2015年八年级第二学期英语检测练习题:第四单元

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2015-04-02

Ⅳ. 阅读理解。(每小题2分,共30分)

阅读下列材料,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳的答案,并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

A

Have you heard of EXO? EXO is a Chinese-South Korean boy band with 12 people. They are in two teams: EXO-M and EXO-K. There’s even a “competition” between the two teams. “I will not call it a competition. It’s always in good fun,” said Sehun of EXO-K.

Here comes the new superstar! His name is Austin Mahone. The 18-year-old is a pop singer in the US. His success story is just like that of Justin Bieber. Last month Mahone’s new album The Secret came out. Maybe it’s a good chance for us to know more about him and his music.

Forget about Super Junior. We now have TFBOYS. TFBOYS is a popular Chinese boy band made up of three members. They are Wang Junkai, 14, Wang Yuan, 13, and Yi Yangqianxi, 13. The boys are all junior middle school students. Their songs are full of positive energy (正能量). In their latest album, they call on teenagers not to be afraid of dreaming big.

51. Members of EXO come from _____________.

A. the UK and the US      B. China and South Korea

C. China and America               D. South Korea and Japan

52. If you listen to TFBOY’s songs, you can feel a lot of ____________.

A. trouble in study  B. tiredness of life  C. positive energy  D. anger of society

53. Austin Mahone’s success story is almost the same as ___________.

A. TFBOY’s   B. Justin Bieber’s  C. EXO’s    D. Taylor Swift’s

B

French wax sculptor (雕刻家) Marie Tussaud set up the first Madame Tussauds in London, UK over 200 years ago. It shows waxworks of many famous people. There are 16 Madame Tussauds in many big cities around the world, such as New York, Tokyo and Sydney. The newly opened Beijing museum is the fourth Madame Tussauds in China, following Hong Kong, Shanghai and Wuhan.

What’s there in Beijing’s Madame Tussauds? Let’s take a look right now!

Visit well-known film scenes(场景)

Inside Madame Tussauds, you can see scenes of certain films. One of the most popular scenes is one from the 1961 US film Breakfast at Tiffany’s (《蒂凡尼的早餐》). It is about Audrey Hepburn having her breakfast at Tiffany’s. You can sit beside her and take a photo with her.

Find famous people

You can meet famous people from different fields (领域), for example, American singer Michael Jackson, Chinese basketball player Yao Ming and American businessman Steve Jobs. US President Barack Obama is also here to meet you. You can even sit on his chair in his office.

Learn about how to make wax figures

There is a special area in Madame Tussauds to help you learn more about the life of Marie Tussaud. Also, you can see everything from how to measure (测量) a person to finishing a wax figure. It takes nearly four months to finish a figure.

54. Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Beijing is the __________ one opened in China.

A. first    B. second   C. third    D. fourth

55. From the passage, we know that Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a ____________.

A. movie   B. game   C. restaurant  D. museum

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