八年级英语应用能力测试试题(含答案)

八年级英语能力运用知识竞赛试题

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一、完形填空（每小题1分，共50分）阅读下面的短文，从每小题所给的A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

(A)

【2013湖北黄石】Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, a spirit of depending ying for help. That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man family hardship tells us.

Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(县), Henan Province. When he was only 11, his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby . A year later, Hong’s mother home. She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband. So everything hard fell onto the young boy’sand the younger sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.

Although his life was hard, Hong didn’t go away from his father and sister. He took several part-time jobs to walked 2 hours at weekends to the market to different things to sell around his school.

A few years later, he studied at a college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to a room near his college for her, and sent her to school.

After Hong’s story went , he became a hero in people’s eyes. But Hong offers from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could depend on his own work..Through his hard life, he has grown up from boy to man.

( ) 1. A. parents B. friends C. yourself D. God

( ) 2. A. out of B. into C. without D. with

( ) 3. A. dog B. cat C. girl D. boy

( ) 4. A. left B. arrived C. went D. came

( ) 5. A. back B. shoulders C. head D. body

( ) 6. A. help B. save C. protect D. feed

( ) 7. A. make B. buy C. produce D. collect

( ) 8. A. build B. borrow C. rent D. share

( ) 9. A. public B. clear C. by D. far

( ) 10. A. accepted B. asked C. received D. refused

【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。通过洪战辉的自强不息，以及自己顽强的意志来照顾父亲和妹妹，在这样艰苦的条件下考取大学，仍然承担着家庭的重大责任的故事。

【答案】1-5 CDCAB 6-10 DDCAD

1. 【解析】选C 。句意理解题。depend on “依靠”，后面一句That ’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story ，那就是洪战辉的故事，以及下文的叙述，我们可知是依靠自己，故选C 。

2. 【解析】选D 。句意理解题。根据句意：那就是洪战辉从一个男孩到一个男人具有艰苦的家庭生活所告诉我们的成长故事；with family hardship在句子中作伴随状语。故选D 。

3. 【解析】选C 。语境理解题。依据下文可知：洪战辉领回的是一名女婴。故选C 。

4. 【解析】选C 。推理判断题。依据下文可知他的母亲离开了这个家，所以用left 。故选C 。

5. 【解析】选B 。语境理解题。由下文照顾他的父亲和小妹妹晨晨，并且继续学习。所以前面说的一切艰难都落在了这个年轻人的肩上。故选B 。

6. 【解析】选D 。语意理解题。从段首句：尽管生活困难，他没有离开父亲和妹妹。他找了

几份兼职的工作去养活他的家人。由此句句意可知，故选D 。

7. 【解析】选A 。语意理解题。根据句意：在周末他步行两小时去市场，尝试在学校附近卖不同的东西。注意此句中make 的含义：是“尝试”而不是“制造”，故选A 。

8. 【解析】选C 。推理判断题。依据上句To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard 为了照顾晨晨他努力工作在学校附近租了一间房子，build 建造；borrow 借；share 分享；都不符合题意，故选C 。

9. 【解析】选A 。推理判断题。由下文 he became a hero in people’s eyes.他变成了人们眼中的英雄，所以上一句应该是洪的故事公之于众之后。Go public 公之于众，故选A 。

10. 【解析】选D 。推理判断题。accepted 接受；asked 问；received 收到；refused 拒绝；由下文的他说因为这些善举他感到很受鼓舞，但是他能依靠他自己的工作，根据句意应该是“拒绝”，故选D 。

(B)

【2013浙江杭州】 Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a distance of about At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was stop. I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights, but there there was no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no danger in going through it. , after I’d met with a group in Lewisburg and had climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I’d stopped for that light it’s part of a contract(契约) we all have with each other. It’s not only the law, but it’s an agreement : we don’t go through red lights. we say we’ll do. We show up when we say we’ll show up. known what a good person I was on the road from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, I had to tell s someone.

