人教版go for it 八年级下册英语阅读训练31-70篇（阅读短文回答问题）（无答案）.docx

1、三十一) John Smith was an old porter (搬运工人). He worked at the train station. Every day he was busy carrying heavy things for people. He was careful with his work. He was kind to everyone. He was always ready to help others. One morning he stood at the station. He was waiting for the train. Just then he

2、 saw a man running to the trains with a big bag in his hand. No train is starting. Why is he in such a hurry? the old man said to himself. He went up to the man and asked, May I help you? As soon as the man saw the porter, he stopped running. Can I catch the 10:35 train to London? the man asked. He

3、looked worried. The old porter looked at him for a few seconds and said, Well, sir. Id like to help you, but I cant answer your question because I dont know how fast you can run. Then he explained to the man, The 10:35 train to London left five minutes ago. Can you run fast enough to catch it? 1.Wha

4、t was Johns job? 2.What did John do every day? 3.Why was the man in a hurry? 4.Could the man catch the 10:35 train? 5.What time was it when the man talked to John? (三十二) Sometimes good ideas have bad results. This is what happened to Spains Matrera Castle (城堡). The castle was built in the 9th centur

5、y and has interested thousands of visitors every year. But part of it broke after a heavy rain, so the castle needed a big repair. However, the result didnt turn out well. The castle became a totally modern building! The building has nothing to do with what it used to be, or even with a medieval (中世

6、纪的) castle, criticized (批评) the Spanish cultural heritage group (文化遗产组织) Hispania Nostra. People across the world have been laughing about it online too. How terrible! Theyve got builders rather than repairers. No words are needed when you see the pictures. The leader of the repair said that he want

7、ed to make sure the building stayed standing. Facing the criticism, he also added, Opinions are always welcome. 1.Where did the story happen? 2.When was the castle built? 3.Why did the castle need a big repair? 4.How many sentences are used to criticize the repair? 5.Who said Opinions are always wel

8、come? (三十三) Tom saw an advertisement in a newspaper for a beautiful modern bike. It cost 55 pounds. So he went to the shop and asked to see one of the wonderful bikes. The owner of the shop was happy to show one to Tom. Tom examined it carefully, and then turned to the owner and said, There isnt a l

9、amp (灯) on this bike, but there was one on the bike in your advertisement. Yes, sir, answered the man, but the lamp isnt included in the price of the bike. Not included in the price of the bike? Tom said angrily. But thats not honest. If the lamp is in the advertisement, it should be included in the

10、 price. Well, sir, answered the shop owner coldly. There is also a girl on the bike in the advertisement, but we can not give you the girl with the bike, either. 1.What did Tom see in a newspaper? 2.Why did Tom go to the shop? 3.After Tom examined it carefully, what did he find? 4.The owner of the s

11、hop is not honest, is he? 5.What do you think would probably be the result? (三十四) One day, a child took some silver (银的) paper from a cigarette (香烟) box. He rolled it into a small ball and pushed it up his nose. He couldnt get it out again. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldnt get the pap

12、er out, either. A week later the paper was still in his nose. Then he had a sore nose and the nose began to have a bad smell. So his mother took her child to the hospital. The doctor checked his nose. She put a very small steel stick (钢棍) into his nose and felt the paper. She said she would have to

13、cut his nose to get the paper out. The childs mother came home looking sad. She didnt want her child to have his nose cut. He was a handsome boy and the cut would make him ugly. Next day, the childs mother took him to her friend Sidney. Sidney lived in a house with an old woman called May. She asked

14、 to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose. He closed his eyes. Yes, I can see it, May said, It will be out soon! As she spoke, she shook black pepper (胡椒粉) on the childs nose. He gave a big sneeze (喷嚏) and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told her to take the boy to t

15、he sea for a swim. She said the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell. So the child didnt have to go to the hospital and gave his nose out. 1.Could the childs mother get the paper out? 2.How did the mother feel after hearing the doctors words? 3.Who helped to take the silver ball ou

