八年级下学期英语阅读比赛试题

八年级阅读比赛
班级_________ 姓名__________ 得分__________
A
Once there was a king. He liked to write stories. He thought his stories were good, so he like to show them to people. As people were afraid him, they all said his stories were very good. One day, the king showed some of his best stories to a famous writer. He wanted the writer to praise (赞美) these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into the fire. The king got very angry and sent him to prison (监狱). After some time, the king set him free and ordered him to come to his palace (宫殿). Again he showed some of his new stories and asked what he thought of them. After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said, "Take me back to the prison."
( )1.The king thought his stories were good so ________.
A. People liked them
B. he only showed some to the famous writer
C. he liked to show them to people
( )2. The famous writer was thrown into prison because ________.
A. he was afraid of the king's stories
B. he said the king's stories were very bad
C. he said he couldn' t write good stories for the king
( )3. People were afraid of the king because ________.
A. the stories were interesting
B. they would be sent to prison
C. the king wrote many stories
( )4. Again the king showed the writer some of his new stories because ________.
A. he wanted to know what the writer thought of them
B. he wanted to be angry with the writer
C. he wanted to send the writer to prison
( )5. When we read the writer's last words, we can be sure that ________.
A. the writer would write some good stories while in prison
B. the writer liked the new Stories'
C. the king's new Stories were no good at all.
B
Why do plants grow in some places and not in others? Why does some land have so much growing on it, while other land has almost no plants growing on it at all?
To grow, plants need several things. One is warmth. In very cold places almost nothing grows. Plants also need water. In very dry parts of the Earth only a few unusual plants can grow. That's why dry deserts everywhere are almost not covered by trees or grass.
Plants must also have a place in which to put down their roots and grow. They find it difficult to grow on hard land. The town is built on hard land. The plants here have only the soil found between the cracks of the stones to grow in.
Another thing plants must have before they can grow is food. What will happen if we try to make things grow on the sandy beach? A few plants, such as beach grass, will grow in sand, but most plants won't. Even if the weather is warm enough and we water the plants each day, many of them will die because the sand on this beach has almost no food for plants.
( )6. According to the passage, plants need ______ things to grow well.
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
( )7. What does the underlined word "cracks" mean in the text?
A. 缝隙
B. 表面
C. 夹层
D. 底部
( )8. From the passage, we can know it is for plants to grow in dry places.
A. easy
B. difficult
C. impossible
D. important ( )9. The reason why most plants can't grow on the sandy beach is that _______.
A. there isn't enough sunlight
B. there is too much water
C. it is too crowded there
D. it has little food for plants
( )10. The passage can most probably be found in a ______book.
A. science
B. history
C. travel
D. math
C.
Lion is a special animal to Chinese people. A couple of stone lions, a male (雄性) and a female (雌性), can often be seen in front of the gates（门口）of old buildings. The male lion is on the left with his right paw (手掌) on a ball, and the female on the right. And her left paw is touching a baby animal.
The lion is the king in the animal world because he is powerful. The ball shows the country or the family will be together forever, and the baby animal with the female shows that you will have many children.
The stone lions were also used to show the families were powerful. If you had no money or power, you couldn’t put the stone lions in front of your houses.
It was also popular to make bridges with stone lions. The best known of this is the Lugou Bridge (also as Marco Polo Bridge), built from 1189 to 1192. The stone lions on the bridge are most famous. Maybe there are 485 lions in all, maybe there are 498 or 501. A famous saying is that “the lions on the Lugou Bridge are uncountable.”（）11. What is a special animal in Chinese people?
A.Dragon.
B. Tiger
C. Lion.
D. Dog.
（）12. How many stone lions can often be seen in front of some old houses?
A. 2.
B. 3.
C. 1.
D. 4
（）13. Who is the king in the animal world according to the text?
A. The tiger.
B. The lion.
C. The elephant.
D. The bear.
（）14:Which is NOT right below about the stone lions in front of the gates of the old houses?
A.The male lion is on the left with his right paw on a ball.
B．The female is on the right with her left paw touching a baby animal.
C．The common people couldn’t put a pair of stone lions in front of the gates of old buildings.
D．If someone puts a pair of stone lions in front of the gate, he must have
a lot of babies.
（）15. Where do we often see stone lions besides in front of some gates?
A. On bridges.
B. In Hebei.
C. On towers.
D. By a river.
( ) 16. What number may you call if you and your friends want to enjoy the sunshine at the seaside?
A. 67538293.
B. 63986432.
C. 64639818.
D. 63875629. ( ) 17. Sam wants to stay in Hunter Valley with his wife, his five-year-old daughter and his seven-year-old son. How much will it cost?
A.$25.
B.$55.
C. $l10.
D.$160.
( ) 18. David loves sports. He will take his holiday from May 7 to May 15. What activity will he probably take part in?
A. Hiking in the mountains. C. Watching plants at night.
B. Fishing in the country. D. Swimming in the sea.
( )19. Lucy is a college student. She is quite interested in science. She wants to know something about the life of plants at night. Which trip will she choose?
A. Trip 1.
B. Trip 2.
C. Trip 3.
D. Trip 4.
( ) 20. Which of the following is NOT mentioned according to the four
advertisements?
A. B. C. D.
E. 短文填空1：
There was a clever fox in the forest. One day, the fox fell
________ into a well(井), and he found it _________ to
climb out. So he _______ climbing and stayed in the well.
After a few minutes, a goat came to the well. He wanted to
drink some ______. He saw the fox in the well and asked,
“How does the water ______?”the fox said, “It’s ____
sweetest water all over the world. “ then the goat jumped
into the well ______ thinking. After drinking the sweetest
water, the goat can’t ________ out, either. The fox said,
“ Let’s help each other. I can stand on ________ back and
climb out, then I will help you out.”But when the fox
climbed out, he ran away and didn’t come ________. The
fox cheated the goat.
E. 短文填空2：
For my eighth birthday, I got a very special gift from
my parents. The ________ was alive! It was a cute little
dog. He was brown ________ white feet.
I had a lot to learn about how to take care of a dog.
And the ________ has to learn many things, too. For
example, he needs to learn things like“sit”.He also needs
a lot of ________.One way to show love is to play with __________. Sometimes he likes ________ with a ball or a shoe. Sometimes he might want to be alone so that he can sleep. It is hard for the dog to be quiet ________ he’s having fun. He might want you to pet him to help him become ________.
I wanted to have the happiest dog in the world. First, I gave him a great name, Rascal. Next, Mom and I ______ him to an animal doctor. Her name is Dr. Melissa Hardy. I learned a lot from her about how to feed and train my dog. The animal doctor __________ told me some things about petting my dog. They are really helpful.。