never know which one you will
get, so there isn’t a cure for each one.
When a virus attacks (袭击) your body, your body works hard to get rid of it. Blood rushes to your noseand causes a block in it. You feel terrible because you can’t breathe well, but your body is actually eating the
virus. Your temperature goes up and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus. You also have a
runny nose to stop the virus from getting into your cells. You may feel very uncomfortable, but actually your
wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold.
Different people do different things to deal with colds. In the United States and some other countries, for
example, people might have ice cubes to help get their temperature lower. Some people take hot baths and drink
warm liquids. Other people take medicine to stop different symptoms of colds. There is one interesting thing to
note (注意) —— some scientists say taking medicine when you have a cold is actually bad for you. The virus
stays in your body longer because your body doesn’t have a way to fight it and kill it. Bodies can do an amazing
job on their own. There is a joke, however, on taking medicine when you have a cold. It goes like this:
It takes about one week to get over a cold if you don’t take medicine, but it takes seven days to get over a
cold if you take medicine.
1．When is it easy for many people to catch a cold?
2．How might Americans deal with colds?
3．When you have a cold, what do you usually do? And why?
（23-24八年级下·广东·课后作业）Most people have a body temperature of around 37℃. Some people
have a normal temperature that is a little higher, while others have a normal temperature that is a little lower.
Most people’s body temperature even changes a little bit during the whole day. It’s usually a little lower in
the morning and a little higher in the evening. For most kids, their body temperature stays the same from day to
day until germs (细菌) go into their body.
When a fever starts, your body will get hotter than usual at first, and then you may feel very cold even
though the room isn’t cold. It’s very important for you to drink much water when you have a fever, because there
isn’t enough water in your body as your body gets hotter.
The fever isn’t a big problem. When you have a fever, you should have a good rest and drink much water.
After a few hours, the fever may go away on its own. So many doctors agree that many people with a fever don’t
need to take any special medicine unless the fever is making them very uncomfortable.
1．What is the normal body temperature of most people?2．For most kids, does their body temperature normally stay the same or different?
3．What will happen when a fever starts?
4．What should people do when they have a fever?
5．Why do many doctors agree that many people with a fever don’t need to take any special medicine?
（23-24八年级下·河北石家庄·期中）We usually go to see a doctor when we are ill. Doctors may give us
some medicine, and the medicine often makes us feel better.
But sometimes the doctor’s medicine doesn’t work. This happened to one man, Thomas Smith. He was ill
in hospital, but he wasn’t getting well. Then he found a new “doctor” inside himself. He saw funny films. He read
funny books. And something wonderful happened. Laughing took away his pain after half a year. He could have a
good night’s rest. His own happy feeling helped him get well again. He wrote his story in his book. He said
laughing was very useful. It was the best “medicine”.
Another man, Simon Beck, was also ill, and he had a serious pain in his back. The doctor couldn’t stop it,
so the man began to “picture” his pain. In his head he “drew” a picture of a dog. He imagined it to be a real dog.
And it was hurting him. Then the man talked softly to the dog. He put his hand on the dog’s head and made
friends with it. One year later, his pain went away!
These stories may surprise you, but more and more people are getting well in this way. So call on the
“doctor” inside your mind, and keep happy and well!
1．What may doctors give us when we are ill?
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2．According to Thomas Smith, what was the best “medicine”?
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3．What did Simon Beck begin to do when the doctor couldn’t stop his pain?
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4．What’s the topic sentence of the article?
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5．Do you agree with the idea in the passage? Why or why not?
.（23-24八年级下·吉林·阶段练习）Most people have a body temperature of 36℃—37℃. Some people
have a normal temperature that is a little higher, while others have a normal temperature that is a little lower.
Most people’s body temperature even changes a little bit during the whole (整个的) day. It’s usually a little
lower in the morning and a little higher in the evening. For most kids, their body temperature stays the same from
day to day until germs (细菌) go into their bodies.
When a fever starts, your body will get hotter than usual at first, and then you may feel very cold even
though it isn’t cold in the room. It’s very important for you to drink more water when you have a fever, because
there isn’t enough water in your body as your body gets hotter.
The fever isn’t a big problem. When you have a fever, you should have a good rest and drink more water.
After a few hours, the fever may go away on its own. So many doctors agree that many people with a fever don’t
need to take any special medicine unless the fever is making them very uncomfortable.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1．What is the normal body temperature of most people?
2．Does most people’s body temperature stay the same during the whole day?
3．How do you feel when a fever starts?
4．Why do we need to drink more water when we have a fever?
