人教新目标八年级英语下册阅读理解

人教版八年级下册英语阅读理解专练

英语阅读理解解题技巧阅读理解是中考英语试卷中的重头戏,是初中英语教学

大纲的集中体现,而且占分比例较大,是应当极为重视的题型之一,英语要想拿高

分,对阅读理解题n就肯定不能忽视。

阅读理解思路：

i.抓住文章的首段与末段与段落的首句和末句文章的首段与末段,段落的首句

和末句,一般表达文章的主题和段落的中心思想,其它段落与句子只起补充,说明，

说明或引申的作用.因此,首先要搜寻目标,找出文章与段落中的主题句.了解了它

们的含义,就可以顺着供应的主要线索去捕获文宣的相关信息,从而获得解决问题

的答案

2.进行合理推断

对文章有了具体而全面的理解之后,就要依据文章内容,上下文的逻辑关系，作

出推理推断.阅读理解涉与词汇,语法,句型,段落结构，文化背景等各方面学问.答

题时,要领悟句子之间的逻辑关系,特殊是相邻句子之间的关系,这样有利于理解

全文.表示逻辑关系的标记词是连接词,副词，代词，介词短语,关系词，插入语等，

通读时应特殊留意.如：if,because,though,as,which,it,

3.用常识解题,熟记常用的缩略词语.多了解一些常识性学问有利于阅读理解.

假如对文章的相关背景有所了解,读起文章肯定既省时又省力.因此,在学习过程

中，了解各方面的背景学问是非常重要的.

英语八年下英语阅读理解专项练习

阅读理解1

Jackisatwenty-year-o1dyoungman.Twoyearsago,whenhefinished

middleschool,hefoundworkinashop.Usuallyheworksuntilteno,clock

intheevening.Heisverytiredwhenhegetshome.Afteraquicksupper

hegoestobedandsoonfallsasleep.Hisgrandmawholivesdownstairsis

satisfiedwith（满足）him.

Oneday,onhiswayhome,hemetMary.Theywerebothhappy.Heasked

thegirltohishouse,sheagreedhappily.Heboughtsomefruitanddrinks

forher.Andtheytalkedabouttheirschool,teachers,classmatesandtheir

future（将来）.Theytalkedforalongtime.

“Havealookatyourwatch,please,vsaidthegirl."Whattimeis

itnow?”

uSorry,somethingiswrongwithmywatch,“saidJack."Where'syours?”

"Ileftitathome.”

Jackthoughtforamomentandfoundaway.Hebegantostamphisfoot

onthefloor,"Bang!Bang!Bang!”

Thesoundwokehisgrandmaup.Theoldwomanshouteddownstairs,"It's

twelveo*clockinthenight,Jack.Whyareyoustilljumpingupstairs?”

1.Jackwaswhenhefinishedmiddleschool.

A.sixteenB.eighteenC.twentyD.fifteen

2.TheoldwomanissatisfiedwithJackbecause.

A.he'shergrandsonB.he'sclever

C.hecankeepquietD.hegetshomeontime

3.Fromthestory,wecanknowthatMaryisJack's

A.classmateB.colleague（同事）

C.auntD.wife

4.Theword“stamp“inthestorymeansinChinese.

A.盖印B.跺C.贴邮票D.承认

5.Jackstampedhisfootonthefloorinorder（为了）

A.towakehisgrandmaup

B.tomakehisgrandmaangry

C.thathisgrandmawasgoingtotellhimthetime

D.thathisgrandmawasgoingtobuyhimawatch

阅读理解2

WeareallbusytalkingaboutandusingtheInternet（互联网），buthow

manyofusknowthehistoryoftheInternet?

ManypeoplearesurprisedwhentheyfindthattheInternetwassetup

inthe1960s.Atthattime,computerswerelargeandexpensive.Computer

networks（网络）didn，tworkwell.Ifonecomputerinthenetworkbrokedown,

thenthewholenetworkstopped.Soanewnetworksystemhadtobesetup.

Itshouldbegoodenoughtobeusedbymanydifferentcomputers.Ifpart

ofthenetworkwasnotworking,informationcouldbesentthroughanother

part.Inthiswaycomputernetworksystemwouldkeeponworkingallthe

time.

AtfirsttheInternetwasonlyusedbythegovernment,but,intheearly

1970s,universities,hospitalsandbankswereallowedtouseittoo.However,

computerswerestillveryexpensiveandtheInternetwasdifficulttouse.

Bythestartofthe1990s,computersbecamecheaperandeasiertouse.

Scientistshadalsodevelopedsoftwarethatmade'surfing'（阅读）the

Internetmoreconvenient.

