题型：任务型阅读 题类： 难易度：普通
浙江省温州市第二外语学校2023-2024学年八年级上学期英语期中试卷
It was a sunny. sky after the typhoon(台风) passed and some people found a very large hole next to their village.
All of the villagers came out to see the hole. They looked inside, but it was dark and nobody could see anything. What happened? Was it a fox hole?
A young man was so surprised that he shouted at the hole, "Hey, come out!" However, only his voice came back from the hole. Then, he picked up a small rock(岩石) and threw(扔) it down the hole. But, still, nothing came out.
To find out the fact of the hole, the villagers asked a scholar(学者) for help. After looking over the hole, he found nothing, but he tried to look confident, and said for sure, "It's no problem to fill(填充) it up!"
Seeing this, a businessman came up and offered to buy the hole with lots of money. Later, he built up a company called"Hole-Filling Company". He told everyone the company could hold any litter but they had to pay for it.
From then on, more and more people came here to put their litter into the hole:
Hospitals got here to throw the dead people.
The government put all the dirty water into the hole.
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Slowly, the sea and sky became beautifully blue. Under this clear sky, more and more buildings were built up.
One day, a worker was working on the top of a tall building. Looking at the blue sky, clear water and green plants, he was happy that the city was getting more and more beautiful.
Suddenly, he heard a strange shout above his head, "Hey, come out!"
However, when he looked up, he found nothing. When he sat down for a rest, a rock flew down in front of him from the direction(方向) of the strange shout. He picked it up and wanted to know why it came from the sky.
Of course, he didn't know anything about the rock. Only the young man in the village could know that: it was the same rock that he threw into the hole.
Several days later, the sky was not as beautifully blue as before. More and more litter fell down from the sky-dead people, dirty water...
Adapted from Hey, come out! by Shinichi Hoshi
Do you know any special inventions? Here are four smart inventions made by students.
A Safe Window Xiao Ming, a 12-year-old boy from China,invented a safer window for kids. When the window moves up, the part for safe guard will work. It can stop children from falling out of the window if they open it. When the window is pulled down, the guard will go up. | A Smart Homework Collecting RobotXiao Li, a student from China, invented a smart robot that collects homework. When a student puts his notebook on the robot, the robot will read his name and collect it. The teachers can connect their phones with the robot, and know if the students hand in their homework. |
An Special Umbrella Jenny, an 11-year-old girl from America, invented a smart umbrella. It has a handle(手柄) in the shape of a circle to hold a cup. With it, you can drink easily when you walk on a rainy day. | A Solar(太阳能) Flower Pot Arthur, a 9-year-old boy from Britain, invented a solar flower pot. The pot has a special part to get solar. It also has three wheels, so the pot can run around the garden and look for sunlight by itself. In this way, the flowers can get enough sunlight. |
Have you read non-fiction (非故事类) books? They tell us facts about nature or science. They are important to read for your personal development, so let's spend some time learning how to read a non-fiction book in a quick and interesting way!
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试题篮
Table of contents shows a list of big ideas and where to find them. Readers can find the topic they want quickly by looking at it. It also offers readers a clear summary and organization of the contents in a book. It will be useful to check it before reading. 
A glossary includes some difficult and special words that have to do with the topic and their explanations. Looking at these explanations may help you to understand the words and contents better. 
Captions are the extra information right under pictures, maps, and charts. They are usually read after you know the words and contents well. They help you to build a deeper understanding of the information. 
