厦门市六中八年级英语阅读理解专题

厦门市六中八年级英语阅读理解专题
一、八年级英语下册阅读理解专项训练
1．阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

The best way to teach your children to live a green lifestyle is to live that green lifestyle yourself. When kids see you picking up rubbish from the park, they see value（价值）in keeping public places clean Use these tips to introduce your children to green living：
Use public transport. Use the car only when necessary; at other times, take trains and buses with your children.
Ask for their help. Younger children often love grown-up activities. So have them carry a small bag of food waste to the bin, or let them help separate（分开）your recycling. Older children may want to take part in the activities like cleaning up the neighbourhood and organizing the daily recycling If they're not very interested, make environment-friendly activities a family-time priority （优先事项）
_________________________ Petting farms for younger kids may help prevent（防止）farm animals from becoming something that they see only in books or on television. Many people believe that wild animals shouldn't be kept in any kind of zoos, but they do offer a valuable educational and conservation（保护）lesson. So if you want to visit a zoo, find a zoo that provides its animals with as natural an environment as possible
（1）Who is the passage written for?
A. Children at school.
B. School teachers.
C. Parents with young kids.
D. Wild Animal lovers.
（2）How many tips for children green living are there in the passage?
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
D. Five.
（3）Which is the best sentence for ___________ in Paragraph 4?
A. Protect the wildlife
B. Wildlife around us
C. Valuable lessons from zoos
D. Introduce them to wildlife
（4）What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The importance of green living
B. How to reduce pollution
C. The ways to live a green life
D. How to make children live green
2．阅读理解
Welcome to London! Now let me tell you something about this wonderful city. London, the capital of the United Kingdom, is the biggest city in Western Europe with over 7 million people. It sits by the River Thames. London has a history of more than 2, 000 years. Because of its long history and different cultures, London is a very famous city in the world. People all over the world
are familiar with the city's red double-decker（双层的）buses and black taxis.
People
The British Empire used to（过去常常）rule around the world, so many people from around the world moved to London. They have brought with them their own languages and cultures. More than 300 different languages are spoken in London.
Culture
London is known for its museums. One important museum is British Museum. It is the oldest public museum in the world. There are two main art museums in London the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery. Besides, London is also home to arts, such as theater and music. The Globe Theater, which was popular in the late
16th and 17th centuries, was opened for performances of William Shakespeare's plays.
Tourist attractions
London has many wonderful places to visit. For example, the well-known Clock Tower, a 320-foot-hightower, was called the Big Ben. Another famous London building is Buckingham Palace. The members of royal（皇家的）family of England live there. Besides, Hyde Park is the largest open area in central London.
（1）What's the population of London?
A. Less than 7 million.
B. Only 7 million.
C. More than 7 million.
D. Nearly 7 million.（2）How many museums are there in London according to the passage?
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
D. Five.
（3）The members of royal family of England live in.
A. the big Ben
B. Buckingham Palace
C. Hyde Park
D. British Museum （4）Which of the following is NOT mentioned（提及）in the passage?
A. The location of London.
B. The history of London.
C. The interesting places in London.
D. The food in London.
3．阅读理解
Mary complained to her father about how hard she thought life was. She didn't know how to make it and wanted to give up.
Mary's father took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and put each on a big fire. Soon the pots started to boil（沸腾）. In one he put carrots, in the second he put eggs, and in the last he put coffee powder. He watched them boil, without saying a word.
Mary waited, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the fire. He took the carrots and eggs out and put them on different plates. Then he poured the coffee in a cup. He asked, "Mary, what do you see?"
He asked Mary to touch the carrots. She found that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. She saw a hard-boiled egg after taking off the shell. Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. Its rich smell brought a smile to her face.
Each of them had the same trouble, but each reacted differently. The carrot was strong and hard at first, but it became soft and weak. The egg was weak, too. But after going through the boiling water, its inside became hard. The coffee powder changed the water, and created something new. "Which one is you?" he asked Mary. "When trouble comes to you, are you a
carrot, an egg, or the coffee powder?"
