八年级英语阅读理解专题训练3

1、八年级英语阅读理解专题训练3A篇Computers are useful machinesThey can help people a 1ot in their everyday lifeFor example，they can help people save much time，and they can help people work out many problems they cant do easilyOur country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people Today more and mo

2、re families own computersParents buy computers for their children They hope computers can help them improve(提高)their studies in schoo1But many of the children use computers to play games，to watch video or to sing Karaokeinstead of studyingSo many teachers and parents complain that computers can not

3、help children to study but make them fall behindSo computers are locked by parents in the boxes In some other countries，even some scientists hate computersThy say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they

4、 bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves1. Why 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 jobs2. What do many teachers and parents complain about? ATheir stude

5、nts and children use computers to play games BComputers let them lost their jobs CComputers make the students and children fall behind DComputers bring people a lot of trouble3. In this passage we know computers _ Aalso bring us trouble Bbring us happiness only Care hated by people Dare bad for peop

6、le health4. What does the underlined word “complain” mean? A抱怨 B赞赏 C考虑 D解释5. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? AComputers are used by people BPeople can live well without computers COne must decide how to use computers DComputers are strange machinesB篇The Spring Festival is th

7、e biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do. On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings. Days before the Spring Festival, families wil

8、l clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck. The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy colour and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (装饰) their homes with pieces o

9、f red paper. Kids get a lot of “hong bao”. It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones hong bao. They think it brings good luck. The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So dont say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other

10、people. For instance, youd better not say any bad words like “death”. Dont break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out. Also, dont borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival. 根据短文，选择最佳答案：6.What do most people do on the

11、 eve of the Spring Festival?A. Family members gather for a big meal.B. Friends eat dumplings together.C. They borrow money from friends.D. They give each other hong bao.7.Why do people clean their houses days before the Spring Festival?A. Because they enjoy being clean.B. Because it is believed that

12、 cleaning will sweep away bad luck.C. Because they think it will bring happiness to others.D. Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money.8.Which of the following things is not supposed to happen during the Spring Festival?.A. Returning money before the Spring Festival.B. Saying words that h

13、ave to do with death. C. Wearing red clothes. D. Decorating houses with red paper.9.The underlined phrase “running out” probably means “_”.A. 跑出去 B. 打碎 C. 耗尽 D. 离开10. We can tell from the story that the Spring Festival is _.A. a time of harvest and funB. celebrated for one whole monthC. only celebra

14、ted in ChinaD. a time for families to get togetherC篇Lunch Hours:Mon-Fri 11:00am-2:30pmSat & Sun 11:30am-3:00pmDinner Hours:Sun-Thurs 5:30pm-9:30pmFri & Sat 5:00pm-10:00pmAdditional location:2938W. Sam Houston Pkwy. 713-765-88997465.W.Green Road.77064.281-955-8888BEST SUSHI & GRILL R

15、ESTAURANT IN HOUSTON!GRAND OPENING!TOKYO ONENow 2 Locations! sushi: 寿司11. Tokyo One is the name of a _. A. hotel B. restaurant C. food supermarket D. museum12. Tokyo One is in _. A. Tokyo. B. Sydney C. Houston D. London13. We can go to Tokyo One for lunch at _. A. 10:30am on Monday B. 3:00pm on Frid

16、ay C. 11:00am on Saturday D. 2:30pm on Sunday14. We can have dinner in Tokyo One at 9:40pm _. A. on Saturday B. on Tuesday C. on Wednesday D. on Thursday15. Tokyo One offers us the following information except _. A. location B. telephone number C. website D. food priceD篇Thomas Edison lost the first

17、job. For the next five years he went around the country from job to job. At last Edison went to New York. He had little money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He had no place to sleep. For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could fix the o

18、ld machines. He also made new ones. The head man liked Edisons new machines. He was going to give Edison $ 40,000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted. Thomas Edison was then 23. He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked

19、more than any of them. He rested very little. Soon he was making more than 40 new things at one time. In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a little way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.16. After he

20、 lost his first job, Edison _. A. found no jobs in the next five years B. lived in New York for the next five years C. had a bad time in the next five years D. had no food and no sleep during the next five years17. In New York _. A. Edison was always hungry B. Edison began to have good luck after he

21、 found the work fixing machines C. Edison got $ 40,000 by fixing machines D. Edison made more money by fixing old machines18. The head man was interested in _. A. Thomas Edison himself B. The old machines C. the new machines D. Edisons telephone19. Edison made a telephone. It _. A. was the first one

22、 in the world B. carried voices much farther C. carried voices more clearly D. carried more voices 20. What is the best title of the passage? A. The First Telephone B. Thomas Edisons Shop C. Thomas Edisons New Job D. Thomas EdisonAn Inventor (发明家)E篇The Farmer, His Horse, and His sonOnce there was an

23、 old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself. He set out one morning with his son to sell the horse before it died. Father and son walked, because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired.They met two men on the road who said, Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse, I

24、ts a long way to market(市场). The farmer know that this was true,so he rode on the horse, while his son walked. Then they met two old women, What are you doing up there, farmer? Cant you see how tired boy is? So the farmer got down, and his son rode instead。 Next, three old men stopped them, one said

25、, Why are you walking, farmer? Get up, Its too hot for an old man like you to walk today, So the farmer got up behind his son, and they rode on. Some time later, a young woman passed them, Why arent you walking? she asked, It isnt far to the market. Give your poor horse a rest.So the farmer, and his son, got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time.21. The farmer wanted to sell the horse _.A. before it was deadB. before it become too tiredC.