八年级英语下册 第九周 阅读周周练(A、B卷) 人教新目标版

阅读周周练A卷一、完形填空。

通读下面短文，从A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。

M ost elephants are gray. Only a few are 1 . It’s difficult to seea white elephant. When people find a white 2 , they feel excited.Long ago, a white elephant was 3 to the king. Only the king couldhave a white elephant. And the white elephant must be a very 4 one.People want to take a look at t he animal. On 5 way to the king, t hewhite elephant attracted (吸引) many people. They ran into the street and shouted, “A white elephant is coming!”All the people 6 the cute elephant. Some gave it 7 to drink. Others sang songs to the elephant. A boy put a red hat 8 the elephant’s head.Then the elephant came before the king. 9 the king saw the white elephant. The king __10__ it a name himself. The elephant ate from gold dishes and it began a new life.( ) 1. A. gray B. white C. red( ) 2. A. elephant B. king C. street( ) 3. A. swept B. painted C. taken( ) 4. A. green B. cold C. good( ) 5. A. your B. its C. my( ) 6. A. liked B. told C. spelt( ) 7. A. dishes B. water C. food( ) 8. A. on B. from C. off( ) 9. A. At first B. At the beginning C. At last( ) 10. A. asked B. gave C. built二、阅读理解。

阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。

AEveryone likes gifts. Some little kids think they don’t get enough gifts. Some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too small. A little child may give his mother a leaf from a tree. It is enough to make her very happy.Gift giving is different in different countries.( ) 1. Different countries give gifts.A. differentB. sameC. expensive( ) 2. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts, but they are not .A. closedB. openedC. broken( ) 3. In Canada, many people will pay for a park bench or a tree to help remember a .A. animalB. thingC. person( ) 4. In , some people give money to charity.A. ChinaB. the USAC. Canada( ) 5. In Sweden, making a as a gift is enough.A. mealB. potato pieC. teaBA little boy was playing in his sandbox on Saturday morning. While he was building roads and houses in the soft sand, he discovered a large stone in the middle of the sandbox.The little boy pushed and pulled, but every time he thought he had made some progress, the stone tipped (倾斜) and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy tried his best, but hisonly reward (回报) was to have the stone roll back.Finally the little boy cried. All that time the boy’s father watched from hi s living room window. At the moment the tears fell, his father came to the boy and sand box. Gently but surely he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the strength that you had?” the boy said sadly, “But I did, Daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had!”“No, son,” corrected the father kindly. “You didn’t use all the strength you had. You didn’t ask me.” With that, the father reached down, picked up the stone and removed it from the sandbox.Do you have “stones” in your life that need to be removed? Are you discovering that you are too weak to lift them? There is ONE who is always rea dy to give us the strength we need. Isn’t it funny how we try so hard to do things on our own?( ) 6. The first paragraph mainly tells us ______.A. the boy found a large stone in the sandboxB. the boy had a sandboxC. the boy created roads and houses( ) 7. Why did the boy cry?A. It was too boring for him to play with the stone.B. His father just watched him from the window.C. He was too weak to remove the stone by himself.( ) 8. Who removed the stone?A. The little boy.B. The boy’s father.C. Both the boy and the father.( ) 9. The underlined word “stones” in the passage means ______ in life.A. happinessB. workC. difficulties( ) 10. From the passage, we know _______.A. we can do anything on our ownB. we should continue doing everythingC. we should learn to ask for help sometimes三、完形填空。

通读下面短文，从A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。

Are you God’s wi fe?It was a cold day in December in New York City. A little boy about 10 years old was standingin front of a 1 store on Broadway. He was looking through the windows, barefooted and shivering with cold. A lady walked to the 2 and said, “My little boy, wha t are you looking at?”“I am asking God to give me 3 ,” the boy said.The lady 4 him by the hand and went into the store. She askedthe clerk to get a pair of socks for the boy. She then asked 5 hecould give her a basin of hot water and a towel. The clerk quicklybrought the things to her. She washed the boy’s little 6 and driedthem with the towel. By this time, the clerk had returned with the socks. The lady 7 the socks for the boy, and then bought him a pair of shoes. She patted (轻拍) him on the head and said, “My little boy, do you 8 more comfortable now?”As she turned to go, the boy caught her by the hand suddenly and 9 in her face. With tears in his eyes, he answered the question 10 these words, “Are you God’s wi fe?” “No, I’m a mother,” said the woman.( ) 1. A. book B. food C. shoe( ) 2. A. boy B. clerk C. windows( ) 3. A. a glass of milk B. a pair of shoes C. some food( ) 4. A. brought B. caught C. took( ) 5. A. if B. how C. that( ) 6. A. face B. hands C. feet( ) 7. A. put on B. wore C. had( ) 8. A. sound B. feel C. taste( ) 9. A. looked up B. looked for C. looked over( ) 10. A. to B. in C. with四、阅读判断正误。