八年级课外阅读9篇

八年级课外阅读9篇

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The word "lefty" means a person who uses his or her left hand for writing, eating and other jobs.

We are born with two hands: a right hand and a left one. But only about ten or fifteen percent of us are lefties. Everyone else is right-handed. They use their right hands much more than their left.

Scientists do not know why there are so many more right-handed people than lefties.

Some very famous people have been left-handed. Alexander the Great was a lefty. So was the great French King Charlemagne. Other famous lefties in history include Napoleon, and Queen Victoria of Britain. In the twentieth century, famous lefties include American President Gerald Ford, singer Paul McCartney, and the Great Brazilian soccer player, Pele.

These people prove that lefties are just as clever and talented as the right-handers. However, lefties have had a difficult time throughout history. The Roman word for left, for example, was the same word used to describe someone who was bad and untrustworthy. The German, French, Spanish and Italian words for left haven't got a good meaning, either.

Dean R. Campbell in the state of Kansas started Left-handers International in nineteen seventy-five. His goal was to increase public understanding of the special problems faced by lefties. And he wanted lefties to know and help each other.

Are you a lefty? If so, you should be proud! You share a tradition with Mark Twain, and Benjamin Franklin. Lefties of the world: stand up for your rights!

Choose the correct answer:

1. Of all the people in the world _____.

A. most are lefties

B. only a small part are left-handed

C. half are lefties

D. many are left-handed

2. Which of the following famous people was a lefty?

A. Queen Victoria of Britain.

B. Mark Twain, the American writer.

C. Napoleon, the French emperor.

D. All of the above.

3. Which of the following is true?

A. Lefties are more clever than the right-handers.

B. Lefties are untrustworthy.

C. Lefties are just as clever and talented as the right-handers.

D. Lefties have had an easy time throughout history.

4. The goal of Lefthanders International was to _____.

A. get better public understanding of the special problems faced by the lefties

B. make lefties know and help each other

C. help lefties gain their rights

D. all of the above

5. In this passage, the word "right" has _____ meaning.

A. five

B. two

C. three

D. four

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John was driving home from the station in his car yesterday evening when he had an accident. He was driving along a train road at 50 kilometres an hour when another car came out of a side road and hit him. There was a lot of damage to both cars, and both John and the other man were hurt. One of John's arms was broken, and the other man had a bad cut on his head.

Another car was following John's. It stopped quickly and a man and a woman got out of it. They ran to the damaged cars and pulled John and the other man out of the cars because they thought, "Perhaps the petrol in these cars will catch fire and burn the two men."

The man and the woman had some cotton-wool and bandages in their car, so they put them around the cuts on John's arm and the other man's head. Then they made a telephone call to a doctor and the police. Soon an ambulance arrived and took the two men to hospital. Then two policemen arrived too and began to measure things. A truck came and pulled the two cars off the road.

Choose the correct answer:

1. When did the accident happen?

A. When John was on his way to the station.