Jenet went down the long stairs with a lot of...

Jenet went down the long stairs with a lot of people around her. It was her first time to take the underground. It made her nervous. Next she had to go down to a hall to buy a ticket. It was $1.60. That was cheap. With so many people taking the underground, it didn’t have to be expensive.

With her ticket in hand , she followed the lines of people and got to the underground hall. The noises made her nervous. She had to follow the colored lines on the wall. She needed the orange line. There were purple, blue , green, and red lines on the walls too, but she ignored them. She followed the orange line down to a platform （站台）.

Some people were waiting for their subway train by standing there. Other people were buying drinks from machines. A person was selling magazines and newspapers. Janet didn’t have money to spend, so she stood there and read the advertisement posters（广告海报）when she waited.

The subway train came . Janet went with the other people . Janet stood by the door because there were no seats for her. She looked around the crowded subway train and smiled. It was pretty fun!

1.What does the underlined word “ignored” mean in Chinese?

A. 靠近　　 B. 疏远　　 C. 注意　　 D. 忽视

2.How did Janet know which platform to use?

A. She followed the orange line.　　 B. She followed the green line.

C. She followed the purple line.　　 D. She followed the red line.

3.Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Janet felt excited about taking the underground at first.

B. Janet felt sad about taking the underground at last.

C. A lot of people traveled by underground and it was crowded on the subway train.

D. The subway ticket was very expensive, but lots of people traveled by it.

4.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Janet’s feelings.　　 B. Janet’s first trip by underground

C. The underground halls.　　 D. How to enjoy the underground trip.

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A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦)was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).

"You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that's what you can’t do. Let's have a flying competition. I'll show you what real flying is ! "

One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge(挑战). The crow flew up and began to show off his skills. He flew in circles, did other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan's turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments(评价)about his flying. They flew on and on until they couldn't see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so tired that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to try to stop himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended(假装) not to notice and said, "Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?"

"No," said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. "I'm in trouble because of my pride! If you don't help me, I'll lose my life... "

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his back and flew back to the beach.

1.How did the crow feel about his flying skills at the beginning of the story?

A. Bored　　 B. Afraid　　 C. Proud　　 D. Excited

2.What's the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow showed off his flying skills.

b. The swan took pity on the crow and saved him.

c. The crow laughed at the swans' flying.

d. The crow followed swan and got into trouble.

e. The crow challenged swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

A. e，c，d，a，b　　 B. a，e， c，d，b

C. c，e，a，d， b　　 D. e，a，d，c，b

3.Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A. Because he was showing another flying skill.

B. Because he was trying to stop himself from falling into the water.

C. Because he was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D. Because he was enjoying himself by doing so.

4.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A. The crow didn't know flying.

B. Flying skills were useless.

C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D. The swan was better at long-way flying than the crow.

5.________ won the flying competition in the end.

A. The crow　　 B. The swan　　 C. Nobody　　 D. We don’t know

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完型填空

Not long ago, I made up my mind to read a lot of books to get more knowledge. So I went to the library and __ 1home happily with some books. But after a few days, I felt impatient（没耐心）.The 2 _____ of finishing all of them seemed impossible, because I always found it3 to calm down(静下来) to read a whole book. I didn’t know what to do with it. Then 4one day I thought of “Why not make reading interesting?” This idea gave me 5 again. Reading is a journey of spirit.(精神) Every time we read a book, we are actually talking _6 ___the writer. I tried to put all my effort（努力）into his or her books , 7 _____ I could feel all of his or her happiness and sadness. Now books have become a part of my life.

See! Attitude(态度)can make a great ___ 8 ____  .Someone once said, “Even though（虽然） the situation is bad, people still have one freedom（自由） to ___ 9 ____  their attitude.” So, don’t complain(抱怨) about study or work. It helps10___ .Try to see things from a different way. Believe me, this will change the situation and help you a lot.

1.                A．sang           B．jumped         C．returned  D．danced

2.                A．way           B．habit习惯       C．advice    D．idea

3.                A．hard           B．interesting      C．happy    D．easy

4.                A．sadly           B．quickly         C．suddenly  D．hardly

5.                A．advice         B．hope           C．time D．nowledge

6.                A．with           B．about          C．of   D．at

7.                A．because        B．thought         C．but  D．so

8.                A．decision决定    B．difference       C．discussion D．promise承认

9.                A．announce       B．choose         C．show D．hide

10.               A．nothing        B．anything        C．everything D．something

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任务型阅读：阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,完成下列各题。

Vegetables are good for health .People around the world eat a lot of vegetables every day. What vegetables do you like to eat? Would you like to eat a root(根)? You probably often eat them. People and animals eat many kinds of roots. Most roots that people eat are usually called root vegetables. A root vegetable is what we call vegetables that grow underground.

A carrot is one type of root vegetable. It is the orange, edible root of the carrot plant. Many people like to put it in salad. A turnip is another root vegetable. It is a member of the cabbage family. Turnips are usually eaten boiled, steamed, roasted, fried, pickled, or even raw. Although some people do not consider potatoes to be a vegetable, they are a root vegetable. People like to eat them mashed, boiled, and fried. Sweet potatoes, yams, beets, and leeks are some other root vegetables that people like to eat.

1. What is a root vegetable?

A root vegetable is _____________.

2.What vegetable family does a turnip belong to(属于)?

It belongs to_______________.

3.What does the underlined world “they” refer to?

It refers to________________.

4.How many types of root vegetables are mentioned in the passage?

In the passage, _________ kinds of root vegetables are mentioned.

5.What is the passage mostly about?

