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1、牛津版八年级下学期英语阅读理解专项训练C卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、 牛津版2017-2018学年八年级下学期英语阅读理解专项训练 (共4题；共16分)1. （4分）阅读理解 How do you light up the night sky? The answer is by using electricity. But did you know that nature can glow (发光), too?Scientists have found many glowing living things. Most of them live in the ocean. Some use
2、 their lights to talk to each other. Others use them to hunt, to mate (交配) or to protect themselves. The vampire squid (幽灵蛸), for example, uses a cloud of light to scare enemies.Scientists around the world are looking at this kind of light for new ideas. In 2013, the US company Gleaux said it has cr
3、eated the worlds first light-producing plant, the Daily Mail reported. It is a genetically-modified (转基因的) plant. It can glow like a firefly.Alexander Krichevsky, the companys founder (创始人), and other scientists hope that in the future, glowing plants could replace lamps and glowing trees could ligh
4、t up highways. Krichevsky also hopes the technology could be used in farming. Farmers could know when their crops need water or are ready to be picked if they glow.While Gleaux is working on glowing plants, the French company Glowee is trying to use glowing bacteria (细菌) to light up shop windows and
5、 street signs. Its the same type of bacteria that cause a type of squid to light up, New Scientist Online reported.Our goal is to change the way we produce and use light, said Glowee founder Sandra Rey. We want to help reduce the 19 percent of electricity consumption (消耗量) that is used to produce li
6、ght.（1）Which of the following is TRUE about glowing animals? A . They use electricity to light up the night sky.B . Some of them use their light to talk to each other.C . They only live in the deep ocean.D . They can collect light from nature.（2）According to Krichevsky, _ in the future. A . the worl
7、ds first light-producing plant will be createdB . glowing plants will be used as lampsC . crops will be able to talk to farmers by glowingD . electricity could light up shop windows（3）Whats the purpose of Glowees research on glowing bacteria? A . To compete with the US company Gleaux.B . To create t
8、he brightest light in the world.C . To change the way we produce and use light.D . To help produce more electricity in the future.（4）What is the best title of the passage? A . How to light up the skyB . Plants light our livesC . The reason for saving electricityD . The way to produce light2. （4分）阅读理
9、解 Long, long ago people made fires from lightening(闪电). But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldnt start it again if there was no lightening. Later, they found out hitting two pieces of stones together could make a spark(火花). The spark could fire dry leaves. In this way they could make
10、the fire again if it went out. Then people also learned to make a fire by rubbing (摩擦). They make a hole on a piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole. They turned the stick again and again. Afte4r a few minutes they got a fire.Years went by, people learned other ways to make a fire. Some
11、times they used the heat from the sun. They held a piece of glass in the right way and make a piece of paper on fire.About two centuries ago, people began to make matches. Matches brought people a quick and easy way to make fires. Today matches are still being used, but people have more new ways to
12、make fires. One of them is to use and electric fire starter. Of course all electric fire starter is much more expensive than a box of matches. But it is very useful.（1）What could the spark do according to the passage? A . Fire any leaves.B . Burn anything.C . Burn dry leaves.D . Keep fire burning.（2
13、）The underlined word it (in paragraph 1) refers to _. A . the lighteningB . the sparkC . the fireD . the match（3）How long have matches been used? A . For about two thousand years.B . For about two hundred years.C . Since people began to use fire for cooking.D . Since people used the heat from the su
14、n.（4）What can we know from the passage? A . Electric fire starter is a very useful way to make fires.B . People havent used matches since they had electric fire starters.C . Today there are only two ways to make fire.D . Some forest fires happen from lightening.（5）Which of the following is the right
15、 order of the ways to make fires that people got to know? a. with a match b. from the sun c. from the lightening d. by rubbing e. with an electric fire starterA . c, d, a, b, eB . b, c, a, e, dC . c, d, b, a, eD . d, a, c, d, e3. （4分）根据内容，判断下列句子正误。 There are many kinds of amazing animals in the world. Have you ever watched one of them-Canada geese(雁) ? They can teach us a lesson about teamwork(合作).In autumn, Canada geese have to fly to the warm south to get away fro
