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八年级 英语
(时间:90分钟,满分90分)
第一部分 阅读理解(35分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,共30分)
A
Clark and Dale were staying in the same room in a hospital.Clark was so sick that he could not even move his body. He had to spend all his time lying on his back.Dale could sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was next to the room's only window.
Over time, Clark and Dale became good friends. Every afternoon,Dale would look out of the room's only window,describing the scenery outside for his friend. He told Clark about the flowers in a park outside the window,the people walking by,the green trees beside roads-anything that might interest a man.
One morning,when a nurse came to check on the two men,she found that Dale had died in his sleep. As soon as the room seemed tidy again,Clark asked if he could move to the bed next to the window so that he could look out of the window himself. The nurse agreed. Slowly,he could take his first look at the world outside To his surprise,he could see nothing but a blank wall of another building
The nurse explained that Dale had been blind. He had never seen anything outside the window at all-but he described beautiful scenes to help his friend feel better.
( )1.Who described the scenery outside for Clark?
A. The doctor. B. The nurse. C. His family. D. His friend Dale.
( )2.Why did Clark want to move to the bed next to the window ?
A.he missed his friend very much B. the bed there was tidier than his
C. he wanted to look at the world outside D. he felt worse and worse
( )3.What did Clark find when he took his first look at the world outside?
A. The flowers in a park. B. The green trees beside roads.
C. The people walking by. D. A blank wall of another building.
B
Dear Lucy,
How are you? It has been a month since my family left Hong Kong for England and we are fine.
England is very different from Hong Kong. The weather is