八年级上英语阅读理解

Passage 1

Elizabeth works in Marlow Tourist Information Center.She helps people to get the information about places to visit and things to do or about travel.A man comes in and asks her some questions.

( Elizabeth →E; Man →M)

E: Good afternoon.Can I help you?

M: Good afternoon.I'm looking for a place to rest near here.

E: Yes,certainly.Do you want a hotel or a guest house?

M: A hotel will be fine.

E: In Marlow town center or would you like to stay outside?

M: In town center, please.

E: Right.Would you like me to make a booking for you?

M: Yes, please.Thanks a lot.

根据短文内容判断正误（T或F）：

（ ) 1. Elizabeth is working in Marlow Tourist Information Center. （ ) 2. She helps people to find places to visit.

（ ) 3. The man is a tourist to Marlow.

（ ) 4. The man wants to stay outside the town.

（ ) 5. The man makes a booking for the hotel.

Passage 2

Joe Brown had a shop where he sold meat.One day a woman came into the shop at five to one."I'm sorry I'm late."she said, "I need some more meat for my dinner tonight."Joe had only one piece of meat in his shop.He took it out of the fridge and said:"This is $ 6.50."

"That piece is too small."the woman said, "haven't you got anything bigger?"Joe went into the room behind his shop,took the meat into the fridge,took it out again and closed the door with a lot of noise.Then he brought the piece of meat to the woman and said:"This piece of meat is bigger and more expensive.It's $ 8.75."

"Good." the woman said with a smile, "give me both of them, please?" ( ) 1. What was Joe Brown?

A.A bodkseller.

B. A shopkeeper.

C. A conductor.

D. A gateman.

( ) 2. When did the woman come into the shop?

A. Late in the evening.

B. At midnight.

C. Early in the morning.

D. Early in the afternoon.

( ) 3. Why didn't the woman want that piece of meat at first? Because .

A. it was too cheap

B. it smelt bad

C. it cost too much

D. it wasn't big enough ( ) 4. How many pieces of meat were kept in the fridge?

A. Only one piece of meat.

B. Two pieces of meat.

C. Several pieces of meat.

D. Many pieces of meat.

( ) 5. Could Joe give the woman both pieces of meat?

A. Certainly.

B. Of course not.

C. He would try his best.

D. The story doesn;t give us the answers.

Passage 3

When Jack got to London,his face became bright and he started looking around the city.He thought he knew English very well.But when he was in London,he found he couldn't understand a word,and nobody understood him,at first he had many difficulties .An English friend of his lived next to him.He often asked him for help.

Soon he got to know he must learn spoken English well.He began going to all kinds of meetings.He always sat in the front seats and carefully studied the speaker's mouth.Listening to spoken English did him a lot of good.Little by little he found English easier to understand.

判断正误（T/F）：( ) 1. When Jack got to London, he could speak English well.

( ) 2. When Jack got to London, his teacher helped him.

( ) 3. In London ,Jack found nobody could understand his English. ( ) 4. Soon Jack knew he must learn spoken English first.

( ) 5. Jack went to all kinds of meetings to learn spoken English. Passage 4

The city of Boston has a population of more than 500,000 and is the capital of Massachusetts.More than sixteen colleges and universities are in Boston.The Boston Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States.

Founded in 1630, Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States.Many people think cows designed Boston's streets.An old story tells us that early

people in Boston simply built roads where the cows had made ways.Since cows do not walk from one place to another in a straight line,many of Boston's streets wind their way around the city.

( ) 1. What would be a good title for this passage?

A. Some Facts About Boston

B. How Cows Help Boston

C. Boston's Public Library

D. A Beautiful City

（ ) 2. The writer wanted to .

A. ask people to visit Boston

B. give information about Boston

C. tell a funny story about cows

D. tell us why people live in Boston

（ ) 3. What's the opinion of the writer?

A. Boston is the capital of Massachusetts.

B. Boston was founded in 1630.

C. More than 500,000 people live in Boston.

D. Cows played an important part in Boston's history.

（ ) 4. Which of these is not written in the article?

A. The public library.

B. The cows.

C. The city hall.

D. The colleges and universities. （ ) 5. Which of these is right?

A. Massachusetts is a large country.

B. Boston has more public libraries than any other city.

C. Many streets in Boston are not straight.

D. Boston streets were designed by American Indians.

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Passage 5

A very old lady won a million dollars in a lottery.Her son and his wife heard the news on the radio.

“How are we going to tell your mother?”the wife asked.“it might kill her! ”

“That's right.”the son said, “perhaps we'd be tter tell her doctor about it. He'll know how to tell the news to her.”

Then they told it to the old lady's doctor.

“I'm glad you told me.”he said, “a shock ,even a happy one could bring on a heart problem.Leave it to me.I'll find a way of telling he r.” He thought about the problem for several days, then decided what he would say.He went to visit the old lady and sat by her side.He took her hands in his.

“Let's play a game,my dear.”he said.

