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八年级英语第二学期复习作业 一、阅读：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A CALGARY，CANADA—It was one of the most important phone calls Bruce Burrell has ever received，a call warning that a flood was headed Calgary’s way. “I got a phone call about five in the morning on Thursday from Len McCharles，who was on watch at the time，and he said ‘there has been big flooding in Canmore and it’s heading this way’，” said Burrell，the head of the Calgary Emergency Management Agency. “I got up immediately，turned on the morning news，saw the pictures from Canmore and then called McCharles back.I said ‘open the Emergency Operations Centre.’” Burrell was in the EOC for 48 hours straight and it wasn’t until Burrell left the centre for the first time that the disaster hit him. “Once you step outside and you actually see it and hear it，it paints a completely different picture from what you thought you would be dealing with.” Calgary firefighters came to help the Calgarians who were influenced by floodwaters.Keal Prince，captain of the Calgary Fire Department，remembers how a young boy lost his finger while helping a woman remove debris(瓦砾) out of her house. “As his finger got cut off，it went into a fully loaded dumpster(装好的垃圾箱)，”Prince said.“People had worked for hours to get the dumpster loaded and now they’re working tirelessly，quickly to unload that dumpster，looking for that finger.” “We had to remove a lot of debris to find that finger.Luckily，the finger was found and it was reattached(重新接上)，” Prince added. Burrell is proud of what the city has achieved so far.And he says the city couldn’t have done it without hundreds of unsung heroes.“There were a lot of unbelievable things that went on during the flood and I think that is what Calgarians need to be proud of.” 1.On the morning of Thursday，Burrell . A. recognised his house was flooded B. was called to go to Canmore to help people C. got to know from others about a coming disaster D. opened his house and found something was wrong 2.Hearing what had happened，Burrell . A. called the centre to collect pictures B. reported the event to the TV station C. went to the flooded areas immediately D. gave orders for work to be started at once 3.It seemed that the young boy . A. was a great help B. had a happy ending C. looked for his finger for hours alone D. was hurt while unloading the dumpster 4.We can infer from the last paragraph that Burrell . A. thinks highly of people in Calgary B. has received praise from Calgarians C. thinks it’s his duty to protect the city D. feels the firefighters need more training B In the summer of 1885, nine-year-old Joseph was very ill. He had been wounded by a sick dog that had rabies (狂犬病), a very dangerous disease. His parents were told that there was probably only one man who could save Joseph’s life—Louis Pasteur. When Pasteur was a young boy in France, he spent many hours every day with the chemist ( ... ...