八年级英语人教版下册Unit2同步话题阅读.docx

1、八年级英语人教版下册Unit2同步话题阅读Unit2 Ill help to clean up the city parks.Volunteer: make a difference to the worldEvery year, more and more students become volunteers. Being a volunteer is great. For students, there are many advantages to volunteering. First, volunteering helps others. When a student spends t

2、ime working at an old peoples home, cleaning up a park, or teaching a younger student, the volunteer makes the world a better place. Second, being a volunteer makes students feel good about themselves. When a student volunteer knows that his or her efforts have made someone elses life better, the vo

3、lunteer feels great. Finally, students think that volunteering is fun. A group of students might volunteer to clean up a riverbed in early spring. It is fun to be with their friends, to enjoy the weather, and to picnic later in a beautiful, clean area. Other students might read to young children in

4、a playgroup. It is fun to spend time with children and to have them smile and laugh. No matter what their ages or talents are, every student can be a volunteer. The work of student volunteers is a powerful force that makes the world a better place.1advantage/dva:ntid/ n.优点；有利条件2powerful/pafl/ adj.有力

5、量的；强大的3force/f:s/ n.力量志愿服务：世界因你而不同每年, 越来越多的学生成为志愿者。成为一名志愿者是伟大的。对于学生来说, 做志愿者活动有许多优势。首先, 志愿活动帮助别人。当学生花费时间在一个老年人之家做一些工作, 清理公园或者教小孩子, 志愿活动让世界更加美好。其次, 做一名志愿者让学生自我感觉美好。当学生志愿者知道他或她的努力让其他人的生活更美好, 志愿者会感到很自豪。最后, 学生们认为志愿活动很有趣。一群学生可能会在早春时间清理河床, 和朋友们一起, 享受美好的天气, 随后在洁净的地方举行一次野餐是有趣的。还有学生在幼儿游戏班里为小孩子阅读。和孩子们起度过一段欢笑的时

6、光是有趣的。无论是年龄大小还是有何才艺, 每个学生都可以成为志愿者。学生志愿者的工作是一股让世界更加美好的强大的力量。常用单词volunteer义务做；自愿做；志愿者repair修理；修补sign标志；信号feeling感觉；感触joy高兴；愉快kindness仁慈；善良difficulty困难；难题disabled丧失能力的；有残疾的deaf聋的alone独自；单独raise募捐；征集change变化；改变notice公告牌；通告；布告satisfaction满足；满意journey（尤指长途）旅行；行程interest兴趣；关注；使感兴趣；使关注lonely孤独的；寂寞的blind瞎的；失

7、明的excited激动的；兴奋的常用短语Clean-Up Day清洁日 used to曾经；过去at the age of在岁时 cheer up（使）变得更高兴；振奋起来come up with想出；提出 work for为工作；为效力hand out分发；散发；发给 put off推迟；延迟raise money筹钱；募捐 fix up修理；修补；解决disabled people残疾人 be able to能够help out with sth.帮助解决困难 care for关心；照顾clean up打扫（或清除）干净 give out分发；散发try out试用；试行 put up建造

8、；举起；张贴call up打电话；召集 for example比如；例如give away赠送；捐赠 set up建立；设立make a difference影响；有作用常用句子1.He volunteers at an animal hospital every Saturday morning.每周六上午，他都在一家动物医院当志愿者。2.Last year，she decided to try out for a volunteer after-school reading program.去年，她决定去参加一个课外阅读项目的志愿者的选拔。3.Most people today are o

9、nly worried about getting good jobs to make lots of money.现在的大部分人只是为找能挣许多钱的好工作而着急。4.I want to put off my plan to work in an animal hospital until next summer.我想把我在动物医院工作的计划推迟到明年夏天。My best friend Ally and I spare a few hours of our time every week as volunteers for BuddyBall. Its a 1 that helps disab

10、led kids do sports and make new friends. So what does a buddy(伙伴) do? 2 , I am a buddy for an eleven-year-old boy Tom. He is in a wheelchair and is a good basketball player, but just like any kid, it upsets him 3 he misses a shot or makes a bad pass. He starts to cry and doesnt want to play. Sometim

11、es he even wants to 4 . So, as his buddy, I encourage him. Now were working on our basketball skills together. Its great to see how he has 5 and he doesnt get upset so easily.Ally is a buddy for Clara, a kid 6 very few language skills. She is also a bit 7 ! She likes running away. Ally has learned h

12、ow to work with Clara and to get her to join in the 8 .Now she loves baseball and has more friends. Next week shes playing in a team. Her parents are 9 happy about BuddyBall and they say that Clara is more confident（自信的）and sociable after her BuddyBall sessions. BuddyBall is a great chance（机会）for ev

13、eryone！Differences disappear（消失）and we realize that were all just kids loving sports. I love doing BuddyBall because I know Im doing something 10 !1. A. decision B. subject C. program2. A. In the end B. On the way C. At the moment3. A. when B. until C. before4. A. keep on B. get down C. give up5. A.

