牛津深圳版_初三中考第一轮复习_八年级上_8A_英语测试(3)

B

A long time ago people thought that the sun went round the earth. In some countries people even said that the sun was a god(神). They thought the god drove across the sky each day on a golden horse. Now we know the earth goes round the sun. It takes the earth a year to go all way round the sun. Today men even know how far it is for the earth to go round the sun. They tell us that the earth travels over a thousand miles a minute on its journey round the sun.

The sun is really a star. It is much bigger than the earth and it is very hot. Some people have been to the moon but we know that no one can ever go to the sun. It is far too hot for people to live anywhere near it. The sun is three ( )6. A long time ago, people said the sun was ________.

A. a golden horse of god B. a god on a golden horse C. a god with golden dress D. a god and a golden horse ( )7. People can never live anywhere near the sun because it is ________.

A. far too hot B. cold enough C. very cool D. cool enough ( )8. The underlined (划线的)word here means________.

A. 时间 B. 次数 C. 倍数 D. 乘以 ( )9. The earth travels over ________ miles an hour.

A. 1,000 B. 100,000 C. 6,000,000 D. 600,000 ( )10. One year is________.

A. the time for the earth to turn round. B. the time the earth travels one thousand miles. C. one circle the earth goes round the sun. D. the journey of the earth.

C

Seeing the Horse Eat Fish

Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard.The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon.

The old man got to a small restaurant. There were a lot of people in it. The old man couldn't come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he said to the waiters,"Take some fish to my horse." The waiter and the people were very surprised.The waiter said, "A horse doesn't eat fish." The old man told the waiter, "This horse is very interesting. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things.It can eat fish, too," So the waiter brought the horse some fish.All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish except the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter came back and said. "Your horse didn't eat any fish." The old man said, "All right,take the fish back and put it on the table. I'll eat it."

( )11. The old man felt very cold because ________.

A. it was a cloudy and windy day B. it snowed

C. he had travelled in the heavy rain D. he was hungry ( )12. The people in the restaurant all ran out because________.

A. they wanted to see the old man B. they wanted to see the horse eating fish C. they had been told there came the horse D. there was no fire over the stove ( )13. Indeed, the horse can neither ________ nor ________nor________.

A. walk ... speak ... eat B. sing ... dance ... sleep C. sing ... dance ... eat fish D. speak ... walk ... sit ( )14. All the people in the restaurant rushed out ____ but ____.

A. to see the horse sing ... the old man B. to watch the horse play games ... the waiter C. to look for the horse ... the old man D. to see the horse eat fish ... the old man ( )15. Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse? Because ____.

A. his horse liked eating fish B. he was cold

C. he wanted to sit by the fire, but wasn't able to do so at first D. he himself also liked to eat fish

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