It is mostly about______________.

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One day Tom and Bill went out for a walk. On the road they saw a lot of people and went up to have a look. Oh dear! There was a cow in the middle of the road. It would not move. The cars and buses couldn't get past. Then a policeman came.

"Whose cow is this?" He asked. "It's mine,” said a farmer, "but I can't move it.”

The policeman and the farmer did their best to move the cow, but it would not move.

Tom and Bill laughed, but the drivers of cars and buses were worried." We can't move the cow, “the farmer and the policeman said. “What shall we do?"

“Give him a cabbage!” Tom said. “That’s a good idea.” said the farmer. Soon he found a cabbage and showed it to the cow. When the cow saw the cabbage, it walked after the farmer at once. All the cars and buses could get past at last.

1.Tom went out for a walk___________________.

A.with a group of people B.with Bill

C.with a farmer D.all by himself

2.The cow was ___________________.

A.on the way to work B.the strongest animal

C.in the middle of the road D.pleased to see so many people

3.Tom and Bill_________________________.

A.helped to move away the cow

B.waited for the trucks to get past first

C.were sad to see the cow was hungry

D.went up and saw a cow in the middle of the road

4.Why were the drivers of cars and buses worried?

A.Because they couldn't get past.

B.Because they couldn't move the cow.

C.Because Tom and Bill laughed.

D.Because the policeman didn't do anything.

5.From the story we can see that ____________________.

A.Tom was clever B.The drivers are clever

C.the cow was clever D.the farmer and the policeman are clever

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Last Sunday evening, I went to town with my mother. After we bought lots of things, we went out the supermarket and found it was raining hard. But we had no umbrella. Just when we were trying to get into a taxi, a strange old man came up to us. He was carrying a nice umbrella and he said he would give the umbrella to us for one dollar. He said he lost his wallet and needed some money to take a taxi to go back home.

My mother didn’t believe what he said at first, and asked him a lot of questions and then gave him a dollar. But the man didn’t get into a taxi. We followed him and found he went into a club and bought himself a glass of whiskey with the dollar. After he drank it, he put on his hat and took one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one. Soon after that, he sold it again.

1.What’s the weather like that day?

A. It was windy.　　　　 B. It was sunny.　　　　 C. It was rainy.

2.In fact, the old man wanted to get money to ______.

A. buy a wallet

B. buy some whiskey

C. buy an umbrella

3.The old man got ______ from the writer’s mother.

A. one yuan

B. one dollar

C. two dollars

4.From the passage, we can know that the old man was ______.

A. not honest　　　 B. friendly　　　　　　 C. helpful

5.The underlined word “strange” means ______ in Chinese.

A. 可怜的　　　　　　 B. 喝醉的　　　　　 C. 陌生的

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短文填词（10分）

A woman with a lot of clothes under her arms pushed to the door. 1.N__________ was around to wait for her, but a loud speaker near the door said,“Welcome 2.t__________ our cleaners. If you have cleaning, please listen carefully and3.f__________ these directions(指令).”The woman looked around in 4.s__________. She still couldn’t see anybody.

“First of all, take all the dry cleaning and put it in the blue bag in front of you.”the speaker went on. The woman did 5.a__________ she was told.

“Put shirts in the yellow bag.”the speaker went on.“Trousers 6.d__________ in the green bag and jackets in the red one.”The poor woman was7.t__________ to follow these directions.

“Just to make sure there’s no 8.m__________, we’ll repeat.”Said the speaker.“Put dry cleaning in the red bag, shirts in the blue one, trousers in the yellow one and jackets in the green one.”The woman took clothes from bag to 9.c__________ up with the new directions. At last she pulled all the clothes under her arms again angrily and10.w__________ to the door.

At that moment, a man jumped out of the back room.“I’m Allen Funt,”he said.“You are on the TV camera(摄像机).”

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Today, the 1. (popular) of basketball has risen around the world, with many young people dreaming 2. becoming famous players. In China, you 3. (see) people playing basketball now and then in parks, schools and even 4. (factory). Basketball has not only become a popular sport to play, but it has 5. become a popular sport to watch. Although America’s NBA games are 6.(famous) in the world, the CBA games are becoming more popular in China. 7. number of the foreign players, including Chinese players, in the NBA has increased. There 8. (be) also more and more foreign players in the CBA. Many young people look up to these basketball heroes and want to become like 9. (they). These stars encourage young people 10. (work) hard to achieve their dreams.

八年级英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

– What’s the trouble with Judy?

--Her legs ________and she fell down because of a long walk.

A. put out　　 B. broke out　　 C. try out　　 D. gave out

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It was sunny and hot all day. I went to the beach with my friends. We had a lot of fun __21__at sea(大海).In the afternoon, we__22___. There ___23__many people in the museum. It was crowded, so I____24__ really enjoy it. __25___home. I found a little girl __26___in the street. She __27__and I helped her ___28__her mother. It made me feel very happy. I didn’t any money ____29__a taxi, so I walked back home. I was really___30____.

1. A. swim     B. to play     C. running     D. swimming

2.A. went shopping    B. stayed at home   C. visited a museum   D. read books

3.A. are       B. is     C. was     D. were

4. A. /         B. didn’t   C. don’t    D. can’t

5. A. In my way   B. At my way   C. On my way   D. On my way to

6.A. cried   B. crying   C. is crying   D. cries

7. A. lost   B. is lost   C. was lost   D. has lost

8.A. found   B. to visit   C. find   D. with

9.A. by   B. take    C. in    D. for

10.A. relaxing    B. unhappy    C. tired   D. awful

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