八年级英语阅读竞赛试题[1]

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八年级英语阅读理解竞赛考试试题

八年级英语阅读理解竞赛试题阅读理解满分（100分）。

AMrs Green lives in a small village．Her husband is dead（死）．But she has a son．He is twenty-one and his name is Jack．He gets work in a town and lives there．Its name is Greensea．It is quite a long way from his mother's village，and she is not happy about this，but Jack says，“There isn't any good work for me in the village，mother，and I can get a lot of money in Greensea and give you some every week．One day Mrs Green is very angry．She gets on a train and goes to her son's house in Greensea．Then she says to him，“Jack，why do you never give me a ring？Jack laughs and says，“But，mother，you don't have a telephone．“No，she says，“I don't have one，but you have one．按要求完成下列各题。

（共20分，每题4分）（）1．Where does Mrs Green live？a．In a big city．b．In a small village．c．In a town with his son．d．We don't know．（）2．How old is Mrs Green's son？a．Twelve．b．Twenty．c．Twenty-one．d．Thirty-one．（）3．Which of these is not wrong？a．Greensea is the name of a factory．b．Jack works in a town and his mother is happy about this．c．In the village there is no good work for Jack．d．He can get less money in the town than in the village．（）4．How does the woman go to Greensea one day？a．On a bike．b．On foot．c．By train．d．By bus．（）5．Why does Jack never telephone his mother？a．Because he is too busy．b．Because he lives far from his mother's village．c．Because he doesn't have a telephone．d．Because his mother has no telephone．B阅读短文，根据短文内容，从文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。

八年级英语阅读竞赛试卷及答案

八年级英语阅读竞赛试卷及答案The boy。

wanting to help。

took a pair of XXX。

but something was wrong。

Its body was9and its wings were small and wrinkled (皱的).XXX continued to watch the butterfly。

XXX to support the body。

It XXX。

XXX its life crawling around with a swollen (肿胀的) body and shriveled (干瘪的) wings。

It never was able to fly.What the boy in his kindness and haste did not understandwas that the restricting (限制性的) cocoon and the XXX to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its XXX.XXX what we need in our life。

If we were to go through our life without any obstacles (障碍)。

we would be crippled (残疾的)。

We would not be as strong as what we could have been。

Give every opportunity a chance。

leave no room for regrets (后悔)。

八年级英语阅读竞赛

八年级英语阅读竞赛试卷一、完形填空：（每小题1分，共40小题）⑴David is a middle school student. He lived in a small 1 for fifteen years. His father, Mr Hill, was a rich farmer and later on he 2 a shop in our town. He bought a house here last month. His 3 moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had 4 friends here. At first he often played by 5 .His neighbour Cathy is a kind girl. She has many friends. She finds the boy never talks with anybody and decides to help him. David 6 to stay with her and talks to her a lot. Now they’re good friends.One afternoon, Cathy told David. “It’ll be my sixteenth birthday tomorrow. I’ll have a birthday party. Will you please come?”“7 . I’m glad to,”the boy said happily.David got home and thought of a 8 he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he 9 to ask the girl what she liked. He couldn’t call her because he didn’t know her telephone 10 . At that moment Mrs Hill came and asked, “What’s the matter, dear?”“What would you like if it was your sixteenth birthday, Mummy?”“Nothing,”the woman said, “I just wish I were 16.”1. A. town B. city C. village D. country2. A. open B. opens C. opened D. opening3. A. home B. house C. building D. family4. A. a few B. few C. a little D. little5. A. himself B. him C. his D. he6. A. enjoy B. enjoys C. like D. likes7. A. Well B. Oh C. Mm D. Certainly8. A. prize B. praise C. present D. price9. A. forgot B. forget C. remember D. remembered10. A. code（密码） B. number C. place D. address(2)Two days ago I was quite sure of getting an “A”for my Spanish. I had got myself 1 . I looked for 2 on the Internet for a week. I wrote a 3 and I even drew a few pictures of Spain. I practiced the speech a lot.On the day of my speech, I didn’t get nervous or forget 4 I was going to say. However, everybody has one thing they are 5 at. Some people are bad at drawing pictures. 6 are bad at typing. My problem is that my storiesabout Spanish history sounded boring.After giving my speech and showing my pictures I 7 I was going to get a bad grade.Big projects are very difficult for me to finish. They 8 a lot of time, and I always 9 the day it has to be finished and the grad e I’ll get .Anyway, I ended up getting an “A－”. The teacher said I 10 all my classmates listen - I was talking very loudly!1. A. ready B. excited C. interested D. worried2. A. news B. information C. dictionaries D. papers3. A. book B. story C. speech D. joke4. A. who B. where C. when D. what5. A. good B. bad C. interesting D. glad6. A. The other B. Another C. Others D. Other7. A. thought B. though C. taught D. brought8. A. cost B. spend C. pay D. take9. A. worry about B. think about C. tell about D. know about10. A. make B. made C. am making D. has made(3)The world 1 many interesting sounds. Some are unpleasant to our ears while 2 are very pleasant to hear. In single day you probably hear 3 sounds. All sounds are different. Some 4 loud, some sounds are high, others are low, some sounds are useful.5 sound we can’t talk or listen to each other. The ringing of the alarm clock wakes people up. The hooting（鸣笛声）of a car warns people of danger.Some sounds are harmful. When planes fly low 6 the land; the very loud sounds can damage the house. Very loud sound can even make people deaf.We know sound travels about one kilometer in three 7 . In a thunder storm you see the lighting first and then hear the thunder. This is because light travels 8 than sound.Next time you see lighting count the number of seconds before you hear the thunder.Divide this number 9 3. This will tell you 10 kilometers away the thunder storm is.1. A. full of B. fill with C. is filled of D. is filled with2. A. others B. the other C. another D. the others3. A. hundreds of B. hundred of C. hundreds D. hundred4. A. may B. maybe C. may be D. can5. A. Of B. With C. Without D. By6. A. in B. on C. above D. over7. A. hours B. days C. minutes D. seconds8. A. more fast B. much faster C. more faster D. much fast9. A. in B. of C. by D. at10. A. how much B. how many C. how far D. how long(4)Your room is your own special space. It’s 1 just a place for you to study and sleep. So make it fun and 2 to live in. Here are some tips to help you.Give your room a theme (主题). Having a 3 makes your room look more stylish and beautiful. A room’s theme can be 4 . It could be about one of your favorite things, like football or music or a color. Pick a theme and keep it in mind, then decorate the room around the theme you have chosen.5 , some boys like skateboarding. Paint the walls in skater stripes (条纹), and6 disco balls from the ceiling and use skateboards as shelves.7 you are a girl, you may be more interested in8 like dolphins. Pick curtains (窗帘) and bed covers with dolphin patterns on them. Put dolphin toys on your bed, too. Draw or paint pictures of dolphins playing on your walls. Make your room as blue as the9 . So when you walk into the room, you 10 it’s a home for dolphins!1. A. less than B. more than C. as much as D. as long as2. A. boring B. tiring C. enjoyable D. suitable3. A. problem B. flower C. doll D. theme4. A. different B. difficult C. important D. interesting5. A. As a result B. Such as C. For example D. As is said6. A. hang B. wrap C. tie D. stick7. A. When B. While C. As D. If8. A. vegetables B. sports C. animals D. pictures9. A. sky B. sea C. river D. lake10. A. look like B. sound like C. feel like D. taste like二.阅读理解（每小题2分，共30小题）（1）At 18,many American young people go off on their own.They go away to college or find full-time jobs,and they often rent their own apartments.Some get married and families.This independence(独立性) is learned from childhood.From an early age,American children learn responsibility(责任感). Children as young as 2 began put away their toys and dress themselves. At 3, many children do simple chores like setting the table.Using money wisely is also taught early. As soon as a child understands the value of money, he or she receives a weekly allowance. This is used for things the child wants,like toys or treats. The child can spend or save it,usually with little guidance(指导)from parents. If the child wants money besides his or her allowance,it must be made by doing extra chores.Children are taught early in life to think for themselves.They are allowed to make some decisions and make mistakes.Failure often teaches more than success.( )1.Many American young people begin to live on themselves______.A. at eighteen years oldB.from childhoodC.after they get marriedD.from an early age( )2.An American child learns to _______ at the age of 2.A. find a full-time jobB.rent an apartmentC.put on his or her own clothesD.do lots of chores( )3.The word “allowance”(in paragraph 3) means______ in Chinese.A.奖品B.零花钱C.财产D.礼物( )4.A child can get some more money by______.A. understanding the value of moneyB. helping the richC.reading many bookesD.doing extra chores ( )5.The passage is mainly about_________.A.the independence of American childrenB.the value of moneyC.the guidance from parentsD.failure and success of American children(2)The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do.On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings.Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy colour and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (装饰) their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of“hong bao”. It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones hong bao. They think it brings good luck.The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So do n’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people.For instance, you’d better not say any bad words like “death”. Don’t break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out.Also, don’t borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.( )1.What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?A. Family members gather for a big meal.B. Friends eat dumplings together.C. They borrow money from friends.D. They give each other hong bao.( )2.Why do people clean their houses days before the Spring Festival?A. Because they enjoy being clean.B. Because it is believed that cleaning will sweep away bad luck.C. Because they think it will bring happiness to others.D. Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money.( )3.Which of the following things is not supposed to happen during the Spring Festival?A. Returning money before the Spring Festival.B. Saying words that have to do with death.C. Wearing red clothes.D. Decorating houses with red paper.( )4.The underlined phrase “running out” probably means “____”.A. 跑出去B. 打碎C. 耗尽D. 离开( )5.We can tell from the story that the Spring Festival is ____.A. a time of harvest and funB. celebrated for one whole monthC. only celebrated in ChinaD. a time for families to get together(3)Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes (雪花) falling. Ever wanted to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands.Well, t his isn’t just a problem for you. It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too.In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager. His family lived in a small town in northeast America. Winters there were long and hard. Bentley’s mother was once a school teache r. She taught him at home. Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and lovedreading his mother’s books.But it was his mother’s microscope (显微镜) that interested him. When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes. Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals (晶体) under his microscope.The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all.How could he keep their beauty forever? Bentley thought of buying a camera.The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didn’t agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming.But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later.For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became known as “Snowflake” Bentley.( )1.The best title for this passage is ____.A. Snowflake PhotosB. Snowflake BoyC. Long and Hard WintersD. Teenage Photographer( )2.We can tel l from the story that Bentley’s father was ____.A. a farmerB. a funny manC. an athletic manD. a school teacher( )3.Which of the following statements about Bentley is true?A. He didn’t get any kind of education as a child.B. He was born into a rich family.C. He was the first person to take photos of snowflakes.D. He was fascinated by the beauty of snowflakes.( )4.What kind of person do you think Bentley was?A. He was outgoing.B. He was too serious.C. He was interested in learning.D. He was very warm-hearted. ( )5.The “ice crystals” in the third paragraph refers to “____”.A. water dropsB. rain dropsC. flowersD. snowflakes(4)Korean culture is really exciting right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going crazy about Korean TV dramas, Korean pop songs, taekwondo and the Korean language.The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series “Winter Sonata”. This love story is still popular. People, especially gir ls, like the beautiful story and handsome actors like Bae Yong Jun (裴勇俊).In the music world, Korean girls are making themselves heard in China. You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox, S. E. S and Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts (排行榜).The Korean Wave has also made young people want to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only that. Now some girls in China are having plastic surgery (整容) to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery. These stars don’t make plastic surgery look shameful (丢面子的).Are all the faces of beautiful Korean girls not real? Find out for yourself when you next visit South Korea.( )1.What does the Korea Wave refer to? It refers to ____.A. Korean TV dramasB. Korean cultureC. Korean languageD. Korean actors( )2.When did the Korean Wave start? It started with ____.A. the Korean pop songsB. TaekwondoC. the TV series “Winter Sonata”D. the Korean food( )3.Who is the famous actor in Korean dramas?A. Bae Yong JunB. Baby VoxC. S. E. SD. Finkle( )4.Korean stars often change their looks by ____.A. singing pop songsB. acting in TV dramasC. trying different foodD. having plastic surgery( )5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Winter Sonata tells a very famous love story.B. Young people like Korean pop stars’ clothes and hairstyles.C. Chinese girls also want to try plastic surgery.D. Korean pop stars think plastic surgery is shameful.(5)Most people want to work, but it has become more difficult in today’s world to find work for everyone. The economy(经济) of the world needs to growby 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not possible,and so more people are out of work.. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people in short time. Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holiday. In all of the countries of the world, machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine can often do the work from forty people. About 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs.( )1.It was for people to find work before than tday.A.not possibleB.difficultC.more difficultD.easier( )2.If the economy of the world grows by 4% each year, .A.people will have no jobsB.people can still have jobs as beforeC.4% of the people will have jobs.D.97% of the people will have jobs( )3.One machine can do as much work as .A.40% of the peopleB.4% of the people in the worldC.40 peopleD.75,000 people( )4.How many people outside cities go into to look for jobs each day?A.70% of the peopleB. 4% of the people in the worldC.More than 75,000D.About 75,000 people( )5.Which of the following is NOT true?A.Machines are taking work instead of people.B.Now more people are out of work.C.Machines need more money and longer holidays.D.Most people want to have jobs（6）Anna,Bernard,Carmen and Diana,three girls and a boy, were all born in the same hospital on the same day last month. One day all of their four mothers asked a nurse to give them each a bath,because their fathers were soon coming to the hospital to see their babies. But the nurse was new. She took off their name labels one bye one when she bathed them,but she forgot to put any of them on again.She knew only some things about each baby.Only two of the babies have some hair,but they are not Anna and Carmen.Only one of the babies cries all the time but Anna is a happy baby. One baby always quietly sucks its thumbs(吮手指)but has no hair at all.Its name is Anna.One baby always touches the right ear and cries a lot,but she isn not thesmallest baby.The fattest baby has no hair, and never cries. This baby does not suck the thumb. One of the boys with the red hair never cries but moves here and there.Can the nurse work out which baby is which before the fathers arrive? Of course she can. How about you?( )1.Why did the things become mixed(混乱的)?Because_________.A.the babies’ fathers were comingB.the mothers were mixedC.the nurse was newD.the babies wanted to have a bath each( )2.Diana is the girl.Diana .A.is the smallest babyB.always touches the left earC.always criesD.likes playing by herself( )3. has hair and moves here and there.A.DianaB.BernardC.CarmenD.Anna( )4.Anna .A.cries all the timeB.isn’t the fattestC.doesn’t suck the thumbsD.has red hair( )5.Which of the following sentences is right?A.The fathers will have a bath each.B.Carmen has a lot of hair.C.Bemard cries all the time.D.Diana is the smallest.。

