八年级英语过关考核阅读短文回答问题练习题26道.docx

八年级英语过关考核阅读短文回答问题练习题26道学校名称： 班级： 学号： 姓名： 1 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Dave married（结婚），and when his new wife saw the clothes in his cupboard（衣 柜），she said, “Dave, you have only got one good shirt. The others are very old, and they have got holes in them. I'm going to buy you a new one this afternoon."Dave liked his old shirts, but he loved his wife too, so he said, “All right, Mary, but please don't throw any of the old ones away. "Dave went to work, and when he came back in the evening, Mary said to him, “Look , Dave, I've bought you a nice shirt. Here it is. Put it on.Dave put the shirt on, and then he said, uLook at the sleeves （袖子）, Mary. They are too long. "“That's all right, “ Mary answered. "They will get shorter after I wash them. ”Then Dave said, “Yes, you are clever. "1. Why did Mary want to buy Dave a new shirt?2. Why didn，t Dave like the sleeves of his new shirt?3. Why didn，t Dave let his wife throw his old shirt away?4. What did Mary say about the sleeves?5. Do you think Mary is clever?2 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Winter is a time for many exciting sports: sledding （雪橇），skating and skiing. Skating and skiing needs lots of skills （技工5）. Sledding gives you good exercise and is lots of fun!A sled looks like a boat. It can move easily over snow or ice. Early sleds were made of wood. Now some better sleds are made of glass.Sleds can be pulled by animals. In some very cold parts of the world, people make animals like dogs, horses, and reindeer （驯鹿）pull goods or people in sleds.People also sled for sports and fun. Driving a sled does not need much skill. The driver gives a kick （踢）in the snow to start the sled. He or she can also ask someone else for help. In a sled, there can be one person or several.Usually, you have to lie on your back, feet first in a sled. As you travel,Mrs. Jackson was on duty in the hospital that night and Mr. Jackson had to go to help his sister. Lucy was only four. She began to cry when her mother left. Mr. Jackson told her some stories, taught her a song and showed her some nice pictures. He didn，t stop until the little girl went to sleep. Mr. Jackson went home after James came back. He was asleep soon after he went to bed. His wife came into the bedroom and it woke him up. He had a look at the clock on the wall and found it was half past eight. He jumped off the bed and ran to the garage （车库）with his bag. His wife tried to say something, but he called back, “I was never late for work, you know. But I'm late this morning. “No, you aren't," said Mrs. Jackson. "It's Saturday. v 46. On what day did Betty call Mr. Jackson?47. Why did Betty ask for Mr. Jackson，s help?48. What did Mr. Jackson do to make Lucy stop crying?49. Why did Mr. Jackson run to the garage when he woke up?50. How many people have been mentioned（被提至U） in this passage ?17. 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Paul could not be asleep last night . He woke up early and sat up , and then he went to bed again . He felt terrible. "I must be ill , “ he thought , “but I must study for the exam”He got up and looked for his history notebook （笔 i己本）.He found it at last under a plie （堆）of clothes in his bed . he read over his history notes , but he could not remember any of the things in his notes, “What shall I do ?” he thought. He felt more terrible.At this moment Paul' s telephone rang , so he put down his notebook and picked up the telephone.“Good morning. ” Jack said “You must be wrong about that testv“What do you mean?” Paul asked weakly.“We' re not going to have a test today . ” Jack said .“I wrote down the date in my notebook . The test will be next Wednesday . It isn' t today . How do you feel this morning ?”“Fine said Paul . "Really fine!” Suddenly he really felt fine.66. Could Paul fall asleep last night?67. Why did he feel terrible?68. Where did he find his history notebook?69. Paul was really ill, wasn' t he ?70. Did Paul get a wrong date of the history test?18.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Mr Jones had a nice brown coat. He loved it very much, but his wife did not like it, because it was old. She often said, “Give it to a poor man. " But Jones always said, “No, I like this coat. ”Then a cigarette （香烟）fell on it and made a hole（洞）in it, so Mrs Jones said, “Please don' t wear it again. " Mr Jones took it to a small tailor' s shop （裁缝店）and said to the tailor, “Please make another coat like this one. ” The tailor made the coat very carefully. Then lit （点燃）a cigarette, and made a hole in it in the same place.61. Why didn' t Mrs Jones like the coat ?62. Why didn' t Mr Jones want a new coat ?63. What did Mr Jones do when a hole was made in the coat?64. Was the tailor careful when he made the coat?65. Was the new coat the same as the old one in the end?19.