八年级英语期末复习专题阅读理解AHello! I’m Wang Yiming. I’m five. I am from China. People call me Xiaobao. Hip-pop dancing is my favourite. I imitate (模仿）Michael Jackson. My mother Bian Aiqing is a photographer.I performed on “The Ellen Show”，a USA TV talk show hosted by comedian Ellen DeGene- res , in February. The moment I met DeGeneres, I gave him a big hug and a lollipop (棒棒糖).Unlike most other child stars, I did not learn dancing just to perform. I like dancing best because it makes me really happy；( )1. What’s the host’s full name?A. Ellen.B. Mchael JacksoaC. Ellen DeGeneres.D. Wang Yiming.( )2. Where is Ellen DeGeneres?A. In China.B. In England.C. In the USA.D. In Canada.( )3. Who is Michael Jackson?A. H e is a dancer.B. He is a comedian.C. He is a host.D. He is a child. ( )4. Where’s Wang Yiming from?A. He is from C hina.B. He is from England.C. He is from Japan.D. He is from the USA.BParents today worry about their children’s diets. Some doctors give the following advice：1. Teenagers shouldn’t eat too much junk food.2. Teenagers shouldn’t eat food with too much salt. Salt can cause high bloodpressure in the future.3. Teenagers should eat food with less fat, oil and sugar.4. Teenagers need to eat some fruits and vegetables every day. Fruits andvegetables are rich in vitamins and have little fat.5. Teenagers need to drink more milk. Milk will help their bones grow.6. Teenagers need to eat breakfast every day. This is good for their bodiesand minds.( )1. According to the doctor’s advice，what does junk food include?A. Milk and vitamins.B. Fruits and sugar.C. Vegetables and salt.D. Fat, oil, salt and sugar.( )2. In this passage, doctors think that teenagers should eat more______.A. food with no vitaminsB. fat and sugarC. vegetables and fruitsD. salt and oil( )3. The best title for this passage is “______”.A. Bad HabitsB. Junk FoodC. Unhealthy FoodD. Advice on Healthy EatingCHello, my dear friends, today here’s a funny cartoon for you. It is a Chinese cartoon. Its name is Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf.In this cartoon，there are some goats and some wolves. Pleasant Goat is the leading role (主角) He likes playing football and running. He runs faster than the other goats. Pretty Goat likes making clothes and growing flowers. She is very beautiful. Lazy Goat is clever，but he doesn’t like doing sports. He likes sleeping best. Force Goat (沸羊羊）is stronger than the other goats. Warm Goat is the class monitor at school. Slow Goat is 68 years old. He is older than the other goats. He is the village head. Every goat has a lovely pet Big Big Wolf wants to eat sheep. Red Wolf is Big Big Wolf’s wife. She is very bad. Banana Wolf is nice. He is the friend of goats. He likes eating bananas very much.( )1. _____ doesn’t like sports.A. Lazy GoatB. Force GoatC. Warm GoatD. Happy Goat( )2. Pretty Goat likes_______.A. playing footballB. sleepingC. making clothesD. eating bananas( )3._______ is the goats’ friend.A. Big Big WolfB. Banana WolfC. Red WolfD. Grey Wolf ( )4. There are ______ goats in the passage.A. fourB. fiveC. sixD. seven( )5. Which is NOT right?A. Happy Goat runs slower than other sheep.B. Slow Goat is older than the other sheep.C. Warm Goat has a lovely pet.D. Red Wolf is Big Big Wolf’s wife.DTelevision has taken the place of schools as he main educator in America. There are several reasons for this. First, there is the number of hours. While Americans spend about 13,000 hours n schools, they spend 15,000 to 16,000 hours in front of a TV set. Second is the age at which viewers start watching TV. People start watching and understanding TV at about the age of 3, which is several years before they start to do school work. Finally, there is the number of viewer. About 90,000,000 young people are attending school, but most of the Americans watch TV every day. It seems, then, that TV shows are taking the place of teachers and professors as the educatorsin America.( )1. The main idea of the passage is ______.A. TV is more important than schoolB. fewer and fewer children go to schoolC. there is not a school which has no TV set in AmericaD. TV plays a great part in American people’s life( )2. How many reasons that television has become the main educator are mentioned in the passage?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.D. Five.