八年级下英语阅读竞赛题

新目标英语八年下阅读理解20篇阅读理解1Jackisatwenty-year-oldyoungman.Twoyearsago,whenhefinishedmiddleschool,hefoundworkinashop.Usuallyheworksuntilteno'clockintheevening.Heisverytiredwhenhegetshome.Afteraquicksupperhegoestobedandsoonfallsasleep.Hisgrandmawholivesdownstairsissatisfiedwith(满意)him.Oneday,onhiswayhome,hemetMary.Theywerebothhappy.Heaskedthegirltohishouse,sheagreedhappily.Heboughtsomefruitanddrinksforher.Andtheytalkedabouttheirschool,teachers,classmatesandtheirfuture(未来).Theytalkedforalongtime.“Havealookatyourwatch,please,”saidthegirl.“Whattimeisitnow?”“Sorry,somethingiswrongwithmywatch,”saidJack.“Where'syours?”“Ileftitathome.”Jackthoughtforamomentandfoundaway.Hebegantostamphisfootonthefloor,“Bang!Bang!Bang!”Thesoundwokehisgrandmaup.Theoldwomanshouteddownstairs,“It'stwelveo'clockinthenight,Jack.Whyareyoustilljumpingupstairs?”()1.Jackwaswhenhefinishedmiddleschool.sixteenB.eighteenC.twentyD.fifteenTOC\o"1-5"\h\z()2.TheoldwomanissatisfiedwithJackbecause.he'shergrandsonB.he'scleverC.hecankeepquietD.hegetshomeontime()3.Fromthestory,wecanknowthatMaryisJack's.classmateB.colleague(同事)C.auntD.wife()4.Theword“stamp”inthestorymeansinChinese.盖印B.跺C.贴邮票D.承认()5.Jackstampedhisfootonthefloorinorder(为了).A.towakehisgrandmauptomakehisgrandmaangrythathisgrandmawasgoingtotellhimthetimethathisgrandmawasgoingtobuyhimawatch参考答案：1．B2．C3．A4．B5．C讲解：1．第一句介绍杰克今年20岁，2年前中学毕业，故选B。2．结合前后文意，前面讲他吃完饭就去睡觉，并且很快就睡着了，文章最后介绍他用脚跺楼，发出声音，奶奶阻止他，说明他奶奶怕吵，综合判断选C。3．由第二段倒数第二句判断。根据文意，他奶奶住他楼下，倒数第二句又讲他用脚在地板上发出“Bang...”的声音，故应是用脚跺楼。因他表坏了，Mary又没带，他们想知道时间阅读理解2WeareallbusytalkingaboutandusingtheInternet（互联网）,buthowmanyofusknowthehistoryoftheInternet?ManypeoplearesurprisedwhentheyfindthattheInternetwassetupinthe1960s.Atthattime,computerswerelargeandexpensive.Computernetworks（网络）didn'tworkwell.Ifonecomputerinthenetworkbrokedown,thenthewholenetworkstopped.Soanewnetworksystemhadtobesetup.Itshouldbegoodenoughtobeusedbymanydifferentcomputers.Ifpartofthenetworkwasnotworking,informationcouldbesentthroughanotherpart.Inthiswaycomputernetworksystemwouldkeeponworkingallthetime.AtfirsttheInternetwasonlyusedbythegovernment,but,intheearly1970s,universities,hospitalsandbankswereallowedtouseittoo.However,computerswerestillveryexpensiveandtheInternetwasdifficulttouse.Bythestartofthe1990s,computersbecamecheaperandeasiertouse.Scientistshadalsodevelopedsoftwarethatmade'surfing'（浏览）theInternetmoreconvenient.Todayitiseasytogeton-line（上网）anditissaidthatmillionsofpeopleusetheInterneteveryday.Sendinge-mailismoreandmorepopularamongstudents.TheInternethasnowbecomeoneofthemostimportantpartsofpeople'slife.判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。()l.TheInternethasahistoryoflessthanthirtyyears.()2.Inthe1960scomputernetworkswentwrongeasily.()3.Computersbecomecheapersothatmanyhospitalsandbankswereallowedtousethem.()4.Peopledidn'thaveenoughsoftwaretogeton-lineconvenientlyuntiltheearly1990s.()5.TheInternethasnowbecomeoneofthemostimportantpartsofpeople'slife.参考答案：1．F2．T3．F4．T5.T讲解：1．第二段开头讲互联网是在60年代建立的，故至今历史已超过30年。2.文中第二段阐明计算机网络工作状况不好(didn'tworkwell)。3．第三段中说明大学、医院等都被允许使用电脑，然而，计算机仍然很贵，并且网络很难使用。