Unit 4 单元话题阅读理解专项练习-2022-2023学年八年级英语上册单元重难点易错题精练（人教版）

Unit 4单元话题阅读理解练习

（2021·广东阳江·八年级期中）Many people don’t think that TV shows are educational. It is true that lots of shows are meaningless. However, some shows are good and we can learn many things from them. Here are a few of my favorite shows.

1．The writer watched Blue Peter _________ when he was a child.

A．three times a week B．twice a week C．three times a month D．twice a month

2．__________ might be most interested in the show The Great British Bake Off.

A．Someone who is studying in college B．Someone who is trying to save animals

C．Someone who is good at sports and movies D．Someone who is interested in cooking

3．If Sarah likes animals, she can watch _________.

A．Blue Peter B．The Great British Bake Of C．Frozen Planet D．Pointless

4．According to the passage, we can know _________.

A．Pointless is a knowledge quiz only about sports

B．Blue Peter tells about different countries around the world

C．the writer always watches The Great British Bake Off online

D．the writer likes Frozen Planet because the language in it is easy

5．The passage is mainly written for __________.

A．children B．teachers C．TV lovers D．the police

（2022·江苏·连云港市新海实验中学八年级期中）NEW YORK RADIO——WHAT’S ON?

6．If you listen to the programmes from the beginning to the end, it will take ________.

A．3 hours B．more than 3 hours C．2.5 hours D．2 hours

7．Lisa has a problem with her parents, and she can ________.

A．listen to World Business B．listen to Teenage Dreams

C．call the programme What Do You Think? D．call Aunt Vera for advice

8．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．World News Programme will be on three times.

B．What Do You Think? is about free health care.

C．Teenage Dreams and Aunt Vera—What should you do? are about health.

D．Aunt Vera —What should you do? can help you with friendship.

（2021·河北·石家庄市第四十二中学八年级期中）Welcome to Talking to the Night, a radio show from 9 pm to 9:30 pm on every Friday and Saturday night. I’m Blake White. There are still many listeners calling us. Let’s see some of their information. One is Ruby. She’s a middle school student. She says she likes DIY and sports. She wants a friend who has the same hobbies (业余爱好) as her. The other is a Chinese man. His name is Yang Xiaolong. He says it’s the first time that he has worked in England as a bus driver. He has no friend here. One biggest problem for him is that he knows little English. So he wants someone to teach him English. He also hopes they can become friends. That’s all for today. Well, if you’re interested in one of them, just call them. The following are their phone numbers. You can also visit our website www. tttnr. com to get others’ information.

Rubby: 236-6895  Yang Xiaolong: 489-5612

9．People can listen to the program ________.

A．once a week B．twice a week C．three times a week D．every night

10．Blake White is a(n) ________.

A．actor B．singer C．writer D．host

11．If Jack wants to know Rubby, what should he do next?

A．Call the radio station. B．Visit www.tttnr.com.

C．Call Rubby at 236-6895. D．Send an e-mail to Rubby.

（2022·山东青岛·八年级期中）Do you like watching historical TV shows? Some parents worry that sometimes they are not true. Some teachers think watching them can make some students interested and that they will do more to find out the truth. What do students think of them?

Zhang Jinshuo,13:

They can help us learn details (细节) of history. For example, from the history book, we may learn about the Three Kingdoms (三国). But by watching Romance of the Three kingdoms, I get to know what happened among them.

Jiang Chenming,13:

Many students are not interested in history. But they won’t mind watching historical TV shows because of famous actors and exciting stories. So I think it is a good way to increase students’ interest in learning history.

Zhou Muhan,13:

We don’t have much time to watch historical shows. If we want to know something about history, we can read books. It saves time and we can practice reading at the same time.

Zhao Kai,13:

In most historical TV shows, there are many love stories. I think it is not good for children. Also, in TV shows, heroes are often perfect. That is not real history. So I think that we should read history books to learn the true history.

12．How many students think it’s good to watch historical TV shows?

A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four.

13．Whose idea is similar to some parents?

