初二年级分层辅导课专用
(A)
How to keep fit
Running
Running will help you lose weight faster than any other activity. It also strengthens (加强) your heart, lungs, and leg muscles ( 肌肉). But it can hurt your joints ( 关节). If you feel ache in your knees, you need to stop and choose a different activity.
Walking
Walking puts less stress on the body than running. But you need to get your heart beating faster to see results. This means you’ll need to walk fast. Walking can also help you lose weight.
Swimming
Swimming is a great way to strengthen different parts of your body. But it is not a good way to lose weight. The water in a swimming pool is cooler than our body temperature. The body naturally protects itself from the cold by keeping fat.
Cycling
Riding a bicycle will help you lose weight and work leg muscles. But be careful! If you live in the
city, you should stay on bike path and away from traffic.
1. Running can strengthen your __________.
A. feet
B. eyes
C. knees
D. heart
2. Cycling can help you __________.
A. work leg muscles
B. see results
C. keep fat
D. walk fast
3. You can choose any activity to lose your weight except __________.
A. running
B. walking
C. swimming
D. cycling
(B)
A recent report says about 18% of Chinese teenagers can have problems with their minds. Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble getting on well with people like their parents and classmates.
Zhang Qiang, a Junior 2 student from China, could not understand his teachers in class and was doing badly in his lessons. He was afraid of exams. When he looked at the exam paper, he couldn ’th t ink of anything to write.
Another student, a 15-year-old girl called Wu Yan from Guangdong often argued with her
classmates even her parents because of some different ideas. She became so angry with them that she started to cut her finger with a knife.
However, many students who have problems won’t go for advice or help. Some think they will look stupid if they go to see a doctor. Others don’t want to talk about their secrets. In order to solve the teenagers p r’o blems, here is some advice:
●Talk to your parents or teachers often.
●Take part in group activities and play sports.
●Go to see a doctor if you feel unhappy or unwell.
4. Some students became worried because of __________.
A. their study
B. their teachers
C. their hobbies
D. their clothes
5. Wu Yan cut her finger with a knife because __________.
A. she was afraid of exams
B. she had no money for a new shirt
C. she could not understand her teachers in class
D. she often argued with her classmates and her parents
6. How many pieces of advice are given to the teenagers who have problems in this passage? __________
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
D. Five.
7. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage? __________
A. According to a recent report, many students have problems with their minds.
B. Chinese teenagers may have problems with their study or relationships with others.
C. Some students don’g t o to a doctor for advice because they think they might look stupid.
D. Some students don’w tant to share their secrets with others.
(C)
What might the future be like? Here are some predictions: things to come, things to go.
The last few days of every year in big cities in China, when everyone returns home, have been the worst headaches for millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making getting travel tickets and the journey difficult. But in 28 years, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people
will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem.
Newspaper will come to an end in 2043. There will be fewer and fewer people reading news on paper and the cost of making and buying newspaper will be reduced. In the future, digital (数字的) newspapers will be sent to personal web tools through Internet. Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.
Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel ( 燃料). Coal, natural gas, solar power, nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy (能源). And the alternative ways of energy will help reduce the cost and pollution, too.
Schools will go electronic ( 电子化). Computers will be important and popular among the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students lib’rary, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate
with the students p’arents through e-mail. Students will find their personal teachers to ask for special help for those the robot teachers cannot do. And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe.
8. The newspapers will disappear __________.
A. by 2020
B. by 2053
C. in 28 years
D. in 38 years
9. The underlined the alternative ways in paragraph 4 means _________.
A. modern ideas
B. other choices
C. wise methods
D. natural means
10. From the passage we can know _______ in the future.
A. robot teachers will check homework on computers
B. 90 percent of the population will live in the city
C. the Spring Festival travel may still be a problem
D. readers can discuss with each other through Internet
11. The passage mainly tells us ______________.
A. old things will be gone
B. computers will be important
C. future changes in many ways
D. new things will be coming
(D)
The Streisand Effect
When Barbra Streisand found in 2003 that a photo of her California beach house was among 12,000 photos on the Internet as part of a collection by photographer Kenneth Adelman, she did what any famous person would do: hit him with a $50 million lawsuit (起诉). But in trying to hold back the images,
she caused a different outcome. Her legal actions led to almost half a million people visiting the website,
viewing and copying the photos within a month.