4．由第三段最后几句介绍可知，到90年代，计算机便宜且好用。科学家也发展了软件使网上浏览更方便。而本题干用了not…until句型，译为“直到90年代早期人们才有足够的软件上网”。阅读理解4“Cool”isawordwithmanymeanings.Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpressatemperaturethatisalittlebitcold.Astheworldhaschanged,thewordhashadmanydifferentmeanings.“Cool”canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything.Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet,maybeyouwillsay“It'scool.”Youmaythink,“He'ssocool,”whenyouseeyourfavouritefootballer.Weallmaximize(扩大)themeaningof“cool”.Youcanuseitinsteadofmanywordssuchas“new”or“surprising”.Here'saninterestingstorywecanusetoshowthewaythewordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthewaterfall(瀑布)theyhadvisited.Ononestudent'spaperwasjusttheonesentence,“It'ssocool”.Maybehethoughtitwasthebestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt.Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity(缺乏)ofwords.Without“cool”,somepeoplehavenowordstoshowthesamemeaning.Soitisquiteimportanttokeepsomecredibility(可信性).Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthatmakeyourlifeascolourfulastheword“cool”?Ican.AndIthinktheyarealsoverycool.()1.Weknowthattheword“cool”has.onlyonemeaningB.nomeaningsC.manydifferentmeaningsD.thesamemeaning()2.Inthepassage,theword“express”means“”.seeB.showC.knowD.feel()3.Ifyouaresomething,youmaysay,“It'scool.”interestedinB.angryaboutC.afraidofD.unhappywith()4.Thewritertakesanexampletoshowheisthewaythewordisused.A.pleasedwithB.strangetoC.worriedaboutD.carefulwith()5.Inthepassage,thewritersuggests(暗示)thattheword“cool”.A.canbeusedinsteadofmanywordsusuallymeanssomethinginterestingcanmakeyourlifecolourfulmaynotbeascoolasitseems参考答案：1．C2．B3．A4．C5．D讲解：1.见首句。2.由“express”前后词义关系可推断出是“表达”的意思,与“show”同义。3.由第二段首句可知。4.由例子中的学生用cool—词概括出他的所有感受,知cool词义的扩大会导致语言中词汇的缺乏,是令人担忧的。5.结合第4题的答案可做出选择。参考答案：1.A2.D3.A4.D5.C阅读理解11Thebestwayoflearningalanguageisusingit.ThebestwayoflearningEnglishistalkinginEnglishasmuchaspossible.Sometimesyou'llgetyourwordsmixedup(混合)andpeoplewillnotunderstandyou.Sometimespeoplewillsaythingstooquicklyandyoucan'tunderstandthem.Butifyoukeepyoursenseofhumor(幽默感)，youcanalwayshaveagoodlaughatthemistakesyoumake.Don'tbeunhappyifpeopleseemtobelaughingatyourmistakes.It'sbetterforpeopletolaughatyourmistakesthantobeangrywithyou，becausetheydon'tunderstandwhatyouaresaying.ThemostimportantthingforlearningEnglishis：“Don'tbeafraidofmakingmistakesbecauseeveryonemakesmistakes.”()1.Thewriterthinksthatthebestwayforyoutolearnalanguageis.writingB.listeningC.usingitD.learninggrammar()2.WhatshouldyoudoinlearningEnglish?A.Becarefulnottomakeanymistake.Writeasquicklyasyoucan.Laughmoreoften.SpeakEnglishasmuchasyoucan.TOC\o"1-5"\h\z()3.Whenpeoplelaughatyourmistakes，youshould.A.notcareB.behappyC.feelworriedD.beunhappy()4.Whenyoumakeamistake，youshould.A.keepquietB.keepyoursenseofhumorC.bekindD.getangry()5.Thestorytellsus：“”.Onlyfoolish(愚蠢的)peoplemakemistakesFewpeoplemakemistakesPeoplenevermakemistakesThereisnoonewhodoesn'tmakemistakes参考答案：1.C2.D3.A4.B5.D讲解：1.第一句“Thebestwayoflearningalanguageisusingit.”