A．Zhang Jinshuo’s. B．Jiang Chenming’s. C．Zhou Muhan’s. D．Zhao Kai’s.

14．What does the underlined word “increase” mean in Chinese?

A．提高 B．降低 C．保持 D．扰乱

15．Which is not true according to the passage?

A．Zhang Jinshuo knows more about Three Kingdoms by watching the shows. 

B．Jiang Chenming thinks students are interested in famous stars in the shows.

C．Zhou Muhan thinks reading history books takes more of our study time. 

D．In Zhao Kai’s eyes, heroes are not perfect in real history.

16．What is the passage about?

A．It’s about how students should learn history. B．It’s about when students can watch TV shows.

C．It’s about whether students should read history books. D．It’s about ideas on watching historical TV shows.

（2022·云南昭通·八年级期中）根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并将所选答案涂到答题卡的相应位置上。

There are some TV shows that focus on(关注)sports such as basketball and swimming. But Skate Into Love might be the first one to focus on winter sports. The TV show follows a group of skaters who have a strong winning spirit on the ice.

The main characters(角色)of Skate Into Love are two childhood friends and they share a love for ice skating. They meet each other at college(大学)and go for their dreams together. Tang Xue loves speed skating, while Li Yubing is an ice hockey(冰球)player and he is known as the “Ice God” for his talent(天赋).

Their roads to success are not smooth, but they never give up. Tang has to give up speed skating after getting a serious injury during high school. But she finds that her love for the sport doesn’t change in college. With Li’s help, she returns to the ice and practices harder than her teammates to catch up.

The show also shows how exciting winter sports can be. People can learn about many Winter Olympic events by watching this show. More than 200 great athletes, including speed skater Wu Dajing, gave guidance(指导)and appeared on the show. Producer(制片人)Liu Ning hopes the show will help to make winter sports more popular in China.

17．What does the TV show Skate Into Love focus on? ________

A．Summer sports.  B．Winter sports.  C．Childhood friends.  D．Great athletes.

18．Who is known as the “Ice God” in the TV show? ________

A．Tang Xue.  B．Wu Dajing.  C．Liu Ning.  D．Li Yubing.

19．Tang Xue stops practicing ________ because of a serious injury during high school.

A．speed skating B．ice hockey C．swimming D．basketball

20．Which of the following statements is NOT true? ________

A．Both Tang Xue and Li Yubing love ice skating.

B．Tang Xue is not interested in sports in college.

C．We can learn about Winter Olympic events from this show.

D．More than two hundred great athletes appeared on the show.

21．Liu Ning produced Skate Into Love in order to ________.

A．give guidance to athletes

B．cheer us up when we are in low spirits

C．make winter sports more popular in China

D．show friendship between two childhood friends

（2022·江西·赣州市南康区教学研究室八年级期中）TV Programs

22．We can watch TV at ________ if we are interested in soccer.

A．18:30 on Channel One B．19:00 on Channel Two 

C．19:30 on Channel One D．20:20 on Channel Two

23．________ will be the best one if we want to know something about Canada.

A．Around the World B．Foreign Arts C．Animal World D．Around China

24．Popular music lasts ________ on Channel One.

A．thirty minutes B．forty minutes C．fifty minutes D．sixty minutes

（2022·重庆九龙坡·八年级期中）Where can you learn about the cultural relics (文物) of our country? You may visit museums or read books, but now a CCTV show may give you a more fun way to learn about them.

The show is called National Treasure and it shows 27 treasures from 9 museums across China. In order to make ancient culture relics come alive, the show uses different ways to make sense (意义) of the story, history and culture behind them.

Although it’s a show about old relics, it looks modern and technical. An IMAX-sized LED screen shows the treasures.

The treasures are introduced by national (国家的) treasure keepers. The show invites famous actors to be national treasure keepers, and they act out the stories. The actors even use the funny words to make their performances interesting and alive. “Our show invited famous people so that the show can reach more people. As the actors try to find out more about these treasures, the audience (观众) will follow them on a journey,” said Yu Lei, producer (监制人) and director (导演) of the show. For example, actor Wang Kai played Emperor Qianlong on the show. The audience loved his performances.

