八年級(jí)下冊(cè)英語(yǔ)閱讀理解與完形填空

1、. 閱讀理解：（A）    Dreams may be more important than sleep. Some people dont need much sleep. But we all need to dream, scientists say.     Dreams tak

2、e up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like

3、 old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find 

4、an answer.     Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They could have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry

5、0;over into dreams.     Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we cant remember the dream. Dreams can disappear quickly from 

6、;memory.     Too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at working when we dream. That is why we&

7、#160;may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.   1. It may be less important to sleep than to _.     A. think  B. dream  C. w

8、ork  D. study  2. Dreams and films are usually _.     A. very long  B. in color  C. about work  D. very sad   3. The people&#

9、160;often dream about their work because _.     A. they are tired in the daytime    B. they are not interested in their work    C. they

10、 may be thinking about their work at all    D. they have too much work to do   4. The main idea of the story is that _.    &#

11、160;A. people need to dream    B. people like to sleep    C. dreams are like films    D. we always remember dreams  5. The title for

12、60;the story could be _.     A. Terrible dreams    B. The longest sleep    C. Memory    D. Dreams（B） All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does n

13、ot mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea.In China, for example, tea is always served when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at homes or in teahouses. They prefer their tea plain, with nothing else in

14、 it.Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony. It is very old and full of meaning. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.Another tea-drinking country is England. In En

15、gland, the late afternoon is “teatime”. Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. The English usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with milk and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and little sandwiches at teatime.In the United States people drink tea mostly for breakfast after meals. Americans us

16、ually use tea bags to make their tea. Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots. In summer, many Americans drink cold tea“iced tea”. Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans, like soda.( ) 1. The passage is about _.Awhy tea is importantBthe teatime in EnglandCdifferent ways of drinkin

17、g teaDChinese tea( ) 2. Tea is popular _.Aall around the worldBonly in the United StatesConly in English-speaking countries.( ) 3. The Chinese drink tea _.Afor breakfastBat any tie only if they want to drinkConly in teahousesDin a special ceremony( ) 4. The English like to _.Adrink their tea in a sp

18、ecial roomBhave tea with dinnerCeat cakes and cookies with their teaDdrink their tea plain( ) 5. Iced tea is popular _.A. in winterB. in EnglandC. for breakfast D. in the United States C The best way of learninga language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as

19、 possible. Sometimes youll get your words mixed up(混合) and people wont understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you couldnt understand them. But if you sense of humor (幽默感), you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes. Its better for people to laugh at your mistakes than

20、 to be angry with you, because they dont understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is :” Dont be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”( )1. The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is _ A. writing it B. using it C. list

21、ening D. learning grammar( )2. What should you do in learning English?A. Be careful not to make any mistakes B. Write as quickly as you canC. Speak English as much as you can D. Laugh more often( )3. When people laugh at your mistakes, you should _ A. not care B. be happy C. feel worried D. be unhap

22、py( )4. When you make s mistake, you should _A. keep quiet B. get angry C. be kind D. keep your sense of humor( )5. The story tells us :“_”.A. Only foolish(愚蠢) people make mistakesB. Few people make mistakesC. People never make mistakesD. There is no one who doesnt make mistakesDOnce an old man went

23、 to see a doctor. The doctor looked him over carefully and said,“ Medicine wont help you. You must have a good rest. Go to bed early, drink milk, walk a lot and smoke one cigar(雪茄煙) a day. Go to the country place for a month.”After a month the man came to the doctor again,“ How are you?” said the do

24、ctor. “ Im glad to see you again. You look much younger” “Oh, doctor! I feel quite well now,” said the man “ I had a good rest. I went to bed early, drank a lot of milk and walk a lot. Your advice certainly helped me, but that you told me to smoke one cigar a day almost killed me first.”( )1. The do

25、ctor told the man _A. to go to bed early B. to drink milk C. to walk a lot D. all above( )2. Which of the following sentences is true? A. The doctor told the man to visit a beautiful city of the country for a month.B. The doctor didnt tell him what to do.C. After a month, the old man felt better.D.

