《2025年天下中考八年级英语下册》

五、阅读理解
How can you buy a meal for lunch without any money in your pocket? Students in Class 9, Grade 7 at Mountain and Lake Middle School in Chengdu, Sichuan, have their ways. They give out flyers (传单), draw portraits (人物素描) and work as waiters.
The class, working in eight groups, had a meaningful experience on March 18. “I found students waste their food in the dining hall.” Deng Guiyong, the class teacher, said, “So I held this activity to help them understand how hard it is to make money.”
Jiang Yao, 13, and his group members stood in the streets giving out flyers for about two hours and got the money for their lunch. Then they worked as waiters in a pizza restaurant cleaning the floor and toilets and getting food for guests, “We were busy all along, so we were terribly exhausted after the day’s hard work,” said Jiang. “We each got a pizza as a prize, which tasted much better than those I ate with my parents before.”
When Xie Ni’s group didn’t make any money in three hours, the members became nervous about their lunch. The 13 - year - old girl came up with the idea of drawing portraits to sell, “I sold four portraits and one tourist even paid us 100 yuan for his portrait,” said Xie.
Xie realized that life is really hard. “We have to work hard to get the money to pay for even a simple meal,” Xie said. “★.”
On top of making money, each group was also asked to do at least five good deeds (行为) during the seven hours. Students helped the old cross the road, gave directions to tourists and turned in a lost bus card.
( ) 1. From the teacher’s words, we can see that the students ______.
A. usually waste food in their daily life
B. realize life is really not easy
C. are good at making money
D. have their own ways to get food without money
( ) 2. The underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 3 means “______”.
A. happy B. excited C. relaxed D. tired
( ) 3. Which of the following can be put in ★?
A. Not everyone can find a job B. Even simple meals are delicious
C. We must value the happy life today D. We can’t eat so much anymore
( ) 4. From the passage, we can infer that ______.
A. all the students will find good jobs when they grow up
B. the students will not waste as much food as before
C. Xie Ni’s group didn’t make any money in the activity
D. each student was asked to do at least five good deeds during the seven hours
( ) 5. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Life Is Really Hard B. It’s Good to Be a Helper
C. How to Work for People D. Experiencing Life for Seven Hours

答案： 1～5 ADCDD