新目标八年级下册英语Unit8阅读理解专项训练二阅读理解一School systems(制度) are different from country to country.Unlike us, students, in Singapore, where I am studying, have a flexible(灵活的) timetable. My friend Amanda is a science student. She chose Chinese literature and language, chemistry and economics. She also has to attend general paper(理解与写作课), project work, math and PE lessons. On Friday, Amanda only has one PE, one general paper and one economics lesson. On Thursday, however, she has six lessons. “Gloomy(郁闷的) Thursday，” she said humorously.Lunchtimes are not fixed, either. On Tuesday, Amanda has lunch at 10：30 a.m. because she has a PE class at noon. On Thursday, since the first four lessons take up the whole morning and the noon, she has lunch at 1：00 p.m. The different lunchtimes solve the problem of long line in the student canteen.In Singapore students have different lessons in different classrooms while in China we have the same classroom for nearly every lesson. Walking in the school, you always see students rushing toward the next classroom, with their schoolbags on their shoulders. Sometimes the ten-minute-break seems to be too short. I remember on the first day that no sooner had Amanda and I arrived in the classroom than the bell rang.No time to go to the washroom or for snacks.And another discovery surprised me. Students are allowed to use calculators(计算器) in math exams! The students in Singapore calculate everything using calculators. They even use a calculator to find out the sum(总和) of 200 and 300!The two school systems have their advantages and disadvantages. I hope the schools in different countries can learn from each other and the world's education make progress.( )1. Amanda chose studies all the following subjects except ________．A. chemistry B. general paper C. physics D. economics( )2. Why does Amanda have lunch at 10：30? Because ________．A. the first four lessons take up the whole morning and the noonB. she has a PE class at noonC. she is very hungryD. both A and C( )3. Sometimes the writer thinks that ________．A. there are not enough breaks in the dayB. breaks are too longC. breaks are too shortD. students eat too many snacks( )4. According to the passage, how do students in Singapore find the sum of 200 and 300?A. Ask other students.B. Ask teachers.C. Do the sum themselves.D. Use a calculator.( )5. The passage says that ________．A. like us, students in Singapore have a fixed timetableB. school systems are different from country to countryC. in China we have different classrooms for each lessonD. the two school systems are different but equally good二Reading is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons. First , reading is fun. You can always keep yourself happy if like reading. You will never feel bored or tired. Next, you can read a book anywhere----in a car, on a plane, or even in the bathroom. All you need is a book! Another good reason for reading is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby, you will get better and better at it. And you will read faster and find it easier to understand what you read. As your reading skills improve, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much better.Some people say that reading is out of date (过时的). This is not true. You can read on computers, and the better you read, the better your computer skills will be. Good readers may become writers, too. They always have more things to write about.Reading is a wonderful hobby. Why not start reading ri ght now? ( )1. Reading can always keep yourself ______________.A. boredB. tiredC. happyD.excited( )2. You can read a book ______________.A. anywhereB. when you are driving a carC. only on a planeD. only in the reading room( )3.You can read faster _____________.A. after you read a bookB. after you finish your schoolworkC.if you are a studentD. if you read as a hobby( )4 .It is _____________ that reading is out of date.A. trueB. not trueC. sureD.easy( )5.What does the passage mainly tell us?A. Reading is a good hobby.B. You can read on computers.C. Good readers must be good writer s.D. Reading is useful.三Nowadays, many children spend hours a day looking at computer screens or other digital products. Some eye doctors say all the screen time has caused more children to have what they call computer vision syndrome (视力综合症).Nathan Warford is an optometrist (配镜师) in the US. He says he has seen more children having eye problems.“More children come into my office because their parents have noticed that they have headaches or red eyes, or because their degree of short-sightedness appears to be increasing very fast and they’re worried,” he said.Dr. Warford says part of the problem is that even if their eyes start tofeel uncomfortable or they start to get a headache, some children don’t tell their parents, because they don’t want their games or the computer to be taken away.Another part of the problem is that people blink (眨眼睛) less often when they look at the screen.A person who uses a computer or a digital product blinks about one third as much as we normally do in everyday life. If eyes can’t stay wet or are too tired, they will not be protected like normal.