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1、八年级英语培优训练题2010.11.3(1Maybe every town in the United States has a post office. Some are very small, and you may also find them in the corner of a shop. Others are large buildings. They are opened five days a week and Saturday morning. From Monday through Friday they are usually opened from 8:30 to 15
2、:30. If you know how much the postage (邮资 is for your letter, you can buy stamps at window. In some post offices you can buy stamps from machines. Stamps are sold at many different prices. If you are not sure how much postage is for your letter, you can ask the person in the post office. He or she w
3、ill give you the stamps you need.If you are sending your letters far away, write on the envelope (信封 that you want them to go by air. Remember that the postage will be more expensive for a letter that you want to send overseas (海外 .At a post office you can also buy postcards. A postcard is cheaper t
4、han a letter. Usually the postage of a postcard is about half that of a letter. The postcards that you buy at a post office do not have pictures. But they are not to be sent outside the country.( 1. There is a post office in each town in the US.A. nearly B. usually C. certainly D. almost( 2. A post
5、office is opened in the US.A. every day but Saturday morning B. every day from 8:30 to 16:30C. from Monday to Friday and Saturday morning D. from Monday till Friday( 3. A post office sells in the US.A. stamps only B. only stamps and postcardsC. stamps and envelopes only D. stamps, envelopes and post
6、cards( 4. What can you do if you are not sure about the postage?A. You can ask the person in the post office for help.B. You can buy different stamps of different prices.C. You can buy stamps from machines.D. You can put more stamps on the envelope.( 5. Which of the following is the best title for t
7、he text?A. Post Office Sell Stamps B. Post Office in the United StatesC. People Want to Use Postcards D. Postcards are Cheaper than Letters(2V ienna comes to mind if you are talking about music. And when people in Vienna talk about music, they talk about it over a cup of coffee-another important par
8、t of Viennese culture.In 1683, a Polish man saved Vienna from the Turkish army. To thank him, the V iennese offered their hero a choice of anything. Ignoring (对不理 the gold, he chose three hundred bags of strange dry beans. Nobody else wanted them, but he knew what they were-coffee beans. With these
9、beans, he opened the first coffee house in Vienna.Since the V iennese liked tea at that time, the clever Polish man added cream and sugar to improve the taste of coffee. Quickly, this new smooth-tasting coffee became the in drink. Perhaps thats just a legend (传说 ,but every Viennese learns it at scho
10、ol. Many coffee houses even say that they are the one that the Polish man first opened.Nowadays, Viennese coffee houses are meeting places for artists, as well as for you, the tourist. So take a seat and have a cup of coffee!( 1. The underlined word it in the first paragraph refers toA. music B. cof
11、fee C. a legend D. an artist( 2. Which country had ever invaded(入侵 Vienna?A. Poland. B. Turkey. C. England. D. France.( 3. The VA. gold B. clothes C. food D. coffee beans( 4. Who opened the first coffee house in Vienna?A. A Viennese. B. A Polish man. C. A Turkish man. D. An Englishman.( 5. What can
12、be inferred from the passage?A. Many tourists go to Vienna for coffee now.B. There are lots of coffee houses in Vienna.C. The Polish man earned much money.D. Viennese like drinking coffee very much.(3My cousin Henry is much healthier now. But he used to have some bad habits. For one thing, he was a
13、couch potato. He is one of those overweight people who sit on a sofa and eat junk food while they watch TV. He used to watch TV for six or seven hours a day.Now, he never watches TV for more than two hours a day. Five years ago, he didnt use to exercise. In fact, he hated to exercise! He didnt use t
14、o watch sports programs on TV . Now, he exercises every morning. He loves to exercise now, because it makes him feel wonderful.Henry used to smoke a pack of cigarettes a day three years ago. Now he only misses smoking when he is nervous. He chews gum at those times.Henry also does something else to
15、lose weight. He used to eat lots of meat, but now he always任务一:补全下面的句子。1. A couch potato is任务二:根据短文内容,回答下面的问题。2. What is Henrys opinion about sports program now?3. When does Henry miss smoking?4. What does the underlined word vegetarian mean in Chinese?任务三:将画线的句子翻译成汉语。5.(4More and more Chinese peopl
16、e care for their own health. I come from England. I came to China five years ago. I began to learn cooking Chinese food from my father. When I was fifteen, I began to help my mother in the kitchen. My father is a very famous cook in Beijing. So he taught me many things about cooking. In the past three yeas, I never stopped learning cooking. When I saw a book called The diseas