Ever since then, the effect of letting public know something you are trying to keep secret has been
called the “Streisandeffect . ”T he problem for anyone trying to suppress information is that the Internet
is the world ’s biggest and most efficient copyingacmhine. Put a document on to a connected machine
and many people will learn it. So when you want to be famous, you can ’t, but if you find yourself in the
spotlight ( 聚光灯) and want to erase yourself, you cannot.
There are a lot of examples of the Streisand effect. Nine-year-old Martha Payne created a simple
blog, posting the meals her school served. She took a photo of what was only a filling meal by anyone standards. With the photo, she filled a comment, “Now Dad understands why I am hungry when I home. ”The thing did not go too far, until the local government banned ( 禁止) little Martha from doing
that again. Mar tha posted a final post called “Goodbye”, explaining everything. Once the media fou this out, things went from bad to worse for the government. Now the blog has more than 9.5 million page
views. Martha has even added pictures of school meals taken by other kids from all over the world, like
Germany and Japan.
We can find similar examples throughout history, to be honest. Man has experienced the Streisand
effect ever since the birth of mass communication. Why does it exist? Every time you are told not to see
what ’s in the secret shiny box wrapped in gift paper, you ’re going to do everythindgo i n your po exactly that! Just realizing that knowing something about someone is harmful to their status, we will
want to know that piece of information. This is exactly the human nature. This is what lawyers and governments should be familiar with. Unfortunately, a few of them fail to know it.
12. The underlined word supp“r ess”in Paragraph 2 probably means________.
A. cover up
B. look through
C. give away
D. look for
13. What made the spread of Martha ’e s v e s t n o r f a y s t e r?
A. The photos of other kids.
B. Supporting from the school.
C. The government ’s order.
D. Parents ’complaints.
14. What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A. Other examples of Streisand effect.
B. The influence of Streisand effect.
C. People ’o s pinion of Streisand effect.
D. The cause of Streisand effect.
15. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Streisand effect benefits most famous people.
B. It ’s not o a o g d idea to argue against the government.
C. The ban on something may have opposite effect.
D. Turning to the law is a perfect way to get one out of trouble.
拓展阅读
Stories of the elephant
In the Island of Ceylon, there are large herds of wild elephants. Many have been caught and tamed, and made useful in helping to build bridges, houses, and churches.
Travellers tell us, that some of them are as careful about the neatness of their work as men could be! An elephant has been known to step back a few yards to see if it had laid a block of wood or stone straight; and then, if not satisfied, to return and push it into its right place!
Some years ago, an engineer in Ceylon had to lay pipes to convey water nearly two miles, over hills and through woods where there were no roads. To help him in his work, he had to employ several elephants; and nothing could be more interesting than to watch the way in which the elephant engineers did their work.
Lifting up one of the heavy pieces of pipe, and balancing it in its trunk, each animal would march off
with its load, and carry it safely over every obstacle, to the place where it was to be laid. When it reached the spot, it would kneel down and place the pipe exactly where the driver wished.
Once, when one of the elephants found it hard to get one of the pipes it had brought fitted into another, it got up and went to the end of the pipe, and putting its head against it, soon forced it into its right place.
In a show of wild beasts at Bath, some years ago, there was a large good-natured elephant. Among the crowd that went to see it was a baker. He thought it a clever thing to tease the elephant, by pretending to give it a cake, and then pulling away his hand.
The elephant bore this for some time well enough, but at last it got angry. Putting its trunk out of the cage, it caught the baker round the waist, lifted him to the top of the caravan, and bumped his head with great force against the roof.
Everybody thought the man would be killed. But all at once the elephant loosened its trunk, and dropped him from the roof to the ground, in the very midst of the people. There he lay for a minute or two, looking half dead; but when the people came to him, he got up and walked away as if nothing had happened.
Though he was very much frightened, he was not hurt; but you may be sure he never tried to play tricks upon elephants again.
