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 unhealthyB. active but boredC. active and happyD. healthy but sad47. John changed a lot because ________.A. he couldn’t get good gradesB. he played computer gamesC. he had to work for moneyD. he didn’t exercise any m ore48. Every morning John feels ________.A. tiredB. healthyC. happyD. relaxed49. John _______ plays basketball with his friends now.A. usuallyB. oftenC. alwaysD. never50. 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 sometimesI can play football with my friends after dinner.51. Dave’s mum thought it was _________ to live in the countryside.A. interestingB. excitingC. quietD. surprising52. Dave’s teacher was angry with him because he ________.A. couldn’t finish his homeworkB. got bad marksC. often fought（打架）with other boysD. was late for school sometimes53. Dave was always ________ in the evening one month ago.A. happyB. tiredC. relaxedD. sad54. Now Dave goes to school _______.A. by busB. by bikeC. by trainD. on foot55. Now sometimes Dave ________ after dinner.A. watches TVB. does homeworkC. takes a walkD. 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 hospitaland 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; BobB. Alex; JimC. Alex; BobD. Bob; Jim62. Bob and Alex were ________ the next day.A. visiting JimB. having dinnerC. going to the moviesD. calling Jim63. _______ wasn’t at home when the telephone rang（响）.A. BobB. JimC. AlexD. Susan64. Jim was going out with _______ the next day.A. Susan and her friendsB. Susan and her parentsC. Bob and his friendsD. Alex and his parents65. 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.AAir 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. windB. rainC. snowD. cloud53. When do we need more air?A. Sleeping.B. Sitting.C. Working.D. Standing.BThe 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. AmericaB. ChinaC. AustraliaD. England55、Mr Green is a . He likes in Beijing.A. driver, workingB. driver, drivingC. teacher, teachingD. teacher, working56、Mrs Green’s is a middle school student.A. daughterB. sonC. sisterD. brother57、The Greens take many photos in China because they .A. want to take photos to AmericaB. want to sell these photosC. like taking photosD. want the English people to know more about ChinaCOnce 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 manB. the servantC. both A and BD. nobody59. The rich man told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because_____.A.there was in fact poison in the bottlesB.he did not want the servant to drink his wineC.he wanted to kill the catD.he wanted to kill the servant60. In fact (实际上), ________ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.A. the servantB. catC. the rich manD. nobody61. 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. kindDSchool 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 learnsomething, but it’s difficult to use it to solve(解决) problems. Great inventors(发明家) do not get everything from school, but they can still invent(发明) many things and change the world a lot.How can the inventors do all of this? One of the answers is : they know how to study. A lot of things are not learnt in the classroom. They get a lot of knowledge(知识) by reading outside school. They work hard and never give up(放弃) all their lives.62.It’s the most important fo r us ________ at school.A.to learn how to learn B to learn everythingC.to learn to readD. to learn to write63.To learn something is _______ than to use it to solve (解决) problems.A. easyB. easierC. more difficultD. not easy64.Which of the following statements is true ?A.School education is not very useful.B.Teachers can teach us everything.C.Teacher’s job is to show the students how to learn.D.Teachers can teach us nothing.65.What can you learn from this passage?A.At school we should study hard and learn how to learn.B.At school we needn’t study hard because we get a lot of knowledge outside school.C.School education isn’t very important.D.We don’t need any teachers.五、任务型阅读.(5分)Dear friend:Hello,I’m your new friend. My name is Bob. I’m fifteen. I’m American. I live in New York.I am a middle school student. I’m good at maths. It’s very interesting. My favourite sport is basketball. And I am not only a basketball fan but also a good player. I like pop music, my friends and I often sing pop songs together.After school I am interested in getting on-line. I have known a lot about China from the Internet. Now I’m learning Chinese. I hope I will visit your country one day.Please write to me and tell me something about your life. I’m looking forward to hearing from you.Yours,BobHope: 70V. 阅读理解Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don’t cook it.In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags, and take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The world’s favorite food is American fast food. If you go to som e important cities in the world, you can find people eating ha mburgers and chips.Fish and chips and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA, they eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-aw ay food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham (火腿) is a kind of pork, but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. The beef is inside a kind of cake hamburgers are delicious. They are also popular in England and Australia.41. Italians like to eat __________.A. dumplingsB. pizzaC. hot foodD. fish42.Fish and chips are very popular in _____.A. EnglandB. AustraliaC. the USAD. Canada43. In different countries people eat ______ food.A. differentB. the sameC. the differentD. same44. The hamburger does not have any _____ in it.A. beefB. porkC. fishD. chips45. Hamb urger is a kind of ______.A. meatB. drinkC. foodD. Vegetable三.