1、八年级下册Units 34一、阅读理解阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。Would you like to live in a city where buildings turn the lights off for you, and selfdriving cars will find the nearest parking space themselves? Although it might sound a little far from you, living in a “smart” city like this could happen sooner
2、than you think.Great changes have taken place in towns that we have lived in for centuries, while completely new cities are being built. One such place is the city of Songdo. Every home there will have a “telepresence system(远程遥控系统) allowing users to control the heating and locks, take part in video
3、 meetings, and receive education, health care and government services. Around the city, escalators(自动扶梯) will only move when someone is on them, and offices and schools will all be connected to the system.The great mind behind Songdo is from the company Cisco. In fact, technology companies around th
4、e world such as IBM, Siemens and Microsoft are already in the business.About 75% of the worlds population will live in cities by 2050, so cities will need to be more modern to deal with the coming problems. Making cities smarter is one way out, and I think this will in turn make cities greener, said
5、 Dan Hill, head of a research company.1According to the text, living in a “smart” city . Ais not a green wayBwill be far from youCwill soon become trueDis completely impossible2What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?AA city of the future.BA meeting in Songdo.CA plan to build a house.DA report on public he
6、alth.3Which company offers the great mind to build Songdo?ACisco. BIBM.CSiemens. DMicrosoft.4Dan Hill thinks that making cities smarter is one way to Adrive people out of citiesBcontrol the worlds populationCdevelop his own companyDsolve the cities coming problems5Which of the following might be the
7、 best title for the text?AFuture EducationBSmart CitiesCGovernment ServicesDFamous Companies二、词汇运用A用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词仅用一次，每空一词。1I my homework at home this morning.2Sally doesnt get on well with her brother.3Mom is busy today. Why dont you offer to the floor?4Its for mothers to do all the chores. We
8、should share the housework.5My are having a yard sale in the neighborhood. Lets go and have a look.B根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。What do you think of when talking about a blue whale? A kind of sea animal? The largest animal in the world? Recently, the word got a new, 1. (可怕的) meaning: a suicid
9、e(自杀) game.The game was 2. (发明) by a 21yearold college student from Russia. It is believed to be an online social media group, encouraging people to kill themselves. The group keeper gives tasks to 3. (成员) every day, for 50 days.At first, the tasks ask the person to do something like watching a horr
10、or movie. But then the tasks get more 4. (危险的), like cutting a whale shape onto the persons skin. On the 50th day, the keeper tells people to kill themselves.The “game” has led to 130 teenage deaths in Russia, reported Daily Mail. Its now 5. (传播) to other countries like the United Kingdom, Brazil an
11、d China, aimed at those aged 10 to 15.US cyber bullying(网络霸凌) research center 6. (所长) Justin Patchin warned children to 7. (避免) this “game” and not treat it as a joke.“Most teenagers dont think much about death or 8. (危害)，” he told Yahoo. He explained that they are quick to trust others and are some
12、times naive(天真的). Some may think they are 9. (害怕的) of nothing, including death.Our society now is trying its best to stop the “game” spreading. Since May 6, social media company Tencent has taken down 12 QQ chat groups that were suspicious(可疑的). If you see groups like this online, you should 10. (报告
13、) them to your parents, teachers or the police straight away. 三、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。At the end of the term, our ethics(伦理学) professor gave us a test. He had told us 1. (expect) one and had warned us it would be included in the final grade.The test began. Sure enough, I was 2. con
14、fident that I finished all the questions after forty 3. (minute) except the very last one: What is the name of the woman who cleans the lecture hall? I thought it was 4. joke. Id seen the woman many times. Shed been working in the building for at least a year. She is short 5. dark hair, in her fifti
15、es, and wed even smiled at each other once or twice. But I didnt know 6. (she) name because Id never thought to ask her. I handed in my test and the last question 7. (leave)unansweredhoping the final result wouldnt be influenced too 8. (bad) because of it. But then one student put up his hand. He ha
16、dnt finished the test, 9. .“Im just wondering，” he said. “Will it really change my grade if I dont complete that last question?“Certainly，” our professor 10. (smile)“In your future jobs.”Ive never forgotten that lesson. I also learned that the cleaners name was Sherry.参考答案一、 【主旨大意】 本文是一篇说明文，主要向我们介绍了
17、智能化城市。文章以松岛新城为例，介绍了智能城市的各种优势。1C细节理解题。根据第一段的.living in a “smart” city like this could happen sooner than you think.可知，建成智能化城市比我们想象的时间要快得多，故选C。2A主旨大意题。文章第二段主要介绍智能城市松岛新城是什么样子的，这也将成为未来城市的雏形，故选A。3A细节理解题。根据句子The great mind behind Songdo is from the company Cisco.可知，应选A。4D细节理解题。根据句子About 75% of the worlds
18、population will live in cities by 2050, so cities will need to be more modern to deal with the coming problems.可知，2050年多数人将住在城市，而城市需要更加现代化以解决即将面临的问题，故选D。5B主旨大意题。文章主要围绕未来的智能化城市展开叙述，故选B。二、A.1.left2.elder3.sweep4.unfair5.neighborsB1.terrible2.invented3.members4.dangerous5spreading6.director7.avoid8.harm9.afraid10report三、1.to expect2.so3.minutes4.a5.with6.her7was left8.badly9.either10.smiled
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