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八年级英语单元测试阅读短文回答问题练习题道24学校名称班级学号姓名
1.阅读下面的短文，回答所提问题Air is around us.It is around uswhen wewalk andplay.From the time weareborn,air is around uson everyside.When wesit down,it saround us;whenwe go to bed,air isalso aroundus.We livein air.All livingthings needair.Living thingscan tlive without air.We cangowithout food or waterfor afew days,but wecan tlive formore thana fewminuteswithoutair.We takein air.When we are working or running,we needmore air.Whenwe are asleep,we need less air.We livein air,but wecan tsee it.We canonly feel it.We canfeelitwhen it is moving.Moving airis calledwind.How can you makeair moveHere isone way:Hold anopen bookinyour hands in frontof yourface.Close itquickly.What canyou feelWhat you feelis theair.
1.Is thereair aroundus fromthetimewe areborn
2.Do we needlessair whenweareworkingorrunning
3.What dowe callair whenitismoving
4.What doweneedmost withoutfoodorwater
5.Can wesee airor feelair
2.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 couldnot be usedthen.Last year,however,it came into use.Over ahundred peoplemust havebeendriven awayfrom their homes bythe noise.I amone of the fewpeople left.Sometimes I thinkthis housewill beknocked downby apassing plane.I havebeen 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 quietMrs.White has a shopin thetown.There areall kinds of 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 and nice.She rememberedher sonFrankliked thembest,so shebrought somehome forher son.After lunch,she wentout andleftthe appleson the table.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 muchwaterv asked the mother.“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
17.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,said awoman.uHenry isill.And Ihave to take himtohospital.But Lucyis tooyoung・・・“Dont worry.I11go andlook afterher.But where，s yourhusband James”“Hes gone to London.Hell beback attwo tomorrowmorning.Mrs.Jackson wason dutyin thehospital thatnight andMr.Jackson hadto goto 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 wifecameinto the bedroomand itwoke himup.He had a look atthe clockon the wall andfound itwas half past 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.“No,you arent,said Mrs.Jackson.Its Saturday.v
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U）in thispassage
18.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 his notes,“What shallI do”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 testtoday.Jack said.“I wrotedown the date inmy notebook.The testwill benext Wednesday.It isnttoday.How doyoufeelthismorning”“Fine saidPaul.Really fine!”Suddenly hereally feltfine.
66.Could Paulfall asleeplastnight
67.Why didhe feelterrible
68.Where didhe findhishistorynotebook
69.Paul wasreally ill,wasn,t he
70.Did Paulget awrong dateof thehistory test
19.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 coat likethisone.”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 didMrJonesdo whenaholewas madein thecoat
64.Was thetailor carefulwhen hemade thecoat
65.Was the newcoat thesameas the old onein theend
20.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 Y280,OOOfor it.The Brownsare looking for a new house.Mr.Brown wantsto liveon thenorth sideof thetownnear hiswork.Mrs.Brown wantsa housewith fourbedrooms.Their childrendon，t carewhat the houseis likebut 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 has towork in the eveningsand atweekends but he canget someweekdays off.Its notvery wellpaid,but he never minds.JOIN OURFOOTBALL TEAM.Boys andgirls wanted to play for alocal（本地的）football team.Aged9—
13.Meet inGreen Parkon Fridaysat3pm.TomThere，sa new football team startingin thevillage,Mum.Im oldenough toplay init.School isover athalfpastthree,so Id have plentyof time.MumWell,Im sureyou coulddo yourhomework in the evenings.But look,Tom,youhaven，t readthe papercarefully.You can，t possiblyplay forthis team.
