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八年级英语阅读理解7343
阅读理解1
Oncetherelivedanoldmaninatown.Healwaysforgotalotofthings.Sohiswifealwayshadtosaytohim,“Don'tforgetthis.”
Onedayhewentonalongwayalone.Beforehelefthome,hiswifesaid,“Nowyouhaveallthesethings.Youneedthemonyourway.Takecareofyourthingsontheway.”Hewenttothestation.Heboughtaticketandgotonthetrainwithit.
Aboutanhourlater,theconductorbegantoseethetickets.Hecametotheoldmanandsaid,“Willyoupleaseshowmeyourticket?
”Theoldmanlookedforhisticketinallhispocketsbuthecouldnotfindit.Hewasveryworried.“Ican'tfindmyticket.IreallyboughtaticketbeforeIgotonthetrain,”saidtheoldman.
“Ithinkyouareright.Ibelieveyouboughtaticket.Allright,youdon'thavetobuyanotherticket,”saidtheconductorkindly.Buttheoldmanstill(仍然)lookedworriedandsaidsadly,“Youdon'tknowwhyI'mworried.IfIdon'tfindmyticket,Ican'tremembermystation.WhereamIgoing?
”
1.Theoldmanboughtaticket_______.
A.afterhegotonthetrain
B.beforehegotonthetrain
C.whentheconductortoldhimtobuyone
D.whenhefoundhehadnoticketwithhim
2.Aboutanhourlater,theconductorbegan_______.
A.tobuythetickets
B.tolookforthetickets
C.tocheck(检查)thetickets
D.toshowthetickets
3.Theconductortoldtheoldmanthathedidn'tneedtobuyanotherticketbecause_________.
A.themanwasveryold
B.hethoughttheoldmanhadnomoneywithhim
C.theoldmanshowedhimtheticket
D.hebelievedtheoldman
4.Theoldmanstilllookedworriedbecause_________.
A.hecouldn'tgetonthetrain.
B.helosthisticketandalotofmoney
C.hethoughthiswifewouldgetangrywithhim
D.heforgotwherehewasgoing
5.Whichofthefollowing(下列)isright?
A.Theoldmanwentonthetripwithhiswife
B.Theoldmandidn'tfindhisticket
C.Theconductorwasalsoanoldman
D.Theoldmanhadtobuyanotherticket
阅读理解2
Thebestwayoflearningalanguageisusingit.ThebestwayoflearningEnglishistalkinginEnglishasmuchaspossible.Sometimesyou'llgetyourwordsmixedup(混合)andpeoplewillnotunderstandyou.Sometimespeoplewillsaythingstooquicklyandyoucan'tunderstandthem.Butifyoukeepyoursenseofhumor(幽默感),youcanalwayshaveagoodlaughatthemistakesyoumake.Don'tbeunhappyifpeopleseemtobelaughingatyourmistakes.It'sbetterforpeopletolaughatyourmistakesthantobeangrywithyou,becausetheydon'tunderstandwhatyouaresaying.ThemostimportantthingforlearningEnglishis:
“Don'tbeafraidofmakingmistakesbecauseeveryonemakesmistakes.”
1.Thewriterthinksthatthebestwayforyoutolearnalanguageis____.
A.writing
B.listening
C.usingit
D.learninggrammar
2.WhatshouldyoudoinlearningEnglish?
A.Becarefulnottomakeanymistake.
B.Writeasquicklyasyoucan.
C.Laughmoreoften.
D.SpeakEnglishasmuchasyoucan.
3.Whenpeoplelaughatyourmistakes,youshould____.
A.notcare
B.behappy
C.feelworried
D.beunhappy
4.Whenyoumakeamistake,youshould____.
A.keepquiet
B.keepyoursenseofhumor
C.bekind
D.getangry
5.Thestorytellsus:
“_____”.
A.Onlyfoolish(愚蠢的)peoplemakemistakes
B.Fewpeoplemakemistakes
C.Peoplenevermakemistakes
D.Thereisnoonewhodoesn'tmakemistakes
阅读理解12
DoyouknowwhattheWhiteHouseis?
Perhapssomeofyoudo,whileothersdon't.
TheWhiteHouseisahouseinWashington.ThepresidentoftheU.S.A.livesinit.It'sreallywhite.ButdoyouknowwhytheWhiteHouseiswhite?
Thestoryhappenedin1812.ThatyearEnglandwasatwarwithAmerica.TheBritisharmygottoWashingtonandsetthepresident'shouseonfire.In1814,inordertohidethemarksofthefire,thestonewallsofthepresident'shousewerepaintedwhiteandithasbeenthe“WhiteHouse”eversince.
1.WhiteHouseisahousefor___________.
A.theAmericanpeople.
B.thesoldiersofU.S.A.
C.thepresidentsofU.S.A.
D.thepatientsofU.S.A.
2.EnglandfoughtwithAmericain____________.
