2023-2024学年八年级英语下册期末复习之阅读回答问题
一、任务型阅读
根据文章内容回答下列问题。
While carrying your schoolbag on the way to school or home, does the heavy weight of your books make you less interested to learn knowledge Don’t worry. E-readers may help you say goodbye to your heavy schoolbag.
An e-reader has the memory space to hold hundreds of books. So people want to replace heavy schoolbags with small, light e-readers. For example, Cushing Academy, a high school in Massachusetts, US, got rid of most of the 20,000 books in its library last summer. The head of the library said that the school was going to replace printed books with e-books. Teachers and students will use e-readers instead.
Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500g. They can download an e-book within 60 seconds. “It’s so convenient. You can have so many books right at your fingertips!” said Meghan Chenausky, 16.
Chinese schoolchildren are also trying e-readers. At the 2020 Shanghai Book Fair, an e-schoolbag was on show. It is a special e-reader that students can use to download textbooks from the school servers. It can also send and receive homework.
Some schools in Beijing and Shanghai have tried this e-schoolbag for a few years. “It’s excellent. I don’t have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore,” said Xiao Qi, 15, Beijing. “And it’s eco-friendly because it saves paper.”
New generation e-readers have many functions (功能) besides reading, such as Wi-Fi and multimedia. However, some parents worry that these functions may have a bad influence on their children’s study habits. “I think Wi-Fi is not necessary for kids,” says Zeng Wenwen, 43, Beijing.
1．Teachers and students in Cushing Academy used e-readers last summer, didn’t they
2．How fast can e-readers download an e-book
3．What are most e-readers like
4．What are the uses of the special e-reader for students
5．Why does the student Xiao Qi think the e-schoolbag is excellent
6．Explain the underlined sentence in the last paragraph in your own words.
【答案】1．No, they didn’t. 2．They can download an e-book within 60 seconds. 3．Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500g. 4．Students can download textbooks from the school servers and send and receive homework. 5．He doesn’t have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore and it’s eco-friendly. 6．Some parents think that the entertainment functions of e-readers are not good for students’ study habits.
【导语】本文为一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了电子阅读器的优点和人们对电子阅读器的看法。
1．根据“For example, Cushing Academy, a high school in Massachusetts, US, got rid of most of the 20,000 books in its library last summer.”和“Teachers and students will use e-readers instead.”可知，这所高中去年夏天只是处理掉了图书馆里的大部分图书，还未开始使用电子阅读器。故填No, they didn’t.
2．根据“They can download an e-book within 60 seconds.”可知，电子阅读器可以在60秒内下载一本电子书。故填They can download an e-book within 60 seconds.
3．根据“Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500g.”可知，大多数电子阅读器外观都很薄，重量不到500克。故填Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500g.
4．根据“It is a special e-reader that students can use to download textbooks from the school servers. It can also send and receive homework.”可知，学生专用的电子阅读器可以从学校服务器上下载课本，还可以收发作业。故填Students can download textbooks from the school servers and send and receive homework.
5．根据“It’s excellent. I don’t have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore.”和“And it’s eco-friendly because it saves paper.”可知，小齐认为电子阅读器非常好是因为他不用背着沉重的书包了，并且电子阅读器很环保，可以节省纸张。故填He doesn’t have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore and it’s eco-friendly.
6．根据“some parents worry that these functions may have a bad influence on their children’s study habits.”可知，
一些家长担心多媒体和WIFI功能会对孩子的学习习惯产生不良影响，即一些父母认为电子阅读器的娱乐功能对学习没有好处。故填Some parents think that the entertainment functions of e-readers are not good for students’ study habits.
When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter（炼铜厂）. It made chemicals come out and made a beautiful forest become a wasteland. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul knocked him down angrily. From then on, something happened inside him.
Years later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office. He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back. The answer from that big industry was “No”.
Paul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers said since there weren’t any birds or squirrels（松鼠） to spread the seeds, it would be a waste of his life to try to do it. He was told everyone knew that even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn't get his idea accepted.
Paul later got married and had some kids. But his dream would not die. And then one night he did what he could with what he had. To bring trees back to the wasteland, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting under the cover of darkness. And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass.
Slowly rabbits appeared. Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing. Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has. It took him until his hair turned white to plant trees and grass, but he managed to keep that impossible vow（誓言）he made to himself as a child.
7．What did the copper smelter do to a beautiful forest near Paul’s hometown
8．The copper smelter officer agreed to let Paul bring trees back at first, didn't he
9．Why did Paul’s teachers think it would be a waste of time to try to plant trees in that area
10．What did Paul do in order to bring trees back to the wasteland
11．How long did it take Paul to plant trees and grass
12．What can you learn from Paul’s story
【答案】7．It made chemicals come out and made a beautiful forest become a wasteland. 8．No, he didn’t. 9．Because there weren’t any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds. 10．He went secretly into the wasteland and planted trees and grass every week. 11．It took him until his hair turned white. 12．We should try our best and never give up.
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了保罗尽自己最大努力，穷尽一生也要实现小时候的誓言的故事，最后被炼铜厂污染的森林又重现绿色的生机。
7．根据“It made chemicals come out and made a beautiful forest become a wasteland.”可知，炼铜厂出来的化学物质使漂亮的森林变成了废地。故填It made chemicals come out and made a beautiful forest become a wasteland.
8．根据“The answer from that big industry was ‘No’.”可知，炼铜厂的厂长一开始并不同意。故填No, he didn’t.
9．根据“Unfortunately, his teachers said since there weren’t any birds or squirrels（松鼠） to spread the seeds,”可知，因为并没有鸟和松鼠来传播种子，所以种树没有意义。故填Because there weren’t any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds.
10．根据“he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting under the cover of darkness. And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass.”可知，他每周趁着夜色进废地，坚持种树和草。故填He went secretly into the wasteland and planted trees and grass every week.
11．根据“It took him until his hair turned white to plant trees and grass”可知，直到头发苍白，他还在坚持。故填It took him until his hair turned white.
12．开放题，言之有理即可。根据“but he managed to keep that impossible vow (誓言) he made to himself as a child.”可知，保罗努力去守住了他小时候所做的誓言，因此本文告诉我们，要尽我们最大的努力，而且不要放弃。故填We should try our best and never give up.
阅读短文，回答问题。
Kuakuaqun is social media chat groups that people pay a little money to join and are paid to show kindness, support and comfort to others in the group. The new chat groups have become popular with young people.
According to media reports, the first such online praise group was formed by a few users of Douban, one of
the major online social networks, for fun. However, the idea has caught on and praise-seeking chat groups have become popular among college students across the country.
It was hard to understand Kuakuaqun at first. What kind of value do kinds words have if I am paying someone to say them Lin Yingying from Quanzhou described the groups as “a joke”, but also offered some insight (见解).
“We rarely hear nice things in real life,” Lin said, “maybe we are not good at telling people ... that we are not feeling well ...” She thinks it is easier for people to share their problems online.
Kuakuaqun doesn’t only exist in China. No matter where you come from, it is common to hear someone say, “You are not good enough.” There is a certain beauty in giving encouragement to others. Perhaps that is why so many young people have joined the groups.
A reporter from Russia Today wrote about a post in which someone admitted that they woke up at 2 p.m. one day. One user replied, “You must care about your health very much as you sleep for so long, praise you!” That praise sounds hollow, but the humor doesn’t. Maybe that is the real value. A good joke can brighten anybody’s day.
Experts have said that the popularity of Kuakuaqun reflects the users’ stressful, anxious and lonely mentalities (心态). It creates a positive and friendly environment for people that may help them get confidence again.
13．What is Kuakuaqun
14．Where have praise-seeking chat groups become popular
15．It was easy to understand Kuakuaqun at first, wasn’t it
16．What insight did Lin Yingying from Quanzhou offer
17．Why so many young people have joined the groups according to the passage
18．What do you think of Kuakuaqun
【答案】13．Kuakuaqun is social media chat groups to show kindness, support and comfort to others in the group. 14．Among college students across the country. 15．No, it wasn’t. 16．She thinks it is easier for people to share their problems online. 17．There is a certain beauty in giving encouragement to others. 18．It creates a positive and friendly environment for people to get confidence. (Any reasonable answer can be accepted.)
【导语】本文介绍了一个在线夸夸群，以及人们对它的看法。
13．根据“It creates a positive and friendly environment for people to get confidence. (Any reasonable answer can be accepted.)”可知，夸夸群是一种社交媒体聊天群，用来向群中的其他人表达善意、支持和安慰。故填Kuakuaqun is social media chat groups to show kindness, support and comfort to others in the group.
14．根据“the idea has caught on and praise-seeking chat groups have become popular among college students across the country.”可知，夸夸群在全国大学生中很流行，故填Among college students across the country.
15．根据“It was hard to understand Kuakuaqun at first.”可知，起初人们很难理解夸夸群，故填No, it wasn’t.
16．根据“ ‘We rarely hear nice things in real life,’ Lin said, ‘maybe we are not good at telling people ... that we are not feeling well ...’ She thinks it is easier for people to share their problems online.”可知，她认为人们更容易在网上分享他们的问题，故填She thinks it is easier for people to share their problems online.
