八年级英语阅读理解每日一练4

八年级英语阅读理解每日一练people

Passage31WhenteaandcoffeewerefirstintroducedtoEuropeinthe18thcentury,haddifferentideasabouttheiruse.Somesaidthatteaandcoffeewereharmfultohumansandtheycouldcausepeopletodie.In瑞典KingGustafdecidedtofindoutwhetherornotthiswastrue.Ithappenedthatthereweretwobrothersinprisonatthattime.Theyweretwinsandwerealmostexactlyalikeineveryway.Theyhadbothbeensentencedto(判处死刑).TheKingdecidedtoletthemliveifoneofthemenagreedtodrinkseveralcupsofteaeachdayandtheotherseveralcupsofcoffee.Bothbrotherslivedmanyyearswithoutproblemsofanykind.Atlast,thebrotherwhohaddrunkteaeverydaydiedattheageof83,theotherdiedafewyearslater.Beeauseoftheexperiment,teaandcoffeegotaccepted(接受)andbecamepopularasdrinkinSweden,anditisoneofthemanycountriesoftheworldwheremuchteaandcoffeeisdrunktoday.( )1.TeaandcoffeewerefirstintroducdtoEurope）A.theeighteenthcentury B.theeighteencenturyC.eighteenthcenturies D.eighteencenturies( )2.KingGustafdecidedtofindout（ ）ifteaandcoffeewereharmfultopeopleifthetwinbrothersshouldbesentencedtodeathifteaandcoffeedidharmtopeople'shealthandcausedthemtodiewhetherteaandcoffeewereusefulornot( )3.TheKingdecidedtoletthebrotherslive（ ）iftheywantedtoobeyhisrulesiftheyagreedtodrinkteaandcoffeeeverydayifoneofthemdrankseveralcupsofteaeachdaywhilethehadseveralcupsofcoffeeiftheyagreedtohaveseveralcupsofteaevery( )4.Thebrotherwhohaddrunkteaeverydayliveduntilhewasover83untilhewas83untiltheotherhadbeendeadforseveralyearsuntilhehaddrunkteaforafew( )5.TodaytheSwedishdrinkA.muchmorecoffeethantea B.muchteaandcoffeeC.littleteaandcoffee D.muchteabutlittlecoffeePassage32Amanwithacleverboy,wasdrinkinginaroom.Afterafewbottlesofwine(酒),thecleverboyaskedhimtohaveanotherdrink."No.no.""thedrunkard醉鬼"Idranktoomuchwine.Iseeeverythinginmyeyesindoubleimage(重影)."Hearingthesewords,theboytooka10-yuannotefromhiscoatandgiveittothedrunkard."Iborrowed20yuanfromyouyesterday.Hereisthemoney."saidtheboy,"pleasegivemetheIOU(欠条)."ThenthedrunkardtookouttheIOUfromhiscoatandsaid:"Yours,yoursaretwopiecesofIOU.Andgivemeanother20yuan."判断正误：( )1.Toomuchwinecanmakeamandrunk.( )2.ThedrunkardSawthingsindoubleimage.( )3.Theboyborrowed20yuanfromthedrunkard.( )4.Thedrunkardaskedtheboytogivehimanother20yuan.( )5.Theboywantedtoreturnthemoneyatthattimebecausethewasdrunk.Passage33Mr.andMrs.BlackcomefromSydney.TheyteachEnglishinamiddleschoolthere.Theyliketheirwork.Theyhavetwochildren,TomandSue.TheyareinShanghainow.Mr.BlackcanspeakChinese.NowheworksinShanghaiwithhiswife.Mr.Blacklikesswimmingandreading.AndMrs.Blacklikesswimmingandreading,too.Theyoftengoswimmingintheafternoonandreadintheevening.TomandSuelikeplayinggameswithChineseboysandgirls.Tom'suncle,Baker,worksonafarmnearSydney.Helikesswimming,too.HewantstoworkinShanghai.Buthecan'tspeakChinese.SoheisstillthereandhasChineselessonseveryweek.（)1.TomandSuearefrom（）A.AmericaB.Canada C.England D.Australia（)2.Mrs.Blacklikes（）A.readingandswimming B.runningC.playinggame D.AandB（)3.Sue'sunclelikes（）.A.reading B.playinggamesC.hiswork D.swimming（)4.Sue'suncleisa（）A.worker B.driver C.farmer D.teacher（ )5.