八年级上学期英语阅读训练20篇

八年级上学期英语阅读训练20篇
Now Tom had been in the garden for half an hour. Suddenly a crack(碎裂声) was heard and the 八年级英语上学期阅读训练20篇
little boy began crying. 1
“What's the matter, Tom? ” his mother looked through the kitchen window. In the last fifty years, a lot of people have left Europe and gone to live in Australia. One of them was a Hungarian man. He lived in Australia for a long time, and he had a lot of good friends there He Tom ran into the kitchen.
always said to them, “Australia is beautiful, but Hungary i s beautiful, too. ”Then one year he said to his
“Mum” he sobbed(抽泣)，“I broke Bobby's plate. I didn't know it was so fragile (易碎的)”. friends, “I'm going to go back to Hungary to visit my home town. ”All his friends said to him, “We want to go with you, because you often said Hungary had been a beautiful country, and we want to visit it. ” His mother put her arms round him and said, “Don't feel too bad, Tom. We have other plates for The Hungarian Australian(匈籍澳大利亚人) took his friends from Sydney to Rome(罗马) in a big Boddy. But how did you break that one? ” plane, and then they went from Rome to Budapest(布达佩斯) in a train as they wanted to see the mountains, and the villages and the town. “I threw this at a bird but missed, and it went straight to the plate. ”
They stayed in Budapest nearly a week, and they liked it very much. One day they went to the zoo In Tom's hand was his father's gold pocket watch(金怀表)～
in Budapest and saw two kangaroos there.
1(When did the story happen? [ ] There Australian were very happy because kangaroos were from their home town. They said to them, “Come here, old friends! Come and see your Australian brothers!” But the kangaroos did not move. A(On a Sunday afternoon. B(On a Sunday morning.
But then the Hungarian Australian spoke to them in Hungarian, “Come here!” he said, and both of C(At noon. D(In the evening. the kangaroos ran to him.
2(When a bird perched on top of the doghouse, Tom______ [ ] The
other Australians laughed and said, “Look at that. They're Australian, but they only know
Hungarian!” A(would like to play with it. B(was very interested in it by throwing a stone at it.
选择正确答案: C(would like to give it something to eat. D(would smile.
1(The Hungarian moved to Australia ______. [ ] 3(There were no kids around and he was used to playing alone quietly. Here “kids ”means ______. [ ] A(last year B(more than 50 years ago C(a few years ago
D(50 years since then
A(men B(dogs C(children D(birds 2(The Hungarian wanted to go back to Hungary to ______. [ ]
4(How long had Tom been in the garden when his mother heard him cry? [ ] A(see the kangaroos B(his home town
A(An hour. B A day. C(Two hours D(Half an hour. C(visit his old friends there D(pay a visit to the zoo
5(“Though he never made it” means“______” [ ] 3(How did they get to Budapest from Sydney? [ ]
A(Though he couldn't hit a bird with a stone or something. A(By air and by train. B(By ship.
B(Though he couldn't catch the bird. C(Though he couldn't have fun from the bird. C(By air. D(By train.
D(Though he couldn't eat the bird. 4(Kangaroo is a kind of
famous______ in Australia. [ ]
3 A(animals B(trees C(languages D(plants
Thomas Edison was a famous American scientist. He was born in 1847. When he was a child, he
2 liked to find out how things worked. He was in school for only three months. He asked his teacher a lot of
strange questions. Most of them had nothing to do with his lessons The teacher thought the boy was not It was Sunday and Tom was staying home. After breakfast he went out into the garden and played bright and was not worth(值) teaching. When he told this to Edison's mother, she took her son out of quietly by himself. There were no kids around and he was used to(习惯于)playing alone quietly. He school. As she had been a teacher, she taught him herself. The boy read a lot. Soon he became very
played with Bobby, the dog. He climbed up and down the trees. Sometimes a bird would come down to interested in science. At the age of ten, Edison had already built a chemistry lab for himself. Ever since
perch(停歇) on top of the doghouse. Then Tom would have the greatest fun (爱好) by throwing a then, he never stopped searching for new and better ways to do things. stone or something at it. Though he never made it. He did like doing this kind of things.
