初三英语作业五选五与阅表题.doc

小长假作业-五选五与阅表题
七、阅读短文，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
For many years, scientists have known that laughing is good for the health of our minds and bodies. Now we are learning that it's not just laughter. 56 Researchers have found that play is good for people of all ages.
57 As children play, they learn how to make friends and relate to others. They develop their imaginations and become more creative. Kids carry these qualities（品质）with them as they grow older.
Amy Whitcomb teaches maths at a school in San Francisco. 58 In one class, students play a game with small bags of candy to work out how many pieces in the bags are red. When they get the correct answer, they can eat the candy! Amy says, "If it's not fun, they're not going to want to be there. They're not going to want to learn."
The spirit of play continues through the teenage years into adulthood ( 成人期 ). The famous company Google, for example, keeps a lot of toys and games at different places in their offices and encourages people to use them. Their motto（格言）is " 59 " They know that people often get their best ideas when they are just "playing around" and let their imaginations go wild.
So next time you have to solve a difficult maths problem or can't think of a topic for an article, take a short play break. Do a little dance, or play a quick game. Then come back to it. 60

A．Work hard. Play hard.
B．Play is necessary during childhood
C．Having fun and playing are also good for us!
D．Maybe you'll be surprised at what your brain can do.
E．For several years, she has used games to teach maths

八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Each summer, you hear news that some sports players are sent to hospitals because it is too hot. Our bodies can't be outside in the sun for a long time. So in hot summers, be careful about playing sports outside.
Firstly, to play sports safely in hot weather, you must drink water. Sports drinks are great for athletes（运动员）, but they have so much sugar that they'll dehydrate（使脱水）you more. However, drinking a few bottles of sports drinks will be good for you.
Secondly, be sure to take enough breaks to let your body rest. If your coach doesn't let you take enough breaks in the heat, don't wait until you feel uncomfortable. Just be honest with your coach when you need breaks.
Thirdly, when you have a break, don't sit in the sun. With the sun beating down on you, you'll only heat up and sweat（冒汗）more. Take a seat under a tree, or even better, go indoors for a little while. Cooling yourself down can help you stay active longer.
Fourthly, remember that the earlier in the day you start your exercise, the cooler it will be. If you can start practice before the sun comes up, you have a few good hours to practice in the cool hours of the morning. Also, the earlier you practice, the earlier you can finish the exercise. If you
need more practice time, come back to the field later in the evening, when the sun is setting.
Last but not least, you should watch what you eat. Eat food which is high in water, starch（淀粉）and carbonhydrate（糖类）, but be sure to get a good balance（平衡）in your diet.
As long as you pay attention to the above, playing sports safely in the heat isn't a difficult thing.

61．Why are some sports players sent to hospitals each summer?

62．What should you do if you want to let your body rest?

63．What can help you stay active longer?

64．How many pieces of advice are mentioned in the passage?

65．What does the passage mainly tell us about?

七、阅读短文，根据短文内容选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Chinese Calligraphy
What is calligraphy? It’s handwriting. Any language can be written in calligraphy, but Chinese calligraphy is especially beautiful. It takes a lot of patience and practice to write Chinese calligraphy. 56 . During the lessons, they learn how to hold a brush.
They also learn how to make different strokes (一笔) to make Chinese characters.
There are many different kinds of brushes people can buy to do calligraphy.
57 . But there is one kind of calligraphy brush that is extra special. This brush is made from baby hair! Hundreds of years ago in China, people started to believe a baby-hair brush was good luck. It is a tradition. 58 .
59 .To make a brush, a family will cut off a baby’s hair when he or she is about one month old. Then they will take some of the baby’s hair to a shop to be made into a brush. 60 . It takes more than 80 steps to make one brush. That’s why these brushes are such a treasure.

A. Making a brush is not easy
B. People take lessons to learn how to do it
C. Different brushes are made from different animals’ hair
D. But no one is really sure where the tradition comes from
E. Today people in Asia still have brushes made from baby hair

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八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
Television is one of the greatest technological inventions of the 20th century. A Scottish man called John Logie Baird invented it. Inventors in the USA and Europe were working on electronic television systems but Baird used a mechanical (机械的) system. In 1925, he was able to send the first black and white picture – of the head of a doll – from one end of his flat to the other. He then used a local office boy, not the doll, and this teenager was the first person ever to appear on TV.
In January 1926, Baird invited scientists to his flat and showed them his invention. He called it a ―televisor. Later that year Baird started the world’s first TV station and gave it the name 2TV. In 1927, he sent images 730 kilometres from London to Glasgow using telephone cables (电缆). A year later, his company sent the first transatlantic (大西洋彼岸的) TV images from London to New York. Baird made the first television programmes for the BBC in 1929. These programmes had sound, not just pictures.
However, Baird’s system was very limited and basic (基本的). A totally electronic system was more popular and practical. The inventor of this electronic system was an American, Philo Farnsworth. In 1936, the BBC started using Farnsworth’s system because the picture was better than Baird’s.
More and more people had televisions after the Second World War. Colour TV began in the USA in the 1940s but only a small number of people had colour televisions in their houses. They were very expensive. In Britain and the USA, the first regular (有规律的) colour TV programmes only began in 1967.
Now in the 21st century, we have digital television. TV has changed a lot since the face of a boy appeared on TV in John Logie Baird’s flat!

61. Is television a great technological invention of the 20th century?

62. How far were the images sent from London to Glasgow in 1927?

63. Who invented the totally electronic system?

64. When did colour televisions go into their houses in America?

65. What is the passage mainly about?

七、阅读短文，根据短文内容选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
How can we know whether people are telling you the truth or not? There is a way. Janine Driver spent years studying how to discover lying, and her new book, 56

Start by watching how the person normally behaves.
You have to learn about how someone usually communicates. 57 For example, somebody just simply likes to use words such as “um” and “well” in their normal communications.
Listen carefully.
Listening carefully to what someone is saying is very important. For example if you ask a “yes”or “no” question, the answer should include the word “yes” or “no”. 58 .
Pay attention to special behaviour.
When someone doesn’t behave as usual, you should pay close attention. 59 Janine Driver uses the children song “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” as a way to learn about that person’s true feelings.
Ask if they’re telling the truth.
At last, ask them directly, “Did you tell me the truth?” Whatever answer you get first, don’t accept it and ask a second time. Listen carefully for the next answer. 60 But the liar will probably give a long answer.

A. Watch out for a denial(否认) that doesn’t include a“no”
B. It should be short and simple.
C. Body language is a good way to help you here.
D. You Can’t Lie to Me explains how it is done.
E. This will help tell whether they are lying to you.

八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 am. When I arrived, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.
I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.
After a long time, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”
“Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of an unusual building and would sit looking at into the darkness, saying nothing.
In the early morning, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
“How much should I pay?” she asked .
“Nothing.” I said.
“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I
answered.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended when she said, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”

61．Was the writer a taxi driver twenty years ago?

62．How old was the old woman?

63．Where did the woman want to go?

64．Why did the woman hold the writer tightly?

65．What do you think of the writer?

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