（ ）11. A. fast B. slowly C. carefully D. hard

（ ）12. A. late B. alone C. worried D. afraid

（ ）13. A. green B. yellow C. red D. dark

（ ）14. A. return B. change C. start D. continue

（ ）15. A. refused B. decided C. prepared D. forgot

（ ）16. A. hardly B. luckily C. usually D. clearly

（ ）17. A. depended on B. looked forward to C. stayed away from D. came back to （ ）18. A. me B. it C. him D. us

（ ）19. A. what B. how C. why D. that

（ ）20. A. tired B. ready C. proud D. sorry

【主旨大意】本文是一篇议论文。文章通过作者没有闯红灯这件事，告诉我们“无规矩不成方圆”的道理，并号召我们无论何时何地为了自己和他人的安全都要遵守交通规则。

11. 【解析】选A 。逻辑推理题。由上文中的late 可知天已黑，作者回家晚了，故可推断开车加速，故选A 项，意为“迅速地”。

12. 【解析】选B 。细节理解和逻辑推理题。由下文中的Nothing, Not和no 可推知作者一个人，故答案选B 项，意为“独自的”。

13. 【解析】选C 。细节理解题。由下文 中的stop 和交通常识可知红灯亮了。

14. 【解析】选B 。逻辑推理题。根据上文可知红灯亮了，所以作者停下来等交通灯变绿后通行，故答案选B 项，意为“改变”。

15. 【解析】选A 。逻辑推理题。由下文I was not afraid of being caught可知作者不害怕被逮住，故可推知“作者想知道自己为什么没有闯红灯呢？”，故答案选A 项，意为“拒绝”。

16. 【解析】选D 。逻辑推理题。由上文可知作者“不害怕被逮住”可推知是“因为清楚周围没有警察”，故答案选D 项，意为“清晰地；清楚地”。

17. 【解析】选D 。细节理解题。根据上文中的I started wondering why I rufused to run the light和 the question of why I’d stopped for that light可知“晚上”作者思考的是同样的问题，故答案选D 项，意为“回到……”。

18. 【解析】选B 。细节理解题。由下文we don’t go through red lights可知这是“一条”交通规则，故答案选B 项，相当于the rule。

19. 【解析】选A 。what 连接的从句，在句中作宾语。

20. 【解析】选C 。联系上下文可推知作者为自己没有在任何监督的情况下能自觉遵守交通规则而感到“自豪”，故答案选C 项，意为“骄傲的；自豪的”。

(C)

【2013江苏无锡】My parents have always loved everything about India, so a year ago we went on holiday there. It’s a wonderful with beautiful scenes and interesting people . However, I didn’t enjoy Indian very much.

On the second day we planned to see an old palace. At the they said. “If you go by train, it’ll take you only two hours to get there.” However, the hot took over four hours. I was very when we got there , so we had some rice and vegetables with bread in a small restaurant. We were to find it was quite nice. I wasn’t full up though and I saw a man nearby eating some little meatballs.

I said to my dad, “I’ve been eating rice all week. Can I have some meatballs please?”

Well, they looked delicious so I ate the first one very . I was just putting the second one in my mouth when I felt myself —my mouth was on fire! I started to cough and there were tears (泪水)in my eyes. I couldn’t how spicy (辛辣的) it was!

I drank about ten glasses of water but the worst thing was everyone was laughing at me. You couldn’t make me eat another Indian meatball for all the in the world!

（ ）21.A. town B. city C. country D. restaurant

（ ）22.A. food B. scenes C. people D. costumes

（ ）23.A. palace B. hotel C. airport D. entrance

（ ）24 .A. sail B. walk C. drive D. ride

（ ）25. A. hungry B. curious C. cheerful D. nervous

（ ）26.A.shocked B. surprised C. bored D. tired

（ ）27.A. quietly B. easily C. quickly D. gently

（ ）28.A. burning B. watering C. crying D. smiling

（ ）29.A. feel B. believe C. think D. know

（ ）30. A. diet B. luck C. time D. money

【主旨大意】本文讲述我和父母去印度旅行，看到别人吃肉丸，自己也想吃，结果吃了以后

上火了。

21. 【解析】选C 。常识考查。印度是个国家，故选C 。

22. 【解析】选A 。语境理解。由下文的内容可知，是没有好好的享受印度的食物。

23. 【解析】选B 。判断推理。由后面句意“如果你们乘火车，将要花两个小时到达那儿”可知是在宾馆。

24. 【解析】选D 。语境理解。句意为“然而炎热的旅途花了四个多小时”。sail 航行；walk 步行；drive 开车；ride 旅行。故选D 。

25. 【解析】选A 。语境理解。由we had some rice and vegetables with bread可知是饿了。

26. 【解析】选B 。判断推理。由前一句里的in a small restaurant可推断他们进去后很惊讶，里面非常好。shocked 震惊的；surprised 惊讶的；bored 无聊的；tired 累的。

27. 【解析】选C 。语境理解。由looked delicious可知是很快地吃了第一个，quietly 安静地；easily 容易地；quickly 迅速地；gently 文雅地。故选C 。

28. 【解析】选A 。语境理解。由my mouth was on fire可知“我感觉我自己在燃烧”。burning 燃烧；watering 浇水；crying 哭喊；smiling 微笑。故选A 。

