初中英语8年级星级阅读训练 Test 33

Test 33

A

Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次)：

If you are an average American, you use about 380 liters of water a day! That’s enough to __1___ 2.5 bathtubs. Sound like too much? Well, think about all the ways you and your family use water. Drinking. Washing. Brushing. Flushing (冲洗马桶). Showering. Bathing. Sprinkling.(洒水) You get the idea. It all ___2__ up to a lot of water.

But it’s nothing ___3__ farms and factories. Around the world, farms soak up nearly two-thirds of the waste used each day. Industry uses a surprising ____4___ of water, too. It takes about 800 liters to make a pair of jeans.

Submarines (潜水艇) are special boats that can go underwater. They can pe much deeper than people can. As you pe deeper, the water pressure gets ___5____. Submarines are made of very thick steel, so the water pressure can’t crush them.

Inside a submarine there are special containers called ballast tanks. If they are full air, the submarine ___6____. If they are full of water, the submarine pes. The sailors can ___7____ water or air into the ballast(压舱物) tanks to make the submarine go up or down.

Every submarine has an air supply so that the people on board can breathe, __8____ they are underwater. Some submarines can stay under the surface of the sea for months at a time.

B

Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案):

There I have drawn the chairs into the right corners, and dusted the room nicely. How cold mum and daddy will be when they return from their long ride! It is not time to toast the bread yet, and I am tired of reading.

What shall I do? Somehow, I can’t help thinking about the pale face of that little beggar girl

all the time. I can see the glad light filling her eyes, just as obvious as I did when I laid the dime(一角硬币) in her little dirty hand.

How much I had thought of that dime, too! Grandfather gave it to me a whole month ago, and I had kept it ever since in my red box upstairs; but those sugar apples looked so beautiful, and were so cheap—only a dime a piece—that I made up my mind to have one.

I can see her—the beggar girl, I mean ---as she stood there in front of the store, in her old hood(风帽) and faded(褪色的) dress, looking at the me, candies laid all in a row. I wonder what made me say, “Little girl, what do you want?”

How she stared at me, just as if nobody had spoken kindly to her before. I guessed she thought I was sorry for her, for she said, so sadly, “I was thinking how good one of those gingerbread rolls would taste. I haven’t had anything to eat today.”

Then, I thought to myself, “Mary Williams, you have had a good lunch and a good dinner today, and this poor girl has not had a mouthful. You can give her your dime; she needs it a great deal more than you do.”

I couldn’t resist that little girl’s hungry look, so I dropped the dime right into her hand. And without waiting for her to speak, I walked straight away. I’m so glad I gave her the dime, if I did have to go without the apple lying there in the window, I did n’t mind.

1.Mary got the dime from her_______.

A.parents

B. grandfather

C. good friend

D. neighbour

2.The underlined word “one” in Paragraph 3 refers to ________.

A. a piece of bread

B. a red box

C. a piece of sugar apple

D. a chair

3.From Paragraph 4 and 5 we know that_____ .

A.Mary didn’t’ t like the beggar girl

B.The beggar girl wanted sugar apples

C.Mary’s family used to be poor

D.The beggar girl was really poor

4.We can learn from the underlined sentence of the last paragragh that Mary was a ______ girl.

A kind

B honest

C funny

D lonely

5.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.Mary dropped the dime in the beggar girl’s hand and then talked with her.

B.The beggar girl hadn’t eaten anything before she met Mary that day.

C.Mary toasted some bread while waiting for her parents coming back.

D.The beggar girl had some gingerbread rolls before she got a dime from Mary.

6.The best title for the passage is “_______”.

A. A Poor Beggar Girl

B. A Lucky Beggar Girl

C.Mary’s Present

D.Mary’s Dime

C

Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):

It’s 3:00 a.m. Angela is ready to start the day at the family bakery. She has three children, and they all __1___ at the bakery. Vincent and his wife, Angela, are the owners of his family’s bakery. Vincent’s father owned the bakery, and ___2____ Vincent’s grandfather owned the bakery. Now, Vincent and Angela own and run the bakery.

