八年级英语下册期末复习 阅读理解练习8篇

八年级英语下册阅读理解专项练习6篇1When Mencius (孟子) was a small boy, his father died. So Mencius and his mother were quite poor. One day, Mencius returned home from school and found his mother making some cloth. It was very beautiful and expensive."How much of your book have you read today?" Mencius' mother asked him. Mencius threw down his book. "I haven't read any of it." He replied, "I played with some friends of mine in the fields."When his mother heard this, she picked up a pair of scissors (剪刀) and cut the cloth. "Why have you cut your cloth?" Mencius asked, "It was so beautiful and now you've wasted it." "You have wasted your time," she said, "Now I have wasted mine. Look at the terrible (可怕的) thing we have done!"Mencius learned a lot from this lesson. After this, he always studied hard.1. When did the story happen?A. When Mencius was 30 years old.B. When Mencius' family was very rich.C. When Mencius' father lived with them.D. When Mencius was a small boy.2. The phrase "make some cloth" means "______".A. 做衣服B. 织布C. 纺棉花D. 缝衣服3. Why did Mencius' mother cut the cloth? Because ______.A. She wanted to make some more beautiful clothB. She thought it was wasting time to make clothC. She wanted to let her son get angryD. She wanted to give her son a lesson4. Why did Mencius always study hard after this? Because ______.A. he wanted to be a teacherB. he learned a lot from the lessonC. he wanted to make his mother happyD. he didn't play with any other friends5. This passage mainly tells ______.A. A story of Mencius and his friendsB. a story of Mencius' motherC. a story about Mencius' wasting timeD. Mencius' mother cut the cloth答案：DBDBC2One day, a teacher was giving a speech to his students. He held up (举起) a glass of water and asked the class, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"The students' answers ranged from 20 g to 500 g? "It does not matter on the weight itself. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance (救护车). It is exactly the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."If we carry our burdens (负担) all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier."What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again."We have to put down the burden sometimes, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.1. The teacher brought a glass of water to the class because _____.A. he was very thirstyB. his arms were strongC. it was a good example2. "A glass of water" in this passage referred to (指) _____.A. knowledgeB. the burdenC. the time3. According to the teacher, you may feel _____ if you put down the burden sometimes.A. more energeticB. much heavierC. more stressed out4. This was a lesson about _____.A. how to relax oneself in lifeB. how to solve a physics problemC. how to keep fit by drinking water5. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. You could become heavier and heavier if you held a glass of water in your hand.B. All the students in the class knew what the weight of the glass of water exactly was.C. The teacher had a good way of making his lesson clear and easy to be understood答案：CBCAC3Years ago, a college teacher gave a group of graduate (毕业) students this job: Go to a poor place. Take 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and find out their living environment. The predict their chances for the future.After doing some research, the students found that 90% of the boys would spend some time in jail (监狱). Twenty-five years later, another group of students was given the job: Go to test what the first group of students had predicted. They went back to the same place. These 200 boys had then become men. Some of them were still there, a few had died and some had moved away. The students found that only four of them had ever been sent tot jail.These men had lived in a place full of crime (犯罪, 罪行) for many years. Why did the have such a good record? When the students asked the reason, the men said," Well, there was a teacher…?The students found the teacher. What did she do to these boys? Could she give the students any reason why these boys should have remembered her?"No," she said, "no, I really couldn't give any reason."And then, thinking back over the years, she said happily, " I loved those boys…?1. The first group of the students took _____ boys to help them to do their job.A. 12B. 16C. 90D. 2002. The underlined word "predict" in the passage most probably means "_____" in Chinese.A. 证明B. 预测C. 提供D. 