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1、八年级英语期末复习专题练习阅读理解1（一） Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more foodthan they can finish and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave theclassroom. They say they can afford these things. But I dont agree with them. Waste can bring a lot of problems. Alt
2、hough China is rich in some resources, weare short of others, such as fresh water. It is reported that we will have no coal or oilto use in 100 years. Think about it. I think we should say no to the students whowaste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible. In our everyda
3、y life, we can do many things to prevent waste from happening.For example, turn off the water taps when we finish washing, turn off the lights when we leave the classroom and try not to order more food than we need. Little by little, everything will be changed. Waste can be stopped one day if we do
4、our best to form the habit of saving.( )1. From the passage we know that some students often_ in the school. A. eat too much B. dont work hard C. waste things D. throw rubbish everywhere( )2. Which is NOT mentioned in this passage? A. Fresh water. B. Forest. C. Oil. D. Coal.( )3. What may happen in
5、100 years? A. We may still have enough oil. B. We may still have enough coal. C. We may have a little oil. D. We may have no coal or oil to use.( )4. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Waste brings problems. B. Waste wont bring problems.C. China is rich in fresh water. D. Students never waste things
6、.参考答案 CBDA（二） Su Su is a 16-year-old Beijinger. She studies at the High School Affiliated to (附属于) Renmin University. She has just published(发表) her first book, The Enigma o the Un/verse(宇宙之谜). The Enigma o f the Universe tells a story of a girl called April. One day she meets an alien(外星的) boy name
7、d Kaka. Kaka takes April on a journey into the universe. Later April finds out a big secret. Whats special about this book? Its a book written in both Chinese and English. Su wrote the book when she was 14 years old. She was influenced(影响) by the book Sophies World and the movie The Truman Show(楚门的世
8、界). Sophie is a girl who is interested in philosophy(哲学). Trumans life is run by television. These stories gave Su an idea for her own book. She decided to write it in English. My English teacher asked us to write something9 said Su. I thought Id write about my idea. Su spent a whole summer vacation
9、 writing the story. Sometimes I had to stop because I couldnt find the right words, said Su. I used the dictionary all the time. After finishing the English novel, Su had another idea. She decided to translate it into Chinese. The job took her just a few days. It was easy because Chinese is my nativ
10、e language, she said. Su said her story was a mixture of philosophy, detective(侦探) story and science fiction. My classmates and I have turned it into a DV play, said Su. I write the play and I play the role of April. We will show it in our school soon!( )1. What did Su Su write? A. Harry Potter. B.
11、Sophies World. C. The Truman Show. D. The Enigma o f the Universe.( )2. In which language did Su Su write this book? A. Chinese. B. English. C. French. D. Both Chinese and English.( )3. How did Su Su write the book? A. She wrote it in Chinese first and then translated it into English. B. She wrote i
12、t in English first and then translated it into Chinese. C. She wrote it half in Chinese first and then wrote it half in English. D. She wrote it half in English first and then wrote it half in Chinese.( )4. What do you think of her book? A. It talks about how to learn English well. B. It is a mixtur
13、e of philosophy, detective story and science fiction. C. It talks about how to learn English grammar well.D. It is a mixture of love.参考答案 DDBB（三） India is an interesting and mysterious country with a long history. Around 2,000 BC, Indian civilization(文明) was born. It is one of the four oldest civili
14、zations in the world. India is also the birthplace of Buddhism(佛教). A famous Chinese novel, Journey to the West, is about a Chinese monk who tries very hard to learn about Buddhism from India. The book comes from a true story. Xuanzang, a Buddhist monk, was sent to India by the emperor of the Tang D
15、ynasty. After many years, he brought back lots of Buddhist books. The name India was first used by Xuanzang in his work. Today, religion is still an important part of Indian culture. There are many religions there. Most Indian people believe in Hinduism(印度教). In India, cows are very special animals
