外研版八年级上册英语完形填空与阅读理解练习及答案

外研版八年级上册英语完形填空与阅读理解练习及答案

第六模块

完形填空：

“Beproudofwhatyoudo.”Myfatheralwaystoldme,“____abossoracleaner.”WhenIwas15,Igotasummerjob____thatmydutieswouldincludesweepingfloors.IsmiledDad‟swords.myjobwasthelowest,itmademefeelIsawittriedtodoeverythingwell.IwastreatedwithrespectmorningIimaginedthatthedirtydisheswouldmakepatientsmorewerenottheretowashthemclean.Afterstartedsweepingthefloorsofalldonewell.Peoplewouldsay,“Thatyoungboyreallydoesagoodjob.”ThatWorkinginthehospitaltaughtmethatbeingproudofone‟sjobisimportant.Itdoesnotmatterthejobissweepingfloorsormanagingalargebusiness.ThougheveryjobIhaveeverhad,myfather‟swordshavealwaysstayedwithme.Ihavesweptfloors,andIhavebeenamanager.I()1.A.IfB.ThatC.WeatherD.Whether

()2.A.inthehospitalB.inahospitalC.inhospital

()3.A.forgotB.rememberedC.left

()4.A.EvenB.EventhoughC.But

()5.A.excitedB.excitingC.excitement

()6.A.ofB.asC.for

()7.A.intimeB.attimesC.ontime

()8.A.AsreturnB.InreturnC.Forreturn

()9.A.orB.asC.by

()10.A.whenB.ifC.unless

()11.A.didB.doesC.wasdoneD.isdone

()12.A.cleanB.cleaningC.cleaned

()13.A.proudB.prideC.present

()14.A.thatB.whetherC.if

()15.A.dadB.motherC.teacher

阅读理解：

SuHuaisstudyingatCambridge,UK.Shehasboughtabicycleandisworriedaboutsecurity(安全).Herfriend,Kate,foundthisarticleandsentitto

1.Whichpartofthetextgivesyouinformationonhowtolockupyourbicyclewhenyouleaveit?

A.Locks.B.Marking.C.Registration.D.BasicSecurity.

2.Theunderlinedphrase“actasadeterrenttoathief”means______.

A.helpyourecognizeyourbike

B.helpthepolicefindyourbicycle

C.stopsomeonestealingyourbicycle

D.stopyouworryingaboutyourbike

3.Thearticleadvisesyoutokeeparecordofyourbicycle_______.

A.inthebikeshopandyourcomputer

B.inthepolicestationandasecuritycompany

C.inasecuritycompanyandyouruniversity

D.byyourselfandinasecuritycompany

4.Themainpurposeofthisarticleis_________.

A.totellyouwhattodoifyourbicycleisstolen

B.tosuggestwaysofkeepingyourbicyclesafe

C.togiveyouadviceonwheretobuyagoodlock

D.tosaywhyyoushouldn‟tkeepyourbicycleinaquietplace

第五模块

完形填空：

（A）aninterestingplaceandithasalonghistory.MacauisapartofChinaandmostThefirstEuropeanstoreachMacaucamefromPortugal（葡萄牙）.MoreyearsagothePortuguese（葡萄牙人）wenttheretotradewithChina.Somesettled（定居）strongforts（要塞）toguard（保卫）thecityontheisland.TheyalsobuiltfrommanycountriescametoliveandworkinMacau.

Today,manypeoplevisitMacau.Someonlygotheretodog-racingormotor-racingortogamble（赌博）.ButMacauisquietandpeacefulplace.Itispleasantjusttowalkaroundandlookattheoldbuildingsandyouarebackintheolddays.Ofcourse,someofthebuildingsarenowinruins（废墟）.ThechurchofStPaulhasonlythefrontwallWhenyouarehungry,therearegoodrestaurantswithfood.

Nearbyaresomeislands,whicharealsonicetovisitandareeasytogetto.（）1.A.reachB.getC.visitD.land

（）2.A.liveB.livingC.toliveD.lived

（）3.A.hundredsB.hundredofC.hundredD.hundredsof（）4.A.makeB.makingC.tomakeD.made

（）5.A.builtB.madeC.gotD.grew

（）6.A.beganB.grewC.madeD.had

（）7.A.seeB.lookatC.watchD.find

（）8.A.knowB.likeC.hopeD.feel

（）9.A.withB.withoutC.inD.has

（）10.A.onB.inC.withD./

（）11.A.piecesofB.basketsofC.kindsofD.platesof

（）12.A.muchB.manyC.alotofD.alot

B

Thingsgotworseandworse.GrannyGreenalwayslivedinhungerandcold.Shehadhopedthatthegovernmentcouldhelpher,butshefailed.

