2021年1月23日发(作者：pfg)
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八年级上英语阅读训练
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Passage 1

In the last fifty years, a lot of people have left Europe and gone to live in Australia. One of
them was a Hungarian man. He lived in Australia for a long time, and he had a lot of good
friends
there
He
always
said
to
them,
“Austral
ia
is
beautiful,
but
Hungary
is
beautiful,
too. ”Then one year he said to his friends, “I'm going to go back to Hungary to visit my home
town. ”All his friends said to him, “We want to go with you, because you often said Hungary
had been a beautiful countr
y, and we want to visit it. ” The Hungarian Australian（匈籍澳大
利亚人）

took his friends from Sydney to Rome
（罗马）

in a big plane, and then they went from
Rome to Budapest
（布达佩斯）

in a train as they wanted to see the mountains, and the villages
and the town.

They stayed in Budapest nearly a week, and they liked it very much. One day they went to
the zoo in Budapest and saw two kangaroos there.

There Australian were very happy because kangaroos were from their home town. They
said
to
them,
“Come
here,
old
friends!
Come
and
see
your
Australian
brothers!”
But
the
kangaroos
did
not
move.
But
then
the
Hungarian
Australian
spoke
to
them
in
Hungarian,
“Come here!” he said, and both of the kangaroos ran to him.

The other Australians laughed and said, “Look at that. They're Aust
ralian, but they only
know Hungarian!”

选择正确答案：

1
．
The Hungarian moved to Australia ______.

A
．
last year B
．
more than 50 years ago C
．
a few years ago D
．
50 years since then

2
．
The Hungarian wanted to go back to Hungary to ______.


A
．
see the kangaroos B
．
his home town C
．
visit his old friends there D
．
pay a visit to the zoo

3
．
How did they get to Budapest from Sydney?


A
．
By air and by train. B
．
By ship. C
．
By air. D
．
By train.

4
．
Kangaroo is a kind of famous______ in Australia.

A
．
animals B
．
trees C
．
languages D
．
plants

Passage 2

It was Sunday and Tom was staying home. After breakfast he went out into the garden and
played quietly by himself. There were no kids around and he was used to
（习惯于）
playing alone
quietly. He played with Bobby, the dog. He climbed up and down the trees. Sometimes a bird
would come down to perch
（停歇）

on top of the doghouse. Then Tom would have the greatest
fun
（爱好）

by throwing a stone or something at it. Though he never made it. He did like doing
this kind of things.

Now Tom had been in the garden for half an hour. Suddenly a crack
（碎裂声）

was heard
and the little boy began crying.

“What's the matter, Tom? ” his mother looked through the kitchen window. Tom ran into
the kitchen.

“Mum” he sobbed（抽泣）
，“I broke Bobby's plate. I didn't know it was so fragile
（易碎
的）”. His mother put her arms round him and said, “Don't feel too bad, Tom. We have other
plates for Boddy. But how did you break that one? ”

“I threw this at a bird but missed, and it went straight to the plate. ” In Tom's hand was
his father's gold pocket watch
（金怀表）
！


1
．
When did the story happen?

A
．
On a Sunday afternoon.

B
．
On a Sunday morning.

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C
．
At noon. D
．
In the evening.

2
．
When a bird perched on top of the doghouse, Tom______

A
．
would like to play with it. B
．
was very interested in it by throwing a stone at it. C
．
would like
to give it something to eat. D
．
would smile.

3
．There were no kids around and he was used to playing alone quietly. Here “kids ”means
______.

A
．
men B
．
dogs C
．
children D
．
birds

4
．
How long had Tom been in the garden when his mother heard him cry?


A
．
An
hour.
B
A
day.
C
．
Two
hours
D
．
Half
an
hour.
5
．“Though
he
never
made
it”
means“______”

A
．
Though he couldn't hit a bird with a stone or something.

B
．
Though he couldn't catch the bird.

C
．
Though he couldn't have fun from the bird.

D
．
Though he couldn't eat the bird.

Passage 3

Thomas Edison was a famous American scientist. He was born in 1847. When he was a
child, he liked to find out how things worked. He was in school for only three months. He asked
his teacher a lot of strange questions. Most of them had nothing to do with his lessons The
teacher thought the boy was not bright and was not worth
（值）

teaching. When he told this to
Edison's mother, she took her son out of school. As she had been a teacher, she taught him
herself. The boy read a lot. Soon he became very interested in science. At the age of ten, Edison
had already built a chemistry lab for himself. Ever since then, he never stopped searching for
new and better ways to do things.

1
．
Edison was born in the______ century
（世纪）
.

A
．
eighteenth B
．
nineteenth C
．
nineteen D
．
eighteen

2
．
While he was in school, Edison ______.

