阅读理解大赛

2014--2015学年上学期英豪学校八年级英语阅读素养竞赛班级______ 姓名________ 得分________第一部分，完形填空：（每小题2分，共40分）一、There were a man and his wife living in a village. They were very 1 .They kept hoping for new clothes and good food. The man enjoyed 2 ,and he especially liked pancakes. One night an old woman 3 to their house and told them she would let them have three wishes. They could wish 4 anything they wanted.The man had just finished eating 5 bread for his dinner,and he was still hungry.He said,”I wish I had a big pancake!”Suddenly a pancake appeared on his plate.“You fool!”his wife 6 ,”You should have wished for a house full of wonderful food, 7 you wished for a pancake.I wish that pancake was on the end of your nose!”Immediately(立刻）the pancake stuck(粘住）to the end of his nose.Then the man and his wife enjoyed blaming(责怪）each other.”It’s your fault!”the man cried.”No,it’s your fault!”she answered.What could they do?The pancake was still stuck to the husband’s nose.“Oh!”the wife cried.”I wish 8 of these had ever happened!”Immediately the pancake was 9 ,and the man was saying,”I’m still hungry.How I wish I had some pancakes!”But of course, 10 happened.( )1.A.rich B.poor C.happy D.sad( )2.A.eating B.drinking C.fishing D.singing( )3.A. left B.found C.went D.came( )4.A.by B.with C.to D.for( )5.A.a little B.a few C.many D.a lot of( )6.A.answered B.asked C.cried D.said( )7.A.but B.so C.because D.though( )8.A.no B.not C.none D.nothing( )9.A.eaten B.taken away C.left D.gone( )10.A.something B.nothing C.everything D.anything二、Many people go to school for an education. They learnlanguage,history,geography, physics,chemistry and maths. 11 go to school to learn a skill(技能）so that they can make a living(谋生）. Schooleducation is very important 12 useful.Yet no one can learn 13from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows,cannot teach his students everything they want to know.His job is to show his students 14 to learn.He teaches them how to read and how to think. 15 ,much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.It is always 16 important to know how to study by oneself than to learn some facts or formulas(公式）by heart.It is quite 17 to learn a certain fact in history or formulas in maths. But it is very difficult to 18 a formulas in working out a maths problem.Great scientist,such as Newton,Galileo and Einstein didn’t learn everything from school,but they were 19successful.The reason 20 their success is that they knew how to study.They read books that were not taught at school.They worked hard all their lives,wasting not a single moment.Above all,they knew how to use their brains. ( )11.A.The other B.Others C.Another D.The others( )12.A.or B.but C.not D.and( )13.A.nothing B.anything C.everything D.something( )14.A.how B.why C.what D.when( )15.A.But B.So C.Either D.Neither( )16A.quite B.much C.more D.very( )17.A.easy B.difficult C.the same D.different( )e B.study C.show D.teach( )19.A.both B.all C.too D.not ( )20.A.from B.to C.for D.with第二部分，阅读理解：（每小题4分，共60分）一、A Trip to the ForestOne day Bob took two of his friends in-to the mountains. They put up their tents (帐篷) and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp(营地), it start-ed to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would hap-pen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!( )1. John and his two friends went to the forest to ____.A. build their campB. find their way homeC. enjoy the mountains in the snowD. watch the trees in the forest ( )2. They could not find their way back be-cause ____.A. there was only one road to their campB. they couldn't decide which of the two roads led to their tentsC. there were no roads in the mountains at allD. everything was covered by the white snow( )3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to ____.A. John's houseB. the campC. the forestD. the mountains ( )4. The horses stopped because____.A. it was getting lateB. they were tired after running for a long wayC. they knew that they had got to the campD. they had seen John's house ( )5. The story happened ____.A. on a cold winter dayB. on a dark snowy eveningC. in a cold camp far from villagesD. at night when nothing could be seen 二、Renting a color television makes more sense than buying. Here’s why:1. The longer you rent (租), the less you pay. Each year the monthly rate is reduced. You can reach a low rate of not much more than $12 a week.2. Service is fast and free. We can have your set installed (安装) in two days. If anything goes wrong, we’ll have it fixed the same day or lend you another set while we’re mending it. And don’t forget: service and spare parts are free!3. If you don’t have an ae rial (天线), we’ll install one for you, and that will be free, too. All you have to pay is the installation charge (安装费)!4. You can choose from all kinds of models, and what’s more, if after a certain period of time, and you would like a new model, you can change. How’s that for service?5. No deposit (押金) is needed. You pay only the monthly rental fee. But if you pay in advance, you can save money. Pay twelve months’ fees when you begin to hire, and we’ll give you a month’s hire without charge.6. If you decide that you want to stop renting and buy the set you have on hire, this can be arranged—with a generous allowance (折扣) for the fees already paid. ( )6. From the passage we know ___________.A. the more you rent, the less you payB. the lowest weekly rental fee is much more than $12C. the longer you rent, the less you payD. if you rent a TV set for a long time, service and spare parts will be free ( )7. What is the good of paying twelve months’ fees when you begin to hire?A. One and a half months’ hire free of charge.B. One month’s hire free of charge.C. Half a month’s hire free of charge.D. One-fourth of a month’s hire free of charge.( )8. What does “pay in advance” mean?A. You pay the rent for a period of time before you actually get the television.B. You go ahead and pay the rent.C. You pay the rent in front of anyone.D. You will be the first to pay the rent.( )9. If you want to rent a color television, _________.A. leasing company (租赁公司) can have your set installed the same dayB. you can have a choice of sets to rentC. leasing company will install an aerial for you free of chargeD. you must have an aerial( )10. This passage is a (an) _________.A. bookB. reportC. advertisementD. picture三、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 carB. a motor homeC. a motorbikeD. a big truck ( )12. Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they_______.A. sold their old houseB. moved to their grandparents’ houseC. built a new place for a vanD. sold their second car( )13. A motor home is usually owned by a family with________.A. a babyB. much moneyC. more than two childrenD. interest in vans ( )14. Americans usually use motor homer________.A. to travel with all the family members of holidayB. to do some shopping with all the family membersC. to visit their grandparents at weekendsD. 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 freeB. they can let families have a happier life when they go out for theirholidaysC. some people think motor homes are cheapD. big families can put more things in motor homes。