八年级英语阅读理解

阅读理解1

Oncetherelivedanoldmaninatown.Healwaysforgotalotofthings.Sohis

wifealwayshadtosaytohim,"Don'tforgetthis.”

Onedayhewentonalongwayalone.Beforehelefthome,hiswifesaid,

"Nowyouhaveallthesethings.Youneedthemonyourway.Takecareofyour

thingsontheway."Hev/enttothestation.Heboughtaticketandgotonthetrain

withit.

Aboutanhourlater,theconductorbegantoseethetickets.Hecametothe

oldmanandsaid,“Willyoupleaseshowmeyourticket?"Theoldmanlookedfor

histicketinallhispocketsbuthecouldnotfinditHewasveryworried.MIcan't

findmyticket.IreallyboughtaticketbeforeIgotonthetrain,"saidtheoldman.

“Ithinkyouareright.Ibelieveyouboughtaticket.Allright,youdon'thaveto

buyanotherticketJsaidtheconductorkindly.Buttheoldmanstill（仍然）looked

worriedandsaidsadly,“Youdon'tknowwhyI'mworried.IfIdon'tfindmyticket,

Ican'tremembermystation.WhereamIgoing?"

1.Theoldmanboughtaticket.

A.afterhegotonthetrain

B.beforehegotonthetrain

C.whentheconductortoldhimtobuyone

D.whenhefoundhehadnoticketwithhim

2.Aboutanhourlater,theconductorbegan

A.tobuythetickets

B.tolookforthetickets

C.tocheck（检查）thetickets

D.toshowthetickets

3.Theconductortoldtheoldmanthathedidn'tneedtobuyanotherticket

because.

A.themanwasveryold

B.hethoughttheoldmanhadnomoneywithhim

C.theoldmanshowedhimtheticket

D.hebelievedtheoldman

4.Theoldmanstilllookedworriedbecause.

'A.hecouldn'tgetonthetrain.

B.helosthisticketandalotofmoney

C.hethoughthiswifewouldgetangrywithhim

D.heforgotwherehewasgoing

5.Whichofthefollowing（下列）isright?

'A.Theoldmanwentonthetripwithhiswife

B.Theoldmandidn'tfindhisticket

C.Theconductorwasalsoanoldman

D.Iheoldmanhadtobuyanotherticket

阅读理解2

Thebestwayoflearningalanguageisusingit.Thebestwayoflearning

EnglishistalkinginEnglishasmuchaspossible.Sometimesyou'llgetyourwords

mixedup（；昆合）andpeoplewillnotunderstandyou.Sometimespeoplewillsay

thingstooquicklyandyoucdn'tunderstcindthem.Butifyoukeepyoursenseof

humor（幽默感）,youcanalwayshaveagoodlaughatthemistakesyoumake.Don't

beunhappyifpeopleseemtobelaughingatyourmistakes.It'sbetterforpeople

tolaughatyourmistakesthantobeangrywithyou,becausetheydon't

understandwhatyouaresaying.ThemostimportantthingforlearningEnglishis:

“Don'tbeafraidofmakingmistakesbecauseeveryonemakesmistakes/

1.Thewriterthinksthatthebestwayforyoutolearnalanguageis.

rA.writing'B.listening

C.usingitD.learninggrammar

2.WhatshouldyoudoinlearningEnglish?

A.Becarefulnottomakeanymistake.

B.Writeasquicklyasyoucan.

C.Laughmoreoften.

D.SpeakEnglishasmuchasyoucan.

3.Whenpeoplelaughatyourmistakes,youshould.

A.notcareB.behappy

C.feelworriedD.beunhappy

4.Whenyoumakeamistake,youshould.

A.keepquietrB.keepyoursenseofhumor

C.bekindD.getangry

5.Thestorytellsus:"".

A.Onlyfoolish（愚蠢的）peoplemakemistakes

B.Fewpeoplemakemistakes

C.Peoplenevermakemistakes

D.Thereisnoonewhodoesn'tmakemistakes

参考答案：1.C2.D3.A4.B5.D

讲解：

1.第一句"Thebestwayoflearningalanguageisusingit.”

