In western countries, people always talk about the weather, but nobody can do anything about it. That is the truth. They usually begin their talks with "A nice day, isn't it?" "Do you think it will rain?" "What a fine day!" etc.
Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they can never agree with one another. One man may say, "Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It's going to rain tomorrow." Another man would say, "No, it's going to be fine tomorrow.” People are often looking for the weather that they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something that could tell him it's going to rain; He won't believe anything else. When friends want to have a travel, they are sure that the weather is going to clear up very quickly. Almost everyone listens to what the weather man says. But he doesn't always tell us what we want, and once in a while he makes a mistake. Still, he probably comes closer to being correct than anyone else.
51. "Nobody can do anything about the weather" means ____.
A. nobody can change weather
B. nobody can talk about weather
C. nobody can make weather
D. nobody likes weather
52. ____ is a common way to start a talk.
A. Smile
B. Talking about weather
C. Keeping silent
D. Asking each other's names
53. Many people hope the weather will be ____.
A. cloudy
B. like what they like to be
C. rainy
D. fine
54. A weatherman probably is a man who ____.
A. can see weather
B. can change weather
C. reports weather
D. is made of weather
55. When it is cloudy in the east, you know that ____ tomorrow.
A. it will be still cloudy
B. it will be fine
C. it is going to rain
D. A or B or C
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Feeling left out
A reader wrote in to say that she was feeling lonely at break because her best friend wasn’t around．Here’s our advice to her—and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes．
It’s hard when a best friend isn’t around—maybe because she moved to a different school or a different class．You may feel lonely at break or lunchtime．You want to have new friends. But how do you make them? Maybe it seems like everybody else already has their friends．But remember, there’s always room for more friends.
Start by looking around your classroom—think about which kids you’d like to play with at break．Look for chances to say hi to them，smile，and be friendly．Offer to share something or express your appreciation(欣赏)to them．Invite someone to play
with you or say “Do you want to sit here?” in the lunchroom．When you’re at break，walk over to kids you want to play with．act friendly，and say “Hi，can l play, too?” or just join in．
If you have trouble doing this or if you’re feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you make new friends．Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends．The best way to make friends is to be a friend．Be kind，be friendly，share，say nice things，offer to help—and pretty soon，you’ll have one，or two，or even more new friends.
You might still miss that special best friend．But when you see each other, you can share something you didn’t have before she left：You can introduce her to your new friends!
56．This text is written for ______．
A．teachers B．parents C．students D．visitors
57．According to the writer, some kids feel lonely at break because they ______.
A．have trouble with their studies B. don’t have their best friends around C．need their parents to be with them D．are too young to look after themselves 58．The underlined word this in Paragraph 4 refers to______．
A．sharing your ideas B．talking before many people
C．studying better at school D．developing new friendship 59．Some kids need help from teachers to make friends because______ A．they miss their old friends a lot
B．they have no time to stay with others
C．teachers know who wants a new friend
D．they are shy or not good at making friends
60．The title “feeling left out'’ means “______”in Chinese．
A．受冷落8．被调侃C．挨批评D．遭攻击
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“When can I get a cell phone?” The answer is when your parents think you need one, though many kids seem to be getting them around age 12 or 13. Some younger kids may have them because their parents see it as a matter of safety and convenience. For example, a kid can call mom and dad when sports practice is over. And a cell phone can give kids almost instant access(快捷通道) to their parents if something goes wrong or they need help.
It can give parents quick access to their kids so they can check on them and make sure they’re OK.If you do get a cell phone, make some rules with your parents, such as how many minutes you’re allowed to spend on the pho ne, when you can use your phone, when the phone must be turned off, and what you will do if someone calls you too often, and so on.
You’ll also have to learn to take care of the phone in your life. Keep it charged(充电) and store it in the safe place so it d oesn’t get lost. And whatever you do, don’t use it in the bathroom. I know someone who dropped her phone in the toilet!