A poor woman, in one of the cities of India, had a stall in the market-place, where she sold fruit. An elephant used to go by, and always stopped to look at her stall. She knew how fond the elephant was of fruit; and she used, now and then, to give him some.
One day the elephant fell into a passion with his keeper. He broke loose, and ran through the market, trampling down everything before him.
The people at the stalls ran away as fast as they could. The poor woman left her stall and ran too. But she forgot, in her fright, that her little child was sitting on the ground, close by the stall!
It was just in the elephant's way, and you would think it must have been trampled to death. But the elephant knew the child again, and knew that this was the stall where he had been fed with fruit.
Though he was in a passion, he stopped. He looked at the child, and picked it up with his trunk. Then he set it out of his way, and went on. You may think how glad the poor woman was to see her child safe.
QUESTIONS
Where are there large herds of wild elephants?
For what are they useful when tamed?
What are the elephants in the picture doing?
When did this take place?
What did one of the elephants do when it could not get the pipe to fit?
What did the elephant at Bath do to the baker who teased him?
How did the poor woman in India make the elephant her friend?
How did he reward her?
八年级英语阅读理解专项练习 A One day a rich man and a businessman met in a restaurant. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was brought, the rich man tasted it, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came into his eyes. The businessman asked him why he was crying. The rich man didn’t want to tell the truth and he told a lie,“Sir, I had a brother who was killed last year. I was thinking of his death, and that made me cry.”The businessman believed his story and began to eat his soup. He also burned his mouth so much that he had tears in his eyes. The rich man noticed it and asked the businessman,“Sir, why do you cry?”The businessman, who now saw that the rich man had cheated him, answered,“Oh, I’m crying because you were not killed together with your brother. I) 根据短文内容判断正（Ｔ）误（Ｆ）（５分） ( )76.The rich man didn’t tell the truth. ( )77.Though the rich man burned the mouth, he shouldn’t have told the lie. ( )78.The rich man had a brother who was burned. ( )79.The businessman believed the rich man’s story at first. ( )80.The businessman’s answer showed that he was very happy. II) 根据短文内容将下列句子排序．（５分） 81.They ordered the soup and the soup was so hot that the rich man
初二英语阅读理解精选题(一) My class will put on a short play in English at the end of the year. Yesterday our English teacher gave us copies of the play. “Choose a character in the play whom you’d like to be, ”she told us. “This afternoon learn a few lines of this part for homework. Then tomorrow you can say those lines in front of the class. I’ll decide who play each part.” I wanted to have one of the bigger parts in the play, so I choose the part of the king. He has a lot of lines to say. I learned them by heart. This morning in our English lesson we had to say our lines. I acted the part of the king. When I said my lines, I put a lot of expression into my acting. I thought I acted really well. Everyone in the class read a part and then the teacher who would play each part. Many of the students in my class couldn’t act at all. They couldn’t even read without making lots of mistakes. I was sure that I would get a big part in the play. However, the teacher gave me the part of a soldier. He has only one line. It is, “Yes, sir!” I was very disappointed. At the end of the lesson I went up to her and asked her why I had such a small part. “You put too much expression in your acting,” she said. “Good acting is not big acting. It is acting the audience can believe in.” I think I know what she means. 48. What did the boy want to do in the play? A. To get an important part B. To organize the play C. To get a large acting part. D. To work the lights. 49. How did the boy feel when the teacher told the class they would put on a play? A. Bored. B. Sad. C. Excited. D. Unhappy.
