八年级英语阅读理解竞赛

1、2012年珠岙中学八年级英语阅读竞赛AA little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls, and nobody liked her. So she was always unhappy and didnt like to talk to others. However, one day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip（发夹）. When she wore it, she looked much more beautiful than before. She decid

2、ed to wear it to school.On her way to school she found that everyone who saw her smiled at her. Most of her schoolmates said “hello” to her, but this never happened before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip had brought her them all. She was so happy about all of the wonderful things. Although

3、 she didnt tell her classmates about her beautiful hair clip, they all wanted to know what had happened to her.When she went back home after school. Her mother asked her, “Did you know you dropped your hair clip? I found it by the door this morning.”She understood that she hadnt worn the hair clip t

4、o school at all.It is not important what we wear or how we look. The most important is how we think about ourselves.根据短文内容判断正误，正确的在题前括号内写T，错误的写F。1. The little girl was not beautiful because she had no money to buy a hair clip.2. Her mother didnt like the little girl, either.3. Most of the schoolmate

5、s liked her beautiful hair clip very much on that day.4. Her mother found the clip by the door after the girl went to school.5. It is not important what we wear or how we look.BBritains smallest school was closed down because its only pupil failed to turn up for class, a famous Britain newspaper rep

6、orted in May.The newspaper said the six-year-old girls parents were unhappy with a teacher who just got the new job to teach the only pupil.The school had been closed for the last nine months after its former（前任的）teacher retired and the only other pupil moved on to a secondary（中等的）school. The new te

7、acher, Ms. Puckey was to start teaching the girl and reopen（再次打开）the school.But the girls mother is keeping her daughter at home.“I was not pleased with the new teacher,”the mother said. “I had told the old teacher as far back as last September that if Ms. Puckey got the job, my child would not be g

8、oing to school.”The school lies on an island off the northeast of Scotland. Although there was only one pupil, the school is very good in many ways and has a headmaster, three computers, a television, and an art room as well as a school house with three bedrooms.66. The reading is about .A. the smal

9、lest school that was closed downB. the only pupil in the smallest schoolC. the new teacher and her teaching D. the old teacher who just retired67. “Turn up”in the reading means “ ”。Apass an exam B. go to schoolC. pay money D. hand in homework68. From the reading we can know that the school .A. is to

10、o far for the students B. does not have enough teachersC. does not have many pupils D. is new but small69. Before the school was closed down, .A. the girls mother wanted to teach her daughter at homeB. the only pupil had to move to a secondary schoolC. a famous newspaper had written something about

11、it D. the girls mother had a talk with the former teacher70. The reading does not say but we can infer .A. the girls mother had only one childB. the new teacher was not kind to the girlC. the old teacher was fit to teach the girlD. the parents were unhappy with the schoolC为了挣钱，很多生活在农村的父母到大城市里工作，而把孩子

12、放在家里，这些孩子的生活又是怎么样的呢？Many villagers have left to make a living in big cities. As a result, their children have become “leftover children” and they need more care. The survey below is from villages in Jingyang, Shanxi Province. 200 children there were chosen to answer the questions.What they wantLoveM

13、oneyFreedomControlSomething else30%18%28%10%4%Whom to communicate withOneselfFamily membersNo one27%55%18%Whether they can communicate with their parents freelyYesA little difficultNo 46%44%10%The way they prefer to liveLiving with parentsLiving with grandparentsNo idea58%14%28%What they think of pa

14、rents working in the cityBad Good No idea26%32.5%41.5%Happiest placeSchool Home Friends homes28%18%9%根据表格内容，选择最佳答案。31. Of the five needs, leftover children need _ most.A. freedom B. money C. control D. love32. Which of the following is true?A. All of the children are the happiest to stay at home wit

15、hout parents.B. About one out of every two children has no one to talk with.C. 41.5% of the children arent sure whether their parents working in the city is good or not.D. 12.5% of the children think it is good to live with their parents.33. How many children think parents working in the city is bad

16、?A. 52% B. 32.5% C. 65% D. 26%34. From the survey, we learn that _.A. the leftover children can get more money B. most children prefer to live with their parentsC. the leftover children want to live in big cities D. only a few children are welcome to their family35. Which is the happiest place for l

17、eftover children to stay according to the survey?A. Their own home. B. Friends home. C. Big city. D. School.DTake a class at Dulangkou School, and youll see lots of things different from other schools, You can see the desks are not in rows（排）and students sit in groups. They put their desks together

18、so theyre facing each other. How can they see the blackboard? There are three blackboards on the three walls of the classroom!The school calls the new way of learning “Tuantuanzuo”, meaning sitting in groups. Wei Liying, a Junior 3 teacher, said it was to give students more chances to communicate.Ea

19、ch group has five or six students, according to Wei, and they play different roles（角色）.There is a team leader who takes care of the whole group. There is a “study leader”who makes sure that everyone finishes their homework. And there is a discipline（纪律）leader who makes sure that nobody chats in clas

20、s.Wang Lin is a team leader. The 15-year-old said that having to deal with so many things was tiring.“I just looked after my own business before,”said Wang. “But now I have to think about my five group members.”But Wang has got used to it and can see the benefits（好处）now.“I used to speak too little.