“Oh,yes.”the old lady said, “I love playing games.”

“Good,I'll ask you a question first.”the doctor said, “tell me,what would you do if you won a million dollars in the lottery?”

“Oh,that's an easy one.”the old lady said, “I'd give you most of it because you have been so good to me all these years! ”

The doctor fell on the floor.He had died of a shock.

判断正误（A或B）( ) 1. The old lady got the news first.

（ ) 2. The doctor said that he was glad when they asked him for help. （ ) 3. One day the doctor had a talk with the old lady at the doctor's clinic.

（ ) 4. The old lady would give the doctor most of the money if she won. （ ) 5. The good news became a bad thing because it killed the doctor. Passage 6

Lively day,the people on the seashore heard a shout.They all ran to the sea.There they saw a man in the water calling for help.A young soldier was really a strong swimmer and soon pulled the man back to the shore.All the people there admired the soldier.

The man was saved.He dressed very well.Everybody could see that he was a rich man.After he could speak,the man thanked the soldier,and took out

a shilling.He put the shilling into the soldier's hand.But the soldier refused to take the money.The people around him were all very angry with the rich man and they wanted to go away.But an old man laughed and said loudly: “I'm sure the rich man knows best how much his life is. ”

( ) 1. _________ jumped into the sea and saved the rich man.

A. A poor man

B. A strong soldier

C. An old soldier

D. A rich man

（ ) 2. The soldier was _________.

A. young and strong

B. young and weak

C. old and strong

D. very tall

（ ) 3. The soldier didn't take the money because he _________.

A. wanted more

B. didn't want any

C. didn't like

D. thought it too less

（ ) 4. It happened _________.

A. in England

B. in China

C. in America

D. in German （ ) 5. The old man helped

A. the rich man

B. nobody

C. himself

D. the soldier

Passage 7

A man was walking through a forest.He had a few caps in his hand.In the forest there were a lot of monkeys.h was hot, so he decided to have a rest under a tree.He put a cap on his head and lay down to sleep. When he woke up,he couldn't find his caps, "Where are my caps?"he cried and looked up.He saw some monkeys in the tree.Each had a cap on its head. "Give back my caps! "shouted the man to the monkeys.But the monkeys didn't understand him.They only jumped, danced and laughed.

"How can I get back my caps?"he thought hard.At last he had an idea.He took off his cap and threw it on the ground.The little monkeys did the same

thing.Happily the man picked up all the caps and went on his way.

判断正误（T或F）：（ ) 1. One day a man was going through a forest. （ ) 2. The man decided to have a rest because he was ill.

（ ) 3. When the man woke up, he found his caps were gone.

（ ) 4. The man saw a lot of birds in the tree.

（ ) 5. The man was angry when he got all his caps back.

Passage 8

An owl is a bird with very big eyes.These eyes make the owl look clever. The owl can not move its eyes freely as we can.It can only look straight ahead .If it wants to look at both sides,it must turn its neck.Owls see better at night than during the day.At night they look for food.They eat mice and insects .

Owls make a strange noise.Because the owls sleep most of the day,they usually give their cries at night.The cry sounds like "Whooo! Whooo".This strange sound sometimes frightens people at night.

( ) 1. An owl looks clever because .

A. it has a beautiful body

B. it has big eyes

C. it can look straight ahead

D. it can turn its neck ( ) 2. An owl looks for food at night because .

A. it has large eyes

B. it can't move its eyes freely as we can

C. it sees better at night than during the day

D. it can't see anything at all during the day

( ) 3. An owl lives on .

A. small birds

B. all kinds of birds

C. all kinds of small animals

D. none of the above

( ) 4. The cry of an owl is .

A. frightening B, good to listen to

C. like a song

D. like the sound of a cow

( ) 5. Man must not kill owls because .

A. they don't do anything wrong

B. they are good-looking and have two big eyes

C. they cry only at night

D. they are helpful to us

Passage 9

Jimmy lives in the country, and he loves playing in the river near his house. But his father gets a job in a big city, and he goes there with his family.

Their new house has a garden,but the garden is very small.Jimmy isn't happy."Is there a fiver near here?"he is asking his mother on the first morning. His mother is answering: "No,there isn't,but there's a nice park near here, Jimmy, and there's a pool" in it.We 're going there this afternoon."Jimmy is happy now.

After lunch, Jimmy and his mother go to the park, Jimmy wants to walk near the pool,but there is a sign before it.His mother reads it to him: "This pool is dangerous.367 people have fallen in it."Jimmy looks into the pool carefully.And he says:"But I can't see them."

判断正误（T或F）：( ) l. There is a garden near Jimmy's old house: ( ) 2. Jimmy moves to a big city because his father gets a job in the big city.

( ) 3.Jimmy becomes happy because he's going to play with some new friends.

( ) 4. The sign tells people not to walk near the pool.

( ) 5. 367 people have fallen into the river.