17．根据“There is a certain beauty in giving encouragement to others. Perhaps that is why so many young people have joined the groups.”可知，这么多年轻人加入了这些团体是因为他们认为鼓励别人是一种美，故填There is a certain beauty in giving encouragement to others.
18．主观题，符合题意即可，故填It creates a positive and friendly environment for people to get confidence. (Any reasonable answer can be accepted.)
The 18-year-old American author, Juliette Turner, has published her third book for student readers. With her now novel, That’s Not Hay in My Hair, she has become a new star in the publishing industry.
After Juliette finished fourth grade in New York, she moved to a farm in Cooke County. Texas, with her mother. There she started a new life working with horses and cattle as a fresh writer. “Only my mother and I were living there.” Juliette said. “We had to break the thick ice on the trough (饮水槽) so that the animals could drink.”
Juliette’s mother, Janine Turner is a famous actress in the US. Life in Cooke County was not as attractive as the life she had lived before. But for young Juliette, the country life gave her a lot of food for thought to create her works .
That’s Not Hay in My Hair is unlike Juliette’s first two books. “Everything that happens in the book actually happened in the lives of my mum and me,” she said. “The adventures are hard to believe, but they all happened
exactly as they’re described in the story.”
As Juliette is considering her coming college life, she hasn’t decided where she will spend the rest of her life, in a city or in the countryside.
“I will always be a country girl at heart,” she said. “I love the country life. It is where I feel peaceful and natural. For the moment, I have no idea where life is going to take me. But I will always return to the country and to my mum. It’s where my roots are.”
19．Juliette isn’t a teenage writer, is she
20．How many novels has Juliette published up to now
21．Where did Juliette begin her writing life
22．What’s Juliette’s mother
23．Are the stories in That’s Not Hay in My Hair mainly imagined or based on real life
24．What does Juliette probably mean by the last underlined sentence
【答案】19．Yes, she is. 20．3./Three. 21．A farm in Cooke Country, Texas. 22．She is a famous actress. 23．They are based on real life. 24．She means she loves country life.
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了朱丽叶·特纳的写作历程，她针对中学生出版了她的第三本书，已经成为了出版界的新星。
19．根据“The 18-year-old American author, Juliette Turner, has published her third book for student readers.”可知，朱丽叶已经成年了，她不是青少年作家。故填Yes, she is.
20．根据“That’s Not Hay in My Hair is unlike Juliette’s first two books.”可知，朱丽叶共出版了三本书。故填3./Three.
21．根据“After Juliette finished fourth grade in New York, she moved to a farm in Cooke County. Texas, with her mother. There she started a new life working with horses and cattle as a fresh writer.”可知，朱丽叶在德克萨斯州
库克县的一个农场开始了她的写作生涯。故填A farm in Cooke Country, Texas.
22．根据“Juliette’s mother, Janine Turner is a famous actress in the US.”可知，朱丽叶的母亲是一位著名的演员。故填She is a famous actress.
23．根据“The adventures are hard to believe, but they all happened exactly as they’re described in the story.”可知，书中的一切都是真实发生过的。故填They are based on real life.
24．根据“I love the country life. It is where I feel peaceful and natural. For the moment, I have no idea where life is going to take me. But I will always return to the country and to my mum. It’s where my roots are.”可知，她喜欢乡村生活，乡村是她的家。故填She means she loves country life.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
Robot Vogel is a police officer in New York. One morning, he was drinking coffee in a restaurant.
Suddenly a man ran in and shouted, “Officer! A car is going down the street, and a little kid is driving it!”
Officer Vogel ran out of the restaurant. He saw a station wagon. It was going slowly—about 25 miles an hour—but it wasn’t going very straight. He jumped into his police car and followed the station wagon. When he was behind it, he turned on his red light and siren. The station wagon moved over to the side of the road and stopped.
Officer Vogel got out of his police car and looked inside, hurried to the station wagon, and looked inside. The driver was a little boy. His name was Rocco, and he was five years old. In the back seat was his little sister. She was only two year old. Both children were crying.
“I want my mommy!” Rocco cried. “But she can’t get here. I have the car.” Then he had an idea. “Just a minute,” he told Officer Vogel.“I can drive. I will go to get her.”
“No!” Officer Vogel said. “You stay with me.”
Officer Vogel drove Rocco and his sister to the police station. Then he called their mother. Officer Vogel and Rocco’s mother had a lot of questions for Rocco. Their first question was: Where did you get the car key ”
Rocco said, “From the top of the refrigerator.” At seven o’clock that morning Rocco’s father was at work and his mother was sleeping. Rocco saw the car keys on top of the refrigerator. He pulled a chair over to the refrigerator, climbed up on the chair, and took the keys.
Rocco went to the garage and got into the car. Then he started the engine. When Rocco’s sister heard the engine, she ran to the car and began to cry. She wanted to go with him, so Rocco opened the back door and let her in the car.
Rocco backed the car out of the garage and drove away. It was 7 am—rush hour—so there was a lot of
traffic. Rocco drove one mile in heavy traffic. Then Officer Vogel stopped him.
Newspapers and TV station heard about Rocco, and a lot of reporters went to his house. One reporter asked Rocco, “What do you want to be when you grow up ”
Rocco smiled, “I want to be a truck driver,” he said.
Questions:
25．Was Vogel reported a little kid was driving a car in a restaurant or in his office
26．Where were Rocco’s parents when he got the car keys
27．How did Rocco get the key to the car
28．Rocco didn’t drive the car in heavy traffic, did he
29．What do you think of Rocco’s parents Why
【答案】25．In a restaurant. 26．His father was at work, and his mother was sleeping. 27．He pulled a chair over to the refrigerator, climbed up on the chair, and took the keys. 28．Yes, he did. 29．They are careless. Because they didn’t know their son drove away their car. It was dangerous.
【导语】本文主要讲述了一个小男孩拿走了家里的汽车钥匙，将汽车开到了拥挤的道路上，被警察Vogel及时阻止的故事。
25．根据“One morning, he was drinking coffee in a restaurant.”及“Suddenly a man ran in and shouted, ‘Officer! A car is going down the street, and a little kid is driving it!’”可知，Vogel在一家餐馆里喝咖啡时，有人报告称看到了一个小孩在开着汽车。故填In a restaurant.
26．根据“At seven o’clock that morning Rocco’s father was at work and his mother was sleeping. Rocco saw the car keys on top of the refrigerator. He pulled a chair over to the refrigerator, climbed up on the chair, and took the keys.”可知，Rocco拿汽车钥匙时，他的父亲在工作，他的妈妈正在睡觉。故填His father was at work, and his mother was sleeping.
27．根据“Rocco saw the car keys on top of the refrigerator. He pulled a chair over to the refrigerator, climbed up on
the chair, and took the keys.”可知，他把一把椅子拉到冰箱旁边，爬上椅子，拿走了钥匙。故填He pulled a chair over to the refrigerator, climbed up on the chair, and took the keys.
28．根据“Rocco drove one mile in heavy traffic.”可知，Rocco在拥挤的交通中开了一英里。故填Yes, he did.
29．本文讲述了一个小男孩在父亲工作，妈妈睡觉时将汽车钥匙拿走，并把汽车开到了拥挤的道路上，可见他的父母是粗心大意的。故填They are careless. Because they didn’t know their son drove away their car. It was dangerous.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
Last month some thieves stole a valuable teapot from a museum in Hong Kong. They took the teapot to America, but the American police found it. The museum sent Mr. Chan, a member of the museum staff, to collect the teapot. On the plane back to Hong Kong, he noticed two men. They were watching him closely. “Perhaps they’re going to steal the teapot again. I must think of a plan,” he thought.
Mr. Chan’s daughter, Amy, met him at Hong Kong Airport. Mr. Chan was carrying two boxes. He gave his daughter the pink box and said to her in a low voice, “Take this gift box home with great care.” He walked away with the brown one. The two men followed him.
Amy opened the box at home. She was expecting a pair of sports shoes, but she just found an old teapot. “This is not a very interesting gift,” said Amy, a bit disappointed. “That’s all right. Let’s make some tea in it,” said her mother. Then they found a note in the teapot. It said, “Dear Amy, 5 Love Dad.”
The two men kidnapped (绑架) Mr. Chan on his way to the museum. They opened his box and found a pair of sports shoes inside. “Where’s the teapot ” the two thieves shouted at the top of their voice with red faces, “How dare you cheat us We saw you give your daughter a box at the e with us! We’re going to search your home,” one of them said.
When the thieves entered Mr. Chan’s flat, it was dark and quiet. All of a sudden, the door closed and the lights went on. The police were waiting inside.
Amy and her mother came out of the bedroom with the teapot. “That teapot is very valuable,” said Mr. Chan. “A long time ago it belonged to an emperor. He drank tea from it.”
“We were going to drink tea from it, too,” said Amy, laughing.
30．Was the teapot found in America
31．What was in the pink box
32．How did the two thieves feel when they didn’t find the teapot
33．Where were the thieves caught
34．What did Mr. Chan probably write to Amy in the note
Fill in the blank with TWO sentences.
【答案】30．Yes, it was. 31．An old teapot. 32．Mad. 33．In Mr. Chan’s flat. 34．Call the police right now. Take care of the teapot.