29. 【解析】选A 。语境理解。句意为“我感觉不出它有多么的辛辣”。feel 感觉；believe 相信；think 认为；know 知道。故选A 。（选B 。句意为“我不能相信它是多么的辛辣。”指作者认为印度肉丸的难吃程度自己无法相信。）不知对不对？

30. 【解析】选A 。语境理解。句意为“在世界上所有的饮食中你不可能让我再吃一个印度肉丸的。”diet饮食；luck 幸运；time 时间；money 钱。故选A 。

(D)

【2013湖北襄阳】Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight. "You need fortune (运气)," his father said. "But you work hard, no fortune will come."

that he didn't want to be a pianist any more. For the next two weeks he didn't touch the piano. Wisely (明智地) his father didn't ，but wait.

Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs. He didn't want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he had the ability to do it well. That day he told his father that he wanted with a new teacher. From that point on, everything turned around.

He started competitions. In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition when it was announced that Lang Lang had won, he was too to hold back his tears. Soon it was clear that he couldn't stay in China forever—he had to play on the world's big stages. In 1997 Lang Lang There he spent two years practicing and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his performance at Chicago's Raviniu Festival, gigs(演奏会) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall started pouring in. Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots (找到) him, and lets him shine.

（ ）31. A. if B. unless C. when D. since

（ ）32. A. piano B. knowledge C. fortune D. talent

（ ）33. A. hurt B. ill C. broken D. scared

（ ）34. A. hear B. push C. eat D. sleep

（ ）35. A. realized B. explained C. forgot D. noticed

（ ）36. A. argue B. dance C. study D. interview

（ ）37. A. winning B. beating C. watching D. refusing

（ ）38. A. annoyed B. mad C. tired D. excited

（ ）39. A. started B. left C. moved D. performed

（ ）40. A. helpful B.meaningful C. successful D. useful

【主旨大意】本文讲述沈阳年轻的班级钢琴演奏者郎朗的成名经历，说明一个人的成功与否受环境的影响，坚持就是胜利的道理。

31. 【解析】选B 。语境理解与逻辑推理。本题考查四个连词的用法，A 的意思是“如果，假如”，引导让步状语从句，B 的意思是“除非”引导条件状语从句，C 的意思是“当……时候”，引导时间状语从句，D 的意思是“自从……以后，自从……以来”引导时间状语从句。由句意“……你努力工作，没有运气会降临”，可以推断出选B 。

32. 【解析】选D 。语境理解。考查四个词的词义辨析，A 的意思是“钢琴”，B 的意思是“知识”，C 的意思是 “运气”,D的意思是“才能，天赋”，根据句意“你没有……，你将永远不会成为钢琴家”分析，选D 。

33. 【解析】选A 。语境理解。通过上文老师说的话，应该是对郎朗产生了“打击，伤害”通过看四个所给选项的词义，A 意为“使伤害，打击”，B 意为“生病的”C意为“破碎的，坏掉的”，D 意为“使害怕”，可以看出选A 。

34. 【解析】选B 。语境理解。考查四个词义辨析，A 意为“听见”B意为“逼迫”C意为“吃”， D 意为“睡觉”。句义“聪明的父亲并没有……只是等待”，可知选择答案B 。

35. 【解析】选A 。语境理解与逻辑推理。根据句义“当他将手指放在钢琴键上时，他……他要向其他人展示他有能力在钢琴这方面做好”分析，是自己“意识到”，分析四个词的词义，A 意为“意识到”，B 意为“解释”，C 意为“忘记”，D 意为“注意到”，选A 。

36. 【解析】选C 。语境理解。分析四个词的词义，A 意为“争论”，B 意为“跳舞”，C 意为“学习”，D 意为“接见，采访”。由下文“…with a new teacher.”看出选择答案C 。

37. 【解析】选A 。语境理解。通过下文都是郎朗获胜的描述，结合所给四个词的词义，A 意为“获胜”B意为“打败”C意为“看，观察”，D 意为“拒绝”，可以看出选A 。

38. 【解析】选D 。语境理解。由所给四个词的词义，A 意为“恼怒的”，B 意为“发疯的，疯狂的”，C 意为“劳累的”，D 意为“兴奋地”，由句意“郎朗太……禁不住流出了眼泪”，看出选D 。

39. 【解析】选C 。细节理解题。通过“this time to Philadelphia”看出，郎朗是又迁居了，所以根据四个单词词义，选择C 。

40. 【解析】选C 。语境理解，考查四个词义辨析。A 意为“有帮助的，有意的 ”B意为“有意义的，意味深长的”，C 意为“成功的”，D 意为“有用的”通过整篇文章可以看出朗朗的表演是“成功的”，选C 。

(E)

【2013河南】King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked which were strange. His people had to use words in a way to answer these questions.