1(Edison was born in the______ century(世纪). [ ]
A(eighteenth B(nineteenth C(nineteen D(eighteen A(telephone Mr Jenkins B(find her new shoes
2(While he was in school, Edison ______. [ ] C(find her bag D(tell Miss Shute about her letter
A(studied his lessons very hard B(was often late for school 2(Mr Jenkins works ______. [ ]
C(liked to ask questions D(was not bright enough to study A(near
Miss Shute's office B(in Miss Shute's office
3(Edison learned more from ______. [ ] C(downstairs D(in another building
A(his mother B(his teacher C(other boys D(his father 3(Mrs Black
asks Mr Jenkins to help her to find the bag because ______. [ ] 4(Young Edison was interested in ______. [ ] A(there's a lot of money in it
B(she must find the important letter
A(sports B(playing games C(making trouble D(science C(she put her new shoes in it D(he's more able than any other person 5(He was always
searching for new and better ways to do things after he [ ] 4(It's______ for Mr Jenkins to show the bag to the woman on the telephone. [ ] A(read books B(finished school A(true B(right C(possible D(not possible
5 C(built a lab D(was taken out of school
Until a few years ago, only boys could become students at the university of Ruritania (鲁里坦尼亚4
大学). Later the university decided to take girls in. But one of the teachers, Mr Goller, was not pleased at B:Hello! May I speak to Mr Jenkins, please? all. He had not wanted to let girl students in.
S:Hold on for a minute, please I'll just see if he's in his office. Mr Goller always began his lessons wit h the word “Gentlemen!” What could he do now? Well,
when the girl students came to his lessons for the first time, he
still began with the word. For him the girls B:Thank you. were just not there. Then one day there was only one boy in his class among a lot of girls. For a moment,
Mr Goller didn't know what to do. Then he began, “Sir! ” S:(A moment later) Oh, sorry. He isn't there. Do you want to leave a message for him?
Finally a terrible day came when there were no boys in his class He came into the room, looked at B:Please tell him to call back. My number is 6674290, Mrs Black. the girls and said, “Oh, nobody's here today!” he turned and went out without giving his lessons.
S:Oh, he's coming! (To Mr Jenkins) A telephone call for you, Mr Jenkins. 1(Several years ago, ______. [ ] J:Hello! Who's calling, please? A(there was no girl studying in the university.
B:Hello! Mrs Black here. B(Mr Goller didn't teach in the university
C(the university let girl students in J:What can I do for you, Mrs Black? D(most of the students in the university were boys. B:I bought a pair of shoes in your shop a moment ago. I've brought them home but left my bag 2(Mr Goller usually said “______”when he began his lessons. [ ] there. There's an important letter in it. May I trouble you to have it found?
A(Sir B(Good morning C(Gentlemen D(Hello J:I'm glad to. Hold on for
a while. (To Miss Shute) Go downstairs and ask if they've found a bag,
Miss Shute. 3(When the girls came to his lessons, Mr Goller was
______. [ ] S:OK. (A few minutes later, Miss Shute comes back with three bags. ) Here you are, Mr Jenkins. A(surprised B(afraid C(glad D(unhappy J:We've found three bags in my shop. But we don't know which one is yours. 4(The writer wants us to know how Mr Goller ______. [ ] B:(In a hurry) Please show them to me. I can tell you which one is mine.
A(agreed to let the girls in B(didn't like his teaching
选择正确答案 C(always didn't know What to do with the girls
1(Mrs Black hurries to ______. [ ]
He used to come downstairs to breakfast. D(only liked to teach boy students.
The morning paper lay beside his plate. He always read the
“Deaths” first, and then he knocked 5(We can know from the passage
that ______. [ ]
once on the table. One of my sisters brought his bread, already buttered(涂黄油) for him. Usually he
A(the boy students didn't enjoy Mr Goller's lessons said nothing,
but once I heard him say, “I love you very much, Edith. I would love more if you buttered
my bread on both sides. ” He read the paper all through breakfast.
