人教版八年级英语阅读理解训练

人教版八年级英语阅读理解训练

【方法介绍】：做阅读理解部分时还要考虑段际关系，即段落与段落之间的关系。段际关系可能是顺接关系、转折关系、例证关系或对比与对照关系。段际关系的理解是理解过渡句使用的前提条件。还有一种特殊的段际关系，即过渡关系，两个段落之间有一个过渡段起承上启下的作用。

中考英语阅读理解解题技巧阅读理解是中考英语试卷中的重头戏,是初中英语

教学大纲的集中体现,而且占分比例较大,是应该极为重视的题型之一,英语要想

拿高分,对阅读理解题目就一定不能忽视。

1.抓住文章的首段与末段及段落的首句和末句

文章的首段与末段,段落的首句和末句,一般表达文章的主题和段落的中心思想,

其它段落及句子只起补充,说明,解释或引申的作用.因此,首先要搜索目标,找出文章及段落中的主题句.了解了它们的含义,就可以顺着提供的主要线索去捕捉文章的相关信息,从而获得解决问题的答案.

2.进行合理推断

对文章有了详细而全面的理解之后,就要按照文章内容,上下文的逻辑关系,作出

推理判断.阅读理解涉及词汇,语法,句型,段落结构,文化背景等各方面知识.答题时,要领会句子之间的逻辑关系,特别是相邻句子之间的关系,这样有利于理解全文.

表示逻辑关系的标志词是连接词,副词,代词,介词短语,关系词,插入语等,通读时应特别注意.如:if , because, though, as, which, it,

3.用常识解题,熟记常用的缩略词语.

多了解一些常识性知识有利于阅读理解.如果对文章的相关背景有所了解,读起文章一定既省时又省力.因此,在学习过程中,了解各方面的背景知识是十分重要的.

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In the world, soccer of football is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years. To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup, children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called“Dream(梦幻) World Cups”in Japan. The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a bule bright sky. They wished each football team good luck by drawing the flags(旗帜)of all the countries that will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. The picture was put up in a park near a playground in Yokohama. Some football teams will have games there.

Are you a football fan(迷)？The World Cup makeds more and more people interested in football. Teenagers(青少年)like playing and watching football. Many of them love some football stars so much that they get the pictures of their favourite players on the walls of their rooms. That is the way to show their love for the World Cup as children in Japan.

1.If a country wants to take part in the World Cup ,she must have______.

A.Many football fans

B.a very good team

C.many football player

D.a big playground

2.The next World Cup will be held in_______.

A.2006

B.2007

C.2005

D.2004

3.From the passage ,in the picture children drew many things

except_________.

A. people playing football

B. pictures of some football stars

C. a sunny sky

D. flowers

4.In“Dream World Cup”,the children drew the flags of some countries______.

A. to show their love for their owe country

B. to tell the people their stories

C. to show their good wishes for the football teams

D. to show their new ideas about football

5.Many teenagers owe the pictures of some football stars because______.

A. they are interested in football

B. they are football fans

C. they think their favourite players are great

D. all of A, B and C

(B)

In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artis. So he invented a very simple camera(照相机). He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.

The next important date in the history of photography (摄影术) was in 1837. That yeat ,Daguere,another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a differentway. In his picture you couild see exerything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.

Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travellers brought back wondeful photos from all around the world. People took picture of famous buildings, cities and mountains. In 1840, photography was developed. Then photographers could take picture of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example,some in the United Ststes worked so hard.

Mathew Brady was a famous American photographers. He took many picture of gread people.The picture were unusual beause they were very lifelike(栩栩如生的).

Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were nor just cooies of the real world. They showed feelings, like other kinds of art.

6.The first photo taken by Niepce was a picturte of ____________

A.his business

B. his house

C. his garden

D. his window

7.The Daguerrotype was____________.

A. a Frenchman

B. a kind of picture

C. a kind of camera

D. a

photographer

8.If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840j, he had to__________.

A. watch lots of films

B. buy an expensive camera

C. stop in most cities

D. take many films and something else with him.

9. Mathew Brady______________.

A.was very lifelike

B. was famous for his unusual pictures

C. was quite strong

D. took many pictures of moving people

10.This passage tells us_____________.

A. how photography was developed

B. how to show your ideas and

feelings in pictures C. how to take pictures in the world

D. how to use different cameras

(C)

Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车)

A small car can hold(容纳)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤). A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.

