初中英语八年级阅读竞赛试题

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1、初中英语八年级阅读竞赛试題考生须知：1.全卷满分100分，考试吋I'可60分钟。2.全卷分试题卷和答题卷。所有答案必须做在答题卷的相应位置上，做在试题卷上无效。现在请开始答题。Goodluck!第一部分：阅读理解（共15题，每题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。ATherearemanypopularAmericanwordsandexpressions.Someofthemareveryold.Somearenew.Together,theyformthelivingspeechoftheAmeri

2、canpeople.Todaywetellabouttheexpression"downtoearth".Downtoearthmeansbeingopenandhonest.Itiseasytodealwithsomeonewhoisdowntoearth・Down-to-earthpeoplecouldbeimportantmembersofsociety.Buttheydonotconsiderthemselvestobebetterthanotherswhoarelessimportant.Theydonotlettheirimportan

3、ce"gototheirheads"・Apersonwhoisfilledwithhisownimportanceandprideissaidtobe"withhisnoseintheaifOftenthepersonwhoholdshisnoseintheopenairhasnoreasontofeelbetterthanothers.Hesurelyistheoppositeofsomeonewhoisdowntoearth・Americansuseanotherexpressionthatissimilarinsomewaystodownt

4、oearth.Theexpressionis“bothfeetontheground"5.Someonewithbothfeetonthegroundisapersonwithagoodunderstandingofreality.Shehaswhatiscalled“commonsensetShemayhavedreams.Butshedoesnotallowthemtoblockherunderstandingofwhatisreal.Theoppositekindofpersonisonewhohashis"headintheclouds".

5、Someonewithhisheadinthecloudsisapersonwhosemindisnotonwhatishappeninginreallife.Suchapersonmaybecalleda46daydreamefThepersonwhoisdowntoearthusuallyhasbothfeetontheground・Buttheoppositeisnotalwaystrue.Someonewithbothfeetonthegroundmaynotbeasopenandeasytodealwithassomeonewhoisd

6、owntoearth・Whenwehavebothourfeetfirmlyontheground,andwhenwearedowntoearthwedonotholdournosesintheair.Weacthonestlyandopenlytoothers.Ourlivesarelikethegroundbelowussolid一andstrong・1.Thepassageismainlyabout.A・theexpression"downtoearth’，B・thedifferencesofAmericanexpressionsC・thek

7、indsofpersoninsocietyD・themeaningsof"downtoearth2.Thosewholettheirimportancegototheirheadsprobably・A.haveabetterperformanceatworkB.considerthemselveslessimportantC・feeltheyarebetterthanothersD.areimportantmembersofsociety3.Whichofthefollowingcanbethetypicalcharacterofdown-to-e

8、arthpeople?A.PowerfulB.EasygoingC.ProudD.Serious1.Thefollowin