初中英语八年级(下)期末复习练习卷(20096)(9)

Ⅳ. 阅读理解。

(A)

When you feel sad, tears will come down from your eyes. When you are happy, especially when you laugh hard, tears will also come down from your eyes. But tears have a more important job than showing your feelings.

Tears keep your eyes clean and healthy. They wash away dirt and germs(细菌) just like bath. Your eyes also need tears to keep them wet. And eyes must be wet so that they can move smoothly. Your eyes are busy looking here and there all day long. They move quickly from one thing to another. If you didn’t have tears, your eyes couldn’t move, and soon you would be blind.

Maybe you don’t like tears, but your eyes can’t do without them.

( )1. The story tells us ____.

A. what makes people blind B. why people have tears

C. why people cry when they are sad D. what tears are

( )2. Tears help you by ____.

A. showing how you feel B. making your face clean

C. washing things from your eyes D. making your eyes bright

( )3. If your eyes were not wet, you could not____.

A. look at things clearly B. laugh and cry

C. keep clean D. show your feelings

( )4. When you are happy or sad, you may ____.

A. look at things quickly B. be blind

C. have tears in your eyes D. move your eyes quickly

( )5. The sentence “your eyes can’t do without them” means ____.

A. your eyes like having baths very much B. your eyes like tears very much

C. your eyes can’t work without tears D. your eyes can’t open with them

(B)

Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly? Or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?

If you do, you need to control（控制）your feelings and stop getting angry so easily. Getting angry easily can make you lose friends.

Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, wrote My Feelings are Just Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It tells teens how to stay cool when bad things happen to them. The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. It can not make them better. “Getting angry is not a natural way to act”, the book says. It is just a bad habit, like smoking. The book says you can control your anger easily, and all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry. right thing to do.

The book gives many suggestions to help you if you get angry easily. Here are the top three.

①Keep a record. Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry