《2025年期末直通车八年级英语上册人教版》

C（2025·缙云）
①Did ancient people plant trees? Yes，they did. They didn’t have a special day like Tree Planting Day，but planting trees has been a tradition for a long time. Around the Qingming Festival in springtime，it rained a lot. This was a great time to plant trees because they grew better in the wet weather. So，people often planted trees during this festival，and it became a custom.

②There were many kinds of trees. However，________. To feed the silkworms，more mulberry（桑树）leaves were needed. Silk came from silkworms，and then was made into clothes and traded between the East and the West of the world. Among the ancient people，Mencius was a well - known one who suggested getting food and clothes from trees.
③There was another kind of trees that was widely planted in ancient times. Dong Feng，a famous doctor during the Three Kingdoms Period，saved many patients for free. He asked them to plant apricot trees（杏树）on a hill as a way to thank him. Over time，these apricot trees grew into a forest. Today，people often use the words “apricot forest” to tell medical field.
④Each dynasty had different tree planting projects. For example，Li Shimin，Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty，planted a ginkgo tree in a temple in Chang’an. Even after 1，400 years，the ginkgo tree is still strong. So far，the temple has become a popular place and a great number of visitors from all over the world come to see this living piece of history.
( )23. Why did ancient people plant trees around the Qingming Festival?
A. Because it was a Chinese custom.
B. Because of Tree Planting Day.
C. Because of the good weather conditions.
D. Because it was a way to have a great time.
( )24. Which of the following sentences can be put in “________” in Paragraph ②?
A. only a few people planted mulberry trees
B. mulberry trees were the most popular of all
C. silkworms needed mulberry trees most of all
D. ancient people knew little about mulberry trees
( )25. How does the writer develop（开展）the last paragraph?
A. By using pictures.
B. By giving a reason.
C. By listing numbers.
D. By showing an example.
( )26. What’s the structure of this passage?
A. ①/②③/④
B. ①/②③④
C. ①②/③/④
D. ①②③/④

答案： 23—26 CBDB