八年级英语阅读理解每日一练
Passage 21
Mike was a small boy,and he didn't like washing his hands.E,cery day his mother said to him: "Mike,your hands are very dirty again.Go and wash them."But Mike never washed them well.He only put them in the water for a minute and tookthem out again.
Mike's aunt lived in ahother street.One day,she came to stay with Mike's parents,and she came with her small son,Ted.Ted was a year younger than Mike,and he didn't like washing his hands,either .First the boys were with their parents,then they went to play.When they were sitting,Mike looked at Ted's hands and said: "My hands are dirtier than yours.""Certainly they are." Ted answered,"you are a year older than I am."
判断正误：
（) 1. Mike always washed his hands carefully.
（) 2. Mike was older than Ted.
（) 3. Ted's hands were a little cleaner than Mike's.
（) 4. Mike's aunt lived in the street next to his house.
（) 5. Mike's hands were dirtier than Ted's because he was older.
Passage 23
Kate is an English girl.She lives in a tall building in the city of London.There are sixteen floors in the building,and she lives on the tenth floor.She uses a lift to go up and down.
Kate studies in a middle school near her house and she works hard.She goes to school early.Every day she leaves her home at half past six.She walks to the lift, and it takes her down to the first floor.
There is a bus stop near the https://www.doczj.com/doc/dc18664930.html,ually she takes No.7 bus to her school, but sometimes she goes on foot.It is only four kilometers to her school from the building.She gets to school at about seven twenty.Classes begin at eight. She goes to play games at three forty.She gets home at a quarter past five.She begins to do her homework at eight and finishes it at half past nine.
( ) 1. Kate lives in a tall building（）London.
A, near B. in C. outside D. far from ( ) 2. She goes up and down the building（）
A. in lift
B. by a lift
C. by lift
D. with lift
( ) 3. She leaves（）at six thirty.
A. her home
B. the building
C. the lift
D. the bus st~;p
（) 4. She goes to school（）
A. by bus
B. by bike
C. on foot
D. A and C （) 5. It takes her（）to do her homework.
A. about an hour
B. about one hour and half
C. one hour and a half
D. eighty minutes
Passage 24
Sandy,Billy and Sue are in the zoo.They are now standing near the monkeys'cage.
"That's a nice monkey."Sandy says, "he's like Billy." "No,he's not! " Billy answers, "He's like you.He's good at running and jumping." "Y ou see he wants some nuts."Sue says,"give him some nuts,Sandy."Sandy is throwing some nuts into the cage."Give him some sweets , Billy." "He likes nuts, but he doesn't like sweets."Sue says."Look! "Sandy says "the monkey is pointing at Billy's bag.He can see the bananas in it.Give him a banana, Billy.He wants it.""No! "Billy says, "I can't give my bananas to him.I want to eat
them." "Please give it to him."Sue says."No! "Billy shouts, "he can eat nuts,but he can't eat my bananas! "
（) 1. The monkeys in the zoo are in the open air.
（) 2. Sandy is good at sports.
（) 3. The monkey can reach the nuts in Sandy's bag.
（) 4. Billy likes bananas better than nuts.
（) 5. Sandy and Sue want Billy to give the monkey some bananas.
Passage 25
A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day.Y ou may not pass an exam if
you don't work hard for most time and then work hard only a few days before the exam.
If you are taking an English exam, do not only learn rules of grammar.Try to read stories in English and speak English whenever you can.
Before you start the exam,read carefully over the questions.Try to understand the exact meaning of each question before you pick up your pen to write. When you have at last finished your exam,read over your answer.Correct the mistakes if there are any and make sure that you have not missed anything out.
( ) 1. How can you do well in an exam?
A. Work hard every day.
B. Read stories in English.
C. Be careful in doing the questions.
D. Read over your answer before you hand in your paper.
（) 2. Learning rules of grammar to pass an English exam.
A. is enough
B. is not enough
C. is not necessary
D. is of no use
（) 3. It is not a good way.
A. to read English stories
B. to learn rules of grammar
C. to speak English as much as possible
D. to work hard only a few days before the exam
（) 4. The word "whenever'means
A. every time
B. what time
C. at any time
D. for ever
（) 5. "Miss...out"means
A. think hard
B. not have enough time to do
C. not put in
D. give the wrong answer
Passage 26
Luck likes English very much.She works hard.She reads English every morning.She likes speaking English.She often listens to the radio.She likes watching TV.But she only watches it on Saturday evening.
She doesn't like dancing.But she likes singing.She sings very well.She likes driving a car,too.Her parents like her.And all the teachers like her, too.
( ) 1. Luck reads English every morning.
( ) 2. She watches TV every evening.
( ) 3. She likes singing and dancing.
( ) 4. Her classmates likes her.
