八年级上英语阅读训练20篇.doc

八年级上英语阅读训练20篇Passage 1In the last fifty years, a lot of people have left Europe and gone to live in Australia. One of them was a Hungarian man. He lived in Australia for a long time, and he had a lot of good friends there He always said to them, “Australia is beautiful, but Hungary is beautiful, too. ”Then one year he said to his friends, “Im going to go back to Hungary to visit my home town. ”All his friends said to him, “We want to go with you, because you often said Hungary had been a beautiful country, and we want to visit it. ” The Hungarian Australian（匈籍澳大利亚人） took his friends from Sydney to Rome（罗马） in a big plane, and then they went from Rome to Budapest（布达佩斯） in a train as they wanted to see the mountains, and the villages and the town.They stayed in Budapest nearly a week, and they liked it very much. One day they went to the zoo in Budapest and saw two kangaroos there.There Australian were very happy because kangaroos were from their home town. They said to them, “Come here, old friends! Come and see your Australian brothers!” But the kangaroos did not move. But then the Hungarian Australian spoke to them in Hungarian, “Come here!” he said, and both of the kangaroos ran to him.The other Australians laughed and said, “Look at that. Theyre Australian, but they only know Hungarian!”选择正确答案：1The Hungarian moved to Australia _. Alast year Bmore than 50 years ago Ca few years ago D50 years since then 2The Hungarian wanted to go back to Hungary to _. Asee the kangaroos Bhis home town Cvisit his old friends there Dpay a visit to the zoo 3How did they get to Budapest from Sydney? ABy air and by train. BBy ship. CBy air. DBy train.4Kangaroo is a kind of famous_ in Australia. Aanimals Btrees Clanguages DplantsPassage 2It was Sunday and Tom was staying home. After breakfast he went out into the garden and played quietly by himself. There were no kids around and he was used to（习惯于）playing alone quietly. He played with Bobby, the dog. He climbed up and down the trees. Sometimes a bird would come down to perch（停歇） on top of the doghouse. Then Tom would have the greatest fun （爱好） by throwing a stone or something at it. Though he never made it. He did like doing this kind of things.Now Tom had been in the garden for half an hour. Suddenly a crack（碎裂声） was heard and the little boy began crying.“Whats the matter, Tom? ” his mother looked through the kitchen window. Tom ran into the kitchen.“Mum” he sobbed（抽泣），“I broke Bobbys plate. I didnt know it was so fragile （易碎的）”. His mother put her arms round him and said, “Dont feel too bad, Tom. We have other plates for Boddy. But how did you break that one? ”“I threw this at a bird but missed, and it went straight to the plate. ” In Toms hand was his fathers gold pocket watch（金怀表）！ 1When did the story happen? AOn a Sunday afternoon. BOn a Sunday morning. CAt noon. DIn the evening. 2When a bird perched on top of the doghouse, Tom_Awould like to play with it. Bwas very interested in it by throwing a stone at it. Cwould like to give it something to eat. Dwould smile.3There were no kids around and he was used to playing alone quietly. Here “kids ”means _. Amen Bdogs Cchildren Dbirds4How long had Tom been in the garden when his mother heard him cry? AAn hour. B A day. CTwo hours DHalf an hour. 5“Though he never made it” means“_” AThough he couldnt hit a bird with a stone or something.BThough he couldnt catch the bird. CThough he couldnt have fun from the bird. DThough he couldnt eat the bird.Passage 3Thomas Edison was a famous American scientist. He was born in 1847. When he was a child, he liked to find out how things worked. He was in school for only three months. He asked his teacher a lot of strange questions. Most of them had nothing to do with his lessons The teacher thought the boy was not bright and was not worth（值） teaching. When he told this to Edisons mother, she took her son out of school. As she had been a teacher, she taught him herself. The boy read a lot. Soon he became very interested in science. At the age of ten, Edison had already built a chemistry lab for himself. Ever since then, he never stopped searching for new and better ways to do things.1Edison was born in the_ century（世纪）. Aeighteenth Bnineteenth Cnineteen Deighteen 2While he was in school, Edison _. Astudied his lessons very hard Bwas often late for school Cliked to ask questions Dwas not bright enough to study 3Edison learned more from _. Ahis mother Bhis teacher Cother boys Dhis father 4Young Edison was interested in _. Asports Bplaying games Cmaking trouble Dscience 5He was always searching for new and better ways to do things after he Aread books Bfinished school Cbuilt a lab Dwas taken out of schoolPassage 4B：Hello! May I speak to Mr Jenkins, please?S：Hold on for a minute, please Ill just see if hes in his office. B：Thank you.S：(A moment later) Oh, sorry. He isnt there. Do you want to leave a message for him? B：Please tell him to call back. My number is 6674290, Mrs Black. S：Oh, hes coming! (To Mr Jenkins) A telephone call for you, Mr Jenkins. J：Hello! Whos calling, please? B：Hello! Mrs Black here.J：What can I do for you, Mrs Black?B：I bought a pair of shoes in your shop a moment ago. Ive brought them home but left my bag there. Theres an important letter in it. May I trouble you to have it found?J：Im glad to. Hold on for a while. (To Miss Shute) Go downstairs and ask if theyve found a bag, Miss Shute.S：OK. (A few minutes later, Miss Shute comes back with three bags. ) Here you are, Mr Jenkins. J：Weve found three bags in my shop. But we dont know which one is yours. B：(In a hurry) Please show them to me. I can tell you which one is mine. 