Passage 10

Mr.Knott was a teacher.He taught in a big school in London.He lived a long way from the school, so he was usually quite tired when he got home.At nine o'clock one evening when he was in bed,the telephone bell

rang in the hall,so he went downstairs,picked up the telephone and said: "Hello! Who's speaking,please?"

"Watt"a man answered. "What's your name,please? "said Mr.Knott. "Watt's my name."was the answer.

"Yes,I asked you that what's your name?"Mr.Knott said again.

"I told you.Watt's my name."said the other man, "Are you Jack Smith?" "No, I' m Knott."answered .Mr.Knott.

Both Mr.Watt and Mr.Knott put their telephones down angrily and thought:"What a rude, foolish man！"

( ) 1. Mr.Knott was usually tired in the evening because ________.

A. he was a teacher

B. he worked very hard in a school

C. he lived a long way from school

D. he taught too many students （ ) 2. Mr.Knott went downstairs at nine one evening ________.

A. to telephone Mr.Watt

B. to meet Mr.Watt

C. when someone rang him up

D. when the door bell rang （ ) 3. Mr.Watt wanted to speak to ________.

A. his wife

B. Mr.Knott

C. Jack Smith

D. Mrs.Knott （ ) 4. "Watt's my name"means________.

A. What's my name?

B. My name is What

C. Are you asking my name?

D. My name is Watt

（ ) 5. Mr.Knott didn't understand what Mr.Watt said because________.

A. he was a foolish

B. he had bad ears

C. Mr.Watt didn't speak loudly enough

D. The “a”in “watt”is pronounced as the "a" in "what"

Passaoe 11

When Jimmy was a boy,he liked watches and clocks very much.When he was eighteen years old,he went into the army.And after a year,he began to teach himself to mend watehes.A lot of friends brought him broken watches,and he mended them for them.Then his captain heard about this,and one day he brought him a watch too and said: "My watch has stopped,can you mend it for me , please? "Jimmy said："Yes, sir.I can."After a few days,he brought the watch back to the captain."How much do I owe you? " the officer asked."One pound,sir."Jimmy answered.Then he took a small bag out of his pocket and gave it to the captain, saying:"Here are three wheels from your watch.I didn't find a place for them whenI put everything back."

判断正误（T或F）：

( ) 1. After Jimmy joined the army, he began to learn how to mend watches.

( ) 2. His friends sometimes brought him new watches.

( ) 3. One day the captain asked Jimmy to mend his watch.

( )4. The officer wanted to know how many wheels were in his watch. ( ) 5. At last Jimmy made the watch worse.

Passage 12

Mr.Brown lived in a small town, but he got a job in a big city, so he moved there with his wife and his two children last Tuesday.

The next day Mr.Brown took his new car out of the garage and was washing it when a neighbor came.The neighbor stopped and looked at the new car for a minute.Then Mr.Brown turned and saw him.

The neighbor said: "That's a new ear.Is it yours?"

"Sometimes."Mr.Brown answered.

The neighbor was surprised."Sometimes?" he said, "what do you mean?" "Well."answered Mr.Brown slowly, "when there's a party in town, it belongs to my daughter,Jean.When there's a football game,it belongs to my son, Joe. When I have washed it and it looks really nice and clean,it belongs to my wife, Mary.And when it needs gas,it's mine."

( ) 1. There are __________people in the story.

A. three

B. four

C. six

D. five ( ) 2. Mr.Brown worked in__________.

A. a small town

B. a big city

C. the garage

D. the gas station

( ) 3. When Mr.Brown was washing the new car,his neighbor came to ask him__________.

A. if the car was new

B. what car it was

C. if the car was Mr.Brown' s

D. whose car it was

( ) 4.When there was a football match, the car belonged to__________.

A. Mr.Brown

B. the neighbor

C. Jean's brother

D. Jean ( ) 5. “Sometimes”in the story means that__________.

A. when there was a party in town,the car belonged to his daughter

B. when there was a football game,it was his son's

C. when the car looked nice and clean,it was his wife's

D. when the ear wanted gas,it belonged to him

Passage 13

We call the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival .There is a name for each Chinese year.We may call it the year of the horse,the year of the monkey or the year of the pig.And this year is the year of the sheep. Before New Year's Day,people are busy shopping and cleaning their house.On New Year's Eve, there is a big family dinner.After dinner, all the family stay up late to welcome the New Year.On the morning of the New Year,people put on their new clothes and go to visit their friends.They say"Good Luck"and "Happy New Year"to each other.People usually have a very good time during the Festival,but the children are the happiest because they usually get a lot of pocket money and sweets from their parents and friends.

( ) 1. The Chinese New Year is the Spring Festival.

( ) 2.On New Year's Eve,people arc busy shopping and cleaning their houses.

( ) 3.After the big family dinner on New Year's Eve,all the family put

on their

new clothes to welcome the new year.

( ) 4. People go to see their friends during the Festvial.

( ) 5. Most people eat mooncakes to get a lot of pocket money from their parents and friends.