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲述了博物馆工作人员Mr. Chan在美国取回被盗的茶壶，在回香港的飞机上，又被两个小偷盯上了，他想出了一个完美的计划，成功地保护住了茶壶，并协助警察将两个小偷抓获归案。
30．根据“They took the teapot to America, but the American police found it.”可知茶壶是在美国被找到的。故填Yes, it was.
31．根据“He gave his daughter the pink box”以及“Amy opened the box at home. She was expecting a pair of sports shoes, but she just found an old teapot”可知粉色盒子里是一个旧茶壶。故填An old teapot.
32．根据“the two thieves shouted at the top of their voice with red faces”可知当他们发现茶壶不见了，这两个小偷红着脸声嘶力竭地喊道，可见他们很生气。故填Mad.
33．根据“When the thieves entered Mr. Chan’s flat, it was dark and quiet. All of a sudden, the door closed and the lights went on. The police were waiting inside.”可知两个小偷是在Mr. Chan的公寓里被抓住的。故填In Mr. Chan’s flat.
34．本题为开放性试题，答案不唯一，合理即可。根据小偷在Chan先生家里被抓可以判断，Chan先生已经预感到小偷不会善罢甘休，会到他家，同时，根据“That teapot is very valuable”可知，茶壶非常贵，因此他可能会在纸条上告诉女儿，好好保管茶壶，并马上报警。故填Call the police right now. Take care of the teapot.
Answer the questions. (根据短文内容回答下列问题)
Pleasant Valley School District offers a wide variety of clubs and organizations. Below you can find more information about the Pleasant Valley High School’s clubs and organizations.
Competitive Chess Club Different from the Chess Club, this club will compete and host tournaments (联赛) and invite guests to teach and improve our understanding of the game. Students interested in the club from smaller schools will be invited to participate and to help grow the chess-playing community in our area. Playing chess can help develop critical (批判性的) thinking and creativity, increase concentration and memory and improve problem-solving and planning skills. CLUB INFORMATION: Meets in Room #260 CLUB CONTACT: Ian Spangenberg: spangenbergian@pleasval.org Speech Club For students interested in either Large Group Events (one-act play, group musical theatre and more) or Individual Speech Events (solo musical theatre, speech-making, storytelling and more), we have different speech teams. Members can join teams they like as long as they have enough spare time. The contest season runs from January to April with regular, scheduled practices beginning in November. CLUB INFORMATION: Meets in the Theater CLUB CONTACT: Christina Myatt: myattchristina@pleasval.org Ceramics Club In the Ceramics (陶艺) Club, we experiment with large-scale building projects and unique construction designs. Every year, we hold our annual Pottery (陶器) and Ice Cream Sale, in which we sell ice cream in our handmade ceramic bowls. Students in this club will get a deeper look into various clay (陶土) operations and will gain a better understanding of teamwork in pottery. Ceramics Club meets every Thursday from 3:30-5:00 p.m. CLUB INFORMATION: Meets in Room #285/286 CLUB CONTACT: Alex Medenciy: medenciyalex@pleasval.org Astronomy Club This club aims to educate students about the universe beyond their standard Physics courses. Students will visit planetariums (天文馆) and observations, perform their own observations and explore astronomical (天文的) events. Through these activities, students will be introduced to astronomy, both as a hobby and as an opportunity for future study. This club will meet every Thursday after school. CLUB INFORMATION: Meets in Room #242 CLUB CONTACT: Ian Spangenberg: spangenbergian@pleasval.org
35．Why will students from smaller schools be invited to participate Competitive Chess Club
36．What do students do in Pottery and Ice Cream Sale
37．Members of Speech Club can join teams for both Group and Individual Speech Events, can’t they
38．When will students in Astronomy Club meet
39．What is the passage mainly about
40．Which club would you like to join And why
【答案】35．To help grow the chess-playing community in the area. 36．They sell ice-cream in their handmade ceramic bowls. 37．Yes, they can. 38．Every Thursday after school. 39．Information about Pleasant Valley High School’s clubs and organizations. 40．I want to join Speech Club. Because I want to overcome my shyness.（答案合理即可）
【导语】本文主要介绍了学校的俱乐部和组织的信息。
35．根据“Students interested in the club from smaller schools will be invited to participate and to help grow the chess-playing community in our area”可知，对俱乐部感兴趣的来自较小学校的学生将被邀请参加，并帮助发展我们地区的国际象棋社区，故填To help grow the chess-playing community in the area.
36．根据“Pottery (陶器) and Ice Cream Sale, in which we sell ice cream in our handmade ceramic bowls”可知，用手工制作的陶瓷碗卖冰淇淋，故填They sell ice-cream in their handmade ceramic bowls.
37．根据“For students interested in either Large Group Events (one-act play, group musical theatre and more) or Individual Speech Events…Members can join teams they like as long as they have enough spare time.”可知，可以组队参加团体和个人演讲活动，故填Yes, they can.
38．根据“This club will meet every Thursday after school”可知，这个俱乐部每周四放学后聚会，故填Every Thursday after school.
39．根据“Below you can find more information about the Pleasant Valley High School’s clubs and organizations”可知，本文介绍了学校的俱乐部和组织的信息，故填Information about Pleasant Valley High School’s clubs and organizations.
40．开放性题，答案合理即可。参考答案为：I want to join Speech Club. Because I want to overcome my
shyness.
Half a year before graduating from college, my son Kevin began to seek a job and soon got an interview. There were only three people for the final interview including him. The interview was very simple, during which the interviewer only chatted with them for a while. The interviewer said to them, “All of you are very good. Please go home and wait for our response.”
Three days later, Kevin received a message from the company saying that he had not been offered a job. He felt deeply disappointed. But later in the evening he told me that he had received another message saying that he had been employed by the company.
Actually the first message sent to Kevin was also part of the test in the interview. The three men received the same message, but only my son’s reply satisfied the company, so he was given the job. I asked Kevin, “How did all of you reply ” He said, “One did not reply; the other said ‘goodbye’, and I said ‘thank you’.”
Only then did I know that my son’s job came in that way. It also makes me know when you feel disappointed, do not forget to say “thank you” to the one who disappoints you. Saying “thank you” shows respect for others’ work and shows your grand generosity（宽宏大量）. Therefore, while under the same condition, you may get more chances than others.
41．What did the writer’s son do before he graduated from college
42．How many people got the chance for the final interview
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43．How did Kevin feel when he received the first message
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44．The first message wasn’t a part of the test in the interview, was it
, .
45．What does the underlined words “in that way” in paragraph 4 mean
It means Kevin got his job by .
46．What can you learn from Kevin’s experience If you meeting something disappointing, what will you do
(1) .
(2) .
【答案】41．He began to seek a job and soon got an interview. 42．3./Three./Three people. 43．He felt deeply disappointed. 44． Yes it was 45．saying “Thank you” 46． When you feel disappointed, do not forget to say “thank you” to the process. If I meet something disappointing, I will laugh it off and learn from it before starting over again.
【导语】本文主要讲述了作者的儿子因为礼貌、尊重他人的美好品质，获得了工作机会的经历。
41．根据“Half a year before graduating from college, my son Kevin began to seek a job and soon got an interview.”可知，大学毕业前半年时间，作者的儿子凯文开始找工作，很快就得到了面试。故填He began to seek a job and soon got an interview.
42．根据“There were only three people for the final interview including him.”可知，最后的面试只有三个人，包括他。故填3./Three./Three people.
43．根据“He felt deeply disappointed.”可知，在他收到第一条信息后，他非常失望。故填He felt deeply disappointed.
44．根据“Actually the first message sent to Kevin was also part of the test in the interview.”可知，事实上，发给凯文的第一条信息也是面试测试的一部分。因此应作肯定回答。故填Yes；it was.
45．根据“Only then did I know that my son’s job came in that way.”和“Saying “thank you” shows respect for others’ work and shows your grand generosity（宽宏大量）.”可知，凯文收到第一条信息后，虽然很失望，但是仍然礼貌地回复了“谢谢”，这句“谢谢”展示了他对他人劳动成果的尊重以及他自己的宽宏大量，由此可知，凯文是通过说“谢谢”得到了那份工作。介词短语by doing sth表示“通过做某事”。故填saying “Thank you”。
46．本题为开放性题目，答案不唯一，言之有理即可。从凯文的经历可以学到：当你感到失望时，不要忘记对过程说“谢谢”。如果我遇到令我失望的事情，我会一笑置之，总结经验教训后再重新来过。故填When you feel disappointed, do not forget to say “thank you” to the process.；If I meet something disappointing, I will laugh it off and learn from it before starting over again.
A Wonderful Christmas Gift
Christmas was so close, and so was Ann’s birthday. She wished she could get a new dress with frills (荷叶边) and lace (蕾丝) as a wonderful Christmas gift. But Ann did not want to ask her mom for that. She knew how hard her mom worked to make a living. Maybe she could make a wish — maybe Santa Claus (圣诞老人) would come...
At school her classmates were talking only about Christmas celebrations. “My rich aunt is surely going to give me a pretty doll again,” said Ria.
“I have been hinting (暗示) about that costly watch to my parents,” told Tessie.
Ann felt out of these conversations. She had neither rich parents nor wealthy aunts to give her expensive gifts.
It was not just the gift that worried Ann. It was her mother. Recently she was working overtime and looked pale and worn out.
