
初中英语八年级上册期末复习阅读理解专项练习(通用版)(附参考答案和知识积累).doc
12页八年级英语上册阅读理解练习班级 考号 姓名 总分 (一)Winter Sports Photo Awards(奖)This is an international photo competition organized by the World Media Summit.It aims(旨在) to award those reporters who keep improving their skills and go after the spirit of being excellent.Besides, it encourages media organizations around the world to share exciting photos of winter sports.Photos for the competition should be true and objective(客观的).Photo Kinds:Actions & Stories Single PhotoOne photo recording a moment of action in winter sports.Photo Series(系列)A series of 3 -12 photos recording stories in winter sports.AwardsFirst Prize: Only one for each kind.Nominations(提名):Two for each kind.Best Photo: One best photo chosen from all sent ones.Special Award: Good photos from those that do not win any award.TimePhotos can be sent from 00 :00,July 8,2023 to 24 :00, September 30,2023.Results will be known in November 2023.1.Who can take part in the competition?( )A.Writers. B.Reporters. C.Players. D.Artists. 2.Which is NOT true according to the first paragraph?( )A.Photos for the competition should be new.B.Photos for the competition should beabout winter sports.C.The competition's purpose is to award some reporters.D.The competition is organized by theWorld Media Summit.3.What kind of photos may win the SpecialAward?( )A.All photos sent for the competition.B.Photos that get a nomination.C.Photos that do not win any award.D.All photos taken by excellent reporters.4.What is the deadline(截止日期)for sending photos for the competition?( ) A.July 7,2023.B.August 30, 2023.C.September 30,2023.D.November 19, 2023.(二)Sanzi is a snack with a long history that dates back to the Spring and Autumn Period(770BC-476 BC),when it was known as hanju-a food for the Hanshi Festival,or Cold Food Festival.Since the use of fire and preparation of food was not allowed during the festival, people would prepare sanzi before that day.In Qimin Yaoshu written by Jia Sixie from the Northern Wei period(386 AD-534AD), the making of hanju was described in detail.And Su Shi, the famous poet from the Song Dynasty(960AD-1279 AD), even wrote a poem for hanju.Sanzi is a salty deep-fried dough(面团) snack that comes in different shapes.The long pieces of dough are put in a bowl with oil spread( 涂) evenly across the surface(表面).When the dough becomes perfect in elasticity(弹性),the maker would put it around a hand, pull the dough, fold(对折)it back and pull again until the thin noodle shape is achieved.It's then deep-fried in oil.Today, the Hanshi Festival has merged with the Qingming Festival on one day, and the tradition of avoiding fire and eating cold food is almost lost.But the snack has stayed until today.1.Why did people prepare sanzi before the Hanshi Festival?( )A.Because it was a traditional food that everyone liked.B.Because it was the best time to eat the delicious food.C.Because people could save much time by doing so.D.Because people couldn't use fire or prepare food during the festival.2.What's the purpose of mentioning Su Shi in Paragraph 2?( )A.To describe life in the past time.B.To introduce SuShi's gift in writing poems.C.To explain how people celebrated festivals.D.To show hanju was popular in ancient time.3.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?( )A.Why people make sanzi.B.How to make sanzi.C.Where people eat sanzi.D.When to eat sanzi.4.The underlined word “merged” in the last paragraph probably means" ” in Chinese.( )A.分开 B.远离 C.合并 D.接近5.The passage may be taken from the“ ”part of a newspaper. ( )A.Food B.Travel C.Match D.Fashion(三)Every week for the past six weeks, the menu has changed at a San Francisco restaurant and wine bar called Shuggie's Trash Pie.That's because the ingredients(食材) depend in part on what farmers plan to throw out on any given day.The restaurant's purpose is to fight food waste.For example, if the owners of the restaurant receive a couple hundred pounds of tomatoes that a farmer isn't able to sell in the morning, they will make a new tomato salad.They also creatively reuse ingredients within the restaurant.Their pizzas use the whey(乳清)left over from making cheese.They will look for waste in other parts of the supply chain(供应链) in the future.At the bottom of the menu, they explain why it's so important to do this.Between 30% and 40% of all the food grown in the US is wasted.That's not just a landfill(废物填埋)problem, but a climate problem, and dealing with that waste could play a meaningful role in fighting climate change.The owners want to help change what diners are glad to eat.For example, the meatballs on the snack menu are made with beef heart, a kind of meat that Americans usually avoid.“But the meatball tastes so good that it's helped change some customers’ opinions and they seem to like them," says one of the owners.1.Shuggie's Trash Pie's purpose is .( )A.to make more customers c。