1.What doyou thinkofthe house
2.Why didn，ttheBrowns buythe housein theadvertisement（广告）？
3.Why doesJack want to getthe job in therestaurant
4.Why can，t Tomplayforthenewfootballteam
21.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 then I11give yousome meat.”“All right,“saidthe young man.After the old mansold theelephant,he gavethe youngman somemeat andsaid,“Now,canyoutell mehow yousee thebad earsoftheelephant”“I didnt findthe badears.said the youngman.Then whydid youlookat theelephant slowly andcarefully”askedthe old man.The youngman answered,uBecause Ihad neverseen anelephantbefore,and I wantedtoknow 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 giveto theyoungman
5.Why didtheyoungman lookat theelephantslowlyandcarefully
22.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题We livein theucomputer age”.People likescientists,teachers,writers andstudentsuse computers to doall kindsof work.But morethan thirtyyears ago,computers couldntdo much.They werevery bigand expensive.Very fewpeople wereinterested in them andknewhow to use them.Today computersare smallerand cheaper.Since they can dolot of work,many peoplelike touse them.Some peopleeven havethem at home.Computers becomeveryimportant becausetheycanwork fasterthan menand makefew mistakes.Computers canhelppeople doa lot ofwork.Writers nowuse computersto write.Teachers usethem tohelp teaching.Students usethem tostudy andchildren usethem toplay games.Computers canalso rememberwhatyou putinto them.Computers are very usefuland helpful.They areour goodfriends.Do youwant tohave acomputer
16.What sthe Chinesefor“computer age”
17.How werethe computersover thirtyyears agoIS.Why domore andmore peopleuse computers
19.What dowriters usecomputersto do
20.Do computershave amemory
23.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Today isJane sbirthday.It isseven oclock.Everything wasready.On thetable,there aremany differentkindsoffood.And in the middle ofthetable,there isa verybigcake.Jane islooking atit,and feelsexcited.Why didnt theycome bythenItold themtocome atseven.Jane saidto hermother worriedly.One,two,three...Twenty-five minutespassed.But noone came.Jane ranto the door andopened it.No onewas there.When itwashalf pastseven,the doorbellrang.Jane openedthedoorquickly,Happy birthdayto you!”they said.And theygave someflowers 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 themiddleofthetable
3.When didJanesfriends come
4.What didthey givetoJane
5.Did theyhave a good time
24.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 goto work.After lunchhe beganto talk withhis son.“You arenine years old now,〃said Mr.Green,“When I was nine,I listenedto theteacherscarefully inclass anddid all my homeworkathome.So Icould answerall myteachers，questions.I was good atallmylessons.And MissBrown,our Englishteacher,liked meverymuch.Iwasher pet・“〃Your teacherwas poor,Ithink,〃said Tom.“How doyou knowaboutit〃“She couldn，t afforda dog.〃
41.Why is Toms fatherworried about him
42.When didTom，s fathertalkwithhim
43.Tom，s teacherstold Mr.Green abouthis son，s studyin school,didn，t they
44.Was MissBrown Tom，s Englishteacher
45.Did Tomthink MissBrown wasvery poor
3.How manypeople lefttheirhomesbecause ofthe noise
4.What ishe determinedto do
5.What doeseverybody sayabouthim
3.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,uDave,you haveonly gotone goodshirt.The othersareveryold,and theyhavegot holesin them.Im goingto buyyou a new onethis afternoon.Dave likedhis old shirts,but heloved hiswife 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 thenhesaid,“Look at the sleeves（袖子），Mary.Theyare toolong.”“Thats allright,“Mary answered.They willget shorterafter Iwash them.”Then Davesaid,“Yes,you areclever.
1.Why didMary want to buyDave anew shirt
2.Why didn，t Davelikethesleeves ofhis newshirt
3.Why didntDave lethiswifethrow hisoldshirtaway
4.What didMary sayaboutthesleeves
5.Do youthink Maryis clever
4.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Winter isa 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）in thesnow tostart thesled.He orshe canalso asksomeone elseforhelp.In asled,there canbe oneperson orseveral.Usually,youhaveto lieon yourback,feet firstin asled.As youtravel,you moveyourbody andfeet tokeep itintheright direction（方向）.There isa specialsled calledthe skeletonsled（骨架雪橇）.It svery different.On a skeleton,you lieon yourstomach anddrive thesled in a head-first way.It isveryfast!Many areafraid toride it.But oncethey tryit theywant to 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
6.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Some childrenwish to be writerssome day.They meanthat theywant towrite storiesorbooks whichmanypeoplewill read.I wouldliketoremind（提酉星）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 longto dothe readinghomework yourteacherasks youtodo.Then youwill havetime toread otherbooks forfun.Because youread sowell,you keeplookingformore bookstoread.While makingup yourmind tobecome agood 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
6.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 henever hasto botherto book（订）ticketsor collectthem inadvance（提前）.Going to the stationand buyinga ticketare what hehas 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 weekwhen he wason atrain,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
7.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 wasonlysix yearsold.She studiedFrench atuniversity,and thenworkedas asecretary inLondon.She hadthe ideafor Harry Potter whenshe wasonatrain.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 wasunemployed atthattime.She wrotein cafesbecause therewere warmerthan hersmall house.After fiveyearsshe finishedthe firstbook,HarryPotterand thePhilosophers Stone.The booksold millionsofcopies all over theworld,and J.K.Rowling becamevery famous.
56.When didJ.K.Rowling writeher firststory.
57.What wasJ.K.Rowling，s firstjob.
58.What，sJ.K.Rowlings daughtersname.
59.Why didJ.K.Rowling writein cafes.
60.Why isJ.K.Rowling famous・
8.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Eton Collegeis inEngland.It sa school for boysbetween theages of13and
18.Boyslive inschoolforlive fiveyears.Teachers canhelp them.But theymust lookthemselves.Look atthe picture!This isPrince Harrys room.On thedesk,there isa pictureofhis motherPrincess Diana.There aremany waysteach andmany waysto learnin Eton College.Each classhas aboutand discusswith them.Boys canget theirneeds.Prince Harrylikesdrawing andacts inplays.EtonCollegehas manygames.Football is in autumn.The FieldGame isinspring andsummer.When aboy isgood atgames,he iswelcome.Prince Harrysfavorite gameis the Wall Game.The WallGameislike football.Players playa ball withfeet.They cantouch theground withfeet andhands.When playersstand againstthewall,the gamestarts.
