初中英语 牛津译林版八年级上册期末专项复习之阅读理解.docx

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初中英语牛津译林版八年级上册期末专项复习之阅读理解

牛津译林版八年级上册期末专项复习之阅读理解

（一）

Aswinterdrawsnear,manyofthecold-bloodedanimalshibernatetillspringcomes.

Andeverybodyknowstheywillbeawakemonthslater,crawlingandwalkingaroundandlookingforfood.

Butdoyoualsoknowthatsomeanimalsgotoasummersleep,whichiscalledaestivation?

Mostanimalsareactiveduringthesummer,singinganddancingfreely.Theaestivationanimals,however,willhavealongsleepinacoolplacetostayawayfromthedryandhotsummerdays.

InSoutheastAfricathereisakindofporcupine（豪猪）.

Itsbodyiscoveredwithsharpstings.Thiscreatureusuallyeatsearthwormsasitsmainfood.Asthehotdayscome,theearthwormsgodeepunderthemudtokeepthemselvesalive.Duringthistimetheporcupinecan’tfindanytoliveon,soitliesdowntoaestivateformonthswithouteating.Itcomesoutagainwhenthecoolautumndaysarrive.

AnunusualkindoftreefroginSouthAfricawillclimbupatreeduringthesummer.Hereithidesitselfinacoolplacetohaveitssummersleep.

Themostinterestingthingabouttheaestivatinganimalisthatwhileitsleeps,itsbodytemperaturedropsjustasthehibernatinganimal’sbodytemperaturedropsinwinter.

1.Whydoporcupinesaestivate?

A.Becausetheyarenotactiveanimals.

B.Becausetheweatheristoohotanddry.

C.Becausetheyhavenothingtoeatduringthesummer.

D.Becausetheirbodytemperatureisnothighenough.

2.Whendoestheporcupinestartandenditsaestivation?

A.ItstartsinJanuaryandendsinMarch.

B.ItstartsinMarchandendsinApril.

C.ItstartsinAugustandendsinOctober.

D.ItstartsinNovemberandendsinFebruarythenextyear.

3WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Hibernatinganimalsareactiveinsummer.[来源:

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B.PorcupinesinSoutheastAfricalivemainlyonearthworms.

C.OnekindoftreefrogsinSouthAfricasleepsinsidetreesinsummer.

D.Thebodytemperatureofanaestivationanimalinsummerisaslowasthatinwinter.

4.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“hibernate”meaninChinese?

A.觅食B.冬眠C.蜗居D.隐藏

（二）

InAmerica，whenpeoplesay“man’sbestfriend”，theydon’tmeananotherperson.Instead，theyaretalkingaboutalovelyanimal—adog!

Thesewordsshowthefriendshipbetweenpeopleandanimals.Dogsandotherpetscangivejoytopeople’slives.Somepeoplethinkoftheirpetsastheirchildren.Somepe

opleevenleavealltheirmoneytotheirpetswhentheydie!

Animalscanhelppeople，too.Dogscanbetaughttobethe“eyes”forablindperson（盲人）or“ears”foradeaf（耳

聋）person.Scientistshavefoundthatpetshelppeoplelivelonger!

Theymakepeoplehappier，too.Becauseofthat，theybringanimalsintohospitalsfor“visits”.

Americanshold“BeKindtoAnimalsWeek”inthefirstweekofMay.Petshowsareheldduringtheweek.Evenifyoudon’tliveinAmerica，you，too，candothis.How?

Firstthinkabouthowanimalsmakeyourlifericher.Ifyouhaveapet，takemoretimethisweektoplaywithit.Remembertogiveitdeliciousfood.

Ifyoudon’thaveapet，bekindtoanimalsaroundyou.Forexample，ifyouseeastreetdog，justleaveitalone，ormakefriend

swithit.Ifothersaroundyoudobadthingstoanimals，trytospeakup.Aspeople，wemustprotect（保护）animalswhocan’tspeakforthemselves.

（）1.“Somepeopleevenleavealltheirmoneytotheirpetswhentheydie!

”isusedtoprove

（证明）that________.

A.petshavetheright（权利）toinherit（继承）money

B.moneycanmakepetshappy

C.it’sthebestwaytospendmoney

D.somepetsareasimportanttotheirownersastheirchildren

（）2.According（依照）tothepassage，scientistsbringthedogstohospitalbecause_______.

A.theyareillandtheyneedtoseethedoctor

B.theycanmakethepatients（病人）happier

C.theycanhelpthedoctorfindoutthepr

oblems

D.thedoctorscandoexperiment（试验）onthem

（）3Duringthe“BeKindtoAnimalsWeek”，thepeopleinAmerica________.

A.holdpetshowsB.playwiththepetsthewholeweek

C.cookdeliciousfoodf

orpetsD.makefriendswithotherpeople’spets

（）4.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Alotofpeopleareinterestedindogs.B.Dogscanhelppeopledomanythings.

C.Petsarelovelyandneedcareandprotection（保护）.

D.Wehavedonealotofthingsforpets.

（三）

DIY,whichmeansDoItYourself,isquitepopularintheUK.LotsofstoresandsupermarketssellDIYmaterials.TVshowsalsoteachpeoplehowtoDIY.

BritishpeoplelikeDIY.Ifthereisanythingthatneedsfixingaroundtheirhomes,suchas  paintingthewallsorfixingthebrokenfurniture（家具）,theywilldothejobsthemselves.TheyshareDIY withtheirfriends.MoreandmorepeopleenjoyDIYandhavefoundthejoyofDIY.SometimespeoplealsoDIYforsavingmoney.Atpresent,manypeopledon’thaveenoughmoneytobuy abighouse.Theyarelookingathowtheycanmaketheirhousesbetterwithoutspendingalotofmoney.That’swhyDIYissopopular.