Itwasacoldwindynight.Theoldwomancouldn‟tfallasleepatall.Shehadtogetup.ShedecidedtowritealettertoGod,askingforhelp.ShewishedGodtogiveher100rubles（卢布），soshecouldbringsomefoodforherself.Whenshefinishedit,shefoundshehadnostamp.Shehadtoputtheletteratacrossingthenextmorning.

Luckilyapolicemanfoundtheletter.Hereadtohiscomrades.Theywereallsomovedthattheygatheredtogether50rublesandsentittothepooroldwoman.

AtfirstGrannyGreenwashappy.Butaftershecountedthemoney,shebecameangryandsaid,“I‟mtoldthatallthingsthataretouchedbypolicemenwillbeonlyahalfleft!”

Fillintheblanksaccordingtothepassageyouread,onlyonewordforeachblank

Anoldwomanlivedapoorlife.Shealwayshadnoandwarmth.Nobodycouldhelpher,eventhegovernment.food.Sheputpolicemanfounditandgatheredtogether50rubles.Thewomanwashappyfirst,

butaftercountingthemoney,shebegantogetangry,becauseshethoughtthe

第四模块

完形填空：

(A)

Canyouswim?Doyoulikeswimming?Yes?Well,howcanyoulearntoswim?Ithinkthebestwayistogointothewaterandlearn.I‟mafraidyou‟llswimming.It‟practice,andpractice.

Listeningandspeakingareveryimportantforbeginners.Thechildrenin模仿)andspeak.mayjustunderstand___words.Itdoesn‟tmatter.Justbe___togetthemaintopics,thenthemainideas,thenthekeywords,thentheReadingandwritingaremoreimportantforschoolstudents.FirstwemustchoosethebooksweareAlotofreadingwillyourlanguagesense.Thisisthemostimportant.

KeepEnglishdiaries.WecanalsowriteEnglisharticles.WemayevenpostthemEnglishmagazines.Don‟tbeafraidoffailure.Easiersaidthandone.Well,let‟sdomorepracticefromnowon.I‟msureyou‟lllearnEnglishwell___()1.A.justB.neverC.yet

()2.A.LookatB.lookingatC.seeing

()3.A.sameasB.differenttoC.thesameas

()4.A.speaking-EnglishB.English-speakingC.spokenEnglish

()5.A.inB.overC.from

()6.A.alittleB.afewC.few

()7.A.relaxedB.relaxingC.relax

()8.A.thefullmeansB.thefullmeaningC.thefullmeanings

()9.A.asmanyasyoucanB.asmoreasyoucanC.asmuchaspossible

()10.A.interestedB.interestingC.interestedin

()11.A.changeB.developC.improve

()12.A.towriteB.writeC.writing

()13.A.forB.toC.till

()14.A.succeedB.successC.successful

()15.A.usingB.inC.by

(B)

Dearsir,

IhavetotraveleverydayfromSoukRoadtotheairport.Twobusestravelalongtheroutes:thenumber49andthenumber16.Butbythetimethenumber16busreachesSoukRoad.Itisalwaysfull,soIcan‟tgetonit.Ihavetowaitforthenumber49becausesometimesthereareemptyseatsinit.ThetimetablesaysthattherearebusesfromSoukRoadtotheairporteverytenminutes.Ifthisistrue,whydoIhavetowaithalfanhourforausnearlyeveryday?

Therulessaythatifthereareemptyseatsonabus,thebusmuststopateverystopwherepeoplearewaiting.Whydothehalf-emptybusesgostraightpastmewhenIamstandingatthebusstop/Therulessaythatnobusmaycarrymorethan40seatedpassengersand20standingpassengers.YesterdayIwasthefirsttogetoffthebuswhenitreachedtheairport.Icountedtheotherpassengersastheygotoff.Therewere129people.

Itisclearthatourbuscompaniesbreaktherulesandthinklittleoftheirpassengers.Cannothingbedonetomakeyourservicebetter?

