Unit 5 What a Delicious Meal! 单元话题阅读回答问题练习-2025-2026学年八年级英语上册单元重难点易错题精练（人教版新教材）

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2025-2026学年八年级英语上册单元重难点易错题精练

 Unit 5 What a Delicious Meal!

单元话题阅读回答问题练习

本资料共10篇专题训练，从上到下依次按照难度分为基础语篇巩固练和重难语篇提升练

基础语篇巩固练

The Laba Festival falls on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month． At the beginning, it was a time for people to give sacrifices (祭品) to their ancestors (祖先), and to pray (祈祷) for a good harvest (收成) and good luck for the family． Many years later, it becomes a Laba Porridge eating event．

The custom of eating Laba Porridge first started in the Song Dynasty and became popular in the Qing Dynasty． Now it is over one thousand years． When farmers get a good harvest after their hard work, they will show their thanks to the ancestors, and heaven and earth． And they will celebrate their harvest by boiling Laba Porridge．

Laba Porridge is mainly made of different rice, beans and dried nuts． People add sugar and dried fruits to make it more delicious than before． After hours of boiling, the porridge is offered as a sacrifice to the ancestors and is served to friends before noon．

Family members eat Laba Porridge together and some kind people hand out the porridge to the poor．

After more than 10 centuries of development, Laba Porridge becomes a kind of very healthy food in winter． People of different ages love it．

1．When do Chinese people celebrate the Laba Festival?

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2．How will people celebrate their harvest?

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3．What do people add to make Laba Porridge more delicious?

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4．What do some kind people do according to the passage?

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5．Why do people of different ages love Laba Porridge? (写出两点)

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阅读下面短文，在每个题目下面做简单的笔记。

A large number of people in the world eat fast food． Whenever you go into a fast food restaurant, you can see lots of people enjoying their meals there． But do you know in which country people like fast food best?

The English people like fast food best, while the French are the least interested in quick meals, according to the survey done last year．

The survey of thirteen countries shows 45% of the English people say they can’t give up fast food because it’s delicious． And 44% of Americans and 37% of Canadians say the same． The French, proud of their delicious and high-class cuisines (食物), don’t like fast food． 81% of them think it is unhealthy, followed by 75% of the Japanese．

How about the Chinese? How often do you have hamburgers or fried chicken? It doesn’t matter whether you like Western fast food or Chinese food． The most important thing is to keep a balanced diet．

1．The people who like fast food best: _____________________

2．The people who like fast food least: _____________________

3．The idea of Americans and Canadians about fast food: _____________________

4．The reason why the French don’t like fast food: _____________________

5．According to the writer, the most important thing: _____________________

Hot pot (火锅) is many Chinese people’s favorite and Liu Yang is one of them．

On May 3rd, Liu Yang arrived in England． There he had three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes． Yesterday he was very excited when he heard that there was going to be a meal of hotpot to welcome the new students．

He went into the room and sat next to an American girl． To his surprise, he saw potatoes and bread in front of him． Where was the hot pot? When she saw Liu Yang was very surprised, the American girl told him the hotpot is not hot pot． China has hot pot in two words but English hotpot is written in one word．

Hotpot is made from meat, potatoes and onions． People put it in the oven all day or put it in a heavy pot and on a low heat． It is easy to cook．

Hotpot tastes fine． But Liu Yang still misses hot pot, two words!

1．Does Liu Yang like Chinese hot pot?

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2．When did Liu Yang arrive in England?

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3．Which country did the girl come from?

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4．What is hotpot made from?

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5．Which country has hot pot in two words?

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阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。

kiwi bird

People from New Zealand (新西兰) often call themselves “Kiwis”． For most New Zealanders, the word Kiwi is a friendly nickname (昵称) , but where did it come from?

The name comes from the kiwi bird． The bird has a round body and can’t fly． It only lives in New Zealand．

New Zealand already used the bird on the money in the late 19th century． In 1904, the bird was used in a cartoon to represent (代表) the country’s rugby (橄榄球) team． After that, the bird was often shown in cartoons．

kiwifruit

“Kiwi” as a nickname for New Zealanders is usually written with a big letter “K”, while the bird’s name is usually written with a small k: “kiwi”． So the people and the birds don’t get mixed up．

The kiwi fruit, which is from China at the beginning, is also named after the bird． In1959, New Zealanders started calling it “kiwifruit” because its brown skin (皮肤) looks like the bird．

However, it is important not to mix up Kiwi people, kiwi birds and kiwifruit! Although the fruit is usually just called “kiwi” in other parts of the world, New Zealanders only ever call it “kiwifruit”．

1．What does the kiwi bird look like?