（1）Mary complained to her father about .
A. how sad her school life was
B. how bad the weather was recently
C. how hard she thought life was
D. how unlucky she was recently
（2）What's the meaning of the underlined word "rich" in Paragraph 4?
A. Having a lot of money.
B. Strong and pleasant.
C. Containing a lot of something.
D. Full of interesting or important facts.
（3）Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The coffee powder changed the water into coffee.
B. The hard-boiled egg used to be hard inside.
C. The boiling water is the same challenge for the three.
D. After going through the boiling water, the carrots became soft.
（4）What does Mary's father want to tell her the most?
A. Hard carrots turn soft in boiling water.
B. Learn from the hard-boiled egg when facing trouble.
C. Always ask for help when you don't know what to do.
D. If you can't change the situation，change yourself.
4．阅读理解
A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner. His father was very old and weak. So while his father was eating, he always dropped（落下）food on his clothes. Many people in the restaurant watched him in disgust（厌恶地）, but his son kept quiet.
After he finished eating, his son quietly took him to the washroom, washing the food and the other dirty things carefully. When they came out, the whole restaurant was watching them in silence. The son paid the waiter for their food and started walking out with his father.
At that time, an old man in the restaurant called out to the son and asked him, "Don't you think you have left something behind？"
"No sir, I haven't," the son replied.
"Yes, you have! You left a lesson for every son and hope for every father," the old man said.
The restaurant went silent. No one said anything.
（1）Why did the father always drop food on his clothes?
A. Because he was very careless.
B. Because he was very old and weak.
C. Because his son didn't care about him.
D. Because the waiter was very careless.
（2）What did the son do after dinner?
A. He went home straight with his father.
B. He had a fight with the waiter.
C. He talked with the old man happily.
D. He helped his father wash the food and other dirty things.
（3）According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE？
A. The son was angry with the other people.
B. The son was patient （耐心地） with his father.
C. The son didn't pay for the food.
D. The other people were angry with the son.（4）From the story, we can learn that
A. the son should care for his father
B. the father should look after his son
C. the son should take his father to eat dinner
D. the son should leave something after dinner
5．阅读理解
Police aren't sure how else to explain it. But when a policeman walked into an apartment on Thursday night to answer a 911 call, a cat was lying by a telephone on the floor. The cat's owner, Gary, was on the ground near his bed having fallen out of his wheelchair.
Gary said his cat, Tommy, must have hit the right buttons（按钮）to call 911. He said he couldn't get up because of great pain from his chest（胸口）. He also couldn't reach the medicine on the table.
The policeman, Patrick, said police got a 911 call from Gray's apartment, but there was no one on the phone. Police called back to make sure everything was OK, and when no one answered, they decided to check things out. That's why Patrick found Tommy next to the phone.
Gary got the cat three years ago to help lower his blood pressure （压力）. He trained him to call 911, but unsure if the training would work. The phone in the living room is always on the floor, and there are 12 small buttons including a speed dial （快捷键） for 911 right above the button for the speaker phone.
"He's my hero（英雄）." Gray said.
（1）Who made a 911 call to the police?
A. Gary.
B. Patrick.
C. The cat.
D. Gary's neighbor.
（2）The police got the call because ____________.
A. someone broke into Gary's house through the window
B. Tommy liked to play with the phone
C. the cat was in great danger
D. Gary was in danger and needed some help
（3）Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Gary is a disabled man.
B. Gary was saved at last.
C. Gary thought the police was his hero.
D. Tommy is very clever.
6．阅读理解
When you are ill, you must be unhappy because you feel uncomfortable, you don't want to work and you may have to stay in bed. This makes you feel very sad.
What makes us ill? They are germs. Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can't find them with your eyes. But you can see them with a microscope（显微镜）. They are very, very small and there could be hundreds of them on a little piece of something.
Germs are always found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope. We will see a lots of them in it, so your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water.
