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八年级英语能力检测阅读短文回答问题练习题道24学校名称班级学号姓名
1.阅读短文,回答下列问题When youre invitedto havedinner in a foreigners home,please rememberthefollowing:At table,when the hostess(女主人)picks upher napkin(餐巾),you maypickup yoursand putit on your legs.If aservant(佣人)passes foodaround,he willpass the dish to you at yourleft handso thatyou caneasily serveyouself withyour right hand.Never serveyourselfwhile thedish ison yourright;it is then theturn ofyour neighbouron theright.Do notreach acrossthe tableor infront ofsomeone to get somethingthat isnotpolite.Ask himor herto passit to you.There arethings in the middleof thetable,such asbread,butter,and candies.You shouldnt take any untilthehostesstells theservant topass them to you.Do notleave yourseat withoutsaying anything.If you need toleave thetableto the washroom ordo somethingelse,you shouldsay uExcuse me fora moment,please.”
1.What willyou do when thehostess picksup hers
2.The dishis passedtoyou atyourleft handside orrighthandside
3.If thefood isfar fromyou,what shouldyou do
4.May youtakeanyfood atany time
5.When you have toleave yourseat,what doyouneedto say
2.阅读短文,回答下面问题Dear TomHoware youI min a new schoolthis termin China.And Im writingtoyouin myschoolnow.My newschool isbig and nice.There areone thousandand fourhoundred studentsand one hundredand fortyteachers in my school.I like the teachers.They are very kindto me.My classmatesare veryfriendly,too.They teachme Chineseand Iteach themEnglish.There aretrees,flowers andgreen grassinmyschool.They are very
12.What didhis youngerson askfor
13.Did theson getwhat hewanted
14.Who got the biggerorange
11.“What wasMr Smithdoing onemorning
15.Why didthe elderbrother say that his brother wasselfish
17.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题Sandy,Billy andSue arein the zoo.They arenow standingnear themonkeys cage.〃Thats anice monkey,〃Sandy says.〃He,s likeBilly./z〃No,he,s not!”Billy answers.Hes likeyou.He,s good at runningand jumping./z Yousee hewants some nuts.〃Sue says,“Give himsomenuts,Sandy.〃Sandy isthrowing somenuts into the cage.Give himsomesweets,Billy./z〃He likesnuts,but hedoesn,t likesweets,Sue says.〃Look!Sandy says.〃The monkeyis pointing(指)at BilTs bag.He cansee thebananas in it.Give him a banana,Billy.He wantsit・〃〃No!〃Billy says.〃I can,t givemy bananasto him.I want toeat them.〃〃Please giveit to him,“Sue says〃No!〃Billy shouts〃He caneat nuts,but he can,t eatmy bananas!〃
11.What arethe childrendoing.
12.Is Sandygood atsports
13.What isSandy throwingto themonkeys
14.What doesBilly likeeating
15.Does Billywant togive themonkeys bananas
1.Did Davidwin anymoney before
2.What doesDavid alwayssay
3.What doesPenny want to dofirst ifthey win the pools
4.What willhappen to them ifthey spendallthemoney
5.Is iteasy fora personto a lotofmoney bydoing thefootball pools
19.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题:Mrs.White has a shopin thetown.There are all kindsof fruit in hershop.She sfriendlyto the customers andnever foolsanyone.So thecustomers like to buyfruitinhershop,and shegets more and moremoney.One day,the applesshe soldwere allfresh andnice.She rememberedher sonFrankliked thembest,so shebrought somehome forher son.After lunch,she wentout andleftthe appleson thetable.That afternoonFrank cameback fromschool,he feltvery hungry.He looked for somethingto eatand foundsome appleson thetable.Great!They aremyfavorite.he screamedand atea lot.Mrs.White gothome aftershe closedher fruitshop.When shesaw Frank,she askedhim,“Did you have theapples”Her son answered,Yes.And Iate lotsof them.Did youwash them”“Oh,I forgot.I was too hungry.What shouldI do”A fewminutes later,Mrs.White foundher sonkept ondrinking water.“Are youthirstyWhy areyou drinkingso muchwater”asked themother.“No,mom.answered theboy,“Iwant towash theapples inmy stomachwith thewater.”
