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1、八年级英语阅读竞赛训练试题5完形填空I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large 1 across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would 2 his taxi on the road. I 3 why he did not park it in the garage. Then one day I learnt that
2、 he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home 4 work, leave his taxi and go out for his 5 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 6 . I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 7 to be outside one evening two weeks 8 , when the garage
3、door was 9 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely 10 I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 11 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n） 12 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his R
4、olls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 13 him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (n） 14 . We go to bed every night and 15 every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a 16
5、as close friends or go for a vacation as a 17 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we 18 the social ladderhow much bigger and better a 19 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on 20 we are t
6、han what we do! 1. A. window B. garage C. doorD. yard2. A. park B. stopC. checkD. repair3. A. knew B. understood C. askedD. wondered4. A. for B. out ofC. withoutD. from5. A. business B. nationalC. personalD. public6. A. wasteful B. useful C. wonderfulD. plentiful7. A. appeared B. intendedC. expected
7、D. happened8. A. later B. moreC. agoD. before9. A. brokenB. fineC. shutD. open10. A. once B. before C. whenD. until11. A. far B. deepC. longD. little12. A. driverB. engineerC. fatherD. son13. A. calledB. madeC. elected D. turned14. A. experience B. earningC. lifeD. position15. A. stay up B. wake upC
8、. stay homeD. go home16. A. competitionB. performanceC. debate D. party17. A. familyB. companyC. teamD. whole18. A. build B. climbC. standD. lay19. A. gardenB. garage C. carD. taxi20. A. who B. whatC. whichD. where阅读理解 AIm writing this letter slowly because I know you cant read fast. We dont live wh
9、ere we did when you left home. Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happened within 20 miles from your home, so we moved.I wont be able to send you the address because the last family that lived here took the house numbers when they moved so that they wouldnt have to change their addre
10、ss. This place is really nice. It even has a washing machine. Im not sure it works so well though: last week I put a load in and pulled the chain (拉链) and havent seen them since. The weather isnt bad here. It only rained twice last week; the first time for three days and the second time for four day
11、s. About that coat you wanted me to send you, your uncle Stanley said it would be too heavy to send in the mail with the buttons on so we cut them off and put them in the pockets.John locked his keys in the car yesterday. We were really worried because it took him two hours to get me and your father
12、 out. Your sister had a baby this morning, but I havent found out what it is yet. The baby looks just like your brother.Uncle Ted fell in a whiskey vat（桶）last week. Some men tried to pull him out, but he fought them off playfully and drowned. We had him cremated（焚化）and he burned for three days.Three
13、 of your friends went off a bridge in a pick-up trunk. Ralph was driving. He rolled down the window and swam to safety. You other two friends were in back. They drowned because they couldnt get the tail gate down.There isnt much more news at this time. Nothing much has happened.Love, MomP.S. I was g
14、oing to send you some money but the envelope was already sealed.21. From the passage, we can infer that _.A. here is the letter by a son for his fatherB. here is the letter by a mother for her sonC. the family moved to a new and nice place because it is really good thereD. the writers daughter has g
15、ot a male baby22. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. The number of the family is four, including the new-born baby.B. The son cant send his parents a letter because the address was taken by the other family.C. The son will receive a coat with the buttons detached (拆下).D. None is true.23. The underlined word it(Para.3) refers to _.A. the thing that the baby was b