2.第二句“ThebestwayoflearningEnglishistalkinginEnglishasmuchaspossible.”。3.阅读全文可得此答案。4.阅读全文可得此答案。5.从最后一句ThemostimportantthingforlearningEnglishis：“Don'tbeafraidofmakingmistakesbecauseeveryonemakesmistakes.”可知。阅读理解12DoyouknowwhattheWhiteHouseis?Perhapssomeofyoudo，whileothersdon't.TheWhiteHouseisahouseinWashington.ThepresidentoftheU.S.A.livesinit.It'sreallywhite.ButdoyouknowwhytheWhiteHouseiswhite?Thestoryhappenedin1812.ThatyearEnglandwasatwarwithAmerica.TheBritisharmygottoWashingtonandsetthepresident'shouseonfire.In1814，inordertohidethemarksofthefire，thestonewallsofthepresident'shousewerepaintedwhiteandithasbeenthe“WhiteHouse”eversince.WhiteHouseisahousefor.厂A.theAmericanpeople.厂A.theAmericanpeople.thesoldiersofU.S.A.厂C.thepresidentsofU.S.A.厂D.thepatientsofU.S.A.EnglandfoughtwithAmericainB.1812D.19161810B.1812D.191618143.Thehouseiscalled“WhiteHouse”becauseA.it'scoveredwithsnowthehouseisveryclean厂C.thestonewallsofthehousewerepaintedwhite厂D.theylikewhitecolour4.TheWhiteHousewaspaintedwhitebecauseA.thehouseisoldB.thehouseisnewA.thehouseisoldB.thehouseisnewitwasonceonfireandwaswithmarkstheyhaveenoughpaint5.“eversince”means.厂A.never厂B.once厂C.fromthenon厂D.before参考答案1.C第二段第二句。2.B参看第一段“Thestoryhappenedin1812.”3.C第二段提到：战后为了掩盖火烧的痕迹,所以把房子漆成白色。“WhiteHouse”也由此而来。4.C参看第三段的解释。5.C根据最后句：从此它就成了“WhiteHouse”。阅读理解13TherewouldbeaschoolpartyonFridayevening.Thegirlsweretalkingaboutwhattheyweregoingtowear.“I'mgoingtowearablackdress,soeverybodywillnotice（注意）me,”saidEmily.“Howaboutyou，Linda?”“I'mnotsure.Maybejeans（仔裤）,anoldshirt,andahat.Peoplewillnoticememorethanyou!”Lindasaid.“Whatarewegoingtodoabouttheboys?”askedJane.“Doyourememberthelastschoolparty,lastyear?Theyjuststoodthere,andwegirlshadtodancebyourselves!”“Ihearthatsomeoftheboyslearnedhowtodancethissummer.Maybeit'llbebetterthistime,”saidMary.ThepartywasheldonFridayevening.Groupsofstudentsarrived.Themusicbegan.Thegirlsstoodinalineononeside,andtheboysonanotherside.Mr.Green,theirteacher,triedtogetthemtogether,butfailed.Afterawhile,Timsaid,“Idon'twanttostandherethewholetime.Thepartyisonlyfortwohours.It'llbeoversoon.”Hestartedtodance.Allthe

otherswatchedhim.ThenDavidaskedEmilyifshewantedtodance.ThenJackandLinda.Then，allbegantodance.Soonthereweremoredancersthanwatchers.OnFridayeveningtherewouldbe.厂A.aschoolparty厂A.aschoolparty厂B.aschoolmeeting厂C.asportsmeeting厂C.asportsmeeting「D.abirthdaypartyThegirlsweretalkingaboutwhattheboysweregoingtowearatthepartywhattheyweregoingtowearattheparty厂C.howtoteachtheboystodancehowtodanceWhathappenedwhenthemusicbegan?厂A.DavidaskedEmilytodance.厂B.Groupsofstudentsarrived.TheboysandgirlsbegantodanceD.Thegirlsstoodononeside,andtheboysonanotherside.Whowasthefirstonetodance?DavidB.JackC.TimD.Jane参考答案A细节题。