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八年级上英语阅读训练20篇

Passage 1

In the last fifty years, a lot of people have left Europe and gone to live in Australia. One of them was a Hungarian man. He lived in Australia for a long time, and he had a lot of good friends there He always said to them, “Australia is beautiful, but Hungary is beautiful, too. ”Then one year he said to his friends, “I'm going to go back to Hungary to visit my home town. ”All his friends said to him, “We want to go with you, because you often said Hungary had been a beautiful country, and we want to visit it. ” The Hungarian Australian（匈籍澳大利亚人） took his friends from Sydney to Rome（罗马） in a big plane, and then they went from Rome to Budapest（布达佩斯） in a train as they wanted to see the mountains, and the villages and the town.

They stayed in Budapest nearly a week, and they liked it very much. One day they went to the zoo in Budapest and saw two kangaroos there.

There Australian were very happy because kangaroos were from their home town. They said to them, “Come here, old friends! Come and see your Australian brothers!” But the kangaroos did not move. But then the Hungarian Australian spoke to them in Hungarian, “Come here!” he said, and both of the kangaroos ran to him.

The other Australians laughed and said, “Look at that. They're Australian, but they only know Hungarian!”

选择正确答案：

1．The Hungarian moved to Australia ______.

A．last year B．more than 50 years ago C．a few years ago D．50 years since then

2．The Hungarian wanted to go back to Hungary to ______.

A．see the kangaroos B．his home town C．visit his old friends there D．pay a visit to the zoo

3．How did they get to Budapest from Sydney?

A．By air and by train. B．By ship. C．By air. D．By train.

4．Kangaroo is a kind of famous______ in Australia.

A．animals B．trees C．languages D．plants

Passage 2

It was Sunday and Tom was staying home. After breakfast he went out into the garden and played quietly by himself. There were no kids around and he was used to（习惯于）playing alone quietly. He played with Bobby, the dog. He climbed up and down the trees. Sometimes a bird would come down to perch（停歇） on top of the doghouse. Then Tom would have the greatest fun （爱好） by throwing a stone or something at it. Though he never made it. He did like doing this kind of things.

Now Tom had been in the garden for half an hour. Suddenly a crack（碎裂声） was heard and the little boy began crying.

“What's the matter, Tom? ” his mother looked through the kitchen window. Tom ran into the kitchen.

“Mum” he sobbed（抽泣），“I broke Bobby's plate. I didn't know it was so fragile （易碎的）”. His mother put her arms round him and said, “Don't feel too bad, Tom. We have other plates for Boddy. But how did you break that one? ”

“I threw this at a bird but missed, and it went straight to the plate. ” In Tom's hand was his father's gold pocket watch（金怀表）！

1．When did the story happen?

A．On a Sunday afternoon.

B．On a Sunday morning.

C．At noon. D．In the evening.

2．When a bird perched on top of the doghouse, Tom______

A．would like to play with it. B．was very interested in it by throwing a stone at it. C．would like to give it something to eat. D．would smile.

3．There were no kids around and he was used to playing alone quietly. Here “kids ”means ______.

A．men B．dogs C．children D．birds

4．How long had Tom been in the garden when his mother heard him cry?

A．An hour. B A day. C．Two hours D．Half an hour. 5．“Though he never made it” means“______”

A．Though he couldn't hit a bird with a stone or something.

B．Though he couldn't catch the bird.

C．Though he couldn't have fun from the bird.

D．Though he couldn't eat the bird.

Passage 3

Thomas Edison was a famous American scientist. He was born in 1847. When he was a child, he liked to find out how things worked. He was in school for only three months. He asked his teacher a lot of strange questions. Most of them had nothing to do with his lessons The teacher thought the boy was not bright and was not worth（值） teaching. When he told this to Edison's mother, she took her son out of school. As she had been a teacher, she taught him herself. The boy read a lot. Soon he became very interested in science. At the age of ten, Edison had already built a chemistry lab for himself. Ever since then, he never stopped searching for new and better ways to do things.

1．Edison was born in the______ century（世纪）.

A．eighteenth B．nineteenth C．nineteen D．eighteen

2．While he was in school, Edison ______.

A．studied his lessons very hard B．was often late for school C．liked to ask questions D．was not bright enough to study

3．Edison learned more from ______.

