八年级英语能力测验阅读短文回答问题练习题

八年级英语能力测验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，根据短文内容回答问题J.K.Rowling was born inEngland in

1965.She lovedreading,and wroteher firststory,Rabbit,when she was onlysix years old.She studiedFrench atuniversity,and thenworkedas asecretary inLondon.She hadthe ideafor Harry Potter whenshe wason atrain.Shestarted writingthe firstHarry Potterthe nextday.In1992,she went to livein Portugalfor three years.She wroteHarry Potterin themorning,and workedas anEnglish teacherin the afternoon and evening.She gotmarried to a PortugueseTV reporterand had a daughtercalledJessica.Then shereturned toBritain andlived inEdinburgh,Scotland.She wasunemployedat thattime.She wrotein cafesbecause there were warmerthan hersmall house.After fiveyears shefinished the first book,HarryPotterand thePhilosopher，s Stone.Thebook soldmillions ofcopies all over theworld,and J.K.Rowling becamevery famous.

56.When didJ.K.Rowling writeher firststory.

57.What was J.K.Rowlings firstjob.

58.What，sJ.K.Rowling，s daughtersname.

59.Why didJ.K.Rowling writein cafes.

60.Why isJ.K.Rowling famous.

2.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Eton Collegeis inEngland.It s a school for boysbetween the ages of13and

18.Boyslive in schoolforlive fiveyears.Teachers canhelp them.But theymust lookthemselves.Look at the picture!This isPrince Harrysroom.On thedesk,there is a pictureof hismotherPrincess Diana.There aremany waysteach andmany waysto learnin Eton College.Each classhas about and discusswith them.Boys canget theirneeds.Prince Harrylikesdrawing andacts inplays.EtonCollegehas manygames.Football is in autumn.The FieldGame is inspring andsummer.When aboy isgood atgames,he iswelcome.Prince Harrysfavorite gameis the Wall Game.The WallGameis like football.Players playa ball withfeet.They can touch theground withfeet andhands.When playersstand againstthe wall,the gamestarts.

51.What kind of schoolis EtonCollege.52Who makesmeals forPrince Harryandstudents use computers to do all kinds of work.But morethan thirtyyears ago,computerscouldn,t domuch.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 have them at home.Computers becomeveryimportant becausetheycanwork fasterthan menand makefew mistakes.Computers canhelppeople doa lot ofwork.Writers nowusecomputers to write.Teachers usethem tohelpteaching.Students usethem to study andchildren usethem to play games.Computers canalsoremember whatyou putinto them.Computers arevery usefuland helpful.They areour goodfriends.Do youwant to have acomputer

16.What s the Chinesefor“computer age”

17.How werethe computersover thirtyyears ago

18.Why domore and more peopleuse computersIS.What dowriters usecomputersto do

20.Do computershave amemory

17.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Sam isa strongman.He likessports andisn toften ill.One Sundayhe wentto visitaplace ofinterest outsidethe city.On hisway home,something waswrong with his motorbikeand he hadto mendit himself.Suddenly it began toblow and the cloudswere flyingone afteranotherin thesky.Soon itbegan torain heavily.He couldnt findany housesaround andhadstand under a tree.When therain stopped,his clotheswere wetthrough.He feltverycold,and hecaught a bad coldwhen hegot home.He wentto seea doctorat once.The manlookedhim overcarefully andtold him to be in hospital.He stayedthere for about oneweek.He feltvery terrible.He wanted to goout for a walk,but thedoctor didn t lethim doso.When hegot alittle better,the nursetold himto walkin the ward（病房）.One daythere was nobody in the wardexcept him,he wentout.It waswarm thatday.The sunwas shining and therewere a lot of flowers in the hospital.Sam was very happy.Half anhour later he was tired.He wentto agarden,and saton achair.There was an oldwoman not farfrom him.She wasreading a newspaper.He cameup to her and said,“Could youtell mewhat thedate istoday,Granny”I’m sorryI didn t know.”answered the old woman.“What dayis it today,then”“I dont know,either.”“May Iread the newspaper”“It sno usefor you.said the old woman,It syesterdays paper!

