(完整)八年级下册英语阅读理解与完形填空

. 阅读理解：

（A）

Dreams may be more important than sleep. Some people don’t need much sleep. B ut we all need to dream, scientists say.

Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are li ke old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer i s worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.

Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They could have been th inking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.

Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t reme mber the dream. Dreams can disappear quickly from memory.

Too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at working when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and st ill wake up tired.

1. It may be less important to sleep than to _______.

A. think

B. dream

C. work

D. study

2. Dreams and films are usually ______.

A. very long

B. in color

C. about work

D. very sad

3. The people often dream about their work because _______.

A. they are tired in the daytime

B. they are not interested in their work

C. they may be thinking about their work at all

D. they have too much work to do

4. The main idea of the story is that _______.

A. people need to dream

B. people like to sleep

C. dreams are like films

D. we always remember dreams

5. The title for the story could be ______.

A. Terrible dreams

B. The longest sleep

C. Memory

D. Dreams

（B）

All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea.

In China, for example, tea is always served when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at homes or in teahouses. They prefer their tea plain, with nothing else in it.

Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving

tea called a tea ceremony. It is very old and full of meaning. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.

Another tea-drinking country is England. In England, the late afternoon is “teatime”. Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. The English usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with milk and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and little sandwiches at teatime.

In the United States people drink tea mostly for breakfast after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots. In summer, many Americans drink cold tea—“iced tea”. Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans, like soda.

( ) 1. The passage is about ___.

A．why tea is important

B．the teatime in England

C．different ways of drinking tea

D．Chinese tea

( ) 2. Tea is popular ___.

A．all around the world

B．only in the United States

C．only in English-speaking countries.

( ) 3. The Chinese drink tea ___.

A．for breakfast

B．at any tie only if they want to drink

C．only in teahouses

D．in a special ceremony

( ) 4. The English like to ___.

A．drink their tea in a special room

B．have tea with dinner

C．eat cakes and cookies with their tea

D．drink their tea plain

( ) 5. Iced tea is popular ___.

A. in winter

B. in England

C. for breakfast

D. in the United States

C

The best way of learninga language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up(混合) and people won’t understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you couldn’t understand them. But if you sense of humor (幽默感), you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes. It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don’t understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English