Todayitiseasytogeton-line（上网）anditissaidthatmillions

ofpeopleusetheInterneteveryday.Sendinge-mailismoreandmorepopular

amongstudents.

TheInternethasnowbecomeoneofthemostimportantpartsofpeople5s

life.

推断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表

示。

1.TheInternethasahistoryoflessthanthirtyyears.T

F

2.Tnthe1960scomputernetworkswentwrongeasily.T

F

3.Computersbecomecheapersothatmanyhospitalsandbarkswere

allowedtousethem.TF

4.Peopledidn'thaveenoughsoftwaretogeton-lineconveniently

untiltheearly1990s.TF

阅读理解3

Mr.andMrs.Turnerliveoutsideasmal1town.Theyhaveabigfarm

andtheyarealwaysbusyworkingonit.Theirson,Peter,studiedatamiddle

school.Theyoungmanstudiedhardanddidwel1inhislessons.Itmade

themhappy.

LastmonthPeterfinishedmiddleschoolandpassedtheentrance

examination（升学考试）.Mrs.Turnerwasveryhappyandtoldthefarmers

aboutit.

Yesterdaymorningthewomanwenttothetowntobuysomethingforher

son.Onthebusshetoldoneofherfriendshowcleverandableherson

was.Shespokeveryloudly.Allthepeopleinthebusbegantolistento

her.

“Whichuniversity（高校）willyoursonstudyin?”awomannextto

herasked.

“Inthemostfanousuniversityinourcountry!Mrs.Turnersaid

happily.

“Themostfamousuniversity?”

aOxfordUniversity（牛津）.”

Mostofthepassengers（乘客）lookedathercarefully.Someofthem

saidtoher,“Congratulations!”

Awomansaid,"I'msurehe*11knowFredSmith.”

“Who'sFredSmith?"

“He'smyson.”

uDoeshestudyintheuniversity,too?”

“No,"saidthewoman."Heisoneoftheprofessors.

1.Thestoryhappenedin________.

A.AmericaB.FranceC.GermanyD.England

2.Mr.andMrs.Turnerwerehappybecause

A.theirsondidwellinhislessons

B.theyhaveabigfarm

C.theyhaveagoodharvest

D.theirsonstudiedatamiddleschool

3.Mrs.Turnerwantedeveryonetoknow

A.hersonfinishedmiddleschool

B.hersonwashandsome

C.hersonwasgoingtostudyinauniversity

D.hersonwasveryfriendlytoothers

4.Mrs.Turnerspokesoloudlyinthebusthat.

A.herfriendcouldhearher

B.allthepeoplecou1dhearher

C.shehopedtomakeallthepeoplehappy

D.shehopedtheywouldsaycongratulationstoher

5.Whichofthefollowingistrue?.

A.Thewomanwasn'tinterestedinMrs.Turner，swords

B.Mrs.Turnerknewnothingaboutthefamousuniversity

C.ThewomanwantedtostopMrs.Turnerfromshowingoff（炫耀）

D.ThewomannexttoMrs.Turnerwantedtoshowoffherson,too

阅读理解4

“Cool"isawordwithmanymeanings.Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpress

atemperaturethatisalittlebitcold.Astheworldhaschanged,theword

hashadmanydifferentmeanings.

“Cool”canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything.

Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet,maybeyouwillsay"It'scool.”

Youmaythink,"He'ssocool,“whenyouseeyourfavouritefootballer.

Weallmaximize（扩大）themeaningof"cool”.Youcanuseitinstead

ofmanywordssuchas“new"or“surprising”.Here,saninterestingstory

wecanusetoshowthewaythewordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudents

towriteaboutthewaterfall（瀑布）theyhadvisited.Ononestudent'spaper

wasjusttheonesentence,“It'ssocool”.Maybehethoughtitwasthe

bestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt.

Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity（缺乏）ofwords.Without“cool”，

somepeoplehavenowordstoshowthesamemeaning.Soitisquiteimportant

tokeepsomecredibility（可信性）.Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthat

makeyourlifeascolourfulastheword“cool”?Ican.AndIthinkthey

arealsoverycool.

1.Weknowthattheword“cool”has.

A.onlyonemeaningB.nomeanings

C.manydifferentmeaningsD.thesamemeaning

2.Inthepassage,theworduexpressmeans

A.seeB.showC.knowD.feel

3.Ifyouaresomething,youmaysay,“It'scool.w

A.interestedinB.angryabout

C.afraidofD.unhappywith

4.Thewritertakesanexampletoshowheisthewaytheword

isused.

