牛津译林版8A 英语期中专题练习阅读理解.docx

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牛津译林版8A英语期中专题练习阅读理解

牛津译林版8A英语期中专题练习—阅读理解

（1）

AnneandJosepharetalkingaboutaninterestingquestion.Whydosomepeoplechangetheirnames?

Therecanbemanyreasons.HannachangedhernametoAnnebecauseshethoughtitwouldbeeasierforpeopletoremember.Ontheotherhand,Josephisthinkingaboutchanginghisnametoanunusualnamebecauseshewantstobedifferent.

Somefamouspeopleoftenhaveinterestingreasonsforchangingtheirnames.Filmstars,singers,sportsmenoftenchangenamesbecausetheywantnamesthatarenotordinary（普通的）,orthathavespecialsounds.Someevenbelievethatnewnamescanbringthemgoodluck.Somanystarschosethe“newname”forthemselvesinsteadofthenametheirparentsgavethemwhentheywere“born”.

Somepeoplehaveanotherreasonforchangingtheirnames.Theyhavemovedtoanewcountryandwanttouseanamethatisusualthere.Forexample,LiKaimingchangedhisnametoKenLeewhenhemovedtotheUnitedStates.HeusesthenameKenathisjobandatschool.ButwithhisfamilyandChinesefriends,heusesLiKaiming.Forsomepeople,usingdifferentnamesmakeslifeeasierintheirnewcountry.

Inmanycountries,awomanchangesherfamilynametoherhusband’saftershegetsmarried.Buttoday,manywomenarekeepingtheirownfamilynamesandnotusingtheirhusbands’.Sometimes,womenusetheirownnamesinsomesituations（情况）andtheirhusbands’inothersituations.Andsomeuseboththeirownnamesandtheirhusbands’

1.HannachangeshernametoAnnebecause“Anne”isforpeopletoremember.

A.louderB.easierC.prettierD.harder

2.Famouspeoplewanttheirnewnamesto.

A.bespecialB.beordinaryC.bemeaninglessD.beunknown

3.LiKaiminguseshisnewnamewhenhe.

A.stayswithhisfamilyB.isathisjob

C.isamongChinesefriendsD.comesbacktoChina

4.Whatisthebesttitleofthispassage?

A.FamilyNames.B.Women’sNames

C.ChangingNames.D.SpecialNames.

（2）

Manhasabigbrain（脑子）.Hecanthink,learnandspeak.Scientists（科学家）oncethoughtthatmanisdifferentfromanimalsbecausehecanthinkandlearn.Theynowknowthatdogs,ratsandbirdscanlearntoo.Theyarebeginningtounderstandthatmanisdifferentfromanimalsbecausehecanspeak.Animalscannotspeak.Theymakenoiseswhentheyareafraidorunhappy.Apes（类人猿）canunderstandsomethingmorequicklythanman.Oneortwoofthemhavelearnedafewwords.Buttheycannotputthemtogethertomakesentences.Theycannotthinklikeusbecausetheyhavenolanguage.

Languageisawonderfulthing.Mancanbuildamodernworldbecausehehaslanguage.

Everychildcanspeakhisownlanguageverywellwhenheisfourorfive,butnoanimallearnstospeak.Howdochildrenlearnit?

Scientistsdonotreallyknow.Whathappensinsideourbody?

Theydonotknow.Theyonlyknowthatmancanspeakbecausehehasabrain.

5.Manisdifferentfromanimalsbecause.

A.mancanunderstandthingsquicklyB.mancanlearn

C.manhasabrainD.manhaslearnedtouselanguage

6.Apescannot.

A.speaklikemanB.makenoiseC.understandthingsD.learnwords

7.Scientistsnowknow.

A.howchildrenlearntospeakB.whyapescanlearnafewwords

C.whathappensinsidehisbodywhenmanspeaksD.man’sbrainhelpshimlearntospeak

8.Whichofthefollowingisnottrue?

A.SomeanimalscanlearnB.Apescanunderstandsomethingsmorequicklythanman

C.Apescanputthewordstogethertomakesentences

D.Apeshavenolanguagethoughtheycanlearnsomewords

（3）

JohnWilliamswenttoaboardingschool（寄宿学校）.Hereisoneletterhewrotetoparentsfromtheschool.

DearMomandDad

I’mafraidIhavesomeverybadnewsforyou.Iamverynaughty（淘气的）andtheschoolprincipal（校长）isveryunhappywithme.Sheisgoingtowritetoyou.Youmustcomeandtakemeawayfromhere.Shedoesnotwantmeintheschoolanylonger.

ThetroublestartedlastnightwhenIwassmokingacigarette（香烟）inbed.Thisisnotright,ofcourse.Wemustn’tsmokeatall.AsIwassmoking,Iheardfootstepscomingtowardstheroom.Ididnotwantateachertocatchmesmoking,soIthrewthecigaretteaway.Unluckily,thecigarettefellintothewastepaperbasket,andthenitcaughtfire.Therewasacurtain（窗帘）nearthewastepaperbasket.Itcaughtfire,too.Soonthewholeroomwasburning.Theprincipalphonedforthefiremen.Theschoolisalongwayfromthetownandbythetimethefiremenarrived,thewholeschoolwasonfire.Manyofthegirlsareinhospital.

Theprincipalsaidthatthefirewasallbecauseofmeandyoumustpayforthedamage（损失）.Shewillsendyouabillforaboutamilliondollars.I’mverysorryaboutthis.

MuchLove

John

P.S.（附言）:

Noneoftheaboveistrue,butIfailedmyexams（考试）.Ijustwantyoutoknow

howbadthingscouldbe!

