【新目标】江苏省苏州市高新区11-12学年八年级下学期期中考试试题英语

【新目标】江苏省苏州市高新区11-12学年八年级下学期期中考试试题英语内容摘要：

time D. less tune 四、阅读理解 (每小题 2分，满分 20分 ) A Li Shihen was born in 1518. His father was a poor doctor. Li Shizhen often saw that people fell ill. He decided to study medicine so that he could be able to help people. Li Shizhen read many books about medicine. He found many of the old medical books to be full of mistakes. So his wish was to write a new one. He did his best to study medical science. He studied not only the herbs (革药 ) in his own garden, but also the wild ones. He set out many times on long journeys to collect herbs and talk with old peasants. He learned a lot from the working people. After many years of hard work and study, Li Shizhen finished his great work Ben Cao Gang Mu (本草纲目 ) . At that time he was sixty. His book is now one of the greatest contributions (贡献 ) of the Chinese people to the medical science of the world. ( ) 41. Li Shizhen wanted to write a new medical book because A. he was a doctor B. he Liked writing books C. many medical books were full of mistakes. D. he was a writer ( ) 42. Li Shizhen collected a lot of _______ on his long journeys. A. flowers B. living things C. plants D. herbs B We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf. It stood outside a furniture(家具 ) shop. Buy it, she said at once. We39。 ll carry it home on the roofrack(车顶架 ) .I39。 ve always wanted one like that. What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too. As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea. After a time my wife said, There39。 s along line of cars behind. Why don39。 t they overtake (超车 )? Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers (警官 ) inside looked at us seriously when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church (教堂 ). One of the officers came to me. Right, sir. he said. Do you need any more help now? I didn39。 t quite understand. Thanks, officer, I said. You39。 ve been very kind. I live just down the road. He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. Well, well, he said and laughed. It39。 s a bookshelf you39。 ve got there! We thought it waser, something else. My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. Yes, it39。 s a bookshelf, but thanks again. I drove home as fast as I could. ( ) 43. From the story we know that. A. the writer was poor and didn39。 t buy the bookshelf for his wife B. the writer39。 s wife didn39。 t like the book shelf at all C. t。