(完整版)新目標(biāo)八年級英語下學(xué)期閱讀理解20篇

1、新目標(biāo)英語八年下閱讀理解20 篇閱讀理解 1Jack 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 o'clock 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 who liv

2、es downstairs is satisfied with (滿意 ) 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(未來 ). They talked for a long t

3、ime.“Have a look at your watch, please,said the”girl.“What time is it now?”“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,said Jack”. “Where's yours? ”“I left it at home.”Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his footon the floor,“ Bang! Bang! Bang!”The sound woke his grandma up

4、. The old woman shouted downstairs,“It'stwelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs? ”1. Jack was _ when he finished middle school.A. sixteenB. eighteenC. twentyD. fifteen2. The old woman is satisfied with Jack because _.A. he's her grandsonB. he's cleverC.

5、he can keep quietD. he gets home on time3.From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack's _.A. classmateB. colleague (同事 )C. auntD. wife4.The word “stampin”the story means _ in Chinese.A. 蓋印B. 跺C. 貼郵票D. 承認(rèn)5. Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order 為(了 ) _.A. to wake his grandma upB. to make

6、his grandma angryC. that his grandma was going to tell him the timeD. that his grandma was going to buy him a watch參考答案：1B2C3A4B5C講解：1第一句介紹杰克今年20 歲， 2 年前中學(xué)畢業(yè)，故選B。2結(jié)合前后文意，前面講他吃完飯就去睡覺，并且很快就睡著了，文章最后介紹他用腳跺樓，發(fā)出聲音，奶奶阻止他，說明他奶奶怕吵，綜合判斷選 C。3由第二段倒數(shù)第二句判斷。4根據(jù)文意，他奶奶住他樓下，倒數(shù)第二句又講他用腳在地板上發(fā)出“Bang.的”聲音，故應(yīng)是用腳跺樓。5因他表壞了，

7、Mary 又沒帶，他們想知道時間。閱讀理解 2We are all busy talking about and using the Internet (互聯(lián)網(wǎng) ), 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. Computernetworks (網(wǎng)絡(luò) ) didn

8、9;t work well. If one computer in the network broke 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 com

9、puter network system would keep on working all 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 th

10、e 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made 'surfing'瀏(覽 ) the Internet more convenient.Today it is easy to get on-line (上網(wǎng) ) and it is said that millions of people use the Internet everyday. Sending e-mail is more and more popular am

11、ong students.The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people'slife.判斷下列句子是否符合短文內(nèi)容， 符合的用 “T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。l. The Internet has a history of less than thirty years.TF2. In the 1960s computer networks went wrong easily.TF3. Computers become cheaper so that many hospitals and ba

12、nks were allowed to use them.4. People didn't have enough software to get on-line conveniently until the early 1990s.TF參考答案：1F2T3F4T講解：1第二段開頭講互聯(lián)網(wǎng)是在60 年代建立的，故至今歷史已超過30年。2文中第二段闡明計算機(jī)網(wǎng)絡(luò)工作狀況不好(didn't work well) 。3第三段中說明大學(xué)、醫(yī)院等都被允許使用電腦，然而，計算機(jī)仍然很貴，并且網(wǎng)絡(luò)很難使用。4由第三段最后幾句介紹可知，到90 年代，計算機(jī)便宜且好用?？茖W(xué)家也發(fā)展了軟件使網(wǎng)上瀏

13、覽更方便。而本題干用了notuntil 句型，譯為“直到 90 年代早期人們才有足夠的軟件上網(wǎng)”。閱讀理解 3Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small 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

14、 finished middle school and passed the entrance examination (升學(xué)考試 ). Mrs. Turner was very 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

15、the people in the bus began to listen to her.“Which university (大學(xué) ) will your son study in?a woman” next to herasked.“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.

16、 Some of them saidto her,“ Congratulations!”A woman said,“I'm sure he'll know Fred Smith.”“Who's Fred Smith?”“He's my son.”“Does he study in the university, too?”“No, ”said the woman.“He is one of the professors.”l. The story happened in _.A. AmericaB. FranceC. GermanyD. England2. Mr

17、. and Mrs. Turner were happy because _.A. their son did well in his lessonsB. they have a big farmC. they have a good harvestD. their son studied at a middle school3. Mrs. Turner wanted everyone to know _.A. her son finished middle schoolB. her son was handsomeC. her son was going to study in a univ

18、ersityD. her son was very friendly to others4. Mrs. Turner spoke so loudly in the bus that _.A. her friend could hear herB. all the people could hear herC. she hoped to make all the people happyD. she hoped they would say congratulations to her5. Which of the following is true? _.A. The woman wasn&#

