【单元考点培优】Unit 3 专题12 阅读理解（含答案解析）-2025-2026学年八年级英语上册单元复习考点培优鲁教版（五四学制）

/ 让学习更有效 新课备课备考 | 英语学科 / 让学习更有效 新课备课备考 | 英语学科 2025-2026学年八年级英语上册单元复习考点培优鲁教版 （五四学制）Unit 3 What were you doing when the rainstorm came？ 专题12 阅读理解 学校:_____姓名：_____班级：_____考号：_____ No one knows what the weather is going to be like in the future, but many people think there are going to be some differences. According to the scientists, one difference is that in many places it’s going to be much hotter and it’s going to rain less. Some countries in Africa are going to become very dry all year round, and people can hardly find food and water. In Southern Europe and the United States, it’s going to be less easy for plants to grow. People there are also going to have problems finding food in the future. No one knows how much warmer it is going to be, but scientists say that the change is going to be at least 2℃. They say that the ice in the Arctic (北极) is going to melt in the next years and a lot of the animals there are going to die. There is also going to be more water in the sea, so cities near the sea are going to disappear. Another difference is that there are going to be more hurricanes and typhoons (飓风和台风). Scientists say they are going to happen all over the world, and many people are going to lose their homes. The earth is our home. Everyone should play a part in saving the earth. 1．Scientists think it will be _____ for people to find food and water in some countries in Africa. A．unlucky B．difficult C．common D．easy 2．The underlined word “melt” in the third paragraph means _____. A．becoming water B．becoming dirty C．turning white D．turning clean 3．We can know from the passage that _____. A．the plants will be less difficult to grow in the USA B．a lot of animals in the Arctic will still live happily there C．few people will lose their homes because of more typhoons D．people living in some cities near the sea will have to leave their home 4．What’s the passage mainly about A．A report from scientists. B．The differences in the future. C．The food and water in the future. D．The changes of the weather in the future. 5．What’s the structure of this passage A． B． C． D． Terrible weather events are harming the planet, and experts say there might be even greater danger to come. The sea ice loss and the Arctic ice melting caused by climate change have increased much in the last ten years. Because of that, the number of polar bears (北极熊) and seals (海豹) has dropped greatly while polar bears depend on sea ice for hunting seals. According to the data from the WMO (世界气象组织), temperatures on the Antarctica (南极洲) just reach 18.3℃, which is higher than the record of 17.59℃ in March, 2015. Moreover, temperatures in this area have warmed about 3℃ over the last 50 years. Although such temperatures might be considered pleasant for a picnic, this is the Antarctica we are talking about. It is home to the most inhospitable environment on the planet b ... ...