八年级下册完形填空与阅读训练

期末复习－完形填空与阅读理解训练(一)完形填空You probably know a lot about the city you live in. You may even know some interesting facts about Earth, but 1 do you know about Mars? Will there be 2 there just like people on Earth?Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and it’s the most like Earth, but it’s much 3 than Earth because it’s farther from the sun. It’s also the only planet whose surface can be 4 from Earth.Mars is often called "the red planet" because the rocks on it have a dark 5 color. There are strong winds on Mars that can 6 dust into the hills.For many years, people have 7 Mars. They have sent instruments and robots there. Some of the robots got there, 8 most failed.NASA(美国国家宇航局) sent two robots to Mars two years ago. They wanted to 9 signs of water and life on Mars. Some day, humans will travel to Mars and have an even 10 look at our red neighbor. Maybe it could be you!( )1. A. how B. what C. which D. when( )2. A. water B. life C. air D. sound( )3. A. hotter B. colder C. bigger D. smaller( )4. A. heard B. wrote C. seen D. visited( )5. A. red B. black C. white D. yellow( )6. A. fly B. look C. mix D. blow( )7. A. wrote B. landed on C. studied D. lived on( )8. A. but B. and C. however D. or( )9. A. find B. use C. leave D. give( )10. A. faster B. farther C. closer D. lower阅读理解(A)Life in the 2050s will be different from it is now, because many changes will take place. What will the changes be?The population is growing fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer. Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer study will be one of the important subjects in schools.People will work fewer hours, but have more free time for sports, TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many people will go to other countries for holiday.There will be changes in our food, too. Because more and more people know the importance of healthy diet, maybe no one will eat meat. Instead they will eat more vegetables and fruit. So people will be healthier.Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people won’t have enough work to do. This w ill be a problem. ( ) 1. In the 2050s, there will be _________.A. more treesB. more peopleC. fewer countriesD. more work to do ( ) 2. In the future, people will not have to ________.A. travelB. work hardC. work longD. eat meat( ) 3. Every family will have at least one ______ in the 2050s according to the passage.A. computerB. houseC. TVD. robot( ) 4. Traveling will be ________ in the 2050s.A. less interestingB. more difficultC. more expensiveD. much cheaper and easier( ) 5. People in the 2050s may not eat as much ________ as we do now.A. fruitB. vegetablesC. breadD. meat(B)Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied with (满意) him.One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future (未来). They talked for a long time. “Have a look at your watch, please,” said the girl. “What time is it now?”“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Jack. “Where's yours?”“I left it at home.”Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his f oot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!” The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack.. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”1. Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.A. sixteenB. eighteenC. TwentyD. fifteen2. The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________.A. he's her grandsonB. he's cleverC. he can keep quietD. he gets home on time3. From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack's ________.A. classmateB. colleague (同事)C. auntD. wife4. The word “stamp” in the story means ______ in Chinese.A. 盖印B. 跺C. 贴邮票D. 承认5. Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order (为了) ________.A. to wake his grandma upB. to make his grandma angry.C. that his grandma was going to tell him the timeD. that his grandma was going to buy him a watch(C)Do you know the game "Rock, paper or scissors"? Maybe you think it's just a simple game for children. But in fact, some adults use it to make decisions and solve their problems. It is also popular in many countries. There are different stories about the history of the game. But many people believe the game came from Japan, and Japanese have played it for a long time. Later it came to Europe in the middle of the 18th century. In 1842, England founded the Paper Scissors Stone Club and from then on people could get together to play the game for honor (荣誉). There is even an international club named the World Rock Paper Scissors Club in Toronto. The club makes "Rock, paper or scissors" more and more popular. It holds the world championship (锦标赛) every year. Top players from around the world take part in it and the champion (冠军) can get a lot of money and the honor of all the fans of "Rock, paper or scissors".( )1. Who use the game to make decisions and solve problems according to this passage?A. Children.B. Some adults.C. Students.D. The old.( )2. Where do many people think this game came from? A. Europe. B. China. C. Japan. D. The USA.( )3. From when could people get together to play this game for honor?A. 1842.B. 1841.C. 1845.D. 1846.