《2025年阳光夺冠八年级英语下册》

二、阅读理解(40分)
A(大单元)
Most people want to work, but it has become more difficult in today's world to find work for everyone. The economy(经济) of the world needs to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not possible, and so more people are out of work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people in short time. Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holiday. In all of the countries of the world, machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine can often do the work from forty people.
About 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs.
11.It was _________ for people to find work before than today.
A.not possible B.difficult
C.more difficult D.easier
12.If the economy of the world grows by 4% each year, ________.
A.people will have no jobs
B.people can still have jobs as before
C.4% of the people will have jobs
D.97% of the people will have jobs
13.One machine can do as much work as ________.
A.40% of the people
B.4% of the people in the world
C.40 people
D.75,000 people
14.How many people outside cities go into cities to look for jobs each day?
A.70% of the people.
B.4% of the people in the world.
C.More than 75,000.
D.About 75,000 people.
15.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Machines are taking work instead of people.
B.Now more people are out of work.
C.Machines need more money and longer holidays.
D.Most people want to have jobs.

答案： 11. D 12. B 13. C 14. D 15. C

B
With the development of society, our living conditions have improved, and our world has changed greatly. But as for the environment, some problems appear together with the social development.
Human activities cause many problems to our planet. For example, sea level(平面) has risen 15cm over the past century. The Amazon rainforest(热带雨林) has reduced(减少) by 17% in the last 50 years because the farmers cut down the trees for farming. People killed a lot of animals, causing the number of animals to reduce heavily.
The earth’s temperature has risen, and it turns more ice into water, so the oceans and land have changed, too. Animals can’t keep up with the changes, so some animals and plants died completely.
Unless we change our habits, our future in a hundred years' time couldn't be hopeful. To solve the problem, we should choose green ways to go to work or school as much as possible. Next, we should reduce water and food waste. What’s more, we should build parks to protect some of the land. Trees and plants grow in the parks, and animals live there, too. There are less trees cut, more planted. Our living environment will be better and better.
16.How many bad results have human activities caused according to Paragraph 2?
A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five.
17.What can we infer from Paragraph 3?
A.The earth is becoming colder and colder.
B.The cold temperature turns water into ice.
C.Some plants are too small to live on the earth.
D.Some animals can not live on the earth anymore.
18.Which of the following are mentioned(被提及) in Paragraph 4?
①Reduce water waste.②Build more parks.③Pick up rubbish at any time.④Walk to work.⑤Reduce food waste.⑥Reduce paper waste.
A.①②④⑤
B.①③④⑥
C.①②③④
D.②③④⑥
19.The writer writes the passage mainly to ________.
A.tell us the environment has had many problems
B.tell us the future environment for people to live
C.tell us the importance of protecting the environment
D.tell us the great changes of the earth and our life
20.We can most probably find this passage in a(n) ________.
A.travel magazine B.science report
C.environmental magazine D.geography book

答案： 16. B 17. D 18. A 19. C 20. C

C
A few weeks ago, my friend had a yard sale. I thought it would help to clean my 9 - year - old son’s room. We agreed that whatever we sold in toys would be his money.
The night before the sale, we put toys on the truck as well as a little bike that was too short for my son now. This little bike had at least 2 owners before it came to my son. It was not in the best shape and it certainly was not shiny new but it was still a bike, and the tires (轮胎) were still good.
We put a price of 10 on it but it didn't sell. So after the sale was over, my friend put it on the sidewalk with a sign that said “FREE BIKE". Within five minutes, a little girl was standing there.
She asked if the bike was really free. My friend said yes. The girl smiled and rode away quickly.
Later that evening when I told my son how much money he had made at the yard sale, he smiled. When he asked about the bike, I told him that a little girl was very happy because she got the bike for free. The grin(咧嘴笑) on my son's face was much more than when I told him how much he had made. He was so thrilled to hear that someone else would get good use of that little bike.
The bike was given to us, so in this way, I guess we got to pay it forward!
21.The money from toys at the yard sale belonged to ________.
A.the boy's parents B.the friend
C.the boy D.the girl
22.How did the little girl get the bike?
A.She bought the bike on the sidewalk.
B.She paid ten dollars for the bike.
C.She asked my son for the bike.
D.She got the bike for free.
23.According to the passage, the little bike ________.
A.was in the best shape B.had very bad tires
C.was very new D.had at least 2 owners
24.The underlined word “thrilled” probably means ________ in the passage.
A.worried B.excited C.interested D.relaxed
25.We can infer(推断) from the passage that ________.
A.the writer was proud of his son
B.the writer was sorry for the bike
C.the writer was angry with the friend
D.the writer was satisfied with the girl

答案： 21. C 22. D 23. D 24. B 25. A

D
People have some useless or old things and they no longer want them. Yet it seems wasteful to throw them away. 26.________ They put them outside their houses and put up a “For Sale” sign. And they have a yard sale. Sometimes, the sellers put a notice in a local newspaper. 27.________ It lists some of the things to be sold. These sales are very popular during weekends in spring, summer and autumn. Sometimes there are more clothes than anything else. So are old toys, tools, books, tables and chairs. Then there are objects called “white elephants”. Usually the seller puts a price on each object at a yard sale. 30.________ A table marked “Ten Dollars" may sell at five dollars at the end of the day. Some people go to the yard sale because they enjoy the hunt.
A. However, that price may not be the final price.
B. So you can give them a low price.
C. Cooking equipment is also popular.
D. A “white elephant” is something that you think is extremely ugly or useless.
E. So they may say, “let's have a yard sale.”
F. It tells people when and where the yard sale will take place.

答案： 26. E 27. F 28. C 29. D 30. A