八年級英語下學期閱讀理解20篇

1、閱讀理解1Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is

2、satisfied with (滿意) him.One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future (未來). They talked for a long time.“Have a look a

3、t your watch, please,”said the girl. “What time is it now?”“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,”said Jack. “Where's yours?”“I left it at home.”Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman

4、shouted downstairs, “It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”1. Jack was _ when he finished middle school. A. sixteenB. eighteenC. twentyD. fifteen 2. The old woman is satisfied with Jack because _. A. he's her grandson B. he's clever C. he can kee

5、p quiet D. he gets home on time 3. From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack's _. A. classmate B. colleague (同事) C. auntD. wife4. The word “stamp”in the story means _ in Chinese. A. 蓋印 B. 跺 C. 貼郵票 D. 承認5. Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order (為了) _. A. to wake his grandma up B. to mak

6、e his grandma angry C. that his grandma was going to tell him the time D. that his grandma was going to buy him a watch 參考答案：1B2C3A4B5C講解：1第一句介紹杰克今年20歲，2年前中學畢業(yè)，故選B。2結(jié)合前后文意，前面講他吃完飯就去睡覺，并且很快就睡著了，文章最后介紹他用腳跺樓，發(fā)出聲音，奶奶阻止他，說明他奶奶怕吵，綜合判斷選C。3由第二段倒數(shù)第二句判斷。4根據(jù)文意，他奶奶住他樓下，倒數(shù)第二句又講他用腳在地板上發(fā)出“Bang.”的聲音，故應是用腳跺樓。5因他表壞了，

7、Mary 又沒帶，他們想知道時間閱讀理解2We are all busy talking about and using the Internet (互聯(lián)網(wǎng)), but how many of us know the history of the Internet?Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks (網(wǎng)絡) didn't

8、 work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way comput

9、er network system would keep on working all the time.At first the Internet was only used by the government, but, in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1

10、990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made 'surfing' (瀏覽) the Internet more convenient.Today it is easy to get on-line (上網(wǎng)) and it is said that millions of people use the Internet everyday. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among

11、students.The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life.判斷下列句子是否符合短文內(nèi)容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用 “F”表示。l. The Internet has a history of less than thirty years. T F2. In the 1960s computer networks went wrong easily. T F3. Computers become cheaper so that many hospitals and ba

12、nks were allowed to use them. T F4. People didn't have enough software to get on-line conveniently until the early 1990s. T F 參考答案：1F2T3F4T講解：1第二段開頭講互聯(lián)網(wǎng)是在60年代建立的，故至今歷史已超過30年。2文中第二段闡明計算機網(wǎng)絡工作狀況不好(didn't work well)。3第三段中說明大學、醫(yī)院等都被允許使用電腦，然而，計算機仍然很貴，并且網(wǎng)絡很難使用。4由第三段最后幾句介紹可知，到90年代，計算機便宜且好用?？茖W家也發(fā)展了軟件

13、使網(wǎng)上瀏覽更方便。而本題干用了notuntil句型，譯為“直到90年代早期人們才有足夠的軟件上網(wǎng)”。 閱讀理解3Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small town. They have a big farm and they are always busy working on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school. The young man studied hard and did well in his lessons. It made them happy.Last month Pete

14、r finished middle school and passed the entrance examination (升學考試). Mrs. Turner was very happy and told the farmers about it.Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. On the bus she told one of her friends how clever and able her son was. She spoke very loudly. All

15、the people in the bus began to listen to her.“Which university (大學) will your son study in?”a woman next to her asked.“In the most famous university in our country!”Mrs. Turner said happily.“The most famous university?”“Oxford University (牛津).”Most of the passengers (乘客) looked at her carefully. Som

16、e of them said to her, “Congratulations!”A woman said, “I'm sure he'll know Fred Smith.”“Who's Fred Smith?”“He's my son.”“Does he study in the university, too?”“No, ”said the woman. “He is one of the professors.”l. The story happened in _. A. AmericaB. FranceC. GermanyD. England2. Mr

17、. and Mrs. Turner were happy because _. A. their son did well in his lessons B. they have a big farm C. they have a good harvest D. their son studied at a middle school3. Mrs. Turner wanted everyone to know _. A. her son finished middle school B. her son was handsome C. her son was going to study in

18、 a university D. her son was very friendly to others4. Mrs. Turner spoke so loudly in the bus that _. A. her friend could hear her B. all the people could hear her C. she hoped to make all the people happy D. she hoped they would say congratulations to her5. Which of the following is true? _. A. The

19、 woman wasn't interested in Mrs. Turner's words B. Mrs. Turner knew nothing about the famous university C. The woman wanted to stop Mrs. Turner from showing off (炫耀) D. The woman next to Mrs. Turner wanted to show off her son, too 參考答案：1D2A3C4B5C講解：1因為牛津大學是英國的著名大學。2第一段最后一句講“這使他們高興”?！癐t”指代前一句

20、講的情況，即他們的兒子功課很好。3根據(jù)第三段文意判斷。4第三段最后一句講“所有人都開始聽她講?！惫蔄不對；她這樣做只是想炫耀一下而已。C、D描述的意思都不確切。5文章前面做了鋪墊，講MrsTurner 如何炫耀她兒子考上大學，結(jié)尾講那個婦女說自己的兒子是教授不論真假，她是在阻止Mrs. Turner的炫耀。 閱讀理解4“Cool”is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, th

21、e word has had many different meanings.“Cool”can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say “It's cool.”You may think, “He's so cool,”when you see your favourite footballer.We all maximize (擴大) the meaning of “cool”

22、. You can use it instead of many words such as “new”or “surprising”. Here's an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall (瀑布) they had visited. On one student's paper was just the one sentence, “It's so cool”.

