/ 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沪教版（2024）Unit 6 Wisdom counts 专题12 阅读理解 学校:_____姓名：_____班级：_____考号：_____ Long ago, China was divided into kingdoms. The kingdoms were often at war, so good leaders were important. One such leader was Tian Ji, a general in the State of Qi. Sun Bin was one of his followers. Tian Ji loved horse racing very much. He often raced against others and he often won. One day, Tian Ji raced against the King Wei of Qi. In this race, all the horses were divided into three levels: fast, medium and slow. The race had three rounds and the person who won two of them would be the final winner. With the authority (权威), the king’s horses were a little faster than Tian Ji’s. Sun Bin watched some races and called Tian Ji over to him. He whispered something in Tian Ji’s ear and said, “You just do as I told you.” In Round One, the king sent his fast horse to race, Tian Ji sent his slow horse. The king won the first round. In Round Two, the king sent his medium horse without thinking. This time, Tian Ji sent out his fast horse. To the king’s surprise, Tian Ji won the second round. In the last round, the king had no choice, but sent his slow horse. Tian Ji sent out his medium horse. No doubt, Tian Ji won again and became the final winner. The king asked Tian Ji how he made it. Tian Ji told him the truth and introduced Sun Bin to the king. Later, the king appointed Sun Bin as the military councilor. The story tells us: Don’t give up when we face difficulties! As long as we have strategies and methods, we can still succeed. 1．Sun Bin was Tian Ji’s _____. A．friend B．classmate C．follower D．boss 2．How many levels were all the horses divided into in this race between Tian Ji and the king A．5. B．3. C．2. D．1. 3．Why did the king decide to appoint Sun Bin as the military councilor A．Because the king wanted to punish Tian Ji. B．Because Sun Bin was good at horse racing. C．Because the king believed Sun Bin could help in battles. D．Because Sun Bin was a relative of the king. 4．From the passage, we know _____. A．the king was the winner B．never give up when we face difficulties C．Sun Bin was the winner D．Tian Ji lost the race in the end Have you ever wondered why the letters on a keyboard are not in the “ABC” order The keyboard we use every day is called the QWERTY keyboard. Q, W, E, R, T, Y are the first six letters on this kind of keyboard, starting from the upper left-hand corner. 5 The first manual typewriter (手动打字机), with a keyboard which looked like a piano, was invented in the late 19th century. 6 However, it was later discovered that as the typing speed increased, some keys failed to come back to their places quickly. As a result, they got jammed (卡住) very easily. 7 To solve this problem, the first QWERTY keyboard was developed. It placed keys in a way that the most used letters were spaced out (隔开) ... ...
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