八年级英语下册阅读理解专项训练

八年级英语下册阅读理解专项训练 A Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2020. “What will our world be like in the year 2020?” “I don't know,” says Fred. “What do you think?” “Well, no one knows, but it’s interesting to guess.” “In the year 2020 everyone will carry a pocket computer. The computer will give people the answers to all their problems. We shall all have telephones in our pockets, too, and we’ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps we’ll be able to see them at the same time. ” “A lot of people will live and work under the sea. Perhaps there will be big towns, factories and farms under the sea, too. ” “Machines will do most of the work, and so people will have more holidays, perhaps they’ll work only two or three days a week. They’ll be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there. ” “I’m looking forward(期待)to the year 2020. I hope to go to the moon! ” “And 1 hope I’ll be able to live under the sea.” says Fred. “Won’t that be very interesting? Just like a fish! ” 1. Tom and Fred talked about ____ . A. their school life B. some interesting news D. their life in the future C. their life in the past 2. Machines will ____ . A. do most of the work instead of people B. do some of the work instead of people C. do as much work as people D. do as little work as people 3. From their talk, we know that ____ . A. only Fred hopes to fly to the moon B. both of them hope to fly to the moon C. one of them hopes to fly to the moon D. neither of them hopes to fly to the moon 4. Fred said ____ . A. he liked fish very much B. he would like to live under the sea like a fish C. he would go fishing under the sea D. he would spend a few days on the moon 5. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned? A. People will be able to fly to the moon in a spaceship. B. People will have more holidays. C. Many people will live and work under the sea. D. All the factories and farms will be built under the sea. B Sunny English Club For Students 16:00 – 18:00 Every Saturday 200 Yuan a month 9 Zhou Yu Street Tel: 3785290 Ocean Museum Foreign teachers, English songs and films and more 9:00 – 17:00 From Thursday to Sunday Ticket: 50 yuan 132 Xue Yuan Street Tel: 5439871 Show you a full picture of sea lives! Health Centre 9:00 – 17:30 16 Yong Le Street Tel: 3801451 Free examinations for those over 70 Give you good advice to keep healthy! 6. Sunny English Club is for ____ . A. nurses B. policemen C. businessmen D. students 7. You will pay ____ it you want to stay in the English Club for half a year. A. 300 yuan B. 600 yuan C. 1, 200 yuan D. 2, 400 yuan 8. You can visit Ocean Museum ____ . A. on Saturday B. on Wednesday C. on Monday D. any time 9. One can get free examination in Health Centre if he is ____ . A. 9 B. 17 C. 67 D. 73 10. If you are interested in the life of fish, you should go to ____ . A. Health Centre B.Ocean Museum C.Sunny English Club D.16 Yong Le Street C Two tramps(流浪汉)were sleeping under a tree by a busy main road when a large expensive car drove up and a man stepped out, walking up to the two tramps and waking them up. “Just look at what you are doing there!” the man began to say. “If you get up and look for a job, then you can live a better life. You might even become rich like me. By the time I was 40, I had become a leader of the company and now I am 60 and I am rich and can retire(退休). One of the tramps looked at him over and answered, “And if we had done all those things, we could also retire and sit under a tree and watch rich men driving by in expensive cars.” 11 The two tramps were waken up by ____ . A. a tree B. a man C. a busy road D. a car 12. How did the man feel about the tramps? A. He took pity(同情)on them. B. He was proud(自豪)of them. C. He felt happy for them. D. He showed his love to them. 13 The man wanted the tramps to ____ . A. make a better life B. become a leader C. have dinner with him D. retire at 60 14. The two tramps ____ . A. liked to go begging B. were very sad for their life C. enjoyed their life D. admired the rich life 15. We can infer(推断)that ____ . A. the two tramps would try their best to find a job and live a better life B. the man would give the two tramps a lot of money to spend C. the man would do as the tramps did D. the two tramps would do as they used to D This is Teen Talk 109.I FM. This is Lilly. My biggest problem is my English. I think my English class is very difficult. My English teacher always speaks so quickly, and I can’t understand every word. I am afraid to speak in class, because I think my classmates might laugh at me. I can’t always make complete sentences, either. What should I do? This is Martin speaking. I am a fifteen-year-old boy. My father is not with us. I’m afraid of being alone, so I am always trying to make my mother pay more attention to me by causing a lot of trouble to her. This is Mary. My biggest problem is that I’m too busy. These days I get up early and stay in school all day. Then I go right home and eat dinner. In the evening I have to do my homework and then go to bed. I just don’t have the time to play games with my friends. I hardly ever have time for concerts. 61. Who is 15 years old? A. Lilly. B. Martin. C. Mary. D. We don’t know. 16. What’s Martin’s problem? A. His English is not good. B. He is too busy. C. He is lonely(孤独的). D. His mother doesn’t love him. 17. What do you think of Mary’s life? A. Happy. B. Busy. C. Easy. D. Hard. 18. What can “laugh at” mean? It may mean ____ . A. 嘲笑 B. 鼓励 C. 冷落 D. 捉弄 19. What do you think can help improve your English? A. Speaking English as often as possible. B. Staying at school all day. C. Being alone. D. Getting up early and going to bed late. E A city is a very big place. Sometimes it’s a lonely place, too. There are thousands of people in a city, but some of them don’t have any friends. How about you? Do you have a lot of friends? If you don’ t, make friends today. If you do, make another friend today. Pick a stranger at your job or school. Walk up to him or her and say, “Hello. My name’ s....What’ s your name?” Start with a conversation(谈话).Smile, listen carefully, and show interest in your new friend’ s answers. Ask “Where are you from?” and “Do you like this city?” That’ s a good way to start. 阅读下列短文，判断正(T)误(F) ( ) 1. A city is a very big and noisy and lonely place. ( ) 2. Everyone in the city has many friends. ( ) 3. The paragraph tells us not to make friends in a city. ( ) 4. When you want to make friends with someone, please say at first, “What’ s your name? How old are you?” ( )5. It’ s a good thing to make friends with others.