江苏省靖江市20xx-20xx学年八年级英语下学期期末调研测试试题

江苏省靖江市20xx-20xx学年八年级英语下学期期末调研测试试题内容摘要：

B. wrote about her poor family C. described the neighborhood where she grew up D. talked about physical work she did in her childhood ( ) 58. Alice Munro published her first book when she was_________. A. 37 B. 12 C. 30 D. 82 ( ) 59. From the passage we can learn that Alice Munro is _________. A. talented B. easygoing(随和的 ) C. confident D. hardworking ( ) 60. According to Alice Munro, those who want to be a writer should _____. A. have talent in writing B. write stories as long as possible C. make up the story with imagination D. write as much as possible B When I was a little girl, my father loved to play catch (抛接球游戏 ) with me. I wasn’t very good, but he would encourage me. He was always telling me “ keep your eye on the ball” as I would not be able to catch even the easiest of throws. As I got older, we didn’t play catch as much. If I had a problem, I would go to my father to ask for his advice. He would try to joke with me and say “ keep your eye on the ball” . We would both laugh because usually that advice did not apply to(适用于 ) the problem, but he would try to make me smile. My father became ill in 1995 when I was 23. As he suffered from a stroke (中风 ), he could not speak. There weren’t any more conversations. He could only mouth words, which were sometimes hard to understand. After a while, I seemed to be pretty good at reading his lips (嘴唇 ), even better than the nurses who were caring for him. During our last conversation, I was telling him about a problem I was having with my then boyfriend. Once again, I could read his lips: “ Keep your eye on the ball.” We both smiled. That was the last time I saw my father before he passed away. Since then, when I get into a stressful situation I tell myself “ keep your eye on the ball” . ( ) 61. At first, by saying “ keep your eye on the ball” , the writer’s father _____. A. tells her to be careful while playing catch B. wants to teach her a life lesson C. wants her to work harder in every way D. laughs at her when she misses the ball ( ) 62. When the writer asked for advice from her father, he usually _____. A. tried to solve the problem for her B. didn’t care about her problem C. joked with her and made her smile D. told her to solve the problem alone ( ) 63. When in trouble, the writer tells herself “ keep your eye on the ball” to _____. A. encourage herself to face the difficulty B. remember the old days with her father C. help herself fet her troubles D. remember how to play catch ( ) 64. The underlined word “ pretty” means _________. A. beautiful B. quite C. carefully D. always ( ) 65. Which of the following can describe the writer’s father? A. Serious. B. Cheerful(令人愉快的 ). C. Honest. D. Careless. C Flying is a fast way to travel. But it is a big headache for some people. They can’t help worrying about things like, “ Is turbulence (颠簸 ) a bad thing?” or, “ Is it dangerous if we don’t change our mobile phones to flight mode ( 飞行模式 )?” British newspaper Daily Mail spoke to some experts to answer these questions. They also tell us other interesting things about flying. Is turbulence dangerous? It’s scary and unfortable. But it is not something you really need to worry about. Turbulence is caused when two groups of air hit one another at different speeds. Wind, thunderstorms (暴风雨 ) and being close to mountains can be reasons for this. You may feel like turbulence is dangerous, but it won’t crash ( 坠毁 ) your plane. “ Even in extremely rough air (扰动气流 ), the wings (机翼 ) are not going to break off,” explained Patrick Smith, an airline pilot, who is also an air travel blogger and author of . Why are plane windows round? Round windows are for passenger safety. As the airplane flies higher and higher, the outside atmospheric pressure (气压 ) gets lower and lower. During the flight, the pressure inside the plane bees greater than the pressure outside. When this happens, square windows can break. That’s because having different pressures inside and outside puts pressure on the corners of square windows. But rounded corners can spread the pressure through the window. What happens when a phone isn’t on flight mode? Some passengers believe mobile phones and tablets need to be turned off because they could bring the plane down. However, this is not true. If you don’t change your pho ne to flight mode, pilots and air traffic controllers may hear unpleasant sounds in their headphones. It also influences radio munication s. So it’s still best to put it on flight mode. ( ) 66. According to Paragraph 1, we learn that the story is going to _____. A. show what worries people may have about flying B. interview some experts about flying C. give people tips about how to travel by plane D. explain some interesting facts about flying ( ) 67. What will happen when there is turbulence? A. People may feel unfortable. B. Two planes may hit each other easily. C. It will make the plane drop suddenly. D. It can break off the plane wings. ( ) 68. Planes use round windows rather than square ones, because ____. A. round windows can spread the pressure B. round windows can add outside pressure C. square windows can lower(降低 ) the pressure on the windows D. the corners of square windows are difficult to make ( ) 69. What happens if a phone isn’t on flight mode? A. The plane will crash. B. Air traffic controllers can’t get any information. C. It may influence radio munications. D. It may be noisy in the plane. ( ) 70. The passage may be taken from _______. A. A story book B. A science magazine C. A guide travel D. A novel。