上海民办华育中学八年级英语上册期末阅读理解汇编doc.doc

上海民办华育中学八年级英语上册期末阅读理解汇编doc

一、八年级英语上册阅读理解专项训练
1．阅读理解
    The internet is an important part of our lives. What do you usually do on the Internet? Here are some useful websites for you.
NG Kids （www.ngkids.co.uk）
    This website has articles about geography, science, history and news. It has an edition （版本）especially for kids. It has many amazing but true facts about animals, as well as funny stories about pets and people. Have fun and improve your English.
Teens Health （teenshealth.org/teen）
    Changes are happening in your life, both in body and mind. Teens Health can help you. It has advice for dealing with stress, managing your feelings and taking care of your body.
Mtime （）
    It's difficult to choose which movie you want to watch, Mtime can help you. It can tell you about the directors and stars of films that you're interested in. The website also has ratings （等级）for every film. A film with a rating of 8or more is usually worth seeing.
（1）NG Kids has an edition especially for    .
A. parents                            B. children                            C. teachers                            D. doctors
（2）What can Teens Health help you do?
A. Learn English.
B. Look after pets at home.
C. Solve problems in life.
D. Choose a good film.
（3）Which website can help you choose a good movie?
A. Mtime.                       B. NG Kids.                       C. Teens Health.                       D. News Room.
（4）We can learn from the passage that    .
A. kids can get some facts about animals from Teens Health.
B. NG Kids can help children learn English well.
C. Mtime is only for mothers.
D. the internet is not important for our lives.
2．根据材料内容，选择正确答案。

C
    Ted, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter. The letter was from his teacher. “I got a red flower today. Could you please sign this note?” he said to mum. The note showed that he had been talking in class.
    Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is “OK”, but he often gets “You can do better than this.” Mum knows what it means. She tells me “You can do better than this” means “Extremely bad” in China.
    In the USA, teachers never say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is “Please be nicer tomorrow”. Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject.
    But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spend more time on homework than I did when I was 6th grade in the US! Yet his parents and teachers didn't think he worked hard enough.
    Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are true.
（1）Why did Ted come home with a letter last Friday?

A. Because the teacher wanted to visit his mother.
B. Because he did something wrong.
C. Because the teacher was happy with his progress.
D. Because the teacher thought he was too lazy.
（2）If a student in the USA gets “OK” in his schoolwork, it means ________.

A. he gets top scores                                            B. he gets medium scores
C. he gets extremely bad scores                          D. he gets the worst scores
（3）The underlined words “high expectations” in this passage means “________”.

A. 很高的待遇                       B. 很多的自由                       C. 很高的期望                       D. 很多的关爱
（4）The writer mainly wants to tell us ________.

A. the differences between Chinese education and American education
B. Chinese students are better than American students
C. American parents are not strict enough with their children
D. what's the best way to educate child
3．阅读理解
    Up to two thirds of children don't get as much sleep as they should do, and this can make them nervous and slow at school, researchers say.
    So how long should young people sleep each night? The answer is between 8 and 10 hours. If you don't get enough sleep at night, you'll have less energy the next day.
    But the researchers say many children have missed out on 4,500 hours of sleep by the time they are seven years old. They say that children miss sleep because they have TVs and computers in their rooms, and busy parents don't read to their younger children at night any more. The traditional “bedtime story” helps children to relax and fall asleep peacefully. Children with TVs and computers in their bedrooms were more likely to sleep badly, and to get less than eight hours' sleep. Even losing one hour's sleep a night can mean that children do less well at school.
    German scientists think that your brain keeps working while you're asleep. To show that they were right, they gave two groups of people a problem to work out. One group went to sleep, and the other group stayed awake. The result? The people who slept worked out the answer more quickly, suggesting their brains had been trying to find the answer while the people were asleep. So, make sure you get enough sleep tonight, and you'll be at your best tomorrow!
（1）What happens to children at school if they don't get enough sleep?
A. They walk more slowly.                                    B. They can relax.
C. They watch more TV.                                        D. They do less well at school.
（2）The main idea of the second paragraph is     .
A. how much sleep we need                                B. children don't get enough sleep
C. our brains never really go to sleep                 D. TVs and computers are the problem
（3）How does a bedtime story help children get a good sleep?
A. It helps children to relax and fall asleep peacefully.     B. Children lose more sleep.
C. Children have more energy.                                            D. Children get to sleep later.
（4）Why is it better to sleep in a room without a TV or computer?
A. You can read stories before you go to sleep.     B. You sleep better and get more sleep.
C. You have less energy.                                           D. Your brain works better.
（5）What did the German scientists' experiment show?
A. Sleep helps children learn to read.               B. Losing sleep means children don't learn well.
C. Your brain works while you are asleep.        D. Parents should read bedtime stories.
4．根据短文理解填空。

    A 50-year-old American officer came back to his school. The teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there. The talk was about the love of their great country. All the little ones were sitting in a large meeting room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said, “Boys and girls, I studied in this school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today. Think about it and answer me. Why are you so happy now?”
    No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in front put up his small dirty hand. “Good boy! Please answer me, dear.” said the officer.
    With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, “If you speak long enough, we won't have Maths and Biology lessons this morning.”
（1）What was the old man's talk about?

（2）When the officer studied in this school, how old was he?

