八年级阅读素养竞赛

满分：100分 时间：120分钟 一 语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

Have you ever felt uncomfortable? Many of __1___ feel uneasy when someone stands too close __2__ us, talks to us too __3__ or makes eye contact with us for too long. But have you ever wondered why those things make you uncomfortable?

It’s all about personal peace, which means not only __4__ imaginary space around the body, but also the space around all the ___5___. People feel that their space is being violated(侵犯) when they meet with an unwelcome sound, smell or look. This is probably why a man on a crowded bus shouting into his mobile phone or a woman next to you putting on strong perfume(香水) makes you feel __6___.

___7___ people have had a stronger wish to protect their personal space or not in recent times is hard to say. Yet studies of airlines show that people have a strong desire(渴望) to have space to ___8___. In a survey by TripAdvisor, a travel website, people said that if they ___9___ pay more for some extra service, they would rather have larger seats than extra food.

Although people may need their personal space, some hardly realize it. For example, people on a bus who hold newspapers __10__their faces to read in fact keep a distance from strangers.

Go and watch a library table. You will notice __11__ one of the corner seats will usually __12__ first, because they are the farthest way. What if someone __13__ opposite to you? Maybe you will pile up books as if to make a wall.

Preference(偏好) for personal space are different from culture to culture. Scientists have found that Americans generally prefer more personal space than people from __14__ cultures. In Latin(拉丁人的) cultures, __15__, people are more comfortable standing near each other.

1. A. we B. us C. our D. ours 2. A. with B. in C. to D. at

3. A. loudness B. louder C. loudly D. loudest 4. A. a B. an C. the D. /

5. A. sense B. senses C. sensing D. sensings 6. A. anger B. angry C. angers D. angrily 7. A. Whether B. What C. That D. Which 8. A. them B. their C. themselves D. they

9. A. has to B. have to C. had to D. having to 10. A. in the front B. in front

C. in the front of D. in front of

11. A. that B. what C. where D. if 12. A. be taken B. be taking C. take D. takes 13. A. sat B. sit C. sits D. will sit 14. A. another B. others C. other D.the others 15. A. but B. however C. either D. although

二、完形填空 （共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Last summer I was a volunteer at a shelter for the homeless, a place for homeless people to sleep at night. I wasn’t working that summer and was 16 only two classes in summer school, so I had some free time.

Three nights a week, I 17 in the kitchen of the shelter along with other four volunteers. We planned and 18 hot meals of vegetables, chicken, fish and fruit for 45 people. The homeless people 19 this good food because many of them usually don’t eat well. They were very grateful.

I 20 this volunteer work very much and made 21 with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice elderly housewife, one a movie actor, another a young teacher, and the other a college student, like me.

I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories 22 me with sympathy. Some of them had 23 with alcohol or drugs while others only had bad luck. One woman worked for almost 30 years for a small company, and then she lost her 24 . She looked for a 25 job, but couldn’t find one, as she was too 26 . She could do nothing but sell her furniture — sofas, chairs, and tables so that she could pay for her 27 .The woman 28 on job hunting, but she still couldn’t find one. She had no money for her 29 and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone, 30 , and homeless, she finally came to the shelter.

16. A. studying B. planning C. holding D. taking 17. A. helped B. waited C. appeared D. washed 18. A. ordered B. bought C. cooked D. finished 19. A. hated B. needed C. collected D. bought 20. A. wanted B. had C. owned D. enjoyed 21. A. decisions B. wishes C. friends D. changes 22. A. struck B. filled C. seized D. provided 23. A. habits B. worries C. fears D.problems 24. A. bag B. job C. home D. money 25. A. good B. fresh C. skilled D. new

26. A. old B. poor C. sick D. dull 27. A. company B. friends C. food D. furniture 28. A. went B. moved C. came D. worked 29. A. block B. cottage C. building D. flat 30. A. afraid B. shy C. shocked D. mad 三 阅读理解（30题，每题2分，总共60分）

(A)

People often say that the Englishman’s home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal to him. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them individual(个体的),they can paint them, change them in any way they like. Most houses have a garden, even if it is a very small one, and the private(私人的) space of individual.

People usually like to mark their space. Are you sitting now in your home or on a train? Have you marked the space around yourself as yours? If you are on the train you may put your coat or small bag on the seat beside you. If you share a flat you may have one corner or chair which is your own.

Once I was travelling on a train to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man on the opposite side to me had his briefcase on the table. There was no space on my side of the table at all. I was angry. Maybe he thought that he owned the whole table. I had read a book about non-verbal communication, so I took various papers out of my bags and put them on his briefcase!

When I did this he stiffened and his eyes nearly popped out of his head, I had invaded (侵犯) his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off his case in order to read them. He immediately moved his case to his side of the table. Of course, it is impossible that he just wanted to be helpful to me!

If you are visiting another country you may feel that you don’t have any private space. Hotel rooms look much the same in every country in the world. All day long, you share public spaces with other people. You see the local people in their private spaces and you feel lonely and “outside”. Local people can create their private spaces by talking about things you don’t know about. And you even feel that they like you to be outside them so that they will enjoy being a traveler! But if you understand it then it helps you. Haven’t you enjoyed being part of a group and “owning” a bit of space?

( ) 31. The write was angry as he was travelling on a train to London because__________. A. he had no place to sit