金华市2011年初英语八年级阅读竞赛试题.doc

金华市2011年初中英语八年级阅读竞赛试题 本试卷共四部分，满分100分。时间80分钟。 注意事项： 1. 答题卡填涂说明：用蓝黑钢笔或圆珠笔写上姓名和考号。用2B铅笔将对应的方框涂黑。 2. 考号统一为20118+考场号+座位号。例如：第三考场，座位号06，考号为201180306. 3. 1--55题的答案必须用2B铅笔填涂到答题卡上。答在试卷上不得分！ 现在请开始答题。Good luck！阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项并在上将该选项标号涂黑。Restaurants in Europe, the United States and Japan are testing technology to let diners order their food direct from a screen at their table instead of depending on a fellow human being to note their choice. Besides cutting costs, companies that sell the “e-menus” argue the bytes-for-bites (点击) way has a new value that can attract younger customers, and different photographs of steaks and desserts attract diners to order more. It also could attract the TV dinner. How about a computer game dinner? “It’s about impulse-buying,” said Adi Chitayat, Conceptic’s CEO. “If a person starts looking at pictures of chocolate cake, the chances are that he’ll order it.” Frame, a restaurant in Tel Aviv with the system, is said to have its sales on tables with the e-menu increased. Customers often call ahead to book seats with screens, manager Natalie Edry told Reporters. At one of the e-menu tables, IT worker Gil Uriel and his young family felt interested and excited as they checked out pictures of the dishes on offer and argue over desserts. “It’s more visual (直观),” says Uriel, as his children could have their own choices of dishes. “We can still choose, we can still argue —but it’s much easier when we can all see it.” 1. The following are the advantages（益处）of “restaurants with e-menus” EXCEPT that . A. eating in them is more comfortable B. the restaurants can save a lot of money C. they can attract more youngsters to the restaurants D. customers can see the pictures of their ordered foods 2. The underlined word “impulse-buying” in the 3rd paragraph means . A. having no idea in buying things B. losing interest in buying things C. having no patience in buying things D. being encouraged in buying things 3. According to