精品解析：湖南省长沙市长郡集团2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题

长郡集团—2023-2024-2学年度初二下期中联考卷 第二部分 阅读（共三节，计30分） 第一节 （共11小题，每小题2分，满分22分） 阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A The Cloud Collector’s Handbook This book is handy to carry around. It is written by Gavin Pretor Pinney, the founder (创始人) of the Cloud Appreciation Society (协会) in the UK. You can write down different things in it, such as when and where you spot (发现) a kind of cloud. The Cloud Appreciation Society Website The society started in 2005 and now it has cloud spotters from 120 countries and regions. They often post their cloud photos on the website. You can talk with other spotters about the photos there. Cloud Spotter The app’s library can help you learn about the 40 different kinds of clouds. When you post cloud photos, you can get “stars”. You can also compete with other cloud lovers worldwide. 1. When did the Cloud Appreciation Society start? A. In 2006. B. 19 years ago. C. In 2015. 2. “Cloud Spotter” is ________. A. a book B. a website C. an app 3. Which of the following is TRUE? A. You can compete with other cloud lovers in the book. B. You can talk with other spotters about the photos on the website. C. The app’s library can help you learn about fourteen different kinds of clouds. B A couple run a small baozi shop in Haiyan county, Jiaxing city of East China’s Zhejiang province. It’s normal for them to prepare morning food in the late night. Just because of this, they helped a two-year-old girl return to her parents safely. At around 3 a.m. on October 29, Yang and her husband Guo were busy making baozi. Suddenly they heard a loud cry near their shop. Then Yang noticed a little girl who was running barefoot (赤脚) on the street alone when she rushed to check out the situation. Yang carried the girl into the shop and dressed her in a thick coat. Her husband Guo called the police right away. “Are you looking for your mom?” Yang asked. Much scared and with her teeth shaking from the cold, the girl nodded (点头). After a while, the police came and