八年级英语基础练习 Ⅰ.根据句意及所给首字母完成下列句子。 1．Who is your English teacher this t ？ 2．In China September 10th is T Day． 3．Please talk about the d between Chinese and English． 4．The bag is too h ．I can't carry it． 5．The mooncakes t a little like the pies． 6.Don’t climb too high. It’s very d________. 7.We must f ________our homework first. 8.E________are the biggest animals on land. 9.We’ll go to the zoo. There is a d___ show there. 10.P________live only in China. 11.Can you come here a little___ (early) next time? 12.How many____ ( monkey) can you see in the zoo? 13.We should be________ (friend)to old people. 14.The smallest monkey always catches the bananas________.(quick). 15.There are many________ (deer) in the field. 16．Can you tell me the m of this word？ 17．John often goes fishing in summer and s in winter． 18．There are many different k of books in this bookshop． 19．Let's have a party to c your birthday． 20．She sends you her best w for your new job． II．同步语法：（形容词、副词的比较等级） A）用所给单词的适当形式填空。 1．My box is very （heavy），but it isn't （heavy）than John's．2．Which is （beautiful），this blouse or that one？ 3．This kind of mooncake is （nice）in the shop． 4．Lucy writes very （careful），but Lily writes （careful）than Lucy．5．Kate's cake is （big）of all．It's much____ （big）than Ann's． B) 下列各句均有一处错误，请指出并改正。 1．My watch is dearer than her． 2．I think Mike is tallest boy in Class Two． 3．Jenny is more older than I． 4．David is shorter of the two． 5．Jim is the tallest in the boys． C) 句型转换 1.I think chickens can swim. （改为否定句） I ________ ________ chickens ________ swim. 2.The boat looks like a duck. (改为一般疑问句) ________the boat ________like a duck? 3.We usually have breakfast at 7:00. （对划线部分提问） _____ ______ _____ ______ usually have breakfast?
八年级英语阅读理解试题及答案讲解01 A meteorite (陨石) almost hit an 80-year-old man named Arthur Pettifer in Britain when he was working in his garden. The meteorite was the biggest in the past 26 ye ars in Britain. The meteorite weighed (重量) one kilo, and might be over four thousand million (百万) years old. “I hear the big noise in the air. I looked up and saw the tops of the trees coming and going,” he said. “I didn't know what it was.” Meteorites are small things from the small planets in space. About 3,500 meteorite s may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found. Mr. Pettifer's meteorite is the fifth to fall in Britain since the Second World War. Mr. Pettifer is glad. “When you think about it coming from so far away, it really is something strange.” 1. The meteorite was Mr Pettifer when it fell down. A. close to B. far from C. hitting D. coming to 2. The meteorite was already years old. A. 40,000,000,000 B. 40,000,000 C. 400,000,000 D. 4,000,000,000 3. Mr. Pettifer found the tops of the trees coming and going because . A. the trees were afraid B. the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops moving C. it was going to rain D. the moving was made by wind 4. people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often each year. A. Quite a few B. some C. Few D. Many
第一篇基础知识 第一节字母 英语是字母文字，共有26个字母，26个字母按一定的顺序排列在一起便组成字母表，英语中称之为“Alphabet”。 1.26个字母的读音 2.元音字母是哪些？ 英文字母分为元音字母和辅音字母。Aa , Ee , Ii, Oo, Uu为5个元音字母，除Yy 外其他20个为辅音字母。Yy 为半元音字母. 第二节语音 关于语音的几个概念 1)字母：语言的书写形式。元音字母a, e, i(y), o, u, 2)音标：词的语音形式。 3)音素：音的最小的单位。英语中有48音素。 4)音节：由元音和辅音构成的发音单位。ap'ple, stu'dent, tea'cher, un'der'stand 5)元音：发音响亮，是乐音；口腔中气流不收阻碍；是构成音节的主要音。英语中有20个元音。单元音有12个：/i:/ /I/ /e/ /?/ /?:/ /?/ /∧/ /a:/ /?/ /?:/ /u/ /u:/ 双元音有8个/eI/ /aI/ /?I/ /?u/ /au/ /I?/ /ε?/ /u?/ 6)辅音：发音不响亮，是噪音；口腔中气流受到阻碍；不是构成音节的主要音。英语中有28个辅音。清辅音有11个：/p/ /t/ /k/ /f/ /s/ /θ//∫/ /h/ /t∫/ /tr/ /ts/ 浊辅音有17个：/b/ /d/ /g/ /v/ /z/ /δ/ /з/ /r/ /dз/ /dr/ /dz/ /m//n/ /? / /l/ /w/ /j/ 7)开音节：a) 辅音+元音+辅音+e name bike ;b) 辅音+元音he, go, hi 8)闭音节：a) 辅音+元音+辅音bad, bed, sit, hot, cup; b)元音+辅音it
