江苏省常熟市2020-2021年（三年）八年级八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷分类汇编：阅读表达

　江苏省常熟市 2019-2021 年（三年）

　八 年级第二学期期中考试英语试卷分类汇编 阅读 表达 市 江苏省常熟市 2020-2021 学年 八 年级下学期期中英语试题 共 八、阅读表达（共 3 小题; 第 第 1 题 题 1 分，第 2 题 题 2 分，第 3 题 题 3 分，满分 6 分）

　Do you want a book? You can head to a Little Free Library. There you can take a book or share a book.

　Unlike the libraries you know, these small ones aren"t. buildings full of books, but boxes with books. You can take a book home with you. Or if you have a book to share, you can leave it for someone else to read.

　The Little Free Library comes in many shapes（形状）, but the most usual ones are small wooden boxes of books. They are everywhere such as at street corners and beside coffee shops.

　The first Little Free Library was born in front of Todd Bol"s home in Hudson, Wisconsin. The mini-library provided free books and anyone could enjoy.

　In 2009, in memory of his mother— a teacher and book lover, Todd Bol put up a wooden mini-schoolhouse outside his home and filled it with books. He invited people to take a book or share a book. He wanted to share the joy of reading in the neighborhood and make the community a better place o live in.

　However, he might not know that there would be something magical to happen. The Little Free Library became popular all over the world soon. Now, there are more than 80,000 such libraries in more than 90 countries.

　Because of these little libraries, people can share love with each other, learn from each other, and see that they have a better world to live in.

　80. Who is the owner of the first Little Free Library? 81. What is a Little Free Library usually like? 82. Would you like to put up a Little Free Library near your house? Why or why not?

　答案：

　80. Todd Bol. 81. The Little Free Library comes in many shapes, but the most usual ones are small wooden boxes of books. 82. Yes. Because of these little libraries, people can share love with each other, learn from each other, and see that they have a better world to live in.

　市 江苏省常熟市 2019-2020 学年 八 年级下学期期中英语试题 八、阅读表达( 本题共 3 小题;第 第 1 题 题 1 分，第 2 题 题 2 分，第 3 题 题 3 分，满分 6 分)

　 What does your father do at home every night? What do you talk about or do together?

　 A boy wrote to me, saying that he had a problem with his father. His father was nice, but very busy. When they were together, it was often just embarrassing(尴尬的)silence. He didn"t know what to talk about with his father. He asked me for advice.

　 Here is what I wrote back:

　My first piece of advice is to tell your father everything you told me in your letter. But if you"re not that brave, here are some tricks to start conversations.

　 First, remember that everyone loves to talk about himself. So ask your father something about himself. For example, ask him "What"s something you loved to do in your childhood, but you never have time for these days?" You will learn something about your father and have a new topic next time.

　 Another way is to tell him about something bad that happened to you. Ask him about a time when he was troubled. You could change "troubled" to any other word ㎏ embarrassed, sad or unhappy

　 Here"s one more trick: You can find thousands of questions online. If your father asks why you have so many strange questions, tell him your English teacher shared them and you think they"re fun.

　 I hope this gets your conversation started!

　 By Daniel

　80. How many tricks does the writer give the boy to start conversations in the passage?

　81 .What"s the boy"s father like?

　82. Do you have trouble communicating with your parents? What advice would you give on communicating with parents better? Please give at least one piece of advice.

　 答案：

　80. Three. 81. He is nice but very busy. 82. 略，言之有理语法正确即可。

　市 江苏省常熟市 2018-2019 学年 八 年级下学期期中英语试题 八、阅读表达( 本题共 3 小题;第 第 1 题 题 1 分，第 2 题 题 2 分，第 3 题 题 3 分，满分 6 分)

　 One day June Green visited the family doctor, Edward Smith. Dr. Smith was an old man with a long beard.

　 "What"s the problem, June?" Dr. Smith asked her.

　 "I"m very worried about my son, Teddy." Mrs. Green said, "I can"t stop him from gambling

　 (赌博).He spends all his money betting(打赌)on horse races. And not just on horse races, he"ll bet on anything. It doesn"t matter what it is."

　 "I"ve cured(治愈)people of gambling before." Dr. Smith said, "Send him to me.

　I"ll talk to him."

　 A week later, Dr. Smith spoke to Mrs. Green on the phone. "I think I"ve cured your son."" he said. "That"s wonderful. How did you do it?"

　 "Well," the doctor said, "It was very strange. While we were talking, he was looking at my beard.

　Suddenly he said, ‘I bet you $50 that"s a false beard.’" "Oh, no!" Mrs.

　Green cried. "It"s all right," the doctor said, "I knew what to do.‘My beard isn"t a false one,’I told him, ‘And I can prove(证明)it.’"

　"‘Can I pull your beard and find out?’ your son asked me."

　 "I thought, this was my chance to teach him a lesson, so I said,‘Yes, you can pull my beard.’"

　 "Well, he pulled it, and soon found out it was real." The doctor laughed. "He had to pay me $50. That should cure his gambling."

　 "Doctor," Mrs. Green said, "You"re wrong. You haven"t cured him. You"ve made him even worse."

　 "How can that be?"

　 "The day before he went to see you, he bet me$100 that you would ask him to pull your beard!" 80. How much money did Teddy win in the end?

　 81. What was Teddy"s problem?

　 82. Did the doctor cure Teddy? Why or why not?

　 答案：

　80.50 dollars 81.He liked gambling

　82.No, because Teddy didn"t stop gambling.