14、 dreamed B. improved C. prepared6. A. with B. by C. about7. A. wild B. friendly C. serious8. A. games B. discussions C. lessons9. A. hardly B. truly C. possibly10. A. careless B. hard-working C. meaningfulWhen I saw Ronny for the first time, he looked like other kids in the first-grade classroom whe

15、re I volunteered as a Reading Mom. However, he usually arrived at school wearing old clothes. On the day when it was Ronnys turn to read, he sat very close to me. I watched his fingers move slowly under each letter as he tried to speak out “Bud the Sub”. It sounded more like “Baw Daw Saw” when he sa

16、id it because of his difficulty with the alphabet（字母）.The year passed quickly and Ronny had made some progress but he was still below the level of grade. A few weeks before the school year ended, I held an award（颁奖）ceremony. I had gifts and certificates（证书）for everyone. It took me a while to think a

17、bout which Ronny fit；I believed the gift could cheer him up. I finally decided on “The Most Progressive Reader”. I showed his certificate and a book.A few days later, I saw Ronny reading the book when I went back to the school. His teacher said,” He hasnt put that book down. Thats the first book hes

18、 ever owned.” Fighting back tears, I came near Ronny and asked, “Will you read me your book, Ronny？”He nodded.And then, for the next few minutes, he read to me more smoothly than Id ever thought. When he finished reading, Ronny closed his book and said, “Good book.” At that moment, I knew I should d

19、o what an author（作家）had donecare children and make them excellent.1. The writer found that there was something wrong with Ronnys_.A. eyes B. talent C. pronunciation D. fingers2. The writer praised Ronny at the end of the school year because_ in the class. A. he tried to do better B. he could read th

20、e alphabet bestC. he was above the level of grade D. he did as well as the other students3. The underlined phrase “fighting back” in the fifth paragraph means_.A. beginning to cry silently B. turning back to cry loudly C. being filled with sad tears D. trying hard not to show the feeling4. The write

21、r was moved so deeply that she wanted to_.A. help more children become successful B. take care of Ronny all the time C. teach children in the school as a teacher D. write more novels for children5. Choose the main idea of this article. A. Many children arent cared in some schools. B. Children should

22、 be encouraged in their study. C. Most children like to read if they have good books. D. All the authors can be good teachers in primary schools.Joe Connor comes from Kinsley and works in an office in Kansas City. His job is a typical nine-to-five, Monday-to-Friday job. So at the weekend, he does so

23、mething different. 1 He helps different people for free. Every weekend, theres a new project.2 You can see him in the photo. Hes moving a large blue panel(板子). Its part of a wall. Joe isnt a professional builder, but thats the interesting thing about this project. The other people are “weekend build

24、ers”, too. These “weekend builders” are from the small town of Greenburg in Kansas. A year ago, a tomado (龙卷风) hit their town. After the tornado, the community started a project to build new houses. The project is for 30 new houses. They get some help from a building company and a group of volunteer

25、s. Joe says, “I heard about the tornado and the new project. I knew some people in Greensburg. I wanted to help.” Joes friends are here this weekend, too. 3 Jill and Scott are both from Pratt, and they are building their “dream house”. Jill (on the right) is standing near his new house. 4 Theyre mak

26、ing the house that can fight against tormadoesthats why it has an unusual shape.Their house is almost ready, so next weekend, Joe is moving to a different project. Why does he do so? “Though busy, I can help people. 5 So, why not?” he says.根据短文内容, 从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项, 选项中有一项为多余选项。A. Theyre working

27、 with Jill and Scott. B. I can make friends and that is fun!C. Being a volunteer is great!D. He likes traveling but he works as a volunteer, too.E. Hes holding a part of the new wall. F. This weekend, Joe is helping to build a house.Terry Fox was only seventeen when he got a cancer(癌症). He must have

28、 felt hopeless when the doctor said his right leg would have to be cut off 6 inches above the knee. But to everyones surprise, Terry Fox made up his mind to become a long-distance runner and do something about the cancer. (A) What a dream!Although it seemed impossible, Terry decided to run across th

29、e whole country. He hoped to raise one million dollars for cancer research. Few believed he would make it. Anyway, on April 12, 1980, Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope. For the first days of his marathon, Terry Fox was alone. He started running at 4: 30 a. m. Day by day, people began to realize t

30、hat something big was happening on the lonely road. As people saw Terry, they stopped and (B) donated money for cancer research.（C）However, his health took a rapid（快速）turn for the worse several months later. He had to give up his marathon on September 1, 1980.Terry died three months later, at the ag

31、e of 22.In his short life, he raised $24 million for cancer researchone dollar for each person in his motherland. Since his death, the yearly Terry Fox Run, first held in 1981, has grown to be the worlds largest one-day fundraiser（筹资活动）for cancer research.1.完成句子。The underlined sentence（A）“What a dream！”means_ in Paragraph 2.2.从文中找出与 Terry Fox got a cancer at the age of only seventeen.意思相同或相近的句子。_3.选出文中与划线（B）处单词 donated意义相同的选项_。A. gave away B. cheered up C. gave out D. handed out4.将文中划线句子 Ho