1.How didSame go to theplace ofinterest

2.Why didSam have a bad cold

3.What didSam hopeto do

4.Why didSam goout

5.Why didSam want to read the newspaper

18.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Today isJane sbirthday.It isseven oclock.Everything wasready.On the table,there aremany differentkinds offood.And in the middle of thetable,there isa verybigcake.Jane islooking at it,and feelsexcited.Why didnt theycome bythen Itold themto come atseven.”Jane saidto hermother worriedly.One,two,three...Twenty-five minutespassed.But noone came.Jane ranto the door andopened it.No onewas there.When it washalf pastseven,the doorbellrang.Jane openedthe doorquickly.uHappy birthdayto you!”they said.And theygave some flowers to Jane.After that,they atethe bigcake,apples,oranges,pears,beef andso on.They sangand dancedhappily.At tenthey wenthome.Theyall felttired buthappy.

1.Were Jane s friendsall atJane shome atseven

2.What sin themiddleof thetable

3.When didJanes friends come

4.What didthey givetoJane

5.Did theyhave agood time

19.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Tom doesn，t liketousehis head,so he can，tbegood athis lessons.His teacherstellMr.Green about it.He isworried about it.It wasSunday yesterday.Mr.Green didn，t go to work.After lunchhe began to talkwith his son.“You arenine yearsold now,“said Mr.Green.When I was nine,I listenedto theteacherscarefully inclass anddid all my homeworkathome.So Icould answerall myteachersquestions.I wasgood atallmylessons.And MissBrown,our English teacher,liked meverymuch.I washer pet・“〃Your teacherwas poor,I think,〃said Tom.“How doyou knowaboutit〃“She couldn，t afforda dog.〃

41.Why is Tom，s fatherworried abouthim

42.When didTom sfather talkwith him

43.Tom，s teacherstold Mr.Green about his sons studyinschool,didn，t they

44.Was MissBrown TomsEnglishteacher

45.Did Tomthink MissBrown wasvery poor

20.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题:Life todayis mucheasier thanitwashundreds of years ago,but ithas newproblems.One of the biggestproblems ispollution（75^）.Pollution comesin manyways.We seeit,smell it,drink it and even（甚至）hear it.Many years ago,the problemwas notso seriousbecause therewere notso manypeople.Man isnow slowlypolluting thewhole world.The morepeople,the morepollution.Air pollution is stillthe mostserious.Its bad for allliving thingsin theworld,but itis notthe onlyone kindof pollution.Water pollutionkills ourfish andpollutesour drinking water.Noise pollutionmakes usangry moreeasily.Many countriesare makingrules tofight pollution.They stopfactories pouring（彳到）dirty waterinto riversand puttingdirty smokeinto theair.Except this（除此之外），we cando manymore things.For example,if there are fewerpeople driving,therewill beless pollution,too.The earthis ourhome.We musttake careof it.根据短文内容回答下列问题

11.Is lifetoday harderthan hundredsofyearsago

12.In whatways canwe knowthere ispollution aroundus

13.Why airpollutionisthe mostserious

14.How manykinds ofpollution arementioned（提及）in the passage What are they

15.What canwe doto makeless waterpollution

21.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题“Yesterday”,the Swedish rock bandvisited Chinalast week.There wasa concertin Hefei.This was their secondvisit toChina.They came to Kunmingat thistime lastyear.There werefour singersin the Swedishrock band lastyear,but nowthereareonly three.One of them leftthe bandlast week.He brokehis leftleg.After the concert I met Erik,one of the singers.I askedhim,“Why doyou callyour bandYesterday”“We callit“Yesterday becausewe likeold music.”Erik answered.I asked,“Why doyou singin English”“Because mostSwedish peoplecan speakEnglish.People inmany countriescan understandEnglish songs.Erik toldme.“Why did you singa Chinese song at the end of the concert”He said,T mtrying tolearn Chineseand I like listening to Chinesesongs.I learntthat songwhen I was inKunming lastyear.”

