八年级英语期末复习专题 阅读理解

A

Hello! I’m Wang Yiming. I’m five. I am from China. People call me Xiaobao. Hip-pop dancing is my favourite. I imitate (模仿）Michael Jackson. My mother Bian Aiqing is a photographer.

I performed on “The Ellen Show”，a USA TV talk show hosted by comedian Ellen DeGene- res , in February. The moment I met DeGeneres, I gave him a big hug and a lollipop (棒棒糖).

Unlike most other child stars, I did not learn dancing just to perform. I like dancing best because it makes me really happy；

(      )1. What’s the host’s full name?

A. Ellen.                                                             B. Mchael Jacksoa

C. Ellen DeGeneres.                                           D. Wang Yiming.

(      )2. Where is Ellen DeGeneres?

A.       In China.                                                         B. In England.

C. In the USA.                                                  D. In Canada.

(      )3. Who is Michael Jackson?

A.       He is a dancer.                                                        B.    He is a comedian.

C.       He is a host.                                                     D.    He is a child.

(      )4. Where’s Wang Yiming from?

A.       He is from China.                                             B.    He is from England.

C.       He is from Japan.                                             D.    He is from the USA.

B

Parents today worry about their children’s diets. Some doctors give the following advice：

1. Teenagers shouldn’t eat too much junk food.

2. Teenagers shouldn’t eat food with too much salt. Salt can cause high blood pressure in the future.

3. Teenagers should eat food with less fat, oil and sugar.

4. Teenagers need to eat some fruits and vegetables every day. Fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins and have little fat.

5. Teenagers need to drink more milk. Milk will help their bones grow.

6. Teenagers need to eat breakfast every day. This is good for their bodies and minds.

(      )1. According to the doctor’s advice，what does junk food include?

A.       Milk and vitamins.

B.       Fruits and sugar.

C.       Vegetables and salt.

D.       Fat, oil, salt and sugar.

(      )2. In this passage, doctors think that teenagers should eat more       ______.

A.       food with no vitamins

B.       fat and sugar

C.       vegetables and fruits   

D.       salt and oil

(      )3. The best title for this passage is “______”.

A.       Bad Habits

B.       Junk Food

C.       Unhealthy Food

D.       Advice on Healthy Eating

C

Hello, my dear friends, today here’s a funny cartoon for you. It is a Chinese cartoon. Its name is Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf.

In this cartoon，there are some goats and some wolves. Pleasant Goat is the leading role (主角) He likes playing football and running. He runs faster than the other goats. Pretty Goat likes making clothes and growing flowers. She is very beautiful. Lazy Goat is clever，but he doesn’t like doing sports. He likes sleeping best. Force Goat (沸羊羊）is stronger than the other goats. Warm Goat is the class monitor at school. Slow Goat is 68 years old. He is older than the other goats. He is the village head. Every goat has a lovely pet Big Big Wolf wants to eat sheep. Red Wolf is Big Big Wolf’s wife. She is very bad. Banana Wolf is nice. He is the friend of goats. He likes eating bananas very much.

(      )1. _____ doesn’t like sports.

A. Lazy Goat                                                B. Force Goat

C. Warm Goat                                              D. Happy Goat

(      )2. Pretty Goat likes_______.

A. playing   football                                      B.    sleeping

C. making   clothes                                     D.    eating  bananas

(      )3._______ is the goats’ friend.

A. Big Big Wolf      B. Banana Wolf           C. Red Wolf         D. Grey Wolf

(      )4. There are ______ goats in the passage.

A. four                                                               B.    five

C. six                                                          D.    seven

(      )5. Which is NOT right?

A.       Happy Goat runs slower than other sheep.   

B.       Slow Goat is older than the other sheep.

C.       Warm Goat has a lovely pet.

D.       Red Wolf is Big Big Wolf’s wife.

D

Television has taken the place of schools as he main educator in America. There are several reasons for this. First, there is the number of hours. While Americans spend about 13,000 hours n schools, they spend 15,000 to 16,000 hours in front of a TV set. Second is the age at which viewers start watching TV. People start watching and understanding TV at about the age of 3, which is several years before they start to do school work. Finally, there is the number of viewer. About 90,000,000 young people are attending school, but most of the Americans watch TV every day. It seems, then, that TV shows are taking the place of teachers and professors as the educators in America.

(      )1. The main idea of the passage is ______.

A.    TV is more important than school

B.    fewer and fewer children go to school

C.    there is not a school which has no TV set in America

D.    TV plays a great part in American people’s life

(      )2. How many reasons that television has become the main educator are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two.                                                           B. Three.