( )3. The first reason shows that ______.A. now children go to school less often than their parents didB. in his life an American spends more time watching TV than at schoolC. a TV program usually gives lessons of 15,000--16,000 hoursD. parents think 13,000 hours of school is not enough( )4. In America, a child starts going to school _______.A. when he is 13B. when he is about 6 or 7C. when he is able to understand TVD. after he starts to do scho ol work( )5. Every day in America ______.A. teachers and professors watch TVB. 90,000,000 young people watch TVC. not only young people watch TVD. 15,000—16,000 people watch TVEThe most interesting part of the town was the market, where there were a lot of cafes, restaurants and small shops full of kinds of cheap goods. At this time of the year it was not crowded. It was a lovely day with only a few little white clouds in the sky. It was not hot , as it sometimes was during the summer, but pleasantly warm.Edward and Ann sat at a table outside one c the cafes. After they had been sitting there enjoying the sunlight for a few minutes, a young waiter, not much more than a boy, came to take their order. He spoke no English, but pointed at the menu with a smile. They thought they had managed to make him understand that all They wanted was ice-cream. There were few flavors coffee and orange，and they both chose coffee. “I love coffee ice-cream，” said Ann.After a little while the waiter returned. He was carrying a big tray which he set down very carefully on the table in front of Edward and Ann. There were two cups of coffee and two ice-cream on the tray.“We didn’t want coffee，”said Edward angrily, “but coffee ice-cream. He ought to be able to understand some Engl ish.”The waiter smiled and looked pleased.“No,” said Ann laughing, “It is his country. We ought to be able to speakhis language.”( )1. The weather that day was ______.A. hot and cloudyB. sunny and warmC. warm and cloudyD. cold and cloudy( )2. The waiter _______.A. was a little younger than a boyB. was only a boyC. was a little older than a boyD. looked like a boy ( )3. The waiter brought them _____.A. ice-cream instead of coffeeB. coffee with ice-cream initC. coffee as well as ice-creamD. coffee but no ice-cream ( )4. It seems that the waiter ______.A. liked playing jokesB. didn’t speak clearlyC. was unable to speakD. had made a mistake( ) 5. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A. The waiter was native speakerB. The story took place in England.C. Edward and Ann were doing shoppingD. Edward and Ann were angry because they couldn’t get what they hadwanted.FMobile phones have become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.Mobile phone used among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and more students will want them.Bluett, an official, said mobile phone use is a distraction to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might us e phone messages to cheat during exams.She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones at school. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school offices. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school：They were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.Many people said that they unde rstood why parents would want their children to have mobilePhones, but they thought schools should let the students know when they could use their mobile phones.( )1. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones _____.A. because they are studentsB. when they are freeC. when they are at schoolD. because they arechildren( )2. We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from ______.A. the makers and sellersB. the passers-by andstrangersC. their parents and friendsD. some mobile phoneusers( )3. What does the underlined word “cheat” mean in the passage?A 聊天B 核对C 查询D 作弊( )4. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t ______ during schools hours.A. use their mobile phonesB. leave their mobile phones at school officesC. help the teachers with their workD. get in touch with their children( )5. The passage tells us that _______.A. students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasonsB. it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phones at schoolC. some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t teach their childrenhow to use mobile phones during school hoursD. parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hoursGA lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After a few weeks the story was returned to her. The lady was angry. She wrote to the editor：“Dear Sir，yesterday you sent back a story of mine. How do you know that the story is not good? You didn’t read it. Before I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20. This was the test to see whether you would read the story. when the story came back yesterday, the pages were still pasted together. Is this the way you read all the stories that are sent to you?”The editor wrote back，“Dear Madam，at breakfast when I open an egg I don’t have to eat all the egg to discover that it is bad.”( )1. The woman sent a story of hers to a famous editor, hoping ______.A. to have it returnedB. that he would read or like it, even have it appearedC. that he would have her long s tory cut shortD. to make him angry by pasting together pages 18, 19 and 20 of her story ( )2. How did the woman know that the editor had not read her story?A. She found that pages 18, 19 and 20 of her story remained pasted togetherwhen it was returned to her.B. The editor wrote back to tell her so.C. She had been told that the editor was not a bit interested in any storiesby women.D. Somebody else let her know.