1.When didtheSwedishrockbandget toHefei

2.Why dothey call their band“Yesterday”

3.Can thepeople fromdifferent countriesunderstand theirsongs

4.How manypeople in the bandwere at theconcertin Heifei

5.What didErik doat the endoftheconcert

22.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Dear John,Thank youvery muchfor yourletter.I amglad that you enjoyedour holidaywith me.We enjoyedhaving you and your sister here.We hopethat youwill bothbe able to comeagainnext year.Perhaps you11be able to staylonger nexttime.A weekis not really long enough,is itIf yourschool hasfive weeks，holiday next year,perhaps youwill be ableto stay withus for two orthree weeks.We havebeen back at schoolthree weeksnow.It feelslike threemonths!I expectthatyou areboth workingvery hardnow becauseyou arein Grade Two now.Tom andAnn won，t bein Grade Twountil

2005.They wentfor a picnic yesterdaybut I didn，t go with them,becauseI hurtmy footand Icouldn，t walkvery well.They wentto anisland andenjoyed themselvesthere.Tom,Ann and I sendour bestwishes toyou.We hopeto seeyou soon.Yours,Michael

51.Who stayedwith Michaelfor aholiday

52.How longdid theirholiday lastfor

53.From thesentence〃It feelslike threemonths!z/,we know that Michaelhas nointerestin learning,right

54.Who will be inGrade Twonext year

55.Why didn，t Michaelgo to the islandfor apicnic yesterday

23.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题The Wilsonsdecided to go overseasfor vacation.They had a family meeting toplan thevacation.“First,“Mr Wilsonsaid,〃we should decide where we are going.〃I dontagree,〃Mrs Wilsonsaid,think weshoulddecidewhen we aregoingfirst.We don，t want to go to placeswhen they are cold.〃Mr Wilson agreed,so thefamilys firstdecision waswhen to go onvacation.They decidedto go inJuly.“Now we can decidewhere to go,〃said Mr Wilson.“But,Dad,〃Ben said,dont youthink thatwherewego dependson（依赖，取决于）how wego If we plan to fly,we cango along way.If weplantodrive,wecan，t gofar.〃Again,Mr Wilsonagreed,and theydiscussed this.At last they agreedto travelby plane.And sothe planningmeeting wenton.The nextday,one ofMr Wilson，sfriendsat workasked,“Where areyou goingfor vacation”“Well,“MrWilsontold him,〃wearegoing insummer byplane,but I dont knowwherewe aregoing!”

1.Why didthe Wilsonshave afamilymeeting

2.What didthey decidefirst

3.When didthey decide togo

4.How didthe Wilsonsdecideto travel

5.What they didn，t decide

24.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Long,long agothere livedan old man.He had a verybig orangetree in his garden.On the tree therewere manyfine oranges.One daythe old man foundone ofthe orangeswas biggerthan theothers.It wasas bigasa watermelon.So hetook the big orange to the king.The kingwasvery happy and gavethe old man a lot ofmoney for it.When a rich manheard ofthis,he saidto himself,〃It isonly anorange.Why didthe kinggive himso muchmoney If I takemy gold cup to the king,hewill giveme muchmore money for it.”The nextday whenthekinggot thegoldcup,he saidto therich man,z，Whata beautifulcup!T11give yousomething forit.Please take the greatorange.〃

39.What didthe old man havein hisgarden

40.What didthe old man findone day

41.Who didthe old man give thebigorangeto

42.What didarich man thinkwhen heheard ofthe story

43.Was therichmanvery happyat last

25.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题The trainI wastravelling onwas alreadyhalf anhour late.I hadto arrivein Viennaat7:15in timeto catch the7:25train toParis,but there wasnohope ofthat now.I toldthe conductor aboutit.He advised（建议）meto get offtwo stopsbefore Viennastationand takea taxi.When thetime come,theconductoreyen helpedme withmy bags.He wishedmegood luckas Ijumped off.And afew minutes later,Iwasracing towardsthe centreofthe cityin ataxi.It wasalmost7:25when westopped outsidethe station.I paidthe driverquickly,took holdof mybags quicklyand hurriedinside.Paris train”was allI hadtimeto sayto theofficial（铁路职员）I saw.You canguess howI feelwhen hepointed to atrain thatwas justmoving outofthestation.