C. Four.                                                          D. Five.

(      )3. The first reason shows that ______.

A.    now children go to school less often than their parents did

B.    in his life an American spends more time watching TV than at school

C.  a TV program usually gives lessons of 15,000--16,000 hours

D.   parents think 13,000 hours of school is not enough

(      )4. In America, a child starts going to school _______.

A.    when he is 13

B.    when he is about 6 or 7

C.    when he is able to understand TV

D.    after he starts to do school work

(      )5. Every day in America ______.

A.   teachers and professors watch TV

B.    90,000,000 young people watch TV

C.    not only young people watch TV

D.    15,000―16,000 people watch TV

E

The most interesting part of the town was the market, where there were a lot of cafes, restaurants and small shops full of kinds of cheap goods. At this time of the year it was not crowded. It was a lovely day with only a few little white clouds in the sky. It was not hot , as it sometimes was during the summer, but pleasantly warm.

Edward and Ann sat at a table outside one c the cafes. After they had been sitting there enjoying the sunlight for a few minutes, a young waiter, not much more than a boy, came to take their order. He spoke no English, but pointed at the menu with a smile. They thought they had managed to make him understand that all They wanted was ice-cream. There were few flavors coffee and orange，and they both chose coffee. “I love coffee ice-cream，” said Ann.

After a little while the waiter returned. He was carrying a big tray which he set down very carefully on the table in front of Edward and Ann. There were two cups of coffee and two ice-cream on the tray.

“We didn’t want coffee，”said Edward angrily, “but coffee ice-cream. He ought to be able to understand some English.”

The waiter smiled and looked pleased.

“No,” said Ann laughing, “It is his country. We ought to be able to speak his language.”

(     )1. The weather that day was ______.

A.    hot and cloudy                                                 B.    sunny and warm

C.    warm and cloudy                                       D.    cold and cloudy

(      )2. The waiter _______.

A.    was a little younger than a boy                   B.  was only a boy

C.    was a little older than a boy                        D.  looked like a boy

(      )3. The waiter brought them _____.

A.    ice-cream instead of coffee                         B.  coffee with ice-cream in it

C.   coffee as well as ice-cream                         D.    coffee but no ice-cream

(      )4. It seems that the waiter ______.

A.    liked playing jokes                                    B.    didn’t speak clearly

C.    was unable to speak                                   D.  had made a mistake

(    ) 5. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A.  The waiter was native speaker

B.  The story took place in England.

C.  Edward and Ann were doing shopping

D.  Edward and Ann were angry because they couldn’t get what they had wanted.

F

Mobile phones have become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.

Mobile phone used among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and more students will want them.

Bluett, an official, said mobile phone use is a distraction to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.

She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones at school. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.

Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school offices. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school：They were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.

Many people said that they understood why parents would want their children to have mobile

Phones, but they thought schools should let the students know when they could use their mobile phones.

(      )1. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones _____.

A.    because they are students                            B.    when they are free                       C.    when they are at school                              D.    because they are children

(      )2. We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from      ______.

A.    the makers and sellers                                B.    the passers-by and strangers

C.    their parents and friends                             D.    some mobile phone users

(      )3. What does the underlined word “cheat” mean in the passage?

A 聊天                                                           B 核对

C 查询                                                           D 作弊

(      )4. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t ______ during schools hours.

A. use their mobile phones

B. leave their mobile phones at school offices

C. help the teachers with their work

D. get in touch with their children

(      )5. The passage tells us that _______.

A.       students shouldn?t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons

B.       it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phones at school

C.       some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours

D.       parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours

 

G

A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After a few weeks the story was       returned to her. The lady was angry. She wrote to the editor：

“Dear Sir，yesterday you sent back a story of mine. How do you know that the story is not good? You didn’t read it. Before I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20. This was the test to see whether you would read the story. when the story came back yesterday, the pages were still pasted together. Is this the way you read all the stories that are sent to you?”

The editor wrote back，“Dear Madam，at breakfast when I open an egg I don’t have to eat all the egg to discover that it is bad.”

(      )1. The woman sent a story of hers to a famous editor, hoping ______.

A.       to have it returned

B.       that he would read or like it, even have it appeared

C.       that he would have her long story cut short

D.       to make him angry by pasting together pages 18, 19 and 20 of her story

(      )2. How did the woman know that the editor had not read her story?