选择正确答案1Mrs Black hurries to _. Atelephone Mr Jenkins Bfind her new shoesCfind her bag Dtell Miss Shute about her letter 2Mr Jenkins works _. Anear Miss Shutes office Bin Miss Shutes office Cdownstairs Din another building3Mrs Black asks Mr Jenkins to help her to find the bag because _. Atheres a lot of money in it Bshe must find the important letter Cshe put her new shoes in it Dhes more able than any other person 4Its_ for Mr Jenkins to show the bag to the woman on the telephone. Atrue Bright Cpossible Dnot possiblePassage 5Until a few years ago, only boys could become students at the university of Ruritania （鲁里坦尼亚大学）. Later the university decided to take girls in. But one of the teachers, Mr Goller, was not pleased at all. He had not wanted to let girl students in.Mr Goller always began his lessons with the word “Gentlemen!” What could he do now? Well, when the girl students came to his lessons for the first time, he still began with the word. For him the girls were just not there. Then one day there was only one boy in his class among a lot of girls. For a moment, Mr Goller didnt know what to do. Then he began, “Sir! ”Finally a terrible day came when there were no boys in his class He came into the room, looked at the girls and said, “Oh, nobodys here today!” he turned and went out without giving his lessons.1Several years ago, _. Athere was no girl studying in the university.BMr Goller didnt teach in the university Cthe university let girl students in Dmost of the students in the university were boys.2Mr Goller usually said “_”when he began his lessons. ASir BGood morning CGentlemen DHello 3When the girls came to his lessons, Mr Goller was _. Asurprised Bafraid Cglad Dunhappy 4The writer wants us to know how Mr Goller _. Aagreed to let the girls in Bdidnt like his teaching Calways didnt know What to do with the girlsDonly liked to teach boy students.5We can know from the passage that _. Athe boy students didnt enjoy Mr Gollers lessons Bwe will not see the girl students in Mr Gollers class. CMr Goller was loved by his students DMr Goller will not work in the university.Passage 6Rodgers and Simon were Americans. Once they travelled in Spain（西班牙）. One day they came into a little restaurant for lunch. They did not know Spanish, and the waiter did not know their American English, either. They wanted the waiter to understand that they asked for some milk and bread. At first Rodgers read the word “milk” many times. Then Simon spelled it on the table. But the waiter could not understand them at all. At last Rodgers took out a piece of paper and began to draw a cow The waiter looked at it and ran out of the restaurant.“How clever you are!” Simon said to Redgers, “He understood us at last!” After some time, the waiter came back, he brought no milk with him , but two tickets for a bull-fight down on their table!1Rodgers and Simon went into a restaurant _. Ato buy two tickets for a bull-fight Bto draw a picture of cow Cto have lunch Dto buy a cow 2The waiter did not understand Rodgers and Simon, _. Abecause he ran out of the restaurantBbecause he did not know American English and they did not know Spanish Cbecause they wanted some milk and bread Dbecause they drew a cow on a piece of paper3Why did the waiter give them two tickets for a bull-fight? ABecause Rodgers drew a cow not a bull （公牛）. BBecause the waiter was foolish.CBecause the cow drawn by Rodgers looked like a bull. DBecause Rodgers drew a bull, not a cow.4How many people are there in the story? AThree. BTow. CMany. DMore than three.Passage 7It was a pretty street with many nice houses. At the comer, there was no house, just land. Mr. March bought the land . On it he put a building with two stores.The people on that street did not like the stores. The stores made their street ugly. But there was no law to stop Mr. March.A man across the street sold his house. The people who bought it did not live there. They used it to make things to sell.Before long, other houses were sold. These houses were used as stores, too. Once these houses had cost a lot of money. Now they were not worth as much money. And the pretty street was not pretty any more.Today, we have a law to keep this from happening. This law is called “Zoning（美国的区域法）. ” The zoning law tells people where they can build stores and where they can build houses.1At the comer of the pretty street was _.Aa house Bjust land Cone store Da barn 2Which of the following does this story lead you to believe? AStores make good houses for people to live in. BAll buildings have at least two stores in them. CThe people who built our cities did not plan ahead.3What did the stores do to the street? (Which sentence is exactly like the one in your book?) AThe stores made their street rich. BThe stores made their street pretty. CThe stores made their street ugly.4The main idea of the whole story is that _. Athe people were ugly Bstores make streets beautiful Czoning in a city is importantPassage8One morning in London. The weather was very cold, and many people caught a cold. They had to see a doctor, so there were many people in the doctors waiting-room. At the head of the line was an old woman. The woman did not live in London. She lived in Scotland （苏格兰）. She came here to visit her daughter. She wanted to see the doctor because she got a bad cold and coughed day and night.