初中英语八年级阅读竞赛试题

初中英语八年级阅读竞赛试题考生须知：1. 全卷满分100 分，考试时间 60 分钟。2. 全卷分试题卷和答题卷。所有答案必须做在答题卷的相应位置上，做在试题卷上无效。现在请开始答题。Good luck

初中英语八年级阅读竞赛试题 考生须知： 1.10060 全卷满分分，考试时间分钟。 2. 全卷分试题卷和答题卷。所有答案必须做在答题卷的相应位置上，做在试题卷上无效。 ！ Goodluck 现在请开始答题。 15230 第一部分：阅读理解（共题，每题分，满分分） ABCD 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的、、、四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A TherearemanypopularAmericanwordsandexpressions.Someofthemareveryold.Some arenew.Together,theyformthelivingspeechoftheAmericanpeople. Todaywetellabouttheexpression“downtoearth”.Downtoearthmeansbeingopenand honest.Itiseasytodealwithsomeonewhoisdowntoearth.Down-to-earthpeoplecouldbe importantmembersofsociety.Buttheydonotconsiderthemselvestobebetterthanotherswho arelessimportant.Theydonotlettheirimportance“gototheirheads”. Apersonwhoisfilledwithhisownimportanceandprideissaidtobe“withhisnoseinthe air”.Oftenthepersonwhoholdshisnoseintheopenairhasnoreasontofeelbetterthanothers. Hesurelyistheoppositeofsomeonewhoisdowntoearth. Americansuseanotherexpressionthatissimilarinsomewaystodowntoearth.Theexpression is“bothfeetontheground”.Someonewithbothfeetonthegroundisapersonwithagood understandingofreality.Shehaswhatiscalled“commonsense”.Shemayhavedreams.Butshe doesnotallowthemtoblockherunderstandingofwhatisreal. Theoppositekindofpersonisonewhohashis“headintheclouds”.Someonewithhishead inthecloudsisapersonwhosemindisnotonwhatishappeninginreallife.Suchapersonmaybe calleda“daydreamer”. Thepersonwhoisdowntoearthusuallyhasbothfeetontheground.Buttheoppositeisnot alwaystrue.Someonewithbothfeetonthegroundmaynotbeasopenandeasytodealwithas someonewhoisdowntoearth. Whenwehavebothourfeetfirmlyontheground,andwhenwearedowntoearthwedonot holdournosesintheair.Weacthonestlyandopenlytoothers.Ourlivesarelikethegroundbelow ussolidandstrong. — 1.Thepassageismainlyabout_____________. A.theexpression“downtoearth” B.thedifferencesofAmericanexpressions C.thekindsofpersoninsociety D.themeaningsof“downtoearth 2.Thosewholettheirimportancegototheirheadsprobably___________. A.haveabetterperformanceatwork B.considerthemselveslessimportant C.feeltheyarebetterthanothers D.areimportantmembersofsociety 3.Whichofthefollowingcanbethetypicalcharacterofdown-to-earthpeople? A.PowerfulB.EasygoingC.ProudD.Serious 4.Thefollowingaretheoppositeto“downtoearth”inmeaningEXCEPT“__________”.