八年级英语阅读理解专练(1)

阅读理解专练（1）

☆ A ☆

Everyone must go to bed early and get up early, or we won’t be healthy and clever.

Is this true? Perhaps it is. The body must have enough sleep. Children of your age need ten hours’ sleep every day. If you don’t go to bed early, you won’t have enough sleep. Then you can’t think properly and can’t do your work properly. You’ll not be clever.

Some people go to bed late and get up late. This is not good for them. We must sleep at night when it is dark. The dark helps us to sleep soundly. When the daytime comes, we must get up. This is the time for exercise. If you lack exercise, the body becomes weak. Exercises keep a strong body.

Exercise help the blood(血液) flow(流动) around inside the body. This is very important. Blood takes food to all parts of our body. The brain also needs blood. If we keep our body healthy and take exercise, we can think better.

1. If we want to be healthy and clever, we must go to bed _______.

A. late and get up early B. early and get up late C. early and get up early D. late and get up late 2. Children of your age need ________.

A. ten hours’ sleep B. nine hours’ sleep C. twelve hours’ sleep D. eleven hours’ sleep 3. The best time to sleep is when________.

A. daytime comes B. it is dark

C. we are taking exercise D. it is late afternoon 4. Exercise makes the body______.

A. weak B. clever C. active D. strong 5. Exercise _________.

A. make more blood B. help the blood to flow C. make food for our blood D. make our brain tired

☆ B ☆

Everyone knows that exercise is important. We all need to exercise. Doctors say it is good for us. It makes your heart and body strong. Children who often exercise are more alert(灵活).

There are many ways to exercise. You can walk, run, swim, skate, or play ball games. Make sure you exercise in the following ways: you have to like what you’re doing. Exercise enough but not too much. It’s best to exercise twice each week. Thirty minutes each time is enough. Try all kinds of things until you find one, two or even three sports that feel right for you.

You can exercise at fitness centers. They have a lot of equipment(装备) there. The equipment will help exercise your arms, legs and other parts of your body to make you fit. Some people buy equipment for their homes. But it is very expensive.

Exercising can be fun. Friends can exercise together at a fitness center, or they can play sports together. How do you exercise?

1. In the passage, the writer tells us that we all need to _________.

A. sleep B. exercise C. work D. study 2. Which of the following sports is NOT mentioned(提到) in the passage?

A. Fishing. B. Running. C. Walking. D. Swimming. 3. Doctors say exercising makes your body _________.

A. healthy B. fat C. weak D. thin 4. _________ is enough for exercising.

A. Once a week B. Twice a week C. Three times a week D. Four times a week

5. The phrase “fitness centers” in the passage means _________.

A. 商务中心 B. 健身中心 C. 医疗中心 D. 娱乐中心

☆ C ☆

Kate is 15 years old. She is 1.55 meters tall, but she is 80 kg. She decided to lose some weight. She made a plan (计划) to help her lose weight. Here is her plan. Exercise

○ Run for 30 minutes every morning. ○ Swim in the river twice a week.

○ Walk to school instead of (代替) going by bus every day. ○ Take a walk after dinner every evening. Food

○ Have only a glass of milk and an egg for breakfast every morning. ○ Just have fruit for supper three times a week. ○ Eat more vegetables and less meat for dinner. ○ Don’t eat junk food any more.

○ Drink about eight cups of water every day. 根据材料内容选择正确答案。

( ) 41. From this passage we know Kate is very _______. A. thin B. old C. heavy D. tall

( ) 42. Kate will spend thirty minutes _______ every morning. A. swimming B. running C. working D. walking

( ) 43. Kate usually went to school _______ in the past. A. by bus B. by bike C. on foot D. by taxi

( ) 44. Kate planned to have _______ for breakfast. A. some fruit and milk B. a glass of milk and an egg

C. some milk and vegetables D. some meat and junk food

( ) 45. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Kate will swim three times a week.

