牛津译林版八年级上册英语8A期末复习--阅读理解(含答案).docx

牛津英语 8A 期末复习-阅读理解（1）Fall is here again. And its that time of year when it gets a little colder, the days geta little shorter, and the bears get much, much fatter.Every year at this time, there is a competition for bears in Alaskas Katmai NationalPark to look for the fattest bear in the park. Online voters( 网上投票者) around theworld will choose the winner. The competition goes on for a week, so it is called FatBear Week. This years competition ended on October 8. The winner was a bearnamed Holly. Between July 12 and September 22, she grew from a thin bear into agiant beast(巨兽).Bears have to get fat so that they can hibernate(冬眠). By the time they go intohibernation, male brown bears weigh from 600 pounds(272 kg)to 900 pounds(408 kg).Adult females usually weigh about a third less. Hibernation can last for half a yearand a bear can lose up to one third of its weight during this time. So its healthy forthe bears to get fat. If the hears dont get fat enough, they could die duringhibernation.1.can choose which bear is the fattest and wins the competition.A. Workers in the parkC. Scientists in AlaskaB. People around the worldD. The bears themselves2. According to the passage, a 600-pound bear will weigh aboutafterhibernation.A. 200 poundsB. 250 poundsC.300 pounds.D. 400 pounds3. Paragraph 2 mainly tells us aboutA. Fat Bear WeekB. Alaskas Katmai National ParkD. Holly, the fattest bearC. the hibernation of bears4. We can infer from the passage that the competition began on.A. September 22C. October 2B. September 26D. October 85. What can we learn about Holly from the passage?A. Holly won the competition on September 22.B. Holly will hibernate for about a year and may die during that time.C. Holly was a thin bear before July 12 and then became fat very fast.D. The aim of the competition was to get ready for hibernation.（2） I live with my grandmother in a Beijing yard house. One day last year, I wassurprised to see a big foreigner coming out of the house next door to ours. He wasvery tall with short brown hair and a pair of glasses.The first time I saw him, I was too shy to speak to him. “My English is too bad!” Ithought. My grandmother told me that he had just moved into our yard. “I dont likeit!” she said, “Foreigners arent like us. Maybe hell play loud music and parties everynight! Im sure hes going to cause trouble.”Several days later, I met the foreigner as I was walking home after work. “Hello!”he said (in Chinese！). “My names Tony. Ive just moved into the house next door toyours.” While I was wondering what to say, he continued, “ Theres a nice bar( 酒吧)down the road. Why dont you and your family come and have dinner with me?”“Bars are bad places,” said my grandmother when I told her, but we decided to go.The bar was not at all what I had expected. It was in a beautiful little yard house,with several large bookshelves and pictures of Tibet on the walls. Several Chinesepeople and foreigners were sitting drinking or reading books. I noticed that some ofthe foreigners were speaking Chinese in a low voice to each other! “Oh, what acivilizepdlace!” my grandmother exclaimed.The bar served(提供) special “hutong pizzas”. As we ate, Tony told us abouthimself-he is an English expert( 专家) in environment ( 环境). He always likes to bequiet. My grandmother said to me, “He really seems like a very nice young man.”1. When the writer first saw the foreigners, she_.A. was frightened to himB. wanted to practice English with himD. hoped to invite the foreigner to the barC. felt too shy to speak to him2. From the sentence “Bars are bad places”, we can know that thegrandmother_.A. was very excitedC. didnt like barsB. didnt go to the barD. was angry with Tony3. Whats the meaning of the word “civilized” in the passage?A.文明的 B.喧闹的 C.野蛮的D.讨厌的4. Which of the following sentence is NOT true?A. Tony made a lot of noise every night.B. Tony was an English expert in environment.C. There were some foreigners speaking Chinese in the bar.D. The grandmother thought Tony caused some trouble.5. The best title for this story is_.A. A Bar in TibetB. A Foreigner in Beijing C. Bars are bad placesD. Foreigners like bars（3）Jose Condori is a Peruvian( 秘鲁的)boy. When he was just seven years old,he started the Bartselana Student Bank. The bank is very unusual. It not onlyhelps students save money, but also helps them save the earth.He thought of the idea after seeing his classmates spend all their pocketmoney on toys. They even threw away many old toys every year. Condorithought this was a big waste. After talking with his teachers about it, he knew hecould do something. So he started his bank.Here is how the bank works: Students bring in plastic waste. Then they sold it to arecycling company. The company turns