八年级英语阅读竞赛训练试题

八年级英语阅读竞赛训练试题1完形填空Early in the morning, I was taken in a nylon bag into a truck. I felt terrible as well as1 . What would she do with me? She was almost mad after the2 of her husband.A few minutes later, I heard the truck 3 its engine and move fast. I kept making sounds to show my complaints, but failed to make any 4 . Finally she put me down in a 5 place. Maybe she didn’t want me to die from lack of air; she untied the bag. I 6 out and looked up, only to see many strange faces and fingers pointing at me. It turned out that my owner meant to 7 me away. I saw my owner on the truck, which was going farther and farther away. So I turned my head 8 the direction of the truck. The days we spent together were like a movie playing in front of my eyes as I ran after the truck. I saw my male owner, who suffered liver cancer, looked at me with his sad eyes. I saw myself 9 my owner everywhere; I saw him lie in his dying bed, she all 10 .I ran as fast as I could. And the 11 I saw her wave to me, my eyes became wet. I wouldn’t blame (责备) her for treating me like this for she was such a(n) 12 lady. She seemed even somewhat 13 at his leaving her alone, trying many ways to 14 the pains of losing him. She 15 his pictures and clothes. She redecorated the whole house. Now I was the only 16 thing to remind her of him. 17 later, I am pretty sure that she would realize how mad she was to do this. . .The truck finally stopped when I was almost 18 . She ran up to me and hugged me 19 . I heard her 20 , “I know you are a present he left to me. ”1. A. frightened B. excited C. entertained D. puzzled2. A. death B. absence C. separation D. missing3. A. run B. drive C. start D. operate4. A. sense B. difference C. effort D. trouble5. A. usual B. dark C. beautiful D. strange6. A. dashed B. walked C. struggled D. rushed7. A. throw B. give C. take D. keep8. A. into B. at C. in D. to9. A. guide B. follow C. support D. bring10. A. in peace B. in silence C. out of breath D. in tears11. A. time B. way C. direction D. moment12. A. cruel B. unfortunate C. unfair D. unfriendly13. A. confused B. sad C. angry D. calm14. A. prevent B. remove C. bear D. kill15. A. burned B. kept C. sold D. hid16. A. walking B. moving C. existing D. inspiring17. A. But B. And C. So D. Then18. A. made out B. knocked out C. left out D. worn out19. A. firmly B. patiently C. disappointedly D. sadly20. A. shout B. whisper C. speak D. talk阅读理解 AIt seems school children all over the world complain about their school food. Cherie Blair, the wife of previous Prime Minister Tony Blair, said that she would prepare a packed lunch for her son if school dinners do not improve. So what do students of your age eat for lunch at school?JapanHigh schools have canteens（食堂）, which serve everything from noodles to rice, but not burgers and chips. Other children bring food from home such as cold rice balls, meat or fish, pickles(泡菜) and vegetables.Students take home a menu for the coming month containing notes on nutrition（营养）value. Twice a year parents are invited to have a taste of the food. The class with the fewest leftovers(剩饭) at the end of the month receives a prize.Untied StatesA typical menu from a US school is made up of a hamburger with fried potatoes or roast chicken, lettuce and pickles, fruit and cookies. School lunches must also provide at least one-third of the daily dietary allowances (定量) of protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, calcium, and calories.AustraliaMeat pies, sausage rolls and hotdogs are all traditional dishes in Australian school shops. But as the nation pays more attention to children’s health, healthier foods have started to find their way onto school menus.Many schools have used a traffic light system. The sale of red-labelled foods, including pastries, chocolate and soft drinks, is served only twice a week. Healthier green-labelled foods such as sushi (寿司), sandwiches, corn and watermelon, however, are available every day.In some schools, students have a choice of up to 89 foods to choose from, including popcorn and rice.South AfricaMo st of South Africa’s schools do not serve meals at all. Classes end at 1:30pm and students get their own lunches. Many students bring food from home, usually sandwiches.Fast food and fried food sell the best among students, which has led to a rise in obesity among children. But as more people began to realize the fact that being too fat may cause different diseases, some schools in towns have led the way towards better nutrition. Now students at these schools are provided with lunches of porridge with vegetables, such as cabbages, onions, beans, carrots and tomatoes.21．What does the underlined word “obesity” in the last paragraph probably mean?A. Nutrition.B. Addiction.C. Food shortage.D. Overweight. 22．We can infer from the passage that ________.A. a typical menu from a US school consists of enough nutrition.B. most students in South Africa eat their lunch at home.C. many schools in Australia have traffic lights outside their school.D. you can have whatever you like in school canteens in Japan.23．What is the main idea of the passage?A. Schools should try to satisfy the needs of students.B. Schools serve different foods from country to country.C. Food served in the US is the best of all.D. School children all over the world dislike their school food.24．The article is written for ________.A. parentsB. schoolmastersC. students of your ageD. nutritionistsBStudents and Technology in the ClassroomI love my blackberry(黑莓手机)—it’s my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my laptop computer, as it holds all of my writing and thoughts. Despite this love of technology, I know that there are times when I need to move away from these devices（设备）and truly communicate with others.On one occasion, I teach a course called History Matters for a group of higher education managers. My goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes and ideas. Because I want students to thoroughly study the material and exchange their ideas with each other in the classroom, I have a rule —no laptops, IPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule in advance of the class, some of them were not happy.Most students think that my reasons for this rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students misusi ng technology. There’s a bit of truth to that. Some students think that I am anti-technology. There’s no truth in that at all. I love technology and try to keep up with it so I can relate to my students.The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is that I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversations and engage complex ideas. Interruptions by technology often break concentration(专心) and allow for too much dependence on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep within themselves for inspiration and ideas. I want them to push each other to think differently and make connections between the course material and the class discussion.I’ve been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations reflect student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize that with deep conversation and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.I’m not saying that I won’t ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change, I’m sticking to my plan. A few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.25. Some of the students in the history class were unhappy with_______.A. the course materialB. others’ misuse of technologyC. discussion topicsD. the author’s class rules26. The underlined word “engage ”in para.4 probably means _______.A. exploreB. acceptC. changeD. refuse27. According to the author, the use of technology in the classroom may _______.A. keep students from doing independent thinkingB. encourage students to have deep conversationsC. help students to better understand difficult themesD. affect students’ concentration on the teacher's ideas28. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author _______.A. is quite stubborn in teachingB. will give up teaching historyC. will change his teaching plan soonD. values technology-free dialogues in his class请在下列文章的空格中填入适当的词，使文章通顺自然。

八年级英语阅读竞赛试题试卷

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一.完形填空（共15题，2分一题，共30分）We know saving money is hard! But it’s not __1__, especially if you set goals(目标) for yourself.When you set goals, think about the two matters: what you want to spend your money on now, and what you want to __2__ it for later. Then divide your goalsinto two kinds according to the __3__ you need the money. One is a short-term goal. It takes a shorter time, like a few__4__ or even shorter. If you have a short-term saving goal, it means you ___5__ to have enough money for the thing you want within that time. The other is a long-term goal. It takes longer, perhaps several months or ___6__ years, because the thing you want is more___7__. For example, you may want to buy a car when you are finally old enoughto drive, or you may plan a family __8__ to Disneyland or Hawaii or other places of interest.So how can you ___9___ your saving goals? The following __10__can help you. First, save some money __11___ you get paid. That doesn’t mean putting all your money in the bank to save it. If you want to save more money, you can reduce (make sth smaller in amount(数量)) the cost of junk food like hamburgers. Soon you’ll have an amazing amount of change! Also you should keep records of your income(收入) and your cost. That way you can __12___ how long it will take to save for things you really want. Lastly, only buy what you can ___13___ and what is really worth buying. It’s much __14__ to have money in the bank than a lotof expensive jeans you don't ___15__ need.Then you have known how to manage (管理) your own money. When looking at the money you save, you will feel proud and have a sense of achievement.1. A. reusable B. available C. believable D.impossible2. A. control B. waste C. collect D.save3. A. energy B. time C. order D.work4. A. hours B. weeks C. months D.years5. A. lead B. promise C. hope D.fail6. A. even B. already C. stillD. almost7. A. important B. necessary C. expensive D. popular8. A. game B. party C. meal D.trip9. A. reach B. make C. understand D.keep10.A. stories B. signs C. suggestions D.questions11.A. before B. when C. where D.since12.A. think of B. find out C. watch out D.dream about13.A. afford B. enjoy C. value D.own14.A. easier B. funnier C. better D.luckier15.A. luckily B. nearly C. gradually D.truly二、阅读理解（共20题，每题3.5分，共70分）A篇Camping has a long history in Australia. Most Australians love camping inthe holiday. The country has a long history about it, which is a way of life for people in that country. Although that way of life has mostly died out in the modern country, we must take care to remember it.There is a long tradition. When gold was first discovered and people came from around the world to find their fortune(运气), many could not afford to stay in a hotel. Even if they wanted to, there weren't enough hotels. So they all brought tents and set them up next to their little goldfield. Many people alivein Australia today are born from those people who spent large parts of theirlives in tents. And it seems to have stayed with us all the way to modern Australia.In summer, the nation’s camping grounds are covered with families on holiday. It is a great experience for a kid to stay in a tent. He or she canhear all the sounds of nature in the tent. It’s a place where kids can learn skills like making a fire, cooking and swimming in the water. These experiences can be used for their whole lives. So, you can see it’s always the whole family to go out to the camping grounds and stay in a tent.Of course, things have changed a lot from the early days of camping, whenyou would carry everything needed on your back. Now there are all kinds of tools to take with you, from solar panels(太阳能板) for your electric products to an outdoor shower. They make the camping life more colorful. In fact, many camping grounds you see around the country are so decorated(装饰的）that you have to wonder why those Australians aren't bored to leave the house at all.16. The second paragraph mainly tells us about_____.A. the history of camping in AustraliaB. what the first visitors did in AustraliaC. the hotel situations in AustraliaD. Australian’s modern way of life17. What do Australians prefer to do when summer comes?A. To go fishing.B. To make tents by themselves.C. To go camping.D. To listen to nature.18. We can learn from the passage that_____.A. solar panels are necessary for campingB. things have changed a lot about campingC. there are lots of goldfields in AustraliaD. camping has already died out nowadays19. What is the best title for the passage?A. The history of Australia.B. The tradition of Australia.C. Traveling in Australia.D. Camping in Australia.B篇Saalumrada Thimmakka, an uneducated woman who, along with her late husband, planted and cared for 384 banyan trees(榕树) in her hometown of HUlikal village, Inida. Now she is 104 years old. And she lives on to tell the story.When Thimmakka was a young girl, she married a farmer named CHikkaiah and together they made a living by farming. The couple remained childless for many years. But instead of losing themselves in self-pity, they decided to make the best of their situation. “One day, we thought why not plant trees and take care of them like our children,” Thimmakka said.They started by grafting(嫁接) 10 saplings(树苗) from the banyan trees that grew in their village. They planted those saplings on an empty land about four kilometers from the village. There wasn't any water in the area, so they carried water all the way to water the trees every single day. They protected the saplings from bad weather and animals, until they took root(根). The next year, they planted 15 more saplings, 20 the year after that, and kept going until they planted a total of 384 trees, which are worth about 1.5 million dollars now.Today, the trees have grown up into a forest. The forest is between the villages of Hulikal and Kudoor, about 80 kilometers away from the state capital of Bangalore. Unluckily, her husband died in 1991, but Thimmakka has won several state and national prizes, including the National Citizen’s Award in 1995 and the Godfrey Phillips Bravery Award in 2006. She has been highly spoken of(赞扬) by governments and environmental organizations. However, she still lives a very poor life. She owns a simple three-room house.Though she is old, Thimmakka is still active in making a difference. “I have been hoping to start a hospital, but no one seems interested,” she said. “Although it is hard for me, I will keep trying. I do believe my dream will be realized if I stick to（坚持） it.”20. How did Thimmakka and her husband make a living after they married?A. By farming.B. By selling saplings.C. By running a hospital.D. By planting vegetables.21. The couple decided to plant trees because they ______.A. wanted to change their poor condition and live a rich lifeB. found there were so many empty lands in their villageC. found the land in their village was suitable for planting treesD. wanted to take care of the trees like raising children22. What is Thimmakka’s next dream?A. To raise money for her village.B. To open a hospital.C. To plant more trees in her village.D. To encourage more people to plant trees.23. What can we learn from the passage?A. Thimmakka has made a lot of money by planting trees.B. Thimmakka planted saplings along the river.C. Thimmakka is a great woman with a strong mind.D. Thimmakka’s husband has been dead for fifteen years.C篇Seat belts(安全带) are placed in a car for the safety of the driver as well as the passengers. When a person is traveling in a car, he moves with the same speed as the car. Therefore, if the car meets with an accident, the driver and the passengers will be thrown forward or to the sides with great force, which may result in hurts or even death. Seat belts are meant to prevent deaths from accidents because of car accidents.The most important reason for wearing a safety belt while driving is that itreduces(降低) the chances of being hurt by 50%, if one meets with an accident. Seat belts provide maximum(最大限度的)safety. They will prevent you fromgetting jerked to the sides or in the front if an accident happens.If the driver makes a sudden brake(刹车) , he and the passengers are thrownforward. Wearing a seat belt will prevent it greatly.After meeting with an accident, if it is found that the person has sufferedhurts because of not wearing a seat belt, he should be responsible for his hurts.Many people complain that they would prefer being out of the car if in anaccident instead of being inside. While, it is safer for a person to be inside the car as one cannot be sure how he would land, if thrown out of the car. There may even be cases that the passengers knock into each other if the carstops suddenly. Wearing a seat belt will avoid this situation.One has to be very careful about child seat belt safety. If children are not old enough to wear a seat belt, they should be seated in a child car seat. It is also suggested that one wear a seat belt when traveling in a taxi. Sometimes, a person can legally(合法地) not wear a seat belt if advised by the doctor for health reasons.24. Why does the underlined word “jerked” mean in the passage?A. hurt seriouslyB. pushed suddenlyC. killed accidentally.D. hit slowly25. When a traffic accident happens, a person had better ______.A. be thrown out of the carB. let go of the seat belt immediatelyC. stop the car as soon as possibleD. be inside the car26. We can learn from the passage that________.A. wearing a seat belt can reduce the chances of injury by 60% in an accidentB. wearing a seat belt can prevent people from being thrown forward or to the sides completely（完全地）C. it is illegal(非法的) for people not to wear a seat belts in the writer’s countryD. it is OK for children to wear a seat belt no matter how old they are27. Which is the best title for the passage?A. Reasons for wearing your seat beltB. How to wear a seat belt correctlyC. Seat belts and traffic accidentsD. How to avoid（避免）injuries in car accidentsD篇A couple of parents still believe that it is not alright to let theirchildren ride a bike to school. Maybe parents have some safety concerns(忧虑). However, if done safely, biking for children can be a wonderful and enjoyable experience.If you are not balanced(平衡的) as an adult, it can cause problems for you. You would fall and hurt yourself seriously. You must prevent your children from being unbalanced. By allowing your children to ride a bike, you’re teachingthem to keep their balance from a young age. If you use a balance bike, it can help to teach your children how to balance themselves quickly.One of the biggest concerns for parents is the increasing weight problems of children in the United Kingdom. Children are eating more and exercising less. If parents don't start encouraging their children to love exercise from a young age, children won’t enjoy it when they’re older. By using a balance bike parentscan improve not only the fitness of their children but also for themselves.There is a great tool to encourage your children to regard exercise as fun. Itis really helpful to both of you.Children catch on to new things very quickly. If you always praise them and they realize the potential(潜能)within themselves, their self-confidence(自信) will grow. If you spend time in the park or some public places, your childrenwill be able to see that other children are not riding their bikes as easily as they are. This confidence can help them later in life when they start dealingwith difficult situations.So many children try to ride a bike simply because they can't center on where they’re going, because they look at their feet the whole time. With a balance bike they don't need to consider these problems. They simply lift their feet off the ground and go.28. Biking from a young age can teach kids to ______.A. avoid falling off their bikesB. protect themselves from dangerC. balance themselvesD. ride bikes easily and quickly29. What causes British kid’s weight problem?A. More meat and fewer vegetables.B. More food and less exercise.C. Too much TV time.D. Too much homework.30. Praise from parents can help kids______.A. build up their confidenceB. catch on to new things fastC. deal with difficult situationsD. work hard to improve31. What does this passage mainly tell us about?A. The advantage of biking for kids.B. Different ideas about biking to school.C. How to keep one’s balance on your bike.D. Enjoyable experiences on bikes.E篇The hope for happiness can be a lifelong search for some people, but researchers believe they may have found the most important reason for feeling a greater sense of happiness.Researchers from Nottingham Trent University found that the more someone was identified(认同) by a certain group, such as family, in their local community or through a hobby, the happier he was with his life.“Our findings suggest that thinking more about one’s group life could have important advantages of the sense of happiness,” said Dr Juliet Wakefield, a psychologist(心理学家) at Nottingham Trent University. “We would like to identify with groups that share our values, interests and those that support（支持） us in difficult times. And we can see how this would be connected(连接) with happiness. We often forget the sense of happiness because the speed of modern life is always fast and the center of modern life is achievement. And we always forget, to be the best ourselves, we need the support of others.”They studied how 4,000 volunteers felt connected to certain groups, and then checked the influence this had upon their levels of happiness. She added, “It’s important to note that identifying with a group isn't the same as membership. You can be a member of a group with which you feel no connection at all. It’s that personal sense of belongings that’s the key to happiness.Healthcare professionals encourage people to join groups that they are interested in. They advise people to keep connection with groups they already belong to. Simple social behaviors like this could in turn help to prevent future ill health.”Another study found that intelligent(聪明的) people could be more easily distracted(思想不集中的) at work. So if you have trouble paying all your attention to your work, it’s probably because of all those amazing ideas you have running through your head.32. What does the researchers’ finding suggest?A. To feel happiness, one should share values and interests with others.B. To feel happiness, one should think more about his group life.C. One should forget modern life’s fast speed and center.D. One should be identified by others through a hobby.33. According to Juliet, people would like to forget that_______.A. they need others’ supportB. they live a competitive lifeC. happiness is as important as workD. they should have friends34. According to the 4,000 volunteers, how people felt connected to certain groups has an influence on _______.A. their life choicesB. their work abilityC. their levels of happinessD. their social relationship35. According to the passage, who are much probably happier?A. People who have a big family and friends.B. People who have a lot of hobbies and interests.C. People who gain membership of a good social group.D. People who feel a sense of belonging to social groups.完形填空答案：DDBBC ACDAC BBACD阅读理解答案：ACBD ADBC BDCA CBAA BACD。