Soon it was Christmas Eve. In everyone’s house there was a decorated Christmas tree, but Ann’s house was cold and empty. Every child went to bed eagerly waiting for the lovely gifts. Ann went to bed, wishing that at least this time she would get a gift from Santa Claus. Ann slowly drifted off to sleep. She dreamed of Santa riding in the snow...
The next morning Ann jumped up after hearing her alarm. Out of her expectation, there lay a beautiful packet tied with a red ribbon near her bed. Inside the package was a pretty white dress with fluffy frills and attractive lace!
Ann checked the gift carefully to find out who had given her this beautiful dress. Suddenly a small piece of paper fell out from the dress.
Dear Ann,This dress is gifted to you for being a good girl. Hope you continue to do good things and help your mother. Your Loving friend, Santa Claus
Ann felt that there was something familiar about this note. She looked into the note carefully. Then it struck her. She realized that . Her mother had worked overtime to save money to buy this expensive
gift. Ann was happy beyond words. She knew that she was the luckiest girl to have been given the best Christmas gift.
47．What did Ann want for Christmas
48．Why did Ann feel out of the conversations of her classmates
49．Ann was only worried about her Christmas gift, wasn’t she
50．How was Ann’s house different from other people’s houses on Christmas Eve
51．Complete the sentence in the last paragraph.
She realized that
52．Why did Ann think that she had been given the best Christmas gift
【答案】47．A new dress with frills and lace. 48．Because she had neither rich parents nor wealthy aunts to give her expensive gifts. 49．No, she wasn’t. 50．In everyone’s house there was a decorated Christmas tree, but Ann’s house was cold and empty. 51．this handwriting was similar to her mother’s/the note was written by her mother 52．Because she had got the gift she wanted along with the deepest love of her mother./Because she thought her mother’s deep love for her was the most precious gift of all.(Any reasonable answers are OK.)
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了一位母亲通过加班攒钱为女儿购买心仪圣诞礼物的故事。这件礼物凝聚了母亲深沉的爱意，是最好的一份圣诞礼物。
47．根据“She wished she could get a new dress with frills (荷叶边) and lace (蕾丝) as a wonderful Christmas gift. ”可知安希望得到一件有荷叶边、蕾丝的裙子，故填A new dress with frills and lace.
48．根据“Ann felt out of these conversations. She had neither rich parents nor wealthy aunts to give her expensive gifts. ”可知安感觉无话可谈是因为她既没有有钱的父母，也没有有钱的阿姨给她买昂贵的礼物，故填Because she had neither rich parents nor wealthy aunts to give her expensive gifts.
49．根据“It was not just the gift that worried Ann. It was her mother. ”可知安担心的不只是礼物，她也担心她
的妈妈，故填No, she wasn’t.
50．根据“ In everyone’s house there was a decorated Christmas tree, but Ann’s house was cold and empty. ”可知每个人家里都有一颗圣诞树，但是安家里却是又冷又空，故填 In everyone’s house there was a decorated Christmas tree, but Ann’s house was cold and empty.
51．根据前文“Ann felt that there was something familiar about this note. She looked into the note carefully. Then it struck her. ”和后文“ Her mother had worked overtime to save money to buy this expensive gift. ”可知安意识到那张便条是自己妈妈写的，故填this handwriting was similar to her mother’s/the note was written by her mother。
52．根据“Her mother had worked overtime to save money to buy this expensive gift. ”可知安的妈妈通过加班攒钱给安买了这份昂贵的礼物，这份礼物承载着母亲对女儿深深的爱，所以安觉得这份礼物是最好的圣诞礼物，故填Because she had got the gift she wanted along with the deepest love of her mother./Because she thought her mother’s deep love for her was the most precious gift of all.
Answer the questions
I grew up in a small town in Washington, US, and I want to be like my brother, Tim. He and his friends were in a gang. They often beat up people, and they didn’t go to school much. I thought they were cool.
On my thirteenth birthday, I told my brother I wanted to be in the gang with him. He said ‘no’, but I didn’t listen. I went to ask his friends. Tim’s friends took me into the back yard. They told me that if I joined the gang, I was in for life. Then, someone hit me in the face. I fell down. But I didn’t cry. Each time I got up, they hit me again. Finally, they said I could be one of them.
Tim was angry when he heard about it. But I stayed with the gang. After a few months, I began to beat up other people with the gang. Sometimes I wouldn’t go home at night, and my mother would be worried. This went on for two years. I knew it was bad, but there nothing I could do. I was in for life.
One day, someone hit me in the head. I spent a day in the hospital. For the first time, I wanted out of the gang. One night after my fifteenth birthday, I went home. My mother was in the hospital. She had a nervous breakdown (精神崩溃) because she was so worried about me. That made me very sad. The next day, I told the gang that I wanted out. They began to beat me up, and my brother stopped them. I got up off the floor, smiled and said goodbye. But they didn’t just stop there. Every time they saw me, they beat me up. This went on for about two months. But in the end, it stopped. I’m glad I’m out of the gang now. I don’t have to be afraid all the time. I can talk to anyone I want. And most of all, I made my mum happy again.
53．The people in the gang didn’t have to go to school, did they
54．When did the write tell his brother that he wanted to be in the gang
55．How did the writer’s brother feel when he knew the writer was in the gang
56．What made the writer very sad
57．Why did the people in the gang go on beating the writer up
58．What do you think of the people in the gang Why
【答案】53．No, they didn’t. 54．On his thirteenth birthday. 55．He felt angry. 56．His mother had a nervous breakdown because she was so worried about him. 57．Because he told the gang that he wanted out. 58．They are rude because they often beat up people.
【导语】本文讲述了作者在13岁那年加入帮派与别人打架斗殴的经历。
53．根据“They often beat up people, and they didn’t go to school much.”可知，他们不上学。故填No, they didn’t.
54．根据“On my thirteenth birthday, I told my brother I wanted to be in the gang with him.”可知，在他13岁生日那天。故填On his thirteenth birthday.
55．根据“Tim was angry when he heard about it.”可知，他感到很生气。故填He felt angry.
56．根据“She had a nervous breakdown (精神崩溃) because she was so worried about me. That made me very sad.”可知，他妈妈因为太担心他而精神崩溃了。故填His mother had a nervous breakdown because she was so worried about him.
57．根据“The next day, I told the gang that I wanted out.”可知，因为他告诉那帮人他想退出。故填Because he told the gang that he wanted out.
58．根据“They often beat up people, and they didn’t go to school much.”可知，他们很粗鲁，因为他们经常打人。故填They are rude because they often beat up people.
One day on the street, Mr. Wilson met a young man, who asked him, “Do you remember me ” Mr. Wilson said, “No.” Then the young man told him he was his student and now he was a teacher as well. Mr. Wilson asked
the young man at what time he decided to be a teacher.
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The young man then told him the following story:
When I was a little boy, I used to be very quiet. At that time my parents were busy with their work. I had to live with my grandparents. It seemed that nobody cared much about me.
One day, a friend of mine, Martin, came in with a nice new watch. It was shiny brightly in the sun and I knew I wanted it. I took it out of Martin’s pocket.
Shortly after, Martin noticed that his watch was missing and immediately told you about it. You told the class that whoever took it, he should return it. I didn’t give it back. You closed the door and told us all to stand up and form a circle. You were going to search (搜查) our pockets. However, you asked us to close our eyes because you would only look for his watch if we all had our eyes closed. You searched my pocket and found the watch there. You kept searching everyone’s pockets and when you were done, you said, “We have the watch.” You never said who took the watch to save my dignity (尊严) forever. But it was the greatest shame (耻辱) of my life. You never said anything. You never shouted at me or took me aside to give me a lesson. I received your message clearly.
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“Do you remember this story, Mr. Wilson ” The old man answered. “Yes. I remember the situation with the missing watch. I was looking for it in everyone’s pocket. I didn’t remember you because I closed my eyes, too. You know, young man, I gave knowledge and I also did what a teacher would do for students.”
59．The young man still remembered Mr. Wilson, didn’t he
60．Who did the young man live with when he was a little boy
61．What did Martin do when he noticed his watch was missing
62．How did Mr. Wilson find the watch after the students closed eyes
63．Why didn’t Mr. Wilson tell others who took the watch
64．What did Mr. Wilson do for students as a teacher in the story
【答案】59．Yes, he did. 60．He lived with his grandparents. 61．He immediately told Mr. Wilson about it. 62．By searching everyone’s pockets./ He kept searching everyone’s pockets 63．Because he wanted to save the writer’s dignity. 64．He gave the students knowledge and love by helping them realize their mistakes without hurting their dignity.
【导语】本文主要介绍了一个老师保护学生尊严的故事。
59．根据“Then the young man told him he was his student and now he was a teacher as well”可知，这个年轻人仍然记得Mr. Wilson。故填Yes, he did.
60．根据“I had to live with my grandparents.”可知，他和他的祖父母生活在一起。故填He lived with his grandparents.
61．根据“Martin noticed that his watch was missing and immediately told you about it”可知，他丢了手表之后，就告诉了Mr. Wilson这件事。故填He immediately told Mr. Wilson about it.
