2020八年级英语上册 Unit 8 How do you make a banana milk shake第七节 阅读理解练习

第七节阅读理解
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Dumplings are the tra ditional food for the Spring Festival in China.Almost everyone ea ts them that day.Do you know why they are so popular?
In the old days，people thought eating dumplings could make their wishes come true.They usually made dumplings in the shape of Chinese gold ingots(金锭)，because they hoped for a rich life in the coming year.Dumplings with different foods in them had different meanings.For example，sugar dumplings would make people's life happy and sweet in the future.Peanut(花生)dumplings would bring people a long and healthy life.Anyway people ate dumplings with their best wishes.
On Spring Festival Eve，every family makes dumplings ready early.When the midnight comes，the whole family will sit together and eat the dumplings.The midnight is also called “交子(jiao zi)”．It means that the new year comes at this time.And it sounds the same as the Chinese word for dumplings：饺子．So eating the dumplings is also a way to welcome the new year.
1．What did the dumplings look like in the old times?
2．What did people eat sugar dumplings for?
A．To live a long life. B．To live a different life.
C．To live a hap py life. D．To live a healthy life.
3．What d oes the underlined word “midnight” mean in Chinese?
A．黄昏 B．子夜C．中午D．黎明
4．What can we learn from the third paragraph?
A．Not all Chinese people like eating dumplings.
B．People love meat du mplings better than vegetable ones.
C．Eating dumplings is a way to welco me the new year.
D．People will have bad luck if they don't eat dumplings.
5．What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．Why dumplings are popular.
B．How to make dumplings.
C．When to eat dumplings.
D．Different shapes of dumplings.
B
Can dolphins talk？Maybe they can't talk with words，but they talk with sounds.They show their feelings with so unds.Dolphins travel in a group.We call a group of fish a “school”．They don't study，but they tr avel together.Dolphins are mammals，not fish，but they swim together in a school.Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in a school.They give information.They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid.They s ay “welcome” when a dolphin comes back to the school.They talk when they play.They make a few sounds above water.They make many more sounds under water.People can't hear these sounds because they are very，very high.Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium.People can watch the dolphins in a show.Dolphins don't like to be away from their school at an aquarium.They are sad and lonely.There are many stories about dolphins.They help people.Sometimes they save somebody's life.Dolphin's meat is good.But people don't
like to kill them.They say that dolphins bring good luck.Many people believe this. 1．Dolphins talk with________.
A．words B．sounds C．their hands D．music
2．Dolphins talk when they________.
A．play B．show C．listen D．kill
3．They make the most sounds________.
A．above water B．for tapes
C．under water D．in an aquarium
4．Dolphins like to be________.
A．at an aquarium B．alone C．in their school D．on a tape
5．Which sentence is NOT true?
A．Dolphins can save people's life.
B．People like to watch dolphins.
C．Dolphins always bring bad luck.
D．Dolphins can talk with sounds.
参考答案
A：1－5 ACBCA
B：1－5 BACCC。