证明3. Which of the following is not true?A. Four of the boys had been sent to jail.B. The 200 boys were between 12 and 16.C. The woman teacher could not give any reason at last.D. The children lived I a place which was full of crime4. What's the main idea of this passage?A. Predicting never worksB. Teacher's love can change children's lifeC. Two hundred boys were tested by studentsD. The two groups of students could predict the boys' future答案：DBCB4The hardworking blacksmith Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard-working was he that at times he would make the sparks (火星) fly from his hammer.The son of Mr. Smith, a rich neighbor, used to come to see the blacksmith every day and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself watching how the tradesman worked.“Young man, why don’t you try your hand to learn to make shoe tacks (钉), even if it is only to pass the time?” said the blacksmith. “Who knows, one day, it may be of use to you.”The lazy boy began to see what he could do. But after a little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.Old Mr. Smith died and the son on account of the war lost all his goods. He had to leave home and wasforced to live in another country. It so happened that in this village there were many shoemakers who were spending a lot of money buying tacks for their shoes and even at times when they paid high prices they were not always able to get what they wanted, because in that part of the country there was a high demand for soldiers’ shoes.Our young Mr. Smith, who was finding it difficult to earn his daily bread, remembered that once upon a time he had learned the art of making tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain with the shoemakers. He told them that he would make the tacks if they would help to get him settled in the workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer. And after a while, Mr. Smith found that he was soon making the finest tacks in the village.“How funny it seems,” he used to say, “even making tacks can make money. My trade is more useful to me than all my former riches.”1.The young man learnt to make shoe tacks because ________.A. his father told him toB. he wanted to learn a skillC. Jones encouraged him toD. he just wanted to pass his time2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Old Mr. Smith enjoyed making the shoe tacks.B. The blacksmith had predicted the young man would be in need of the skill.C. The higher prices they paid, the more tacks the shoemakers would get.D. The young man earned his living by his skills learnt when he was young.3. What can we learn from the story?A. Practice makes perfect.B. Skill makes life easy.C. A good beginning makes a good ending.D. Every man has his gift.答案：CDB5In the early days of human history, people survived by hunting wild animals, or gathering wild grains and plants for food. Then, some people learned to grow crops and raise animals for food. They were the first farmers.From the sixteenth century on, the word “farm” has meant agricultural land. But a much older meaning of the word “farm” is linked to economics. The word “farm” comes from the Latin word “firma”, which means an unchanging payment. E xperts say the earliest meaning of the English word “farm” was a yearly payment made as a tax or rent.Farmers in early England did not own their land. They paid every year to use agricultural lands. In England, farmers used hawthorn trees along the edges of houses. They called this row of hawthorns a hedge. Hedging fields was how careful farmers marked and protected them. Soon, people began to use the word “hedging” to describe steps that could be taken to protect against financial loss. Hedging is common among gamblers who make large bets. A gambler bets a lot of money on one team. But, to be on the safe side, he also places a smaller bet on the other team, to reduce a possible loss.You might say that someone is hedging his bet when he invests in several different kinds of business. One business may fail, but likely not all. Farmers know that it is necessary to make hay while the sun shines. Hay has to be cut and gathered when it is dry. So a wise farmer never postpones gathering his hay when the sun is shining. Rain may soon appear. A wise person copies the farmer. He works when conditions are right.1.We can know from the 3rd paragraph that farmers in early England _________.A. had land of their ownB. paid to use hawthorn trees every yearC. used hedging fieldsD. often suffered from financial loss2.Which of the following is wise?A. A mother tries to sleep as soon as her baby is quietB. Hay has to be cut and gathered before it is dryC. Put off gathering hay when the sun is shiningD. Gather hay as it is rainy3.If a boy is carefully listening to his teacher in class, he learns to _________.A. become a wise farmerB. hedge his betC. gather his hayD. make hay while the sun shines答案：CAD6My grandfather is eighty years old. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better."Families aren't what they used to be. A lot of families have broken up. If the husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now parents are both busy working. No one has time to look after children at home.And the cars! No one walks anymore. More and more people drive. We used to walk five miles to school on school days, even in winter. But now we don't. And in school, children don't have to think anymore. In math class, for example, we used to add, subtract, multiply and divide by using our heads. But now kids don't use their heads anymore. Instead, they use calculators.Most families have computers now. In the past we didn't have computers. We didn't even have lights. My mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now we don't often eat home-cooked food.And people talk less to each other than before. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think...Life used to be simple, but it isn't anymore."1. What does the grandfather think of the life now?A. It's as good as it used to beB. It's worse than it used to beC. It's better than it used to beD. It's the same as it used to be2. What does the underlined word "marriage" mean in Chinese?A. 生活B. 工作C. 婚姻D. 家庭3. What did the grandfather used to do?A. He used to use calculators in math classB. He used to drive to school in winterC. He used to go to school by bikeD. He used to walk five miles to school4. What changes have happened?①There are lights at home②People often eat home-cooked food now③Lots of families have computers④More and more people drive instead of walkingA. ①②④B. ②③④C. ①②③D. ①③④5. Which of the following is TURE?A. Life now is much simplerB. People have more time to talk with each other nowC. The grandfather only complains and pays no attention to the better life nowD. Lots of mothers still stay at home and look after their children.答案：BCCDC。

【英语】人教版英语八年级英语下册阅读理解专题复习练习（含解析）经典1【英语】人教版英语八年级英语下册阅读理解专题复习练习(含解析)经典1一、八年级英语下册阅读理解专项练习（含答案解析）1．阅读理解B“Mum, may Patti come over?” asked Meg.“Not until you clean your room,” replied Mum.Meg said on the phone unhappily, “I have to clean my room first.”At the other end, Patti laughed. She said to Meg, “That's funny. My mum just said I can't go anywhere until I clean my room.”After hanging up （挂断电话）, the girls went to their own rooms. Each girl looked around at her mess. Slowly they started cleaning their rooms.Meg said to herself, “Maybe we could talk on the phone while we work. It would be hard to work and talk at the same time, though.”Patti thought, “Until I clean my room, I can't leave. Meg may leave, but she can't have anyone over.” Then Patti asked her mum, “Mum, may Meg come?” “Sure,” said Patti's mum. “Remember, you must have your room cleaned before leaving the house.”Patti ran to the phone and called Meg. “I've got an idea!” she told Meg.A few minutes later, Meg went over to Patti's house. Her mum allowed her to go because she promised to clean her roomwhen she returned.While dancing, singing and talking, the girls worked. One hour later, the room became clean. It was fun! The room looked great. Patti's mum was happy. She called Meg's mum and told her everything. Meg's mum said Patti could come to help Meg.The girls quickly went to Meg's house. They worked and played until the room was clean. The girls learned that working together could make cleaning fun and easy!（1）Meg felt ________ when her mum told her that she must clean her room first.A. worriedB. unhappyC. nervousD. angry（2）Each girl ________ after talking on the phone for the first time.A. worked hardB. danced to musicC. went to her roomD. talked with her mum （3）Patti had an idea and it was to ________.A. invite Meg to come overB. ask her mum to help herC. clean her room after playing with MegD. talk to Meg on the phone while cleaning（4）Meg's mum allowed her to leave because Meg ________.A. finished cleaning her roomB. promised to help clean Patti's roomC. promised to clean her room when she returnedD. would finish her homework on Patti's computer（5）Patti's room became clean in ________.A. half an hourB. an hourC. one and a half hoursD. two hours【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）A（4）C（5）B【解析】【分析】文章大意：Meg和Patti的房间都一团糟，她们想要一起玩，得先打扫房间，最后两个人合作打扫房间的故事。