9.WhatkindofschooldidJohngoto?

Aboardingschool.B.Aschoolinanearbytown.

C.Averyexpensiveschool.D.Aschoolthatburntdown.

10.WhatdidJohnsaywasthereasontheprincipalwasunhappywithhim?

Hehadfailedhisexams.B.Hewascaughtsmokinginbed.

C.Theschoolcaughtfirebecauseofhim.D.Hedidn’twritetohisfather.

11.HowtruewastheletterbeforeP.S.?

A.Partlytrue.B.Alltrue.C.Untrue.D.Thestorydoesn’treallytellus.

12.WhydidJohnwritehome?

A.Totellhisparentsaboutthefire.B.Toaskforamilliondollars.

C.Totellhisparentshefailedhisexams.D.Totellhisparentshehastoleaveschool.

（4）

Beforeyoustarttolisten,youneedtorelax.Don’tbestressedout.Andtrytoreadthequestions.Thesequestionsusuallyhelpyouunderstandtheconversationorthepassagesbetter.

Thenlistencarefullytothefirstsentence.Itusuallytellsyouthemainideaofthepassage.Whenyou’relistening,trytodosomethinkingandtakesomenotes,suchas:

Whathappened?

When,whereandhow?

Whatdoesthespeakerwanttotellus?

Pleaseremembernottothinkaboutoneortwowordsforalongtime.Whenyouhearsomewordsyoudon’tknow,don’tspendtoomuchtimeonthem.Veryoften,you’llfindoutwhattheymeanlaterwhenyougoonwiththelistening.

13.It’sbetterforyoutokeep________whenyoustarttohavealisteningtest.

A.excitedB.relaxedC.stressedoutD.worried

14.Weshouldlistentothefirstsentencecarefully,becauseitusuallytellsus.

A.theanswertothequestionsB.wheretowritetheanswers

C.themainideaofthepassageD.howmuchtimeisleftforthelisteningtest

15.Whenyouarelistening,it’simportantforyouto________.

A.remembereverywordB.takesomenotes

C.understandallthewordsD.thinkaboutkeywordsforalongtime

（5）

Aboyandhisfatherwerewalkinginthemountains.Suddenlytheboyfell,hurthimself,andcried,“Ah!

”Tohissurprise,heheardthevoicerepeating,somewhereinthemountain,“Ah!

”Thentheboyshouted.“Whoareyou?

”Hereceivedtheanswer,“Whoareyou?

”Hegotangryattheanswer,soheshouted,“Foolish（愚蠢的）!

”Hereceivedtheanswer,“Foolish!

”

Helookedathisfatherandasked,“What’sgoingon?

”Hisfathersmiledandsaid,“Myson,listen.”Andthenheshoutedtothemountain,“Iloveyou!

”Thevoiceanswered,“Iloveyou!

”Againthemanshouted,“Youarethebest!

”Thevoiceanswered,“Youarethebest!

”

Theboywassurprised,butdidnotunderstand.Thenthefatherexplained,“Peoplecallthis‘Echo’,butreallythisislife.Itgivesyoubackeverythingyousayordo.Ourlifeisjustareflection（反映）ofwhatwehavedone.Ifyouwantmoreloveintheworld,havemoreloveinyourheart.Ifyouwanttobesuccessful,workhard.Thiscanbeusedineverythinginlife.Lifewillgiveyoubackeverythingyouhavegiventoit.”

16.Atfirsttheboycriedbecause_________.

A.hehurthimselfandfeltbadB.hewantedtogivehimselfasurprise

C.hefeltitwassoquietinthemountainD.hehopedhisfatherwouldhelphim

17.Thefathershoutedtothemountainto_________.

A.findoutwhowasrepeatinghisvoice

B.playajokeonotherpeopleinthemountain

C.showmoreexamplestohissonbeforegivinghimtheanswer

D.lethissonknowwhosevoicewaslouder

18.Theword“Echo”means_________.

A.回音B.低语C.风声D.山谷

19.Fromthestoryweknow_________.

A.theboydidn’tlikeothers’voiceatall

B.thefatherhadhisownwaytoteachhisson

C.itisnotpolitetorepeatothers’voice

D.theboyandhisfatherwereverytired

（6）

CoffeehasbecomethemostpopularAmericandrink.TodaypeopleintheUnitedStatesdrinkmorecoffeethanpeopleinanyoftheothercountries.Peopledrinkcoffeeatbreakfast,atlunch,atdinnerandbetweenmeals.Theydrinkhotcoffeeorcoffeewithiceinit.Theydrinkitatworkandathome.Theyeatcoffeeice-creamandcoffeecandy.Coffeeisblackandverystrong.Differentpeopleliketodrinkitindifferentways.Somepeoplelikecoffeewithcreamorsugarinit.Otherpeoplelikecoffeewithbothcreamandsugarinit.Inallwaysitisserved.Coffeehasbecomeaninternationaldrink.

20.Coffeeisan____________drink.

A.interestingB.internationalC.ice-creamD.American

21.Differentpeopleliketodrinkcoffee____________.

A.atworkorathomeB.indifferentways

C.withcreamorsugarD.betweenmeals

22.TodayAmericansdrink___________coffeethanpeopleinanyoftheothercountries.

A.asmuchasB.lessC.moreD.most

23.“Coffeeisblackandverystrong.”ThewordSTRONGheremeans____________.

A.坚固的B.淡的C.清的D.浓的

24.____________isthemostpopularAmericandrink.

A.BlackteaB.CoffeeC.WaterwithiceD.Whisky

（7）

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