16、because Hinduism says they are holy(神圣的). So Indians dont sell or eat beef. Like China, India is a developing country with a large population. It has about l. 21 billion people compared to Chinas 1.37 billion. More than two-thirds of the Indians still live a poor life in the countryside. India has n
17、o birth control, so its population is growing fast. By 2030, India might even have more people than China. Hindi(印地语) is the mother tongue of Indian people. But Britain occupied India in 1757 and stayed there until 1947. Because of this, English slowly became the other official language in India.( )
18、1. Journey to the West means _ in Chinese. C. 印度之行 D.马可.波罗游记 ( )2. Why dont Indians sell or eat beef? A. Because they dont like it. B. Because they are afraid of getting ill. C. Because they see cows as holy animals. D, Because beef is very expensive.( )3. India has a large population and it keeps g
19、rowing. Why does the population grow fast? A. Because India is a big country. B. Because India doesnt have birth control. C. Because more foreign people go to live in India. D. None of A, B and C is right.( )4. What is/are the official language(s) of India? A. Hindi. B. English.C. Chinese. D. Both A
20、 and B.参考答案 BCBD（四） Good afternoon, everyone! This is Rose Garden Middle School Radio. John Smith is speaking, with something new to share with you today. We all know that thinking green is sometimes the most difficult thing to do, but not impossible! Bed ZED, a new eco-friendly village(生态村) in the
21、south of London, has done a great job of providing its villagers with a high-level living standard while getting them to pay more attention to protecting the environment. People in Bed ZED have done many things. They recycle(回收) their paper, plastic, glass and other daily things. They build many hou
22、ses whose windows face south to get as much sunlight as possible. The rainwater is collected for use in the toilets. Also, the people there travel to work in shared cars or use public transportation if they work far away. Now, you may think its not easy to live such a life, but let me tell you, its
23、not! Its a way of life! We just have to say no to what is bad for the environment, and begin working on ideas to protect it. Life would be much more pleasant if villages like Bed ZED existed all over the world! Thank you for listening!( )1. What people in Bed ZED often do is_.A. to build a lot of ho
24、uses B. to go to work in their own carsC. to recycle the paper, plastic and glassD. to pour waste water into rivers( )2. In Bed ZED, the water used in the toilets may come from_. A. rivers B. running water C. collected rainwater D. the sea( )3. The underlined expression thinking green may mean _. A.
25、 building a green house B. keeping simple thoughts C. protecting the environment D. building a green hill( )4. The writers opinion is that_. A. people should be against building eco-friendly villages B. Bed ZED is a good example in protecting the environment C. the idea of thinking green is hard to
26、work onD. it is very easy to build an eco-friendly village参考答案 CCCB（五） If you travel in the city of Kunming, you cant miss the Kingdom of Little People. It opened in the summer of 2009 in the mountains in Kunming. There are tiny(微小的) animals, small beautiful cottages（小屋） and small furniture in the p
27、ark. The biggest attraction of the park is the performances by little people. Many little people work in the park. Twice a day, they perform for visitors. They sing, dance and give magic shows. People who want to work in the park should be between eighteen and forty years old from any part of the co
28、untry. And they should be under 130 cm in height. The creator of the park is a rich businessman. He wants the park to be like a fairyland. And he wants to do something good for dwarfs in China. This theme park has gotten people of unusual. stature(身高) together. They enjoy being part of the community
29、 and impressing tourists with(给深刻印象) their courage and skills. Are you interested in this fairyland? How about having a visit to the Kingdom of Little People?( )1. What is the biggest attraction of the park? A. It is very huge. B. It is in the mountains. C. The performances by little people. D. It l
30、ooks like a fairyland.( )2. What can we find in the park? Some small animals. Some big animals. Some big castles. Some giants. Some small cottages. Some small furniture.( )3. The underlined word dwarfs means _ in Chinese.A.残疾人B.智力障碍者C.盲人D.侏儒( )4. Which of the following is TRUE? A. You can watch the
31、performances once a day. B. A dwarf thought of an idea to create the park. C. Dwarfs have a chance to show their talents in the park.D. The Kingdom of Little People is a theme park for children.参考答案 CADC（六） Born on a cold night in a church of a small Australian village, Silent Night, the worlds most