八年级英语阅读竞赛

八年级英语阅读竞赛试卷一、完形填空：（每小题1分，共40小题）⑴David is a middle school stude nt. He lived in a small 1 for fiftee n years.His father, Mr Hill, was a rich farmer and later on he 2 a shop in our tow n.He bought a house here last mon th. His 3 moved to the new house and his son bega n to study in our class. But he had 4 friends here. At first he ofte n played by 5 .His n eighbour Cathy is a kind girl. She has many frien ds. She finds the boyn ever talks with an ybody and decides to help him. David 6 to stay with herand talks to her a lot. Now they ' re good friends.One after noon, Cathy told David. "It ' ll be my sixtee nth birthday tomorrow.I ' ll have a birthday party. Will you please come?“7 . I ' m glad"to, the boy said happily.David got home and thought of a 8 he could give to Cathy. He wassorry that he 9 to ask the girl what she liked. He couldn ' t call her becausehe didn ' t know her telephone 10 . At that moment Mrs Hill came and asked,“ What' s the matter, dear?What would you like if it was your sixtee nth birthday, Mummy?Ci Nothing, ” the woman said,,"I just wish I were 16. ”1 . A. tow n B. c ity C. village D. country2 . A. ope n B. o pe ns C. opened D. ope ning3 . A. home B. h ouse C. buildi ng D. family4 . A. a few B. f ew C. a little D. little5 . A. himself B. h im C. his D. he6 . A. enjoy B. e njoys C. like D. likes7 . A. Well B. O h C. Mm D. Certai nly8 . A. prize B. p raise C. prese nt D. price9. A. forgot B. forget C. remember D. remembered10. A. code （密码） B. n u mber C. place D. address（2）Two days ago I was quite sure of getting an “A ” for my Spanish. I had got myself 1 . I looked for 2 on the Internet for a week. I wrote a _3and I even drew a few pictures of Spain. I practiced the speech a lot.On the day of my speech, I didn ' t get nervous or4forg^twas goingto say. However, everybody has one thing they are _5_ at. Some people are bad at drawing pictures. _6_ are bad at typing. My problem is that my stories about Spanish history soun ded bori ng.After givi ng my speech and show ing my pictures I 7 I was going toget a bad grade.Big projects are very difficult for me to fini sh. They 8 a lot of time,and I always 9 the day it has to be finished and the grad e I ' II get .Any way, I en ded up getti ng an “ A ” . The teacher said I 10 all my classmates listen - I was talking very loudly!1. A. ready B. excited C. i nterested D. worried2. A. n ews B. i nformatio n C. dict ion aries D. papers3. A. book B. story C.speech D. joke4. A. who B. where C. whe n D. what5. A. good B. bad C. in terest ing D. glad6. A. The other B. An other C. Others D. Other7. A. thought B. though C. taught D. brought8. A. cost B.spend C. pay D. take9. A. worry about B. think about C. tell about D. know about10. A. make B. made C. am maki ng D. has made⑶The world 1 many interesting soun ds. Some are un pleasa nt to ourears while 2 are very pleasant to hear. In single day you probably hear _3 sounds. All sounds are different. Some 4 loud, some sounds are high, others are low, some sounds are useful.5 sound we can ' t talk or listen to each other. The ringing of the alarm clock wakes people up. The hooti ng （鸣笛声）of a car warns people of dan ger.Some sounds are harmful. When pla nes fly low 6 the land; the very loud sounds can damage the house. Very loud sound can even make people deaf.We know sound travels about one kilometer in three 7 . In a thun derstorm you see the lighting first and then hear the thunder. This is because light travels 8 tha n sound.Next time you see lighting count the number of seconds before you hear thethun der.Divide this number 9 3. This will tell you 10 kilometers awaythe thun der storm is.1 . A. full of B. fill with C. is filled of D.is filled with2 . A. others B. the other C. ano ther D.the others3 . A. hun dreds of B. hun dred of C. hun dreds D.hun dred4. A. may B. maybe C. may beD. can5 . A. Of B. With C. Without D.By6. A. in B. on C. above D. over7. A. hours B. days C. minu tes D.seconds8. A. more fast B. much faster C. more faster D. much fast9. A. in B. of C. by D. at10. A. how much B. how many C. how far D. how long⑷Your room is your own special space. It 1 ' just a place for you tostudy and sleep. So make it fun and 2 to live in. Here are some tips to help you.Give your room a theme （主题）.Having a 3 makes your room look more stylish and beautiful. A room ' s theme c4n b.eIt could be aboutone of your favorite things, like football or music or a color. Pick a theme and keep it in mind, then decorate the room around the theme you have chosen.5 , some boys like skateboarding. Paint the walls in skaterstripes （条纹）,and 6 disco balls from the ceiling and useskateboards as shelves. 7 you are a girl, you may be more interested in 8 like dolphins. Pick curtains （窗帘）and bed covers with dolph in patter ns on them. Put dolph in toys on your bed, too. Draw or paint pictures of dolph ins play ing on your walls. Make your room as blueas the 9 . So when you walk into the room, you 10 it ' as homefor dolph ins!1. A. less tha n B. more tha n C. as much as D. as long as2. A. bori ng B. tiring C. enjoyable D. suitable3. A. problem B. flower C. doll D. theme4. A. differe nt B. difficult C. importa nt D. in terest ing5. A. As a result B. Such as C. For example D. As is said6. A. hang B. wrap C. tie D. stick7. A. When B. While C. As D. If8. A. vegetables B. sports C. an imals D. pictures9. A. sky B. sea C. river D. lake10. A. look like B. sound like C. feel like D. taste like二.阅读理解（每小题2分，共30小题）（1）At 18,ma ny America n young people go off on their own. They go away to college or find full-time jobs,and they often rent their own apartments.Some get married and families.This independence （独立性）is learned from childhood.From an early age,American children learn responsibility( 责任感). Children as young as 2 began put away their toys and dress themselves. At 3, many children do simple chores like setting the table.Using money wisely is also taught early. As soon as a child understands the value of money, he or she receives a weekly allowance. This is used for things the child wants,like toys or treats. The child can spend or save it,usually with little guidanee(指导)from parents. If the child wants money besideshis or her allowance,it must be made by doing extra chores.Children are taught early in life to think for themselves.They are allowed to make some decisions and make mistakes.Failure often teaches more than success.( )1.Many American young people begin to live on themselves ________ .A. at eighteen years oldB.from childhoodC.after they get marriedD.from an early age( )2.An American child learns to ______ at the age of 2.A. find a full-time jobB.rent an apartmentC.put on his or her own clothesD.do lots of chores( )3.The word “allowance”(in paragraph 3) means ________ i n Chinese.A. 奖品B.零花钱C.财产D.礼物( )4.A child can get some more money by _____ .A. understanding the value of moneyB. helping the richC.reading many bookesD.doing extra chores( )5.The passage is mainly about ___________ .A. the independence of American childrenB. the value of moneyC. the guidance from parentsD. failure and success of American children(2)The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do.On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings.Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy colour and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (装饰) their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of“ hong bao ” .It is a red paper bag with money in iUsually, older people give youn ger ones hong bao. They think it brings good luck.The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So do n' t say any bad words or do anything that will bring un happ in ess to other people.For instanee, you ' d better not say any bad words like “ death ” . Don ' t break anything. People thi nk that it means your luck is runni ________Also, don ' t borrow or lend money orbhese days. If you have borrowed mon ey, retur n it before the Spring Festival.( )1.What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?A. Family members gather for a big meal.B. Friends eat dumplings together.C. They borrow money from frien ds.D. They give each other hong bao .( )2.Why do people clea n their houses days before the Spring Festival?A. Because they enjoy being clea n.B. Because it is believed that clea ning will sweep away bad luck.C. Because they think it will bring happ in ess to others.D. Because it is thought that clea ning brings in mon ey.( )3.Which of the follow ing things is not supposed to happe n duri ng theSpring Festival?A. Retur ning money before the Spring Festival.B. Saying words that have to do with death.C. Weari ng red clothes.D. Decorati ng houses with red paper.( )4.The underlined phrase “ running out ” probably means “_________”.A. 跑出去B.打碎C.耗尽D.离开( )5.We can tell from the story that the Spring Festival is ____ .A. a time of harvest and funB. celebrated for one whole mon thC. on ly celebrated in Chi naD. a time for families to get together⑶Look at the light and beautiful sno wflakes ( 雪花)falli ng. Ever wan ted to hold them in your han ds? They are always lost whe n they meet your han ds.Well, this isn ' ju st a problem for you. It was a problem for Wils on Ben tley, too.In the 1870s, Wils on Ben tley was just a tee nager. His family lived in a small town in northeast America. Winters there were long and hard. Bentley ' mother was once a school teacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didn ' t go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and lovedreading his mother ' s books.But it was his mother mi 'crosscope ( 显微镜 ) that interested him. Whenthe other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes. Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals ( 晶体 ) under his microscope.The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them. But there were somany snowflakes that he couldn them all.How could he keep their beauty forever? Bentley thought of buying a camera. The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didn 'atgree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming.But finally Bentley did get a camera. Formore than a year he tried totake pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. the greatest moment of my life, ” Bentley said later.For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became known as “ Snowflake ” Bentley.()1.The best title for this passage is ___ . A. Snowflake Photos B. Snowflake Boy C. Long and Hard Winters D. Teenage Photographer()2.We can tel l from the story that Bentley ' s father was ____ .A. a farmerB. a funny manC. an athletic manD. a school teacher()3.Which of the following statements about Bentley is true? A. He didn ' t get any kind of education as a child. B. He was born into a rich family.C. He was the first person to take photos of snowflakes.D. He was fascinated by the beauty of snowflakes. ( )4.What kind of person do you thinkBentley was?A. He was outgoing.B. He was too serious.C. He was interested in learning.D. He was very warm-hearted ()5.The “ice crystals” in the third paragraph refers toA. water dropsB. rain dropsC. flowersD. snowflakes(4)Korean culture is really exciting right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going crazy about Korean TV dramas, Korean pop songs, taekwondo and the Korean language.t drawIt wasThe Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series “ Winter Sonata ”T. his love story is still popular. People, especially gir ls, like the beautiful story and handsome actors like Bae Yong Jun ( 裴勇俊).In the music world, Korean girls are making themselves heard in China.You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox, S. E. S and Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts ( 排行榜).The Korean Wave has also made young people want to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only that. Now some girls in China are having plastic surgery ( 整容) to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery. These stars don' tmake plastic surgery look shameful ( 丢面子的).Are all the faces of beautiful Korean girls not real? Find out for yourself when you next visit South Korea.( )1.What does the Korea Wave refer to? It refers to ___ .A. Korean TV dramasB. Korean cultureC. Korean languageD. Korean actors ( ___________ )2.When did the Korean Wave start? It started with _____________________________________ .A. the Korean pop songsB. TaekwondoC. the TV series “ Winter SonataD. th”e Korean food( )3.Who is the famous actor in Korean dramas?A. Bae Yong JunB. Baby VoxC. S. E. SD. Finkle( )4.Korean stars often change their looks by ______ .A. singing pop songsB. acting in TV dramasC. trying different foodD. having plastic surgery ( )5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Winter Sonata tells a very famous love story.B. Young people like Korean pop stars ' clothes and hairstyles.C. Chinese girls also want to try plastic surgery.D. Korean pop stars think plastic surgery is shameful.(5)Most people want to work, but it has become more difficult in today 's world to find work for everyone. The economy( 经济) of the world needs to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old nu mber of jobs for people. Often this is not possible,a nd so more people are out of work.. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people in short time. Also, mach ines do not ask for more money and Ion ger holiday .In all of the coun tries of the world, mach ines are tak ing work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One mach ine can ofte n do the work from forty people. About 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only70% of them can find jobs.( )1.It was _____ for people to find work before than tday.A. not possibleB.difficultC.more difficultD.easier( )2.If the economy of the world grows by 4% each year, _______ .A. people will have no jobsB. people can still have jobs as beforeC. 4% of the people will have jobs.D. 97% of the people will have jobs( )3.One machine can do as much work as ____ .A.40% of the peopleB.4% of the people in the worldC.40 peopleD.75,000 people( )4.How many people outside cities go into to look for jobs each day?A.70% of the peopleB. 4% of the people in the worldC.More than 75,000D.About 75,000 people( )5.Which of the followi ng is NOT true?A. Mach ines are tak ing work in stead of people.B. Now more people are out of work.C. Mach ines n eed more money and Ion ger holidays.D. Most people want to have jobs(6)Anna,Bernard,Carmen and Diana,three girls and a boy, were all born in the same hospital on the same day last mon th. One day all of their four mothers asked a nurse to give them each abath,because their fathers were soon coming to the hospital to see their babies. But the nurse was n ew. She took off their n ame labels one bye one whe n she bathed them,but she forgot to put any of them on aga in.She knew only some things about each baby.Only two of the babies have some hair,but they are not Anna and Carme n.Only one of the babies cries all the time but Anna is a happy baby. One baby always quietly sucks its thumbs(吮手指)but has no hair at all .Its n ame is Anna.One baby always touches the right ear and cries a lot,but she isn not the smallest baby.The fattest baby has no hair, and n ever cries. This baby does not suck the thumb. One of the boys with the red hair n ever cries but moves here and there.Can the nurse work out which baby is which before the fathers arrive? Of course she can. How about you?( )1.Why did the things become mixed(混乱的"Because _______________ .A. the babies' f athers were comingB. the mothers were mixedC. the nurse was newD. the babies wan ted to have a bath each( )2.Diana is the girl.Diana _______ .A.is the smallest babyB.always touches the left earC.always criesD.likes playi ng by herself( )3. ______ has hair and moves here and there.A.Dia naB.BernardC.Carme nD.A nna( )4.Anna _______ .A.cries all the timeB.isn f the fattestC.does n'tsuck the thumbsD.has red hair( )5.Which of the followi ng senten ces is right?A.The fathers will have a bath each.B.Carme n has a lot of hair.C.Bemard cries all the time.D.Dia na is the smallest.。

