It began with one red paper clip(回形针)and ende...

It began with one red paper clip(回形针)and ended with a house. Kyle MacDonald, a 26-year-old Canadian got a house with three bedrooms through 14 trades(交易)that started with a single red paper clip.

Now more and more young people around the world like this kind of trading activities. They set up websites and trade on the Internet. People trade things they do not usually use with other people. A website called Peerflix allows people to trade their old possessions. These traders usually prefer face-to-face trading, in this way they don’t have to worry about who is going to pay for the delivery(递送).

Last year, a young girl in Beijing decided to follow the example of Kyle. She started with a paper clip and hoped to get a house in the end．After several trades she now has a piano which is worth more than 10, 000 yuan. But she may still have a long way to go.

Maybe you can’t understand why people are doing this. As Kyle said, “What’s more important to a man in the desert—one million dollars or a glass of water?” Kyle’s words probably show why these trades are popular among young people.

1.Do young people like the trading activities?

2.Where can people trade things they do not usually use?

3.Why do these traders usually prefer face-to-face trading?

4.What did the Chinese girl hope to get at the end of the trade?

5.Why are the trade activities popular among young people?

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It is ____ since the meeting began and it will end soon.

A. two hours and a half B. two hours and half

C. two and a half hour D. two and half an hour

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House For Rent　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Lost Dog

2 sunny bedrooms with one kitchen　　　　　　　　 　 Small size

﹩500 a month　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Black and white, short hair

Call Mr. Winter at 555—7843　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 Call Gus. Reward at 555—6238

Taxi Driver W anted　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Titanic 3D

Full or part time　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Saturday and Sunday

Experience needed　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Zig Zag Cinema.

Call Mark at 555—7296 between　　　　　　　　　　 ﹩20 (half for children under12).

9 am and 5 pm weekdays.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Call 555—9767 for more information

1.If you want to rent the room for two months, you should pay 　　　　 .

A. 250 dollars　　 　 　 B. 500 dollars

C. 1000 dollars　　　　 D.1500 dollars

2.If you want to work as a taxi driver, you can call 　　　　 .

A. 555-7296　　　　 B. 555-6238

C. 555-7843　　　　 D. 555-9767

3.　　　　　 lost a small, black and white dog.

A. Mark　　　　 　 B. Zig Zag

C. Mr. Winter　　 D. Gus. Reward

4.If Mrs. White wants to see Titanic 3D with her 10-year-old daughter, she will pay_____dollars.

A. 10　　　　　　 B. 20　　　　　　 c. 30　　　　　 D. 32

八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Tina lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood(洪水) and quite a few houses were washed away. 1..

Tina took in one of the families which had lost everything. 2. Tina's friends could not understand why she wanted to give so much when she already had so many children to support.

"Well," Tina explained to her friends, "At the end of World War I, there was a poor woman in a town in Germany. 3. "

"The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, 'We won't be able to have much for Christmas. I'm going to get just one present for us all. 4.’She came back with a little girl who had no parents. 'Here's our present,' she said to her own children."

"The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grew up as their sister. 5."

根据文章的内容，将下面的句子还原到文中。

A.Now I'll go and get it.

B.But Tina's house was high enough to escape (逃)it.

C.Her husband had been killed in the war and she had many children, just like me now.

D.She shared her home until the family could build another house.

E.I was that Christmas present.

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One morning an old man left his house with six donkeys (驴). After a time, he got tired and got on one of them. He counted the donkeys and there were only five. So he got off and went to look for the sixth. He looked and looked, but he did not find it, so he went back to the donkeys and counted them again. To his surprise, this time there were six. So he went on one of them again and they started. After a few minutes, he counted the donkeys again, and again there were only five! He became confused (糊涂的). Just then a friend of his passed him. The old man said to him, “I left my house with six donkeys. Then I had five, then I had six again, and now I have

only five! Look! One, two, there, four, five.”　　　　　　

“But,” said his friend, “you are sitting on a donkey, too. This is the sixth. And you are the seventh!”

1.When did the story happen?

A. In the morning.

B. In the afternoon.

C. In the evening.

D. At night.

2. In fact, how many donkeys were there?

A. Four.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Five.

C. Six.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Seven.

3. Why did the old man get on one of the donkeys?

A. Because he wanted to count them.

B. Because he got tired.

C. Because he wanted to look for the sixth.

D. Because he got lost.

4.Why couldn’t the old man get the right number?

A. Because he left one donkey at his house.

B. Because he gave one of the donkeys to his friend.

C. Because he didn’t see one of the donkeys

D. Because he forgot to count the one he got on.

【小题】What can we learn about from the passage?

A. The old man was silly.

B. The old man was funny.

C. One of the donkeys died.

D. The old man didn’t see any donkeys.

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Of the three paper flowers, the red one is the_________.

A.bad　　     B.worse         C. badly        D. worst

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Australia is a beautiful country and it’s ________ its Opera House.

A.filled with B.full of C.famous for D.famous as

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I have more paper clips than_______________, but my CDs are fewer than________________.

A．she, hers                              B．she, her

C．yours, yours                           D．hers, her

八年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

I have more paper clips than_______________, but my CDs are fewer than________________.

A．she, her                              B．she, hers

C．yours, your                            D．hers, her

八年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

One day a young girl was driving with her father and it started to rain. “What should I do?” the girl asked. “Keep driving,” her father said. Cars began to pull over (靠 …. 停车) to the side of the road. “What should I do?” the young girl asked. “1.____” her father said. “But don’t stop.”

A few feet up the road, she noticed that even more drivers were also pulling over. “2._____ Everyone else is pulling over!” she told her father. “Don’t give up, just keep driving!” her father told her.

The rain continued, but she never stopped driving and soon she could see a little more clearly. After a few miles she was again on dry land and the sun came out.

“3.____” her father said.

“But why now?” the girl asked.

“When you get out, look back at all the people that gave up and are still in the rain.

4.　　 ” said her father.

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