61. Parents buy cell phones for their kids because ___________.
A. they think it is necessary
B. they think their kids are old enough
C. they have asked the author for advice
D. they want to follow their kids wherever they are.
62. The author of the passage ___________.
A. wants to describe how children use cell phones
B. knows nothing about when children can have a cell phone
C. may have done a survey on kids using cell phones
D. has been a teacher for many years
63. Which of the following is true?
A. It is too young for kids of 12 or 13 to get a cell phone.
B. A cell phone is useful for kids and their parents.
C. The author is against the idea of kids to have cell phones.
D. Most kids are considering having cell phones.
64. Who is the passage most probably written by?
A. Parents who have bought phones for their kids.
B. Someone who does cell phone business.
C. A teacher who cares most about school safety.
D. Someone who works for children’s education.
65. Which might not be a rule for kids with a cell phone?
A. Keep it on all the time.
B. Make a call if something goes wrong.
C. Don’t use it in the bathroom.
D. Take care not to lose it.
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初中二年级英语阅读阅读理解（一） Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are children. Others are young people. Some learn at school, others teach themselves. Why do all these people want to learn English? It is hard to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many people learn English because it is useful in their work. Some young people learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at college（学院）or university（大学）. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers and magazines（杂志）in English. 根据短文内容判断正误，正确的填T，错误的填F。 ( ) 1. Everybody learn English at school. ( ) 2. It is hard to answer why so many people learn English. ( ) 3. Children learn English because they like it. ( ) 4. All the books are written in English. ( ) 5. English is useful in people's work and life. 初中二年级英语阅读阅读理解（二） In England, afternoon tea is the most informal (非正式) meal of a day. It is taken between four and five. If you are a friend of the family, you may come for tea at any time. Very often it is not taken at a table. The members of the family and visitors take the tea in the sitting room. Each person has a cup and saucer (茶盘), a spoon (调羹) and a small plate for bread and butter (黄油) and cakes. By the way, do not help yourself to cakes first, bread and butter first, and then cake. Do remember: Though you can eat as much as you want, do not put more than one piece of bread or cake on your plate each time. ( ) 6. In England, afternoon tea is usually taken . A. between breakfast and lunch B. in the middle of a day C. early in the afternoon D late in the afternoon ( ) 7. A real English afternoon tea has . A. tea only B. both tea and food C. tea, food and vegetables D. the same things as other meals
Unit8 How do you like a banana milk shake A Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don’t cook it. In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chip. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags, and take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The world’s favorite food is American fast food. If you go to some important cities in the world, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips. Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA; they eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham (火腿) is a kind of pork, but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. The beef is inside a kind of cake hamburgers are delicious. They are also popular in England and Australia. （）1. Italians like to eat __________. A. dumplings B. pizza C. hot food D. fish ( )2. Fish and chips are very popular in ________. A. England B. Australia C. the USA D. Canada ( ) 3. In different countries people eat ______ food. A. different B. the same C. the different D. same
八年级英语阅读理解试题及答案讲解01 A meteorite (陨石) almost hit an 80-year-old man named Arthur Pettifer in Britain when he was working in his garden. The meteorite was the biggest in the past 26 ye ars in Britain. The meteorite weighed (重量) one kilo, and might be over four thousand million (百万) years old. “I hear the big noise in the air. I looked up and saw the tops of the trees coming and going,” he said. “I didn't know what it was.” Meteorites are small things from the small planets in space. About 3,500 meteorite s may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found. Mr. Pettifer's meteorite is the fifth to fall in Britain since the Second World War. Mr. Pettifer is glad. “When you think about it coming from so far away, it really is something strange.” 1. The meteorite was Mr Pettifer when it fell down. A. close to B. far from C. hitting D. coming to 2. The meteorite was already years old. A. 40,000,000,000 B. 40,000,000 C. 400,000,000 D. 4,000,000,000 3. Mr. Pettifer found the tops of the trees coming and going because . A. the trees were afraid B. the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops moving C. it was going to rain D. the moving was made by wind 4. people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often each year. A. Quite a few B. some C. Few D. Many