八年级英语阅读竞赛试题试卷

八年级英语阅读竞赛试卷满分：100分时间：50分钟提示：1.试卷共6页；2.请把答案涂在答题卡上。

八年级英语阅读竞赛试卷

八年级英语竞赛试卷单项选择。

（一）Last week Tom had a very busy weekend. On Saturday morning, he cleaned his room. That made his mother very happy. In the afternoon, he did his math homework. It was not difficult, so it only took him one hour to finish the homework. And in the evening, he went to visit his aunt with his parents. They had a big dinner there. The next morning, he went to swim after getting up. After lunch he went to the school playground and played football. That exercise makes him in a good health. On Sunday evening, he watched TV for an hour at home and then put the books in his schoolbag for the next day.（）1. What did Tom do on Saturday morning?A. He went shopping.B. He cleaned his room.C. He did his homework.D. He went running.（）2. How was Tom’s math homework?A. It was easy.B. It was difficult.C. It was too much.D. It was important.（）3. Where was Tom on Saturday evening?A. At home.B. In his school.C. At his aunt’s house.D. On the playground.（）4. What did he do after lunch on Sunday?A. Played basketball.B. Played football.C. Went swimming.D. Had a rest.（）5. How long did Tom watch TV on Sunday evening？A. Half an hour.B. One hour.C. Two hours.D. Three hours.（二）Dear Belinda,Thanks for your letter. Now let 6_______ tell you about my weekends.I always get up late on 7_______. My morning usually 8_______ with two eggs. That’s my breakfast. Then I go 9_______ at the supermarket. My eating habits are pretty good. I eat a lot of vegetables and fruit, and I 10_______ eat junk food. It’s unhealthy. I go swimming 11_______ my friend Jan e in the afternoon. She’s very 12_______ and likes playing sports very much. After that, we usually go to the movies. Both of us love movies and we go to the movies four or five 13_______ a month.On Sundays I go swimming for some more 14___ in the morning. In the afternoon I visit my grandparents and then have dinner with them. In the evening I 15_______ do some reading in bed, but not too often. What do you think of my weekends?Yours,Kelly （）6. A. us B. you C. me D. her（）7. A. Fridays B. Saturdays C. Tuesdays D. Mondays （）8. A. starts B. goes C. helps D. plays（）9. A. swimming B. running C. shopping D. dancing （）10. A. sometimes B. always C. often D. never（）11. A. for B. to C. with D. of（）12. A. shy B. heavy C. active D. lazy（）13. A. days B. weeks C. years D. times（）14. A. work B. study C. exercise D. food（）15. A. always B. sometimes C. hardly ever D. never（三）Old John went to see a doctor. The doctor examined him and said，“Medicine can’t help you. You must have a good rest. Go to a quiet place for a month，go to bed early，drink some milk，walk a lot and smoke one cigar（雪茄烟）a day. ”“Thank you very much，”said old John. “I will do everything you say. ”A month later，old John came to the doctor again. “Well，”said the doctor. “I’m glad to see you. You look much younger. ”“Oh，doctor，”said old John. “I feel quite well now. I had a good rest. I went to bed early. I drank a lot of milk，and I walked a lot. Your advice certainly helped me. But you asked me to smoke one cigar a day，and the one cigar a day nearly killed me at first. It’s no joke to start smoking at my age. ”（）16. The doctor________ .A. asked him to take some medicineB. asked him not to take any medicineC. didn’t say any word about medicineD. gave him some medicine（）17. Old John ________ after a month.A. didn’t get wellB. got wellC. was youngD. was old（）18. Which one is TRUE?A. Old John smoked before.B. Old John didn’t smoke before.C. Old John liked smoking before.D. Old John smoked less than before.（）19. When old John was ill，he looked ________.A. youngB. oldC. youngerD. older（）20. The best title for this passage should be ________.A. Old JohnB. Old John Is IllC. The Doctor’s AdviceD. Old John Becomes Younger（四）Mrs. Morgan is an old woman. She is seventy-four years old. Although she is old, she is very healthy. She also looks young. Why? Because she has a healthy lifestyle.Mrs. Morgan often exercises. She likes going shopping. She goes shopping three times a week on foot. She thinks walking is good for health. Mrs. Morgan has a dog. Every morning she takes her dog for a walk for half an hour. Sometimes she works on the farm. She often washes clothes and cleans her house. She says，“I don’t want my daughter to wash my clothes, because she is busy working. ”Mrs. Morgan has a good eating habit. She eats vegetables every day. She eats meat once a week. She drinks milk and eats an egg for breakfast. She eats an apple every day. She oft en says, “Eating an apple every day is good for health. ”Sometimes Mrs. Morgan watches TV after dinner. Her favorite program is Beijing Opera. She doesn’t like soap operas. She often goes to bed at nine thirty in the evening. And she sleeps for eight hours.根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。

初二英语阅读竞赛

初二英语阅读竞赛班级姓名I.完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

Rachel lived in a small town in America. She always wanted to help others when she was young. At the age of 5, she learned about an organization named Locks of Love. It uses hair donations to make wigs(假发) for children who have 1their hair because of cancer or other illnesses. Rachel then asked her mother to cut her long hair and send 2to the organization.At 8, she learned that other children had no clean 3in Africa, and she was shocked, When her school began 4money to build wells there, she asked her parents to 5 holding her birthday party. Also, she asked her friends each to donate $ 9 to the project in Africa 6giving her birthday presents.One year later, it was her 7birthday on June 12. She made a 8page on the Internet with a goal(目标) of $300. However. Rachel was able to raise only $200. This made her a little 9.Unluckily, Rachel was badly hurt in an accident 10eight days. That was a terrible shock to her friends. They wanted to find some ways of showing 11 to her. They began donating on Rachel’s birthday page. Donations 12 her $ 300 goal quickly and kept rising.When it was clear that she would 13 come back to herself(苏醒)，her parents donated her organs(器官) to other children. They also donated her hair a 14 time to Locks of Love.More 15 was being raised. The total donations soon reached $ 100,000, then $ 300, 000. So far more than $ 850,000 has been raised from all over the world, including donations from the Africans who are moved by the little American girl.1. A. sold B. lost C. borrowed D. used2. A. them B. her C. one D. it3. A. room B. air C. toy D. water4. A. spending B. making C. raising D. saving5. A. stop B. prevent C. keep D. finish6. A. because of B. out of C. instead of D. such as7. A. eighth B. ninth C. tenth D. eleventh8. A. birthday B. family C. child D. game9. A. angry B. satisfied C. excited D. sad10. A. before B. after C. in D. during11. A. interest B. support C. protection D. thanks12. A. passed B. offered C. showed D. brought13. A. ever B. hardly C. seldom D. never14. A. final B. first C. following D. next15. A. clothes B. money C. instruments D. foodII.阅读理解（共14小题；每小题5分，满分70分）AAlmost every Chinese person can recite the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work(谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦).” But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food.A CCTV program, News One Plus One, reported that the food Chinese people throw awayevery year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.Do we have too much food? Of course not. Accordingto the UN World Food Program, there were 925 millionhungry people around the world in 2010, especially indeveloping countries. Six million children die of hungerevery year.Chinese people are well known for being hospitable(好客的) and generous. Many even feel that they lose face iftheir guests have eaten all the food on the table.Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. Last November, Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Nanjing, got fired because she took some leftover food home for her son. Many people stood by her side and criticized(批评) the waste of food.What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food? Here are some tips:1. Do not order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.2. Don’t be too picky(挑剔的) about food. Some food may not taste great, but your body needs it.3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t b uy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.16. What does the writer want to show us through Li Hong’s story?A. Many Chinese restaurants waste a large amount of food.B. Many Chinese people are kind-hearted and ready to help the weak.C. Chinese people feel that they lose face if their guests eat all the food.D. Many Chinese people don’t agree with the behavior of wasting food.17. The underlined word “leftover” means in Chinese.A. 过期的B. 剩余的C. 腐烂的D.难吃的18. According to the passage, we shouldn’t waste food because .A. food comes from very hard workB. six million children die of hunger every dayC. there is enough food to feed all the peopleD. Chinese are hospitable and generous19. Which of the following is a good way to save food?A. Ordering more than you need at a restaurant.B. Taking home restaurant leftovers.C. Not knowing what you already have at home when shopping.D. Not eating the food you don’t like even if it’s healthy.BEvery year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia (栀子花) was sent to my house. No card came with it. Calls to the flower shops were not helpful at all. After a while Istopped trying to discover the sender’s name and was just very pleased with the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper.But I never stopped imagining who the giver might be. Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged this imagining. She’d ask me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness. Perhaps it was the old man who I looked after when he was ill. As a girl, I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy.One month before my graduation, my father died. I felt very sad and didn’t want to go to the coming graduation dance at all. And I didn’t care whether I had a ne w dress or not. But my mother, in her own sadness, would not let me miss any of those things. She wanted he children to feel loved and lovable. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia—lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery.My mother died ten days after I was married. I was 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.20. Which statement is true according to the passage?A. The author found the sender by calling the flower shops.B. In fact, the flower was sent by a boy.C. It was a pleasant moment for the girl to imagine the sender.D. The author got a gardenia every year after she was married.21. The mother let her daughter go to the graduation dance because_________A. She hoped she would miss her father.B. She thought education was most important.C. She hoped she would find a friend.D. She wanted her to be happy and strong.22. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. A Childhood DreamB. A Mother’s LoveC. A Graduation PartyD. A Special BirthdayCSometimes the easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike.More and more people are using cars in many places in Africa today. However, things are different in Malawi( 马拉维).Bikes are the most popular in this African country.Bike riding is a way of life in Malawi. People use them to carry heavy things. They also use bikes to carry people, especially tourists. These years, taking a “ bicycle taxi” to travel around Malawi has become quite popular among tourists from all over the world.If you go to Malawi, you will find a lot of bike taxis waiting on the sides of the roads. The riders make the bikes comfortable for passengers to sit on . You can jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost.Alice is a 21-year-old student from Canada. She enjoys the special bike riding a lot. “I really like the bike taxi,” she says. “It’s easy and cheap.” Alice usually pays just $1 for going shopping in town.28-year-old Panjira Khombe began to ride a bike taxi two years ago. The young man enjoys this job.“I used to make boats for a living, but that’s a hard job. Being a bike taxi rider is easy for me and I don’t mind carrying heavy people,” he says.23. The passage tells us tha t Alice enjoys the bike taxi because it’s________.A. on the side of the roadB. popular and heavyC. all over the countryD. cheap and easy24. From the passage we can learn Panjira Khombe thinks that________.A. going shopping is easyB. making boats is difficultC. riding a bike taxi is cheapD. carrying heavy people is interesting25. The best title of the passage may be “________ ” .A. Bike RidersB. A Special CountryC. Bike TaxisD. A Cheap JourneyDDear Liz，My stay in Thailand has certainly been the experience of my life．Life is busy and exciting．Bangkok is just like any other big city with a population of 10 million and heavy traffic．I'm very lucky because my host family is in a nice quiet area outside the city．There are Mr. and Mrs. Phairat, their son Sanan, who is 18, the daughter Chinda, who is 16, and Grandpa and Grandma．I go to an international school with Sanan and Chinda．The school teaches about 70 percent in English，and 30 percent in Thai. I've learned some spoken language，but Thai writing is very difficult．The cooking lesson is my favourite．I'm learning all about Thai food and culture People don’t use chopsticks here，but spoons and forks．When I come back，I'm going to cook you a real Thai meal．Last weekend we visited some temples．We also drove to Pattaya beach near Bangkok．I thought it was great，but Sanan and Chinda say that next month they’re taking me to Phuket Island，where the beaches are even more beautiful．The month after next，we’re going to travel to Mr．Phairat，s hometown in the north of Thailand．The Phairats own land there，and they have two elephants．I’m going to ride those elephants— and even wash them．Sanan and Chinda say it’s really fun．I'm amazed by everything in this country，especially by the elephants．Elephants are an important pan of Thai culture and way of life．They have been a traditional symbol(象征)of Thailand for many years in times of war and peace．In the seventh century，a Thai king trained 20，000 elephants for battle．I’ll tell you all about my Thai boxing(拳击)lessons next time I write．Love,Mandy26．How many family members are there in Mandy’s host family?A)4．B)5．C)6．D)7．27．Next month，Mandy is going to visit__________．A)Pattaya beach B)Phuket IslandC)Phairat’s hometown D)Bangkok28．According to the e-mail，__________has been a symbol of Thailand for many years.A) B) C) D)29．What is the possible subject of the e-mail?A)Study trip in Thai land B)Food culture in ThailandC)Elephant riding in Thailand D)International schools in Thailand。

八年级英语阅读竞赛试卷及答案

八年级英语阅读竞赛试卷一、根据句意及所给首字母，写出完整正确的单词(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)Food is very important. Everyone needs to (1) e_________ well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is knowledge (知识). We begin to get knowledge even (2) w__________ we are very young. Small children are (3) i__________ in everything around them. They learn (4) w_________ while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to read story books, science books…, anything th ey like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and (5) t_________ to find out the answers.二、完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

