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英语
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第一部分 教材主题语篇练
八年级(下) Units 9~10
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Ⅰ.完形填空(第一节)
There's always a special place in everyone's heart. For me, the place
is my hometown. Every time I think of . .1. ., many sweet memories will
come to my mind.
I grew up with my grandparents in a small village. I spent a
(n) . .2. . childhood there. In summer, I liked to collect dew(露珠)on
the grass in the early morning. To my surprise, it was not easy and it
took me several days to get some. After lunch, I often played games
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with my friends. We always played . .3. . outside until sunset(日落). It
seemed that we . .4. . sad things at that time. I enjoyed . .5. . the sunset. It
was so beautiful . .6. . I still remember it in my mind now. In winter, the
roads often became icy after heavy snow. My friends and I were excited
about the snowy days since we . .7. . have snowball fights.
Now I live in a city and my hometown . .8. . a lot. People took
down many old buildings and many new . .9. . appeared. I know
everything cannot stay the same all the time, but to tell the truth, I
really miss the old days when I was in my hometown. It has always
held . .10. . part of my life.
1.( ) A. it B. itself C. its D. it's
2.( ) A. exciting B. excited C. relaxing D. relaxed
3.( ) A. freely B. free C. happy D. happily
4.( ) A. don't have B. didn't have
C. doesn't have D. hadn't
5.( ) A. watching B. to watch C. watched D. watch
6.( ) A. though B. if C. that D. which
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7.( ) A. could B. can C. may D. might
8.( ) A. changes B. is changing
C. has changed D. will change
9.( ) A. one B. ones C. it D. them
10.( ) A. the beautiful B. the more beautiful
C. more beautiful D. the most beautiful
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Ⅱ.选择型阅读理解
It's hard to imagine a place that's more dangerous
than Death Valley. Death Valley is the hottest and the
driest place in North America. It also has the lowest
place in the Western Hemisphere(西半球)! Although
the natural condition in Death Valley is terrible, there is full of life.
Death Valley isn't an easy place to live in. It gets little rain a year,
so there isn't much water. In July, temperatures often climb to over 46 .
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The ground is mostly sand and rocks. There is even a dried-up lake that
has turned into salt crystals(晶体).
None of these stops plants and animals from making Death Valley
their home. People have found more than 1,000 kinds of plants there. It
also has 51 kinds of mammals(哺乳动物), 36 kinds of reptiles
(爬行动物), 6 kinds of fish, and more than 300 kinds of birds. The
animals aren't all small, either. There are big ones like bighorn sheep,
mountain lions, and mule deer.
Finding water is the biggest challenge for anything that lives in
Death Valley. Some plants have roots that go fifty feet under the surface
to find water. Some animals get the water they need from the seeds of
desert sunflowers. Small fish can live in the water that is 32 and five
times as salty as the ocean!
All these make people have to be surprised about the magic of life.
1.How many kinds of animals are there in Death Valley? ___
A. Over 93. B. Over 300. C. Over 393. D. Over 1,393.
2.新考法·写作手法 The writer develops his idea in Paragraph 3 by ___.
A. listing some numbers B. asking questions
C. comparing facts D. telling a story
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3.新考法·写作目的What's the main purpose of this passage? ___
A. To tell us the importance of water.
B. To teach us how to live in Death Valley.
C. To introduce something about Death Valley.
D. To tell us how to find animals in Death Valley.
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4.新考法·篇章结构 The structure of the passage may be ___.
(P =Paragraph 1)
A. B. C. D.
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Ⅲ.任务型阅读理解
When it comes to a public library, you usually think of books and
computers for people to use. You can even think of educational lectures
(讲座) and concerts that are often held in the library. But few people
would expect to have a farm in the library.
But why not? After all, with rising costs, food safety is a
community-wide issue. The Cicero Public Library near Syracuse in New
York solved this problem by building a farm on its land.
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When Meg Backus saw all the open space in the library across the street
from the building, he realized it could be used to benefit the community.
The farm was created in 2011 and in the beginning, 40 members of
the library brought seeds, water, and supplies(供应品) to see if they
could grow food on the land. It turned out that they could. To get the
needed supplies for a larger farm, the library began to work with the
organization Syracuse Grows Agency.
The community farm donates over 200 pounds of fresh produce to
local food banks every year. Half of the growing area is used as the
Food Educational Garden. The other half is used by growers themselves.
During the year, there are educational programs held at the library to
teach people how to garden. There are also a lot of gardening books that
can be used at the library.
Lauren Rosenstein, a worker of the library, said that she felt like she
was giving something back to the community. “You're really making a
difference as a local community because you're growing the food that
people are eating.”
1.How did the Cicero Public Library solve food safety?
It solved this problem by ___________________________.
building a farm on its land
2.新考法·词义猜测 Which English word in the second paragraph means
“使受益”?
It is “________”.
benefit
3.When was the farm created?
It was created ________.
in 2011
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4.What are the educational programs at the library mainly about?
They teach people _______________.
how to garden
5.What does Lauren think of the community farm?
It is _________________.
useful/meaningful
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