23、 Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.But the story also shows a scarcity (缺乏) of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility (可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as

24、colourful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.1. We know that the word “cool”has _. A. only one meaning B. no meanings C. many different meanings D. the same meaning2. In the passage, the word “express”means“_”. A. see B. show C. know D. feel 3. If you are _ something, you

25、 may say, “It's cool.” A. interested in B. angry about C. afraid ofD. unhappy with 4. The writer takes an example to show he is _ the way the word is used. A. pleased with B. strange to C. worried about D. careful with 5. In the passage, the writer suggests (暗示) that the word “cool”_. A. can be

26、used instead of many words B. usually means something interesting C. can make your life colourful D. may not be as cool as it seems 參考答案：1C2B3A4C5D講解：1見首句。2由“express”前后詞義關系可推斷出是“表達”的意思，與“show”同義。3由第二段首句可知。4由例子中的學生用cool 一詞概括出他的所有感受，知cool詞義的擴大會導致語言中詞匯的缺乏，是令人擔憂的。5結(jié)合第4題的答案可做出選擇。 參考答案 ：1. A2. D3. A4. D5.

27、 C講解：1. 由短文最后一句“They had travelled 1,797 kilometres from London”可知，最接近“for nearly 1,800 kilometres”，因此選A。2. 由短文第2段倒數(shù)第3句“So they were able to change its weight”可知答案為D。3. 從第3段可以看出，越往上溫度越低，因此應選A。4. 由短文最后一段倒數(shù)第2句“They came down in Poland.”可知答案為D。5. 縱觀全文可以看出答案C不正確。 閱讀理解6If you do not use your arms or your

28、 legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by u

29、sing it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to

30、blame, and few of us know that it is just his own fault.Have you ever found that some people can' t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to reme

31、mber days, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised.So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering.1. The main reason for one's poor memory is that his parents have poor memories. T F 2. If you don't use your arms or legs

32、for some time, they will become strong. T F 3. A good memory comes from more practice. T F 4. Some people can't read or write, but they have better memories, because they have saved trouble. T F 5. The best title of this passage is “How to Have a Good Memory”. 參考答案：1. F2. F3. T4. F5. T講解：1. 文中沒有

33、此說法。2. 從第一段可判斷。3. 第二段開頭已說明。4. 第四段開頭已說明。 5. 最后一段點題。 閱讀理解7A meteorite (隕石) almost hit an 80-year-old man named Arthur Pettifer in Britain when he was working in his garden. The meteorite was the biggest in the past 26 years in Britain.The meteorite weighed (重量) one kilo, and might be over four thousan

34、d million (百萬) years old.“I hear the big noise in the air. I looked up and saw the tops of the trees coming and going,”he said. “I didn't know what it was.”Meteorites are small things from the small planets in space. About 3,500 meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are foun

35、d. Mr. Pettifer's meteorite is the fifth to fall in Britain since the Second World War.Mr. Pettifer is glad.“When you think about it coming from so far away, it really is something strange.”1. The meteorite was _ Mr Pettifer when it fell down. A. close to B. far from C. hitting D. coming to2. Th

36、e meteorite was already _ years old. A. 40,000,000,000 B. 40,000,000 C. 400,000,000 D. 4,000,000,0003. Mr. Pettifer found the tops of the trees coming and going because _. A. the trees were afraid B. the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops moving C. it was going to rain D. the moving was made

37、by wind4. _ people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often each year. A. Quite a few B. some C. Few D. Many5. Mr. Pettifer was _ to see the falling of the meteorite. A. happy B. afraid C. sorry D. angry 參考答案1. 從短文第1句看出隕石落下時幾乎砸著Mr Pettifer，故答案應選A。2. 由短文第2段中“，and might be over four th

38、ousand million”4000百萬即40億，故答案應是D。3. Mr Pettifer發(fā)現(xiàn)樹梢來回搖擺是因為下落的隕石使它來回動，故答案選B。4. 由短文第4段“About 3,500 meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found.”一句可推斷，答案選C。5. 由短文最后一段第1句“Mr Pettifer is glad ”可以看出，且happy與glad意思相近，故答案應選A。 閱讀理解8One of the things I always believe is that no matter

