八年级英语阅读训练(二) - 江阴市祝塘中学

八年级英语阅读训练（二）一“Could you tell me where the ladies’ washroom is?” an old lady asked the air hostess preparing lunch at the back of the plane , “Yes ,Madam” she smiled and said .”It is right at the front .” The old lady walked all the way to the front . Whe n she open the door and saw four men in it, she went out immediately .After she walked back about five steps and looked up at the sign on the door , she smiled and went in .”Oh, didn’t you find it ,Madam?” the hostess asked when the old lady returned a short time later. “Yes, I did . But there were four men in the front watching television .” The hostess heard this and puzzled for a moment , and then both laughed.1. The story happened in a ____(A)hotel (B)plane (C)train (D)shop2. The four men were really ____ .(A)in the ladies’ washroom(B)in their own room(C)at work (D)watching TV3. The four men in the front were ________.(A)passengers (B)waiters (C)the hostess’ friends(D)pilots(飞行员)4. The old lady could get to the place where the four men were because ____.(A)the lady misunderstood what the hostess said (B)the hostess cheated her(C)the hostess made fun of her (D)the lady did not hear what the hostess said5. They laughed because ____ .(A)the old lady told a lie (B)they understood each other(C)the four men were in the wrong place(D)the old lady had gone to the gentleman’ washroom二One day a lawyer(律师) was walking through the street of the town where he lived；he was on his way to see his brother who lived some distance from his house . He stopped to watch a man who was beating a donkey（驴）with a whip（鞭子）. The donkey seemed to take no notice and it was clear that the man was not going to do much good by the method （方法）he had used.After a while the lawyer said to him,” Why are you doing that?”“To make the donkey go,” replied the man.“Have you the right （权利）to beat the poor animal like that? ” asked the lawyer.“Certainly I have ,”answered the man. “It is my donkey and I can do what I like with what is mine .”The lawyer thought for a minute and then told the man that he did not think that was really true . But what he said did not seem to persuade（说服）the man, so the lawyer took his own stick and started to beat the man about the head and shoulders . “Stop,” cried the man, “What have I done to deserve (应得) this ?”“Oh ,”replied the lawyer ,”this is my stick and I have the right to do what I like with what is mine.”1．The lawyer was on his way ____.(A)to see his friend (B)to watch a men who was beating a donkey(C)to go to his brother’s house(D)to meet his brother near his house2. The donkey seemed to ____ .(A)disliked the beating (B)be dead(C)make the master angry (D)pay no attention3. The lawyer didn’t think the man ____ beat the donkey like that .(A)had right to (B)had any reason to(C)was not right to (D)needed to4. Which is not true ?(A)The man beat the donkey so that it could go.(B)The lawyer didn’t persuade the man to beat the donkey(C)The lawyer didn’t have the right to beat the man.(D)The man thought what he had done was right .5. The lawyer thought ____.(A)he had the right to beat the man(B)he could beat the man because the stick was his.(C)he had to give the man a lesson(D)the man needed a beating because he had beaten the donkey.三When Mr. Finch retired, he bought a small house in a village near the sea. The house was built in fifteen eighty-eight, but was in very good condition. Mr. Finch hoped to have a quiet life, but in the summer holidays he got a shock. Hundreds of tourists came to the village.Mr. Finch’s house was the most interesting building in the village and many of thetourists came to see it. From morning till night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms thought the windows and many of them even went into Mr. Finch’s garden. This was too much for Mr. Finch. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice in the window. The notice said：” If you want to satisfy your curiosity, come in and look round. Price：two shillings and six pence.” Mr. Finch was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. Finch spent every day showing then round his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide,” he said angrily in the end. He sold the house and bought a small, modern one. It is an uninteresting little place and no one wants to see it. But he could live a quiet life.1. Mr. Finch bought an old house, The house was built in ____ century.