英语│英语八年级英语上册阅读理解(有难度)经典.doc

英语│英语八年级英语上册阅读理解(有难度)经典

一、八年级英语上册阅读理解专项练习（含答案解析）
1．阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Dear Nancy,
    I was an outgoing boy. I had a group of good friends. I always did well in class and I was good at sports. Then a new boy called Alan came to our school. First, he got a higher score than me in a test. Then he joined the school soccer team. He is a good soccer player. Some students started to think he was better than me. I am really angry about it. What's worse, some of my best friends became his friends. What can I do?
Nick
Dear Nick,
    You are a very smart boy. But you can't be the best in the world at everything.
    This is my advice. You should do your best in everything. But if Alan is better than you at some things, you should congratulate him and be happy for him. When your friends see that you can know your shortcomings, they will respect you and still be your friends.
    Good luck!
Nancy
（1）What's Nick's problem?
A. He gets bad grades.                                         B. He has a problem with his teachers.
C. He doesn't know how to make friends.          D. He wants to be as popular as before.
（2）Which sport is Alan good at?
A. Basketball                            B. Soccer                            C. Tennis                            D. Baseball
（3）What is Nancy's advice?
A. She asks Nick to go to another school.          B. She asks Nick to change his mind.
C. She asks Nick to help Alan.                             D. She asks Nick to find new friends.
（4）The underlined word "congratulate" means "________" in Chinese.
A. 祝贺                                     B. 谴责                                     C. 讨伐                                     D. 关注
【答案】 （1）D
（2）B
（3）B
（4）A
【解析】【分析】本文是Nick写信向Nancy咨询他的苦恼该怎么解决。
（1）推理题。根据 some of my best friends became his friends. What can I do 我的一些好朋友成了他的朋友。我能做什么 可知，Nick的问题是他想和以前一样受欢迎，故选D。
（2）细节题。根据 He is a good soccer player 可知，Alan擅长足球，故选B。
（3）细节题。根据 When your friends see that you can know your shortcomings, they will respect you and still be your friends 当你的朋友看到你可以知道自己的缺点时，他们会尊重你，仍然是你的朋友 可知，Nancy的建议是尼克要改变思想 ，故选B。
（4）词义猜测题。根据 be happy for him要为他高兴，可知， congratulate是恭贺对方的意思，故选A。
【点评】考查阅读理解。本文涉及细节题、推断题，词义猜测题，细节题要注意从文中寻找答案；推断题需要联系上下文，推断出需要的信息，词义猜测题需要根据上下文提炼相关信息锁定词意。

2．阅读理解
    A dream plays an important part in your daily life. Do you want to make your dream come true? I hope the following things can help you.
    Have a strong desire（欲望） for a goal You should remember the starting point of all kinds of success is a strong desire. Strong desires make good results. So, the first step is to have a strong desire for your goal.
    Believe in yourself. You can change your life by changing your mind. You should never stop thinking that your dream can come true. For example, you can draw a picture of something that you want and put it up on the wall. Then you can see it every day. It can encourage you to get through the problems.
    Make a plan. Making a plan is the most important step. You should make sure that you think through everything in the plan first. Each day you should follow the plan so that you can reach your goal.
    Check your progress（进步） You need to check how much progress you have made and how many things you have lost. Write these things down and find out how to do better later.
（1）What is the first step to do to make your dream come true?
A. To believe in myself.                                         B. To make a plan.
C. To have a strong desire.                                   D. To check my progress.
（2）What does the underlined word "encourage" mean in Chinese?
A. 协调                                     B. 鼓励                                     C. 接受                                     D. 准备
（3）What should NOT you do when you check your progress?
A. Check how much progress I have made.
B. Check how many things I have lost.
C. Write these things down and find out how to do better.
D. Ask my friends for help when I have problems.
（4）Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The starting point of all the success is to have a very strong body.
B. Putting a picture of your dream up on the wall can't do any help.
C. Making a plan and following it can help you with your dream.
D. The last step is to believe that your dream can come true one day.
（5）What's the passage mainly about?
A. It is difficult to make your dream come true.
B. Make a plan to make your dream come true.
C. You should always believe in yourself.
D. Tips on how to make your dream come true.
【答案】 （1）C
（2）B
（3）D
（4）C
（5）D
【解析】【分析】文章大意：本文从对一个目标有强烈的愿望、相信自己、制订一个计划和检测你的进步这四个方面介绍了如何使你的梦想成为现实。
（1）细节理解题。根据文中语句So，the first step is to have a strong desire for your goal.可知，实现梦想的第一步是对一个目标有强烈的愿望。故选C。
（2）词义猜测题。根据文中语句For example，you can draw a picture of something that you want and put it up on the wall.Then you can see it every day.可推知，它能鼓励你克服困难。故encourage意为“鼓励”。故选B。
（3）细节理解题。根据文中语句You need to check how much progress you have made and how many things you have lost. Write these things down and find out how to do better later.”可知D项描述错误。故选D。
（4）细节理解题。根据文中语句Making a plan is the most important step.You should make sure that you think everything through in the plan first.Each day you should follow the plan so that you can reach your goal.”可知，制订一个计划，遵循它，能帮助你实现你的梦想。故选C。
（5）主旨大意题。结合全文内容可知，本文从对一个目标有强烈的愿望、相信自己、制订一个计划和检测你的进步这四个方面来介绍如何使你的梦想成为现实的秘诀。故选D。
【点评】考查阅读理解。本文考查细节题，词义推断题，推理判断题和主旨题等常考题型，细节题要注意从文中抓住关键词寻找答案；主旨题，词义推断题以及判断题都需要通读全文，了解大意之后找出正确选项。