阅读理解Mr. Smith had a week’s holiday, so he said, “I’m going to see the sea by train.” He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to the railway station and got into the train. He had a beautiful hat, and he often put his head o ut of the window during the trip and looked at the beautiful scenery. But suddenly the wind pulled his hat off.Mr. Smith quickly took his old bag and threw it out of the window, too. The other people in the train laug hed. “Is your bag going to bring back your beautiful hat?” they asked.“No,” Mr. Smith answered. “But there is no name and no address in my hat, and there’s a name and an address on the bag. If someone finds both of them, he or she will s end me the bag and hat.”( ) 1. Mr. Smith went to have his holidays for _____.A. nine daysB. half a monthC. seven daysD. eight days( ) 2. Mr. Smith put his head out of th e window to _____.A. see the beautiful sceneryB. say goodbye to his friendsC. throw his hat out of the windowD. say hello to the people outside( ) 3. Mr. Smith is going to _____ during his holidays.A. visit his friendsB. see his parentsC. enjoy himself in the trainD. see the sea( ) 4. Why did Mr. Smith throw his old bag out of the window? Because _____.A. he hoped someone would find his bagB. he hoped someone would send back his bag and hatC. he hoped his bag would bring back his hatD. he hoped the people in the train would laugh( ) 5. From the passage we can see that Mr. Smith was a _____.A. clever manB. rich manC. foolish manD. poor manAOn a cold winter day, a fox told Mother Bear that he would teach her how to fish. For she wanted to learn, he took her to a hole in the ice, and told her to put her tail(尾巴) down into the water.He told her to keep the tail there for a long time. Then when she pulled the tail out of the water, she would find fish around the tail.The bear was foolish enough to believe what the fox said. She sat for a long time with her tail in the water. She was waiting for the fish. But when she tried to pull her tail out of the water she found that it was frozen(冻结的) in the ice.She asked the fox to pull her out, but the fox laughed to itself and ran away. So she called Father Bear to help her.Father Bear came. He pulled her hard and at last got her out. But a part of her tail was in the ice.That is why people find the bear's tail so short.21. What did a fox tell Mother Bear to do on a cold winter day?A. It told her to swim in the lake.B. It told her to play by the lake.C. It told her to catch fish for him.D. It taught her how to fish.22. The fox asked Mother Bear_______.A. to jump into the waterB. to sit by the lake for a long timeC. to put her tail down into the water and never pull out of the waterD. if she pulled the tail out of the water, she would find fish around the tail23. What happened next?A. Mother Bear caught a big ship.B. Mother Bear fell into the water.C. Mother Bear died of coldness.D. Mother Bear's tail was frozen in the ice.24. In the end,__________.A. Father Bear came, but he couldn't help herB. the fox helped to pull her out, but a part of her tail was in the iceC. the fox laughed to itself and ran awayD. the fox called Father Bear to help her25. Which of the following is right according to the passage?A. The fox is foolish enough.B. Mother Bear is clever enough.C. Father Bear is not helpful.D. The tail of Mother Bear is shorter than ever,BJim, a young farmer, was once put into prison.One day, he got a letter from his mother. “I’m so worried about our farm,” she wrote. “It’s time to plant potatoes. I can't dig all the fields by myself. "Jim read the letter and became sad. "What can I do?" he thought. Then he had a good idea. He wrote to his mother, "Don't dig the fields, there's a pot of money in the earth. Don't plant potatoes until I come home. "Some days later, Jim got another letter from his mother. It said, "Two days ago, about ten men came to our farm and dug all our fields. I can't understand it. It looks as if they were looking for something. What shall I do?"Jim smiled when he read his mother's letter. He wrote a letter to his mother at once. It was very short. Guess what it would say?26. Jim's mother was much worried about_________.A. himB. their farmC. the potatoesD. the pot of money27. In the letter to his mother, Jim told his mother not to .A. dig the fieldsB. dig the pot of moneyC. ask others for helpD. go to the prison to see him28. Jim's mother told him that about ten men came to dig their fields. These men might be_________.A. farmersB. Jim's friendsC. prison guards(监狱看守人)D. Jim's brothers29. Why did Jim smile when he read his mother's second letter?A. Because he would go home soon.B. Because the men didn't find the money.C. Because his mother could plant potatoes.D. Because he got another letter from his mother.30. What would it say in Jim's second letter?A. I would go out of the prison very soon.B. You could plant potatoes now, dear mother.C. I couldn't help you, dear mother.D. The guards would plant potatoes.三、阅读理解（每小题1分，共15分）An old man died and left his son a lot of money .But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left (剩下) 。