Mr.Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and bus a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’home , the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents. Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks.

All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.

11. From the passage, a van is also called ____________.

A. a motor car

B. a motor home

C. a motorbike

D. a big truck

12. Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.

A. sold their old house

B. moved to their grandparents’house

C.built a new place for a van

D. sold their second car

13. A motor home is usually owned by a family with__________.

A. a baby

B. much money

C. more than two children

D. interest in vans

14. Americans usually use motor homer____________.

A. to travel with all the family members of holiday

B. to do some shopping with all the family members

C. to visit their grandparents at weekends

D. to drive their children to school every day

15. Motor homes have become popular because___________.

A. they can take people to another city when people are free

B. they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays

C. some people think motor homes are cheap

D. big families can put more things in motor homes

A lady who never gave up

She was a poor girl who worked to get money to pay for her lessons. She became the famous woman scientist of her time. That’s the story of Marie Curie’s life. She didn’t mind working and she didn’t care about the honors(荣誉) that were given to her in later years.

Marie was born in 1867. Her name was Marie Sklosovska then. She live in Poland. Her father was a teacher. Everyone soon saw that Marie had a quick mind.

Marie’s mother died whe n her youngest daughter was only ten. From then on, Marie knew that she would have to work hard at her lessons if she wanted to be successful(成功的) in her life. She studied very hard and was one of the best students at her school.

Marie and her older sister, Bronya, wanted to study in France at the Sorbonne. But their father didn’t have enough money to send them there. It was Marie who had an idea: she would teach at home and send her money to Bronya. After her sister finished studying in Paris, she would get work and send Marie the money to study there herself. So Marie worked very hard for six years to pay for her sister’s studies. At last it was Marie’s turn but when she got to France, her sister was married and could not give her much help.

Again Marie worked. She studied in a small room without heat or light. She lived on bread and tea most of the time. But all she thought of was her maths and science. This was her world.

After four years’ hard work, Marie and her husband found something which was called radium(镭). They were given the Nobel Prize(诺贝尔奖) for their great discovery(发现). But they were too ill to go Stockholm themselves to receive it.

Marie always said that it was because if her children that she want her work. And she discovered a hidden power and gave it to the world. It was the same power, however, that killed Marie in 1934.

1.Marie Sklodovska was born in _______.

A. France

B. Poland

C. Stockholm

2.Marie did not go to Paris with her sister because ______.

A.she did not want to

B.she always thought of her maths and science first.

C.She had to earn money to pay for her sister’s study.

3.She received her higher education (教育) at _____.

A. Poland

B. Stockholm

C. the Stockholm

4.In Paris Marie had to live on bread and tea because_______.

A.she had no time

B.she had to support her sister

C.her sister could not give her much help

5.The greatness(伟大) of Marie’s life in the fact that_______.

A.she received two Nobel Prizes

B.she was the first woman to work at the Sorbonne

C.she worked hard without taking care of the fame and honors she received

Key: (A) B A B C D

(B) C B D B A

(C) B D C A B

(D) B C B C C

1)

Korean culture is really exciting right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going crazy about Korean TV dramas, Korean pop songs, taekwondo and the Korean language.

The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series “Winter Sonata”. This love story is still popular. People, especially girls, like the beautiful story and handsome actors like Bae Yong Jun (裴勇俊).

In the music world, Korean girls are making themselves heard in China. You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox, S. E. S and Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts (排行榜).

The Korean Wave has also made young people want to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only that. Now some girls in China are having plastic surgery (整容) to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery. These stars don’t make plastic surgery look shameful (丢面子的).

Are all the faces of beautiful Korean girls not real? Find out for yourself when you next visit South Korea.

根据短文，选择最佳答案：

1. What does the Korea Wave refer to? It refers to ____.

2. A. Korean TV dramas

3. B. Korean culture

4. C. Korean language

5. D. Korean actors

6. When did the Korean Wave start? It started with ____.

7. A. the Korean pop songs

8. B. Taekwondo

9. C. the TV series “Winter Sonata”

10. D. the Korean food

11. Who is the famous actor in Korean dramas?

12. A. Bae Yong Jun

13. B. Baby Vox

14. C. S. E. S

15. D. Finkle

16. Korean stars often change their looks by ____.

17. A. singing pop songs

18. B. acting in TV dramas

19. C. trying different food

20. D. having plastic surgery

21. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

22. A. Winter Sonata tells a very famous love story.

23. B. Y oung people like Korean pop stars’ clothes and hairstyles.

24. C. Chinese girls also want to try plastic surgery.

25. D. Korean pop stars think plastic surgery is shameful.

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完形填空：

T he Taj Mahal is India’s most famous building. It is known 1 the eighth wonder of the world. It also 2 a great love story.

