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牛津译林版八年级英语上册阅读理解
专项强化训练题含答案
Most people think that they don't have the power to change the world.
Do we have the power to impact (影响) other people in our lives? The
1946 US film It's A Wonderful Life tells us the answer. In the film,
everyone has his or her own guardian (守护) angel. It starts with George
Bailey, a man who has given up on his dream and wants to kill himself on
Christmas Eve because of financial (财务的) difficulties. This draws the
attention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody. The angel shows
Bailey how different life would be for his family and his community if he
wasn't around. When Bailey was 12, for example, his brother Harry fell
through ice and Bailey jumped into the freezing (冰冻的) water to save
him. If Bailey had not been there, Harry would have died and would
never have become a war hero. This movie teaches people a lesson
about the power of kindness. Bailey sacrifices (牺牲) a lot of things for the
welfare (福利) of the town. He also tries to help people living in the town

achieve (实现) their goal of having their own houses. Bailey's kindness is
repaid in the end when almost everyone in the town comes and helps
him through his troubles.
1. Which film is the story about?______________________________________
3. What did Clarence Odbody do to save
Bailey?______________________________________
4. What is Paragraph 3 mainly
6. What can we learn from the film?______________________________________
Huge squares, great buildings and countless treasures (珍宝) – the
Forbidden City never fails to take its visitors' breath away. This year, the

world's largest wooden palace is 600 years old! Have you ever wondered
who made this marvel (奇迹)? In 1406, when the Ming Emperor Yongle
decided to move the country's capital from Nanjing to Beijing, he started
to build a palace at the heart of Beijing. His vision 愿( 景) was big. It took a
million workers 14 years to finish it. Materials were sent from all over
China to Beijing. Nanmu, the rarest of all Chinese woods, was used to
make huge wooden pillars (柱子). It can only be found deep in forests
over 1,800 km away from Beijing. Workers had to float (漂浮) the wood
on rivers all the way north to Beijing. Stones were also transported to the
palace. The heaviest stone in the Forbidden City weighs 250 tons. It was
found 80 km west of Beijing. It was so heavy that people could only
move it during winter. They poured water onto the road to create ice.
Then thousands of workers pulled the stone on the ice to the palace. The
project even changed the local landscape (地貌). While building a moat
(护城河) around the palace, workers dug up soil and piled it on a hill
north of the Forbidden City. That's where Jingshan (景山) came from.
1. What can't we learn from Paragraph 3?A. How long it took to build the
Forbidden City.B. Who decided to build the Forbidden City.C. Where the
Forbidden City was built.D. How the Forbidden City got its name.

2. Paragraph 4 mainly shows that _____.A. North China had few treesB.
some building materials came from far awayC. Chinese people were
hard-working in the pastD. river transportation started in ancient times
3. Workers transported stones in winter because _____.A. the icy rivers
helped them transport stonesB. winter is the best season to make
carvingsC. stones are lighter when they're frozenD. they had to use ice to
move the stones
4. What do we know about Jingshan?A. It was built with soil from the
palace.B. It was part of the Forbidden City.C. It was moved in order to
build a moat.D. It was there before the Forbidden City.
5. The process of building the Forbidden City was _____.A. simpleB.
difficultC. smoothD. dangerous
Burger pizza? Korean tacos (墨西哥卷饼)? These might sound a bit
strange to you, but they're just some examples of what we call "fusion
food" (无国界料理). Fusion foods are dishes that combine (结合) two or
more different kinds of food into one dish. For example, the burger pizza

has a normal pizza crust (面饼), but instead of putting pepperoni (意大利
香肠) and vegetables on top of the cheese, you add ground beef (like you
would use to make a burger), ketchup, lettuce and tomato. Fusion
restaurants are popular in a lot of big US cities. In fact, they are often
seen as trendy (流行的), since they try to be creative when combining
different foods. Fusion food usually combines dishes that are from
different parts of the world. For example, Korean tacos are tortillas (墨西
哥薄饼) that are filled with kimchi (韩国泡菜). There aren't many fusion
restaurants in China yet. A person from Dongbei could probably never
imagine combining their food with Sichuan dishes. However, I have tried
kaoya pizza in Beijing. I have to say, it wasn't too bad!
1. What is fusion food?A. A type of foreign food.B. A strangely-named
food.C. A kind of smelly food.D. It is a combination of cuisines.
2. Paragraph 2 shows an example of _____A. how to make a kaoya pizzaB.
the writer's favorite fusion foodC. how fusion food is madeD. the most
delicious fusion food
3. What do we know about fusion food?A. Fusion restaurants are
common in Mexico.B. Chinese people don't like to eat fusion food.C. It
usually combines foods from different countries.D. People like fusion
food because it is easy to cook.

