不登高山,不知天之高也;不临深溪,不知地之厚也。(《荀子》)
八年级上册英语期末复习--任务型阅读理解
___________________________________________________________________ 5．Why do young people grow taller than their parents?
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Bruce is a little boy, and he is seven years old.One Friday afternoon, he went to the cinema. It was his first time to do that. He bought a ticket and then went in. But after two or three minutes he came out ,bought a second ticket and went in again. Two or three minutes later he came out and asked for another ticket.Then the girl in the ticket office asked him, \you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet? Bruce answered, \friends here. But a big man always stops me at the door and tears(撕)my ticket into pieces. 任务一：回答51、52、53题。
1. Was it Bruce's first time to go to the cinema?
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Basketball players are usually very tall. Because they need to put the ball into the basket. Other sports players may be shorter than them.
Short people often have better balance(平衡)than tall people，so they don't fall over very often. In some sports the players must have good balance .For example，in table tennis，they don't need to have long legs to run fast！Some of the fast runners in the world are not very tall. Some people are tall and some are short. The tallest man in the world is 2.41 meters tall. Today young people in many countries grow taller than their parents. This is because they eat better than their parents. Good food can help children grow. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1. Are all sports players tall?
______________________________________________________________________ 2．Is it always better to be short than to be tall?
____________________________________ ______________________________ 3．Do fast runners all have long legs?
_______________________________________________________________________ 4．How tall is the tallest man in the world?
2. When did the story happen（发生）？
3. How many tickets did Bruce buy？
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清晨不起早，误一天的事；幼年不勤学，误一生的事。
不登高山,不知天之高也;不临深溪,不知地之厚也。(《荀子》)
任务二：用适当的词语填空。（词数不限）
4. later Bruce came out and asked for another ticket. 任务三：翻译画线的句子。
5. 三
Some people want to be sent into space after their death, others want to lie deep under the sea. But most people want to go into the freezer(冷藏库). These are believers in cryogenics(低温冷冻学).
3. How do scientists usually keep a dead man's body?
4. How many people are going to take cryogenic treatment after they die?
5. Can a man who died of cancer come back to life in the future if his body is frozen? Why? Now some diseases can't be cured, but they may be cured sometime in the future. So some people hope that their bodies can be frozen after they die. When a cure is found, warm up his or her body, bring it back to life and take the cure. Once the body is frozen, it is kept in liquid nitrogen (液态氮) at a temperature of 328 degrees below zero.
Now around a thousand people are going to take cryogenic treatment(处理), though most scientists say it won't work. If we freeze huge creatures(生物) like humans, every one of their cells(细胞) will be broken. Can they be brought back to life in the future? 根据短文内容，完成下列小题。
1. Where do most people hope that their bodies are kept after their death?
2. Why do they want the world to keep their bodies well?
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清晨不起早，误一天的事；幼年不勤学，误一生的事。
四
I have a big family.There are seven people in my family. They are my grandparents, my Parents,my brother Sam, my sister Laura and I. My grandfather is already 70 years old. But he is very healthy because he exercises every day. 13. He often makes us take exercise. After getting up in the morning and dinner in the evening, he goes to walk with my grandmother. 14. My mother is the busiest of all. She is a teacher. In the day she works hard at school. When she comes back home, she does most of chores. My grandmother and grandfather sometimes help her. My father is the funniest. He is an actor. He often tell-s us the jokes and makes us laugh. He never makes his bed or cleans the room. My sister
不登高山,不知天之高也;不临深溪,不知地之厚也。(《荀子》)
Laura is the youngest. She is only five years old. She is a lovely girl and we all love her, especially my grandmother. When we go to school or work, my grandparents look after her at home.
根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1. Who is the oldest of the family members?
make sure that there's good lighting in the garages and in the hallways.
Next, let's talk about locks. First of all, cheap locks are not safe. You should buy special locks to lock your doors and windows. 3. Remember to lock your doors and windows, even when you leave for just a minute. Did you know that half of the thieves break in through unlocked doors and windows?
2.What does Mother do at home?
将短文中画线的句子译成汉语。
3. 4. 5．请给短文拟一个适当的标题。
五
Recently some houses in our community have been broken into. I would like to give you some suggestions about how to prevent from stealing（盗窃).
First, let's talk about lighting. We should turn on the outside lights at night. Inside the house, it's a good idea to put automatic timers（自动定时器） on lights．When you are out, it will still look like someone is at home. If you live in an apartment building,
My next suggestion is not to keep lots of money in the house, It's wise to put your money in a bank. You should put marks on your other valuables, like televisions, stereos and cameras, so that the police can return them to you if they are found.
4. Believe it or not,if you follow all of these suggestions above, your house will be safer. （一）根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1. What does the phrase\
2. How many suggestions on stopping breaking in does the writer offer in the passage?
（二）将短文中画线的句子译成汉语。
3. 4.
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清晨不起早，误一天的事；幼年不勤学，误一生的事。