新目标八年级下册英语阅读理解专题练习.

1、新目标八年级下册英语阅读理解专题练习AMr and Mrs Green lived in a big city. Last summer, they went to a country for their holiday. They enjoyed it very much because it was a quiet, clean place.One day they went for a walk early in the morning and met an old man. He lived on a farm, and he was sitting under a warm sun

2、in front of his house. Mr Green asked him, Do you like to live in this quiet place?The old man said, Yes, I do.Mr Green said, What are the good things about it?The old man answered, Well, the people here know each other. They often come andvisit me, and I often go and visit them, and there are also

3、lots of children here. Thats interesting, and what are the bad things? Mr Green said.The old man thought for a moment and then said, Well, the same things, really.46. Mr and Mrs Green went to the country .A. to spend their holiday B. to see the old manC. to visit the quiet place D. to visit their ol

4、d friends47. Mr and Mrs Green enjoyed the country because.A. it was far from the city B. it was quiet and cleanC. it was a farm D. they wanted to live there48. The old man said, Yes, I do. I do here means .A. I like to go out for a walk early in the morning B. I like to sit in the warm sunC. I like

5、to spend my holiday D. I like to live in this place49. Mr and Mrs Green took a walk .A. early in the morning B. after breakfastC. in the evening D. at noon50. Did the old man like the people to come and visit him?A. Yes, he did. B. No, he didnt.C. Sometimes he did, but sometimes he didnt. D. We dont

6、 know.BDo you live in the city? Do you know how cities began? Long, long ago, the worldhad only a few thousand people. These people movedfrom one place to another. They moved over the land, hunting animals for food.No one knows how or where these people learned about growing food. But when they did

7、it, their life changed. They could stay in one place and grew crops to eat.People began to live near one another. And so the first villages grew. Manypeople came to work in the villages. These villages grew bigger and bigger.Whenmachines camealong, life in the villages changed again. Factories were

8、built. More and more people lived near the factories. T hen cities grew big.Today, some people are moving back to small towns. Can you tell why? 根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。36. Long, long ago, a few people could stay in one place, hunting animals for food.37. Everyone knows how and where cities began.38. When

9、 these people learned to grow food, their life changed.39. When machines came along, life in the villages changed again.40. Some people dont like to live in big cities.CEvery country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians liketo eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they

10、 dont cook it.In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags, and take it home, or to their workpla ce. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The world s favorite food is American fast food. If

11、 you go to some important cities in the world, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA, they eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the

12、hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it.Ham (火腿) is a kind of pork, but the hamburger does not have any porkin it. The beef is inside a kind of cake hamburgers are delicious. They are also popular in England and Australia.()1. Italians like to eat . A. dumplings B. pizza C. hot foodD. fish( )

13、2. Fish and chips are very popular in . A. England B. Australia C. theUSA D. Canada( ) 3. In different countries people eat food.A. different B. the same C. the different D. same( ) 4. The hamburger does not have any in it.A. beef B. pork C. fishD. chips( ) 5. Hamburger is a kind of . A. meat B. dri

14、nk C. food D.vegetableDTom and Mike were good friends. Sometimes they were kind to each other, sometimes they were not. But someof their classmates said they were like brothers. One day they went out for a walk together. At noon they were very hungry and they went into a restaurant to have lunch. Th

15、e waiter cameup to them and asked, “What can I do for you?” “Please bring us two apples first. ” said Tom. Whenthe waiter put the two apples on the table, Mike took the bigger one at once. Tom got angry.“You are impolite( 没礼貌). Whydidn t you take the smaller one?” Tomsaid. “But I was right, ” said M

16、ike with a smile.“If I let you take first, which one willyou choose? ” “Of course I ll take the smaller one.” said Tom. “Yes, ” Mikesaid, “If you take the smaller one, the bigger one will be mine. Dont you think so?” “Oh.” Tom couldn t answer.根据短文内容，判断下列各句正(门误(F) (10分)( ) 1. Tom and Mike were not ki