In the year 1607, Emperor Shah Jahan of India 3 a girl in a market. She was so beautiful 4 he fell in love with her at once. The girl’s name was Mumtaz Mahal.

Five years later, Mumtaz and Shah Jehan got married. They had 14 children.

5 Mumtaz died in 1630. Shah Jahan missed his wife so much that in 1638, he ordered the building of

6 beautiful mausoleum (陵墓) on earth for her, the Taj Mahal.

It 7 22,000 workmen 22 years to finish. The beautiful white marble (大理石) building stands beside the Yamuna River. It has expensive stones 8 its walls. By the way, to visit the Taj Mahal, you’ll have to take off your shoes and leave them at the front door.

1. A. as B. for C. to D. at

2. A. speaks B. tells C. says D. talks

3. A. sees B. seeing C. saw D. seen

4. A. if B. that C. as D. while

5. A. And B. But C. Or D. So

6. A. the more B. the most C. much D. quite

7. A. took B. takes C. taking D. take

8. A. in B. on C. with D. at

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Australia has a lot of lovely animals. The most famous ones are kangaroos and koalas.

The kangaroo is the symbol of Australia. They have large eyes and ears. They don’t walk, they jump. They use their strong back legs. They can jump at up to 74 kilometres per hour. They can go over nine metres in one jump! Kangaroo mothers have pouches (育儿袋) to carry their babies. The babies stay inside to get milk and keep warm. Kangaroos are everywhere in Australia. They are on TV, in books and in the shops. The government even wants to put them on passports (护照).

There are about 20 to 25 million kangaroos in Australia. That’s more than the number of people in the country! Some kangaroos go hungry because there is not enough to eat. They break into farms for food. Farmers are very angry with them. To help the farmers, the Australian Government kills some kangaroos each year.

The koala is another famous Australian animal. They look like bears, and have small eyes and big noses. They eat leaves from gum trees, where they spend most of their time.

Koalas have a special smell. They use it to mark (标识) their home –“this is my place, you can’t come in!”

Like kangaroos, a koala baby lives in i ts mother’s pouch.

But koalas have fewer places to live. There are about 100,000 koalas in Australia. There is a law to keep them safe.

根据文章所提供的袋鼠和考拉的生活状况，用简洁的句子完成下列表格：Kangaroos Koalas

Looks 1. __________________ 2. _____________________

Food Not enough to eat 3. _____________________

Numbers 4. __________________ 5. _____________________

Life Some kangaroos are killed. 6. _____________________

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完形填空：

Big Ben? It’s not the name of a person. It’s a famous 1 in London. It is part of a very big clock at the top of a tower (塔). The minute hands of the clock 2 more than four metres long. The clock has four 3 . You can see what 4 it is from any side (面). The name of the bell comes 5 Sir Benjamin Hall. The tower is about 150 years old. The bell makes a loud 6 every hour. On New Y ear’s Eve, millions of people listen to it on TV!

1. A. person B. bell C. place D. animal

2. A. are B. is C. have D. has

3. A. feet B. hands C. noses D. faces

4. A. time B. food C. weather D. place

5. A. for B. from C. at D. to

6. A. sound B. voice C. noise D. hearing

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Venice（威尼斯）is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn’t built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city.

Even so, travel isn’t that difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can lead you where you want to go. People in Venice move from place to place by boat. They like to enjoy cool summer nights while taking boat trips. They can talk to other people as they go along.

Venice grew out of small islands in saltwater lakes when some Italians escaped (逃跑) from a war more than 1,500 years ago, and built homes there.

选择恰当的短语填空：

Venice is a city of __1__. People built it on more than 110 __2__. Although __3__ is around the city, it is not difficult for people to __4__. Because there are many __5__ and __6__, and people can move by __7__. They enjoy taking

boat trips on __8__ and talking to others as they __9__.

The history of Venice is very long. More than 1,500 years ago, some Italians __10__ from a great war and they built homes there.

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Do you remember when your grandma told you the story of Snow White? Ah, the happy days of childhood!