3．阅读理解
    Bike-sharing is a new and great idea for short trips in the city. It can also help to keep the city clean and green.
    A new report finds that shared bikes in China make people interested in riding bikes again. Now more and more Chinese people would like to choose shared bikes to take short trips. On the one hand, it is easy to find them on the streets and the heavy traffic won't influence（影响） the riders too much. On the other hand, riding a bike is also a kind of exercise, so it is good for the rider's health.
    The report says that as soon as they appear, fewer and fewer people take short trips by car. Now not only young people who were born in the 1980s and 1990s love shared bikes, but also people over sixty do!
    At weekends, the number of the riders in Shenzhen reaches the top of all cities in China. On weekdays, the number of people who use shared bikes to travel to work is going up in Shanghai.
    Someone thinks that bike sharing will help to improve the cities' environment. It helps to solve the traffic problems. Also, it will help to make better use of space in cities. The most important thing is that it can make the city get less pollution.
    So would you like to try to ride a shared bike to travel, too?
（1）What's the main idea of the second paragraph（段落）?
A. Where people like to take short trips.
B. How people take short trips in China.
C. When people take short trips by bike in cities.
D. Why people choose shared bikes to take short trips.
（2）What does the underlined word "them" refer to?
A. Buses.                              B. Taxis                              C. Shared bikes.                              D. Cars.
（3）Which of the following is NOT bike sharing's advantage（优点） according to the passage?
A. It is good for the environment.                       B. It helps solve the traffic problems.
C. It helps make good use of space in cities.      D. It helps people save more money.
【答案】 （1）D
（2）C
（3）D
【解析】【分析】主要讲了人们短途旅行选择共享单车的原因及好处。
（1）细节题。根据On the one hand, it is easy to find them on the streets and the heavy traffic won't influence（影响） the riders too much. On the other hand, riding a bike is also a kind of exercise, so it is good for the rider's health.可知人们短途旅行选择共享单车一方面不会影响交通，另一方面对骑自行车的人的健康是有好处的，故选D。
（2）细节题。根据句意可知人们在街道上很容易发现共享单车，故选C。
（3）细节题。根据Someone thinks that bike sharing will help to improve the cities' environment. It helps to solve the traffic problems. Also, it will help to make better use of space in cities.可知共享单车会改善城市环境；解决交通问题；更好利用城市空间，故选D。
【点评】考查阅读理解，主要考查细节题，注意从文中仔细寻找答案。

4．阅读理解
    You may know about "junk food" like French fries. But do you know about "junk sleep"?
    Recently, a British survey found that electronic products（电子产品）in teenagers' bedrooms are affecting（影响）their sleep. The survey was done among 1,000 British kids from 12 to 16. It found that 30 percent of them got just 4 to 7 hours of sleep every day. But doctors say they need 8 to 9 hours.
    Almost a quarter of the kids said they fell asleep more than once a week while watching TV, listening to music or using other electronic products.
    "This is very worrying." said Dr. Chris Idzikowski, "We call it "junk sleep". It means you don't get enough sleep and the quality（质量）of the sleep is bad, too. If you don't get good rest, you won't perform well in school the next day."
    The survey found that 40 percent of the kids felt tired each day, with girls between 13 and 16 feeling the worst. Nearly all the teenagers have a phone, Mp5 or TV in their bedrooms. And many of them have all three.
（1）This passage is mainly about _________.
A. junk food           B. junk sleep           C. electronic products           D. the importance of sleep
（2）______ of the children in the survey sleep only 4 to 7 hours a day.
A. 200                                     B. 300                                     C. 500                                     D. 1,000
（3）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Teenagers need 4 to 7 hours of sleep each day.
B. Few of the teenagers have a phone in their bedrooms.
C. Teenagers spend too much time on electronic products.
D. Girls between 15 and 16 spend the least time on electronic products.
【答案】（1）B
（2）B
（3）C
【解析】【分析】大意：本文是关于“垃圾睡眠”的科普文章。
（1）主旨大意题。根据第一段 But do you know about "junk sleep"? 可知，文章主要讨论的是垃圾睡眠的问题。故选B。
（2）推理判断题。根据第二段 The survey was done among 1,000 British kids from 12 to 16. It found that 30 percent of them got just 4 to 7 hours of sleep every day. 可知，参加调研的学生有1000个，其中百分之三十也即300个学生每天只有4-7个小时的睡眠。故选B。
（3）推理判断题。根据   Almost a quarter of the kids said they fell asleep more than once a week while watching TV, listening to music or using other electronic products.可知，大多数学生不止一次在看电视、听音乐或者用其他电子产品的时候睡着，说明他们该睡觉的时候没有睡觉，在电子产品上花了太多时间。故选C。
【点评】考查阅读理解，首先快速浏览、分析问题，抓住关键词；其次带着问题通读全文，了解文章大意，找到依据，确定答案；最后再检查一遍，确保答案正确。

