江苏省泰州市姜堰区2019-2021年(三年)八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷分类汇编：阅读理解

江苏省泰州市姜堰区
2019 -2021年（三年）八年级第二学期期中考试英语试卷分类汇编
阅读理解
江苏省泰州市姜堰区2020-2021学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题
四、阅读理解阅读下列短文，根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

（共18小题；每小题2分，计36分）
A
An elephant was standing and picking leaves from a tree. A small fly came, buzzing (嗡嗡声) near his ear. The elephant waved it away with his long ears. Then the fly came again and the elephant waved it away once more.
This happened several times. Then the elephant asked the fly, “Why are you so restless and noisy? Why can’t you just stay in one place?”
The fly answered, “I am i nterested in whatever I see, hear or smell. My five senses, and
everything that happens around me,pull me in all directions and I cannot resist (抵抗) them. What is your secret? How can you stay so calm and still?”
The elephant stopped eating and said, “My five senses do not rule me. I am in control of myself – my senses do not tell me what to do. This helps me stay focused on whatever I do, and so, keep my mind calm and still. Now I am eating, and I am completely enjoying eating. In this way, I can just fo cus on enjoying my food.”
After hearing these words, the fly’s eyes opened wide and a smile appeared on his face. He looked at the elephant and said, “I understand! I will always be restless if I let my senses control me. But if I try to use some self-con trol, my mind will become calm and I’ll be able to stay still.”
It is said that the mind is restless and pays attention to whatever is in front of it. But if you can control what you pay attention to, you can control your mind.
51. Which word is closest i n meaning to “still”?
A. Noisy.
B. Calm.
C. Restless.
D. Interested.
52. The fly thought he moved around a lot because __________.
A. he had nowhere to land
B. he couldn’t see things clearly
C. he was interested in everything around him
D. his five senses couldn’t work with each other
53. According to the elephant, what is the key to staying calm?
A. Being in control of one’s senses.
B. Focusing on many things at the same time.
C. Being able to find peace.
D. Being fond of eating.
54. What does the story teach us?
A. We should stay still and calm.
B. We should control what we pay attention to.
C. We should pay attention to our feelings.
D. We should focus on more than one thing.
B
There were two tribes (部落) of people in the Andes – one that lived in the lowlands and the other high in the mountains. The mountain people attacked the lowlanders one day, and as part of their attack, they took a lowlander baby with them back up into the mountains.
The lowlanders did n’t know how to climb the mountain. They didn’t know any of the trails (路径) that the mountain people used, and they didn’t know where to find the mountain people or how to find them. Even so, they sent out their best fighters to climb the mountain and bring the baby home.
The men tried to climb the mountain. They tried one trail, then the next, and then another. After several days, they had climbed only several hundred feet. Feeling hopeless, they decided that the cause was lost and they prepared to return to their village below.
As they were getting ready to go back down the mountain, they saw the baby’s mother walking toward them. They realized that she was coming down the mountain that they hadn’t figured out how to climb. Then they saw that she had the baby on her back. How could that be?
One man went up to her and said, “We couldn’t climb this mountain. How did you do this when we, the strongest and most able men in the village, couldn’t do it?” She shrugged (耸肩) and said, “It wasn’t your baby.”
55. What was the lowland fighters’ task?
A. To find more trails up the mountain.
B. To teach the mountain people a lesson.
C. To secretly attack the mountain people.
D. To take the baby back from the mountain people.
56. The fighters decided to go back to their village because ________.
A. they were out of food
B. their village was attacked again
C. they failed to climb the mountain
D. they saw a woman with the baby
57. How might the fighters have felt after seeing the mother with her baby?
A. Surprised.
B. Hopeless.
C. Worried.
D. Satisfied.
58. What is the theme of the story?
A. The importance of learning.
B. A mother’s love for her baby.
C. Men have little love for babies.
D. Men are not as strong as women.
C
Looking for a fun Earth Day activity? You may try picking up litter while running slowly. It may sound strange, but the new “sport” is becoming very popular with runners all over the world. Many of them put the pictures holding bags of rubbish on social media after that.