62．根据“You kept searching everyone’s pockets and when you were done, you said ‘We have the watch.’”可知，是搜查每个人的口袋找到了。故填By searching everyone’s pockets./He kept searching everyone’s pockets.
63．根据“You never said who took the watch to save my dignity (尊严) forever.”可知，老师那样做是为了永远保全作者的尊严。故填Because he wanted to save the writer’s dignity.
64．根据“You never said who took the watch to save my dignity (尊严) forever.”以及“I gave knowledge and I also did what a teacher would do for students”可知，老师不仅教学生知识，而且保全了学生的尊严。故填He gave the students knowledge and love by helping them realize their mistakes without hurting their dignity.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
Mr. Klarke works in an agricultural college. There he taught his students how to keep the seeds and when to sow them and how to look after the plants. He knows much and makes his classes lively and interesting. So he is respected.
One day he was asked to give a talk in a town. On his way there, something was wrong with his car at a foot of a hill. He tried to repair it, but he failed and he had to climb up the hill and ask the villagers there for help. It was very hot that day and soon he felt thirsty. He saw a lot of pear trees in a garden. And a young man was picking them in it.
“I say, young man!” said the old man, “Could you give me some pears, please ”
In fact the young man was one of his students and he recognized him at once. He wanted to have a joke with him. So he answered, “Of course, sir. Do you want the hot ones or cold ones ”
It made Mr. Klarke feel strange. He thought to himself, “I’ve never heard of hot pears. Well, let me tell him I want some hot ones.” And he said as he thought.
Having heard this, the young man threw some pears to the ground. Mr. Klarke picked them up, blew the dust off them and ate them up.
“You said they were hot, but why were they cold ” asked the old man.
“What did you blow them for, then, Mr. Klarke ” said the young man with a smile.
65．Does Mr. Klarke do something in the college
66．How about his classes
They
67．He failed to repair his car, didn’t he
68．Why did he climb up the hill
69．What’s the Chinese meaning for the underlined word “dust”
70．Why did Mr. Klarke blow the pears What do you think of the young man
【答案】65．Yes. 66．They are lively and interesting. 67．Yes, he did. 68．Because he wanted to ask the villagers there for help. 69．灰尘。 70．Because the pears were dirty. The young man was so clever and naughty that he played a trick on Mr. Klarke.
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了克拉克先生和他的一个学生之间的幽默故事。
65．根据“Mr. Klarke works in an agricultural college. There he taught his students how to keep the seeds and when to sow them and how to look after the plants.”可知，克拉克先生在一所农业学院教他的学生如何保存种子、何时播种以及如何照顾植物。故填Yes.
66．根据“He knows much and makes his classes lively and interesting.”可知，他知识渊博，他的课生动有趣。
故填They are lively and interesting.
67．根据“He tried to repair it, but he failed and he had to climb up the hill and ask the villagers there for help.”可知，他试图修理它，但他失败了，他不得不爬上小山，向那里的村民寻求帮助。故填Yes, he did.
68．根据“…he had to climb up the hill and ask the villagers there for help.”可知，他爬上小山是因为他想向那里的村民寻求帮助。故填Because he wanted to ask the villagers there for help.
69．根据“Having heard this, the young man threw some pears to the ground. Mr. Klarke picked them up, blew the dust off them and ate them up.”可知，年轻人把梨子扔到地上，这样梨子表面上就粘上了地面上的灰尘，由此可推断“dust”意为“灰尘”。故填：灰尘。
70．根据语境可知，因为年轻人把梨子扔在了地上，梨子表面就粘上了灰尘，有点脏，克平克先生在吃梨子之前，就必须把梨子表面的灰尘吹掉。第二问，根据“In fact the young man was one of his students and he recognized him at once. He wanted to have a joke with him.”和“‘What did you blow them for, then, Mr. Klarke ’ said the young man with a smile.”可知，年轻人认出了老师，但面对老师的求助，他竟然开起了玩笑，说明年轻人有点淘气；后来面对老师的询问为什么梨子不是热的时，学生能机智地回答：梨子不是热的，那你为什么要吹呢？故填Because they were dirty. The young man was so clever and naughty that he played a trick on Mr. Klarke.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
There were smiling children all the way. Clearly they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often the whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains had been their favourite relatives. This was the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved by them.
I had always travelled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly enjoy the long train journey and had brought along a dozen newspapers and magazines to read and reread.
It was not long before the train was rattling across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Bahru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight. Immediately, I came alive and decided to wave back.
From then on, my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I had been looking at it for the first time.
The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 p.m. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful.
I looked forward to the return journey, by train.
71．What did the children do when the train passed their homes
72．How had the writer travelled to Malaysia before
73．What did the writer take with him on the long train journey
74．When did the writer watch the straight rows of rubber trees
75．The writer would return by train, wouldn’t he
76．What did you do on your journey when you travelled
【答案】71．They waved to complete strangers and cheered them up. 72．By plane or car. 73．A dozen newspapers and magazines. 74．When he went beyond the city. 75．Yes, he would. 76．I often enjoyed the view and food on my journey. (Any reasonable answer can be accepted.)
【导语】本文是一篇人物故事。主要讲作者在一次坐火车去马来西亚途中，看到村庄的人站在家门口向火车上的人们微笑并招手，作者深受触动的故事。
71．根据文中“they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang.”可知，当火车经过的时候，孩子们向陌生人挥手，故填They waved to complete strangers and cheered them up。
72．根据文中“I had always travelled to Malaysia by plane or car.”可知，作者之前乘坐飞机或汽车去马来西亚，故填By plane or car。
73．根据文中“...and had brought along a dozen newspapers and magazines to read and reread.”可知，作者出行带着报纸和杂志，故填A dozen of newspapers and magazines。
74．根据文中“As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green.”可知，作者在穿过了城市后，看到了一排排的橡胶树。故填When he went beyond the city。
75．根据文中“I looked forward to the return journey, by train.”可知，作者期待再次的火车之旅。读题干The writer would return by train, wouldn’t he 可知，题干是反意疑问句，用肯定回答。故填Yes, he would。
76．开放式问题，言之有理即可。参考答案为I often enjoyed the view and food on my journey.
The word “addiction” usually makes you think of alcohol or drugs, but in modern-day society, we are seeing some new kinds of addictions. Some people are compulsive (难以自制的) shoppers; Some find it impossible to pull themselves away from their work. Still, some spend countless hours watching TV or playing computer games.
Over the years, shopping has become a very common activity. Many people enjoy going to stores more and more every day, but it’s more than a common hobby for some of them. They have turned into shopaholics (购物狂). They are people who simply enjoy shopping and walking around spending money without being able to stop doing it. They are hooked on shopping and usually buy things that they don’t need. Even though they don’t have enough money, they buy everything they want.
The question is: Why do they have this addiction There isn’t a specific answer to this. Some people go shopping when they are sad, worried, upset or lonely and they want to feel better. They use this activity as a way to forget their problems. Shopaholics say they feel more important and better after they have bought something. Shopaholics seems to be a harmless addiction, but it can . Some of them can be psychological (心理上的). If this is the case, people addicted to shopping should go to a support group to help them break this habit. However, the process, like for most addictions, is long, and is one in which they can end up suffering a lot. They just think about satisfying their feelings, so they spend money they don’t have. They get deep in debt, and they can even go bankrupt and get sent to prison.
77．There isn’t a specific reason for a person to have an addiction, is there
78．What does “addiction” mean
79．Why are some people crazy about shopping
80．Fill in the blank in paragraph 3 in no more than six words.
Shopaholism seems to be a harmless addiction, but it can .
81．How can shopaholics get help
82．Do you like shopping Why or why not (Give at least two reasons.)
【答案】77．No, there isn’t. 78．It means alcohol or drugs, but in modern society, we have seen some new types of addiction. 79．Because they want to use this activity as a way to forget their problems. 80．cause many problems 81．They should go to a support group to help them break this habit. 82．开放性试题，答案合理即可。No, I don’t. Because shopping not only costs, but also wastes time.
【导语】本文讲述了一些令人上瘾的东西，其中主要列举了购物癖及其危害。
77．根据“Why do they have this addiction There isn’t a specific answer to this.”可知，一个人上瘾没有具体的原因。故填No, there isn’t.
78．根据“The word “addiction” usually makes you think of alcohol or drugs, but in modern-day society, we are seeing some new kinds of addictions.”可知，“成瘾”这个词通常会让你想到酒精或毒品，但在现代社会，我们看到了一些新的成瘾类型。故填It means alcohol or drugs, but in modern society, we have seen some new types of addiction.
79．根据“They use this activity as a way to forget their problems.”可知，他们利用这种活动来忘记自己的问题。故填Because they want to use this activity as a way to forget their problems.
80．根据“Some of them can be psychological (心理上的).”可知，上文提到购物癖看起来是没有害处的瘾，但是……，所以要从有害的角度来说，下文也是从这个角度谈论的，即造成很多问题，cause“造成”，情态动词后加动词原形；很多问题；many problems。故填cause many problems。
81．根据“If this is the case, people addicted to shopping should go to a support group to help them break this habit.”可知，他们应该去一个支持小组帮助他们改掉这个习惯。故填They should go to a support group to help them break this habit.
82．开放性试题，答案合理即可。故填No, I don’t. Because shopping not only costs, but also wastes time.
