八年级英语课外阅读材料汇总表

陵县中小学英语课外阅读材料汇总表

学校：陵县郑家寨镇中学年级：八年级

阅读时间：2014 年10月20日至10月24日报送日期：2014年10月27日

A road accident（第一篇）

Mr.Brown got up late this morning. He was going to be late for work. Lt was raining hard and the streets were wet. He drove so fast that he didin't see the red lights. He couldn't stop his car and hit a car. An old man got out of the car and called out angrily, "What are you doing? How can you drive so fast?"

"l'm sorry,sir," said Mr.brown, "l didn't see the lights turn red." Then he brought out a bottle of wine and gave it to the old man.

"It's cold today, sir," said Mr.Brown. "Please drink a little, and then you'll get warm." The old man drank some wine and became happy. He asked, "l'm felling much better now. Why don't you drink any?"

"l can't drink anything now,sir, "answered Mr.Brown "l'm waiting for the policeman.Only drunkards cause accidents,you kown!"

习题：（）1.When did the story happen?

A.In the morning

B.In the afternoon

C.In the evening

D.At night

（）2.Why did Mr.Brown drive so fast?

A.He was happy that day

B.He was good at driving

C.There were few cars in the street

D.He was afraid to be late

（）3. Mr.Brown hit the car because of the following EXCEPT that ____.

A.he didn't see the red lights

B.he drove fast

C.he couldn't drive at all

D.it was raining hard

（）4.Why did Mr.Brown give a bottle of wine to the old man?

A.To make him happy

B.To make him drunk

C.To make him warm

D.To make friends with him

（）5.We can know that _____ at last.

A.Mr.Brown was not late for work

B.the old man Mr.Brown became good friends

C.Mr.Brown drank some wine

D.Mr.Brown fooled the old man

American families（第二篇）

Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each.

Children in the US will leave their p arents’ home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on holiday.

Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.

Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid for doing some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use.

Question：translate the passage by yourself. Tell me the main idea.

Something about dolphins（第三篇）

Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.

Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don’t study, but they travel together.

Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “welcome”when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.

They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.

Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium（水族馆）. People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely（孤独的）.

There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.

1. Dolphins show their feelings with ___________ .

A. pictures

B. words

C. water

D. sounds

2. People can’t hear the dolphin’s sounds because ________ .

A. they are above the water

B. they are under the water

C. they are very high

D. they are very low

3. Which one is true according to the passage?

A. Dolphins swim together in a school because they want to study

B. They don’t study, but they travel in a group

C. Dolphins like to be away from their school on an island.

D. Dolphins like to kill people

Stopping smoking（第四篇）

All my friends a t school smoked. My dad smoked; he didn’t want me to smoke but my friends kept saying I was stupid. They asked when I was going to grow up. So I started when I was sixteen and after a month I couldn’t stop. But two years later I could feel what smoking was doing to me. I couldn’t run far, and I coughed every morning. I got very ill and decided to stop. It wasn’t easy, but now I’ve done it, and I feel better. Now I have money for other things.

If you smoke, you are twice as likely to die from a heart attack. And the more you smoke, the earlier the heart attack is likely to be. For example, a 50-year-old who smokes more than 20 cigarettes a day, is four times more likely to have heart disease than a non-smoker of the same age.

What does smoking do to the heart? First of all, it makes the heart beat faster and increases the blood pressure. The cigarette smoke also reduces the amount of oxygen in the blood. Consequently, the heart has to work harder, with less oxygen. Finally, your arteries will narrow faster if you smoke.

So if you want to reduce your chances of getting heart disease, the answer is easy ––not to smoke. Don’t copy your friends and other people who smoke. If you smoke, find out how to stop. Stopping isn’t easy, but you’ll be healthier, and ....

1. Who is more likely to have heart disease?

A. A smoker

B. A non-smoker

C. A 50-year-old person

2. What does the writer think of smoking?

A. It is good for his health

B. Smoking is bad for him

C. Is it neither good nor bad for his heath

3. What happens after the writer stopped smoking?

A. He becomes rich

B. He has more friends

C. He becomes healthier and has money to do other things.

Mr. Brown tried to get in（第五篇）

Mr. and Mrs. Brown lived in a small town near London with their child. Sometimes Mr. Brown came back home from work very late, when his wife and the child were asleep, and then he opened the front door of this house with his key(钥匙)and came in very quiet.

But one night when he was coming home very late, he lost(丢)his key, so when he reached

his house, he rang the bell. Nothing happened. He rang it again. Again nothing happened.

Nobody moved inside the house. Mr. Brown knocked at(敲)the bedroom window, he spoke to his wife, he s houted, but she didn’t wake up. At last he stopped and thought for a moment. Then he began to speak like a small child. \! Mother! ”he said. \! I want to go to the toilet! ”He spoke quite quietly but at once(立刻)Mrs. Brown woke up. Then he spoke to her, and she opened the door for him.

根据短文内容，判断正误，正确的写T，不正确的写F。

1．The Browns lived in a small town near London.

2．Mr. Brown’s wife and his child went to sleep after he came back from work.

3．One night Mr. Brown lost his key to the door, so he knocked at the front door and the bedroom window.

4．Mr. Brown said\! Mother” like a small child because he wanted his wife to wake up.

5．Mrs. Brown woke up at once when she heard the bell rang. She opened the door for her husband.

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