譯林版英語(yǔ)八年級(jí)上冊(cè)閱讀理解專項(xiàng)復(fù)習(xí)

1、八年級(jí)英語(yǔ)期末復(fù)習(xí)專題練習(xí)一一閱讀理解（-）Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can finish and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I dont agree with them.Waste can bring a lot of problems. Al

2、though China is rich in some resources, we are short of others, such as fresh water. It is reported that we will have no coal or oil to use in 100 years. Think about it. I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.In our ever

3、yday life, we can do many things to prevent waste from happening.For example, turn off the water taps when we finish washing, turn off the lights when we leave the classroom and try not to order more food than we need. Little by little, everything will be changed. Waste can be stopped one day if we

4、do our best to form the habit of saving.（）1. From the passage we know that some students often in the school.A. eat too muchB. dont work hardC. waste thingsD. throw rubbish everywhere（）2. Which is NOT mentioned in this passage?A. Fresh water. B. Forest. C. Oil. D. Coal.（）3. What may happen in 100 ye

5、ars?A. We may still have enough oil. B. We may still have enough coal.C. We may have a little oil. D. We may have no coal or oil to use.（）4. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Waste brings problems. B. Waste wont bring problems.C. China is rich in fresh water. D. Students never waste things. 參考答案CBDA

6、（二）Su Su is a 16-year-old Beijinger. She studies at the High School Affiliated to （附屬于） Renmin University. She has just published（發(fā)表）her first book, The Enigma o the Un/verse（宇 宙之謎）.The Enigma o f the Universe tells a story of a girl called April. One day she meets an alien（夕卜 星的）boy named Kaka. Kak

7、a takes April on a journey into the universe. Later April finds out a big secret.Whats special about this book? Its a book written in both Chinese and English.Su wrote the book when she was 14 years old. She was influenced（影響）by the book Sophies World and the movie The Truman Show（楚門的世界）.Sophie is a

8、 girl who is interested in philosophy（哲學(xué)）.Trumans life is run by television.These stories gave Su an idea for her own book. She decided to write it in English.“My English teacher asked us to write something9n said Su. I thought Id write about my idea.1Su spent a whole summer vacation writing the sto

9、ry. Sometimes I had to stop because I couldnt find the right words, said Su. HI used the dictionary all the time.After finishing the English novel, Su had another idea. She decided to translate it into Chinese. The job took her just a few days. HIt was easy because Chinese is my native language, she

10、 said.Su said her story was a mixture of philosophy, detective（偵探）story and science fiction1.“My classmates and I have turned it into a DV play, said Su. I write the play and I play the role of April. We will show it in our school soon!n （）1. What did Su Su write?A. Harry Potter.B. Sophies World.C.

11、The Truman Show.D. The Enigma o f the Universe.（）2. In which language did Su Su write this book?A. Chinese.B. English.C. French.D. Both Chinese and English.（）3. How did Su Su write the book?She wrote it in Chinese first and then translated it into English.She wrote it in English first and then trans

12、lated it into Chinese.She wrote it half in Chinese first and then wrote it half in English.She wrote it half in English first and then wrote it half in Chinese.（）4. What do you think of her book?It talks about how to learn English well.It is a mixture of philosophy, detective story and science ficti

13、on.It talks about how to learn English grammar well.It is a mixture of love.參考答案 DDBB（三）India is an interesting and mysterious country with a long history. Around 2,000 BC, Indian civilization（文明）was born. It is one of the four oldest civilizations in the world.India is also the birthplace of Buddhi

14、sm（佛教）.A famous Chinese novel, Journey to the West, is about a Chinese monk who tries very hard to learn about Buddhism from India. The book comes from a true story. Xuanzang, a Buddhist monk, was sent to India by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. After many years, he brought back lots of Buddhist bo

15、oks. The name India“ was first used by Xuanzang in his work.Today, religion is still an important part of Indian culture. There are many religions there. Most Indian people believe in Hinduism（E度教）.In India, cows are very special animals because Hinduism says they are holy（神圣 的）.So Indians dont sell

16、 or eat beef.Like China, India is a developing country with a large population. It has about 1. 21 billion people compared to Chinas 1.37 billion. More than two-thirds of the Indians still live a poor life in the countryside. India has no birth control, so its population is growing fast. By 2030, In

17、dia might even have more people than China.Hindi（E3也語(yǔ)）is the mother tongue of Indian people. But Britain occupied India in 1757 and stayed there until 1947. Because of this, English slowly became the other official language in India.（）1. Journey to the West means in Chinese.C印度之行D.馬可波羅游記()2. Why don

18、t Indians sell or eat beef?Because they dont like it.Because they are afraid of getting ill.Because they see cows as holy animals.Because beef is very expensive.()3. India has a large population and it keeps growing. Why does the population grow fast?Because India is a big country.Because India does

19、nt have birth control.Because more foreign people go to live in India.None of A, B and C is right.()4. What is/are the official language(s) of India?A. Hindi.B. English.C. Chinese.D. Both A and B.參考答案BCBD(四)Good afternoon, everyone! This is Rose Garden Middle School Radio. John Smith is speaking, wi

20、th something new to share with you today. We all know that thinking green is sometimes the most difficult thing to do, but not impossible! Bed ZED, a new eco-friendly village(生態(tài)村)in the south of London, has done a great job of providing its villagers with a high-level living standard while getting t

21、hem to pay more attention to protecting the environment.People in Bed ZED have done many things. They recycle(回收)their paper, plastic, glass and other daily things. They build many houses whose windows face south to get as much sunlight as possible. The rainwater is collected for use in the toilets.