81.Where didthe writerwanttogo

82.Was thereenough（足够的）time for himtocatchthe725train toParis

83.Where didthe writerget off the train

84.How didhe getto Viennaafter hegot offthe train

85.Was hehappy orsad at theendofthestory

26.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Sam isa strongman.He likessports andisn toften ill.One Sundayhe wentto visitaplace ofinterest outsidethe city.On hisway home,something waswrong withhis motorbikeand he hadto mendit himself.Suddenly itbegan toblow and the cloudswere flyingone afteranotherin thesky.Soon itbegan torain heavily.He couldnt findany housesaround andhadstand undera tree.When therain stopped,his clotheswere wetthrough.He feltverycold,and hecaught abadcoldwhen hegot home.He wentto seea doctorat once.The manlookedhim overcarefully andtold himto bein hospital.He stayedthere for about oneweek.He feltvery terrible.He wantedtogoout for a walk,but thedoctor didnt lethim doso.When hegot alittle better,the nursetold himto walkin theward（病房）.One daytherewasnobody in thewardexcept him,he wentout.It waswarm thatday.Thesun wasshiningand therewerea lot of flowersin thehospital.Sam wasvery happy.Halfan hour laterhe wastired.He wentto agarden,and satonachair.There was an old womannot farfrom him.She wasreading a newspaper.He cameup toher and said,uCould youtell mewhat thedate istoday,Granny”I msorryIdidnt know.answered the old woman.“What dayis ittoday,then”“I dont know,either.”“May Ireadthe newspaper”“It sno usefor you.”said theold woman,It syesterday spaper!”

1.How didSame goto theplace ofinterest_

2.Why didSam haveabadcold_

3.What didSam hopeto

4.Why didSam goout_

5.Why didSam wantto readthenewspaper

27.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Harry goesout afterlunch.He goesin thetree house.But hecant find his football.He ssure Nicktakes itaway.He doesn,t knowwhere they are playing.He comesdown andbeginsto playwithhisdog Bobby.His fathercomes out,with abag in his hand.“Where areyou going,Daddy”asks theboy.“Mr Hillis ill,“says his father.Imgoing to see him.”Mr Hillhas anice garden.There areall kindsofflowersin it.And theboy likestopick somethere.So heasks hisfather to take himthere.Half anhourlater,their carstopsat MrHili sgate andan old man opensthedoorfor them.Mr Hillis inbed.Harry sayshello to him and then comesout.Rose,the littledaughterof MrHill s,brings himto thegarden andpicks someflowers forhim.The boyishappy andthanks thelittle girl.“Do you feel like a cup of coffee,Harry”asks Rose.“Look atme carefully,“says theboy.Do Ilook likeone”

1.Harry goesout in thea.

2.Harry p_____hisfootballin thetree house.

3.Nick k____the footballisin thetreehouse,so hetakes itaway.

4.Harry sfather wantstosMr.Hill.

5.Harry goes to Mr.Hili sto get somef.

6.Harry andhisfathergotoMr.Hili sby c_________.

7.The twochildren goto thegarden whentheir fare talking.

8.Rose knowsHarry1flowers andpicks someforhim.

9.Rose asksHarry ifhe wantstoda cupof coffee.

10.Harry t____Rose sayshe lookslikeacupofcoffee.

28.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题It sNew Years eve.Bob andhis classmatesare having a partyin their classroom.Peter isgiving foodand drinksto Mikeand Zhuhi.Zhao Lini stelling a funny story.Someof the boys arelistening to him and theyarelanghing.Bob issinging anEnglishsong.Susanis sittingonachair in a corner.She swatching andsmiling.They reall enjoying themselvesvery muchat theparty.

1.Who arehavingaparty onNew Years eve

2.What isPeter givingto Mikeand ZhuLi

3.Is Zhao Lin tellinga funnystory

4.Who arelisteningtoZhaoLin

5.Is Bobsinging a Chinesesong

6.Where isSusan sitting

7.Is shesmiling

8.Are theyenjoyingthemselvesat theparty

29.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Uncle Billisapleasant Person.He makesfriends withdifferent people.Mr Blackis afunnyold man.He oftentells funnystories tochildren.The childrenlike hima lot.MrsFinly isa quietlady.She nevertalks toomuc h,but shelikes talkingwith UncleBill.Robert isa kind-hearted youngma n.He oftenhelps others.Tom isa carelessboy.He evenforgetsmeals,but he enjoys helpingothers UncleBill loveshis friendsvery much,and hisfriends likehim,too.