“If I get there early, I can see the doctor quickly, ” she thought. So she was the first in the line. She sat nearest to the doctors door. An American came into the waiting-room, and walked quickly to the doctors door. The old woman thought he was a queue jumper. She stood up and took his arm slowly, she said, “We were all here before you. You must wait for your turn. Do you understand?” The American answered, “No, madam. You dont understand! You are all after me! Im the doctor! ”1How many people were there in the doctors waiting-room ?AA few people. BA lot of people. CFew people. DNobody. 2The woman came _. Afrom the country Bfrom a town Cfrom a factory Dfrom a farm 3The old woman was the first in the line so that she could _. Aspend less time Bspend less moneyCsee the doctor quickly Dhave a talk with the doctor 4Where did the doctor come from?AEngland. BScotland CAmerica. DLondon.Passage 9No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted（发出呼噜声）like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him-water splashing（飞溅）, bees humming（嗡嗡作响声）, a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy language. Your dictionary is your most useful book.1What do we mean by language? ASounds made by man. BAll the words made by man. CDifferent kinds of sound. DThe way man learns. 2From the passage we know that long long ago _. Ano one learned how to make sounds or wordsBanimals taught to learn the languageCMan learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the ground, and so on DMan followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words 3What is the number of language spoken in the world today? A500 B5, 000 C1, 500 D15, 0004In which sentence can the word “contain (s)” be put so that it is a right one? AI _several dictionary BSea water_ salt.CA dog _four legs DMr Smith _glasses on his nose 5Which of the following is the best if we want to make our vocabulary larger? ATo use the words in every day life BTo read more books CTo read easy books DTo look up new words in the dictionaryPassage 10Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems（解题）they cant do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century, except the old people.Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve（提高）their studies in school. Yet, many of their children usecomputers to play games, to watch video（影视）or to sing that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness?It will be decided by todays students themselves!1Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _. Aour country asks us to learn it Bit can help us a lot Cwe can use it to play games Dit can help us to find jobs2What do many teachers and parents complain about? They complain that _ . Atheir students and children use computers to play games Bcomputers let them lose their jobsCcomputers make their students and children fall behindDcomputers bring people a lot of trouble3In this passage we know computers _. Aalso bring us trouble Bbring us happiness only Care hated by people Dare bad for peoples health 4Can computers really help children to study? AYes, they can. BIts hard to say. CNo, they cant. DOf course not.5How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means _. Acomputers are used by people Bpeople can live well without computers Cone must decide how to use computers Dcomputers are strange machinesPassage 11Until a few years ago, only boys could become students at the university of Ruritania （鲁里坦尼亚大学）. Later the university decided to take girls in. But one of the teachers, Mr Goller, was not pleased at all. He had not wanted to let girl students in.Mr Goller always began his lessons with the word “Gentlemen!” What could he do now? Well, when the girl students came to his lessons for the first time, he still began with the word. For him the girls were just not there. Then one day there was only one boy in his class among a lot of girls. For a moment, Mr Goller didnt know what to do. Then he began, “Sir! ”Finally a terrible day came when there were no boys in his class He came into the room, looked at the girls and said, “Oh, nobodys here today!” he turned and went out without giving his lessons.1Several years ago, _. Athere was no girl studying in the university.BMr Goller didnt teach in the university Cthe university let girl students in Dmost of the students in the university were boys.2Mr Goller usually said “_”when he began his lessons. ASir BGood morning CGentlemen DHello 3When the girls came to his lessons, Mr Goller was _. Asurprised Bafraid Cglad Dunhappy 4The writer wants us to know how Mr Goller _. Aagreed to let the girls in Bdidnt like his teaching Calways didnt know What to do with the girlsDonly liked to teach boy students.5We can know from the passage that _. Athe boy students didnt enjoy Mr Gollers lessons Bwe will not see the girl students in Mr Gollers class. CMr Goller was loved by his students DMr Goller will not work