牛津译林版8A英语期中专题练习—阅读理解

1、牛津译林版8A英语期中专题练习一阅读理解12 / 12牛津译林版8A英语期中专题练习一阅读理解Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question. Why do some people change their names? There can be many reasons. Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be easier for people to remember. On the other hand, Joseph is think

2、ing about changing his name to an unusual name because she wants to be different.Some famous people often have interesting reasons for changing their names. Film stars, singers, sportsmen often change names because they want names that are not ordinary（普通的）,or that have special sounds. Some even bel

3、ieve that new names can bring them good luck. So many stars chose the “ new name" for themselves instead of the name their parents gave them when they were " born ".Some people have another reason for changing their names. They have moved to a new country and want to use a name that i

4、s usual there. For example, Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he moved to the United States. He uses the name Ken at his job and at school. But with his family and Chinese friends, he uses Li Kaiming. For some people, using different names makes life easier in their new country.In many cou

5、ntries, a woman changes her family name to her husband' s after she gets married.But today, many women are keeping their own family names and not using their husbands '.Sometimes, women use their own names in some situations（情况）and their husbands in other situations. And some use both their

6、own names and their husbands'1. Hanna changes her name to Anne because " Anne" is for people to remember.A. louderB. easierC. prettierD. harder2. Famous people want their new names to .A. be specialB. be ordinary C. be meaningless D. be unknownB. is at his jobD. comes back to ChinaB. W

7、omen' s NamesD. Special Names.3. Li Kaiming uses his new name when he.A. stays with his familyC. is among Chinese friends4. What is the best title of this passage?A. Family Names.C. Changing Names.（2 ）Man has a big brain（脑子）.He can think, learn and speak. Scientists （ 科学家）once thought that man i

8、s different from animals because he can think and learn. They now know that dogs, rats and birds can learn too. They are beginning to understand that man is different from animals because he can speak. Animals can not speak. They make noises when they are afraid or unhappy. Apes（类人猿）can understand s

9、omething more quickly than man. One or two of them have learned a few words. But they cannot put them together to make sentences. They cannot think like us because they have no language.Language is a wonderful thing. Man can build a modern world because he has language.Every child can speak his own

10、language very well when he is four or five, but no animal learns to speak. How do children learn it? Scientists do not really know. What happens inside our body? They do not know. They only know that man can speak because he has a brain.5. Man is different from animals because .A. man can understand

11、 things quickly B. man can learnC. man has a brain D. man has learned to use language 6. Apes cannot .A. speak like man B. make noise C. understand things D. learn words 7. Scientists now know.A.how children learn to speakB. why apes can learn a few wordsC. what happens inside his body when man spea

12、ks D. man' s brain helps him learn to speak8. Which of the following is not true?A. Some animals can learn B. Apes can understand some things more quickly than manC. Apes can put the words together to make sentencesD. Apes have no language though they can learn some words（3 ）John Williams went t

13、o a boarding school （ 寄宿学校）.Here is one letter he wrote to parents from the school.Dear Mom and DadI ' m afraid I have some very bad news for you. I am very naughty （ 淘气的）and the school principal （校长）is very unhappy with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here.

14、 She does not want me in the school any longer.The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette （ 香烟）in bed. This is not right, of course. We mustn ' t smoke at all. As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towthre room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the

15、 cigarette away. Unluckily, the cigarette fell into the waste paper basket, and then it caught fire. There was a curtain （ 窗帘）near the waste paper basket. It caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was burning. The principal phoned for the firemen. The school is a long way from the town and by the tim

16、e the firemen arrived, the whole school was on fire. Many of the girls are in hospital.The principal said that the fire was all because of me and you must pay for the damage （ 损 失 ）.She will send you a bill for about a million dollars. I' m very sorry about this.Much LoveJohnP.S.附言）：None of the

17、above is true, but I failed my exams （ 考试）.I just want you to know how bad things could be!9. What kind of school did John go to?A boarding school.B. A school in a nearby town.C. A very expensive school.D. A school that burnt down.10. What did John say was the reason the principal was unhappy with h

18、im?He had failed his exams.B. He was caught smoking in bed.C. The school caught fire because of him . D. He didn ' t write to his father. 11. How true was the letter before P.S.?A. Partly true.B. All true. C. Untrue. D. The story doesn ' t really tell us.12. Why did John write home?A. To tel

19、l his parents about the fire.B. To ask for a million dollars.C. To tell his parents he failed his exams.D. To tell his parents he has to leave school.Before you start to listen, you need to relax. Don' tbe stressed out. And try to read the questions. These questions usually help you understand t

20、he conversation or the passages better.Then listen carefully to the first sentence. It usually tells you the main idea of the passage.When you ' re listening, try to do some thinking and take some notes, such as:What happened?When, where and how?What does the speaker want to tell us?Please remem