B(we will not see the girl students in Mr Goller's class.
Two knocks on the table meant “I am ready for my tea. ” If a
single knock followed that meant, C(Mr Goller was loved by his students “More bread, please. ”
D(Mr Goller will not work in the university. After breakfast he said, “Boots. ”The paper was spread(展开) for him over the back of an arm-chair. Yesterday's paper was put on the chair for his feet, and his boots were brought to him, freshly 6 cleaned. He read standing at
the same time putting on his boots. With one boot finished he said, “Bus. ”
At that point one of the girls went outside to the garden gate and waited there. Her job was to stop bus Rodgers and Simon were Americans. Once they travelled in Spain(西班牙). One day they came
when it came. It came early sometimes and it had to wait for my father. “Overcoat, hat. One of my sisters into a little restaurant for
lunch. They did not know Spanish, and the waiter did not know their American had already brushed his overcoat. Now she held it open for him. Another girl came with his hat, nicely English, either. They wanted the waiter to understand that they asked for some milk and bread. At first brushed. “Handkerchief(手帕), pipe(烟斗). ”They were brought and put, with his tobacco(烟草), Rodgers read the word “milk” many times. Then Simon spelled it on the table. But the waiter could not into his pocket. He looked out of the window and said either “Walking stick” or “Umbrella”. It was understand them at all. At
last Rodgers took out a piece of paper and began to draw a cow The
waiter
handed to him. Ready now, he was still reading the paper. He didn't put it down until he heard the shout looked at it and ran out of the restaurant.
“Bus coming! ” Then he kissed my mother and went out. The girls breathed(呼吸)fre ely. “How clever you are!” Simon said to Redgers, “He understood us at last!” After some time, the
waiter came back, he brought no milk with him , but two tickets for
a bull-fight down on their table! How lucky a man is to have a wife and five daughters at home! 1(Rodgers and Simon went into a restaurant
______. [ ] 1(When the father made the first knock, he meant ______. [ ] A(to buy two tickets for a bull-fight B(to draw a picture of cow
A(he had begun to read the morning newspaper
C(to have lunch D(to buy a cow B(he was made to feel sad by the “Deaths” news
2(The waiter did not understand Rodgers and Simon, ______. [ ] C(he would start to read the other parts of the paper
A(because he ran out of the restaurant D(his breakfast should begin B(because he did not know American English and they did not know Spanish 2(What does “Edith” mean? [ ]
C(because they wanted some milk and bread A(A kind of bread. B(One of the writer's sisters.
D(because they drew a cow on a piece of paper C(The writer. D(The writer's mother.
3(Why did the waiter give them two tickets for a bull-fight? [ ]
3(All the daughters were quite busy in the morning because ______. [ ] A(Because Rodgers drew a cow not a bull (公牛). A(their father never helped them
B(Because the waiter was foolish. B(their father always gave different instructions at the same time
C(Because the cow drawn by Rodgers looked like a bull. C(each of them had to start and finish her job just on time
D(Because Rodgers drew a bull, not a cow. D(they were not clever or quick enough to do their jobs 4(How many people are there in the story? [ ] 4(What was the father's favourite? [ ]
A(Three. B(Tow. C(Many. D(More than three. A(Reading newspaper.
B(Having bread buttered on both sides.
7 C(Giving instructions. D(Being clean and tidy.
When my father was getting ready for work, our house was ruled(支
配)by knocks and words.
