八年级上学期英语期末试卷分类汇编：阅读表达专项练习((含答案)

八年级上学期期末英语试卷分类汇编

阅读表达

盐都区

Building the pyramids

Because the pyramids were huge, it took a lot of time and work to build them. Many engineers, architects, masons and artists were employed over many years to build each one.

Thousands of labourers also worked on the pyramids each year.

The labourers were mostly local farmers who gave up a few months of their time each year to help out.

The First Step

The first step in building a pyramid was to pick a site. Then architects and engineers worked together to design the pyramid and make sure that it would be strong and safe.

Not all pyramids were the same. Some were taller than the others. Some had different angles because their bases were larger than others.

All of them were constructed differently inside, too. Many were made up of stone only, while some were filled with a mix of stone, mud bricks, and even sand.

Cutting the Stone

Building work began when the pyramid was designed. There was a lot of stone in Egypt, and builders of pyramids often found supplies of stone nearby that they could use.

The Egyptians had no machinery or iron tools.

Stone masons had to dig the stone from the ground and then cut it into large blocks using only copper and stone hand tools.

（改编于《新理念》八年级第一册) 回答下列问题，每题答案不超过5个词。

71. Why did it take a lot of time and work to build the pyramids?

72. What was the first step to build a pyramid?

73. What were most pyramids made up of?

74. Where did the builders of pyramids find supplies of stone?

75. What did the Egyptians use to cut the stone into large blocks?

71. Because the pyramids were huge.

72. To pick a site.

73. Stone.

74. Nearby/ In the near place.

75. Copper and stone hand tools.

盐城市中学

Yang Yang has good looks and a nice smile. But behind his pretty face is a stubborn (倔强的) heart. The hit TV drama A Smile Is Beautiful (《微微一笑很倾城》) makes this 25-year-old actor more popular. The show is from writer Gu Man’s book. He plays a smart college student. His

major (专业) is computer science. Many people think Yang is the right person for the role (角色).

Yang’s acting life started well. At the age of 16, he played Ji a Baoyu in the TV drama A Dream of Red Mansions (《红楼梦》). But that doesn’t mean he never had “ups and downs”.

For a while, he felt lost in acting. Yang once was a dancer and graduated from Pe ople’s Liberation Army Academy of Art. “At the beginning, I didn’t know how to be an actor,” but he says he likes to compete (较劲) with himself. So he tried to improve his acting skills through different kinds of works. That’s why in only nine years he has been in many TV dramas and movies.

Many stars working with Yang say he tries his best in everything.

“So many times he felt his acting was not good enough and asked to try it again. He couldn’t be more serious (认真的),” Alee Su, director (导演) of movie The Left Ear (《左耳》), said in a talk show.

Yang is even serious about games. In the show Happy Camp, he once competed with South Korean actor Ji Chang-wook (池昌旭), 29, in arm wrestling (扳手腕). Even though Yang was very tired, he still kept fighting to the end.

回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过5个词。

1. Who is the writer of the book A Smile Is Beautiful ?_______________________________

2. What role does Yang Yang play in the TV drama A Smile Is Beautiful ?_______________

3. Why did he act in so many TV dramas and movies in only nine years?_________________

4. How old did he play Jia Baoyu in TV drama A Dream of Red Mansions?_______________

5. What does director Su think of Yangyang?_______________________________________

1.Gu Man.

2.A college student.

3.To improve his acting skills.

4.At the age of 16.

5.He is serious.

景山中学

Although many people read online, books have not gone out of fashion. In Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai, lucky passengers may find books somewhere on the underground.

The Fair, an online publishing company, has put 10,000 books on the underground, planes and taxis to make people more interested in reading. This project is called “Mobook”.“Mobook” gets its idea from “Books on the Underground”, a community project in London. The purpose of “Books on the Underground” is to encourage people to read. Zhang Wei, the CEO of the Fair also wanted to do something in China. He sent an e-mail to Ms Cordelia Oxley, the leader of “Books on the Underground”, describing his plan and explaining the rules of “Mobook”.