5．阅读理解
    What's that in the sky? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Hello Kitty.
That's how Lauren Rojas, 12, from the US thought of her science project. She sent her Hello Kitty doll into the sky early this month. She wanted to find out how altitude（高度） changed air pressure（气压） and temperature, according to New York Daily News.
    Rojas put the doll and a small computer into a rocket model, and then sent it up with a weather balloon（气球）. The computer recorded the height, air pressure and temperature. Rojas also put in a video camera to record the trip.
    "It took about two or three weeks to put it all together," said Rojas. "I think people will think it （the video） is really cool."
    The balloon got to 28.5km above the Earth. At that height, the doll could see the blue curves（曲线） of our planet. The air was very thin up there, and soon the balloon broke up （爆炸）. The doll fell from the sky and at last it ended up in a tree. It was 76km from the place where it had started its journey.
（1）Rojas do her science project___________.
A. early this morning         B. early this month         C. last week         D. two or three weeks ago
（2）Rojas used __________ to find out how high the doll was.
A. A rocket model         B. A weather balloon         C. A small computer         D. A video camera
（3）At last the balloon broke up at the height of _________.
A. 28.5km above the Earth        B. 76km above the Earth        C. a tree        D. a plane in flight
（4）Rojas did the project to find out____________.
A. how a plane or a bird flies
B. how high a Hello Kitty can fly
C. how altitude changes air pressure and temperature
D. what our planet looks like from a great height
【答案】 （1）B
（2）C
（3）A
（4）C
【解析】【分析】主要讲了Lauren Rojas把Hello Kitty放到天空中想发现高度是怎样影响气压和温度的。
（1）细节题。根据She sent her Hello Kitty doll into the sky early this month.可知是月初就做实验，故选B。
（2）细节题。根据The computer recorded the height, air pressure and temperature.可知电脑记录了高度，故选C。
（3）细节题。根据The balloon got to 28.5km above the Earth. At that height, the doll could see the blue curves（曲线） of our planet. The air was very thin up there, and soon the balloon broke up （爆炸）.可知气球在海拔28.5千米的地方爆炸，故选A。
（4）细节题。根据She wanted to find out how altitude（高度） changed air pressure（气压） and temperature, according to New York Daily News.可知目的是发现高度是怎样影响气压和温度的。故选C。
【点评】考查阅读理解，主要考查细节题，注意从文中仔细寻找答案。

6．阅读理解
    Money makes the world go round. But money isn't anything when people don't know how to use it. And no one is better at using money than American investor（投资者）Warren Buffet. He is one of the richest men in the world.
    Buffet was born in Nebraska in the US in 1930. As a child, he loved making and saving money. He used to go door-to-door selling his own products（产品）.
    After university, Buffet went on buying and selling shares（股票）. Shares are small part of a company. He is good at predicting changes in companies. By 1962, he became a rich man. In 1990, he went one step further and became a billionaire（亿万富翁）.
    In 2008, Warren Buffet became the richest man in the world. He has promised to give 99% of his wealth to charity（慈善）after he dies.
（1）Which of the following is TRUE about Buffet?
A. He makes the world go round                        B. He doesn't know how to use money.
C. He isn't the richest man in the world.             D. He is good at using money.
（2）When did Buffet become a billionaire ?
A. In 1930.                             B. In 1962.                             C. In 1990.                             D. In 2008.
（3）What has Buffet promised to do in the future?
A. He will invest in charity and make more money.
B. He will give most of his money to charity.
C. He will hold 99%of the shares of a charity.
D. He will leave 99% of his wealth to his family.
【答案】 （1）D
（2）C
（3）B
【解析】【分析】主要讲了美国投资者Warren Buffet。
（1）细节题。根据And no one is better at using money than American investor（投资者）Warren Buffet.可知他擅长使用钱，故选D。
（2）细节题。根据In 1990, he went one step further and became a billionaire（亿万富翁）可知在1990年他成为亿万富翁，故选C。
（3）细节题。根据He has promised to give 99% of his wealth to charity（慈善）after he dies.可知他承诺把99%的钱捐给慈善，故选B。
【点评】考查阅读理解，主要考查细节题，注意从文中仔细寻找答案。

7．阅读理解
    There are many possible problems we have when we learn languages.
    First