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安徽省安庆市望江县2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中测试卷

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    Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833, but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father Immanuel, made a strong position for himself in the engineering industry. Immanuel Nobel invented landmine and made a lot of money from the government during the Crimean War, but went bankrupt soon after. Then, the family returned to Sweden in 1859, where Alfred began his own study of explosives in his father's lab. He had never been to school or university but had taught himself, and by the time he was twenty, he became a skillful chemist and excellent linguist, speaking Swedish, Russian, German, French and English. He built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries. He was always searching for a meaning to life. He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars and maintain(保持)the peace between nations, until his death in Italy in 1896.His famous last will, in which he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature and peace, is a memorial to his interests and ideas.

    And so, the man is remembered and respected long after his death.

(1)、Where was Alfred Nobel born? He was born in      .
A、Italy B、Stockholm C、Russia D、Moscow
(2)、What did Immanuel Nobel invent during the Crimean War?
A、The engineering industry. B、A strong position. C、Landmine. D、Study of explosives.
(3)、Why did Alfred Nobel return to Sweden? Because his father      .
A、went bankrupt B、was put in prison C、was ill D、died
(4)、When did the family return to Sweden?
A、In 1859. B、In 1842. C、In 1833. D、In 1852.
(5)、What was Alfred Nobel always searching for?
A、More time and more money. B、A meaning to life. C、How to end the wars. D、The peace between nations.
举一反三
阅读材料,根据材料内容,从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项.

    Autumn de Forest is an American painter.She was born on December 27,2001.Her father is a musician and he plays the drums very well.Her mother was an actress and model.

    Autumn de Forest has been painting sinnce she was five,and she is really good at it.She has become one of Park West Gallery's top﹣selling artists.With her work being sold for as much as $ 25,000,Autumn was even called"an artistic talent"and a"child prodigy"in a special program produced by The Discovery Channel.Now you can see her in many TV shows.Autumn also loves helping others.She often teaches children to paint in her fee time.Autumn doesn't go to school and she studies at home.She works very hard bccause she wants to to go to Yale University.

    A 17﹣year﹣old girl,with her rich knowledge of the ancient culture and works,won first prize in the Chinese Poetry Conference(中国诗词大会).

    Wu Yishu,a high school student in Shanghai,beat the other competitors in the second season of the Chinese Poetry Conference.

    "I get feelings from  ancient poetry that modern people cannot give me,I pay little attention to the competition result,but I love poetry,"Wu said.

    In the final of the competition,all the competitors were asked to recite poem by looking at sand paintings and recite as many poems as they could think of about the Chinese character jiu.Wu did quite well.

根据短文理解,选择正确答案。

    I once had a hard time making a living in France. Three years ago, I moved to a new neighborhood and felt an intense(强烈的) need to meet people so I went to the cinema. Outside the cinema was a woman with long gray hair who had a strong smell and was asking for money. I reached for my wallet to give her a Euro and then something made me stop and enter into conversation with her. I said, “Look, all the women going to the cinema here on a Tuesday night are seeing a film that can change your life. I'd rather buy you a ticket than give you money.”

    She hesitated(犹豫) for a moment and then came in with me. She hid behind me because, she said, the people running the theater didn't like her. I got her a ticket and she sat next to me. There were about 80 women there; I noticed some of them were turning around and looking at me with expressions of surprise and curiosity(好奇心).

    I encouraged the woman I had bought the ticket for to come the following night to an event where there would be many representatives(代表) of various social services. I thought they could be of some help to her. She did come and I was able to direct her to an agency that helped women in her situation. At the same time, a woman came toward me and said, “Are you the person who bought a ticket for the woman outside the theater asking for handouts?” When I said yes she said, “I want you to come to the community center where I work. I want the other employees there to meet you.”

    This was the beginning of a deep friendship and colleague relationship. I now have a great job and have more work than I've ever had in my 20 years in France. And the woman I took to the cinema that night? I learned that she was not homeless and that she was a secretary.

根据短文内容,选择正确的答案。

C

    A man died and was on his way to another world, either heaven (天堂) or hell (地狱). When he was halfway there, he saw a beautiful, huge palace. The owner came out and asked the man to stay and live in the palace.

    "And now I just want to eat and sleep without doing any work."The man said: "I have been working hard my whole life.

    The owner of the palace said: "If so, there is nowhere else better than here for you. There is a wealth of seafood and many other delicious foods in my palace. You can eat whatever you want without anyone stopping you. And you can rest assured (肯定的) that nothing needs to be done by you."

    "That is great! This must be heaven!" said the man. And he settled down (定居) in the palace.

    At first, the man felt very happy with a life of eating and sleeping. But gradually, he felt a bit lonely and bored.

    So he went to the owner and said: "Just eating and sleeping every day is very boring. Now I'm losing interest in this kind of life. Could you help me find a job?"

    The owner replied: "Sorry, there are no jobs here at all."

    After another few months, the man could not stand it any more and went to the owner again. "I really can't stand this kind of life any more," he said. "If you do not offer me a job, I would prefer (宁愿) to go to hell rather than (也不) live here."

    The owner of the palace smiled. "Where do you think we are now?" he said. "Heaven? We are actually (实际上) in hell!"

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