沪教版2021-2022学年八年级上学期英语期末考试试卷（II）卷

一、阅读理解(共3题；共26分)

1.（8分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选

项。

Learningtoreadisoneofthemostimportantperiodsinanyonesdevelopmentasitopensupso

manyopportunities(机会)．Somanythingsineverydaylifedependonyourbeingabletoreadclearly．Here

areafewexamples．

Ifyouwanttofindoutthelatestnewsaboutyourfavouritefilmstarorlearntheresultofthe

latestmatch，youpickupanewspaperandreadwhatithastosayaboutthesetopics．

Ifyouareonalongtrainorplanejourney,youwillprobablyhaveabook，amagazineorane-book

tohelpyoupassthetime．Evenifyouaresomeonewhodoesntreadbooks，itispossiblethatyou

willhave______thecomputergamethatyouareplaying．

Veryoften，youllreadsomethingwithoutrealizingthatyouarereading．Forexample，youmight

checkthetimetableatanairportormakesurethatyoudrivecarefullyasyouseetheroadsignHILL．If

youareunabletoread，thesenecessaryactionsbecomeeitherverydifficultorimpossibletoachieve．

So,youunderstandhowimportantapartreadingplaysinyourlife．Everybodywhoisusingthis

textbook．ToBeABetterReader，hasgottheartofreadingmoreorless．Why,then，youmayaskyourself,

isitnecessarytohavetoreadabookthattellsyouhowtobecomeabetterreader—ityoucanread

already,whatistheretoimprove?Well，pleasethinkverycarefullyaboutwhatyoumeanbyreading．Does

itjustmeanthatyouknowthemeaningofwordsonapageandthenspeakthemaloudortoyourself?Or

isitsomethingmorethanthat?

Infact，readingwithoutunderstandingisworthless．Themainpurposeofthisbookistohelpyou

toimproveyourunderstandingofdifferentkindsoftextthatyouarepossiblytohavetoreadaspart

ofyourEnglishcourse，andinyourlifeingeneral．

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