( )3. Why did the woman paste together three pages of her story?A. Because she thought that it was a good way to find out whether the editorhad read her story.B. Because she thought that was written on the three pages wasn’t worthreading.C. Because it was a usual test to see whether any editor would read storiessent to him.D. Because she wanted to play a joke on the editor.( )4. The editor’s reply to the woman hinted (暗示）that ______.A. he would be able to tell whether or not a story was well written withouthaving to read the whole of itB. he would have liked her story if she hadn’t pasted together pages 18,19 and 20 of her storyC he had read her story except for pages 18, 19 and 20D. he usually had an egg for his breakfast every day( )5. The best title for the passage is “______”.A. A Lady and Her StoryB. The Story and the EggC. A Good Story and an Irresponsible EditorD. A Stupid Lady and a Clever EditorHWhen George’s car stopped at the traffic lights，he couldn’t start it again. The cars behind him began to sound their horns, and the drivers began to shout. George got out of his car and pushed his car to the side of the road.A young man and his girlfriend were standing at the bus stop. “Excuse me，”said George，“do you know anything about cars?”Before the girl could say anything, her boyfriend said, “Leave it to me.” Then he opened the bonnet(引擎顶盖）at the front of the car. “Oh，dear，it looks very bad，”he shook his head.George was a little surprised，“In fact，er…the engine is at the back.”“oh，”said the young man，“it’s a foreign car. Then I can’t help you.”“Can I have a look now?”asked the girl in a friendly way. She took the cover off the engine at the back of the car, asked George for his tool kit (工具箱），and worked for five minutes. The car started at once.“Thank you，”said George.“Can I give you a lift anywh ere?”“Yes，” said the girl，“to the library. I’m going to get him a book about cars!”( )1. Why did George stop his car?A. Because the red light was on.A. Because the policeman stood in front.B. Because there was something wrong with his car.C. Because a young man and his girlfriend were crossing the street. ( )2. From the story we know that the young man ______.A. could repair carsB. wanted to show off before his girlfriendC. could repair English car, but not foreign carsD. was going to learn how to repair cars( )3. “Bonnet” means ______.A. carB. doorC. boxD. cover( )4. George was surprised because _______.A. there was something wrong with the engineB. the young man said that the car looked very badC. the young man opened the wrong part of the carD. the young man5 s girlfriend could repair cars too( )5. The girl got ______ with the young man.A. pleasedB. angryC. worriedD. surprisedIWhy do I have trouble telling foods apart when I have a cold?Try this simple experiment：Hold your nose. Place a piece of raw carrot in your mouth and chew. Then, as you are still chewing, let go of your nose. Do you taste the difference?The sense of taste and the sense of smell work together as you eat The taste buds (味蕾）on your tongue have 4 nerve receptors(神经感受元）in them. They can respond to only four different tastes—sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. All the other hundreds of tastes come from how foods smell to you.Foods give off invisible (无形的)fumes (烟，气）that breathe into your nasal, passages (鼻道）. The olfactory (嗅觉的）or smelling nerves (嗅感神经) react to these fumes and you become aware of (意识到）the specific smell of these foods.When you have a cold, however, your nasal passages are clogged (阻塞,填满）with mucus (黏液).Your sense of smell is cut off，just as it is when you hold your nose.When you can’t smell the foo ds you eat, it becomes hard to tell them apart. ( )1. “Let go of your nose” means ______.A. take your nose awayB. release your hold of noseC. nose aroundD. nose something out( )2. The taste buds on your tongue respond to _____.A. only sweet tasteB. only sour tasteC. both salty and bitter tastesD. all the four tastes above( )3. When you have a cold, you can hardly tell foods apart because _____.A. you hold your noseB. you can’t eat the foodsC. you are not aware of the smell of the foodsD. your nasal passages are clogged with mucus( )4. People become aware of smell of food through ______.A. the invisible fumesB. the smelling nervesC. the specific smellD. all of the above( )5. According to the passage , when, you have a cold ______.A. you don’t have your nasal passagesB. you don’t have any sense of s mellC. it’s difficult for you to taste the differences of the foods you eatD. it’s imp ossible for you to taste the differences of the foods you eatJ1. The people in needn’t go to work on Fridays .A. CanadaB. ScotlandC. JapanD. Egypt 2. If it is 8:00 a.m. in western Canada, the time is _______ in eastern Canada. A. 11:00a.mB. 2:00 p.m.C. 12:30 p.m.D. 4:00 a.m.3. While Canadian children are waking up, children in Scotland are ________.A. having lessonsB. sleepingC. watching TVD.playing gamesKMany students ask for advice about improving their English. There are three basic questions.The first question is about real English. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, “I enjoy watching English films and listening to real English songs. But it takes a long time. What do you think?” This is a great way to learn English! Talk about the film or Scotland 12:00 noon Scotland is part of the UK. The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh, and the capital of the UK is London. It is twelve noon, or midday, in Edinburgh. Children are having lessons, but they are looking forward to the weekend because there is no school on Saturday and Sunday. Egypt 2:00 p.m. Friday is already the weekend in Egypt. Friday is a special day for Muslims, so schools, offices and shops are closed inall Arab countries. So now, at two p.m., most people in Egypt are having lunch with their families.Japan 9:00 p.m. Japan is seven hours ahead of Egypt, so it is already Friday evening there. The weekend is beginning. Most people are out with friends or watching television or playing computer games. Canada 4:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Canada is a big country with six time zones(时区). In the west, it is four a.m., and everyone is asleep, but in the east it is half past eight and people are awake. It is a cold Friday morning in November.song with your friends, and guess the meaning of the new words. Just enjoy yourself!The second question is about speaking. Sam, from Suzhou wrote, “Our school ha s a foreign teacher. But I’m shy and can’t speak to her. What should I do?”When I visit China, lots of people in the street say, “Hello! How are you? Where are you from? Do you like China?” These are good questions to start a conversation. Many people are shy when they speak English, so before you begin, take a deep breath and smile! Smiling always helps.The third question is about vocabulary. Oliver, from Anhui wrote, “I want to remember all the new words. I wrote them down, but I forget them quickly. What should I do?” Try to remember eight or nine words a day. Write them on pieces of paper and place them in your bedroom. Say the words when you see them, and change them every day. And when you’re shopping, how about counting the English words, or saying the English names for everything you see?1. How many basic questions do the students often ask?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.D. Five.2. What is Oliver’s problem?A. He’s too shy to talk with others.B. He’s not able to count English words.C. He can’t remember new words.D. He doesn’t know what real English is.3. What’s the best title of this passage?A. How to learn EnglishB. Talking about English filmsC. Advice about English writingD. The way of beginning an English conversationLOver 30% of the natural world has been seriously destroyed by humans (人类) over the last 30 years. This is because the number of people living on Earth is nearly six billion (十亿). All of these people need food, space and energy. As a result, lots of Earth’s natural resources will be used up. When we destroy our earth to get natural resources such as wood or oil, animals often lose their living space. They cannot have enough food, and they will get hurt or die.The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international charity. It tries to prevent humans from destroying more of nature than is necessary. For example, in China WWF is working with the local government to reconnect (重新连接) some small lakes in Anhui Province to the Yangtze River and to create(创造) more protected areas so that China’s natural beauty will not be lost in the future. WWF works in more than 50 countries, saving rainforests and stopping hunters from killing rare animalsand protecting traditional ways of life in areas where they are in danger of being lost. WWF’s main goal is to encourage development that does not harm the environment and the animals that live in it. Even though the charity is known all over the world, and a lot of people support the goals of WWF, not so many donate money often. This makes it difficult for the charity to do all the things it wants to do.1. Why has over 30% of the natural world been destroyed?A. Because hunters are killing rare animals.B. Because not enough people help WWF.C. Because WWF does not have enough money.D. Because there are so many people living on Earth.2. How has WWF helped in China?A. They have protected traditional ways of life.B. They have helped to protect China’s natural beauty.C. They have saved many rainforests in Anhui Province.D. They have built some bridges over the Yangtze River.3.What is WWF’s main goal?A. To save rainforests.B. To stop hunters killing rare animals.C. To get more people to donate money.D. To protect the environment while developing.4.Why is it difficult for WWF to do all the things they want to?A. Because too many people do not know WWF.B. Because WWF doesn’t have enough money from donationsC. Because there are too many problems for them to solve.D. Because WWF doesn’t encourage development.参考答案A文章大意:本文介绍了目前中国最红的童星之一“小杰克逊”王一鸣，他因为能惟妙惟肖地模仿杰克逊而出名。