21、ber not to think about one or two words for a long time. When you hear some words you don ' t know, don ' t spend too much time on them. Very often, you' ll find out what themean later when you go on with the listening.13. It ' s better for you to keep when you start to have a listen

22、ing test.A. excitedB. relaxed C. stressed out D. worried14. We should listen to the first sentence carefully, because it usually tells usA. the answer to the questionsC. the main idea of the passage15. When you are listening, itA. remember every wordC. understand all the wordsB. where to write the a

23、nswersD. how much time is left for the listening test s important for you to.8. take some notesD. think about key words for a long time(5)A boy and his father were walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell, hurt himself, and cried, "Ah! 'To his surprise, he heard the voice repeating,

24、somewhere in the mountain, "Ah!" Then the boy shouted. " Who are you? ” He received the answer,“ Who are you? ” He got angrythe answer, so he shouted,愚Foojish (' He received the answer,“ Foolish! ”He looked at his father and asked," What' s going on? ” Hissfaidher smiiedy

25、 sod,listen. " And then he shouted to the mountain, you! ” 'Thoveoice answered,yoiuloveAgain the man shouted, “ You are the best! ” The voice answered, “ You are the best! ”The boy was surprised, but did not understand. Then the father explained, “ People call this 'Echo 'but really

26、 this is life. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection (反映)of what we have done. If you want more love in the world, have more love in your heart. If you want to be successful, work hard. This can be used in everything in life. Life will give you back everything you

27、 have given to it.”16. At first the boy cried because.A. he hurt himself and felt badB. he wanted to give himself a surpriseC. he felt it was so quiet in the mountainD. he hoped his father would help him17. The father shouted to the mountain to.A. find out who was repeating his voiceB. play a joke o

28、n other people in the mountainC. show more examples to his son before giving him the answer D. let his son know whose voice was louder18. The word " Echo" means.A.回音B.低语C.风声D.山谷19. From the story we know.A. the boy didn ' t like others ' voice at allB. the father had his own way to

29、 teach his sonC. it is not polite to repeat others' voiceD. the boy and his father were very tired(6)Coffee has become the most popular American drink. Today people in the United States drink more coffee than people in any of the other countries. People drink coffee at breakfast, at lunch, at di

30、nner and between meals. They drink hot coffee or coffee with ice in it. They drink it at work and at home. They eat coffee ice-cream and coffee candy. Coffee is black and very strong. Different people like to drink it in different ways. Some people like coffee with cream or sugar in it. Other people

31、 like coffee with both cream and sugar in it. In all ways it is served. Coffee has become an international drink.20. Coffee is an drink.A . interestingB. international C. ice-creamD. American21. Different people like to drink coffee.A. at work or at homeB. in different waysC. with cream or sugarD. b

32、etween meals22. Today Americans drink coffee than people in any of the other countries.A. as much asB. lessC. moreD. most23. “ Coffee is black and very strong." The word STRONG here meansA.坚固的B.淡的C.清的D.浓的24. is the most popular American drink.A. Black teaB. CoffeeC. Water with ice D. Whisky(7)C

33、omputers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can ' t do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people. Today more and mor

34、e families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children.They hope computers can help them improve (提高)their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain (抱怨)that compu

35、ters can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes.In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.Will computers really bring trouble to

36、 people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves.25. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because.A. our country asks us to learn itB. it can help us a lotC. we can use it to play gamesD. it can help us to find jobs26. What do many teachers and parents c

37、omplain about?.A. Their students and children use computers to play games.B. Computers let them lost their jobs.C. Computers make the students and children fall behind.D. Computers bring people a lot of trouble.27. In this passage we know computers.A. also bring us troubleB. bring us happiness onlyC

38、. are hated by peopleD. are bad for people ' s health28. Can computers really help children to study?.A. Yes, they can. B. It ' s hard to say. No, they can ' t.D. Of course not.29. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means.A. computers are used by peopleB.

