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广东省梅州市大埔县2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

 阅读短文,回答问题

It's never too late to learn. 66-year-old Xu Baokun is a good example to show that. The grandma learned to play the drums and got popular online because of her drum playing (打鼓).

Xu comes from Guangxi. She is a farmer. When she was young, she worked in the fields (田地) all year round. But, with age, she had some health problems. That stopped her from going here and there. As a result, she lived a boring life.

Xu's son teaches others music in Guangdong Province. Last year, he brought a drum set (架子鼓,爵士鼓,套鼓) home for Xu to play. At first, Xu thought playing the drums was too noisy. But after watching her son play a few times, she became interested in it and decided to learn to play.

Because Xu knew nothing about music, ▲ . She spent lots of time practicing playing the drums every day. Now she can play many songs. What's more, she is healthier than before thanks to drum playing.

Xu's son put her videos (录像) of drum playing online. To his surprise, Xu quickly got popular. Now Xu plays at some weddings (婚礼) and the TV station. She is anxious before she plays in front of others, but when she sees the drum set, she knows she will do a good job.

"Age is just a number," Xu said. "I'll learn more beautiful music to bring happiness to more people."

(1)、Why did Xu Baokun feel bored?
A、Because she had no friends. B、Because she lived far from her family. C、Because she had some health problems. D、Because she worked in the fields all year round.
(2)、Xu Baokun got interested in playing the drums ____
A、two years ago B、because of a TV show C、after she saw a drum set D、after she watched her son play
(3)、Which of the following is the best for "____"?
A、she was really lucky B、she became successful C、she had to work very hard D、she showed great talent for it
(4)、What does the underlined word "anxious" in Paragraph 5 probably mean in Chinese?
A、满意的 B、感激的 C、担忧的 D、愤怒的
(5)、The writer wrote the passage to ____.
A、tell the story of a cool grandma B、ask us to learn to play the drums C、show a son's love for his mother D、describe a farmer's everyday life
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   Phil White has just returned from an 18,000-mile, around-the-world bicycle trip. White had two reasons for making thisepic journey. First of all, he wanted to use the trip to raise money for charity, which he did. He raised £70,000 for the British charity, Oxfam. White's second reason for making the trip was to break the world record and become the fastest person to cycle around the world. He is still waiting to find out whether he has broken the record or not.

   White set off from Trafalgar Square, in London, on 19th June, 2004 and was back 299 days later. He spent more than 1,300 hours in the saddle (车座) and destroyed four sets of tyres and three bike chains. He had the adventure of his life crossing Europe first, and then the Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and finally the Americas. Amazingly, he did all of this with absolutely no support team. No jeep carrying food, water and medicine. No doctor. Nothing! Just a bike and a very, very long road.

   The journey was lonely and desperate at times. He also had to fight his way across deserts, through jungles and over mountains. He cycled through heavy rains and temperatures of up to 45 degrees, all to help people in need. There were other dangers along the road. In Iran, he was chased by armed robbers and was lucky to get away with the little money he had. The worst thing that had happened to him was having to cycle into a headwind on a road that crosses the south of Australia. For 1,000 kilometers he battled against the wind that was constantly pushing him. This part of the trip was slow, hard and depressing, but he made it in the end. Now Mr. White is back and wants to write a book about his adventures.

通读下面短文, 掌握其大意,然后在各小题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。

Once there lived two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger Victor. They 1 each other very much, and always took care of one another. Every day they worked from morning 2 night, getting as inch grain(谷物) as possible from their fields.

 One late autumn evening, after their work in the 3 was done, Simon said to his wife," Victor got married last month. He has many bills(账单) to pay. I think I will put a bag of rice in his barn(谷仓)." Oh, that's a good idea," said his wife." But please don't tell him," said Simon," If he knows I put the rice there, he will 4 take it." So, late that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victor's barn. The next day, while looking at his own barn, he found 5 strange,"I took a bag of rice to Victor's house last night, 6 I still have the same number of bags in my barn. 7 did that happen?"

 Simon decided to take another bag of rice to his brother's barn that night. But the next morning, he found the 8 number of bags in his barn again!" This is very strange," he thought. That night he 9 again. He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder (肩膀) , and walked down the road to his younger brother's house. In the bright moonlight, he could see another 10 coming down the road. He was carrying something on his 11 , too." Younger Brother!" Simon cried," What are you doing?""I was 12 you, Older Brother," said Victor," Your family is 13 than mine. I thought you needed more rice." The two brothers quickly 14 that they had been taking rice to each other. They 15 what had happened." It is good to have a brother like you," they both said. And they lived happily ever after.

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