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1、八年级英语能力测验阅读短文回答问题练习题学校名称：班级：学号：姓名：1 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：J. K. Rowling was born in England in 1965. She loved reading, and wrote her first story, Rabbit, when she was only six years old. She studied French at university, and then worked as a secretary in London. She had the idea for Harry Potter when sh
2、e was on a train. She started writing the first Harry Potter the next day. In 1992, she went to live in Portugal for three years. She wrote Harry Potter in the morning, and worked as an English teacher in the afternoon and evening. She got married to a Portuguese TV reporter and had a daughter calle
3、d Jessica. Then she returned to Britain and lived in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was unemployed at that time. She wrote in cafes because there were warmer than her small house. After five years she finished the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher，s Stone. The book sold millions of copies all o
4、ver the world, and J. K. Rowling became very famous.56. When did J. K. Rowling write her first story?. 57. What was J. K. Rowlings first job? .58. What，s J. K. Rowling，s daughters name? . 59. Why did J. K. Rowling write in cafes?. 60. Why is J. K. Rowling famous? .2 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Eton College is
5、in England . It s a school for boys between the ages of 13 and 18. Boys live in school for live five years . Teachers can help them . But they must look themselves . Look at the picture ! This is Prince Harrys room . On the desk , there is a picture of his mother Princess Diana. There are many ways
6、teach and many ways to learn in Eton College. Each class has about and discuss with them . Boys can get their needs. Prince Harry likes drawing and acts in plays. Eton College has many games . Football is in autumn . The Field Game is in spring and summer . When a boy is good at games , he is welcom
7、e. Prince Harry? s favorite game is the Wall Game . The Wall Game is like football . Players play a ball with feet. They can touch the ground with feet and hands . When players stand against the wall, the game starts .51. What kind of school is Eton College?. 52Who makes meals for Prince Harry?and s
8、tudents use computers to do all kinds of work. But more than thirty years ago, computers couldn, t do much. They were very big and expensive. Very few people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and cheaper. Since they can do lot of work, many people like to
9、use them. Some people even have them at home. Computers become very important because they can work faster than men and make few mistakes. Computers can help people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to study and children use t
10、hem to play games. Computers can also remember what you put into them. Computers are very useful and helpful. They are our good friends. Do you want to have a computer? 16.What? s the Chinese for “computer age” ?17 .How were the computers over thirty years ago?18 .Why do more and more people use com
11、puters?IS.What do writers use computers to do?20.Do computers have a memory?17 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Sam is a strong man. He likes sports and isn t often ill. One Sunday he went to visit a place of interest outside the city. On his way home, something was wrong with his motorbike and he had to mend it hi
12、mself. Suddenly it began to blow and the clouds were flying one after another in the sky. Soon it began to rain heavily. He couldn t find any houses around and had stand under a tree. When the rain stopped, his clothes were wet through . He felt very cold, and he caught a bad cold when he got home.
13、He went to see a doctor at once. The man looked him over carefully and told him to be in hospital. He stayed there for about one week. He felt very terrible. He wanted to go out for a walk, but the doctor didn t let him do so.When he got a little better, the nurse told him to walk in the ward（病房）.On
14、e day there was nobody in the ward except him, he went out. It was warm that day. The sun was shining and there were a lot of flowers in the hospital. Sam was very happy. Half an hour later he was tired. He went to a garden, and sat on a chair. There was an old woman not far from him. She was readin
15、g a newspaper.He came up to her and said, “Could you tell me what the date is today, Granny?” I m sorry I didn t know. ” answered the old woman.“What day is it today, then?”“I don t know, either. ”“May I read the newspaper?”“It s no use for you. said the old woman, It s yesterdays paper!1. How did S
16、ame go to the place of interest? 2. Why did Sam have a bad cold? 3. What did Sam hope to do?4. Why did Sam go out? 5. Why did Sam want to read the newspaper?18 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Today is Jane s birthday. It is seven o clock. Everything was ready. On the table, there are many different kinds of food.