（ ）areworkingindifferentcountriesnow.A.Mr.andMrs.Black B.Mr.BlackandhisuncleC.Mrs.Blackandheruncle D.Mr.BlackandhisbrotherPassage34LiPingisgoingtoEngland.HewantstoknowsomethingaboutEnglishpeople.OnedayheseesanEnglishgirlinthestreet.Thenhecomesuptoher."Excuseme,mayIaskyousomequestions?""Ofcourseyoumay."answersthegirlpolitely(礼貌地）."I'llgotoLondon.WhatshouldInotice( 注意)whenI'mtalkingwithpeopleinLondon?"asksLiPing."Well.don'taskawomanhowoldsheis.""Buthowoldareyou?"LiPingstopsthegirlandaskssuddenly(突然)."I..."Thegirlgetsangry(生气)."Whydoyougetsoangry?"asksLiPing,"nowweareinChina,notinEngland,yousee."判断正误：（ )l.LiPingwantstoknowsomethingaboutEnglishpeople.（ )2.LiPingseesawomaninthestreet.（ )3.Thegirldoesnotliketoanswerthefirstquestion.（ )4.ThegirlbecomesangrybecauseLiPingwantstoknowhowoldsheis.（ )5.LiPingsayssorrytothegirlatlast.Passage35AnEnglishmanwasshowingaforeignvisitoraroundLondon."What'sthatstrangebuilding?"askedthevisitor."That'sthe.TowerofLondon.""Isee.Howlongdidittaketobuildit? About500years.""Inmycountrywecanbuilditinfivemonths."saidthevisitor.AshorttimeafterthattheycometoSt.Paul'sCathedral(大堂)."Veryinteresting,"saidthevisitor,"Howlongdidittaketobuildit? fortyyears."saidtheEnglishman."Inmycountrywecanfinishitinfortydays."saidthevisitor.Thiswentonallday.Theyvisitedmostofthebestknownbuildingsinthecity.Everytimetheysawanewone,thevisitoraskedwhatitwasandhowlongittooktobuildit.Thenhesaidthattheycoulddothesamethingsmuchfasterinhiscountry.AtlasttheEnglishmangotangrywiththevisitorthoughhetriednottoshowit.AfewdayslatertheycametotheHouseofParliament( 议会大厦)andthevisitoraskedhisusualquestion."What'sthat?"TheEnglishmananswered,"I'venoidea.Itwasn'ttherelastnight."( )1.TheEnglishmanshowedtheforeignvisitoraround（ ）A.theTowerofLondon B.St.Paul'sCathedralC.somefamousbuildingsinLondon D.thewholecityof( )2.Thevisitorsaidthatinhiscountryitwouldtakethem （ ）tobuildSt.Paul'sCathedral.A.lessthanhalfayear B.morethanamonthC.fivehundredyears D.fortyyears( )3.TheEnglishmanwasveryangrybytheendoftheday,but）triednottoletthevisitorknowittriednottoshowthevisitoraroundthecityhadnotimetotellthevisitordidn'twanttosayanything( )4.TheEnglishman'slastanswershowedhe（ ）wassorrythathehadn'tseenthebuildingbeforecouldsaynothingbecausehedidn'tknowanythingaboutitwasnothappyanddecidedtogivehimasurprisinganswerdidn'tknowhowtotellthevisitorthenameofthe( )5.Thebesttitle标题)forthispassageis（ ）A.Englishhistory B.AroundLondonC.What'sthatstrangebuilding? D.Howlongdidittaketobuildit?Passage36DavidisfromCanada.HelivesinthecityofToronto.Heisadoctor.Hiswifeisateacher.SheteachesFrenchinahighschool.CanadiansspeakEnglishandFrenchinCanada.Theyhavetwochildren——asonandadaughter.Thesonisthreeyearsolderthanthedaughter.Thedaughterisonlysix.Hergrandmotherlooksafterherathome.Davidandhiswifeworkveryhard.Theydon'tgotoworkonSundays.Thewholefamilygotothepark,sometimestheygotoaChineserestaurant.TheylikeChinesefood,andtheChinesepeoplethereareveryfriendlytothem.TheyalwayshaveagoodtimeonSundays.判断正误：( )1.TorontoisabigcityinAmerica.