新目标人教版八年级上册英语《期末考试》练习试卷2
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 Many people sleep late on Sunday mornings, but others don't. However, almost everyone reads the Sunday paper. The Sunday paper is usually very thick. It has many ads and many different parts. The parents in the family like the front page, and the world news page. Many men also read the sports page.

Most men don't read the women's pages, but the mother of the family usually does. The women's pages have the news about parties, food, health and clothes. Most Sunday papers have interesting stories. Children enjoy them. Old people read the death notices. They tell about people who have died during the week.

( ) 31. The parents in the family like the sports page.

( ) 32. The father of the family usually read the women's pages.

( ) 33. Only old women read the death notices.

( ) 34. Almost all like reading the Sunday paper.

( ) 35. This passage is about the Sunday paper.

  阅读下面两篇短文,掌握其大意,根据短文内容和所给题目,从A、B、C三个选项中,选择一个正确答案填空。(每小题2分,共20分)

B

Skin-diving( 潜水)is a new sport today. This sport takes you to a new wonderful world. It is like a visit to the moon! When you are under the water, it is easy for you to climb big rocks (岩石),because you are no longer(不再) heavy.

Here, under the water, everything is blue

and green. During the day, there is enough light. When fish swim nearby, you can catch them with your hands. When you have a tank (罐)of air on your back, you can stay in deep (深)water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water. To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport.

Besides (除此以外), there are more uses for skin-diving. You can clean ships without taking them out of the water. You can get many things from the deep water. Now you see the skin-diving is useful and interesting.

( )36. Skin-diving is going to take you to _______.

A. the deep water B. be in danger C. mountains

( )37.You can climb big rocks easily under the water because_____.

A. you are stronger B. the fish nearby help you

C. you are lighter than on land

( )38. Under the water, a skin-diver ________in the daytime

A. can see everything clearly B. can't see anything clearly

C. can see nothing

( )39. With a tank of air on your back, you can________.

   A. catch fish very easily

   B. stay under the water for a long time

C. have more fun

( )40. From the passage we can know that skin-diving is_______.

A. harmful B. not useful C. useful and interesting

It was a Monday morning. As the teacher walked into the classroom, he heard a