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2016-2017
学年第二学期八年级英语期末复习《阅读理解
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考拉
The koala is
unique(
独特的
)to Australia and
is an important symbol of the
country.
The koala is found in open
eucalypt(
桉树
)forests in
southeast Queensland.
Even if it is
called koala bear, this animal has nothing to do
with the actual bear.
Koalas have thick
fur and large ears. Their broad, flat nose makes
them look cute,
similar to
teddy bears. In fact koalas aren't cute. They have
sharp teeth and claws
(
爪
)!Koalas are
marsupials(
有袋类
).This means
the mother carries her baby in a pocket while it
develops,
similar
to
a
kangaroo.
The
baby
koala
lives
in
its
mother's
pocket
for
the
first
six
months
of its life.
The name
The koalas
get almost all
their water from the eucalyptus leaves they eat.
That's where they get their food too.
Koalas eat only eucalyptus leaves. The
eucalyptus trees are where the koalas live. It's
also where
they sleep. Koalas sleep
about nineteen hours a day!
Why do they
sleep so much? Some people think it's because
they're lazy.
But koalas aren't lazy. They sleep so
much because there isn't much nutrition
(
营养
)in eucalyptus
leaves.
Koalas store hardly
any fat
，
so they must save
their energy. One way to do
this is to move slowly and sleep a lot.
After a
day of sleeping they like
to move around and eat just after sunset.
They live alone most of the
time. Koalas are very protective of
their trees.
If a koala sees another
koala eating in its favourite trees, it might tell
the other koala to leave
by
at
it.
Koalas
do
to
each
other.
Besides
barks,
the
males
make
a
deep
grunting(
呼噜的
)
sound.
The mothers and
babies talk in soft clicking sounds. If they get
scared
they
may
scream
like
a
baby.
The
koala
is
also
an
excellent
swimmer.
They
are
able
to
cross
rivers to escape from heavy
flooding(
泛滥
).
(
)1.
Koalas mainly live in
.
A. Singapore
B. India
C.
Australia
D. New Zealand
(
)2. According
to the article, how are koalas and kangaroos
alike
？
A. They both
have thick fur.
B. They both have sharp
teeth.
C. They both eat eucalyptus leaves.
D.
They both carry their young in a pocket.
(
)3. The word
A. no drink
B. moving slowly
C. large ears
D. barking loudly
(
)4. Why do koalas spend most of their
time sleeping?
A. To escape from natural enemies.
B.
They get tired from playing so much.
C. Their food
does not give them much energy.
D. To protect
themselves from the sun.
(
)5. If an adult
koala screams like a baby, it may get
.
A.
worried
B. frightened
C. hungry
D.
sleepy
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波兰人的休闲方式
How
do
you
spend
your
spare
time?
There
will
be
different
answers
to
it.
Most
people
in
Poland(
波兰
)have
their own ways of spending free time. Sometimes
they just want to take a rest,
but they
try to do something more pleasant most of the
time. They have many different hobbies,
which help them to get away their
everyday problems and spend their free time
happily.
Many
Polish(
波兰的
)people like
travelling. They always look for new places that
they have
never been to and add new and
exciting experiences to their journey.
Some of them like to climb
mountains, others like to go to a sea
or a lake to swim, because these can make them get
exercise
and are good for their health,
Many
Polish
people
also
like
to
do
sports
in
their
free
time.
They
are
usually
crazy
about
football, and football
is regarded as the Polish national sport. Many
football fans may support a
certain
team, so they go to watch every match of the team
they support, and they buy many things
that have any relation with the team.
Watching sport and doing it both are good ways to
relax.
In
addition,
doctors
say
that
doing
sports
is
very
good
for
health.
Many
people
in
town,
especially young men, often go to the
gym to attend the exercise classes to keep it.
Besides these ways, Polish people have
many other ways to spend their free time. And they
really enjoy their free time.
(
)1. Polish people have many hobbies in
order to
.
A. make more friends
B. finish all
their work
C. solve their daily problems
D.
relax themselves in their spare time
(
)2.
Why do some Polish people like climbing mountains?
A.
