八下英语_期中复习阅读训练一

2023 8B期中复习阅读训练一一、完形填空Last night, my husband and I were walking in a nearby parking lot after dinner when we saw a man breaking something with a rock. He lost himself in his task and didn’t look up at anyone passing by. We kept 1 him as we walked around the parking lot and talked between ourselves about what he might be doing. I thought he was breaking stones to make sand, but why would he do that?2 , we decided to go up and speak to him. He was breaking pieces of leftover bread he had collected to make3 for the birds that come there every morning. The large pieces of bread would be4 for the birds to eat, so he ground（研磨）them into a fine powder（粉末）with the rock.It was moving to hear that he’s been doing this every 5 ,by himself, for the last three or four years. What moved us more was that he was surprised we were even taking 6 in this, since for him it wasn’t a big deal. Every night, he 7 leftover bread from his neighborhood. He then spends the next one or two hours in the parking lot crushing（压碎）each piece of bread and making a neat pile for the birds, which he says will be 8 by the next evening. He also 9 fresh water and adds grains on top of the pile.When we asked him what reminds him to do this simple, small but devoted act of service, he shrugged his shoulders and said, “It’s just something small I do so that the leftover bread doesn’t go into the rubbish and the birds get food.”We shared his story with the hope that it might encourage someone to start something 10 in their own area. ( )1.A.asking B.showing C.helping D.noticing( )2.A.Naturally B.Patiently C. Surely D. Finally( )3.A. food B.drink C.nests D.desserts( )4.A.perfect B.difficult C.healthy D.enough( )5.A.morning B.afternoon C.night D.weekend( )6.A.a role B.an interest C.part D.pride( )7.A.collects B.buys C.receives D.donates( )8.A.removed B.lost C.gone D.discovered( )9.A.leaves B.takes C.drops D.saves( )10.A.small B.strange C.similar D.simple二、阅读理解AThe Enigma is a small hotel that has just 12 rooms (1-12). On one particular night, half the rooms were occupied (居住). Those in residence that night were three married couples—Mr and Mrs Haller (German), Mr and Mrs Dupont (French), and Mr and Mrs Davies (English)—and three people on their own—Ms Silver (American), Mrs Holgrove (English) and Mr Conti (Italian).Can you say who was staying in which room from the information given below?Only two even-numbered (偶数) rooms were in use.A.The two odd numbers (奇数) not in use add up to 16, as do the two even numbers that were in use.B. A married couple was in Room 11.C.Room 6 was empty.D.Residents (房客) of the same nationality were in Rooms 3 and 5.E.Room 4 was occupied by one person only.F.Although they had not planned a joint visit, the French couple knew the couple in Room 11 before.G.The American had to borrow some coffee from the resident of Room 4 when she got no answer at the door ofRoom 1.H.The numbers of the rooms occupied by married couples added up to 17.Problem-solving and Thinking Skills Resources for Able and Talented Children 81© Barry Teare (Network Continuum Education, 2006)( )1.Which part of the book does this page belong to?A. Problem SolvingB. Logical ThinkingC. PredictionD. Wordplay ( )2.Who may stay in Room 4?A. Mr and Mrs Haller.B. Mr and Mrs Davies.C. Ms Silver.D. Mr Conti. ( )3.W hich of the following is TRUE according to the page?A. The residents come from six different countries.B. Enigma is the owner of the hotel.C. The page is from a book designed for children.D. Only two rooms were in use that night.BNowadays heavy traffic can happen anywhere. People can get very anxious if they are in heavy traffic. For many years people have tried to invent a car that can fly. If a person is driving a flying car, the heavy traffic would be far below him.People around the world hope that in the future, flying cars will be useful for short trips like, taxis in or out of cities. These cars could save time in emergencies that happen suddenly and help reach places that can’t be reached by road. They also hope to save the space on the ground. Flying cars won’t use runways, because they are able to take off and land by going straight up and straight down.Last September, SkyDrive, a Japanese company, showed off its new flying car SD-03. With a pilot on board, the car was flown around for four minutes.Flying cars need strong power to fly in the sky freely like the airplanes. SkyDrive designed the SD-03 powered by batteries(电池). There are eight motors(发动机) lifting it straight off the ground. The design also produces less pollution.Although the SD 03’s test flight was successful, we may not see flying cars in our daily life anytime soon. _____________.Safety is a big problem. What happens when a motor fails? If a flying car is crossing a city, an accident could hurt not just the people in the car but also people on the ground. That’s why the SD-03 has eight motors- some are backups(备用物). Flying cars are also very expensive. The SD-03, for example, is expected to sell for up to $ 500 ,000.Yet people point out that cars and airplanes faced lots of challenges (挑战) at first, too. Over time, many of their biggest problems were solved. Tomohiro Fukuzawa, who leads SkyDrive, hopes that by 2050, people will have been able to fly anywhere inside of Tokyo in ten minutes or less.( )4.