期末分项练习3 2023-2024学年牛津上海版（试用本）八年级英语下册

初二期末分项练习3 I. Reading Comprehension (阅读理解) A. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容， 选出最恰当的答案) (6分) Buy litterbug Now! "My friends all hate their cell phones. I love mine!" Here's why. Say goodbye to everything you hate about cell phones. Say hello to Jitterbug. "The numbers are so small! I can hardly dial them!" Not Jitterbug. This cell phone is especially designed for old people. It has a large keypad. You can quickly dial the numbers. It also has an oversized screen so that you can see the numbers you have dialled quickly. "I had to get my son to set it up for me." Your Jitterbug set-up process is simple. We can even set the phone up for you "I tried my sister's cell phone ... I couldn't hear it." Jitterbug has an improved speaker. There is an adjustable (可调节的) volume control. "I don't need networks or games on my phone. I just want to talk with my family and friends." Life is complicated, but Jitterbug is simple. "I'll be paying for minutes I'll never use!" Not with Jitterbug. Unused minutes carry over to the next month. "My phone's battery only lasts a few days." Jitterbug's battery can last for 25 days on standby (待机模式). ———————————————————————————————————————— NEW Jitterbug5 cell phone Order now and receive a 12% discount! 1-888-790-6390，www.jitterbugdirect.com ( ) 1. _______________ will probably like Jitterbug and buy it. A) University students B) Old people C) Office workers D) Businessmen ( ) 2. Jitterbug can allow people to ____________. A) surf the Internet B) play games C) chat with friends D) shop online ( ) 3. The underlined word "complicated" probably means ____________. A) difficult to deal with B) easy to get C) pleasant to enjoy D) unhappy to lose ( ) 4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Jitterbug? A) You can use the volume control when you can't hear the phone. B) If you use Jitterbug, you needn't pay for the minutes you don't use. C) The battery of Jitterbug lasts longer than the ones of other cell phones. D) You can receive a special present if you order the new Jitterbug5 now. ( ) 5. You can buy a cheaper new Jitterbug 5 cell phone ______________. A) at the phone factory B) from your friends C) by phone or on the Internet D) at the phone shop ( ) 6. You can possibly find the passage in ____________. A) a newspaper B) a travel guide C) a storybook D) a dictionary B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage I live in a flat in the city center. I find my life here very convenient. In fact. I believe I'm better off (富裕的) than many people in the world. However. I always expect something ___7____. For a long time, I had been wondering: What would life be like without all the conveniences? Last summer, I got the chance to get the answer to that question. My cousin has a little cabin at the top of a hill in Colorado. Staying in that cabin is like ___8____ in time. There is no electricity or running water. The indoor living space consists of only two chairs and a bed. It required patience and experience to cook with a wood-burning stove. Wood needed to be cut for the fire. Dinner needed to be cooked and eaten ___9____, so that we could enough daylight to wash the dishes. But after living there for some time, I enjoyed the life without computers, TVs, smartphones and social media. There was plenty of time for chatting and hiking. At night, I saw something I hadn't seen in years: stars. I also slept better there. I had difficulty sleeping ____10____ I lived in the cabin. I found I had a lot of things to do with so many modern appliances. To my surprise, I slept soundly during my stay in the cabin. I left the little cabin with a desire to spend more time doing things I don't really need technology. It's hard to say which is better --- a life with all the conveniences or one without. However, I think those of us living in the modern world should all try enjoying a ____11____ from the conveniences. ( ) 7. A) similar B) different C) boring D) ordinary ( ) 8. A) making a film B) going home C) falling asleep D) going back ( ) 9. A) quietly B) early C) slowly D) briefly ( ) 10. A) when B) because C) before D) though ( ) 11. A) break B) record C) film D) choice C. Fill in the blanks with proper words These days, ads are everywhere. Among them, many are directed towards children. As children watch TV, listen to the radio or use the Internet, they watch, hear or read lots of ads. Parents and teachers are w____12____ about this trend (趋势). They believe ads have a bad influence on children. What do children themselves think? Should ads aimed at children be allowed? Last month, we i____13____ a group of teenagers about this question. Herman, 17 Of course it should. Ads are everywhere today. Children should learn how to live with them. By allowing ads aimed at children, we are showing them the real world. Children must get prepared for adult life and learn to be careful when watching different ads. Betty, 15 It shouldn't be allowed. Children are not experienced enough to make good judgements. Sometimes, they have no idea what to believe and what not. Ads can e____14____ influence young and even older kids. Frank, 14 I don't see a problem with ads aimed at children. However, government must do something to s____15____ ads that contain improper content. These ads will have a bad influence on children. Patrick, 15 Advertising to children is not a bad idea. The influence of ads all depends on their content. I’ve seen ads that talk about how to protect the nature. These ads can actually have a great e____16____ on children's lives. Alex, 14 I decide to say "No." As we know, children don't have much money. We shouldn’t allow companies to turn children into c____17____. D． Answer the questions (根据以下内容回答问题) (6分，第22题为2分) As soon as I stepped off the bus at Xujiahui, I could feel that something was different. The crowds were still the same as they hurried back and forth to the shopping malls. The taxi drivers were still there waiting for business in front of the restaurants. But something was wrong. As I reached into my pocket for some coins to buy my usual copy of Shanghai Daily, I discovered what it was. The newsstand（卖报亭）-- the little red booth -- was missing. All that was left was a dark, rectangular outline (轮廓), like the chalk outline of a dead body in a murder story. I asked the taxi drivers what had happened, but they just shrugged and said, “Gone.” It didn't take long to solve the mystery. The little red booth wasn't the victim of a crime. Instead, it had become the victim of technology --- digital reading had won out over the printed word. At one time, there were as many as 3,000 newsstands in Shanghai. They were as common as phone booths (by the way, phone booths are also quickly disappearing). They were small, about two meters by one meter, but they opened up to display various newspapers and magazines. Chinese people have always loved to read. At these little red booths, they were able to conveniently satisfy their interest in news, science, business, fashion and literature. “Ah.” they would say, “the new Duzhe comes out tomorrow. I can 'I wait to buy it.” Today, however, most people prefer to ____________________________. Many newspapers and magazines have switched to only publishing online. Oh, well, things change, and we can’t complain too much. Still, I feel sad for the little red booth now lying in a dark corner. It’s waiting to be recycled---perhaps into a new smartphone. 18. The author managed to buy his usual copy of Shanghai Daily that day, didn’t he? _____________,______________________________________ 19. Which word in Paragraph 2 is close to the underlined word “missing” in meaning ___________________________________________________ 20. According to the author, what killed the little red booth? ___________________________________________________ 21. What did the little read booth enable Chinese people to do? It_______________________________________________________________________ 22. Fill in the blank in the last paragraph according to the passage. Today, however, most people prefer to ____________________________________________________. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$