八年级上册 Units 4~6
一、完形填空
(2021·四川眉山中考改编)A father and his son went to a kiteflying festival. The son was happy when he saw the sky 1 with colorful kites. He wanted to fly a kite, too. The father then bought a kite for his son.
The son started to fly the kite. Soon, his kite was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, “Father, it seems that the string is 2 the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, it will be free and fly even 3 . Can we cut it?” The father cut the string off the reel(线轴). The kite started to go higher. This made the little boy 4 .
But then, slowly, the kite started to 5 . It soon fell to the ground. The son was surprised to see this. He asked his father, “I thought that 6 cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. 7 did it fall down?”
The father explained, “The string was not stopping the kite from going higher, but was helping it 8 in the sky. You helped the kite go up in the right 9 using the string. But when you cut the string, it could no longer support the kite.”
We may sometimes feel like there are certain things that are holding us back and stopping us from growing. But 10 , these might be the things that support us the most.
1.A.full B.amazed C.moved D.filled
2.A.stopping B.blocking C.dropping D.catching
3.A.slower B.lower C.higher D.quicker
4.A.excited B.bored C.worried D.interested
5.A.go up B.run away C.come close D.come down
6.A.before B.after C.during D.about
7.A.What B.When C.Why D.Where
8.A.wait B.stay C.keep D.turn
9.A.point B.method C.position D.direction
10.A.in total B.in fact C.after all D.for example
二、阅读理解
A
阅读下面的短文,从1~3各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。
(2021·河北中考节选)Each of us has dreams and goals for our future. What makes us study and make progress each day is closely connected with our personal dream and goal.
But why do you have dreams and goals, you still end up with nothing? What separates successful people from the dreamers is their persistent(锲而不舍的) action. When you learn your lessons in school, you must work hard and not give up. You will often find some of your lessons very hard. Try and keep trying, and you'll be sure to successfully deal with any difficulty you meet with. If we have a hard lesson today, let us try our best to learn it well and then we shall be prepared for a harder one tomorrow.
This is the famous formula(公式) for success:
Dream>Believe>Achieve
Most people have what they want(Dream) and think they can realize their dreams(Believe). And then they do nothing. They just imagine their dreams can come true. When they get tired waiting and lose a lot, they get bored. They say angrily how terrible their life is.
I personally believe that if you really want to achieve your dreams and goals in life, you have to add one thing to your success formula:
Dream>Believe>Act>Achieve
For me, act is the most important thing for success, and that's to Take Persistent Action(Act). If you say, “I can't do it” and give up, you can never do anything valuable. However, “I'll try” creates wonders. Let's remember that there will be obstacles in our life. We must face them bravely and solve them. Success is not something that falls down from the sky. Most successful people made their dreams come true because of their persistent action.
Please remember: Action is the bridge that connects our dreams and goals to reality.
1.What does the underlined word “obstacles” mean?
A.Dangers. B.Imaginations.
C.Wonders. D.Difficulties.
2.Why does the writer use the formula “Dream>Believe>Act>Achieve”?
A.To support his idea.
B.To ask readers to explain it.
C.To show what his goals are.
D.To compare it with a bridge.
3.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A.Doing something valuable
B.Studying hard and making progress
C.Realizing dreams with persistent action
D.Separating successful people from dreamers
B
读下面的文章,然后判断文章后面4~7小题,正确的写“T”,错误的写“F”。
(2021·黑龙江龙东农垦·森工中考节选)Li Shijin, 30, didn't expect to make a living(谋生) through his voice.
Li began to work as a company salesman in Liaoning Province in 2012. He tried to find a parttime job as a wedding host(婚礼主持人) to improve his confidence.
Around the Spring Festival in 2014, he started listening to audiobooks(音频书). After being a listener for two years, he decided to record himself reading books. Then, he posted his first audiobook Youth Will Not Return on Qingting in 2016. It was broadcast(广播) and listened to about 20 million times.
A year later, after he had read three audiobooks, he was signed up(签约) as a voice performer by Qingting. But he was under great pressure when he was signed up by Qingting. “To improve my ability, I didn't sleep for more than five hours a day during that year. I had better results the following year.” Also, in order to develop his performance, Li attended a training course at Communication University of China. So far, he has completed nearly 30 works on Qingting.
On the road to success, Li put a lot of effort. When talking about the secret to his success, he said, “Many people have good abilities and many work very hard, but they may fail. Early birds get worms. I believe they will get chances and succeed sooner or later if they hold on to their dreams and keep on trying.”
4.Li worked as a wedding host to make a living.
5.To improve his ability, Li slept less than five hours a day during that year.
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