新牛津深圳版八年级英语下册Unit7 主题阅读

Unit7 主题阅读

I. 语法填空 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Tina woke up at midnight. She saw something dive towards the ground. The next morning Tina mentioned it ____1____ her brother Tom. They decided ____2____ (explore) after school. ____3____ 6 p.m., they reached the forest. They heard some voices ____4____ (speak) a strange language. There was an alien ____5____ (stand) next to a long spaceship. The children were ____6____ (frighten). Suddenly another alien appeared from the bushes in front of them. The children ran ____7____ in fear. The next morning the children told their parents about the strange creatures, but their dad refused to believe them. Tina and Tom spread their wings and ____8____ (fly) to school together. Their dad looked at the piece of paper with the strange marks written by Tom. It said “EARTH”. II. 完形填空

It was a fine spring day for a walk down the street. A mother and her two little girls walked along the sidewalk, happily laughing. 11 , a hundred small alien ships appeared on the horizon. It started 12 off some electric rays. People screamed. Children cried. There was 13 everywhere.

There came the tingling sound of glasses breaking everywhere. People fled in every 14 . The mother was jostled (推) and lost hold of her 15 . She raced around shouting and crying for her kids. She thought they were lost to her forever.

The sky cleared up. The aliens were 16 . But there was no sight of the children. Heart-broken, the mother reached her house, crying her eyes out.

She heard someone 17 “Mamma”. Was it her kids? She frantically (慌忙地) 18 around. There they were! Hand in hand they came running towards her. She ran towards them, too. Her arms stretched out 19 to hug them. She opened her eyes. The pillow felt wet. It was a dream!

She raced to the kids’ bedroom. Her lovely girls were sleeping peacefully. She kissed both their foreheads and 20 “love you”.

根据短文内容，选择能填入相应空白处的最佳选项

( ) 11. A. Suddenly B. Finally C. Hardly ( ) 12. A. taking B. putting C. giving ( ) 13. A. joy B. panic C. laugher ( ) 14. A. direction B. opinion C. time ( ) 15. A. friends B. students C. children ( ) 16. A. gone B. broken C. hit ( ) 17. A. sing B. talk C. call ( ) 18. A. looked B. drove C. ran ( ) 19. A. slowly B. sadly C. eagerly ( ) 20. A. shouted B. whispered C. replied III. 阅读理解

A

Are you a big fan of E.T. (Extraterrestrial) or aliens? Then you should read Extraterrestrial Civilizations (《地球以外的文明世界》) by American writer Isaac Asimov (1920-1992). In his 1979 book, Asimov looked at whether there is life beyond the Earth. He also talked about how we might be able to communicate with aliens someday. Asimov even told us that there are possibly about 500,000 civilizations (文明) in the galaxy (银河系). The book may be a little out of fashion since it came out in the 70s. But you’ll still enjoy the good reasoning (推理) and imagination of it. Asimov was a science fiction (科幻故事) master. His most famous works talk about the relationship between robots and humankind.

( ) 21. Which of the following sentences best expresses the main idea?

A. Asimov’s books are talking about the relationship between robots and humankind . B. Students are big fans of E.T.

C. Some students enjoy the good reasoning and imagination. D. Asimov was a love of E.T. ( ) 22. Asimov was a ____.

A. science fiction (科幻故事) master B. writer of funny story C. actor D. dancer ( ) 23. Isaac Asimov comes from_____.

A. England B.America C.China D.Japan

( ) 24. The writer indirectly expresses that there are possibly about 500,000civilizations ______.

A. in America B. in Australia C. European D. in the galaxy ( ) 25. The readers will enjoy the _____.

A. good reasoning and imagination of it B. good imagination C. good expression D. good understanding

B

Ender Wiggin is a 6-year-old army general (将军), and a gaming genius (天才). Sometime in Earth’s future, humans have a war with a bug-like alien (外星人) species, the “Buggers”. They use computers to control battles (战争). To prepare for the war, all talented children study in a special school to become generals. Wiggin is one of them.

Students play games to practice their commanding (指挥的) skills. Wiggin is the best of them. At last, Wiggin comes to his final test. The fleet (舰队) he commands in the game is the real human army. Wiggin is actually “playing” the final battle between humans and Buggers. Will he win? What will happen to humans after the battle? Let’s find out in the book Ender’s Game, by American writer Orson Scott Card.

( ) 26. In the future, people use ____________to control battles.

A. computer B. water C. animals D. money

( ) 27. To prepare for the war, all talented children study in a special school to become _____.

A. solders B. businessmen C. generals D.soldiers ( ) 28 Ender Wiggin is a 6-year-old _________

A. dancer B. animals C. student D. army general

( ) 29._____________ play games to practice their commanding (指挥的) skills

A. Teachers B. Students C. Soldiers D. People

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