八年级英语上册阅读理解20篇

拓展阅读（01）

My uncle James is a famous scientist．He likes to make lots of predictions about the future．He says that in 100 years some things will be better than now．For example, we will not have to wash the dishes or sweep(打扫) the floor because we’ll all have robots in our homes．Also, we won’t need to use paper money．We’ll all use credit cards（信用卡）to buy things．We’ll have more free time, and travel ing will be faster and cheaper than it is now．Maybe some people will spend their vacations in space stations．

However, Uncle James says that some things will get worse in the next century(世纪)．If more people use cars, there will be more pollution．Also, if there are fewer trees, the air will become dirtier．If pollution gets really bad, maybe people will have to go and live on Mars（火星）．Uncle James says we’ll be very sorry if pollution becomes worse．

1．What is Uncle James？(Uncle James是做什么的？)

2．Why doesn’t Uncle James think people in the future will do the dishes？3．What does he think people in the future will use to buy things？

4．What will happen if more people use cars？

5．If there are fewer trees, what will happen？

When the Americans were getting ready to send (送) their first men to the moon, an old Australian was watching TV in a restaurant (饭店). There was an Englishman in the restaurant, too, and he said to the Australian, "The Americans are clever(聪明的), aren't they? They are going to send some men to the moon. It is a very long way from our world."

"Oh, that's nothing," the Australian answered quickly."Our country is going to send some people to the sun in a few months. That's much farther(更远) away than the moon, you know."

"Oh, yes, it is," the Englishman said," but the sun is too hot for people to go to." The Australian laughed and said," We won't go to the sun in the day, of course( 当然). We'll go there at night."

1. Who were going to send their first men to the moon?

2. Where were the Australian and Englishman watching TV?

3. The Englishman thought______.

4. Both the Englishmen and the Australian knew that ______.

5. The Australian thought that ______.

Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2050. "What will our world be like in the year 2050"asked Tom. "I don’t know. "says Fred." What do you think?" "Well, no one knows, but it’s interesting to guess(猜测). " "In the year 2050 everyone will carry(携带) a pocket(口袋) computer. The computer will give people the answer to all their problems. We will all have telephones, in our pockets, too, and we’ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps we’ll be able to see them at the same time. " "A lot of people will live and work under the sea. Maybe there will be big towns, factories, and farms under the sea, too. " "Robots will do most of the work, and so people will have more holidays. Perhaps(也许) they’ll work only two or three days a week. They’ll be able to fly to the moon by rockets and spend their holidays there. "

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