51.What kindof schoolis EtonCollege.52Who makesmeals forPrince Harry53How doteachers teachthe studentsin EtonCollege
54.What dothe boysplay inspring fromthe passage
55.Can playerstouch theballwithhandsintheWallGame
9.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 sixteenand oneofthe girlsis seventeen.I alsoknowthatTom isolder thanMary,but Joanisn t.
1.How manybrothers andsisters are there in this familyThere are.
2.How oldisTomHeL s
3.How oldis Mary_She s
4.How oldis MikeHe s
5.How oldis JoanShe s
10.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 whodidnot give upeasily.One summer,Walt Disneywanted ajobin apost office,but theytold himthat hewastooyoung.He wenthome,drew somelineson hisface.And puton hisfathers suitand hat.Then hewent backto thesame officeandtold themhewas
18.He got the 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 didnot giveup hisidea.In1955,Disneyland openedtothe publicand becamethe mostsuccessful amusementpark inthe USA.Walt Disney,s dreamcome true.
1.When Walt Disney createMickeyMouse
2.What isWaltDisneys dream.Did itcometrue
3.Was WaltDisney18yearsoldwhenhegotthejobinthe post office
4.Where isthe firstDisneyland
5.What sthe meaningof giveup
11.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 friendcameto see Frank.He knockedatthedoor loudly.Frank cameto thedoor,but dicint openit.He shoutedatthevisitor frominside.“I cant hearyou!Please ringthe doorbell!”
56.What didFrank buy
57.Why wasnt Frankhappy
58.Who cametoseeFrank oneday
59.Why didnt Frankopen thedoor
60.Did Frankhear theknock
12.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Mrs Whitehasason.His nameis Sam White.The youngman beginsto workinapost officeina citythis Autumn.He askshis motherto visitthe city.The old woman ishappy andcatchesa train.She soonarrives inthe city,but shedoesnt knowwhere thepost office is.Shebegins tolook forit,but shecan，t findit.At abus stop she asksan oldman,“Excuseme,sir.How canI gettothepost office”“There areabout fortypost officesin ourcity,“says theoldman.Which onedoyou wantto find”The oldwoman givesSam，s letterto himandtheoldman says,“Walk alongthis streetandtake thefourth turningontheleft.His postofficeisjust there.〃Mrs Whitethanks theoldman and soonfinds her son.They arevery happy.A weeklaterthe womangoes tothe zoo.She seesall kindsof animals.But shecan，trememberthe waybacktothepostoffice.At thesame busstopshemeets thesame oldmanandshe asksthesame questionagain.〃0h dear!z/theoldmansays.Are youstill lookingfor yourson”
1.Where doesSamWhitework
2.How doesMrs Whitegotothe city
3.Does theoldwomanknowhowto getto herson，s postoffice
4.How manypost officesarethereinthiscity
5.Does theoldmanthink MrsWhite foundherson，s postoffice
13.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 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 saidto him,It sselfish（自私的）totakethe biggeroneforyourself.If fatherhad givenmethe oranges,Idhavegiven youthe biggerone.”“I knowyou would,“answered hisbrother.That swhy Itook it.”
11.“What wasMr Smithdoing onemorning
12.What didhis youngerson askfor
13.Did theson getwhathewanted
14.Who gotthe biggerorange
15.Why didthe elderbrother say thathisbrother wasselfish
14.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Sandy,Billy andSue areinthezoo.They arenow standingnear themonkeys，cage.〃That，sanice monkey,〃Sandy says.〃Hes likeBilly.〃No,he，snot!”Billy answers.〃Hes likeyou.He，sgood at runningand jumping.”You seehe wantssome nuts.z/Sue says,“Give himsome nuts,Sandy./z Sandyis throwingsome nutsinto thecage.Give himsomesweets,Billy.〃〃He likesnuts,but hedoesn，tlikesweets,，z Sue says.〃Look!”Sandysays.〃The monkeyis pointing（指）atBilT sbag.He cansee thebananas init.Give hima banana,Billy.He wantsit・〃〃No!〃Billy says.〃I can，tgivemy bananastohim.I wantto eatthem.〃〃Please giveit tohim,〃Suesays〃No!”Billy shouts〃He caneat nuts,buthecan，t eatmy bananas!〃
11.What arethe childrendoing.
12.Is Sandygoodatsports
13.What isSandy throwingtothemonkeys
14.What doesBilly likeeating
15.Does Billywanttogive themonkeys bananas
1.Did Davidwin anymoney before
2.What doesDavid alwayssay
3.What doesPenny wanttodofirst ifthey winthe pools
4.What willhappen tothem ifthey spendallthemoney
5.Is iteasy fora persontoalotofmoney bydoing thefootball pools
16.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题:。
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