初中八年级英语阅读理解五篇 A Mo Yan, 2012 ’ s winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature(诺),贝was尔文born学奖in the small town of Gaomi in Shandong Province. His parents were farmers. And as a young boy Mo took care of the family’ s goats(). Each山羊day he took the goats outside and watched over them when they ate grasses. It was a lonely job, but Mo was a smart boy. He enjoyed the green, open land of Shandong. He enjoyed looking up at the blue sky and the white clouds, To pass the time he talked to the goats. He told them his thoughts and some stories. It was the beginning of his life as a storyteller. Later ， Mo had to leave school and work for a living. This was difficult for Mo, because he loved books and he loved reading. Luckily, he found a friend who would lend him books. Later, Mo became a soldier and to continue his education. In the end he graduated from Beijing Normal University( 北师大 ). This is where he began to write. Although Mo had left Gaomi, Gaomi never left him. Many of his books talk about rural life and the people of Gaomi, For Mo, all of man nature can be seen in the village life of Gaomi. Mo is famous now, but he remains a true son of soil( 土地 ). 根据短文内同判断下列句子的正（A）误（ B）。 （） 41.Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. （） 42.As a young boy,Mo Yan took care of his family ’ s goats and he hated the job. （） 43.Mo Yan continued studying from middle school up to the college. （） 44. Mo Yan graduated from Beijing Normal University and this is where he began to write. （） 45.Gaomi never left Mo Yan because many of his books talk about rural life and the people of Gaomi. B American people like to say“ thank you” , when other people help them or say something kind to them. People of many countries do so, too. It is a very good habit.You should say“ thank you” , when someone passes you salt on the table, when someone says your do your work well, or you have bought a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful.“ Thank you” is used not only between friends,but also parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives. “ Excuse me. ” is another short sentence they use. When you hear someone say so behind you, you know that somebody wants to walk past you without touching(碰) you. It ’ s not polite to break others( 打断别人 ) when they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them, say “ Excuse me ” first, and then begin talking. You should also do so when you want to cough( 咳嗽 ) or make any unpleasant （令人不愉快的） noise before others. Let ’ s all learn to say “ Thank you ” and “ Excuse me. ” （） 46. You should say “ Thank you ” when ______________. A. you say something kind to others B. you need others to help C. others help you D. you help others （） 47.We know that___________ ” Thank you ”. A. people all over the world use B. people use “ Excuse me ” more often than. C. Only Amercians use D. Only friends use
人教版英语八年级英语上册阅读理解 一、八年级英语上册阅读理解专项练习（含答案解析） 1．阅读理解 Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone around the world without putting a stamp on it? With an email you can just do that. By using computers you can send emails quickly and easily. An email can send its messages to the other side of the world in seconds However, the post is much slower than the email. The email is easy to use and it saves time and money. You can send an email no matter where you are and when it is. In addition, it does not matter if your friends are in bed when you send an email to them, or you are seeing a film at the cinema when they send an email back. （1）With an email you can send a letter without putting _______ on it. A. an address B. a message C. a word D. a stamp （2）The writer wants to tell us something about _______. A. computers B. letters C. emails D. calls （3）Which of the following is TRUE? A. The email is not easy to use. B. The email saves time and money. C. The email comes only at night. D. The email is slower than the post. （4）When can you send an email to your friend? A. In the day. B. At night. C. At any time. D. When your friends are at home. 【答案】（1）D （2）C （3）B （4）C 【解析】【分析】大意：本文讲述电子邮件的优点，电子邮件可以将信息在数秒时间传到对方手里。 （1）细节题。根据 Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone around the world without putting a stamp on it With an email you can just do that.可知，电子邮件可以不贴邮票而送信，故选D。 （2）推断题。本文讲述电子邮件的优点，电子邮件可以将信息在数秒时间传到对方手里，故选C。 （3）细节题。根据The email is easy to use and it saves time and money.可知，用电子邮件发送信息省钱又省时，故选B。 （4）细节题。根据In addition, it does not matter if your friends are in bed when you send an email to them, or you are seeing a film at the cinema when they send an email back. 可知，随时都可以给朋友发信息，故选C。 【点评】考查阅读理解。细节题、推断题是阅读理解题中常考题型。细节题需要从文中寻找答案；推断题需要联系上下文，推断出需要的信息。