A
．
studied his lessons very hard B
．
was often late for school C
．
liked to ask questions D
．
was
not bright enough to study

3
．
Edison learned more from ______.


A
．
his mother B
．
his teacher C
．
other boys D
．
his father 4
．
Young Edison was interested in
______.

A
．
sports B
．
playing games C
．
making trouble D
．
science

5
．
He was always searching for new and better ways to do things after he

A
．
read books B
．
finished school C
．
built a lab D
．
was taken out of school

Passage 4

B
：
Hello! May I speak to Mr Jenkins, please?

S
：
Hold on for a minute, please I'll just see if he's in his office. B
：
Thank you.

S
：
(A moment later) Oh, sorry. He isn't there. Do you want to leave a message for him? B
：
Please
tell him to call back. My number is 6674290, Mrs Black. S
：
Oh, he's coming! (To Mr Jenkins) A
telephone call for you, Mr Jenkins. J
：
Hello! Who's calling, please? B
：
Hello! Mrs Black here.

J
：
What can I do for you, Mrs Black?

B
：
I bought a pair of shoes in your shop a moment ago. I've brought them home but left my bag
there. There's an important letter in it. May I trouble you to have it found?

J
：
I'm glad to. Hold on for a while. (To Miss Shute) Go downstairs and ask if they've found a bag,
Miss Shute.

S
：
OK. (A few minutes later, Miss Shute comes back with three bags. ) Here you are, Mr Jenkins.
J
：
We've found three bags in my shop. But we don't know which one is yours. B
：
(In a hurry)
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Please show them to me. I can tell you which one is mine.

选择正确答案

1
．
Mrs Black hurries to ______.

A
．
telephone Mr Jenkins B
．
find her new shoes

C
．
find her bag D
．
tell Miss Shute about her letter

2
．
Mr Jenkins works ______.


A
．
near Miss Shute's office B
．
in Miss Shute's office C
．
downstairs D
．
in another building

3
．
Mrs Black asks Mr Jenkins to help her to find the bag because ______.


A
．
there's a lot of money in it B
．
she must find the important letter C
．
she put her new shoes
in it D
．
he's more able than any other person

4
．
It's______ for Mr Jenkins to show the bag to the woman on the telephone.

A
．
true B
．
right C
．
possible D
．
not possible

Passage 5

Until a few years ago, only boys could become students at the university of Ruritania
（鲁
里坦尼亚大学）
. Later the university decided to take girls in. But one of the teachers, Mr Goller,
was not pleased at all. He had not wanted to let girl students in.

Mr Goller always began his lessons with the word “Gentlemen!” What could he do now?
Well, when the girl students came to his lessons for the first time, he still began with the word.
For him the girls were just not there. Then one day there was only one boy in his class among a
lot of girls. For a moment, Mr Goller didn't know what to do. Then he began, “Sir! ”

Finally a terrible day came when there were no boys in his class He came into the room,
looked
at
the
girls
a
nd
said,
“Oh, nobody's here
today!”
he
turned
and went
out without
giving his lessons.

1
．
Several years ago, ______.

A
．
there was no girl studying in the university.

B
．
Mr Goller didn't teach in the university C
．
the university let girl students in D
．
most of the
students in the university were boys.

2
．Mr Goller usually said “______”when he began his lessons.

A
．
Sir B
．
Good morning C
．
Gentlemen D
．
Hello

3
．
When the girls came to his lessons, Mr Goller was ______.


A
．
surprised B
．
afraid C
．
glad D
．
unhappy

4
．
The writer wants us to know how Mr Goller ______.


A
．
agreed to let the girls in B
．
didn't like his teaching C
．
always didn't know What to do with
the girls

D
．
only liked to teach boy students.

5
．
We can know from the passage that ______.

A
．
the boy students didn't enjoy Mr Goller's lessons B
．
we will not see the girl students in Mr
Goller's
class.
C
．
Mr
Goller
was
loved
by
his
students
D
．
Mr
Goller
will
not
work
in
the
university.

Passage 6

Rodgers and Simon were Americans. Once they travelled in Spain
（西班牙）
. One day they
came into a little restaurant for lunch. They did not know Spanish, and the waiter did not know
their American English, either. They wanted the waiter to understand that they asked for some
milk and bread. At first Rodgers read the word “milk” many times.
Then Simon spelled it on
the table. But the waiter could not understand them at all. At last Rodgers took out a piece of
paper and began to draw a cow The waiter looked at it and ran out of the restaurant.

“How clever you are!” Simon said to Redgers, “He understood us at last!” After some time,
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the waiter came back, he brought no milk with him , but two tickets for a bull-fight down on
their table!

1
．
Rodgers and Simon went into a restaurant ______.


A
．
to buy two tickets for a bull-fight B
．
to draw a picture of cow C
．
to have lunch D
．
to buy
a cow

2
．
The waiter did not understand Rodgers and Simon, ______.