()1Thispassageis_______

A.amessageB.atalkC.astoryD.aletter

()2ThewriterhastotakeBusNo.49because________.

A.itarrivesontimeB.itisnotalwaysfull

C.ittravelsfasterD.ithasfewerseatsonit

()3Howlongdoesthewriterusuallyhavetowaitforabus?

A.TenminutesB.OnehourC.HalfanhourD.Nearlyaday

()4Therulessaythateachbusmaycarry________passengersatmost

A.twentyB.forty

C.sixtyD.onehundredandtwenty-nine

()5Fromthepassagewecanseethat________

A.thebusservicewaspoor

B.nopassengerstooktheirbuses

C.nobusesexcepttheNo.49buspassedSoukRoadD.thewriterwasalwaysthefirsttogetonthebus

第三模块（A）

Answerthequestionsaccordingtotheinformationabove24.Atwhatinterchangeisthevehicleentering?

25.Whatisthelongestdistancebetweenthetwopoints?26.HowmanymilesisBakersfieldfromPineville?

27.Howmanyinterchangesarethereonthishighway?

28.HowmuchdoesitcosttogetoffatRockyRiverforthepersonwhoenteredatWatertown?

（B）

Choosethebestanswertocompletethefollowingpassageerpeople.facesandtalkinbrokensentenceswhentheyareinthecenterofattention.It‟sOKifittakesyouawhiletofeelyourselfagainwhenyougotoanewplaceor___,everybodygetsalittleshysometimes.It‟sjustacaseofhowmuch.Butsometeenagersthinkthattheyhatethemselvesandthattheywon‟tfit___Stopthenegative(消极的)thoughtsaboutyourself.Ifshynessdoesn‟tSomeexpertssayshypeoplearenotonlycleverer,butalsobetterworkingwithothers,becausetheythinkmoreandgreatpeopleinhistorywereshy,too.

Yousee,beingshyisn‟tall___butremembernottoletgoodgrownupyearafteryear,you‟llbecome___youneedpractice!Ifyouhavetosingasongataparty,justdoit!There‟sRemember,thoughyouareshy,youdon‟tlackin(减少)confidence.Comeon,ourshyfriends!

()1.A.infrontofB.inthefrontofC.before

()2.A.trueB.realC.really

()3.A.comfortableB.frightenedC.proud

()4.A.asB.sinceC.by

()5.A.WhatisworseB.InfactC.Forexample

()6.A.infutureB.inthefutureC.tothefuture

()7.A.todoB.doingC.fromdoing

()8.A.atB.inC.with

()9.A.muchB.moreC.less

()10.A.goodB.badC.wonderful

()11.A.godownB.gooverC.goby

()12.A.becauseB.asC.becauseof

()13.A.pastB.passC.passed

()14.A.toobraveB.braveenoughC.enoughbrave

()15.A.afraidB.beafraidC.beafraidof

第二模块

完形填空：

A

Agooddictionaryisimportanttool.Itwilltellyouwhatawordmeansbuthowituses.Adictionaryneedstobeprintedagainabouteverytenyears.Languagesdevelopandagooddictionary编列)it.

Everydictionarywilltellyoumanyinterestingfacts.Ifyoutypeawordandthewordistoolong,inyourdictionary.Alldictionariesshowyou拆开Everydictionary,ofcourse,tellsyouwhatawordmeans.Butsomewords,like“get”or“take”,mayhavedozensofmeanings.Insomedictionaries,themainSobeforeyouuseyourdictionary,frontpart.ThispartexplainsSomedictionariesalsoshowyouwhereawordcomesfrom..Doyouknowthattheword“brand”comesfromanoldword?Thisoldwordmeans“toburn”.Thisisbecause___burnedtheirnamesontablesorboatstothem.Theyalsoburnedtheirownnamesontheirfarmtheywouldnotbestolen.Yourdictionaryalsohasalotofotherinterestingfactsinit.Afteryouhavelearnedtouseadictionary,itcanbecomeyourmostusefulbook

