八年级上册英语阅读理解每日一练12月(7页).doc

-八年级上册英语阅读理解每日一练12月-第 7 页八年级上册英语阅读理解每日一练Passage 1 Lively day,the people on the seashore (海岸) heard a shout.They all ran to the sea.There they saw a man in the water calling for help.A young soldier was really a strong swimmer and soon pulled the man back to the shore.All the people there admired (敬慕) the soldier. The man was saved.He dressed very well.Everybody could see that he was a rich man.After he could speak,the man thanked the soldier,and took out a shilling(先令，英国早期的一种货币单位).He put the shilling into the soldier's hand.But the soldier refused(拒绝) to take the money.The people around him were all very angry with the rich man and they wanted to go away.But an old man laughed and said loudly: “I'm sure the rich man knows best how much his life is. ”( ) 1. _ jumped into the sea and saved the rich man.A. A poor man B. A strong soldierC. An old soldier D. A rich man（ ) 2. The soldier was _.A.young and strong B.young and weakC.old and strong Dvery tall（ ) 3. The soldier didn't take the money because he _.A.wanted more B.didn't want any C.didn't like D.thought it tooless（ ) 4. It happened _. A. in England B. in China C. in America D. in German（ ) 5. The old man helped A. the rich man B. nobody C. himself D. the soldierPassage 2 When Jack got to London,his face became bright and he started looking around the city. He thought he knew English very well.But when he was in London,he found he couldn't understand a word,and nobody understood him,at first he had many difficulties (困难).An English friend of his lived next to him.He often asked him for help. Soon he got to know he must learn spoken English well.He began going to all kinds of meetings.He always sat in the front seats and carefully studied the speaker's mouth.Listening to spoken English did him a lot of good.Little by little he found English easier to understand.根据短文内容判断正误（T或F）：( ) 1. When Jack got to London, he could speak English well.( ) 2. When Jack got to London, his teacher helped him.( ) 3. In London ,Jack found nobody could understand his English.( ) 4. Soon Jack knew he must learn spoken English first.( ) 5. Jack went to all kinds of meetings to learn spoken English.Passage 3 The city of Boston has a population of more than 500,000 and is the capital of Massachusetts.More than sixteen colleges (学院) and universities are in Boston.The Boston Public(公共的) Library is the second largest public library in the United States. Founded (建立) in 1630,Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States.Many people think cows designed(设计) Boston's streets.An old story tells us that early people in Boston simply built roads where the cows had made ways.Since cows do not walk from one place to another in a straight line,many of Boston's streets wind (弯曲) their way around the city. ( ) 1. What would be a good title for this passage? A. Some Facts (事实) About Boston B. How Cows Help Boston C. Boston's Public Library D. A Beautiful City（ ) 2. The writer wanted toA. ask people to visit Boston B. give information about BostonC.tell a funny story about cows Dtell us why people live in Boston（ ) 3. What's the opinion of the writer? A. Boston is the capital of Massachusetts. B. Boston was founded in 1630. C. More than 500,000 people live in Boston. D. Cows played an important part in Boston's history.（ ) 4. Which of these is not written in the article? A. The public library. B. The cows.C. The city hall. D. The colleges and universities.（ ) 5. Which of these is right? A. Massachusetts is a large country. B. Boston has more public libraries than any other city. C. Many streets in Boston are not straight. D. Boston streets were designed by American Indians.Passage4 Joe Brown had a shop where he sold meat.One day a woman came into the shop at five to one."I'm sorry I'm late."she said, "I need some more meat for my dinner tonight."Joe had only one piece of meat in his shop.He took it out of the fridge and said:"This is $ 6.50." "That piece is too small."the woman said, "haven't you got anything bigger?"Joe went into the room behind his shop,took the meat into the fridge,took it out again and closed the door with a lot of noise.Then he brought the piece of meat to the woman and said:"This piece of meat is bigger and more expensive.It's $ 8.75." "Good." the woman said with a smile, "give me both of them, please?"( ) 1. What was Joe Brown?A.A bodkseller. B. A shopkeeper. C. A conductor. D. A gateman.( ) 2. When did the woman come into the shop? A. Late in the evening. B. At midnight. C. Early in the morning. D. Early in the afternoon.( ) 3. Why didn't the woman want that piece of meat at first? Because A. it was too cheap B. it smelt bad C. it cost too much D. it wasn't big enough ( ) 4. How many pieces of meat were kept in the fridge? A. Only one piece of meat. B. Two pieces of meat. C. Several pieces of meat. D. Many pieces of meat. ( ) 5. Could Joe give the woman both pieces of meat? A. Certainly. B. Of course not.C. He would try his best.D. The story doesn;t give us the answers.Passage 6 A man was walking through a forest.He had a few caps in his hand.In the forest there were a lot of monkeys.h was hot, so he decided to have a rest under a tree.He put a cap on his head and lay down to sleep. When he woke up,he couldn't find his caps, "Where are my caps?"he cried and looked up.He saw some monkeys in the tree.Each had a cap on its head. "Give back my caps! "shouted the man to the monkeys.But the monkeys didn't understand him.They only jumped, danced and laughed. "How can I get back my caps?"he thought hard.At last he had an idea.He took off his cap and threw it on the ground.The little monkeys did the same thing.Happily the man picked up all the caps and went on his way.判断正误（T或F）：（ ) 1. One day a man was going through a forest.（ ) 2. The man decided to have a rest because he was ill.（ ) 3. When the man woke up, he found his caps were gone.（ ) 4. The man saw a lot of birds in the tree.（ ) 5. The man was angry when he got all his caps back.