17、And in the middle of the table, there is a very big cake. Jane is looking at it, and feels excited. Why didn t they come by then? I told them to come at seven. ” Jane said to her mother worriedly. One, two, three . Twenty-five minutes passed. But no one came. Jane ran to the door and opened it. No o
18、ne was there. When it was half past seven, the doorbell rang. Jane opened the door quickly. uHappy birthday to you! ” they said. And they gave some flowers to Jane. After that, they ate the big cake, apples, oranges, pears, beef and so on. They sang and danced happily. At ten they went home. They al
19、l felt tired but happy.1. Were Jane s friends all at Jane s home at seven?2. What s in the middle of the table?3. When did Jane s friends come?4. What did they give to Jane?5. Did they have a good time?19 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Tom doesn，t like to use his head, so he can，t be good at his lessons. His teac
20、hers tell Mr. Green about it. He is worried about it.It was Sunday yesterday. Mr. Green didn，t go to work. After lunch he began to talk with his son.“You are nine years old now,“ said Mr. Green. When I was nine, I listened to the teachers carefully in class and did all my homework at home. So I coul
21、d answer all my teachers questions. I was good at all my lessons. And Miss Brown, our English teacher, liked me very much. I was her pet“Your teacher was poor, I think, said Tom.“How do you know about it?“She couldn，t afford a dog. 41. Why is Tom，s father worried about him?42. When did Tom s father
22、talk with him?43. Tom，s teachers told Mr. Green about his son s study in school, didn，t they?44. Was Miss Brown Toms English teacher?45. Did Tom think Miss Brown was very poor?20 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题:Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has new problems. One of the biggest
23、 problems is pollution（75）. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even（甚至）hear it.Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world. The more people, the more pollution.Air pollution is still th
24、e most serious. Its bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop factories pouring（彳到）dirt
25、y water into rivers and putting dirty smoke into the air. Except this （除此之外）， we can do many more things. For example, if there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution, too.The earth is our home. We must take care of it.根据短文内容回答下列问题。11. Is life today harder than hundreds of years ago?
26、12. In what ways can we know there is pollution around us?13. Why air pollution is the most serious?14. How many kinds of pollution are mentioned（提及）in the passage? What are they?15. What can we do to make less water pollution?21 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：“Yesterday” , the Swedish rock band visited China las
27、t week . There was a concert in Hefei. This was their second visit to China. They came to Kunming at this time last year.There were four singers in the Swedish rock band last year, but now there are only three. One of them left the band last week . He broke his left leg .After the concert I met Erik
28、, one of the singers . I asked him , “Why do you call your band Yesterday ?”“We call it “Yesterday because we like old music . ” Erik answered .I asked, “Why do you sing in English ?”“Because most Swedish people can speak English . People in many countries can understand English songs. Erik told me
29、.“Why did you sing a Chinese song at the end of the concert ?”He said, T m trying to learn Chinese and I like listening to Chinese songs .I learnt that song when I was in Kunming last year .”1. When did the Swedish rock band get to Hefei ?2. Why do they call their band “Yesterday” ?3. Can the people
30、 from different countries understand their songs ?4. How many people in the band were at the concert in Heifei ?5. What did Erik do at the end of the concert ?22 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Dear John,Thank you very much for your letter. I am glad that you enjoyed our holiday with me. We enjoyed having you and
31、your sister here. We hope that you will both be able to come again next year. Perhaps you 11 be able to stay longer next time.A week is not really long enough, is it? If your school has five weeks， holiday next year, perhaps you will be able to stay with us for two or three weeks.We have been back a
32、t school three weeks now. It feels like three months! I expect that you are both working very hard now because you are in Grade Two now. Tom and Ann won，t be in Grade Two until 2005. They went for a picnic yesterday but I didn，t go with them, because I hurt my foot and I couldn，t walk very well. The
33、y went to an island and enjoyed themselves there.Tom, Ann and I send our best wishes to you. We hope to see you soon.Yours, Michael51. Who stayed with Michael for a holiday?52. How long did their holiday last for?53. From the sentence It feels like three months!z/, we know that Michael has no intere