B. Kate always went for a walk after supper before. C. Kate will only eat fruit for supper later. D. Kate decided not to eat junk food later.

☆ D ☆

Li Sanju is from Niuwei village, Guangdong Province. For many years he was ill, and always in hospital. There was a tumor (肿瘤) on his right foot.

One day he saw a TV program. (A)The program said a man can live more than 10 days without food just drinking water. So he thought he would try living on natural things near his home.

At first, he ate grass in the field like some animals, but it tasted (尝起来) terrible and made him ill. He thought the field grass was not clean. (B) 所以他开始吃自己家房子后面山里的植物, and he never had any problems.

Till now, he has been eating nothing but leaves and grass for two years. There is a strong smell (味道) of grass on him, but he is very happy. He looks no different from other people in his village. Since he began to eat leaves and grass, he has never seen a doctor. Even the tumor on his right foot has disappeared. 根据短文内容完成下列任务。 任务一：翻译句子。

46. 将文中划线部分(A)处翻译成汉语。 __________________________________ 47. 将文中划线部分(B)处翻译成英语。 __________________________________ 任务二：选择填空。

( ) 48. The underlined word “disappeared” means “________” in Chinese. A. 出现 B. 复发 C. 消失 D. 加重 任务三：回答问题。

49. What happened to Li Sanju after he ate grass in the field like some animals? ___________________________________

50. What has Li Sanju been eating for two years? ___________________________________

☆ E ☆

Mrs Green is a teacher in a middle school in Italy. She usually goes to France for vacation and stays there for a few weeks. She can speak French very well.

One day, Mrs Green said to one of her friends, “I’m taking a vacation in Japan. But I can hardly speak Japanese. What should I do?” “You can go to evening classes to learn Japanese. It helps a lot,” said her friend.

She went to the evening classes and studied very hard for a month. When her vacation began, she went to Japan.

Two weeks later, Mrs Green came back from Japan. Her friend asked her, “Did you have any trouble(麻烦) with your Japanese when you were in Japan?”

“No, I didn’t have any trouble with it,” answered Mrs Green. “But the Japanese did!”

请根据短文内容判断下列说法正（T）误（F）。 ( )41. Mrs Green usually goes to Italy for vacation. ( )42. Mrs Green is good at speaking French.

( )43. Mrs Green went to study Japanese because she wanted to teach Japanese. ( )44. Mrs Green stayed in Japan for two weeks.

( )45. Mrs Green could speak Japanese very well after she studied it for a month.

☆ F ☆

I always take my vacations at home. But this summer, I want to do something different. I’m going sightseeing. Next week I am leaving for Hainan. I am staying there for two weeks. Then I’m going to Tibet. Of course, I’m taking a lot of photos. I can’t wait!

I think the best place for a summer vacation is the seaside(海滨). I’m going to Hawaii on August 1st. It has fantastic beaches and I like the sand, the sea and the sun. I’m staying there for three weeks. There are lots of exciting things to do there.

This summer vacation, I’ll be busy. I’m going to Europe to visit my grandparents in Paris and my uncle in London. I plan to go to New York, because I want to meet my pen pal Tony.

请根据材料内容从各题后所给的选项中选出最佳答案。 ( )46. Li Hui is going to _____ first for vacation. A. Henan B. Tibet C. Hainan D. Tianjin ( )47. Molly is staying in Hawaii for _____ weeks. A. two B. three C. four D. five ( )48. Hector is going to Europe _____. A. to visit his pen pal B. to go sightseeing C. to take photos

D. to visit his relatives(亲戚)

( )49. Hector’s pen pal lives in _____. A. Hawaii B. London C. New York D. Paris

( )50. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Li Hui is not taking his vacation at home this summer.

B. Li Hui is taking lots of pictures during the summer vacation. C. There are beautiful beaches in Hawaii. D. Hector’s uncle lives in Paris.