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题型:阅读选择 题类:常考题 难易度:普通

浙江省衢州市东港学校共同体2016学年八年级上学期英语期中质量检测试卷(含听力音频)

阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

C

    O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison(监狱). During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales(故事)were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader's surprise.

(1)、In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

a. Lived in New York                   b. Worked in a bank

c. Traveled to Texas                    d. Was put in prison

e. Had a newspaper job                  f. Learned to write stories

A、e, c, f, b, d, a B、c, e, b, d, f, a C、e, b, d, c, a, f D、c, b, e, d, a, f
(2)、People enjoyed reading O. Henry's stories because _________.
A、they had surprise endings         B、they were easy to understand C、they showed his love for the poor   D、they were about New York City
(3)、O. Henry went to prison because ____________.                     
A、people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper B、he broke the law by not using his own name C、he wanted to write stories about prisoners D、people thought he had taken the money that was not his
(4)、Where did O. Henry get most materials(材料) for his short stories?
A、His life inside the prison. B、The newspaper articles he wrote. C、The city and people of New York. D、His exciting early life as a boy.  
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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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