人教八上Unit 4 阅读练习

1.初二英语Unit4 课外阅读
阅读理解What’s the Best Restaurant?
Hi Jackie,
You asked me for some information about eating out in Highville. Well, eating out in Highville is fantastic!
Highville has a number of really good restaurants and t he best is The Steak House. It’s the best because it has the thickest steaks, the freshest salads, and the best French fries. You need to get there before 7 p.m. to get a table, because it gets crowded after that. If you want something cheaper, you can go to The Fish House.
It’s better than many other restaurants, and it’s really great for people who prefer fish to red meat. The servings are the biggest in town. And it’s easier to get a table than at The Steak House. But The Steak House is more convenient, because it’s closer to the center of the city than The Fish House.
Hamburger Heaven is popular with teenagers, but older people might prefer other restaurants. Actually, the food there is the worst in Highville!
If you like coffee, there are a few coffee shops. The Trendiest is Hot Coffee. You can listen to the latest hits, get the best coffee in town, and eat the tastiest muffins. More young people hang out here than at any other coffee shop. Each coffee shop has an internet connection, but Hot Coffee has the newest computers and the fastest connections. Hot Coffee has the friendliest staff. Please don’t go to The Coffee Pot. It has the worst coffee ever!
Mark
Many people seem to know well about the rain forests. Some people even go to the rain forests to spend some of their time trying to make friends with the plants and animals there. The scientists are actually hard at work studying the plants that grow in the very top level of a rain forest. Rain forests are one of the richest environments on Earth. They are home to millions of species of plants and animals. The red research raft provides scientists with a platform from which to study life in the treetops. Scientists can even sleep on the raft, so they can stay up in the treetops for days at a time.
Rain forests cover only about 6 percent of Earth’s land surface. However, they contain more than half of the plant species on Earth. Many of these plants provide useful medicines to use against human diseases. In fact, about 25 percent of prescription medicines in the United States are based on chemicals from rain forest plants. Scientists think that many new medicines might be developed from plants that are yet to be discovered.
Unluckily, rain forests are disappearing. Rain forests trees are being cut down for wood. Huge chunks of the forests are cleared to provide land for farm animals and crops. Scientists haven’t finis hed all the plants in these forests yet. Some scientists think thousands of kinds of plants that we’ll never even know about are being destroyed each year.
1.Is it difficult for scientists to study the rain forests plants?
2. Where probably is the red research raft?
3.How much of Earth’s land surface do rain forests cover?
4. What do many of the rain forest plants mainly provide?
5. Do you think that scientists will be able to know all about the rain forest plants? Why?
完型填空:
A:Now, an English class is going on. The students 1 their lessons. Their teacher, a young woman, is very happy. She sings 2 nice songs with 3 and then she goes to the blackboard and writes “S-M-I-L-E-S” 4 it.
“ Do you know this is 5 word in English? ” she asks the class. A girl stands 6 and says, “ It 7 only six letters. 8 can it be the longest word in English？”The teacher smiles and says, “Oh, 9 ！There is a mile between the first letter 10 the last letter.”
( ) 1. A. does B. doing C. are doing D. is doing
( ) 2. A. some B. any C. much D. a lot
( ) 3. A. they B. them C. their D. Theirs
( ) 4. A.in B. by C. from D. on
( ) 5. A. long B. longer C. the longest D. the longer
( ) 6. A. down B. out C. on D. up
( ) 7. A. has B. have C. there is D. there is
( ) 8. A. How B. Why C. When D. What
( ) 9. A. see B. look at C. look D. look for
( ) 10. A. and B. but C. before D. after
B: The water rides are the most popular rides in a water park. You travel in a boat which is _1__ of logs(木头). It goes down really __2___ into the water!
There is a t icket machine beside. You may stand by to wait__3__ your turn. After lots of rides, it’s quite possible for you to look for some places to __4__. Then, going to the garden in the middle of the water park is a good idea. It’s __5__ a good place to have lunc h. The mo st exciting rides are called “which knuckle(手指节) rides”. This is because __6__ you are scared your knuckles become white. It is quite strange to pay money to __7__, but many people do that because they enjoy the rides so much! Sometimes they laugh and scream!
Also, there are special rides for young children. Of course, the children ’s rides are not _8_ fast or high or scary as the adults’. One famous _9_ for children looks like a lot of teacups! The children are safer when they sit inside the teacup and the ride goes around much _10_. It was quite interesting for them.
( ) 1. A. make B. makes C. making D. made
( ) 2. A. fast B. faster C. more fast D. much fast
( )3. A. to B. for D. at D. on
( )4. A. sing B. dance C. rest D. walk
( )5. A. only B. also C. As D. not
( )6.A. which B. What C. why D. when
( )7.A. be scared B. scared C. scare D. be scary
( )8.A like B. much C.as D. a lot
( )9. A. park B. ride C. garden D. person
( )10.A.slow B. slower C. slowly D. more slowly
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