Passage 14

July 20th, 1969 was an important day.Two Americans landed on the moon.Their names were Armstrong and Aldrin.They went there in a spaceship.Its name was Apollo 11.

Apollo 11 left Cape Kennedy on July 16th and went three hundred and eighty-five thousand kilometers.It took the two Americans three days to get there.On July 20th the spaceship landed in the Sea of Tranquility （宁静）.Armstrong first stepped onto the moon.They picked up some rocks and put them in the spaceship.They jumped up and down.They were tired after their moonwalk,so they rested.

On July 21st Apollo 11 left the moon and returned to the Earth.Three days later, it came down in the Pacific Ocean.A ship took the men to America.

( ) 1. The moon is ________ kilometers away from the earth.

A. 385

B. 3850

C. 385000

( ) 2. The two Americans stayed on the moon for about________.

A. three days

B. six days

C. one day

D. four days ( ) 3. "The Sea of Tranquility'here means________.

A. the earth

B. the moon

C. the world

( ) 4. July 20th, 1969 was an important day because________.

A. Apollo 11 landed on the moon

B. man could not get to the moon by spaceship

C. it was the first time for human beings to land on the moon

D. Americans were the first men to get to the moon

（ ) 5. The best title for this passage is________.

A. Two Americans on the Moon

B. An important day

C. On the Moon

D. The First Men on the Moon

Passage 15

It is good to keep animals in zoos.Zoos are places for people to see many different kinds of animals from all over the world.Without zoos,most people would never see a real tiger or bear.Secondly,zoos look after the animals very well.The animals are always given food and cleaned on time.In the wild, it is not always possible for an animal to find food, so sometimes it goes hungry.Thirdly, zoos protect the animals.They offer them safe place to live in.In the wild, some kinds of animals are in danger of becoming extinct.But zoos give these animals a chance to live.Without zoos, there would be fewer kinds of animals in the world.

However,some people think it is unnatural and unfair to keep wild

animals in cages.Most animals are kept in cages that are too small for them. The animals such as bears and tigers always look sad in cages.Wild animals should look for their own food.Anyone would not feel happy if he isn't allowed to go outside his home and animals don't like it either.判断正误（T或F）：

( ) 1. If you don't go to a zoo, you can't see dogs.

( ) 2. In the zoos, all animals are happy.

( ) 3. In the wild, animals look for their own food.

( ) 4. According to the last sentence,we can say animals like to stay in the cages.

( ) 5. The writer is not sure whether it is better for animals to stay in Zoos.

Passage 16

Big Ben is not the name of a man.It's the name of a huge clock in London. London is the capital of England.This dock has four faces.So,no matter where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben.Each face is the size of a double decker bus.The hands are about four meters long.It is about the size of two people standing on the top of each other.If you go to London, you may want to Visit the Houses of Parliament(国会大厦).In that place,you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament.You will probably hear it as well as see it.The giant clock makes such a loud noise: "Ding dong, ding dong."It goes every quarter of a hour. The clock was named after a big man.He was Sir Benjamin Hall.This man did much building work in London many years ago.

（ ) 1. Big Ben is______.

A. a double decker bus

B. a huge clock

C. a building

D. the name of Ben

( ) 2. The clock strikes every, ______ of an hour.

A. ten minutes

B. fifteen minutes

C. twenty minutes

D. thirty minutes

（ ) 3. Which two words mean the same as large?

A. Giant and small.

B. Gig and double.

C. Giant and huge.

D. Huge and loud.

（ ) 4. You can read the time of Big Ben

A. on the faces of the clock

B. at the top of the clock tower

C. on the hands of the huge clock

D. in the Houses of Parliament （ ) 5. The title of this passage is

A. The capital of England

B. A clock

C. Sir Benjamin Hall

D. Big Ben

Passage 17

A businessman had worked too much.He found that he couldn't sleep at night, but often fell asleep during the day.He became very worried, so

he went to see his doctor.

"Can you help me,doetor?"he asked, "I slept so well,but now I sleep less than two hours at night."

The doctor looked him over carefully,gave him some tests,asked him to work less hard,and told him to take some medicine to help him.He said he was sure that he was not seriously ill, and that he would soon be better. But the businessman grew worse instead of better.He slept even less than before at night and was still falling asleep in his office.He visited the doctor again and again and it took the doctor a long time to find out the reason :the businessman's wife was giving him the sleeping medicine in the morning and the ones to keep him awake at night. 判断正误T/F：( )1. The businessman couldn't fall asleep because he was worried about his business.

( ) 2. The businessman worked at night and slept during the day. ( ) 3. The businessman visited the doctor again and again because he still couldn't sleep at all.

( )4.The doctor told the man he wasn't seriously ill and would soon be well.

( ) 5. The businessman grew worse because the doctor gave him the wrong medicine.

Passaoe 18

Australia is the greatest island in the world.It is a little smaller than China.It is to the south of the equator (赤道).So when it is summer in our country,it is winter

in Australia.