A．his mother B．his teacher C．other boys D．his father 4．Young Edison was interested in ______.

A．sports B．playing games C．making trouble D．science

5．He was always searching for new and better ways to do things after he

A．read books B．finished school C．built a lab D．was taken out of school

Passage 4

B：Hello! May I speak to Mr Jenkins, please?

S：Hold on for a minute, please I'll just see if he's in his office. B：Thank you.

S：(A moment later) Oh, sorry. He isn't there. Do you want to leave a message for him? B：Please tell him to call back. My number is 6674290, Mrs Black. S：Oh, he's coming! (To Mr Jenkins) A telephone call for you, Mr Jenkins. J：Hello! Who's calling, please? B：Hello! Mrs Black here.

J：What can I do for you, Mrs Black?

B：I bought a pair of shoes in your shop a moment ago. I've brought them home but left my bag there. There's an important letter in it. May I trouble you to have it found?

J：I'm glad to. Hold on for a while. (To Miss Shute) Go downstairs and ask if they've found a bag, Miss Shute.

S：OK. (A few minutes later, Miss Shute comes back with three bags. ) Here you are, Mr Jenkins. J：We've found three bags in my shop. But we don't know which one is yours. B：(In a hurry) Please show them to me. I can tell you which one is mine.

选择正确答案

1．Mrs Black hurries to ______.

A．telephone Mr Jenkins B．find her new shoes

C．find her bag D．tell Miss Shute about her letter

2．Mr Jenkins works ______.

A．near Miss Shute's office B．in Miss Shute's office C．downstairs D．in another building

3．Mrs Black asks Mr Jenkins to help her to find the bag because ______.

A．there's a lot of money in it B．she must find the important letter C．she put her new shoes in it D．he's more able than any other person

4．It's______ for Mr Jenkins to show the bag to the woman on the telephone.

A．true B．right C．possible D．not possible

Passage 5

Until a few years ago, only boys could become students at the university of Ruritania （鲁里坦尼亚大学）. Later the university decided to take girls in. But one of the teachers, Mr Goller, was not pleased at all. He had not wanted to let girl students in.

Mr Goller always began his lessons with the word “Gentlemen!” What could he do now? Well, when the girl students came to his lessons for the first time, he still began with the word. For him the girls were just not there. Then one day there was only one boy in his class among a lot of girls. For a moment, Mr Goller didn't know what to do. Then he began, “Sir! ”

Finally a terrible day came when there were no boys in his class He came into the room, looked at the girls and said, “Oh, nobody's here today!” he turned and went out without giving his lessons.

1．Several years ago, ______.

A．there was no girl studying in the university.

B．Mr Goller didn't teach in the university C．the university let girl students in D．most of the students in the university were boys.

2．Mr Goller usually said “______”when he began his lessons.

A．Sir B．Good morning C．Gentlemen D．Hello

3．When the girls came to his lessons, Mr Goller was ______.

A．surprised B．afraid C．glad D．unhappy

4．The writer wants us to know how Mr Goller ______.

A．agreed to let the girls in B．didn't like his teaching C．always didn't know What to do with the girls

D．only liked to teach boy students.

5．We can know from the passage that ______.

A．the boy students didn't enjoy Mr Goller's lessons B．we will not see the girl students in Mr Goller's class. C．Mr Goller was loved by his students D．Mr Goller will not work in the university.

Passage 6

Rodgers and Simon were Americans. Once they travelled in Spain（西班牙）. One day they came into a little restaurant for lunch. They did not know Spanish, and the waiter did not know their American English, either. They wanted the waiter to understand that they asked for some milk and bread. At first Rodgers read the word “milk” many times. Then Simon spelled it on the table. But the waiter could not understand them at all. At last Rodgers took out a piece of paper and began to draw a cow The waiter looked at it and ran out of the restaurant.

“How clever you are!” Simon said to Redgers, “He understood us at last!” After some time, the waiter came back, he brought no milk with him , but two tickets for a bull-fight down on their table!

1．Rodgers and Simon went into a restaurant ______.

A．to buy two tickets for a bull-fight B．to draw a picture of cow C．to have lunch D．to buy a cow

2．The waiter did not understand Rodgers and Simon, ______.

A．because he ran out of the restaurant

B．because he did not know American English and they did not know Spanish C．because they wanted some milk and bread D．because they drew a cow on a piece of paper

3．Why did the waiter give them two tickets for a bull-fight?