But did you know that Snow White comes from Germany? It’s just one story from the 209 in Grimm’s Fairy Tales (《格林童话》). The Grimm brothers started to collect fairy tales in 1806. Their first book came out in 1812.

Why are German fairy tales so interesting? Maybe it’s because they come from a great place famous for its stories – the Black Forest.

The Black Forest is in southwest Germany. It’s the largest forest in the country –and one of the most beautiful. It’s famous for its trees and lovely views. There are valleys and waterfalls (瀑布) there. It’s a good place to start a story.

Don’t forget to bring something back if you visit. People there are good at making clocks, musical instruments and watches.

根据短文，选择最佳答案：

1. From the story, we know that ____ is the hometown of Snow White.

2. A. England B. Japan C. America D. Germany

3. How long had the Grimm brothers been collecting stories?

4. A. Four years B. Five years C. Six years D. Seven years

5. From the story, we cannot guess that the Black Forest is very ____.

6. A. large B. beautiful C. boring D. famous

7. The story mainly tells us ____.

8. A. who wrote the story of Snow White

9. B. some things about Black Forest

10. C. people should visit Germany

11. D. Snow White is a very famous fairy tale.

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If you go to Russia, bring matryoshka or nesting dolls (套娃) back with you. They make great presents.

It looks like any other doll on the outside. But if you open it, you will find a smaller doll inside. Then a smaller one inside that one, and on and on!

In a nesting doll, there are dolls inside one another, from large to small. The largest one can be half a meter high. The smallest is as small as a peanut. Usually, there are eight dolls. But there can be anything from three to 50.

The dolls are often pretty Russian girls in colourful dresses. They wear scarves (头巾).

They sometimes have other kinds of faces on them. There are cartoon people or men with white beards (胡子). They even have great men like President (总统) Vladimir Putin on some of them.

根据短文，判断正误：

1. There are dolls inside one another in a nesting doll.

2. The largest doll can be one meter high.

3. People often make dolls look like pretty Russian girls.

4. Usually, a nesting doll can be eight dolls in one.

People never make dolls look like the president.

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The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings.

Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.

The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy colour and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (装饰) their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of “hong bao”. It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones hong bao. They think it brings good luck.

The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So don’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people.

For instance, you’d better not say any bad words like “death”. Don’t break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out.

Also, don’t borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.

根据短文，选择最佳答案：

1. What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?

2. A. Family members gather for a big meal.

3. B. Friends eat dumplings together.

4. C. They borrow money from friends.

5. D. They give each other hong bao.

6. Why do people clean their houses days before the Spring Festival?

7. A. Because they enjoy being clean.

8. B. Because it is believed that cleaning will sweep away bad luck.

9. C. Because they think it will bring happiness to others.

10. D. Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money.

11. Which of the following things is not supposed to happen during the Spring Festival?

12. A. Returning money before the Spring Festival.

13. B. Saying words that have to do with death.

14. C. Wearing red clothes.

15. D. Decorating houses with red paper.

16. The underlined phrase “running out” probably means “____”.

17. A. 跑出去 B. 打碎 C. 耗尽 D. 离开

18. We can tell from the story that the Spring Festival is ____.

19. A. a time of harvest and fun

20. B. celebrated for one whole month

21. C. only celebrated in China

22. D. a time for families to get together

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Cold air. Snow. Shorter days. We are in winter now.

Winter is the coldest season of the year. It comes between autumn and spring. For us, the winter months are usually November, December and January. But that is only because we live in the northern part of the Earth.

In China, winter is the time between the beginning of winter, and the beginning of spring. But, this is the time that the southern part of the Earth, has its summer. Imagine when we are playing with snow, Australian kids are enjoying ice cream!

Winter isn’t always gray. It can also be bright. Here’s how.

Put on a holiday play and try acting. Ask your cousins or classmates to come to your house and make beautiful clothes and write a play. Act it out for your family.

Play around. Go outside and enjoy yourself. Make a snowman with your friends.

If you really have to stay indoors, give your room a clean and decorate (装饰) it. You’ll find it a lot of fun.

