1、八年级英语阅读理解竞赛试题 姓名_ 得分_I. 阅读理解AIn the evening Alice listened to her grandpas story.When he finished, Alice said, “When I grow up, I will visit different places, and I will live next to the sea.”“That is very well, little Alice,” said her grandpa, “but there is a third thing you must do.”“What is that?
2、”“You must do something to make the world more beautiful.”And pretty soon Alice grew up. She visited here and there. One day, however, she got hurt. “Well, maybe it is time to find my place by the sea,” said Alice. And it was, and she did.“But there is still one more thing I have to do,” she said. “
3、I have to do something to make the world more beautiful.”But what? The next spring Alice still couldnt walk. She had to stay in bed most of the time.Through her bedroom front window she could see the beautiful lupine (扁豆) flowers in her garden.Then another spring came. Alice could take walks again.
4、One day she came to a hill.On the other side of the hill were lots of lupine flowers!“It was the wind,” she said. “It brought the seeds (种子) from my garden!” Then Alice had a wonderful idea!It was to buy lots of lupine seeds. All summer, wherever she went, Alice would bring seeds there.The next spri
5、ng there were lupine flowers everywhere. Alice did the most difficult thing of all.根据材料内容选择最佳答案。( ) 1. Alice was _ in the evening. A. doing her homework B. reading an interesting bookC. playing the piano D. listening to her grandpas story ( ) 2. After she grew up, Alice _. A. became a great writer B
6、. visited lots of placesC. moved to another city D. tried different jobs ( ) 3. Where did the beautiful lupine flowers first appear (出现)?A. In Alices bedroom. B. Behind Alices house. C. In Alices garden. D. On a hill. ( ) 4. The underlined word “it” refers to “_”. A. the wind B. the idea C. the gard
7、en D. the sea( ) 5. What can we learn from the end of the passage?A. Alice found her way to make the world more beautiful.B. Alice did the most difficult thing with her friends. C. Alice didnt know how to do the third thing.D. Alice didnt follow her grandpas advice.BMy favourite place to visit is Fl
8、orida. There are a lot of fun things to do there. This March, I went to Florida to visit my relatives (亲戚). I will share about my family there, some fun I had and my best fishing trip. I have two sides of family. My mums side lives in Minnesota. For my dads side, its a little different. They all sta
9、rted in New York, and then they all moved to Florida except my uncle. He teaches English at a high school in New York. My family lives in Minnesota with my mums side. So we often take holidays to Florida. There are some “must-dos” in Florida. Going to the beach is one of them. Everyone loves the bea
10、ch, because we can go fishing and swimming there. There are many big theme (主题) parks and these are my favourites. Another thing to do is going to the Port St. Lucie County Fair. I went to a rodeo (竞技表演) for the first time. It was great. One of my favourite hobbies is fishing. One morning my dad and
11、 I went fishing with my grandpa, and my twin cousins. I caught an octopus (章鱼)! It was really cool and exciting. I think everybody should try deep-sea fishing. It is wonderful.Family, theme parks, and fishing are the three best things of Florida. I hope you can take a holiday to Florida one day.根据材料
12、内容选择最佳答案。( ) 6. When did the writer go to Florida this year?A. In January. B. In March. C. In May. D. In July. ( ) 7. Where does the writers uncle live?A. In Florida. B. In Minnesota. C. In Hawaii. D. In New York. ( ) 8. Which of the following is NOT a “must-do” according to the third paragraph?A. G
13、oing to the beach.B. Going to theme parks.C. Going to an octopus show. D. Going to the Port St. Lucie County Fair.( ) 9. How many people did the writer go fishing with?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.( ) 10. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The writer went fishing in the
14、 afternoon.B. The writer often takes holidays to New York. C. The writer went to the Port St. Lucie County Fair twice. D. The writer thought deep-sea fishing a wonderful activity.CMolly was eight years old. This year she spent the summer with her Aunt Cathy. Her parents took a six-week trip toEurope
15、and let Molly stay at her aunts house. She was very unhappy, because she couldnt spend the summer with her friends at the neighborhood pool as she did every summer.Mollys Aunt Cathy did everything to make her happy. She took Molly to the park, the zoo, and even went shopping with her, but nothing ma
