soud初中英语8年级星级阅读训练 Test 21

2021年1月20日发(作者：progen)
Test 21
A
Complete the following passage with words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used
once(
将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次
):
A. painting




B. stayed


C. promised


D. leaving



E. sailed

Parents who have small children and want to go out, often call a babysitter. Did you know
that Columbus needed a babysitter when he __________ for America?
Columbus
’
wife died, leaving him with a five-year-old son named Diego. Columbus had a
dream to sail across the ocean to India. So he took his son to a church in Spain. The church people
___________to care for Diego while Columbus was away.
Today, if you go to this church in Spain, you can see the room where Diego ____________.
You can also see a ____________ of his famous father, Christopher Columbus.
A. take off



B. directly



C. underground



D. earth


E. noise




Students in Lake Worth, Texas, go to a school that is different from most other students in
America-----it is underground!



There is an air force base near Lake Worth. The jet airplanes that ___________ and land
at the base pass directly over the school. Before the school was moved ____________, the pupils
couldn
’
t even hear their teachers. The ____________ was deafening(
震耳欲聋的
)
！




The
main
floor
of
the
school
is
24
feet
under
the
____________.
The
school
has
air
conditioning, beautiful classroom, a cafeteria, and science labs. Best of all, there is no noise from
the airplanes.
























B
Choose the best answer(
根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案
)
：

J.K. Rowling is probably the most famous author alive today. Her books about the adventures
of a young wizard (
魔法师
) named Harry Potter have sold more than 325 million copies. They
have also been translated into 64 different languages.
Joanne
Kathleen
Rowing
was
born
in
1965
in England.
She
always
dreamt
of
becoming
a
writer, and began writing stories when she was six years old. After she studied French at university,
in 1990 she decided to move to Manchester, and went there to look for a flat. Her journey back to
London was long and boring. But on that journey the idea for the Harry Potter stories first entered
her mind.
Over the next year, she worked hard on her novel. Then, her mother died from a long and
difficult illness. She was only 45. To forget her grief, Rowling moved to Portugal(
葡萄牙
) to work
as an English teacher. There, she had a lot of free time to work on her book, and rewrote many
parts of the story.
When she arrived back in Britain in 1994, she had a baby daughter and very little money. She
moved to Edinburgh to live near her sister, and worked on her novel. Whenever her daughter feel
asleep, Rowling would write as quickly as she could. After several months, she finished the book.
It
may
be
surprising,
but
no
publishers
wanted
to
buy
her
book at
first.
They
thought
that
people today would not like a story about magic. In 1996, after a year of searching, she found a
company
that
would
publish
the novel.
It
soon
became
a
bestseller,
and
was
later turned
into a
successful film. People around the world have gone crazy for Harry Potter ever since.

1. The numbers in the first paragraph shows the book Harry Potter is ____________



A expensive






B difficult







C popular








D harmless
2. J. K. Rowling began writing at the age of __________



A 6













B 16












C 25












D 45
3. She first had the idea for the Harry Potter stories in ___________



A 1965










B 1990










C 1994










D 1996
4. J. K. Rowling finished writing her novel when she was in _________



A. Portugal







B France









C America







D Britain
5. J. K. Rowling was able to make her dream come true because_________



A. she traveled to many places










B. she kept working hard



C. her sister helped her a lot












D. she was very young.
6. According to the passage, which of the following is Not True?
A. J. K. Rowling studied French at university.
B.
J. K. Rowling was very sad about her mother’s death.

C. J. K. Rowling went to Portugal to teach French.
D. It was not easy for her to find a publisher for the book.


























C
Choose
the
words
or
expressions
and
complete
the
passage(
选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短
文
)
：

Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in
the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon___1__ Harvard.
In the early years, these schools were much alike. Only young men went to college. All the
students
studied
the
same
subjects,
and
everyone
learned
Latin,
Greek
and
Hebrew.
Little
was
known about science then, and one kind of school could teach____2____ that was known about
the world. When the students graduated, most of them become ministers or teachers.
In 1782, Harvard started a____3_____school for young men who wanted to become doctors.
Later
lawyers
could
receive
their
training
in
Harvard's
law
school.
In
1825,
besides
Latin
and
Greek. Harvard began teaching modern ____4_____, such as French and German. Soon it began
teaching American history.
As knowledge _____5_____, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects.
Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.
Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made

up of smaller schools that____6_____special fields of learning. There's so much to learn that one
kind of school can't offer it all.
1. A. before













B. after













C. since










D. while
2. A. something










B. anything









C. everything






D. nothing
3. A. medical












B. historical









C. chemical







D. physical
4. A. articles













B. computers








C. music









D. languages
5. A. introduced










B. investigated







C. increased






D. interviewed
6. A. play with











B. deal with









C. complain about


D. worry about