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1、优秀学习资料欢迎下载新目标英语八年下阅读理解20 篇阅读理解 1 Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten oclock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma w
2、ho lives downstairs is satisfied with (满意) him. One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future (未来). They talked for a
3、long time. “Have a look at your watch, please,”said the girl. “What time is it now?”“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,”said Jack. “Wheres yours? ”“I left it at home.”Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”The sound woke his grand
4、ma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “Its twelve oclock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs? ”1. Jack was _ when he finished middle school. A. sixteenB. eighteenC. twentyD. fifteen 2. The old woman is satisfied with Jack because _. 名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -精心
5、整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 1 页，共 40 页 - - - - - - - - - 优秀学习资料欢迎下载A. hes her grandsonB. hes clever C. he can keep quietD. he gets home on time 3. From the story, we can know that Mary is Jacks _. A. classmateB. colleague (同事) C. aunt D. wife 4. The word “stamp” in the story means _
6、in Chinese. A. 盖印B. 跺C. 贴邮票D. 承认5. Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order ( 为了) _. A. to wake his grandma up B. to make his grandma angry C. that his grandma was going to tell him the time D. that his grandma was going to buy him a watch 参考答案：1B2C3A4B5C 讲解：1第一句介绍杰克今年20 岁，2 年前中学毕业，故选B。2结合前后文意，前面
7、讲他吃完饭就去睡觉，并且很快就睡着了，文章最后介绍他用脚跺楼，发出声音，奶奶阻止他，说明他奶奶怕吵，综合判断选 C。3由第二段倒数第二句判断。4根据文意，他奶奶住他楼下，倒数第二句又讲他用脚在地板上发出“Bang. ”的声音，故应是用脚跺楼。5因他表坏了， Mary 又没带，他们想知道时间名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -精心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 2 页，共 40 页 - - - - - - - - - 优秀学习资料欢迎下载阅读理解 2 We are all busy talk
8、ing about and using the Internet (互联网 ), but how many of us know the history of the Internet? Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks (网络) didnt work well. If one computer in the network b
9、roke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on working all
10、the time. At first the Internet was only used by the government, but, in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier t
11、o use. Scientists had also developed software that made surfing ( 浏览) the Internet more convenient. Today it is easy to get on-line (上网) and it is said that millions of people use the Internet everyday. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among students. The Internet has now become one of the mo
12、st important parts of peoples life. 判断下列句子是否符合短文内容， 符合的用 “T” 表示， 不符合的用“F”名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -精心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 3 页，共 40 页 - - - - - - - - - 优秀学习资料欢迎下载表示。l. The Internet has a history of less than thirty years. T F 2. In the 1960s computer networks w
13、ent wrong easily. T F 3. Computers become cheaper so that many hospitals and banks were allowed to use them. T F 4. People didnt have enough software to get on-line conveniently until the early 1990s. T F 参考答案：1F2T3F4T 讲解：1第二段开头讲互联网是在60 年代建立的，故至今历史已超过30年。2文中第二段阐明计算机网络工作状况不好(didnt work well) 。3第三段中说明
14、大学、医院等都被允许使用电脑，然而，计算机仍然很贵，并且网络很难使用。4由第三段最后几句介绍可知，到90 年代，计算机便宜且好用。科学家也发展了软件使网上浏览更方便。而本题干用了notuntil 句型，译为“ 直到 90 年代早期人们才有足够的软件上网” 。名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -精心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 4 页，共 40 页 - - - - - - - - - 优秀学习资料欢迎下载阅读理解 3 Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a s
15、mall town. They have a big farm and they are always busy working on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school. The young man studied hard and did well in his lessons. It made them happy. Last month Peter finished middle school and passed the entrance examination (升学考试 ). Mrs. Turner was very
16、happy and told the farmers about it. Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. On the bus she told one of her friends how clever and able her son was. She spoke very loudly. All the people in the bus began to listen to her. “Which university (大学) will your son study
17、in?” a woman next to her asked. “In the most famous university in our country!” Mrs. Turner said happily. “The most famous university?”“Oxford University ( 牛津). ”Most of the passengers ( 乘客) looked at her carefully. Some of them said to her, “Congratulations!”A woman said, “Im sure hell know Fred Sm