八年级英语阅读理解专练(一) A On Fridays I come home from work at about 2:00 in the afternoon and I just have a rest. On Friday evenings I don’t go out, but sometimes a friend of 1 comes 2 dinner. He or she 3 the wine and I cook the meal. I love cooking! We listen to music or we just 4 . On Saturday mornings I get up at 9:00 and I go to the 5 . Then 6 the evenings I sometimes go to see a film. I love films! Then I eat in my 7 Chinese restaurant. On Sunday ﹍Oh, On Sunday mornings I stay in the bed 8 , I don’t get up until 11:00! Sometimes in the afternoon I visit my sister. She lives in the village 9 has two children. I like playing with them, 10 I leave early because I go to bed at 8:00 on Sunday evenings. ( ) 1. A. me B. I C. my D. mine ( ) 2. A. have B. for C. has D. with ( ) 3. A. brings B. takes C. gives D. puts ( ) 4. A. tell B. day C. talk D. speak ( ) 5. A. shop B. shopping C. buy something D. buyer ( ) 6. A. on B. in C. at D. for ( ) 7. A. a B. the C. hungry D. favourite ( ) 8. A. late B. early C. down D. for ( ) 9. A. to B. and C. with D. for ( ) 10. A. or B. then C. but D. and B What do the people usually do on weekends? Some people like to 1 at home, but others like to go out for a walk or play football. Mr Smith 2 hard in a factory during (在期间) the 3 . On the weekends, he usually 4 the same thing. On Saturday he washes his car and on 5 he goes with his family to a village(村庄) by car. His uncle and aunt 6 a farm there. It isn't a big one, but there is always 7 to do on the farm. The children help with the animals and give them some 8 . Mr and Mrs Smith help in the field. At the end of the day, they are all 9 and Mr Smith's aunt 10 them a big meal. ( )l. A. play B. stay C. be D. so ( )2. A. works B. does C. makes D. studies ( )3. A. day B. year C. week D. month
八年级英语阅读理解专项练习题 a one day a rich man and a businessman met in a restaurant. for their lunch they both ordered soup. when it was brought, the rich man tasted it, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came into his eyes. the businessman asked him why he was crying. the rich man didn't want to tell the truth and he told a lie,“sir, i had a brother who was killed last year. i was thinking of his death, and that made me cry.” the businessman believed his story and began to eat his soup. he also burned his mouth so much that he had tears in his eyes. the rich man noticed it and asked the businessman,“sir, why do you cry?”the businessman, who now saw that the rich man had cheated him, answered,“oh, i'm crying because you were not killed together with your brother. i) 根据短文内容判断正（ｔ）误（ｆ）（５分） ( )76.the rich man didn't tell the truth. ( )77.though the rich man burned the mouth, he shouldn't have told the lie. ( )78.the rich man had a brother who was burned. ( )79.the businessman believed the rich man's story at first. ( )80.the businessman's answer showed that he was very happy. ii) 根据短文内容将下列句子排序．（５分） 81.they ordered the soup and the soup was so hot that the rich man burned his mouth first. 82.the businessman also burned his mouth and he was not happy. 83.a rich man and a businessman had lunch in the same restaurant. 84.the rich man told a lie about his brother's death. 85.the businessman realized(意识到) that the rich man cheated him at last. ______ _______ _____ _______ _______ b school kids say goodbye to their flying friends jin jun and his classmates at shanghai nanyang middle school are not very happy to be back from holiday. not because they hate studying, but because some of their best friends on campus（校园） are gone: pigeons. more than 100 pigeons used to(过去常常) fly around campus every day, making students smile during break time. but now, the birds are gone. where? now they're all locked up in a bird cage. bird flu(流感) has landed in shanghai, and expert are afraid the pigeons might spread（传播）the disease if they keep flying around. for safety, the school also asks students to stay away from the cage. “i feel sad for those birds. they're my best friends,” said jin, a 'cani but them, feed to corn bring would i term last “student. 3 junior
