新目标八年级英语下册第六单元测试卷(3)
C
Reading is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.
First, reading is fun. You can always keep yourself happy if like reading. You will never feel bored or tired.
Next, you can read a book anywhere--- in a car, on a plane, or even in the bathroom. All you need is a book!
Another good reason for reading is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby, you will get better and better at it. And you will read faster and find it easier to understand what you read. As your reading skills improve, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much better.
Some people say that reading is out of date (过时的). This is not true. You can read on computers, and the better you read, the better your computer skills will be.
Good readers may become writers, too. They always have more things to write about.
Reading is a wonderful hobby. Why not start reading right now?
( )11. Reading can always keep yourself ______________.
A. bored B. happy C. tired
( )12. You can read a book ______________.
A. anywhere B. only on a plane C. when you are driving a car
( )13. You can read faster _____________.
A. after you read a book B. if you are a student C. if you read as a hobby
( )14 . It is _____________ that reading is out of date.
A. true B. not true C. sure
( )15. What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. Reading is a good hobby.
B. You can read on computers.
C. Good readers must be good writer s.
D
In the 1920s and 30s the airlines were just beginning. It was unusual for people to travel by air because it was expensive and dangerous. In those days, there were no flight attendants to look after the passengers. Young men ,or “stewards” helped the passengers onto the airplane and carried the passengers’ luggage(行李)but they did not provide food and drinks. But then in 1930,a woman called Ellen Church invented the “stewardess”.
Ellen Church was born in 1904 on a farm in Iowa. She was a different child. She didn’t want to work on a farm or marry a farmer —she wanted a more adventurous(冒险的)life. Ellen studied to be a nurse at the University of Minnesota and then got a job in a hospital. For the next few years she stayed at the hospital but also took flying lessons and got her pilot’s license.
Ellen was twenty-five years old when she first got in touch with Boeing Air Transport. She loved flying but she understood that airlines were a man’s world. Although women like Emelia Earheart were becoming famous, she realized it was impossible for a woman to have a career as a pilot .But she had another idea. Most people were frightened of flying because. flying was still an unreliable(不可靠的) way to travel. There were often delays(延误),many crashes and the bad weathers made many passengers sick. Ellen thought nurses could take care of passengers during flights and B.A.T. agreed.
The young woman from Iowa and seven other nurses became the first air stewardesses.
At first pilots were unhappy because they did not want stewardesses on airplanes, but passengers loved the stewardesses. In 1940 there were around 1000 of them working for different airlines. The early “stewardesses” had to be under twenty-five-year-old, single and slim. When a woman joined an airline, she had to promise not to get married or have children. It was hard job and not well paid. They worked long hours and earned $1 an hour.
In the 1970s, stewardesses were unhappy in their job and airlines had to make some changes. Since the 1970s, “stewardesses” have been called flight attendants. They are well paid and work fewer hours than in the past.
( )16.The last sentence of the first paragraph suggests that _________.
A. the word “stewardess” was made up by Ellen Church
B. Ellen Church was the first woman who flew a plane
C. Ellen Church was the first woman who worked on a plane
D. Ellen Church was the first woman passenger on a plane
( )17.From the second paragraph, we learn that ________.
A. Ellen did not behave in the same way as most as other girls
B. Ellen’s family was not rich enough to support her education
C. Ellen was fond of working as a nurse in the hospital
D. Ellen has an unhappy childhood that changed her completely
( )18.The main reason for Boeing Air Transport offering Ellen the job was ________.
A. her flying experience B. her university education
C. her nursing experience D. her life attitudes
( )19.According to the passage, in the 1940s a woman had to ___ if she wanted to be a stewardess.
A. be a nurse B. be married C. be a mother D. be young
( )20.The passage mainly talks about _______.
A. the background of early flying pilots B. the experience of flying passengers
C. the history of early flight attendants D. the development of airplanes
Ⅵ.单词拼写(共32小题;每小题1分，满分32分)
根据首字母或汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通顺。
1. He has been d_______for ages, but he lives in our heart forever.
2. I _________(喂) some animals yesterday.
3. He got m_________, but he didn’t have a child.
4. The more fruit and vegetables you eat, the ________(健康) you will be.
5. It began to rain ________(大) just when we were about to leave.
6. He received many presents from his friends on his _______ (二十) birthday.
7. He felt hungry and tired after a long j .
8. He can’t see or hear anything. He is b_______ and deaf.
9. It’s sunny today. The sun is shining b_________.
10. He worked hard and soon he c________ up with his classmates.
11. Girls are ________ (聪明)than boys in learning languages.
12. The children h________ themselves behind the wall and couldn’t be found.
13. The child is m_______. The police are still looking for him.
14. The sick boy became ________(虚弱) after another serious illness.
15. I came to work w_________ breakfast. I feel a little hungry.
16. You must keep your eyes c________ while the game is on.
17. Tell me the __________(区别) between the twins.
18. You can do the job e_______. You know it is a piece of a cake.
19. It’s ten ________ (分钟) walk.
20. Take this m________ and you will feel better.
21. Smoking isn’t a_________ in our school.
22. The sun r________ in the east and sets in the west.
23. A good b__________ is a half done.
24. I like all the subjects e_______ English.
25.Thank you very much for l__________ me your bike.
26. I could hear her sweet v______ (噪音) from the next room.
27. If the sun s___________ brightly, the weather is usually warm.
28. The company o_____ the young man a job, but he didn’t take it.
29. We are secretly preparing a birthday party to give Mum a s_________.
30. My busy work made it i______ for me to visit my old mother quite often.
参考答案
Ⅰ.基础练习
1-5 BDABC 6-10 BDABC 11-15 DDCAC
Ⅱ语法练习
16-20 BCDBD 21-25 DBBDD 26-30 BDDDC
Ⅲ.词汇练习
31-35 CDBAC 36-40 CCCDB 41-45 BAAAB
46-50 BCBAB 51-55 BBCBA 56-60 ABCDB
Ⅳ.完形填空
51-55. CACAD 56-60. BDCBD 61-65. CBADA 66-70. BBACD
Ⅴ.阅读理解
1--5. ABCCA 6—10 DABAD
11—15 BACBA 16-20 CACDC
单词拼写
1.dead 2.fed 3.married 4.healthier 5.heavily
6.twentieth 7.journey 8.blind 9. brightly 10.caught
11.smarter 12.hid 13.missing 14.weaker 15.without
16.closed 17.differences 18.easily 19.munites’ 20.medicine
21.allowed 22.rises 23.beginning 24.except 25.lending
26.voice 27.shines 28.offered 29.surprise 30.impossible
