八年级英语期末阅读训练

2017～2018学年第二学期八年级期末复习

英语阅读训练

2018.6

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一、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

When Charles Lee handed me the small red notebook in 1974, he changed my life. “While travelling, you should keep notes on the things you see and do.__1__, you will forget them some day,” he explained. I was staying in his house when travelling in England.

I took his __2__.I wrote in the notebook every day during the homestay and back to university. I recorded weekend trips, my professors and ideas about my life and future.

When I wrote, I wondered about my __3__ and purpose. Who would read this? Was I recording events and ideas just as a reminder to memory, or was there some larger purpose for this __4__ exercise?

I got a big picture for the task. I was recording events, thoughts, words that were__5__ to my life. I __6__ a future me sitting down to read the pages. I wondered what it would feel like to read those words later.

I filled the notebook Charles gave me. I bought a new one and __7__ it. Then another and another.

Recently, I decided to look through my notebooks in the past 42 years. Charles had been __8__. I remembered the big __9__, the central happenings, but on each page were details I had __10__.

I hadn’t written every day, but I always picked up the __11__ when it felt important. I often wrote in them at school__12__ my students were writing. I wanted to pass on the __13__ Charles had given me. These writings formed a continuous __14__ between my past, present, and future through events in my life.

It took several long evenings to read through my notebooks. As I read, I suddenly realized they are a gift to the __15__me-----I am now the person I was writing to throughout those years.

( )1. A. So B. Instead C. Moreover D. Otherwise

( )2. A. donation B.reward C. advice D. promise

( )3 A. listener s B.readers C. students D. professors

( )4. A. daily B. weekly C. monthly D. yearly

( )5. A. common B. important C. practical D. similar

( )6. A.imagined B. remembered C. enjoyed D. expected

( )7. A. wrote B. filled C. gathered D. increased

( )8. A.patient B. serious C. right D. wrong

( )9. A. mistakes B. problems C. accidents D.events

( )10. A.forgotten B. avoided C. kept D. improved

( )11. A.drawing B. travelling C. reading D.writing

( )12. A. when B.until C. before D. after

( )13. A.notebook B. house C. lesson D. effort

( )14. A. production B.connection C. instruction D.situation

( )15. te B. past C. present D. future

二、阅读理解（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

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The 9/11 Memorial & Museum honors the 2,983 victims in the terrorist attacks on September 11,2001 and February 26,1993. The 9/11 Memorial is also a place to honor those who risked their lives to save others. The 9/11 Museum is well-known for preserving the history of the events of September 11. They are located at the World Trade Center.We strongly recommend the use of public transport there. There are eight undergrounds to get you there.

Memorial Hours of Operation

Open daily 7:30 a.m. —9:00 p.m.

Museum Hours of Operation

Sunday—Thursday,9:00 a.m.—8:00 p.m./Last entry at 6:00 p.m.

Friday and Saturday,9:00 a.m.—9:00 p.m./Last entry at 7:00 p.m.

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