第一句：“TherewouldbeaschoolpartyonFridayevening.”B从文章开头和Linda的对话中得知她们在谈论晚会上她们要穿的衣服。D最后一段提到：音乐响起来的时候，女孩子站在一边，而男孩子站在另一边。C最后一段提到：Afterawhile，Timsaid，“Idon'twanttostandherethewholetime...”Hestartedtodance，因此可知他是第一开始跳舞的人。阅读理解14Amanwenttoafast-foodrestauranttobuyhislunch.“Hi，”aworkersaid.“MayIhelpyou?”“I'dlikeahamburger，largechips，andaCoke.”themansaid.“Anythingelse?”theworkerasked.“No.”themananswered.“That'sit.”“Isthatforhereortogo?”theworkerasked.“Togo.”themansaid.Theworkerputtheman'slunchinabag.Themantookouthismoneyandpaidforhislunch.“Thankyou.”theworkersaid，“Haveaniceday.”Themantookthebagandwalkedtoapark.Hesatdownandopenedthebag.Hewassurprised.Therewasnohamburgerinthebag.Therewerenochips.TherewasnoCoke.Therewasonlymoneyinthebag--alotofmoney!Themancountedthemoney.Twothousanddollars!Whywasthemoneyinthebag?Wherewastheman'slunch?Themanagerofthefast-foodrestaurantneededtogotothebank.Heputtwothousanddollarsinanenvelope(信封).Heputtheenvelopeinabagandputthebagdown.Theworkergavethemanager'sbagtothemanbymistake.Sothemanagerhadahamburger，chipsandaCoke，andthemanhadtwothousanddollars.Whatshouldthemando?()1.Themanwenttoarestaurantto.buyhislunchB.havearestC.selldrinksD.cookfood()2.Themanwantedtohavehislunch.inahotelB.inashopC.inarestaurantD.inapark()3.Whenthemanopenedthebag，hefoundinit.foodB.drinkC.moneyD.nothing()4.couldn'tfindhismoney.ThemanB.ThemanagerC.TheworkerD.Nobody()5.Amanwenttoafast-foodrestauranttobuyhis.A.lunchA.lunchB.dinnerC.breakfastD.meal参考答案A细节题。第一句“Amanwenttoafast-foodrestauranttobuyhislunch.”D细节题。倒数第二段第一句：“Themantookthebagandwalkedtoapark.”3.C细节题。倒数第二段：“Therewasonlymoneyinthebag--alotofmoney!”4.B最后一段回答了这个问题。5.A阅读理解18Theaim（目的）ofstudentswhocametoschoolistostudy.Buttostudyrequires（需要）arightway，oryouwasteeitherthetimeorthemoney.Thefollowingarethewaysofstudying.Thebesttimeforreadingismorning，becauseinthemorning，theairisfreshandthemindisclear.Forthatreason,wecangetgoodresult（结果）.Instudyingwemusthavepatience（耐心）.Ifwehavenotknownatextwell，wemustreaditagain.Weshouldnotreadthenextonetillwehavelearnedthefirstone.Whenwearestudying，wemustputourheartsintothebook，orwecangetnothingfromthebookwhilewearereading.Wemustalwaysask“whys”.Ifitisnotwellunderstood，writeitdownandaskourteachersorourparents，orfriends.Inanypossibleway，wemustknowitcompletelyandwhatwe'velearnedcanbeusedwellandmadebetter.Thoughtherearemanywaysforstudying,yettheabovementioned（提至U的）willbequiteenoughifwecankeeptheminheartanddoso.（）1.Thepassagetellsus.theimportanceofreadingtoreadinthemorningtopayattentiontothewaysofstudyingtohavepatienceinstudying（）2.Thepassagehastaughtuswaysforstudying.A.threeB.fourC.fiveD.many（）3.We'dbetterreadinthemorningbecause.A.it'seasytorememberwhatwehavelearnedtheairisfreshandthemindisclearit'sdifficulttogetgoodresultsbothAandB.