19、39;t interested in Mrs. Turner's wordsB. Mrs. Turner knew nothing about the famous universityC. The woman wanted to stop Mrs. Turner from showing off 炫(耀 )D. The woman next to Mrs. Turner wanted to show off her son, too參考答案：1D2A3C4B5C講解：1因為牛津大學(xué)是英國的著名大學(xué)。2第一段最后一句講 “這使他們高興 ”?！癐t指”代前一句講的情況，即他們的兒子功課很

20、好。3根據(jù)第三段文意判斷。4第三段最后一句講 “所有人都開始聽她講。 ”故 A 不對；她這樣做只是想炫耀一下而已。 C、D 描述的意思都不確切。5文章前面做了鋪墊，講MrsTurner 如何炫耀她兒子考上大學(xué)，結(jié)尾講那個婦女說自己的兒子是教授不論真假，她是在阻止 Mrs. Turner 的炫耀。閱讀理解 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 wor

21、d has had many different meanings.“Cool”can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say“ It's cool.may think,“ He's so cool,when you”see your favourite footballer.We all maximize ( 擴(kuò)大 ) the meaning of“cool”. You can u

22、se it instead ofmany words such as“ newor”“ surprising” . Here's an interesting story we canuse to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to writeabout the waterfall (瀑布 ) they had visited. On one student's paper was just the one sentence, “ It'sso cool ”Maybe. he th

23、ought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.But the story also shows a scarcity (缺乏 ) of words. Without“cool ”, somepeople have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important tokeep some credibility (可信性 ). Can you think of many other words that makeyour life as colourful as

24、the word“ cool” ? I can. And I think they are also vcool.1.We know that the word“hascool ”.A. only one meaningB. no meaningsC. many different meaningsD. the same meaning2.In the passage, the word“ expremeanss“”.A. seeB. showC. knowD. feel3.If you are _ something, you may say,“It's cool. ”A. inte

25、rested inB. angry aboutC. afraid ofD. unhappy with4. The writer takes an example to show he is _ the way the word is used.A. pleased withB. strange toC. worried aboutD. careful with5.Inthe passage, thewritersuggests ( 暗 示)thattheword“ cool ” _.A. can be used instead of many wordsB. usually means som

26、ething interestingC. can make your life colourfulD. may not be as cool as it seems參考答案：1C2B3A4C5D講解：1見首句。2由“express前”后詞義關(guān)系可推斷出是“表達(dá) ”的意思，與 “show”同義。3由第二段首句可知。4由例子中的學(xué)生用cool 一詞概括出他的所有感受，知cool 詞義的擴(kuò)大會導(dǎo)致語言中詞匯的缺乏，是令人擔(dān)憂的。5結(jié)合第 4 題的答案可做出選擇。參考答案：1.A2.D3.A4.D5.C講解：1. 由短文最后一句 “They had travelled 1,797 kilometres

27、 from London”可知，最接近 “for nearly 1,800 kilometres，因此”選 A 。2. 由短文第 2 段倒數(shù)第 3 句“So they were able to change its weight可”知答案為 D。3. 從第 3 段可以看出，越往上溫度越低，因此應(yīng)選A。4. 由短文最后一段倒數(shù)第 2 句“They came down in Poland.可知答”案為 D。5. 縱觀全文可以看出答案 C 不正確。閱讀理解 6If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become wea

28、k;when you 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 h

29、is memory 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 j

30、ust his 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; s

31、o their memory 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 one's poor memory is that his parents have poor memories.2. If you don't use your arms or legs for some time, they will becomestrong.TF3.

32、A good memory comes from more practice.TF4. Some people can't read or write, but they have better memories, because they have saved trouble.TF5. The best title of this passage is“How to Have a Good Memory ”.參考答案：1. F2. F3. T4. F5. T講解：1.文中沒有此說法。2. 從第一段可判斷。3.第二段開頭已說明。4. 第四段開頭已說明。5. 最后一段點(diǎn)題。閱讀理解 7A

33、 meteorite (隕石 ) 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 Britain.The meteorite weighed (重量 ) one kilo, and might be over four thousandmillion ( 百萬 ) years old.“I hear the big noise in the

34、air. I looked up and saw the tops of the treescoming and going, he ”said.“ I didn't know what it was.”Meteorites are small things from the small planets in space. About 3,500meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found. Mr.Pettifer's meteorite is the fifth to fall in

35、Britain since the Second World War.Mr. Pettifer is glad. “When you think about it coming from so faraway, itreally is something strange.”1.The meteorite was _ Mr Pettifer when it fell down.A. close toB. far fromC. hittingD. coming to2.The meteorite was already _ years old.A. 40,000,000,000B. 40,000,

36、000C. 400,000,000D. 4,000,000,0003. Mr. Pettifer found the tops of the trees coming and going because_.A. the trees were afraidB. the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops movingC. it was going to rainD. the moving was made by wind4. _ people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth of

