初中英语8年级星级阅读训练 Test 14

2021年1月26日发(作者：火炭)
Test 14

A

Complete the following passage with the 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. tables



B. colourful



C. fascinating



D. photos




E. stormy

Peter Smith has been travelling around the world alone since he was 15. In the last book of
the Around the World series. Smith writes about the ____1_____ weather of different parts of the
world.
Smith
also
took
amazing
photos
of
different
weather
condition
such
as
cloudless
days,
rainy days and____2_____days.

In this book, you will find:
Clear ____1_____and charts showing weather around the world.
A world map that shows the temperatures of different places.
Interesting stories about Sminth
’
s travel
Over 100____4_____photos.

A. international


B. team



C. rules


D. anywhere



E. have fun




When we are trying to stay away from the cold in winter, the Australia children are in the hot
weather! In summer, they often go out and _________playing cricket! A cricket match needs two
teams
of
11
players
each.
People
usually
play
on
a
large
grass
oval.
The
game
has
complex____6____, and the players run around the sticks.
Cricket has been a team sport in England for hundreds of years. In 1877 Australia first played
with
England
at
the
Melbourne
Cricket
Ground,
While
most
people
think
only
men
can
play
cricket, there are____7____women
’
s teams, too.

In
Australia,
especially
during
summer,
friends
and
families
like
to
play
cricket
_____8_____they can find the space.

B

Choose the best answer (
根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案
):
The water tap was leaking(
漏水
) again, and the noise was driving Cassie crazy.
Cassie looked at her watch. It was nearly nine o
’
clock. She climbed out of bed and stood on
a
chair
by
the
shelf.
Her
mother
’
s
Mr.
Fix-It
Book
was
on
the
top
shelf.
Cassie
stepped
down
quietly. She read the book quickly until she found the page she was looking for, and then began to
read carefully.
Next, Cassie opened a box in the kitchen and picked out the tools she needed--- a hammer, a
wrench, and several small things. It was so easy job for her to do the repair, and she tried several
times. Finally, the water tap was in pieces. One by one, she carefully laid them out on the table.
That way she would know how they went back. While this was going on, her cat walked over to
watch what she was doing.
Cassie worked late into the
night. At one point, she thought she was done. Oops! A small
piece that she had forgotten still lay on the table. Slowly Cassie took the water tap apart(
分开
) one
more time. This time she made sure everything was in place. She turned the water tap on and then
off. One…two…three… She waited a full minute. There was no leak! Cassie smiled and put the
tools back into the box. Then she went back into bed.
The next morning, Dad was in the kitchen when Cassie got up.


“
Notice anything, Dad?
He looked around and listened.
“
Hmm, something
’
s missing
…

I can
’
t find out what it is
…

Wait, it
’
s too quiet in here!
”

“
That
’
s right,
”
Cassie said.
‘
Something is missing. I fixed the water tap. It doesn
’
t leak any
more.
”



“
That
’
s my girl,
”
Dad said.
“
It
’
s a good thing you are really like your mother.
”

1. The noise of __________was driving Cassie crazy.

A. the tap









B. her cat









C. her father







D. the clock
2. Mr. Fix-It Book is probably a book on how to ________.

A. train pets







B. fall asleep






C. fix things







D. cook food
3. Cassie took the water tap apart again because_______.

A. she had forgotten one piece









B. the tap was still leaking

C. the cat had taken one piece away





D. she hadn
’
t understood the book
4. The water tap wasn
’
t fixed until_______.

A. nine o
’
clock



B. late that night



C. the next morning



D. the next afternoon
5. In the end, ____________fixed the water tap.


A. Cassie
’
s mother


















B. Cassie
’
s father





C. Mr. Fix-It























D. Cassie
6. We can learn from the last sentence of the passage that ________.

A. Cassie
’
s mother is good-looking









B. Cassie likes her mother very much

C. Cassie
’
s mother is good at fixing things



D. Cassie looks quite like her mother




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
):
My
mother
often
asked
me,

is
the
most
important
part
of
the body?
the
years I would guess at what I thought was the correct answer.






When
I
was
younger,
I
thought
light
was
very
important
to
us
as
humans,
so
I
said,












She said, “No. Many people are
blind. But you____2___thinking about it and I will ask you
again soon.”






Then
last
year,
my
grandpa____3_____.Everybody
was
hurt.
Everybody
was
crying.
My
mom looked at me when it was
our final goodbye to Grandpa. She asked me, “Do you know the
most important body part yet, my dear?






I was shocked when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a game between her
and me. She saw the confusion (
迷惑
) on my face and told me,
shows that you have_____4_____lived your life.
眼泪
). She
said,









I asked,