外研版八年级上册英语期末试卷及答案-2016-1

2017-2018学年度第一学期期末测试卷八年级英语

阅读理解(一)（本题共19小题，每小题2分，共38分）

A．阅读下列短文，从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Passage 1

More and more people are using cars in many places in Africa today. However, things are different in Malawi( 马拉维).Bikes are the most popular in this African country.

Bike riding is a way of life in Malawi. People use them to carry heavy things. They also use bikes to carry people, especially tourists. These years, taking a “bicycle taxi” to travel around Malawi has become quite popular among tourists from all over the world.

If you go to Malawi, you will find a lot of bike taxis waiting on the sides of the roads. The riders make the bikes comfortable for passengers to sit on. You can jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost.

Alice is a 21-year-old student from Canada. She enjoys the special bike riding a lot. “I really like the bike taxi,” she says. “It’s easy and cheap.” Alice usually pays just $1 for going shopping in town.

28-year-old Panjira Khombe began to ride a bike taxi two years ago. The young man enjoys this job. “I used to make boats for a living, but that’s a hard job. Being a bike taxi rider is easy for me and I don’t mind carrying heavy people,” he says.

27. Bikes are the most popular way for people to get somewhere in __________.

A. Africa

B. Asia

C. Malawi

D. Hawaii

28. From the passage we learn that people there don’t use bikes to carry __________.

A. heavy things

B. local people

C. animals

D. tourists

29. Alice enjoys the bike taxi because it’s __________.

A. always waiting on the sides of the roads

B. popular all over the world

C. safe and interesting

D. easy and cheap

30. Panjira Khombe thinks that __________.

A. traveling is comfortable

B. making boats is difficult

C. riding a bike taxi is cheap

D. carrying heavy people is enjoyable

31. What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Bike Riders

B. A Strange Country

C. Bike Taxis

D. A Cheap Journey

Passage 2

More Than A Zoo

Popcorn Park is a very special place. Workers at the zoo care for

hurt or sick （生病的）animals.

At first this unusual place was not a zoo. It was called the Forked River Animal Care Center. The workers there took care of lost or unwanted cats and dogs.

The change began in 1977 when a raccoon (浣熊)needed help. The workers cared for the animal. Finally it was better, but it could not care for itself. So people had to allow the raccoon to live at the center.

After that, people began taking all kinds of hurt or homeless animals there. So many animals were living at the center that it became more like a zoo. It was time for a new name.

Popcorn Park Zoo got its funny name because many of the animals there like to eat popcorn (爆米花). Also workers at the zoo sell the popcorn to help make money to care for the animals. People buy the popcorn to feed the animals as well.

Popcorn Park Zoo now takes care of more than 200 kinds of animals. All the animals at the zoo get lots of care and love.

32. Workers at the zoo look after __________.

A. only homeless cats and dogs

B. hurt or sick animals

C. all the unwanted cats and dogs

D. young or old animals

33. Which animal was the first to live at the zoo?

A. An unwanted dog.

B. An unwanted cat.

C. A raccoon.

D. A tiger.

34. The zoo got its name because __________.

A. the popcorn at the zoo tastes best

B. workers at the zoo like to eat popcorn

C. many animals there like to eat popcorn

D. visitors can make popcorn themselves there

35. From the text we can know that __________.

A. the zoo was a very famous park in the past

B. people look after the animals well at the zoo

C. the zoo spends much money feeding the animals