《2025年练习部分八年级英语上册沪教版54制》

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1 Complete the summary with the words and expressions in the box. 用方框中的单词和短语补全概要。
voluntary learning recent researcher brain came up with
When a child keeps asking questions, he or she has curiosity and it is important to his or her (1)brain development. Curiosity helps us remember things better. In a 2014 study, the (2)researcher found curious people were more likely to remember facts. Curiosity also helps us create more ideas. In a (3)recent experiment, curious people (4)came up with more great ideas about magic tricks. What's more, curiosity encourages (5)voluntary learning and helps discover career interests. If a child is crazy about something, he or she probably will study it and become an expert (专家).

答案： 1.
(1) brain
(2) researcher
(3) recent
(4) came up with
(5) voluntary learning

2 Read the stories. 阅读故事。
Shen Kuo was a famous Chinese official and scientist. He was born in Hangzhou in 1031, during the Northern Song dynasty. He was known as a curious and adventurous man.
Here are three stories about Shen Kuo.
Story one 
One day, Shen Kuo, as a little boy, read one of Bai Juyi's poems: "All flowers in late spring have fallen far and wide. But peach blossoms (桃花) are full-blown on the mountainside." Shen Kuo asked why mountain peach blossoms bloom (开花) later than those below. His mother encouraged him to find answers in nature. When April came, Shen went hiking with friends and felt the colder air higher up on the mountain. "Aha!" he cried. "Higher places are colder, so mountain flowers bloom later!"
Story two
Shen Kuo once heard of a herb called gouwen (钩吻). It could be both a medicine and a poison (毒物). To find out the truth, he asked someone to bring him the whole plant. He studied it closely and wrote down the details carefully. Finally, Shen found that the gouwen used as a medicine was not the same plant as the poisonous gouwen.
Story three
As a governor in Yanzhou, Shen saw villagers burning strange black liquid and it produced thick black smoke. He collected some soot (烟灰) and tried making ink with it. The ink was even better than the one made by pine (松树) soot. Shen then recorded this kind of liquid — shiyou (石油) in his book Brush Talks from Dream Brook (《梦溪笔谈》).
Shen Kuo's discoveries came not from books, but by questioning, observing (观察) and testing. His adventures and questions always led to fantastic and surprising answers, and deepened his understanding of the world around him.
2-1 Choose the best answer. 选择最恰当的答案。
Which of the following Chinese stanzas (诗节) matches the underlined sentences in the first story?
A. 人面不知何处去，桃花依旧笑春风。
B. 竹外桃花三两枝，春江水暖鸭先知。
C. 人间四月芳菲尽，山寺桃花始盛开。
(C)
2-2 Complete the diagram according to the stories. 根据故事内容填写图表。
Opinion: Shen Kuo is a (1)curious and (2)adventurous man.
Fact 1: Shen Kuo found out that (3)mountain flowers bloomed later because (4)higher places are colder.
Fact 2: Shen Kuo found the two gouwen were different plants by (5)studying them closely/carefully.
Fact 3: Shen Kuo tried (6)making ink with the soot from burning strange black liquid and (7)recorded it/recorded this kind of liquid in his book.

答案： 2-1. C
2-2.
(1) curious
(2) adventurous
(3) mountain flowers
(4) higher places are colder
(5) studying them closely/carefully
(6) making ink
(7) recorded it/recorded this kind of liquid