根据短文，选择最佳答案：

1. What does this passage mainly talk bout?

2. A. The winter season and fun winter activities.

3. B. Ways to decorate houses.

4. C. The difference between China and Australia.

5. D. The colours linked to winter.

6. Why are Australian kids eating ice cream when it’s winter in China?

7. A. Because they are crazy about ice cream.

8. B. Because winter in Australia is not as cold as that in China.

9. C. Because it’s summer in Australia when it’s winter in China.

10. D. Because they don’t have much to do in winter.

11. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

12. A. The northern and southern parts of the Earth have different winter months.

13. B. Winter can be fun if you find interesting things to do.

14. C. The writer thinks it’s great fun to clean your house and decorate it.

15. D. Australian kids enjoy having ice cream on winter days.

16. 从短文中选出一种你喜欢的活动，并说明原因。

17. I think it will be great fun to ____ this winter because I like to ____. Also, it is ________ and it can ________. I’ll try it out soon.

18. Find words from the passage to fill in the blanks:

19. In China, the winter months are usually November, December and ____. But it’s different in Australia. The winter in China is ____ in Australia because

it is in the ____ part of the Earth.

20. Winter is not always ___. You can have lots of fun. Try ____ a play and acting it out with your cousins or friends. Or you can play ____ outside and make a ____. If you have to stay ____, clean up your house and ____ it with fun pieces.

21. Just enjoy winter!

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Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes (雪花) falling. Ever wanted to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands. Well, this isn’t just a problem for you. It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too.

In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager. His family lived in a small town in northeast America. Winters there were long and hard. Bentley’s mother was once a school teacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mother’s books.

But it was his mother’s microscope (显微镜) that interested him. When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes. Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals (晶体) under his microscope.

The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all.

How could he keep their beauty forever? Bentley thought of buying a camera. The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didn’t agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming.

But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later.

For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became known as “Snowflake” Bentley.

根据短文，选择最佳答案：

1. The best title for this passage is ____.

2. A. Snowflake Photos B. Snowflake Boy

3. C. Long and Hard Winters D. Teenage Photographer

4. We can tell from the story that Bentley’s father was ____.

5. A. a farmer B. a funny man

6. C. an athletic man D. a school teacher

7. Which of the following statements about Bentley is true?

8. A. He didn’t get any kind of education as a child.

9. B. He was born into a rich family.

10. C. He was the first person to take photos of snowflakes.

11. D. He was fascinated by the beauty of snowflakes.

12. What kind of person do you think Bentley was?

13. A. He was outgoing. B. He was too serious.

14. C. He was interested in learning. D. He was very warm-hearted.

15. The “ice crystals” in the third paragraph refers to “____”.

16. A. water drops B. rain drops

17. C. flowers D. snowflakes

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If you don’t keep your self warm enough, winter can be a time of illness. During the winter months, people easily get colds and flu (流感). Many think they are the same, but these two illnesses are different.

Colds can stay with you for up to a week. You will have a running nose, sore throat, headache, cough and a fever.

Flu is more serious. You will feel sick very quickly. You will have a fever and a headache. Your body will hurt and become weak. This could last for up to four weeks.

Is there any way to keep yourself away from colds and flu? Staying clear of people with colds or flu may work.

Try not to touch (触摸) your nose or eyes if you have been close to someone who has a cold. Wash your hands, especially after cleaning your nose.

Going out with wet hair can also give you a cold!

If you catch a cold or flu, go to bed and rest. Doing this will help you get better. Drink lots of water. Stay in a warm, well-aired room. If you have a headache, or your muscles hurt, take some medicine.

1. 阅读上面的短文，根据短文内容帮助Mary完成下面的一封信。

2. Dear Mom and Dad,

3. How’s everything going?

4. I’m having great fun at winter camp. But for the past two days, I’m not feeling very well. I don’t know what’s wrong. Maybe I have ____ a cold. I have a ____ nose and ____ throat. Last night I couldn’t sleep becaus e I had a _____, ____ and a slight ____. But don’t worry. I’ve been to the doctor’s. The doctor told me that it was not ____, which would otherwise be more ____. He advised me to ____ lots of water, lie down and ____ for a few days. He said I would get well in a week. Okay, so much for now.

5. Take good care of yourselves, too.

6. Love,

7. Mary

8. 假设你是Mary的朋友Tina. 得知她生病的消息后，你很着急，立刻发一封e-mail，给她提一些建议（三至五条，可参考短文，字数100字左右）。

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Winter is a time for many exciting sports: sledding (雪橇), skating and skiing. Skating and skiing needs lots of skills (技巧). Sledding gives you good exercise and is lots of fun!

A sled looks like a boat. It can move easily over snow or ice. Early sleds were made of wood. Now some better sleds are made of glass.