A.pleasedwithB.strangeto

C.worriedaboutD.carefulwith

5.Inthepassage,thewritersuggests（示意）thattheword“cool”

A.canbeusedinsteadofmanywords

B.usuallymeanssomethinginteresting

C.canmakeyourlifecolourful

D.maynotbeascoolasitseems

阅读理解6

Ifyoudonotuseyourarmsoryourlegsforsometime,theybecome

weak;whenyoustartusingthemagain,theyslowlybecomestrongagain.

Everybodyknowsthat.Yetmanypeopledonotseemtoknowthatmemoryworks

inthesameway.

Whensomeonesaysthathehasagoodmemory,hereallymeansthathe

keepshismemoryinpracticebyusingit.Whensomeoneelsesaysthathis

memoryispoor,hereallymeansthathedoesnotgiveitenoughchanceto

becomestrong.

Ifafriendsaysthathisarmsandlegsareweak,weknowthatitis

hisownfault.Butifhetellsusthathehasapoormemory,manyofus

thinkthathisparentsaretoblame,andfewofusknowthatitisjust

hisownfault.

Haveyoueverfoundthatsomepeoplecan，treadorwritebutusually

theyhavebettermemories?Thisisbecausetheycannotreadorwriteand

theyhavetorememberthings;theycannotwritethemdowninalittle

notebook.Theyhavet。rememberdays,names,songsandstories;sotheir

memoryisthewholetimebeingexercised.

Soifyouwanttohaveagoodmemory,learnfromthepeople:practise

remembering.

1.Themainreasonforone，spoormemoryisthathisparentshavepoor

memories.

TF

2.Ifyoudon'tuseyourarmsorlegsforsometime,theywillbecome

strong.

TF

3.Agoodmemorycomesfrommorepractice.

TF

4.Somepeoplecan，treadorwrite,buttheyhavebettermemories,

becausetheyhavesavedtrouble.

TF

5.Thebesttitleofthispassageis“HowtoHaveaGoodMemory.

阅读理解7

Ameteorite（陨石）almosthitan80-year-oldmannamedArthurPettifer

inBritainwhenhewasworkinginhisgarden.Themeteoritewasthebiggest

inthepast26yearsinBritain.

Themeteoriteweighed（重量）onekilo,andmightbeoverfourthousand

million（百万）yearsold.

“Ihearthebignoiseintheair.Ilookedupandsawthetopsofthe

treescomingandgoing,nhesaid."Ididn，tknowwhatitwas.”

Meteoritesaresmallthingsfromthesmallplanetsinspace.About3,500

meteoritesmayfalloneartheveryyear,butonlyveryfewarefound.Mr.

Pettifer'smeteoriteisthefifthtofallinBritainsincetheSecondWorld

War.

Mr.Pettiferisglad.aWhenyouthinkaboutitcomingfromsofaraway,

itreallyissomethingstrange.”

1.ThemeteoritewasMrPettiferwhenitfelldown.

A.closetoB.farfromC.hittingD.comingto

2.Themeteoritewasalreadyyearsold.

A.40,000,000,000B.40,000,000

C.400,000,000D.4,000,000,000

3.Mr.Pettiferfoundthetopsofthetreescomingandgoingbecause

A.thetreeswereafraid

B.thefastfallingmeteoritekeptthetreetopsmoving

C.itwasgoingtorain

D.themovingwasmadebywind

4.peopleseeameteoritefallalthoughtheyvisittheearth

ofteneachyear.

A.QuiteafewB.someC.FewD.Many

5.Mr.Pettiferwastoseethefallingofthemeteorite.

A.happyB.afraidC.sorryD.angry

阅读理解8

OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomething

is,youcantakesomethingpositiveoutofit.TheonetimeIwasn*tsure

ofthatwasonSeptember11.

Iusuallywakeupa6:30or7:00inthemorning.Thatday,Ihappened

towakeupearlier.IturnedontheTVand1sawthataplanehadcrashed

（撞击）intotheNorthToweroftheWorldTradeCenter.Myfirstreaction

（反应）wasthatitwasaterribleaccident.ThenIsawanotherplanefly

intotheSouthTowerandIrealizedthatIwaswitnessing（目击）anact

ofterrorism.

MywifeandTspentthedaywatchingtheterriblepicturesoveragain.

WhenIwatchedfamilymemberslookingfortheirlovedones,thepainin

theireyeswassomethingIwouldneverforget.Icouldn,tunderstandhow

somethingthisterriblecouldhavehappened.