( )4. How often does the World Rock Paper Scissors Club hold the world championship?A. Once a year.B. Once two years.C. Once three years.D. Once four years.( )5. What will the champion of this game get?A. a lot of money.B. The leader of this club.C. Honor.D. A and C(D)I think that I am very lucky because I have a lot of friends.My best friend is Mai. She is 16 years old. She is 2 years older than me. We live in the same village. She is my neighbor and we are now classmates, so we have been friends for so long. Mai is tell and thin. With long black hair, she has got an oval(椭圆形的) face with big bright eyes, a high nose and a small mouth. Mai is very beautiful, especially when she smiles. She is always helpful, polite and honest. When her friends have difficulties, she always tries her best to help them. Although we have the same hobbies and interests, we have different personalities（个性）.I am sociable and enjoy telling jokes. My classmates think that I’m rather outgoing(外向的). Unlike me, Mai is quite serous and prefer quietness to noise. However, we can keep secrets together, so we are close friends. Mai is one of the best students in my class and she works hard. I like doing homework with her. She always tries her best to help me with my studies. I think as time goes by, our friendship will be deeper and deeper.( )1. The writer may be ________years old.A.6B.14C.16D.18( )2. The underlined word “sociable” means “_____” in ChineseA.爱交际的B.喜怒无常的C.懒惰的D.有耐心的( )3. The writer and Mai can become friends mainly because they______A. have the same personalityB. are in the same classC. live in the same villageD. can keep secrets together.( )4. What does the writer think of Mai?A. She is outgoing.B. She is a nice girl.C. She is careless.D. She is a lucky girl. ( )5. The best title for this passage is“__________”A. How to Make FriendsB. My Good Friend—MaiC. How to Help OthersD. Some Advice on Friendship期末复习－完形填空与阅读理解训练(二)完形填空That day was like any other day in his life. After school Michael walked past the shop in the street corner. He stopped to l the front row of shoes, and he felt sorry for himself. He 2wanted to have a pair of shoes for his birthday.He walked away sadly and thought of what to tell his mother. He knew she would give him3if she could. But he also knew very well she had 4money. He decided not to go home 5,as he looked worried and his mother would notice it. So he went to the park and sat down on the grass. Then he saw a boy in a wheel chair. He noticed that the boy moved the wheels with his hands. Michael looked at him carefully and was 6to see that the boy had no feet. He looked 7at his own feet. “It is 8better to be without shoes than 9feet.”he thought. There was no reason for him to 10so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was more lucky in his life.( )l. A. see B. look at C. hear D. notice( )2. A. gladly B. nearly C. really D. quickly( )3. A. something B. what C. nothing D. anything( )4. A. little B. a little C. much D. lots of( )5. A. at once B. then C. just now D. at all( )6. A. pleased B. excited C. surprised D. interested( )7. A. up B. through C. out D. down( )8. A. much B. still C. even D. less( )9. A. out of B. with C. without D. having no( )10. A look B. feel C. appear D. seem阅读理解(A)News1: Yuan longping, the father of hybrid rice, won the world Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the world’s first popular and widely known hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than regular ones.News2: Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don’t worry. Things will get better soon. Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books all over the country. The government said the results of the check would come out at the end of June. News 3:People will see anew star in the sky soon. China plants to send a satellite into space by December 2006. It will stay in space for one year . It will go around the moon and take pictures It must be very expensive right? That’s for sure 1.4 billion yuan!News 4: Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the word in a few hours? One day, maybe you can Last Saturday, the American X- 43a AIRPLANE MADEITS FIRST FLINGT. It reached a speed of 8,00 kilometers per hour This makes it the fastest plane in the world X- 43 A is only three to four meters long but it’s ver y heavy. It weighs1,270kilos. ( ) 1. The satellite sent by China will move around ____________.A. the moonB. the earthC. the sun D the mars( ) 2. The speed of the fastest plane in the world is ____________.A. 1.4kilometers per secondB. 43 kilometers per minuteC. 1, 270 kilometers per hourD. 8,00 kilometers per hour( ) 3. The checking of textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books will ________.A. make a lot of moneyB. make the children sadC. make sure there are no mistakes in them.D. make sure the books are not too expensive( )4. Which of the following statements about the new star is NOT true?A. it will go around the moon.B. It will stay in space for two yearsC. It costs a lotD. It will go into space by December 2006( )5. Yuan Longping won the world Food prize because_____A. he likes to eat hybrid riceB. he is a successful father.C. he grow more rice than others.D. he developed in world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid rice(B)Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small town. They have a big farm and they are always busy working on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school. The young man studied hard and did well in his lessons. It made them happy.Last month Peter finished middle school and passed the entrance examination (升学考试). Mrs. Turner was very happy and told the farmers about it.Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. On the bus she told one of her friends how clever and able her son was. She spoke very loudly. Allthe people in the bus began to listen to her.“Which university (大学) will your son study in?” a woman next to her asked.“In the most famous university in our country!” Mrs. Turner said happily.“The most famous university?”“Oxford University (牛津).”Most of the passengers (乘客) looked at her carefully. Some of them said to her, “Congratulations!”A woman said, “I'm sure he'll know Fred Smith.”“Who's Fred Smith?”“He's my son.”“Does he study in the university, too?”“No, ”said the woman. “He is one of the professors.”( )l. The story happened in ________.A. AmericaB. FranceC. GermanyD. England( )2. Mr. and Mrs. Turner were happy because ________.A. their son did well in his lessonsB. they have a big farmC. they have a good harvestD. their son studied at a middle school( )3. Mrs. Turner wanted everyone to know ________.A. her son finished middle schoolB. her son was handsomeC. her son was going to study in a famous universityD. her son was very friendly to others( )4. Mrs. Turner spoke so loudly in the bus that __________.A. her friend could hear herB. all the people could hear herC. she hoped to make all the people happyD. she hoped they would say congratulations to her( )5. Which of the following is true? __________.A. The woman was interested in Mrs. Turner's wordsB. Mrs. Turner knew nothing about the famous universityC. The woman wanted to stop Mrs. Turner from showing off (炫耀)D. The woman next to Mrs. Turner wanted to show off her son, too(C)The best way of learning a 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 will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can' t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor(幽默感)，you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don't be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your 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 is：“Don't be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”( )1. The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is ____.A. writingB. listeningC. using itD. learning grammar( )2. What should you do in learning English?A. Be careful not to make any mistake.B. Write as quickly as you can.C. Laugh more often.D. Speak English as much as you can.( )3. When people laugh at your mistakes，you should ____.A. not careB. be happyC. feel worriedD. be unhappy( )4. When you make a mistake，you should ____.A. keep quietB. keep your sense of humorC. be kindD. get angry( )5. The story tells us：“________________”.A. Only foolish(愚蠢的) people make mistakesB. Few people make mistakesC. People never make mistakesD. There is no one who doesn't make mistakes期末复习－完形填空与阅读理解训练(三)完形填空When July comes，children know they’ll have 1examinations and the school year will end soon. Boys and girls will have a nearly two m onths’ holiday，and they’ll leave school 2train or by car to 3to see their fathers and mothers.The summer holidays are the 4time of the year for most children. The weather is usually good，so one can 5most of his time playing outside. If one lives in the country，he can 6into the woods and in the fields. If one lives in a big town，he can usually go to a park to play.The best place for a summer holiday is the 7. Some children are 8enough to live near the sea. But for the others who do not，if they have the chance to stay at one of the big seaside towns for a week or two, they will talk about it all the following school year.Now，9makes children like the seaside so much? I think it is the sand，the sea and the sun，not anything else. Of course，there are 10new things to see，nice things to eat，and interesting things to do. But the feeling of sand under their feet，of salt water on their skin，and the feeling of the warm sun on their backs make them happier.( )1. A. they B. them C. theirs D. their( )2. A. on B. by C. in D. at( )3. A. go to town B. go to homeC. leave homeD. return home( )4. A. best B. better C. worst D. worse( )5. A. take B. use C. spend D. waste( )6. A. go out B. go on C. go back D. go away( )7. A. village B. seaside C. city D. park( )8. A. lucky B. sad C. worried D. quiet( )9. A. that B. which C. who D. what( )10. A. little B. much C. lots of D. no阅读理解(A)The aim(目的) of students who came to school is to study. But to study requires(需要) a right way，or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.The best time for reading is morning，because in the morning，the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason，we can get good result(结果).In studying we must have patience(耐心). If we have not known a text well，we must read it again. We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one.When we are studying，we must put our hearts into the book，or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood，write it down and ask our teachers or our parents, or friends. In any possible way，we must know it completely and what we've learned can be used well and made better.Though there are many ways for studying，yet the above mentioned(提到的) will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.