66.What shopdoes Mrs.White have
67.Mrs.White isrude to thecustomers,isn tshe
68.What sFrank sfavorite fruit
69.Where didFrank findthe fruit
70.Why didFrank keepdrinking water
20.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题After supperMr.Jackson turnedon thetelevision.He tried to finda footballgameon it.At thattime thetelephone rangand he went to answer it.Hello,he said,“
7462135.”“Its Bettyspeaking,v saida woman.Henry isill.And I have to take himtohospital.But Lucyis tooyoung・・・““Dont worry.I11go andlook afterher.But wheresyourhusband James”“Hes gone to London.Hell beback attwo tomorrowmorning.”Mrs.Jackson wason dutyin thehospital thatnight andMr.Jackson hadto go to helphissister.Lucy was only four.She beganto crywhen hermother left.Mr.Jackson toldhersome stories,taught hera songand showedher somenice pictures.He didn,t stopuntil thelittlegirl wentto sleep.Mr.Jackson wenthome afterJames cameback.He was asleep soonafterhe wentto bed.His wifecame into the bedroomand itwoke himup.He had a look atthe clockon thewall andfound itwas halfpast eight.He jumpedoff thebed andran tothegarage(车库)with hisbag.His wifetriedtosay something,but hecalled back,“Iwas neverlate forwork,you know.But Imlate this morning.v No,you arent,said Mrs.Jackson.Its Saturday.n
46.On whatday didBetty callMr.Jackson
47.Why didBetty askfor Mr.Jacksons help
48.What didMr.Jackson doto makeLucy stopcrying
49.Why didMr.Jackson runto thegarage when he wokeup
50.How many people havebeen mentioned(被提至(j)in thispassage
21.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题:Paul could not be asleep last night.He wokeup earlyand satup,and thenhewenttobed again.He feltterrible.I mustbe ill,“he thought,“but Imust studyfor theexam”He gotup andlookedforhis historynotebook(笔t己本).He foundit atlast underaplie(堆)of clothesin hisbed.he readover his history notes,but hecouldnot rememberany of the thingsin hisnotes,“What shallIdo”he thought.He feltmore terrible.At thismoment Pauls telephonerang,so heput downhis notebookand pickedup thetelephone.“Good morning.Jack said“You mustbe wrongabout thattest”“What doyou mean”Paul askedweakly.We renot goingto have a test today.Jack said.“I wrotedown thedate inmy notebook.The testwill benext Wednesday.It isn ttoday.How doyou feelthismorning”“Fine,“said Paul.Really fine!”Suddenly hereally feltfine.
66.Could Paulfall asleeplastnight
67.Why didhe feelterrible
68.Where didhe findhishistorynotebook
69.Paul wasreally ill,wasn the
70.Did Paulget a wrong dateof thehistory test
22.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题Mr Joneshad anice browncoat.He lovedit verymuch,but his wife did not likeit,because itwas old.She oftensaid,“Give itto apoor man.”But Jonesalways said,“No,I like this coat.”Then a cigarette(香烟)fell onit and made a hole(洞)in it,so Mrs Jones said,“Pleasedon twear itagain.Mr Jonestook itto asmall tailorsshop(裁缝店)and saidtothe tailor,“Please makeanother coatlikethisone.”The tailormade the coat verycarefully.Then lit(点燃)acigarette,andmadea holein itin the same place.
61.Why didnt MrsJones like thecoat
62.Why didnt Mr Jones wanta new coat
63.What didMrJonesdowhen aholewas madein thecoat
64.Was thetailor carefulwhen hemade thecoat
65.Was thenewcoat thesameas the old onein theend
23.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题One dayan old man wasselling abig elephant.A young man came to the elephant andbeganto lookat itslowly and carefully.The old man wentto himand said,“Don tsay anythingabout the elephant before Isell it,and thenI11give yousome meat.”“All right,“saidthe young man.After the old mansold theelephant,he gavethe youngman somemeat andsaid,“Now,can youtell mehow yousee the bad earsoftheelephant”“I didnt findthe badears.said the youngman.Then whydid youlookat theelephant slowly andcarefully”asked the old man.The youngman answered,uBecause Ihad neverseen anelephantbefore,and Iwanted toknow whatit lookedlike.”