( ) 5. From the story,we know Luck is a good driver.
Passage 27
In the morning Mr.Smith comes into the garden at the back of his house.He sees much snow in the garden.Mr.Smith wants to take his car out,so he asks a man to clean the road from his garage (车库)to the gate.He says to the man:"Don't throw any snow on that side.h will damage(损坏) the flowers in the street, or the policeman will come."Then he goes out.
When he comes back, the road is clean.There is no snow on the flowers,on the wall or in the street.But when he open garage ,he sees the garage is full of snow, the snow
from the road,and his car is under the snow!
( ) 1. In the morning Mr. Smith finds there is a lot of snow in（）
A. his garden
B. his garage
C. his house
D. his ear ( ) 2. He tells a man to'clean the road,because he（）
A. doesn't like snow
B. wants to keep the road clean
C. wants to take his car out of the garage
D. often tell the man to do something
（) 3.--Where does Mr,Smith ask the man to throw the snow?
A. On the flowers
B. Into the street
C. On the wall
D. We don't know
（) 4. He opens the garage and（）
A. takes his car out
B. finds it is full of snow
CI finds the car isn't in it D. takes the snow out
（) 5.--Where's Mr.Smith's car?
A. Under the snow
B. In the street
C. Near the road
D. In front of his house
Passage 28
Have you ever heard your own voice? "Of eourse."you say.
Has anyone else ever heard your voice? Again you say :"Of course."
But that's not quite true.Nobody else has ever heard your voice the way you hear it.When you talk,you set up sound waves (声波）.The air outside your head carries the sound waves to your outer ears.But, of course, the sound of your voice begins inside your head.The bones(骨头) of your head pick up the sound waves, too.They carry the sound waves straight to your inner (内部) ears.Y ou get the sound from the outside and the
inside too.Other people get just the sound waves from the outside.That's why they don't hear your voice th6 way you do.
判断正误：
( ) 1. Sound travels in the form of waves.
( ) 2. The sound of your voice begins outside your head.
( ) 3. When you talk, other poeple hear your voice from the outside.
( ) 4. The phrase"pick" up"here means"to choose".
( ) 5. The passage is mainly about the different ways you and others hear
your voice.
Passage 29
Miss Rose taught physics in a London https://www.doczj.com/doc/dc18664930.html,st week she was explaining (解释)to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her work.She said to them."Now, I have a sister in Washington.If I was calling her on the telephone, and at the same time you were 20 meters away ,and listened to me from the other side of the street,who would hear what I said earlier, my sister or you, and why?"
The cleverest boy at once answered."Your sister,Miss Rose,because electricity(电) travels faster than sound waves(波)."
"That's very good."Miss Rose answered.But then one of the girls put up her hand, and Miss Rose said."Y es, Betty.""I don't agree."Betty said, "your sister would hear you earlier because when it's eleven o'clock here,it's only six o'clock in Washington."
( ) 1. Miss Rose was teaching her students about
A. telephone
B. time
C. sound
D. electricity
( ) 2. She wanted her students to know
A. which were faster, sound waves or electricity
B. whether Betty was cleverer than the boy
C. whether she could call her sister in Washington
D. whether her students could hear her from 20 meters away
（) 3. The boy thought that
A. sound waves were faster than electricity
B. sound waves were slower than electricity
C. the students would hear Miss Rose earlier
D. the students would hear her sister earlier
（) 4. From the passage,we know Miss Rose
A. was pleased with the boy's answer
B. was not pleased with what the boy had said
C. thought Betty's answer was much better
D. thought both of the answers were right
（) 5. Betty thought the boy was wrong because
A. electricity was slower than sound waves
B. electricity was faster than sound waves
C. electricity traveled as fast as sound waves
D. clocks in Washington showed a different time from those in London
Passage 30
My name is Qing Min.I'm a middleschool student.I am studying in No.1 Middle School.My school isn't big,but I like it very much.
In my school there are eighteen classes.There are about fifty students in every class.We have twenty-seven teachers.I'm in Class 4, Grade 2.In my classroom there are
twenty-six desks and fifty-two chairs. There's a map of China and a map of the world on the wall.My classroom is big and clean.
There are twenty-eight boys and twenty-four girls in my class.We have English, Chinese ,math and five other subjects.Every morning some of us come to school by bus.Some get to school by bike ,but sometimes I come to school on foot.My English teacher often says : "Please be careful when you come to school by bike."He is a good teacher.We like him very much.
I love my school, because our teachers are very friendly to us.We must study hard for people.
( ) 1. I like my school because it's No. 1 Middle School.
（) 2. There are fifty-two students in Class 4, Grade 2.
（) 3. There are two maps on the wall of Class 4, Grade 2.
（) 4. I have ten subjects at school.
（) 5. All the students walk to school.