The show has become widely popular with its interesting stories, good performances and funny words. It has helped more people know ancient cultural relics and has encouraged more people to visit museums.

25．The show National Treasure was produced to ________

A．show the modern technology B．invite some famous actors to act out

C．look for national treasure keepers D．make people learn about the cultural relics

26．From the passage, we can enjoy something from the show National Treasure except ________.

A．different films B．actors’ good performances

C．the interesting stories D．the history and culture behind

27．Why did the show invite the famous people like Wang Kai as the national treasure keepers?

A．Because they know cultural relics well.

B．Because they perform better than common people.

C．Because they make more people interested in the show.

D．Because all the audience prefer actors to relics and history.

28．What is the main purpose of the passage?

A．To show the influence of the famous people. B．To tell us what national treasure keepers do.

C．To introduce the TV show National Treasure. D．To show how modern and technical the program is.

（2022·广东·深圳市东升学校八年级期中）Can red TV dramas (红色电视剧) make young people more interested in learning about China’s revolutionary (革命的) history? The answer is yes. Chinese TV drama Awakening Age (《觉醒年代》), which tells the story of how the Communist Party of China (CPC) was founded in 1921, ended several months ago, but it remains a hot topic on social media, where discussion shows that it has played a positive (积极的) role in educating young people about China’s revolutionary history.

The TV series celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC has won high praise (称赞) online. The stories of the young people in the drama — who gave everything, even their lives, to the revolution — have touched a large number of viewers (观众). The storytelling in the show has also been commended by viewers for successfully showing the depth of the CPC’s history and spirit, as well as the warmth of China and every family in the country.

Many audiences (观众) tried to find the background information about the drama and commented that they learned more about the history about the founding of the Party and the country. “I read many of Lu Xun’s novels such as A Madman’s Diary when I was a student, but I couldn’t understand why he wrote them or the angry feelings hiding in the characters. After watching the drama, I read these novels again and found that I could now understand what they wanted to express to readers,” said Li Lin, a 29-year-old viewer.

Some school teachers have been showing video clips (片段) from the series in classes to help students learn more about history. A junior high school teacher from Taiyuan, in North China’s Shanxi Province, said that some students told her after class that the show had left a strong impression on them.

29．What can we know about Awakening Age according to Paragraph 1?

A．It made many students join the CPC．

B．It described the founding of the CPC．

C．Many famous actors starred in the drama.

D．It had the most viewers among TV dramas.

30．What does the underlined word “commended” mean in English?

A．Recorded. B．Recalled. C．Proven. D．Praised.

31．What did watching the drama help Li Lin get?

A．A decision to be a good writer.

B．A decision to be a CPC member.

C．A better understanding of some literature works.

D．A better understanding of the history of films.

32．What words could best describe the drama?

A．Educational and touching. B．Historical but boring.

C．Informative and interesting. D．Imaginative and unbelievable.

33．Why did the writer write the passage?

A．To tell us about the history of the CPC．

B．To introduce the life of a famous writer.

C．To introduce the story of Awakening Age.

D．To show us the advantage of red TV dramas.

参考答案：

1．A    2．D    3．C    4．B    5．C

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲一些作者最爱的电视节目。

1．细节理解题。根据“When I was a child, this was the only show I could watch. I watched it on Monday, Wednesday and Sunday every week. You can learn about different countries”可知一周看3次。故选A。

2．细节理解题。根据“The show wants to find Britain’s best amateur baker（业余烘焙师）. You can watch the show and learn how to bake”可知这档节目是关于烘焙的，与烹饪有关。故选D。

3．细节理解题。根据“This show is about life in cold places. There are many special animals in this show.”可知对动物感兴趣的应看Frozen Planet。故选C。

4．细节理解题。根据“You can learn about different countries around the world from it.”可知Blue Peter讲述了世界上不同的国家。故选B。