26、The old man was younger than before after a month.( )3. The doctors words were _ for the old mans health. A. useless B. good C. well ore C. to help him D. to start smoking( )4. From what the old man said at last, we think _A. one cigar a day was really helpful to himB. one cigar a day was better tha

27、n beforeC. he didnt understand the doctors adviceD. smoking made him feel better than before一完形填空（10分）：When Mr Smith retired(退休), he bought a small 1 in a village near the sea. He2 it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house.But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summe

28、r holidays, for it was the most 3 building in the village. From morning to night there were 4 outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and 5 of them even went into Mr Smiths garden. This was too much for Mr Smith. He decided to ask the visitors to 6 . So he put a notic

29、e on the window. The notice said, “If you want 7 your curiosity(好奇心)，come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr Smith was sure that the visitors would 8 coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr Smith had to 9 every day showing them around his house.“I came here to 10 not

30、to work as a guide（導(dǎo)游）,”he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.（ ）1.A. gardenB. shopC. houseD. school（ ）2. A. liked B. hatedC. soldD. built（ ）3. A. bigB. interestingC. smallD. clean（ ）4. A. children B. studentsC. parentsD. tourists（ ）5. A. noB. noneC. manyD. much（ ）6. A. comeB

31、. leaveC. stayD. play（ ）7. A. to satisfyB. satisfyC. to satisfyingD. satisfying（ ）8. A. go onB. stopC. continueD. not（ ）9. A. takeB. costC. spendD. pay（ ）10. A. playB. workC. watchD. retire 二完形填空（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分） 通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在31-40題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出一個(gè)最佳答案。One day, a boy had a fight with one of

32、 his classmates. Then he went to his 31 and told him his story angrily. “He is really bad,” the boy said, “and I 32 him.”The grandfather said, “ 33 me tell you a story. When I was a boy, I too, sometimes hated others for what they did. .” As the boy 34 carefully, the grandfather went on, “There are

33、always two tigers inside my heart. One is 35 and kind. He gets on well 36 everything around him. But 37 is bad and unfriendly. Even the smallest thing will make him angry. He fights with everyone all the time, and for no reason. He cant think carefully 38 he always hates others. It is difficult to l

34、ive with these two tigers inside my heart. They both try to control(控制) me. ”The boy looked into his grandfathers 39 and asked, “ 40 tiger always controls you, Grandfather?”The old man said slowly and seriously, “The one that I feed. I always feed the good and kind tiger, so I never hate others and

35、seldom(很少) get angry now. ”（ ）11. A. motherB. fatherC. teacherD. grandfather（ ）12. A. loveB. hateC. knowD. enjoy（ ）13. A. MakeB. HelpC. LetD. Ask （ ）14. A. sawB. feltC. talkedD.listened （ ）15. A. goodB. badC. lazyD. quiet （ ）16. A. atB. onC. withD. about （ ）17. A. otherB. othersC. anotherD. the othe

36、r （ ）18. A. becauseB.thoughC.before D. but ( ) 19. A. eyesB. ears C. noseD. mouth( ) 20. A. WhoB. WhichC. WhereD. When 三完形填空（每小題1分，共10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，在短文后面的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇一個(gè)可以填入相應(yīng)空格內(nèi)的正確答案，并把答題卡上對(duì)應(yīng)題目的正確答案標(biāo)號(hào)涂黑。London is a beautiful city. It is very large. The Thames River runs 42 the city from west to east. So the c

37、ity has 43 parts: the South and the North. In the North, there are important buildings, shops, big parks and interesting places. The weather in London is good. In winter it is not very cold and in summer it is not very hot 44 the city is near the sea. People say 45 London is a foggy city and it ofte

38、n rains. It is true. Last year, when I 46 in London I met one of the 47 fogs in years. You could hardly see your hand in front of your face. Cars and buses moved along with their lights on. When evening came, the weather got 48 worse. The fog was as thick as milk. 49 the buses and cars stopped. I ha

39、d 50 an important meeting on the other side of the town, but it was impossible to find a car. I had to get there 51 . 1 A. about B. through C. in D. along 2 A. four B. six C. five D. two 3 A. because B. so C. but D. or 4 A. what B. where C. that D. which 5 A. were B. am C. be D. was 6 A. big B. bigg

40、er C. bigest D. biggest 7 A. woreB. evenC. veryD. some8 A. All B. Each C. Every D. None 9 A. to join B. to go toC. take part in D. join in10 A. by car B. by bus C. on foot D. on the foot15 6-10 四完形填空Paul got 26 the bus to go to the town. It was very crowded and he had to stand for about five 27 . Th

41、en some of the people got 28 . Paul sat down next 29 a fat woman. She 30 several shopping bags and Paul didnt have much place 31 the seat. He wasnt uncomfortable. 32 last the bus got to the town. All the people started to get off. Paul was very polite, so he stood 33 to let the fat woman get off bef

42、ore him. She said,” 34 .” Then she tried to get 35 the seat with all her bags. But she couldnt move. She was too fat and her bags were too heavy.( ) 26.A. off B. on C. down D. up( )27. A. minutes B. days C. weeks D. years ( )28. A.off B. up C. on D. down( )29. A. in B. at C. near D. to ( )30. A. car

