初中英语8年级星级阅读训练 Test 30.pdfVIP

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Completethefollowingpassagewiththewordsorphrasesinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeused

once(将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次)：

A.rideB.inserviceC.replacedD.operatedE.part

Haveyoueverseenpicturesoftrolleycars(有轨电车)？Forsomereasons,theyalwaysseem

old-fashioned.Trolleycarsoncewereapartofmanycities.Theycouldgoquitefast,too.Onetrolley,

stillinusenearPhiladelphiaPennsylvania,can_____1____atalmost100milesanhour.

Whathappenedtotrolleys?Manypeoplefeltthattheygotinthewaycarsandbuses,sotrolleys

were______2______inmanyareas.Onlyafewremain________3_______.

Today,however,somepeoplewanttobringthemback.InSanDiego,California,atrolley

alreadyrunsfromthatcityallthewaytoMexico.Perhapswe’llsoonbeableto_____4_______trolleys

elsewhere,too.

A.raisedB.partnerC.searchD.farawayfromE.name

Canyouimaginehavingacometnamedafteryou?Allyouhavetodois____5_____theskiesand

bethefirsttodiscoveroneofthesesmall,starlikebodieswithafierytail.CarolynShoemakerdidjustthat.

AfterShoemakergrewup,shebecameapilotandraisedafamily.Whenherchildrenweregrown,

shebeganworkingwithherhusband,astronomerEugeneShoemaker.In1993,Carlyon,Eugene,and

their_____6_____DavidLevysetupatelescopeonamountaintop_________citylights.Theytook

photographswiththetelegraphswiththetelescope.Later,whilelookingatthephotographsinthelab,

Carolyndiscoveredtheircomet.TheynamedthecometShoemaker-Levy9(SL9).

By1996,Shoemakerhaddiscovered32comets,allofwhichbearher__________.

B

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