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浙江省丽水市庆元县岭头乡中心学校2015-2016学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

阅读下面材料,然后从各题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳选项。

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    July 4, 2015 was American's 239th birthday. This country had an International Hot Dog Eating Competition for the big day.

    Since 2007, Joey Chestnut is always the winner of the competition. His best show was in 2009. He ate 69 hot dogs in ten minutes. This year, Chestnut's winning history came to an end. Matt Stonie, a 23-year-old man won the competition by eating 62 hot dogs. He ate two more than Chestnut. Stonie took home 10,000 dollars as a prize.

    Though it was the young man's first win here, Stonie already won some other eating competitions. He once got the first place in eating the most birthday cake (5.5 pounds in nine minutes).

    Women took part in the competition too. The 2015 women's winner was Miki Sudo who ate 38 hot dogs.

    It is said the competition started on July 4,1916. Now it is one of the traditions (传统) on America's National Day.

(1)、Why does America have the International Hot Dog Eating Competition?
A、To sell more hot dogs. B、To celebrate(庆祝) its birthday. C、To let people have fun. D、To get more visitors.
(2)、How many times did Joey Chestnut win the competition?
A、Once. B、Seven times.     C、Eight times. D、Nine times.
(3)、What do we know about Matt Stonie?
A、He ate 60 hot dogs in the competition. B、It was his first time to take part in the eating competition. C、He once ate 5.5 pounds of birthday cake in five minutes. D、He won 10, 000 dollars in the competition.
(4)、Who is probably the writer of the passage?
A、A news reporter B、A story writer C、A great pianist D、The winner
举一反三
阅读理解

    A 15-year-old student who invented a flashlight(手电筒) getting power from the holder's body heat is going home today from California with a big prize and a chance to do further research.

    Ann Makosinski was the only Canadian among the four winners at Google's international science competition. Thousands of young scientists from around the world took part in the competition.

    Winning the science and technology competition was "a surprise". Ann said, "I think it will have a great influence on my future."

    Ann thanked her family for encouraging her interest in science and said that her first toy was a box of transistors(晶体管).

    Ann's prize includes $ 25,000 and a "once in a-lifetime expericnce" from Google for her Hollow Flashlight, which has no moving parts or batteries.

    The idea for the invention came from seeing unwanted batteries and her friend's experience. When Ann visited a friend in the Philippines, she saw the friend couldn't study when it became dark because there was no electricity or light. She saw the need for a flashlight that has no batteries - Hollow Flashlight.

    In her project, Ann wrote "I made two flashlights that do not use any batteries or harmful materials. They do not create any noise and will always work. The flashlight needs at least a 5℃ temperature difference between the holder's body and the environment around to produce light."

    A video of Ann explaining how she creatcd the flashlight has been watched more than 1.4 million times on the Internet.

    Though Ann was successful, she has not made a decision about her career path. Ann hopes that she can find a way to join her love of film and science together.

    The four winners were chosen from 15 final competitors from eight countries. The competition attracted thousands of students in 120 countries.


阅读理解

    For all his life,my grandfather has lived in the Valley of Koi.A rushing river and the Eagle Mountain divide the valley into two.They keep the villagers safe from wolves.The soil is so rich that our crops seem to grow well by themselves,and even the precious (珍贵的) fire flowers can be found here.

    Although life in the valley was good,my grandfather still worried about his people.The mountain and river kept danger out,but they also kept us far away from the world."We must find a way to reach out to other villages,"Grandfather said,"to trade,exchange stories and make friends.If we do not,Koi will one day disappear."

    One day,grandfather saw a spider (蜘蛛) in his garden.He bent down to look more closely and saw it building a web between two grasses.Suddenly,Grandfather knew what the people of Koi must do.

    Many villagers were skeptical . "It comes easily to the spider,but it is so difficult for humans,"they didn't believe it possible."We cannot fly through the air like a spider.And what would happen if strangers learned where the fire flowers grew?"

    "If I were a fire flower,I would rather be picked from the earth and loved than left alone and unseen,"Grandfather said.Some of the villagers agreed.After that,the strongest men and women of Koi began to work.Finally,the bridge was finished!My grandfather was the first Koi villager ever to stand on the far bank of the river.When he reached the other side,a stranger came to greet him friendly with a precious ice flower as a gift to share with us.

    Our village is still small and quiet,but we are no longer shut away from the world.Next spring,I'm going to walk through the mountain to enjoy the ice flowers,I would also like to meet more strangers from other places and share them fire flowers of Koi.

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