Once he asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of an answer. It was at this moment that Birbal entered at once and asked, Akbar said, "How many crows (乌鸦)are there in this city?"

eighty nine crows, my lord".

"How can you be so

Birbal said, "Make you men , My lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives(亲戚) here. If you their relatives elsewhere".

Akbar was pleased very much by Birbal's wise answer.

( )41. A. questions B. help C. promise D. advice

( )42. A. common B. friendly C. Clever D. silent

( )43. A. Though B. Because C. If D. As

( )44. A. knew B. developed C. hated D. doubted

( )45. A. order B. Information C. Danger D. situation

( )46.A.ask B. wait C. try D. reach

( )47. A. Before B. Without C. Through D. In

( )48. A. smart B. brave C. fanny D sure

( )49. A. catch B. discuss C. count D. visit

( )50. A. fewer B. larger C. faster D. older

【主旨大意】国王阿克巴有个好猜谜的习惯。经常让他的大臣们猜谜并热衷于那些奇怪的谜语。有一次他问了一个非常奇怪的问题，这时伯巴勒走进了大殿。伯巴勒知道国王这个猜谜的习惯。在国王问城市里有多少只乌鸦时，伯巴勒机智地作出了回答。国王很满意他的这个答案。

41．A 【解析】考查动词意义辨析。宾语questions 提示和动词ask 构成动宾关系，表示“问问题”，B 、C 为动词，两个动词连用应该用动词不定式，跟名词advice 时，ask 后须跟介词for 。

42. C【解析】考查形容词意义辨析。前文had to “不得不”，提示下文用形容词clever 表示“明智的；聪明的”。

43.D 【解析】考查连词意义辨析。下文“他的臣民们低下头寻找答案”可知前文是时间状语从句，用as 引导时间状语从句表示“当……时候”。

44.A 【解析】考查动词意义辨析。根据下句“他立刻明白了当前的形势”可知上文是伯巴勒“知道”国王猜谜的习惯。用动词knew 表示“知道；了解”。

45.D 【解析】考查名词意义辨析。承接上文“他了解国王的习惯”，说明他明白当时的“形势”，用situation 表示“情况；形势”。

46.C 【解析】考查动词意义辨析。动词try 和for 连用，try for 表示“谋求；尝试”，和answer 构成动宾关系，表示“寻找一个答案”。

47.B 【解析】考查介词意义辨析。下文他立刻说出了一个具体数字，和even“甚至”的提示意义说明上文是“甚至没有经过片刻的思索”，用介词without 表示“无；没有”，表示否定意义。

48.D 【解析】考查形容词意义辨析。对于他说出的具体数字，根据常理，国王是询问“你如何能这么确信？”be sure表示“确信的；有把握的”。

49.C 【解析】考查动词意义辨析。承接上文，伯巴勒回答国王的问题是“让你的臣民们数一下”，用动词count 表示“数”，和上面的数字对应。

50.A 【解析】考查形容词比较级意义辨析。综合这两句话的意义“如果多了就是有来走亲戚的；如果少了，是去走亲戚了”可以推断空格处用fewer ，表示“少”这一意义，和上句的more 对应。

二、阅读理解（每小题2分，共50分）阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

(A)

（ ）1. We can find these explainations（解释）in _________ dictionary.

A.an English-English B.a Chinese-English C.an English-Chinese D.a chinese-chinese （ ）2. If you try to find a word similar to “proud”, you can look up the word “______”.

A. pleasure B. pride C.person D.province

（ ）3. If you have a bad cold, you will ______ according to the extract.

A. feel proud of yourself B. Lose your voice C.encourage your parents D.discourage yourself （ ）4. The word “encourage” is a (an) ______.

A. adjective

to the extract.

A. proud B. voice

ABBCC

C. discourage D.Antonyms B. noun C. verb D.adverb （ ）5. In the sentence “Your parents may △ you from smoking”, △ stands for _____ according

(B)

You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But did you know there is such a thing as a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth” ? No. They are just Chinese people like you and me.

ABC means American-born-Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. S ometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside---hinting like a Westerner(西方人) and yellow outside --- looking like a Chinese.

Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics(政治), But if ABCs can ’t speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are oversea Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C.N. Yang(杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

（ ）6.“ABC” in this passage stands for “_______”.