(A) the eighteenth (B)fifteen eighty-eight(C) the fifteenth (D)the sixteenth2. Mr. Finch put a notice in the window to ____.(A)drive the visitors away (B)let the visitors in(C)satisfy the visitors’ curiosity(D)get some money out of the visitors3. After he put up a notice, Mr. Finch thought ____.(A)he could get a lot of money (B)he could work as a guide（C）more visitors would come (D)the visitors wouldn’t come4. Mr. Finch wanted to ____ .(A)show off his house (B)make a living as a guide(C)live peacefully and alone (D)live in an interesting place.5. Mr. Finch spent every day showing the visitors round his house because ____.(A)he had to do so for his notice (B)he wanted to do so(C)the visitors made him do so （ D)his house was so interesting四A close friend of mine lives with six hundred wild animals on the Greek Island of Kyklos. Ever since he left school, he has traveled all over the world collecting animals for his very own zoo .He hoped to collect at least two examples of every sort of animal on his island, like Noah before the Great Flood. But the flood my friend was afraid of was a flood not of water, but of people. I expect you have heard of my friend：he writes books about his travels and about the wild and wonderful animals that he collects .The money from the books helps to pay for all the food that these animals eat.My friend told me that when he was out looking for water last week (there is not enough water on the island, though there is plenty all round it),he found oil .He needs money for his travels and for his zoo ,and a little oil would buy enough water for a life time, but he knows that if he tells anyone else about it ,it will be the end of his zoo and his life’s work.( )1. My friend lives ____.（A）on and island in the middle of a great flood（B）at the school that we used to go to ,on Kyklos（C）on a Greek Island with six hundred animals.（D）all over the world, he is always travelling( )2. Since he left school he has ____.（A）collected books about every sort of animal（B）lived in zoos all over the world（C）lived all the time on a Greek Island（D）traveled all over the world collecting animals( )3.He pays for the food the animals eat by ____.（A）collecting two examples of every animal （B）travelling all over the world（C）writing and selling books （D）selling the oil on his island( )st week my friend ____.（A）found enough water on his island to last a life time（B）was looking for water ,and found oil（C）found plenty of oil all round the island（D）went out looking for oil to pay for his travels( )5.If he tells anybody about the oil____.（A）it will be the end of his life’s work（B）he will have many animals as he needs（C）he will not write any more books（D）people will no longer come and visit his zoo五Molly was the only little girl in her street, but when she was eight years old, another girl came to live in the house opposite hers. The new girl was eight years old too. and her name was Joan .Joan had two brothers . She didn’t go to the same school as Molly,but they soon began to play together after school.One day Joan came home, had her milk and cookies, and then went to Molly’s hous e. She said to her friend,”Hi, Molly, will you come to my house to play ? I have got a nice new game.” Molly answered, “I’m sorry, Joan, but my mother won’t let me play with you today, because your brother George has a had cold ,and she doesn’t want me to get it , too.”“Oh, that’s all right, Molly,” Joan answered quickly. “George isn’t really my brother. He’s my step-brother.”( )1When did Joan come to live on the same street as Molly ?(A)Joan came to live on the same street as Molly when they were both eight year old.(B)Joan came to live on the same street as Molly when Molly was eighty years old.(C)Joan came to live on the same street as Joan at the age of seven( )2Molly and Joan didn’t play together at school, did they?(A)Yes, they did. (B)Yes, they didn’t (C)No, they didn’t( )3When did they play together?(A)When their parents were at home (B)After school(C)When they were allowed by their parents.( )4Who was George?(A)Moll y’s brother(B)Joan’s brother(C)Molly and Joan’s brother.( )5Why didn’t Molly’s mother want her to play with Joan one day ?(A)Because Molly had a bad cold .(B)Because Joan was ill.(C)Because Joan’s brother had a bad cold and Molly’s mother didn’t want her daughter to get it, too( )6What did Joan say when Molly told her this ?(A)She said she didn’t have any brother.(B)She said her brother George wasn’t ill.