《2025年点津英语天天练英语时文阅读八年级》

People's craftsman—Xu Zhenchao
人民工匠——许振超
Xu Zhenchao is a great worker from Qingdao Port in Shandong Province. 1B Even though he only graduated from middle school, he keeps learning every day and knows a lot about how to use and fix these big machines snows. "One may not go to university, but one must never stop learning," he said.
2F He believes that even if you can't be a scientist, you can still be a great worker and make a difference. He once said, " We can't all be scientists, but we can be skilled workers, and that's also good for our time."
In 2003, Xu and his team broke the world record for loading and unloading goods. 3G Xu also cares about the environment. In 2006, he helped change the big machines to use electricity instead of oil. 4E
Xu is a great teacher, too. 5C He always tells them to be careful and never say "no problem" because there is always something to improve.
Xu has won many prizes for his hard work. He is a role model for many people and shows that anyone can achieve great things if they work hard and never give up.
A. He once taught science and technology in a college.
B. He works with big machines.
C. He has taught many workers how to do their jobs better and faster.
D. Xu works very hard in Shandong Province.
E. This helped save a lot of money and make less noise and pollution.
F. Xu loves his job and tries to do it better every day.
G. They did it so fast that they surprised everyone.

A poet: Bai Juyi 诗人白居易
Bai Juyi, known as Xiangshan Jushi or Mr Zuiyin, was born in Xinzheng, Henan Province. His grandfather, or even grand grandfather came from Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. He was a great realistic poet in Tang Dynasty, and k 1known as "the demon of poetry" and "the king of poetry". He and Yuan Zhen were called "Yuan Bai". And together w 2with Liu Yuxi, another good friend, were called "Liu Bai" by others.
In 822, the famous poet Bai Juyi b 3became mayor of Hangzhou. Living there, he wrote many p 4popular poems about the West Lake. He also worked very hard to manage the lake. When he left Hangzhou, he gave his money t 5to others and told them to manage the lake later. People called a causeway in the West Lake "Bai Di" to r 6remember what he did.
After the end of the Tang Dynasty, ancient China entered the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Hangzhou became the capital o 7of the Wuyue Kingdom. Soon, this place became the r 8richest city in the southeast of ancient China, which made the city become the symbol of wealth. The k 9kings of the Wuyue Kingdom built a large number of temples and pagodas around the West Lake, and Leifeng Pagoda is one of t 10them.

答案： 七选五
1. B B 选项中的 big machines 和空格下文中的“... fix these big machine now.”内容相一致。故选 B。
2. F 空格上文提到，许振超认为，一个人可以不上大学，但永远不能停止学习。F 选项“许振超热爱他的工作，每天都在努力使做得更好”承接上文，符合逻辑。故选 F。
3. G 空格上文提到，许振超和他的团队打破了装卸货物的世界纪录。由此可知，许振超和他的团队干得又快又好。G 选项符合逻辑。故选 G。
4. E 空格上文提到，许振超还关心环境；又提到，许振超帮助将大型机器改为用电而不是用油。E 选项“这有助于节省钱，减少噪声和污染”承接上文，且符合逻辑。故选 E。
5. C 空格上文提到，许振超也是一位好老师。C 选项“许振超教许多工人如何更好、更快地做好工作”承接上文，并符合逻辑。故选 C。
首字母填空
1. known 2. with 3. became 4. popular 5. to
6. remember 7. of 8. richest 9. kings 10. them