One morning in London. The weather was very cold, and many people caught a cold. They had to 5(From the story we may see that ______. [ ] see a doctor, so there were many people in the doctor's waiting-room. At the head of the line was an old
A(the father was so lazy that he hardly did anything woman. The woman did not live in London. She lived in Scotland (苏格兰). She came here to visit her
daughter. She wanted to see the doctor because she got a bad cold
and coughed day and night. B(the father was the “centre” of the family “If I get there early, I can see the doctor quickly, ” she thought. So she was the first in the line. C(Every girl in the family was afraid to do wrong because they didn't know clearly enough
She sat nearest to the doctor's door. An American came into the waiting-room, and walked quickly what to do
to the doctor's door. The old woman thought he was a queue jumper. She stood up and took his arm D(The father was hated by all his daughters slowly, she said, “We were all here before you. You must wait for your turn. Do you understand?” The
American answered, “No, madam. You don't understand! You are all
after me! I'm the doctor! ” 8
1(How many people were there in the doctor's waiting-room ? [ ] It was a pretty street with many nice houses. At the comer, there was no house, just land. Mr. March
bought the land . On it he put a building with two stores. A(A few people. B(A lot of people. C(Few people. D(Nobody.
The people on that street did not like the stores. The stores made their street ugly. But there was no 2(The woman came ______. [ ] law to stop Mr. March.
A(from the country B(from a town C(from a factory D(from a farm A man across the street sold his house. The people who bought it did not live there.
3(The old woman was the first in the line so that she could ______. [ ] They used it to make things to sell.
A(spend less time B(spend less money Before long, other houses were sold. These houses were used as stores, too. Once these houses had cost a lot of money. Now they were not worth as much money. And the pretty street was not pretty any C(see the doctor quickly D(have a talk with the doctor more.
4(Where did the doctor come from? [ ] Today, we have a law to keep this from happening. This law is called “Zoning(美国的区域法). ”
The zoning law tells people where they can build stores and where they can build houses. A(England. B(Scotland C(America. D(London.
1(At the comer of the pretty street was ______. [ ] 10
A(a house B(just land C(one store D(a barn No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted(发出呼噜声)like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps 2(Which of the following does this story lead you to believe? [ ] he made sounds like those he heard all round him----water splashing(飞溅), bees humming(嗡嗡作响
A(Stores make good houses for people to live in. 声), a stone
falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made
more and more new words. This is what we mean by language. B(All buildings have at least two stores in them.
People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen C(The people who built our cities did not plan ahead. hundred different languages in the world. Each contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do
not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life. 3(What did the stores do to the street? (Which sentence is exactly like the one in your
book?) [ ] The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger.
Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy language. Your dictionary is A(The stores made their street rich.
B(The stores made their street pretty. your most useful book.
C(The stores made their street ugly. 1(What do we mean by language? [ ] 4(The main idea of the whole story is that ______. [ ] A(Sounds made by man. B(All the words made by man.
A(the people were ugly B(stores make streets beautiful C(Different kinds of sound. D(The way man learns.
C(zoning in a city is important 2(From the passage we know that long long ago ______. [ ]
9 A(no one learned how to make sounds or words
B(animals taught to learn the language D(computers bring people a
lot of trouble
C(Man learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the ground, and so on 3(In this passage we know computers ______. [ ] D(Man followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words
A(also bring us trouble B(bring us happiness only
3(What is the number of language spoken in the world today? [ ]
C(are hated by people D(are bad for people's health
A(500 B(5, 000 C(1, 500 D(15, 000 4(Can computers really help children to study? [ ] 4(In which sentence can the word “contain (s)” be put so that it is a right one? [ ] A(Yes, they can. B(It's hard to say.
A(I ______several dictionary B(Sea water______ salt. C(No, they
can't. D(Of course not.
C(A dog ______four legs D(Mr Smith ______glasses on his nose 5(How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means ______. [ ]
5(Which of the following is the best if we want to make our vocabulary larger? [ ] A(computers are used by people B(people can live well without computers
A(To use the words in every day life B(To read more books C(one must decide how to use computers D(computers are strange machines
13 C(To read easy books D(To look up new words in the dictionary
Long long ago, in France, there was a king. He liked to draw
pictures and he thought this pictures
were very well.
12 No one liked his pictures, but they were much afraid of him. So they said he drew very well.
Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can One day he showed his pictures to an honest man, and said, “How about my pictures?” To his help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems(解surprise, the honest man said that they were bad in fact. The king got angry and put the honest man into 题)they can't do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers before the twenty-first prison. century, except the old people.