Erik Ahlstrom came up with the idea. Early in 2016, Ahlstrom became bored with the growing rubbish on the road during his daily bike ride to his planting farm. Since picking up rubbish while on his bike was hard to do, Ahlstrom began joining the activity into his daily runs.
“I was surprised at so much junk in nature,” he said to people around. “The same bottle could lie on the road for several weeks without anyone picking it up, so I started doing it. I felt happy to clean up even a small p lace.”
Other joggers soon joined Ahlstrom. By the end of 2016, the activity became so popular that official “plogging” events took place all across Sweden. Many groups of runners also took part in it. As plogging became popular on social media, the new “sport” started to spread beyond Sweden, first to other European countries and then worldwide now. The official online “Plogga” group now has members from over 40 countries, from the United States to Thailand and Ecuador. Many school running clubs are also getting in on the action, posting photographs of themselves after going plogging together, or staging competitions that reward the runner with the heaviest trash bag.
59.How do people show the activity “picking up litter while running”?
A. By having a party in public.
B. By making short videos on the Internet.
C. By putting the pictures on social media.
D. By handing out the ads in public.
60. What does Erik Ahlstrom probably do?
A. A professional runner.
B. A farmer.
C. A reporter.
D. An environmental worker.
61. What does the underlined word “joggers” mean in English?
A. Runners.
B. Cleaners.
C. V olunteers.
D. Organizers.
62. Where is this new “sport” popular now?
A. In Ahlstrom’s hometown.
B. In Sweden.
C. In European countries.
D. All over the world.
63. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. A fun Earth Day
B. Erik Ahlstrom’s job
C. Picking up litter while running
D. A special running race
D
“Clear your plate. Say no to waste.” “Don’t waste a grain of food.” In the cafeterias (自助餐厅) of schools and companies across China, banners (横幅) like these have been put up everywhere. They are part of a nationwide campaign (活动) to cut down on food waste in China.
Food waste has become a big problem these days. According to the United Nations, 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted every year--- that’s about a third of the world’s total food. In China alone, the restaurants wasted 17 to 18 million tons of food a year from 2013 to 2015. That could
feed 30 to 50 million people for a whole year, according to Chinese Academy of Sciences.
To push for the campaign , restaurants and catering associations (餐饮协会) in more than 18 provinces in China have all taken action to control food waste.
In Shanxi province, for example, restaurants have been asked to serve half portions (半份) to avoid waste. The Wuhan Catering association suggested that restaurants use the “N-1 mode”. For example, a group of 10 diners should only order enough for nine people at first. More food is only bro ught to the table if required. If people can’t finish their meals, they are also encouraged to take the leftovers (剩菜) home.
A related online activity has been launched on Sina Weibo. Users share photos or videos of empty plates after finishing their meals. Lots of famous pop stars have joined in and asked their fans to develop the habit of saving food. On Wechat, a mini-program called “Cleat Plate” invites people to exchange pictures of their empty plates for credit points (信用分). People can use the credit to buy things or donate food to children in poor areas.
“We hope our efforts can become popular among the younger generation, encouraging them to carry out the virtue (美德) of saving food and developing the habit of thrift,” said Liu Jichen, developer of the mini-program.
