八年级英语下册阅读理解20篇

八年级英语下册阅读理解20篇

新目标英语八年下阅读理解20篇

阅读理解1

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 (满意) him.

her. And they talked about their and their future(未来

said t he girl. “What time is it now?” said Jack. “Where's yours?”

stamp his foot

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. sixteen

B. eighteen

C. twenty

D. fifteen

2. The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________.

A. he's her grandson

B. he's clever

C. he can keep quiet

D. he gets home on time

3. From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack's ________.

A. classmate

B. colleague (同事)

C. aunt

D. wife

4. The word “stamp” in the story means ______ in Chinese.

A. 盖印

B. 跺

C. 贴邮票

5. Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order (

A. to wake his grandma up

参考答案:1. B 2A 4. B 5. C

讲解:

120岁, 2年前中学毕业,故选B 。

2合判断选C 。

3.由第二段倒数第二句判断。

4.根据文意,他奶奶住他楼下,倒数第二句又讲他用脚在地板上发出“Bang...” 的声音,故应是用脚跺楼。

5.因他表坏了, Mary 又没带,他们想知道时间。

阅读理解2

We are all busy talking about and using the Internet (互联网), but how many of us know the history of the Internet?

Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks (网络

network was not working,

At first the Internet government, but, in the early

浏览) the Internet more convenient.上网) and it is said that millions of people use the Internet everyday. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among students.

The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life.

判断下列句子是否符合短文内容, 符合的用“T” 表示, 不符合的用“F”

表示。

l. The Internet has a history of less than thirty years.

T F

2. In the 1960s computer networks went wrong easily.

T F

3. Computers become cheaper so that many hospitals and banks were allowed to use them.

T F

early 1990s.

T F

参考答案:1. F 4. T

讲解:

160年代建立的,故至今历史已超过30年。

2(didn't work well)。3

然很贵,并且网络很难使用。

4.由第三段最后几句介绍可知,到90年代,计算机便宜且好用。科学家也发展了软件使网上浏览更方便。而本题干用了not…until 句型,译为“ 直到90年代早期人们才有足够的软件上网” 。

阅读理解3

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 the farmers about it.

Y

son. On the

“Which university ( a woman next to her asked.

Mrs. Turner said happily.

牛津).”

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. America

B. France

C. Germany

D. England

2. Mr. and Mrs. Turner were happy because ________.

A. their son did well in his lessons

B. they have a big farm