1.What wasthe old man doing
2.What didthe old man askthe youngman notto do
3.What wasthe matterwith theelephant
4.What didtheoldman givetotheyoungman
5.Why didtheyoungman lookat theelephantslowlyandcarefully
24.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题We livein the“computer age”.People likescientists,teachers,writers andstudentsuse computers to doall kindsof work.But morethan thirtyyears ago,computerscouldn tdo much.They werevery bigand expensive.Very fewpeople wereinterested in themand knewhow to use them.Today computersare smallerand cheaper.Since they can dolotof work,many peoplelike touse them.Some peopleeven havethem athome.Computers becomeveryimportant becausetheycanwork fasterthan menand makefew mistakes.Computers canhelppeople doalotof work.Writers nowuse computersto write.Teachers usethem tohelpteaching.Students usethem tostudy andchildren usethemtoplay games.Computers canalsoremember whatyou putinto them.Computers arevery usefuland helpful.They areour goodfriends.Do youwant tohave acomputer
16.What sthe Chinesefor ucomputerage”
17.How werethe computersover thirtyyears ago
18.Why domore andmore peopleuse computers
19.What dowriters usecomputersto do
20.Do computershaveamemorybeautiful.Behind myschool thereis asmall river.The waterin itis quiteclean.We canswiminit.We haveno classeson Saturdaysor Sundays.Sometimes Igo toplay footballor basketballwithmy classmates.Sometimes Istay athomeandwatch TV.Sometimes Igo toshops withmyfather andmother.We alllike China.Please writetomesoon!Yours,Eric
66.Eric is in a school.
67.There are1400in Erics school.
68.The teachersareveryto Eric.
69.Eric andhis classmatesbecome good
70.Eric andhis likeChina verymuch.
3.阅读理解,根据短文内容回答问题Aeroplanes(飞机)are slowlydriving memad.I livenear anairport andpassing planescanbe heardnight andday.The airportwas builtyears ago,but forsome reasonit couldnotbe usedthen.Last year,however,it cameinto use.Over ahundred peoplemust havebeendriven awayfrom their homes bythe noise.I amone ofthe fewpeople left.Sometimes Ithinkthis housewill beknocked downby apassing plane.Ihavebeen offered(提供)a largesumof moneyto goaway,but I am determined(下定决心的)to stayhere.Everybody saysI mustbemad and they areprobably right.
1.Where doeshe live
2.Are theaeroplanes noisyor quiet
3.How manypeople lefttheirhomesbecause ofthe noise
4.What ishe determinedto do
5.What doeseverybody sayabout him
4.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题Dave married(结婚),and when his newwife sawthe clothesin hiscupboard(衣柜),she said,“Dave,you haveonly gotone goodshirt.The othersarevery-old,and theyhavegot holes in them.Im goingto buyyou a new onethis afternoon.Dave likedhis old shirts,but heloved his wife too,so he said,“All right,Mary,but pleasedon,t throwany oftheoldones away.Dave wentto work,and when he cameback in the evening,Mary saidto him,“Look,Dave,Ive boughtyou anice shirt.Here itis.Put iton.Dave putthe shirton,and thenhe said,“Look atthe sleeves(袖子),Mary.Theyare toolong.”“Thats allright,“Mary answered.They willget shorterafter Iwash them.”Then Davesaid,“Yes,you areclever.
