八年级阅读理解专项练习(四)

1 阅读理解题库：（四）

第一篇： 易

It was half-past eight in the morning. The telephone bell rang and Mary went to answer it.

It's Peter. “Hullo, who's that?” she asked.

Peter was a friend of Mary's eight-year-old brother, Johnny.

“Oh hello, Peter. What do you want?” said Mary.

“Can I speak to Johnny ?”

“No,” said Mary, “you can't speak to him now. He is busy. He is getting ready for school.

He is eating his breakfast. Grandmother is combing his hair. Sister is under the table, putting

his shoes on. Mother is getting his books and putting them in his school bag. Goodbye, I've

got to go now. I have to hold the door open. The school bus is coming” .

( )1.Who went to answer it when the telephone bell rang?

A. Johnny's sister B. Peter C, Johnny D. Johnny's mother

( )2.Whom did Peter want to speak to?

A. Mary's brother B. Mary's sister

C. Mary's grandmother D. Johnny's mother

( )3.Johnny couldn't speak to Peter because Johnny _______.

A. was combing his hair B. was putting his shoes on

C. was getting his books D. was busy eating his breakfast

( )4.How do you say to a stranger who is answering your telephone?

A. Who are you? B. Anything to say? C. Who is it? D. Please

( )5.From this story we know that Johnny was_____.

A. a lazy boy B. a clever boy C. a busy boy D. a hungry boy

Keys:1---5AADCA

第二篇： 易

Tom put two big baskets of grapes on his donkey and went to market. At midday it was

very hot, so he stopped in the shade of a big tree. There were several other men there, and all

of them had donkeys of grapes too. After their lunch they went to sleep. After some time,Tom

began to take grapes out of the other men's baskets and to put them in his.

Suddenly one of the men woke up and saw him. “What are you doing?” he said angrily.

“Oh,” said Tom,“don't worry about me. I am half mad, and I do a lot of strange things.”

“Oh, really ?”said the other man. “Then why don't you sometimes take grapes out of

your baskets and put them in somebody else's baskets?”

“You did not understand me,”said Tom “.I said that I was half mad, not quite mad.”

( )1.Tom went to market_______.

A. to sell his donkey B. to buy something

C. to sell his grapes D. to find a job

( ) 2. Tom stopped______.

A. under a big tree B. near a big tree

2 C. around a big tree D. in a big tree

( )3.As Tom was taking away the other men's grapes one of the men_______.

A. pretended not to see him B. saw him and got angry

C. woke his fellows up D. came at him

( )4.Tom said that he did a lot of strange things because_______.

A. he was clever B. he was quite mad

C. he was foolish D. he was half mad

( )5.In this story Tom was ______.

A. a selfish man B. a strange man

C. a friendly man D. a foolish man

Keys：1---5CABDA

第三篇： 难

One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of

thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own

language, so it is necessary (必要的) to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some

examples.

1. "What's the matter？" "I went to a party last night, so I…"

2. "I feel so tired these days."" I think you'd better…"

3."Of course, she never stops talking. She is one of the most…"

You can see from the above three examples that the context (上下文) helps a lot in

understanding what is being talked about. So "guessing "is very important in understanding

English, especially (尤其)spoken English.

1. This passage tells us mainly about _________.

A. the importance of "guessing " in learning a foreign language

B. how to guess what one is going to talk about

C. some examples of right guessing

D. how important it is to guess all the time

2. From the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE I is _________.

A. "… so I didn't have a good time." B. "…so I went to bed very late."

C. "…. So I felt unhappy." D. "… so I got up very early."

3. Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 2 is ________.

A. "I think you'd better have a good rest and take good care of yourself."

B. "I think you'd better have something to drink."

C. "I think you'd better get some help from your friends."

D. "I think you'd better be more careful."

4. Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 3 is ______.

A. "… she is one of the most famous film stars."

B. "…she is one of the most beautiful women."

C. "… she is one of the most famous speakers."

D. " .. she is one of the most talkative women."

5. From the passage we can infer (推断) that guessing is _______in learning a foreign