(   )11. Reading can always keep yourself ______________.

A. bored                 B. happy              C. tired

(   )12. You can read a book ______________.

A. anywhere             B. only on a plane        C. when you are driving a car

(   )13. You can read faster _____________.

A. after you read a book    B. if you are a student    C. if you read as a hobby

(   )14 . It is _____________ that reading is out of date.

A. true                  B. not true              C. sure

(   )15. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Reading is a good hobby.

B. You can read on computers.

C. Good readers must be good writer s.

D

In the 1920s and 30s the airlines were just beginning. It was unusual for people to travel by air because it was expensive and dangerous. In those days, there were no flight attendants to look after the passengers. Young men ,or “stewards” helped the passengers onto the airplane and carried the passengers’ luggage(行李)but they did not provide food and drinks. But then in 1930,a woman called Ellen Church invented the “stewardess”.

Ellen Church was born in 1904 on a farm in Iowa. She was a different child. She didn’t want to work on a farm or marry a farmer —she wanted a more adventurous(冒险的)life. Ellen studied to be a nurse at the University of Minnesota and then got a job in a hospital. For the next few years she stayed at the hospital but also took flying lessons and got her pilot’s license.

Ellen was twenty-five years old when she first got in touch with Boeing Air Transport. She loved flying but she understood that airlines were a man’s world. Although women like Emelia Earheart were becoming famous, she realized it was impossible for a woman to have a career as a pilot .But she had another idea. Most people were frightened of flying because. flying was still an unreliable(不可靠的) way to travel. There were often delays(延误),many crashes and the bad weathers made many passengers sick. Ellen thought nurses could take care of passengers during flights and B.A.T. agreed.

The young woman from Iowa and seven other nurses became the first air stewardesses.

At first pilots were unhappy because they did not want stewardesses on airplanes, but passengers loved the stewardesses. In 1940 there were around 1000 of them working for different airlines. The early “stewardesses” had to be under twenty-five-year-old, single and slim. When a woman joined an airline, she had to promise not to get married or have children. It was hard job and not well paid. They worked long hours and earned $1 an hour.

In the 1970s, stewardesses were unhappy in their job and airlines had to make some changes. Since the 1970s, “stewardesses” have been called flight attendants. They are well paid and work fewer hours than in the past.

(   )16.The last sentence of the first paragraph suggests that _________.

A. the word “stewardess” was made up by Ellen Church

B. Ellen Church was the first woman who flew a plane

C. Ellen Church was the first woman who worked on a plane

D. Ellen Church was the first woman passenger on a plane

(   )17.From the second paragraph, we learn that ________.

A. Ellen did not behave in the same way as most as other girls

B. Ellen’s family was not rich enough to support her education

C. Ellen was fond of working as a nurse in the hospital

D. Ellen has an unhappy childhood that changed her completely

(   )18.The main reason for Boeing Air Transport offering Ellen the job was ________.

A. her flying experience             B. her university education

C. her nursing experience           D. her life attitudes

(   )19.According to the passage, in the 1940s a woman had to ___ if she wanted to be a stewardess.

A. be a nurse   B. be married  C. be a mother   D. be young

(   )20.The passage mainly talks about _______.

A. the background of early flying pilots  B. the experience of flying passengers

C. the history of early flight attendants  D. the development of airplanes

Ⅵ.单词拼写(共32小题;每小题1分，满分32分)

根据首字母或汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通顺。

1. He has been d_______for ages, but he lives in our heart forever.

2. I _________(喂) some animals yesterday.

3. He got m_________, but he didn’t have a child.

4. The more fruit and vegetables you eat, the ________(健康) you will be.

5. It began to rain ________(大) just when we were about to leave.

6. He received many presents from his friends on his _______ (二十) birthday.

7. He felt hungry and tired after a long j      .

8. He can’t see or hear anything. He is b_______ and deaf.

9. It’s sunny today. The sun is shining b_________.

10. He worked hard and soon he c________ up with his classmates.

11. Girls are ________ (聪明)than boys in learning languages.

12. The children h________ themselves behind the wall and couldn’t be found.

13. The child is m_______. The police are still looking for him.

14. The sick boy became ________(虚弱) after another serious illness.

15. I came to work w_________ breakfast. I feel a little hungry.

16. You must keep your eyes c________ while the game is on.

17. Tell me the __________(区别) between the twins.

18. You can do the job e_______. You know it is a piece of a cake.

19. It’s ten ________ (分钟) walk.

20. Take this m________ and you will feel better.

21. Smoking isn’t a_________ in our school.

22. The sun r________ in the east and sets in the west.

23. A good b__________ is a half done.

24. I like all the subjects e_______ English.

25.Thank you very much for l__________   me your bike.

26. I could hear her sweet v______ (噪音) from the next room.

27. If the sun s___________ brightly, the weather is usually warm.

28. The company o_____ the young man a job, but he didn’t take it.

29. We are secretly preparing a birthday party to give Mum a s_________.

30. My busy work made it i______ for me to visit my old mother quite often.

宣城市第六中学八年级下Unit6拔高训练试题

参考答案

Ⅰ.基础练习

1-5 BDABC     6-10 BDABC      11-15 DDCAC

Ⅱ语法练习

16-20 BCDBD   21-25 DBBDD      26-30 BDDDC

Ⅲ.词汇练习

31-35 CDBAC   36-40 CCCDB       41-45 BAAAB

46-50 BCBAB   51-55 BBCBA       56-60 ABCDB

Ⅳ.完形填空

51-55. CACAD   56-60. BDCBD    61-65. CBADA    66-70. BBACD

Ⅴ.阅读理解

1--5. ABCCA             6—10 DABAD

11—15  BACBA         16-20 CACDC

单词拼写

1.dead      2.fed            3.married     4.healthier       5.heavily

6.twentieth  7.journey       8.blind        9. brightly       10.caught

11.smarter   12.hid          13.missing    14.weaker       15.without

16.closed    17.differences  18.easily       19.munites’    20.medicine

21.allowed   22.rises        23.beginning   24.except       25.lending

26.voice     27.shines       28.offered     29.surprise      30.impossible

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