Germs are not only found in water. They are found in air and dust（灰尘）, if you get a cut in the finger, and if some of the dust from the floor goes into the cut, germs will come into your finger. Your finger will become big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes if the germs go into all of your body, you may have pain in every part of the body.
What can you do to fight germs? You should wash your hands with soap and water. Soap kills many germs, and water washes them away.
（1）The underlined word "germs" means ________ in Chinese.
A. 尘埃
B. 细胞
C. 赃物
D. 病菌（2）If we want to find out how many germs there are, we can use ________.
A. eyes
B. glasses
C. microscopes
D. cameras
（3）According to the passage, we can find a lot of germs at ________ places.
A. clean
B. dirty
C. quiet
D. noisy
（4）From the passage, we know that germs are ________ to us.
A. friendly
B. bad
C. useful
D. important
7．阅读理解
Johnnie Martin was born in a worker's family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good job and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossible to go through. They were not so easy for him.
One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went to the school psychologist's （心理学家的）office to ask for help. "I've been trying hard, but…" Johnnie was about to cry.
The psychologist put his hand on the boy's shoulder, "People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. There are painters, who were never able to learn math, and some day you will find what you are good at. When you do, you will make all of us very proud of you."
Johnnie didn't go to university. He found a job in the garden in the town. Soon something amazing happened. People began to notice that Johnnie had what they called a "green thumb". The plants grew well and the roses were in bloom （花）. People started to accept his advice for gardening （园艺）.
One day while he was walking, he found an unusual dirty land. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That afternoon he started the work, but he couldn't afford all the tools or the plants. People gave him young trees, rose-bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little park.
Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they spread beauty before the eyes of people.
（1）School lessons were for Jonnie.
A. easy
B. boring
C. difficult
D. interesting
（2）Why did the psychologist say those words to Jonnie?
A. To make Johnnie learn math well.
B. To help Johnnie get good grades.
C. To ask Johnnie to find a good job.
D. To encourage Johnnie to believe in himself.
（3）A person with a "green thumb" is a person who .
A. can paint well
B. is good at gardening
C. has green fingers
D. loves plants and roses
（4）What can we learn from the story of Jonnie?
A. People should make use of their own talent.
B. People should grow plants and flowers.
C. People must help others when necessary.
D. People must study hard to live better.
8．阅读理解
Rock climbing did not become a sport until late in the 1900s. But now it has become a popular outdoor activity. While rock climbing may still be necessary for mountain climbing most people just climb low hills for fun.
If you have ever done rock climbing, you will know that it is not a very easy sport. Indoor and outdoor rock climbing both need practice most people don't know that rock climbing sports that depend on your body and mind.
To climb success fully, one must use wonderful skills. One of the important rules is to always have three parts of your body on the rock face. Another important rule is that your arms only hold you close to the rock face while your legs are pushing you up, the closer you are to the rock face, the easier it is to climb.
Rock climbing is a wonderful sport. Once you start to learn how to climb, you'll find more Tu. People who like games such as chess playing or problem-solving may love rock climbing because they are nearly the same in the way of thinking. For anyone who wants to get into beautiful shape, rock climbing is a fun and good way. Anyone who enjoys a difficult game and loves the outdoors should think of taking rock climbing as a new hobby.
（1）When did rock climbing become a sport?
A. In 1900.
B. Late in the 1900s.
C. Early in the 1900s.
D. In the middle of the 1900s.（2）What does rock climbing depend on?
A. It depends on your brain.
B. It depends on your hobby.
C. It depends on your interests.
D. It depends on your body and mind.
（3）Why may the chess players like rock climbing?
A. They really like to do sports.
B. They'd like to get into beautiful shape.
C. It is more interesting than chess playing.
D. It is like chess playing in the way of thinking.（4）Who should think of taking rock climbing as a new hobby?
A. People who love music.
B. People who love dancing
C. People who enjoy indoor activities.
D. People who enjoy a difficult game and love the outdoors.
（5）What can we learn from the passage?