(C)She said George wasn’t her real brother.( )7When Joan said that George was her step-brother, it meant：(A)It was nothing serious if she played with her.(B)Joan couldn’t play with her.(C)Molly couldn’t play with her.六Mr Smith gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday. The day after her birthday Mrs Smith went shopping. She got on a bus and sat down next to an old lady. After a while she noticed that the old lady. After a while she noticed that the old lady’s bag was open. Inside it, she found a wad(叠) of pound notes exactly like the one her husband had given her. She quickly looked into her own bag , the notes were gone. Mrs Smith was now sure that the old lady sitting next to her had stolen them. She thought she would not have to call the police; but, as she didn’t like getting people into trouble, she decided to take back the money from the ol d lady’s handbag and say nothing more about it. She looked around the bus to make sure nobody was watching, then she carefully put her hand into old lady’s handbag, took out the notes and put them in her own bag.When she got home that evening, she showed her husband the beautiful hat she had bought. “How did you pay for it?” he asked. “With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course.” “Oh, what’s that, then?” he asked, as he pointed to a wad on the table.1 When did Mrs Smith go shopping?(A) On her birthday (B) Be fore her birthday(C) After her birthday (D) During her birthday2 On the bus Mrs Smith found ____.(A) she had left her money home (B) the old lady stealing (偷) her money(C) her money was missing (D) the old lady to be a thief3 How did she get the money from the old lady?(A) She asked the police for help (B) She made the old lady hand it in(C) She got it out of her pocket (D) She took it in a secret way4 How did her husband feel when she showed him the hat she had bought?(A) He felt surprised (B) He felt frightened(C) He felt unpleasant (D) he felt the hat with his hands5 In the end Mrs Smith found she ____.(A) been lucky enough on the day (B) greatly improved herself in something(C) done the old lady wrong (D) made a serious mistake七Paris , 21st November 1783. There were hundreds of people in the streetround an enormous (巨大的) balloon. What is it ? they asked. What does it do ?Then two young men came out of a house on the other side of the street, and went to the balloon . They had some wood and paper with them, and they put it into a big basket under the balloon . Then they got into the basket. They took food with them, and some warm clothes, because it was a cold day. Then the two young men made a fire with the wood and paper. The fire was hot. and paper. The fire was hot, and the hot air went up into the balloon. Cold air is heavy, but hot air is light and rises. After some minutes, the balloon was very light and left the ground.The two young men flew about five and a half miles, and came down outside the city. It wasn❼t a very long journey, but it was a very important one, because it was the first journey in the air.Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier made this balloon. It flew because it was light, but it was dangerous because of the fire.Two years after that ,two men crossed the English Channel from England to France in a balloon full of hydrogen. Hydrogen is a very light gas. One of them was a Frenchman , Blanchard, and the other was a rich American, Dr. John Jeffries . They had a lot of problem.First the balloon flew up very high; so they opened the valve(汽门)and a lot of gas came out.Then the balloon went down ; so they threw everything out, even their food and clothes.But they reached France after an exciting journey, and landed near Calais.1. The young men❼s balloon flew because the air in it was ________.(A)hot (B)heavy (C)cold (D)fine2.Their balloon left the ground ________.(A)after some days (B)after two hours(C)after some minutes (D)on 21st November, 17833. The people were happy because ________.(A)there was a lot of food(B)it was dangerous(C)the balloon was in the air(D)they were hot4.Two men crossed the English Channel in a balloon in ________.(A)1789 (B)1783 (C)1875 (D)17855. The two men threw everything out of their balloon because ________.(A)the balloon went up (B)the balloon went down(C)it was cold (D)it was exciting八John Denere, the writer and composer of Goodbye Again, is one of the best-known American folk singers and song writers. He is a country boy by birth and still prefers the mountains of Colorado to the big cities he has visited in his many travels. He was born Henry John Deutschendorf in Roswell, New Mexico on December 31, 1943. He later changed his name to the simpler John Denver, after his favourite big city, Denver Colorado.When he was a student, he knew he wanted to be a folk singer and sang in coffee houses at night. Later he became famous. His song Goodbye Again expresses his feelings about travelling and being away from home.1.John Denver is not just good at singing but good at ____.(A)writing stories (B)travelling(C)writing books (D)creating (创作) songs2.Denver Colorado is the name of ____.(A)a mountain (B)a singer(C)a city (D)country boy3.John Denver loved the beauty of his favourite place so much that he ____.(A)travelled there many times(B)changed his name after its name(C)hated city life(D)felt sorry not to live there4.Which of the following shows the correct relationship between America (A), New Mexico (N) and Roswell (R)?(A)A＞N＞R(B)A＞R＞N(C)N＞A＞R(D)R＞N＞A5.John’s song Goodbye Again tells about ____.(A)his love for mountains (B)his opinion about travel(C)his love for music (D)his feelings on leaving home九John Hancock has a place in the dictionary because he wrote his name so large that it could be read easily.John Hancock was a rich man who took an active part in the war against the English and fought for the freedom of the newly-born United States. He was governor ofMassachusetts and one of the first men to sign the Declaration of Independence(独立宣言). Yet he is remembered best for his large signature(签名).The story is told that when Hancock sat down to sign the Declaration of Independence, he said that he would write his signature large enough for John Bull to read without his glasses. (John Bull stands for England as Uncle Sam stands for the USA). Hancock’s signature on the Declaration is four and three-quarters inches long-an inch longer than his usual signature, To day“John Hancock” can be used to mean any person’s signature.1. This passage is mainly about ____.(A) John Hancock’s handwriting(B) the Declaration of Independence(C) how an American expression began (D) how to sign your name2. Hancock is remember best because ____.(A) he signed his name in large letters (B) he looked down upon the English leaders(C) he was once made governor of Massachusetts(D) he was very rich and had a lot of money3. John Hancock made his signature so large that ____.(A) others would see it clearly (B) people could see it without glasses(C) others could read his strong will for freedom(D) the English leaders would be pleased with it4. His real reason for writing large letter was probably to show ____.(A) his deep hate for the English people (B) that he had to wear a pair of glasses to read(C) that other people also had to write in his way(D) his deep love for a free independent America5. According to the story, we know that in an American di ctionary there is a phrase“John Hancock” meaning ____.(A)governor(B)handwriting(C)letter (D)signature十Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, was not very handsome (=good-looking), and he knew he was not.One day, Lincoln was walking on the road when he was stopped by an ugly(=not good-looking at all) man .The man had a gun in his hand. He took aim (瞄准) at Lincoln’s nose. Lincoln was very surprised, but he pretended not to be afraid. He askedthe man ,“What do you want, sir?”“I’ve promised myself,” said the man,“if I find a man who is uglier than I, I’ll kill him.” Then Lincoln looked at the man’s face carefully and then said,“Please take aim at me, sir. If I were uglier than you are, I would not want to live.” The man looked at Lincoln again, After a minute, he said,“You are right!” And he went away.1. Abraham Lincoln was famous because ____.(A)he was very ugly (B)he was very handsome(C)he was a successful leader (D)he was tall and strong2. Abraham Lincoln was stooped one day on the road by ____.(A)his enemy (B)a soldier(C)an ugly stranger (D)an ugly slave3. The man wanted to kill Lincoln because he ____.(A)was against him (B)was from the south(C)was a slave owner (D)wanted to be the ugliest man4. Who was the uglier of the two?(A)The man was. (B)They were the same.(C)Lincoln was. (D)It’s hard to say.5. We can guess that in the end ____.(A)Lincoln was killed（B）the man killed himself(C)Lincoln didn’t want to live(D)Lincoln saved himself by his wit(机智)。