Allen's First Marathon (马拉松)
One of Allen's ankles was injured one month before his first time to compete in a marathon. This meant he could not run or train for two weeks. Yet, Allen made up his mind to go ahead.
Allen remembers back to his first year in the school. He was only seven at that time. In his first P. E. class,
his teacher required them to run laps and then hit a ball. He didn't do either well. He was later told that he was "not athletic"—he had no talent in sports.
The idea that he was not athletic went with him for years. When he started running in his thirties, he realized running marathon was not about competition or whether he was physically strong and active. He thought that .
The night before his first marathon, he dreamed that he couldn't even find the finish line. He woke up sweating (冒汗) and nervous, but ready to prove something to himself.
Shortly after crossing the star line, his shoe laces (鞋带) became untied. So Allen stopped to tie them. Not the start he wanted!
At mile 3, Allen passed a sign: "GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!"
By mile 17, he became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. When he felt the pain, he tried to slow down and walked a bit and then ran again.
As Allen approached mile 25—near the finish line, he saw his wife waving a sign to encourage him. She is Allen's biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 5 a.m. or questioned his money on running.
Allen was one of the final runners to finish. But he finished! And he also got a medal. In fact, he got the same medal as the one that the man who got in first place.
Allen made up his mind to be himself and moved forward. He can now call himself a real winner.
83．Allen was injured a month before his first marathon, wasn't he
84．What was Allen's decision after he was injured
85．When did Allen know he was not good at sports
86．Who waved a sign to support Allen near the finish line
87．How was Allen's first marathon
88．What can be filled in the blank in Paragraph 3 (No more than 15 words)
【答案】83．Yes, he was. 84．His decision was to go ahead. 85．When he was seven in his first P.E. class. 86．Allen’s wife. 87．He finished the marathon and got a medal. 88．it was about the spirit of never giving up .(开放性问题，答案合理即可，注意不要超过15词)
【分析】Allen曾经被认为不适合运动，但在他30多岁时他带伤完成了人生的第一场马拉松，虽然是最后一名，但他证明了自己。
83．根据第一段第一句“One of Allen's ankles was injured one month before his first time to compete in a marathon.”可知，Allen的脚踝在他第一场马拉松比赛前一个月受伤了，故填Yes, he was.
84．根据第一段最后一句“Yet, Allen made up his mind to go ahead.”可知，在受伤后Allen下定决心继续前进，即继续参加比赛，故填His decision was to go ahead.
85．根据第二段第二、三和五句“He was only seven at that time. In his first P. E. class, ... He was later told that he was "not athletic"—he had no talent in sports.”可知，Allen在他七岁第一次上体育课时被告知没有运动天赋，故填When he was seven in his first P.E. class.
86．根据第八段第一句“As Allen approached mile 25—near the finish line, he saw his wife waving a sign to encourage him.”可知，在终点线附近Allen的妻子在举牌鼓励Allen，故填Allen’s wife.
87．根据倒数第二段第二、三句“But he finished! And he also got a medal.”可知，Allen完成了马拉松并得到了奖牌，故填He finished the marathon and got a medal.
88．根据倒数两段可知，Allen虽然跑了最后一名，但是他很开心，因为他带着受伤的脚踝完成了马拉松，并没有放弃，所以跑马拉松对于Allen来说表示一种“不放弃”的精神；为避免重复，用it代替跑马拉松，关于：about，关于……的精神：the spirit of，永不放弃：never giving up，故填it was about the spirit of never giving up。2023-2024学年八年级英语下册期末复习之阅读回答问题
一、任务型阅读
根据文章内容回答下列问题。
While carrying your schoolbag on the way to school or home, does the heavy weight of your books make you less interested to learn knowledge Don’t worry. E-readers may help you say goodbye to your heavy schoolbag.
An e-reader has the memory space to hold hundreds of books. So people want to replace heavy schoolbags with small, light e-readers. For example, Cushing Academy, a high school in Massachusetts, US, got rid of most of the 20,000 books in its library last summer. The head of the library said that the school was going to replace printed books with e-books. Teachers and students will use e-readers instead.
Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500g. They can download an e-book within 60 seconds. “It’s so convenient. You can have so many books right at your fingertips!” said Meghan Chenausky, 16.
Chinese schoolchildren are also trying e-readers. At the 2020 Shanghai Book Fair, an e-schoolbag was on show. It is a special e-reader that students can use to download textbooks from the school servers. It can also send and receive homework.
Some schools in Beijing and Shanghai have tried this e-schoolbag for a few years. “It’s excellent. I don’t have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore,” said Xiao Qi, 15, Beijing. “And it’s eco-friendly because it saves paper.”
New generation e-readers have many functions (功能) besides reading, such as Wi-Fi and multimedia. However, some parents worry that these functions may have a bad influence on their children’s study habits. “I think Wi-Fi is not necessary for kids,” says Zeng Wenwen, 43, Beijing.
1．Teachers and students in Cushing Academy used e-readers last summer, didn’t they
2．How fast can e-readers download an e-book
3．What are most e-readers like
4．What are the uses of the special e-reader for students
5．Why does the student Xiao Qi think the e-schoolbag is excellent
6．Explain the underlined sentence in the last paragraph in your own words.
When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter（炼铜厂）. It made chemicals come out and made a beautiful forest become a wasteland. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul knocked him down angrily. From then on, something happened inside him.
Years later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office. He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back. The answer from that big industry was “No”.
Paul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers said since there weren’t any birds or squirrels（松鼠） to spread the seeds, it would be a waste of his life to try to do it. He was told everyone knew that even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn't get his idea accepted.
Paul later got married and had some kids. But his dream would not die. And then one night he did what he could with what he had. To bring trees back to the wasteland, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting under the cover of darkness. And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass.
Slowly rabbits appeared. Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing. Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has. It took him until his hair turned white to plant trees and grass, but he managed to keep that impossible vow（誓言）he made to himself as a child.
7．What did the copper smelter do to a beautiful forest near Paul’s hometown
8．The copper smelter officer agreed to let Paul bring trees back at first, didn't he
9．Why did Paul’s teachers think it would be a waste of time to try to plant trees in that area
10．What did Paul do in order to bring trees back to the wasteland
11．How long did it take Paul to plant trees and grass
12．What can you learn from Paul’s story
阅读短文，回答问题。
Kuakuaqun is social media chat groups that people pay a little money to join and are paid to show kindness, support and comfort to others in the group. The new chat groups have become popular with young people.
According to media reports, the first such online praise group was formed by a few users of Douban, one of the major online social networks, for fun. However, the idea has caught on and praise-seeking chat groups have become popular among college students across the country.
It was hard to understand Kuakuaqun at first. What kind of value do kinds words have if I am paying someone to say them Lin Yingying from Quanzhou described the groups as “a joke”, but also offered some insight (见解).
“We rarely hear nice things in real life,” Lin said, “maybe we are not good at telling people ... that we are not feeling well ...” She thinks it is easier for people to share their problems online.
Kuakuaqun doesn’t only exist in China. No matter where you come from, it is common to hear someone say, “You are not good enough.” There is a certain beauty in giving encouragement to others. Perhaps that is why so many young people have joined the groups.
A reporter from Russia Today wrote about a post in which someone admitted that they woke up at 2 p.m. one day. One user replied, “You must care about your health very much as you sleep for so long, praise you!” That praise sounds hollow, but the humor doesn’t. Maybe that is the real value. A good joke can brighten anybody’s day.
Experts have said that the popularity of Kuakuaqun reflects the users’ stressful, anxious and lonely mentalities (心态). It creates a positive and friendly environment for people that may help them get confidence
again.
13．What is Kuakuaqun
14．Where have praise-seeking chat groups become popular
15．It was easy to understand Kuakuaqun at first, wasn’t it
16．What insight did Lin Yingying from Quanzhou offer
17．Why so many young people have joined the groups according to the passage
18．What do you think of Kuakuaqun
The 18-year-old American author, Juliette Turner, has published her third book for student readers. With her now novel, That’s Not Hay in My Hair, she has become a new star in the publishing industry.
After Juliette finished fourth grade in New York, she moved to a farm in Cooke County. Texas, with her mother. There she started a new life working with horses and cattle as a fresh writer. “Only my mother and I were living there.” Juliette said. “We had to break the thick ice on the trough (饮水槽) so that the animals could drink.”
Juliette’s mother, Janine Turner is a famous actress in the US. Life in Cooke County was not as attractive as the life she had lived before. But for young Juliette, the country life gave her a lot of food for thought to create her works .
That’s Not Hay in My Hair is unlike Juliette’s first two books. “Everything that happens in the book actually happened in the lives of my mum and me,” she said. “The adventures are hard to believe, but they all happened exactly as they’re described in the story.”
As Juliette is considering her coming college life, she hasn’t decided where she will spend the rest of her life, in a city or in the countryside.
“I will always be a country girl at heart,” she said. “I love the country life. It is where I feel peaceful and natural. For the moment, I have no idea where life is going to take me. But I will always return to the country and to my mum. It’s where my roots are.”
19．Juliette isn’t a teenage writer, is she
20．How many novels has Juliette published up to now
21．Where did Juliette begin her writing life
22．What’s Juliette’s mother
23．Are the stories in That’s Not Hay in My Hair mainly imagined or based on real life
24．What does Juliette probably mean by the last underlined sentence
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
Robot Vogel is a police officer in New York. One morning, he was drinking coffee in a restaurant.
