八年级英语阅读理解习题-附答案

1. Once(从前)there was a king. He was very rich(富有)and____1____ great power(权力). But he wasn’t happy. He was ___2_____.It made him feel sad all the time. No doctor knew___3_____was wrong with him. One day one of them ____4____him, “After much thought and study, I have found out that there is only one way for you to get_____ 5___.You must wear the shirt of a happy man. ”

So the king sent(派)his men to every part of his land____ 6____ a happy man. First, they visited the rich and powerful(有权势的人). They asked these people if(是否)they were happy,____7____each of them answered that they didn’t know _____8___real happiness meant(意味).

One day, one of the king’s men met a woodcutter. “Are you happy? ”asked the king’s men. “As happy as t he day is long, ”answered the woodcutter.

“Oh, good! ”said the man, “_____ 9___me your shirt. ”“Why? ”said the woodcutter, “I haven’t got ____10____.”

2.

Many children act in TV shows. They work several 1 _ every day. So they can’t go

to regular( 正规的) 2 . How do they get their schooling?

In Hollywood, about forty teachers give 3 _ for the children. Their work is very important. They make 4 that the child 5 many different subjects. They make sure6 that the child gets enough rest and 7 .

Children in Holleywood must attend classes twenty hours 8 week.If not, they can’t work in TV shows any 9 .

TV children are usually 10 pupils, and most of their teachers 11 this kind of week. They give the 12 lessons in many interesting 13 . Sometimes the “classroom”is a Mississipi boat. 14 it is the inside of a spaceship. Often the pupils become 15 stars.

( )1. A. hours B. minutes C. seconds D. days

( )2. A. farm B. factory C. school D. club

( )3. A. classes B. lessons C. homework D. work

( )4. A. clear B. interesting C. sure D. fun

( )5. A. learns B. knows C. forgets D. loves

( )6. A. still B. yet C. also D. already

( )7. A. money B. work C. study D. play

( )8. A. each B. all C. another D. other

( )9. A. time B. week C. more D. way

( )10. A. bad B. good C. busy D. lonely

( )11. A. like B. have C. follow D.think

( )12. A. work B. pupils C. friends D. parents

( )13. A. places B. parks C. markets D. rooms

( )14. A. Sometimes B. Often C. Maybe D. Usually

( )15. A. lucky B. healthy C. famous D. bright

1 根据短文内容，判断正误，正确的写T，不正确的写F。

Mr. and Mrs. Brown lived in a small town near London with their child. Sometimes Mr. Brown came back home from work very late, when his wife and the child were asleep, and then he opened the front door of this house with his key(钥匙)and came in very quiet.

But one night when he was coming home very late, he lost(丢)his key, so when he reached his house, he rang the bell. Nothing happened. He rang it again. Again nothing happened.

Nobody moved inside the house. Mr. Brown knocked at(敲)the bedroom window, he spoke to his wife, he shouted, but she didn’t wake up. At last he stopped and thought for a moment. Then he began to speak like a small child. \! Mother! ”he said. \! I want to go to the toilet! ”He spoke quite quiet ly but at once(立刻)Mrs. Brown woke up. Then he spoke to her, and she opened the door for him.

1．The Browns lived in a small town near London.

2．Mr. Brown’s wife and his child went to sleep after he came back from work.

3．One night Mr. Brown lost his key to the door, so he knocked at the front door and the bedroom window.

4．Mr. Brown said\! Mother” like a small child because he wanted his wife to wake up.

5．Mrs. Brown woke up at once when she heard the bell rang. She opened the door for her husband.

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The sun is always shining. But it can only shine on one side of the earth at one time. When the sun is shining on one side of the earth, it is night on the other side.

At night, you can see the stars(星星). The stars are in the sky all day. But the light from the sun is so bright that you can’t see them. When night come, there is no light, and the stars are bright enough to see. The stars look very small. But some of them are even bigger than the sun. They look small because they are so far away from you. Big things look much smaller when they are far away. The sun is closer(近)to the earth than other stars, so it looks bigger.

6．When it is night, the sun ________ .

A. doesn’t shine

B. shines for a short time

C. disappears(消失)

D. shines on the other side of the earth

7．We can’t see the stars in the sky at daytime(白天)because ________ .

A. there are no stars there

B. the stars are much smaller than the sun

C. the bright light from the sun makes them not seen(被看见)

D. the stars come out only at night

8．The stars look small because ________ .

A. they are far away

B. they are small

C. they have no light

D. they are in the sky

9．Small things may look ________ when they are close.

A. bigger

B. small

C. near

D. far away

10．The sun looks bigger than other stars because ________ .

A. it’s bigger

B. it’s far away in the sky

C. it gives much bright light

D. it’s closer to the earth than other stars

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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 won’t understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you couldn’t understand them. But if you sense of humor (幽默感), you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes. It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don’t