2.第二句"ThebestwayoflearningEnglishis(dikinginEnglishasmuchas

possible/1。

3.阅读全文可得此答案。

4.阅读全文可得此答案。

5.从最后一句ThemostimportantthingforlearningEnglishis:"Don'tbe

afraidofmakingmistakesbecauseeveryonemakesmistakes/可知。

阅读理解12

DoyouknowwhattheWhiteHouseis?Perhapssomeofyoudo,whileothers

don't.

TheWhiteHouseisahouseinWashington.ThepresidentoftheU.S.A,livesin

it.It'sreallywhite.ButdoyouknowwhytheWhiteHouseiswhite?Thestory

happenedin1812.ThatyearEnglandwasatwarwithAmerica.TheBritisharmy

gottoWashingtonandsetthepresident'shouseonfire.Tn1814zinordertohide

themarksofthefire,thestonewallsofthepresident'shousewerepaintedwhite

andithasbeenthe“WhiteHouse“eversince.

1.WhiteHouseisahousefor.

A.theAmericanpeople.B.thesoldiersofU.S.A.

C.thepresidentsofU.S.A.D.thepatientsofU.S.A.

2.EnglandfoughtwithAmericain.

rA.1810'B.1812

「C.1814iD.1916

3.Thehouseiscalled"WhiteHouse"because.

'A.it'scoveredwithsnow

B.thehouseisveryclean

C.thestonewallsofthehousewerepaintedwhite

「

D.they•likewhitecolour

4.TheWhiteHousewaspaintedwhitebecause.

A.thehouseisoldB.thehouseisnew

C.itwasonceonfireandwaswithmarks

D.theyhaveenoughpaint

5.0eversince"means.

rA.neverrB.oncerC.fromthenoncD.before

参考答案

1.C第二段第二句。

2.B参看第二段"Thestoryhappenedin1812/

3.C第二段提到：战后为了掩盖火烧的痕迹，所以把房子漆成白色。"White

House"也由此而来。

4.C参看第三段的解释。

5.C根据最后一句：从此它就成了"WhiteHouse"。

阅读理解8

OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomethingis,you

cantakesomethingpositiveoutofit.TheonetimeIwasn/tsureofthatwason

September11.

Iusuallywakeupa6:30or7:00inthemorning.Thatday,Ihappenedtowake

upearlier.IturnedontheTVandIsawthataplanehadcrashed(撞击)intothe

NorthToweroftheWorldTradeCenter.Myfirstreaction(SJS)wasthatitwasa

terribledccident.ThenIsawanotherplaneflyintotheSouthTowerandIrealized

thatIwaswitnessing（目击）anactofterrorism.

MywifeandIspentthedaywatchingtheterriblepicturesoveragain.WhenI

watchedfamilymemberslookingfortheirlovedones,thepainintheireyeswas

somethingIwouldneverforget.Icouldn*tunderstandhowsomethingthis

terriblecouldhavehappened.

Itwasn*tuntilafewweeksafterSeptember11thatIbegantoseethat

perhapssomegooddidcomefromthistragedy（悲居!］）.Peopleseemdifferentnow,

moreunderstanding,moretolerant（宽容的）.Littlethingsthatseemedtobesucha

troublebeforearenolongerbigthings.Personally,IammoretolerantthanIwas.I

realizelifeistooshort,andtooprecious（珍贵的），toletmyselfgetworriedover

smallthings.Fvelearnedalsothatyoucan,ttakethingsforgranted.Things

changeintheblinkofaneye.Peoplegotoworkanddon'tcomeback.One

momentthey'relivingandthenextminutethey'renot.And,itdoesn,tmatter

whoyouare,thereisnothingyoucandoaboutit.Weneverknowwhenourtime

herewillbeover,soweallneedtomakethemostofeveryminutewehave.

Youtrytolearnfromwhathappened.Youcan*tbeusedupbyit.Youcan1t

livebyit.Allyoucandoisjustlive.

1.Theword"positive"inthepassageprobablymeans.

A.terribleB.badC.goodD.real

2.WhatdidthewriterseeafterheturnedonIlieTVIhdtmorning?

'A.AfirestartingB.Aplaneflying

C.AterribleaccidentD.Anactofterrorism.

