八年级英语单元测试阅读短文回答问题练习题.docx

八年级英语单元测试阅读短文回答问题练习题学校名称：班级：学号：姓名：1.阅读短文，回答下面问题Dear TomHow are you? I' m in a new school this term in China. And I' m writing to you in my school now. My new school is big and nice. There are one thousand and four houndred students and one hundred and forty teachers in my school. I like the teachers. They are very kind to me. My classmates are very friendly, too. They teach me Chinese and I teach them English.There are trees, flowers and green grass in my school. They are very beautiful. Behind my school there is a small river. The water in it is quite clean. We can swim in it.We have no classes on Saturdays or Sundays. Sometimes I go to play football or basketball with my classmates. Sometimes I stay at home and watch TV. Sometimes I go to shops with my father and mother. We all like China.Please write to me soon!Yours,Eric66. Eric is in a school.67. There are 1400 in Eric, s school.68. The teachers are very to Eric.69. Eric and his classmates become good 70. Eric and his like China very much.2.阅读下面的短文，回答所提问题。Air is around us. It is around us when we walk and play. From the time we are born, air is around us on every side. When we sit down, it' s around us;when we go to bed, air is also around us. We live in air.All living things need air. Living things can' t live without air. We can go without food or water for a few days, but we can' t live for more than a few minutes without air. We take in air. When we are working or running, we need more air. When we are asleep, we need less air.We live in air, but we can' t see it. We can only feel it. We can feel it when it is moving. Moving air is called wind. How can you make air move ? Here is11. “What was Mr Smith doing one morning?12 . What did his youngerson ask for?13 .Did theson get whathe wanted?14 .Who gotthe bigger orange?15.Why didthe elder brother say that his brother was selfish?17 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Sandy, Billy and Sue are in the zoo. They are now standing near the monkeys' cage. That，s a nice monkey, Sandy says. ” He，s like Billy.，z No, he，s not!z， Billy answers. He's like you. He's good at running and jumping. /z You see he wants some nuts. Sue says, “Give him some nuts, Sandy. Sandy is throwing some nuts into the cage. "Give him some sweets, Billy. /z He likes nuts, but he doesn，t like sweets,“ Sue says. Look!?z Sandy says. The monkey is pointing （指）at BilT s bag. He can see the bananas in it. Give him a banana, Billy. He wants it No! Billy says. I can，t give my bananas to him. I want to eat them. Please give it to him,“ Sue says No! Billy shouts He can eat nuts, but he can，t eat my bananas!11. What are the children doing? .12. Is Sandy good at sports? 13. What is Sandy throwing to the monkeys?14. What does Billy like eating? 15. Does Billy want to give the monkeys bananas? 18 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Penny:Are you doing the football pools,David?David:Yes,I, m sure we' 11 win something this week.Penny:You always say that, but we never win anything !What will you do if we win a lot of money?David: If I win a lot of money ,1' 11 buy a car.Penny:I don' t want a car!I want to travel around the world.David:All right . And we' 11 stay at the best hotels. Then we' 11 return home and buy a big house in the country. We? 11 have a beautiful garden and Penny:But if we spend all the money ,we' 11 be poor again. What will we do then?David:If we spend all the money, we' 11 try and win the football pools again.Penny:It' s only a dream!Everything depends on “if” !根据对话回答问题。1. Did David win any money before?2. What does David always say?3. What does Penny want to do first if they win the pools?4. What will happen to them if they spend all the money?5. Is it easy for a person to a lot of money by doing the football pools?19 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：Mrs. White has a shop in the town. There are all kinds of fruit in her shop. She' s friendly to the customers and never fools anyone. So the customers like to buy fruit in her shop, and she gets more and more money.One day, the apples she sold were all fresh and nice. She remembered her son Frank liked them best, so she brought some home for her son. After lunch, she went out and left the apples on the table. That afternoon Frank came back from school, he felt very hungry. He looked for something to eat and found some apples on the table. uGreat! They are my favorite . " he screamed and ate a lot. Mrs. White got home after she closed her fruit shop. When she saw Frank, she asked him, “ Did you have the apples?” Her son answered, " Yes. And I ate lots of them. ”“ Did you wash them?” “Oh, I forgot. I was too hungry.What should I do?”A few minutes later, Mrs. White found her son kept on drinking water. “Are you thirsty? Why are you drinking so much water?v asked the mother. “No, mom. " answered the boy, “ I want to wash the apples in my stomach with the water. ” 66. What shop does Mrs. White have?67. Mrs. White is rude to the customers, isn, t she?68. What? s Frank' s favorite fruit?69. Where did Frank find the fruit?70. Why did Frank keep drinking water?20.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：After supper Mr. Jackson turned on the television. He tried to find a football game on it. At that time the telephone rang and he went to answer it. "Hello, "he said, “7462135. ” “It's Betty speaking, v said a woman. "Henry is ill. And I have to take him to hospital. But Lucy is too young“ “Don't worry. I' 11 go and look after her. But where's your husband James ? ” “He's gone to London. He，11 be back at two tomorrow morning.”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.” 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 ?21. 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t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 test”“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?22.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 tailors 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?23 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：HOUSE FOR SALE （出售）：Comfortable （舒适的）family home with large garden on north side of town. Three bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bathroom. Pay ¥280, 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?24 .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?25 .阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题：We live in the “computer 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? 16.What? 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?26 .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, uCould you tell me what the date is today, Granny?” "I' m sorry I didn' t know. " answered the old woman.uWhat day is it today, then?”“I don' t know, either. ”“May I read the newspaper?v“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? _27 .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. uHappy 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?28 .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. /zWhen I was nine, I listened to the teachers carefully in class and did all my homework