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初中外研(新标准)版八年级英语下册Module 5 Cartoons Unit 2 Tintin has been popular for over eighty years同步练习

根据短文内容回答下列问题。

    My father used to work in the city and seldom stayed at home. But he would come back and help to harvest(收割) rice every year.

    One autumn, he promised to help our neighbour, who lost his arms in a traffic accident in 1999, to harvest his rice. After father harvested our own, his little rice picker broke. What's worse, he had to return to work the next day because his partner was ill in hospital. It meant that father wouldn't be back in a few days. It now seemed impossible to help out the neighbour.

    Father told us that he wouldn't let the neighbour's rice rot(腐烂) in the field. He decided to harvest it by hand without a machine. "If tonight's weather is clear, I think I can do it, "added my father. In fact, he was rather tired after a day's harvest work.

    After dinner, father had a short rest and made his way to the field. A full moon was glowing(发光) in the sky and the weather was cold but clear. He spent the whole night keeping his word.

    I would never forget the image(画面): Father was cutting rice in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him, row after row of rice stocks(秸秆) stood at attention, showing respect for a man who kept his word.

(1)、Did father always stay with the family?

(2)、What happened to the neighbour in1999?

(3)、Why was father required to return to work?

(4)、How did father help the neighbour harvest rice in the field?

(5)、How long did father spend in harvesting the neighbour's rice?

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    They say that "travel is the best teacher" and there is no better example of this idea than the Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer Xu Xiake (1587-1641). His book The Travel Notes of Xu Xiake, not only encouraged a love of travelling among Chinese people but provided important scientific information about the country's land and geography.

    Born into a wealthy Jiangyin family, Xu became interested in books about different places at anearly age and wanted to travel. When he was 18, however. Xu's father died and so, it seemed, did his travelling dreams. He now was responsible for the family farm and taking care of his 60-year-old mother as tradition required.

    But his mother had different ideas. Understanding her son, slove of travel and valuing the knowledge he could get from such experiences, this modern-thinking woman refused to keep her son at home. She agreed that Xu could travel for three months every year, when there was less farm work.

    So at the age of twenty and with his mother's support, Xu set off for the first time, leaving behind not only his mother but his new wife as well. He would repeat this goodbye each year for most of the next 30 years. During this time, he travelled throughout the Ming kingdom, carefully studying the lands he passed through and recording his experiences and many discoveries in a diary. This diary, which once had over 500,000 words, would eventually become The Travel Notes of Xu Xiake.

    Although rich, Xu avoided comfortable travel, preferring to go almost everywhere on foot. This way he could research the environment in detail and get a true picture of the natural world. Many of his trips were to hard-to-reach mountain areas, and through wild forests where few people lived. His willingness to face hardships came at a cost however. Progress was slow and tiring and he was frequently sick, robbed and beaten during his journeys

    Sadly Xu became seriously ill during his last and longest journey, a 4-year trip through the Southwest of China. He died in 1641, soon after returning to his hometown for the last time. When his diary was finally printed years after his death, much of it had been destroyed or lost. Although incomplete, it still made Xu a travelling legend around the world.

 阅读下面短文, 掌握大意, 然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A strong wind blew as I walked to Mrs. Goodman's house. Her knee was badly hurt months ago and Mom told her that I would do her yard(院子) work1 she was able to again.

I knocked on 2 door and waited for long. The door3 opened. "Hi, Rodney," Mrs. Goodman said. "Sorry it took me so long to answer the door! Today, I need you to clean out my flowerbeds and rake(耙) the leaves. Do you have any4 ?"

"Mrs. Goodman, could you tell me how to clean out a flowerbed? I know how to rake leaves,5 I'm not sure how to do it by myself." I blushed and said, "I'm sorry I have so many questions!" Mrs. Goodman 6 looked at me as she said, "Rodney, you don' t have to be 7 for asking questions." She told me8 to complete the work, and soon I was ready to get started.

 First I cleaned out the flowerbeds, and then I started raking the leaves. While working,  I thought about a math problem I was having at school. I9 Mrs. Goodman was a math teacher before. However,I was still10 to ask her for math help.

11 later, Mrs. Goodman opened the door and called, "Would you like to come inside and warm up?" Inside, she handed me a cup of hot chocolate. "You have done a great job, Rodney. It was12 for me to admit(承认) that I needed help with my yard. work. Have you ever had a hard time13 help?" she said.

 Now I knew that I didn't have to keep my problem 14 . "I sure have, Mrs. Goodman," I answered, "can you help me with my math problem?"

"Certainly!" she 15 .

I knew that I would help Mrs. Goodman again whenever she needed me.

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