A. a kind of banana

B. three English letters

C. American-born-Chinese

D Chinese-born-American

（ ）7.Chinese in Westerner countries are called “banana persons” because _________

A. their bodies are white inside but yellow outside.

B. they think like Westerners but look like Chinese

C. they were born in China but go to study in America

D. they were born in China but work in America

（ ）8.The underlined word “blood” may probably mean _________

A. 血统 B. 洪水 C. 身份 D. 流血

（ ）9.C. N. Yang is mentioned here to show that _________

A. American Chinese are great.

B. Chinese people can win Nobel Prize.

C. American Chinese are not Chinese citizen.

D. We don’t like him.

（ ）10.This passage mainly talks about________

A. Chinese B. the Nobel Prize

C. the life story of C.N. Yang D. What the ABC stands for.

CBACD

(C)

My father was an excellent man. He may not have been a perfect man. But he was a good man. And he loved us. All I wanted to do today was to give him a good sending. Is that really so much to ask?

Maybe he had some things he liked to do. Life isn ’t simple. It ’s We ’re all just thrown in here together in a world full of chaos（混沌，混乱） and confusion, a world full of questions and no answers, with death always lingering（徘徊，沉思）around the corner.

And we do our best. We can’t always do our best. My dad did it best. He always tried to tell me, “You have to go for what you want in life, because you never know how long you’re going to be here. And whether you succeed or you fail, the most important thing is to have tried. A parent can only drive you in the right direction. In the end though, you’ve got to run for yourself. You have to grow up yourself.”

So when you leave here today, I ’d like you to remember my father for what he really was a

decent （体面的）and loving man. If only we could be as giving and generous and understanding as my father was. Then the world would be a far better place.

（ ）11. From the first paragraph we know that ____________.

A. the author’s father does everything very well

B. the father likes the children and the children like him

C. the children always ask their father questions

D. the father wants to give their children more love

（ ）12. Which word has the opposite meaning of the underlined word “complicated”?

A. interesting B. happy C. simple D. boring （ ）13. According to the second paragraph we can conclude __________.

A. life isn’t easy to anyone

B. life is full of quarreling and fighting

C. our world is filled with questions

D. everyone is afraid of death

（ ）14. “You have to grow up yourself.” This sentence tells us that ___________.

A. children can get everything from their parents

B. parents should do their best to help their children

C. parents and children should live together for long

D. children should depend on themselves in life

（ ）15. What does the author think of his father?

A. He is a prefect father.

B. He is a strict and surprising father.

C. He is a giving, generous and understanding father.

D. He is a loved man.

BCADC

(D)

As space science develops, man has learned more and more about space. Space is not only amazing but also dangerous. While working in space, spacemen are facing danger as well as success.

Scientists have found out that to spacemen in space. When spacemen are working in space, they are in danger of radiation from the sun and other stars, which is bad for their health. The damage(危害) done by radiation won't be discovered until their children or even grandchildren are born. Some special medicine may work a little, but no really helpful medicine has been.

Space junk is also It's reported that there are 9,000 man-made things flying in space. About 30% of these are satellites, 10% are spaceships, and the rest are space junk. An explosion(爆炸) in 1996 made a cloud of 300,000., each at least 4mm in size, and even a small piece of these knocked against a spaceship window and did some damage. Scientists are watching and reporting any possible danger all the time. They are working on helpful ways to do with space junk.

Although space is really dangerous, it interests everyone on the earth. In the near future, it may become usual for people to spend a few days in a space hotel. We may even choose to leave the earth and live in space in a few years. So we should care for space and do something to help

improve the space environment.

（ ）16.__________ shows the man-made things in space in the correct way.

Space Junk Spaceships Satellites

D B C A

（ ）17. Space junk and radiation in space are dangerous to___________ .

A. spacemen working in space B. people only on the earth

C. all the people except children D. the old people on the earth

（ ）18. The underlined word “fragments” means “ ”.

A. 烟雾 B. 泡沫 C. 云块 D. 碎片

（ ）19. Which of the following about the passage(短文) is TRUE?

A. The passage tells us that radiation in space comes from the sun and other stars.

B. Every one of us can make a trip to space now.

C. Scientists have found out ways to solve any problem in space.

D. People are afraid to travel to space because it’s too dangerous.

（ ）20. The best title(标题) of the passage is .

A. Space Radiation

CADAB B. Space Danger C. Space Junk D.Space Travel

(E)

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 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, 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 not pleased with 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.

（ ）21.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 looked after the passengers

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

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

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

（ ）23.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

（ ）24.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

（ ）25.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

CACDC