江苏省永丰初级中学八年级英语下学期提优训练试题 （新版）牛津版.doc

江苏省永丰初级中学2014-2015学年八年级英语下学期提优训练试题一、完形填空（共15小题，计15分）通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后再各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中选出一个最佳选项。last night i was driving from harrisburg to lewisburg, a distance of about 80 miles. it was late, i was late, and i was driving 1_.at one point along an open highway, i came to a crossroads with a traffic light. i was 2_ on the road by now, but as i came near the light, it turned 3_, and i braked to a stop. i looked left, right, and behind me. nothing. not a car, no suggestion of headlights, 4_ there i sat, waiting for the light to 5_, the only human being, for at least a mile in any 6_.i started wondering why i 7_ to run the light. i was not afraid of being caught, because there was 8_ no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no 9_ in going through it.much later that 10_, after id met with a group in lewisburg and had climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why id stopped for that light 11_ me. i think i stopped 12_ its part of a contract(契约) we all have with each other. its not only the law, but its an agreement we have, and we trust each other to follow 13_: we dont go through red lights.we do 14_ we say well do. we show up when we say well show up.i was so 15_ of myself for stopping for that red light. and as no one would ever have known what a good person i was on the road from harrisburg to lewisburg, i had to tell s someone.1 a. fastb. slowlyc. carefullyd. hard2 a. lateb. alonec. worriedd. afraid3 a. greenb. yellowc. redd. dark4 a. andb. orc. sod. but5 a. returnb. change c. startd. continue6 a. attentionb. backgroundc. directiond. information7 a. refusedb. decidedc. preparedd. forgot8 a. hardlyb. luckilyc. usuallyd. clearly9 a. dangerb. excusec. spaced. energy10a. momentb. nightc. afternoond. morning11a. depended onb. looked forward toc. stayed away fromd. came back to12a. thoughb. unlessc. becaused. until13. a. meb. itc. himd. us14. a. whatb. howc. whyd. that15. a. tiredb. readyc. proudd. sorry二、阅读理解 arecently, a professor of philosophy(哲学教授) in the united states has written a book called money and the meaning of life. he has discovered that how we deal with money in our day-to-day life has more meaning than we usually think. one of the exercises he asked his students to do is to keep record of every penny(便士) they spend for a week. from the way they spend their money, they can see what they really value in life. since money is so important to us, we consider those who own a lot of it to be very important. the writer interviewed some millionaires in researching his book. question: what is the most surprising thing you have discovered about being rich, because you are a self-made man? answer: the most surprising thing is why people regard me so highly. i am nothing. i do not know much. all i am is rich. people just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it for? how much do i need for any given purposes in my life? in his book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society: to bring back the idea that money is an instrument(工具) rather than the end. money plays an important role in the material world, but expecting money to give happiness may be missing the meaning of life.29. according to the first paragraph, people have not realized _. a. how important money is in their day-to-day life b. how one spends money shows what is important to him c. that money is more important than their philosophy of life d. that their understanding of life is more important than money30. what can we learn about the millionaire from his answer in the interview? a. he does not feel that he is well educated. b. he does not think that he is a very important person. c. he does not think that being rich is worth so much attention. d. he does not consider himself to be very successful.31. which of the following might the writer disagree? a. money is important in modern society. b. the meaning of life does not completely lie in money. c. wealth(财富) will surely bring the owner happiness. d. happiness is not necessarily the result of wealth.btiger mom, youve been criticized(批评) a lot since your book, battle hymn of the tiger mother, came out. one problem is that some people dont get your humor. they think youre serious about all things and lulu and i are suffering a lot from such a strict mother. that is not true. but for real, its not their fault. no outsider can know what our family is really like. they dont hear us laughing over each others jokes. they dont see us eating our hamburgers with fried rice. they dont know how much fun we have when the six of us dogs included squeeze into one bed and argue about what movies to download from netflix. i admit it: having you as a mother was no tea party. there were some play dates i wish id gone to and some piano camps i wish id got away from. but now that im 18 and about to leave the tiger den(穴), im glad you and daddy raised me the way you did. a lot of people have accused you of producing robot kids who cant think for themselves. well, i came to the opposite conclusion: your strict parenting made me more independent(独立的). everybodys talking about the birthday cards we once made for you, which you refused to take because they werent good enough. funny how some people believe that lulu and i will feel hurt for life. but lets face it: it took me 30 seconds; i didnt put my heart into it. thats why, when you rejected it, i didnt feel hurt at all. theres one more thing: i have come to understand what it really means to live a meaningful life to the fullest. to me, its about knowing that youve tried your best, body and mind. you feel it when the piano piece youve practiced for days and hours finally comes to life beneath your fingertips. you feel it when you do something on your own that you never thought you could. and for that, tiger mom, thank you. yours, sophia32. in the writers opinion, why do some people criticize her mother? a. they dont know what her family is really like. b. they have a different culture. c. they arent strict with their children. d. they dont have a good sense of humor.33. the passage tells us her mothers strict parenting raised the writer to be _. a. a robot kid b. a kid with no play dates c. a kid uninterested in the piano d. an independent thinker 34. which of the following sentences is wrong ? a. sophia is thankful for what her strict mother has made her b. sophia has always been disturbed by tea parties. c. sophia is satisfied with her parents way of raising her. d. tiger mom was blamed for rejecting her daughters birthday cards. 35.the underlined words “it” in the last paragraph refer to_. a. making personal achievements b. having lived your life at 110 percent c. practicing piano pieces d. doing something on your own 三、短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）there are four people in my family. every day my parents are very busy m 46 money in order to pay the high tuition(学费）for my brother and me. they h 47 say “i love you” or send flowers to each other. besides, my father has a bad temper(脾气). it is easy for him to l 48 his temper when hes very tired from the hard work. i didnt know whether there was love between them u 49 one spring. at that time, my father suddenly got badly sick. my mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. when they returned from the hospital, they both looked very weak as if both of them had a serious i_50_. after they were back, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road every day in the morning and dusk(黄昏). h 51 , after two months my father still couldnt walk by himself. all of us were worried about him. “dad, how are you feeling now?” i asked him one day. “susan, dont worry about me,” he said in a low v 52 . “i just like walking with your mom. i like this kind of life.” l 53 at his eyes, i know he loves my mother very much. once i thought love m 54 flowers, presents and sweet kisses. but from this e 55 , i understand that love is inside, making life strong and warm.答案：主旨大意】本文是一篇议论文。文章通过作者没有闯红灯这件事，告诉我们“无规矩不成方圆”的道理，并号召我们无论何时何地为了自己和他人的安全都要遵守交通规则。31. 【解析】选a。逻辑推理题。由上文中的late可知天已黑，作者回家晚了，故可推断开车加速，故选a项，意为“迅速地”。32. 【解析】选b。细节理解和逻辑推理题。由下文中的nothing, not和no可推知作者一个人，故答案选b项，意为“独自的”。33. 【解析】选c。细节理解题。由下文中的stop和交通常识可知红灯亮了。34. 【解析】选d。细节理解题。由下文中的waiting for the light可知虽然路上什么都没有，“可是”作者依然停下车等候。35. 【解析】选b。逻辑推理