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 牛津版(深圳·广州)2018-2019学年初中英语八年级下册期末自主检测

阅读理解

Life in 2060

    Let us suppose the life in A. D. 2060. It is fifty years later. Of course, things have changed and life is very different. Voyages to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic spots on the moon, many hotels have been built. The hotels are air- conditioned, naturally. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment of the young and old. What are people eating now? People are still eating food. They haven't yet started to take on heir(继承) supply of energy directly like electrical current or nuclear power.

    But many foods now come in pill forms, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly from green plants. Since there are several times as many people in the world today as there were a hundred years ago, most of our planet's surface has to be filled. The deserts irrigated with water and crops are no longer destroyed by pests. The harvest is always good. Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then. Such would be our life in 2060.

(1)、When was the passage written?
A、In about 2060. B、In about 1960. C、In about 2010. D、In about 2004.
(2)、According to the passage, what will be on the moon in about A. D. 2060?

 

A、Many tourists. B、Many other animals. C、Many plants. D、A sea.
(3)、What will people eat then according to the passage?
A、Biscuits in pill forms. B、Foods in pill forms. C、Foods in water forms. D、Foods in gas forms.
(4)、The text tells us that in 2060,          on the earth than now.
A、there are fewer people B、there are more pests C、there is less water D、the crops are getting better
举一反三
阅读下列短文,从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

    It is park at the bottom of the ocean. It's cold down there too. There's no air to breathe. The water pressure is high. There may be fishes that could hurt you. The deep sea can be an unpleasant place. But people are still fascinated by it, not just because of the amazing scenery. The seafloor might hold the secret to the beginning of life on Earth.

    Oceans cover more than two-thirds of our planet. Yet, we have explored just a small part of the underwater world. A new project is there to explore the ocean deeper. A new US machine can carry people down to as deep as 6,500 metres. It will take the place of an older machine called Alvin. The old one has been in use for 40 years, but it can only go down to 4,500 metres. Alvin played a key role in many important tasks. Alvin helped biologists collect worms, chemists gather rocks, and oceanographers (海洋学家) map the seafloor and take water sample (样本).

    But now it's about time for a new one. The new machine will be like Alvin. It'll also be about 27 feet long, about the size of a small school bus. The seating area inside will be small, about two metres wide. Like Alvin, it'll carry a pilot and two passengers. It will be able to move like Alvin does. It'll give passengers more chances to enjoy the view. Alvin has only three windows. The new one will have five. It will travel more than a mile an hour faster than Alvin. Getting to the bottom faster and moving around more quickly will allow researchers to make the most of their time underwater.

 阅读理解

Do you have trouble trying to create the next big idea?

Sometimes the answer isn't to just force an idea out of your mind.

Instead, you might want to try sitting back, relaxing and letting your mind wander(走神). Yes, you heard that correctly. If you are in need of a new idea, try daydreaming.

Daydreams allow your mind to run freely and even increase productivity in some cases. Daydreaming develops creativity which is why you have an ah-ha moment and sudden insight(领悟) about a situation. Daydreaming allows you to uncover thoughts and ideas you did not realize you even had and get the thoughts hidden under the surface.

Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, found a connection between daydreaming and creative problem-solving. Their study includes making participants first do an "unusual-use task". They had to try to come up with as many different ways to use an object as they could.

Then, the participants choose to do one of the following four things before doing the "unusual-use task" again; complete a difficult task, complete an easy task, take a 12-minute break, or skip a 12-minute break and move right on to the task exercise again.

Surprisingly, the group that performed best was the one that completed the easy task. Many participants reported that they were daydreaming while performing the easy task. So the researchers believed that this daydreaming might have helped unlock their creativity.

But how could daydreaming help the brain come up with creative ways? The answer is something known as "unconscious thought". Even when you are not actively working to solve a problem, it is still in the back of your mind. Your brain is still thinking about the problem, but in a way that you are unaware of.

