初中英语8年级星级阅读训练 Test 30

Test 30AComplete 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)：Have you ever seen pictures of trolley cars(有轨电车)？For some reasons, they always seem old-fashioned. Trolley cars once were a part of many cities. They could go quite fast, too. One trolley, still in use near Philadelphia Pennsylvania, can_____1____ at almost 100 miles an hour.What happened to trolleys? Many people felt that they got in the way cars and buses, so trolleys were ______2______in many areas. Only a few remain ________3_______.Today, however, some people want to bring them back. In San Diego, California, a trolley already runs from that city all the way to Mexico. Perhaps we’ll soon be able to _____4_______trolleys elsewhere, too.Can you imagine having a comet named after you? All you have to do is ____5_____the skies and be the first to discover one of these small, starlike bodies with a fiery tail. Carolyn Shoemaker did just that.After Shoemaker grew up, she became a pilot and raised a family. When her children were grown , she began working with her husband, astronomer Eugene Shoemaker. In 1993, Carlyon, Eugene, and their _____6_____David Levy set up a telescope on a mountaintop_________ city lights. They took photographs with the telegraphs with the telescope. Later, while looking at the photographs in the lab, Carolyn discovered their comet. They named the comet Shoemaker-Levy9(SL9).By 1996,Shoemaker had discovered 32 comets, all of which bear her__________.BChoose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案):Geoffrey Payne talks for the first time about the night his wife was killed. The judge thought it was he who killed his wife.. Now he wrote to a magazine from the prison (监狱) about what happened on the night of 13 October 1999.I had to stay late at the hospital that night to do an operation. I finally left at about 11 p.m.I drove home slowly because the weather was terrible— the wind was blowing and it was raining heavily. I was turning into our road when a man suddenly ran in front of my car. I almost hit him but I stopped just in time. I was frightened and the man looked frightened too. I got out of the car but he ran away before I could ask if he was all right. It was very strange.When I got home, the lights were on but it was very quiet. I called to my wife but there was no answer. Then I remembered that she was out at a concert.I was still very upset about what happened on the road, so I made myself a drink. Then I went upstairs to have a bath. I saw that the window in the bedroom was open. This was strange because my wife always locked the doors and windows before she went out. She was afraid of burglars (夜盗者).When I went to close it, I found Ellen. She was lying on the floor. There was blood everywhere. I rushed over and felt for her pulse but she was dead.I sat on the floor beside her body and was too frightened to do anything.The next thing I knew, the sky was getting light. I can’t remember a thing about that night. In the morning I phoned the police. They arrived about half an hour after I phoned them. But it seemed like hours. During that time I tried hard to remember anything I could about the night before. I couldn’t stop thinking about the man in the road. What was he doing at that time of night in our quiet neighbourhood? Why did he look so frightened? Why did he run away?1. Geoffrey Payne was a ______.A. doctorB. policemanC. judgeD. taxi driver2.______ while Payne was turning into his road that night.A. A man suddenly ran in front of his carB. His wife called him from the concert hallC. A man stopped him and asked him the wayD. A man hit Payne’s car with a big stone and ran away3. When Payne got home, he found ______.A. Ellen waiting for himB. the bedroom window closedC. Ellen lying on the floor, blood all overD. a burglar in his house4. After he found Ellen dead, Payne ______.A. called the police at onceB. called out for helpC. tried to find out who killed his wifeD. sat beside his wife’s body without knowing what to do5 . Which of the following is NOT TRUE?A. Payne called the police the next morning.B. Payne could remember clearly what had happened.C. The policemen arrived thirty minutes after Payne’s call.D. Payne wondered what the man was doing in his neighbourhood that night.6. In this passage Payne tried to ___________.A. say something about his family.B. show he was very sorry for his wife’s death.C. tell why his wife was killed that night.D. make people believe the man in the road probably killed his wife.CChoose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):Once a group of tourists who were staying at a hotel in Birmingham were having dinner in the restaurant.. Fish was brought in and while they were eating it, some of them told ____1_____stories about finding pearls and other valuable things inside fish.An old gentleman, who up to now had listened ________to their conversation, at last said:“I’ve heard all your stories, now I’ll tell you one. When I was a young man I was working in a large importing factory in New York, and, as is usual with young persons, I fell in love with a pretty young girl. Very soon we were engaged（订婚）. About two months before our marriage was to __________, I was suddenly sent to Birmingham on a very important business. I left my sweetheart, intending to write to her. ”“I was obliged to stay in Birmingham longer than I had expected . At last my work was done and I could leave Birmingham. But just before I left for home, I bought a beautiful and very________diamond ring, intending to give it to my sweetheart. ”“On my way to New York, I was looking through the morning newspaper, which had been brought on board by the pilot. Suddenly, I saw an announcement of my sw eetheart’s marriage with another. This made meso angry that I_______ the ring overboard (向舷外). A few days later, when I was dining at a hotel in New York, fish was brought. While I was eating it I bit(咬) on something _______. . What do you think it was ?”“The diamond ring,” cried his companions. (同伴) “ No ” , said the old gentleman sadly , “ it was a fish-bone.”1. A. familiar B. unusual C. expensive D. interesting2. A. excitedly B. honestly C. gently D. quietly3. A. come B. take place C. start D. appear4. A. suitable B. comfortable C. expensive D. special5. A. destroyed B. threw C. repaired D. seized6. A. sharp B. great C. hard D. softDRead the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。