1.Why didMary wantto buyDave a new shirt
2.Why didn,t Davelikethe sleeves ofhis new shirt
3.Why didnt Dave lethiswifethrow his old shirtaway
4.What didMary sayabout thesleeves
5.Do youthink Maryis clever
5.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题Dave married(结婚),and whenhis newwife sawthe clothesin hiscupboard(衣柜),she said,“Dave,youhaveonly gotone goodshirt.The othersare veryold,and theyhave gotholesinthem.Im goingto buyyou anew onethisafternoon.Dave likedhisoldshirts,but heloved hiswife too,so hesaid,“Allright,Mary,but pleasedon,t throwany oftheoldones away.Dave wentto work,and when he cameback inthe evening,Mary saidto him,“Look,Dave,Ive boughtyouanice shirt.Here itis.Put iton.,,Dave putthe shirton,and thenhesaid,“Look atthesleeves(袖子),Mary.Theyare toolong.“Thats allright,“Mary answered.They willget shorterafter Iwash them.”Then Davesaid,“Yes,you areclever.
1.Why didMary wantto buyDave anewshirt
2.Why didn,tDavelikethesleeves ofhis newshirt
3.Why didntDave lethiswifethrow hisoldshirtaway
4.What didMary sayaboutthesleeves
5.Do youthink Maryis clever
6.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题Winter is a timefor manyexciting sports:sledding(雪橇),skating andskiing.Skatingand skiingneeds lotsof skills(技工5).Sledding givesyou goodexercise andis lotsoffun!A sledlooks likea boat.It canmove easilyover snowor ice.Early sledswere madeofwood.Now somebetter sledsare madeof glass.Sleds canbe pulledby animals.In somevery coldparts ofthe world,people makeanimalslike dogs,horses,and reindeer(驯鹿)pull goodsor peoplein sleds.People alsosled forsports andfun.Driving asled doesnot needmuch skill.The drivergivesa kick(踢)inthesnow tostart thesled.He orshe canalso asksomeone elseforhelp.In asled,there canbe oneperson orseveral.Usually,youhaveto lieon yourback,feet firstinasled.As youtravel,you moveyourbody andfeet tokeep itintheright direction⑵向).There isa specialsled calledthe skeletonsled(骨架雪橇).It svery different.On a skeleton,you lieonyourstomach anddrive thesled ina head-first way.It isveryfast!Many areafraid toride it.But oncethey tryit theywantto do itagain!
1.What aresleds madeof
2.What kind of animalscan pullsleds
3.What aresleds usedfor
4.How dopeople sledDescribe theprocess.
5.What isaskeletonsled like
7.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题Some childrenwish to be writerssome day.They meanthat theywanttowrite storiesorbooks whichmanypeoplewill read.I wouldliketoremind(提西星)them thatthey willneedto begood readersand to read agreat deal(大量)in ordertobegood writers.Nearly allgreat writershad readlong beforethey startedto goto school,and havebeenreading forhours andhours everyday sincethey becamegood readers.Instead ofwatchingTV inthe evening,they spendmuch of their spare time readingbooks.If youarea good reader,it wont takeyou longtodothe readinghomework yourteacherasks youtodo.Then you will havetime toread otherbooks forfun.Because youread sowell,you keeplooking formore bookstoread.While makingup yourmind tobecome a good writer,you hadbetter sayto yourself,“Imust readmoreandmore ifIamready tobecome agood writer.”
1.If youwanttobe agoodwriter,you shouldbea.
2.Nearly allgreat writersspent muchoftheirsparetime.
3.It ispossible foragoodreader toread otherbooks
4.Most greatwriters preferreading tointheevening.
5.It takesagoodreader shortertime tofinish
8.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题Newspapers andtelevisions oftenpresent thebad side of lifetous.Life is,however,not sobad.The worldis,on thewhole,full ofkind peopleand friendlystrangers.Recently,a touristin Francewas givena bunchof rosesby agardener asa token(标记)of friendship.In California,whenatourist scar wasbadly damaged,a man who cameby offeredto tow(拖)the car toarepair shop.The repairmanwas sonice that he notonly charged(收费)the touristvery little,but lenthimacartodrive whilehe wasrepairing thetourists car.We cansaythatif youare friendlyand expectto meetfriendly people,youwillmostcertainly meetthem.
1.In California,let theuse his own carwhenhiscar wasdamaged.