some of the waste into new products( 产品).Condoris bank makes money from this process( 过程). Part of the money is put intothe students bank accounts( 账户). The students can take the money out when theyreach their savings goal.At first, the bank had only 20 members. Now, there are 2, 000 members. Thatnumber is still rising. Condori is bring his bank to more cities. He wants to help morepeople save money while saving the environment. Will you become a member of thebank when it comes to your city one day?1. Which of the following is NOT true about Jose Condori according to the passage?A. He is from Peru.B. He started the Bartselana Student Bank at the age of 7.C. He thought his classmates shouldnt spend all their pocket money on toys.D. He did not help students save money to save the earth.2. Why did Jose Condori want to start the bank?A. Because he thought it was a waste to spend all pocket money on toys.B. Because his teachers asked him to do so.C. Because the bank turned waste into new products.D. Because he thought his bank could make money for him.3. Which is the right order of how the bank makes money?The recycling company recycles the waste.The bank gets money from their process.Students bring in plastic waste.The waste is turned into new products.A. B.C.D. 4. Who can get the money the bank makes?A. The recycling company.C. Condoris teachers.B. The students.D. The students parents.5. Which of the follwing is TRUE according to the passage?A. The Bartselana Student Bank isnt different from other banks.B. Condori likes throwing away old toys.C. The Bartselana Student Bank is becoming more and more popular.D. Condori helps people save toys to save the environment.（4）It is a cold and dry winter morning. When you wake up, you feel that your throathurts. You begin to sneeze and later you may cough. You must have a cold! Wait amoment. Could it just be a common cold or the flu(流感) going around?A cold gives you a runny nose and cough. But its usually easy to deal with. Sometake medicine while others drink herbal tea or chicken soup. Usually you feel betterafter a week.On the other hand, the flu can be much more dangerous. It usually gives you fever.Sometimes it can cause death. According to an American magazine, the worst flukilled about 50 million people from 1918 to 1919.Dont worry. If you get a flu vaccine(疫苗), it can stop you from getting thevirus(病毒). Flu vaccines work by giving the body a small amount of flu viruses. Thiscauses your body to have antibodies(抗体). So next time you get the flu, theantibodies should help you.The flu virus changes every few years. So there are so many types of flu, such asH1N1 and H5N1. The antibodies for one type of flu cant help us against all types offlu. Thats why we need to get the vaccine every year.However, good health habits may also help you away from a cold or flu. Washingyour hands often stops you from getting viruses easily. It is also important to getregular exercise and eat healthy food. All these can help you strengthen your immunesystem (增强免疫系统).1. If you have a common cold, usually youll feel better after _ days.A. 72. What does the underlined “it”in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Herbal tea. B. Chicken soup. C. A flu virus. D. A flu vaccine.3. We need to get a flu vaccine every year because _.B. 10C. 15D. 20 A. the flu often kills usB. the antibodies can help us against all types of fluC. the flu virus changes every few yearsD. you dont need to take any medicine after that4. The following ways can help stop the flu EXCEPT _.A. staying indoorsB. getting regular exerciseD. washing our hands often（5）C. eating healthy foodMo was feeling sick. She had two exams that day and Physics was first. She reallyhated Physics. It was her worst subject. Terry looked back at her and then lookedaway quickly. Terry was her friend but these days she didnt help her prepare for thephysics exam or answer her calls.Mo couldnt answer Question Five. She looked up . Mo couldnt believe it! Terrywas holding her phone under the table and reading from it. Is that how Terry alwaysgot good grades? It wasnt fair( 公平的). Mo never cheated and she failed the physicsexams many times.