八年级英语阅读训练(八).doc

八年级英语阅读训练(八)一Mr White was the owner of a small newspaper .He always tried to bring his readers the latest news . One day ,he received an excited telephone call from someone . Mr White was told that there was a sudden flood somewhere in the north and several people had disappeared .Mr White quickly wrote it down .That evening the story was printed in his newspaper .Mr White was glad to see that no other paper had known the news. But the next day ,another person telephoned him and told him he was tricked .So in the next days paper he wrote ：“We were the first and only newspaper to report yesterday that the village in the northern mountain was caught in a flood .Today we are proud to tell you that we again the first newspaper to bring our readers the news that yesterdays story was not true.”( )1.At first Mr White thought . A .the news the first telephone caller told him to be false B .that the first telephone caller was telling him the truth C .what the first telephone caller told him was wrong D .that he himself was the last person to hear the news( )2.Mr White was glad . A .to see other people had known the news B .that no other paper had printed his article C .that people liked his newspaper very much D .because no other paper but his had printed the news ( )3.It was clear that . A .Mr White was fooled B .the telephone caller was tricked C .the readers liked to read the latest news D .his newspaper was full of jokes.( )4.Why did Mr White make statement in the next days newspaper? Because . A .he felt it necessary to do so B .he wanted to bring his readers the latest news C .he thought himself to be tricked D .he wanted to cheat his readers( )5.From the passage above ,we can learn that . A .Mr Whites newspaper was the best B .Mr White was fit for his job C .Mr White always printed the latest news D .Mr White was unfit for his work二Lawrence Henderson was walking slowly down the street on the campus of Jefferson University, lost in thought. Several weeks earlier, a commercial laboratory in town had asked him to work for them at almost twice the salary he was getting as a teacher .He didnt know whether to accept it or not ,because he liked teaching ,but he wanted to get more money for his family. That evening ,his student ,Bob ,paid a visit to him .Lawrence asked whether Bob was working as a salesman .Bob replied that he wasnt and said he wanted to thank Lawrence for helping him decide what he should do .Lawrence was surprised .Bob explained, “I spent six months in your class and everything changed .You made chemistry so interesting that I gave up the idea of becoming a salesman and decided to continue studying science .Im now preparing to become a doctor .Thank you , Mr Henderson ,for not letting me make a mistake .”Lawrence said , “Youve helped me more than you know.” After Bob left ,Lawrence said to his wife , “It isnt money that made me want to leave teaching .I dont know if I was successful as a teacher .Bob is only one student, but thats enough .If I helped one student I guess I helped the others ,too and I feel much better about everything.”( )1.While walking in the campus ,Lawrence . A .decide to go on his teaching B .thought deeply about how to give up teaching C .was unable to make up his mind whether to accept the new job D .felt excited for he would be given more by the commercial laboratory( )2.Which is the following is true? A .Bob had been a salesman before becoming a doctor.B .Lawrence got as a teacher about half the salary he would receive in the commercial laboratory.C .Mr Lawrence wanted Bob to become a salesman.D .Bob was thankful to him because Mr. Lawrence suggested he become a doctor.( )3.What did Bob really mean saying “not letting me make a mistake”? A .Mr. Lawrences interesting teaching in chemistry made so much difference to him that he decided not to become a salesman ,but a doctor.B .Lawrences lively teaching resulted in no mistakes in almost all the examinations.C .Six months teaching changed Bobs habit of studying.D .Lawrences teaching made him give up the idea of going on with his study.( )4.Bobs visit made Lawrence feel much better because . A .Bob helped him more than Bob knew . B .Lawrence felt he had helped Bob a lot C .Lawrence came to know his teaching had made much difference to his students life D .working as a teacher got a high salary all the same( )5.What do you suppose Lawrence would do next? A .He made up his mind to get more money for his family. B .He still didnt know whether to accept the job in the commercial laboratory or not. C .He would write to the commercial laboratory to tell them that he decided to accept the new job . D .He would write to the commercial laboratory to tell them that he decided to continue teaching at the university.三A store manager heard his clerk tell a shopper,“No, madam, we havent had any for a while, and it doesnt look as if well be getting any soon.” Surprised, the manager came running over to the shopper and said in a loud voice,“Of course well have some soon. We placed an order last week.” Then the manager drew the clerk aside. “Never,” he said,“never, never , never say we are out of anything, say weve got it on order and its coming. Now what was it she wanted?” “Rain,” replied the clerk calmly.1. The manager was astonished because he thought _.