八年级下英语组合训练VI含答案.doc

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年八年级下英语组合训练

(VI)

含答案

【完型填空】

I was sitting around the other morning thinking about some of my former(

When I do that, my thoughts always turn to Vincent.

Eighteen years ago, on the first day of third grade, when I had my class write something

about themselves, he just sat there. So I took him outside to see what was wrong.

“

Youcan

_1_about something else; anything

you want.

write!

”

and threw his pencil.

Vincent was difficult and _2_ .He acted out. He threw things. He refused to work, to be quiet,

to sit down.

So these many years later, I wondered what he was up to. With time on my hands, I googled

him and looked him up on Facebook and before long I found him .And after a few texts we agreed

to meet. And he told me his _3_.

Vincent knew he was smart, but he also knew he couldn

move around and talk. For him, sitting still, listening and reading, didn

got. The angrier he got, the more trouble he got into.

In other words, we _5_ him.

But he wouldn

’

let me tell him that. He took full responsibility for his behavior. He

remembered feeling _6_ for acting out.

That _7_ me. Kids

like Vincent are always angry about something they hold the world

以前的

) students.

”

I offered .He turned to me and shouted,

”

I can

’

t

’

t do what other kids did. He had to

t _4_. The more he tried to

’

do the things on his terms, the more we forced him to do the things on our terms and the angrier he

responsible for the consequence(

后果

).

were no excellent teachers like Annie Sullivan

_8_.I remember countless conversations, trying

games.

This story also had one of us turning Vincent around. But none of us did that for him. There

or Jaime Escalante. That didn

’

meant we didn

’

t

to understand them, going to his little League

It was Vincent who turned Vincent around , along with a junkie (

worked with after failing through high school. This guy clearly scared (

him into going to _9_.

吸毒者

) house painter he

惊吓

) him straight; talked

But

it was Vincent

who attended classes and got straight A

’

sfor two years .And it was

Vincent who got accepted into ten different universities, including Stanford and UW. And it was

Vincent who landed a great job at a big tech company.

Vincent is completely different from 18 years ago. I couldn

And for me, the _10_

1.

A. talk

2.

A. angry

3.

A. job

4.

A. arrive

5.

A. forgot

6.

A. proud

7.

A. attracted

8.

A. try

9.

A. movies

is simple but powerful--- there

’

s alwaysopeh.

B. read

B. lazy

B. story

B. change

B. helped

B. special

B. encouraged

B. wait

B. business

C. write

C. careless

C. school

C. work

C. freed

C. natural

C. surprised

C. learn

C. college

D. hear

D. disappointed

D. family

D. end

D. failed

D. terrible

D. influenced

D. succeed

D. sports

’

t be happier for him.

10.

A. rule

【阅读理解】

B. memory

C. answer

D. message

If you are reading this article in class

，

you are probably trying to read it quickly

．

You have

been taught to skim and scan

，

to look for key words so as to understand the main idea and the

important points in the article

．

Skimming and scanning is a good way when you are taking an

exam

．

But

< br>，

today

，

many people skim and scan everything and they have lost the ability to

enjoy reading

．

Now something called the

“

slow reading movement

”

has become popular

．

The idea is that

people should shut off their computers and mobile phones for half an hour or forty-five minutes

each day and enjoy the pleasures of reading a good book-slowly! In many cities there are even

slow reading clubs where members go to a caf6

，

sit quietly

，

drink coffee and just read

．

Researchers have found that reading slowly helps people concentrate and relax

．

Readi ng

，

of

course

，

isn

’

t easy

．

You have to sit still

，

for one thing

．

And it can seem boring when compared

to the excitement of playing video games

．

But

，

for me

，

reading has been an enduring pleasure

in my life

．

From the age of ten

，

when I got my first library card

，

I've enjoyed thousands of

interesting people I would have never met in real life

．

Reading helped me to understand the world

around me

．

It was an education in a classroom that had no walls

．

In your classroom

．

you have learned to read

“

fast

”．

Outside the classroom

。

you should try

to learn to read

“

slow

”．

You may be surprised at how much you enjoy it

．

1

．

According to the passage

。

what is a good way of reading when taking an exam?

A

．

Skimming and scanning

．

B

．

Thinking over carefully

．

C

．

Understanding the main idea

．

D

．

Reading carefully and slowly

．

2

．

Which of the following is NOT the idea for the

A

．

Sit quietly and just read

．

B

．

Enjoy reading a good book

．

C

．

Talk about the books you like together

．

D

．

Shut off your computers and mobile phones

．

3

．

What does the underlined word

“

people

”

mean?

A

．

Students in the classroom

．

B

．

Characters from the books

．

C

．

Persons in the writer

’

s real life

．

D

．

Members from slow reading clubs

．

4

．

What is the best title of the passage?

A

．

Slow Reading Movement

B

．

Advantages of Fast Reading

C

．

Enjoy Skimming and Scanning

D

．

Slow Reading and Fast Reading

【阅读表达】

“

slow reading movement

”?

When Lydia Nash appeared on the TV programme Who wants to be a millionaire(

百万富

翁

)

?and was fortunate enough to win

￡

16

，

，

she decided to give all the money away

．

This is

not surprising if she has been rich or famous

，

but Lydia is a 19-year-old student

．