A．Because Rodgers drew a cow not a bull （公牛）. B．Because the waiter was foolish.

C．Because the cow drawn by Rodgers looked like a bull. D．Because Rodgers drew a bull, not a cow.

4．How many people are there in the story?

A．Three. B．Tow. C．Many. D．More than three.

Passage 7

It was a pretty street with many nice houses. At the comer, there was no house, just land. Mr. March bought the land . On it he put a building with two stores.

The people on that street did not like the stores. The stores made their street ugly. But there was no law to stop Mr. March.

A man across the street sold his house. The people who bought it did not live there. They used it to make things to sell.

Before long, other houses were sold. These houses were used as stores, too. Once these houses had cost a lot of money. Now they were not worth as much money. And the pretty street was not pretty any more.

Today, we have a law to keep this from happening. This law is called “Zoning（美国的区域法）. ” The zoning law tells people where they can build stores and where they can build houses.

1．At the comer of the pretty street was ______.

A．a house B．just land C．one store D．a barn 2．Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?

A．Stores make good houses for people to live in. B．All buildings have at least two stores in them. C．The people who built our cities did not plan ahead.

3．What did the stores do to the street? (Which sentence is exactly like the one in your book?) [ ]

A．The stores made their street rich. B．The stores made their street pretty. C．The stores made their street ugly.

4．The main idea of the whole story is that ______.

A．the people were ugly B．stores make streets beautiful C．zoning in a city is important

Passage8

One morning in London. The weather was very cold, and many people caught a cold. They had to see a doctor, so there were many people in the doctor's waiting-room. At the head of the line was an old woman. The woman did not live in London. She lived in Scotland （苏格兰）. She came here to visit her daughter. She wanted to see the doctor because she got a bad cold and coughed day and night.

“If I get there early, I can see the doctor quickly, ” she thought. So she was the first in the line. She sat nearest to the doctor's door. An American came into the waiting-room, and walked quickly to the doctor's door. The old woman thought he was a queue jumper. She stood up and took his arm slowly, she said, “We were all here before you. You must wait for your turn. Do you understand?” The American answered, “No, madam. You don't understand! You are all after me! I'm the doctor! ”

1．How many people were there in the doctor's waiting-room ?

A．A few people. B．A lot of people. C．Few people. D．Nobody. 2．The woman came ______. [ ]

A．from the country B．from a town C．from a factory D．from a farm 3．The old woman was the first in the line so that she could ______.

A．spend less time B．spend less money

C．see the doctor quickly D．have a talk with the doctor 4．Where did the doctor come from?

A．England. B．Scotland C．America. D．London.

Passage 9

No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted（发出呼噜声）like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him----water splashing（飞溅）, bees humming（嗡嗡作响声）, a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.

People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.

The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy language. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

1．What do we mean by language?

A．Sounds made by man. B．All the words made by man. C．Different kinds of sound. D．The way man learns. 2．From the passage we know that long long ago ______.

A．no one learned how to make sounds or words

B．animals taught to learn the language

C．Man learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the ground, and so on D．Man followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words 3．What is the number of language spoken in the world today?

A．500 B．5, 000 C．1, 500 D．15, 000

4．In which sentence can the word “contain (s)” be put so that it is a right one?

A．I ______several dictionary

B．Sea water______ salt.

C．A dog ______four legs

D．Mr Smith ______glasses on his nose

5．Which of the following is the best if we want to make our vocabulary larger?

A．To use the words in every day life

B．To read more books

C．To read easy books

D．To look up new words in the dictionary

Passage 10

Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems（解题）they can't do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century, except the old people.

Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve（提高）their studies in school. Yet, many of their children use

computers to play games, to watch video（影视）or to sing that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.

In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness?

It will be decided by today's students themselves!

1．Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because ______.

A．our country asks us to learn it B．it can help us a lot C．we can use it to play games D．it can help us to find jobs

2．What do many teachers and parents complain about? They complain that ______ .

A．their students and children use computers to play games B．computers let them lose their jobs

C．computers make their students and children fall behind

D．computers bring people a lot of trouble

3．In this passage we know computers ______.

A．also bring us trouble B．bring us happiness only C．are hated by people D．are bad for people's health 4．Can computers really help children to study?

