完整word版八年级英语阅读理解每日一练

八年级英语阅读理解每日一练Passage 1Elizabeth 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 guesthouse?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 2Lively day,the people on theseashore (海岸) heard a shout.They all ran to the sea.There they saw a man in the water calling for help.A young soldierwas really a strong swimmer and soon pulled the man back to the shore.All the people there admired (敬慕) 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(先令，英国早期的一种货币单位).He put the shilling into the soldier's hand.But thesoldier refused(拒绝) 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 manB. A strong soldierC. An old soldierD. A rich man（) 2. The soldier was _________.A. young and strongB. young and weakC. old and strongD. very tall （) 3. The soldier didn't take the money because he _________.A. wanted moreB. didn't want anyC. didn't likeD. thought it too less1（) 4. It happened _________.A. in EnglandB. in ChinaC. in AmericaD. in German（) 5. The old man helpedA. the rich manB. nobodyC. himselfD. the soldierPassage 3When 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 (困难).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.根据短文内容判断正误（T或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 4The city of Boston has a population of more than 500,000 and is the capital of Massachusetts.More than sixteen colleges (学院) and universities are in Boston.The Boston Public(公共的) Library is the second largest public library in the United States.Founded (建立) in 1630,Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States.Many people think cows designed(设计) Boston's streets.An old story tells us that earlypeople in Boston simply built roads where the cows had made ways.Since cows do not walkfrom one place to another in a straight line,many of Boston's streets wind (弯曲) their way around the city.( ) 1. What would be a good title for this passage?A. Some Facts (事实) About BostonB. How Cows Help BostonC. Boston's Public LibraryD. A Beautiful City（) 2. The writer wanted to2A. ask people to visit BostonB. give information about BostonC. tell a funny story about cowsD. 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.Passage 5A very old lady won a million dollars in a lottery(彩票).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 better 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 (打击),even a happy one could bring on a heart problem.Leave it to me.I'll find a way of telling her.”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.根据短文内容判断正误（T或F）( ) 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'sclinic.3（) 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 6Joe 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 mydinner tonight.Joe had only one piece of meat in his shop.He took it out of thefridge and said:This is $ 6.50.That piece is too small.he woman said, haven't you got anythingbigger?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? BecauseA. it was too cheapB. it smelt badC. it cost too muchD. 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 7A 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?hecried 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.4How 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 samething.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 8An owl（猫头鹰）is a bird with very big eyes.These eyes make the owl look clever.The owl can not move its eyes freely(自由地) as we can.It can only look straight(笔直地) ahead (向前).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 (老鼠) and insects (昆虫).Owls make a strange(奇怪的)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 (使…害怕) people at night.( ) 1. An owl looks clever becauseA. it has a beautiful bodyB. it has big eyesC. it can look straight aheadD. it can turn its neck( ) 2. An owl looks for food at night becauseA. it has large eyesB. it can't move its eyes freely as we canC. it sees better at night than during the dayD. it can't see anything at all during the day( ) 3. An owl lives onA. small birdsB. all kinds of birdsC. all kinds of small animalsD. none of the above( ) 4. The cry of an owl isA. frightening B, good to listen toC. like a songD. like the sound of a cow( ) 5. Man must not kill owls becauseA. they don't do anything wrongB. they are good-looking and have two big eyesC. they cry only at night5D. they are helpful to usPassage 9Jimmy 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 bigcity.( ) 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 10Mr.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?Watta 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（粗鲁的）, foolish（愚蠢的，傻的）man！( ) 1. Mr.Knott was usually tired in the evening because ________.A. he was a teacherB. he worked very hard in a schoolC. he lived a long way from schoolD. he taught too many students （) 2. Mr.Knott went downstairs at nine one evening ________.A. to telephone Mr.WattB. to meet Mr.Watt6C. when someone rang him upD. when the door bell rang（) 3. Mr.Watt wanted to speak to ________.A. his wifeB. Mr.KnottC. Jack SmithD. Mrs.Knott （) 4. Watt's my namemeans________.A. What's my name?B. My name is WhatC. 