37、ten each year.A. Quite a fewB. someC. FewD. Many5. Mr. Pettifer was _ to see the falling of the meteorite.A. happyB. afraidC. sorryD. angry參考答案1. 從短文第 1 句看出隕石落下時幾乎砸著Mr Pettifer ，故答案應(yīng)選 A。2. 由短文第 2 段中 “ ，and might be over four thousand million”4000百萬即 40 億，故答案應(yīng)是D。3. Mr Pettifer 發(fā)現(xiàn)樹梢來回?fù)u擺是因為下落的隕石使它來回動，故

38、答案選 B。4. 由短文第 4 段“About3,500 meteorites may fall on earth every year,but only very few are found. 一句可推”斷，答案選C。5. 由短文最后一段第 1 句 “Mr Pettifer is glad 可以看”出，且 happy 與 glad 意思相近，故答案應(yīng)選 A。閱讀理解 8One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is,you can take something positive out of

39、it. The one time I wasnwas on September 11.I usually wake up a 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning. That day, I happened to t surewake up earlier. I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed (撞擊 )into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. My first reaction ( that it was a terrible accident. T

40、hen I saw another plane fly into反應(yīng) ) wasthe SouthTower and I realized that I was witnessing 目(擊 ) an act of terrorism.My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over again.When I watched family members looking for their loved ones, the pain in theireyes was something I would never fo

41、rget. I couldn this terrible could have happened.t understand how somethingIt wasntuntil a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see thatperhaps some good did come from this tragedy (悲劇 ). People seem different now, more understanding, more tolerant(寬容的 ). Little things that seemed to be such

42、 a trouble before are no longer big things. Personally, I am more tolerant than I was. I realize life is too short, and too precious(珍貴的 ), to let myself getworried over small things. I velearned also that you can take things forgranted. Things change in the blink of an eye. People go to work and do

43、n tcome back. One moment they re living and the next minute they re notdoesn matter who you are, there is nothing you can do about it. We neverknow 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 can live by it. All yo

44、u can do is just live.t be used up by it. You can1. The word“positivein the” passage probably means _.A. terribleB. badC. goodD. real2. What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning?A. A fire startingB. A plane flyingC. A terrible accidentD. An act of terrorism.3. From September 11,

45、 the writer had realized that_.A. people should make the most of every minute they haveB. he has become less tolerant towards othersC. he should get worried about little thingsD. life is too short to care about others.4. What s the best title of this passage?A. A Report about September 11B. The Trag

46、edy of September 11C. September 11 and My FamilyD. September 11 and My Turn.參考答案講解：1. C 見第一行，不管（ no matter）事情多糟，總能發(fā)現(xiàn)有益的東西。2. D 見第六行。3. A 見倒數(shù)第三行。 So we all need to make the most of every minute wehave.4. D閱讀理解 9閱讀下列短文，并根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選出能完成短文題目的最佳答案。Mrs. Weeks was reading a newspaper story to her class. The st

47、ory said：Were you ever in a hospital when you were small? How did you feel? Thedoctors in Children s Hospital are asking for money for children玩具 ). sSome children in the hospital must stay in bed for many weeks. Toys are needed to keep these sick(生病的 )children happy and quiet. Money for them can be

48、 sent to the hospital.After Mrs. Weeks read the story，she said，“This story gave me an idea.”“You want us to bring some money for the toys.” “We could bring some oour own toys for the children inthe hospital.” said the boys and girls one afteranother.“Well， yourideas wouldbe nice，” MrsWeeks said，“but

49、mine isdifferent.”“We could make some toys.” shouted one of them.Mrs. Weeks smiled.“Do you think you could make toys?” she asked.“Yes, yes. ” the whole class answered.“Great! Lets begin to make toys tomorrow. ”Weekssaid.MrsOn Saturday afternoon，Mrs. Weeks took children to the hospital with thetoys m

50、ade by her students. The children in the class felt happy，too.A few days later，Mrs. Weeks read another newspaper story to the class:Some school pupils brought toys to Children Hospital last week. The toys were made by the pupils of Grade Three in Green Street School. Thedoctor said，“We have never ha

51、d so many wonderful toys.Our children are veryhappy with them. They say，THANK YOU，GRADE THREE”.1. What was the first newspaper story mainly(主要 )about?A. Sick children in Childrens HospitalB. Doctors in Childrens Hospital.C. Mrs. Weeks and her students.D. Toys made by the boys and girls.2. What “idea ” did. MrsWeeks have in mind?A. Ask the class to give some money to the children in the hospital.B. Ask the class to send some of their own toys to the children in thehospital.C. Let the class make some toys themselves and gi