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Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.
单元话题任务型阅读练习
基础语篇巩固练
（24-25八年级下·江苏盐城·阶段练习）阅读短文回答问题。
The cartoon series Boonie Bears is popular with people of all ages in China. Logger Vick, a logger, came
to the beautiful Heilongjiang forest to cut down logs with Boss Li’s trust. But in the forest hid two terrible rivals
(对手) —the forest owners, bear brothers! Briar and Bramble!
Looking at the forest that was destroyed, bear brothers decided to fight with Logger Vick to protect the
forest. Briar is so clever that he can beat Logger Vick easily. Bramble is not as clever as his brother but sometimes
can also defeat Logger Vick with his brute force (蛮力). But the cunning (狡猾的) logger cannot leave so easily.
The home defense lasted for a long time and Logger Vick tried various ways to defeat bear brothers and cut down
logs, but he failed every time. Finally Logger Vick lost Boss Li’s trust and gained nothing. The saying goes that
doing good will be repaid and doing evil will be punished.
The cartoon story shows us an active topic in laughter, and two bears facing the failure bravely. It also tells
us to protect the forests, the environment, and the ecological balance in our everyday life.
1．What is popular with people of all ages in China?
2．Who do you think destroyed the forest?
3．Can Bramble sometimes also defeat Logger Vick with his brute force?
4．What does the story show us?
5．What can we mainly learn from the cartoon series?（23-24八年级下·黑龙江绥化·开学考试）One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of rice to town.
Suddenly the bag fell off his horse on the road. He didn’t know what to do about it because it was too heavy for
him to lift by himself. He only hoped that somebody would soon pass by and help him.
Just at this moment a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer was very disappointed (失望)
when he saw who he was. It was the great man living nearby. The farmer had hoped to ask another farmer or a
poor man like him.
But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came near. He said to the farmer, “I see
you need help, friend. How good it is that I’m here just at the right time.” Then he took one side of the bag, the
farmer took the other. They together lifted and put it on the horse.
“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”
“It’s quite easy,” the great man answered with a smile, “wherever you see anyone else in trouble, do the
same for him.”
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
1．What happened when the farmer went to town?
2．Why couldn’t the farmer lift the bag onto the horse by himself?
3．Why was the farmer very disappointed when he saw the great man?
4．Who helped the farmer?
5．If you see someone in trouble, what will you do?
（23-24八年级下·湖北黄石·开学考试）阅读短文，用英文回答问题（请注意每小题的词数要求）。
A lion ruled over a certain part of a jungle. One day, the lion went out to look for food. On his way, he saw a big
cave, and thought to himself, “It is for sure that some animal must be living in this big cave. I shall hide inside the
cave and wait for my dinner to arrive.” The cave was home to a jackal (豺) who arrived a while after the lion
had hidden himself inside. While entering he noticed the footprints of the lion leading into the cave, but could not
find any footprint coming out.He thought, “If a lion is indeed in the cave, I will be dead as soon as I enter. But, how can I be sure?” The
jackal thought of a plan, and began to shout, “Hello, Cave! Can I come inside?”
He waited in silence for a moment and shouted again, “Hello, Cave! Have you forgotten our understanding of
all these years? I always wait for your reply before I enter. Why are you silent today? I shall then go to some other
caves if you do not reply.”
On hearing this, the lion thought, “The cave must reply to the jackal when he returns. It is because I am inside that
the cave is not replying today. I must invite him to enter the cave on behalf of (代表) the cave, or the jackal will
go away.” So, the lion replied from inside the cave, “Hello, Jackal, you may enter. It is safe inside.” The jackal
at once ran away as fast as he could and saved himself.
1．What was the lion sure of the big cave? (10个词以内)
2．What did the jackal find before entering his cave? (15个词以内)
3．What did the jackal think would happen to him if a lion was in the cave? (10个词以内)
4．Why did the lion reply on behalf of the cave? (15个词以内)
5．How do you like the jackal? (10个词以内)
（23-24八年级下·安徽合肥·期中）阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题（请注意每小题的词数要求）.