Itwasn*tuntilafewweeksafterSeptember11thatIbegantosee

thatperhapssomegooddidcomefromthistragedy（悲剧）.Peopleseem

differentnow,moreunderstanding,moretolerant（宽容的）.Littlethings

thatseemedtobesuchatroublebeforearenolongerbigthings.Personally,

IammoretolerantthanIwas.Irealizelifeistooshort,andtoo

precious（宝贵的），toletmyselfgetworriedoversmallthings.I'velearned

alsothatyoucan'ttakethingsforgranted.Thingschangeintheblink

ofaneye.Peoplegotoworkanddon,tcomeback.Onemomentthey,reliving

andthenextminutethey'renot.And,itdoesn,tmatterwhoyouare,there

isnothingyoucandoaboutit.Weneverknowwhenourtimeherewill

beover,soweallneedtomakethemostofeveryminutewehave.

Youtryto1earnfromwhathappened.Youcan,tbeusedupbyit.You

can'tlivebyit.Allyoucandoisjustlive.

1.Theword“positive“inthepassageprobablymeans.

A.terribleB.badC.goodD.real

2.WhatdidthewriterseeafterheturnedontheTVthatmorning?

A.AfirestartingB.Aplaneflying

C.AterribleaccidentD.Anactofterrorism.

3.FromSeptember11,thewriterhadrealizedthat.

A.peopleshouldmakethemostofeveryminutetheyhave

B.hehasbecomelesstoleranttowardsothers

C.heshouldgetworriedaboutlittlethings

D.lifeistooshorttocareaboutothers.

4.What'sthebesttitleofthispassage?

A.AReportaboutSeptember11

B.TheTragedyofSeptember11

C.September11andMyFamily

D.September11andMyTurn.

阅读理解9

阅读下列短文，并依据短文内容选出能完成短文题目的最佳答案。

Mrs.Weekswasreadinganewspaperstorytoherclass.Thestorysaid：

Wereyoueverinahospitalwhenyouweresmall?Howdidyoufeel?Thedoctors

inChildren'sHospitalareaskingformoneyforchildren,stoys（玩具）.

Somechi1dreninthehospitaimuststayinbedformanyweeks.Toysare

neededtokeepthesesick（生病的）chi1drenhappyandquiet.Moneyforthem

canbesenttothehospital.

AfterMrs.Weeksreadthestory,shesaid,“Thisstorygavemeanidea.”

“Youwantustobringsomemoneyforthetoys."uWecouldbringsome

ofourowntoysforthechildreninthehospital.saidtheboysandgirls

oneafteranother.

“Well,yourideaswouldbenice,“MrsWeekssaid,“butmineis

different.

“Wecouldmakesometoys."shoutedoneofthem.

Mrs.Weekssmiled."Doyouthinkyoucouldmaketoys?”sheasked.

“Yes,yes."thewholeclassanswered.

uGreat!Let'sbegintomaketoystomorrow.nsaidMrs.Weeks.

OnSaturdayafternoon,Mrs.Weekstookchildrentothehospitalwith

thetoysmadebyherstudents.Thechildrenintheclassfelthappy,too.

Afewdayslater,Mrs.Weeksreadanothernewspaperstorytotheclass:

SomeschoolpupilsbroughttoystoChildren'sHospitallastweek.The

toysweremadebythepupilsofGradeThreeinGreenStreetSchool.The

doctorsaid,“Wehaveneverhadsomanywonderfultoys.Ourchildrenare

veryhappywiththem.Theysay,'THANKYOU,GRADETHREE.'"

1.Whatwasthefirstnewspaperstorymainly（主要）about?

A.SickchildreninChildren'sHospital

B.DoctorsinChildren'sHospitai.

C.Mrs.Weeksandherstudents.

D.Toysmadebytheboysandgirls.

2.What“idea"didMrs.Weekshaveinmind?

A.Asktheclasstogivesomemoneytothechildreninthehospital.

B.Asktheclasstosendsomeoftheirowntoystothechildrenin

thehospital.

C.Lettheclassmakesometoysthemselvesandgivetheir,tothe

childreninthehospital.

D.Telltheclasstogotoseethechildreninthehospital.

3.DoctorsinChildren'sHospitaldidn,thavetokeepthechildren

happyandquiet.

A.enoughtimeB.enoughboysandgirls

C.getmoneytobuytoysforD.enoughdoctors

4.Atfirst,thedoctorsinChildren'sHospitalwantedtothesick

children.

A.givesomemoneytoB.makesometoysfor

C.getmoneytobuytoysforD.borrowsometoysfor

5.WhatMrsWeeksreallywantedtDdoisto.