A.1810
B.1812
C.1814
D.1916
3.Thehouseiscalled“WhiteHouse”because____________.
A.it'scoveredwithsnow
B.thehouseisveryclean
C.thestonewallsofthehousewerepaintedwhite
D.theylikewhitecolour
4.TheWhiteHousewaspaintedwhitebecause____________.
A.thehouseisold
B.thehouseisnew
C.itwasonceonfireandwaswithmarks
D.theyhaveenoughpaint
5.“eversince”means___________.
A.never
B.once
C.fromthenon
D.before
阅读理解8
OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomethingis,youcantakesomethingpositiveoutofit.TheonetimeIwasn’tsureofthatwasonSeptember11.
Iusuallywakeupa6:
30or7:
00inthemorning.Thatday,Ihappenedtowakeupearlier.IturnedontheTVandIsawthataplanehadcrashed(撞击)intotheNorthToweroftheWorldTradeCenter.Myfirstreaction(反应)wasthatitwasaterribleaccident.ThenIsawanotherplaneflyintotheSouthTowerandIrealizedthatIwaswitnessing(目击)anactofterrorism.
MywifeandIspentthedaywatchingtheterriblepicturesoveragain.WhenIwatchedfamilymemberslookingfortheirlovedones,thepainintheireyeswassomethingIwouldneverforget.Icouldn’tunderstandhowsomethingthisterriblecouldhavehappened.
Itwasn’tuntilafewweeksafterSeptember11thatIbegantoseethatperhapssomegooddidcomefromthistragedy(悲剧).Peopleseemdifferentnow,moreunderstanding,moretolerant(宽容的).Littlethingsthatseemedtobesuchatroublebeforearenolongerbigthings.Personally,IammoretolerantthanIwas.Irealizelifeistooshort,andtooprecious(珍贵的),toletmyselfgetworriedoversmallthings.I’velearnedalsothatyoucan’ttakethingsforgranted.Thingschangeintheblinkofaneye.Peoplegotoworkanddon’tcomeback.Onemomentthey’relivingandthenextminutethey’renot.And,itdoesn’tmatterwhoyouare,thereisnothingyoucandoaboutit.Weneverknowwhenourtimehere willbeover,soweallneedtomakethemostofeveryminutewehave.
Youtrytolearnfromwhathappened.Youcan’tbeusedupbyit.Youcan’tlivebyit.Allyoucandoisjustlive.
1.Theword“positive”inthepassageprobablymeans______.
A.terrible
B.bad
C.good
D.real
2.WhatdidthewriterseeafterheturnedontheTVthatmorning?
A.Afirestarting
B.Aplaneflying
C.Aterribleaccident
D.Anactofterrorism.
3.FromSeptember11,thewriterhadrealizedthat___________.
A.peopleshouldmakethemostofeveryminutetheyhave
B.hehasbecomelesstoleranttowardsothers
C.heshouldgetworriedaboutlittlethings
D.lifeistooshorttocareaboutothers.
4.What’sthebesttitleofthispassage?
5.
A.AReportaboutSeptember11
6.
B.TheTragedyofSeptember11
7.
C.September11andMyFamily
8.
D.September11andMyTurn.
阅读理解4
“Cool”isawordwithmanymeanings.Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpressatemperaturethatisalittlebitcold.Astheworldhaschanged,thewordhashadmanydifferentmeanings.
“Cool”canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything.Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet,maybeyouwillsay“It'scool.”Youmaythink,“He'ssocool,”whenyouseeyourfavouritefootballer.
Weallmaximize(扩大)themeaningof“cool”.Youcanuseitinsteadofmanywordssuchas“new”or“surprising”.Here'saninterestingstorywecanusetoshowthewaythewordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthewaterfall(瀑布)theyhadvisited.Ononestudent'spaperwasjusttheonesentence,“It'ssocool”.Maybehethoughtitwasthebestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt.
Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity(缺乏)ofwords.Without“cool”,somepeoplehavenowordstoshowthesamemeaning.Soitisquiteimportanttokeepsomecredibility(可信性).Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthatmakeyourlifeascolourfulastheword“cool”?
Ican.AndIthinktheyarealsoverycool.
1.Weknowthattheword“cool”has________.
A.onlyonemeaning
B.nomeanings
C.manydifferentmeanings
D.thesamemeaning
2.Inthepassage,theword“express”means“________”.
A.see
B.show
C.know
D.feeln,.n/
3.Ifyouare________something,youmaysay,“It'scool.”
A.interestedin
B.angryabout
C.afraidof
D.unhappywith
4.Thewritertakesanexampletoshowheis________thewaythewordisused.
A.pleasedwith
B.strangeto
C.worriedabout
D.carefulwith
5.Inthepassage,thewritersuggests(暗示)thattheword“cool”_________.
A.canbeusedinsteadofmanywords
B.usuallymeanssomethinginteresting
C.canmakeyourlifecolourful
D.maynotbeascoolasitseems