One spring day, there was a beautiful rose in a forest. She greeted her neighbors, including a cactus (仙人
掌), an apple tree and other plants. Then, she said to the cactus, “I’m the most beautiful flower here, but you are
full of thorns (刺) and so ugly!”
Day after day, the rose never stopped being unkind to the cactus. The cactus, however, never got sad or
angry. Instead, he always calmly said, “All lives have meaning.”
As summer came, it was hot and dry. The rose began to weak, but the cactus grew well. He had a wide root
system (根系) and was good at storing water in his body.
One day, the rose saw a bird make a small hole in the cactus with its beak (喙). The thirsty bird drank the
water inside the cactus through the hole.
“It must hurt,” said the rose.
“Yes,” the apple tree said, “but the cactus doesn’t want to see his bird friend in trouble.”The rose was so thirsty that she asked the cactus for water. He kindly agreed. The bird filled its beak with
water and watered the rose’s roots.
The rose was quite sorry for what she had said to the cactus in the past. From then on. she understood that a
kind heart is far more important than a good look.
1．Who did the rose have for neighbors?（不超过 10 个词）
2．How did the bird get water from the cactus?（不超过15个词）
3．What did the rose learn from the cactus?（不超过 15 个词）
（23-24八年级下·吉林·期末）Once upon a time, there was a rich man. He loved his son very much.
Because he wanted to make his son have a happy life, he decided to send him to see a smart old man for advice on
happiness. When the old man knew about this, he gave the boy an empty bowl and asked him to go to the river
and fill the bowl with water. “If no water is spilt (洒) when you come back, I will tell you about it.”
The boy, walked to the river, and came back with a bowl of water. The old man asked him, “Did you notice
the beautiful flowers along the road and the birds singing in the trees?” The boy could say nothing about them
because he paid much attention to the bowl in his hands.
The old man smiled and said. “Bring me another bowl, of water and enjoy the flowers and the singing of
birds.” When he came back, the boy could describe everything he had seen to the old man. But when he looked at
his bowl, he found most water was gone. He forgot all about his bowl when he enjoyed the beautiful things along
the road.
“Well, young man,” the old man said. “Enjoy the beauty of the world, but never forget your dream in your
heart. This is the secret (秘密) of happiness.”
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1．Who sent the boy to see a smart old man?
2．What did the old man ask the boy to do at the first time?
3．How did the boy go to the river?
4．Why couldn’t the boy say anything about the flowers and birds at the first time?5．Please give a title (标题) to the article.
（23-24八年级下·内蒙古赤峰·期末）读短文，根据短文内容回答下面的问题。
Once there was a king. He liked to write stories very much. He always thought that his stories were good,
so he liked to show them to people. Because people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were very good
and they wanted him to write more for them to read. The king was so happy that he wrote much more stories.
One day, the king showed some of his best stories to a famous writer. He wanted the writer to praise (赞美)
his stories. But after reading them, the writer said these stories were so bad that there was no need to spend time
reading them and the king should throw them into the fire. The king got very unhappy and sent the writer to prison
(监狱).
After some time, the king set the writer free (释放) and ordered him to come to his palace. Again the king
showed some of his new stories to the writer and asked what he thought of them. After reading them, the writer at
once turned to the servants (仆人) and said, “Take me back to the prison.”
1．What did the king like doing?
2．Did people say the king’s stories were bad or good?
3．How did the writer like the king’s stories?
4．What did the writer ask for in the end?
5．What’s the best title for the passage?
（23-24八年级下·安徽蚌埠·期末）阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题 (请注意每小题的词数要求)。
A bird went to look for its happiness in the distance (远方).
It flew and flew when it suddenly saw a little wilting (枯萎的) flower, whose face was full of smiles. Thebird asked the little flower, “You are going to die. Why are you still so happy?”
