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 inhe...

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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

One day at a park, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench (长椅) near a playground. “That's my son over there,” she said, pointing to (指着) a little boy in a red sweater.
“He's a lovely boy,” the man said. “That's my daughter on the bike in the white dress.” Then, looking at his watch, he called to his daughter, “We have to leave for home now, Rosa.”
“Just five minutes, Dad,” Rosa said, “Please, just five more minutes.”
The man agreed and Rosa went to ride his bike happily. Five minutes later, the father stood and called again to his daughter, “Time to go now?”
“Five more minutes, Dad,” Rosa said again, “Just five more minutes.”
The man smiled and said, “OK.”
“Oh, you are really a patient father,” said the woman.
The man smiled and then said, “Her elder brother Tommy died (死) in a traffic accident (事故)last year when he was riding his bike near here,” the man said, “I never spent much time with Tommy and now I'd like to give anything for just five more minutes with him. I vowed (发誓) not to make the same mistake(错误) with Rosa. She thinks she has five more minutes to ride her bike. In fact, I get five more minutes to watch her play.”

   A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman carrying a large box. It was half in and half out of her car. So the man went up and said, “The box looks very heavy. Let me give you a hand.”
   “That's very kind of you,” the woman said, “I'm having a lot of trouble with it. Maybe it sticks (卡住) in the car door.”
   “Together we'll soon move it,” the man said. “I'll get in and take the other end.” And he got in the car.
   “Right,” the man said. “I'm ready,” and he began to push the box hard.
   For several minutes, the man and the woman tried to move the box. Soon they felt very tired.They rested for a moment. Then the woman said, “Let's try again. One, two, three!” They went on moving the box.At last, when they were exhausted, the man said, “I'm sorry, but I don't think there's any way to get it out of your car.”“Get it out?” the woman cried. “I'm trying to get it in! You know?”

阅读理解

For thousands of years，poetry(诗歌) has been one of the favorite types of literature(文学) in China.There were many famous poets in Chinese history，and many of their poems are still read and loved today.

Recently，a popular TV show—ChinesePoetryCompetition has attracted many people.Now let's interview some people and listen to what they said.

I like Wu Yishu very much.She studies at the High School Affiliated(附属) to Fudan University in Shanghai.She came out on top.She can recite(背诵) more than 2，000 Chinese poems fluently(流利地)．I really admire her knowledge of poems.She is tall and beautiful，and she always stays calm whether the questions are easy or hard.

The woman that impresses(给……以深刻印象) me is Bai Ruyun.She comes from a village in Xingtai.She is a farmer.She is not rich and she is badly ill in hospital，but she has been so confident in herself since she began to read and recite Chinese poems.

Among the competitors(选手)，I like Wang Zilong best.He is 34 years old.He teaches Chinese in Shijiazhuang College.He said when he was only two years old，his parents began to teach him to recite Chinese poems.

Do you know the young boy? He is Ye Fei，13，from Anqing No.Two Middle School in Anhui.In one competition，he answered all the questions correctly.Now he is a young star in his school because of his love of Chinese poems.

阅读理解

A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his door bell began to ring. It was already midnight, but what could the doctor do? He had to get up, put on his coat and go downstairs.

When he opened the door, he saw a man standing with a hat in his hand. “ How do you do, doctor?” said the man. “ Can you come at once to a place out of town? It is quite far, but you have a car and I can show you the way.”

“Certainly,” said the doctor, “ I am quite ready, I can come at once.” In a few minutes, the car was standing at the front door, the man got on the doctor's car. And they drove off.

They drove on for a long time, and then the man said, “ Here we are. This is my house. Now I can pay you and you can go back to town.”

“But I must see the patient,” the doctor said. “How can I go back without seeing the patient? Where is the patient?”

“There is no patient,” explained the man. “Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and one must get home from a town, mustn't he? There are no taxis at this time of the night, but a doctor often makes night calls, so excuse me. Here is your money. Thank you, doctor. Good night.”

阅读理解

On Miriam's 9th birthday two years ago, her aunt, who lives in Kenya（肯尼亚）, gave money to a group that cares for elephants to celebrate Miriam's birthday. Then Miriam and her mother visited Africa to learn how the group was helping elephants. Later, Miriam fell in love with the animals and wanted to help save them.

A few months after visiting Africa, Miriam watched How I Became an Elephant, a film about the mistreatment of elephants in Thailand, and a young girl's effort to save them. Miriam decided she wanted to raise money to save elephants.

Last year, Miriam created a program called They Deserve（应得） to Be Free after seeing how young elephants are abused in Thailand. She learned how people take a baby elephant, don't give it food or water for days and beat it hard. "It made me really sad. I need to do something useful." Miriam said.

Miriam is working to make money for Elephant Nature Park in Thailand. She asked her friends to give money to the park rather than giving her birthday gifts.

She recently joined about 12 other students in an art center. They made elephants from clay and decorated（装饰） them. Then she created a plan to sell clay elephants.

Kate, Miriam's art teacher, opened her art studio（工作室） to Miriam and her friends on weekends so they could make clay elephants. She even gave them the clay." It's great to see a young student wanting to spend her time on something meaningful. This is what we should all work towards," Kate said.

Miriam says she has sold 180 clay elephants worth 2, 000 dollars, and all of that money has been sent to Elephant Nature Park in Thailand.

阅读理解

When scientist Jessica Wade realized how hard it was to find information about women scientists, she decided to help solve that problem. She has now added the stories of over 300 female scientists to Wikipedia.

Dr. Wade has always been interested in science. But as she kept going in science and learned more about amazing women scientists, she was surprised to learn that they didn't have Wikipedia pages.

Wikipedia is the world's largest encyclopedia, and the world's 5th most popular website. What makes it special is that anybody can add to or change it. But even though Wikipedia has close to 6 million articles. Dr. Wade noticed that "It doesn't have the stories of many amazing women in science." She says that 83% of the biographies on Wikipedia are about men.

So, in January. 2018 she decided to write one Wikipedia article about a female scientist every day. She doesn't get paid, but it has become her second job. So far, she has created 306 Wikipedia pages.

Dr. Wade will keep writing her articles, but she also wants to teach other people how to add articles to Wikipedia. She would like to create a website to keep track of all of the biographies. She wants to turn them into a teaching tool.

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