A. Rock climbing is a very easy sport.
B. When you climb, your arms push you up.
C. Rock climbing is a kind of indoor and outdoor activity.
D. The closer you are to the rock face, the more difficult it is to climb.
9．阅读理解
Medical experts say most Americans do not get enough sleep. They say more Americans need to take a nap—that is to rest for a short period in the middle of the day. They give people advice to sleep lightly before continuing with other activities. The experts say naps might improve health by reducing pressure.
Some European and Latin American companies have supported the idea of napping for many years. They ask people to leave work, go home and have a nap before returning. In the United States, some companies let workers rest simply in their offices. They believe this can help workers make fewer mistakes and also increase the amount of work that a person can do.
Sleep experts say it is likely that people make more mistakes at work than at other times. They say people should not carry out important tasks when they feel sleepy. And they say the best thing to do is to take a nap. About twenty minutes of rest is all you need. Experts say this provides extra energy and can increase your effects until the end of the day. But experts said that a nap should last no more than twenty to thirty minutes. A longer nap will put the body into deep sleep and waking up will be difficult.
（1）This passage is probably taken from ________.
A. a story book
B. a poster
C. a science fiction
D. a medical magazine （2）What's the best way to increase workers' effects?
A. Talking with friends.
B. Doing relaxing exercise.
C. Laughing, smiling and crying.
D. Having a rest for twenty or thirty minutes.
（3）What will happen to the workers if they keep on working without any rest?
A. They will get a lot of money.
B. They will fail in their jobs and even cause a lot of trouble.
C. They will live a happy life in the future.
D. They will feel better after finishing everyday jobs.
（4）The meaning of the underlined word "reducing" in the first paragraph is "________".
A. 加大
B. 缓解
C. 产生
D. 制造（5）The passage mainly talks about ________.
A. taking a nap during the day
B. the disadvantages of taking a nap
C. Americans who don't have a nap during the weekends
D. the advantages of deep sleep
10．阅读理解
Only a few days ago, the first China Huafu Day was held to encourage young Chinese people to wear and take pride in（以..为傲） hanfu, the traditional clothing of the Han ethnic group（汉族）
The organizers said, "Traditional culture is the lifeblood of China. We hope young Chinese people can wear our traditional clothing during festivals to show China's unusual culture to the world. This will also make them understand the culture better and feel proud（自豪的）of being a Chinese." The event invited people to post their pictures in traditional clothes. By April 22nd 2018. it had already got over 155 million page views, with thousands of people sharing their pictures.
Historically, hanfu has influenced （影响） many of the neighboring cultural clothing including the Japanese Kimono and Korean Hanbok. However, hanfu started to fade （衰弱）when Manchu people took control of China. Luckily, there has been a rise in popularity （普及） over recent years. According to Hanfu Information （HI）, a hanfu promotion （宣传） group, over 21,000 sets of hanfu were sold online earlier this year. Another online survey by HI in 2017 showed that over 88% of people believe that wearing hanfu is a good way to learn about Chinese culture. It's true that the number of hanfu fans is growing.
The organizers say they will make China Huafu Day a yearly event and they have set the third day of the third month of the traditional Chinese calendar as the date of the event?
（1）What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. Few people had heard of the event.
B. Few people were interested in the event.
C. The event was enjoyed by many people. 5
D. The event achieved little success.
（2）The first China Huafu Day took place in ______.
A. January
B. February
C. March
D. April
（3）Paragraph 3 mainly tells us ______.
A. the development of hanfu in China
B. HI is a popular group among young people.
C. wearing hanfu is a good way to learn about China.
D. the types of traditional clothing
（4）What can we infer （推断） from the passage?
A. The young don't like to wear hanfu during festivals.
B. The 4th China Huafu Day will take place in 2021.
C. Hanfu is very popular with foreigners.
D. Hanfu has a strong influence on people's everyday life.
（5）In which column （专栏） of a newspaper can most probably find the passage?
