课时训练(九) Units 9—10(八上)
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Ⅰ.[2018·淮安]阅读理解
Once upon a time, a young man wanted to go to a village on business.Halfway there was a mountain.Before he left home, his family warned him to stay calm and climb onto trees if he was in the face of beasts(野兽).In this way, the beasts couldn’t do anything to him.
The young man remembered these words and began his trip.
He walked for a long time carefully and found no beasts were out there.He thought his family’s worries were unnecessary.And he became relaxed as he walked.Just at that moment, he saw a fierce(凶猛的) tiger running to him and he climbed onto a tree nearby at once.
The tiger roared(咆哮) around the tree and even jumped to reach the man.The young man was too scared to hold the tree and fell right on the back of the tiger.Full of fear, he had to hold the tiger tightly.The tiger thought that must be a giant beast.So it was afraid and started running madly.
People on the road didn’t know what happened and said, “Look at the young man.He is riding a tiger!” “Cool!” “Superman!”
Hearing these words, the young man was very angry.“Why can’t they see I’m suffering a lot? Don’t they understand I am in fear and almost scared to death?” he saidto himself.
1.The young man went to the village .
A.to travel B.to visit friends
C.on business D.for holiday
2.The young man’s family warned him of .
A.fierce beasts B.terrible traffic
C.cold weather D.foolish people
3.How did the young man feel when he saw the tiger?
A.Excited. B.Scared.
C.Surprised. D.Bored.
4.The tiger was afraid because .
A.it was old and weak
B.the young man was very strong
C.it thought people around would kill it
D.it mistook the young man for a giant beast
5.What can we learn from the last two paragraphs(段落)?
A.People on the road were wise.
B.The young man was very brave.
C.We shouldn’t admire others blindly.
D.The young man shouldn’t listen to his family.
Ⅱ.完形填空
Froggie was a frog who never remembered where he had been. His biggest dream was to find the best pond to 6 in freely without worrying about water snakes, which were his natural enemies. One day, Froggie hopped(跨) to a kitchen and jumped into a pot full of hot water. Froggie felt the burning heat 7 hurried out of water as fast as his legs could carry him, “I almost 8 there!” Froggie thought.
A few days later, Froggie 9 back to the same kitchen, completely forgetting he had been there. He again hopped into the same pot. This time, the water inside was 10 . He 11 and thought, “There are no water snakes trying to eat me and I can have this place all to myself!” At that moment, Froggie knew it was his 12 pond. What he didn’t know was that the water was warming up over a low heat.
After thirty 13 of swimming, Froggie felt the water was warmer but he regarded this as a nice surprise. “This is sure the best place for swimming. I get to have a hot bath, too.” 14 his comfortable bath, the water kept getting warmer and warmer. Froggie was so comfortable that he fell asleep. And he 15 woke up.
From Froggie’s story, we can learn that people are blind to problems that slowly get worse over time.