2.We getawrongimpression and thebadsideoflife from.
3.is takenfrom thegarden asa tokenof.
4.We canbe surethat beingbrings youfriendship.
5.This passagemainly tellsus thattheworld.
9.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题Jack lovestraveling bytrain.Whenever hefeels liketraveling,hedfirst thinkabouttaking atrip on the rail.That isbecause he never has to botherto book(订)ticketsor collectthem inadvance(提前).Going tothe stationand buyinga ticketare whathehas todo.Traveling bytrain isalso verycomfortable.Most ofthe trainsare air-conditioned,warm inwinter andcool insummer.Jack usuallychooses anon-smoking section,taking aseatby thewindow sohecanenjoy theoutside views.If itisanight train,the experiencecanbe exciting.He justsleeps thewhole nightand the next day,he willbe inanewcity.Bythe way,heneverhastoworry abouthis meals.The trainprovides foodaround theclock.Traveling bytrain has another advantageto offer:you mayrun intosome oldfriendsor youcan listento peopletalking aboutsomething ofyour interest.Last weekwhenhe wason a train,for instance,he raninto aprimary schoolclassmate.They didnt expectthatthey couldbump intoeach otherthat way.Their talkbrought backmany things:the gamestheyplayed,the jokesthey madeon theirpeers and the funnythings theyhad done.1,请用简短的话概括文中提到的乘火车的三个优点
2.How wouldyou liketo goto schoolWhy
10.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题:J.K.Rowling wasborn inEngland in
1965.She lovedreading,and wroteher firststory,Rabbit,when she wasonlysix years old.She studiedFrench atuniversity,and thenworkedas asecretary inLondon.She hadthe ideafor Harry Potter whenshewasonatrain.Shestarted writingthe firstHarry Potterthenextday.In1992,she wentto livein Portugalforthree years.She wroteHarry Potterinthemorning,and workedasanEnglish teacherinthe afternoonand evening.She gotmarried toa PortugueseTV reporterand had a daughtercalledJessica.Then shereturned toBritain andlived inEdinburgh,Scotland.She wasunemployedat thattime.She wrotein cafesbecause therewere warmerthan hersmall house.After five years shefinished the first book,HarryPotterandthePhilosophers Stone.Thebook soldmillions ofcopies allover theworld,and J.K.Rowling becamevery famous.
56.When didJ.K.Rowling writeher firststory.
57.What wasJ.K.Rowlings firstjob.
58.What,sJ.K.Rowlings daughtersname.
59.Why didJ.K.Rowling writein cafes.
60.Why isJ.K.Rowling famous.
11.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题:Eton CollegeisinEngland.It saschoolfor boysbetween theages of13and
18.Boys livein schoolfor livefiveyears.Teachers canhelp them.But theymustlook themselves.Look atthe picture!This isPrince Harrysroom.On thedesk,thereis apicture ofhis motherPrincess Diana.There aremany waysteach andmany waysto learnin Eton College.Each classhas aboutand discusswith them.Boys canget theirneeds.PrinceHarry likesdrawing andacts inplays.Eton Collegehas manygames.Football isin autumn.The FieldGame isin springand summer.When aboy isgoodatgames,he iswelcome.PrinceHarry sfavorite gameisthe Wall Game.The WallGame islike football.Players playaball withfeet.They cantouch theground withfeet andhands.When playersstand againstthewall,the gamestarts.
51.What kindof schoolis EtonCollege.52Who makesmeals forPrince Harry53How doteachers teachthe studentsinEtonCollege
54.What dothe boysplay inspring fromthe passage
55.Can playerstouch theball withhands intheWallGame
12.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题Tom,Mike,Mary andJoan arebrothers andsisters.I dont know how oldthey are.I onlyknow that oneof themis eighteen,one isfifteen.One ofthe boysis sixteenandoneofthe girlsis seventeen.I alsoknowthatTom isolder thanMary,but Joanisnt.
