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2010-2011学年度第二学期阅读竞赛试卷
八年级英语
阅读下列短文,回答相关问题(每空4分,总分100分。)
A
Visitors to London often eat in restaurants. The owners (主人) and workers in them are all from other countries. The visitors say in these restaurants they don’t feel they are in England. Most of English people eat at home as much as they can. Some times they themselves will think they are in another country when they are in restaurants, when an English man goes out of a restaurant, he may find that he doesn’t understand everything is written in French and Italian.
Most of English people think it is better to eat at home, because it is cheaper. They don’t want to spend much money on food and they like cooking at home. They like fast food. But for Christmas, they will spend two or three weeks to get ready for it, because they want to have good food.
( ) 1. Visitors to London often eat in restaurants because .
A. they don’t like the food at home B. their homes are not in London
C. it’s cheaper
( ) 2. When English people eat in restaurants, they sometimes think .
A. they are in another country B. they are in the country
C. they love their country
( ) 3. Some of English people don’t know .
A. why everything comes from French and Italian
B. why people write everything in French and Italian
C. everything in restaurants
( ) 4. English people eat at home because .
A. the food is expensive at home B. it is sometimes very cheap
C. the food is very cheap at home
( ) 5. English people will spend much time for Christmas.
A. In order to (为了) get more food B. In order to have much food
C. In order to get good food
B
J.K. Rowling was born in England in 1965. She loved reading, and wrote her first story, Rabbit, when she was only six years old. She studied French at university, and then worked as a secretary in London. She had the idea for Harry Potter when she was on a train. She started writing the first Harry Potter the next day.
In 1992, she went to live in Portugal for three years. She wrote Harry Potter in the morning, and worked as an English teacher in the afternoon and evening. She got married to a Portuguese TV reporter and had a daughter called Jessica.
Then she returned to Britain and lived in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was unemployed at that time. She wrote in cafes because there were warmer than her small house. After five years she finished the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The book sold millions of copies all over the world, and J. K. Rowling became very famous.
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。
6. When did J.K. Rowling write her first story? ______________________________.
7. What was J.K. Rowling's first job? _______________________________.
8. What's J.K. Rowling's daughter's name? _______________________________.
9. Why did J.K. Rowling write in cafes? _______________________________.
10. Why is J.K. Rowling famous? ______________________________.
C
Japanese students work very hard, but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressure from their parents to do well in school. Most students are always being told by their parents to study harder so that they can have a wonderful life. Though this may be a good idea for those very smart students, it can have terrible results for many students because they are not talented enough.
As it is reported, a number of students killed themselves. Others try to get the feelings of taking drugs(毒品). Some join the groups of troublemakers and turn to crime(犯罪). Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have their parents lose hopes. Such students felt that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they don’t want to go to school any longer.
It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any ways .Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and it is the teachers’ work to help their children. To make matter worse, a lot of parents send their children to those school opening in the evenings and on weekends— they only help students to pass exams and never teach students any real sense of the world. It is a great surprise that almost three quarters of middle school students have been to such kind of schools. Many Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students’ hair to their clothes and the things in their bags. Child psychologists (儿童心理学家)now think that such strict rules are harmful (有害的)to the feelings of the students. Almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others, how to tell right from wrong, how to show love for others, even for their parents.
( )11.Why do the Japanese student feel unhappy?
A. Because they don’t work hard enough
B. Because their parents give them little pressure
C. Because they can’t do well in their schoolwork.
D. Because their parents want them to do well in school, it give them much pressure.
( )12. Their parents want them to study hard because ______________
A. their parents want to have a wonderful life
B. they want their kids to have a wonderful life in the future.
C. they can’t do well in their own work.
D. the kids wants to have a wonderful life.
( )13. Why a lot of teenagers killed themselves or did something criminal?
A. Because they like to do that.
B. Because they thought their parents didn’t love them any more.
C. Because they thought everyone hated them.
D. Both B and C.
( )14. Who do the parents think should help the kids when they can’t do well in school work?
A. Teachers. B. Parents. C. Someone else. D. Their classmates.
( )15. What do child psychologists think is harmful to the feelings of children?
A. Schools have too much rules about everything.
B. The parents don’t help their children.
C. Children can’t do well in their school work.
D. Parents send their children to all kinds of school which are opening on weekends.
D.
Expert(专家) say that students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep at night, but most Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late. They will think their children work very hard, but not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us tat every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger (手指)with his eyes still closed, begging(请求) for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students “ early birds” in China, he has to get up before six every morning.
A report shows that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker (虚弱)than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.
Experts have ever said that the students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study last, they are able to work well in class.
( ) 16. The 10-year-old boy begged for more minute to sleep because__________
A. he didn’t have enough sleep B. it wasn’t time for him to get up
C. he didn’t want to go to school D. he wanted his mother to wake him up
( ) 17. In this passage we know if students don’t get enough sleep, they may________
A. become too weak to sleep B. not work well in class
C. go to bed early D. be weak in English
( )18. In this passage “early birds” means “persons who ______________”
A. get up early B. get up late C. sleep less D. don’t want to sleep
( )19. “Stay up late” here means “_____________”
A.study late B.watch TV late C.not go to bed until late D.stay outside
( )20. According to the passage, which of the following is right?_________
A. If you want to study better, you must work hard at night.
B. Sleeping less means working hard.
C. Some clever students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits.
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D. Students don’t have enough sleep because they have lots of homework to do.
E
Welcome to Share Ideas! I’m Tony Brown. This is Professor (教授)Lin. He is a scientist. He has many exciting ideas about life in the future. Let’s listen to what he has to say.
“I think in the future, traveling will be much cleaner and safer. Most cars will run on solar energy( 太阳能 ). That way, there will be less pollution . that cars will be driven by computers and there will be an accidents ( 事故 ) . All of the computers will work together with radio signals(信号).
“I also think that people will be able to go back to the past through a time tunnel(隧道), If they do something wrong, they will be able to go back and do it again and try not to make the same mistakes.
“ Housework will become much easier because you’ll just tell a robot to do it.
“in the future, people will be able to talk with each other on the phone more easily, and you’ll be able to see the person you’re talking to on the screen of the cellphone . The telephones that we have today will seem out of date.”
What do you think life in the future will be like? Send us a letter.
Our e-mail address: shareideas @yahoo.com see you next time!
( )21. What are professor Lin’s ideas about?
A.Travel in the future B. TV programs
C. Life in the future D. Future telephone
( )22. Professor Lin thinks that cars might be driven by_________.
A.radio signals B. computers C. solar energy D. policeman
( )23. Which of the following is NOT possible according to Professor Lin?
A.There will be fewer car accidents. B. People won’t get sick
B.robots will help people do housework
D. People will not use telephone.
( )24. What does the underlined word” mistake” mean in Chinese?
A. 破损 B。 错误 C。 补偿 D。 奇迹
( )25. What will the listeners probably do after the program?
A. Visit Professor Lin B. Telephone Tony Brown
C. Buy new cars running on solar energy D. Send them e-mail