After a month the king sent his man to the honest man to tell him that he was free. When the honest Today more and more families own
computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope man returned from prison, the king invited him to his palace to have dinner with him. He showed him computers can help them improve(提高)their studies in school. Yet, many of their children use some of his new pictures again and asked him what he thought of them.
computers to play games, to watch video(影视)or to sing that computers can not help children to study The honest man said nothing but turned back to the soldiers and said, “Put me into prison!” but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.
1(What did the king like to do? [ ] In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or A(He liked to sing and dance. B(He was interested in drawing. can they bring people happiness?
C(He liked to put honest men into prison. It will be decided by
today's students themselves!
D(He liked to invite honest men to have dinner. 1(Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because ______. [ ]
2(The people said that the king's pictures were wonderful because
______. [ ] A(our country asks us to learn it B(it can help us a lot A(they dared(敢)not tell him about the fact C(we can use it to play games D(it can help us to find jobs
B(they loved the pictures very much C(the pictures were very good indeed 2(What do many teachers and parents complain about? They complain that ______ . [ ]
D(they didn't know the king's pictures were bad A(their students and children use computers to play games
3(What did the honest man want to say the second time? [ ]
B(computers let them lose their jobs
A(He wanted to say the king's pictures were much better. C(computers make their students and children fall behind
Two old men lived in a quiet street in London. They were friends and neighbours, and they often B(He wanted to say, “Thank you for your dinner. ”
went out for walks together in the street when the weather was fine.
C(He wanted to say, “Why did you put me into prison?” Last Saturday they went for a walk at the side of the river. The sun shined, the weather was warm,
D(He wanted to say, “Your pictures are bad too. ” there were a lot of flowers everywhere, and there were boats(小船)on the water. The two old men
walked happily for an hour and then one of them said to the other, “That's a very beautiful girl. ” “Where 4(“Put me into prison!” means the honest man ______. [ ] can you see a beautiful girl?” said the other. “I can't see one anywhere. I can only see two young men.
They're walking towards us. ” “The girl's walking behind
us, ”said the first man quietly. “But how can A(liked to be in prison
B(would say the king's pictures were good you see her then?” asked his friend.
C(wouldn't give in D(the soldiers wanted to take him back to prison. The first man smiled a nd said, “I can't see her, but I can see the young men's eyes. ”
14 1(Which is true? [ ] A small boy and his father were having a
walk in the country when it began to rain. They did not A(The two old men were friends. B(The two old men were neighbours. have raincoats(雨衣)or umbrellas(伞)with them and there was not any place to hide(躲
藏)from the
rain, so they had to walk home. Soon they were all wet. C(The two
old men were neighbours and friends.
On their way home, the boy asked his father, “Dad, why does it rain? It isn't very nice, is it?” D(The two old men became friends at the
side of the river.
“No, it isn't very nice, but it's useful, ”answered the father.
“It rains to make the flowers and 2(Where did they go out for a walk
last Saturday? [ ] vegetables grow for us, and to make the grass grow
for the sheep. ”
A(At the side of the river. B(In the street of London. The boy
thought about this for a moment, then he said, “Then why does it rain
on the road too,
Father? C(On the river. D(In a quiet street.
1(The man and ______ were taking a walk in the country. [ ] 3(Where was the girl walking? [ ] A(his son B(his daughter C(his father D(his friend A(She's walking after the two young men.
2(They were soon all wet because they ______. [ ] B(She's walking behind the two old men.
A(had no raincoats or umbrellas with them B(liked walking in the
rain C(She's walking beside the two old men.
C(could not find a place to hide from the rain D(Both A and C
D(She's walking near the two young men.
3(It seemed that the boy ______. [ ] 4(Who saw the beautiful girl? [ ] A(did not like the rain B(did not like his father A(The old men saw the beautiful girl. B(The people around the young men saw her.
C(was happy with the rain D(felt too tired to walk home C(One of the old men saw her. D(The young men saw the beautiful girl.
