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Scientists think that a game like bowing was played in Egypt thousands of years ago.
Toys that look like a ball and bowling pins were found buried with a child who died around 5200 B. C.
People who study history know that the game was popular in Germany around 200~300 A. D. It was played by people in some churches in order to show that they were good Christians. When people bowled poorly, they had to go to church more often.
The first bowling place built inside a building opened in England in 1455. Then the game was taken to the United States where most people played it outside.
During the 1800s, many people in the United States began to bowl for money, so several cities made the game illegal. Many people kept on bowling illegally. A group named the American Bowling Congress (ABC) began around 1900. The job of this group was to clean up bowling and make it a gentlemen's game again.
At this time, the game was mostly played by men. If women played, they hung a curtain up so that the men were not able to see them.
Then, in 1916, a woman's group named the Women's International Bowling Congress (WIBC) made a point of showing that the game was fine for both men and women.
1．In which country did poor bowlers have to go to church more often?
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2．In the United States during the 1800s, ________.
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A．many people bowled for money
B．women never bowled
C．people discovered bowling
D．all of the above
3．Who was probably in the American Bowling Congress?
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A．People who bet money on bowling.
B．People who liked bowling.
C．People who bowled in church.
D．All of the above.
4．When did the Women's International Bowling Congress begin?
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5．Before 1916, what did women probably do when they bowled?
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科目：初中英语 来源：三点一测丛书八年级英语(下) 题型：050
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Knowing about yourself means not only that you find what you are good at and what you like, it also means discovering what you are not good at and what you don't like. Both help you to see your aim in life.
Although most students would be unhappy if they found that they had failed an advanced math course, they have actually learned a great deal about themselves. They know that they should not become engineers or physical scientists, and that they should not be good at accounting work. So failing can help a student to lead a much happier life if he or she draws the right conclusion from the failing. They may then decide on their aim and choose the kind of work they would like to do.
It is impossible to decide whether or not you like something until you have tried it. If you decide that you would like to play the violin, you need to take more than one lesson before you can know whether you have any interest or ability.
It's not enough to want to be a great violinist. You also have to like the hard and long training before you become one. If you would enjoy being a great violinist but hate the work, forget it.
It's a good plan to try as many as possible when you are still young. And then you will come to a wise decision.
1．If you say you really know yourself, ________.
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A．you know what you are good at
B．you have got the whole picture of yourself
C．you keep in mind your aim in life
D．you have less you don't like than what you like
2．The writer suggests ________.
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A．failure is a better mirror
B．advanced math courses help you to know yourselves
C．success is more helpful
D．when one is unhappy he gets to know himself better
3．Failing can turn into something good ________.
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A．if you have aim in life and get the job you wish to have
B．if you lead a happier life
C．if your decision is right
D．if you learn something from it
4．The example of “playing the violin” in paragraph 3 and 4 implies that ________.
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A．if you don't like music, don't practice the violin
B．it takes more than one lesson to learn to play the violin
C．you can decide only after you have tried
D．you can become a great violinist only after hard and long training
5．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
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A．You have enough time before you come to a wise decision.
B．The more experiences, the better decision you will have.
G．Test ideas, compare and then decide.
D．People always make hasty(仓促) decisions.
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科目：初中英语 来源：三点一测丛书八年级英语(下) 题型：050
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Watching some children trying to catch butterflies one August afternoon, I was reminded of an incident in my own childhood. When I was a boy of twelve in South Carolina, something happened to me that made me never put any wild creature (living thing) in a cage.
We lived on the edge of a forest, and every evening at dusk the mocking birds would come and rest in the trees and sing. There isn't a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song of the mockingbird.
I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way I would have my own private musician.
I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, being scared, the bird fluttered(扑腾) about the cage, but finally it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my little musician.
On the second day of the bird's captivity. my new pet's mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.
The following morning when I went to see how my captive(caged) bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was terribly surprised! What had happened! I had taken extremely care of my little bird, or so I thought.
Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, who happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had happened. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison-berries(毒莓). She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in captivity.”
Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.
1．Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of twelve?
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A．He liked living creatures.
B．He enjoyed watching beautiful birds.
C．He needed a pet as a friend.
D．He wanted the bird to sing for him.
2．The mockingbird died because ________.
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A．the bird suffered from missing its mother.
B．the bird's mother gave it the poisonous food.
C．the writer didn't know how to feed the bird at first.
D．his father' s friend didn't tell him the way of birds' life.
3．An ornithologist probably is a person who ________.
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4．From his past experience, the writer probably suggests that ________.
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A．no one can miss the chance to say sorry.
B．all living creatures can make free choices.
C．everything can be less worthy than any lives.
D．nothing can be more important than freedom.
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科目：初中英语 来源：三点一测丛书八年级英语(下) 题型：050
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A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin(顽童) was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.
Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…” he hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?” “Oh yes, I'd love that.”
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day I'm going to give you one just like it… then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I've been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
1．The street urchin was very surprised when ________.
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A．Paul received an expensive car.
B．Paul told him about the car.
C．he saw the shining car.
D．he was walking around the car.
2．From the story we can see the urchin ________.
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A．wished to give his brother a car.
B．wanted Paul's brother to give him a car.
C．wished he could have a brother like Paul's.
D．wished Paul could be a brother like that.
3．The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house to ________.
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A．show his neighbors the big car.
B．show he had a rich friend.
C．let his brother ride in the car.
D．tell his brother about his wish.
4．We can infer from the story that ________.
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A．Paul couldn't understand the urchin.
B．The urchin had a deep love for his brother.
C．The urchin wished to have a rich brother.
D．The urchin's wish came true in the end.
5．The best title of the story is ________.
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A．A Christmas Present.
B．A Street Urchin.
C．A Brother Like That.
D．An Unforgettable Holiday Ride.
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科目：初中英语 来源：1＋1轻巧夺冠·优化训练 英语 七年级下册 (外研版)银版 外研版 题型：050
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