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Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet?
单元话题阅读理解练习
基础语篇巩固练
（24-25 八年级下·江苏镇江·期中）In the South China Sea, there is a group of Jiaoren, or Chinese
mermaids, whose tears become pearls (珍珠) after they fall. To the north of Kunlun Mountains, there is a monster
called Xiangliu, which has nine heads with human faces but the body of a snake. These magic creatures are from
the ancient mythical (神话) book Shan Hai Jing.
Shan Hai Jing, also known as The Classic of Mountains and Seas, is said to be at least 2,200 years old. It is
about culture and geography of China before the Qin dynasty. It has 31,000 words, more or less. The whole
collection includes eighteen parts, talking about more than 550 mountains and 300 seas. It also tells many
interesting stories and creatures.
A famous story in the book is about Zhu Rong, the God of Fire. He was seen as having a beast-like body
and a human face, riding around the sky on two dragons. When he had a big fight with Gong Gong, the God of
water, Zhu Rong won. But after the fight, the human world became dark. Then he brought fire from heaven to the
world and taught humans how to use it.
It is an important ancient book in the pre-qin period of China and thought as one of the treasures of Chinese
culture.
1．How does the writer start the passage?
A．By telling a story . B．By giving two examples.
C．By raising a question. D．By comparing two facts.
2．What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A．The introduction to Shan Hai Jing. B．The importance of Shan Hai Jing.
C．Why Shan Hai Jing is popular. D．How Shan Hai Jing was written.
3．What does the word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．the book. B．the body. C．the fire. D．the water.
4．What does the writer think of the book?
A．Famous. B．Popular. C．Different. D．Valuable.
（24-25八年级下·湖南长沙·期中）My name is Gulliver and when I was a young man, I went travelling. I joined a ship and sailed (航行) to the
islands of the South Pacific (南太平洋). It was a wonderful voyage (航海) at first. We sailed across the Atlantic
Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Suddenly there was a terrible storm and I fell into the water. Finally, I swam to an
island. I walked on the beach and looked around me. There were no people and no houses. I was very tired so I
fell asleep on the sand.
When I woke up in the morning, I couldn’t move. I was lying on my back and my arms and my legs were
tied to the ground. I was very hot in the sun and I was scared. Suddenly I saw a very small man. He was about 15
centimeters (厘米) tall and he was walking on my leg. Then I saw lots of small men on my arms and my legs. I
shouted and, in surprise, the men fell off my body. Then I spoke to them in English. They didn’t understand my
language, but they saw that I was friendly.
I pointed at my mouth to show I was hungry and they brought me some food. Their food was normal,
________ and it meant I had to eat a lot. I finished my meal and then hundreds of men and thousands of horses
carried me to their city. It was a very long journey.
When I arrived at the city I looked around me. The houses were smaller than my feet and I was bigger than
the trees. The king and the people were kind to me so I stayed on the island. I learned that I was in Lilliput (小人
国) and I learned their language. I played with their children and I gave them gifts such as my watch and some
coins (硬币). These things were enormous to little men. Finally, I left the city and travelled again.
1．How did Gulliver feel when he was on the island at first?
A．Afraid. B．Hungry. C．Tired.
2．Which of the following can be put in the blank ________ in Paragraph 3?
A．but it was very delicious
B．but it was very very smallC．but it was in different shapes
3．What does the underlined word “enormous” in the last paragraph most probably mean?
A．Very normal. B．Very big. C．Very beautiful.
4．What can we infer (推断) from the story?
A．Gulliver got on well with the people in Lilliput.
B．There were no people and no houses on the island.
C．The language in Lilliput was too difficult to learn.
（24-25八年级下·重庆·期中）It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the season of
light, it was the season of darkness. It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of sadness. It was the year one
thousand seven hundred and seventy-five.
Mr Lorry was sitting in a hotel in Dover when a young lady arrived. She was pretty, with golden hair and
blue eyes. Mr Lorry asked the young lady to sit down.
“Miss Manette,” he said. “I have a strange story to tell you, about one of the customers of Tellson’s Bank.
That’s where I work.”
“About twenty years ago, Mr Manette, a French doctor married an English lady. They had a daughter, but
just before she was born, her father disappeared. Nobody knew what had happened to him. Not long after his
unhappy wife died, their daughter was brought back to England.”
“I brought you—their daughter from France to England, and Tellson’s Bank has taken care of you since
then. You were told that your father had died. But think, Miss Manette. Perhaps your father wasn’t dead. Perhaps
he was in prison (监狱). Not because he had done something wrong! But just because he had a powerful enemy
—an enemy with the power to send him to prison and keep him there, hidden and forgotten, for eighteen years!”