( )1. Which of the following isn’t caused by too much screen time? A. Having headaches. B. Having wet eyes.C. Having red eyes.D. Having tired eyes.( )2. Some children don’t tell their parents when their eyes start to feel uncomfortable because .A. they think it is not seriousB. they want to go to hospital themselvesC. they don’t want their parents to worryD. they want to continue playing computer games( )3. People blink as they normally do when they use computers.A. one third as muchB. two thirds as muchC. half as muchD. one fourth as much( )4. From the passage, we can learn that .A. tears can’t protect eyesB. less screen time is good for eyesC. children should blink as much as possibleD. an optometrist can’t help children with their eye problems at all ( )5. What is the passage mainly about?A. People who often get headaches.B. Some information about the latest digital products.C. Dr. Warford’s experience of working out eye problems.D. Eye problems in children caused by using digital products.四Height is just one of the thousands of features your genes (基因) decide. In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent. If both your parents are tall, then most probably you will be tall, too. If you have questions about how tall you're going to be, ask your doctor if he or she can help you find it out.But genes don’t decide everything. For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential (潜力). Getting plenty of sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the expected height.No doubt you’re wondering how fast you should grow. It depends. There’s no perfect or right answer. Generally speaking, kids grow about two inches (six centimeters) a year between age three and the time whenthey start puberty.Your doctor will know how your growth has been going over the years. Two centimeters here and two inches there are not nearly as important as the height you' re at now, how you’ve been growing up to this point, and what other changes your body may be going through. Don’t be nervous if you seem to have grown a lot in a very short time. Everyone has a growth spurt (高峰) during puberty. The age for starting puberty is about 10 for girls and about 11 for boys. But it can be earlier or later, between 7 and 13 for girls and 9 and 15 for boys.You'll usually begin to notice that you’re growing faster about a year or so after your body starts to show the first changes of puberty.( )1. If you want to know how tall you are going to grow, .A. you should have enough exerciseB. you can ask your doctor for helpC. you should have a healthy dietD. you can record your growth during puberty( )2. We can know from the passage .A. how good it is to be a doctorB. how much sleep time we needC. why genes can't decide everythingD. what is a healthy diet for children( )3. The underlined word “puberty” means in Chinese.A. 婴幼儿时期B. 童年时期C. 习惯养成期D. 生长发育期( )4. Which is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Genes decide whether children are clever or not.B. Girls' age for starting puberty is usually earlier than boys'.C. You may be nervous sometimes when you grow too fast.D. Your height most probably depends on how tall your parents are. ( )5. The main idea of the passage is about .A. the time of children’s pubertyB. the time at which girls grow the mostC. the changes of boys’ height at different agesD. the factors(因素) that have effect on children’s height五The San Diego Zoo has been a lovely home for giant pandas since two of the black-and-white bears came to visit in 1987. This week there was snow in San Diego—well, at least for a lucky group of giant pandas.Over 15 tons of snow was blown into the San Diego Zoo's panda area on Tuesday morning to give the endangered bears a chance to play. They would experience the snow just like living in their natural habitat.The snow day was a first for Xiao Liwu whose name means "Little Gift." He was the sixth baby panda born to Bai Yun. Xiao Liwu was jumping on Mom, playing with her and getting used to being thrown in the snow by mama bear. Jennifer Becerra, San Diego Zoo keeper said, "He was really enjoying the snow and running around. I've never seenhim so happy."All the San Diego Zoo’s giant pandas are from China, as part of a long-term captive breeding(人工养殖) program. Four of Xiao Liwu's brothers have already been moved from California to China.Today there are 44 giant pandas living in zoos outside of China, where the bears' only natural home is. As just 1,600 pandas are thought to be left in the wild, researchers insist that captive breeding is an important way to study and protect the endangered pandas. Not only because of the habitat loss from human activities and low reproductive rates(繁殖率), giant pandas' survival is also affected by climate change. A study showed that global warming could kill much of the bears' main food, bamboo, over the next century.