A.leteveryoneknowherclass

B.savesomemoneyfortoys

C.makeherselffamous

D.teachthepupi1stodothingsthemselvesandbehelpfultoothers

阅读理解10

Oncetherelivedanoldmaninatown.Healwaysforgotalotofthings.

Sohiswifealwayshadtosaytohim,"Don'tforgetthis.”

Onedayhewentonalongwayalone.Beforehelefthome,hiswifesaid,

“Nowyouhaveallthesethings.Youneedthemonyourway.Takecareof

yourthingsontheway."Hewenttothestation.Heboughtaticketand

gotonthetrainwithit.

Aboutanhourlater,theconductorbegantoseethetickets.Hecame

totheoldmanandsaid,uWillyoupleaseshowmeyourticket?,,Theold

manlookedforhisticketinallhispocketsbuthecouldnotfindit.He

wasveryworried.aIcan'tfindmyticket.Ireallyboughtaticketbefore

Igotonthetrain,“saidtheoldman.

“Ithinkyouareright.Ibelieveyouboughtaticket.Allright,

youdon，thavetobuyanotherticket,“saidtheconductorkindly.Butthe

oldmanstill（仍I日）lookedworriedandsaidsadly,“Youdon，tknowwhy

I*mworried.IfIdon，tfindmyticket,Ican'tremembermystation.Where

amIgoing?”

1.Theoldmanboughtaticket.

A.afterhegotonthetrain

B.beforehegotonthetrain

C.whenthecor.ductortoldhimtobuyone

D.whenhefoundhehadnoticketwithhim

2.Aboutanhourlater,theconductorbegan________.

A.tobuythetickets

B.tolookforthetickets

C.tocheck（检查）thetickets

D.toshowthetickets

3.Theconductortoldtheoldmanthathedidn，tneedtobuyanother

ticketbecause.

A.themanwasveryold

B.hethoughttheoldmanhadnomoneywithhim

C.theoldmanshowedhimtheticket

D.hebelievedtheoldman

4.Theoldmanstilllookedworriedbecause

A.hecouldn，tgetonthetrain.

B.helosthisticketandalotofmoney

C.hethoughthiswifewou1dgetangrywithhim

D.heforgotwherehewasgoing

5.Whichofthefollowing(下列)isright?

A.Theoldmanwentonthetripwithhiswife

B.Theoldmandidn，tfindhisticket

C.Theconductorwasalsoanoldman

D.Theoldmanhadtobuyanotherticket

阅读理解11

Whenyouarefeelingunhappyorforgethowgreatyouare,thesearesix

waystomakeyoufeelgoodaboutyourself.

1)Lookinthemirrorandsaytoyourself,“Iamaspecialpersonand

thereJsnooneintheworldlikeme.Icandoanything!”Itmaynotsound

sogood,butitreallyworks!

2)Dosomethingniceforsomeone.Helpingothersalwaysmakesyoufeelgood.

3)Smile!Befriendlytopeopleyoumeet.Lookforthegoodthingsinyour

friendsandfamily.

4)Learnsomethingnew!Haveyoualwayswantedtodecorateyourownroom

orlearnhowtoswim?Newchallengesarefunandgiveyouasenseof

accomplishmentwhenyouhavefinished.

5)Readandstartadiary.TurnofftheTVandletyourimaginationfly!

Writedownyourthoughts,dreamsoranythingyouwant!Writingalwayshelps

toexpressyourfeelings.

6)Staywithyourfamily.Weallneedourfamilytime.TalkwithyourMum

orDadormaybeevenyourcousin.

16.Thispassagemaybetakenfrom.

A.asciencebookB.astorybookC.amagazineD.school

rules

17.Accordingtothepassage,whenycuarehelpingothers,you

will

A.bespecialB.besureC.feelniceD.be

remembered

18.Whatdotheunderlinedwordsin4)“asenseofaccomplishmentmean?

A.成就感B.悲伤感C.挫折感D.信任感

19.Whichofthefollowingshouldyousay"NO”towhenyouareunhappy?

A.Youshouldalwayslookforthegoodthingsofothers.

B.Stayaloneathomeasmuchaspossible.

C.Learnsomethingnewandgoforit!

D.Keepadiarytoexpressyourfeelings.

20.Thebesttitle（标题）forthepassageis.

A.DoYourBestB.SixWaystoFeelGoodaboutYourself

C.It'sNevertooLatetoLearnD.AlwaysSmiletoYourself

阅读理解12

Mr.Kingwasthemanagerofahotel.Oneweekendallthehotelsinthecity

wereful1becausetherewasalargemeeting.