(A) it was foolish of his clerk to tell a shopper they were out of some kinds of goods(B) it was rude to say “No” to a lady(C) his shopman was angry with the shopper(D) his shopman told a lie to the madam2. From this passage we can conclude that _.(A) this shop manager often cheated his shoppers(B) this shop manager wasnt an honest man(C) this shop was always out of goods(D) the shop manager tried all means to sell more goods3. The clerk and the lady were talking about _. (A)some goods (B)weather (C)the manager (D)the order4. The shop manager was _ what the clerk told the lady. (A)interested in (B)satisfied with(C)terrified at (D)disappointed in5. From the passage we can guess that the _.(A) clerk was not a good fried of the ladys (B) lady had never been to the shop before(C) lady did shopping in the store more than once (D) lady was a stranger to the clerk四Shortly after our son started his first job at a family restaurant, we decided to surprise him by having dinner there one night. I was warned by other family member not to embarrass him by making it clear that I was his mother. Being a mother, I found this difficult, but managed to act like others. I kept my head bent over the menu (菜单) and politely accepted a knife and fork, and a glass of water-all without looking up. I realized I might have been a bit too successful in keeping my distance when my son stared pointedly at me and said,“Hello, my name is Andrew and Ill be your son for this evening.”( )1. The parents decided to have dinner in the restaurant because _ (A).it was a first class family restaurant (B).they had never been there for dinner (C).it was run by their son (D).they wanted to give their son a surprise( )2. The parents were advised _ (A).to act as if they were no relation to Andrew in the restaurant (B).to accept everything their son gave them (C).not to value their sons service in the restaurant (D).not to order for themselves in the restaurant( )3. Which of the following is TRUE? (A).The mother was shy of seeing her son in the restaurant. (B).Andrew did not recognize his parents in the restaurant (C).It was difficult for the parents to support their son (D).The mother had thought what she did satisfied her son.( )4. Which of the following can take the place of the underlined part “embarrass him” in the fourth line? (A).make him lose the job (B).make him feel angry (C).make him feel shy (D).make him feel worried( )5. From what happened it can be concluded that _ (A).Andrew expressed his unpleasantness in an obvious way (B).the mother successfully surprised Andrew (C).Andrew must have said to everyone in the restaurant that he was er son (D).Andrew and his patents would leave the restaurant together that night五Frank W. Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, in 1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be a farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman In a large city, Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for displaying (陈列) goods to arouse(引起) peoples interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said： FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleaned. Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store, selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly from the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half. By 1919, Woolworth had over 1,000 stores in the USA and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always ran his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was：“THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT”( )1. Frank took a short business course in order to _ (A). earn more money for his family (B). Learn something from a salesman (C). Get away from the farm (D). Get enough to eat( )2. Frank sold odds and ends quickly because _ (A). he knew how to get people to buy his goods (B). He cut down the price by half (C). He had spread the goods on a table in a very nice way (D). The sign he put in the table was well designed( )3. The priced of the knives was cut down by half because_ (A). the factory workers worded 24 hours a day (B). Knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory (C). The knives were produced in one factory (D). The knives were not good( )4. _ made Woolworth a world famous man. (A). His business skill and his wealth (B). The low price of the goods he sold (C). His trip to Germany and his huge order of knives (D). His natural skill for displaying things( )5. The belief that： The customer is always right suggests that “_” (A). whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customer is always right (B). Shop assistants should always show respect for and be polite their customers during business hours. (C). Store must always follow the customers wishes if they want to make more money (D). Store should do their best to meet the customers needs if they want to be successful 六A beautiful and very successful actress was the star of a new musical show. Her home was in the country, but she didnt want to have to go back there every night, so she tented (租) an expensive flat in the centre of the city, bought some beautiful furniture and hired a man to paint the rooms in new colors. It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everyone wanted to see it, so she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better and more willingly for her. He looked the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month. When she got the painters bill, at the bottom of it were the words：“Four hours watching Miss Hall sing and dance：$3,” with this note：“After 5 p.m., I get fifteen shillings an hour instead of ten shillings.”