18、ith.”“Whos Fred Smith? ”“Hes my son. ”“Does he study in the university, too?”名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -精心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 5 页，共 40 页 - - - - - - - - - 优秀学习资料欢迎下载“No, ”said the woman. “He is one of the professors.”l. The story happened in _. A. AmericaB. Fr
19、anceC. GermanyD. England 2. Mr. and Mrs. Turner were happy because _. A. their son did well in his lessons B. they have a big farm C. they have a good harvest D. their son studied at a middle school 3. Mrs. Turner wanted everyone to know _. A. her son finished middle school B. her son was handsome C
20、. her son was going to study in a university D. her son was very friendly to others 4. Mrs. Turner spoke so loudly in the bus that _. A. her friend could hear her B. all the people could hear her C. she hoped to make all the people happy D. she hoped they would say congratulations to her 5. Which of
21、 the following is true? _. A. The woman wasnt interested in Mrs. Turners words B. Mrs. Turner knew nothing about the famous university C. The woman wanted to stop Mrs. Turner from showing off ( 炫耀 ) 名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -精心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 6 页，共 40 页 -
22、 - - - - - - - - 优秀学习资料欢迎下载D. The woman next to Mrs. Turner wanted to show off her son, too 参考答案：1D2A3C4B5C 讲解：1因为牛津大学是英国的著名大学。2第一段最后一句讲 “ 这使他们高兴 ” 。“It ”指代前一句讲的情况，即他们的儿子功课很好。3根据第三段文意判断。4第三段最后一句讲 “ 所有人都开始听她讲。 ” 故 A 不对；她这样做只是想炫耀一下而已。 C、D 描述的意思都不确切。5文章前面做了铺垫，讲MrsTurner 如何炫耀她儿子考上大学，结尾讲那个妇女说自己的儿子是教授不论真假
23、，她是在阻止 Mrs. Turner 的炫耀。阅读理解 4 “Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings. “Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a fam
24、ous car in the street, maybe you will say “Its cool.”You may think, “Hes so cool,” when you see your favourite footballer. We all maximize (扩大) the meaning of “cool ”. You can use it instead ofmany words such as “new”or “surprising”. Heres an interesting story we can 名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - -
25、- - - - - -精心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 7 页，共 40 页 - - - - - - - - - 优秀学习资料欢迎下载use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall (瀑布) they had visited. On one students paper was just the one sentence, “Its so cool ”. Maybe he thought it
26、was the best way to show what he saw and felt. But the story also shows a scarcity ( 缺乏) of words. Without “cool ”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility (可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the w
27、ord “cool ”? I can. And I think they are also very cool. 1. We know that the word “cool ” has _. A. only one meaningB. no meanings C. many different meaningsD. the same meaning 2. In the passage, the word “express ”means “_”.A. seeB. showC. knowD. feel 3. If you are _ something, you may say, “Its co
28、ol.”A. interested inB. angry about C. afraid of D. unhappy with 4. The writer takes an example to show he is _ the way the word is used. A. pleased withB. strange to C. worried aboutD. careful with 5. In the passage, the writer suggests ( 暗 示 ) that the word 名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29、 -精心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 8 页，共 40 页 - - - - - - - - - 优秀学习资料欢迎下载“cool ”_.A. can be used instead of many words B. usually means something interesting C. can make your life colourful D. may not be as cool as it seems 参考答案：1C2B3A4C5D 讲解：1见首句。2 由“express ”前后词义关系可推断出是“ 表达” 的意思，与“sh
30、ow”同义。3由第二段首句可知。4由例子中的学生用cool 一词概括出他的所有感受，知cool 词义的扩大会导致语言中词汇的缺乏，是令人担忧的。5结合第 4 题的答案可做出选择。参考答案：1. A2. D3. A4. D5. C 讲解：1. 由短文最后一句 “They had travelled 1,797 kilometres from London”可知，最接近 “for nearly 1,800 kilometres”，因此选 A。2. 由短文第 2 段倒数第 3 句“So they were able to change its weight”可知答案为 D。3. 从第 3 段可以看出
31、，越往上温度越低，因此应选A。4. 由短文最后一段倒数第2 句“They came down in Poland.”可知答案为 D。5. 纵观全文可以看出答案C 不正确。阅读理解 6 If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak; 名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -精心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 9 页，共 40 页 - - - - - - - - - 优秀学习资料欢迎下载when y
32、ou start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memo
33、ry is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong. If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame, and few of us know that it is just hi
34、s own fault. Have you ever found that some people can t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories; so their me
35、mory is the whole time being exercised. So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering. 1. The main reason for ones poor memory is that his parents have poor memories. T F 2. If you dont use your arms or legs for some time, they will become strong. 名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 -