（3）翻译画线部分的句子。

（4）Why were the children happy today?

5．根据短文理解选择正确答案。

A
    A man was mending a street lamp when he saw a pretty young woman and three children get into a car which was in the garden of a house near him. He saw that the car had a flat tyre, and tried to warn the woman, but it was too late—she was already driving the car out of the garden, and into the busy street. When she had got there, she stopped the car at the side of the street, got out and looked at the flat tyre. The children stayed in the car. Very soon another car stopped, and the driver offered to help her. The young woman accepted his offer, and the man changed the tyre for her.
    When she had thanked him and he had gone, she drove the car back into the garden, got out with the children and went back to her work in the house –with clean hands.
（1）This story is mainly about _________.

A. a man who was mending a street lamp  
B. a man who offered help to a pretty young lady
C. a pretty young lady who had her car repaired 
D. three children who stayed in the car
（2）From the passage, we can see that the story might be told by _______.

A. a pretty young lady                                          B. a man who was mending a street lamp 
C. a warm-hearted man who offered help         D. a man who is not mentioned in the story
（3）What kind of expression was on the lady's face after the man who offered help left?

A. Anger.                         B. Thankfulness.                         C. Pleasure.                         D. Sadness.
（4）From the passage, we can infer that _______.

A. only when the young lady arrived in the busy street did she find the tyre flat
B. the young lady knew what had happened to the tyre even before she went to the busy street
C. the young lady didn't know the tyre was flat until her children told her
D. if the young lady had heard the man who was mending the street lamp, she would have the car repaired before she went to the busy street
（5）Which of the following is true according to the story?

A. The young lady and her children were going to a garage to have the car repaired.
B. The young lady and her children were going to take a trip when she found the tyre flat.
C. The young lady herself could not repair the tyre of the car at home.
D. The young lady drove the car with a tyre flat into the busy street on purpose. She wanted to have it repaired there.  
6．阅读下列短文, 根据要求完成下列各题。

      Years ago, if a teenager（青少年） had some problems in his life, he might write them in his diary. Now a teenager with the same problems might get on the Internet and write in his blog（博客）. In many ways, a diary and a blog are almost the same. So, what makes a blog different from a diary?
      The biggest difference is that a blog is much more public（公开的） than a diary. Usually, a teenager likes hiding his diary book and treats it as one full of secrets. Both diaries and blogs tell what happened to the writer that day.
      A blog has both good and bad points. The biggest problem is that anyone can read what you write in your blog. If you are not pleased with a friend during school and write something bad about him or her on the Internet, that friend may read your blog and get angry. So we have to be careful of what we write.
       A blog has good points, of course. People choose to write in blogs: they know that their friends will read what they write. If you are feeling sad one day and write in your diary, no one will know about it. If you write the same words in your blog, your friends may quickly write back to comfort（安慰） you or give their help. Blogs help people stay in close contact（联系） and let them know what their friends are doing.
（1）In the past, teenagers wrote life problems ________. But now they like writing problems ________.

（2）In many ways, a diary and a blog are ________. Both of them tell ________.

（3）A blog has both ________ points. ________ can read what you write in your blog.

（4）If you write ________ about your friend in your blog, he may ________ after reading it.

（5）Where will you choose to write down your problems, in a blog or in a diary? Why?

7．根据短文内容选择正确答案。

A
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                 Activities
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（1）On which of the following days can't you have computer lessons?

A. Monday.                          B. Wednesday.                          C. Friday.                          D. Sunday.
（2）If Dick wants to swim after playing basketball, when can he go to the club?

A. Monday and Wednesday.                                B. Monday and Sunday.
C. Saturday and Sunday.                                      D. Monday to Sunday.
（3）How often does the club have music concerts?

A. Twice a month.       B. Twice a week.            C. Four times a month.       D. Five times a week.
8．阅读短文，从下面每题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
    George: What are you doing?
    User: Saying hello to you.
    George: Are you a monkey?
    User: Do you think monkeys can type?
    George: Sure.
    User: Are you a monkey?
    George: Do you think monkeys can type?
    User: You told me they could.
    This is a conversation between a human "user" and a computer. The computer was made to be as human as possible. It was taught to talk to humans. It has also learnt from what people have said to it. This has helped it become more human.
    What makes George talk is called Jabberwacky. It won the Loebner Prize not long ago. The prize is a contest to find the most realistic artificial intelligence （现实的人工智能）. In 2006, scientists talked to the computer. They typed questions to it, and it answered.
    Jabberwacky first appeared in 1982. It has been gelling better every year since then. The list of things that the computer says to a human is getting bigger and bigger. It means the computer has more things to say when you talk to it.
    It is hoped that a computer like this will do our jobs in call centres. When Jabberwacky is more realistic, this will be possible.
（1）From the passage, what can we know about George?
A. He's a computer.           B. He's a monkey.           C. He's an engineer.           D. He's a scientist.
（2）Why does the passage start with a conversation?
A. To tell us a joke about a monkey and human.
B. To show us the computer has become more human.
C. To show us what the computer is able to do now.
D. To tell us the computer can't be as clever as humans.
（3）What's the main function （功能） of Jabberwacky?
A. To tell people jokes.
B. To look like humans.
C. To talk with people.
D. To type questions.
（4）Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Jabberwacky has been getting better since it appeared.
B. When