人教版英語(yǔ)八年級(jí)下冊(cè)期末復(fù)習(xí)閱讀理解含答案

1、八下英語(yǔ)期末復(fù)習(xí)一一閱讀理解(1)Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in h class picked for any sports team.“ Football, tenncricket anything with a round ball, I was useless,“ he says now with a laugh. But back then he wone always made fun of in school gym chasses in Devonshire, England.It was a mountain bike

2、 he received for his 15h birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.Th

3、e following year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway School of ' j Adventure in Scotland, where he learned abut Ridgway ' sold-water exploits, Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be

4、his future.In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expeditio n(探險(xiǎn)) towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite(凍瘡),ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled (雪橇)up and over rocky ic

5、e.Saunders has since become the youngest person to stone to the North pole, and he ' s skied mor( the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back,

6、a 2900 kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis.1. What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old ?A. He became good at most sports. B. He began to build up his body.C. He joined a sports team.D. He made friends with a runner.2. The underlined word"exploits ” (paragra

7、ph 3) is closesg inomea.A. journeys B. researches C. adventures D. operations3. Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders ?a. He ran his first marathon.b. He skied alone in the North Pole.c. he rode his bike in a forest.d. He planned an adventure to the Sout

8、h Pole.A. acdbB. cdabC. acbdD. cabd4. What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders ?A. He is a success in sportsB. He is the best British skier.C. He is Ridgway' s favorite student. D. He is a good instructor at school.(2)Hey, Butterfly Man, “ his face woul(If you were to walk up to Arthur

9、Bonner and say, smile. The title suits him. And he loves it.Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdes blue buttefly1胡蝶)，once thought to have died out.Today the butterfly is coming back thanks to him. But years ago if you' d told him this was what heon the streets ”be doing someday, he would have

10、 laughed," You ' re crazy. " As a boy, he used to be " ； .At age thirteen, he was caughice stealing. At eighteen, he landed in prison for shooting a man.“I knew it had hitrmy mom,“ Bonner said after he got out of prison." So I told myself I woiput my mom through that pain aga

11、in. ”O(jiān)ne day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habita棲 H、地)for an endangered butterfly called El Segundo blue.“I saw the sign ' Butterfly Habitat ' and asked, ' How can you have a habitat when the just fly away? ' " Bonner recalls. " Dr. Mattoni laugh

12、ed anmagnifedignelass儆大鏡)，'Look at the leaves. ' I could see all these caterpMOrs ) on the plant. Dr Mattoni explained,' Without the plant, there are no butterflies.' "Weeks later, Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni, who told him there was a butterfly needed help.That was h

13、ow he met the Palos Verdes blue. Since then he' s been working for four years to help Ibutterfly back. He grows astragalus, the only plant the butterfly eats. He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs. Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat.The butterfly ' s popul

14、ation, once almost zero, is now up to 900. For their work, Bonner and Dr.Mattoni received lots of awards. But for Bonner, he earned something more: he turned his life around.For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While he' s bringirPalos Verdes blue, the butterfly h

15、as helped bring him back, too.1. When he was young, Arthur Bonner.A. broke the law and ended up in prison B. was fond of shooting and hurt his momC. often laughed at people on the streets D. often caught butterflies and took them home2. Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he.A. found the

16、 butterfly had died outB. won many prizes from his professorC. met Dr. Mattoni, a professor of biologyD. collected butterflies and put them into a lab3. From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has.A. made Bonner famousB. changed Bonner ' s lifeC. brought Bonner weal

17、thD. enriched Bonner ' s knowledge4. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A. A Promise to MomB. A Man Saved by ButterfliesC. A Story of ButterfliesD. A Job Offered by Dr. Mattoni（3）Lions are opportunists. They prefer to eat without having to do too much work. When resting

18、in the shade, they are also watching the sky to see what is flying by, and even in the heat of the day they will suddenly start up and run a mile across the plains to find out what is going o nIf another animal has made a kill, they will drive it off and take the kill for themselves . A grown lion c

19、an easily eat 60 pounds of meat at a single feeding. Often they eat until it seems painful for them to lie down.The lionesses （5獅）,being thinner and faster, are better hunters儲(chǔ)手）than the males （!獅）.But the males don ' t mindfter the kill they move in and take the best shareMost kills are made at

20、 night or just before daybreak We have seen many, many daylight attempts but only ten kills . Roughly, it ' s about twenty daytime attempts for one killWhen lions are hiding for an attack by a water hole, they wait patiently and can charge at any second. The kill is the exciting moment in the da

21、y-to-day life of the lion, since these great animals spend most of their time, about 20 hours a day, sleeping and restin. gLions are social cats, and when they are having a rest, they love to touch each otherfter drinking ata water hole, a lioness rests her head on another.When WaS（bngclyounglions o

22、ften touch facesBy describing lions asA. are cruel animalsB. are clever animalswith older ones, an act of close ties among members of the grou p“ opportunists “ in the first paragrameane author that lions_2.A.B.C.D.Lions make most kills in the daytime.Males care more about eating than active killing

23、Lions are curious about things happening around themIt doesn ' t take lions too much time to make a killC. like to take advantage of other animals D. like to take every chance to eat According to the text, which of the following is true?3.4.A. They depend on each otherC. They readily share what

24、they haveWhat would be the best title for the text?B. They look after each other well.D. They enjoy each other's companyA. Powerful LionsB.C. Lions, Social CatsD.Lions at Work and Play Lions, Skilled HuntersHow can we know that lions are social animals?（4）As societies develop, their members star

25、t to see things not so much according to what they need, but according to what they want. When people have enough money, these wants become demands.Now, it' s important for the managers in a company to understand what their customers want if they are going to develop effective marketing strategi

26、es 策略）.There are various ways of doing this. One way at supermarkets （超市），for example, is to interview（采訪）customers while they're doing their shopping. They can be asked what they prefer to buy and then the results of the research can be studied. This provides information on which to base future

27、 marketing strategies.It' s also quite normal for top managers from department stores to spend a day or two each month visiting stores and mixing freely with the public, as if they were ordinary customers, to get an idea of how customers act.Another way to get information from customers is to gi

28、ve them something. For example, some fast food restaurants give away tickets in magazines or on the street that permit customers to get part of their meal for nothing. As well as being a good way of attracting customers into the restaurants to spend their money, it also allows the managers to get a feel for where to attract customers and which age-groups to attract.Another strategy used at some well-known parks such as Disneyland is for top managers to spend at least one day in t