( )1. The passage tells us ______.A. the importance of readingB. to read in the morningC. to pay attention to the ways of studyingD. to have patience in studying( )2. The passage has taught us ______ ways for studying.A. threeB. fourC. fiveD. many( )3. We'd better read in the morning because ______.A. it's easy to remember what we have learnedB. the air is fresh and the mind is clearC. it's difficult to get good resultsD. both A and B.( )4. If we can't put our hearts into the book when we read，it is ______.A. easy to understand it wellB. better to get something from itC. impossible for us to get something from itD. possible to learn something from it( )5. In studying we must always ask “whys”in order to ______.A. understand the book wellB. write down the questionsC. do with the new wordsD. get some questions to ask our teachers(B)Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts，so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.Some places on the earth don't get much rain. But they still don't become desert. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very helpful to dry places. Plants don't let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don't let the wind blow the earth away. When a little bit of rain falls，the plants hold the water. Without the plants，the land can become a desert much more easily.( )1. Why can the land become a desert?A. Some places don't get much rain.B. Plants don't let the hot sun make the earth even drier.C. People don't keep the earth well.D. Scientists haven't learnt enough about the deserts.( )2. Scientists ______ to make the deserts into good land again.A. carry waterB. grow foodC. do nothingD. study a lot( )3. Which is Not true?A. The land never stops becoming desert.B. Scientists ask the people to live in the deserts and grow food there.C. People do bad things to the earth.D. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts.( )4. Why are green plants and grass helpful?A. They can hold the water.B. They can stop the wind from blowing the earth away.C. They can keep the earth wet.D. All the above are right.( )5. Which is the best title(题目) for the passage?A. The Desert Problem.B. People Make Deserts.C. Green Plants and Grass.D. The Desert，the Tree and the Water.(C)“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings.“Cool”can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say “It's cool.”You may think, “He's so cool,”when you see your favorite footballer.We all maximize (扩大) the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new”or “surprising”. Here's an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall (瀑布) they had visited. On one student's paper was just the one sentence, “It's so cool”. Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.But the story also shows a scarcity (缺乏) of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility (可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.( )1. We know that the word “cool” has ________.A. only one meaningB. no meaningsC. many different meaningsD. the same meaning( )2. In the passage, the word “express”means“________”.A. seeB. showC. knowD. feel( )3. If you are ________ something, you may say, “It's cool.”A. interested inB. angry aboutC. afraid ofD. unhappy with( )4. The writer takes an example to show he is _________ the way the word is used.A. pleased withB. strange toC. worried aboutD. careful with( )5. In the passage, the writer suggests (暗示) that the word “cool”_________.A. can be used instead of many wordsB. usually means something interestingC. can make your life colorfulD. may not be as cool as it seems期末复习－完形填空与阅读理解训练(四)完形填空Do you know Eskimos? Let me tell you something about their life. The Eskimos live near the North Pole. There are only two seasons there: winter and summer. There is no spring 1 autumn there. The winter nights are long. You can't see the 2 for more than two months, even at noon. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never 3 and there is no night.The Eskimos have4clothes. Their clothes are made of the skins of animals. From skins they make coats, caps and5. Near the North Pole trees can't grow, for it is 6 there. The Eskimos7make their houses from skins, stones or snow. When they8 in a storm and can't get back home, they make houses of snow. They 9 these snow houses when the storm is over. Life is hard for the Eskimos, but they still 10 to live there.( )1. A. not B. or C. and D. neither( )2. A. sun B. moon C. earth D. star( )3. A. rises B. goes up C. rises up D. goes down( )4. A. cotton B. solid C. warm D. cold( )5. A. food B. drinks C. medicine D. shoes( )6. A. too cold B. too hotC. either cold or hotD. neither cold nor hot( )7. A. will B. should C. never D. have to( )8. A. go out B. go over C. go on D. go up( )9. A. take B. carry C. leave D. lift( )10. A. enjoy B. like C. wish D. hope阅读理解(A)Danny was just tired about the way things were going．