4. What might the writer think of fusion food?A. It is terrible.B. It is not
too bad.C. It is not worth trying.D. It is tasty.
In 1969, the US became the first country to put a man on the moon.
Fifty-five years later, it is expecting to become the first to put a woman
there as well. NASA recently said that its Artemis program (阿耳特弥斯计
划) will send a woman to the moon in 2024. It will be a great achievement
to send a woman to the moon for the first time. But what happens when
women go into space? Can they handle it as well as － or maybe even
better － than men? The answer is a little bit of both, according to
Varsha Jain, who works closely with NASA. On one hand, women are
more likely to feel sick when going into space － however, men are
more likely to feel sick when returning Earth. Women tend to (倾向于)
have blood pressure (血压) problems when they return to Earth, while
men tend to have vision (视力) and hearing problems instead. These
differences may come from their different hormonal balances (荷尔蒙平
衡) or body changes. However, a specific (具体的) cause is still unknown.
Women also have some advantages in space. For one thing, they tend to
be smaller, which means they use less oxygen (氧气) and take up less
space in small spacecraft. Also, women often have better communication

skills than men, which makes them better-suited (更适应) for long
spaceflights.
1. What do we know about the Artemis program?A. It put a human on
the moon in 1969.B. It will send a woman to the moon.C. It will be the
second time for us to visit the moon.D. It will take place 55 years from
now.
2. After returning from space, female astronauts _____.A. might feel sicker
than menB. might have blood pressure problemsC. might have hearing
problemsD. might have vision problems
3.The advantages of sending women into space include _____.a. they use
less oxygenb. they take up less spacec. they have better communication
skillsd. they have higher hormone levels than menA. abc B. abd C. acd D.
bcd
4. From the story, we can learn that _____.A. women act similarly to men
in spaceB. men are not suited to live on the moon C. women have some
advantages when traveling in spaceD. women are better astronauts than
men
Day 5
One day, a teacher entered his classroom, handed out test papers and
asked his students to 1 . To everyone's surprise, there were no 2 − just a

black dot (点) in the center of the page. The teacher said, "I want you to
write about 3 you see there." The confused (困惑的) students got started
on this task (任务). At the end of the class, the teacher took all the answer
papers and started 4 each of them. All of students 5 the black dot and
tried to explain (解释) where it was on the paper. After all papers had
been read, the teacher explained, "I just wanted to give you something
to think about. 6 one wrote about the white part of the paper. Everyone
wrote about the black dot. The same thing 7 in our lives. We have a white
paper to 8 , but we always focus on (关注) the dark spots." "Our life is a
gift filled with love and care. However, we keep focusing only on
the 9 spots. They are troublesome, but they are very 10 . Take your eyes
away from the black spots in your life. Enjoy life and be happy!"
1. A. begin B. stop C. keep D. stay2. A. numbers B. questions C. answers D.
keys3. A. what B. why C. where D. when4. A. breaking B. writing C.
hearing D. reading5. A. described B. visited C. improved D. shared6. A.
Any B. Some C. Every D. No7. A. arrives B. chooses C. happens D.
includes8. A. waste B. catch C. enjoy D. move9. A. bright B. dark C.
colorful D. huge10. A. different B. strange C. short D. small
Day 1: 1. It's A Wonderful Life.2. Because he had financial difficulties.3.
He showed him how he affected the lives of others. 4. Bailey saved his

brother's life. 5. Many people came to help him.6. We should be kind.Day
2: DBDABDay 3: DCCBDay 4: BBACDay 5: 1-5 ABADA 6-10 DCCBD

black dot (点) in the center of the page. The teacher said, "I want you to
write about 3 you see there." The confused (困惑的) students got started
on this task (任务). At the end of the class, the teacher took all the answer
papers and started 4 each of them. All of students 5 the black dot and
tried to explain (解释) where it was on the paper. After all papers had
been read, the teacher explained, "I just wanted to give you something
to think about. 6 one wrote about the white part of the paper. Everyone
wrote about the black dot. The same thing 7 in our lives. We have a white
paper to 8 , but we always focus on (关注) the dark spots." "Our life is a
gift filled with love and care. However, we keep focusing only on
the 9 spots. They are troublesome, but they are very 10 . Take your eyes
away from the black spots in your life. Enjoy life and be happy!"
1. A. begin B. stop C. keep D. stay2. A. numbers B. questions C. answers D.
keys3. A. what B. why C. where D. when4. A. breaking B. writing C.
hearing D. reading5. A. described B. visited C. improved D. shared6. A.
Any B. Some C. Every D. No7. A. arrives B. chooses C. happens D.
includes8. A. waste B. catch C. enjoy D. move9. A. bright B. dark C.
colorful D. huge10. A. different B. strange C. short D. small
Day 1: 1. It's A Wonderful Life.2. Because he had financial difficulties.3.
He showed him how he affected the lives of others. 4. Bailey saved his

brother's life. 5. Many people came to help him.6. We should be kind.Day
2: DBDABDay 3: DCCBDay 4: BBACDay 5: 1-5 ABADA 6-10 DCCBD