Unit7专题训练：阅读理解(含答案)2024-2025学年人教版八年级下册英语

中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 2024-2025学年人教版八年级下册英语Unit7专题训练：阅读理解 Stories usually describe snakes as cold-hearted characters. However, a team of scientists doesn’t believe that. They say that one type of snake makes close friends. The team of scientists wanted to see how garter snakes (束带蛇) communicate with each other. Especially, they wanted to know whether or not snakes make friends. The results turned out to be rather interesting. So, what did they do Well, the team gathered 40 garter snakes. The scientists put groups of ten garter snakes in an enclosure (圈地). Inside the enclosure, there were rooms for the snakes to go inside. The team then watched how the snakes behaved (表现) towards each other. They formed groups. The experiment lasted eight days. Every day, the scientists removed (移开) the snakes from the enclosure. Then workers cleaned the space well. When the scientists put snakes back in a different structure, they then went straight back to the same groups again! The scientists believed this could show the garter snakes make friends. The team also said that they had noticed two types of snake personalities: shy and bold (大胆的). Shy snakes were reluctant (不情愿的) to come out of the rooms inside the enclosure. But bold snakes were happy to do that. The team of scientists believes that we shouldn’t be surprised that snakes form friendship. “All animals, even snakes need to communicate with others,” said Morgan Skinner, one of the scientists in the experiment. It’s not just snakes, though, that make friends. A recent scientific study found that dolphins do that, too. 1．What do people usually think of snakes A．Friendly. B．Shy and bold. C．Cold-hearted. D．Out-going. 2．What did the workers do when scientists removed the snakes from the enclosure A．They cleaned the enclosure. B．They fed the snakes. C．They cleaned the snakes. D．They caught the snakes. 3．How did shy snakes behave in the experiment A．They wouldn’t communicate with others. B．They were afraid of meeting new friends. C．They wouldn’t be happy to come out of the rooms. D．They were afraid to go into the rooms. 4．What would be the best structure of the passage A． B． C． D． 5．Which of the following can be the best title A．A Study about Friends B．Snakes Like to Make Friends C．Animals Are Our Good Friends D．The Great Scientists Long ago, when the God first planted a tree in the garden, it was full of energy and kept moving. Then the God pulled the tree out and planted it upside down to make sure it stays in one place. What’s the tree It’s the Baobab tree, also called monkey bread tree, bottle tree or others. The Baobab tree is a strange looking tree that grows in Africa and Australia. Just like its name “Bottle Tree”, it looks like a large bottle. Some grow as tall as a 16-floor building. During the dry season, these trees are standing there without leaves, and look like trunks (树干) sticking up i ... ...