新目标英语八年级（上册）期末阅读理解专练12篇+答案.docx

A
A young man asked Albert Einstein , the great German scientist , what the secret of success is. The scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days later the young man asked the same question again . Einstein was very annoyed. He did not say anything ,but wrote a few words on a piece of paper . On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.
“What does this mean ?” asked the young man .
“A means “ success”” explained the old scientist . “X stands for hard work ,Y for good method (方法)　and Z Z means stop talking and get down to work.”

1.The young man _________.
A. wanted to meet Einstein
B. wanted to be a great scientist like Einstein
C. was eager (渴望) to know the secret of success
D. wanted to be a student of Einstein

2.In Einstein’s opinion the secret of success was ________.
A. to work with great energy (精力，活力)
B. to study hard day and night
C. to learn from great scientists
D. to raise (提出)　questions as many as you could

3.“Y” stands for _______.
A. hard work
B. great energy
C. great success
D. good manner(方法)

4.The word “annoyed” means ________.
A. angry
B. sad
C. lovely
D. glad

5.Einstein was a man who ______
A. liked to talk with young people
B. liked to help others
C. liked to make friends with young people
D. liked to work , but didn’t like to talk

B
British newspapers are much smaller than they used to be and their readers are often in a hurry ,so newspapermen write as few words as possible .They tell their readers at once what happened ,where ,when and how it happened and what was the result : how many people were killed ,what change was done and so on .Readers want the fact(事实) set out as fully and accurately as possible .Readers are also interested in the people who have seen the accident. So a newspaperman always likes to get some information (信息)from someone who was there, which can be given in the person’s own words .Because he can use only a few words ,the newspaperman must choose those words carefully ,every one must be effective(有效). Instead of “he called out in a loud voice”, he writes” he shouted”; instead of “the loose stones rolled noisily down the side of the mountain”, he will write” they thundered down the mountainside”. Because many of the readers aren’t very clever, and most of them are in a hurry.

1.From the text, we learn that newspapermen write as few words as possible ,because readers___.
A. want to know more about the news
B. take no interest in what has happened
C. have no time to read the news carefully
D. pay much attention to the result

2.The underlined word”one” in the text refers to ______.
A.word
B.newspaperman
C.reader
D.person

3.Which of the following would best complete the text ?
A. he will keep his writing short
B. he won’t care about his writing
C. he will give nothing but information
D. he won’t make his writing good enough.

4.In what way do you think British newspapers have become smaller?
A. In a page size.
B. In number of readers.
C. In number of pages.
D. In number of copies

5.Which of the following is true?
A. Readers are not satisfied with the short news.
B. Not many people have time to read the long articles in newspapers.
C. Readers find the language of the newspapers exciting.
D. Newspapermen try to report as fully as possible.

C
The story happened during the Second World War（战争）．An old man lived in a small town of Germany. He had three sons and they all worked in the same factory where he had worked. After the war had begun , his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the frights . The old man was very sad . he didn’t have enough food and was often hungry . And nobody helped him and he didn’t know how to go in living .
It was a very cold winter night . The old man couldn’t go to sleep . He had been hungry for two days and it was so cold in his room that ice could be seen . He had to get up and begun to run in the room until he lay down on the ground. The next morning he had to beg from door to door. He had been to a lot of cities and knew a lot.
Once he came to a village , but the villages were all poor and couldn’t give him anything . He was too hungry to go to another village . He thought hard and found a way . He came to a police station and called out , “Hitler is a foolish pig (希特勒是蠢猪)！＂
Out came an old policeman at once . He took the old man into a room , gave him some bread and a cup of tea . Then he said , “Don’t say in our village , sir !”
“I’m sorry, sir.” Said the old man . “I don’t know it’s Hitler’s hometown .”
“No, no , sir.” The policeman said in a hurry. “It’s pig’s hometown !”

1.The old man was ___________.
A. a German
B. a French
C. an Australian
D. an Englishman

2.The old man was sad because ________.
A. his three sons all died during the war
B. His three sons had to join the army
C. He had no food or clothes
D. He lived in the small town alone

3.The old man got up and ran in his room to ________.
A. keep healthy
B. Forget he was sad and hungry
C. Make him warm
D. Find a way to forget he was hungry

4.The old man shouted outside the police station because______
A. he hated Hitler very much
B. he hoped the policeman could help him
C. he wanted to make the policemen angry
D. he thought the he would be given some food in prison (监狱)

5.Which statement is true?
A. The old policeman hated Hitler , too
B. The old policeman found that the old man his best friend
C. The old policeman would send the old man in prison
D. The old policeman liked Hitler better than pigs

D
Miss Gorgers taught physices in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”
Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That’s very good,” Miss Gorgers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said, “Yes, Kate?”
“I disagree,” Kate said. “Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.”