“Can it be true? Is it possible that my father is still alive?” Lucie Manette looked at Mr Lorry. Her face was
white and her hands trembled (颤抖). “It will be his ghost (灵魂)—not him!”
“No, Miss Manette,” said Mr Lorry gently. “He is alive, but he has changed very much. We are going there
to bring him back to life.”
(adapted from A Tale of Two Cities)
1．When did the story begin?
A．About 1,775 years ago. B．In the year 1775.
C．Over 775 years ago. D．In the 17th century.
2．What can we learn about Mr Lorry?
A．He had a house in Dover. B．He had golden hair and blue eyes.C．He worked in a bank. D．He was Miss Manette’s father.
3．What does the underlined word “enemy” in the passage probably mean?
A．A person who helps you. B．A person who works with you.
C．A person who lives with you. D．A person who hates you.
4．How did Miss Manette feel after hearing the news about her father?
A．Angry and upset. B．Excited and scared.
C．Shocked and surprised. D．Unhappy and nervous.
（2025·四川成都·一模）Oliver drew his first breath, and then announced his arrival to the rest of the
workhouse by crying loudly. His mother raised her pale face and said in a weak voice, “Let me see the child, and
die.”
“You must not talk about dying yet,” the doctor said to her kindly. He gave her the child to hold. Lovingly,
she kissed the baby on his head with her cold white lips, then fell back and died.
“Poor dear!” said the nurse, without any expressions.
The doctor began to put on his coat. The baby is weak and will probably have difficulties. He said. “Give
him a little milk to keep him quiet.” Then he looked at the dead woman. “Where did the mother come from?”
“She was brought here last night,” replied the old nurse. “She was found lying in the street. She must have
walked a long way, for her shoes were worn to pieces. Where she came from, or what her name was, nobody
knows.”
“The old story,” the doctor said sadly, shook his head and left.
And so Oliver was left with only the old nurse. Without clothes, he could have been the child of a king or a
beggar (乞丐). But when the woman dressed him later in yellow cotton clothes, he looked exactly what he was an
orphan in a workhouse, ready for a poor and hungry life alone.
—Taken from Oliver Twist
1．Where was Oliver born?
A．In the hospital. B．At his home. C．In a workhouse.
2．What can we know about Oliver from the passage?
A．His mother. B．His looks. C．His father.
3．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Oliver was the kid of the king.
B．The doctor and the nurse felt excited about Oliver’s birth.
C．Yellow cotton clothes were the typical clothes for the poor.4．Which word can you use to describe Oliver according to the passage?
A．Poor. B．Strong-minded. C．Popular.
5．What may the writer introduce next according to the passage?
A．The story of the doctor. B．Oliver’s friends. C．Oliver’s childhood.
（23-24八年级下·辽宁铁岭·阶段练习）Alice in Wonderland (Chapter 1)
Alice was not hurt, so she jumped to her feet in a moment. She looked up, and found the White Rabbit was
still in sight. She was close behind it when she turned the corner, but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen. She
found herself in a long, low hall.
There were doors all around the hall, but they were all locked (锁上).
Alice walked sadly down the middle, wondering how she was ever to get out again.
Suddenly, she came upon a little three-legged table. There was nothing on it but a tiny golden key, and
Alice’s first idea was that this might belong to one of the doors of the hall.
But, alas! Either the locks were too large, or the key was too small. However, on the second time round, she
came upon a low curtain (门帘) she had not noticed before and behind it was a little door. She tried the little
golden key in the lock, and she was pleased to find it fitted!
1．The hall where Alice stayed was ________.
A．long and low B．big and high C．wide and low D．big and wide
2．What did Alice want to do when she got to the hall?
A．She wanted to know how to get some food.
B．She wanted to know where her sister was.
C．She wanted to find out how to get out again.
D．She wanted to meet the Rabbit.
3．How did Alice feel when the golden key fitted a lock?
A．Tired. B．Shocked. C．Happy. D．Interested.
4．Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Alice had never seen the White Rabbit before she got to the hall.
B．Some of the doors around the hall were locked.
C．Alice noticed the little door as soon as she entered the hall.
D．The passage is from Alice in Wonderland.
（23-24八年级下·江西吉安·期中）It was December and the snow was falling quietly outside. The fourMarch sisters were siting around the fire in their house. Sixteen-year-old Meg was the oldest of the four sisters. Jo
was fifteen. She was very tall and thin. Beth was very shy and quiet and the youngest. Amy looked like a snow
princes with her blue eyes.
“Christmas isn’t Christmas without any presents,” Jo said sadly.