A.       She found that pages 18, 19 and 20 of her story remained pasted together when it was returned to her.

B.       The editor wrote back to tell her so.

C.       She had been told that the editor was not a bit interested in any stories by women.

D.       Somebody else let her know.

(      )3. Why did the woman paste together three pages of her story?

A.       Because she thought that it was a good way to find out whether the editor had read her story.

B.       Because she thought that was written on the three pages wasn’t worth reading.

C.       Because it was a usual test to see whether any editor would read stories sent to him.

D.       Because she wanted to play a joke on the editor.

(    )4. The editor’s reply to the woman hinted (暗示）that ______.

A.       he would be able to tell whether or not a story was well written without having to read the whole of it

B.       he would have liked her story if she hadn’t pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20 of her story

C he had read her story except for pages 18, 19 and 20

D.       he usually had an egg for his breakfast every day

(      )5. The best title for the passage is “______”.

A.       A Lady and Her Story

B.       The Story and the Egg

C.       A Good Story and an Irresponsible Editor

D.       A Stupid Lady and a Clever Editor

H

When George’s car stopped at the traffic lights，he couldn’t start it again. The cars behind him began to sound their horns, and the drivers began to shout. George got out of his car and pushed his car to the side of the road.

A young man and his girlfriend were standing at the bus stop. “Excuse me，”said George，“do you know anything about cars?”Before the girl could say anything, her boyfriend said, “Leave it to me.” Then he opened the bonnet(引擎顶盖）at the front of the car. “Oh，dear，it looks very bad，”he shook his head.

George was a little surprised，“In fact，er…the engine is at the back.” “oh，”said the young man，“it’s a foreign car. Then I can’t help you.”

“Can I have a look now?”asked the girl in a friendly way. She took the cover off the engine at the back of the car, asked George for his tool kit (工具箱），and worked for five minutes. The car started at once.

“Thank you，”said George.“Can I give you a lift anywhere?” “Yes，” said the girl，“to the library. I’m going to get him a book about cars!”

(      )1. Why did George stop his car?

A.       Because the red light was on.

A.       Because the policeman stood in front.

B.       Because there was something wrong with his car.

C.       Because a young man and his girlfriend were crossing the street.

(      )2. From the story we know that the young man       ______.

A.       could repair cars    

B.       wanted to show off before his girlfriend

C.       could repair English car, but not foreign cars

D.       was going to learn how to repair cars

(      )3. “Bonnet” means ______.

A.       car                                                           B. door

C.       box                                                          D. cover

(      )4. George was surprised because       _______.

A.       there was something wrong with the engine

B.       the young man said that the car looked very bad

C.       the young man opened the wrong part of the car

D.       the young man5 s girlfriend could repair cars too

(      )5. The girl got ______ with the young man.

A. pleased                                                    B. angry

C. worried                                                   D. surprised

I

Why do I have trouble telling foods apart when I have a cold?

Try this simple experiment：Hold your nose. Place a piece of raw carrot in your mouth and chew. Then, as you are still chewing, let go of your nose. Do you taste the difference?

The sense of taste and the sense of smell work together as you eat The taste buds (味蕾）on your tongue have 4 nerve receptors(神经感受元）in them. They can respond to only four different tastes―sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. All the other hundreds of tastes come from how foods smell to you.

Foods give off invisible (无形的)fumes (烟，气）that breathe into your nasal, passages (鼻道）. The olfactory (嗅觉的）or smelling nerves (嗅感神经) react to these fumes and you become aware of (意识到）the specific smell of these foods.

When you have a cold, however, your nasal passages are clogged (阻塞,填满）with mucus (黏液).Your sense of smell is cut off，just as it is when you hold your nose.

When you can’t smell the foods you eat, it becomes hard to tell them apart.

(      )1. “Let go of your nose” means ______.

A.       take your nose away

B.       release your hold of nose

C.       nose around

D. nose something out      

(      )2. The taste buds on your tongue respond to _____.

A.       only sweet taste

B.       only sour taste

C. both salty and bitter tastes

D.       all the four tastes above

(      )3. When you have a cold, you can hardly tell foods apart because _____.

A.       you hold your nose

B.       you can’t eat the foods

C.       you are not aware of the smell of the foods

D.       your nasal passages are clogged with mucus

(      )4. People become aware of smell of food through ______.

A.       the invisible fumes

B.       the smelling nerves

C.       the specific smell   

D.       all of the above

(      )5. According to the passage , when, you have a cold ______.

A.       you don’t have your nasal passages

B.       you don’t have any sense of smell

C.       it’s difficult for you to taste the differences of the foods you eat