A．Yes, they can. B．It's hard to say. C．No, they can't. D．Of course not.

5．How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means ______.

A．computers are used by people B．people can live well without computers C．one must decide how to use computers D．computers are strange machines

Passage 11

Finally a terrible day came when there were no boys in his class He came into the room, looked at the girls and said, “Oh, nobody's here today!” he turned and went out without giving his lessons.

1．Several years ago, ______.

A．there was no girl studying in the university.

B．Mr Goller didn't teach in the university

C．the university let girl students in

D．most of the students in the university were boys.

2．Mr Goller usually said “______”when he began his lessons.

A．Sir B．Good morning C．Gentlemen D．Hello

3．When the girls came to his lessons, Mr Goller was ______.

A．surprised B．afraid C．glad D．unhappy

4．The writer wants us to know how Mr Goller ______.

A．agreed to let the girls in B．didn't like his teaching C．always didn't know What to do with the girls

D．only liked to teach boy students.

5．We can know from the passage that ______.

1．Rodgers and Simon went into a restaurant ______.

A．to buy two tickets for a bull-fight B．to draw a picture of cow C．to have lunch D．to buy a cow

2．The waiter did not understand Rodgers and Simon, ______.

A．because he ran out of the restaurant

B．because he did not know American English and they did not know Spanish

C．because they wanted some milk and bread

D．because they drew a cow on a piece of paper

3．Why did the waiter give them two tickets for a bull-fight?

A．Because Rodgers drew a cow not a bull （公牛）. B．Because the waiter was foolish.

C．Because the cow drawn by Rodgers looked like a bull. D．Because Rodgers drew a bull, not a cow.

4．How many people are there in the story?

A．Three. B．Tow. C．Many. D．More than three.

It was a pretty street with many nice houses. At the comer, there was no house, just land. Mr. March bought the land . On it he put a building with two stores.

The people on that street did not like the stores. The stores made their street ugly. But there was no law to stop Mr. March.

A man across the street sold his house. The people who bought it did not live there. They used it to make things to sell.

Today, we have a law to keep this from happening. This law is called “Zoning（美国的区域法）. ” The zoning law tells people where they can build stores and where they can build houses.

1．At the comer of the pretty street was ______. [ ] A．a house B．just land C．one store D．a barn 2．Which of the following does this story lead you to believe? [ ] A．Stores make good houses for people to live in. B．All buildings have at least two stores in them. C．The people who built our cities did not plan ahead.

3．What did the stores do to the street? (Which sentence is exactly like the one in your book?) [ ]

A．The stores made their street rich. B．The stores made their street pretty. C．The stores made their street ugly.

4．The main idea of the whole story is that ______. [ ] A．the people were ugly B．stores make streets beautiful C．zoning in a city is important

1．How many people were there in the doctor's waiting-room ? [ ]

A．A few people. B．A lot of people. C．Few people. D．Nobody. 2．The woman came ______. [ ]

A．from the country B．from a town C．from a factory D．from a farm 3．The old woman was the first in the line so that she could ______. [ ] A．spend less time B．spend less money

C．see the doctor quickly D．have a talk with the doctor 4．Where did the doctor come from? [ ] A．England. B．Scotland C．America. D．London.

1．What do we mean by language? [ ] A．Sounds made by man. B．All the words made by man. C．Different kinds of sound. D．The way man learns. 2．From the passage we know that long long ago ______. [ ] A．no one learned how to make sounds or words

B．animals taught to learn the language

4．In which sentence can the word “contain (s)” be put so that it is a right one? [ ] A．I ______several dictionary B．Sea water______ salt.

C．A dog ______four legs D．Mr Smith ______glasses on his nose 5．Which of the following is the best if we want to make our vocabulary larger? [ ] A．To use the words in every day life B．To read more books C．To read easy books D．To look up new words in the dictionary

Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve（提高）their studies in school. Yet, many of their children use

computers to play games, to watch video（影视）or to sing that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.

It will be decided by today's students themselves!

1．Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because ______. [ ] A．our country asks us to learn it B．it can help us a lot C．we can use it to play games D．it can help us to find jobs

2．What do many teachers and parents complain about? They complain that ______ . [ ] A．their students and children use computers to play games B．computers let them lose their jobs

C．computers make their students and children fall behind

D．computers bring people a lot of trouble

3．In this passage we know computers ______. [ ] A．also bring us trouble B．bring us happiness only C．are hated by people D．are bad for people's health 4．Can computers really help children to study? [ ] A．Yes, they can. B．It's hard to say. C．No, they can't. D．Of course not.