( )1. In this article , “Miss Hall”was the name of _. (A).a place where people sang and danced (B).an unmarried woman (C).a hall (D).a street( )2. The womans flat lay _. (A).near the city (B).near her home (C).in the middle of the city (D).by the side of the country road( )3. The actress gave the painter two tickets, hoping _. (A).he would be pleased (B).he would ask less money for his work (C).he would charge more money for his work (D).he would say a good word for her musical show( )4. After the painter got the tickets from the actress, he _. (A).sold them for $3 (B).went to watch the musical show (C).paid $3 for them (D).was very thankful to her( )5. In this story, _ make a mistake. (A).both the actress and the painter (B).neither the actress nor the painter (C).the painter (D).the actress七One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbor of mine. He was a teacher at one of Londons big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture. He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had Rupert, the skeleton (骨架) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase. At the airport desk. He suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper, He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop. When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.( )1. Who wrote the story? (A).Ruperts teacher. (B).The neighbors teacher (C).A medical school (D).The teachers neighbor( )2. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase? (A).Because he needed it for the summer term in London (B). Because he needed it for the lecture he was going to give (C). Because he wanted to take it to Russia for medical research (D). Because he wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.( )3. What happened at the airport? (A).The skeleton went missing (B).The skeleton was stolen (C).The teacher forgot his suitcase (D).The teacher took the wrong suitcase( )4. Which of the following best tells the teachers feeling about the incident? (A).He is very angry (B).He thinks it rather funny (C).He feels helpless without Rupert (D).He feels good without Rupert( )5. Which of the following might have happened after-wards? (A).The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert. (B).The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert (C).The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase. (D).The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.八Mr. Brown was at the theatre. He had got his ticket at the moment, so he had not been able to choose his seat. He now found that he was in the middle of a group of American ladies, some of them middleaged and some quite old. They obviously(明显地)all knew each other well, as, before the curtain went up on the play they had come to see, they all talked and joked a lot together. The lady sitting on Mr. browns left, who was about sixty years old , seemed to be the happiest and the most interesting of the American group, and after the first act of the play, she apologized to him for the noisiness of her friends. He answered that he was very glad to see American ladies so obviously enjoying their visit to England, and so they had a friendly talk. Mr. Browns neighbour explained what they were doing there. “You know, I have known these ladies all my life,” she said. “We all grew up together back in our home in the United States. They have all lost their husbands, and call themselves the Merry Widows(寡妇). It is a sort of club, you know. The go to a foreign country every summer or two and have a lot of fun. They always go everywhere together. I have wanted to join their club for a long time , but I was not able to become a member until the spring of this year.”1.Mr Brown did not get his ticket until _ （A）the play almost started （B）he had chosen his seat （C）after the curtain went up （D）there was only one ticket left 2.The group of American ladies enjoyed the play in a theatre in _ （A）America （B）Britain （C）their club （D）their home town3.Which of the following is TRUE?（A）The person who lived next to Mr. Brown was also at the theatre.（B）The American ladies apologized for being noisy.（C）All of the American ladies lost their husbands.（D）The American ladies did not know each other at all.4.Mr Browns neighbour at the theatre _ （A）did not know these ladies until recently （B）only know some of them all her life（C）had known them since she joined the club （D）had known these ladies for a long time 5.The lady sitting on Mr. Browns left finally succeeded in joining the club in the spring of this year when _