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牛津版(深圳•广州)初中英语八年级下册Module 4 Unit 7 单元基础知识专练

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    Yuri Gagarin was a famous Soviet astronaut. He was born in a town in the west of Moscow on 9 March, 1934. He showed great interest in flight and universe when he was a school boy. His Maths teacher was a pilot during the Second World War. Yruri Gagarin learnt a lot from him.

    Later, Yuri Gagarin went to a technical school and learnt to fly a small plane. In 1955, after graduating from the technical school, he entered a flight training school.

    In 1960, Gagarin was selected as one of the 20 astronauts for the space programme of his country. Along with the others, he had a lot of tests of his physical and mental abilities. He was the best.

    On 12 April, 1961, he made history. He orbited(绕……轨道而行) the Earth for 108 minutes. After returning safely, Gagarin became a hero in his country, and people in other countries were also very interested in his flight.

    Gagarin never went into space again, but he trained other astronauts, including the first woman in space.

    On 27 March, 1968, the first spaceman died in a plane crash because of bad weather.

(1)、Yuri Gagarin was interested in _______ when he was a school boy.
A、Science and Maths B、war and peace C、space programme D、flight and universe
(2)、What does the underlined word "selected" in Paragraph 3 mean in Chinese?
A、挑选 B、选举 C、许可 D、拒绝
(3)、When did Gagarin make history?
A、In 1955. B、In 1960. C、In 1961. D、In 1968.
(4)、Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A、Gagarin was born in a town in the west of Moscow. B、Gagarin orbited the Earth for one hour and forty-eight minutes. C、Gagarin entered a flight training school. D、Gagarin went to space again after he made history.
(5)、According to the passage, we can know _______.
A、Gagarin died at the age of 24 B、Gagarin trained the first woman astronaut C、Gagarin only had the tests of mental abilities in 1960 D、Gagarin's plane crashed because of its bad conditions
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    My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella. He's had it for years. As he is very careful with it, so it still looks as good as new.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}He shook his head. "Then how did you get it?" I asked. "Well," he answered, "there's a strange true story about the umbrella. About ten years ago, I was walking along a quiet London street one evening when it suddenly rained. I had no raincoat or umbrella.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} And the people in the streets were fewer and fewer. As I was on my way to a party, I was afraid to get wet. So I stood in a doorway and waited for the rain to stop.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} What was worse, there even wasn't a person around, and still it rained and rained. At last a young man came to the place where I was standing.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} As I hoped he would allow me to walk to the next corner with him, where I could get a taxi, I stepped out of the dark doorway where I had been standing.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} As I suddenly appeared before him, the young man was so shocked that he dropped the umbrella. He ran away and disappeared into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and continued my walk. I knew it would be hard in this big city to find the owner, so I've kept it ever since."

A. Gradually, it grew quite dark.

B. He held a large umbrella over hishead.

C. I asked him where he was going with that umbrella.

D. No buses ran through the street and there were no taxis.

E. I asked my uncle if he bought it or some one sent him as a gift.

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