译林版八年级下英语阅读套卷五

1、阅读套卷卷五一、完型填空(共15小题；每小题1分，计15分)people 1 under different star signs have different ways of 2一sorry.aries: arians think they are lovely and gentle and it is 3 for them to do the wrong things and they will never hurt 4 so they will only say a 5 sorry for their mistakes.gemini: geminis think they will ne

2、ver make a mistake and they are right forever. so they will never really apologize for ® but when they know it, they would rather do _7_ leo: leos are a group of pleasant people when they are trying to apologize, they will buy flowers, put up sorry posters and so on. 11 is 8virgo: virgos will f

3、irst formally set aside (留出)a time and date. then they will get ready to 9 their mistakes. at last, they will 10 a formal article and read it out. sometimes their true apologies 11 good articlesscorpio: scorpios are formal and think that making 12 apology is more formal. so instead of just saying so

4、rry, they will send a formal mail or send a cardsagittarius: sagittarians don't believe in apologizing. for them, it is 3 to make a mistake and saying sorry is just 4 interestingly, even if others make mistakes, they are very cool and will not 5the apologies from others.()1. a. boreb was bornc.

5、bornd. were born()2. a. sayingb.saysc. saidd. say()3. a. necessaryb. importantc. unabled. impossible()4. a. the otherb. othersc. otherd. another()5.a. hardb. simplec.goodd. possible()6. a. somethingb. anythingc nothingd everything()7. a. everythingb. somethingc. anythingd. nothing()8. a. greatb. fun

6、c excitingd amazing()9. a. talk aboutb. say aboutc. telld.speak()10. a .makeb. doc. writed.send()11. a. likeb. likesc. sound liked. sound()12. a. ab. thec. and./()13. a. rightb. naturalc. trued. easy()14. a. unnecessaryb. uselessc wrongd shame()15. a. wait forb. stand forc. care ford. search for二. 阅

7、读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，计30分） 阅读下列短文，从每小题a、b、c、d四个选项中选岀一个最佳答案。athe size and shape of your ears show your character more than any other part of the face. other parts of the face change shapes as we get older, but ears do not change their shape they only change in sizereading people's character from their

8、 ears is a very old science. in the past people thought that a person，s ears with colour was dangerous. they also thought that the shape of the ears showed if a person was musical or not. today, too many people believe that the size and shape of the ears help you know if a person is musicalears are

9、all different, and each different thing has a meaning. next time you look at a person, see if his or her ears are large, medium-size, or small. look at the lobes (耳垂) do they stick to the face? ears that arealways red mean that a person may get angry easily. ears that are always cold and nearly whit

10、e colour mean that a person has a nervous character.()1. when a baby is born,c his/ her ears will not change in shape d. he/ she will get large ears(2 if you look at someone ears, the right way is .a. to look at his face, ears and nose b to look at the size, colour and shapec. lo look at his mouth,

11、eyes and nosed lo look at the hair, eyes and colour()3. which may be the best title of the article?a. looking at a person in the right way b. ears and coloursc. the change of ears d ears and charactersbmo yan, a well-known chinese writer, won the nobel prize for litemture(文学)in 2012. he was also the

12、 first chinese writer who got this prize in history when he was interviewed, he said he was only a normal person who could tell stories. he especially thanked his mother. he thought his mother had a strong influence on him.mo yan was born in a poor family in china rural area. when he was young, he w

13、as a little bit shy because he thought he wasnl good-looking his classmates often played jokes on his look. that made him very upset. his mother encouraged him to face the fact bravely. she told him not to look down on himself. she said it dicing matter if a person didnt have a good look and it was

14、important to work hard and never give up. she hoped that his son would be a useful person in society.mo yan didn5t let her mother down he worked hard at writing he wrote many famous novels, such as hong gao liang(红高粱)and wa(娃).his success tells us a truth, “nobody can beat you unless you beat yourse

15、lf. ” hold on to your dream and y our dream will come true in the end)4.mo yan was the first chinesein histoiy.a. to be interviewed about the nobel prize for literatureb. to be a normal person who could tell storesc. to win the nobel prize for literatured to be influenced strongly by his mother)5.wh

16、y did mo yan feel upset when he was a little boy?a. because he was poo匚b. because he couldnt tell storiesc. because his classmates often laughed at his look.)6. what can we learn from the story?a. mo yan9s classmates were friendly to him.b. mo yan was born in a rich familyc. mo yan won the nobel pri

17、ze for peace.d. mo yaif s mother helped him a lo匸you want to know about my staying in america, right? well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience to study herein china, i had english classes five times a week since fifth grade however, i didn5t know how different textbook eng

18、lish could be from everyday english until i came to hotchkiss school, connecticut.when i first studied english, i was told to say, t am fine： when people say “how are you? but in the us, i found that people say, “i am good： or 'tm tired."one day, someone greeted me with “whafs up?" it