【备考期末】广州市八年级英语阅读理解专题一、八年级英语下册阅读理解专项训练1．阅读理解I volunteered at the vet's （兽医诊所）last summer vacation. Minnie was the most interesting dog that I saw there. Long hair covered her body. And her tail looked like a mouse's tail.She was brought to the vet's because her owner didn't want her any more. Minnie was well-behaved（行为端正）. "No one should judge（评判）her by her appearance," I thought. So the people of the vet's looked after her. Finally, I advertised Minnie in the local newspaper. "Funny-looking dog, well-behaved, needs a loving family." When a young man called, I told him that Minnie looked a little strange. The boy on the phone told me that his grandfather's old dog had just died. They wanted to bring Minnie to him. I gave Minnie a good bath. At last, an old car drove up in front of the vet's. Two kids brought Minnie to their grandfather who was waiting in the car. Then the grandfather held Minnie in his arms and touched her soft hair. Minnie kissed his face. She waved her tail so quickly. "She's great!" the old man said.I was glad that Minnie found a good family. That's when I saw that the grandfather was blind.（1）What did the writer think of Minnie?A. She was the most interesting.B. She was a little lazy.C. She was very difficult to control.D. She looked very ugly.（2）Why did Minnie go to the vet's?A. Because she got lost in the park.B. Because the people of the vet's bought her.C. Because her owner didn't want her any more.D. Because Minnie liked living in the vet's.（3）Who adopted（收养） Minnie at last?A. An old man.B. The writer.C. Someone in the vet's.D. Her first owner.（4）Which is TRUE according to the passage?A. Minnie was very beautiful.B. Minnie got lost in the end.C. In fact, nobody liked Minnie.D. Minnie finally found a good family.2．阅读理解Everyone wants to be successful in their life, don't they? Even as a teenager, you can get success in your life. It really isn't so hard. Here are some steps that help you have a successful teenage life.______________________.No matter how boring it is now, education will help you in society. Try your best at school, listen to teachers, do your homework, and get good grades. Doing so will help you get into a better university, which will help you to get a great job in the future.Do good in your free time.Volunteering can improve your experience; it can also make you happier. Find volunteer opportunities（机会） that interest you. For example, if you love animals, volunteer at an animalcenter. If you like helping people, volunteer at a soup kitchen. If you love helping the environment, plant trees or pick up litter. When you help others, it will make you feel better about yourself. Having lots of volunteer hours will look good on your resume （履历）!Find out your goals（目标） in life and work towards them.Start thinking about jobs you would like to get, and make a good choice according to your interests. Challenge yourself and you'll be surprised at what you can do after you finish a hard job! Get active!Join a sports team at school or out of school. Just exercise! Studies show that people who get active in their child / teen years will be more active when they're adults, so start getting active now.（1）_______ might be the best one to put in the blank in the passage.A. Get up earlyB. Do well in schoolC. Believe in somethingD. Do whatever you like （2）According to the passage, volunteering can help people to get ________.A. quieterB. boredC. happierD. knowledgeable（3）If teenagers want to help people, they can volunteer ________.A. at an animal centerB. at a soup kitchenC. to clean up litterD. to plant trees and flowers（4）In the passage, The writer mainly tells us some ways to ________.A. have a good teenage lifeB. make a good choiceC. get active in child yearsD. have a good job and life3．阅读理解Man has always wanted to fly. Some of the greatest men in history have thought about the problem. One of these, for example, was the great Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci. In the sixteenth century he made designs for machines that could fly. But they were never built.Throughout history, other less famous men have wanted to fly as well. An example was a man in England about 800 years ago. He made a pair of wings* from chicken feathers. Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into the air from a tall building. As you can imagine, he did not fly very far. Instead he fell to the ground and broke every bone in his body.The first real try took place in France in 1783. The two Montgolfier brothers knew that hot air rises. If they could fill a large balloon with hot air, they thought it would rise into the air and fly. They were right. They made a very large "hot air balloon" of cloth and paper. They filled it with hot air and the balloon rose two hundred metres into the air. It fell to earth about three kilometres away. In September of that year, both the King and Queen of France came to see the balloon. They watched it carry the very first air passengers into the sky. We do not know what thepassengers felt about the trip as they were a cock, a duck, and a sheep. But we do know that the trip lasted for 8 minutes and then the animals landed safely. Two months later, two men did the same thing. They rose above Paris in a balloon of the same kind. Their trip lasted for twenty-five minutes and they traveled about 8 kilometers.