人教版八年级英语阅读理解专项训练习题
、阅读理解（20分）
(A)
John is 14 years old. He is a student of Grade Eight. He was a very active and happy boy two years ago. But everything changed after he started to play computer games. He never plays basketball or football with his friends any more（再也）. And when he sits in the classroom, he can’t listen to the teachers. He sleeps in class. And he spends less and less time in studying. So he gets bad marks in tests. But he is very different after school is over. He stays in the net bar until it is cl osed（关闭的）.Ah, he loses himself in（沉迷于）computer games. His parents can do nothing to stop him. Every morning in the school, when we see that he is so tired after a night’s “busy working”, we really feel sad. He is too tired!
46. John was ______two years ago.
A. sad and unhealthy
B. active but bored
C. active and happy
D. healthy but sad
47. John changed a lot because ________.
A. he couldn’t get good grades
B. he played computer games
C. he had to work for money
D. he didn’t exercise any m ore
48. Every morning John feels ________.
A. tired
B. healthy
C. happy
D. relaxed
49. John _______ plays basketball with his friends now.
A. usually
B. often
C. always
D. never
50. Which of the follo wing is TRUE?
A. John wasn’t a go od student two years ago.
B. John often sleeps in class at school.
C. John’s parents don’t love him.
D. John is busy working every day.
(B)
Hello, I’m Dave. My school is in the centre of my town. I lived in the countryside before, because Mum thought it was quiet there. It took me about an hour to go to school by bike. It was difficult for me to get to school before eight o’clock in winter if（如果）it snowed. Sometimes I was late for class. My teacher was a little angry with me. I had to get up before five thirty in the morning. I was alwa ys tired in the evening. I told my parents about it. Last month Dad found a job in a supermarket in the town. We moved to a house there. It’s not far from the bus station and I can take the bus to school. It takes me o nly fifteen minutes. Now I don’t worry about（担心）being late for school. And sometimes
I can play football with my friends after dinner.
51. Dave’s mum thought it was _________ to live in the countryside.
A. interesting
B. exciting
C. quiet
D. surprising
52. Dave’s teacher was angry with him because he ________.
A. couldn’t finish his homework
B. got bad marks
C. often fought（打架）with other boys
D. was late for school sometimes
53. Dave was always ________ in the evening one month ago.
A. happy
B. tired
C. relaxed
D. sad
54. Now Dave goes to school _______.
A. by bus
B. by bike
C. by train
D. on foot
55. Now sometimes Dave ________ after dinner.
A. watches TV
B. does homework
C. takes a walk
D. plays football with friends.
(C)
The following books are about a cute dog called Clifford.
CLIFFORD VISITS THE HOSPITAL($4.20)
No Dogs Are Allowed! But Clifford, the small red puppy, visits the hospital
and cheers up the patients（患者）. They all love this dog.
CLIFFO RD’S Halloween ($3.99)
Clifford loves holidays, especially（尤其）Halloween（万圣节）.What is Clifford doing for Halloween?
CLIFFORD’S SPORTS DAY($4.25)
Clifford goes to school with Emily to take part in sports day activities（活动）.
CLIFFORD AND THE BIG STORM($4.28)
Clifford and Emily go to her grandma’s house, and Clifford saves the house from a big storm.
56. The underlined words “cheer up” mean _______ in Chinese.
A. 使治疗
B. 使伤害
C. 使振奋
D. 使烦恼
57. Which festival does Clifford love best?
58. What does Clifford do at school?
A. He joins the sports club.
B. He joins the English club.
C. He takes part in after-school activities.
D. He takes part in sports day activities.
59. Where does Clifford go in the last book?
A. To Emily’s grandma’s house.
B. To Emily’s school.
C. To a hospital.
D. To a party.
60. How much should you pay if you want to buy Clifford’s Halloween and Clifford’s Sports Day?
A. $8.19.
B. $8.24.
C. $8.45.
D. $8.53.
(D)
This is a kind of answering machine. If you are not at home, you can leave a message on it. When other people give you calls, it can also keep their messages on it. You can hear them when you are back home.
For example（例如）,“Hi. This is Jim. I can’t come to the phone now. Plea se leave me a message after the beep. Beep!”