()4.Ifwecan'tputourheartsintothebookwhenweread，itis.A.easytounderstanditwellbettertogetsomethingfromitimpossibleforustogetsomethingfromitpossibletolearnsomethingfromit()5.Instudyingwemustalwaysask“whys”inorderto.A.understandthebookwellwritedownthequestionsdowiththenewwordsgetsomequestionstoaskourteachers参考答案CA、B、D选项谈到了文章的局部，这篇文章指了要注意学习的方法，故选C。2.B第二段至第五段分别介绍了学习的方法。3.B细节题。阅读第二段可得此答案。4.C从第四段可知：学习时要用心去学，否则什么也学不到所以C项符合题意。5.A在学习中多问几个“whys”当然是为了更多地了解所学的内容。阅读理解19In26thJanuary，thebiggestearthquake(地震)inIndiatookthelivesof25,000people.Inthemorning，wheneverybodywasenjoyingholiday，earthquakebegan.Itwasabout7.5ontheRitcherscale.“Thereisnothingleftbetweentheskyandtheearthanymore.Everythinghasbeenpulleddown，”saidoneofthevillagersalive.“Thereisnowater，nofoodandnoonehascometohelp.”NobodydiedinPakistan，acountrynexttoIndia.TheCityofLahorewaslucky.InLahoreAmericanSchool，whereIwasstudying，allofthestudentsweresafe.Theywereon

thefield，somostchildrendidn'tfeelanything.Theearthquakewasfeltbytheteachersthatwereonthesecondfloor.However，thoughMrs.Youngwasalsoonthesecondfloor，shedidn'tfeelanything.Shedidn'tknowwhathappeneduntilateachertoldheraboutit.Thoseteacherswhowereontheotherfloorshaddifferentfeelings.Mr.Emend，themathsteacherfromAustralia，saidthatwhentheearthquakestartedhethoughttherewassomethingwrongwithhim，butthenanotherteachersaidthatitwasanearthquake.AfterthosewordsMr.Emendfeltbetter.Mrs.DavisandMr.Frostdidn'tfeelanythingeither.Mymotherdidn'tfeelanything.Shedidn'tevenknowthatitwasanearthquaketillshesawashaking(movingfromsidetoside)light.Mydadsawthecomputershakingandthenhelookedoutofthewindowandsawmanypeoplegoingout.Peopleuse“Ritcherscale”totell.wheretheearthquaketakesplacewhentheearthquaketakesplacehowserioustheearthquakeishowlongtheearthquakelastsWelearnthatfromthesentence“Thereisnothingleftbetweentheskyandtheearthanymore.”IndiaisalargecountrytheIndianpeoplehadnothingaftertheearthquakethereisnotallbuildinginIndia厂D.theearthquakeinIndiawasseriousTheCityofLahoreis.A.inIndiaB.inAmericaC.inPakistanD.inAustraliaA.inIndiaB.inAmericaC.inPakistanD.inAustraliaWhichistrue?A.Iwaswithmyparentswhentheearthquakehappened.TheearthquakeinthecityofLahorewasn'tserious.PeopleintheCityofLahorewerefrightenedwhentheyknewitwasanearthquake.TheteachersinLahoreAmericanSchoolwereafraidoftheearthquake.参考答案C第二句：“Itwasabout7.5ontheRitcherscale.”可知用Ritcherscale来表示地震的程度。B“Thereisnothingleftbetweentheskyandtheearthanymore.”说明地震毁灭了他们所有的一切。C细节题。第二段第一、二句。B阅读第二段可知该地区的地震并没有引起伤亡。阅读理解20“Idon'tlikemyparents.TheyalwaystellmeIshoulddothis,andshouldnotdothat.Itsometimesmakesmeangry，”saidZhangHua，amiddleschoolstudentinGuangzhou.Doyouhavethesameproblem?Perhapsyourparentshadthesameproblemwhentheywereyouragelongago.Whydoesitseemthatsomeparent