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：HOUSE FOR SALE （出售）：Comfortable （舍予适的）family home with large garden on north side of town. Three bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bathroom. Pay Y280, OOOfor it.The Browns are looking for a new house. Mr. Brown wants to live on the north side of the town near his work. Mrs. Brown wants a house with four bedrooms. Their children don't care what the house is like but the garden is big enough. DRIVER WANTED for busy restaurant （饭店）Some evening and weekend work. All meals free. Ring 3320178. Jack has always wanted to drive. He thinks it's very interesting. The work is hard but he doesn，t mind. He has to work in the evenings and at weekends but he can get some weekdays off. It's not very well paid, but he never minds.JOIN OUR FOOTBALL TEAM. Boys and girls wanted to play for a local （本地的） football team. Aged 913. Meet in Green Park on Fridays at3pm.Tom： There's a new football team starting in the village, Mum. I'm old enough to play in it. School is over at half past three, so I'd have plenty of time.Mum： Well, I'm sure you could do your homework in the evenings. But look, Tom, you haven，t read the paper carefully. You can，t possibly play for this team. 1. What do you think of the house?2. Why didn，t the Browns buy the house in the advertisement （广告）？3. Why does Jack want to get the job in the restaurant?4. Why can，t Tom play for the new football team?20.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：One day an old man was selling a big elephant. A young man came to the elephant and began to look at it slowly and carefully. The old man went to him and said, “Don' t say anything about the elephant before I sell it, and then I' 11 give you some meat. ” “All right, “ said the young man. After the old man sold the elephant, he gave the young man some meat and said, “Now, can you tell me how you see the bad ears of the elephant?” “I didn' t find the bad ears. " said the young man. "Then why did you look at the elephant slowly and carefully?” asked the old man. The young man answered, “Because I had never seen an elephant before, and I wanted to know what it looked like. ” 1. What was the old man doing?2. What did the old man ask the young man not to do?3. What was the matter with the elephant?4. What did the old man give to the young man?5. Why did the young man look at the elephant slowly and carefully?21 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：We live in the ucomputer age” . People like scientists, teachers, writers and students use computers to do all kinds of work. But more than thirty years ago, computers couldn' t do much. They were very big and expensive. Very few people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and cheaper. Since they can do lot of work, many people like to use them. Some people even have them at home. Computers become very important because they can work faster than men and make few mistakes. Computers can help people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to study and children use them to play games. Computers can also remember what you put into them. Computers are very useful and helpful. They are our good friends. Do you want to have a computer? 16What' s the Chinese for “computer age” ?17 .How were the computers over thirty years ago?18 .Why do more and more people use computers?19 .What do writers use computers to do?20 .Do computers have a memory?22 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Sam is a strong man. He likes sports and isn' t often ill. One Sunday he went to visit a place of interest outside the city. On his way home, something was wrong with his motorbike and he had to mend it himself. Suddenly it began to blow and the clouds were flying one after another in the sky. Soon it began to rain heavily. He couldn' t find any houses around and had stand under a tree. When the rain stopped, his clothes were wet through . He felt very cold, and he caught a bad cold when he got home. He went to see a doctor at once. The man looked him over carefully and told him to be in hospital. He stayed there for about one week. He felt very terrible. He wanted to go out for a walk, but the doctor didn' t let him do so.When he got a little better, the nurse told him to walk in the ward（病房）.One day there was nobody in the ward except him, he went out. It was warm that day. The sun was shining and there were a lot of flowers in the hospital. Sam was very happy. Half an hour later he was tired. He went to a garden, and sat on a chair. There was an old woman not far from him. She was reading a newspaper.He came up to her and said, “Could you tell me what the date is today, Granny?” "I' m sorry I didn' t know. " answered the old woman.“What day is it today, then?”"I don' t know, either.“May I read the newspaper?”"It' s no use for you. ” said the old woman, " It' s yesterday' s paper! ”1. How did Same go to the place of interest? 