题型：任务型阅读 题类：常考题 难易度：普通
广东省肇庆第四中学2018-2019学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷
Mother's Day is celebrated in the USA. It is also a holiday in some other countries. It is on the second Sunday in May. It is a day to thank mothers. On that day mothers usually receive flowers or cards. On the cards, children will write "Thanks, Mom"， "To the best mother in the world", "Best wishes for Mother's Day" and so on. We should make mothers happy on that day.
Where does the idea for the holiday come from? We should thank Miss Anna M. Jarvis. She brought up the idea of having such a day. She lived in West Virginia. Her mother died on May 9th, 1905.She had a deep love for her mother. She wrote letters to some important persons. In her letters she asked them to decide a day for all mothers. Then Mother's Day was made on the second Sunday in May by the USA in 1913.
In China, children give presents to their mothers on Mother's Day, or the whole family go out and try to do something nice for their mothers. Mothers always think of others more than themselves. They love their children and families very much. Everybody should show his love to his mother and help her as much as possible.
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The thing that children do on Mother's Day in China | Children give presents to their mothers. The whole family go out and for their mothers. |
The reason why Anna M. Jarvis wrote letters | Because she wanted to |
The person whom Anna M. Jarvis wrote to |
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Do you have a mobile phone? Do you often send text messages（信息）to your friends of family? If you keep sending text messages over and over again, there may be something wrong with your fingers(手指). {#blank#}1{#/blank#} If you don't , you may get hurt one day.
Text messaging or “texting” is becoming popular. But , scientists have found out that texting can give us problems with fingers. Too much texting can make your fingers uncomfortable. When we press small buttons over and over again , we may have a disease(疾病) called RSI. RSI is short for Repetitive Strain Injury(重复性力损伤).
Harriet Wilson is a doctor. She has many patients(病人) with RSI.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} If we spend more than 10-15 minutes every day, we could have such problems in the future.
Mobile phones and the buttons are getting smaller and smaller. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a large phone with bigger buttons.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} It's easy to type with a large one.
If you use a computer keyboard and play video games for long, you may have the same problem. More and more people can find themselves with RSI.
| A.It's a good idea to use a large phone. B.Everybody using the mobile phones should be careful. C.The buttons are getting closer together. D.She says we should check how much time we are spending in typing text messages. |
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} What does the writer want to tell us?
| A.He wants to ask us not to send text messages with mobile phones. |
| B.He wants to tell us to uses small mobile phones to send text messages. |
| C.He wants to tell us some good ways to communicate with friends. |
| D.He wants to tell us the damage(损害) of sending text messages too much. |
A. Do more than you are asked. B. Study anywhere — or everywhere. C. Study together. D. Make yourself busy E. Schedule your time. F. Get your things in order. |
① {#blank#}1{#/blank#} When a teacher assigns(布置) a lot of homework, Domenica Roman draws up a timetable, dividing the assignment into small parts. "It's like eating a steak(牛排)," she says. "You chew it one bite at a time."
② {#blank#}2{#/blank#} One student put a vocabulary list in the bathroom. He learned a new word every day while brushing his teeth. Another student used the time to remember biology terms while practicing running.
③{#blank#}3{#/blank#} In high school, McCray ran track, played football and was in the band and orchestra. "I was so busy that I couldn't waste time looking for a pencil or missing paper. I kept everything right where I could put my hands on it," he says.
④ {#blank#}4{#/blank#} In an international class, Asian-Americans, on average, scored higher than other students. The teacher found that the Asian-Americans discussed homework problems together, tried different ways to work out the problems and explained their solutions to one another.
⑤ {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Christi is an excellent student at the University of California. If her math teacher assigns five problems, she does ten. If the history teacher assigns eight pages of reading, she reads twelve. "Part of learning is practicing," she says. "And the more you practice, the more you learn."
My favorite animals are swans (天鹅). They are white. They can swim very well. I think they look like beautiful girls in white dresses (连衣裙). They have a pair of wings (翅膀) and they can also fly (飞) well. I believe (认为) they are angels (天使) from the sky (天空). They bring us love and make (使) us happy. They are always friendly to us. We can't kill them, because they are our friends. I love them!
I also like dogs. They are not beautiful, but they are the best friends. They keep the thieves (小偷) away. Dogs have the best hearing and eyesight. They can hear (听见) in the noise (喧闹声) and see in the dark (黑暗). If we are in danger, they will help us at once (立刻). So, I love them.
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They are white, and look like {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. They have a pair of wings. They are friendly. |
They can {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. They can bring us love and make us happy. |
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Dogs |
They are not beautiful, but they are the best friends. They have {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. |
They can keep the thieves away. They can {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. They can help us when {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. |
Do you know what is useful to stop a cold? It is your body working against the virus（病毒）that makes you uncomfortable when getting a cold, but not the virus Itself? So if you are strong and the virus is strong enough, too, you will feel terrible.
Vitamin C won't stop a cold
It is said that Vitamin C helps you beat the cold. However, many tests have shown that it does not stop colds. It only helps you feel a little bit better.
Staying indoors won't protect you
Cold viruses like to stay on your computer mouse or desk. A study found that 47%of the viruses Indoors are on the desks, 46%are on the computer mice, and 45%on telephones.
Wearing more clothes won't keep you away from colds
Colds are more common in autumn and winter. That's because the cool, wet and cold weather drives people indoors where viruses may more easily jump from one person to another. And the peak（高峰期）in colds is in September and early January, because students come back to schools after the summer and winter vacation.
Old grandma's chicken soup is right
Grandma's chicken soup is a traditional way to help you get well. Scientists say it is true. The chicken soup does help to beat a cold. Many canned（罐装）soups are just efficient（有效的）as homemade ones.
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The medicine that won't stop a cold | {#blank#}1{#/blank#} |
The place where 47%cold viruses indoors like to stay | {#blank#}2{#/blank#} |
The peak（高峰期）in colds | {#blank#}3{#/blank#} |
The traditional way to beat a cold | {#blank#}4{#/blank#} |
The topic of this passage | {#blank#}5{#/blank#} |
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