1.Is UncleBill apleasant person

2.Who isafunnyoldman

3.What doesMr Blackoften do

4.What kindof personis MrsFinly

5.Does sheoften talkwith UncleBill

6.Who sa kind-hearted young man53How doteachers teachthe studentsin EtonCollege

54.What dothe boysplay inspring fromthepassage

55.Can playerstouch theballwithhands in theWallGame

3.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Tom,Mike,Mary andJoan arebrothers andsisters.I dont know how oldtheyare.I onlyknowthat oneof themis eighteen,one isfifteen.One oftheboysis sixteenand oneofthe girlsis seventeen.I alsoknowthat Tom isolder thanMary,but Joanisn t.

1.How manybrothers andsisters are there in this familyThereare______________

2.How oldisTomHe s

3.How oldis MaryShe s

4.How oldis MikeHe s

5.How oldis JoanShe s

4.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Walt Disneywasbornin

1901.The Mickey Mouse created（被创作）in1927made himveryfamous.He diedin1966,but hiswork andhis dreamsdid notdie.Now peopleallovertheworld enjoyhis MickeyMouse andother cartoons.Walt Disneywasaman whodid not give upeasily.One summer,Walt Disneywanted ajobin apost office,but theytold himthat hewas tooyoung.He wenthome,drew somelineson hisface.And puton hisfather ssuit andhat.Then he went backto the same officeandtold themhewas

18.He got the jobfinally.Later inhis life,Mr Disneyhad adream,that is,to builda newkindofamusementpark.It wouldbe cleanand beautiful.There wouldbe ridesfor childrenand nicehotelsfor adults.It wouldbe funfor peopleof allages.Mr Disneydrew aplan for this park.It wascalled Disneyland.Engineers toldhim itwasanimpossible dream.His familyandfriends thoughthewasmad.But MrDisney didnot give up hisidea.In1955,Disneyland openedto the publicand becamethe mostsuccessful amusementpark inthe USA.Walt Disneys dreamcome true.

1.When Walt Disney createMickeyMouse

7.Does everyonelike RobertWhy

8.Is Toma carelessboy

9.What doesheenjoydoing

10.Is UncleBill ahappy orunhappy man

30.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Mr Smith had two sons.One isseven yearsold,andtheother isfive.One morningduringthe holidays,when hewas cleaningthe car,his youngerson cameand askedhim forsome moneyforsweets.uSweets arebad for your teeth,“Mr Smith said.Take thesetwo orangesinstead,and giveone toyour elder（年长的）brother,“One ofthe orangesis quitea lotbiggerthan theother one,and asthe smallboy likedoranges very much,he keptthat one for himself,and gavehis brotherthe smallerone.When theother boysaw that his brotherhad amuch largerorange thanhis own,he saidto him,It sselfish（自私的）to takethe biggerone for yourself.If fatherhad givenmethe oranges,Id havegiven youthe biggerone.”“I knowyou would,“answered his brother.That swhy Itook it.”

41.“What wasMr Smithdoing onemorning

42.What didhis youngerson askfor

43.Did theson getwhat hewanted

44.Who gotthe biggerorange

45.Why didthe elderbrother say that his brother wasselfish

31.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题:Dear John,Thank youverymuchforyourletter.I amglad thatyou enjoyedour holidaywith me.Weenjoyed havingyouandyoursisterhere.We hopethatyouwill bothbe abletocomeagainnext year.Perhaps you11beabletostaylonger nexttime.A weekI s notreallylongenough,is itIf yourschool hasfive weeksholiday nextyear,perhaps youwill beabletostaywith usfortwoorthree weeks.We havebeen backat schoolthreeweeksnow.It feelslike threemonths!I expectthatyou areboth workingvery hardnow becauseyou areinGrade Two now.Tom andAnn wont beinGradeTwountil

2005.They wentfor apicnic yesterdaybut Ididntgowith them,becauseI hurtmy footand Icouldn,t walkvery well.They wentto anisland andenjoyed themselvesthere,Tom,Ann andI sendour bestwishes toyou.We hopeto seeyou soon.Yours,Michael

1.Who stayedwith Michaelforaholiday

2.How longdid theirholiday last

3.From thesentence“It feelslike threemonths!”,we knowthat Michaelhas nointerestingin learning,right