One day, a boy found the cocoon (茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small 6 in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make 7 body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.So the boy 8 to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be 9 . He took a pair of scissors (剪刀) and cut the hole 10 . The butterfly came out of the cocoon, but it 11 a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin 12 . The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling (爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.The boy acted with 13 but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawl out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of 14 out of the cocoon makes the fluid (液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be 15 to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze (挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.16 struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be 17 we could have been and we would never fly.In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even 18 growth, without it, there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid 19 or problems. So, next time you are 20 a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little–then fly!6. A. hole B. worm C. tail D. snake7. A. it B. it’s C. itself D. its8. A. decided B. asked C. showed D. ordered9. A. afraid B. interested C. surprised D. grateful10. A. slimmer B. bigger C. shorter D. smaller11. A. touched B. sounded C. looked D. smelt12. A. wings B. feet C. eyes D. head13. A. success B. excitement C. kindness D. humour14. A. get B. getting C. to get D. got15. A. ready B. quiet C. glad D. used16. A. Somewhere B. Something C. Some time D. Sometimes17. A. as helpful as B. as weak as C. as strong as D. as creative as18. A. repeats B. recommends C. requires(需要) D. represents(代表)19. A. happiness B. difficulties C. pleasure D. hope20. A. served with B. growing into C. bringing in D. faced with三、阅读理解(共20小题；每小题3分，满分60分)阅读下文, 从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

八年级英语阅读竞赛试卷

永康中学八年级英语阅读竞赛试卷一、完形填空(共30题，30分)AAlthouth it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet（西藏）. Our legs were so heavy and cold that 1 felt like big pieces of ice. Have you 2 seen snowmen ride bicycles? That’s what we looked like! Along the way children who were 3 long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late 4 we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze（结冰）.However, the lakes 5 like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful.Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She was in high spirit and I knew I didn’t need to 6 her. To climb the mountains was hard work but as we 7 us. We were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles, and we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. After a while, we began going 8 the mountains. It was great fun especially as it slowly became much 9 . At the foot of the mountains, colourful butterflies flew around us and we saw many sheep eating green grass. Then we had to 10 our caps, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.In the early evening we stopped to 11 . We put up our tent and then we ate. After supper Wang Wei went to sleep but I stayed 12 . At midnight the sky became clearer and the stars grew brighter. It got very 13 . As I 14 below the stars I thought about how far we had already travelled.We will reach Dali in Yunnan Province soon, where our cousins will join us. We 15 hardly wait to see them!( )1. A. we B. you C. they D. it( )2. A. never B. ever C. even D. yet( )3. A. dressed in B. put on C. taken off D. dressed up ( )4. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night( )5. A. shine B. shining C. shines D. shone( )6. A. follow B. encourage C. remind D. discover ( )7. A. looked at B. looked around C. looked for D. looked over ( )8. A. up B. down C. around D. into( )9. A. colder B. drier C. warmer D. wetter ( )10. A. charge B. check C. chase D. change ( )11. A. make beds B. make friends C. make camp D. make money ( )12. A. alive B. alone C. away D. awake ( )13. A. cloudy B. foggy C. noisy D. quiet( )14. A. lie B. lied C. lay D. laid( )15. A. may B. can C. must D. shallBIn the deep parts of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. I can’t forget them 16 many years have passed.I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But to tell the truth, he 17 the water. Any kind of 18 ride seemed to give him pleasure. And he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.But I never really liked being on the water. The way my father did. I liked being 19 the water, Moving through it, Having it all around me. I was not a strong swimmer 20 one who learned to swim early, for I had fears. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and 21 those summer days with my father, who would come by on a break. I needed him to see 22 I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the 23 person not in swimsuit.After 24 . I would go inside his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk. Where he let me 25 anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes I was left alone at his desk while he 26 in the lab. One afternoon an assistant came in and told me not to be playing with my father’s 27 . Just then my father returned. He stopped the assistant and said easily. “Oh, no. 28 .” And sometimes when my fahter wasn’t out, he would hand me coins and tell me to get29a cup of ice cream.A poet once said, “We look at lift once, in childhood; the rest is 30 .” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood ” that decides out memories. But who. in that childhood, look at us.( )16. A. still B. already C. even D. yet( )17. A. escaped B. refused C. praised D. loved ( )18. A. boat B. bus C. train D. bike ( )19. A. on B. off C. by D. in( )20. A. and B. but C. or D. for( )21. A. spending B. wasting C. saving D. running ( )22. A. where B. when C. what D. how ( )23. A. next B. only C. other D. last ( )24. A. finishing B. fishing C. swimming D. working ( )25. A. put up B. play with C. break down D. workout ( )26. A. worked B. would work C.was working D.had worked ( )27. A. fishing net B. office things C.wooden chair D. ball rules ( )28. A. it’s fine B. it’s serious C. its important D. it’s friendly ( )29. A. the poet B. the assistant C. himself D. my self ( )30. A. memory B. purpose C. truth D. practice二、阅读理解（共15题，30分）AThe age for drinking alcohol by law in the United States is twenty-one. A younger person will be punished if he drinks alcohol. However, many students drink alcohol in colleges and universities and they think it is a common part of college social life. Let’s see some numbers from a report, more then seventeen million students get higher education in the United States. Each year, one thousand seven hundred of them die from alcohol-related road accidents. More than six hundred thousand are hurt badly after drinking. And almost seven hundred thousand students are attacked by students who have been drinking.At the University of Oklahoma（俄克拉何马，美国的一个州）, new policies went into effect after a nineteen-year-old student died in 2004. He had been drinking heavily at a party. Now, drinking is not allowed in many situations. Student organizations can sell alcohol only on Friday and Saturday. The first-year students must take an alcohol education program online.The punishments are as follows: With a first strike（违法）, students pay seventy-five dollars and their parents are told. They must also take an alchol education class. For a second time, they have to pay one hundred fifty dollars. A third strike means a suspension（暂停，暂时剥夺）for at least one term.Since January of 2005, six hundred thirty-three students have had a first strike. Thrity have had a second strike and one has been suspended. An offcial at Oklahoma tells us the aim is not just to punish but to change behavior and the culture at the university.( )1.From the first paragraph, we know that drinking alcohol is not allowed _____.A．if you are a student of a college or a universityB．if you have a carC．if you are a college or university student and you have a carD．if you are 18 years old( )2.From numbers provided by the report we know that _____.A. if you don’t drink in a college or university, everything will be OK.B. you will die or be hurt badly if you drink in a college or in a universityC. even though you don’t drink at all, you may still be hurt by alcoholD. about 3.5% students are hurt badly after drinking in the United States ( )3. The underlined phrase in the first paragraph may mean“road accidents____”A. caused by over-drinking alcoholB. result from careless drivingC. because of bad weatherD. happens between vehicles which carry alcohol( )4. We know that the student who died in 2004 at the university of Oklahoma _____.A.was not allowed to drink alcohol by the universityB. was allowed to drink alcohol only on Friday and SaturdayC. had broken the lawD. might had paid at least seventy-five dollars if he had not died( )5. According to the official at Oklahoma, the aim of the new policies is _____.A. not only to punish but also to change behavior and the culture at theuniversityB. only to change behavior and the culture at the universityC. to punish the students who break the lawD. to get an extra income for the universityBI came to study in a Western country a year ago. Yet I did not know its society until I was injured in a car accident because I had to see a doctor and go to court.After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very thankful and decided to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him ＄200 for what he had done. I was shocked. He had a good reason to charge me, he said, “if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I needed a doctor to prove my injury to my lawyer. Now that he had found me a doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.”But every time I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stopped treating one as to see another. Yet he charged me ＄115 each time. The final examination report had only ten lines, and it cost me ＄215.My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he escaped seeing me at all. He knew very well the other person was responsible for the accident , yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was n’t so responsible that I decided to dismiss him. Still he made me pay him ＄770.Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Fearing being too late, I told the insurance the date I was leaving that country, Knowing that, they played for time. Finally I left without being paid.My experiences taught me two things about the reality in some countries:firstly, in a country like this, money is everything. It is more important than friendship, honor or professional morality. Secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about the Western world, we should see both its good and bad sides.( )6. The underlined wore “charge”in Paragraph 2 means to _______.A. ask for a priceB. stop payingC. pay instead ofD. give some help to( )7. The author’s roommate offered to help him because he ______.A. felt so terribly sorry for the writerB. thought it was a chance to make moneyC. knew the doctor was a very good oneD. wanted the writer to have a good lawyer( )8. A good lawyer is important for the writer to ______.A. be well treated by the doctorB. talk with the person responsible for the accidentC. get what he should for his injuryD. get well before he leaves that country( )9. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The writer paid his friend ＄200 quickly after the accident.B. The writer dismissed the lawyer without any reasons.C. The writer acted his own lawyer, so he was paid a lot for his injury.D. Both the lawyer and the doctor asked for too much money.( )10. I paid _____ for what my roomate didA. ＄215B. ＄115C. ＄200D. ＄770CMr. King was the manager of a hotel. One weekend all the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting. On Friday night, three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr. King said there were no rooms ready because of the meeting. The men were unhappy.Mr. King wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 418, a very small room, was empty. He asked them if they would share a room. The three men said they would. Mr. King said the room would be thirty dollars: ten for each one. Each man gave him the money and then went up to the room.Mr. King s oon began to feel sorry. “Thirty dollars is a lot to ask as price for that small room.” he thought. He called his assistant over and said, “Here is five dollars. Take it to the men in Room 418. I asked too much for their room.”The assistant took the money. While he was on the way there, he started to think, “How can three men divide five dollars? I'll give them each only one dollar and keep the two dollars for myself. The men will be happy to get something back, and Mr. King will never know.” So the assist ant returned one dollar to each man.Each man had at first paid ten dollars. After the assistant returned them one dollar each, each had paid nine. There were three men, $ 9Ⅹ3 = $ 27. The assistant kept $ 2.$ 27 + $ 2 = $ 29. Where is the missing dollar?( ) 11. The three men were not happy because _________.A. there was a large meetingB. it was weekendC. there was only one small roomD. they wouldn't have a place to stay ( ) 12. With the help of the manager, the three men ________.A. went to another hotelB. each got a small room for the nightC. stayed together in a small roomD. got a small room Mr. King kept for himself( )13. At first _________.A. $ 27 was paid by the three menB. $ 30 was paid by each of the threeC. $ 25 was paid by the three menD. $10 was paid by each of the three( ) 14 The assistant_______.A. helped the men to divide the moneyB. kept two dollars for himselfC. returned three to the three men and two to the managerD. kept three dollars for himself( )15. Where is the missing dollar?A. there wasn’t any missing dollar.B. It was taken by the assistant, too.C. It was taken by Mr. KingD. It was taken by the three men.三、阅读填空（共10题，20分）请先阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面方框的七个选项中，选择五个还原到文章中，使短文内容完整，语句通顺。

