牛津译林版8A-英语期中专题练习—阅读理解

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上牛津译林版8A英语期中专题练习阅读理解 ( 1 )Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question. Why do some people change their names? There can be many reasons. Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be easier for people to remember. On the other hand, Joseph is thinking about

2、 changing his name to an unusual name because she wants to be different.Some famous people often have interesting reasons for changing their names. Film stars, singers, sportsmen often change names because they want names that are not ordinary(普通的),or that have special sounds. Some even believe that

3、 new names can bring them good luck. So many stars chose the “new name” for themselves instead of the name their parents gave them when they were “born”.Some people have another reason for changing their names. They have moved to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there. For example,

4、 Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he moved to the United States. He uses the name Ken at his job and at school. But with his family and Chinese friends, he uses Li Kaiming. For some people, using different names makes life easier in their new country.In many countries, a woman changes her

5、 family name to her husbands after she gets married. But today, many women are keeping their own family names and not using their husbands. Sometimes, women use their own names in some situations(情况) and their husbands in other situations. And some use both their own names and their husbands1. Hanna

6、 changes her name to Anne because “Anne” is for people to remember. A. louder B. easier C. prettier D. harder2. Famous people want their new names to . A. be special B. be ordinary C. be meaningless D. be unknown3. Li Kaiming uses his new name when he . A. stays with his family B. is at his job C. i

7、s among Chinese friends D. comes back to China4. What is the best title of this passage? A. Family Names. B. Womens Names C. Changing Names. D. Special Names. ( 2 )Man has a big brain(脑子). He can think, learn and speak. Scientists (科学家) once thought that man is different from animals because he can

8、think and learn. They now know that dogs, rats and birds can learn too. They are beginning to understand that man is different from animals because he can speak. Animals can not speak. They make noises when they are afraid or unhappy. Apes(类人猿) can understand something more quickly than man. One or

9、two of them have learned a few words. But they cannot put them together to make sentences. They cannot think like us because they have no language.Language is a wonderful thing. Man can build a modern world because he has language.Every child can speak his own language very well when he is four or f

10、ive, but no animal learns to speak. How do children learn it? Scientists do not really know. What happens inside our body? They do not know. They only know that man can speak because he has a brain.5. Man is different from animals because .A. man can understand things quickly B. man can learn C. man

11、 has a brain D. man has learned to use language6. Apes cannot .A. speak like manB. make noiseC. understand things D. learn words 7. Scientists now know .A. how children learn to speak B. why apes can learn a few wordsC. what happens inside his body when man speaks D. mans brain helps him learn to sp

12、eak8. Which of the following is not true?A. Some animals can learn B. Apes can understand some things more quickly than manC. Apes can put the words together to make sentencesD. Apes have no language though they can learn some words ( 3 )John Williams went to a boarding school (寄宿学校). Here is one le

13、tter he wrote to parents from the school.Dear Mom and DadIm afraid I have some very bad news for you. I am very naughty (淘气的) and the school principal (校长) is very unhappy with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.T

14、he trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette (香烟) in bed. This is not right, of course. We mustnt smoke at all. As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away. Unluckily, the cigarette fell into

15、 the waste paper basket, and then it caught fire. There was a curtain (窗帘) near the waste paper basket. It caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was burning. The principal phoned for the firemen. The school is a long way from the town and by the time the firemen arrived, the whole school was on fire

16、. Many of the girls are in hospital. The principal said that the fire was all because of me and you must pay for the damage ( 损 失 ). She will send you a bill for about a million dollars. Im very sorry about this. Much Love JohnP.S. (附言): None of the above is true, but I failed my exams (考试). I just

17、want you to know how bad things could be!9. What kind of school did John go to?A boarding school. B. A school in a nearby town. C. A very expensive school. D. A school that burnt down.10. What did John say was the reason the principal was unhappy with him? He had failed his exams. B. He was caught s

18、moking in bed.C. The school caught fire because of him. D. He didnt write to his father.11. How true was the letter before P.S.?A. Partly true. B. All true. C. Untrue. D. The story doesnt really tell us.12. Why did John write home?A. To tell his parents about the fire. B. To ask for a million dollar