“I am going to bear fruit and my dream will come true,” said the little flower.
Then the little bird saw it: happiness is the hope in the heart.
The little bird kept flying. It flew and flew when it suddenly saw a lame (瘸的) duck, who was singing a
song. The bird asked the duck, “You are so unlucky. Why are you still so happy?” “I saw a little duck fall down.
And I helped it stand up again!”
Then the little bird saw it: happiness is the love in the heart.
The bird kept flying. It flew and flew when it suddenly saw a spider climbing a slippery (滑的) wall. It fell
off the wall for several times, but it went on climbing over and over again. The little bird asked the spider, “You
failed again and again. Why don’t you have pain but happiness on your face?” “Because I am sure to climb up the
wall if I try my best. So I am happy,” said the spider.
Then the little bird saw it: happiness is the faith (信念) in the heart.
At last the bird understood: ________________.
1．What was the little flower’s dream? (不超过5个词)
2．Who was happy because of having faith in the heart? (不超过5个词)
3．What did the bird understand at last? (不超过15个词)
重难语篇拔高练
（23-24八年级下·湖北孝感·期末）阅读短文，用英文填空或回答问题（请注意每小题的词数要求）。
There are two mice. They are called John and Mike. They are good friends. One mouse lives in the country,
the other mouse lives in the city. On a sunny day, they met in the street.
Mike: Hi, John! Have a look at my house in the country. I’m sure you can enjoy yourself.
John: I’d love to. But I hear that the food is not delicious, and your house is not good. Is that true?
Mike: No, that’s not true. Go and see!
Then John goes to the countryside with Mike.
John: Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice
house made of stone. You can have better food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city.
Mike: Thanks! Maybe you are right. I’ll visit your house one day.
Several days later, Mike went to John’s house in the city. The house was big and beautiful. They sat in theliving room, having a big dinner comfortably. Suddenly, there was a big noise.
John: Run! Run! The cat is coming!
Mike: Oh, no! It’s terrible! Both the house and the food are nice, but I do not like living in the city. I enjoy
living in my hole in the field, for it is better to be poor but happy than to be rich but afraid.
John: But each day is exciting, right?
1．What’s the relationship (关系) between John and Mike?（不超过5个词）
2．Where does Mike live?（不超过5个词）
3．How was John’s house in the city?（不超过10个词）
4．Why doesn’t Mike like living in the city?（不超过20个词）
5．Which one do you want to be, the mouse living in the city or the one living in the country? Why?（不超过20
个词）
（23-24八年级下·吉林长春·期末）A bird went to look for its happiness. It saw a little dying flower
smiling happily. The bird asked the flower, “You’re going to die. Why are you still so happy?”
“Because my dream will come true,” said the flower.
“What’s your dream?” asked the bird.
“To turn into delicious fruit.”
Then the little bird saw it: happiness is hope in the heart.
The little bird kept flying. It flew and saw a lame (瘸的) duck singing a song. It asked the duck, “Life is
unfair to you. Why are you still so happy?”
“Because I saw a little duck fall,” said the duck.
“So are you happy because you saw it fall?” asked the bird.
“No, I’m happy because I helped it stand up again.”
Then the little bird saw it: happiness is love in the heart.
The bird kept flying. It saw a spider (蜘蛛) climbing up a slippery (滑的) wall. The spider fell off the wall
again and again. The little bird asked the spider, “You failed so much. Why are you still trying?”
“As long as I keep climbing, there is still hope. Because of this, I’m so happy,” said the spider.
The little bird saw it: happiness is faith (信念) in the heart.So the little bird saw the truth: happiness is not far away but in your own heart.
根据短文内容, 回答下列问题。
1．How many places did the bird visit?
2．What is the flower’s dream?
3．Why did the lame duck sing a song?
4．Where did the spider fall down?
5．What does the bird learn about happiness from the truth?