A. CULTURE
B. OPINION
C. LIFESTYLE
D. EDUCATIONB 3 11．阅读理解
Embroidery（刺绣）has a long history and can date back to the Warring States Period in China. Embroidery is very popular in many countries such as China, India and Japan. Embroidery is the handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needles and thread or yarn. Embroidery may also use other materials such as metal Strips, pearls, beads, quills and sequins. Embroidery is most often used on caps, hats, coats, blankets, dress shirts, denim, stockings and golf shirts. Embroidery is available with a wide variety of thread or yarn colours.
Embroidery has many unique characteristics （特点）. One of the interesting characteristics of embroidery is the basic techniques or stitches （针法）, such as the chain stitch, the buttonhole or the blanket stitch, the running stitch, the satin stitch and the cross stitch. They are still the fundamental techniques of hand embroidery today.
Embroidery can be classified according to whether the design is stitched on top of or through the foundation fabric; and by the relationship of stitch placement to the fabric. Different
embroideries have their own advantages and disadvantages. In' modern society, we can produce many different embroideries. Machine embroidery is one of them: It appears in the early stages
of the Industrial Revolution.
（1）From the passage, we can know embroidery can date back to
A. the Warring States Period
B. the Spring and Autumn Period
C. the modern times
D. the Ming Dynasty
（2）Which of the following materials cannot be used in embroidery according to the passage?
A. Metal strips.
B. Pearls.
C. Quills.
D. Wood.
（3）From the passage, how many things can embroidery be used on?
A. Seven.
B. Six.
C. Five.
D. Eight.
（4）Which of the following characteristics belongs to embroidery?
A. The flying stitch.
B. The satin stitch.
C. The flat stitch.
D. The button stitch.
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One of the most detailed（详细的） descriptions Of a UEO was given by nine-year-old Gaynor
in Sunderland in July 1976.
Gaynor lived in Oakenholt, a village in North Wales. On her way home from school, she saw a silver（银色的） object shaped like a saucer（茶碟） in a field not far from her home.
The strange craft（飞行物） was about 30 feet long and 9 feet high. It had yellow windows along the side and on the top there was a light flashing in a kind of box. Although Gaynor was very frightened, she did not run away. Instead, she lay quietly in the long grass and watched the door of the strange craft open. She saw two people wearing silver suits come out of the craft. They were carrying some kind of equipment（设备）which they used to examine the ground. They were short and had large pink eyes, Gaynor reported.
After about half an hour, the two people went back into the craft. At once there was a loud noise and the UFO took off.
Although Gaynor told her mother what she had seen, her family decided to keep quiet about it. They did not want people to laugh at their daughter. However, 18 months later, Gaynor told her story to UFO experts. They hypnotized（使进入睡眠状态） Gaynor so that they could be sure she was telling the truth.
Not only did she repeat her story, but also she was able to draw a picture of what she had seen!（1）Which of these descriptions of Gaynor is TRUE?
A. She was nine, lived in a village and had never seen a UFO before.
B. She was nine, and lived in Sund6rland in England in 1976.
C. She was nineteen in 1986, and lived in North Wales.
D. She was at school and her family name was Oakenholt.
（2）Which of these descriptions of the UFO is TRUE?
A. It was round and flat, and had yellow windows along the side.
B. Its length was ten feet longer than its breadth, and was silver.
C. It was a saucer-shaped box about thirty feet high.
D. It was a strange silver saucer which was like a craft.
（3）What did Gaynor do as soon as she saw the UFO?
A. She told her mother.
B. She ran away.
C. She went home from school.
D. She hid in the long grass and watched it.
（4）Who did she see come out of the UFO?
A. Some equipment.
B. Two short, pink-eyed people.
C. Animals.
D. Silver people with equipment.
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In January, 2017, a Chinese "diplomat（外交官）" came back to China from the United States. Many US people were at the airport and said goodbye to her. Who is the diplomat? She is a 3-year-old panda called Bao Bao.
