八年级英语时文阅读~Week8--人物故事~有答案

WEEK 8人物故事（2）
、完形填空（共20小题；共35 分）
April 23rd 2015 was William Shakespeare's 451st birthday. He is one of the world's greatest 1 .
William Shakespeare 2 Stratford-upon-Avon（埃文河畔斯特拉特福）,a small village in England in 1564. And he was the third child in his 3 . He went to school in Stratford and
4_ Lat in and Greek. Later he moved to London to be an actor. But he became famous 5 writi ng plays. His friends said that he was the best writer of his time. And most people now say that he was the best writer of 6 .
William Shakespeare wrote 7 stories with a happy ending. Large nu mbers of people fell in love with his plays. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy with fairies（仙女）and humans.
He also wrote tragedies（悲剧）stories with a _8 __ ding. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, and
the two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet, 9 die.
The great writer lived more tha n 400 years ago. But today many people 10 go to see his plays and read his books. His works have bee n tran slated into other Ian guages around the world.
1. A. sin gers B. speakers C. writers D. dancers
2. A. was born in B. was from C. has bee n in D. has gone
to
3. A. class B. factory C. compa ny D. family
4. A. spoke B. learnt C. visited D. wrote
5. A. to B. as C. for D. at
6. A. i n time B. all time C. on time D. at any time
7. A. comedies B. thrillers C. carto ons D. poems
8. A. happy B. sad C. relaxi ng D. bori ng
9. A. both B. all C.each D. n either
10. A. yet B. still C. just D. already
Yao Beina was not only a popular sin ger but also an en ergetic and warm-hearted an gel. She don ated her corn eas眼艮角膜）to two men after her death.
Yao was born in a music family in September 1981 in Wuhan. She started to learn music at the age of 4, and she sang her first song on the stage whe n she was 9. Yao did quite well in singing, so she took part in the 13th Youth Singing Competition and won the first prize.
She became well-k nown to the public after making some songs for the hit TV drama The Lege nd of Zhenhuan （甄嬛传）,and the mandarin version （中文版本）of Let It Go from Disney's Frozen（冰雪奇缘）.I n July 2013, she competed in The Voice of China II and fin ally got the sec ond place in Na
Yin g's team. She had won many music prizes.
Yao Beina was uniucky to be diagnosed（诊断）with breast cancer （孚L腺癌）.She had a successful operation（手术）in 2011. She has fought against the illness for about four years while keeping singing, but sadly she failed. Although she's gone, her fans will remember her beautiful voice and kindn ess for ever.
11. How old was Yao Beina whe n she started to lear n music?
A. Four.
B. Nin e.
C. Thirtee n.
12. Yao was born in a _______ family in September 1981 in Wuha n.
A. doctor
B. farmer
C. music
13. Yao was diagnosed（诊断）with _____ .
A. stomach cancer
B. breast can cer
C. nose cancer
14. Which is TRUE about Yao Beina according to the passage?
A. She don ated her corn eas to help two men.
B. She had a great voice and won a few music prizes.
C. She won over the breast cancer in the end.
15. What's the passage mainly about?
A. Yao Beina's family.
B. Yao Bei na's ill ness.
C. Yao Bein a's art achieveme nts.
As the weather becomes warmer, Wang Xiguang, 50, a store owner from
Xingyang in Henan provinee, becomes more watchful as he walks along the Yellow River in front of
his small shop. Grow ing up along the Yellow River, Wang almost drowned in it whe n he was 12, but a villager saved him. Soon after that, he started learning how to swim.
Playing along the river is dangerous but it happens all the time, resulting in drowning. Wang says schoolchildre n are the ma in victims（受害者）.Now Wang is famous for savi ng many people, about one in a year, from drowning in the river over the past 32 years.
He said he has come to know the river well over the years and that it can become even more dangerous in summer. "My main wish is for people not to play by the river, especially along the dan gerous sect ions where water runs fast," he said.
In August, 2011, two pupils fell into the river during the summer. Hearing their cries for help, Wang ran out of his shop and jumped into the water. After sav ing one child, Wang found the other was moving away in the fast-r unning water. But he man aged to save both pupils even though the water was beco ming much deeper and faster.
With the childre n in their arms, their pare nts tha nked Wang continu ously. He just said, "It was just somethi ng I could do."
