中考英语一轮复习第8课时八下Units1_2习题

第8课时八年级下册 Units 1～2

一、完形填空

(2019·预测)Have you ever worked as a volunteer? Volunteers don't get paid for what they do, but the experience of helping others can be more valuable than 1 . There are many charities(慈善机构) around the world. They are always in need of volunteers who want to make a difference.

Do you want to 2 a volunteer? Think about what skills you have. If you speak more than one language or you are good at 3 things, you can find places to use your skills to help other people.

Volunteering doesn't always mean doing great things. You can start with 4 things. There is a famous saying that goes, “Charity begins at home”. If people help those around them, 5 will be in trouble. There are always people in your neighborhood who need help 6 some tasks, such as walking their dogs, looking after their kids, and carrying their heavy shopping bags. You can also volunteer by giving 7 to hospitals. These things may seem small, but they can still make a difference in someone else's life.

Volunteers don't 8 help people. Environmental volunteers work hard to protect the environment. They plant trees or 9 city parks. Other volunteers work for animal charities which save the homeless or injured(受伤的) animals. They feed the animals and show them love. They take care of the animals until they are 10 enough to be put in good homes.

All in all, volunteering is really a good way to make a contribution to your hometown and to the world.

1．A．food B．time C．money D．coffee

2．A.meet B．visit C．choose D．become

3．A.eating B．fixing C．asking D．losing

4．A.small B．big C．right D．cheap

5．A.no one B．someone C．anyone D．everyone

6．A.for B．into C．from D．with

7．A.sugar B．salad C．blood D．paper

8．A.ever B．just C．even D．still

9．A.clean B．enter C．draw D．enjoy

10．A.kind B．tall C．well D．old

二、阅读理解

(2018·山东青岛市南一模改编)Several years ago, Kevin Stephan, then aged 11, was playing baseball when a player accidentally hit him with a bat. Kevin fell down and his heart stopped beating. Penny Brown, the mother of another player, was watching the game. Penny usually worked in the evenings as a nurse, but luckily that evening she wasn't working. Penny ran to helped Kevin and saved his life.

Nearly seven years later, Kevin was washing up in the kitchen of the Hillview Restaurant in Buffalo, New York State. Normally, 18­year­old Kevin had school in the afternoon, but that week there were exams and he didn't have any classes. At about 2 p．m., Penny Brown was having lunch with her family in the restaurant. She was eating when some f ood got stuck in her throat. She was very frightened because she couldn't breathe.

Kevin was a volunteer firefighter in his free time and he ran to help. The food was still stuck in Penny's throat. Kevin pulled his hands quickly into her stomach and saved Penny's life. He didn't know it was Penny, but his mother, Lorraine Stephan, was also having lunch in the restaurant. She realized that Penny was the woman who saved Kevin's life seven years before, at the baseball game. Both Penny and Kevin were completely amazed by the coincidence(巧合)．1．What happened during the baseball game?

A．Penny fell down.

B．Penny's son was hit.

C．Kevin hit someone.

D．Kevin's heart stopped.

2．Why was Penny at the game?

A．She liked playing baseball.

B．Her son's friend is the player.

C．Her son was playing baseball.

D．She was working as a nurse.

3．What did Kevin usually do in the afternoon when he was 18?

A．He did some sports.

B．He studied at school.

C．He worked as a firefighter.