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题型：阅读选择题类：常考题难易度：普通

北京市西城区2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期末考试试卷

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REACHING FOR THE SKY

In 2007, Barrington Irving became the youngest person to fly solo（独自）around the world. He was just 23 years old. How did the young man achieve this?

A PASSION FOR FLYING

A turning point happened when he was 15. Irving was working in Miami, Florida. One of the store's customers was Gary Robinson, a professional pilot. One day, Robinson asked Irving if he was interested in flying. The next day, the pilot took Irving to an airport and showed Irving inside the cockpit of a Boeing 777. That experience changed Irving's life.

Irving was determined to fly. To reach his dream, he worked different jobs. He washed airplanes and cleaned swimming pools. He also helped at a store. At home, he practiced his flying skills on a video game. Finally, he earned enough money for flight school.

CIRCLING THE WORLD

At flight school, Irving achieved his first dream-he learned how to fly. His next dream was bigger. He planned to build his own plane and fly solo around the world. On March 23, 2007, Irving began his round-the-world trip. After 97 days-with 145 hours in the air-he landed back in Miami. Irving achieved his dream once again.

SHARING THE DREAM

When he landed, Irving saw many young people in the cheering crowd. This gave him an idea:" I had no money, but I was determined to give back with my time, knowledge and experience." Irving decided to start a program called "Experience Aviation." The program helps young people achieve their career dreams in aviation（航空）and science.

"Everyone told me what I couldn't do," says Irving. "They said I was too young, that I didn't have enough money, experience, strength, or knowledge.［But] even if no one believes in your dream, " he says," you have to, for it."

（1）、What wag Barrington Irving's first dream?

A、To fly a plane. B、To buy a plane. C、To travel by plane. D、To build his own plane.

（2）、How many hours did Barrington Irving fly solo around the world?

A、97. B、145. C、23. D、15.

（3）、Nie program“ Experience Aviation" is to __________.

A、teach students to fly B、give money to flight schools C、tell others his stories D、help young people with dreams

（4）、What do you know about Barrington Irving?

A、He was interested in flying when he was a child. B、Gary Robinson was an important person in his life. C、He shared his dream by teaching at a flight school. D、He learned how to build planes on a video game.

举一反三

根据短文内容回答问题
    Mr. Ge lives in a small village（村子）named Shanqingge, but he works in a big city（城市）. He goes to work by train every morning and comes home in the same way.
    This morning he reads his newspaper on the train, a man behind（在……后面）him says “Hello”to him and begins to talk to him, “Your life is boring, isn't it? You take the same train every morning. You always take the same seat and read the same newspaper." "How do you know all that about me?”Mr. Ge says angrily（生气地）.
    “Because I always take the same seat behind you,” the man says.

   It's not easy to be an astronaut's son. Everybody expects(期望) you to be special or perfect. I often wonder how my father ever had a son like me. I mean he's so special and so good at everything he does. Even in middle school he was class president and captain of the football team. Well, to be honest, I often dream about being some kind of hero or doing something special-like saving a child from a burning building or discovering a new star. I was daydreaming at school one morning when my teacher said there would be a Father's Day writing competition for the whole school "I hope we have a winner right here in my class."
   When I got home, I started to think about what to write. My father is an astronaut. No, I wouldn't start like that. That was the way others saw him. How did I see my father? Hmm. I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I had a terrible dream. I remembered how he hugged me for hours when my dog Spotty was killed by a car. Yes, these were the things I was going to write. To me, he wasn't just a world-famous astronaut. He was my dad.
   My parents and l went to school Thursday night. There were so many people in the big hall! My dad looked at me, and I shrugged(耸肩).
   The third prize was announced（宣布） and it was not me. I was relieved(释然)and disappointed at the same time. The second prize was announced. It was me. I went up to the stage and read what I had written, "My father's son". When I finished，the people stood up and cheered. I saw my father blowing his nose. Tears were running down my mother's face. Dad cleared his throat and put his hand on my shoulder. "Son, this is the proudest moment of my life.''
   It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I'll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but it was enough just to be my father's son.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
B
   A young man and an old man were waiting for a train at a station. They sat next to each other.
    "What's in your bag?” as ked the young man. “Gold,” answered the old man,“nothing but gold."
   The young man could hardly believe his ears. “What?” he said to himself in surprise. Then he began to think how to get the gold from the old man.
   The old man looked tired and sleepy and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open. So the old man lay down and before long he fell asleep.
  The young man ran away with the old man's bag as quickly as he could. Then he stopped and quickly opened the bag. There was nothing but a lot of small stones in the bag!

根据短文后所给的任务，完成小题.

Mary was a little girl and she lived with her parents in Africa. Her parents had gotten tired of the neighbors always complaining to them about their daughter, who was naughty and disrespectful to others. To change the situation, the father told Mary a story of a thief who would come and take away the parents of a bad child to take care of a better child and leave the bad child alone.

However Mary went on with her ways. One day she made fun of an old blind man on her way to school. On hearing this, her parents thought of a new plan.

The next day Mary came back from school. To her surprise, nobody was at home. It was getting dark but neither of her parents showed up. The little girl started to wonder where they were. Suddenly she remembered the story. Mary began to cry, for she thought she would never see them again. While she was crying, the door opened and her parents came in. She ran to them and asked, “Where have you been? I thought the thief had taken you away.”

“He did but he let us go and told us to come back home because he knows you are going to be a good girl. He told us that if you are still a bad girl, he will come back for us,” they told her.

“I am a good girl now and I promise never to be bad again because I don't want him to take you away from me.” Mary's words made her parents very happy. From that day on, Mary has never misbehaved again.

任务一：判断下列句子正误。

任务二：回答问题。

阅读理解

If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?

Don't listen to people who say the young people today often think only of themselves. It's not true at all. More and more people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don't do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

Alice Hamilton, 17

I'm going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It's going to be terrific—I'll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I'm going to sleep under the stars. It'll be a nice sport, and I'll be able to do something good at the same time.

Jason Moore, 18

This summer, I'm going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They'll teach me what to do, so I'll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.

Trish Anderson, 16

I'm going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I'll work for a program called Reading For Life. Every day, I'm going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

Father gives all for daughter

One day, an 11-year-old girl asked her dad, "What are you going to get me for my 15th birthday."

The father replied, "Don't worry about that. You still have lots of time."

But on a day after her 14th birthday, she passed out and was rushed to the hospital.

The family learned that the girl had a serious heart disease (疾病)and that she might die.

At night, she asked her dad "Daddy, have they told you that I am going to die."

The father replied. "No, you will live as long as anyone else."

She was surprised. "How can you be sure?"

He turned to her and said, "I just know it."

After the girl turned15, he had a heart transplant(心胜移植手术). After recovering(恢复), she came home to find a letter on her bed.

It said, "My dearest daughter, if you are reading this, it means that everything went as I told you it would. One day you asked me what I would give you for your 15th birthday. I wasn't sure then. But now you know that my gift to you is my heart. "The father had donated(捐赠) his heart to his daughter.

Parents are selfless（无私的). They often make great sacrifices(牺牲) to make their children happy. Keep this in mind when you feel angry toward your parents. They're just what they think is best for you.

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