4.Who willbeinGradeTwonextyear

5.Why didnt Michaelgoto the islandforapicnic yesterday

32.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题:Mr.Clarke worksin New York andbrought hisfamily toChina.They visitedmany placesofinterest andhad agood timehere.Before theyleft forShanghai,the Clarkesclimbed uptheGreat Wall.It wasthe greatestproject aboutthree thousandyearsago.They tooka lotofphotos thereand thenthey hadapicnicunderabig tree.Suddenly itbegan torain andtheyhurried to the car.And whenthey returnedto thehotel,they couldntfind thebagin whichtheir expensivecamera was.They were all sorryforitThey couldbuy anothercamerabut hadno timetogoto theGreat Wallagain.They could not missthe plane!That eveningtheydidn，t havesupper.Mr.Clarke hopedto makethem happy and said,Well.Let metell youa story.An oldman livedin asixty-storey building.One dayhe felldownfrom itwhen hewas cleaningthe window.But hedidn，t hurthimself.”“It wasa miracle!v calledouthischildren.Why”“Because helived on the firstfloor!”They allbegantolaugh whiletwo policemenwith abag camein.They said aChineseboy founditunder thebig treeandheasked themto findout wholost it.“Its reallya miracle!”the Clarkessaid happily.

1.Where didthe Clarkesenjoy themselves,NewYork,Beijing orShanghai

2.Where didthe Clarkesleft theirbag

3.Why didnttheyhave anythingthat evening

4.What didMr.Clarke tella storyto hisfamily for

5.Why didthe Clarkessay itwas reallya miracle

33.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Mr Smithhad twosons.One isseven yearsold,andtheother isfive.One morningduringthe holidays,when hewas cleaningthe car,his youngerson cameand askedhim forsome moneyforsweets.“Sweets arebad foryour teeth,“Mr Smithsaid.Take thesetwo orangesinstead,and giveone toyour elder（年长的）brother,“One ofthe orangesis quitea lotbiggerthan theother one,and asthe smallboy likedoranges verymuch,he keptthat one for himself,and gavehis brotherthe smallerone.When theother boysaw that his brotherhadamuch largerorange thanhis own,he saidtohim,It sselfish（自私的）to takethe biggeroneforyourself.If fatherhad givenmethe oranges,Id havegiven youthe biggerone.”“I knowyou would,“answered hisbrother.That swhy Itook it.”

41.“What wasMr Smithdoing onemorning

42.What didhis youngerson askfor

43.Did theson getwhat hewanted

44.Who gotthe biggerorange

45.Why didthe elderbrother saythathisbrother wasselfish

2.What isWaltDisneys dream.Did itcometrue

3.Was WaltDisney18yearsoldwhen hegotthe job inthe post office

4.Where isthefirstDisneyland

5.What,sthemeaning ofgiveup

5.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 happyaboutit.One daya friendcame tosee Frank.He knockedatthedoor loudly.Frank cameto thedoor,but didnt openit.He shoutedatthevisitor frominside.“I cant hearyou!Please ringthe doorbell!

56.What didFrank buy

57.Why wasn t Frankhappy

58.Who cametoseeFrank oneday

59.Why didnt Frankopen thedoor

60.Did Frankhear theknock

6.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Mrs White has ason.His nameis Sam White.The young man beginsto workinapost officeina citythis Autumn.He askshis motherto visitthe city.The oldwoman ishappyandcatchesa train.She soonarrives inthe city,but shedoesn，t knowwhere thepost office is.Shebegins tolook forit,but shecan，tfindit.At abus stop she asksan oldman,“Excuseme,sir.How canI getto thepost office”“There areabout fortypost officesin ourcity,“says theoldman.Which onedoyou wantto find”The oldwoman givesSam，s lettertohimandtheoldman says,“Walk alongthis streetandtakethefourth turningon theleft.His postofficeisjust there.Mrs Whitethanks theoldman and soonfinds her son.They areveryhappy.A weeklaterthe womangoesto the zoo.She seesall kindsof animals.But shecan，t rememberthe waybacktothepostoffice.At thesame busstopshemeets thesame oldmanand she asksthesame questionagain.〃0h dear!，zthe oldmansays.Are youstill lookingforyourson”