____3___ in the family works in the bakery. The oldest daughter, Clair, decorates many of the special cakes. Maria is the ___4____ child. She works at the counter, and sometimes she makes cookies. Paul, the youngest, is 14, and he makes bread. Vincent says, “Paul has good hands for bread.” The whole family works in the bakery, but the children only work there before or after school.

The bakery is open from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. every day except Monday. The bakery sells cookies, cakes, and bread. For special holidays, ___5___ Easter and Christmas, Vincent keeps the bakery open until 6:00 p.m., and Angela always prepares fresh coffee for their customers.

Mr. Martino is a regular customer. He visits the bakery every morning. He always buys the round loaf of bread with no butter. He says that it's good. Mrs. Salerno is ___6___ a regular customer. Every Friday, she buys two loaves of Italian bread and a large box of cookies. Her six-year-old daughter, Laura, always gets one free cookie. Mr. Salerno says that Vincent’s bakery is the best in the area.

1. A) play B) study C) help D) eat

2. A) at last B) later on C)since then D) before that

3. A)Everyone B)Someone C)No one D) Only one

4. A) first B)middle C) only D) last

5. A)for example B) such as C) as well as D) in addition

6. A)just B)still C) also D) even

D

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给):

Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.

First, reading books is f___1___. You can always keep yourself amused if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become lost in a book.

Next, you can read a book almost a___2____: in a car, in a waiting-room, on a plane, in bed----even in the bath. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and start again.

A_____3____ good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby you will get better and better at it. This m___4____ that you will read faster and will become better at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much e____5____. Many school subjects depend on good reading, and as you read, you learn more and more.

Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You have to be able to read to use a computer and the better you read, you better your computer skills will be. Reading is h___6___ out of date!

Good readers are most likely to be good writers, too. They are usually good at spelling as well, and have more things to write about. Reading books is a wonderful hobby, one of the best. W___7___ other hobby could be more useful, or more enjoyable!

E

Answer the questions (根据短文内容，回答下列问题):

A forest fire that burned 55 square kilometers was finally brought under control on Wednesday morning. The fire started on Sunday in Black Bear State Park and quickly spread to nearby areas.

On Monday, police evacuated (疏散) the small town of Lawson and ordered the people to leave their homes. The fire destroyed 20 homes in the area and caused heavy damage to 40 others. Nobody was hurt. Officials said the damage to homes and cars are between $1 million and $2 million. The government declared the town a disaster(灾难) area.

The fire spread quickly in the hot, dry weather. Fire fighting was difficult because of strong winds. Firemen from 55 fire departments in the state joined the National Fire service to put out the fire. Some kept fighting for 24 hours. Fire engines and helicopters dropped water onto the fire. In order to control the fire, firemen cleared a way around the fire.

Police closed King Road to traffic on Tuesday because of heavy smoke. Thousands of tourists had to drive an hour north to Queen Road to pass the fire area.

Some people did not follow the police order. Paul Grayson sent his wife and two children to safety, but he stayed. As the fire came within 50 feet of his house, he started thinking. “Am I foolish? Did I stay here too long, just for a house?”

1. When and where did the forest fire start?

______________________________________________________________________________.

2. What did the police order the people to do?

______________________________________________________________________________.

3. Why was fire fighting difficult?

______________________________________________________________________________.

4. How did the fireman drop water onto the fire?

______________________________________________________________________________.

5. How long did the tourist have to drive north to Queen Road to pass the fire area?

______________________________________________________________________________.

6. What kind of person do you think Paul Grayson was?

______________________________________________________________________________. 参考答案

A. EADB ACED

B. BCDABD

C. CDABBC

D. 1.fun 2. anywhere 3. another 4. means 5. easier 6. hardly 7. What

E.1. The fire started on Sunday in Black Bear State Park.

2. The police ordered the people to leave their homes.

3. Because of strong winds./Because the fire spread quickly in the hot, dry weather.

4. They used fire engines and helicopters to drop water onto the fire.

5. An hour

6. He was foolish./ He was not foolish./ He was brave./ He was responsible for his family.

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