43、ries B. buys C. had D. has( )31. A. in B. at C. on D. upon( )32. A. In B. At C. On D.Up ( )33. A.down B. under C. up D. at ( )34. A. Go away B. Go at once C. Look out D. Thank you ( )35. A. down to B. off C. on D. out of五完形填空（10分） All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help people to keep _3

44、6_, happy and to live _ 37_. People play different games in winter and summer._ 38_ is good for swimming. And in winter people often go skating. Some sports are very _ 39_ and people everywhere like them. For example, football is very popular. In China, most people, men, _40_ boys and girls, like to

45、 watch football games. They often talk about them_41_ and jumping began long, long ago. But basketball and volleyball are rather _42_. People began to play them not long ago. And people are_ 43_ new sports or games all the time. Water skiing is one of _44_. People _45_ different countries may not be

46、 able to understand each other, but after a game they often become friends. ( )36.A. health B. busy C. healthy D. lazy( )37.A. long B. longer C. happy D. happily( )38.A. Winter B. Summer C. Autumn D. Spring( )39.A. boring B. difficult C. expensive D. interesting( )40.A. woman B. women C. old D. youn

47、g( )41.A. Run B. Runs C. Running D. To run( )42.A. new B. interesting C. popular D. old( )43.A. start B. play C. playing D. starting( )44.A. oldest B. newest C. The oldest D. the newest( )45.A. in B. of C. from D.atToday it is found that most middle school students pay little attention to sports. It

48、s because they have no interest in sports? It may not be the fact.They often say they have other more important things to do. What are these important things? Exams! They usually spend over ten hours a day revising for exams. So many of them almost become bookworms. In the summer holidays they could

49、 hardly do anything they like. Books _ them from going in for _. 因?yàn)閬?lái)自父母和老師的壓力,他們不得不更加努力學(xué)習(xí).As for the students themselves, they want to get good results so that they can go further for their studies. They dont have to put all their effort into studying and give up all the sports and hobbies. In fact,

50、 education cannot go without physical exercise, because a quick mind hardly goes along a week body.All the students should remember: If you dont have a strong body, you can never achieve anything, let alone a great success in your life. 1、在句的空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~使句意完整，上下文通順。      &

51、#160;            2、將句譯成英文。   _   3、將句譯成中文   _4、寫出與下列句子意思相近的句子:It usually takes them more than ten hours to revise for exams. _5、找出文中或?qū)懗鲎钅鼙磉_(dá)該短文主題的句子。  _2Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is tod

52、ay. People didnt have modern machines. There was no modern medicine, either.Life today has brought new problems.One of the biggest problems is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It killed our fish and _a_ our drinking water. _b_  pollution makes us talk louder and b

53、ecome angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. Its hard to all the living things in the world.Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day, （2）sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt(被子) over a city. This kind of quilt is called smog.

54、Many countries are making rules to flight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before it is poured away, they mustnt blow dirty smoke into the air.We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin and not throw it on the ground. We can go to work by bus or with our f

55、riends in the same car, (3)開(kāi)車的人少了，空氣污染就少了。 1. 在橫線上填入適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~ a._   b. _.(每空一詞)2. 將句子(2)譯成漢語(yǔ)_3. 將句子(3)譯成英語(yǔ)_4. 找出Dirty water must be stopped from dumping into the river. 的同義句.    _5. 找出或?qū)懗瞿芨爬ū疚拇笠獾木渥印?#160;             &#

56、160;         _                                _3American and British people both speak English of course.

57、 But sometimes it does not seem like the same language. In fact, there are some important differences between British English and American English.First of all, they sound very different. Often, Americans dont say each word separately. They say several words together. Americans may say “I dunno” ins

58、tead of “I dont know.” Or they may say “Whaddya say?” instead of “What did you say?” However, the British are more careful in their speech. They usually say all the words and keep them separate.(3)Sound is not only the difference between British English and American English. Words sometimes have dif

59、ferent meanings too. Some American words are never used in England. The same thing is true of some British words in America. For example, the vocabulary for cars and driving is very different. Americans drive trucks, but in England people drive lorries.Many expressions are also different in the two

60、countries. In England, if you are going to telephone your friends, you “phone them up”. In America, you “give them a call”. When you are saying goodbye in England you might say “Cheerio!” In America you might say “See you later.”Therere also some differences in grammar. For example, Americans usually use the helping verb “do” when they ask a question. They say “Do you have a storybook?” But the British often leave out the helping verb. They say “Have you a storybook?”All these differences can be confusing(易混淆的) if you are learning English. But most languag