河南省上蔡县第一初级中学八年级英语上册 阅读理解专项训练（二）（无答案）（新版）人教新目标版

阅读理解专项训练（二）阅读理解（一）Friends are very important in everyone s life because friends are always there when we need them. It s great to have many friends, and I can t think about my life without my friends. My best friend is Lisa. When I first met her,I was five. She is one year older than me. Now she is in the same class with me, in the 7th grade. She is tall and quite thin. She has long curly blond hair and blue eyes. I am not so beautiful. Sometimes I wish I could be as beautiful as she is. My name s Molly. I am tall enough but a little fat. Lisa and I like doing a lot of things together and talking about different things. She always helps me with my math and I sometimes help her with her English and history. I had to do a report (报告) on science once, but I didn t understand (理解) what the teacher said. The next day, I read it in front of the class. But the teacher told me that my report was wrong and all my classmates laughed at (嘲笑) me. I felt very bad about myself. Lisa was the only one who didnt laugh at me She tried to. be nicer than anybody else and makeme happy. I am a shy person and sometimes I feel that people don t understand me. Lisa is friendly and everybody loves her. She is also smart and she can deal with (解决) everything. I am happy to have a friend like her.阅读上面语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。( )1. When Molly first met Lisa, Lisa was years old. A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8( )2. Lisa always helps Molly with her . A. math B. English C. history D. science( )3. Why did Molly feel bad after reading report? A. Because Lisa did better than her B. Because she didnt read it aloud C. Because her classmates laughed at her. D. Because the teacher didn t understand her.( )4. Which of the following words CANNOT describe Lisa? A. Shy. B. Friendly. C. Popular. D. Smart.( )5. What can we learn from the passage? A. Lisa is taller than Molly. B. Molly is more beautiful than Lisa. C. Lisa has brown hair and blue eyes. D. Molly is happy to have a friend like Lisa.（二）What do you like to do in your free time?Baking (烘烤) is always my favorite thing to do.Last Sunday I felt like baking something, so I read through my cookbook and had a really good idea. I decided to bake a strawberry cake. My mom went to the shop with Ollie to buy some strawberries. When they came back, I started to bake. It was fun, and Ollie was watching next to me. Of course, he wanted to help, so he was putting his Little hands in mv mixture(混合物） all the time. We started fighting because I really couldnt work when a little noisy boy was next to me. I asked my mom to take him away from the kitchen. Minutes later I put the cake into the oven (烤箱). After some time, the kitchen was full of thesmell of the cake. Soon the cake was baked and I had. only one more thing to do - I needed to put sugar (食糖), water and strawberry juice together and then spread (涂) the mixture over the cake. I have to say, the cake was much more delicious than any cake I bought in the supermarket.根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。( )1. What does the writer like doing best in her free time? A. Baking. B. Eating. C. Shoppi.ng. D. Reading.( )2. Why was Ollie putting his hands in the writers mixture all the time? A. Because he thought he could do better than the writer. B. Because he tried to find some strawberries in it. C. Because the writer asked himto help. D. Because he wanted to help( )3. Ollie might be the writers . A. sister B.father C. brother D. classmate( )4. The underlined word smell meansmeans“ ”in Chinese. A.包装 B.气味 C.形状 D.原料( )5. What was the last thing for the writer to do? A. Buying some strawberries. B. Putting the cake into the oven. C. Reading through the cookbook to find something interesting. D. Spreading the mixture of sugar, water and strawberry juice over thecake.(三) Richard is the unluckiest boy in the world.He hardly ever falls ill (生病), but if he falls ill, it is on the weekend. He is a good student, but when he takes a test, his pen breaks. His bird sings very well, but when he asks his friends to listen to it, the bird becomes silent (沉默的). But Richard thinks he is the luckiest boy in the world. He has wonderful parents and a lovely sister. He has a singing bird. His classmates are friendly. Richard is always happy and he is kind. One day his-mother gave him some money to buy an ice-cream. When he arrived at the ice-cream shop, he saw an old man outside it. He had old clothes, terrible glasses, and he looked hungry. Richard thought he was poor. He decidednotto buy the ice-Cream and gave the money to the man Thank you. You are a kind boy. But I m not poor. Keep your money. Im the richest (最富有的) man in town and I sometimes wear old clothes to see what people do, the man said and gave the money back. The man took Richard to the biggest shop in town and said, Choose anything you like. I can buy you the most expensive one. Richard asked, Can I choose two? Of course, answered the man. Richard chose the newest radio because when his bird keeps silent, he can at least listen to it with his friends. He then chose a new pair of glasses for the man.( )1. How does the passage show us Richard is the unluckiest boy in the world? A. By giving examples. B. By asking questions. C. By describing his look. D. By using an old man s words.( )2. Which of the following does NOT make Richard feel lucky according to Paragraph 2? A. A singing bird. B. A lovely gift. C. Wonderful parents. D. Friendly classmates.( )3. What did Richard do after he saw an old man outside the ice-cream shop? A. He gave him some money B. He gave him an ice-cream. C. He bought him new clothes. D. He bought him a new pair of glasses.( )4. How many gifts did Richard choose? A.I. B. 2. C. 3. D. 4.( )5. Why did Richard choose the newest radio? A. Because it looked cool. B. Because his friends liked it very much., C. Because it was the most expensive in the shop. D. Because he and his friends can listen to it when his bird doesnt sing.