《2025年通城学典组合训练八年级英语全一册人教版辽宁专版》

B
KEY→P15
范畴:人与自我 主题:信用维护 体裁:记叙文 难度:★★★ 建议用时:6 分钟 评价:____/4
A businessman was growing old. He called all the young men in his company together. He said, “I am going to give each of you a seed(种子) today. I want you to plant the seed. I will choose the next chief executive officer(CEO) according to your plants.”
Jim got a seed. He went home happily and planted the seed in a pot carefully. Every day, he watered it. After about three weeks, other men began to talk about their seeds and plants. Jim was a little sad because nothing had happened since he planted the seed in the pot. He just kept watering the seed every day. He tried to make the seed grow, but he still failed.
A year later, all the young men brought their plants to the businessman. Jim put his empty pot on the floor and other men laughed. The businessman asked what had happened to the seed. Jim told him the story about it. The businessman said to the other young men, “Jim is the next CEO.”
“How could he be the CEO?” the others asked. Then the businessman said, “One year ago, I gave you all boiled seeds. It was impossible for them to grow. The young man was the only one with honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it.”
(B)1. In fact, the businessman gave each young man a seed to ____.
A. get some plants from them B. choose the next CEO
C. play a joke on them D. see who could plant the seed best
(C)2. Why did Jim become sad according to the passage?
A. Because he couldn’t get a seed. B. Because the seed was very good.
C. Because the seed couldn’t grow. D. Because his friends laughed at him.
(A)3. The underlined word “it” here refers to “____”.
A. the seed B. the pot
C. the company D. the honesty
(A)4. What does the writer mainly want to tell us?
A. Honesty is very important to us. B. Everyone can become the CEO.
C. It’s impolite to laugh at other people. D. Jim is the cleverest man in the company.

答案： 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. A

C
KEY→P15
范畴:人与自我 主题:职业精神 体裁:记叙文 难度:★★★★ 建议用时:9 分钟 评价:____/4
Ricky Smith lives in Chicago, the US. He works as a school bus driver in his free time. Last winter, he became a great hero for possibly saving the lives of 20 children. It was all because of a smart decision he made.
It was an unforgettable late afternoon for Ricky and all the children. He drove 20 students home. Suddenly, there was something wrong with the school bus. It lost power but thankfully, Ricky was able to stop the bus by the side of the road. Seeing that the school bus was not completely off the road, Ricky felt a need to do more to keep the students away from danger. So he guided(指引) the students out of the bus and took them to a safe place nearby.
“It was a human instinct(本能) to get far away from the bus and wait on the grass until help came,” Ricky said. He then made calls and asked the parents to pick up their kids. Just about five minutes after they got off the bus, something terrible happened. A big truck passed too close and hit the bus! The accident caused serious damage(破坏) to the bus. Thanks to Ricky’s decision to make the kids get off the school bus in time, none of them were injured.
Parents called Ricky a hero for his smart decision. But Ricky said it was just part of his job. “My job is to take care of these young students. I’ll do whatever it takes to take care of them.”
(D)1. Why did Ricky let all the children get off the school bus?
A. Because parents came to pick them up.
B. Because students made much noise.
C. Because the bus was full of children.
D. Because something was wrong with the bus.
(B)2. The underlined word “injured” in Paragraph 3 means “____” in English.
A. angry B. hurt C. sick D. poor
(C)3. 新考法·篇章结构 What’s the structure of this passage?

(D)4. The writer writes this passage mainly to ____.
A. explain how to drive a school bus safely
B. encourage people to learn first aid skills
C. remind people to be careful in daily life
D. show the importance of responsibility

答案： 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. D