64. What do we know from Paragraph 2?
A. Food waste has caused many problems.
B. The UN is wasting a lot of food each year.
C. About 30 percent of the world’s total food is wasted each year.
D. There are over 30 million tons of food waste in China every year.
65. According to the “N-1 mode”, diners in a restaurant ________.
A. can order half-portioned dishes
B. have to take their leftovers home
C. should order enough food for each person
D. order dishes as if (似乎) there were one fewer person
66. What are Paragraph 3-5 mainly about?
A. How famous pop stars encourage their fans to save food.
B. How people take action to control food waste.
C. Food saving compaigns on social media.
D. Why online compaigns are necessary.
67. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
A. Food waste has become a big problem in China these days.
B. Many provinces in China have taken action to control food waste.
C. People can not be encouraged to take the leftovers home.
D. People can use the credit to buy things or donate food to children in poor areas.
68. What does the underlined word “thrift” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Eating at home.
B. Not wasting things.
C. Sharing with others.
D. Getting credit points.
答案：
51-54BCAB 55-58DCAB 59-63CBADC 64-68CDBCB
江苏省泰州市姜堰区2019-2020学年八年级下学期期中学情调查英语试题
四、阅读理解阅读下列短文, 根据内容选择最佳答案。

(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
A
Boys and girls, do you have any wonderful ideas in mind? Are you looking for a way to express your feelings? Come and join the Writers Club! Here you can work on new writing, finish your own writing projects, and help others check their work. Mr. Mitchell wants to work with students who are interested in writing and exploring ideas.
Time Every Tuesday from 2: 30-3: 30
Contact Mr. Mitchell Brian-mitchell@ scusd. edu
A. Meet famous writers.
B. Read classical books.
C. Shout out your feelings.
D. Check others’ writings.
57. Students can take the writing courses ______.
A. at school
B. every Thursday
C. on the Internet
D. at any time
58. How long does a lesson last?
A. For one hour.
B. For two and a half hours.
C. For two hours.
D. For three hours and a half.
59. How can you contact Mr. Mitchell?
A. By making a phone call.
B. By sending an email.
C. By leaving a short note.
D. By visiting his home.
60. Which of the following sentences is TRUE about this poster?
A. Students can go to the club twice a week.
B. Mr. Mitchell is the organizer of this club.
C. Both young and old can join the writers club.
D. The purpose(目的) of this club is to make friends.
B
The year 2022 will be a big year for sports in China, for it will hold not only the 24th Winter Olympics in Beijing, but also the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.
On August 6th, 2018, the official emblem(会徽) for the Hangzhou Asian Games came out. The city won the hosting rights for the 2022 Asian Games in 2015. It will be the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games after Beijing and Guangzhou in 1990 and 2010.
First held in 1951, the Asian Games is important not only in Asia but also means a lot to China. The Beijing Asian Games was once the first large international sports event that was hosted by China. To make the Games a great success, Chinese people worked hard to prepare. Beijing built a great number of roads and stadiums(体育馆), including the famous Beijing Olympic Sports Centre and Asian Games village. The Games helped the world see China and its achievements.
For the coming 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou has already started building 33 sports venues. The themes for the Hangzhou Asian Games are “green, smart, economical(节俭) and civilized(文明).” All the Games’ buildings will be environmentally friendly.
61. Which city will host the 2022 Asian Games?
A. Shanghai.
B. Beijing.
C. Guangzhou.
D. Hangzhou.
62. According to the second paragraph, China ________ in 2015.
A. hosted the Beijing and Guangzhou Asian Games
B. had two cities for the international sports events
C. won the hosting rights for the 2022 Asian Games
D. told people the emblem for the 2022 Asian Games
63. Which of the following is NOT true about the Beijing Asian Games?
A. China held it in 1951 for the first time.
B. It helped the world know China better.
C. Beijing built lots of roads and stadiums for it.
D. It was China’s first large international sports event.
64. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Hangzhou is the best place to hold the Asian Games.
B. A large number of tourists will visit Hangzhou in 2022.
C. More and more people will live and work in Hangzhou.
D. The 2022 Asian Games will do a lot on the environment.
65. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. How to prepare for the 2022 Asian Games.
B. The history of the Asian Games in China.
C. Why China wants to host the Asian Games.
D. How to design the Asian Games emblem.
C
What is 5G? It is the fifth generation(代) of mobile network technology. These new networks are coming.