八年级英语阅读理解专项练习题 A One day a rich man and a businessman met in a restaurant. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was brought, the rich man tasted it, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came into his eyes. The businessman asked him why he was crying. The rich man didn’t want to tell the truth and he told a lie,“Sir, I had a brother who was killed last year. I was thinking of his death, and that made me cry.”The businessman believed his story and began to eat his soup. He also burned his mouth so much that he had tears in his eyes. The rich man noticed it and asked the businessman,“Sir, why do you cry?”The businessman, who now saw that the rich man had cheated him, answered,“Oh, I’m crying because you were not killed together with your brother. I) 根据短文内容判断正（Ｔ）误（Ｆ）（５分） ( )76.The rich man didn’t tell the truth. ( )77.Though the rich man burned the mouth, he shouldn’t have told the lie. ( )78.The rich man had a brother who was burned. ( )79.The businessman believed the rich man’s story at first. ( )80.The businessman’s answer showed that he was very happy. II) 根据短文内容将下列句子排序．（５分） 81.They ordered the soup and the soup was so hot that the rich man burned his mouth first. 82.The businessman also burned his mouth and he was not happy. 83.A rich man and a businessman had lunch in the same restaurant. 84.The rich man told a lie about his brother’s death. 85.The businessman realized(意识到) that the rich man cheated him at last. ______ _______ _____ _______ _______ B School kids Say Goodbye to Their Flying Friends Jin Jun and his classmates at Shanghai Nanyang Middle School are not very happy to be back from holiday. Not because they hate studying, but because some of their best friends on campus（校园）are gone: pigeons. More than 100 pigeons used to(过去常常) fly around campus every day, making students smile during break time. But now, the birds are gone. Where? Now they’re all locked up in a bird cage. Bird flu(流感) has landed in Shanghai, and expert are afraid the pigeons might spread（传播）the disease if they keep flying around. For safety, the school also asks students to stay away from the cage. “I feel sad for those birds. They’re my best friends,” said Jin, a Junior 3 student. “Last term I would bring corn to feed them, but I can’t do that any more. I hope bird flu will end soon so I can play with the pigeons again.”Nanyang Middle School is not the only one to take pigeons off campus. Students in Beijjng Fengtai Experimental Primary School also gave their pigeons to the local health department （当地卫生部门）on February 3. Their pigeons are special birds. In 1999, students found two injured pigeons and gave them a home. To get money for bird food, the kids sold rubbish paper They took good care of the birds,
Unit 1 Where did you go on vacation? I arrived in Penang in Malaysia this morning with my family.It was sunny and hot, so we decided to go to the beach near our hotel. My sister and I tried paragliding. I felt like I was a bird .It was so exciting! For lunch, we had something very special——Malaysian yellow noodles.They were delicious! In Weld Quay, a really old place in Georgetown, we saw the houses of the Chinese traders from 100 years ago. I wonder what life was like here in the past. I really enjoyed walk in around the town. 第二篇 What a difference a day makes! My father and I decided to go to Penang Hill today. We wanted to walk up to the top, but then it started raining a little so we decided to take the train. We waited over an hour it was raining really hard . We didn't have an umbrella so we were wet and cold. It was terrible! And because of the bad weather, we couldn't see anything below.My father didn't bring enough money, so we only had one bowl of rice and some fish. The food tasted great because I was so hungry! Unit 2 How often do you exercise? What Do No.5 High School Students Do in Their Free Time ? Last month we asked our students about their free time activities . Our questions were about exercise , use of the Internet and watching TV .Here are the results . We found that only fifteen percent of our students exercise every day . Forty-five percent exercise four to six times a week . Twenty