39、 people can live well without computersC. one must decide how to use computers D. computers are strange machines(8)Alice is a young woman. She likes to exercise for her health. She walks five kilometers before breakfast every morning, and goes swimming twice a week at the swimming pool. She doesn &#

40、39; t smoke and never drinks wine. She doesn' t eat chocolate, and she doesn' t eat sweetfoods.One day Alice was on her daily walk when she saw a man sitting in a chair. He looked very oldand his hair was white. He looked thin and weak, and his hands were shaking（ 发抖）,but he looked very happ

41、y.He smiled at her and said,“ Good morning! Lovely day, isn' t it? "He was very happy, and his eyes showed his happiness. But Alice saw that he had no teeth.“Good morning! ” said Alice. "Yes, it ' s a lovely day. ”Alice thought he was old and clever. She thought he must be more tha

42、n 90 years old. She wanted to ask him about the secret of a happy old age.“Excuse me. But what is your secret for being so happy at your age? I hope I can look as happy as you do when I am your age. ”The man in the chair said,“ My secret for happiness? I smoke every day, and drink thseof bottlwine e

43、very day. I eat hamburgers, I eat chocolate and I never eat vegetables. I never walk anywhere and I never play sports. I sit and watch TV all day.”Alice couldn ' understand. She wanted to know how the man got to be so old when he did everything wrong. She thought he should be sick and unhappy. P

44、erhaps she was wrong. Maybe, she thought, people could live a long happy life without eating well and doing lots of sports.“How old are you? ' she asked."It ' s my birthday today. " Said thefomanseven. ”"I am 30. Which is WRONG about the old man?A. He didn h ave any teeth.B. H

45、e was more than 90 years old.C. He looked happy although he looked thin and weak.D. He looked very old.31. How often did the old man do sports?A. Never. B. Often. C. Sometimes. D. Every day.32. How did Alice feel when she heard the old man' s secret for happiness?A. Happy. B. Interested. C. Exci

46、ted. D. Surprised.33. After the old man told Alice about his age, Alice knew .A. the man was in good health for his ageB. the man had a healthier lifestyle than herC. a good lifestyle was important for one' s healthD. people could live a long life without a good lifestyle（9）A group of classmates

47、 got together to visit their old teacher.These classmates all had good jobs and made lots of money. They talked happily. Then their talk soon turned to complaining about the stress （ 压力）in work and life. The teacher went to the kitchen and came back with a large pot of coffee and many cups china （瓷制

48、的）ones, plastic ones and glass ones. Some are plain （朴素的）looking, some are expensive and some are lovely. The teacher told them to help themselves to the coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said,“ Can you notice that all ofyou took nice-looking expensive cups, leavi

49、ng behind the plain and cheap ones? You want onlythe best for yourselves, and that is the source （根源）of your problems. ”w What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you went for the best cups and then began looking at each other' s cups.”n Now think about this: life is the coffee

50、, and the jobs, money and position （ 位置）in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold, and do not change the life. Sometimes, by caring only about the cups, we fail to enjoy the coffee. So don' t let the cups drive you, and enjoy the coffeeinstead. ”34.What cups did the teacher give to hi

51、s students?A. All china cups.B. Plastic and glass cups.C. Beautiful cups.D. Different kinds of cups.35.In their teacher ' s eyes, why did they have so much stress?A. Because they cared too much about things that were not important.B. Because they understood the meaning of life.C. Because they kn

52、ew about life itself and enjoyed it.D. Because they drank too much coffee.36 .What is the best title of this passage?A. Coffee or Cup B. An Old TeacherC. Stress in Your Life D. What Do You Want37 .What can we learn from the teacher' s words?A. We should use the plain and cheap cups to drink coff

53、ee.B. We should think much of cups.C. We should care about life itself instead of unimportant things.D. We should learn how to work out problems in our work and life.（10）Many people hurt their backs when they try to lift heavy things from the floor. It is easy to hurt your back muscle（ 肌肉）when you t

54、ry to pick up a heavy thing. However, there is a correct way to lift things from the floor. If you pick up heavy things correctly, you probably will not hurt your back.To lift something from the floor correctly, first bend （ 弯曲）your knees and lower yourself. Keep your back straight. Do not bent over

55、, from your waist （腰）keep your back and hips （ 臀部）and waist in a line. If you bent over, the muscles in your lower back can became hurt very easily. If you keep your back and hips straight, the muscles are stronger, because they hold up together. The other muscles can then help the lower back muscle

56、s.As you lower yourself, try to get as close to thing as you can, put one knee on each side of the thing. Remember at all times to keep your back straight. Put your hand under the thing that is in front of you, between your knees.To lift the thing, you should stand up slowly. Use your leg muscles in

57、 order to stand up. In other words, lift with your legs, not with your back.38. Which part of your body is more easily to be hurt when you lift heavy things?A. The leg muscles. B. The back muscles C. The hips D. The knees39. Many people hurt their backs when they lift something becauseA. they are no

58、t strongC. the way to lift the things is not correct.40. The muscles are stronger if you.B. the things are very heavyD. they are very heavyA. keep your back, hips and waist in a lineC. lower yourselfB. bend over from your waistD. get down on your knees41. To lift heavy things, the most important of all is toA. stand up slowlyC. bend your kneesB. keep your back straightD. put one knee on each side(11)Michael Jordan is the most famous basketball player in the world. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He didn't like to talk to other people about