“I hate being poor!” Meg said, looking at her old dress.
Then Jo said, “But we haven’t got Father.” Mr. March was far away with soldiers (士兵).
“Mother has given each of us a dollar,” said Jo. “I’d like to buy a book.”
“I want to spend my money on some new music,” said Beth.
“I’m going to buy a box of drawing pencils. I really need them,” said Amy.
Just then, Beth found her mother’s slippers (拖鞋) near the fire.
“Those slippers are very old,” said Jo. “Mother needs some new ones.”
“I have an idea,” said Beth. “Let’s not spend our money on ourselves. Let’s get some presents for Mother.”
Her sisters thought that she was right. They decided to buy some presents for their mother. At that moment,
their mother came back home with a letter from their father. When they had dinner happily, the mother read the
long letter. The father told the girls to be good to their mother and work hard. He wanted to be proud of them
when he came back.
Before they went to bed, Beth played some songs and they all sang happily.
1．When did the story happen?
A．In summer. B．In autumn. C．In winter. D．In spring.
2．Why did Jo say “But we haven’t got Father”?
A．Because their father has died. B．Because their father was in the army.
C．Because their father was lost. D．Because their father went abroad.
3．What can we know about the four March sisters?
A．Amy was the youngest sister. B．The four sisters had lots of presents.
C．Beth liked music. D．Jo wanted some pencils
4．What might be the correct order of what happened in the story?
a. Mother brought the girls a letter from their father. b. The four girls were sitting around the fire at home.
c. Mother gave them money to buy something. d. The girls decided to buy something for Mother.
A．a-b-c-d B．b-c-d-a C．c-b-d-a D．d-a-b-c
5．According to the passage, we know that the girls were ________.
A．kind but dishonest B．poor but happy C．funny but careless D．rich and
kind（23-24八年级下·山西大同·阶段练习）While you are in trouble, what are you going to do? What? Cry?
Or escape (逃避)? Those are all the wrong ways! Robinson Crusoe can tell you the right answer!
It is an exciting story: Robinson Crusoe hated the comfortable life in his hometown. So, he wanted to be a
seaman and traveled around the world. But one day, a terrible thing happened. A great storm came and their boat
crashed! No one was alive (存活) in this accident except (除了) Robinson. He was the luckiest man in the world,
because all his friends were dead but he was alive. However, at the same time he was the most tragic (悲惨的)
man of all—He must face the fact. When he first arrived on an island without food, water, gun or anything! But,
all roads lead to Rome! He just used his hands to work hard! Then, he made a cave (洞穴), built a house, grew
corn (玉米) and kept goats (羊). In the end, he could enjoy the life on the island. In his twenty-fourth year on the
island, he saved a wild man, and gave him the name of “Friday”. With Robinson’s teaching, “Friday” became a
good servant. Finally, they got a boat and escaped from the island.
Surely, the writer of Robinson Crusoe is really a hero! It’s too hard to describe Robinson with words. We
could say that Robinson was very clever, and also he was brave... Certainly, too many good words can describe
him. But now, I think it isn’t important. The most important thing is what we have learned from the story. That is,
use our own hands to work hard with confidence (自信心)!
1．Robinson wanted to be a seaman because ________.
A．he didn’t like the comfortable life in his hometown
B．he could earn (赚) more money to be a seaman
C．he wanted to take risks
2．How many people were alive in the accident?
A．No one. B．One. C．Two.
3．What did Robinson have when he first arrived on the island?
A．Enough food and toolsB．Nothing C．A house
4．Robinson met “Friday” ________.
A．before he traveled around the world B．when the accident happened C．when he
was on the island
5．According to the writer, ________ is the most important thing we can learn from Robinson Crusoe.
A．being brave and hard-working B．being brave and confident (自信的) C．
being hard-working and confident
（24-25八年级上·浙江宁波·开学考试）Roberta, Peter and Phyllis lived in a large house in London.
Father worked hard in a government office. He was never angry and always ready for a game. Mother was almostat home, ready to play with the children, read to them and help them do their home-lessons.
These three lucky children always had everything they needed: pretty clothes, good fires, a lovely playroom
and a dog called James. They had a happy life, but they did not know how happy till the pretty life in the large
house was over.
Peter had a toy engine and it broke. After dinner, Peter showed Father the engine. Father looked it over and
promised to fix it on Saturday.
At that moment two men came to see Father. Minutes passed. Father’s voice came out from the study, loud
and angry.
More time passed. Then Mother came in and said, “Father’s been called away— on business.”
