《2025年课堂作业武汉出版社八年级英语下册人教版》

四、阅读理解(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分)
A
Cleaning Your Ears
These headphones aren't for listening to music, but for cleaning your ears! Designed by a US - based company named SafKan Health, these “headphones” shoot water into the user's ear canals(耳道) and break down earwax (耳垢) in just 35 seconds. Then they softly draw the earwax back into waste containers(容器) without hurting the ears. The process is “safe and effective”, according to the company.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Keeping Its Shape
Basketballs can become flat because the air inside them goes out over time. Then you need to pump air into them. A US company has made a new basketball. It doesn't need air and will never go flat. Wilson Sporting Goods used 3D printing technology to make it. They used a special material so that the ball can bounce just like other basketballs. It can also be used in hot and cold environments and won't change shape.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A company has made a new sports watch. It's friendly to earth. The case(表壳) and band(表带) are made from plants, like corn and castor seeds(蓖麻籽). It won't make polluting gases when people burn it later as garbage. Its packaging is made of recycled paper instead of plastic.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

51. In which section of the newspaper can we read the news?
A. SCHOOL - TIME.
B. COOL INVENTION.
C. VISUAL FACTS.
D. STAR STORIES.
52. What would be the best heading for the third piece of news?
A. “Time” for Earth
B. A Friendly Plant
C. Enjoy Your “Time”
D. A Recyclable Watch
53. Which shows the facts of the headphones?
A. They're not only used for listening but for cleaning.
B. They're designed by American Health Organization.
C. The process of cleaning is safe but time - consuming.
D. Users may not worry about safety while using them.
54. It's clear that the new basketball ________.
A. can be used during summer and winter seasons
B. is created by an American 3D sports company
C. can do good to the environment and never changes shape
D. has been used worldwide because of its special material
55. The purpose of making the new sports watch might be ________.
A. attracting the attention of sports fans
B. making good use of corn and castor seeds
C. making an effort in environmental protection
D. solving the problem of plastic pollution

B
Do you know what Alzheimer’s disease(阿尔茨海默病) is? People with this disease are very forgetful. When US high school student Sarah saw her family members suffer from this disease, she decided to do something.
Sarah started a fundraising project this year and has collected more than 3,000 so far.
Sarah still remembers her family members always asking her the same questions over and over again. “It makes it a lot harder,” she says. “I would really like to help more people.”
She made videos about the disease and showed them to other students. In one video, she sits beside her aunt, who has Alzheimer’s. Her aunt says “that’s terrible” after hearing some facts about Alzheimer’s. But the next moment, she has already forgotten what Sarah was talking about.
★. The posters encourage students to keep their brains healthy through physical and mental exercises, such as sports and playing chess.
Sarah says she hopes to do more fundraising after she finishes high school. And she will be able to help more people who suffer from this disease.
56. People with Alzheimer’s disease may ________.
A. answer questions easily
B. forget things easily
C. remember things easily
D. become excited easily
57. What does the underlined word “fundraising” mean in Paragraph 2?
A. Collecting stamps.
B. Raising money.
C. Doing business.
D. Making projects.
58. Which of the following can be put in ★?
A. Sarah raised a lot of money through the project
B. Sarah’s classmates donated their pocket money to the project
C. Sarah’s teachers also supported this project
D. Sarah also put up posters around her school
59. With her videos, Sarah wanted to show others ________.
A. what she did to take care of her aunt
B. how her aunt remembers things
C. what life is like for people with Alzheimer’s
D. why her aunt asked the same questions again and again
60. What do we know from the story?
A. Sarah may get Alzheimer’s disease when she gets old.
B. Most people have Alzheimer’s disease.
C. Sarah will keep raising money in the future.
D. Playing chess can stop Alzheimer’s disease.

C
I grew up in a poor family. My dad died when I was 3 years old, leaving my mom with the job of raising nine kids. She worked in a factory for 50 dollars a week and had another job at a poultry plant(家禽厂). She worked very hard. In order to make ends meet, she never took time off.
My mom did all she could do to take on her responsibilities(责任). As a result, we kids always got the things we needed. With my mom as my role model, I learned that hard work is the best way to get what you want.
In junior high, I started playing basketball on my school team. I loved playing it and I enjoyed working hard to win.
For me, it paid off. I put the effort into it every day. However, some people waited for me to fail, saying, “Karl Malone can’t do it.” Instead of letting people like that get to me, I continued to prove them wrong. I tried to do my best to make my family proud.
While everyone else was looking up to popular sports stars, actors and musicians as role models, my mom was my inspiration. She taught me that hard work pays off. At the end of my life, I don’t want to be remembered as the kind of person who just sat on their rear end and said, “I’ve made it.” I don’t want to say that I didn’t give it everything I’ve got. Sure there were days when I didn’t feel like working hard ... but I did it anyway. And that’s how I’m working toward becoming a successful basketball player.
61. We can know that the mother ________.
A. worked in a factory to raise chicks
B. made less than 200 dollars a month
C. raised a lot of chicks to sell for money
D. worked hard and never asked for a day off
62. When others waited for the writer to fail, he ________.
A. tried to stay away from them
B. had an argument with them
C. worked harder to prove himself
D. wanted to give up playing basketball
63. What did the mom mean by saying “hard work pays off”?
A. Hard work is not enough.
B. No pains, no gains.
C. Hard work makes you rich.
D. Wealth comes from hard work.
64. What might Karl Malone become in the future?
A. A basketball player.
B. A popular actor.
C. A famous musician.
D. A role model.
65. It’s clear that ________.
A. the writer’s dad died when he was in primary school
B. the writer fell in love with playing basketball in senior high
C. the writer’s mom had a great influence on him
D. the writer was the only kid in his family

答案： 51—55 BADAC 56—60 BBDCC 61—65 DCBAC