Sleds can be pulled by animals. In some very cold parts of the world, people make animals like dogs, horses, and reindeer (驯鹿) pull goods or people in sleds.

People also sled for sports and fun. Driving a sled does not need much skill. The driver gives a kick (踢) in the snow to start the sled. He or she can also ask someone else for help. In a sled, there can be one person or several.

Usually, you have to lie on your back, feet first in a sled. As you travel, you move your body and feet to keep it in the right direction (方向).

There is a special sled called the skeleton sled (骨架雪橇). It’s very different. On a skeleton, you lie on your stomach and drive the sled in a head-first way. It is very fast! Many are afraid to ride it. But once they try it they want to do it again!

阅读短文，回答下列问题：

1. What are sleds made of?

2. What kind of animals can pull sleds?

3. What are sleds used for?

4. How do people sled? Describe the process.

5. What is a skeleton sled like?

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Like many other animals, swallows will fly south when the days turn cold and the leaves from trees begin to fall. They travel many miles to find a warmer winter. This type of travel is called migration (迁徙).

Birds are animals that like to migrate a lot when it is cold. About 600 out of 9,000 kinds of birds do it. They leave in autumn and come back during the warm spring months.

Many birds don’t like the cold. They need food, but plants die and insects (昆虫) hide in winter. So, they’ll only come home the next year, when there will be plenty of food for them to eat.

But the trip is often hard and not safe. Many birds fly in groups and make noises. Cranes (鹤) fly in groups like the letter V, or in a row. Others travel in pairs or alone.

Some can travel a very long way. They fly between lands. For example, the Arctic tern (北极燕鸥) can travel 20,100 kilometres. They build a home near the North Pole (北极), go to the Antarctic (南极洲) in autumn, and then come back in spring.

How do the birds find their way? They look at things like the sun, moon and stars. They never get lost.

阅读短文，根据短文内容填表（每空不超过三个单词, 最后一空为开放性试题，

可多于三个单词）：

What is migration? It’s when animals travel from cold places to find a ____. They leave in ____ and come back in ____.

Why do birds migrate? Because plants ____ and animals ____. There’s not much ____ for them during cold winters.

How do birds migrate? The trip is often ____ and dangerous. Many travel in ____ and ____.

How do birds find their way? They find their way by looking at the ____, ____ and ____.

What can we learn from birds’ migration? Animals are born natural ly to be able to ____.

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完形填空：

Your room is your own special space. It’s 1 just a place for you to study and sleep. So make it fun and 2 to live in. Here are some tips to help you.

Give your room a theme (主题). Having a 3 makes your room look more stylish and beautiful. A room’s theme can be 4 . It could be about one of your favorite things, like football or music or a colour. Pick a theme and keep it in mind, then decorate the room around the theme you have chosen.

5 , some boys like skateboarding (滑板). Paint the walls in skater stripes (条纹), and

6 disco balls from the ceiling and use skateboards as shelves (架子).

7 you are a girl, you may be more interested in

8 like dolphins (海豚). Pick curtains (窗帘) and bed covers with dolphin patterns on them. Put dolphin toys on your bed, too. Draw or paint pictures of dolphins playing on your walls. Make your room as blue as the

9 . So when you walk into the room, you 10 it’s a home for dolphins!

1. A. less than B. more than C. as much as D. as long as

2. A. boring B. tiring C. enjoyable D. suitable

3. A. problem B. flower C. doll D. theme

4. A. different B. difficult C. important D. interesting

5. A. As a result B. Such as

C. For example

D. As is said

6. A. hang B. wrap C. tie D. stick

7. A. When B. While C. As D. If

8. A. vegetables B. sports C. animals D. pictures

9. A. sky B. sea C. river D. lake

10. A. look like B. sound like C. feel like D. taste like

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During the cold winter days you may find it hard to wake up in the morning. It’s warm and cozy (舒适的) in your bed.

In winter, many animals like to sleep, too. But their sleeps can be very long and deep. This kind of sleep is called hibernation (冬眠). During this kind of sleep, their temperatures go down, and hearts beat (跳动) slowly. They take very small breaths.

Animals can hibernate for part or all of the winter. It’s hard for them to find things to eat. When they go to sleep, they don’t need much food.

Bears, hedgehogs (刺猬) and chipmunks (花栗鼠) go to sleep in their homes. Frogs and snakes hibernate, too. Frogs move into the earth under water to keep themselves warm.