34、st in learning, right?54. Who will be in Grade Two next year?55. Why didn，t Michael go to the island for a picnic yesterday?23 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：The Wilsons decided to go overseas for vacation. They had a family meeting to plan the vacation.“First,“ Mr Wilson said, we should decide where we are going
35、.I dont agree, Mrs Wilson said, think we should decide when we are going first. We don，t want to go to places when they are cold. Mr Wilson agreed, so the familys first decision was when to go on vacation. They decided to go in July.“Now we can decide where to go, said Mr Wilson.“But, Dad, Ben said,
36、 dont you think that where we go depends on （依赖， 取决于）how we go? If we plan to fly, we can go a long way. If we plan to drive, we can，t go far. Again, Mr Wilson agreed, and they discussed this. At last they agreed to travel by plane.And so the planning meeting went on. The next day, one of Mr Wilson，
37、s friends at work asked, “Where are you going for vacation?”“Well,“ Mr Wilson told him, we are going in summer by plane, but I dont know where we are going!”1. Why did the Wilsons have a family meeting?2. What did they decide first?3. When did they decide to go?4. How did the Wilsons decide to trave
38、l?5. What they didn，t decide?24 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Long, long ago there lived an old man. He had a very big orange tree in his garden. On the tree there were many fine oranges.One day the old man found one of the oranges was bigger than the others. It was as big as a watermelon. So he took the big ora
39、nge to the king. The king was very happy and gave the old man a lot of money for it.When a rich man heardof this, he saidto himself, Itis only an orange.Whydid the king give himso much money? IfI take my gold cup to the king, hewill give me much more money for it.”The next day when theking got the g
40、oldcup, he said tothe rich man, z，Whata beautiful cup!T 11 giveyou something forit. Please takethe great orange. 39. What did the old man have in his garden?40. What did the old man find one day?41. Who did the old man give the big orange to?42. What did a rich man think when he heard of the story?4
41、3. Was the rich man very happy at last?25 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：The train I was travelling on was already half an hour late. I had to arrive in Vienna at 7:15 in time to catch the 7: 25 train to Paris, but there was no hope of that now. I told the conductor about it. He advised （建议）me to get off two stop
42、s before Vienna station and take a taxi. When the time come, the conductor eyen helped me with my bags. He wished me good luck as I jumped off. And a few minutes later, I was racing towards the centre of the city in a taxi. It was almost 7: 25 when we stopped outside the station. I paid the driver q
43、uickly, took hold of my bags quickly and hurried inside. Paris train” was all I had time to say to the official （铁路职员）I saw. You can guess how I feel when he pointed to a train that was just moving out of the station.81. Where did the writer want to go?82. Was there enough （足够的）time for him to catch
44、 the 7 ： 25 train to Paris?83. Where did the writer get off the train?84. How did he get to Vienna after he got off the train?85. Was he happy or sad at the end of the story?26 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Sam is a strong man. He likes sports and isn t often ill. One Sunday he went to visit a place of interest
45、outside the city. On his way home, something was wrong with his motorbike and he had to mend it himself. Suddenly it began to blow and the clouds were flying one after another in the sky. Soon it began to rain heavily. He couldn t find any houses around and had stand under a tree. When the rain stop
46、ped, his clothes were wet through . He felt very cold, and he caught a bad cold when he got home. He went to see a doctor at once. The man looked him over carefully and told him to be in hospital. He stayed there for about one week. He felt very terrible. He wanted to go out for a walk, but the doct
47、or didn t let him do so.When he got a little better, the nurse told him to walk in the ward （病房）.One day there was nobody in the ward except him, he went out. It was warm that day. The sun was shining and there were a lot of flowers in the hospital. Sam was very happy. Half an hour later he was tire
48、d. He went to a garden, and sat on a chair. There was an old woman not far from him. She was reading a newspaper.He came up to her and said, uCould you tell me what the date is today, Granny?” I m sorry I didn t know. answered the old woman.“What day is it today, then?”“I don t know, either. ”“May I read the newspaper?”“It s no use for you. ” said the old woman, It s yesterday? s paper!”1. How did Same go to the place of interest? _2. Why did Sam have a bad cold? _3. What did Sam hope to?4. Why did Sam go out? _5. Why did Sam want to re