Suddenly a man ran in and shouted, “Officer! A car is going down the street, and a little kid is driving it!”
Officer Vogel ran out of the restaurant. He saw a station wagon. It was going slowly—about 25 miles an hour—but it wasn’t going very straight. He jumped into his police car and followed the station wagon. When he was behind it, he turned on his red light and siren. The station wagon moved over to the side of the road and stopped.
Officer Vogel got out of his police car and looked inside, hurried to the station wagon, and looked inside. The driver was a little boy. His name was Rocco, and he was five years old. In the back seat was his little sister. She was only two year old. Both children were crying.
“I want my mommy!” Rocco cried. “But she can’t get here. I have the car.” Then he had an idea. “Just a minute,” he told Officer Vogel.“I can drive. I will go to get her.”
“No!” Officer Vogel said. “You stay with me.”
Officer Vogel drove Rocco and his sister to the police station. Then he called their mother. Officer Vogel and Rocco’s mother had a lot of questions for Rocco. Their first question was: Where did you get the car key ”
Rocco said, “From the top of the refrigerator.” At seven o’clock that morning Rocco’s father was at work and his mother was sleeping. Rocco saw the car keys on top of the refrigerator. He pulled a chair over to the
refrigerator, climbed up on the chair, and took the keys.
Rocco went to the garage and got into the car. Then he started the engine. When Rocco’s sister heard the engine, she ran to the car and began to cry. She wanted to go with him, so Rocco opened the back door and let her in the car.
Rocco backed the car out of the garage and drove away. It was 7 am—rush hour—so there was a lot of traffic. Rocco drove one mile in heavy traffic. Then Officer Vogel stopped him.
Newspapers and TV station heard about Rocco, and a lot of reporters went to his house. One reporter asked Rocco, “What do you want to be when you grow up ”
Rocco smiled, “I want to be a truck driver,” he said.
Questions:
25．Was Vogel reported a little kid was driving a car in a restaurant or in his office
26．Where were Rocco’s parents when he got the car keys
27．How did Rocco get the key to the car
28．Rocco didn’t drive the car in heavy traffic, did he
29．What do you think of Rocco’s parents Why
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
Last month some thieves stole a valuable teapot from a museum in Hong Kong. They took the teapot to America, but the American police found it. The museum sent Mr. Chan, a member of the museum staff, to collect the teapot. On the plane back to Hong Kong, he noticed two men. They were watching him closely. “Perhaps they’re going to steal the teapot again. I must think of a plan,” he thought.
Mr. Chan’s daughter, Amy, met him at Hong Kong Airport. Mr. Chan was carrying two boxes. He gave his daughter the pink box and said to her in a low voice, “Take this gift box home with great care.” He walked away with the brown one. The two men followed him.
Amy opened the box at home. She was expecting a pair of sports shoes, but she just found an old teapot.
“This is not a very interesting gift,” said Amy, a bit disappointed. “That’s all right. Let’s make some tea in it,” said her mother. Then they found a note in the teapot. It said, “Dear Amy, 5 Love Dad.”
The two men kidnapped (绑架) Mr. Chan on his way to the museum. They opened his box and found a pair of sports shoes inside. “Where’s the teapot ” the two thieves shouted at the top of their voice with red faces, “How dare you cheat us We saw you give your daughter a box at the e with us! We’re going to search your home,” one of them said.
When the thieves entered Mr. Chan’s flat, it was dark and quiet. All of a sudden, the door closed and the lights went on. The police were waiting inside.
Amy and her mother came out of the bedroom with the teapot. “That teapot is very valuable,” said Mr. Chan. “A long time ago it belonged to an emperor. He drank tea from it.”
“We were going to drink tea from it, too,” said Amy, laughing.
30．Was the teapot found in America
31．What was in the pink box
32．How did the two thieves feel when they didn’t find the teapot
33．Where were the thieves caught
34．What did Mr. Chan probably write to Amy in the note
Fill in the blank with TWO sentences.
Answer the questions. (根据短文内容回答下列问题)
Pleasant Valley School District offers a wide variety of clubs and organizations. Below you can find more information about the Pleasant Valley High School’s clubs and organizations.
Competitive Chess Club Different from the Chess Club, this club will compete and host tournaments (联赛) and invite guests to teach and improve our understanding of the game. Students Ceramics Club In the Ceramics (陶艺) Club, we experiment with large-scale building projects and unique construction designs. Every year, we hold our annual Pottery (陶器)
interested in the club from smaller schools will be invited to participate and to help grow the chess-playing community in our area. Playing chess can help develop critical (批判性的) thinking and creativity, increase concentration and memory and improve problem-solving and planning skills. CLUB INFORMATION: Meets in Room #260 CLUB CONTACT: Ian Spangenberg: spangenbergian@pleasval.org Speech Club For students interested in either Large Group Events (one-act play, group musical theatre and more) or Individual Speech Events (solo musical theatre, speech-making, storytelling and more), we have different speech teams. Members can join teams they like as long as they have enough spare time. The contest season runs from January to April with regular, scheduled practices beginning in November. CLUB INFORMATION: Meets in the Theater CLUB CONTACT: Christina Myatt: myattchristina@pleasval.org and Ice Cream Sale, in which we sell ice cream in our handmade ceramic bowls. Students in this club will get a deeper look into various clay (陶土) operations and will gain a better understanding of teamwork in pottery. Ceramics Club meets every Thursday from 3:30-5:00 p.m. CLUB INFORMATION: Meets in Room #285/286 CLUB CONTACT: Alex Medenciy: medenciyalex@pleasval.org Astronomy Club This club aims to educate students about the universe beyond their standard Physics courses. Students will visit planetariums (天文馆) and observations, perform their own observations and explore astronomical (天文的) events. Through these activities, students will be introduced to astronomy, both as a hobby and as an opportunity for future study. This club will meet every Thursday after school. CLUB INFORMATION: Meets in Room #242 CLUB CONTACT: Ian Spangenberg: spangenbergian@pleasval.org
35．Why will students from smaller schools be invited to participate Competitive Chess Club
36．What do students do in Pottery and Ice Cream Sale
37．Members of Speech Club can join teams for both Group and Individual Speech Events, can’t they
38．When will students in Astronomy Club meet
39．What is the passage mainly about
40．Which club would you like to join And why
Half a year before graduating from college, my son Kevin began to seek a job and soon got an interview. There were only three people for the final interview including him. The interview was very simple, during which the interviewer only chatted with them for a while. The interviewer said to them, “All of you are very good. Please go home and wait for our response.”
Three days later, Kevin received a message from the company saying that he had not been offered a job. He felt deeply disappointed. But later in the evening he told me that he had received another message saying that he had been employed by the company.
Actually the first message sent to Kevin was also part of the test in the interview. The three men received the same message, but only my son’s reply satisfied the company, so he was given the job. I asked Kevin, “How did all of you reply ” He said, “One did not reply; the other said ‘goodbye’, and I said ‘thank you’.”
Only then did I know that my son’s job came in that way. It also makes me know when you feel disappointed, do not forget to say “thank you” to the one who disappoints you. Saying “thank you” shows respect for others’ work and shows your grand generosity（宽宏大量）. Therefore, while under the same condition, you may get more chances than others.
41．What did the writer’s son do before he graduated from college
42．How many people got the chance for the final interview
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43．How did Kevin feel when he received the first message
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44．The first message wasn’t a part of the test in the interview, was it
, .
45．What does the underlined words “in that way” in paragraph 4 mean
It means Kevin got his job by .
46．What can you learn from Kevin’s experience If you meeting something disappointing, what will you do
(1) .
(2) .
A Wonderful Christmas Gift
Christmas was so close, and so was Ann’s birthday. She wished she could get a new dress with frills (荷叶边) and lace (蕾丝) as a wonderful Christmas gift. But Ann did not want to ask her mom for that. She knew how hard her mom worked to make a living. Maybe she could make a wish — maybe Santa Claus (圣诞老人) would come...
At school her classmates were talking only about Christmas celebrations. “My rich aunt is surely going to give me a pretty doll again,” said Ria.
“I have been hinting (暗示) about that costly watch to my parents,” told Tessie.
Ann felt out of these conversations. She had neither rich parents nor wealthy aunts to give her expensive gifts.
It was not just the gift that worried Ann. It was her mother. Recently she was working overtime and looked pale and worn out.
Soon it was Christmas Eve. In everyone’s house there was a decorated Christmas tree, but Ann’s house was cold and empty. Every child went to bed eagerly waiting for the lovely gifts. Ann went to bed, wishing that at least this time she would get a gift from Santa Claus. Ann slowly drifted off to sleep. She dreamed of Santa riding in the snow...
The next morning Ann jumped up after hearing her alarm. Out of her expectation, there lay a beautiful packet tied with a red ribbon near her bed. Inside the package was a pretty white dress with fluffy frills and attractive
lace!
Ann checked the gift carefully to find out who had given her this beautiful dress. Suddenly a small piece of paper fell out from the dress.