China issued commercial license(发放商用牌照) for 5G on June 6, 2019. This means that China’s telecom(中国电信) companies have been able to offer 5G networks for mobile phone users.
Each mobile network generation is faster and more powerful than the one before it. 1G let us talk to each other. 2G let us send messages. 3G gave us data (数据) and the Internet. And 4G made all of these things faster. What’s special about 5G?
5G has a very short delay (延时) between sending and receiving information. Now, 4G takes about 100 to 200 milliseconds(毫秒) to send and receive data. But 5G will get it down to 1 millisecond. This big change will not only make our mobile Internet faster, but also deeply change our lives.
Entertainment(娱乐)
5G networks are about 100 times faster than 4G. This means you can download (下载) a movie in seconds.
Transportation
5G will also bring us safer self-driving cars. These cars can send signals(信号) to each other. 5G will allow cars to react(反应) even faster than real drivers.
Smart homes
5G also makes the Internet of things possible. Internet of things is a large network that connects everything to the Internet. Smart homes are part of it. For example, If its sensor feels the air becoming dry, a smart sprinkler(喷壶) can water your plants by itself.
66. How many generations of mobile network technology have been in use in China so far?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
67. What happened on 6 June, 2019 according to the passage?
A. 5G was invented by Chinese.
B. Mobile phone users could talk to each other.
C. China issued commercial license for 5G.
D. 5G was known by people home and abroad.
68. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Plants can be watered by a smart sprinkler with 5G.
B. People has stopped using 4G in our life because of 5G.
C. 5G is faster and more powerful than 4G.
D. We can download a movie faster with 5G.
69. If it takes you about two hours to download a film with 4G network, how long does it take you
to download it with 5G network?
A. About 2 seconds.
B. Less than 2 minutes.
C. About 10 minutes.
D. More than 20 minutes.
70. What’s the main idea of the pas sage?
A. Each mobile network generation has its own advantages(优点).
B. 5G will bring us safer self-driving cars.
C. Mobile phone users can use 5G networks
D. 5G will change our lives in many ways.
答案：
56-60DCABB 61-65DCADB 66-70 DCBBD
江苏省泰州市姜堰区2018-2019学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题
四、阅读理解阅读下列短文, 根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

（共15小题; 每小题2分，计30分）
A
Mr. and Mrs. Black opened a small restaurant. In order to attract customers, they put a notice in front of the restaurant that said “Meals on the House for Three Days.”
A foreign student wh o didn’t know much English happened to pass by the restaurant on the second day. It was lunchtime and he felt very hungry. “Well, here is a restaurant. I am going to have something to eat.”
He walked towards the restaurant when he saw the notice. “American people are really strange. They even eat dinners on their houses! But how can I get up to the top of the house?” he said to himself.
He looked around and found a ladder against a tree nearby. He started climbing up. But as he reached the top, he heard someone shouting at him.
“He y, what are you doing up there?” Mr. Black shouted at him. Next to him was a policeman.“Doesn’t your notice say ‘Meals on the House for Three Days’? Is it just a joke?” the foreign student answered.
On hearing this, both Mr. Blac k and the policeman laughed. “Do you know what ON THE HOUSE means? Look it up in the dictionary,” the policeman said.
56. How did Mr. and Mrs. Black attract customers?
A. They played jokes on them.
B. They offered them meals 24 hours a day.
C. They let them enjoy meals on the top of their house.
D. They put up a notice in front of their restaurant.
57. How much English did the foreign student know?
A. A lot.
B. A little.
C. None.
D. An average amount.
58. The foreign student decided to have _____ at Mr. Black’s restaurant.
A. breakfast
B. lunch
C. dinner
D. nothing
59. Mr. Black and the policeman laughed at the young man because _____.
A. he climbed up trees
B. he was very hungry
C. he misunderstood the notice
D. he was a foreign student
60. The phrase “on the house” probably means “_____”.
A. 免费的
B. 屋上的
C. 家常的
D. 美味的
B
It has been forty years since China’s Reform and Opening-up(改革开放). Let’s see how China has changed through the years.
millennium(一千年) and led to a whole new era(时代) as China joined the World Trade Organization(WTO). From 2001 to 2017, China’s average(平均) growth of the import(进口) of goods and services was more than twice the world’s average.
