八年级英语单元测试阅读短文回答问题练习题24道.docx

八年级英语单元测试阅读短文回答问题练习题24道学校名称：班级：学号：姓名：1 .阅读下面的短文，回答所提问题。Airis around us. It is around us when we walkand play. From the time weareborn,air is around us on every side.When we sitdown, it' s around us;whenwe go to bed, air is also around us. We live in air.Allliving things need air. Livingthings can't live without air. We cango without food or water for a few days,but we can't live for more than a fewminutes 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 is one way: Hold an open book in your hands in front of your face. Close it quickly. What can you feel ? What you feel is the air.1. Is there air around us from the time we are born ?2. Do we need less air when we are working or running ?3. What do we call air when it is moving ?4. What do we need most without food or water ?5. Can we see air or feel air ?2 .阅读理解，根据短文内容回答问题。Aeroplanes （飞机）are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day. The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however, it came into use. Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been offered（提供）a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined（下定决心的）to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.1. Where does he live?2. Are the aeroplanes noisy or quiet?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. "Great! 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?17.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, " said a woman. uHenry 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'll 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. v46. 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 ?18. 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?19.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?20 .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 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?21 .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, uBecause 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?22.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? 16.What? s the Chinese for “computer age” ?17.How were the computers over thirty years ago?IS.Why do more and more people use computers?19 .What do writers use computers to do?20 .Do computers have a memory?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“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?3. How many people left their homes because of the noise?4. What is he determined to do?5. What does everybody say about him?3 .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, uDave, 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, “Look 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?4 .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, 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?6. 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 other books for fun. Because you read so well, you keep looking for more books to read.While making up your mind to become a good writer, you had better say to yourself, “ I must read more and mo