《2025年学霸甘肃少年儿童出版社八年级英语下册人教版》

Ⅲ. 阅读理解（每小题 2 分，共 22 分）
A（2024·湖北武汉·八下期末）
①Nature is a great musician. The sounds of rain，birdsong or leaves in the wind are all part of its music. These sounds make us feel different emotions（情绪）. For this reason，they have been used in many songs. One good example is Blackbird by The Beatles(披头士乐队). About halfway through the song，a blackbird’s sweet singing adds color to the melody(旋律).
②Nature，however，has never received any royalties(版税) for its important role in music. Now，with Sounds Right，things are beginning to change.
③Sounds Right is a new project of the Museum for the United Nations. The project looks at nature as a special artist. Many musicians from different countries have joined the project. They add nature sounds to their songs and share the royalties with nature.
④Sounds Right is expected to attract more than 600 million listeners within the first four years. It will earn about 40 million US dollars. The money will be used in two main ways. One is to save endangered animals and plants. ▲
⑤Brian Eno is a British singer. He is proud to be part of this project. “When you click on a song from Sounds Right，you can enjoy the beautiful sounds from nature，” he said. “You also get to hear the possibilities of a better world!”
21. What’s the structure of the passage?
A. ①/②③④/⑤ B. ①/②③/④⑤ C. ①②/③④/⑤ D. ①②/③/④/⑤
22. The Paragraph ③ focuses on _______.
A. what the new project is B. money the project can get
C. what the project will do D. the ways to join the project
23. Which of the following can be put in “▲ ”?
A. Another one is to save the musicians.
B. The other is to protect the environment.
C. Others think it’s a great idea to help the world.
D. People haven’t thought of a better way to develop the project.

答案： 21. C 22. A 23. B

C（2024·江苏扬州·一模）
Luckily，the horses accepted me as a superior form of Yahoo and began to treat me kindly. The first thing they did was to teach me their language. As you know by now，dear reader，I am very good at languages. I soon learnt enough words to communicate quite well and I understood we were in Houyhnhnm Land.
The Houyhnhnms continued to be impressed by my wisdom and my clean and smart appearance. Many other Houyhnhnms came to visit me. All of them felt confused(困惑) because I was similar to the Yahoos. But I did my very best to show how different I was from these disgusting creatures（令人厌恶的生物）.
The first grey horse I saw became my master and teacher. Together we had many interesting conversations. I told my master that the greatest ambition for all Yahoos was to have as much money as possible to buy bigger and better things. I also added that it was very difficult to get that much money honestly. As a result，most of the people lived a poor life while a few people had lots of money.
You may think，dear reader，that my description of life in England and Europe was very unfair. But after living with the Houyhnhnms for some time，it became clearer to me how equal their society was. I felt I wanted to live in Houyhnhnm Land for the rest of my life. It was such a pleasant place.
Over time I even began to copy the appearance of the Houyhnhnms and made myself shoes like theirs. I was happy to live with the Houyhnhnms for the rest of my life but unluckily everything changed on one fatal day. The Houyhnhnms didn’t think it was right that I lived like a Houyhnhnm.
—Taken from Gulliver’s Travels
28. Why does the writer use “dear reader” in his story?
A. To make the story interesting.
B. To make the story easy to read.
C. To attract(吸引) the readers’ attention.
D. To make the readers respect(尊敬) him.
29. What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 2?
A. Gulliver thought he was better than the Yahoos.
B. Gulliver thought he was stronger than the Yahoos.
C. The Yahoos believed Gulliver was their own master.
D. The Yahoos hoped Gulliver could treat them differently.
30. What did Gulliver think of his life in Houyhnhnm Land?
A. Tiring. B. Pleasant. C. Boring. D. Important.
31. What may happen after the last paragraph?
A. Gulliver would leave for Laputa in a big boat.
B. Gulliver lived a good life in Houyhnhnm Land.
C. The Houyhnhnms would ask Gulliver to leave.
D. The Houyhnhnms would ask Gulliver to stay here.

答案：  28. C 29. A 30. B 31. C

B（2024·辽宁盘锦·二模改编）
Su Shi isn’t a strange name to us，as we learn his ci in textbooks. Su is one of the most popular ancient writers. He was good at almost all kinds of writings and art，including poems，ci and prose(散文) as well as calligraphy(书法) and painting. But Su was not only respected for his talents，but also for his positive attitude towards life.
When he was young，he passed the imperial examination（科举考试） and got a degree of Jinshi. After that，he became an official. Unluckily，Su was demoted(贬谪) to serve in far areas because of other officials’ bad words about him. But he was not too discouraged.
First，he went to Huangzhou，in today’s Hubei. There he tried to enjoy life in the countryside. He farmed a piece of land which he called Dongpo. This is why people call him Dongpo. It is also said that he invented Dongpo Pork，a famous Chinese dish，during this period. Many of his poems were written there，too. Including Tune：Calming the Waves. Its line “Impervious to wind，rain or shine，I’ll have my will(归去，也无风雨也无晴)” showed his open-minded attitude.
Su was also demoted to Danzhou，in today’s Hainan. At the beginning，he couldn’t get used to the hot and wet weather. He couldn’t understand the local language. Instead of getting sad，he set up schools and got along well with the locals. Many people traveled from far places to visit him.
“Su is a great positive(乐观的) person，a friend of people，a prose master，” writer Lin Yutang said in his book about Su.
24. Which is NOT mentioned about Su Shi’s talent?
A. Ci. B. Painting. C. Singing. D. Poems.
25. The underlined word “discouraged” in Paragraph 2 means “_______”.
A. down B. confident C. happy D. excited
26. What’s the CORRECT order of Su Shi’s experiences?
①He was demoted to Huangzhou.
②He invented Dongpo Pork.
③He got a degree of Jinshi.
④He set up schools in Danzhou.
A. ①②③④ B. ②①④③ C. ③①②④ D. ③②①④
27. What can we learn from Su Shi’s experiences?
A. We should work hard to avoid ups and downs.
B. We should try our best to help others.
C. We should ask friends for help when we’re down.
D. We should stay positive when facing difficulties.

答案： 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. D