5．How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means ______. [ ] A．computers are used by people B．people can live well without computers C．one must decide how to use computers D．computers are strange machines

Long long ago, in France, there was a king. He liked to draw pictures and he thought this pictures were very well.

No one liked his pictures, but they were much afraid of him. So they said he drew very well. One day he showed his pictures to an honest man, and said, “How about my pictures?” To his surprise, the honest man said that they were bad in fact. The king got angry and put the honest man into prison.

After a month the king sent his man to the honest man to tell him that he was free. When the honest man returned from prison, the king invited him to his palace to have dinner with him. He showed him some of his new pictures again and asked him what he thought of them.

The honest man said nothing but turned back to the soldiers and said, “Put me into prison!” 1．What did the king like to do? [ ] A．He liked to sing and dance. B．He was interested in drawing. C．He liked to put honest men into prison. D．He liked to invite honest men to have dinner.

2．The people said that the king's pictures were wonderful because ______.

A．they dared（敢）not tell him about the fact

B．they loved the pictures very much C．the pictures were very good indeed D．they didn't know the king's pictures were bad

3．What did the honest man want to say the second time?

A．He wanted to say the king's pictures were much better.

B．He wanted to say, “Thank you for your dinner. ” C．He wanted to say, “Why did you put me into prison?” D．He wanted to say, “Your pictures are bad too. ”

4．“Put me into prison!” means the honest man ______.

A．liked to be in prison B．would say the king's pictures were good C．wouldn't give in D．the soldiers wanted to take him back to prison.

A small boy and his father were having a walk in the country when it began to rain. They did not have raincoats（雨衣）or umbrellas（伞）with them and there was not any place to hide（躲藏）from the rain, so they had to walk home. Soon they were all wet.

On their way home, the boy asked his father, “Dad, why does it rain? It isn't very nice, is it?” “No, it isn't very nice, but it's useful, ”answered the father. “It rains to make the flowers and vegetables grow for us, and to make the grass grow for the sheep. ”

The boy thought about this for a moment, then he said, “Then why does it rain on the road too, Father?

1．The man and ______ were taking a walk in the country. A．his son B．his daughter C．his father D．his friend 2．They were soon all wet because they ______. A．had no raincoats or umbrellas with them B．liked walking in the rain C．could not find a place to hide from the rain D．Both A and C

3．It seemed that the boy ______. A．did not like the rain B．did not like his father C．was happy with the rain D．felt too tired to walk home

4．the father tried to tell the boy ______. A．why the rain was not nice B．how flowers and vegetables grew C．what the use of the rain was D．where it usually rained

5．The boy said, “Then why does it rain on the road too, Father?” it seemed that ______. A．there was no rain on the road then B．he did not agree with his father C．he agreed with his father D．he still did not understand why it did not rain on the road

Two old men lived in a quiet street in London. They were friends and neighbours, and they often went out for walks together in the street when the weather was fine.

Last Saturday they went for a walk at the side of the river. The sun shined, the weather was warm, there were a lot of flowers everywhere, and there were boats（小船）on the water. The two old men walked happily for an hour and then one of them said to the other, “That's a very beautiful girl. ” “Where can you see a beautiful girl?” said the other. “I can't see one anywhere. I can only see two young men. They're walking towards us. ” “The girl's walking behind us, ”said the first man quietly. “But how can you see her then?” asked his friend.

The first man smiled and said, “I can't see her, but I can see the young men's eyes. ”

1．Which is true?

A．The two old men were friends. B．The two old men were neighbours. C．The two old men were neighbours and friends. D．The two old men became friends at the side of the river.

2．Where did they go out for a walk last Saturday?

A．At the side of the river. B．In the street of London. C．On the river. D．In a quiet street.

3．Where was the girl walking?

A．She's walking after the two young men. B．She's walking behind the two old men. C．She's walking beside the two old men. D．She's walking near the two young men.

4．Who saw the beautiful girl?

A．The old men saw the beautiful girl. B．The people around the young men saw her. C．One of the old men saw her. D．The young men saw the beautiful girl.