16. The un derl ined word "drow n" in the first paragraph means _____ —
A. die in water
B. live with water
C. die from ill ness
D. become well
17. How many childre n has Wang saved in 32 years?
A. About 10.
B. About 20.
C. About 30.
D. About 40.
18. I n which seas on, does the Yellow River become the most dan gerous?
A. Spri ng.
B. Summer.
C. Autum n.
D. Win ter.
19. Which of the followi ng is true?
A. In August, 2011, Wang saved only one school child.
B. In August, 2011, Wang saved no childre n.
C. In August, 2011, Wang saved lots of school childre n.
D. In August, 2011, Wang saved two childre n.
20. From the passage, we can guess that Wang is _______ .
A. rich and kind
B. free and careful
C. brave and kind
D. busy and clever
、阅读理解（共5小题；共10分）
Vera Wang is called the queen of red-carpet dressing （婚纱女王）.There's hardly
a Hollywood event or an A-list weddi ng where Wan g's n ame does n't come up. Vera Wang did n't choose the fashi on bus in ess at first. She knew it_need hard work. But she feels very happy whe n she's helped a woma n look and feel the best.
Vera Wang won the prize for lifetime achievement in 2013. When she won the prize, she said with tears, "To all the wome n and men who have worn the clothes I have desig ned, tha nks for your trust..."
Wang was n't always sure her choice at the begi nning. She studied art history at Sarah Lawre nee
College. Her family did n't support her whe n she decided to work in the fashi on. So she had to work as an editor at Vogue. She earned respect（尊敬）through her hard work. She became famous in 1990. Laure n said, "Vera Wang is a special woma n filled with a rare in terest in fashi on. She has always bee n hard-work ing and brave."
21. What does "it" refer to in the first paragraph?
A. The Hollywood event.
B. The fashi on bus in ess.
C. The A-list weddi ng.
D. The quee n of red-carpet dress ing.
22. What she said in the sec ond paragraph tells us _______ .
A. Vera Wang was very clever
B. Vera Wang was very con fide nt
C. Vera Wang was very humorous
D. Vera Wang was very excited
23. What subject did Vera Wang major in at Sarah Lawre nee College?
A. Fashi on bus in ess.
B. Fashi on desig n.
C. Art history.
D. Text editor.
24. Why did Vera Wang choose to work as an editor in stead of work ing in the fashi on?
A. Because she thought work ing in the fashi on is bori ng.
B. Because she likes working as an editor better.
C. Because her pare nts did n't agree that she worked in the fashi on.
D. Because she thought work ing in the fashi on n eeds hard work.
25. Which of the followi ng is NOT true?
A. Vera Wang expected to work on fashi on bus in ess at first.
B. Vera Wang was famous as the quee n of red-carpet dress ing.
C. Vera Wang has no in terest in fashi on.
D. Vera Wang is hard-work ing and brave.
三、阅读与表达（问答式）（共5小题；共10分）
Stephen Hawking was born in 1942. He's a world famous scientist and expert on space and time.
Stephe n is trying to find the an swers to some very big questi ons, such as: how did the uni verse begi n?
How will it end?
Stephe n was a stude nt at uni versity, he studied math and scie nee. Then, at the age of twen ty, he
became very ill, he was so young, but the doctors said to his family, “ He has only two more years
live. ” The doctors were wronghe didn—die, he can't walk now but he uses a wheelchair（轮椅）.He talks with the help of a computer. After Oxford, Stephe n went to Cambridge uni versity. Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor（博士） of philosophy.
Because of his health problems, it was difficult for him to draw diagrams or to write, so he started to think in pictures. With this new way of thinking, he became one of the most famous scientists in the world. In 1981 he met the Pope（教皇）in Rome. They talked about his ideas. Then in 1988, he wrote his first important book, A Brief History of Time. It sold more than 5.5 million copies（册）in 333 differe nt Ian guages.
根据短文内容，完成下列小题。

26. What did Stephen Hawki ng study at Oxford Uni versity?
27. When did he become very ill?
28. What did the doctors thi nk of his disease?
29. How old was Stephe n hawk ing whe n he wrote A Brief History of Time?
30. What kind of pers on do you thi nk Stephe n Hawk ing is?
答案
、完形填空
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. A 10. B
11. A 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. C
16. A 17. B 18. B 19. D 20. C
二、阅读理解
21. B 22. D 23. C 24. C 25. C
、阅读与表达（问答式）
26. He studied math and scie nee there./ Math and scie nee
27. At the age of 20. / When he was twe nty./ In 1962
28. The doctors thought that he had two more years to live./ He had two more years to live./ He would die./ He could not be saved
29. He was 46.
30. He is a person/ man who never gives up./ He is great /very famous。