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Unit 4 The Internet Connects Us Lesson 20:A Computer Helps!—2021-2022学年英语冀教版八年级下册随堂小测
一、单选题
1.Our English teacher is nice and patient ________ she is very strict with us.
A. if B. as C. unless D. though
2.The police _______ the whole house but didn't find any clues.
A. searched for B. looked C. found out D. searched
3.Fishing is one of _______ activities among the middle-aged men like my uncles.
A. popular B. more popular C. most popular D. the most popular
4.We should learn to look after ourselves. Don't ________ our parents too much.
A. work on B. try on C. pass on D. depend on
5.The Yellow River is one of the ______ in China.
A.longer river B.longer rivers
C.longest river D.longest rivers
二、阅读理解
A few weeks ago, I went to the cinema with my friends. We were going to see a film that I was really looking forward to. However, this cinema experience was very different from what I've ever had — this was my first D-BOX experience.
D-BOX Technologies is a Canadian company that produces motion simulators — in general, these are special seats programmed to duplicate the same movements as vehicles in games and films. The users need to wear a pair of special glasses and they feel like they are actually riding, for example, a car, a plane or even a roller coaster.
In 2009, D-BOX Technologies introduced this technology to cinemas — at first in America, and then in Canada and New Zealand as its popularity began to grow with films like Fast & Furious. And then, the company brought its creation to the UK. And in fact, the first cinema with D-BOX in the UK is right in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland — my cinema.
D-BOX may be very popular and successful at the moment, but it's also still very new. And it's different, so there's still a lot of interest and curiosity.
1.D-BOX in the cinema is _______.
A. an interesting game B. a strange box
C. a pair of unusual glasses D. a moving seat
2.The D-BOX can make the users _______.
A. feel funny and ex