Dear Ann,This dress is gifted to you for being a good girl. Hope you continue to do good things and help your mother. Your Loving friend, Santa Claus
Ann felt that there was something familiar about this note. She looked into the note carefully. Then it struck her. She realized that . Her mother had worked overtime to save money to buy this expensive gift. Ann was happy beyond words. She knew that she was the luckiest girl to have been given the best Christmas gift.
47．What did Ann want for Christmas
48．Why did Ann feel out of the conversations of her classmates
49．Ann was only worried about her Christmas gift, wasn’t she
50．How was Ann’s house different from other people’s houses on Christmas Eve
51．Complete the sentence in the last paragraph.
She realized that
52．Why did Ann think that she had been given the best Christmas gift
Answer the questions
I grew up in a small town in Washington, US, and I want to be like my brother, Tim. He and his friends were in a gang. They often beat up people, and they didn’t go to school much. I thought they were cool.
On my thirteenth birthday, I told my brother I wanted to be in the gang with him. He said ‘no’, but I didn’t listen. I went to ask his friends. Tim’s friends took me into the back yard. They told me that if I joined the gang, I was in for life. Then, someone hit me in the face. I fell down. But I didn’t cry. Each time I got up, they hit me
again. Finally, they said I could be one of them.
Tim was angry when he heard about it. But I stayed with the gang. After a few months, I began to beat up other people with the gang. Sometimes I wouldn’t go home at night, and my mother would be worried. This went on for two years. I knew it was bad, but there nothing I could do. I was in for life.
One day, someone hit me in the head. I spent a day in the hospital. For the first time, I wanted out of the gang. One night after my fifteenth birthday, I went home. My mother was in the hospital. She had a nervous breakdown (精神崩溃) because she was so worried about me. That made me very sad. The next day, I told the gang that I wanted out. They began to beat me up, and my brother stopped them. I got up off the floor, smiled and said goodbye. But they didn’t just stop there. Every time they saw me, they beat me up. This went on for about two months. But in the end, it stopped. I’m glad I’m out of the gang now. I don’t have to be afraid all the time. I can talk to anyone I want. And most of all, I made my mum happy again.
53．The people in the gang didn’t have to go to school, did they
54．When did the write tell his brother that he wanted to be in the gang
55．How did the writer’s brother feel when he knew the writer was in the gang
56．What made the writer very sad
57．Why did the people in the gang go on beating the writer up
58．What do you think of the people in the gang Why
One day on the street, Mr. Wilson met a young man, who asked him, “Do you remember me ” Mr. Wilson said, “No.” Then the young man told him he was his student and now he was a teacher as well. Mr. Wilson asked the young man at what time he decided to be a teacher.
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The young man then told him the following story:
When I was a little boy, I used to be very quiet. At that time my parents were busy with their work. I had to
live with my grandparents. It seemed that nobody cared much about me.
One day, a friend of mine, Martin, came in with a nice new watch. It was shiny brightly in the sun and I knew I wanted it. I took it out of Martin’s pocket.
Shortly after, Martin noticed that his watch was missing and immediately told you about it. You told the class that whoever took it, he should return it. I didn’t give it back. You closed the door and told us all to stand up and form a circle. You were going to search (搜查) our pockets. However, you asked us to close our eyes because you would only look for his watch if we all had our eyes closed. You searched my pocket and found the watch there. You kept searching everyone’s pockets and when you were done, you said, “We have the watch.” You never said who took the watch to save my dignity (尊严) forever. But it was the greatest shame (耻辱) of my life. You never said anything. You never shouted at me or took me aside to give me a lesson. I received your message clearly.
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“Do you remember this story, Mr. Wilson ” The old man answered. “Yes. I remember the situation with the missing watch. I was looking for it in everyone’s pocket. I didn’t remember you because I closed my eyes, too. You know, young man, I gave knowledge and I also did what a teacher would do for students.”
59．The young man still remembered Mr. Wilson, didn’t he
60．Who did the young man live with when he was a little boy
61．What did Martin do when he noticed his watch was missing
62．How did Mr. Wilson find the watch after the students closed eyes
63．Why didn’t Mr. Wilson tell others who took the watch
64．What did Mr. Wilson do for students as a teacher in the story
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Mr. Klarke works in an agricultural college. There he taught his students how to keep the seeds and when to
sow them and how to look after the plants. He knows much and makes his classes lively and interesting. So he is respected.
One day he was asked to give a talk in a town. On his way there, something was wrong with his car at a foot of a hill. He tried to repair it, but he failed and he had to climb up the hill and ask the villagers there for help. It was very hot that day and soon he felt thirsty. He saw a lot of pear trees in a garden. And a young man was picking them in it.
“I say, young man!” said the old man, “Could you give me some pears, please ”
In fact the young man was one of his students and he recognized him at once. He wanted to have a joke with him. So he answered, “Of course, sir. Do you want the hot ones or cold ones ”
It made Mr. Klarke feel strange. He thought to himself, “I’ve never heard of hot pears. Well, let me tell him I want some hot ones.” And he said as he thought.
Having heard this, the young man threw some pears to the ground. Mr. Klarke picked them up, blew the dust off them and ate them up.
“You said they were hot, but why were they cold ” asked the old man.
“What did you blow them for, then, Mr. Klarke ” said the young man with a smile.
65．Does Mr. Klarke do something in the college
66．How about his classes
They
67．He failed to repair his car, didn’t he
68．Why did he climb up the hill
69．What’s the Chinese meaning for the underlined word “dust”
70．Why did Mr. Klarke blow the pears What do you think of the young man
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There were smiling children all the way. Clearly they knew at what time the train passed their homes and
they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often the whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains had been their favourite relatives. This was the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved by them.
I had always travelled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly enjoy the long train journey and had brought along a dozen newspapers and magazines to read and reread.
It was not long before the train was rattling across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Bahru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight. Immediately, I came alive and decided to wave back.
From then on, my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I had been looking at it for the first time.
The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 p.m. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful.
I looked forward to the return journey, by train.
71．What did the children do when the train passed their homes
72．How had the writer travelled to Malaysia before
73．What did the writer take with him on the long train journey
74．When did the writer watch the straight rows of rubber trees
75．The writer would return by train, wouldn’t he
76．What did you do on your journey when you travelled
The word “addiction” usually makes you think of alcohol or drugs, but in modern-day society, we are seeing some new kinds of addictions. Some people are compulsive (难以自制的) shoppers; Some find it impossible to pull themselves away from their work. Still, some spend countless hours watching TV or playing computer games.
Over the years, shopping has become a very common activity. Many people enjoy going to stores more and more every day, but it’s more than a common hobby for some of them. They have turned into shopaholics (购物狂). They are people who simply enjoy shopping and walking around spending money without being able to stop doing it. They are hooked on shopping and usually buy things that they don’t need. Even though they don’t have enough money, they buy everything they want.
The question is: Why do they have this addiction There isn’t a specific answer to this. Some people go shopping when they are sad, worried, upset or lonely and they want to feel better. They use this activity as a way to forget their problems. Shopaholics say they feel more important and better after they have bought something. Shopaholics seems to be a harmless addiction, but it can . Some of them can be psychological (心理上的). If this is the case, people addicted to shopping should go to a support group to help them break this habit. However, the process, like for most addictions, is long, and is one in which they can end up suffering a lot. They just think about satisfying their feelings, so they spend money they don’t have. They get deep in debt, and they can even go bankrupt and get sent to prison.
77．There isn’t a specific reason for a person to have an addiction, is there
78．What does “addiction” mean
79．Why are some people crazy about shopping
80．Fill in the blank in paragraph 3 in no more than six words.
Shopaholism seems to be a harmless addiction, but it can .
81．How can shopaholics get help
82．Do you like shopping Why or why not (Give at least two reasons.)
Allen's First Marathon (马拉松)
One of Allen's ankles was injured one month before his first time to compete in a marathon. This meant he could not run or train for two weeks. Yet, Allen made up his mind to go ahead.
Allen remembers back to his first year in the school. He was only seven at that time. In his first P. E. class, his teacher required them to run laps and then hit a ball. He didn't do either well. He was later told that he was "not athletic"—he had no talent in sports.
The idea that he was not athletic went with him for years. When he started running in his thirties, he realized running marathon was not about competition or whether he was physically strong and active. He thought that .
The night before his first marathon, he dreamed that he couldn't even find the finish line. He woke up sweating (冒汗) and nervous, but ready to prove something to himself.
Shortly after crossing the star line, his shoe laces (鞋带) became untied. So Allen stopped to tie them. Not the start he wanted!
At mile 3, Allen passed a sign: "GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!"
By mile 17, he became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. When he felt the pain, he tried to slow down and walked a bit and then ran again.
As Allen approached mile 25—near the finish line, he saw his wife waving a sign to encourage him. She is Allen's biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 5 a.m. or questioned his money on running.
Allen was one of the final runners to finish. But he finished! And he also got a medal. In fact, he got the same medal as the one that the man who got in first place.
Allen made up his mind to be himself and moved forward. He can now call himself a real winner.
83．Allen was injured a month before his first marathon, wasn't he
84．What was Allen's decision after he was injured
85．When did Allen know he was not good at sports
86．Who waved a sign to support Allen near the finish line
87．How was Allen's first marathon
88．What can be filled in the blank in Paragraph 3 (No more than 15 words)
