八年级上学期英语阅读能力竞赛试卷.doc

八年级英语阅读能力竞赛试卷

班级________ 姓名________ 座号________ 评分_________

A
People live in many parts of the world. They live in many different climates.( 气候 ) Some people live in a climate that is hot and dry. Other People live in a hot rainy climate. Many people live in a climate that is cold in some months and warm in other months. What ‘s the climate like in your homeland?
People make their living in different ways. Some people grow food. Some people raise animals. Some people work in offices and factories. Some people sell things in stores. How do people in your homeland make their living?
People live in many kinds of houses. Some houses are made of stone. Some are made of wood or mud. ( 泥 ) Some houses are high and some are low. There are houses all around my house. I think my house is the nicest!
( ) 1.How many kinds of climates do the writer tell you in the text?
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. One
( ) 2.Many people live in a climate that is _________.
A. very hot B. hot and dry
C. half warm and half cold. D. hot and rainy
( ) 3.Some people living in the city make their living ___________.
A. by growing food B. by raising animals
C. by working in offices D. by growing vegetables
( ) 4. People can’t make houses with __________.
A. stone B. wood C. mud D. paper
( ) 5.The writer’s house is ____________.
A. very high B. low C .the best D. among many houses.

B
One of Henry's feet is bigger than the other. “I can't find good shoes for my feet,” he says to his friend Dick. “Why not go to a shoemaker?” Dick says. “A good one can make you the right shoes,” “Good idea!” Henry said. “But where can I find a good shoemaker?” “Oh, there is one in my town.” Dick says.
One day Henry goes to the shoemaker in Dick’s town and asks the shoemaker to make him right shoes. Henry goes to the shoemaker again a few days later and looks at the shoes. Then he says to the shoemaker angrily, “I tell you to make one bigger than the other. Why do you make one smaller than the other?”
( ) 6. Henry’s feet are ________.
A. very long B. very big
C. the same D. different in size(尺码)
( ) 7. His friend Dick _________.
A. can make shoes B. has longer feet
C. knows about a shoemaker D. always has a good idea
( ) 8. Henry and Dick lives ____________.
A. in the same town B. in the same building
C. in different towns D. with their parents
( ) 9. Why is Henry angry? Because he thinks _________.
A. the shoemaker makes the wrong shoes
B. Dick is not happy
C. he has different feet
D. the shoemaker doesn't make any shoes for him
( ) 10. Who do you think is wrong?
A. Henry B. Dick C. both Henry and Dick D. No one.

C
We are learning English, but how can we learn English well? A student can know a lot about English, but maybe he can't speak English.

If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the river. And if you want to be a football player, you must play football.
So, you see. You can learn English only by using it. You must listen to your teacher in class. You must read your lessons every day. You must speak English to your classmates and also you must write something sometimes. Then one day, you may find your English very good.

( ) 11. You know a lot about English but maybe _________.
A. you can speak B. you can study it
C. you can't study it D. you can't use it
( ) 12. You must get into the river __________.
A. to catch a fish B. to learn how to swim
C. to go boating D. to play with water
( ) 13. If you want to be a football player, please _________.
A. buy a good football B. play football
C. watch others play football D. put your football away
( ) 14. If you want to study English well, you must often _____.
A. speak English B. write in English
C. listen to English D. do all of A, B, C
( ) 15. From the passage we know "_____".
A. you know an apple good or not if you eat it
B. you can do anything if you don't know how to do it
C. you must speak English before you know how to use it
D. swimming is a good example for you to learn English well

D
( ) 16. John is movie fan. He loves to get the news about the latest
movies. His favourite Australian actor is Nicle Kidman.
( ) 17. Alice is a housewife who has three children. She loves cooking and wants to learn to cook different kinds of food for her family.
( ) 18. Jenny is a middle school student. In her spare tome, she usually listens to rock music and watches TV. Her favourite TV shows are comedies but she can’t stand documentaries at all.
( ) 19. Jimmy loves talk shows. He wants to be a reporter and work in a TV station in the future. So he would like to learn more about TV from the talk show.
( ) 20. Sam is 80 years old now. He moved to Australia in 1950. today he is still missing the life in Australia in the 1950s and often mentions it.

A. I Rock
The daily 3.-minute comedy tells a story about a rock band called Boy Crazy. The band is trying to become famous in the world. Enjoy the funny comedy and the rock music as well.

B.Media Watch
Australia’s leading talk show about TV, radio, newspaper and Internet. It focuses on those who make the news and deliver the world to our home, such as the reporters, editors, and photographers.

C. The Changes of Australia
Share your stories about life in Australia from 1945. You can have your own photos or videos. They can be funny or sad, beg events or the small things of everyday life.

D. Big Ideas
A talk show about everything that is the most interesting and challenging, and everywhere from cities to the countryside and from the south to the north across Australia.

E. At the Movies
It’s a talk show about movies. It goes into the world of cinema every week and tells you what’s new on the big screen. And it has interviews with the famous directors of actors.

F. Pan’s Kitchen
It used to be called Master Chef, now it has a new name because of the lady who is called Pan Ling. She can cook Chinese food and Western food.