A
．
because he ran out of the restaurant

B
．
because he did not know American English and they did not know Spanish C
．
because they
wanted some milk and bread D
．
because they drew a cow on a piece of paper

3
．
Why did the waiter give them two tickets for a bull-fight?


A
．
Because Rodgers drew a cow not a bull
（公牛）
. B
．
Because the waiter was foolish.

C
．
Because the cow drawn by Rodgers looked like a bull. D
．
Because Rodgers drew a bull, not
a cow.

4
．
How many people are there in the story?

A
．
Three. B
．
Tow. C
．
Many. D
．
More than three.

Passage 7

It was a pretty street with many nice houses. At the comer, there was no house, just land. Mr.
March bought the land . On it he put a building with two stores.

The people on that street did not like the stores. The stores made their street ugly. But there
was no law to stop Mr. March.

A man across the street sold his house. The people who bought it did not live there. They used
it to make things to sell.

Before long, other houses were sold. These houses were used as stores, too. Once these houses
had cost a lot of money. Now they were not worth as much money. And the pretty street was not
pretty any more.

Today, we have a law to keep th
is from happening. This law is called “Zoning
（美国的区域法）
. ”
The zoning law tells people where they can build stores and where they can build houses.

1
．
At the comer of the pretty street was ______.

A
．
a house B
．
just land C
．
one store D
．
a barn 2
．
Which of the following does this story lead
you to believe?

A
．
Stores make good houses for people to live in. B
．
All buildings have at least two stores in
them. C
．
The people who built our cities did not plan ahead.

3
．
What did the stores do to the street? (Which sentence is exactly like the one in your book?)
[ ]

A
．
The stores made their street rich. B
．
The stores made their street pretty. C
．
The stores made
their street ugly.

4
．
The main idea of the whole story is that ______.

A
．
the people were ugly B
．
stores make streets beautiful C
．
zoning in a city is important

Passage8

One morning in London. The weather was very cold, and many people caught a cold. They had
to see a doctor, so there were many people in the doctor's waiting- room. At the head of the line
was an old woman. The woman did not live in London. She lived in Scotland
（苏格兰）
. She
came here to visit her daughter. She wanted to see the doctor because she got a bad cold and
coughed day and night.

“If I get there early, I can see the doctor quickly, ” she thought. So she was
the first in the line.
She sat nearest to the doctor's door. An American came into the waiting-room, and walked
quickly to the doctor's door. The old woman thought he was a queue jumper. She stood up and
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took his arm slowly, she said, “We were all here bef
ore you. You must wait for your turn. Do
you understand?” The American answered, “No, madam. You don't understand! You are all
after me! I'm the doctor! ”

1
．
How many people were there in the doctor's waiting-room ?

A
．
A few people. B
．
A lot of people. C
．
Few people. D
．
Nobody. 2
．
The woman came ______. [ ]

A
．
from the country B
．
from a town C
．
from a factory D
．
from a farm 3
．
The old woman was
the first in the line so that she could ______.


A
．
spend less time B
．
spend less money

C
．
see the doctor quickly D
．
have a talk with the doctor 4
．
Where did the doctor come from?

A
．
England. B
．
Scotland C
．
America. D
．
London.

Passage 9

No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those
made by animals. Perhaps he grunted
（发出呼噜声）
like a pig when he lifted something heavy.
Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him---- water splashing
（飞溅）
, bees
humming
（嗡嗡作响声）
, a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As
the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.

People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen
hundred different languages in the world. Each contains four or five hundred thousand words.
But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.

The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger.
Read
as
many books
as
you can. There
are plenty
of books
written
in
easy
language.
Your
dictionary is your most useful book.

1
．
What do we mean by language?

A
．
Sounds made by man. B
．
All the words made by man. C
．
Different kinds of sound. D
．
The
way man learns. 2
．
From the passage we know that long long ago ______.


A
．
no one learned how to make sounds or words

B
．
animals taught to learn the language

C
．
Man learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the ground, and so on D
．
Man
followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words 3
．
What is the number of language
spoken in the world today?


A
．
500 B
．
5, 000 C
．
1, 500 D
．
15, 000

4
．In which sentence can the word “contain (s)” be put so that it is a right one?



A
．
I ______several dictionary

B
．
Sea water______ salt.

C
．
A dog ______four legs

D
．
Mr Smith ______glasses on his nose

5
．
Which of the following is the best if we want to make our vocabulary larger?



A
．
To use the words in every day life



B
．
To read more books

C
．
To read easy books



D
．
To look up new words in the dictionary

Passage 10

Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they
can help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out
many problems
（解题）
they can't do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers
before the twenty-first century, except the old people.

Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They
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