22、 Also, the people there travel to work in shared cars or use public transportation if they work far away.Now, you may think its not easy to live such a life, but let me tell you, its not! Its a way of life! We just have to say no to what is bad for the environment, and begin working on ideas to prot

23、ect it. Life would be much more pleasant if villages like Bed ZED existed all over the world! Thank you for listening!()1. What people in Bed ZED often do is.to build a lot of housesto go to work in their own carsto recycle the paper, plastic and glassto pour waste water into rivers()2. In Bed ZED,

24、the water used in the toilets may come from.A. rivers B. running water C. collected rainwater D. the sea()3. The underlined expression thinking greenn may mean A. building a green houseB. keeping simple thoughtsC. protecting the environmentD. building a green hill()4. The writers opinion is that.peo

25、ple should be against building eco-friendly villagesBed ZED is a good example in protecting the environmentthe idea of thinking green is hard to work onit is very easy to build an eco-friendly village參考答案CCCB（五）If you travel in the city of Kunming, you cant miss the Kingdom of Little People. It open

26、ed in the summer of 2009 in the mountains in Kunming.There are tiny（微小的）animals, small beautiful cottages （小屋） and small furniture in the park. The biggest attraction of the park is the performances by little people. Many little people work in the park. Twice a day, they perform for visitors. They s

27、ing, dance and give magic shows. People who want to work in the park should be between eighteen and forty years old from any part of the country. And they should be under 130 cm in height.The creator of the park is a rich businessman. He wants the park to be like a fairyland. And he wants to do some

28、thing good for dwarfs in China. This theme park has gotten people of unusual. stature（身高）together. They enjoy being part of the community and impressing tourists with（給 深刻印象）their courage and skills.Are you interested in this fairyland? How about having a visit to the Kingdom of Little People?（）1. W

29、hat is the biggest attraction of the park?A. It is very huge.B. It is in the mountains.C. The performances by little people. D. It looks like a fairyland.（）2. What can we find in the park? Some small animals. Some big animals. Some big castles. Some giants. Some small cottages. Some small furniture.

30、（）3. The underlined word dwarfs means in Chinese.A.殘疾人B.智力障礙者C.盲人D.侏儒（）4. Which of the following is TRUE?You can watch the performances once a day.A dwarf thought of an idea to create the park.Dwarfs have a chance to show their talents in the park.The Kingdom of Little People is a theme park for chi

31、ldren. 參考答案CADC（六）Born on a cold night in a church of a small Australian village, Silent Night, the worlds most famous Christmas song, will have its 196th birthday in 2014.The song, named after a German word, was first performed on 24th December, 1818, in the small village of Oberndorf. The priest（牧

32、師），Joseph Mohr, wanted to make the poor villagers happy after the wars. nHe asked his friend Franz Gruber, a teacher, to write the music for the six verses（詩(shī)節(jié)）written two years ago, and they sang the song together with the help of a simple guitar, says Renate Ebeling-Winkler, a historian and expert

33、on the topic.The song was an immediate success in the small village but wasnt known for many years, until a man from Tyrol took notice of it on his way through the village. It soon became a popular song in the world, and singers performed it in London in 1827, in Moscow in 1831 and in New York in 18

34、39.At that time, people mostly forgot where it was from, and Mohr died in 1848 without ever knowing of his songs success. The song has been translated into more than 330 languages. Every year, thousands of tourists, many from Asia, travel to the small village to take part in the Christmas Eve party

35、in front of the small church.()1. The song was written in the year of.A.1808B.1008C. 2014D.1818()2. In fact,composed the famous song.A. a priest and a teacherB. a teacher and a villagerC. a singer and a strangerD. a villager and a priest()3. The song, Silent Night, was for at first.the people who be

36、lieved Godthe people who loved musicthe people who lost much in the warsthe people who loved the wars()4. The underlined phrase ”an immediate success means in Chinese.A.空前絕后B.震撼人心C.一舉成名D.振奮人心()5. The passage mainly tells us.when the famous song was bomwhat the famous song was abouthow the song becam

37、e famous in the worldwhere the famous song was born參考答案DACCC(七)All the cities are quite the same. Living in a modern Australian city is not very different from living in an American city. But there are some differences between living on farms.In many parts of the world, farmers and their families li