（1）Leonardo da Vinci____________.A. made designs of flying machinesB. built a kind of machine which never flewC. drew many beautiful pictures of the birdsD. said that man would fly in the sky one day （2）Eight hundred years ago an Englishman____________.A. made a kind of flying machine himselfB. wanted to build a kind of hot air balloonC. tried to fly from a tall building on a large birdD. tried to fly with wings made of chicken feathers（3）The two Montgolfier brothers tried ____________at flying.A. onceB. twiceC. three timesD. four times（4）Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. The Two Montgolfier BrothersB. The First Flying Hot Air BalloonC. The History of Man's Try at FlyingD. Man's First Successful Try at Flying4．阅读理解There are more than sixty cool places for kids in Virginia, and here are three of them.Busch Gardens is widely known for its roller coasters（过山车）. It has some pretty fantastic rides. You need to be brave enough to enjoy them. Are you ready？The Eastern Shore Hang Gliding Center offers the ride of your life, from 2，500 feet to 1 mile high! Bring your younger brother or sister, too. This ride is good for ages 4 and up.Feel like skiing（滑雪） in spring or summer? Come to Snowflex Center and have fun on the synthetic ski slope（人造滑雪坡） which is the only one in the United States. Can't ski? Don't worry! You can take lessons. We have many excellent teachers！（1）Kids can ________in Busch Gardens.A. ride a roller coasterB. go paraglidingC. feed small animalsD. go skiing（2）Kids need to be ________to enjoy the rides in Busch Gardens.A. braveB. outgoingC. creativeD. rich（3）Kids ________CANNOT enjoy the rides in the Eastern Shore Hang Gliding Center. A. over 14 B. from 4 to 14 C. under 14 D. under 4（4）What can we learn about Snowflex Center?A. People can go there to ski only in winter.B. The skis（滑雪板）there are very expensive.C. We can't find the same ski slope in America.D. If you can't ski, don't go to Snowflex Center.（5）Which can be the best title（标题）?A. Have fun in Busch GardensB. Cool places for kids in VirginiaC. How to spend a great weekendD. Great theme parks for everyone5．阅读下面的材料，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

【英语】八年级英语下册阅读理解复习巩固专讲专练(章末复习+综合测评+答案)一、八年级英语下册阅读理解专项练习（含答案解析）1．阅读理解Embroidery（刺绣）has a long history and can date back to the Warring States Period in China. Embroidery is very popular in many countries such as China, India and Japan. Embroideryis the handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needles and thread or yarn. Embroidery may also use other materials such as metal Strips, pearls, beads, quills and sequins. Embroidery is most often used on caps, hats, coats, blankets, dress shirts, denim, stockings and golf shirts. Embroidery is available with a wide variety of thread or yarn colours.Embroidery has many unique characteristics （特点）. One of the interesting characteristicsof embroidery is the basic techniques or stitches （针法）, such as the chain stitch, the buttonhole or the blanket stitch, the running stitch, the satin stitch and the cross stitch. They are still the fundamental techniques of hand embroidery today.Embroidery can be classified according to whether the design is stitched on top of or through the foundation fabric; and by the relationship of stitch placement to the fabric. Different embroideries have their own advantages and disadvantages. In' modern society, we can produce many different embroideries. Machine embroidery is one of them: It appears in the early stagesof the Industrial Revolution.（1）From the passage, we can know embroidery can date back toA. the Warring States PeriodB. the Spring and Autumn PeriodC. the modern timesD. the Ming Dynasty（2）Which of the following materials cannot be used in embroidery according to the passage?A. Metal strips.B. Pearls.C. Quills.D. Wood.（3）From the passage, how many things can embroidery be used on?A. Seven.B. Six.C. Five.D. Eight.（4）Which of the following characteristics belongs to embroidery?A. The flying stitch.B. The satin stitch.C. The flat stitch.D. The button stitch.【答案】（1）A（2）D（3）D（4）B【解析】【分析】本文介绍了刺绣的起源，构造以及特点和用途。