5．推理判断题。根据“Many people don’t think that TV shows are educational. It is true that lots of shows are meaningless. However, some shows are good and we can learn many things from them.”可知作者推荐了几个自己最爱的节目给电视爱好者，故本文是写给电视爱好者的。故选C。

6．B    7．D    8．D

【导语】本文主要介绍了纽约电台的节目安排以及节目内容。

6．细节理解题。根据表格可知，节目18: 00开始，21: 10播放最后一个节目，总持续时间超过3小时。故选B。

7．推理判断题。根据“Aunt Vera — What should you do? Phone in to ask for Aunt Vera’s help if you have a problem with your parents, friends or love.”可知，与父母产生矛盾可以给打电话给Vera阿姨征求建议。故选D。

8．细节理解题。根据“Aunt Vera — What should you do? Phone in to ask for Aunt Vera’s help if you have a problem with your parents, friends or love.”可知，《Vera阿姨教你怎么做》这档节目能帮助你解决友谊上的难题，D项正确。故选D。

9．B    10．D    11．C

【导语】本文讲述了“晚间对话”这档电台节目和它的热心听众的故事。

9．细节理解题。根据“a radio show from 9 pm to 9:30 pm on every Friday and Saturday night”可知每周五和周六晚上9点到9点半有一个广播节目，所以此节目一周有两次，故选B。

10．细节理解题。根据“I’m Blake White. There are still many listeners calling us.”可知很多听众会打电话给Blake White，可推测他是电台的支持人，故选D。

11．细节理解题。根据“Rubby: 236-6895”可知联系Rubby可以拨打电话，故选C。

12．B    13．D    14．A    15．C    16．D

【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要是学生谈论对观看历史剧的看法，以及它是否有助于学习。

12．细节理解题。根据“Zhang Jinshuo,13: They can help us learn details (细节) of history.”和“Jiang Chenming,13: So I think it is a good way to increase students’ interest in learning history.”可知，有两位同学认为看历史剧很好。故选B。

13．细节理解题。根据“Some parents worry that sometimes they are not true.”和“Zhao Kai,13: Also, in TV shows, heroes are often perfect. That is not real history.”可知，赵凯的观点和一些父母类似。故选D。

14．词义猜测题。根据“Many students are not interested in history.”可知，很多学生对历史不感兴趣，看历史剧是一个提高学生学习历史兴趣的好方法；因此“increase”的含义为“提高”。故选A。

15．细节理解题。根据“If we want to know something about history, we can read books. It saves time and we can practice reading at the same time.”可知，周木兰认为了解历史，读历史书会更节约时间，而且还能锻炼阅读；C选项表述有误。故选C。

16．主旨大意题。根据“What do students think of them?”可知，本文是四位学生对看历史剧的看法。故选D。

17．B    18．D    19．A    20．B    21．C

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了一档有关冬季运动的电视节目 ——《坠入爱河》，并指出制片人希望这个节目有助于让冬季运动在中国更受欢迎的愿望。

17．细节理解题。根据“But Skate Into Love might be the first one to focus on winter sports. ”可知,这个节目聚焦冬季运动。故选B。

18．细节理解题。根据“while Li Yubing is an ice hockey (冰球) player and he is known as the ‘Ice God’ for his talent (天赋) . ”可知Li Yubing被称为“冰神”。故选D。

19．细节理解题。根据“Tang has to give up speed skating after getting a serious injury during high school.” 可知，唐雪因受了重伤而停止练习速滑。故选A。

20．细节理解题。根据“They meet each other at college (大学)and go for their dreams together. Tang Xue loves speed skating, while Li Yubing is an ice hockey (冰球) player and he is known as the ‘Ice God’ for his talent (天赋).” 可知，唐雪热爱速滑，选项B“唐雪在大学里对体育不感兴趣。”叙述错误。故选B。

21．细节理解题。根据“Producer Liu Ning hopes the show will help to make winter sports more popular in China. ”可知，刘宁创作这个节目目的是能让冬季运动在中国更受欢迎。故选C。