2008—2018：New Beginning
Shanghai, a city of long-time business culture, is alwa ys a step ahead in China’s foreign trade. With the successful hosting of China’s first import expo(展览会) in November 2018, the city went on to develop China’s import business. The expo will be remembered as a new beginning for China’s import history.
61. Which picture shows the scene of China’s New Look?
A. B. C. D.
62. Which of the following can be put in ▲ ?
A. West Meets East
B. New Way of Living
C. All Over the World
D. Never Forget Old Times
63. How did Chinese people feel when the first McDonald’s appeared in China?
A. Interested
B. Unhappy
C. Strange
D. Worried
64. What can we learn after China joined the WTO?
A. Chinese people began to travel abroad.
B. China grew very fast in its imports.
C. China became more and more popular.
D. Foreigners bought a lot of products from China.
65. When and where was China’s first import expo held?
A. In Shanghai, in November, 2001.
B. In Shenzhen, in November, 2001.
C. In Shanghai, in November 2018.
D. In Shenzhen, in November, 2018.
C
How we spend our time can be divided into three groups, or “jars”. These would be the necessary tasks jar, the voluntary tasks jar and the happiness jar.
Every day, we spend time filling the necessary tasks jar. We fill this jar with useful things, like making money, housework, buying food. We then fill another jar with voluntary tasks. These are things that we do for others, but we may not enjoy them, such as taking children to activities and cooking family me als. Those jars are very important. If we don’t fill them each day, our family won’t be happy.
However, we often forget to fill the third jar --- the happiness jar. This is the jar that we fill with activities to make us happy. Is your happiness jar sometimes empty at the end of the day? We all have days like that. Between doing all the necessary and voluntary tasks, time flies quickly and before we know it, it is time for bed.
That is why each day we try to fill our happiness jar. Most days, I fill mine by going to the ballroom dance(社交舞) class with my husband and daughter. Between the music, the dancing and the friendship among the students, I always leave classes happier than when I entered.
Music is another way to make me happy. This week, I was glad to take part in an orchestra(管弦乐队) practice at my church(教堂). A small group of us met to practice Christmas music for a church service. It was a time of fun, friendship and music making. At the end of the evening, my happiness jar was full.
This week, think about how you spent your time. Are you doing enough activities that bring joy to your life? Or are the necessary and voluntary tasks eating up all your time? Try to find ways to achieve a balance(获得平衡) among your three jars. At the end of the day, hopefull y we’ve done all we can to make sure that our happiness jar is filled.
66. How many groups can we divide our time into?
A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four.
67. Which of the following is TRUE about the writer?
A. She is always unhappy when she goes to the dance club.
B. She goes to the ballroom dance class to make herself happy every day.
C. Dancing and music are the two usual ways that she makes herself happy.
D. She takes her husband and daughter to dance club in order to make them happy.
68. What can we do to fill the happiness jar according to the passage?
A. Wash clothes
B. Watch a film
C. Mop the floor
D. Look after children
69. What can we know from Paragraph 4 and 5?
A. The writer took a class at church to practice music.
B. The writer finds friendship is important for her happiness.
C. The writer was invited to join an orchestra as she is good at singing.
D. The writer was going to listen to music at church at Christmas.
70. The writer wrote this article mainly to _______________.
A. tell readers how to relax in daily life
B. tell readers the best way to use their time
C. remind readers to take time to make themselves happy
D. tell the importance of necessary and voluntary tasks
答案：
56—60 DBBCA 61—65 AAABC 66—70 CCBBC。