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to_________A. the airplaneB. Sky DriveC. a batteryD. the SD-03( )5.Which of the following sentences can be put in the_________ in Paragraph 5?A. The price of the flying cars is not low at all.B. There are still many challenges in the way.C. Because it can make our life much easier.D. Because the motors may fail to work. ( )6.We can infer(推断) from the passage that ________in the future because of flying cars.A. no accidents may happen on the streetsB. the sky might become busier and busierC. people could fly anywhere in ten minutesD. there may be no cars driving on the streetsCThat evening Holmes again wore different clothes, and a large, black hat. He changed his face,his hair－everything. He was a different man.We walked together to Serpentine Avenue. “You see,” said Holmes to me, “I don’t think shewants others to see the photo. But where is it? At her bank? No. Such a woman likes to keepimportant things herself. I’m sure it’s in her house.”“But how will you know?” I asked. He said, “She’ll show me. She’ll have to.”Just then Irene’s taxi arrived. One of the men in the street ran to open the door and then anotherman pushed him. Other men were also pushing and shouting, and a fight began. Irene was in themiddle of it, but Holmes ran to help her. Then suddenly he fell to the ground, with blood runningdown his face. Irene hurried to her front door, but she looked back. “How kind of him to help me!Is the poor man hurt?” she called.Some people carried Holmes into the house. I waited outside the window and watched. ThenHolmes put up his hand, and I threw the smoke-stick into the room. At once, the people in the street and in the house all began to shout “Fire!” very loudly.The house was full of smoke. I walked away, and ten minutes later Holmes came to meet me.“Well done, Watson,” he said. “Have you got the photo?” I asked.“I know where it is. She showed me,” he answered.“But why did she show you?”“It’s easy,” he said, and laughed. “You saw all those people in the street? I paid them to help us. It wasn’t a real fight and the blood wasn’t real. When people shout “Fire!”, a woman runs to the most important thing in her house, her baby, her gold, or ... a photo. Irene ran to find her photo which is in a cupboard in the living room. I saw it. But I did not take it. Tomorrow we will go to the palace and tell it to the King first. The King himself can take the photo from the cupboard. And then we will go .”( )7.At first, Holmes changed his clothes to ________.A. make him smarterB. take a taxi easilyC. hide his real looksD. make Irene surprised( )8.What can we know about the photo?A. The woman hid it somewhere carefully.B. It was at Irene’s bank and nobody knew.C. The king put it in the palace’s cupboard secretly.D. The king asked Holmes to burn it at Irene’s home.( )9.What is the correct order of the following sentences?a. Holmes changed his looks.b. Holmes helped Irene.c. Watson threw the smoke-stick.d. Irene ran to the cupboard.e. Holmes paid a lot of men.A. a-b-c-d-eB. a-c-d-e-bC. e-a-b-c-dD. e-c-d-b-a( )10.The story is mainly about ________.A. where Irene hid the photoB. how Holmes found the photoC. why people fought for the photoD. when the king wanted the photo三、七选五阅读Have you ever posted your photos on the Internet? Would you mind if people cut part of your photo, perhaps your face, and paste(粘贴) it into other photos as a joke? Most people would not like to be made fun of in this way. 1 We are living in an age of information explosion(爆炸). 2 However, we must always keep in mind that some people may use others’ personal information for unpleasant purposes(不良企图). A good example of this is what happened to a 25-year-old man. 3 However, after he sent his account (账户) number to the sender, he found that his money was stolen(偷) out of his bank online criminals(罪犯).This story warns us and reminds(提醒) us never to tell strangers information such as our real names, telephone numbers or home addresses. 4 Also remember not to give out unnecessary but important information when filling in online forms. 5This is the key to protecting ourselves in a world where the Internet is becoming more and more important.A. We need to learn to keep our personal information safe.B. However, it’s usual for people to find such pictures of themselves on the Internet.C. People work, play and talk with others over the Internet.D. Do you mind others putting your photo on the Internet?E. Don’t post your personal information on the Internet.F. Remember to clear any personal information after using another person’s computers.G. He received an e-mail that seemed to be from his bank, asking for his bank details.四、综合填空Online shopping has become something very common (普通的) for young people. But it's very hard for most of the old people. Therefore, offline buy-for-you (线下代购) stores are becoming very popular___1____ the old.Li Hui'an, ___2___ 84-year-old man from Dalian city, says, "I think it's a 3(please)to buy things in a large store and I like shopping there. But I couldn't find my favourite CD in the large stores. It's very convenient (方便的)to buy things online. 4 , I don't know how to use the computer. After I happened _____5___( find) this offline buy-for-you store, I decided to have a try. Finally I got the opera CD I'd dreamed of for several years. I was so happy. I have become crazy about offline shopping."The store owner Liu Min says in 6_____to meet the needs of people who want to buy things online but can't use the computer, she started the 7(busy) of offline buy-for-you. In the past ten days, she ____8___( receive) more than 20 orders (订单) from customers. Liu Min is not the only one who offers this kind of service. In Dalian city, more than 300 such stores____9____ (open) their doors only in April.The offline buy-for-you stores make it____10(easy)for certain people, especially the old, to shop online than the old way.1.________________2.________________3.________________4.________________5.________________6.________________7.________________8._______________9. ________________ 10.________________参考答案一、DDABC BACAC二、BDC DBB CACB三、BCGFA四、among /with an pleasure however to findorder business has received opened easier。