39、how bad something is, you can take something positive out of it. The one time I wasnt sure of that was on September 11.I usually wake up a 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning. That day, I happened to wake up earlier. I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed (撞擊) into the North Tower of the Worl

40、d Trade Center. My first reaction (反應) was that it was a terrible accident. Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing (目擊) an act of terrorism.My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over again. When I watched family members looking for

41、 their loved ones, the pain in their eyes was something I would never forget. I couldnt understand how something this terrible could have happened.It wasnt until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some good did come from this tragedy (悲劇). People seem different now, more

42、 understanding, more tolerant(寬容的). Little things that seemed to be such a trouble before are no longer big things. Personally, I am more tolerant than I was. I realize life is too short, and too precious(珍貴的), to let myself get worried over small things. Ive learned also that you cant take things f

43、or granted. Things change in the blink of an eye. People go to work and dont come back. One moment theyre living and the next minute theyre not. And, it doesnt matter who you are, there is nothing you can do about it. We never know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the most of

44、every minute we have.You try to learn from what happened. You cant be used up by it. You cant live by it. All you can do is just live.1. The word “positive” in the passage probably means _. A. terribleB. badC. goodD. real2. What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning? A. A fire st

45、arting B. A plane flying C. A terrible accident D. An act of terrorism. 3. From September 11, the writer had realized that_. A. people should make the most of every minute they have B. he has become less tolerant towards others C. he should get worried about little things D. life is too short to car

46、e about others. 4. Whats the best title of this passage? A. A Report about September 11 B. The Tragedy of September 11 C. September 11 and My Family D. September 11 and My Turn. 參考答案講解：1. C  見第一行，不管（no matter）事情多糟，總能發(fā)現(xiàn)有益的東西。2. D  見第六行。3. A  見倒數(shù)第三行。So we all need to make the most of ev

47、ery minute we have.4. D 閱讀理解9閱讀下列短文，并根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選出能完成短文題目的最佳答案。Mrs. Weeks was reading a newspaper story to her class. The story said：Were you ever in a hospital when you were small? How did you feel? The doctors in Childrens Hospital are asking for money for childrens toys(玩具). Some children in the hospi

48、tal must stay in bed for many weeks. Toys are needed to keep these sick(生病的)children happy and quiet. Money for them can be sent to the hospital.After Mrs. Weeks read the story，she said，“This story gave me an idea.”“You want us to bring some money for the toys.” “We could bring some of our own toys

49、for the children in the hospital.” said the boys and girls one after another.“Well，your ideas would be nice，” Mrs Weeks said，“but mine is different.” “We could make some toys.” shouted one of them.Mrs. Weeks smiled. “Do you think you could make toys?” she asked.“Yes, yes.” the whole class answered.“

50、Great! Lets begin to make toys tomorrow.” said Mrs. Weeks.On Saturday afternoon，Mrs. Weeks took children to the hospital with the toys made by her students. The children in the class felt happy，too.A few days later，Mrs. Weeks read another newspaper story to the class:Some school pupils brought toys

51、to Childrens Hospital last week. The toys were made by the pupils of Grade Three in Green Street School. The doctor said，“We have never had so many wonderful toys. Our children are very happy with them. They say，THANK YOU，GRADE THREE.”1. What was the first newspaper story mainly(主要)about? A. Sick ch

52、ildren in Childrens Hospital B. Doctors in Childrens Hospital. C. Mrs. Weeks and her students. D. Toys made by the boys and girls.2. What “idea” did Mrs. Weeks have in mind? A. Ask the class to give some money to the children in the hospital. B. Ask the class to send some of their own toys to the ch

53、ildren in the hospital. C. Let the class make some toys themselves and give them to the children in the hospital. D. Tell the class to go to see the children in the hospital.3. Doctors in Childrens Hospital didnt have _ to keep the children happy and quiet. A. enough time B. enough boys and girls C.

54、 get money to buy toys for D. enough doctors4. At first，the doctors in Childrens Hospital wanted to _ the sick children. A. give some money to B. make some toys for C. get money to buy toys for D. borrow some toys for 5. What Mrs Weeks really wanted to do is to _. A. let everyone know her class B. s

55、ave some money for toys C. make herself famous D. teach the pupils to do things themselves and be helpful to others 參考答案：1. A2. C3. C4. C5. D講解：1. 根據(jù)第1段newspaper story的內(nèi)容得知，文章主要講的是在兒童醫(yī)院生病住院的孩子，故答案為A。2. 從文中孩子們建議用錢買玩具或帶自己的玩具去醫(yī)院，而“Mrs Weeks said，but mine is different.”到有人提議“make some toys”時她微笑，可判斷答案為C。3. 縱觀整個新聞內(nèi)容可知沒有足夠的玩具供生病的孩子們玩，故答案為C。4. 由文中說醫(yī)生“ask for money for childrens toys”得知玩具不夠，因此本題答案選C。5. 從文章中可以看出Mrs Weeks的本意就是教學生學會關心愛護別人，故答案D是正確的。 閱讀理解10Once there lived an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him，“Don't forget this.”O(jiān)ne day