第14课时 八年级下册 Units 7～8
好题随堂演练
一、阅读理解
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(2019·预测)In China and even in the world, Huawei is a wonder. Although it started producing mobile phones not many years ago, it has become one of the most famous phone companies.
Now Huawei has got third place at the mobile market, just following Apple and Samsung. After seeing more of its smartphones were sold last year, Huawei appears to be more confident in its bigger goals.
“We hope that in three years our market share can be the top two and in five years our market share can be the top one，” Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's Consumer(消费者) Business Group, said in a recent TV interview.
The company sold 108 million smartphones in 2015, compared with 2014, the number increased by 44 percent, though it was much smaller than Apple's 231.5 million iPhones and Samsung's 317.2 million smartphones.
“The number of our smartphon es is still growing，” Yu said, “and our company is expecting an increase of 30% in smartphone shipments(出货量). It'll be a great success.”
Although Huawei's smartphones sold well in Western Europe and China, the market in the US is another example. Yu said that the company was “so late” to the US. However, we are trying hard to raise our market share there in the next few years.
1．According to the passage, which are top two biggest smartphone companies now?
A．Apple and Huawei.
B．Samsung and Huawei.
C．Samsung and Apple.
2．What does the underlined word “share” mean in Chinese?
A．分享 B．份额 C．股票
3．How many smartphones were sold by Huawei in 2015?
A．108 million. B. 231.5 million. C．317.2 million.
4．Which of the follo wing is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Huawei has a very long history of making smartphones.
B．Huawei's market share will be the top one in two years.
C．Huawei is trying hard to make its market share rise in America.
5．What do es the passage mainly want to tell us?
A．Smartphones are getting popular around the world.
B． Huawei's phone company is getting better and better.
C．Huawei is trying ha rd to make money.
B
(2017·山东威海中考)Water is a liquid(液体); but it can also be a solid when it is very cold and turns to ice. It can also be a gas, when it evaporates(蒸发) and become water vapour(水蒸气)．
The water cycle
Water is very important, and without it life on Earth would be impossible. The oceans that cover three quarters of the Earth's surface can be thought of as our great water reservoirs. All the time, water is being evaporated from the ocean's surface by the warmth of the sun. Hi gh in the sky this water vapour, turns into clouds which drift(漂浮) over the land, often creating rainfall. As the rain falls, it seeps(渗漏) into the soil and then into rivers that flow back into the oceans, where it is ready to begin all over again!
