八年级英语完形填空与阅读理解
一、完形填空（40分）
A
Jack lost(丢失his Job last week. It was difficult for him to find another 1 . 2 told him that it was possible（可能的） to get a new one in a town two hundred kilometers 3 . He decided to get there 4 . So he went to the railway station and got 5 a train. He was the only one in the car(车厢. The train started. Suddenly a man came in 6 a gun（枪） and said to him,“Your money 7 your life!” Jack sat there without 8 up.
“I 9 any money,”Jack answered.
“Then why are you so afraid of me?”the man as ked angrily.
“Because I 10 you were the conductor, and I didn’t buy a ticket,”answered Jack. （）1、A.work B.jobs C.ones D.one （）2、A.Nobody B.Somebody C.Anybody
D.No one （）3、A.from B .farther C.away D.off
（）4、A.by bike B.on foot C.by train D.by bus
（）5、A.off B.on C.up D .to
（）6、A.with B.has C.have D.there was （）7、A.but B.and C.so D.or
（）8、A.stands B.standing C.stood D.stand （）9、A.don ’t have B.have no C.didn ’t have D.had （）10、A.know B.didn’t know C .think D.thought
B
During the day we work and play, and at night we sleep. Our bodies rest while we are __11__. In the morning we are ready____12___ again. Our bodies grow ____13____ while we are asleep. Children who are tired usually ___14___ sleep. We can get better at
our lessons ___15___ we have had plenty of rest. Boys and girls who are eight or nine years old need ten hours of sleep every night. Our bodies need plenty of ____16___ when we sleep. If we do not get enough fresh air, we ____17___ tired when we wake up. While in bed we must not cover our ____18___. Our lungs(肺 need to get enough fresh air. If we ___19___ our windows at night, we can have plenty of fresh air. Cool air is better than warm air. Boys and girls who want to be ___20___ must get plenty of sleep.
( 11.A.asleep B. sleep C. rest D. play
( 12.A. to work and play B. working and to play
C. to work and playing
D. working and playing
( 13.A. much B. more C. most D. slow
( 14.A. can B. may C. need D. must
( 15.A. while B. before C. as D. after
( 16.A. air B. sun C. water D. food
( 17.A.felt B. will feel C. are feeling D. has felt
( 18.A. foot B . arm C. head D. body
( 19.A. open B. close C. draw D. use
( 20.A. happy B. interested C. helpful D. healthy
二、阅读理解（60分）
A
Many students in China are learning English. Some of these students are small
children. Others are teenagers(十几岁的青少年. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English language (语言over the radio, on television, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and maths and English ... Some people learn English because it is useful for their work. Many people often learn English for their higher sutdies, because at college or university(大学 some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspaper and magazines in English.
( 21. Many students in China are learning English, aren't they? ____.
A. No, they aren't
B. No, they are
C. Yes, they are
D. Yes, they aren't
( 22. If one wants to learn another language well, he must ____.
A. learn at school
B. study by himself
C. work hard
D. study hard
( 23. The sentence "It is difficult to answer that question" means ____.
A. that question is not difficult to answer
B. that question is difficult to answer it
C. it is difficultly to answer that question
D. it is hard to answer that question
( 24. "Their own language" means ____.
A. Chinese
B. English
C. French
D. Japanese
( 25. What's the Chinese of "study by themselves"?
A. 和他们一起学习
B. 自学
C. 向他们学习
D. 通过学习
B
Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人. He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.
One morning, when he left home, he said to the se rvant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药and some nice food in the house. You must take of them.” With these words, he went out. But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished （惩罚）, so he drank the poison to kill himself.
( 26.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.
A. the rich man
B. the servant
C. both A and B
D. neither A and B
( 27.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.
A. the cat
B. himself
C. nobody
D. the servant
( 28.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because
________.
A. there was in fact poison in the bottles
B. did not want the servant to drink his wine
C. he wanted to kill the cat
D. he wanted to kill the servant
( 29.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.
A. the servant
B. cat
C. the rich man
D. nobody
( 30.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.
A. lazy
B. bad
C. clever
D. kind
C
Everyone likes living in a clean and comfortant environment. If the envionment(环境 are bad, it will affect（影响）our body, and make us not feel well. Sometimes we may be terribly ill. At that time we don’t want to work, and we have to stay in bed and rest at home. So the envrionment is very important to us.
It ’s germs that makes us ill. There are germs everywhere, They are very small and you can’t find them with your own eyes, but you can see them with a microscope（显微镜）They are very small and there may be hundreds of them on a very small thing, Germs can always be found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. Germs can also be found in air and dust（灰尘）. If you cut your finger, some of the dust from the floor may go into it, and you will have
much pain in it. Sometimes the germs will go into all of your boby, and you will have pain everywhere.
To keep us healthy, we should try to our best to make our environment become cleaner and tidier. This needs us to act together.
31.The writer tell us that________.
A. we like working when we are ill
B. germs can’t live in the water.
C. we can’t feel ill if the environment is bad.
D. we feel well when the environment is good.
32.Germs are________.
