八年级英语阅读理解

阅读理解1Once there lived an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. 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，“Now you have all these things. You need the m on your way. Take care of your things on the 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 old man and said，“Will you please show me your ticket”The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets but he could not find it. He was very worried. “I can't find my 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't have 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 find my 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 him2. 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 man4. 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 going5. Which of the following(下列) 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2The 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. writingB. listeningC. using itD. learning grammar2. 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12Do 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 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 ofC. the presidents ofD. the patients of England fought with America in ____________.A. 1810B. 1812C. 1814D. 19163. 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 colour<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 paint5. “ever since” means ___________.A. neverB. onceC. from then onD. before^"阅读理解8One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is, you can take something positive out of it. The one time I wasn’t su re of that was on September 11.I usually wake up a 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning. That day, I happened to wake up earlier. I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed (撞击) into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. My first reaction (反应) was that it was a terrible accident. Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing (目击) an act of terrorism.My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over again. When I watched family members looking for their loved ones, the pain in their eyes was something I would never forget. I couldn’t understand how something this terrible could have happened.It wasn’t until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some good did come from this tragedy (悲剧). People seem different now, more understanding, more tolerant(宽容的). Little things that seemed to be such a trouble before are no longer big things. Personally, I am more tolerant than I was. I realize life is too short, and too precious(珍贵的), to let myself get worried over small things. I’ve learned also that you can’t take things for granted. Things change in the blink of an eye. People go to work and don’t come back. One moment they’re living and the next minute they’re not. And, it doesn’t matter who you are, there is nothing you can do about it. We never know when our time here willbe over, so we all need to make the most of every minute we have.You try to learn from what happened. You can’t be used up by it. You can’t live by it. All you can do is just live."1. The word “positive” in the passage probably means ______.A. terribleB. badC. goodD. real2. What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning？A. A fire startingB. A plane flyingC. A terrible accidentD. An act of terrorism.3. From September 11, the writer had realized that___________.A. people should make the most of every minute they haveB. he has become less tolerant towards othersC. he should get worried about little thingsD. life is too short to care about others.4.W hat’s the best title of this passage？5. A. A Report about September 116. B. The Tragedy of September 117. C. September 11 and My Family8. D. September 11 and My Turn.#阅读理解4“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 meaning2. In the passage, the word “express”means“________”.A. seeB. showC. knowD. feel n,.n /3. If you are ________ something, you may say, “It's cool.”A. interested inB. angry aboutC. afraid ofD. unhappy with4. The writer takes an example to show he is ________ the way the word is used.A. pleased withB. strange toC. worried aboutD. careful with5. 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。