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浙江省绍兴市新昌县回山中学2015-2016学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A/B/C/D)中选出最佳选项。

    Jack Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited(继承)a million dollars when he was 23, but he wasn't happy at all. When his college friends were looking for their jobs, he didn't have to. Jack decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He gave $ 10,000 of his money to a charity to help poor children live a happy life. Today he is 36. He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only, but he is very happy.

    Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world, by sending them each $200 a month. The money is used for the children's study, food, medicine and clothing. Jack receives a report each year on the children's progress(进步)They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.

    When Jack first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. “It was nothing special,”he said.“Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping, I didn't know anything about their life.” Once Jack went to meet a little girl in Africa, he said that the meeting was very exciting. “When I met her, I felt very, very happy,”he said.“And I saw that the money was used for a good cause. It brought me happiness. I want to do everything I can to go on helping these children.”

(1)、Jack has sent some poor children ______ each $200 a month to help them.
A、only in Washington B、only in England C、only in Africa D、around the world
(2)、The money Jack gives the children is NOT used for the children's ______.
A、clothing B、medicine C、study D、playing
(3)、Jack learns about the children's progress by _______.
A、going to visit them B、getting a report each year C、staying with them D、talking to them in English
(4)、underlined phrase“for a good cause”means “_______” in Chinese.
A、施舍 B、行善 C、优惠 D、赏赐
(5)、What's the main idea of the story?
A、Help others, and you'll feel happy. B、It's necessary to write letters to poor children. C、Live a simple life, and you can give others help. D、It's the most important to help the children in Africa.
举一反三

根据下面短文内容,在文章后第1~10小题的空格里填入最恰当的单词,并将答案填写在答题纸标号为1~10的相应位置上。注意:每空一词。

    Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. He was the oldest of five children in a worker's family. He enjoyed going to the sea when he was a young boy.

    He heard that there was a lot of gold and other valuable things in East India. He wanted to find a short way to get to the Indies by ship. On August 3, 1492, he sailed toward the west from Palos, Spain with three ships. After many days, the sailors had covered a long distance on the sea and were ready to turn around for home when they saw land, an island Columbus named San Salvador. He thought he had found the Indies and called the people he saw there “Indians”. When they got to Cuba, he thought he was in Japan. The world was a lot larger than he thought.

    In his life, he made four trips across the ocean. His 13-year-old son, Ferdinand, went with him during the last time. He returned to Spain in 1504. Columbus did not become rich as he had hoped. At the end of his life he only had a pension(退休金) the king and the queen had given him because he was the first to reach the New World. He died in 1506, still believing that he had found a new route to East India and that he had reached Asia.

    Columbus didn't get to school very much, but he learned to read and write Spanish during his travels. He also taught himself Latin because all the geography books were written in Latin. He is remembered by all not only for the New World he discovered, but also for the way he led for other explorers.

Christopher Columbus and His Sailing

Personal information

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His great

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