八年级英语课外阅读

一、回答问题
Father’s Day
The third Sunday in June is Father’s Day. It’s a day to show love and respect for fathers.
Mrs. John B. Dodd of Washington, the USA, first suggested the idea of a Father’s Day in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day for her father, Willian Smart. Mr. Smart’s wife died in giving birth to her sixth child. After that, Mr. Smart had to bring up the newborn baby and his other five children by himself. Mr. Dodd realized her father’s selflessness as a single paarent. She sugeested that there should be a Father’s Day for all the loving fathers.
On 19 June 1910, people celebrated the First Fther’s Day in Washington. After that, in a lot of cities across the USA, many other people also began to celebrate Fther’s Day. Finally in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson claimed the third Sunday in Juneas Fther’s Day.
Father’s Day has now become a day to honor not only fathers, but all men who act as fathers, stepfathers, uncles and grandfathers are all honored on Fther’s Day.
On Father’s Day, some children give parents to their fathers to show their thanks. And fathers will certainly be happy to know that their children love them.
1.When is Father’s Day?
2.Who firt suggested Father’s Day?
3.What will childre do on Father’s Day?
4.Why did Mrs. Dodd suggest Father’s Day?
5.What will you do on this year’s Father’s Day?
二、正误
Around the World in Eighty Days
2 October, 1872
London
Philea Fogg reads the newspaper”A railway has opened in Indi. You can travel around the world
21 December.
Fogg gets to Bombay on time but finds that the new railway line is not finished! Fogg rides an elephant instead! A tribe is going to kill a waman. Fogg saves her. On the ship to Hong Kong, the
police wrongly arrest Fogg. He gets away.
Fogg’s friend gets on the next boat without Fogg. Fogg finds him a circus in Yokohama. Fogg’s train is attcked on the way to New York. Fogg continues by sledge, then train. He misses the ship to England. The police arrest Fogg again but soon let him go. Fogg is now late. However, Fogg has crossed the date line. He wins the money.
1.Fogg started his trip around the world from India.
2.Fogg’s friend once got on a boat without him, but then Fogg found him in a circus in
Yokohama.
3.Fogg won ﹩20,000 at last.
4.it took Fogg 13 days from Calcutta to Hong Kong by train.
5.Fogg misses the rail to England.
三、首字母填空
I am a little pig. After I was born, Fern’s father wants to kill me. But Fern s me. She calls me Wilbur and f me. When I am b , I move to a barn that b
to Fern’s uncle. I f out that Fern’s uncle is going to kill me for meat. I ask my friend Charlotle, a spider, for h . she w words in her web to make others think that I am s . later, I go to the f for a compitition. Do you want to know what h next? Please rea Charlotte’s Webb!
四、任务型阅读
What are comics and graphic novels?
Most people know what a comic is --- for example, the short row of boxes filled with drawings called a comic strip at the bottom of a newspaper page or a magazine, or comic boos filled with the colourful adventures of different characters, whatever the type, comics are made up of pictures that tell a story. Comics are sometimes called “sequential art”, because the pitures go in a particular order.
The pictures in a comic always have things in common, such as the same characters or settings. However, a few things from one picture to the next, such as the position of a character. The arrangement of the pictures helps readers to follow what is changing between one picture and the next. This helps readers to follow the story. The pictures uauslly have words within or right next to them to help explain the action.
Graphic novels are simply comics planned as longer books. They often have a more complicated story that moves between different settings. Usually, graphic novels include many more characters than shorter comics. Some of the pictures may be very detailed and can take up a whole page. Sometimes graphic novels include many short stories or comic strips that have the same characters.
Comic book characters often have features that are easy to recognize. These things may be funny faces, or phrases that the characters say all the time.
A beggar
A beggar was setting in a train station. In front of him was a bowl 1 pencils. An old man passed by and dropped a dollar in the bowl. He then got on the train. Before the door closed, something came to his mind. He went back to the beggar, took some pencils and said, “After all, you are a businessman and 2 am I.” Then he left. Six months 3 , the old man went to a party. The beggar was also there in a suit and a tie. The beggar reconized the old man, went up to him, and said, “You may not recognize me but I remember you.” He then told the old man what had happened sixmonths befofre at the train station. The old man sai,”well, you have 4 me think of that day. You were begging at that time. What are you doing here 5 you suit and tie?” the beggar answered,” You may not know what you did for me that day. 6 giving me charity, you treated me with dignity. You took some pencils and said,”After all, you are a businessman and so am I.” After you left, I asked 7 , “What am I doing here? Why am I begging? Then I decided to do something 8 . I packed my bag, started working and now here I am. Thank you for giving mr back my dignity. That day 9 my life.”
This is the magic of 10 in our life.
1. A. filled of B. fill wiht C. full of D. full with
2. A. so B. because C. while D. so that
3. A. ago B. late C. later D. before
4. A. maken B. make C. maden D. made
5. A. wear B. wearing C. in D. on
6. A. Instead of B. As well as C. In front of D. Along wiht
7. A. me B. him C. us D. myself
8. A. meaningful B. helpful C. useful D. wonderful
9. A. made B. changed C. recognized D. helped
10. A. begging B. business C. dignity D. pencils。