A. very small things that you can’t see with your eyes.
B. the things that don’t effect people.
C. the things that you can find with your eyes.
D. the things that are very big.
33. Where can germs be found? They can be found_________.
A. on the small thing
B. in air and dust
C. only in dirty water
D. everywhere
34.How will you feel if germs go into the finger that is cut?
A. I will feel nothing.
B. I won’t mind.
C. I will feel tense.
D. I will feel painful.
35. From the passage we know that________.
A. environment doesn’t affect our life
B. we don’t need to improve our environment
C. germs may make us ill
D. if the environment is better, germs will be more.
D
If you go into the forest with friends, stay with them .If you don’t, you may get lost. If you do get lost, this is what you should do.
Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friends. Let them find you. You can help them to find you by stay in one place.
There is anther way to help your friends or other people to find you. Give them a signal(信号outing or whistling (吹口哨 three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal given three times is a call for help.
Keep on shouting or whistling, always three times togher. When people hear you, they will give two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help. If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a small room with branches. （树枝）
What should you do if you get hungry or need drinking water ? You would have to leave your little branch room to look for something to eat and drink. Don’t j ust walk away. Pick up small brunches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back.
The most important thing to do when you are lost ---stay in one place.
根据文章判断正（T ）、误（F ）
( 36.If you get lost in the forest, you should walk everywhere to find your friends as soon as possible. （尽快）
( 37.You can keep on shouting or whistling always three times toghether for help.
( 38.When you hear two shouts or whistles, you know that people will come to help you.
( 39.You can’t go anywhere even when you feel thirsty（口渴的） or hungry.
( 40.You can find your way back to your branch room easily without leaving any branches as you walk.
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限时完形+阅读套题训练 第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 One Bite at a Time Stephen was on campus（校园）to register when I first met him. One summer day 36 I was headed over to the administration building, I heard someone call my name. I 37 around and saw Philip, one of my colleagues standing with another young man. As Philip introduced me to the young man, named Stephen, he reminded him that he would be taking one of my 38 , Introduction to Literature. With a somewhat 39 expression, Stephen asked if my class was going to be “hard”. Would he be able to pass? I 40 he was concerned about failing before the 41 day of classes. We talked about what the class would 42 and I saw Stephen’s eyes getting b ig with 43 . Then I remembered a bit of classical dialog: Question: “How do you eat an elephant?” Answer: “One bite at a time.” I told him to 44 his work that way. To do his assignment（作业）, all of them, and to get them in on time. I added that most 45 students I knew made a timetable of all the assignment so they could 46 their workload. As time went on, I learned more of Stephen’s story. He had 47 in middle school. It had taken him longer to finish than most young people. Family members, including his mother, kept reminding him that he was a 48 . Now, in the face of their negative-saying he had been admitted into college. He told me that before coming to our campus no one had believed he had much 49 . S tephen didn’t become an “A”student. He didn’t make any honor rolls. Still, he managed to 50 most of his courses by being in class every day, turning in all of his assignment on time and breaking down his studying into 51 digestible parts. By passing course after course he began to gain a measure of self-respect. He was a great singer and he was 52 the school’s cross-country team. Every time I saw him on campus, he would brighten up and say, “O ne bite at a time.”Whenever he introduced me to his friends, he would tell them that he was 53 when he was supposed to be failing. His 54 , he said, was that he was 55 what I taught him before classes ever started: “Take it one bite at a time.” 36. A. after B. when C. until D. once 37. A. turned B. sat C. moved D. went 38. A. jobs B. tests C. classes D. projects
. 阅读理解： （A） Dreams may be more important than sleep. Some people don’t need much sleep. B ut we all need to dream, scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are li ke old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer i s worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer. Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They could have been th inking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams. Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t reme mber the dream. Dreams can disappear quickly from memory. Too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at working when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and st ill wake up tired. 1. It may be less important to sleep than to _______. A. think B. dream C. work D. study 2. Dreams and films are usually ______. A. very long B. in color C. about work D. very sad 3. The people often dream about their work because _______. A. they are tired in the daytime B. they are not interested in their work C. they may be thinking about their work at all D. they have too much work to do 4. The main idea of the story is that _______. A. people need to dream B. people like to sleep C. dreams are like films D. we always remember dreams 5. The title for the story could be ______. A. Terrible dreams B. The longest sleep C. Memory D. Dreams （B） All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea. In China, for example, tea is always served when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at homes or in teahouses. They prefer their tea plain, with nothing else in it. Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving
初中英语阅读完形填空100篇（八） 71 Granny Sarya lived outside Moscow. Her only son 1 to Afghanistan(阿富汗) and was killed in action there．Soon after that, her husband lost his job. The old man was always 2 food and clothes．And on a winter night he went out alone when Sarya was asleep. The next morning he was 3 dead in a cold lake. And his worn-out coat was 4 in a tree not far away. Sarya was so 5 that she nearly took her own life. Things got worse and worse after that. She always lived in hunger and cold. She had hoped that the government(政府) could help her but she 6 . It was a cold windy night. The old woman couldn't 7 asleep at all. She had to get up. She decided to write a letter to God（神）, asking for 8 . She wished God to give her 100 rubles (卢布), so she could buy some food for herself. When she 9 writing it, she found she had no 10 . She had to put the 11 at a crossing. 12 the next morning a policeman found the letter. He read it to his comrades．They were all so 13 that they gathered some rubles and sent them to the poor old woman. At first Granny Sarya was happy. But after she 14 the money, she became 15 and said, “I'm told that all things that are touched by the policeman will be only a half left!” 1. A. sent B. ran away C. was sent D. escaped 2. A. worried about B. pleased with C. thinking about D. hearing of 3. A. known B. found C. told D. fallen 4. A. put B. hanged C. shown D. hung 5. A. sad B. happy C. tired D. clever 6. A. succeeded B. failed C. won D. lost 7. A. go B. fall C. get D. help 8. A. coats B. food C. houses D. help 9. A. ended B. started C. finished D. enjoyed 10.A. stamp B. money C. pen D. paper 11.A. food B. letter C. coat D. rubles 12.A. Badly B. Carefully C. Luckily D. Wonderfully 13.A. excited B. moved C. amazed D. surprised 14.A. saw B. received C. gave D. counted 15.A. angry B. thankful C. helpful D. worried 72 When it was over 20 years ago, I first met Mr. Andrews, my old headmaster. During the war (战争) I was studying at school in the north of England. My 1 had just returned to London, and there were not 2 schools left for children. My father had to go from one school to another, trying to 3 them to take me as a pupil. We had 4 to all the schools near our home, but no one would take me. 5 , we went to a school about five kilometers 6 form home. The headmaster kept us waiting for at least 7 . I could hear boys playing on the playground outside.
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
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） Learning to Accept I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. 36 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was 37 and ill. My father was 38 a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 39 all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 40 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started 41 about life, and I told them about one of my 42 . I said that we must very often give things up 43 we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always 44 that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 45 up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up 46 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say. 47 , he answered his own question: “I 48 the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness. I was also 49 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I 50 remember his words and become 51 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 52 to give up my small irritations. In this 53 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father. Sometimes I 54 what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one 55 . 36. A. Afterwards B. Therefore C. However D. Meanwhile 37. A. tired B. weak C. poor D. slow 38. A. already B. still C. only D. once 39. A. took B. threw C. sent D. put 40. A. impossible B. difficult C. stressful D. Hopeless 41. A. worrying B. caring C. talking D. asking 42. A. decisions B. experiences C. ambitions D. beliefs 43. A. as B. since C. before D. till 44. A. suggests B. promises C. seems D. requires
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
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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。
高考英语完形填空、阅读理解精练各三篇（附详细解析）纵观近几年高考完形填空题，我们不难发现：1、语境选择项增多；2、选项设计一 般为同一词类，或属同一范畴；3、难选之处前后多有暗示；4、选材多为具有一定故事情节的记叙文或以叙为主的议论文。 根据高考试题的特点和命题的发展趋势，在复习备考中，对记叙文、以叙为主的议 论文及某些具有一定哲理和教育意义的纯议论性短文都要加强练习。笔者精选三篇不同体裁的典型文章进行供同学们练习，并附详细解析，希望能帮助同学们在这一题型上积累经验，有所突破。 （ A ） In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the middle of complete damage and disorder, a father rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, ___1__ that the building was ___2___. After the unforgettably shock, he ___3___ the promise he had made to his son: "No matter ___4___, I'll always be there for you!" And tears began to ___5___ his eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his ___6___ to his son. He rushed there and started ___7___ the ruins. As he was digging, other helpless parents arrived, ___8___: "It's too late! They're all dead! ___9___, face reality, there's nothing you can do!" To each parent he responded with ___10___: "Are you going to help me now?" No one helped. And then he continued to dig for his son, stone by stone. Courageously he went on alone because he needed to know ___11___: "Is my boy ___12____ or is he dead?" He dug for eight hours...12 hours...24 hours...36 hours...then, in ___13____ hour, he pulled back a large stone and heard his son's __14____. He screamed his son's name, "ARMAND!" He heard back, "Dad!?! It's me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive, you __15____ me and __16____ you saved me, they'd be saved. You promised, 'No matter what happens, I'll always be there for you!' You did it, Dad!" "What's going on in there? " the father asked. "There are 14 of us __17____ __18____ 33, Dad. We're scared, hungry, thirsty and thankful you're here. When the building collapsed, it made __19____, and it saved us." "Come out, boy!" "No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, __20____ I know you'll get me! No matter what happens, I know you'll always be there for me!" 1. A. only discovering B. only to discover C. only realizing D. only to realize 2. A. as flat as a pancake B. as high as a mountain C. as strong as an ox D. as weak as a kitten 3. A. memorized B. forgot C. kept D. remembered 4. A. what B. what happen C. which D. who 5. A. fill B. fill in C. come D. burst 6. A. picture B. promise C. present D. encourage 7. A. digging B. digging through C. digging out D. digging into 8. A. to say B. said C. and saying D. saying 9. A. Come out B. Come again C. Come on D. Come off 10. A. one word B. one sound C. one row D. one line 11. A. for himself B. of himself C. by himself D. to himself 12. A. live B. living C. alive D. lively