21、But being a team leader means you have to talk a lot. You could even call me an excellent speaker today.”Zhang Qi, 16, was weak in English. She used to get about 70 in English tests. But in a recent test, Zhang got a grade of more than 80.“I hardly asked others when I had problems with my English te

22、sts. But now I can ask the team leader or study leader. They are really helpful.”51. What makes Dulangkou School different from others? A. The students desks are in rows. B. Students sit and study in groups.C. There are three blackboards in the classroom. D. Both B and C.52. A discipline leader is s

23、upposed to .A. take care of the whole groupB. make sure that everybody finishes homeworkC. make sure that nobody chats in classD. collect all the homework and hand it in to teachers53. The new way of learning is said to give students more chances to .A. chat with each other B. listen to the teacher

24、C. make friends D. communicate54. We can see from the story that some students this new way of learning.A. get benefits from B. are tired of C. cannot get used to D. hate55. How many leaders are there in one group?A. Three. B. Four. C. Two. D. Five or six.EDrinking water is good for your health. The

25、re are some scientific ways of drinking water.1. It is the best medicine to drink two glasses of water in the morning.2. Drink clean water.3. Drink the water that has not been boiled.Many people think boiled water is safe and good to peoples health. In fact, it is not true. The boiling point of wate

26、r is 100. By boiling it, most bacteria（细菌）in water can be killed. In the past, the water was less polluted. So boiling was a good way to make clean water. But heavy metals and other dangerous things in todays water are much more terrible than bacteria. Boiling doesnt fix that problem. And boiling wa

27、ter may give us more of the dangerous things in our glass.4. Never use soft drinks to take the place of water.5. Water is also needed in winter.6. Drink water at the right time.1) After getting up in the morning, you have less water in your body, because you werent drinking for the whole night. So y

28、ou should drink some water to keep your health after getting up in the morning. That can prevent high blood pressure, cerebral hemorrhages（脑溢血）and so on.2) Drinking water at about 10 am helps your body keep enough water.3) Drinking water at about 3 pm can clean out the wastes in your body.4) About e

29、ight oclock in the evening is the best time to drink water. Your blood gets thicker when you sleep. Water will make your blood less thick.Besides, we should drink 2L of water every day. Water is so important for our life. We should drink water often.56. According to the passage, in the morning is th

30、e best .A. drinking some hot soup, medicine B. drinking some porridge, breakfastC. drinking some water, medicine D. Drinking some soft drinks, medicine57. can prevent high blood pressure, cerebral hemorrhages and so on.A. Drinking some water after getting up in the morningB. Drinking some water befo

31、re going to bedC. Drinking some soft drinks after getting up D. Drinking some milk before going to bed58. At about 3 pm, drinking water can clean out the in your body.A. oil B. food C. wastes D. fat59. From the passage, we can see the best time to drink water is .A. about eight oclock in the morning

32、 B. about eight oclock in the eveningC. before supper D. at night60. The best title to this passage is .A. Drink clean water B. Dont drink the boiled waterC. The use of water D. Scientific water drinkingFThere is not enough oil in the world now. As time goes by, it becomes less and less, so what are

33、 we going to do when it runs out? Perhaps we will go back to using horses, carriages and bicycles.In the Second World War, some people didnt use gas made from petroleum(石油) in their cars. They made gas from wood and plants instead. The car didnt go fast, but they ran, so this was better than nothing

34、. However, in the future, we cant cut down all our trees to make gas; we need our trees for other things, too.Besides different types of gas, we can also use electricity(电) to run our cars, but first we must make the electricity! Some countries have coal(煤) and they make electricity with that, but w

35、e might not always have coal, either. Other countries have big, strong rivers, and they can use the power of water to turn turbines(涡轮机) and make electricity more easily and cheaply.We are also able to get power from the ocean tides. We put turbines into the mouth of the river. Then the tide comes i

36、n, the water turns the turbines and then it goes out, it turns them again.Which of these ways will be used to run our cars in the future?61. When might people have to go back to using horses and carriages?A. When they are poor. B. When they run out of oil.C. When they need more exercise. D. When the

37、re arent any big trees in the world.62. What did some people use to make gas in the Second World War?A. Water. B. Coal. C. Wood and plants. D. Tides.63. How many ways are suggested to make electricity in the passage?A. 2. B. 5. C. 4. D. 3.64. According to the passage, which of the following statemen

