八年级上学期阅读训练十

一、完形填空 （1.先阅读短文理解大意；2.借助上下文，比较四选项；3：根据依据，确定答案；4.复读检查）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 Once a young man was travelling by train. It was a long and boring（乏味的）journey.

As the train was moving 36 a lonely field, the people on the train looked out of the windows 37 . But when the train reached（到达）a bend (转弯处), it became 38 and then people 39 a simple house. It was so easy to find that everybody on the train turned to “enjoy” with eyes 40 open. Some people even began to 41 about it. The young man was also 42 at the house.

On his return（返回）he 43 the train at the nearest station and found his 44 to the house. Its owner said the 45 of the train was trouble to him. He wanted to 46 the house, but nobody would buy it.

Soon the young man spent 30, 000 dollars on the 47 . Because it was facing the railway bend, he 48 it was a good place for advertisement(广告). When the train moved slowly past, the 49 people on the train would be very interested in the house.

He tried to talk with some big companies and told them they could used it for advertisement. 50 the Coca-Cola Company took it to put up their signs. To everyone’s surprise, the young man got 180, 000 dollars for a three-year rent (租金).

This is a true story. It tells us that thinking of ideas is very important. ( )36. A. over B. around C. out D. across ( )37. A. happily B. quietly C. safely D. clearly ( )38. A. happy B. tired C. slow D. fast ( )39. A. saw B. heard C. felt D. watched ( )40. A. brightly B. wide C. slowly D. high ( )41. A. talk B. speak C. tell D. say ( )42. A. amazed B. sad C. good D. bad ( )43. A. got on B. looked for C. got off D. waited for ( )44. A. address B. way C. key D. trip ( )45. A. colour B. whisper C. song D. noise ( )46. A. buy B. draw C. sell D. borrow ( )47. A. room B. place C. house D. land ( )48. A. wondered B. taught C. remembered D. believed ( )49. A. excited B. tired C. surprised D. worried ( )50. A. At first B. At last C. At least D. As usual

二、阅读理解 （第一步：阅读短文，知晓大意；第2步：分析题目，划出根据；第3步：比较选项与根据，确定答案）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

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( ) 51. How many kinds of animals are talked about(被谈论) in the passage?

A. Four B. Five C. Six D. Seven

( ) 52. Now Mr Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one aged 14 and the other 10, how much are the tickets together?

A. $4.00 B. $3. 00 C. $2. 00 D. $1.00

( ) 53. Which of the following is the visiting time?

A. 8:30 a. m. Monday. B. 9:30 a. m. Friday. C. 3:00 p.m. Sunday. D. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday.

( ) 54. What does the underlined (画线的) word \"except\" mean?

A. but not B. and also C. the same as D. at times

( ) 55. Which of the following may we do in the zoo?

A. To give some food to the fish. B. To touch the monkeys on the head. C. To throw things everywhere. D. To take a few nice photos.

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James is a poor boy in our community. He has no father, and his mother is poor in health. He studies hard and is good at all his lessons. At weekends, he has to work to make money.

On Saturday and Sunday mornings, he rides his bike to the post office to get newspapers, and then gives them out from house to house before breakfast. So he usually gets up early at 5:00 a.m. He goes to the street corner after breakfast and shines shoes(擦鞋) for people there. James has no time to go back home for lunch. Very often he has some dry bread with cold water. He keeps working for ten hours a day like that.

The following picture shows the money he gets each week.

Because the family have to pay sixteen dollars for food each week, their life is really hard. ( )56. James works ________ to make money.

A. after school B. every morning C. at weekends D. on weekdays ( )57. The underlined phrase “give out” in the second paragraph means________. A. 分发 B. 甩卖 C. 清仓 D. 捆扎 ( )58. James usually has lunch ________ on his working days.

A. at home B. at school C. in a fast food restaurant D. at his workplace ( )59. In the ________ week, James makes the most money.

