【期中备考】08：阅读回答问题10篇（含答案解析）-2023-2024学年上学期八年级期中考试必刷

【期中备考】08：阅读回答问题10篇（含答案解析） -2023-2024学年上学期八年级期中考试必刷题（上海） 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 一、阅读回答问题 （2022秋·上海徐汇·八年级上海市徐汇中学校考期中）Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答问题） Once again, my experiment had refused to work. I felt hopeless. A few months earlier, when I started the project, I was confident. I believed I could make it if I worked hard enough. So I spent over 10 hours in the lab every day. When the experiment failed, I simply worked harder. Yet here I was, working harder than ever—but not getting anywhere. I didn’t know what to do. It was late in the evening. One other person was still in the lab, and he noticed my worried look. He came over and asked how I was doing. I told him about my problems. After we talked through the experiment, he said, “I think it’s time to go home and get some sleep.” “Taking a break is also hard work, you know,” he added with a smile. Those words opened my eyes. I no longer overworked myself in the lab. I felt less stressed (有压力的) and my research started to progress (进展). A few years later, my professor and I were discussing an age-old problem at a cafe. As he finished his coffee, he said, “We need to work smarter, not harder.” I felt kind of surprised. I had never heard my professor say anything like this. Our conversation that day helps me understand that exciting ideas seldom come from a mind under pressure. My best ideas always come after I have allowed my mind to relax—whether that’s cooking a nice dinner or going on long hikes with my brother. Today, I try to pass this idea on to my own students. _______________________________________. 1．When did the writer start the project? . 2．How many hours did the writer spend in the lab every day? . 3．What did the other person in the lab notice? . 4．Exciting ideas seldom come from a mind under pressure, do they? . 5．