武昌区2012-2013学年上期末调研测试八年级英语试卷(4)

IV. 阅读理解。(每小题 2 分，共 30 分)

A 阅读短文，根据短文内容选择最佳选项。

Remember Tony and Peter, the twin brothers who started singing at the age of five? The little boys are now twenty- five years old and will come back home for the first time after they left ten years ago. They will be singing to celebrate the 100th birthday of our beautiful town.

Tony and Peter are famous for their wonderful voices. They are popular with both young and old people. Three years ago the brothers organized the Garbage Can with their three cousins. The five of them started to write their own songs and became successful. In the coming concert in Greentown, the Garba ge Ca n is going to sing their best-loved songs and several new ones.

The concert will be at Apple Park at 7 pm on February 10th. Fans who do not want to

miss it should get to the park as early as you can.

61. How old were Tony and Peter when they left Greentown?

A. 5. B. 10. C. 15. D. 25.

62. What is Garbage Can?

A. A song. B. A town. C. A music show. D. A singing group.

63. What does ones mean?

A. Fans. B. Parks. C. Songs. D. Voices.

64. Which is NOT true about Tony and Peter?

A. They sing with their cousins.

B. They are going to sing at Apple Park.

C. They began to sing when they were very young. D. They are celebrating their birthday in Greentown.

65. Which is the best title for this passage?

A. Tony, Peter and their cousins. B. The Garbage Can.

C. Celebration of Greentown. D. Tony and Peter coming back.

B 阅读以下内容，选择最佳选项。

One day, a woma n saw her daughter busy sewing（缝纫） something with the sewing machine. S he was making a cushion. The woman said nothing and left,

leaving her daughter doing it. But when she went back a few hours later, she found the room was in a mess. The woman got angry. And she also found her daughter had cut an expensive piece of cloth into pieces. And then she got really angry. S he scolded her daughter loudly. The daughter listened quietly without saying a word for herself, but she looked very sad. S he went back to her room and stayed there alone. Later, she once again said sorry for her mistake to her mother.

Just as the woman was going to bed, she found a beautiful cushion with the words "I LOVE MOM" on her bed. It was made of her expensive cloth! There was also a note beside the cushion. It was from her daughter. The little girl said she hadn't known the cloth was so expensive and said sorry again in the note. After the woman read the note, her eyes were filled with tears. S he began to feel really sorry for having scolded her daughter.

Nothing in the world is as important as a child's love.

66. What did the woman see when she first saw her daughter?

A. Her daughter was busy sewing something.

B. Her daughter was making the room very dirty.

C. Her daughter was cutting an expensive piece of cloth. D. Her daughter was repairing the sewing machine.

67. What did the woman do when she got very angry?

A. She beat the girl. B. She shouted at the girl. C. She helped the girl. D. She comforted the girl.

68. What does " in a mess " mean in Chinese?

A. 处于困境 B. 凌乱无序 C. 气急败坏 D. 爱护有加

69. What did the woman find on her bed when she was going to bed?

A. Three words " I LOVE MOM". B. A beautiful cushion. C. Her expensive cloth. D. Her daughter.

70. What can we learn from the passage?

A. The girl shouldn't cut up her mother's expensive cloth.

B. The mother had to scold her daughter because she was really angry. C. A child's love is the most important in the world.

D. Be sure to leave a note when you make some mistakes.

C 阅读短文，根据短文内容用完整的句子回答问题。

We all hear of milkmen adding water to milk. Madho was one of such men. His customers knew that but they didn't know what to do.

One day as Madho was about to start to sell milk in the morning, there was a

flash of light（闪电）and a god stood before him.

Madho was afraid.

"Why do you add water to milk, Madho?" asked the god.

"I … I …" answered Madho.

"Speak up!" said the god.

" I do it to make more milk so that I can make more money," said Madho.

The god waved（挥动）his hand and a can of milk the same as Madho 's came out.

"Hold!" said the god, "I have given you another can of milk. Now you have two cans of milk this morning. "

Madho thanked the god and picked up the can, started walking. He stopped a few

minutes later.

"Is there anything more you want?" asked the god.

"I was wondering, " said Madho, "if you could …"

"Yes! You want another can of milk?" asked the god, kindly.

"No … No!" said Madho. "I'm not that greedy … just give me another can of water."

71. What is Madho?

72. What happened one morning?

73. Why did the milkmen add water to milk?

74. What did the god give to Madho?

75. How do you like Madho?