13.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题:
1.How manybrothers andsisters are there in this familyThereare*
2.How oldis sTomHei
3.How oldis Mary_She s
4.How oldis MikeHe s
5.How oldis JoanShe sWalt Disney wasborn in
1901.The Mickey Mouse created(被创作)in1927madehim veryfamous.He diedin1966,but hiswork andhis dreamsdid notdie.Now peopleallover theworld enjoyhis MickeyMouse andother cartoons.Walt Disneywasamanwhodidnot give upeasily.One summer,Walt Disneywanted ajobin apost office,but theytold himthathewastooyoung.He wenthome,drew somelineson hisface.And puton hisfather ssuit andhat.Then hewent backtothesame officeandtold themhewas
18.He gotthe jobfinally.Later inhis life,Mr Disneyhadadream,that is,to buildanewkindofamusementpark.It wouldbe cleanand beautiful.There wouldbe ridesfor childrenandnicehotelsfor adults.It wouldbe funfor peopleof allages.Mr Disneydrew aplan forthis park.It wascalled Disneyland.Engineers toldhim itwas animpossible dream.His familyandfriends thoughthewasmad.But MrDisney didnotgiveup hisidea.In1955,Disneylandopened tothe publicand becamethe mostsuccessful amusementpark inthe USA.Walt Disneys dream come true.
1.When WaltDisney createMickeyMouse
2.What isWaltDisneysdream.Did itcometrue
3.Was WaltDisney18yearsoldwhenhegotthejob inthe post office
4.Where isthefirstDisneyland
5.What sthe meaningof giveup
14.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题Frank boughtanewdoorbell,but nobodyseemed tonotice it.When hisfriends came,theyknocked heavilyatthedoor.Frank wasnot happyabout it.One daya friendcameto see Frank.He knockedatthedoor loudly.Frank cameto thedoor,but didnt openit.He shoutedatthevisitor frominside.I cant hearyou!Pleasering thedoorbell!
56.What didFrank buy
57.Why wasnt Frankhappy
58.Who cametoseeFrank oneday
59.Why didnt Frankopen thedoor
60.Did Frankhear theknock
15.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题Mrs Whitehasason.His nameis Sam White.The youngman beginsto workinapostoffice ina citythis Autumn.He askshis motherto visitthe city.The old woman ishappyand catchesatrain.She soonarrives inthe city,but shedoesn,t knowwhere thepost officeis.She beginsto lookfor it,but shecan,t findit.At abus stop she asksan oldman,“Excuseme,sir.How canI gettothepost office”“There areabout fortypost officesin ourcity,“says theoldman./zWhich onedoyou wantto find”The oldwoman givesSam,s lettertohimandtheoldman says,“Walk alongthis streetandtake thefourth turningontheleft.His post office isjust there.〃Mrs Whitethanks theoldman and soonfinds herson.They arevery happy.A weeklaterthe womangoes tothezoo.She seesall kindsof animals.But shecan,trememberthe waybacktothepostoffice.At thesame busstopshemeets thesame oldmanandshe asksthesame questionagain.〃0h dear!/zthe oldmansays,Are youstill lookingfor yourson”
1.Where doesSamWhitework
2.How doesMrs Whitegotothe city
3.Does theoldwomanknowhowtogetto herson,s postoffice
4.How manypost officesarethereinthiscity
5.Does theoldmanthink MrsWhite foundher sonspostoffice
16.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题Mr.Smith hadtwo sons.One isseven yearsold,andtheother isfive.One morningduringthe holidays,whenhewas cleaningthe car,his youngerson cameand askedhim forsomemoney forsweets.uSweets arebad foryour teeth,Mr.Smith said.Take thesetwo orangesinstead,and giveonetoyour elder(年长的)brother,“One ofthe orangesis quitealotbiggerthan theother one,and asthe smallboy likedoranges verymuch,he keptthat one forhimself,and gavehis brotherthe smallerone.When theother boysaw thathisbrotherhadamuch largerorange thanhisown,he saidtohim,It sselfish(自私的)totakethe biggeroneforyourself.If fatherhad givenmethe oranges,Id havegiven youthe biggerone.”“I knowyou would,“answered hisbrother.That swhy Itook it.”。