DIYcanbedifficult.ThereisalargemarketforDIYfurniturewhichneedstobegottogetherbypeoplethemselveswith afewtools.However,peopleoftenfinditnoteasytobuildapieceoffurniturebecausetheycan’tunderstandtheinstructions.Sometimestheinstructionsareeasyandclear,butthefurnitureitself isdifficulttobuild.DIYcanalsobedangerousifyouarenotcarefulenough.Itisreportedthatinjustoneyearmorethan230,000peoplewerehurtwhiledoingDIYintheUK,including（包括）41,000whofelloffladders（梯子）.

DIYcanbringusalotoffun andcanhelpussavesomemoney,butitisnotalwaysaseasyasitseems tobeifwebiteoffmorethanwecanchew（咀嚼）.Maybefactoriesshouldmakethingsthatareeasierandsafer forustoDIY.

1.WhydoBritishpeoplelikeDIY?

A．ManystoressellDIYthings.B．DIYcanbringthemfun.

C．TVprogramsteachthemtoDIY.D．AllDIYprojectsareeasy.

2.WhichofthefollowingbelongstoDIY?

A.OrderapizzaontheInternet.

B.Buyabirthdaycakeformyfather.

C.Paytheworker＄100tofixthebrokenfurniture.

D.MakelanternsoutofpumpkinsformychildrenonHalloween.

3.Whatdoesthesentencewebiteoffmorethanwecanchewmean?

A.Wecaneateverythingwelike.B.Weshoulddosomethingdifficult.

C.Wedosomethingthatistoodifficult.D.Weeattoomuchfoodthatisnotsafe.

4.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A.DIYisawasteofmoney.B.ItisalwaysdifficulttoDIY.

C.WeshouldbecarefulwhiledoingDIY.D.ItisverysafeforustoDIY.

（四）

Theelephantlivesingroups.Anelephantherd（群）usuallyhasfromtwentytofortymembers.Theelephantsintheherddependononeanotherforhelpintimeoftrouble.

Theleaderofthegroupisusuallyawiseandstrongfemale.She

travelsattheheadoftheherdandisfollowedbytheotherfemales

andtheiryoung.Themaleelephantsfollowlast.Whendangercomes,

themaleelephantsformacircle（圈）aroundtheweakeranimalsandprotectthem.

Themembersoftheherdareloyal（忠诚的）tooneanother.Asickelephantisnotleftbehindtodie.Ifanelephantissick,thewholeherdstopstravelinguntilitgetswell.Whenanelephantishurt,twootherswalkonbothsidesofitandsupportitwiththeirbodies.Amemberoftheherdmaybecaughtinatrap.Thentheotherstrytohelpit.

Elephantslovetheyoungstersinthegroupandgivethemspecialcare.Theyhelpyounganimalsstayafloat（漂浮着）whentheherdcrossesariver.Theyworktogethertohelpacalf（幼崽）whenitgoestoadangerousplace.

Whenafemaleelephantgivesbirthtoheryoungbaby,sheleavestheherdforashorttime.However,shetakesanotherfemalealongtoactas"aunt".Theaunthelpsthemotherwithhernew-borncalf.Inthisway,thewholeherdprotectsitsnewestmember.

1.Theleaderofanelephantherdisusually_______.

A.awisemaleB.aweakmaleC.astrongfemaleD.theoldestfemale

2.Intimesofdanger,themalesformacirclearound_______.

A.theenemy（敌人）B.theweakeranimals

C.theleaderofthegroupD.thestrongerelephants

3.Whichofthefollowingdoesthestorygetyoutobelieve?

A.Elephantscannotcrossariver.

B.Babyelephantscannotswimwell.

C.Sickelephantsareusuallyleftbehindtodie.

D.Mostelephantherdshaveoverahundredmembers.

4.WhichofthefollowingsentencesisTRUE?

A.Elephantsliketolivealone.

B.Manyyoungelephantsdiewhencrossingariver.

C.Elephantscanhelpeachotherintimeoftrouble.

D.Thefemaleelephantleavestheherdforeveraftershehasbabies.

（六）

Readingshouldbepartofyourlife.Buttheproblemisthatthere'stoomuchtoreadthesedaysandtoolittletimetoreadeverywordofit.Therearehundredsofskillstohelpyoureadmoreinlesstime.HerearetwoskillsthatIt

hinkarevery

Preview（预览）—ifitislongandhard,previewingisveryusefulforgettingageneral（总的）ideaofheavyreadinglikelongmagazinearticlesandreports.

Here’showtopreview:

Readthefirsttwoparagraphsandthelasttwoparagraphscarefully.

Thenreadonlythefirstsentenceoftheotherparagraphs.

Skim（浏览）-ifitisshortandeasy.Skimmingisagoodwaytogetagener

alideaoflightreadinglikepopularmagazinesorthesportsandstars,moviesofyourdailypaper.

Here'showtoskim:

Getyoureyestomovefast.Sweepthemacrosseachline.

Pickuponlyafewkeywordsineachline.

Everybodyskimsdifferently.YouandImaynotpickupthesamewordswhenweskimthesamenews,butusuallywewon'tgetverydifferentideasofwhatitisallabout.

1.Whatshouldyoudoifyoureadalongarticleaccordingtothewriter?

A.Readeverywordofit.

B.Readalltheparagraphs.

C.Pickupafewkeywordsineachline.