38、ve in villages or towns. In the United States, each farm family lives in its own fields. Usually their neighbours live far away. Its hard for them to see each other on weekdays. Their children take school buses to the nearest schools. These schools are only for the farm families in this area. In som

39、e areas, there are small schools for a few farm families, and the children walk to their schools. But in Australia it is very different. Fanners live near each other and their children can walk to school and often go home for meals.Life keeps changing for everyone, so do farmers. Today there are car

40、s, good roads, radios, television sets and there are modern machines for farming. All of these are changing farmers* life. ()1. Living in a modern Australian city is almost living in an American city.A. different fromB. comfortable likeC. the same asD. as important as()2. Usually farm families live

41、in.A. big cities B. the country C. the school D. mountains()3. The farmers in can visit each other easily on weekdays.A. the world B. Australia C. China D. the USA()4. How do American farmers* children go to school?They take school buses or walk to their schools.They ride their bikes to schools.They

42、 only walk to schools.They drive to schools.()5. What about the farmers* life now?A. Their life is poor.B. Their life is changing.C. They dontt like their life.D. Their life is very hard.參考答案 CBBAB(A)Robots are everywhere. They have been into the mountains, into the oceans, and even into space! Its

43、not hard to think of the future when robots will do everything for people.In the future, robots might look, talk and walk like people. Some scientists say you may even have robot friends in a few years* time! But for this, robots must be able to think and have emotions(情感).Scientists can make robots

44、 that can act like animals. Professor Ayanna Luc Steels from France is one of them. He is the man behind Sonys Aibo, a robot dog. Aibo can understand over 70 words and find its way around a house! But Professor Steels really wants to make robots that can act and think like people.Today, robots are l

45、ike actors. They may show emotions, but they don*t feel emotions themselves,n Professor Steels says. nI want to change that/nRobots will be more like humans in the future/ Professor Steels says. 6&But most of them will still only do jobs people can*t do, or dont want to do. Robots never get bored, t

46、ired or scared, so they are perfect for working in factories and in dangerous places.Will robots take over the world? Most scientists don*t think this will happen, or at least it wont happen until robots can think! If a robot cant think, it can only do things told by people. So dont worry now!()1. R

47、obots may become men*s friends when they.A. can talk like menB. can walk like menlook like menD. have emotions()2. What is nAibon?A. Its a robot cat.B. Its a robot mouse.C Its a robot dog.Its a real dog that can understand over 70 words.()3. Robots are perfect for working in factories and dangerous

48、places because.they never get bored, tired or scaredthey dont need any energythey never talkthey cant show emotions today()4. Someone worries that if robots can think, it will be possible for them to theworld.A. look afterB. take over C. leave D. protect()5. Which of the following is NOT true?Robots

49、 can talk as well as humans today.Robots cant feel emotions now.In the future, humans will use many robots.Robots can act like animals now.參考答案DCABA(九)Hello Sandy,We have just returned from our holiday. We went with our friends Edward Smith and his wife Tina to the Yorkshire Moors. That is a beautif

50、ul place. It is a natural park. There are lots of places to walk on the tops of the hills, miles of grassland with no people, just sheep and birds.Edward, who had just come out of hospital, could not walk as far as he used to. However, this meant that we walked in the morning, and then stopped at a

51、cafe for lunch each day, before returning to the place we live in. Edward and I slept in front of the fire all afternoon, while the ladies went for another walk. Very pleasant!I have taken lots of photos from the place we live in, across the valley(峽谷)below us, of the morning sunrise, and of the mis

52、t (霧氣)in the valley. Also, in England, the old steam powered trains (蒸汽火車)are very popular. I have taken many photos of the train and from it.Yesterday we had the first snow of this winter. It was very early (we usually expect snow in January). It rained all day, then snowed in the evening. Today we

53、 have bright sunshine!Both Jenny and I are well. T dont know if I have told you in the last email that Jenny is now working in a hotel. Although she has to work hard, people there are nice and she is enjoying the work.Please write to tell us your news.Yours,Victor()1. What kind of place is the Yorks

54、hire Moors?A hotel.B. A natural park.C. A hospital.D. A cafe.()2. When did the ladies take a walk?A. Only in the morning.Only in the afternoon.Both in the morning and in the afternoon.In the evening.()3. They had snow this winter.A. an earlyB. a lateC. a usualD. a big()4. What does the underlined wo

55、rd nitn in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. The valley.B. Travel.C. The mist. D. The train.()5. What do we know from this passage?This is the first time Victor has written an email to Sandy.Edward didnt go travelling because he had just come out of hospital.Jennys new job in a hotel is an easy one.People in

56、England like the old steam powered trains very much.參考答案 BCADD(十)Magic is an art form that blends (融合) performance skills with personality. Its different from acrobatics(雜技).Acrobatics is something you know how to do but cant do. Magic is something that you can do if you know the secret. If you want to learn some magic tricks, here are some tips for you.Tip 1 There are books and DVDs available if you want to learn some magic tricks, but doing it by yourself may be too hard. It is better to look for those who know an