Bao Bao was born at the National Zoo in Washington D. C., the US in 2013. Her parents are Tian Tian and Mei Xiang. China sent them to the US in 2000."We have watched Bao Bao grow up during the past three years," said Dennis Kelly, the zoo director. "We're going to miss her so much."
Why does Bao Bao have to come back to China? It's because all the pandas born in foreign countries must come back to China before they turn 4. This is an agreement between China and other countries.
Bao Bao spent about 16 hours on the plane home. A zookeeper and a doctor stayed with her along the way. The zoo also put bamboo, apples, biscuits, potatoes and water on the plane. Now, Bao Bao is happy at her new home in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
（1）Which of the following is TRUE about Bao Bao?
A. Many US people came to see her off.
B. She is 17 years old.
C. She travelled to the US in 2013.
D. She was born in Chengdu, China.
（2）According to the agreement, Bao Bao has to before she's 4.
A. come back to China
B. travel around the US
C. move to another US city
D. make friends with a panda
（3）How did Bao Bao come home?
A. By truck.
B. By ship.
C. By train.
D. By plane.
（4）What is the main idea of the article?
A. The panda's life in the United States.
B. All pandas belong to China.
C. A little panda comes back home.
D. Pandas play a big part in the world.
14．阅读理解
Have you ever seen the film Nuan? Have you ever seen the TV play To Be a Better Man? Do you know the beautiful girl in the picture? She is still a student in Beijing Film Academy. But she is already famous in China because she has been in many films and TV plays in the past few years.
Her name is Guan Xiaotong.
Guan was born on September 1997 inBeijing. She has had a talent for acting ever since she was a kid. She was first in the movie Nuan in the year 2001. She was Ya in the movie. She became famous because of the character
Xiaoqingcheng in the movie The Promise （无极）directed by Chen Kaige. She was Jiang Lingling in the movie Electric Shadows （电影往事） in 2005. At the age of 17, Guan Xiaotong played in the movie The Left Ear directed by Su Youpeng. She was Jiang Jiao in the movie. In 2014, she acted in the TV play A Servant of Two Masters. She was Yang Shumiao.
Although Guan was in many movies and TV plays, she didn't fall behind in study. Although she is an acting star, she gets on well with her classmates. After the national examination, she became a new student in Beijing Film Academy.
（1）Guan Xiaotong is .
A. a movie director
B. a university teacher
C. a middle school student
D. an actress and university student
（2）Guan was in a movie for the first time in .
A. 1997
B. 2001
C. 2004
D. 2005
（3）Guan was in the movie The Left Ear.
A. Ya
B. Xiaoqingcheng
C. Jiang Jiao
D. Jiang Lingling
（4）Guan acted Yang Shumiao in .
A. A Servant of Two Masters
B. Nuan
C. Electric Shadows
D. The Promise （5）What does the underlined phrase "fall behind" mean in Chinese?
A. 超越
B. 消沉
C. 落后
D. 鼓舞15．阅读理解
In the Kingdom of Arendelle, Princess Elsa has the power of freezing and creating ice and snow, and her younger sister Anna loves to play with her. When Elsa accidentally hits Anna on the head with her gift and almost kills her, their parents bring them to trolls that save Anna's life and make her forget the ability of her sister. Elsa returns to the castle and maintain herself recluse in her room with fear of hurting Anna with her increasing power. Their parents die when their ship sinks in the ocean and three years later, the coronation（加冕） of Elsa forces her to open the gates of her castle to celebrate with the people. Anna meets Prince Hans in the party and she immediately falls in love with him and decides to marry him. But Elsa does not accept the marriage and loses control of her powers freezing Arendelle. Elsa flees to the mountain.
Anna, the sister of the queen Elsa, sets off on a dangerous and mysterious journey to bring back Elsa, who has run away because of causing an endless winter upon her home town. Anna teams up with the peasant Kristoff and his reindeer Sven and with the snowman Olaf to seek out。