八年级英语阅读理解竞赛考试试题

1、 八年级英语阅读理解竞赛试题阅读理解满分（100分）。AMrs Green lives in a small village Her husband is dead（死）But she has a sonHe is twenty-one and his name is JackHe gets work in a town and lives thereIts name is GreenseaIt is quite a long way from his mothers village，and she is not happy about this，but Jack says，“There is

2、nt any good work for me in the village，mother，and I can get a lot of money in Greensea and give you some every week One day Mrs Green is very angry She gets on a train and goes to her sons house in GreenseaThen she says to him，“Jack，why do you never give me a ring？ Jack laughs and says，“But，mother，y

3、ou dont have a telephone “No，she says，“I dont have one， but you have one按要求完成下列各题。（共20分，每题4分） （ ） 1Where does Mrs Green live？ aIn a big city bIn a small village cIn a town with his son dWe dont know （ ） 2How old is Mrs Greens son？ aTwelve bTwenty cTwenty-one dThirty-one （ ） 3Which of these is not wr

4、ong？ aGreensea is the name of a factory bJack works in a town and his mother is happy about this cIn the village there is no good work for Jack dHe can get less money in the town than in the village （ ） 4How does the woman go to Greensea one day？ aOn a bike bOn foot cBy train dBy bus （ ） 5Why does J

5、ack never telephone his mother？ aBecause he is too busy bBecause he lives far from his mothers village cBecause he doesnt have a telephone dBecause his mother has no telephoneB阅读短文，根据短文内容，从文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。（共20分，每小题5分） Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey live in Iowa. They have a big family.

6、Mikayla is the oldest child in the family. She is six years old. The other children are Brandon, Joel, Kelsey, Kenny. Natalie, Alexis and Nathan. They are all five years old. Why are they all the same age? _1_They are septuplets! It is hard work to look after seven babies at the same time, 2_. In th

7、e beginning, many people helped them. They helped to feed, clean, and dress the babies. Every week, the septuplets used about 170 diapers (尿布) ! _3_ Now the children are older. The septuplets started school this year. But they go to school at home, like their big sister, Mikayla. When Mikayla was re

8、ady for school, Kenny and Bobbi decided to teach her at home. 4._ Now Bobbi is the teacher for all eight of her children. A. They drank a lot of milk, too B. Because they were born together C. Last year, Bobbi was Mikaylas teacher D. Kenny and Bobbi are interested in cooking E. But Kenny and Bobbi d

9、idnt look after them alone 1. _ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._CStress （压力） is everywhere in our everyday life. Not only men have it, but also women and young people.The most important reasons of stress are：death, diseases, exams, making money, getting married, moving houses, changing jobs, ending friendships and s

10、o on .How do you know whether you have stress? Could you give your answers to the following questions? Yes/ NoDo you easily get angry? Do you often sleep badly? Do you get headaches a lot? Do you take sleeping pills? Do you find it difficult to relax? Do you usually hide your feelings? Do you smoke

11、and drink a lot to keep quiet? Do you find it difficult to put your heart into something? If you answer “Yes” to more than two of these questions, you are one of those people with stress. So what can you do about it?Doing relaxing exercises, talking with friends and listening to light music are all

12、usual ways of relieving（减轻） stress. However, doctors now say that there are easier wayspeople should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people, especially men, should cry more often, because crying is the natural way of relieving stress.完成下列各题

13、（共20分，每题4分）。（ ）1. Who has got stress in everyday life? A. Men and women. B. Young people. C. Both A and B.（ ）2. If you have over problems listed in the table, you are the person with stress. A. two B. three C. eight（ ）3. Which of the followings is NOT the reason of stress? A. Taking exams. B. Taking

14、 sleeping pills. C. Making money.（ ）4. Whats the easier way to relax your body?A. Talking with friends. B Doing relaxing exercises. C. Laughing, smiling and crying.（ ）5. The main idea of the passage is . A. about stress and how to relieve your stress B. that there are many reasons for having stress

15、C. that laughing and smiling more can help relieve your stress D阅读短文，根据短文内容在其后句子中的空处填入适当的词。Mr Green works in a hospitalHe is busy driving a car every dayHis wife works in a school libraryShes strict with her only son，Tommy Half a year ago，when Tommy was six，Mrs Green took him to her schoolThe boy wa

16、s clever and studied wellBut at first he couldnt adapt（使适合）himself to the new lifeIn the morning，he woke up late and in the evening he didnt go to bed on timeBut his mother tried to make him do everything on time One evening，when Mr Green was driving in a street，a traffic accident happenedHe had to

17、take the wounded（受伤的）people to the hospital and it took him about two hoursWhen he got home，he began to tell his family about it “Its time for you to go to bed，Tommy，said Mrs Green The boy wanted to listen to his father tell the accident，but he had to do what his mother told himWhen he lay down，he s

18、aid，“I dont think Mom can look after me at all！ “Oh，why ？asked his father The boy said，“she always makes me go to bed when I am not sleepy（困的），but she wakes me up when Im asleep1）Mr Green works in a _ . He is a _2）Mrs Green works in a _ _ 3）Tommys mother wants to make him go to bed and get up _ _ 4）

19、One day，Tommys father went back home late because a _ _happened5）Tommys mother often wakes him up when he _ _ E阅读下面短文，简要回答所给问题（共20分，每题4分）。Thumbs Down to Texting 屈指发短信Do you have a mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family? Text messaging or “texting” is becoming very popular

20、. But, scientists have discovered that texting can give us problems with our hands. Be careful! Too much texting can cause swelling in our thumbs. Our thumbs were not made for pushing small buttons, over and over . Scientists call this problem RSI. We spoke to a doctor called Harriet Wilson, who tre

21、ats many sick people with RSI. She says we need to see how much time we are spending in typing text messages. If we are spending more than 10 15 minutes at once, we could have problems in the future. As mobile phones develop, they are getting smaller with buttons closer together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larg