“Stop writing and put your pens down, said Mr. Reed as he started to collect theexam papers. Oh no, Mo hadnt answered two of the questions. She was goin g to failagain! “It wasnt fair!” she thought . “Terry was getting good grades by cheating!”Just then Mr. Reed walked past. “Mr. Reed .”Mo was sitting behind Terry again in the history exam that afternoon. Mo was bestat History but she wasnt feeling good. Mr. Reed wanted her to look at her and nod(点头) if she saw that Terry had her phone in the exam. She was working on the lastquestion when she saw that Terry had her phone under the table. Without thinking,Mo looked up and nodded to Mr. Reed. Terry was looking at her phone. Mr. Reeddidnt say anything. He jus picked up her exam paper, tore(撕) it in half and told Terryto leave the room. Terry was crying as she walked to the door.Mo and Terry met at the school gate. “Mo, please wait. I want to talk to you.” Mocould see that her eyes were red. “Listen,” said Terry. “ Im really sorry I didntanswer your calls, but were having a terrible time at home. My dad had a heart attacktwo weeks ago and hes in hospital. He had a big heart operation( 手术) today and Iwas very worried about him. I know it was stupid, but I was reading texts from mymum to see how it was going, but Mr. Reed caught me.”1. At the beginning of the story Mo felt sick most probably because _.A. Terry was looking at her from the frontB. she was worried that she would fail the physics examC. she had to take two different exams in the morningD. she wasnt good at Physics or History 2. When Mo found Terry reading her phone ,she thought maybe _.A. Terry was copying answers on itC. Terry was chatting with her friendsB. Terry was reading texts from her mumD. Terry was calling someone for help3. When Mr. Reed passed by, Mo told him that _.A. Terry didnt help her prepare for the physics examB. Terry was going through a hard time these daysC. Terry cheated in the physics exam that morningD. Terry looked back at her during the physics exam4. After hearing Terrys words, Mo might felt _.A. excitedB. sorryC. nervous(紧张)D. cheerful（6）Meiyu, born in 1995, is from Turkey. She is the youngest child of her family. Afterhigh school, many people learned English or Japanese, but Meiyu decided to learnChinese in university. She learned Chinese for four years in Ankara University inTurkey, and got her name Meiyu there.Meiyu fell in love with Chinese after going to university. She became moreinterested after she knew more about Chinese history. She graduated （毕业） fromAnkara University in 2017.Since then, more Chinese have been visiting Turkey. Thetrade between the two countries also needs Chinesespeaking people.SpeakingChinese means more job opportunities said Meiyu.Now Meiyu has been in Wuhan, China for about two years. Besides going on studyingChinese, she shows great interest in Chinese kung fu as well, so she spends her freetime on kung fu training with her coaches. Not only can kung fu help improve（改善）her health, but she is also interested in the history and culture behind it. Meiyu said,The more I know about China, the luckier I feel to have been here. In the future, Meiyu decides to go back to Turkey to teach more students to learnChinese.1. Where did Meiyu learn Chinese at first？A. In China.2. How old was Meuyu when she graduated from Ankara University in 2017？A. 22 B. 25 C. 27 D. 183. Whats probably the meaning of the word opportunities in this passage？A. decisions B. orders C. meanings D. chancesB. In Turkey.C. In India.D. In Australia. 4. What can you learn from the passage？A. Meiyu is the only child of her family.B. Meiyu is not interested in Chinese now.C. Chinese culture has greatly influenced（影响）Meiyu.D. Meiyu decides to stay in China in the future.（7）Many Chinese mothers are afraid that their children will fall behind their classmates,so these mothers are becoming tiger mothers. They believe the harder their childrenstudy, the happier life they will have in the future. Is it true？Lulu and her sisterSophia may have a say.Lulu and Sophia have a tiger mother. She pushed them a lot when they wereyoung. For example, they were not allowed to get grades lower than As. They had topractice the piano or violin for several hours a day. There were no games or T V.The tiger mother, Amy, is a ChineseAmerican professor at Yale Law School inthe USA. Several years ago, she wrote a book named Battle Hymn of the TigerMother and shared her strict parenting style in it.Many people dont like Amys style of parenting. They once worried that herdaughters would not be happy. However, the two girls have grown up and they arethankful to their mother.Sophia has just graduated from Yale University. She is hard working, friendlyand helpful. Not long ago, she shared some useful studying tips online. Lulu is also awarm smart and popular girl in her friends eyes. She said tiger mothers believed thata child could succeed by being pushed to o all out.Still, not everyone agrees with the tiger mothers parenting style. In fact, thereisnt a parenting style that fits everyone. Whats the best parenting style for you？Maybe you should work it out together with your parents.1. According to the passage, tiger mothers.A. dont mind their children falling behind their classmatesB. dont care about their childrens feelings when they grow upC. believe pushing their children hard can