江苏省无锡市 2020-2021 学年下学期八年级英语期中试卷分类汇编 阅读理解专题 江苏省无锡市梁溪区凤翔实验学校 2020-2021 学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷 四、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出 最佳选项。（本大 题共 13 小题，每小题 2 分，共 26 分） A The following are the comments(评论)on the book The Flying Hat. "The most sidesplitting story I've ever read. I couldn't stop laughing after I finished it, Be ready to laugh your heart out." ——Willy King, Best Book winner "It's a story that makes you smile in your dreams. Blackman's excellent writing cheers you up." ——The Tide, London "One of the best-selling books of the year. More than two million copies have been sold." ——The Sunday Reader, New York "This book has become the talk of the country. The story is making its way into movie theaters. I can't wait to see it." 45. What does the underlined word "sidesplitting" mean? ——Marian Miller, writer of Ms Lilly A. simple. B. funny. C. serious. D. difficult. 46. Who is the writer of The Flying Hat? A. Willy King. B. Marian Miller. C. Shannon Blackman. D. We don't know. 47. From The Sunday Reader of New York, we know that . A. many people like to read The Flying Hat movie B. many people will love the new C. all the copies are sold out story D. we will laugh when we read the B Different countries have different customs( 风 俗 ). When you travel to other countries, please follow their customs. Very often people who travel to the United States forget to tip. It is usual to tip porters who help carry your bags, taxi drivers and waiters. Waiters expect to get a 15% tip on the cost of your meal. Taxi drivers expect about the same amount.In England, make sure to stand in line even if there are only two of you. It’s important to respect lines there. It’s a good idea to talk about the weather. It’s a favourite subject of conversation with the British. In Spain, it’s a good idea to have a light meal in the afternoon if someone invites you for dinner. People have dinner very late, and restaurants do not generally open until after 9 p.m. In Arab countries, men kiss one another on the cheek(脸颊). Your host may welcome you with a kiss on both cheeks. It is polite of you to do the same. In Japan, people usually give personal or business cards to each other when they meet for the first time. When a person gives you a card, don’t put it into your pocket right away. The person expects you to read it. Don’t forget to be careful of your body language to express something in conversation. A kind of body language that is acceptable in one culture may be impolite in another. 48. When you travel to the USA, you don’t need to tip A. porters B. waiters . C. taxi drivers D. cashiers 49. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. In Spain, people usually have dinner early. B. In England, it's not polite to talk about the weather. C. In Arab countries, men kiss one another on the cheek. D. In Japan, you should not read the business card as soon as you get it. 50. What's the best title of the passage? A. Customs in different countries. B. Different body Languages. C. When to Have Dinner. D. Advice to International travelers. C Almost every Chinese can recite（背诵）the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work.” But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food. A CCTV programme reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. Do we have too much food? Absolutely not. According to（根据）the UN World Food Programme, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2011, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year. Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. What should we do in our daily lives to stop wasting food? ▲Don’t order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home. ▲Don’t leave any food in your bowls, while having meals. ▲Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit. 51. According to a report, how many children die of hunger every year? A. 6 million. 52. The writer tells us B. 925 million. C. 200 million. D. thousands of. C. three D. four ways to stop wasting food. A. one B. two 53. What is the main idea of the passage? A. How to understand poems. B. How to order food. C. How to save hungry people. D. How to save food. D Still in shock! I moved ar