1.Miss Gorgers was teaching her class .
A. how to telephone
B. about electricity
C. about time zone（时区）
D. about sound

2.Miss Gorgers asked this question because she wanted to know whether .
A. it was easy to phone to Los Angeles
B. her student could hear her from 75 feet away
C. her students had grasped（理解）her lesson
D. sound waves were slower than electricity

3.Tom thought that electricity was .
A. slower than sound waves
B. faster than sound waves
C. not so fast as sound waves
D. as fast as sound waves

4.Kate thought Tom was wrong because .
A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York
B. electricity was slower than sound waves
C. Tom was not good at physics at all
D. Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves

5.Whose answer do you think is correct acoording to the law of physics?
A. Tom’s
B. Kate’s
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B

E
It was Mondy. Mrs Smith’s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way. Mrs Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently: “Take this to the butcher (person whose job is selling meat), and he’s going to give you your lunch today.”
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.
At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers (* people who buy something from a shop).
But, the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher’s more surprise, it came for the third time at six o’clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!

6.Mrs Smith treated her little dog quite .
A. cruelly
B. fairly
C. kindly
D.unfriendly

7.It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs Smith gave it .
A. might do it much harm.
B. could do it much good
C. would help the butcher
D. was worth many pounds

8.The butcher did not give any meat to the dog .
A. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs Smith
B. when he found that the words on the paper were not clear
C. because he had sold out all the meat in his shop
D. until he was paid enough by Mrs Smith

9.From its experence, the dog found that .
A. only the paper with Mrs Smith’s words on it could bring it meat
B. the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it
C. Mrs Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher
D. a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat

10.At the end of the story, you’ll find that .
A. the dog was clever enough to write on the paper
B. the dog dared not go to the butcher’s any more
C. the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog
D. the butcher found himself cheated (* act in a way that is not honest) by the clever animal

F
Mr. King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P. E. in a middle school. He wears a long beard（胡子） and takes good care of it.
It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre of the city. Mr. King likes the game very much and of course he was going to watch it. With his friends’ help he got a ticket a few days ago. After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but a lot of people were waiting there. A bus came and he hardly got on. There were plenty of people in it and it was difficult for them to put their feet. He had to grip（抓住）the back of a chair. At the next stop a boy got on the bus. He looked around and saw Mr. King’s beard and grip it. The man found it at once and called out, “Let go of（松开）my beard, boy!”
“Are you going to get off, sir?” asked to boy.

11.Mr. King is a .
A. player
B. runner
C. teacher
D. driver

12.Mr. King was going to watch the match because .
A. he teaches P. E. in a middle school
B. he likes football very much
C. he had already got a ticket
D. he didn’t go to work yesterday

13.It was difficult for Mr. King to stand because .
A. he had drunk too much
B. the bus was too small
C. he got on the bus too late
D. it was very crowded in the bus

14.The boy gripped Mr. King’s beard because .
A. he was afraid to fall again
B. he wanted to make the man angry
C. he hoped the man to find a seat for him
D. he hoped the man to get off soon

15.Mr. King was afraid , so he shouted at him.
A. the boy would pull him down
B. the boy would hurt his beard
C. the boy could be hurt again
D. the boy would borrow his ticket

G
My friend is a taxi drives. He has been a taxi driver for ten years. It’s a nice job most of the time. He can meet a lot of people. He always works at night because there is too much traffic during the day. He usually goes home between two o’clock in the morning. There are some very strange things, which often happen at night. One day my friend was taking a woman back home from a party at three o’clock in the morning. She had her little dog with her. When they got to her house, she found she had lost her key. So my friend waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the window. My friend waited and waited. After half an hour of honking he decided to find out what was going on. He tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window.
At that moment some policemen came. They thought my friend was a thief. Luckily, the woman came downstairs. She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about my friend and the dog.

16.The driver always works at night because it is easier to .
A. drive
B. climb in through window
C. make money
D. meet a lot of people

17.The woman climbed in through the window because .
A. she wanted to have a sleep
B. her husband didn’t open the door for her
C. she didn’t want to pay the money
D. she couldn’t find her key

18.The story happened .
A. early in the morning
B. late at night
C. outside the city
D. near the bus station

19.Which of the following is not true?
A. The driver worked until 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning.
B. The policemen made a mistake.
C. The woman had no money to pay.
D. The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.

20.The driver climbed in through the window to .
A. get money from the woman
B. phone the police
C. return the dog to the woman
D. see what happened in the house

H
On Nov.18th,1908,three men went up in a balloon（气球）.They started early in London. The headman was Augusta Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.
Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope（绳子）,and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight（重量）.It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand.
After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 metres, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men's basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand; but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice.
At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 metres! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came d