()21.A.aB.anC.theD.very

()22.A.noB.thatC.notD.if

()23.A.toshowB.showC.showsD.beshown

()24.A.howB.whatC.whyD.if

()25.A.andB.orC.butD.not

()26.A.alittleB.manyC.afewD.alotof

()27.A.neitherB.norC.bothD.either

()28.A.lookupitB.lookforitC.lookitupD.lookitout

()29.A.whenB.whereC.whyD.which

()30.A.speaksB.isspokeC.bespokenD.isspoken

()31.A.anotherB.theotherC.othersD.other

()32.A.seeB.lookC.watchD.read

()33.A.howuseitB.tohowuseitC.howtouseitD.tohowtouseit

()34.A.hundredsofB.hundredofC.ahundredofD.hundred

()35.A.buildsB.makesC.buildD.made

()36.A.whenBinorderCsothatD.before

阅读理解：

Peoplelivingindifferentcountriesmadedifferentkindsofwordstodaythereareaboutfifteenhundredlanguagesintheworld.EachcontainsmanythousandsofwordsAverylargedictionary,forexample,containsfourorfivehundredthousandwords.Butwedonotneedallthese.Toreadshortstoriesyouneedtoknowonlyabouttwothousandwords.Beforeyouleaveschool,youwilllearnonlyonethousandormore

Thewordsyouknowarecalledyourvocabulary.Youshouldtrytomakeyourvocabularybigger.Readasmanybooksasyoucan.TherearealotofbookswrittenineasyEnglishforyoutoread.Youwillenjoythem.Whenyoumeetanewword,finditinyourdictionary.Yourdictionaryisyourmostusefulbook.

()37.Thenumberofdifferentlanguagesspokenisabout______-

A.150B.15000C.500D.1500

()38.Beforeyouleaveyourschool,you‟lllearn______

A.onlytwothousandwordsB.fivehundredthousandwords

C.morethanonethousandwordsD.threeorfourthousandwords

()39.Tomakeyouvacabularybigger,youmust_______

A.getasmanydictionariesasyoucanB.readasmanybooksasyoucan

C.buyalotofbooksD.haveaverylargeEnglishdictionary

()40.Youwillenjoy_________

A.thebookswrittenineasyEnglishB.yourdictionary

C.yournewwordsD.findingnewwordsinadictionary

()41.Fromthepassageweknowthatone_____ifheknowsabuttwothousandwords

A.canreadlongdifficultstoriesB.canreadeasyshortstories

C.canreadasmanybooksashelikesD.willfindthedictionarynotuseful

第一模块

三、阅读理解

AstudentislearningtospeakBritishEnglish.Hewantstoknow:CanIspeakwithAmerican?Cantheyunderstandme?LearnersofEnglishoftenask：WhatarethedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish?Howimportantarethesedifferences?

Certainly,therearesomedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish.Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar.Forexample,speakersofBritishEnglishsay“inhospital”and“Haveyouapen”Americanssay“inthehospital”and“Doyouhaveapen?”Pronunciationissometimesdifferent.Americansusuallysoundthe„r‟sinwordslike“bird”and“hurt”.SpeakersofBritishEnglishdonotsoundthe„r‟sinthesewords.TherearedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglishinspellingandvocabulary.Forexample,“colour”and“honour”areBritishEnglish.“Color”and“honor”areAmericanEnglish.Thesedifferencesingrammar,pronunciation,spellingandvocabularyarenotimportant,however,forthemostpart,BritishandAmericanEnglisharethesamelanguage.

16.Accordingtothispassage,astudentwhoislearningtospeakAmericanEnglishmightbeafraidthat_______.

A.Britishpeoplecan‟tunderstandhim

B.Americanpeoplecan‟tunderstandhim

C.thegrammaristoohardforhim

D.thespellingistoohardforhim

17.AmericanEnglishandBritishEnglisharedifferentin_______.

A.spellingB.pronunciationC.grammarD.alloftheabove

18.Whatisnotmentionedinthepassage?

A.WhethertherearedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.

B.WhetherBritishandAmericanEnglishareonelanguageortwo

C.HowthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishcameabout

D.Howimportantthedifferencesare

19.Most_______say“Doyouhaveawatch”.

A.BritishpeopleB.AmericansC.childrenD.teachers

20.Accordingtothepassage,BritishpeopleandAmericanshave______difficultyinunderstandingeachother.

A.littleB.muchC.someD.great

四、完形填空

WeEnglish,notlearningaboutEnglish.Astudentcantheexpressions(表达)by___don‟t___fromtheveryfirstlesson.Justtrytosay__youwanttosayanddon‟tcarelaughatyou.Keepon___andyou‟llmake()21.A.learningB.werelearningC.arelearningD.