Because they hate travelling.
B. Because they
can get exercise from it.
C. Because they can find a
new place.
D. Because it is comfortable and funny.
(
)3. Which of the following sports is
NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Skating.
B. Swimming.
C.
Playing football.
D. Climbing mountains.
(
)4. What is the main idea of Paragraph
3?
A.
Football is many Polish people's favourite sport.
B.
Young Polish people often go to the gym.
C.
All the Polish people do sports in their spare
time.
D. Most Polish people like watching
sport.
(
)5. What can we learn from
the passage
A. Polish culture is colourful.
B.
It is no need doing sport activities.
C. A doctor can
give you good advice.
D. We can have many ways of
spending our free time.
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成功演讲的建议
Many people have a
fear(
害怕
)of public speaking.
According to a study, it has an influence
on 3 in every 4 people. This fact is
surprising and worrying, as most jobs require some
speaking
abilities. The following will
help you to make a speech better.
Write note cards.
Write main ideas on your
cards.
Don't write details.
Put in some fun
facts, questions, and other activities
on the cards to share with the class. Don't look
at your note
cards for a long time
while speaking.
If
necessary,
you're only
going to have a quick look at
the card
for information, not read every word.
Smile at your class.
When it
comes to speak, there's nothing that draws your
class into your
speech
than
a
good
old-
fashioned
smile.
Be
happy,
because
you're
about
to
teach
your
class
something
they
didn't
know
before.
Studies
have
shown
that
smiles
are
infections.
That
means
once you smile, it's
hard for everyone else not to smile.
So if you want your speech to go off
well
，
smile.
That
will
make
everyone
smile
and
maybe
those
smiles
will
make
you
actually
smile.
Make eye
contact.
Nothing is more boring than
listening to a speaker who looks at the floor
or at note cards.
Relax.
Your
class is made up of your friends and you talk to
them all the time.
Talk the
same way now.
Have a look
at every person in the classroom at least once.
That way,
everyone
will
feel
like
you're
communicating
with
them.
Also,
you
know
you'll
look
like
what
you're
talking about.
Use hand motions. Move your
hands along as you talk, using them to express
your key points
and keep the class
interested. It will also lead your nervous energy
into a better place.
(
)1. According
to the passage,
of people might fear to
speak in public.
A. 100 percent
B. 75 percent
C. 50 percent
D.
25 percent
(
)2. How many points are
mentioned in the passage?
A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.
D. Six.
(
)3. In
Paragraph 3 of the passage, the underlined words
A. smiles can be passed on
B.
it's hard to smile
C. smiles keep people fit
D.
people should smile every day
(
)4.
Which picture matches the last paragraph
best
？
(
)5. The passage mainly talks about
.
A. a boy's speech in class
B. how to write note cards
C. the fear of public speaking
D. how to make a speech better
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胡萝卜
Carrots
are
easy
to
plant
but
hard
to
harvest.
They
taste
good.
And
they
contain
a
lot
of
< br>carotene(
胡萝卜素
)
，
which the body makes into vitamin A.
When people think of carrots, they
usually picture in their mind a vegetable that is
long, thin
and orange. But carrots come
in many different sizes and shapes. And not all
carrots are orange.
For the best
results, carrots should be grown in a field that
does not hold water for a long time.
The soil also should have no rocks.
To prepare your garden for
carrots, you should dig up the
soil,
loosen it and turn it over.
Weather
，
soil
conditions and time will affect the way carrots
taste. Experts say warm days
and cool
nights are the best conditions for growing carrots
that taste great.
The
best
way
to
decide
if
a
carrot
is
ready
to
be
harvested
is
by
its
colour.
Usually,
the
brighter the colour is,
the better the taste is.
Many people do
not know that carrots can be grown during the
winter months. If the winter is
not
cold enough to freeze the ground, you can grow and
harvest carrots the same way as during
the summer months.
Carrots
are
prepared
and
eaten
in
many
different
ways.
They
are
cut
in
thin
pieces
and
cooked with other
vegetables or meat. Or they are washed, and eaten
just as they come out of the
ground.