17、nd to each other. ( ) 2. They went out to sit in a restaurant.( ) 3. The waiter brought them two apples before the meal.( ) 4. Mike took the bigger apple. ( ) 5. At last Tom had the bigger apple.EBasketball players are usually very tall. Because they need to put the ball into the basket. Other sport

18、s players may be shorter than them.Short people often have better balance ( 平衡 ) than tall people, so they dont fall over very often. In some sports the players must have good balance, for example, table tennis, they dont need to have long legs to run fast! Someof the fast runners in the world are n

19、ot very tall. Somepeople are tall and someare short. The tallest man in the world is 2.41 meters tall. Today young people in many countries grow taller than their parents. This is because they eat better than their parents.Good food can help children grow. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。1. Are all sports players tal

20、l?2. Is it better to be short than to be tall?3. Do fast runners all have long legs?4. How tall is the tallest man in the world?5. Why do young people grow taller than their parents?FNext Tuesday is going to be a holiday, says the teacher. I want you to tell me what you are going to do, Terra.Im goi

21、ng to the movie theater to see a movie, says Terra. Its a comedy about a fat professor. My classmates say its really funny.Anything else you are going to do? the teacher asks.Of course Im going to do my lessons. Im going to study math and physics in theII morning. Do you like them? the teacher asks.

22、They are not easy for me. But Im interested in them. Im going to do my bestto study them. I think this term I can do better than last term. What are you going to do in the afternoon? asks the teacher.After lunch, Im going to play basketball with some classmates. Next month, we are going to have a ma

23、tch with Class One. 根据短文内容，判断下列句子正 (T) 、误 (F) 。36. There is going to be a holiday next Tuesday.37. The movie is a comedy about a fat professor.38. Terra is good at math and physics.39. Terra isnt interested in math and physics.40. Terra is going to play football with some classmates next Tuesday.GMr

24、. and Mrs. Long had one daughter. Her namewas Lena. She was eighteen years old. Lena lived with her parents and worked in an office. She had some friends, but she didn t li ke any of the boys very much.One day she met a very nice man. He was young. His name was Watts and he worked in a post office.

25、They became friends and he came to Lenas parents house twice.Lat week Lena said to her father,“ I m going to marry (嫁给)Watts, Daddy. Hewas here yesterday. ”“Oh, yes. ” her father answered. “He s a nice boy, but has he got muchmoney?” “Oh, no, both of you are the same, ” the daughter answered angrily

26、. I met Wattson the first day of June and the next day he asked me,“Has yourafther got muchmoney?”() 1. Mr. and Mrs. Long had a .A. son B. grandson C. daughter D. granddaughter() 2. Lena worked .A. in a school B. in an office C. in a factory D. ina hospital() 3.Lena had a few friends before she came

27、 to knowWatts, butshe .A. liked no one very much B. like all of themC. didn t know their names D. didnt talk tothem about their work( ) 4. Last week Lena asked her father .A. to help her find a good husband B. to let her be Watts wifeC. to give her some money to buy a house D. to let her work in a b

28、ig city( ) 5. Lena got angry because .A. her father didn t like her boyfriend, WattsB. her father asked her to make friends with moneyC. her father, like Watts, only thought of moneyD. her parents asked Watts to give them too much money.HOnsunny days wecan see the sun in the sky (天空).It looks like a

29、 hot and bright(明 亮的, 晴朗的, 聪明的) plate. But it is a ball. It is much bigger and hotter than any fire. And it is much brighter than all the lights in the world.The sun is a star but it looks much bigger and brighter than any other star.Many stars are much bigger than the sun. The sun is much nearer to us, so it looks much bigger.At night we can see the moon (月亮) and many stars. The moon is a round ball.It is muchsmaller than the star. The stars are muchfarther away from us, so they look much smaller tha