Bob phoned Jim. Bob said, “This is Bob. My friend Alex is visiting me. We are going to the movies tomorrow. Do you want to go with us? Please give me a call today.”
When Jim went back home, he picked up the phone. He heard Bob voice（声音）on it. He hurried to call Bob, “Hi, Bob.Thanks for your call. But I’m sorry I can’t go to the movies with you tomorrow. Susan is here, and I’m going out with her. Guess what! I asked her to marry me and she said yes! We’re going to have dinner with her parents tomorrow. Remember to say hello to Alex for me.”
61. On that day, _______called _________ first.
A. Jim; Bob
B. Alex; Jim
C. Alex; Bob
D. Bob; Jim
62. Bob and Alex were ________ the next day.
A. visiting Jim
B. having dinner
C. going to the movies
D. calling Jim
63. _______ wasn’t at home when the telephone rang（响）.
A. Bob
B. Jim
C. Alex
D. Susan
64. Jim was going out with _______ the next day.
A. Susan and her friends
B. Susan and her parents
C. Bob and his friends
D. Alex and his parents
65. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Alex was visiting Bob that day.
B. Susan was at home that day.
C. Jim heard the phone ring that day.
D. Jim had dinner with Alex that day.
A
Air is all around us. At the time we are born, air is around us everywhere(到处). We live in air.
All living things need air. Living things cannot live without air. We can go without food or water for a few days, but we can’t live a few minutes without air. We take in air. When we are working, we need more air. When we are sleeping, we need less air.
We live in air but we cannot see it. We can only feel it. We can feel it when it is moving. Moving air is called wind. How can you make air move? Here is one way. Take an open book in your hands in front of your face. Close it quickly. What can you feel? It is air.
51. Where is air?
A. It’s on the table.
B. It’s around us everywhere.
C. It’s near us.
D. It’s not here.
52. Moving air is called .
A. wind
B. rain
C. snow
D. cloud
53. When do we need more air?
A. Sleeping.
B. Sitting.
C. Working.
D. Standing.
B
The Greens are English. Now they are in Beijing. This is their first visit to China. They are going to stay in China for three weeks. They want to visit some big cities and villages. They want to learn some Chinese, too.
Mr. Green is a driver, he likes driving in Beijing very much. Mrs. Green is a teacher. She is visiting a school near Beijing. Their son Jim is a middle school student. He meets some Chinese students, and he likes to speak English them.
They take a lot of photos in China. When they are back in England, they are going to show the photos to their friends. They want the English people to know more about China.
54、The Green are from .
A. America
B. China
C. Australia
D. England
55、Mr Green is a . He likes in Beijing.
A. driver, working
B. driver, driving
C. teacher, teaching
D. teacher, working
56、Mrs Green’s is a middle school student.
A. daughter
B. son
C. sister
D. brother
57、The Greens take many photos in China because they .
A. want to take photos to America
B. want to sell these photos
C. like taking photos
D. want the English people to know more about China
C
Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant(仆人). He and the servant loved wine(酒) and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up（吃光）all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did , but he had never caught (抓住) his servant doing that.
One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison（毒药）and some nice food in the house. You must take care of (看管好)them.” With thes e words, he went out.
But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue（假的）, after the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk (喝醉酒) and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke (叫醒)the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid(害怕) to be punished(被惩罚), so he drank the poison to kill(杀死) himself.
58. In the story, __________ liked wine and good food very much.
A. the rich man
B. the servant
C. both A and B
D. nobody
59. The rich man told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because_____.
A.there was in fact poison in the bottles
B.he did not want the servant to drink his wine
C.he wanted to kill the cat
D.he wanted to kill the servant
60. In fact (实际上), ________ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.
A. the servant
B. cat
C. the rich man
D. nobody
61. From the story, we know that the servant is very ____________.
A. lazy (懒惰的)
B. stupid (蠢的)
C. clever (聪明的)
D. kind
D
School education is important and useful (有用的). Yet no one can learn everything at school and a teacher can’t teach his students e verything they want to know. His job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned (被学) outside school by (被) the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself (自学). It is quite easy to learn