(完整版)八年级下册英语阅读理解练习

八年级下册英语阅读理解专项

A

Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied with (满意) him.

One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future (未来). They talked for a long time.

“Have a look at your watch, please,” said the girl. “What time is it now?”

“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Jack. “Where's yours?”

“I left it at home.”

Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”

The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”

1. Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.

A. sixteen

B. eighteen

C. twenty

D. fifteen

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

A. he's her grandson

B. he's clever

C. he can keep quiet

D. he gets home on time

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

A. classmate

B. colleague (同事)

C. aunt

D. wife

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

A. 盖印

B. 跺

C. 贴邮票

D. 承认

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

A. to wake his grandma up

B. to make his grandma angry

C. that his grandma was going to tell him the time

D. that his grandma was going to buy him a watch

B

More and more Chinese people care for their own health. I come from England. I came to China five years ago. I began to learn cooking Chinese food from my father. When I was fifteen, I began to help my mother in the kitchen. My father is a very famous cook in Beijing. So he taught me many things about cooking. In the past three yeas, I never stopped learning cooking. When I saw a book called The disease eating out can be gone back again by eating (《把吃出来的病再吃回去》), I began studying the book. The writer of the book is Zhang Wuben(张悟本). He said he was a famous nutritionist (营养师)and well-known traditional Chinese doctor. He asked the people to eat eggplant (茄子)and gram (绿豆). In China, Zhang Wuben's book has been popular in the past few years.

My father was invited to talk about the book in May, 2010. A large number of Chinese people believe they should eat eggplant and gram to be healthy. I have visited a lot of Chinese restaurants in Beijing and studied hundreds of restaurant menus. I talked to lots of doctors about eating and nutrition (营养). They thought that