精选--初中八年级的英语阅读竞赛训练试卷试题

八年级英语阅读比赛训练试题 4完形填空Seven loyal readers came to the Teens ’ office two weeks ago. They had a wonderful day learning how to make a newspaper. But what 1 made them excited was that they had their say.“ Whatmost impressed me was 2 I was saying something, I found all eyes were 3me, ” said Tang Shining, one of the students. Her friend, Li Chunbei agreed, and felt very glad thatwhen she was talking, the editors nodded and even 4 notes.Students were happy to see the editors listen to their 5 . You may often 6 about being neglected (忽视 ) by teachers and parents. 7 before complaining, please 8 that you havealready spoken about your thoughts.It ’ s common in China that teachers at school and parents were 9 the ones to tell teenagerswhat they should and shouldn ’dot. The young are 10 to doing what they are told, ratherthan thinking by themselves. But then their ideas would be locked in their brains and not be11 .A girl wrote to Teens about her family 12 . She used to be very sad because her father seldomtalked and played with her. After years of consideration, she 13 decided to write her father aletter, telling him about her sadness. To her 14 , the father 15 , saying that he didn ’ t realize his mistakes. From then on, he really 16 .Sometimes, we need to let our 17 be heard, so others can understand our thoughts and feelings.Don’ t be afraid of being 18 for what you have done. You know it is your 19 to speakyour mind. 20 your ideas are denied ( 否认 ), at least you have tried your best. You will not beleft with any regret.1． A. really B. directly C. completely D. immediately2． A. how B. when C. where D. what3． A. at B. for C. on D. in4． A. read B. saw C. copied D. took5． A. opinions B. speeches C. songs D. articles6． A. talk B. complain C. write D. speak7． A. And B. So C. But D. Instead8． A. make good B. make of C. make up D. make sure9． A. seldom B. never C. always D. hardly10．A. used B. reduced C. advised D. told11．A. remembered B. used C. touched D. heard12．A. story B. history C. event D. report13．A. sadly B. suddenly C. angrily D. finally14．A. sorrow B. disappointment C. surprise D. joy15．A. apologized B. smiled C. laughed D. shouted16．A. exchanged B. changed C. talked D. played17．A. voices B. decisions C. suggestions D. secrets18．A. punished B. blamed C. beaten D. fined19．A. duty B. task C. right D. pleasure20．A. Even if B. Because C. Instead D. Not until阅读理解 AAbout five years ago , an American electrical engineer named Scott Brusaw and hiswife Julie came up with the idea of putting solar panels( 控制板 )on the ground rather thanthe roof .Then they began to develop the Solar Roadway .The Solar Roadway is an intelligent road that provides clean renewable energy using power from the sun ,while providing safer driving conditions , along with power and data delivery . They predict that the Solar Roadway will pay for itself through the generation of electricity along with other forms of income and that the same money that is being used to build and resurfacecurrent roads can be used to build the Solar Roadways.Each Solar Road Panel measures roughly 4 meters by 4 meters and contains a microprocessor( 微办理器 )that monitors and controls the panel , while communicating with neighboring panels and the vehicles travelling overhead . The inventors suggest that this provides a communications device every 4 meters on every road which could be used for example to warn drivers of cars which are moving across a centre line and various other speed control problems. The top of the Solar Road panels is made of super-strong glass that would offer vehicles the tractions( 抓地力 ) they need.According to the inventors , the Solar Roadway creates and carries clean renewable electricity and therefore electric vehicles can be recharged at any conveniently located rest stop , or at any business that has paved Solar Road Panels in their parking lots.The inventors say their Solar Roadway has many functions and advantages from mainroads to driveways, parking lots , bike paths , sidewalks and runways. The Federal Highway Administration has given Brusaw ＄ 100,000 to develop the invention and Brusaw hopes to build a smart-road parking lot in the coming spring .21. In the inventors’ opinion, the Solar Roadway.A. is too expensive to build at presentB. costs no more money than current roadsC. can provide as many data as present computersD. will bring them a large sum of money22.The underlined word“ they” in Paragraph 2 refers to .A. the panelsB. the inventorsC. the researchersD. the vehicles23.The Solar Roadway includes all the following advantages except.A. providing safer driving conditionsB. helping drivers communicate with each other while drivingC. creating and carrying clean renewable electricityD. warning drivers of various speed control problems24.It can be inferred from the text that_________.A.the Solar Roadway has already been put into useB.＄ 100,000 is only enough to build a smart-road parking lotC.the Solar Roadway is not available for gas-powered carsD.future electric vehicles can be charged anytime andanywhere 25.What can be the best title for the text?A. Solar-powered smart road of the futureB. The great changes on the roadwayC. The influence the Solar Roadway has on peopleD. The Solar Road — a much faster roadB Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, “ Barbara,be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience.” Howright theywere! Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunityand strangers into friends.“ Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm,” wrote Ralph Waldois Emerson. Itthe paste that helps you hang in there when the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that whispers,“ I can do it!” when others shout,“ No, you can’ t!” It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist （遗传学家） who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to begenerally accepted. Yet she didn ’stop working on her experiments. Work was such a deeppleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that givesenthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age. At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would starthis day by playing Bach（巴赫）. As the music flowed through his fingers, his bent shoulderswould straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes. As author and poet Samuel once wrote,“ Years wrinkle（使生皱纹） the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money, title or power. PatriciaMallrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked whereshe got her enthusiasm. She replied,“ My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, I never made a pennyuntil I stopped working for money.”If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can do it as a hobby. Elizabeth Laytonof Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended her depression （抑郁）thathad troubled her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, “ Iampersuaded to call Layton a genius.”We can ’ t afford to waste tears on-have-beensmight“” . We need to turnhet tears into sweat aswe go after“-whatcan-be” . We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses—finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old,and the beauty of a rainbow.26.Which of the following can best explain the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?A.Enthusiasm plays an important part in success.B.If you don't have enthusiasm, you can achieve nothing.C.Enthusiastic people never consider money and fame.D.Enthusiastic people can gain great fame and honor.27.The author mentions cellist Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that ________.A.music can arouse people ’ s enthusiasmB.enthusiasm can give people inspiration needed to succeedC.enthusiasm can make people feel youngD.enthusiasm can keep people healthy28.How many examples are given in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm?29.The author holds the view that ________.A.enthusiastic people will never get oldB.enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy lifeC.enthusiasm is more important than experienceD.enthusiasm can give people more success and fame任务型阅读We all have goals that we are moving towards and making a great effort to achieve. This is agood thing. Or can it be bad? How many of us never reach our goals and yet we have tried sohard and really thought about nothing else? I believe the mistake most of us make is that we donot focus on our present situation.Let me explain. Most of us see our present situation as a stepping stone that we use simply asa means of reaching our final destination. We don ’take time to truly appreciate where we are todayand all the great things we already have in our lives. We should focus our attention on the journeyand not on the destination, or we will miss the beautiful scenery along the way.Let ’ s use our job as an example. Now most of us want a promotion. We have plans to becomethe manager or general manager in our companies. Unfortunately, most of us will never reach the goal,but will watch others achieve our goal instead.What we should be doing is focusing on the job we are currently in now. Forget where we wantto get to and just focus on the present. You see, what we can control is our performance in ourcurrent job. We can decide to be the best we possibly can in our current job. Now this may meanfurther education to have the skills we currently do not have. It may mean working harder to producebetter results than our colleagues. It could simply be a change of attitude, such as stoppingcomplaining and becoming a more devoted and supportive employee. By doing our current job to thebest of our abilities, we in fact give ourselves the best chance of promotion.So the best thing for all of us to do to achieve our goals is to just focus on what we have andwhere we are now. Do the best and be the best we possibly can in our current situations, and we willgive ourselves the very best chance of reaching our goals in the future. We have heard the oldsayings and they are true:“ Rome wasn’ t built in a day.” ,“ Patience is a virtue” , and Have patience, have appreciation of what we already have, and take time to help ourselves bethe very best we can. Do these things and we will all reach our goals, but more importantly, wewill enjoy our life every day.Title Focus on the presentTheme To (1) ______ our goals, we should focus on what we have and where weare now.Common﹡ We do not focus on our present situation.(2)______﹡Most of us see our present situation as a stepping stone to our finaldestination.(4)______ —— our jobConclusion ﹡We do not spend the time truly (3)______ where we are today and what we already have in our lives.﹡(5)______ the thought of getting promoted. What we should do is (6)______ our best to do our current job.﹡To be the best in our current job, we should get further education, work harder than (7)______, stop complaining and (8)______ ourselves to our job.If we are (9)______, grateful for what we have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can, we can not only (10)______ in the future, but also enjoy our life every day.完型 ABCDA BCDCA DADCA BABCA阅读BDBCA ACCBachieve/reach mistakes appreciating Example Forget/Ignore try/ do. colleagues/others devote patient succeed优选--初中八年级的英语阅读比赛训练试卷试题。