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 teacherB. he had bad earsC. Mr.Watt didn't speak loudly enoughD. The “a”in “watt”is pronounced (发音) as the a in what Passaoe 11On Saturday,Ann came home from school a little earlier.She felt worried.She wanted to get ready for her party.Mother,can we cook the food now,please?she said, I'm worried about my party.The sandwiches are all ready. said Ann,ot everyone likessandwiches.What about my birthday cake?I made your birthday cake last night when you were in bed. Mrs.Read answered, we only need to put the candles on it,now.Oh,good! said Ann, may I put them on?Ann began to put candles on her cake.Then she counted them.There aren't enough candles.said Ann.There are only twelve.We need one more.I '11 get another one now.said her mother, don't worry.判断正误（T或F）：（) 1. Ann was worried about the party.（) 2. Ann have a birthday cake for her birthday.（) 3. Ann was twelve years old.（) 4. They put the candles on the birthday cake.（) 5. They had twelve candles.Passage 12Mr.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 7it 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 belongsto 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. threeB. fourC. sixD. five ( ) 2. Mr.Brown worked in__________.A. a small townB. a big cityC. the garageD. the gas station( ) 3. When Mr.Brown was washing the new car,his neighbor came to askhim__________.A. if the car was newB. what car it wasC. if the car was Mr.Brown' sD. whose car it was( ) 4.When there was a football match, the car belonged to__________.A. Mr.BrownB. the neighborC. Jean's brotherD. Jean ( ) 5. “Sometimes”in the story means that__________.A. when there was a party in town,the car belonged to his daughterB. when there was a football game,it was his son'sC. when the car looked nice and clean,it was his wife'sD. when the ear wanted gas,it belonged to himPassage 13When 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（欠…钱）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 when8I 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 14July 20th, 1969 was an important day.Two Americans landed on themoon.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 20ththe 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. 385B. 3850C. 385000( ) 2. The two Americans stayed on the moon for about________.A. three daysB. six daysC. one dayD. four days ( ) 3. The Sea of Tranquility'here means________.A. the earthB. the moonC. the world( ) 4. July 20th, 1969 was an important day because________.A. Apollo 11 landed on the moonB. man could not get to the moon by spaceshipC. it was the first time for human beings to land on the moonD. Americans were the first men to get to the moon（) 5. The best title for this passage is________.A. Two Americans on the MoonB. An important dayC. On the MoonD. The First Men on the MoonPassage 15It is good to keep animals in zoos.Zoos are places for people to see many9different 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 （灭绝).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 (非自然的) and unfair（不公平的）to keep wild（野生的）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 (允许) 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（根据) the last sentence,we can say animals like tostay in the cages.( ) 5. The writer is not sure whether it is better for animals to stay inZoos.Passage 16Big 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 topof 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 goesevery 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 busB. a huge clockC. a buildingD. the name of Ben( ) 2. The clock strikes every, ______ of an hour.A. ten minutesB. fifteen minutes10C. twenty minutesD. 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 BenA. on the faces of the clockB. at the top of the clock towerC. on the hands of the huge clockD. in the Houses of Parliament（) 5. The title of this passage isA. The capital of EnglandB. A clockC. Sir Benjamin HallD. Big BenPassage 17A 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 workless 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：( ) 1. The businessman couldn't fall asleep because he was worried abouthis 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 18Australia is the greatest island in the world.It is a little smaller than China.It is 11to the south of the equator (赤道).So when it is summer in our country,it is winterin 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 (袋鼠).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 ag below its breast (胸).The mother kangaroo keeps its baby kangaroo in theag.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. autumnB. springC. winterD. summer( ) 3. The population of Australia is the same as that of（）in China.A. BeijingB. TianjinC. NanjingD. Shanghai（) 4. Australia is famous for its（）A. kangaroosB. deerC. elephantsD. birds（) 5. Austalia is to the south of the equator. So（）A. it is the greatest land in the worldB. it is hot summer in DecemberC. it is cold winter in DecemberD. its population is thinPassage 19Mary 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 broomfor 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.12判断正误：（) 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 20A frog is born in a small fiver.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 frogA. can swimB. cannot swimC. cannot eatD. can eat insectsPassage 21Mike 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 yearolder than I am.13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 23Kate 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 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 liftB. by a liftC. by liftD. with lift( ) 3. She leaves（）at six thirty.A. her homeB. the buildingC. the liftD. the busst~;p。