Unit 1 单元话题阅读理解练习

Unit 1 Past and present.

单元话题阅读理解练习

（2021·江苏扬州·八年级期中）Riding a bicycle has become very popular these days.

My school is far from my house, so I went there by bus for years.I sometimes got there late. This March I asked my father to get me a bicycle so that I might get to school on time. And he bought me one some days later.

Then the problem was how to ride the bicycle. One of my friends lives next door. He helped me learn how to ride. He took me to a school playground and demonstrated how to ride to me. When it was my turn to ride, he ran with me. He did that to make sure he would be there when I was falling off. I learned things very quickly and could ride a bicycle without anyone’s help after a few days.

What fun it is to ride a bicycle! I now go to school on my bicycle. I think a bicycle is the cheapest and quickest means of transport （交通工具）for a student. I make use of my bicycle if a football game is waiting for me in the park. I visit the homes of my friends by bicycle. And they live too far away. I can also be very helpful to my mother and get vegetables and fruit for the house.

What fun it is to fly like a bird on my bicycle!

1．The writer wanted a bicycle to ________ first.

A．visit the homes of his friends B．help his mother to get vegetables and fruit

C．watch a football game in the park D．get to school on time

2．What does the underlined word “demonstrated” mean in Chinese?

A．证明.B．观察.C．示范.D．建议.

3．Which of the following is true?

A．The writer rides to school because he lives near the school.

B．The writer thinks it great fun to ride a bicycle.

C．The writer learned to ride in a park.

D．The writer could not ride with his friend’s help after a few days.

4．What does the writer think of riding a bicycle?

①It’s cheap.①It’s hard.①It’s quick.①It’s fun.

A．①①①B．①①①C．①①①D．①①①

（2021·江苏常州·八年级期中）We can not live a life without travelling. The fastest way of travelling is by air.

With a plane one can travel in one day to places which it takes a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.

Travelling by train is slower than by plane, but one can see the country while he is travelling through. Trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.

Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are big luxury liners (客轮) or river boats. They are not as fast as trains or planes, but travelling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.

Many people like to travel by car. They can make their own timetable. They can travel hundreds of miles a day, just as their wish. They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel. That is why people choose travelling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business.

5．According to the passage, the fastest way of travelling is ________.

A．by car B．by train C．by plane D．by sea

6．If we travel by car, we can ________.

A．enjoy the longest journey B．travel only fifty miles a day

C．make our own timetable D．travel to a very far place in a few minutes

7．When people travel on business, they usually take ________.

A．a boat or a train B．a car or a train C．a plane or a car D．a train or a plane

8．What is the meaning of “timetable” in Paragraph 4?

A．时间表B．折叠桌C．报时钟D．工作餐

（2021·江苏·盐城市明达初级中学八年级阶段练习）Look! Here comes a new bus. It looks like a panda with black ears and big eyes. It can carry 22 people and it is about 12 meters long. A Chinese company made it.

The panda bus looks cute, and it’s also quite smart. It uses AI technology(科技). It has special abilities to find its way. Don’t worry. It’s very safe. When you get on the bus, you can swipe(刷) your hand. The bus is able to read your handprint and know ________. There are also many clever and helpful robots on the bus, the bus will call the police. Inside the bus, there is a vending machine(自动售货机). You can buy breakfast and dinner on the bus. This can save you a lot of time.

People in the cities, like Changzhou in Jiangsu Province, Jinan in Shangdong Province and Deyang in Sichuan Province, can take the bus. Do you want to ride it?

9．Which is TRUE about the panda bus?

A．The bus driver is just a panda.B．It is 22m long and 12m wide.