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A. second B. fifth C. seventh D. tenth ( )60. Which of the following is NOT TRUE ?

A. James has bread with cold water for lunch on Saturday. B. James always makes more than fifteen dollars a week. C. James always studies all his lessons well. D. James’s mother is not healthy.

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You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are working.

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“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’ s happy faces, I am happy, too,” said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 42.” “I often played computer games in my free time before. Now I help the elderly learn how to use computers,” said another volunteer at the age of 18.

If everyone helps out a little, we’ll all have a better world to live in. Start volunteering now! Call us on 1-800-5756, or visit www. greatangle. com. ( )61. What kind of people can become volunteers?

A. Only women. B. People from 12 years old to 80. C. Only old people. D. Only students and teachers.

( )62. Volunteers want to get________ when they help others.

A. thanks B. money C. nothing D. computers

( )63. Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with________.

A. children B. cats C. old people D. dogs

( ). Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. Volunteers can help people in many ways. B. Being a volunteer is really fun.

C. The 18-year-old volunteer helps the young learn how to use computers. D. Some volunteers can help look after those dogs and cats without homes.

( )65. We can probably read such a passage________.

A. in a newspaper B. in a storybook C. in a TV play D. in a poster

三、任务型阅读 （1.细读短文，了解意思；2. 分析表格，清楚结构；3.研究任务，去找根据；4.仔细

比较，确定答案；（根据与任务大部分相同的，任务就在根据中；有所不同的，得稍微变化：词形转换、同义转换等）

阅读短文并根据短文内容完成表格。（每空一词）

Monkeys are clever, but they are very greedy(贪婪的) as well. They have suffered(吃亏)a lot because of this. But they never change this way.

In India, people use monkeys’ greed to catch them. Do you know how they can catch monkeys? Here are some instructions.

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Make a hole(洞)in a big pumpkin. The hole must be just right--not too big or too small. Put some jujubes(枣)in the hole.

Leave the pumpkin under the tree. Make sure there are some monkeys in the tree. Hide yourself and watch the monkeys.

When you leave, the monkeys come down to the pumpkin. When they find a hole in the pumpkin, they don’t know what’s in it and one of them puts its hand into the hole to find out what is inside. When it touches the jujubes, it will hold some of them in its hand. So it isn’t able to take its fist(拳)out of the hole. You can’t come close at this time. Will the monkey drop off the pumpkin? Don’t worry. It seems it likes the pumpkin better than its life. It will run with the pumpkin, holding its fist more tightly. Finally, people can catch it easily. Title Instructions How do ___76___ catch Monkeys Make a hole(洞)in a big pumpkin. The hole must be just ____77____ ___78___ some jujubes(枣)in the hole. ___79___ the pumpkin under the tree. Hide yourself and ___80___ the monkeys. The monkeys come down to the pumpkin and puts its hand into the hole ___81___it holds the jujubes in its hand, it ___82___ take its fist out. It will ___83___ the pumpkin to run away. So it is ___84___ for people to catch them. Conclusion We can’t be a greedy monkey. It ___85___ a pumpkin better than its life 四、缺词填空 （一：细读短文，理解大意；二：反复阅读上下文，依次确定该词的词性、词义、词形；三：再通读全文，核查答案）

根据短文内容和所给首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词） Early rising is helpful in more than one way. First, it helps us to have good h___86___. We all n__87___ fresh air. It makes our health better to take morning e___88___. The air is never so fresh as early in the morning. Early rising helps us in our studies. In the morning we learn more q____ and find it e___90___ to learn something by heart. Early rising makes people able to plan the work for the day. We can't work well without a good p___91___. Just as the plan for the year should be made in the s___92___, the plan for a d___93___ should be made in the morning. Early rising gives us enough time to get r___94___ for our work, such as to wash our h___95___and eat our breakfast. So the popular saying says, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy (富有的) and wise.”

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