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2．When did New Zealanders use the kiwi bird on the money?

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3．Which is the nickname of New Zealanders, Kiwi or kiwi?

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4．Where is the kiwi fruit from?

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5．What does the passage mainly talk about?

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阅读下面短文，用英文回答短文后的问题，每题回答字数不超过10个词。

They can have different colours and shapes． They can be both red or green, round or sharp, big or small, and more importantly, loved or hated by someone． What can they be? Right, the answer is chilies．

Many of us in China enjoy adding chilies to our food, but do you know that this spicy (辣的) vegetable could also be very dangerous? A 34-year-old US man lost his life in hospital after eating a Carolina Reaper, the spiciest chili． After taking just one bite, the man began to get serious headaches in the following days, reported by BBC News．

In fact, eating spicy food causes stomachache and headache． But if chilies are harmful, why do people eat this vegetable? What makes people love chilies so much? The human body is influenced (被影响) by natural chemicals (化学物质) that produce “a sense of happiness”． That means chili makes them happy．

And chilies do good to people in another way． A study shows that the death rate of those who eat spicy food once or twice a week is 10 percent lower than those who eat it less than once a week． The death rate is 14 percent lower for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week． This makes people eat more spicy food to make their health better． So don’t worry if you love spicy food． It seems that chilies are really good for us．

1．What are chilies like?

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2．Who enjoys adding chilies to food?

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3．What happened to the man after eating the spiciest chili?

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4．How is the human body influenced?

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5．Will you eat chili or spicy food? Why?

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Can you refuse (拒绝) junk food? Are you worried that you are getting heavier and heavier? Do you want to eat more healthily? Can you find a good way to help you?

Try Food Trainer! This app is also called Food T． A group of IT scientists from the UK made it． It may help you through a game．

In the free game, healthy food always appears in green circles and unhealthy food always comes in red circles． Some other everyday things, such as pencils and sweaters, appear in the green or red circles． Once a user taps on (点击) a thing in the green circle, he or she gets a point． But tapping on a thing in the red circle gets a point deducted (扣除)．

Does this simple game work well? The scientists invited more than 1,200 people to play the game once a day． After a month, the people reported their changes． Most of them said they started eating more healthy food． Some people ate junk food two to four times a week before． At the end of the study, they only ate it once a week． Most people lost more than half a kilogram of weight．

Why does the app work so well? It’s because it uses brains training techniques (大脑训练技术) to make people less interested in junk food． Through practice, the users of the app put the brakes (刹车) on in the head when they see junk food． This helps users say no to unhealthy food in their daily lives!

根据短文材料回答问题。

1．Who made the app?

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2．Where does unhealthy food always appear in the free game?

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3．How long did 1200 people use the app?

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4．What do users of the app probably do when they see junk food?

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5．Do you think the app is good? Why or why not?

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阅读表达

Is it amazing that we spend so much time talking about food? “ Have you ever eaten…?”“ What did you have for lunch?” and so on．

And yet when you travel from one country to another, you will find that people have quite different feelings about food． People often feel that what they eat is normal and that what other people eat is strange or silly． In most parts of Asia, for example, no meal is complete without rice． In England, people eat potatoes every day． In the Middle East, bread is the main part of every meal． Eating like so many things we do, becomes a habit which is difficult to change． Americans like to drink a lot of orange juice and coffee． The English drink tea four or five times every day． Australians drink a great deal of beer, and the French drink wine every day．

The sort of meat people like to eat also differs from one country to another． Horse meat is thought to be delicious in France． New Zealanders eat sheep, but they never eat goat meat． The Japanese don’t like to eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy eating raw(生的) fish．

So it seems that although eating is a topic we can talk about for hours, there is very little common sense in what we say about it． People everywhere enjoy eating what they have always eaten, and there is very little we can do to change

1．Where do people usually have rice as their main food?

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2．In the Middle East, what is the main food?

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3．Why do the Japanese dislike eating sheep meat?

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4．How often do English people drink tea?

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5．What is the passage mainly about?

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参考答案

【答案】1．On the eighth day of the 12th lunar month．    2．By boiling Laba Porridge．    3．Sugar and dried fruits．    4．They hand out the porridge to the poor．    5．Because it is delicious and healthy．

【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了在腊八节吃腊八粥的习俗。

1．根据“Laba Festival falls on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month．”可知，中国人在农历十二月初八庆祝腊八节。故填On the eighth day of the 12th lunar month．

2．根据“And they will celebrate their harvest by boiling Laba Porridge．”可知，人们会煮腊八粥来庆祝丰收。故填By boiling Laba Porridge．

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