(四)Mario always talked about how many friends he had at school. One day his grandpa said to him, Mario, I don t think you have as many real friends as you think. Mario didnt agree with his grandpa. However,he wash t sure who his real friends were. His grandpa said, I have something for you. Grandpa left and soori came back. He seemed to carry (搬) something in his hands, but Mario could seenothing there. nothing there. Here is a special chair for you. You cant see it because it s invisible. When you sit on it, it will help you know who your real friends are. Mario took the chair to school. He asked everyone to stand around him and his chair. Look! Youll see something great. Mario tried to sit on the chair. Because. he couldnt see the chair, he fell (跌倒) to the ground. Everyone laughed. Mario tried again. But again he fell to the ground. He kept trying to sit on the chair, and kept falling to the ground . On his last try, he didnt fall. Mario. looked around and saw George,Lucas, and Diana three of his best friends.They were holding him up (挽扶) so he wouldn t fall. At the same time, many others he thought of as friends did nothing. They just stood there and laughed at him. Then Mario knew who his real friends were.根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。( )1. Marios grandpa gave him a chair to . A. help him know who his real friends were B. let him sit comfortably at school C. help him make more friends D. let him help others in need( )2. The underlined word invisible in Paragraph 3 means“ ”in Chinese. A. 方便的 B.结实的 C 珍贵的 D. 隐形的( )3. Why did Mario always fall to the ground? A. Because the chair was too small. B. Because the chair could move around. C. Because there wash t anything for him to sit on. D. Because his friends didn t help him to sit on the chair.( )4. How many real friends did Mario have at school? A. None at all. B. Two. C. Three. D. As many as he thought.( )5.What does the passage mainly want to tell us? A.Real friends will care about us,not laugh at usB.Old people are always right about somethingC.Its impossible to have a lot of real friendsD.Friends at school are real friends（五） Think about this question: what would it be like if there was no other way to get around and we could only use our feet? 1 Also, we would spend a lot of time on the way.before we got somewhere. So we really need to thank all those modes of transportation (交通方式). 2 The earliest boats were canoes (独木舟). Later there were sailing boats (帆船） butthey could only be used in one direction (方向). 3 In the 19th century, some modes of transportation that we know today came out, such as the bike, the train and the subway. 4 As it got easier to travel, people wanted to get to places faster. In the early 20th century, the first plahe in the world came out. By the 1970s, many families in the UK had a car. 5 They all make our traveling easier and faster and help us see this world better.根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺，内容完整，并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。A. In today s world, we have many modes of transportation.B. If that was true, we would make our feet very tired.C. If the wind blew in another direction, people had to try hard to make the boats move.D. In 1863 the worlds earliest subway opened in London.E. Boats are maybe the earliest mode of transportation.1. 2. 3. 4. 5. (六) Coloring is not my favorite thing to do,thought Jon. In the class, Mrs. Johnson gave each student a picture of a lion to color. I want to draw something, not color something, thought Jon. Jon was a good artist. He liked drawing and he drew very well. Mrs. Johnsons class was studying animals.Each student had to color a picture. Most of the kids enjoyed this, and they colored the lion happily. Maybe I can draw a tiger, thought Jon. That s what I like to do. I can color the lion when I finish it. He turned his paper over and started to draw the tiger. Mrs. Johnson walked around the classroom.Jon heard her get closer to his desk and then stop. He looked up at her slowly and expected a disapproving (不赞成的) look. Jon usually followed directions (指示). He was worried when she looked at his paper. Jon, what is this? asked Mrs. Johnson. Its a picture of a tiger, answered Jon. Jon tried to think of what to tell. But Mrs. Johnson took Jons paper and said, Class,please stop what you are doing. She is going to tell the class I didnt follow directions, thought Jon. Jon has a very interesting picture, Mrs. Johnson said excitedly. Its of a tiger. To Jon, she said, Jon, I didnt know you were such a great artist. This is wonderful! Mrs. Johnson hung (挂) the picture of the tiger on the wall,and John felt happy and relaxed.根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。( )1. Mrs. Johnson asked the students to in the class. A. take a test B. color a lion C. draw an animal D. listen to her carefully( )2. Jon decided to first in Mrs. Johnsons class. A. draw a tiger B. finish his homework C. talk with the teacher D. share his ideas with his classmates( )3. When Mrs. Johnson looked at Jon s paper, he was worried because he didn t . A. draw well B. give it to her C. finish it on time D. follow her directions( )4. Mrs. Johnson was when she showed Jon s picture to the class. A. bored B. tired C. excited D. relaxed( )5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Mrs. Johnson put Jons picture on his desk in the end. B. Mrs. Johnson thought Jon s picture was interesting. C. Jon was famous for his picture at school. D. Jon liked coloring better than drawing.(七)Many people like to drink soda pop ( 苏打汽水), but they may not know that soda pop has an interesting story. The story began with mineral water (矿泉水). In many places, people thought washing withmineral water was good for their health. Some said drinking mineral water was also good for people. Some mineral water had bubbles (气泡)in it, so people learned to make bubbly water. They put COs into water to make the water bubbly.They called the bubbly water soda water. Later people put juice or some other things to make soda water taste good. Some people drank soda water for their health. Man