(
)1. According to the passage, which is
RIGHT about carrots?
A. Carrots are a kind of
fruit.
B. Carrots are
all orange colour.
C. Carrots have different
sizes and shapes.
D. Carrots are hard to plant.
(
)2. Which is WRONG about growing
carrots?
A. You can grow carrots only in summer.
B.
You should dig up the earth, loosen it and turn it
over.
C. The earth should not be too hard.
D.
The field should not have water for a long time.
(
)3. How do we decide if a carrot is
ready to be harvested?
A. By its shape.
B. By its size.
C. By its
taste.
D. By its colour.
(
)4.
know carrots
can be grown during the winter months.
A. All people
B. Not few
people
C. Many people
D. Few people
(
)5. Which is the best title of the
passage?
A. Carrots
B. Three Ways to
Eat Carrots
C. The Brighter the
Carrots' Colour Is, the Better the Taste Is
D. Carrots Can Be Grown During the
Winter Months
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颐和园
Located
15
km
northwest
from
Beijing
centre
area,
the
Summer
Palace
is
the
largest
and
best-preserved royal garden in China.
It mainly includes
Longevity Hill,
Kunming
Lake and
the Long
Corridor(
走廊
).
The
whole Summer Palace covers an area of over 290
hectares(
公顷
)including more
than 3,
000 buildings. The Summer
Palace used to be called
Main parts of
the Summer Palace
Longevity Hill,
which can be divided into Front Hill and Rear
Hill, is about 60 metres high.
Kunming
Lake is a good place for us to have a boat ride
during much of the year, and ice
skating can be performed during the
frozen winter months.
Kunming Lake
covers an area of 220 hectares.
This lake
is more than
3
，
500 years old.
The Long Corridor is 795 yards long.
It is the longest
walkway of the Chinese gardens and it's
with over 14
，
000
traditional Chinese paintings on the
beams(
梁
)and crossbeams
(
横梁
).
Two entrances of the Summer Palace
The Summer Palace has two entrances.
One is the East Palace Gate and the other is North
Palace Gate.
Most visitors enter the garden from the
East Palace Gate.
(
)1. Where does
the Summer Palace lie?
A. It lies in
the northeast of Beijing.
B. It lies in
the northwest of Beijing.
C. It lies in
the southeast of Beijing.
D. It lies in
the southwest of Beijing.
(
)2. How many
parts is the Summer Palace mainly made up of?
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
D. Five.
(
)3. What can we
do in the Summer Palace?
A. Climb hills.
B. Have a boat ride.
C.
Enjoy many traditional Chinese paintings.
D. All the above.
(
)4.
How long is the Long Corridor?
A.
It's about 60 yards long.
B. It's about
795 yards long.
C. It's about
220 yards long.
D. It's about
209 yards long.
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6
）
找准自己
When people
become good at doing the things they like, they
have found themselves.
Many young
people are good at doing things they do not like.
Some young people would like
to do
something that they are not good at. Also some of
them don't think they are good at anything
and don't know what they would like to
do. None of them are happy.
It
is impossible to decide whether one likes
something or not until one has tried it.
Trying
something
new is important.
Give each idea
a fair chance. If you have decided to try out
something new, also decided haw
long
you will stick to it
，
then
you can make a fair decision.
The
best thing to judge isn't the final goal but the
work, which makes
you
reach the goal.
Almost
everybody would like to be highly skilled in
something. But becoming highly skilled in
anything calls for a great deal of time
and work.
also discovering
what one isn't good at and one doesn't like.
So trying something and failing can
have its good sides.
It
tells you that you are not fit for
that
particular field and should not take it as your
goal.
(
)1. You can't decide
whether you like something
.
A. after it has
been tried
B. before you
have tried it
C. although you have tried
it
D. even if you
have tried it
(
)2. It takes
to become good at
something.
A. energy and time
B. a lot of
work and rest
C. a lot of time and work
D. time and money
(
)3. From the passage we know that to
find oneself is
.
A. unnecessary
B. quite easy
C. important
D.
natural
(
)4. To find oneself has to
know
.
