阅读理解 My interest in cooking started when I was 11, partly thanks to my mother. She didn't really like cooking and when she cooked, I didn't really like her food. Once I was watching something abo...

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安徽省六安市裕安中学2018-2019学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷

阅读理解

My interest in cooking started when I was 11, partly thanks to my mother. She didn't really like cooking and when she cooked, I didn't really like her food. Once I was watching something about cooking on TV and I thought I could do this, so I went to the bookstore and looked for the biggest cookbook I could find.

During a year, I had produced most of its recipes(食谱) and was ready for a bigger challenge(挑战). I wanted to create my own dishes and I started cooking for more people than just my family. Now as a teen chef(主厨)， I have also cooked in top-class restaurants around the country. I am not doing it for the money, but because I love cooking.

Now I know that when you stop caring whether you'll be famous or do well, your dream will come to you.

（1）、The writer is now __________.

A、a TV star B、a news reporter C、a well-known bookseller D、a good chef

（2）、What made the writer begin to cook?

A、His parents' wish. B、The customers' advice. C、His mother's delicious food. D、The information about cooking on TV.

（3）、After producing most of the recipes in the cookbook, the writer wanted to ___________.

A、take cooking lessons B、write his cookbook C、make new dishes of his own D、open a restaurant

（4）、What is important for the writer?

A、Finding a good job. B、Making lots of money. C、Doing what he loves. D、Becoming famous.

举一反三

     One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friend, Rick. Rick told him that his flat was on the first floor. When he arrived, Simon went straight to the first floor of the building. But he was told that there was no Rick on that floor. Do you know why?
In fact, the British call the first floor of a building the ground floor. The floor above the ground floor is the first floor, which Americans would call the second floor.
   The story shows that there are a few culture differences between Britain and American, though the British and Americans both speak English.
   The British usually hide their feelings. They seldom start a conversation with strangers. For example, on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or books. But Americans are quite different. They're more active and easier to talk with.
The British and Americans may use different terms for many things. The British usually use football ,eraser and mail while Americans prefer to soccer, rubber and post.

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One day,Eddy,the frog(青蛙)，meets his two friends：Tom，the squirrel(松鼠)，and Mary,the bird．

"Eddy,can you climb trees?"asks Tom．

"No，I can't，"says Eddy．Tom laughs(笑)and‘climbs up into a tree．

"Eddy,can you sing?"asks Mary．

"No，I can't，"says Eddy．Mary laughs and sings a beautiful song．

"Look，"Eddy says，"I can swim."He jumps into the water and swims．

"That's nothing．"say Tom and Mary．

Eddy is sad and he goes away．He meets a monkey and he learns to juggle(玩杂耍)from him．Then Eddy goes back to his friends and juggles for them．But they don't like it．Eddy is sad again．At that time they hear a baby bird crying in the water,"Help!Help!"

Mary and Tom can't swim，so they can't help the baby bird．Eddy jumps into the water and helps the baby bird out．

"Thank you，Eddy!"says the baby bird．

"You are great，Eddy,"say Mary and Tom．Eddy is very happy now．

根据材料内容完成下列任务。

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Yao Ming is a very good basketball player in the world. He is 25 years old. He was born in Shanghai, but he lives in the USA with his parents now. Yao Ming is quite tall. But he isn't so strong. He was in the Rockets Team after he left (离开)China. He plays very well in the NBA. Many people come to his match(比赛) in America. Lots of Chinese young men watch the matches on TV. Yao Ming wants to be a superstar one day.

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Second-grader Christian Bucks noticed that some of his friends seemed lonely on the playground during the break. Then he remembered something he learned that helps children make new friends at school. He decided to make it happen.

Bucks started a buddy bench(朋友长椅)，a place where students can sit if they feel lonely, and other students will come up to them and ask if they want to play or just sit and talk. Bucks said it acts as a way to "grow our dream circle of friends"

Bucks first heard about the buddy bench at a German school, and loved the idea very much. "He thought this was a great way to help other kids who might feel lonely," said his mom, Alyson.

Last year, just before school ended for the summer holiday at Buck's school in Pennsylvania, USA, Bucks told his principal(校长) Matthew Miller about the buddy bench. He explained why he thought he school should have one. Miller and Bucks' teachers loved the idea and even let Bucks pick out the color and style of the bench!

The buddy bench was put near the playground. Bucks hopes that students will use it and that it will help teach students to be kind to each other.

"We show we care about others when we ask others to play," he said. "I also hope that new friendships will be made because of the buddy bench."

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Robert was a greedy（贪婪的）man. One day, he lost 30 gold coins. He went to his friend Mike's house and told him how he lost his gold coins. Mike was kind and decided to help him find them.

The next day, Mike went to Robert's house and told him he found his 30 gold coins.

After counting the gold coins, Robert said, "I had 40 gold coins. The of them are missing. You must have taken them. And you should pay me back."

"No, I didn't take them, "said Mike.

Robert went to court（法庭）and told the judge（法官）what had taken place between him and his friend.

"How many gold coins did you find?" the judge asked Mike.

"Thirty, "answered Mike.

"How many gold coins did you lose?" the judge asked Robert.

"Forty, "answered Robert.

"Then those coins are not yours, "said the judge, "for you lost 40, while your friend found 30."

Then the judge told Mike to take the 30 gold coins home.

"If anybody reports that they have found 40 gold coins, I will send them to you, "the judge told Robert.

Then Robert said that he didn't tell the truth and that he lost 30 gold coins, but the judge did not listen to him.

Always be honest; dishonesty never pays.

阅读理解

Once upon a time, a young man wanted to go to a village on business. Halfway there was a mountain. Before he left home, his family warned him to stay calm and climb onto trees if he was in face of beasts. In this way, the beasts couldn't do anything to him.

The young man remembered these words and began his trip.

He walked for a long time carefully and found that no beasts were out there. He thought his family's worries were superfluous. And he became relaxed as he walked. Just at that moment, he saw a fierce tiger running to him and he climbed onto a tree nearby at once.

The tiger roared around the tree and even jumped to reach the man. The young man was too scared to hold the tree and fell right on the back of the tiger. Full of fear, he had to hold the tiger tightly. The tiger thought that must be a giant beast. So it was afraid and started running madly.

People on the road didn't know what happened and said, "Look at the young man. He is riding a tiger!" "Cool!" "Superman!"

Hearing these words, the young man was very angry. "Why can't they see I'm suffering a lot? Don't they understand I am in fear and almost scared to death? "he said to himself.

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