仁爱八年级英语阅读理解练习

Passage 7

A man was walking through a forest.He had a few caps in his hand.In the forest there were a lot of monkeys.h was hot, so he decided to have a rest under a tree.He put a cap on his head and lay down to sleep.

When he woke up,he couldn't find his caps, "Where are my caps?"he cried and looked up.He saw some monkeys in the tree.Each had a cap on its head.

"Give back my caps! "shouted the man to the monkeys.But the monkeys didn't understand him.They only jumped, danced and laughed.

"How can I get back my caps?"he thought hard.At last he had an idea.He took off his cap and threw it on the ground.The little monkeys did the same

thing.Happily the man picked up all the caps and went on his way.

判断正误（T或F）：

（) 1. One day a man was going through a forest.

（) 2. The man decided to have a rest because he was ill.

（) 3. When the man woke up, he found his caps were gone.

（) 4. The man saw a lot of birds in the tree.

（) 5. The man was angry when he got all his caps back.

Passage 8

An owl（猫头鹰）is a bird with very big eyes.These eyes make the owl look clever.

The owl can not move its eyes freely(自由地) as we can.It can only look straight(笔直地) ahead (向前).If it wants to look at both sides,it must turn its neck.Owls see better at night than during the day.At night they look for food.They eat mice (老鼠) and insects (昆虫).

Owls make a strange(奇怪的)noise.Because the owls sleep most of the day,they usually give their cries at night.The cry sounds like "Whooo! Whooo".This strange sound sometimes frightens (使…害怕) people at night.

( ) 1. An owl looks clever because

A. it has a beautiful body

B. it has big eyes

C. it can look straight ahead

D. it can turn its neck

( ) 2. An owl looks for food at night because

A. it has large eyes

B. it can't move its eyes freely as we can

C. it sees better at night than during the day

D. it can't see anything at all during the day

( ) 3. An owl lives on

A. small birds

B. all kinds of birds

C. all kinds of small animals

D. none of the above

( ) 4. The cry of an owl is

A. frightening B, good to listen to

C. like a song

D. like the sound of a cow

( ) 5. Man must not kill owls because

A. they don't do anything wrong

B. they are good-looking and have two big eyes

C. they cry only at night

D. they are helpful to us

Passage 9

Jimmy lives in the country, and he loves playing in the river near his house. But his father gets a job in a big city, and he goes there with his family.

Their new house has a garden,but the garden is very small.Jimmy isn't happy."Is there a fiver near here?"he is asking his mother on the first morning. His mother is answering: "No,there isn't,but there's a nice park near here, Jimmy, and there's a pool" in it.We 're going there this afternoon."Jimmy is happy now.

After lunch, Jimmy and his mother go to the park, Jimmy wants to walk near the pool,but there is a sign before it.His mother reads it to him: "This pool is dangerous.367 people have fallen in it."Jimmy looks into the pool carefully.And he says:"But I can't see them."

判断正误（T或F）：

( ) l. There is a garden near Jimmy's old house:

( ) 2. Jimmy moves to a big city because his father gets a job in the big

city.

( ) 3.Jimmy becomes happy because he's going to play with some new friends. ( ) 4. The sign tells people not to walk near the pool.

( ) 5. 367 people have fallen into the river.

Passage 10

Mr.Knott was a teacher.He taught in a big school in London.He lived a long way from the school, so he was usually quite tired when he got home.At nine o'clock one evening when he was in bed,the telephone bell rang in the hall,so he went downstairs,picked up the telephone and said: "Hello! Who's speaking,please?"

"Watt"a man answered.

"What's your name,please? "said Mr.Knott.

"Watt's my name."was the answer.

"Yes,I asked you that what's your name?"Mr.Knott said again.