八年级英语阅读能力竞赛试题

八年级英语阅读能力竞赛试题（时量：40分钟总分：120分）Name: Class: Score:阅读理解1 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 told the farmers about it.Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. On the bus she told one of her friends how clever and able her son was. She spoke very loudly. All the people in the bus began to listen to her.“Which university (大学) will your son study in?” a woman next to her asked.“In the most famous university in our country!” Mrs. Turner said happily.“The most famous university?”“Oxford University (牛津).”Most of the passengers (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. AmericaB. FranceC. GermanyD. England（）2. Mr. and Mrs. Turner were happy because ________.A. their son did well in his lessonsB. they have a big farmC. they have a good harvestD. their son studied at a middle school（）3. Mrs. Turner wanted everyone to know ________.A. her son finished middle schoolB. her son was handsomeC. her son was going to study in a universityD. her son was very friendly to others（）4. Mrs. Turner spoke so loudly in the bus that __________.A. her friend could hear herB. all the people could hear herC. she hoped to make all the people happyD. she hoped they would say congratulations to her（）5. Which of the following is true? __________.A. The woman wasn't interested in Mrs. Turner's wordsB. Mrs. Turner knew nothing about the famous universityC. The woman wanted to stop Mrs. Turner from showing off (炫耀)D. The woman next to Mrs. Turner wanted to show off her son, too阅读理解2“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings.“Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say “It's cool.”You may think, “He's so cool,” when you see your favourite footballer.We all maximize (扩大) the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”. Here's an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall (瀑布) they had visited. On one student's paper was just the one sentence, “It's so cool”. Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.But the story also shows a scarcity (缺乏) of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility (可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.（）1. We know that the word “cool” has ________.A. only one meaningB. no meaningsC. many different meaningsD. the same meaning（）2. In the passage, the word “express” means“________”.A. seeB. showC. knowD. feel（）3. If you are ________ something, you may say, “It's cool.”A. interested inB. angry aboutC. afraid ofD. unhappy with（）4. The writer takes an example to show he is _________ the way the word is used.A. pleased withB. strange toC. worried aboutD. careful with（）5. In the passage, the writer suggests (暗示) that the word “cool”_________.A. can be used instead of many wordsB. usually means something interestingC. can make your life colourfulD. may not be as cool as it seems阅读理解3 A meteorite (陨石) almost hit an 80-year-old man named Arthur Pettifer in Britain when he was working in his garden. The meteorite was the biggest in the past 26 years in Britain.The meteorite weighed (重量) one kilo, and might be over four thousand million (百万) years old.“I hear the big noise in the air. I looked up and saw the tops of the trees coming and going,” he said. “I didn't know what it was.”Meteorites are small things from the small planets in space. About 3,500 meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found. Mr. Pettifer's meteorite is the fifth to fall in Britain since the Second World War.Mr. Pettifer is glad. “When you think about it coming from so far away, it really is something strange.”（）1. The meteorite was ______ Mr Pettifer when it fell down.A. close toB. far fromC. hittingD. coming to（）2. The meteorite was already ______ years old.A. 40,000,000,000B. 40,000,000C. 400,000,000D. 4,000,000,000（）3. Mr. Pettifer found the tops of the trees coming and going because ______.A. the trees were afraidB. the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops movingC. it was going to rainD. the moving was made by wind（）4. ______ people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often each year.A. Quite a fewB. someC. FewD. Many（）5. Mr. Pettifer was ______ to see the falling of the meteorite.A. happyB. afraidC. sorryD. angry阅读理解4 Mrs. Weeks was reading a newspaper story to her class. The story said：Were you ever in a hospital when you were small? How did you feel? The doctors in Children’s Hospital are asking for money for children’s toys(玩具). Some children in the hospital must stay in bed for many weeks. Toys are needed to keep these sick(生病的)children happy and quiet. Money for them can be sent to the hospital.After Mrs. Weeks read the story，she said，“This story gave me an idea.”“You want us to bring some money for the toys.”“We could bring some of our own toys for the children in the hospital.” said the boys and girls one after another.“Well，your ideas would be nice，” Mrs Weeks said，“but mine is different.”“We could make some toys.” shouted one of them.Mrs. Weeks smiled. “Do you think you could make toys?” she asked.“Yes, yes.” the whole class answered.“Great! Let’s begin to make toys tomorrow.” said Mrs. Weeks.On Saturday afternoon，Mrs. Weeks took children to the hospital with the toys made by her students. The children in the class felt happy，too.A few days later，Mrs. Weeks read another newspaper story to the class:Some school pupils brought toys to Children’s Hospital last week. The toys were made by the pupils of Grade Three in Green Street School. The doctor said，“We have never had so many wonderful toys. Our children are very happy with them. They say，‘THANK YOU，GRADE THREE.’”（）1. What was the first newspaper story mainly(主要)about?A. Sick children in Children’s HospitalB. Doctors in Children’s Hospital.C. Mrs. Weeks and her students.D. Toys made by the boys and girls.（）2. What “idea” did Mrs. Weeks have in mind?A. Ask the class to give some money to the children in the hospital.B. Ask the class to send some of their own toys to the children in the hospital.C. Let the class make some toys themselves and give them to the children in thehospital.D. Tell the class to go to see the children in the hospital.（）3. Doctors in Children’s Hospital didn’t have ____ to keep the childrenhappy and quiet.A. enough timeB. enough boys and girlsC. get money to buy toys forD. enough doctors（）4. At first，the doctors in Children’s Hospital wanted to ____ thesick children.A. give some money toB. make some toys forC. get money to buy toys forD. borrow some toys for（）5. What Mrs Weeks really wanted to do is to ____.A. let everyone know her classB. save some money for toysC. make herself famousD. teach the pupils to do things themselves and be helpful to others 阅读理解5 Once there lived an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot ofthings. So his wife always had to say to him，“Don't forget this.”One day he went on a long way alone. Before he left home，his wife said，“Nowyou have all these things. You need them on your way. Take care of your things onthe way.”He went to the station. He bought a ticket and got on the train with it.About an hour later，the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the oldman and said，“Will you please show me your ticket?”The old man looked for his ticketin all his pockets but he could not find it. He was very worried. “I can't findmy ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train，”said the old man.“I think you are right. I believe you bought a ticket. All right，you don'thave to buy another ticket，”said the conductor kindly. But the old man still(仍然) looked worried and said sadly，“You don't know why I'm worried. If I don't findmy ticket，I can't remember my station. Where am I going? ”（）1. The old man bought a ticket _______.A. after he got on the trainB. before he got on the trainC. when the conductor told him to buy oneD. when he found he had no ticket with him（）2. About an hour later，the conductor began _______.A. to buy the ticketsB. to look for the ticketsC. to check(检查) the ticketsD. to show the tickets（）3. The conductor told the old man that he didn't need to buy another ticket because _________.A. the man was very oldB. he thought the old man had no money with himC. the old man showed him the ticketD. he believed the old man（）4. The old man still looked worried because _________.A. he couldn't get on the train.B. he lost his ticket and a lot of moneyC. he thought his wife would get angry with himD. he forgot where he was going（）5. Which of the following is right?A. The old man went on the trip with his wifeB. The old man didn't find his ticketC. The conductor was also an old manD. The old man had to buy another ticket阅读理解6 The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you'll get your words mixed up(混合) and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can' t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor(幽默感)，you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don't be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It's better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you，because they don't understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is：“Don't be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”（）1. The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is ____. A. writing B. listening C. using it D. learning grammar（）2. What should you do in learning English?A. Be careful not to make any mistake.B. Write as quickly as you can.C. Laugh more often.D. Speak English as much as you can.（）3. When people laugh at your mistakes，you should ____.A. not careB. be happyC. feel worriedD. be unhappy（）4. When you make a mistake，you should ____.A. keep quietB. keep your sense of humorC. be kindD. get angry（）5. The story tells us：“_____”.A. Only foolish(愚蠢的) people make mistakesB. Few people make mistakesC. People never make mistakesD. There is no one who doesn't make mistakes阅读理解7 Do you know what the White House is? Perhaps some of you do，while others don't. The White House is a house in Washington. The president of the U.S.A. lives in it. It's really white. But do you know why the White House is white? The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war with America. The British army got to Washington and set the president's house on fire. In 1814，in order to hide the marks of the fire，the stone walls of the president's house were painted white and it has been the “White House”ever since.（）1. White House is a house for ___________.A. the American people.B. the soldiers of U.S.A.C. the presidents of U.S.A.D. the patients of U.S.A.（）2. England fought with America in ____________.A. 1810B. 1812C. 1814D. 1916（）3. The house is called “White House” because ____________.A. it's covered with snowB. the house is very cleanC. the stone walls of the house were painted whiteD. they like white color（）4. The White House was painted white because ____________.A. the house is oldB. the house is newC. it was once on fire and was with marksD. they have enough paint（）5. “ever since”means ___________.A. neverB. onceC. from then onD. before阅读理解8 The aim(目的) of students who came to school is to study. But to study requires(需要) a right way，or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.The best time for reading is morning，because in the morning，the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason，we can get good result(结果).In studying we must have patience(耐心). If we have not known a text well，we must read it again. We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one.When we are studying，we must put our hearts into the book，or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood，write it down and ask our teachers or our parents，or friends. In any possible way，we must know it completely and what we've learned can be used well and made better.Though there are many ways for studying，yet the above mentioned(提到的) will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.（）1. The passage tells us ______.A. the importance of readingB. to read in the morningC. to pay attention to the ways of studyingD. to have patience in studying（）2. The passage has taught us ______ ways for studying.A. threeB. fourC. fiveD. many（）3. We'd better read in the morning because ______.A. it's easy to remember what we have learnedB. the air is fresh and the mind is clearC. it's difficult to get good resultsD. both A and B.（）4. If we can't put our hearts into the book when we read，it is ______.A. easy to understand it wellB. better to get something from itC. impossible for us to get something from itD. possible to learn something from it（）5. In studying we must always ask “whys”in order to ______.A. understand the book wellB. write down the questionsC. do with the new wordsD. get some questions to ask our teachers英语阅读能力竞赛试题（八年级）参考答案阅读理解1 1．D 2．A 3．C 4．B 5．C阅读理解2 1．C 2．B 3．A 4．C 5．D阅读理解3 1．A 2．C 3．B 4．D 5．A阅读理解4 1. A 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. D阅读理解5 1. B 2. C 3. D 4. D 5. B阅读理解6 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. D阅读理解7 1．C 2．B 3．C 4．C 5．C阅读理解8 1．C 2．B 3．B 4．C 5．A。

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八年级英语阅读竞赛试题(总分100分)Passage 1 阅读短文，选择最佳答案（10分）The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do.On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings.Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy colour and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (装饰) their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of “hong bao”. It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones hong bao. They think it brings good luck.The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So do n’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people.For instance, you’d better not say any bad words like “death”. Don’t break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out.Also, don’t borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.1. What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?A. Family members gather for a big meal.B. Friends eat dumplings together.C. They borrow money from friends.D. They give each other hong bao.2. Why do people clean their houses days before the Spring Festival?A. Because they enjoy being clean.B. Because it is believed that cleaning will sweep away bad luck.C. Because they think it will bring happiness to others.D. Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money.3. Which of the following things is not supposed to happen during the Spring Festival?A. Returning money before the Spring Festival.B. Saying words that have to do with death.C. Wearing red clothes.D. Decorating houses with red paper.4. The underlined phrase “running out” probably means “____”.A. 跑出去B. 打碎C. 耗尽D. 离开5.We can tell from the story that the Spring Festival is ____.A. a time of harvest and funB. celebrated for one whole monthC. only celebrated in ChinaD. a time for families to get togetherPassage 2根据短文内容，回答问题（10分）Americans love sports—they love to play them, to watch them on television, and to talk about them. But this hobby sometimes has serious results—at least to the players. For example, when people play tennis, sometimes they hurt their elbow（肘部）and in this way they develop “tennis elbow”. Also it is easy to hurt a knee in a football game. These injuries（损伤）happen while the player is having fun, but they still hurt.A few months ago, Kathleen Simmons, who loves playing volleyball, hurt her knee in a volleyball game. Her doctor told her that she needed a very difficult operation（手术）or she might not be able to play again. She felt very sad and di dn’t know what to do.Then Simmons learned about “video operation”. With the help of this new science in medicine, doctors can now repair many injuries and get people back on the playing field and back to their jobs much faster. Simmons found a hospital that was using this new science and went to see the doctor there. The doctors told her the operation could help.For this operation, her doctor didn’t have to open her knee. Instead he put a very small camera lens（镜头）inside her knee. The lens sent back pictures, which appeared on a television screen. As he worked, he could see the inside of her knee on the TV. With the help of the large pictures on the screen, the doctor knew exactly what to do when he was making the repairs.Simmons started walking five d ays after her operation. “My knee hurt a lot the first few days,” she said. “But I felt better very quickly.” Now, six months after her operation, Simmons can do everything she did before her injury. “It feels like a new knee,” she said. “I can even play volleyball again.”6. Do Americans love sports?_____________________________________________7. What sport is Simmons interested in?_____________________________________________8. What did the doctor put inside Simmons’ knee?_____________________________________________9. What problem may people have when they play sports?_____________________________________________10. What’s the advantage（优点）of the new science?_____________________________________________Passage 3 任务型阅读（10分）1)Now more and more________in the world are getting_________, which troubles them a lot. In the past 25 years, the number of the people with obesity (肥胖症) inEurope has doubled(增加一倍). Experts say that it has a lot to do with our eating habits. Our eating habits are very important for good health and a strong body. Most of us like eating sweets and ice cream better than meat and rice. Sweets and ice cream are not bad for us if we eat them at the end of a meal. If we eat them before a meal, they may take away our appetite (食欲).It’s important for us to have meals at the same time every day. When we feel worried or excited, we may not want to eat. A long time ago, in England, 2) some judges(法官) often decided whether a man was telling the truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow (吞) the bread, it meant that he wasn't telling the truth. A man who is worrying something has difficulty in swallowing anything dry, because he loses his appetite.11.在1)句的空白处填入适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺：________ ________12.When are Sweets and ice cream are not bad for us?_________________________________________________________13.将2)句译成中文：________________________________________14.在文中找出与下列句子意思相近的句子：Most people prefer sweets and ice cream to meat and rice.15.找出文中或写出最能表达该短文主题的句子______________________________________________________________________Passage 4 完形填空（20分）The SeaWhat do you know about the sea? Some people often see it,1the others don't. The sea looks2on a fine sunny day. Millions of people hope to take their3by the sea. They can swim in it, or lie on the beaches in the sun. They4themselves there. But it can be very rough when there is a strong wind. What other things do we know about it?Of course, the sea is very large. Looking at a5of the world, you can see it is much bigger than land. There are a lot of6in the sea. Some of them are big and the others are 7 .Did you swim in the sea? If you answer “Yes", you may know that the water is salty. Rivers carry8from the land to the sea. Some places of the sea are more salty than other places. Do you know the Dead Sea? Fish9live in it. And people can easily swim in it. Nobody is afraid to10in the water.Notes:（1）rough粗野的（2）island 岛屿16.A. and B. so C. but D. or17.A. useful B. beautiful C. terrible D. weak18.A. classes B. sports C. meetings D. holidays19.A. enjoy B. like C. stop D. begin20.A. book B. map C. newspaper D. picture21.A. roads B. shops C. houses D. islands22.A. small B. young C. little D. good23.A. sugar B. butter C. salt D. oil24.A. can B. must C. can't D. mustn't25.A. lift B. sink C. walk D. sleepPsaaage 5 根据首字母提示完成短文（20分）Four SeasonsThere're four seasons in a year. They're spring, summer, autumn and winter.Spring is the b(26) season in a year. It lasts from February to April. Thed(27) get longer, the nights get shorter and the weather gets warmer. Everything begins to g (28). Grass and trees begin to turn green. Flowers begin to come out. Children begin to f (29) kites outdoors.Summer comes after spring. It is the h(30) season in a year. It lasts from May to July. People try to find a cool place then. They always go s(31) in pools, lakes and rivers.Autumn is the harvest season. It gets cool. F(32) begin to get in rice and corn. They are busy from August to October. They are so happy to have a good harvest. The coldest season of the year is winter. It's from about November to January. The days are short and the nights are long. It s(33) sometimes and that makes children happy. They m(34) a snowman and dance round it. They go skating as well. They need to wear w (35) clothes of course.Thomas Edison was a great American 36.________ . When he was a child, he was always 37.________ questions and trying out new ideas. No matter 38.________ hard it was, he never gave up.Young Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didn’t understand why he had 39.________ many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teache r didn’t want to teach Tom any 40.________ . He asked Tom’s mother to take the boy home. Tom’s mother taught him to read and write, and she found him 41.________ a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very 42.________ in science.One day , he saw a little boy 43.________ on the railway tracks at a station. A train was coming near quiclly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to 44 .________. The boy’s father was so 45.________ that he taught Edison to send messages by telegraph.。

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