八年级英语阅读理解强化训练及答案

1 八年级英语阅读理解强化训练

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London Eye

London Eye is 135meters high and has become one of the world's tallest observation wheels(观景摩天轮). It has 32capsules（密闭）and carries about 10，000visitors every day. You can travel in

complete safety. And you can see up to 40kilometers away in all directions from each capsule.

Because of the way the capsules are hung, it provides a full 360-degree panorama（全景）when you

are at the top of the wheel.

Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace is Queen Elizabeth II's official residence（寝宫）.The State Rooms（国事厅）in

it have been open to the public for the Summer Opening since 1993. At first，the Summer Opening

was considered a way to raise money for repairing Buckingham Palacebut it became so popular that the Queen has continued to let visitors enjoy it every summer. The Queen is not at Buckingham

Palace when it is open to the public--she goes to one of her country residences. If you are visiting at a different time of the year，go to see the Changing of the Guard（换岗仪式）.

The British Museum The British Museum was open to the public in 1753and it continues to be free since then. More than

7million objects are kept in the British Museum, and it would probably take a week to see everything! Don't think the British Museum is full of works of art from old England. In fact, it is full of the

treasures the soldiers brought back from far away places. Those treasures include some collections

which are the largest and best-known in the world.

46. The incorrect description(描述) of London Eye is that _______.

A. It is one of the world's tallest observation wheels.

B. You can see up to 40kilometers away in all directions from each capsule.

C. It has 32capsules and carries around 1，000visitors every day. D. You can enjoy a full 360-degree panorama when you are at the top of the wheel.

47. The aim of opening Buckingham Palace to the public every summer is to______. A. raise money for building a new palace

B. let visitors see the Changing of the Guard C. let visitors enjoy the Queen's country residence

D. raise money for repairing it and let visitors enjoy it

48. From the passage, we know that______.

A. the British Museum is open for free only in summer B. the British Museum has more than 70million objects

C. some of the treasures were brought to England by foreign visitors D. you may need 7days to enjoy everything in the British Museum

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Napoga is a 12—year---old girl in Ghana, Africa. It is hard for her family to get clean water. Every morning, she leaves home at half past five to get clean water for her family in a

village far away. It takes her six hours to get enough clean water for daily cooking and drinking. She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends. Millions of people in the world are like

Napoga. They can’t get enough clean water to keep healthy.

Earth Day is April 22. But on all other days, we must also remember it. The water we use is

the most important natural resource(自然资源)on the earth. Water covers 70 percent of the earth’s surface (表面). But most of that is sea water. We can’t use it

for very many things. Fresh water covers only one percent of the earth’s surface.

You probably feel lucky that your life isn’t as hard as Napoga’s. But that doesn’t mdon’t have to worry about water. We all face serious water problems. One of them is water

pollution. All kinds of things from cars, factories, farms and homes make our rivers, lakes, and oceans dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is bad for fish, too.

Now, thirty-four percent of all kinds of fish are dying out. How do cars and factories make our water dirty? First, they pollute the air. Then, when it

rains, the rain water comes down and makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain, called acid rain(酸雨), is also bad for plants ,animals and buildings. Scientists say that in 30 years, more than half of the people in the world won’t have enoug

water. We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children. Here is some advice for saving water:

3 ● Turn off the water while you brush your teeth. You can save as much as 450liters(升)each month.

● Leaky taps （漏水的龙头）waste a lot of water. Fix them right away. ●You can easily cut your 10—minute showers in half---and you’ll be just as clean.

●When you wash dishes, don’t let the water run. ●Only wash clothes when you have a lot to wash. If your washing machine isn’t full , you are

wasting water! 49. On the earth, _______.

A. sea water is more widely(广泛地) used than fresh water B. there is very little water for our living

C. there is 71% of fresh water

D. we don’t need to worryabout water 50. Acid rain ________.