期中质量检测试题（二）期中质量检测试题（二）阅读理解（共阅读理解（共 2020 小题，计小题，计 3030 分）分）A AIn western countries, birthday cake is a dessert on ones birthday. Birthday cakes are usually decorated(装饰）with the persons name. People also place some candles on the cake. After lighting the candles, they usually close their eyes and make a wish before blowing them out. The number of the candles is the same as the age of the person. There is also a tradition (传统）to place one more candle to bring good luck.Do you know the history of the birthday cake? In early times, the Greeks made round or moon-shaped honey cakes and took them to the Goddess(女神）of Moon. The cakes stood for moon. Nowadays, some people think that cake in the ancient world has something to do with the cycles of life and nature. Round shapes were preferred as the cycle. Also, some people believe that the tradition of birthday cake started in Germany.1. Birthday cakes are usually decorated with_.A. fruit B. flowers C. the persons star sign D. the persons name2. These are the things a person usually does on his or her birthday. The correct order is_.blow out the candles light the candles make a wish close his or her eyes place the candlesA. B. C. D.3. If today is Jacks 10th birthday, how many candles will Jacks mother place on the birthday cake?A. Nine or ten B. Ten or eleven C. Nine or eleven D. Only ten4. Nowadays, some people think that the cake in the ancient world has something to do with_.A. the moon B. the Goddess of Moon C. the cycles of life and natureD. the traditions in Germany5. What is the main idea of the passage?A. It is about a birthday party.B. It tells us some interesting activities on the birthday party.C. It tells us how the Greeks celebrate their birthday.D. It is about the traditions of the birthday and the history of the birthday cake. B BWe know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet is popular and it makes our lives colorful. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer and get more information from the Internet. We can learn English. We can read some good newspapers and magazines. We can also watch some exciting sports matches. ItIt can make us clever in playing computer games. We can send e-mails to our friends quickly. We can chat freely online with our friends. It can help us get in touch with people from all over the world.But some students spend too much time in playing computer games and some stay in the net bars all day and all night.Teenagers even get to have boyfriends or girlfriends online. They send e-mails to each other. It takes them too much time to chat online so they do worse and worse in their lessons and they dont study well any more. I think we mustnt get online when it is time for us to study. We can do it in summer or winter holidays. We should get online with adults - our teachers or parents.At the same time, if we have lots of free time, we do some of out-of-class activities at school. We usually have activities from 4:50 to 5:50 in the afternoon. We have different kinds of activities. If you are interested in sports, you can play basketball or football. We can go to the English Corner. We can practise talking in English there. We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities that we can learn a lot from and spend less time on the Internet.1.What does the underlined word “It ” in Paragraph 1 refer to ?A.A net bar B. A computer C. Going online D. Watching matches2.Because of the Internet, our lives are becoming _.A. richer and richer B. more and more colorful C. worse and worse D. more and more boring3.Which of the following is the best out-of-class activity at school?A. Playing computer games. B. Sending e-mails to each other. C. Chatting on the Internet. D. Going to the English corner.4. The writer suggests that students shouldnt _.A. have boyfriends or girlfriends online B. do different out-of-class activities C. get online during their holidays D. get online with their parents5. What is the passage mainly about?A. Going online. B. Computers. C. How to use computers. D. How to play computer games.C CTheyre best friends. They go to school together every day. They often go to the shopping mall at weekends. Both of them have the pair of the color of honey(蜂蜜)，but one has big blue eyes and the other deep brown eyes.One of the friends, Jack Siegel, is in a wheelchair. The other, Augie, is an amazing dog who helps Jack. Jack, who is 14 years old, is a quadriplegic(四肢瘫患者)，which means he cant use his arms or legs. Augie is a Freedom Service dog who is Jacks arms and legs.How does Augie do this? In school, he picks up the pencil or notebook that Jack drops. Jack is also training Aug