用所给词的适当形式填空 1. Mary is very _________. She’s happy __________ the weak.（help） 2. He felt ___________ because his mother was ill. (happy). 3. Zhao Hua is good at __________, so she __________ very quickly. (run) 4. Those clothes are the ____________ (visit). 5. It was ______________ cold yesterday. (terrible) 6. My cat __________ (catch) two ________ (mouse) last night. 7. They _________ (hold) a _________ (parent) meeting last week. 8. His father was angry because he did homework __________ (care). 9. The _________ (goldfish) in the tank are colour. 10. Should Jim __________ (take) his umbrella with him? 11. Our teacher _________ (tell) us ___________ (not read) in the sun. 12. A good ________ is always polite before and after ________ (visit). 13. They _______ (not be) careful when they did homework. 14. I forgot to buy ________(I) a present in my birthday. 15. When he _________ (get) tired, he ______ (sleep) for a while. 16. The goldfish ________ (look) beautiful when he ________ (swim). 17. Jim has a parrot _______ (call) Polly. It learns _________ (repeat) the words people say. 18. __________ (be) quiet, please. You mustn’t _________ (make) any nose in class. 19. You should _________ (take) your raincoat with you. It ________(rain) soon. 20. This book is very ___________and I am ___________ in it. (interest). 21. What about __________ (go) shopping tomorrow? 22. Can I have some ________(much) food too. 23. How __________ (sad) he looked at the party! 24. How ___________ (sad) he looked at his father! 25. The teacher made Jack __________ (go) out of class. 26. Why do you make your father so __________ (angry). 27. It’s good to learn English in a __________ (fun) way. 28. My friend is very _________ (friend) and ________ (help). I like him very much. 29. Her family are all __________ (music). 30. How ___________ (good) does he know his friends? 31. I think it’s ________ (bore) to play computer games. 32. He was very happy because of ___________(win) the game. 33. His voice sounds _________(music). 34. The sick boy is much __________ (thin) than the healthy boy. 35. This story is a little _______________(fun) than that one. 36. Amy’s drawing is _________ (bad) than __________ (I). 37. Our cars aren’t as _____________(new) as the _______________ (visit). 38. Jim is ___________ (tall) of the two boys. 39. Skiing and diving __________(be) _______________ (danger) than the other activities. 40. She does ____________ (well) of all in the singing competition every time. 41. I feel ___________ (happy) when my friends are sad. 42. I’m _________（real）happy ___________ (tell) you about my future plans. 43. Children under 1.2 meters in _____(high) don’t have to buy tickets when they visit a museum. 44. It’s _________ (care) of him to knock my books off the desk.. 45. Now, Jay Chow is one of __________ (popular) __________(sing).
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初二英语英语阅读理解题 1 An owl is a bird with very large eyes. Those eyes make the owl look clever. The owl can not move its eyes freely as we can. It can only look straight ahead. If it wants to look at both sides, it must turn its neck. Owls make a strange noise because the owls sleep most of the day. They usually give their cries at night. The cry sounds like “Whoo! Whoo”. This strange sound sometimes frightens people at night. ( ) 1. An owl looks clever because 。 A. it has a beautiful body B. it has big eyes C. it can look straight ahead D. it can turn its neck ( )2. An owl looks for food at night because 。 A. it has large eyes B. it can’t move its eyes freely as we can C. it sees better at night than during the day D. it can’t see anything at all during the day ( )3. An owl eats 。 A. small birds B. all kinds of birds C. all kinds of other animals D. none of the above ( )4. The cry of an owl is 。 A. frightening B. good to listen to C. like a song D. like the sound of a cow
