山东省禹城市李屯乡中学2023-2024学年下学期开学检测八年级英语试题

八年级下学期英语预习检测 一、阅读理解（每题 3分，共 60分） A My home town, Spring, is in Texas, the US. There are no beautiful peaches or high mountains, but it is a nice place to live or visit. Spring is about one-hour drive from Houston, Texas’ largest city. Compared to Houston, Spring is very small. Every time I go to the store, I usually see someone I know and can always meet someone new. A perk for being so far from (远离)the city is that there isn't any traffic. When you get up in the morning, you can hear birds singing in the trees. There are two parts of Spring: the modern Spring and the Old Town Spring. The Old Town Spring has everything that the modem Spring has and more--old buildings, restaurants, shops, and one of the town's museums. It is popular with tourists. People can see the history of Texas from over a century(世纪) ago there. So welcome to my home town. There is always a new restaurant and a new adventure (冒险行为)waiting for you. ( )1. What can people see in Spring? A. Beautiful beaches. B. High mountains. C. Large forests. D. Old buildings. ( )2. The underlined word“perk”means“”in English. A. Advantage. B. Problem. C.Disadvantage. D. Price. ( )3. What do we know from the third paragraph(段落)? A. The modern Spring is more interesting. B. There is no museum in the Old Town Spring. C. Tourists like to visit the modern Spring better. D. The Old Town Spring is more than 100 years old. ( )4. What does the writer think of his home town? A. Large. B. Great. C. Rich. D.Busy. ( )5. The writer wrote the passage to . A. tell people the history of the US B. advise people to work in Spring C. help people know about Spring D. teach people how to live in Spring B A little boy comes to a new town. His name is Peter. Of course, he lives with his father and mother. His family is very rich. They have a gardener（园丁）, a cook and a lot of servants（佣人）. Peter is going to a new school. On the first day, his mother says to him, “Peter, be modest（朴素）at your new school. Don’t say we are rich.” Peter sa