( )1. Why was the snow blown into the San Diego Zoo's panda area?A. To stop the bamboos from dying.B. To give the pandas a chance to play.C. To help the pandas live in their natural habitat.D. To make Xiao Liwu happy.( )2. What’s the relationship between Bai Yun and Xiao Liwu?A. Wife and husband.B. Father and daughter.C. Sister and brother.D. Mother and son.( )3. What is NOT the factor that influences the giant pandas' number?A. The loss of habitat.B. Low reproductive rates.C. Human research.D. Climate change.( )4. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?A. Giant pandas in San Diego ZooB. Giant pandas in dangerC. Xiao Liwu’s happy timeD. How to protect giant pandas ( )5. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Captive breeding is the most useful way to protect giant pandas.B. More than 44 giant pandas live in zoos outside of China now.C. China is the only natural home of giant pandas.D. Xiao Liwu was afraid of being thrown in the snow by mama.六Reading is the key to school success and, like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. An excellent sportsman practices until he can play quickly, correctly and without thinking. Educators call it “automaticity(自动性)”.A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With practice, he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrase(短语). With automaticity, he doesn’t have to think about the meaning of words, so he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found thatautomatic readers in the first grade not only read almost three times as fast as the others, but also got better results in exams.According to Rossman, the key to automaticity is the amount(数量) of time a child spends reading, not his IQ. Any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will probably reach automaticity. It can happen if a child turns off TV just one night for reading at home.You can test yourself by reading something new which is suitable for your level. If you read aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, you probably are an automatic reader. If you read brokenly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, you need more practice.( )1.“Reading is the key to school success” means that reading .A. helps school develop fasterB. is a key to a successful schoolC. helps students go to a key schoolD. can improve students’ learning results( )2.Children with “automaticity” can read faster because they .A. know how to read the wordsB. do not have to think while readingC. read by themselves without any helpD. pay attention to the meaning of the text( )3. Rossman tells that any child who will possibly be anautomatic reader.A. turns off TV one night 4 weeksB. reads books by the word quicklyC. spends an hour reading every dayD. gets the same grades as others in exams( )4. The underlined word “stumble” in the passage means “ ” in Chinese.A. 结结巴巴地读B. 全神贯注地读C. 心不在焉地读D. 声情并茂地读( )5.The best title for the passage is “ ”.A.IQ Is the Key to the AutomaticityB. TV Is Bad for Children’s ReadingC. Automaticity Depends on PracticeD. Automatic Reads Will Be Successful七Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons．First，reading books is fun．You can make yourself happy if you like reading．This is especially useful when the weather is bad．It is a relaxing hobby，too．You can really become lost in a book．Next，you can read a book anywhere：in a car，in a waitin9—room，on a plane or in bed．All you need is a book!Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then start again．Another good reason for reading books is that it is useful．If you readas a hobby，you will get better and better at it．This makes you read faster and become easier at understanding what you read．If you read enough，you will probably find that your schoolwork becomes much better．Some people say that reading is out of date．This is not true．You can read on computers，and the more you read，the better your computer skills will be．Good readers are most likely to be good writers-too．They are usually good at spelling as well，and have more things to write about．( )1．Reading can make you ．A．bored B．tired C．happy( )2．What does the underlined word“convenient”mean in Chinese?A．复杂的B．流行的C．方便的( )3．You can read faster ．A．if you read as a hobby B．if you are a studentC．after you read a book( )4．When you read enough，perhaps you will find that your schoolwork is ．A．much more B．much better C．much worse( )5．The passage mainly tells us ．A．the place to read booksB．reading is a good hobbyC．how to read books八Tu Youyou，an 84-year-old female(女性)scientist，became the first Chinese to win a Nobel Prize in science on Oct 5，2015．Before that，she ever won the 2011Lasker Award for finding out artemisinin(Qinghaosu)。