2. Why did Sam have a bad cold? 3. What did Sam hope to do?4. Why did Sam go out? 5. Why did Sam want to read the newspaper?23 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Today is Jane' s birthday. It is seven o' clock. Everything was ready. On the table, there are many different kinds of food. And in the middle of the table, there is a very big cake. Jane is looking at it, and feels excited. "Why didn' t they come by then? I told them to come at seven. " Jane said to her mother worriedly. One, two, three . Twenty-five minutes passed. But no one came. Jane ran to the door and opened it. No one was there. When it was half past seven, the doorbell rang. Jane opened the door quickly. "Happy birthday to you! ” they said. And they gave some flowers to Jane. After that, they ate the big cake, apples, oranges, pears, beef and so on. They sang and danced happily. At ten they went home. They all felt tired but happy.1. Were Jane' s friends all at Jane' s home at seven?2. What' s in the middle of the table?3. When did Jane' s friends come?4. What did they give to Jane?5. Did they have a good time?24 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Tom doesn，t like to use his head, so he can't be good at his lessons. His teachers tell Mr. Green about it. He is worried about it.It was Sunday yesterday. Mr. Green didn't go to work. After lunch he began to talk with his son.“You are nine years old now, said Mr. Green, “When I was nine, I listened to the teachers carefully in class and did all my homework at home. So I could answer all my teachers' questions. I was good at all my lessons. And Miss Brown, our English teacher, liked me very much. I was her pet. z，Your teacher was poor, I think, said Tom.“How do you know about it?She couldn，t afford a dog.41. Why is Tom，s father worried about him?42. When did Tom，s father talk with him?43. Tom，s teachers told Mr. Green about his son，s study in school, didn't they?44. Was Miss Brown Tom，s English teacher?45. Did Tom think Miss Brown was very poor?25 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution（75）. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even（甚至）hear it.Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world. The more people, the more pollution.Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop factories pouringd到）dirty water into rivers and putting dirty smoke into the air. Except this （除此之外）,we can do many more things. For example, if there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution, too.The earth is our home. We must take care of it.根据短文内容回答下列问题。1. .Is life today harder than hundreds of years ago?12. In what ways can we know there is pollution around us?13. Why air pollution is the most serious?14. How many kinds of pollution are mentioned（提及）in the passage? What are they?15. What can we do to make less water pollution?26. 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Uncle Bill is a pleasant Person. He makes friends with different people. Mr Black is a funny old man. He often tells funny stories to children. The children like him a lot. Mrs Finly is a quiet lady. She never talks too muc h, but she likes talking with Uncle Bill. Robert is a kind-hearted young ma n. He often helps others. Tom is a careless boy. He even forgets meals, but he enjoys helping others Uncle Bill loves his friends very much, and his f riends like him, too.1. Is Uncle Bill a pleasant person?2. Who is a funny old man?3. What does Mr Black often do?4. What kind of person is Mrs Finly?5. Does she often talk with Uncle Bill?6. Who' s a kind-hearted young man?7. Does everyone like Robert? Why?8. Is Tom a careless boy?9. What does he enjoy doing?10. Is Uncle Bill a happy or unhappy man?you move your body and feet to keep it in the right direction （方向）.There is a special sled called the skeleton sled （骨架雪橇）.It' s very- different.On a skeleton, you lie on your stomach and drive the sled in a head-first way. It is very fast! Many are afraid to ride it. But once they try it they want to do it again!1. What are sleds made of?2. What kind of animals can pull sleds?3. What are sleds used for?4. How do people sled? Describe the process.5. What is a skeleton sled like?3.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Some children wish to be writers some day. They mean that they want to write stories or books which many people will read. I would like to remind （提酉星）them that they will need to be good readers and to read a great deal （大量）in order to be good writers.Nearly all great writers had read long before they started to go to school, and have been reading for hours and hours every day since they became good readers. Instead of watching TV in the evening, they spend much of their spare time reading books.If you are a good reader, it won' t take you long to do the reading homework your teacher asks you to do. Then you will have time to read othe