8上 英语阅读专项训练 2 - 副本

8上英语阅读专项训练 2
一、完形填空
A father and his son went to a kite flying festival. When they ___1___ , there were many parents and their children playing in the park. The son was happy when he saw the sky filed with ___2___ kites. He wanted to fly a kite, too. So they went to a kite shop and ___3___ a beautiful one.
The father is good ___4___ flying kites. Soon the kite was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, “Dad, it ___5___ that the string is stopping the kite from flying higher. ___6___ we cut it, it will be free and fly even higher. Can we cu tit?” The father said ___7___ but jus cut he string off. The kite really went higher. This made the little boy ___8___ .
But then, after a few minutes, the kite started to ___9___ slowly. It soon fell onto the ground in the end. The son was ___10___ to see this. He asked his father, ”I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. Why did it fall down?”
The father smiled and said, “The ___11___ of the string was not stopping the kite from going higher, but was helping it stay in the sky, because the kite ___12___ can’t fly up. You helped the kite go up in the right ___13___ using the string. But when you cut the string, it could no longer suppo rt the kite. ”
In our life, we may sometimes feel like there are certain things that are holding us back and stopping us from growing. ___14___ in fact, these might be the things that support us the most. We can really ___15___ and become better by knowing the importance of these things.
1. A. arrived B. hurried C. reached D. waited
2. A. clear B. humorous C. colorful D. awful
3. A. made B. bought C. sold D. broke
4. A. for B. to C. with D. at
5. A. shakes B. seems C. turns D. covers
6. A. If B. Though C. Because D. Until
7. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
8. A. bored B. sad C. happy D. afraid
9. A. come down B. go up C. cut out D. write down
10. A. angry B. surprise C. relaxed D. excited
11. A. stripe B. length C. pipe D. role
12. A. itself B. myself C. yourself D. himself
13. A. competition B. application C. direction D. instruction
14. A. And B. But C. So D. Because
15. A. grow up B. stay up C. take care D. tidy up
二、阅读理解
A
Friendship Restaurant
We have different kinds of Japanese food here. The food menu is in Japanese and Chinese. All the waiters and waitress can speak at least one foreign language
Tel:312-9997
Time:11:20a. m. -10:00 p. m
Volunteer Project
Maybe you want to help others but don’t know how. Then the V olunteer Project will help you. Here you will get the best idea of volunteering.
Call 822-5566 to join it.
Email address: lisa@hotmail. com
Dream Corner
Do you want to improve your English? Do you want to practice your English with native speakers? If yes, why not join the Dream Comer? Come here on Friday afternoon every week.
Red Bird Club
Do you like dancing? Do you want to show your cool dance at parties? Join us and make your dream come true Closed on Tuesday.
Call 822-331 for more information.
Underground World
Here you will find different kinds of fishes and even some kinds of sharks. You will feel that you are in the sea but of course this is not true. If you like fish, just pay a visit here.
Time:9:30 a. m. -5:30p. m.
1. In the Friendship Restaurant you can eat ______ food.
A. Chinese
B. Japanese
C. English
D. French
2. Sarah wants to do some volunteer work. She can call ______ to get some ideas.
A. 846-3809
B. 312-9997
C. 822-3331
D. 822-5566
3. The Red Bird Club is closed on ______ .
A. Tuesday
B. Monday
C. Saturday
D. Thursday
4. According to the ads, you can’t see ______ in the Underground World.
A. jellyfish
B. dolphins
C. excellent dancers
D. sharks
5. If you want to practice your English with native speakers, you can ______ .
A. join the Red Bird Club
B. join the V olunteer Project
C. join the Dream Corner
D. visit the Underground World
B
Zhang Dingyu is the director of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital. He led over 600 doctors and nurses fighting against COVID-19. The terrible disease has caused thousands of deaths in Hubei Province.
Zhang has spent the past 30 days seeing and treating patients since the first few patients arrived. In the past weeks, going to bed at about 2 a. m. and getting up at about 4 a. m. has become the 57-year-old doctor’s daily routine.
When he was at work, his strange way of walking shocked his workmates. He has been ill with ALS since October 2018. ALS is a terrible disease. People with ALS become partly paralyzed.
While he was working with handicapped legs, his wife got infected with the virus when working in another hospital. The bad news made him very sad. He cried for the first time after the disease broke out. Zhang could only find time to visit his wife after she had been in hospital for three days. Even then he could only stay for 30 minutes. Luckily, the good news came to him. His wife recovered ten days later.
Zhang had offered medical services along with Chinese medical teams to Algeria and Pakistan. When there was an earthquake in Sichuan Province in 2008, Zhang entered the city with his medical team members to offer help three days later.
“Life is always short. I need to do more to finish the things that I might leave behind, and then I would leave without too many regrets, ”Zhang said. “We are at the center of a storm, so we need to give all we have to p rotect our city, and our Wuhan people. ”
1. What is TRUE about Zhang Dingyu?
A. His workmates had known his disease before.
B. His wife worked in the same hospital as him.
C. He had little time to rest in the past weeks.
D. He left the hospital before the outbreak of the virus.
2. From the passage we can know that Zhang Dingyu is a ______ man.
A. terrible
B. serious
C. strange
D. responsible
3. The underlined word “handicapped” here means “ ______ “ in Chinese.
A. 残疾的
B. 长的
C. 短的
D. 壮的
4. What does Zhang Dingyu mean in the last paragraph?
A. He wants to make his dream come true.
B. He has decided to try his best to work hard.
C. He doesn’t know how to save more patients
D. He will soon stop working in the hospital.
5. This passage mainly talks about ______ .