38、ts is TRUE? A. There is more petroleum than we can use now.B. Trees are needed for some other things besides making gas.C. We got electricity from ocean tides in the old days. D. Gas wasnt used to run cars in the Second World War.65. The passage is mainly about _.A. how to run our cars B. what to do

39、 when oil runs outC. different types of gas D. the ways to make electricityG阅读短文，然后完成下面的表格。每空一词。Everyone has got two personalities（个性）the one that is shown to the world and the other is hidden and real. You dont show your hidden personality when you are awake because you are clear what to do and wha

40、t not to do, but when you are asleep, your sleep position shows the real you. On a usual night, of course, people change their positions from time to time. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.If you go to sleep on your back, you are a very open person. You usually believe peopl

41、e and you are easy to accept new lifestyle or new ideas. You dont like to ask for help from others. You dont like to trouble people, either. So you never express your real feeling. You are quite a shy person and you arent very confident.If you sleep on your stomach, you are rather a person who is no

42、t known well to others. You worry a lot and always easily get upset. You dont pay attention to your job. You are always stubborn（倔强的）. You usually live for today not tomorrow. This means you enjoy having a good time.If you sleep curling up（蜷缩） your body, you are probably a very nervous person, but y

43、ou are very kind and patient. You are shy and dont usually like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You are easily hurt.If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strength and weakness. You are usually careful. You have a confident personalit

44、y. You sometimes feel anxious, but you dont often feel sad. You always say what you think even if it makes people upset.sleep positionspersonalitieslikesdislikeson your backopen, shy, not confidentto believe people, to accept new 66 or new ideasto ask for helpto trouble peopleon your 67 stubbornto 6

45、8 a lot, to get upset easilyto pay attention to your jobcurling up your bodynervous, shy, kind and 69 to be on your ownto meet peopleon your sidewell-balanced, careful, confidentto feel anxiousto feel 70 HA passenger(乘客) told an air hostess（空姐）that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when

46、the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the water in ten minutes. Thirty minutes later, when the passengers ring for service sounded, the air hostess flew busily. She was kept so busy that she forgot to give him the water. As a result, the passenger was held up(延迟) to take his

47、 medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he refused it.In the following hours on the flight, each time the airline hostess passed the passenger she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not. But the passenger never paid attention to her. When he was going to get off

48、 the plane, the passenger asked the airline hostess to hand him the passengers brochure（意见簿）. She was very sad. She knew that he would write down bad words, but with a smile she handed it to him. Off the plane, she opened the booklet, and broke a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you

49、asked me whether I need help or not for twelve times in all. How can I refuse your twelve sincere smiles?” Thats right! Who can refuse your twelve sincere smiles from a person?52. What did the passenger need when the plane just took off? A. A booklet to write something. B. A cup of water to take his

50、 medicine. C. The stewardess to make an apologize. D. To get off the plane at once.53. Why was the air hostess very sad?A. She thought the passenger would write down bad words.B. She thought she couldnt give the passenger any help.C. She thought the passenger would tell her manager.D. She thought sh

51、e should say sorry to the passenger again.54. The Chinese meaning of the word “sincere” is _. A. 自豪的 B. 婉转的 C. 真诚的 D. 委屈的55. What is the best title for the passage? A. The air hostess. B. A cup of water.C. Twelve smiles. D. On the plane.IHappy Farm is an online game. It is very popular among people

52、in China. The game offers you a piece of empty land and some seeds (种子) at first. You are like the farmer. If your land is small, you can spend some money to make it big. And you must harvest your things on the farm on time, or some other farmers will steal your fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs and so

53、 on. Of course, you can steal theirs. If you want to make money, you must sell your things out. Some Chinese websites have offered this game to its users. So far, it is said that about 16 million Chinese people are playing this game. Some people were so crazy (疯狂的) that they even get up in the midni

54、ght to harvest their crops and steal others. Happy Farm brings happiness to people. It is really a fascinating game. But it also brings many problems. It is reported that a baby died in a hospital just because the doctor didnt give him timely treatment. Do you know what the doctor was doing? He was

55、playing Happy Farm! There are many stories like this. 49. According to this passage, what is very popular in China?A. The farmer B. Happy Farm C. The Chinese website D. The Doctor50. Which is the right order to play the game Happy Farm?a. Plant some crops. b. Harvest your crops on time. c. Sell your things out. d. Get land and some seeds. A. d-b-c-a B. a-d-c-b C. d-a-b-c D. c-d-a-b 51. Many people are so involved in the game Happy Farm that they get up in the midnight _. A. to harvest and steal crops B. to chat with others C. to