初中英语阅读理解练习题 A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well,but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly（肚子）or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people’s rule.They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar(奇特的) to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy to work in that way. Now the very same thing is true to literature(文学). And the question, "How shall I begin?" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced(有经验的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you will never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail --that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning. 1. A friend of the writer’s drew the horses ____. A. very well B. in the way of western rule C. in the way of his own rule D. all of the above 2. The writer was surprised because ____. A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horse B. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horse C. the artist made his own rule D. the artist did not follow other people’s rule 3. You are not yet experienced because ____. A. you don’t know where to begin B. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail
初二英语基本能力调研检测 亲爱的同学： 你好！答题前，请仔细阅读下面的说明： 1. 本试卷分三部分。第Ⅰ卷1至4页，第Ⅱ卷5至6页，第III卷为第7页（最后10分钟完成），共100分。考试时间60分钟； 2.请将I卷选择题答案用2B铅笔涂在答题卡对应的标号上，将I卷听力测试（三）的答案填写在II卷指定位置上，II卷答案用蓝色或黑色笔填写在试卷上。III卷用蓝色或黑色钢笔在规定的时间内抄写在试卷上。考试结束，只上交II和III卷。 希望你能愉快地度过这60分钟，祝你成功！ 第I卷（50分） 一、听力测试（20分） （一）听一组单词，辨别单词中共同包含的音素。录音听两遍。 1. A. /??/ B. /??/ C. / ?/ 2. A. /?/ B. /??/ C. /??/ 3. A. /?/ B. /?/ C. / / 4. A. /●/ B. /?/ C. / / 5. A. /?/ B. /??/ C. /?/ (二) 听一个单词的发音，辨别单词的拼写形式。录音听两遍。 6. A. although B. ago C. at home D. as for 7. A. windy B. wind C. Wednesday D. weather 8. A. back B. black C. bread D. head 9. A. than B. thin C. thing D. then 10. A. like B. leg C. late D. look （三）听句子，填写所缺的单词或短语。录音听两遍。 11. We have a music club, a sports club and _____________________club. 12. _____________________do you want to go? 13. It’s ___________________________ in Weihai. 14. Nancy visited her _______________________ last Sunday. 15. On Saturday many kids ________________________their rooms. 16. It was sunny and hot ________________________day. 17. She usually exercises ____________________________a week. 18. It takes me about 25 minutes ___________________ and 10 minutes by bus. 19. I hope you ________________________my school in New York. 20. His healthy lifestyle helps him get ____________________. 温馨提示：听力结束，请将答案按题号对应涂写答题卡，11--20抄写到第5页指定位置。
八年级英语阅读理解专练 【方法介绍】：做阅读理解部分时还要考虑段际关系，即段落与段落之间的关系。段际关系可能是顺接关系、转折关系、例证关系或对比与对照关系。段际关系的理解是理解过渡句使用的前提条件。还有一种特殊的段际关系，即过渡关系，两个段落之间有一个过渡段起承上启下的作用。中考英语阅读理解解题技巧阅读理解是中考英语试卷中的重头戏,是初中英语教学大纲的集中体现,而且占分比例较大,是应该极为重视的题型之一,英语要想拿高分,对阅读理解题目就一定不能忽视。 抓住文章的首段与末段及段落的首句和末句文章的首段与末段,段落的首句和末句,一般表达文章的主题和段落的中心思想,其它段落及句子只起补充,说明,解释或引申的作用.因此,首先要搜索目标,找出文章及段落中的主题句.了解了它们的含义,就可以顺着提供的主要线索去捕捉文章的相关信息,从而获得解决问题的答案 2.进行合理推断 对文章有了详细而全面的理解之后,就要按照文章内容,上下文的逻辑关系,作出推理判断.阅读理解涉及词汇,语法,句型,段落结构,文化背景等各方面知识.答题时,要领会句子之间的逻辑关系,特别是相邻句子之间的关系,这样有利于理解全文.表示逻辑关系的标志词是连接词,副词,代词,介词短语,关系词,插入语等,通读时应特别注意.如:if,because,though,as,which,it, 3.用常识解题,熟记常用的缩略词语.多了解一些常识性知识有利于阅读理解.如果对文章的相关背景有所了解,读起文章一定既省时又省力.因此,在学习过程中,了解各方面的背景知识是十分重要的. 1 Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes(雪花)falling.Ever wanted to hold them in your hands?They are always lost when they meet your hands. Well,this isn’t just a problem for you.It was a problem for Wilson Bentley,too.In the 1870s,Wilson Bentley was just a teenager.His family lived in a small town in northeast America.Winters there were long and hard.Bentley’s mother was once a school teacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mother’s books.But it was his mother’s microscope (显微镜) that interested him. When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes. Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals (晶体) under his microscope.The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all. How could he keep their beauty forever? Bentley thought of buying a camera. The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didn’t agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming. But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later. For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became known as “Snowflake” Bentley.