八年级下册英语完形填空和阅读训练.doc

八年级下册英语完形填空和阅读训练（二） 姓名- 分数- -骄子教育中心一完形填空（一共10空，一空5分）Stuart and Steve were twin brothers. Stuart loved to play basketball. But Steve loved to read books.One day Stuart was playing basketball 1 he fell and broke his leg. When they took him to the hospital, the doctor said he wouldnt be able to play for six months. Steve went 2 him and brought him books on basketball. At first Stuart wasnt going to read them. Then he began to read them and 3 that there were ways he could play basketball better. He began to think that books werent that 4 .When Stuarts leg started getting better, Steve would help him by going for walks with him. 5 Stuarts doctor said he could start playing basketball again. Then Stuart showed Steve how to toss (投) for baskets. Steve found that he enjoyed it. Then Stuart was ready to 6 the basketball games. Steve went to games and enjoyed himself. They then 7 practiced basketball and read books together.So you can see, when 8 happens, something good may also happen. Steve showed Stuart about books and Stuart showed Steve about basketball. So you can also 9 showing others something that you like to do and they can show you something that they like to do. 10 you can find new things to do.( )1. A. until B. when C. after D. where( )2. A. on seeing B. to call C. to visit D. to look( )3. A. saw B. looked C. read D. found( )4. A. good B. bad C. better D. worse( )5. A. But B. However C. Finally D. So( )6. A. take part B. win C. lose D. join in ( )7. A. always B. never C. seldom D. much( )8. A. anything good B. something nice C. something bad D. anything wrong( )9. A. try B. practice C. enjoy D. like( )10. A. On the way B. By the way C. All the way D. In this way完形填空强化训练(2) 1 5 BCDBC 610 DACAD2 阅读理解（一共10空，一空5分）一）People often say that the Englishmans home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal to him. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them individual（个体的）;they can paint them, and change them in any way they like. Most house have a garden, even if it is a very small one, and the garden is usually loved. The house and the garden are the private（私人的）space of the individual.People usually like to mark their space. Are you sitting now in your home or on a train?have you marked the space around yourself as your? If you are on the train you may put your coat or small bag on the seat beside you. If you share a flat you may have one corner or chair which is your own.Once I was travelling on a train to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us .The man on the space on my side of the table at all. I was angry. Maybe he thought that he owned the whole table. I had read a book about non-verbal communications ， I took various papers out of my bag and put them on his briefcase! When I did this he stiffened and his eyes nearly popped(瞪出)out of his head. I had invaded(侵犯)his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off his case in order to read them. He immediately moved his case to his side of the table. Of course, it is possible that he just wanted to be helpful to me!If you are visiting another country you may feel that you dont have any private space. Hotel rooms look much the same in every country in the world. All day long ,you share public spaces with other people. You see the local people in their private spaces and you feel lonely and “outside”. Local people can create their private spaces by talking about things you dont know about .And you even feel that they like you to be outside them so that they will enjoy being inside even more! This is one of the difficulties of being a traveler! But if you understand it then it helps you .Havent you enjoyed being part of a group and “owning” a bit of space?1.The writer was angry as he was travelling on a train to London because_.A. he had no place to sitB. someone had invaded his “space”C. too many people shared a section with himD. some other people talked about things he didnt know about2. “ you feel lonely and outside”in paragraph 4 means that_.A. you are alone outside the houseB. you feel lonely because you travel on your ownC. you are alone and therefore you go outside to have some funD. you feel lonely and you dont belong to that place or that group of people3.In Paragraph 4 ,the pronoun “them refers to（所指） “_”.A. public spaces B. private spaces C. local people D. other countries4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. British people dislike marking their space.B. You always feel at home in another country.C. Most British people prefer living in houses to flats.D. You cant mark your private space in a foreign country.5.Tha main purpose of the passage is to tell readers to _.A. own private spaces by living in housesB. have one corner of their own in public placesC. realize the importance of “space”in communicationD. create their private spaces by talking with local people答案:BDCCC二）Are you interested in country music? I like it very much !It will take me away for a while after I am tired .The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields.Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings. Its the spirit of America ,easy to understand ,slow and simple.Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of American countryside. Many of songs tell about the lives of farmers .They talk about love, crops or death.The life of the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular later. In the 1920s,people played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records.When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America.John Denver was one of Americas most famous country singers in the 1970s.His song “Take Me home, Country Roads” is well-known and people still play it today.6.Coun