5．What might many doctors advise people with a fever to do according to the passage?
（22-23八年级下·吉林·期中）This is a story that happened in the south of Russia. A mother woke up one
day and found that her body couldn’t move. She was sent to the hospital and in doctors’ opinion, she had no hope
of getting well.
Then, the son left his job in the city, and brought his mother back to the country. He worked there as a farmer
and stayed beside his mother day and night, keeping massaging (按摩) her arms and legs.
Because of her son’s care, the mother decided to pick herself up. So she kept trying and trying to move her
fingers. And one day about six months later, she succeeded!
Her son’s care and love helped her to get well little by little. During the next two years, she could even moveher body and not long after that, she could take her first step! And after five years, she was even able to dance
with the children of the village, and now she has fully recovered (康复) and teaches the children to dance in a
dancing club.
“I believe in the power (力量) of love,” the son said. “I never stopped believing that she would walk again.”
The true story just shows us an example of the power of love and that a miracle (奇迹) does happen.
1．Where did the story happen?
2．Did the son give up his job in the city after the mother was ill?
3．How long did it take the mother to make her fingers move?
4．What is the mother’s job now?
5．What brought the mother back to health?
重难语篇拔高练
（22-23八年级下·江苏·期中）The Bird Mask
Today, doctors know a lot about how to stop germs(病菌) from spreading. They suggest people cover their
mouths when they cough. Washing your hands often also helps.
However, people haven’t always known about germs. For many years, even doctors didn’t really understand
how illnesses spread. They did many things to avoid getting sick. Some doctors even tried dressing like birds.
In 1619, the French doctor, Charles, de Lorme, invented a special uniform. He hoped it could protect doctors
who were treating plague(瘟疫) patients. The uniform had a long coat, gloves, boots(靴子) and a hat.
The doctors also carried sticks so they wouldn’t have to touch the patients. The most special part of the
uniform was the mask(面具).
The mask made the doctors look like birds. It had a beak(鸟嘴) that was about 15cm long. There were also
two eye holes cowered in glass and two nostril(鼻孔) holes.
At that time, doctors believed the plague was spread by bad air. Any air that had a bad smell was dangerous.
So the doctors put flowers in the beak of their masks. They believed this could stop them from breathing the bad
air and they wouldn’t get sick because of the plague.
Did it work? Well, not really. Certainly the germs sometimes traveled through the air, and the flowers weren’table to stop them. Many doctors still got sick by breathing through the nostril holes in their masks.
Some forms of plague only spread through certain animals such as mice. The doctors’ uniform helped to
protect them from this danger. However, largely the coat, gloves, boots and hat did the job, not the bird mask.
根据短文内容， 回答下列问题
1．What can people do to stop germs from spreading?
2．What was the special uniform invented by Charles de Lorme like?
3．How did the doctors avoid touching the patients?
4．Why did the doctors put flowers in the beak of their masks?
5．Did the bird mask do the job to help protect doctors from some forms of plague?
（23-24八年级下·陕西·期末）
TCM wins the hearts of young people for its usefulness.
Jin Ying, 25, is a lover of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). She took
part in a three-month training course on acupuncture and tuina (针灸推拿) in the
winter of 2023 at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.
Jin’s life has been different since the training. She changed her life habits after learning the Five Elements
theory (五行学说). For example, she avoided sweating too much during exercise in winter because the cold of
winter means people should slow down, according to TCM. For her, learning these skills and theories was not
about becoming a TCM doctor but about accepting a new lifestyle.
She is not an unusual example of young people becoming interested in TCM. A survey by China Youth
Daily showed that 93.3 percent of the 1,000 young people who took part had tried different TCM treatments.
“I have seen more and more young people come to me for neck and back pains, which are usually related to
the elderly,” said Ma Huifang, a TCM doctor at Guoyitang, a TCM hospital.
Between Western medicine and TCM, young people often choose TCM “because of its usefulness,”
according to Ma. Some people question why TCM treats the same illnesses with different prescriptions (处方).
“This is actually an advantage of TCM, rather than a shortcoming, as it can be a more exact treatment for different
patients,” Ma explained.Younger age groups are welcoming TCM, and, at the same time, TCM is also influencing, young people.
As Jin mentioned, “It helps young people understand Chinese medicine and culture.”
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1．When did Jin take part in a three-month training course on acupuncture and tuina?
2．How did Jin change her life habits after learning the Five Elements theory?
3．Does Jin want to become a TCM doctor or to accept a new lifestyle according to the story?
4．Why does TCM treat the same illness with different prescriptions?
5．What does TCM help young people understand?
