【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 about an unusual journey of a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. He travels from one place to another, meeting many people. During his journey, he learns to love and finally finds love again. This book is popular nowadays and was mentioned many times in the famous South Korean TV series My love from the Star (《來自星星的你》 ). The warm and sweet story will surely make you understand more about love. ( )54. Jenny introduced some interesting children’s story books to ________. A. encourage students to read more B. encourage students to write more C. show off the books she has read D. make money by selling books ( )55. The underlined word “praise” properly means “________” in Chinese. A. 欺騙 B. 批評 C. 贊揚 D. 攻擊 ( )56. Which is TRUE according to the passage? A. The three books talked about in the passage are popular today. B. The writers of the three books are all Americans. C. When Charlotte’s Web came out, it was only popular with adults. D. My Love from the Star is a famous Chinese TV series. C An old farmer lived with his little grandson. Every day the farmer got up early to read books. One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I want to read books just like you, but I don’t understand them. What are the advantages of reading?” The grandfather said, “Take this little basket to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” The boy did so, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, “You’ll have to walk faster next time.” This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. The boy said, “See Grandpa, it’s useless!” “So you think it is useless?” the old man said. “Look at the basket.” The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It was clean, inside and out. “That’s what happens when you read books. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read them, you will be changed, inside and out.” ( )57. The passage might be written for ___________ to read. A. children who like asking questions B. children who like playing with water C. children who dislike farming D. children who dislike reading ( )58. The basket was ________ in the end. A. light B. clean C. useless D. dirty ( )59. What can we know from the passage?[來源 :] A. The old farmer might be changed by reading. B. The old farmer played tricks on his grandson. C. The little boy got a full basket of water at last. 八年級英語 . 第 7 頁 （共 10 頁） D. The old farmer was angry when he saw the empty basket. D BEIJING— Heavy haze (霾 ) still covered north and east China on Saturday, with highways closed and flights delayed or canceled (取消 ). The smoggy weather affected the country’s land from north to south, including Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong, with visibility(能見度 ) less than 50 meters in some areas. Cities like Shanghai and Nanjing have been enveloped in the grey sky for the past several days. Many walkers in the street had to wear masks. In the Lukou airport in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, more than 60 inbound and outbound flights were canceled on Saturday because of the hazy, which also forced primary and middle schools and kindergartens to stop classes on Thursday and Friday in Nanjing. The Ministry of Environmental Protection said earlier this week that there were several main reasons behind the widespread haze: unfavorable weather conditions making it difficult for pollutants to diffuse (消散 ), motor vehicle exhaust (尾氣 ), coal use for winter Chinese government now plans to clean up the air by cutting coal use, closing some factories and promoting cleaner production. “We must face up to the realities,” said Yan Naiqiang, a professor of environmental science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. “The treatment of smog will be a long battle.” ( )60. In paragraph 1, why did the writer use “Shanghai” and “Nanjing” as an example? A. To tell us the haze is really very heavy. B. To tell us the haze mainly affects some big cities. C. To tell us Shanghai and Nanjing are two important cities in China. D. To tell us the writer will mainly discuss the two cities in the following part. ( )61. Which of the following is not a reason for the heavy haze? A. Bad weather conditions. B. Too many flights. C. Motor vehicle exhaust. D. Coal use. ( )62. Which is TRUE according to the passage? A. Few people go out because of the heavy haze. B. China is trying to take action to solve such kind of problems. C. Big cities in east China are easily affected by the bad weather. D. Students in Shanghai even stop their classes because of the bad weather. ( )63. Which is the best title for the article from the newspaper? A. Haze will stop soon. B. How to protect environment. C. Smoggy cities— Shanghai amp。 Nanjing. D. Haze continues to cover east and north China. Ⅴ . 詞匯（共 10 分） A．根據(jù)句意及提示 , 完成下列句子中所缺的單詞。 1. Here are the clear _________ (說明 ). Please read them first. 2. It will be colder tomorrow and the __________ (氣溫 ) will drop to 10℃ . 3. He had quite an _________ (terrible, bad) day yesterday. He lost his bike. 八年級英語 . 第 8 頁 （共 10 頁） 4. Chinese has the most speakers. It is one of the most important ________ (words used in speaking and writing) in the world. 5. It’s reported that many animals are in danger. They need our p________. 6. Tom always tells us funny jokes in his free time. He is a ________/39。hju:m?r?s/ boy. 7. We should believe the old saying “Practice makes _______” in our study. B．從方框內(nèi)選擇合適的詞 , 并用其適當(dāng)形式填空。（每詞限用一次） 8. Something is wrong with my bike, but I am ________ if I can fix it by myself. 9. I didn’t do well in the exam, and I did _________ of