19、s.C. To tell his parents he failed his exams. D. To tell his parents he has to leave school.( 4 )Before you start to listen, you need to relax. Dont be stressed out. And try to read the questions. These questions usually help you understand the conversation or the passages better.Then listen careful

20、ly to the first sentence. It usually tells you the main idea of the passage. When youre listening, try to do some thinking and take some notes, such as:What happened?When, where and how?What does the speaker want to tell us?Please remember not to think about one or two words for a long time. When yo

21、u hear some words you dont know, dont spend too much time on them. Very often, youll find out what they mean later when you go on with the listening.13. Its better for you to keep _ when you start to have a listening test.A. excited B. relaxed C. stressed out D. worried 14. We should listen to the f

22、irst sentence carefully, because it usually tells us .A. the answer to the questions B. where to write the answersC. the main idea of the passage D. how much time is left for the listening test15. When you are listening, its important for you to _.A. remember every word B. take some notesC. understa

23、nd all the words D. think about key words for a long time ( 5 )A boy and his father were walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell, hurt himself, and cried, “Ah!” To his surprise, he heard the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain, “Ah!” Then the boy shouted. “Who are you?” He received th

24、e answer, “Who are you?” He got angry at the answer, so he shouted, “Foolish (愚蠢的)!” He received the answer, “Foolish!”He looked at his father and asked, “Whats going on?” His father smiled and said, “My son, listen.” And then he shouted to the mountain, “I love you!” The voice answered, “I love you

25、!” Again the man shouted, “You are the best!” The voice answered, “You are the best!”The boy was surprised, but did not understand. Then the father explained, “People call this Echo, but really this is life. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection (反映) of what we ha

26、ve done. If you want more love in the world, have more love in your heart. If you want to be successful, work hard. This can be used in everything in life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it.”16. At first the boy cried because _.A. he hurt himself and felt bad B. he wanted to gi

27、ve himself a surpriseC. he felt it was so quiet in the mountainD. he hoped his father would help him17. The father shouted to the mountain to _. A. find out who was repeating his voiceB. play a joke on other people in the mountainC. show more examples to his son before giving him the answer D. let h

28、is son know whose voice was louder18. The word “Echo” means _.A. 回音 B. 低语 C. 风声 D. 山谷19. From the story we know _.A. the boy didnt like others voice at allB. the father had his own way to teach his sonC. it is not polite to repeat others voiceD. the boy and his father were very tired( 6 )Coffee has

29、become the most popular American drink. Today people in the United States drink more coffee than people in any of the other countries. People drink coffee at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner and between meals. They drink hot coffee or coffee with ice in it. They drink it at work and at home. They eat

30、coffee ice-cream and coffee candy. Coffee is black and very strong. Different people like to drink it in different ways. Some people like coffee with cream or sugar in it. Other people like coffee with both cream and sugar in it. In all ways it is served. Coffee has become an international drink. 20

31、. Coffee is an _ drink. A . interesting B. international C. ice-cream D. American 21. Different people like to drink coffee _. A. at work or at home B. in different ways C. with cream or sugar D. between meals 22. Today Americans drink _ coffee than people in any of the other countries. A. as much a

32、s B. less C. more D. most 23. “Coffee is black and very strong.” The word STRONG here means _. A.坚固的 B.淡的 C.清的 D.浓的 24. _ is the most popular American drink. A. Black tea B. Coffee C. Water with ice D. Whisky ( 7)Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For e

33、xample, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they cant do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people. Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can h

34、elp them improve (提高) their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain (抱怨) that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by

35、parents in the boxes. In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They 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 bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves. 25.

36、 Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _. A. our country asks us to learn it B. it can help us a lot C. we can use it to play games D it can help us to find jobs 26. What do many teachers and parents complain about? _. A. Their students and children use computers to play games. B.