3.FromSeptember11,thewriterhadrealizedthat

'A.peopleshouldmakethemostofeveryminutetheyhave

B.hehasbecomelesstoleranttowardsothers

C.heshouldgetworriedaboutlittlethings

D.lifeistooshorttocareaboutothers.

4.Whafsthebesttitleofthispassage?

A.AReportaboutSeptember11

B.TheTragedyo*September11

C.September11andMyFamily

D.September11andMyTurn.

参考答案

讲解：

1.c见第一行，不管（n。matter）事情多糟，总能发现有益的东西。

2.D见第六行.

3.A见侄！J数第三彳亍。Soweallneedtomakethemostofeveryminutewehave.

4.D

阅读理解4

"Cool"isawordwithmanymeanings.Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpressa

temperaturethatisalittlebitcold.Astheworldhaschanged,thewordhashad

manydifferentmeanings.

"Cool"canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything.When

youseeafamouscarinthestreet,maybeyouwillsay"It'scool/Youmaythink,

"He'ssocool,“whenyouseeyourfavouritefootballer.

Weallmaximize（扩大）themeaningof"cool”.Youcanuseitinsteadofmany

wordssuchas"new"or"surprising”.Here'saninterestingstorywecanuseto

showthewaythewordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthe

waterfall（瀑布）theyhadvisited.Ononestudent'spaperwasjusttheonesentence,

"Il'ssocool”.Maybehethoughtitwasthebe、lwaytoshowwhdthesawand

felt.

Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity（缺乏）ofwords.Without"cool”,some

peoplehavenowordstoshowthesamemeaning.Soitisquiteimportanttokeep

somecredibility（可信，性）,Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthatmakeyourlifeas

colourfulastheword"cool"?Ican.AndIthinktheyarealsoverycool.

1.Weknowthattheword"cool"has.

rA.onlyonemeaning'B.nomeanings

C.manydifferentmeaningsD.thesamemeaning

2.Inthepassage,theword"express"means"”.

rA.seerB.showrC.knowrD.feel

3.Ifyouaresomething,youmaysay,"It'scool?

「A.interestedinrB.angryabout

C.afraidofD.unhappywith

4.Thewritertakesanexampletoshowheisthewaythewordisused.

A.pleasedwithB.strangeto

C.worriedaboutrD.carefulwith

5.Inthepassage,thewritersuggests（暗示）thattheword"cool"

A.canbeusedinsteadofmanywords

B.usuallymeanssomethinginteresting

C.canmakeyourlifecolourful

D.maynotbeascoolasitseems

参考答案：l.C2.B3.A4.C5.D

讲解：

1.见首句。

2.由"express"前后词义关系可推断出是"表达"的意思，与"show"同义。

3.由第二段首句可知。

4.由例子中的学生用cool一词概括出他的所有感受，知cool词义的扩大会导致语

言中词汇的缺乏，是令人担忧的。

5.结合第4题的答案可做出选择。

参考答案：1.A2.D3.A4.D5.C

讲解：

1.由短文最后一句"Theyhadtravelled1,797kilometresfromLondon"可知，

最接近,因此选

"fornearly1,800kilometres"Ao

2.由短文第2段倒数第3句"Sotheywereabletochangeitsweight"可知答案

为D。

3.从第3段可以看出，越往上温度越低，因此应选A。

4.由短文最后一段倒数第2句"TheycamedowninPoland..."可知答案为D。

5.纵观全文可以看出答案C不正确。

Jackisatwenty-year-oldyoungman.Twoyearsago,whenhefinishedmiddle

school,hefoundworkinashop.Usuallyheworksuntilteno'clockintheevening.

Heisverytiredwhenhegetshome.Afteraquicksupperhegoestobedandsoon

fallsasleep.Hisgrandmawholivesdownstairsissatisfiedwith（满意）him.

Oneday,onhiswayhome,hemetMary.Theywerebothhappy.Heaskedthe

girltohishouse,sheagreedhappily.Heboughtsomefruitanddrinksforher.And

theytalkedabouttheirschool,teachers,classmatesandtheirfuture（未来）.They

talkedforalongtime.

"Havealookatyourwatch,please/saidthegirl."Whattimeisitnow?"

“Sorry,somethingiswrongwithmywatch/saidJack.^Where'syours?**

"1leftitathome?

Jackthoughtforamoment