1.Where doesSamWhitework

2.How does Mrs Whitegotothe city

3.Does theoldwomanknowhowto gettoher son，s postoffice

4.How manypost officesaretherein thiscity

5.Does theoldmanthink MrsWhite foundher son，s postoffice

7.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Mr.Smithhadtwosons.One isseven yearsold,andtheother isfive.One morningduringthe holidays,when hewas cleaningthe car,his youngerson cameand askedhim forsomemoneyforsweets.uSweets arebadforyour teeth,Mr.Smithsaid.Take thesetwo orangesinstead,and giveone toyour elder（年长的）brother,“One ofthe orangesis quitealotbiggerthan theother one,and asthe smallboy likedoranges verymuch,he keptthat onefor himself,andgavehisbrotherthe smallerone.When theother boysaw thathisbrotherhadamuch largerorange thanhis own,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.”

11.“What wasMr Smithdoing onemorning

12.What didhis youngerson askfor

13.Did theson getwhat hewanted

14.Who gotthe biggerorange

15.Why didthe elderbrother saythathisbrother wasselfish

8.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Sandy,Billy andSue areinthezoo.They arenow standingnear themonkeys，cage.〃Thats anice monkey,〃Sandy says.〃Hes likeBilly,〃〃No,he，snot!”Billy answers.Hes likeyou.Hes good at runningand jumping.zz Yousee hewants some nuts.Sue says,“Give himsomenuts,Sandy.〃Sandy isthrowing somenuts intothe cage.Give himsomesweets,Billy./z〃He likesnuts,but hedoesn，t likesweets,，z Sue says.〃Look!zz Sandysays.〃The monkeyis pointing（指）at BilTs bag.He cansee thebananas in it.Givehim abanana,Billy.He wantsit・〃〃No!〃Billy says.〃I can，tgivemy bananastohim.I wantto eatthem.〃〃Please giveittohim,“Suesays〃No!〃Billy shouts〃He caneatnuts,but hecan，t eatmy bananas!〃

11.Whatarethe childrendoing.

12.Is Sandygoodatsports

13.What isSandy throwingtothemonkeys

14.What doesBilly likeeating

15.Does Billywanttogivethemonkeys bananas

1.Did Davidwin anymoney before

2.What doesDavid alwayssay

3.What doesPenny wantto dofirst ifthey winthe pools

4.What willhappen tothem ifthey spendallthemoney

5.Is iteasy fora personto alotofmoney bydoing thefootball pools

10.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Mrs.Whitehasa shopinthetown.There areallkindsof fruit in hershop.She sfriendlytothe customers andnever foolsanyone.So thecustomers liketo buyfruitinhershop,andshegets moreandmoremoney.One day,the applesshe soldwereallfresh andnice.She rememberedher sonFrankliked thembest,so shebrought somehome forherson.After lunch,she wentoutandleftthe appleson thetable.That afternoonFrank cameback fromschool,he feltvery hungry.He looked for somethingto eatand foundsome appleson thetable.Great!They aremyfavorite.he screamedand atealot.Mrs.White gothome aftershe closedher fruitshop.When shesaw Frank,she askedhim,“Did youhavetheapples”Her sonanswered,Yes.And Iate lotsof them.”“Did youwash them”“Oh,I forgot.Iwastoo hungry.What shouldI do”A fewminuteslater,Mrs.White foundhersonkept ondrinkingwater.“Are youthirstyWhy areyou drinkingso muchwater”asked themother.“No,mom.answered theboy,“Iwant towash theapples inmy stomachwith thewater.”

66.What shopdoesMrs.White have

67.Mrs.White isrude tothecustomers,isn,t she

68.What sFrank sfavorite fruit

69.Where didFrank find the fruit

70.Why didFrank keepdrinking waterIL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 rangandhe wenttoanswer it.“Hello,he said,“

7462135.”“Its Bettyspeaking,saidawoman.uHenry isill.And Ihave totake himtohospital.But Lucyis tooyoung***v*Dont worry.I11go andlook afterher.But wheresyourhusband James”“Hes goneto London.Hell bebackattwo tomorrowmorning.”Mrs.Jackson wason dutyinthehospital thatnight andMr.Jackson hadtogoto helphissister.Lucy wasonly 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 wasasleep soonafterhewentto bed.His wifecame intothe bedroomand itwoke himup.He hada look atthe clockon thewall andfound itwas half past eight.He jumpedoffthebed andran tothegarage（车库）withhisbag.His wifetriedtosay something,but hecalled back,“Iwas neverlate forwork,you know.But Imlate this morning.”“No,you arent,saidMrs.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 runtothegarage when he wokeup