37、Computers let them lost their jobs. C. Computers make the students and children fall behind. D. Computers bring people a lot of trouble. 27. In this passage we know computers _. A. also bring us trouble B. bring us happiness only C. are hated by people D. are bad for peoples health 28. Can computers

38、 really help children to study? _. A. Yes, they can. B. Its hard to say C. No, they cant. D. Of course not. 29. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means _. A. computers are used by people B. people can live well without computersC. one must decide how to use computer

39、s D. computers are strange machines ( 8)Alice is a young woman. She likes to exercise for her health. She walks five kilometers before breakfast every morning, and goes swimming twice a week at the swimming pool. She doesnt smoke and never drinks wine. She doesnt eat chocolate, and she doesnt eat sw

40、eet and fat foods. One day Alice was on her daily walk when she saw a man sitting in a chair. He looked very old and his hair was white. He looked thin and weak, and his hands were shaking(发抖), but he looked very happy. He smiled at her and said, “ Good morning! Lovely day, isnt it?”He was very happ

41、y, and his eyes showed his happiness. But Alice saw that he had no teeth. “Good morning!” said Alice. “Yes, its a lovely day.” Alice thought he was old and clever. She thought he must be more than 90 years old. She wanted to ask him about the secret of a happy old age. “Excuse me. But what is your s

42、ecret for being so happy at your age? I hope I can look as happy as you do when I am your age.”The man in the chair said, “My secret for happiness? I smoke every day, and drink three bottles of wine every day. I eat hamburgers, I eat chocolate and I never eat vegetables. I never walk anywhere and I

43、never play sports. I sit and watch TV all day.” Alice couldnt understand. She wanted to know how the man got to be so old when he did everything wrong. She thought he should be sick and unhappy. Perhaps she was wrong. Maybe, she thought, people could live a long happy life without eating well and do

44、ing lots of sports. “How old are you? she asked. “Its my birthday today.” Said the man, “I am forty-seven.” 30. Which is WRONG about the old man? A. He didnt have any teeth. B. He was more than 90 years old. C. He looked happy although he looked thin and weak. D. He looked very old. 31. How often di

45、d the old man do sports? A. Never. B. Often. C. Sometimes. D. Every day. 32. How did Alice feel when she heard the old mans secret for happiness? A. Happy. B. Interested. C. Excited. D. Surprised. 33. After the old man told Alice about his age, Alice knew .A. the man was in good health for his age B

46、. the man had a healthier lifestyle than her C. a good lifestyle was important for ones health D. people could live a long life without a good lifestyle ( 9)A group of classmates got together to visit their old teacher.These classmates all had good jobs and made lots of money. They talked happily. T

47、hen their talk soon turned to complaining about the stress (压力) in work and life. The teacher went to the kitchen and came back with a large pot of coffee and many cupschina (瓷制的) ones, plastic ones and glass ones. Some are plain (朴素的) looking, some are expensive and some are lovely. The teacher tol

48、d them to help themselves to the coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, “Can you notice that all of you took nice-looking expensive cups, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones? You want only the best for yourselves, and that is the source (根源) of your problems.

49、”“What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you went for the best cups and then began looking at each others cups.”“Now think about this: life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position (位置) in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold, and do not change the life. Somet

50、imes, by caring only about the cups, we fail to enjoy the coffee. So dont let the cups drive you, and enjoy the coffee instead.”34.What cups did the teacher give to his students?A. All china cups. B. Plastic and glass cups.C. Beautiful cups. D. Different kinds of cups.35.In their teachers eyes, why

51、did they have so much stress?A. Because they cared too much about things that were not important.B. Because they understood the meaning of life.C. Because they knew about life itself and enjoyed it. D. Because they drank too much coffee.36.What is the best title of this passage?A. Coffee or Cup B. A

52、n Old Teacher C. Stress in Your LifeD. What Do You Want37.What can we learn from the teachers words?A. We should use the plain and cheap cups to drink coffee.B. We should think much of cups.C. We should care about life itself instead of unimportant things.D. We should learn how to work out problems

53、in our work and life. ( 10)Many people hurt their backs when they try to lift heavy things from the floor. It is easy to hurt your back muscle(肌肉) when you try to pick up a heavy thing. However, there is a correct way to lift things from the floor. If you pick up heavy things correctly, you probably

54、 will not hurt your back. To lift something from the floor correctly, first bend (弯曲) your knees and lower yourself. Keep your back straight. Do not bent over, from your waist (腰) keep your back and hips (臀部) and waist in a line. If you bent over, the muscles in your lower back can became hurt very

55、easily. If you keep your back and hips straight, the muscles are stronger, because they hold up together. The other muscles can then help the lower back muscles. As you lower yourself, try to get as close to thing as you can, put one knee on each side of the thing. Remember at all times to keep your back straight.