人教版八年级英语上第二单元同步阅读.doc

Unit 2AMr. King lives in a city. He owns some shops and makes a lot of money. His son, Mike, studies at a middle school. The boy likes everything but studying. He doesn't listen to his teachers in class and he never finishes his homework on time. He always plays football when he has any free time. He can never pass the exams.Mr. King is so busy with his business that he has little time to stay at home. He never pays any attention(关心)to his son's studies, so he doesn't know how he is doing.One day Miss Read, Mike's teacher, telephones Mr. King. On the telephone she tells him all about the boy's studies. She wants him to try to help his son at home. When the man hears this, he doesn't feel very happy.In the afternoon when his son comes back from school, Mr. King gives him a good telling-off(责备), but soon feels sorry for it when he sees Mike crying in the bedroom. The next morning, before Mike goes to school, he says to him, “Study hard and I'll buy you a car when you pass the exam next year. ”Another term is over. Mike doesn't pass the exam once more. Mr. King has a look at the school report for a few minutes and then he asks his son, “You don't pass the exam again, Mike. What did you do this term”“I learned how to drive a car, dad, ” answers the boy.()1. Mr. King is ______.A. a football playerB. a teacherC. a driverD. a businessman(商人)()2. Mike can never pass the exams because ______.A. his father has a lot of moneyB. he doesn't like studyingC. his teachers are not very goodD. he has to help his father in the shops ()3. Miss Read rings Mr. King______. A. to tell him to take his son out of schoolB. to buy things from his shopC. to tell him about Mike's studiesD. because his son passes the exam once again()4. In the sentence “. . . , but soon feels sorry for it when he sees Mike crying in the bedroom. ”, the word “it” refers to(指)______.A. Mike's exam mark(分数)B. telling his son offC. something that Miss Read tells Mr KingD. the car()5. Which of the following is WRONGA. Mike doesn't pass the exam at the end of the term.B. Mike's father buys him a car.C. Mike doesn't do well in his lessons for another term.D. Mike thinks his father will buy him a car.BThe children in Miss Ling's class are not like most children. They don't watch TV. Miss Ling asked her class not to watch TV for one week. She told them that they could have more fun doing other things. The children said, “Let's find out if Mi ss Ling is right. ” Instead of watching TV, they read, made things and played games with families.The children had so much fun that they are not going to watch TV for a year. Would you like to stop watching TV()1. The best title is ______.A. A Good TV ShowB. Stop to Watch TVC. Children Have Fun without TVD. Miss Ling doesn't Buy any TV()2. Miss Ling asked her class not to ______.A. sleepB. eatC. read booksD. watch TV()3. The story says that the children ______.A. played gamesB. went swimmingC. grew plantsD. watched TV()4. Miss Ling is a ______.A. doctorB. teacherC. farmerD. child()5. How long are the children not going to watch TVA. For twelve months.B. For 365 days.C. For half a year.D. For three years.CThe aim(目的)of students who came to school is to study. But to study requires(需要)a right way, or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good results(结果).In studying we must have patience(耐心). If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one.When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers or our parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we've learned can be used well and made better.Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned(提到的)will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.()1. The passage tells us ______.A. the importance of readingB. to read in the morningC. to pay attention to the ways of studyingD. to have patience in studying()2. The passage has taught us ______ ways for studying.A. threeB. fourC. fiveD. many()3. We'd better read in the morning because ______.A. it's hard to remember what we have learnedB. the air is fresh and the mind is clearC. it's difficult to get good resultsD. both A and B()4. If we can't put our hearts into the book when we read, it is ______.A. easy to understand it wellB. better to get something from itC. impossible for us to get something from itD. possible to learn something from it()5. In stud ying we must always ask “whys”in order to ______.A. understand the book wellB. write down the questionsC. do with the new wordsD. get some questions to ask our teachersDThere are four people in my family. They’re my grandfather, my parents and me. My grandfather exercises every day. He never uses the Internet. He eats vegetables three times a day, but he hardly ever drinks milk. And he watches TV every night. My father is a taxi driver. He’s very busy. He never exercises, but he sometimes surf the Internet. He watches TV on Saturday and Sunday evening. He often eats vegetables and drinks milk. My mother is a housewife（家庭主妇）. She watches TV twice a day. She never surf the Internet. She sometimes eats vegetables, but she drinks milk three times a week. Exercise Of course she does. She exercises every day by doing housework. I’m a middle school student. I go to school from Monday to Friday. I often exercise. But on Saturday and Sunday, I don’t exercise because I have too much homework to do. I watch TV only on Sunday evening. But I surf the Internet twice a week. I drink milk every day, but I don’t like vegetables. My mother often says to me, “Why do you eat so much meat, Mike It’s not good for your health. ” But I like it very much.( )1. _____ sometimes surf the Internet in his family.A. Mike and his fatherB. Mike and his motherC. Mike’s parentsD. Mike’s father and grandfather( )2. _____ watch TV every day in his family.A. Mike and his grandfatherB. Mike’s mother and gr andfatherC. Mike’s parentsD. Mike’s father and grandfather( )3. What does Mike’s father doA. He often eats vegetable.B. He sometimes surf the Internet.C. He is very busy.D. He is a taxi driver.( )4. Why don’t Mike exerci se on Saturday and SundayA. Because he wants to surf the Internet.B. Because he wants to watch TV.C. Because he has too much homework to do.D. Because he has to go to school.( )5. Mike likes eating _____ very much.A. meatB. vegetablesC. fruitD. milkEPeople travel to work in different ways. Some people go to work on foot because they live near their work places. Some people go to work by bike because they live farther away, or they like riding bikes. They think it's good for their health. Today more people have private (私人的) cars, so they can go to work in their cars. In the south of China, many people even go to work by boat because water is around their houses. Will people go to work by plane I think so, if necessary（如果必要的话）.根据短文内容, 判断下列句子正(T)、误(T)。