Before they go to sleep, they eat a lot to get fat (脂肪). Some also keep food in their homes to eat later.

Bears are the biggest animals that hibernate. They often sleep in caves (山洞). Bears must eat a lot of things like nuts before going to sleep for a long time. They eat as much as 300 apples ( that’s the same as 60 hamburgers) each day for many weeks. They can eat for 20 hours in a day!

Bears can go into a very deep sleep. It can last from three months to half a year. During that time they do not eat, drink or go to the toilet. A mother bear can give birth to babies during her hibernation.

Other animals sleep less. Sometimes they wake up to eat, or take a walk. Then they go to sleep again.

根据短文内容判断正误：

1. Hibernation is a the long and deep sleep of animals in winter.

2. During hibernation, animals don’t breathe at all.

3. Bears eat lots of food before they hibernate in winter.

4. Bears don’t go to the toilet during their hibernation.

5. Frogs hibernate in the Earth under water.

6. Mother bears can’t give birth to babies during hibernation.

7. We can infer that fat is an important food for animals during hibernation.

8. Bears, hedgehogs, chipmunks, pigs and frogs hibernate.

阅读练习答案：

(1) B C A D D

(2) A B C B B B A B

(3) 1. They have large eyes and ears, strong back legs.

2. They have small eyes and big nose and look like bears.

3. They eat leaves from gum trees.

4. About 20 to 25 million kangaroos.

5. About 100,000 koalas.

6. There is a law to keep them safe.

(4) B A D A B C

(5) E B J C D G F I H A

(6) D C C B

(7) T F T T F

(8) A B B C D

(9) 1. A 2. C 3.D

4. One possible version: write a play and act it out with friends; act;

creative; improve my writing and acting skills.

5. January, summer, southern, gray, writing, around, snowman, indoors,

decorate.

(10) B A C C D

(11) 1. caught, running, sore, headache, cough, fever, flu, serious, drink, rest.

2. One possible version:

Dear Mary,

I’m so sorry to hear that you have a cold. Here’s some advice to help you get over it. First, drink lots of water. Then you should drink some hot tea with

honey. It works well for sore throat. Also, you’d better lie down a nd rest for a

few days. This helps a lot, especially when you have a fever. If you still don’t

feel well, take some medicine. Anyway, cheer up. Don’t worry too much about

it. It’s important to feel relaxed. Hope you’ll get better soon. Give me a call

when you come back home.

Love,

Tina

(12) 1. They are made of wood or glass.

2. Usually dogs, horses and reindeer pull a sled.

3. Sleds are used for carrying goods or people. They can also be used for fun.

4. First, the driver lies on his back, feet first in the sled. Then he gives a kick in

the snow to start the sled. Or ask someone to help. As he travels, he moves his

body and feet to keep it in the right direction.

5. On a skeleton sled, the driver lies on his stomach and travels in a head-first

way. It’s fa st but exciting.

(13) warmer winter, autumn, spring; die, hide, food; hard, groups, make

noises; sun, moon, stars; suit themselves to the environment (本空为开放性试

题，答案不是唯一的).

(14) B C D A C A D C B C

(15) T F T T T F T F

Someone says "Time is money.", but I think time is (1)______ important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is (2)_______, it’ll never (3)______. That is (4)________ we must not waste time.

It goes without saying that the (5)_______ is usually limited. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do (6)_______ useful. But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and (7)______. They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own (8)_______.

In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t (9)_______ today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we must (10)_______time.

( )1. A. much B. most C. many D. much more ( )2. A. lost B. bought C. gone D. finished ( )3. A. return B. carry C. take D. bring ( )4. A. what B. that C. because D. why ( )5. A. money B. time C. day D. food

( )6. A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything ( )7. A. reading B. writing C. playing D. working ( )8. A. time B. food C. money D. life

( )9. A. stop B. leave C. let D. give

( )10.A. lose B. save C. spend D. take

八年级英语阅读理解专项练习题

A

One day a rich man and a businessman met in a restaurant. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was brought, the rich man tasted it, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came into his eyes. The businessman asked him why he was crying. The rich man didn’t want to tell the truth and he told a lie,“Sir, I had a brother who was killed last year. I was thinking of his death, and that made me cry.”The businessman believed his story and began to eat his soup. He also burned his mouth so much that he had tears in his eyes. The rich man noticed it and asked the businessman,“Sir, why do you cry?”The businessman, who now saw that the rich man had cheated him, answered,“Oh, I’m crying because you were not killed together with your brother. I) 根据短文内容判断正（Ｔ）误（Ｆ）（５分）

( )76.The rich man didn’t tell the truth.