22．D    23．A    24．B

【导语】本文介绍了两个频道的一些电视节目。

22．细节理解题。根据Channel 2“20:20 Sports”可知如果我们对足球感兴趣，我们可以在第二频道看20:20的电视。故选D。

23．细节理解题。根据Channel 1“Around the World”可知如果我们想了解有关加拿大的信息，环游世界将是最好的选择。故选A。

24．细节理解题。根据“21:15 Popular Music”和“21:55 Talk Show”可知21:15放音乐，一直到21:55结束，所以一共持续40分钟，故选B。

25．D    26．A    27．C    28．C

【导语】本文介绍了电视节目——《国家宝藏》。

25．细节理解题，根据“You may visit museums or read books, but now a CCTV show may give you a more fun way to learn about them.”和“It has helped more people know ancient cultural relics and has encouraged more people to visit museums.”中央电视台制作《国家宝藏》这个节目，以一个更有趣的方式让我们来了解我国文物，它帮助更多的人了解古代文物，鼓励更多的人参观博物馆。可知《国家宝藏》的制作是为了让人们了解文物，故选D。

26．推理判断题，根据“the show uses different ways to make sense of the story, history and culture behind them.”和“The show invites famous actors to be national treasure keepers, and they act out the stories. The actors even use the funny words to make their performances interesting and alive”这个节目邀请了著名演员以有趣而生动的形式将文物故事演绎出来，让人们理解故事背后的历史和文化。可知除了欣赏不同的电影，故选A。

27．细节理解题，根据“Our show invited famous people so that the show can reach more people. As the actors try to find out more about these treasures, the audience will follow them on a journey.”节目邀请了名人，这样节目就可以接触到更多人。当演员们试图挖掘更多关于这些宝藏的信息时，观众们也会跟着他们踏上一段旅程。可知是节目会邀请王凯这样的名人来担任国宝保管员是因为他们让更多的人对节目感兴趣。故选C。

28．主旨大意题，根据“Where can you learn about the cultural relics of our country? You may visit museums or read books, but now a CCTV show may give you a more fun way to learn about them.”你在哪里可以了解到我国的文物？你可能会参观博物馆或读书，但现在中央电视台的节目可能会给你一个更有趣的方式来了解他们。并通读全文可知本文主要介绍了《国家宝藏》这个节目，故选C。

29．B    30．D    31．C    32．A    33．D

【导语】本文介绍了红色电视剧《觉醒年代》以及红色电视剧的教育意义。

29．细节理解题。根据“The answer is yes. Chinese TV drama Awakening Age, which tells the story of how the Communist Party of China (CPC) was founded in 1921”可知，中国电视剧《觉醒年代》讲述了中国共产党在1921年成立的故事。故选B。

30．词义猜测题。根据“The storytelling in the show has also been commended by viewers for successfully showing the depth of the CPC’s history and spirit, as well as the warmth of China and every family in the country.”可知，节目中的故事也被观众称赞，成功地展示了中国共产党的历史和精神的深度，以及中国和每个家庭的温暖，因此“commended”意为“Praised”。故选D。

31．细节理解题。根据“ ‘... After watching the drama, I read these novels again and found that I could now understand what they wanted to express to readers,’ said Li Lin, a 29-year-old viewer.”可知，看完电视剧后，李林又读了一遍这些小说，发现现在可以更好地理解它们想要向读者表达的东西了。故选C。

32．推理判断题。根据“... where discussion shows that it has played a positive role in educating young people about China’s revolutionary history.”和“The stories of the young people in the drama — who gave everything, even their lives, to the revolution — have touched a large number of viewers.”可知，这部电视剧很有教育意义，而且很感人。故选A。

33．推理判断题。根据“Can red TV dramas make young people more interested in learning about China’s revolutionary history? The answer is yes.”可知，红色电视剧能让年轻人对学习中国革命史更感兴趣，因此作者写这篇文章是为了向我们展示了红色电视剧的优势。故选D。