A. his strong points
B. what he likes and what he is good at
C. his weak points
D.
both his strong and weak points
(
)5.
According to the passage, which of the following
statements would the writer NOT agree
to?
A. Failing is sometimes
necessary.
B. You should try out each
idea fairly.
C. You should do what you
are good at.
D. To make a fair decision,
you can see whether the final goal is good or not.
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采蘑菇的欧洲人
Much of
the best food in the world is free. These are some
of the foods which you can pick
for
free in Europe.
Every
autumn,
people
all
over
Europe
go
out
into
the
woods
and
fields
to
look
for
mushrooms(
蘑菇<
/p>
).People
in
France,
Germany,
Poland
and
Italy
are
very
interested
in
picking
mushrooms. You have
to be very careful when you pick wild mushrooms.
Some are delicious, but
others that
look very nice can give you a stomachache.
Some kinds of mushrooms are
dangerous.
They can make
you ill or even kill you.
The most famous
and delicious kind of mushroom is the
truffle(
块菌
). It grows
underground
in
forests
，
especially in Italy
and France. It is very difficult to be found.
Farmers usually go out
with dogs or
pigs. When the animals get excited and start to
dig, they know that there are truffles
underground. They dig them up very
carefully. Truffles are very valuable. They can be
black or
light brown or white.
In
the
countryside,
there
are
lots
of
different
fruits
to
pick,
In
June
you
may
find
wild
strawberries.
The
best
time
to
look
for
them
is
in
the
evening.
If
you
walk
around
in
woods,
sometimes you will
smell them before you see them.
The
blackberry(
黑莓
)is also well
liked. It
grows wild round the edges of
fields in September and early October.
Blackberries are black and small and
very sweet.
You can eat
them with sugar and cream.
Or you can
cook them for four minutes with some sugar and a
little lemon juice. You can also
make a
very good jam with them.
(
)1. According
to the passage, what can you pick in the woods and
fields
A. Some seeds.
B. Grapes.
C.
Mushrooms.
D. Apples.
(
)2. What do people in England think
about picking mushrooms?
A. They think it's
dangerous to pick them, because some of them are
bad for their health.
B. They feel
excited
，
because they like
eating them.
C. They are less interested in picking
them than people in France.
D. They are
more interested in picking them than people in
France.
(
)3. Why must we be careful
when we pick up wild
mushrooms
？
A. Because they
are too small for people to look for.
B. Because some
of them are difficult to be found.
C. Because some
of them are dangerous.
D. Because some of them are
delicious.
(
)4. Which of the following
is WRONU?
A. Fewer people in Britain are
interested in picking mushrooms in the woods.
B.
The most famous and delicious kind of mushroom is
the truffle.
C. Some kinds of wild mushrooms may
kill you.
D. Many people are afraid of picking
wild mushrooms.
(
)5. When is the
best time to pick wild strawberries
A. After lunch.
B.
At noon.
C. In the morning.
D. In the
evening.
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）
生活的真谛
Life comes in a package.
This package includes happiness and
sadness, failure and success,
hope and
despair . Life is a learning process.
Experiences in life teach us new
lessons and make
us a better person.
With each passing day we
learn to deal with various situations.
Love plays a main role in our life.
Love makes you feel wanted. Without love a person
could
become cruel. In the early stage
of our life, our parents are the ones who show us
with love and
care.
They
teach
us
about
what
is
right
and
wrong,
good
and
bad.
But
we
don't
always
care
about
it. It is only after marriage and having kids that
a person understands others' feelings.
Happiness can bring people a peaceful
mind. No mind is happy without peace. Sadness is
the
cause of the death of a loved one
or the failure.
But all of
these things will pass away.
Failure is the path to success. It
helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive
and shows us
a specific way. Success
brings in money, pride and self-respect.
Hope
is
what
keeps
life
going.
Parents
always
hope
their
children
will
do
well.
Hope
makes us dream.
Hope builds in patience. Life teaches
us not to despair even in the darkest hour,
because after every night there is a
day.
Life
teaches
us
not
to
regret
over
yesterday,
for
it
has
passed
and
is
out
of
our
control.