Australia is big,but the population there is thin.The population of Australia is the same as that of Shanghai, a city in China.

Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos .After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep.Sheep are everywhere.Have you seen a kangaroo? It has a "bag" below its breast .The mother kangaroo keeps its baby kangaroo in the"bag".It is very strange, isn't it?

（ ) 1. China is than Australia,

A. larger BI large C. small D. smaller ( ) 2. It is in Australia when it is summer in our country.

A. autumn

B. spring

C. winter

D. summer

( ) 3. The population of Australia is the same as that of in China.

A. Beijing

B. Tianjin

C. Nanjing

D. Shanghai （ ) 4. Australia is famous for its ____________.

A. kangaroos

B. deer

C. elephants

D. birds

（ ) 5. Austalia is to the south of the equator. So ___________.

A. it is the greatest land in the world

B. it is hot summer in December

C. it is cold winter in December

D. its population is thin

Passage 19

Mary is six years old.She often goes to the shop and goes to the church

with her mother.She likes following her mother.

One day,when they are in the church,the pastor asks:"Who wants to go

to the heaven?Please put up your hand."

All the people except Mary put up their hands. "Where do you want to

go, my girl?"asks the pastor.

"I want to go home with my mother."answers Mary.

When they get home ,it is dark.Her mother begins to do housework.She

is very busy.She washes some clothes.She cleans the table and the

chairs.Then she wants to sweep the floor.But the broom isn't in the house.

"Could you help me ,Mary? Would you like to go out and bring the broom

for me?"

"I'd love to,but it's too dark outside.And I feel fear."

"Never fear.God can help you."

Mary opens the door and says:"Oh, my dear God,please pass the broom

to me." She puts her hand out of the door. 判断正误：T/F

（ ) 1: Mary is a girl. （ ) 2. Mary thinks God is a teacher.

（ ) 3. Her mother does the housework in the morning.

（ ) 4. Her mother wants Mary to help her.

（ ) 5. Mary's mother needs a knife.

Passage 20

A frog is born in a small river.When it is young,the river is his home.He

doesn't know his parents ,but he has hundreds of brothers and sisters.He

swims about and plays all day with them.At that time ,he doesn't look like

his parents.He has no legs but he has a long tail.So he looks like a fish.

Then his tail gets shorter and shorter.And he has four legs and a very

short tail.He looks like his parents now.Then he's going to eat a lot of

insects——a lot of bad insects.

( ) 1. Where is a frog born?

A. In a hole.

B. In the land.

C. In a river.

D. In a sea.

( ) 2. Which of the following is fight?

A. A baby frog stays at home and knows only his parents.

B. A baby frog looks like a bird and he doesn't know his parents.

C. A baby frog looks like his parents, but he doesn't know them.

D. A baby frog looks like a fish and has lots of brothers and sisters.

( ) 3. Who does a frog play with all day?

A. His parents.

B. His brothers and sisters.

C. Fish.

D.

Insects.

（ ) 4. What does a frog look like?

A. He looks like a fish.

B. He has four legs and a very short

tail.

C. He looks like an insect.

D. He has four legs and a long tail. （ ) 5. A baby frog .

A. can swim

B. cannot swim

C. cannot eat

D. can eat insects

Passage 21

Mike was a small boy,and he didn't like washing his hands.E,cery day his mother said to him: "Mike,your hands are very dirty again.Go and wash them."But Mike never washed them well.He only put them in the water for a minute and tookthem out again.

Mike's aunt lived in ahother street.One day,she came to stay with Mike's

parents,and she came with her small son,Ted.Ted was a year younger than Mike,and he didn't like washing his hands,either .First the boys were with their parents,then they went to play.When they were sitting,Mike looked at Ted's hands and said: "My hands are dirtier than yours.""Certainly they are." Ted answered,"you are a year older than I am."

判断正误：

（ ) 1. Mike always washed his hands carefully.

（ ) 2. Mike was older than Ted.

（ ) 3. Ted's hands were a little cleaner than Mike's.

（ ) 4. Mike's aunt lived in the street next to his house.

（ ) 5. Mike's hands were dirtier than Ted's because he was older. Passage 22

Kate is an English girl.She lives in a tall building in the city of London.There are sixteen floors in the building,and she lives on the tenth floor.She uses a lift to go up and down.

Kate studies in a middle school near her house and she works hard.She goes to school early.Every day she leaves her home at half past six.She walks to the lift, and it takes her down to the first floor.

There is a bus stop near the https://www.360docs.net/doc/7a1869581.html,ually she takes No.7 bus to her school,

but sometimes she goes on foot.It is only four kilometers to her school from the building.She gets to school at about seven twenty.Classes begin at eight. She goes to

play games at three forty.She gets home at a quarter past five.She begins to do her homework at eight and finishes it at half past nine.

( ) 1. Kate lives in a tall building________London.