4(the father tried to tell the boy ______. [ ] 16
A(why the rain was not nice B(how flowers and vegetables grew One afternoon after supper, Mr Dickens went out for a walk at the side of a river. He saw a
fisherman on the bank of the river. So he stopped to watch him quietly. C(what the use of the rain was D(where it usually rained After a few minutes, the fisherman pulled his line in. There was a big, fat fish at the end of it. 5(The boy said, “Then why does it rain on the road too, Father?” it seemed that ______. [ ]
The fisherman took it off the hook(鱼钩)and threw it back into the water. Then he put his hook and A(there was no rain on the road then
B(he did not agree with his father line in again. After a few more minutes he caught another big fish. Again he threw it back into the river.
Then, the third time, he caught a small fish. He put it into his basket and started to get ready to go home. C(he agreed with his father D(he still did not understand why it did not rain on the road Mr Dickens was very surprised, so he spoke to the fisherman. He said, “Why did you throw those 15 beautiful, big fish back into the water,
and keep only that small one?”
The fisherman looked at Mr Dickens and answered, “My pan is too
small!”
1(Why did Mr Dickens stop walking? [ ] A(he washed them clean B(he used soap and water
A(Because he saw a beautiful, big fish in the river. C(he never washed them clean D(he uses hot water
B(Because he saw a fisherman on the bank of the river. 4(Who was older, Ted or Mike? [ ] C(Because he saw a fisherman put a fish into the water. A(Ted B(Mike C(Mike was as old as Ted D(We don't know D(Because he was tired at that time. 5(Which of the following is true? [ ] 2(What did the fisherman do when he caught two big fish? [ ]
A(Mike was one year younger than Ted
A(He put the first one back into the river. B(He put the second one back into the river. B(Ted washes his hands more often than Mike C(He put both of them back into the river. D(He put both of them
into his basket. C(Mike was Ted's brother
3(What did the fisherman do when he caught the third? [ ] D(Ted's hands were not so dirty as Mike's
18 A(He also put it back into the river. B(He put it into his basket.
Mr Dane was a writer. One evening he was writing a detective
story(侦探小说)when he found that C(He said, “It's too small for my
pan. ”
he couldn't finish it with a good end. So he went to a cinema. When
he came back, he found that someone D(He said, “The small one is better than the big ones. ” had broken into his house. The thief had had a cup of tea, smoked and had read his story. Except this, he
left Dane a note, it said, “I have read your story and I don't
think much of it. Please read my suggestion4(Why didn't he keep the
first two fish? [ ] (建议)at the end of the story, and then you can
finish it. By the way, I'm a thief. I'm not going to steal anything tonight. But if you become a famous writer, I'll come
again. ”After reading the thief's suggestionA(Because his pan was to o small. B(Because the first two fish were dead. (建议), Mr Dane sat down and worked at the end of the story. After a while, he finished.
C(Because the first two fish were not as good as the last one. The next
day, a friend of Dane read the story, he said, “Mr Dane, the end of the story is the best one
of all the ends of the stories I've read, I think. ”After that, before Mr Dane went out in the evening, he D(Because he couldn't put them into his basket.
always left a half-finished story on his desk. 17
1(Mr Dane went to the cinema to ______. [ ] Mike was a small boy, and he hated soap(肥皂)and water. Three or four times every day his mother
said to him, “Mike, your hands are very dirty again. Go and wash them. ”But Mike never really washed A(enjoy himself B(meet the thief
C(get himself refreshed(振作精神)
them well. He only put his hands in the water for a few
seconds(秒)and then took them out again. D(find something new for the end of his story
Mike's uncle and aunt lived in another city. One day they came to stay with Mike's parents, and they 2(What did the thief come to Dane's house for? [ ] brought their son, Ted, with them. Ted was one year younger than Mike, and he didn't like soap and water,
either. A(Stealing somethi B(Having a cup of tea. C(Smoking.
The boys sat with their parents for a few minutes, buy then they went outside. When they were D(Giving Dane some advice. alone, Mike looked at Ted's hands and then said proudly(自豪地), “My hands are dirtier than yours!”。