A week after their father went away, their mother said, “Now, we’re going to move to the country. A pretty
little white house, called Three Chimneys.”
The family started packing: clothes, plates, candles and also tables and chairs. “We seem to be taking all the
ugly things,” said Roberta.
“We’re taking the useful ones,” said Mother. “We’ve got to play at being poor for a bit.”
Peter said happily, “I do like moving! I wish we moved once a month.” Mother smiled and said, “I don’t
like moving!”
As she turned away, Roberta saw her face. She never forgot it.
“Oh, Mother,” she whispered, “how I love you! You are brave enough to smile when you’re feeling like
that!”
Then they took a train to Three Chimneys. No one knew how long they had been on the train when Mother
woke them up.
They stood in the cold night air on the dark platform. At that moment they didn’t know how important the
station and the trains would become to them. They didn’t know they were going to be the railway children.
— Taken from The Railway Children
1．The family packed things like plates and candles because Mother thought they were ________.
A．useful B．new C．expensive D．beautiful
2．Which of the following questions is answered in this passage?
A．How did Peter’s toy engine break?
B．When would the children’s father be home?
C．How was the family’s life before Father was away?
D．How was the family’s life in Three Chimneys?
3．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A．Phyllis wanted to move a house once a month.
B．Father said goodbye to the children when he left.
C．Mother wanted to leave London and move to the country.
D．Mother was brave enough to smile when she was feeling sad.
4．What can we infer from the underlined sentences in the last paragraph?
A．The children don’t like their life in London.
B．The station has nothing to do with the family’s future life.
C．Something is going to happen to the children later in the story.
D．Parents can better deal with life changes than their children.
重难语篇拔高练
（24-25八年级下·重庆江北·开学考试）。
Saturday morning came, and everything was bright and fresh. Tom Sawyer stood on the sidewalk with a
bucket (桶) of white paint and a brush with a long handle. He looked at the fence (篱笆) that his aunt told him to
paint, and felt very unhappy. It was thirty yards (码) long, and three yards high! The part he painted was so small,
and the unpainted part was so huge!
Soon the other boys came along and made fun of him. But just then, he had a wonderful idea.
Ben Rogers came along the road, singing happily and carrying an apple. He stopped and looked at Tom.
Tom went on painting and ignored (忽略) Ben.
“I’m going swimming,” said Ben. “Do you want to go swimming. Tom? But I guess you can’t. You have to
stay and work, don’t you?”
Tom went on painting. “Work?” he said. “This isn’t work. I’m enjoying myself. Does a boy get a chance to
paint a fence like this every day?”
Tom went on painting, carefully. Sometimes he stopped and stood back to look at the fence, and then added
a bit more paint in just the right place. Ben was getting more and more interested.
After a while, he said, “Tom, will you let me do some painting?”
Tom thought about it, but said, “No, Ben, I can’t. You see, Aunt Polly wants me to paint it well. I’m the
only one who can do it right.”“Oh, please, Tom,” begged (恳求) Ben. “I can do it. I’ll be really careful. Just let me try. I’ll give you half
of my apple. I’ll give you all of it!”
“Well, all right. Ben,” said Tom. “But you must be careful.”
He gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart. He sat down under the tree and started to
eat the apple that Ben gave him. ________
Boys stayed to paint. When Ben got tired, Billy Fisher was waiting. He gave Tom a kite for a chance to
paint. Then Johnny Miller gave him twelve marbles (弹球), and so on.
Later that afternoon, Tom had all kinds of toys, and the fence had three coats of paint. Later Aunt Polly was
so pleased to see the painted fence that she gave Tom a large cake!
—Adapted from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1．Which boy do you think Tom Sawyer is in the picture?
A．The boy with a hat on his head.
B．The boy who is eating an apple.
C．The boy who is brushing the fence.
D．The first boy who is waiting for his turn.
2．What’s the right order of the following events?
①Ben Rogers came along with an apple.
②Tom painted the fence carefully without getting angry.
③Tom felt very unhappy and didn’t want to paint the fence.
④Ben Rogers begged Tom for a try and gave Tom his apple.
⑤The other boys helped paint the fence and gave Tom lots of toys.
A．②-③-①-④-⑤B．③-①-④-②-⑤ C．③-①-②-④-⑤ D．②-③-①-⑤-④
3．Which sentence can be put in the _______?
A．Tom had great fun painting the fence.
B．Tom wanted to finish the work together with Ben.
C．Tom was really worried about Ben’s painting skills.
D．Tom tried to make Ben believe his worries and get more interested.
4．What do you think of Tom Sawyer according to the story?
A．Noisy. B．Helpful. C．Brave. D．Clever.