A, near B. in C. outside D. far from ( ) 2. She goes up and down the building___________-

A. in lift

B. by a lift

C. by lift

D. with lift ( ) 3. She leaves___________at six thirty.

A. her home

B. the building

C. the lift

D. the bus st~;p

（ ) 4. She goes to school___________-

A. by bus

B. by bike

C. on foot

D. A and C

（ ) 5. It takes her_____________to do her homework.

A. about an hour

B. about one hour and half

C. one hour and a half

D. eighty minutes

Passage 23

Sandy,Billy and Sue are in the zoo.They are now standing near the monkeys'cage.

"That's a nice monkey."Sandy says, "he's like Billy." "No,he's not! " Billy answers,

"He's like you.He's good at running and jumping." "You see he wants some nuts."Sue

says,"give him some nuts,Sandy."Sandy is throwing some nuts into the cage."Give him some sweets , Billy." "He likes nuts, but he doesn't like sweets."Sue says."Look! "Sandy says "the monkey is pointing at Billy's bag.He can see the bananas in it.Give him a banana, Billy.He wants it.""No! "Billy says, "I can't give my bananas to him.I want to eat them." "Please give it to him."Sue says."No! "Billy shouts, "he can eat nuts,but he

can't eat my bananas! "

（ ) 1. The monkeys in the zoo are in the open air.

（ ) 2. Sandy is good at sports.

（ ) 3. The monkey can reach the nuts in Sandy's bag.

（ ) 4. Billy likes bananas better than nuts.

（ ) 5. Sandy and Sue want Billy to give the monkey some bananas. Passage 24

A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day.You may not pass an exam if you don't work hard for most time and then work hard only a few days before the exam.If you are taking an English exam, do not only learn rules of grammar.Try to read stories in English and speak English whenever you can.Before you start the exam,read carefully over the questions.Try to understand the exact meaning of each question before you pick up your pen to write. When you have at last finished your exam,read over your answer.Correct the mistakes if there are any and make sure that you have not missed anything out.

( ) 1. How can you do well in an exam?

A. Work hard every day.

B. Read stories in English.

C. Be careful in doing the questions.

D. Read over your answer before you hand in your paper. （ ) 2. Learning rules of grammar to pass an English exam.

A. is enough

B. is not enough

C. is not necessary

D. is of no use

（ ) 3. It is not a good way.

A. to read English stories

B. to learn rules of grammar

C. to speak English as much as possible

D. to work hard only a few days before the exam

（ ) 4. The word "whenever'means .

A. every time

B. what time

C. at any time

D. for ever （ ) 5. "Miss...out"means

A. think hard

B. not have enough time to do

C. not put in

D. give the wrong answer

Passage 25

Luck likes English very much.She works hard.She reads English every morning.She likes speaking English.She often listens to the radio.She likes watching TV.But she only watches it on Saturday evening.She doesn't like dancing.But she likes singing.She sings very well.She likes driving a car,too.Her parents like her.And all the teachers like her, too. ( ) 1. Luck reads English every morning.( ) 2. She watches TV every evening.

( ) 3. She likes singing and dancing. ( ) 4. Her classmates likes her.

( ) 5. From the story,we know Luck is a good driver.

Passage 26

Miss Rose taught physics in a London https://www.360docs.net/doc/7a1869581.html,st week she was explaining (解释)to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her work.She said to them."Now, I have a sister in Washington.If I was calling her on the telephone, and at the same time you were 20 meters away ,and listened to me from the other side of the street,who would hear what I said earlier, my sister or you, and why?"

The cleverest boy at once answered."Your sister,Miss Rose,because electricity travels faster than sound waves."

"That's very good."Miss Rose answered.But then one of the girls put up her hand, and Miss Rose said."Yes, Betty.""I don't agree."Betty said, "your sister would hear you earlier because when it's eleven o'clock here,it's only six o'clock in Washington."

( ) 1. Miss Rose was teaching her students about____________

A. telephone

B. time

C. sound

D. electricity

( ) 2. She wanted her students to know____________-

A. which were faster, sound waves or electricity

B. whether Betty was cleverer than the boy

C. whether she could call her sister in Washington

D. whether her students could hear her from 20 meters away （ ) 3. The boy thought that______________

A. sound waves were faster than electricity

B. sound waves were slower than electricity

C. the students would hear Miss Rose earlier

D. the students would hear her sister earlier

（ ) 4. From the passage,we know Miss Rose____________

A. was pleased with the boy's answer

B. was not pleased with what the boy had said

C. thought Betty's answer was much better

D. thought both of the answers were right

（ ) 5. Betty thought the boy was wrong because_____________

A. electricity was slower than sound waves

B. electricity was faster than sound waves

C. electricity traveled as fast as sound waves

D. clocks in Washington showed a different time from those in London

Passage 27

Have you ever heard your own voice? "Of eourse."you say.