A. Zhang Dingyu’s story of fighting against the terrible disease
B. Zhang Dingyu’s story with his wife in the hospital
C. Zhang Dingyu’s workmates and his hospital
D. Zhang Dingyu’s story with his workmates
C
Lucy is a little girl. She loves all animals—from rabbits and tortoises to parrots and squirrels. Last summer, her parents sent her to live with her grandparents in the countryside.
Life in the countryside was peaceful. However, one day after lunch, Lucy shouted loudly from the kitchen. Her grandma hurried into the kitchen. She thought there must be an accident. But Lucy was not injured at all. Instead, the little girl was standing on top of the dining table. She looked scared, pointing to a broom in the corner.
“What is it?” asked Grandma.
“A mouse!” cried Lucy.
“Is it huge?”
“No, ” said the little girl. ”It is just a small mouse. ”
Grandma smiled to herself. Soon, Lucy couldn’t help but join in. As Grandma brought her granddaughter down from the table, she asked, “Why do you fear mice so much? Don’t you like all animals?’
“I just can’t help it. Each time I see mice I want to shout. I don’t like the way they look, ” Lucy answered.
Grandma smiled and said, ”Oh, that’s not very nice. They cannot change the way they look, can they?”
“When I was a little girl, there was a war, ”Grandma went on. ”We couldn’t go out to play on the street. Watching mice was fun and helped me forget about my troubles. And it turned out that mice were excellent teachers. They showed me how to walk quietly. Thanks to that little trick, I was able to visit my friends who lived across the street. I also learned from mice how to hide myself from soldiers and av oid problems. ”
Lucy was surprised. ”Perhaps, ”she said, ”mice are not so bad after all. ”
Just then, the mouse that had scared Lucy appeared from behind the broom and ran out into the garden. As Lucy watched the mouse disappear, she promised herself that she would never be afraid of mice
1. When did this story take place?
A. Before breakfast.
B. Before lunch.
C. After lunch.
D. After dinner.
2. Lucy shouted loudly when she saw the mouse ______ .
A. on the table
B. behind the broom
C. in the garden
D. on the broom
3. Lucy feared mice so much because ______ .
A. she thought they were not friendly
B. they often hid themselves
C. they often appeared at night
D. she disliked the way they look
4. Which is RIGHT about Lucy’s grandmother?
A. She learnt something useful from mice.
B. She loved mice much more than other animals
C. She often went out to play with her friends happily.
D. She caught the mice in the kitchen with Lucy at last.
5. We can find the passage ______ .
A. in a newspaper
B. in a storybook
C. from a poster
D. from a notice
三、任务型阅读
A
Do you often search for (搜寻) Wi-Fi when you are at restaurants or hotels? The answers will probably be “Yes”. Most of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can’t live without it. But we can only use free Wi-Fi in some public places. We still have to spend some money accessing (使用) the Internet most of the time. Here comes a piece of good news,
A rich, large company in the USA—Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) will give free Wi-Fi to every person on the Earth. They will send up hundreds of satellites into low Earth orbit (轨道) .
This is because they find that only 60% of the world’s population (人口) can get information on the Internet. And this is also because many countries are unable to offer people the necessary infrastructure to access the Internet.
We hope to use free Wi-Fi everywhere in the near future.
B
The human body has its limits. There are many things that our bodies cannot do. But some people test these limits. They surprise us. The BBC’s Focus magazine has some answers.
How long can you hold your breath underwater?
Practicing holding your breath underwater is dangerous sometimes. If water goes into your lungs (肺) , you may die. With a little training, a person can hold his breath for two to three minutes. This is already quite good. Aleix Segura Vendrell is a diver (潜水员) from Spain. He can hold his breath for about 24 minutes. This is the world record for breath-holding, the Daily Mail reported.
How much can a human lift?
Usually, a healthy person can lift 50 to 60 kilograms. This is a safe lift. Lifting heavy things can tear our muscles (肌肉) . But athletes can lift a lot. Andy Bolton is a British weightlifter. He can lift 457. 5 kilograms from the floor to his thigh (大腿) . That’s the most that any human can lift, according to New Scientist.
How long can we stay awake?
What happens when people don’t get enough sleep? They become grumpy (脾气暴躁的) . Sometimes, they even can’t think very clearly. According to Huff Post, Randy Gardner from the United States holds the record for the longest time spent awake. He didn’t sleep for about 264 hours.
根据短文内容, 回答下列问题。

每题答案不超过5个词。

1. What is the world record for breath-holding underwater?
2. What will happen if you lift too heavy things?
3. How much can a man lift most according to New Scientist?
4. How many days did Randy Gardner keep awake?
5. Where can you read such an article?
四、首字母填空
Robots have a long history. The 1. f______ robot was made over 60 years ago. From then on, all kinds of different robots came into people’s 2. 1______. You m:robots in some films. The robots in these films are faster, 3. s______ stronger than people.
In real life, you can see robots everywhere. Robots are often used to do 4. d______ and boring jobs in factories. In people’s homes, robots can help to clean the windows and the flo ors. They can take meals 5. f______ the kitchen to the sick people’s rooms in American hospitals. They will not lose their ways 6. b______ they can remember maps easily. Some people can’t move, so many of them use robots to help them get better. Finally they can walk around 7. 1______ a normal man, People will improve robots with the development of 8. s______ year after year. Scientists are working 9. h______ to make robots walk and jump like humans. In the 10. f______, robots will even work in outer space. They can help us in a lot of different ways.。