( )2.TherearethreepeopleinDavid's( )3.David'ssonissixyearsold.( )4.David'smotherlooksafterthelittledaughter.( )5.ThefamilyalwayshaveagoodtimeonSundays.Passage37Whichisthebestwaytolearnalanguage?Weknowthatwealllearntourownlanguagewellwhenwewerechildren,ifwelearnasecondlanguageinthesameway,itwon'tseemsodifficult.Howdoesasmallchilddo?Itlistenstowhatpeopleandittriesto guesswhatithears.Whenitwantssomething,ithasto askforit.Iisusingthelanguage,thinkinginitandtalkinginitallthetime.Ifpeopleuseasecondlanguageallthetime,theywilllearnitquickly.Inschool,Y0ulearntoread,towrite,tohearandtospeak.Iisthebestwaylearnallnewwords throughtheear.Youcanreadthem,spellthem,andwritethemlater.( )1.Whenwewereveryyoung,（ ）it'sdiffieuhforustounderstandpeoplewelearntourownlanguagethroughourearswecouldnotguesswhatpeoplesaywecouldhearourownlanguagebuteouldn'tunderstandit( )2.Asmallchildcanlearnhisownlanguageverywell）he'scleverhisparentstakegoodcareofhimhekeepsonusingitheoftentriestoguesswhathehears( )3.Accordingtothetext,itisthebestwaytolearnasecondlanguage.rememberingasmanywordsaswecanwritingallthetimeusingourearsfirstlookingupthewordsinthedictionarywhenwedon'tknowmeanings( )4.Inschool,whenwelearnasecondlanguage,wemust（ ）donothingbutlistentoourteachersoftenlisten,speak,readandwritelearnitbyheartallthetimetranslateitintoourownlanguageallthetime( )5.Theword"it"inthesentence"itwon'tseemsodiffieult"refersto(指的是）（ ）thesmallchildthesecondlanguagelearningthesecondlanguagethebestwaytolearnlanguagePassage38Somehensarewhite.Somehensareblack.Somehensarebrown,Lookatthishen.Youcanfindherredcomb(鸡冠)andherwings(翅膀)andhertail(尾巴)andherlegs(腿)andfeet.Acock(公鸡)isafatherbird.Hehasabigtail.Hehasabigcomb.Henslayeggs.Somehenslayfiveorsixeggsaweek.Thishenissittingonhereggs.Shedoesnotletthemcold.Shesitsonthemdayafterday.Shesitsonthemforthreeweeks.Thenthechicks(小鸡)comeout.Motherhenlooksafterherchicks.Shedoesnotletthemrunaway.Shedoesnotletthemgetcold.判断正误：（ )1.Awhitehenhasawhitecomb.（ )2.Cockslayeggs.（ )3.Chicksarebabybirds.（ )4.Motherhenlooksafterherchicks.（ )5.Motherhensitsontheeggsforthreeweeks,thenthechickscomeout.Passage39Oneday,Mr.Greenwentintoatailor'sshopwithapieceofcloth.Hewantedtohavethetailormakesomeclothesforhim.Hehandedtheclothtothetailor,andthetailorsaid:"Youshouldhavebroughtmorecloth,andthisisnotenough."Mr.Greenhadtogoout,disappointed.Hesoonfoundanothertailor'sshopandwentin.Thistailordidn'tthinktheclothwasnotenough.Severaldayslater,Mr.Greencametofetchhisnewclothes.HewassatisfiedWiththem.Butatthesametime,hesawthetailor'ssonwearingthesameclothesashis.Hewaspuzzled,soheaskedthetailor:"Whydidthefirsttailorsaytheclothwasshort?"Thetailoranswered:"Becausehehasthreesons.Ionlyhaveone."( )1.Theclothwas（ ）A.thefirsttailor's B.thesecondtailor'sC.thesecondtailor'sson's D.Mr.Green's)2.Mr.Greenaskedthefirsttailortomakesomeclothes）A.thefirsttailor'ssons B.thesecondtailor'ssonC.hisson D.himself)3,Thesecondtailorthoughttheclothwas（ ）A.old B.notenough C.enough D.short)4.Thesecondtailormadethenewclothesfor（ ）withthecloth.A.hissonandMr.GreenB.onlyMr.GreenC.onlyhisson)5.Thefirsttailor