32、 famous Christmas song, will have its 196th birthday in 2014. The song, named after a German word, was first performed on 24th December, 1818, in the small village of Oberndorf. The priest(牧师), Joseph Mohr, wanted to make the poor villagers happy after the wars. He asked his friend Franz Gruber, a t
33、eacher, to write the music for the six verses(诗节) written two years ago, and they sang the song together with the help of a simple guitar, says Renate Ebeling-Winkler, a historian and expert on the topic. The song was an immediate success in the small village but wasnt known for many years, until a
34、man from Tyrol took notice of it on his way through the village. It soon became a popular song in the world, and singers performed it in London in 1827, in Moscow in 1831 and in New York in 1839. At that time, people mostly forgot where it was from, and Mohr died in 1848 without ever knowing of his
35、songs success. The song has been translated into more than 330 languages. Every year, thousands of tourists, many from Asia, travel to the small village to take part in the Christmas Eve party in front of the small church.( )1. The song was written in the year of _. A. 1808 B. 1008 C. 2014 D. 1818(
36、)2. In fact, _composed the famous song. A. a priest and a teacher B. a teacher and a villager C. a singer and a stranger D. a villager and a priest( )3. The song, Silent Night, was for_ at first. A. the people who believed God B. the people who loved music C. the people who lost much in the wars D.
37、the people who loved the wars( )4. The underlined phrase an immediate success means _ in Chinese. A.空前绝后 B.震撼人心 C.一举成名 D.振奋人心( )5. The passage mainly tells us_. A. when the famous song was born B. what the famous song was about C. how the song became famous in the worldD. where the famous song was b
38、orn参考答案 DACCC（七） All the cities are quite the same. Living in a modern Australian city is not very different from living in an American city. But there are some differences between living on farms. In many parts of the world, farmers and their families live in villages or towns. In the United States
39、, each farm family lives in its own fields. Usually their neighbours live far away. Its hard for them to see each other on weekdays. Their children take school buses to the nearest schools. These schools are only for the farm families in this area. In some areas, there are small schools for a few fa
40、rm families, and the children walk to their schools. But in Australia it is very different. Farmers live near each other and their children can walk to school and often go home for meals. Life keeps changing for everyone, so do farmers. Today there are cars, good roads, radios, television sets and t
41、here are modern machines for farming. All of these are changing farmers life.( )1. Living in a modern Australian city is almost_ living in an American city. A. different from B. comfortable like C. the same as D. as important as( )2. Usually farm families live in_. A. big cities B. the country C. th
42、e school D. mountains( )3. The farmers in_ can visit each other easily on weekdays. A. the world B. Australia C. China D. the USA( )4. How do American farmers children go to school? A. They take school buses or walk to their schools. B. They ride their bikes to schools. C. They only walk to schools.
43、 D. They drive to schools.( )5. What about the farmers life now? A. Their life is poor. B. Their life is changing.C. They dont like their life. D. Their life is very hard.参考答案 CBBAB（八） Robots are everywhere. They have been into the mountains, into the oceans, and even into space! Its not hard to thi
44、nk of the future when robots will do everything for people. In the future, robots might look, talk and walk like people. Some scientists say you may even have robot friends in a few years time! But for this, robots must be able to think and have emotions(情感). Scientists can make robots that can act
45、like animals. Professor Ayanna Luc Steels from France is one of them. He is the man behind Sonys Aibo, a robot dog. Aibo can understand over 70 words and find its way around a house! But Professor Steels really wants to make robots that can act and think like people. Today, robots are like actors. T
46、hey may show emotions, but they dont feel emotions themselves, Professor Steels says. I want to change that. Robots will be more like humans in the future, Professor Steels says. 6&But most of them will still only do jobs people cant do, or dont want to do. Robots never get bored, tired or scared, so they are perfect for working in factories and in dangerous places. Will