36、- - - - - - - - - - - - - -精心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 10 页，共 40 页 - - - - - - - - - 优秀学习资料欢迎下载T F 3. A good memory comes from more practice. T F 4. Some people cant read or write, but they have better memories, because they have saved trouble. T F 5. The best title of this passage
37、 is “How to Have a Good Memory ”. 参考答案：1. F2. F3. T4. F5. T 讲解：1. 文中没有此说法。2. 从第一段可判断。3. 第二段开头已说明。4. 第四段开头已说明。5. 最后一段点题。阅读理解 7 A meteorite (陨石) almost hit an 80-year-old man named Arthur Pettifer in Britain when he was working in his garden. The meteorite was the biggest in the past 26 years in Brita
38、in. The meteorite weighed (重量) one kilo, and might be over four thousand million ( 百万) years old. “I hear the big noise in the air. I looked up and saw the tops of the trees coming and going,”he said. “I didnt know what it was.”Meteorites are small things from the small planets in space. About 3,500
39、 名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -精心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 11 页，共 40 页 - - - - - - - - - 优秀学习资料欢迎下载meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found. Mr. Pettifers meteorite is the fifth to fall in Britain since the Second World War. Mr. Pettifer is
40、glad. “When you think about it coming from so far away, it really is something strange.”1. The meteorite was _ Mr Pettifer when it fell down. A. close toB. far fromC. hittingD. coming to 2. The meteorite was already _ years old. A. 40,000,000,000 B. 40,000,000 C. 400,000,000 D. 4,000,000,000 3. Mr.
41、Pettifer found the tops of the trees coming and going because _. A. the trees were afraidB. the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops moving C. it was going to rainD. the moving was made by wind 4. _ people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often each year. A. Quite a few B. som
42、e C. Few D. Many 5. Mr. Pettifer was _ to see the falling of the meteorite. A. happy B. afraid C. sorry D. angry 参考答案1. 从短文第 1 句看出陨石落下时几乎砸着Mr Pettifer， 故答案应选 A。名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -精心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 12 页，共 40 页 - - - - - - - - - 优秀学习资料欢迎下载2. 由短文第 2 段
43、中“ ，and might be over four thousand million”4000百万即 40 亿，故答案应是 D。3. Mr Pettifer 发现树梢来回摇摆是因为下落的陨石使它来回动，故答案选 B。4. 由短文第 4 段“About 3,500 meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found.”一句可推断，答案选C。5. 由短文最后一段第1 句“Mr Pettifer is glad ”可以看出，且 happy与glad 意思相近，故答案应选A。阅读理解 8 One of the th
44、ings I always believe is that no matter how bad something is, you can take something positive out of it. The one time I wasnt sure of that was on September 11. I usually wake up a 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning. That day, I happened to wake up earlier. I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had cras
45、hed (撞击) into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. My first reaction ( 反应) was that it was a terrible accident. Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing ( 目击) an act of terrorism. My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over agai
46、n. When I watched family members looking for their loved ones, the pain in their eyes was something I would never forget. I couldnt understand how something this terrible could have happened. 名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -精心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 13 页，共 40 页 - - - -
47、 - - - - - 优秀学习资料欢迎下载It wasnt until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some good did come from this tragedy (悲剧). People seem different now, more understanding, more tolerant(宽容的 ). Little things that seemed to be such a trouble before are no longer big things. Personall
48、y, I am more tolerant than I was. I realize life is too short, and too precious( 珍贵的), to let myself get worried over small things. I ve learned also that you cant take things for granted. Things change in the blink of an eye. People go to work and dont come back. One moment theyre living and the ne
49、xt minute theyre not. And, it doesnt matter who you are, there is nothing you can do about it. We never know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the most of every minute we have. You try to learn from what happened. You cant be used up by it. You cant live by it. All you can do i
50、s just live. 1. The word “positive” in the passage probably means _.A. terribleB. badC. goodD. real 2. What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning? A. A fire startingB. A plane flying C. A terrible accidentD. An act of terrorism. 3. From September 11, the writer had realized that_