His mom came to the school and went on and on about Rick Jackson．It seemed that she would never stop talking．"Somebody's got to stop that boy! " she was shouting．"Rick's troubling everybody in the neighborhood．And he loves to pick on little boys like Danny．"Mrs. Green, Danny's teacher, was concerned (担心) a lot．"I didn't know that Danny was being picked on, " she answered．"He's never said anything about this to me!” Mrs. Green looked at Danny．"How long has this been going on? " she asked．Danny could only shake his head and look at the floor．He knew if he said a word about this, he would have trouble after school．Danny hadn't said anything about the problem because he wanted to do things with the boys in the neighborhood．After all, most of them were nice to him．He hated to leave the gang just because of Rick．Maybe the time had come to find new friends．He felt it hard to make up his mind．( )1．We learn from the reading that ______．A．Danny was not a good studentB．Danny's mother talked too much about the schoolC．Danny's teacher knew something about Danny's problem beforeD．Danny wanted to get away from Rick( )2．When Danny's mother came for Mrs. Green, the matter was now __________ to Mrs. Green．A．serious B．common C．untrue D．similar( )3．Danny now _____________________．A．was tired of the school and his friendsB．had no friends at allC．was not sure what he should to with the problemD．made some new friends in the neighborhood( )4．Danny didn't say anything about the matter to Mrs. Green because ______．A．she had known itB．the other boys would tell herC．he didn't want to be in troubleD．his mother didn't want him to say it( )5．The word 'gang' in the reading means '______'．A．a place for boys to play gamesB．a group of young peopleC．a school bus for children to and from schoolD．the teacher's office(B)Two men were traveling in a very wild part of America. They had not even seen a house, only a few huts or tents. Then one day they met an old Indian who made his living by hunting. They found that he knew their language and they talked for a while. One of them asked him if he could tell them what the weather would be like within the next few days.“Oh, yes,” he said, “Rain is coming and wind. Then there will be snow for two days, but after that there will be bright sunshine.”“Isn’t that beautiful?” said one man to his friend.“The old Indian knows more of the secrets of nature than we do with all our science.” Then he turned to the old Indian.“Tell me,” he said, “how you know all that?”The Indian replied, “I heard it on the radio.”( )1. There were ______ people living in the part of America where the two men were traveling?A. fewB. a fewC. noD. a lot of( )2. The old Indian was a ______.A. travelerB. hunterC. scientistD. weatherman( )3. The old Indian could tell what the weather would be like within the next few days because ______.A. he knew the secrets of natureB. he had lived there for many yearsC. the broadcast said soD. his friends told him so( )4. What season do you think the story most likely happened in?A. SprinB. SummerC. AutumnD. Winter( )5. Which is true according to the text?A. The two men had planned to travel for four days in the part of America.B. The old Indian couldn’t unde rstand the two travelers.C. The two travelers had a short talk with the old Indian.D. The old Indian was a strange man.(C)A strange thing happens to nearly everybody at night. They turn off the lights，pull up the covers and close their eyes. Six or seven sleeping hours later，they wake up again. Strange，isn't it?Sleep puzzles science. Scientists and doctors would rather talk about why one can't fall asleep. They are not sure what causes sleep. The best conditions for sleep are good health and meals neither too big nor too small. No worries and a comfortable place are important，too. They advise against two in bed.Strange things happen during sleep. For example，they move often. You would feel tired if you didn't. You also dream. Part of your brain is still awake when you dream. Dreaming happens when the memory and imagination in parts of your brain are still awake. Experiments have shown most of us dream in color. Bad dreams may be caused by stomachache.Don't worry if you dream. Some great stories and poems were begun while their writers slept.( )1. Sleep puzzles scientists because they are not certain ___________.A. why one can't fall asleepB. why one wakes upC. both A and BD. what causes sleep( )2. The best conditions for sleep are ___________.A. good healthB. a meal neither too big nor too smallC. no worriesD. good health，limited meal，no worries and a good place( )3. You would feel tired during sleep if you ___________.A. moved too oftenB. slept on your backC. didn't moveD. went to sleep late( )4. Dreaming happens because ___________________.A. Part of your brain are still awake.B. You have a good memory.C. We have a stomachache.D. You feel tired.( )5. The best title for the passage is ___________.A. How can You Get a Good SleepB. The Strangeness of SleepC. What Happens During SleepD. The Causes of Dream。