When you daydream, your mind is allowed to think in ways it normally would not. Because it is free of control, it can create completely new and out-of-the-box ideas.

Great ideas never come easily, but that does not mean you always have to work hard to get them. Feel free to do what you want and let your mind wander.

 阅读短文,回答问题

Do you know which social app is popular with Chinese young people now? "Short videos" are certainly the most popular. A large number of young people use Tik Tok (抖音) and Kuaishou. They think it is fun to share their lives by short videos, while others have other purposes as well.

A t2-year-old user named Elsa has about 2. 7 million fans on Tik Tok. The girl has shared her dancing studies on Tik Tok since last July. One of the videos won her about one million tans. "I feel really glad to share happiness with people by short videos." said Elsa.

To some other young people, they use short videos to have a quick look at the hot programs. "Because I don't like to spend many hours watching a whole program, I hate waiting for a program to end, and I prefer to watch short videos of wonderful parts of hot programs," said Wang Zhihao.

However, some young people feel bored with short videos. "Killing time is the main reason for me to watch short videos, and many short videos are almost the same, so I think they are not so useful or interesting. What's more, I really don't like the videos about strange and dangerous things," said Wen Nan, another college student.

Recently, something else has appeared. Some videos are telling people what commodities are worth buying. Some short videos even sell bad commodities, and it is hard for customers to get their money back. So we should think twice before we want to buy the commodities by short videos. 

 请通读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 根据语法和上下文连贯的要求, 从每小题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳的答案。

 Having Zao Cha, or morning tea, is a common morning activity for people in Guangdong. Whether rich or poor, young or old, local people go to morning tea houses1 tea or enjoy dim sum(点心) for breakfast. For them, having Zao Cha is not just a daily habit but also 2 important way of social communication.

 Guangdong morning tea dates back to the Qing Dynasty. It began in a small restaurant 3 Guangzhou called"Yi Li Guan", which served tea and dim sum. Over time, more and more similar tea houses appeared, and since then, Cantonese(广州的) people 4 the habit of drinking morning tea in tea houses.

 Today, on weekends or holidays, the whole family or good friends often get together for 5 morning tea. It 6 as an enjoyable way to pass time and relax completely.

 In morning tea, tea is a necessary part. The Cantonese prefer black tea 7 it warms the stomach and helps digestion(消化). Although it is a little bitter and 8 clear than green tea, it pairs perfectly with dim sum during morning tea. In addition, the Cantonese think that Oolong tea, Tieguanyin tea and pu' er tea are also popular choices. 9 relaxing it is to drink morning tea in Guangdong!

 Thanks to the increasing number of overseas Chinese, Cantonese morning tea restaurants can now be found 10 in big cities like New York and even on some small islands in the South Pacific Ocean. The morning tea culture is not only popular in Guangdong, but has also become a global trend(全球趋势).

 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。

 Have you ever wondered where all the expired(过期的) food in the supermarket goes? Well, some is given away to food banks and some is used to feed animals. But much of it unluckily ends up as rubbish. A report shows that around 300,000 metric tons of food is wasted per year. That is a quite enormous number, enough to feed millions of people around the world for several days.

 To reduce(减少) food waste, many supermarkets in the UK have started using an AI system developed by Wasteless, an Israeli company, to mark the prices of food dynamically(动态地). The system is able to check if a product is going to be expired, and then decide whether to reduce its price or not.

 If the amount of the product is still large, the price might be lowered a lot. But if the product is in high demand(需求), the drop in price will be less. The system helps sell the food before it becomes expired.

"The system can help reduce food waste greatly. It can also let stores know what products are not popular. That can prevent them from over-ordering," the company says.

 But while the new system means less food waste, it might make it hard for customers to know how much a product costs at first. And uncertain prices can also be a challenge for those who are not that rich. Besides, it may even make some products more expensive in certain areas than in others, if they are in great demand.

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