外研（新标准）版2021年八年级上学期英语期中专项复习：阅读理解

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Toys Anno… The world's smallest, but the most beautiful exhibition space for old-day toys. Opening hours Monday—Friday: 10 a.m. — 6 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. —1 p.m. National Museum, London Bus 26/91/206

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Escape (逃脱) from the Mummy's Tomb!    Let our new online game take you to an old Egyptian tomb (埃及古墓).    Become a brave explorer and collect wonderful things thousands of years old. But he careful—there's a mummy(木乃伊) going around the tomb.    Can you bring the wonderful things safely back to World museum without being hurt by the mummy?    Visit www.livepoolmuseum.org.uk/ mummystomb and find out!

Learning from poo (粪便)! 1:30 p.m. 2:15 p.m. ＆ 3 p.m. July It might sound terrible but archaeologists (考古学家) can find out many things from poo—like how people in the past lived and what they are. If you have interests, come and join us to watch some samples (not real poo!) and see if you can recreate the diets of our ancestors (祖先). Pick up a free ticket from the World Museum welcome desk.

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    Different people have different characters. Now look at the following people and try to find what you can learn from them.

	Who is Liu Haoran? He is a 22-year old actor. In fact, Liu is also a good student. When he was in school, his favorite subject was math. Although Liu missed many classes, he studied hard when he wasn't busy acting. He went to the university in 2015. "I want to be a great actor. I need to learn more," Liu said.
	Hui Ruoqi is an excellent volleyball player. She took up the volleyball in 1999 when she was eight. In 2007, Hui joined the national team. She got hurt for many times. In Hui's eyes, perseverance (毅力) is an important part for player. When she played at the Women's World Volleyball Match in Macao in 2010, her arms were badly hurt. But she still tried her best to save the ball.
	Cai Weizi, 22, is a young singer with a cold look. He is quite different from other singers. He is not as outgoing as them. He hardly smiles. He looks more serious. He started his band in 2015 with some of his friends. They wrote songs and played music together. Cai became famous for his own music in an online music show. Many young people like him very much.

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Pack up and Fly away

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    Are you always happy during your vacation? Many people may say "yes". But last week I had a bad vacation.

    My parents and I took a bus to the Great Wall We got on the bus at 7:00 a, m. But on the half way, there was something wrong with the bus. After an hour, it started again. It was about 11:00 a. m. when we got to the Great Wall.

    We were excited when we stood on the Great Wall. My father took out the camera and wanted to take some photos. But just then, it started to rain. We had to go back to our bus. When we wanted to eat something, we found weleftour food at home.

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Some information about TV programs:

Animal world Tonight : Tigers in Nepal more or less? Good to save? Check out this special animal On channel 39 at 7:00 tonight This Thursday: Wild White Elephants	Music Field Running Man Who are in? What is happening? Watch the program by Zhejiang Satellite TV at 9:00 to 11:30 pm On Fridays Call in your requests On 763-4788 before 8:30pm
Talk Show What will the top tennis player Lina do after retiring(退役)? What influenced her most? Channel 44 Starting at 8:30 pm	Who wants to be a Billionaire (亿万富翁)? Watch players from 6 countries compete in tonight's billionaire game. The winner will get a prize of 5,000,000pounds and a trip to New York. Channel 14 at 7:30-8:00 pm

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The Ant Bully

Actors: Julia Roberts (Voice), Nicolas Cage (Voice)

Language: English

Running time: 1 hour 25 minutes

Price: Weekdays——＄30    ＄15 (Children Under 7) Weekends——＄40    ＄20 (Children Under 7)

    I really enjoyed this movie. It's a fun movie for the whole family. I had really good laughs and enjoyed being there.

——James

    I would recommend（推荐）this movie to everyone. Whether you go with family or friends, I think this movie has something you will really enjoy!

——Sam

    I've seen several movies of this kind, but this one is the best. It is so well made——some of the scenes are so beautiful.

——John

    I went to see this movie with my 6-year-old daughter this Tuesday, really without knowing too much about it. My daughter and I were surprised at how funny it was. We just couldn't help laughing. I would recommend this movie to the whole family.

——Mary

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    Saidie and Bessie are sisters. They are Americans. They live in the mountain village. Saidie is 104 years old and Bessie is 102 years old now. They tell their stories in a book called Having Our Day.

    Here is some of their advice for living a long and healthy life.

★Get up early.

They get up at 6:00 in the morning.

★Have a good breakfast.

The sisters eat oatmeal（燕麦片），half a banana, bran（麸皮）and eggs with a little cheese.

★Take exercise every day.

The sisters like to do yoga（瑜伽）. They also walk every afternoon.

★Eat a lot of fruit and vegetables.

The sisters like eating apples. Just like the saying "An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

★Don't get married（结婚）

The sisters have no husbands or children to worry about.

★Don't always listen to the doctors

 When something is wrong with us, the doctors don't know what to do with us. They are always surprised to see us live so longer.

阅读下面短文。从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出正确选项。

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    Are you sorry for not traveling during the National Day? If you stay a t home at that time, I think you are very lucky. Why? Because there are too many people everywhere. In many places of interest in China, it's too crowded to do anything.

    It was very crowded in the West Lake on October 1st, 2013. You even couldn't take photos for you or your friends. All what we could see were people. It was reported that there were about 13 people per meter by the lake. My friends told me they could see nothing but many tourists(游客) on the Broken Bridge(断桥). "We couldn't walk if the people in front of us didn't walk," he said. He showed us a photo near the West Lake. In the photo, we hardly found him out, there were too many people.

    So some people give the advice that we should not have the gold week(黄金周) any more. But other people say no about this advice. What's your idea of it? Are you sorry now for not traveling during the gold week? I love staying at home more than traveling next National Day.

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Language students often think they have memory(记忆) problems. They worry because they can't remember words. In fact, the problem usually isn't with their memory. The problem is with how they study. In my opinion, using a right way is the most important.

To remember words better, you need to understand how memory works. There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. When you see, hear or read something, it goes first into short-term memory. But short-term memory lasts for only a few seconds, that means we will forget things soon in short-term memory. You will only remember something longer if it goes in to long-term memory. Your long-term memory is like a very big library with many, many books. And like a library, it's organized. When you put away(放好，储存) a book or memory, you can't just leave it anywhere. You have to choose a place where you can finditagain.

How can you do this with vocabulary? The answer is to work with the word and think about the word in new ways. You can do this by writing new sentences with the word in it. Even better, you can invent a little story about the word, with people or places that you know. Another way is to make a picture in your mind with the word. For example, if the word is "height", you can think of the tallest person you know and try to guess his or her height. All of these activities are good ways to think about words. They make the meaning of words stronger in your long-term memory. And they give a way to find a word when you need it.

This is my idea about how to improve ways to remember words, and I hope it can help you.