50.How manypeople havebeen mentioned（被提至（J）inthispassage

12.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Paul couldnot beasleep 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 clothesinhisbed.he readover his history notes,but hecouldnotrememberany ofthe thingsinhisnotes,“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 goingtohavea testtoday.Jack said.“I wrotedown thedate inmy notebook.The testwillbenext Wednesday.It isnttoday.How doyoufeelthismorning”“Fine,said Paul.Really fine!”Suddenly hereally feltfine.

66.Could Paulfall asleeplastnight

67.Why didhe feelterrible

68.Where didhe findhishistorynotebook

69.Paul wasreally ill,wasnthe

70.Did Paulget awrong dateofthehistory test

13.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Mr Joneshadanice browncoat.He lovedit verymuch,but hiswife didnot likeit,because itwas old.She oftensaid,“Give ittoapoor man.But Jonesalways said,“No,Ilike this coat.”Then a cigarette（香烟）fell onitand made a hole（洞）in it,so MrsJones said,“Pleasedon twear itagain.Mr Jonestook ittoasmall tailorsshop（裁缝店）andsaidtothe tailor,“Please makeanother coatlikethisone.”The tailormade the coat verycarefully.Then lit（点燃）acigarette,andmadea holeinitinthesame place.

61.Why didnt MrsJones likethecoat

62.Why didnt Mr Jones wantanew coat

63.What didMrJonesdo whenaholewas madeinthecoat

64.Was thetailor carefulwhenhemade thecoat

65.Was thenewcoatthesameastheold oneintheend

14.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题HOUSE FORSALE（出售）Comfortable（舒适的）family homewith largegarden onnorthside oftown.Three bedrooms,living room,kitchen,bathroom.Pay¥280,OOOfor it.The Brownsare lookingforanew house.Mr.Brown wantsto liveonthenorth sideof thetownnear hiswork.Mrs.Brown wantsa housewith fourbedrooms.Their childrendon，t carewhatthe houseislikebut thegarden isbig enough.DRIVER WANTEDfor busyrestaurant（饭店）Some eveningand weekendwork.All mealsfree.Ring

3320178.Jack hasalways wantedtodrive.He thinksits veryinteresting.The workis hardbut hedoesn，t mind.He hastowork inthe eveningsand atweekends but hecangetsomeweekdays off.Its notvery wellpaid,buthenever minds.JOIN OURFOOTBALL TEAM.Boys andgirls wantedtoplay foralocal（本地的）football team.Aged9—

13.Meet inGreen Parkon Fridaysat3pm.TomThere，sanew football team startinginthevillage,Mum.Im oldenough toplay init.School isover athalfpastthree,so Idhave plentyof time.MumWell,Im sureyou coulddo yourhomework inthe evenings.But look,Tom,youhaven，t readthe papercarefully.You cantpossibly playforthisteam.

1.What doyou thinkofthe house

2.Why didntthe Brownsbuy thehouseinthe advertisement（广告）？

3.Why doesJack wanttogetthejobintherestaurant

4.Why can，tTomplayforthenewfootballteam

15.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题One dayan oldman wasselling abig elephant.A youngman cametothe elephant andbeganto lookatitslowly and carefully.The oldman wenttohimandsaid,“Don tsay anythingaboutthe elephant before Isell it,andthenI11give yousome meat.”“All right,“saidthe youngman.After theoldmansold theelephant,he gavethe youngman somemeat andsaid,“Now,can youtell mehow yousee thebad earsoftheelephantv Ididntfindthebadears.said the youngman.Then whydidyoulookattheelephant slowly andcarefully”asked theoldman.The youngman answered,“Because Ihad neverseen anelephantbefore,andIwantedtoknow whatit lookedlike.”

1.What wastheoldman doing

2.What didtheoldman askthe youngmannottodo

3.What wasthe matterwiththeelephant

4.What didtheoldman givetotheyoungman

5.Why didtheyoungman lookattheelephantslowlyandcarefully

16.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题We liveintheucomputer age”.People likescientists,teachers,writers。