阅读理解练习 1 Our classroom faces our school garden. After class we like to look out of the windows to enjoy the lovely view. Our school garden is the most beautiful place in the school. There is a small pool in the middle. Some goldfish are swimming in it. Around the pool there are all kinds of flowers. We can always see flowers, even in winter. Between the school building and the flower-beds there is a lovely lawn. Boys and girls like to take a walk in the garden after school. But some years ago, there was nothing here but broken bricks, and wild weeds. We, teachers and students, built the garden with our hands. Since then we have planted trees and flowers every year. Everyone of us wants to do his best to make our school more and more beautiful. 阅读上面的短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案 1. Where is the school garden? A. It faces the pool. B. It faces the writer's classroom. C. It is beside the pool. D. It is beside the writer's classroom. 2. Which of the following is NOT right? A. There are all kinds of flowers around the pool. B. There are goldfish in the pool. C. There is a small pool in the middle of the garden. D. The students can't see flowers in winter. 3. Between the school building and the flower-beds there is . A. a garden B. an office building C. a lawn D. nothing 4. Who built the school garden? A. Students B. Teachers C.Teachers and students D.Workers 5. Which of the following is NOT right? A. Everyone likes the school very much. B. Every student wants to make the school more and more beautiful. C. The school garden was built fifty years ago. D. The students plant trees in the school every year. 2 Mother's Day is a holiday for mothers. And on this day, mothers don't work. It is on the second Sunday in May. It is celebrated in the United States, England Sweden. India, Mexico and some other countries. Little by little, it becomes widely celebrated. On that day, many people send presents of love to their mothers. Those whose mothers are still living often wear a pink or red rose or carnation while those whose mothers are dead wear a white one. The idea of a day for mothers was first given by Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. The celebration of the first American Mother's Day was held in Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. Soon the holiday became popular around the country and the world 阅读上面的短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。 1. Mother's Day is on . A. the second Saturday in May B. the second Sunday in May
2017.01.18寒假八年级英语完形与阅读理解 完形填空 Jim was a worker.One of his feet was bigger than___1__.He couldn’t__2____the right shoes___3___ his feet.One day his friend Mike said to him“___4___don’t you go to a shoemaker?A good shoemaker can____5__you the right shoes.”__6____Jim went to the shoemaker near Mike’s home,very soon the shoemaker finished the work.Jim___7___the shoes and wasn’t happy.He___8___the shoemaker,“You aren’t a__9____shoemaker!I wanted you to make me one shoe bigger than the other,___10___you made me one shoe smaller than the other.” ()1.A.other B.the other C.another D.that one ()2.A.see B.look for C.find D.find out ()3.A.for B.with C.on D.of ()4.A.When B.Where C.How D.Why ()5.A.make B.pass C.do D.give ()6.A.Then B.But C.So D.Because ()7.A.saw B.watched C.found D.looked at ()8.A.said B.said to C.spoke D.talked ()9.A.good B.bad C.right D.kind ()10.A.then B.and C.but D.so .阅读理解 A. Peter is thirteen years old.He is in Grade Two this year.He likes to play football and watch football matches.And he often reads newspapers.He does his best to know where and when there is going to be a football match.Now Peter is having lunch.He is listening to the radio,too.He is very happy because there is going to be a nice football match on TV at four this afternoon.He wants to watch it very much.But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons.He thinks hard and finds a way. “Hello,Mrs.Black,”Peter says to his teacher on the telephone,“Peter is ill in bed.He wants to ask for half a day’s leave(请半天假).” “Oh,I’m sorry to hear that.”says Mrs.Black,“But who’s that?” “It’s my father,Mrs.Black.” ()1.Peter is a______. A.middle school student B.Young Pioneer C.worker D.teacher ()2.Peter will be in______next year. A.Grade Two B.Grade Three C.Grade One D.school ()3.Peter often reads news newspaper because_______. A.he likes to read news B.he likes to read stories ..C.he want to know when and where a football match will be D.his father wants him to read them ()4.Peter wants to ask for half a day’s leave because_______. A.his father is ill in bed B.he wants to watch the football match C.he doesn’t like to have English or Chinese lessons D.he is ill in bed ()5.Where sentence(句子)is right? A.Mrs.Black is going to take Peter to see a doctor B.Peter likes to watch TV at four in the afternoon. C.Peter is a stupid(笨的)boy. D.Peter isn’t an honest(诚实的)boy. B Mr.Smith works in an office.He’s very busy and has no time to have a good rest.Every evening,when he comes back from his office,he’s always tired and wants to go to bed early.But his wife often has a lot of interesting things to tell him after supper.She doesn’t stop talking until she falls asleep. One day the man felt terrible and couldn’t go to work.He decided to go to see a doctor.And Mrs Smith went to the hospital with him.Before her husband said what was the matter with him,the woman had told the doctor all and the man understand why.He wrote out a prescription(处方).And when Mr Smith