( )77.Thoug h the rich man burned the mouth, he shouldn’t have told the lie.

( )78.The rich man had a brother who was burned.

( )79.The businessman believed the rich man’s story at first.

( )80.The businessman’s answer showed that he was very happy.

II) 根据短文内容将下列句子排序．（５分）

81.They ordered the soup and the soup was so hot that the rich man burned his mouth first.

82.The businessman also burned his mouth and he was not happy.

83.A rich man and a businessman had lunch in the same restaurant.

84.The rich man told a li e about his brother’s death.

85.The businessman realized(意识到) that the rich man cheated him at last.

______ _______ _____ _______ _______

B

School kids Say Goodbye to Their Flying Friends

Jin Jun and his classmates at Shanghai Nanyang Middle School are not very happy to be back

from holiday.

Not because they hate studying, but because some of their best friends on campus（校园）are gone: pigeons.

More than 100 pigeons used to(过去常常) fly around campus every day, making students smile during break time.

But now, the birds are gone. Where? Now they’re all locked up in a bird cage. Bird flu(流感) has landed in Shanghai, and expert are afraid the pigeons might spread（传播）the disease if they keep flying around.

For safety, the school also asks students to stay away from the cage. “I feel sad for those birds. They’re my best friends,” said Jin, a Junior 3 student. “Last term I would bring corn to feed them, but I can’t do that any more. I hope bird flu will end soon so I can play with the pigeons again.”Nanyang Middle School is not the only one to take pigeons off campus.

Students in Beijjng Fengtai Experimental Primary School also gave their pigeons to the local health department （当地卫生部门）on February 3.

Their pigeons are special birds. In 1999, students found two injured pigeons and gave them a home. To get money for bird food, the kids sold rubbish paper They took good care of the birds, and five years later, those two pigeons had become 265!

“The students loved the birds,” said Mr Chen, the school’s headmaster. “But to keep the school safe, they are willing to give them up.”

根据短文内容选择正确答案（５分）

( )86. Students in Nanyang Middle School are not happy to be back from holiday because ________.

A. they don’t like studying

B. their best friends are not studying there any more

C. their pigeons are all locked up in a big cage away from them

D. their pigeons have all been killed

( )87. Students in Beijing Fengtai Experimental Primary School got money for bird food by

______________.

A.selling(卖) rubbish paper

B. selling their books

C. asking their parents for money

D. borrowing money from friends

( )88. The pigeons have all been locked up so that _______________________.

A. they won’t fly around all day

B. they won’t make a lot of noise

C. they won’t spread bird flu

D. they will grow faster

( )89. There are about _________ more pigeons in Fengtai Experimental Primary School than in Nanyang Middle School.

A. 300

B. 160

C. 200

D. 100

( )90. The students in the two schools probably felt _______ when the pigeons were taken away from them.

A. happy

B. excited

C. disappointed

D. angry

C

The mascots(吉祥物) of 2008 Olympic Games

Beibei : The fish stands for(代表) the blue Olympic ring. Among the five she is known to be gentle and pure, strong in water sports. In China, fish and water mean harvest. So Beibei carries the blessing（祝福）of prosperity.（繁荣）

Jingjing: The little panda stands for the black Olympic ring. He is childlike and outgoing. Jinging

is good at weight sports. His headdress means humans get on well with nature.

Huanhuan: The child of fire stands for the red Olympic ring. He is in the center, the big brother of the five . He carries the Olympic spirit. He is the most warm-hearted and outgoing of the five. He can do well in all ball games.

Yingying: The antelope(羚羊) stands for the yellow Olympic ring. Yingying is smart and moves quickly. Like all antelopes, he is strong in track and field events（田径项目）. The antelope is one of the first animals put under protection in China. Choosing the antelope shows that China wants a Green Olympics.

Nini: Nini stands for the green Olympic ring. She is as happy and lovely as the swallow（燕子）. Nini is good at gymnastics. Her image comes from kite designs, an old art style in China. Nini’s golden wings stand for the sky. She brings good luck wherever she flies.

从下列体育项目中找到福娃所擅长的，把Ａ－Ｅ填入福娃下的横线上．（５分）