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海豚教育2015-2016学年第二学期八年级期中考试英语卷 满分90分 考试时间80分钟 笔试部分90分 四、阅读理解（共20小题，计40分） 第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。 A One day, many years ago, when I was working as a psychologist(心理学家) in England, David was brought into my office. His face was pale and he stared（注视） at his own feet. David lost his father when he was two years old and lived with his mother and grandfather. But the year before he turned 13, his grandfather died and his mother was killed in a car accident. His teacher told me that he refused to talk to others from then on. How could I help him? David didn't say a word. As he was leaving, I put my hand on his shoulder. \said. He came, and I invited him to play a game of chess. He agreed. After that we played chess every Wednesday afternoon--in complete silence. Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company. But why didn't he ever look at me? \（痛苦）with,\Months later, when I was staring at his head, he suddenly looked up at me. \David started talking. He finally got friends in school and he even joined a bicycle club. He wrote to me a few times. Now he had really started to live his life. Maybe I gave David something. But I learned a lot from him. I learned how time makes it possible to overcome（克服） what seems to be painful. David showed me how one— without a word— can reach out to another person. All it takes is a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch and an ear that listens. 16.When David was brought into the writer's office, ________. A. he said hello to the writer C. he looked at his own feet B. he seemed happy D. he smiled at the writer 17. David refused to talk to others ________. A. after his father had died B. before he was twelve C. after his grandfather had died D. when he became an orphan（孤儿） 18.Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. David finally got friends in school. B. David began to talk with the writer a month later. C. David didn't say anything to the writer at first. D. At last the writer learned a lot from David. 19. The underlined word “company” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”. A. way of running a business B. way of being together with him C. way of playing chess 20. What can we learn from the story? D. way of speaking to him A. We should always help each other and play together. B. We need to play chess with those silent boys. C. We should pay attention to help those who are painful. D. Time can change a person into another one with many words. B DNA is the whole \ what to do. DNA is the reason that we look like our parents, because we get some of their DNA to make our own. People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time. In I860, Mr Mendel discovered why we look the same as other people in our family. It is because of small things called \基因) in our body. In 1953, two scientists, Watson and Crick, found out that those small parts are really messages. They're written in the DNA with a special language. In 1961, another two scientists found the first \ shows how DNA tells the cell (细胞) to build its parts,(有几个单词看不清) the words in the DNA map, but we still do not understand what they all do. By understanding what just one \illnesses. So the more we understand, the more doctors will be able to do. Most people hope that this will help to make better medicine and help sick people: Other people worry that when we learn more \ make people more attractive (有吸引力的), or stop sick people getting jobs. Man would have to meet a lot of trouble if DNA technic wasn’t limited in use. 21. When did Mr. Mendel discover why we look the same as other people in our family? A. In 2000. B. In 1961. C. In 1953. D. In 1860. 22. How can we help sick people if we understand more “words” in the DNA map? A. Make better medicine. C. Make maps for them. B. Make them get jobs. D. Make them attractive. 23. Which one is not true according to the article? A. We look like our parents because of “genes” in our body. B. We have understood what all the words in the DNA map do. C. DNA is the whole “map” of the human body. D. DNA tells the cell to build its parts. 24. What does the underlined word “limited” mean? A. 有限的 B.充分的 C. 特别的 D. 部分的 25. Where can we probably read the article? A. A sports newspaper. C. A history book. B. A science magazine. D. An ad. C Long long ago a man went to India and he had never been there before. When he got there, he saw a lot of fruit, but much of it was expensive because they couldn’t grow much for there was little water. Finally he saw a big basket of some very red and long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop. So he went up and asked, “How much is each kilo?” and the shop keeper said, “Two rupees(卢比). “Two rupees in India was nothing. So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it, oh, my god! His eyes watered, his mouth watered and burnt, and his face became red. He jumped up and down, saying, “Ah! Ah! Ah!” But he still continued to eat the fruit! Some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said, “You’re crazy, man. Those are chilies(辣椒)! You can’t eat so many! People use them as a condiment（调料）, but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You can’t just eat them like that. “But the silly man said, “No, I can’t stop! I paid money for them, and now I’ll eat them up. It’s my money!” And you think that man was silly, right? We sometimes do a lot of things like that. We spend money, time or effort doing something. And even though it’s been a long time, hard experience tells us it won’t work, and we know there’s no more hope, we still continue just because we’ve put money, time, effort and love in to it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and felt so bad but couldn’t stop because he didn’t want to waste the money he’d paid. So even if you’ve lost something, let it go and move on. That’s better than continuing to lose. 26. The man chose to buy the red and long fruit only because ________. A. he hadn’t eaten it before C．it was cheap B. he was hungry D．he hadn’t seen it before 27. Which of the following sentence is TRUE? A．The man went to India to buy fruit. B．The man didn’t want to waste money. C．The man bought the fruit because it was expensive. D．India can grow a lot of fruit. 28. What the man did is silly because ________. A. he went to a place that he had never been before B. he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit C. his face became red and he jumped up and down D. he ate up all the chilies that he had paid 29. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________. A. baskets B. rupees C. chilies D. shops 30. From the passage, we can learn that ________. A．we shouldn’t waste money B．we shouldn’t eat chilies C．we shouldn’t buy something cheap D．letting something go is better than keeping on losing 第二节 任务型阅读 阅读下面五个人的个人信息，选择他们各自可能感兴趣的杂志广告。 31. Collin is new in China. He likes to make friends with Chinese people. And he often goes to different activities on weekends, like dancing, singing, and mountain climbing.