八年級英語閱讀理解練習題

大家都知道大學聯考的重要性，爲了大學聯考打基礎的`初中學習也很重要，爲了幫助大家學習英語，小編整理了一些英語閱讀理解練習。

Long, long ago there were only a few thousand people in the world. These people move form place to place over the land, hunting animals for food.

No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed. They did not have to look for food any more. They could stay in one place and grow it.

People began to live near one another. And so the first village grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big. When machines appeared(出現), life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities grew very big.

Today some people are moving back to small towns. Can you tell why?

1. The best title(題目)of the text should be ___.

A. Cities or Villages B. Back to Towns

C. How Cities Grew D. People and Animals

2. The underlined word "they" in the second paragraph refers to(指的是) ___.

A. villages B. animals C. cities D. people

3. When factories were built, ___.

A. more people live near the factories

B. people began to live in the factories

C. many people began to work in villages

D. many machines appeared in big factories

4. We can learn from the text that ___.

A. people like to work only in big cities

B. some people don't like to live in big cities

C. there will be no small towns in the future(將來)

D. it is better to live in cities than in villages

5. In what order did people do the following things?

A. Worked in villages B. Lived near the factories.

C. Learned to grow food. D. Built factories.

E. Began to live near each other.

A. d, b, a, e, c B. e, a, c, d, b,

C. c, e, a, d, b D. a. c. d. e. b

答案：1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C

Most people have flown a kite or have seen one ride and dip(下降) in strong spring wind. Not so many people know that kites were first made in China thousands of years ago. The ancient (古代的) Chinese were making and flying kites even before they were writing.

A long time ago, the Chinese made kites to use in wars. They would fly these war kites in the dark. The kites were fixed (固定) so that they made strange sounds. Men who were at war with them would hear these sounds and run away. They thought those strange sounds were made by gods(神) in the sky.

The ancient Chinese also flew kites to bring good luck and to make their crops(農作物) grow rich and tall. Sometimes they tied long strings (細繩) and hooks (鉤) to their kites. Then they would fly the kites over water, letting the hooks hang down to catch fish.

The Chinese use sticks(樹枝), strings(線) and paper for their kites. Some of these kites look like animals or trees. Others look like birds or houses.

1. The main idea of the first paragraph(段落) is that

A. kites were first made in China

B. most of us have flown or seen a kite

C. the ancient Chinese were making kites before they were writing

D. the ancient Chinese were good at making kites

2. In ancient China kites could be used for ___.

A. catching fish B. helping people fly

C. watering the crops D. helping people walk in the dark

3. The ancient Chinese used kites in wars because the kites ____.

A. could bring good luck B. looked like animals

C. could help them win a war D. could fly high

4. The Chinese usually use ____ for their kites.

A. sticks, strings and grass B. strings, hair and wood

C. paper, strings and sticks D. paper, ropes and hooks

5. What is the best title (題目) of this passage?

A. Lucky Kites. B. Strange Kites.

C. Beautiful Kites. D. Chinese Kites.

答案：AACCD

In England (英格蘭人) nobody under eighteen years old is allowed (允許) to drink in a bar (酒吧).

Mr Thompson often went to a bar near his he never took his son, Tom, because he was too when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first drank for an drank a Mr Thompson said to his son,“Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful(有用的) do you know when you’ve had enough(足夠的)? Well, I’ll tell you see those two lights(燈) at the end of the bar? When they seem(好象) to become four, you’ve had enough and should(應該) go home.”

“But, Dad,”said Tom,“I can only see one light at the end of the bar.”

g people ______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen.

not not

Tom was a child, his father often went to a nearby bar______ taking him.

out

Tom’s eighteenth birthday, he drank together with his father in that bar for ______. first time

times teen times

er wanted to tell his son ______.

time to drink thing about the light

to stop drinking thing about the bar

fact (事實上), there ______ at the end of the bar.

one light two lights

three lights four lights

答案：1.B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.A

One day he went on a long way alone. Before he left home，his wife said，Now you have all these things. You need them on your way. Take care of your things on the went to the station. He bought a ticket and got on the train with it.

About an hour later，the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and said，Will you please show me your ticket?The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets but he could not find it. He was very worried. I cant find my ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train，said the old man.

I think you are right. I believe you bought a ticket. All right，you dont have to buy another ticket，said the conductor kindly. But the old man still(仍然) looked worried and said sadly，You dont know why Im worried. If I dont find my ticket，I cant remember my station. Where am I going?

1. The old man bought a ticket _______.

A. after he got on the train

B. before he got on the train

C. when the conductor told him to buy one

D. when he found he had no ticket with him

2. About an hour later，the conductor began _______.

A. to buy the tickets

B. to look for the tickets

C. to check(檢查) the tickets

D. to show the tickets

3. The conductor told the old man that he didnt need to buy another ticket because _________.

A. the man was very old

B. he thought the old man had no money with him

C. the old man showed him the ticket

D. he believed the old man

4. The old man still looked worried because _________.

A. he couldnt get on the train.

B. he lost his ticket and a lot of money

C. he thought his wife would get angry with him

D. he forgot where he was going

5. Which of the following(下列) is right?

A. The old man went on the trip with his wife

B. The old man didnt find his ticket

C. The conductor was also an old man

D. The old man had to buy another ticket

答案：BCDDB