16、de Molly happy.One afternoon, Aunt Cathy was working in her garden. She found that Molly was watching her. “Come and help me, Molly,” Aunt Cathy said. Molly slowly walked out to the garden and began looking closely at the flowers.“What kind are these?” Molly asked. She pointed to some small yellow f
17、lowers.“Those are called snapdragons,” Aunt Cathy answered. “Do you want to grow some flowers?”“Yes,” Molly said.Aunt Cathy and Molly spent lots of time together in the next few days. They watered the garden every day. Then one day, Molly saw a green leaf. Molly was very happy. Aunt Cathy looked at
18、Molly and said, “Molly, Iam proud ofyou. You did a good job. You are good at gardening.”When Mollys parents got back from their trip, she showed them her flowers. Aunt Cathy told Molly how to look after her flowers when she got home. Molly thanked her for the best summer.根据材料内容选择最佳答案。( ) 11. Why was
19、 Molly unhappy at the beginning of the story?A. Because she did not like flowers.B. Because she did not like Aunt Cathy.C. Because she couldnt go with her parents toEurope.D. Because she couldnt go swimming with her friends.( ) 12. Where didnt Aunt Cathy go with Molly?A. To the zoo. B. To the pool.C
20、. To the park. D. To the shops.( ) 13. The underlined words “am proud of” mean “_” in Chinese.A.为感到自豪B.对感到失望C.为感到难过D.对感到紧张( ) 14. How did Molly show Aunt Cathy she enjoyed the summer?A. She thanked Aunt Cathy.B. She gave Aunt Cathy a flower.C. She sang a song for Aunt Cathy.D. She showed Aunt Cathy
21、her flowers.( ) 15. Which of the following isTRUEaccording to the passage?A. Aunt Cathy liked to read in the garden.B. Mollys parents went on a one-month trip.C. Aunt Cathy grew snapdragons to make Molly happy.D. Molly learnt how to look after her flowers from Aunt Cathy.D“How are frogs (青蛙) differe
22、nt from us?”the teacher asked. The class was happy to tell the teacher. The class knew that frogs are different from people. They knew that frogs are amphibians (两栖动物).Raina said,“I know we are different from frogs. We are not amphibians. We do not live in the water. But there is one frog that is di
23、fferent from other frogs. It is wood frog. This frog can freeze (冰冻). This frog can thaw (解冻). This frog can wake up from a frozen (冷冻的) sleep.”“How can a frog wake up from a frozen sleep?” asked the class. “How can a frog thaw? Are you sure this is a real frog?” “The frog is real! The frog lives in
24、 theUSAandCanada. When it gets cold, the frog freezes,” said Raina.“Very few animals can survive freezing,” the teacher said. “Even you cannot survive being frozen. But the wood frog can. Now scientists are studying this kind of frog. They are studying how it freezes over the winter. They are studyi
25、ng how it thaws when the weather becomes warm. They are studying how it is different from other frogs.”根据材料内容选择最佳答案。( ) 16. This story is mainly about _.A. amphibians B. being frozenC. the wood frog D. living in a cold place( ) 17. From Paragraph 1, we can learn that the students felt _ to give the
26、teacher their answers.A. afraid B. boredC. happy D. cool( ) 18. After hearing Rainas answer, the class _.A. became quietB. laughed a lotC. thought Raina knew a lotD. thought Raina might be wrong( ) 19. Scientists areNOTstudying _.A. how the wood frog thawsB. how the wood frog movesC. how the wood fr
27、og freezes over the winterD. how the wood frog is different from other frogs( ) 20. Which of the following isTRUEaccording to the passage?A. The story happened in a library.B. The wood frog lives inThailand.C. Only Raina knew how frogs are different from people in the class.D. When it becomes warm,
28、the wood frog can wake up from a frozen sleep.II. 短文填空根据短文内容从方框中选出恰当的单词填空，使短文通顺、意思完整，有的需要变换形式。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。happy, cook, hour, I, like, hungry, but, walk, difficult, sayLast weekend my uncle Tyler took me fishing. We drove for three (56)_ and arrived at his favourite lake. He usually fishes there. W
29、e (57)_ around the lake and looked for a good place to fish. Soon my uncle found a nice place and let (58) _ sit down.I sat by the lake and felt very (59)_. I really wanted to catch a fish! I threw (扔) my fishing rod (钓竿) out and waited, (60)_ I caught nothing! Then my uncle (61)_ that next time, I
30、should put a worm (蠕虫) on the end of the rod.We fished all morning. My uncle is a great fisherman and he caught four fish. Later, we felt (62)_, so we built a fire by the lake and (63)_ the fish. They were delicious.Though fishing is (64)_ for me, I still want to try it again. I want to become a great fisherman (65)_ my uncle!7
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