19、made me confused(不知所措) i thought for a moment and then smiled because i didn't know what to say.since then, i have discovered more and more differences between chinese and us cultures.to my surprise, us girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan(晒黑).however, in china, girls try ev

20、ery possible way to get their skin paler, or "whiter.i was also surprised by how hard-working us students are.in china, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and that's it. but here, a "good” student gets good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or musicthe k

21、ids here are so talented, i am starting to be sorry that i gave up playing the piano at an early age and that i have never thought about sports.()7. according to the writer, textbook english iseveryday englisha. quite different from b. the same as c more difficult than d. easier than()8.what did the

22、 writer do when he didrtt understand what someone greeted him?a. he thought for a moment and smiled b. he greeted with “what?"c. he didift how to sayd he was surprised()9. a good us student spends his / her timea. only in doing homeworkb. only on sports or musicc only in working for the publicd

23、. on studies, sports or music and public work()10. which of the following is not true ?a. the writer is now staying in the us.b american girls love to have white skin.c the us students are hard-working.d schoolwork is almost everything in china.da teacher began his class by holding up a glass with s

24、ome water in it. he held it up for all to see, and asked the students, ° how much do you think this glass weighs?"h50 g!u too g!m h125 g!” the students answered.mi really don't know unless i weigh it,n said the teacher, mbut my question is what would happen if 1 held it up like this fo

25、r a few minutes?” nothing! n the students said.mok. what would happen if i held it up like this for an hour?1' the teacher asked.nyour arm would begin to ache j said one of the students.nyou re right. now, what would happen if i held it for a day?""your arm could go numb have to go to

26、hospital for sure!1' said another student. all the students laughed"very good but during all this, did the weight of the glass change?0 asked the teacher.nno.n the students said."then what caused the arm ache and the muscle (肌肉)stress?11the students fell site nt for a moment.hput the g

27、lass down!” said one of the students"exactly!” said the teacher. nthe problems of life are something like this. hold them for a few minutes in your head, and it seems ok. think of them for a long time and they begin to make you ache hold them even longer and you will not be able to do any thing

28、 .it's important to think of the challe nges(制匕战)in your life, but it* s even more important to put them down at the end of every day before you go to sleep. that way, you are not stressed you wake up fresh and strong and can deal with any challenge that comes your way!”remember to put the glass

29、 down today.()11 how much do you think this glass which was held by the teacher weighs?a.50gb.125gc.i don9! know. d.loog()12 what would happen if the teacher held the glass up like this for an hour?a. one of the students thought his arm could go numbb. one of the students thought his arm would begin

30、 to ache.c. one of the students thought his arm would be changedd. one of the students thought his arm would be lost.()13. why did the teacher hold up a glass in his class?a. because he wanted to know how much the glass weighs.b. because he wanted to ask some student to weigh the glassc because he w

31、anted to make his class more interestingd. because he wanted to explain it was important to put the challenges in life down at the end of every day()14. in this passage, the underlined words mgo numb11 meansa.疼痛不止b.消瘦萎缩c.松弛下垂d.失去感觉()15. according to the passage, which of the following is true?a. the

32、 teacher told his students to face the challenges bravely.b the teacher taught his students how to deal with the problems.c. the teacher used to begin his class with a glass of water.d the teacher usually begins his class by holding a glass of water.三、任务型阅读(10分)阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。(每空一词)are people

33、 less happy or happier when they get older? if your answer is bfchappief then you are right, based on a study published five years ago. it found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. in fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with t

34、heir life than they were at eighteen.the findings came from a gallup survey of more than three hundred and forty thousand adults in the united states in 2008. at that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.arthur stone in the department of psychiatry and behavioral scienc

35、e at stony brook university in new york led the study. his team found that levels of stress were the highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.levels of happiness were the highest among the kids and those in t

36、heir early seventies.the survey also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. however, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.so why would happiness increase with age? one theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankf

37、ul for what they have and have better control of their emotions. they also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.title: relationship between age and 1the elements of the surveytime: 2008place: in the united statesresearcher: arthur stone and his2targets: 340,000 adultsthe3 of the survey gen

38、erally people become happier and feel 4 worried after age 50. by the age of 85, people are happier withtheir life than they were at 18. adults between the ages of 22 and 25 have the5 stress the kids and those in their early6 feel the happiest- men and women have similar emotional patterns as theygro

39、w older. however, women feel sadder, more7and worned than men do.conclusionhappiness8with age. that's because people becomemore thankful for what they have and control their emotions 9 as they get older. it also 10 them less time to think about bad experiences四、缺词填空（10分）根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）t dear editor,fm a middle school student. pm writing to tell you about children who are left-behind（留守儿童）in towns a