Has anyone else ever heard your voice? Again you say :"Of course." But that's not quite true.Nobody else has ever heard your voice the way you hear

it.When you talk,you set up sound waves .The air outside your head carries the sound waves to your outer ears.But, of course, the sound of your voice begins inside your head.The bones of your head pick up the sound waves, too.They carry the sound waves straight to your inner ears.You get the sound from the outside and the inside too.Other people get just the sound waves from the outside.That's why they don't hear your voice th6 way you do.

判断正误：( ) 1. Sound travels in the form of waves.

( ) 2. The sound of your voice begins outside your head.

( ) 3. When you talk, other poeple hear your voice from the outside. ( ) 4. The phrase"pick" up"here means"to choose".

( ) 5. The passage is mainly about the different ways you and others hear

your voice.

Passage 28

In the morning Mr.Smith comes into the garden at the back of his house.He sees much snow in the garden.Mr.Smith wants to take his car out,so he asks a man to clean the road from his garage to the gate.He says to the man:"Don't throw any snow on that side.h will damage the flowers in

the street, or the policeman will come."Then he goes out.

When he comes back, the road is clean.There is no snow on the flowers,on the wall or in the street.But when he open garage ,he sees the garage is full of snow, the snow

from the road,and his car is under the snow!

( ) 1. In the morning Mr. Smith finds there is a lot of snow in___________

A. his garden

B. his garage

C. his house

D. his ear

( ) 2. He tells a man to'clean the road,because he___________-

A. doesn't like snow

B. wants to keep the road clean

C. wants to take his car out of the garage

D. often tell the man to do something

（ ) 3.--Where does Mr,Smith ask the man to throw the snow?

A. On the flowers

B. Into the street

C. On the wall

D. We don't know

（ ) 4. He opens the garage and______________

A. takes his car out

B. finds it is full of snow

C.I finds the car isn't in it

D. takes the snow out （ ) 5.--Where's Mr.Smith's car?

A. Under the snow

B. In the street

C. Near the road

D. In front of his house

Passage 29

An eleven-year-old boy in a small town wanted to be a train-driver.But the boy was born without arms.He was taught by his uncle to use his feet as hands.He couldn't go to school so he spent all his time watching trains coming and going because he lived near the station.How he wished he could be a train driver! One day he saw an empty train and he climbed in.He started it with his feet easily.Soon the train was traveling at forty kilometers an hour.Nobody could see the boy in the train and stop the train.The train got to a small station not far from the town and then the boy drove it back.When he was near the town,a worker caught up with the train and stopped it.At first he was very angry, but when he saw the boy, he was so surprised that he hardly thought it was true."I like trains."said the boy quietly. 判断正误A /B

（ ) 1. The story tells us something mainly about a boy without arms. （ ) 2. The boy was born near a station.

（ ) 3. The boy couldn't go to school because he was not old enough. （ ) 4. The train traveled so fast because it was empty.

（ ) 5. The worker didn't know the driver was a boy without arms at

Passage 30

My name is Qing Min.I'm a middleschool student.I am studying in No.1 Middle

School.My school isn't big,but I like it very much.

In my school there are eighteen classes.There are about fifty students in every class.We have twenty-seven teachers.I'm in Class 4, Grade 2.In my classroom there are twenty-six desks and fifty-two chairs. There's a map of China and a map of the world on the wall.My classroom is big and clean.

There are twenty-eight boys and twenty-four girls in my class.We have English, Chinese ,math and five other subjects.Every morning some of us come to school by bus.Some get to school by bike ,but sometimes I come to school on foot.My English

teacher often says : "Please be careful when you come to school by bike."He is a good teacher.We like him very much.

I love my school, because our teachers are very friendly to us.We must study hard for people. 判断正误A /B

( ) 1. I like my school because it's No. 1 Middle School.

（ ) 2. There are fifty-two students in Class 4, Grade 2.

（ ) 3. There are two maps on the wall of Class 4, Grade 2.

（ ) 4. I have ten subjects at school.

（ ) 5. All the students walk to school.

Passage 31

A man with a clever boy,was drinking in a room.After a few bottles of wine

(酒),the clever boy asked him to have another drink."No.no.""the drunkard (醉鬼)said, "I drank too much wine.I see everything in my eyes in double image(重影)."Hearing these words, the boy took a 10-yuan note from his coat and give it to the drunkard.

"I borrowed 20 yuan from you yesterday.Here is the money."said the boy, "please

give me the IOU (欠条)."Then the drunkard took out the IOU from his coat and said: "Yours,yours are two pieces of IOU.And give me another 20 yuan." 判断正误A /B

( ) 1. Too much wine can make a man drunk.

( ) 2. The drunkard Saw things in double image.

( ) 3. The boy borrowed 20 yuan from the drunkard.

( ) 4. The drunkard asked the boy to give him another 20 yuan.

( ) 5. The boy wanted to return the money at that time because the man was drunk.

Passage 32

When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century,

had different ideas about their use.Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to humans and they could cause people to die.

In Sweden, King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether or not this was true.It happened that there were two brothers in prison at that time.They were twins and were almost exactly alike in every way.They had both been sentenced to death (判处死刑).The King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee.

Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind.At last,the brother who had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83,the other died a few years later.

Beeause of the experiment, tea and coffee got accepted and became popular as drink in Sweden, and it is one of the many countries of the world where much tea and coffee is drunk today.

( ) 1. Tea and coffee were first introducd to Europe in_______________- A. the eighteenth century B. the eighteen century C. eighteenth centuries D. eighteen centuries ( ) 2. King Gustaf decided to find out__________

A. if tea and coffee were harmful to people

B. if the twin brothers should be sentenced to death

C. if tea and coffee did harm to people's health and caused them to die

D. whether tea and coffee were useful or not

( ) 3. The King decided to let the brothers live____________-

A. if they wanted to obey his rules

B. if they agreed to drink tea and coffee every day

C. if one of them drank several cups of tea each day while the other

had several cups of coffee

D. if they agreed to have several cups of tea every day

( ) 4. The brother who had drunk tea every day lived

A. until he was over 83

B. until he was 83

C. until the other had been dead for several years

D. until he had drunk tea for a few years

( ) 5. Today the Swedish drink

A. much more coffee than tea

B. much tea and coffee

C. little tea and coffee

D. much tea but little coffee

Passage 33

Mr.and Mrs.Black come from Sydney.They teach English in a middle school there.They like their work.They have two children,Tom and Sue.They

are in Shanghai now.Mr.Black can speak Chinese.Now he works in Shanghai with his wife.

Mr.Black likes swimming and reading.And Mrs.Black likes swimming and reading,too.They often go swimming in the afternoon and read in the evening.Tom and Sue like playing games with Chinese boys and girls. Tom's uncle,Baker,works on a farm near Sydney.He likes swimming,too.He wants to work in Shanghai.But he can't speak Chinese.So he is still there and has Chinese lessons every week.

（ ) 1. Tom and Sue are from____________

A. America

B. Canada

C. England

D. Australia （ ) 2. Mrs.Black likes___________

A. reading and swimming

B. running

C. playing game

D. A and B

（ ) 3. Sue's uncle likes _________________

A. reading

B. playing games

C. his work

D. swimming （ ) 4. Sue's uncle is a___________

A. worker

B. driver

C. farmer

D. teacher （ ) 5. _____________are working in different countries now.

A. Mr.and Mrs.Black

B. Mr.Black and his uncle

C. Mrs.Black and her uncle

D. Mr.Black and his brother Passage 34

Li Ping is going to England.He wants to know something about English people.One day he sees an English girl in the street.Then he comes up to her.

"Excuse me,may I ask you some questions?"

"Of course you may."answers the girl politely.

"I'll go to London. What should I notice when I'm talking with English people in London?" asks Li Ping.

"Well. don't ask a woman how old she is."

"But how old are you?"Li Ping stops the girl and asks suddenly.

"I..." The girl gets angry.

"Why do you get so angry?"asks Li Ping, "now we are in China, not in England ,you see."

判断正误A /B

（ ) l. Li Ping wants to know something about English people.

（ ) 2. Li Ping sees a woman in the street.

（ ) 3. The girl does not like to answer the first question.

（ ) 4. The girl becomes angry because Li Ping wants to know how old she is.

（ ) 5. Li Ping says sorry to the girl at last.

我学到的单词短语：____________________________________________________

Passage 35

An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London.

"What's that strange building?"asked the visitor.

"That's the. Tower of London."

"I see.How long did it take to build it?

“About 500 years."

"In my country we can build it in five months."said the visitor.

A short time after that they come to St.Paul's Cathedral ."Very interesting,"said the visitor, "How long did it take to build it? “Nearly forty years."said the Englishman.

"In my country we can finish it in forty days."said the visitor. This went on all day. They visited most of the best-known buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one,the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it.Then he said that they could do the same things much faster in his country.At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it.

A few days later they came to the House of Parliament(议会大厦) and the visitor asked his usual question. "What's that? "The Englishman answered, "I've no idea. It wasn't there last night."

( ) 1. The Englishman showed the foreign visitor around____________ A. the Tower of London B. St.Paul's Cathedral C. some famous buildings in London D. the whole city of London

( ) 2. The visitor said that in his country it would take them ______________to

build St.Paul's Cathedral.

A. less than half a year

B. more than a month

C. five hundred years

D. forty years

( ) 3. The Englishman was very angry by the end of the day,but he__________

A. tried not to let the visitor know it

B. tried not to show the visitor around the city

C. had no time to tell the visitor

D. didn't want to say anything

( ) 4. The Englishman's last answer showed he______________-

A. was sorry that he hadn't seen the building before

B. could say nothing because he didn't know anything about it

C. was not happy and decided to give him a surprising answer

D. didn't know how to tell the visitor the name of the building ( ) 5. The best title for this passage is_____________

A. English history

B. Around London

C. What's that strange building?

D. How long did it take to build it?