16、t? 4.Where did the woman put the pepper? 5.What could help to stop the bad smell from the childs nose according to the woman? (三十五) Almost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes reading stories about dogs. I have a friend. The friend has a large police dog. Its name is Jack. Police dogs are

17、often very clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much. One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk. But the

18、visitor still stayed. Jack became very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention (注意). He went on talking. Finally Jack couldnt stand (忍受) it. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes lat

19、er. He sat down again in front of the visitor but this time he held the visitors hat in his mouth and ran out of the room. 1.What does the writers friend keep? 2.What does Jack like to do? 3.Why did Jack become worried? 4.At last, what did Jack do? 5.What do you think of Jack? (三十六) Are fables (寓言故事

20、) and fairy tales (童话故事) different or the same? They are both stories for kids, but fables are stories for adults as well. A fable is a story, passed down from grand-parents to parents and then to children. People can learn much from it. The characters are mostly animals and nature. They can talk an

21、d act like humans. The most famous fables were written by a man called Aesop (伊索). There are around 600 fables in Aesops Fables. The Fox and the Grapes and The Tortoise and the Hare are two examples. Fairy tales are usually stories for children, often about magic characters such as fairies (仙女) and

22、giants (巨人). Sometimes the characters are animals. We are able to enjoy the fairy tales because about 200 years ago, Brothers Grimm travel all around Germany and collected these stories before people forgot them. There are many fairy tales in Grimms Fairy Tales, such as Cinderella and The Frog Princ

23、e. 1.Whom are fables for? 2.Who are mostly the main characters in fables? 3.How many fables are there in Aesops Fables? 4.Who are often the characters in Fairy tales? 5.When did Brothers Grimm travel around Germany and collect stories? (三十七) A king (国王) was worried every day. He was afraid he would

24、die one day. He was also afraid someone would take the place of (取代) him to be the new king. Nobody could see his smiling face. His men tried their best to help him but nothing could work. One day, an old man came to the king. He said to him, Put on a happy mans shirt, and you will be happy. But I d

25、ont know where he is. The king followed his advice and began to look for the happy man. He visited many countries and met kings, doctors and teachers. But they all said they were unhappy. One day, the king saw a poor farmer on the farm. The farmer was singing all the time while he was working. The k

26、ing asked him, Are you happy, my good man? Yes, quite happy. I work in the daytime and spend the night with my family. We enjoy ourselves every day, answered the man. Wonderful! Can you sell me your shirt? the king asked. My shirt? the farmer felt quite surprised. But I dont have a shirt. In fact, I

27、 never have a shirt. 1.What was the king afraid of? 2.Did the old man know where the happy man was? 3.How did the kings, doctors and teachers feel? 4.What was the farmer doing while he was working on the farm? 5.Why didnt the farmer sell his shirt to the king? (三十八) Long long ago, there was a man li

28、ving in a village with his wife and two children. They had a hen. It laid a golden egg every day. The man sold the golden egg and the family lived a rich and comfortable life. But the man was very greedy (贪婪的). He wanted to get all the golden eggs from his hen at a time. So, he thought hard every da

29、y about how to achieve it and he got a plan at last. He decided to Kill the hen and get all the eggs. He didnt want to tell his wife about the plan because he wanted to give her a big surprise. He was so excited about his great plan. He even started to sing when he thought of the plan. The next day

30、when the hen laid a golden egg, the man couldnt wait to take a knife and cut its body open. However, there was nothing but blood (血液) all around. There werent any eggs at all. He was very sad because he would not get even one egg now. Their life used to be comfortable with one egg a day, but now the

31、ir life changed a lot. How silly he was! 1.How many children did the man have? 2.Had the mans family lived a rich and comfortable life before he killed the hen? 3.Why did the man kill the hen? 4.What did the man get from the hen at last? 5.What do you think of the man in the passage? (三十九) An apple

32、tree and a rose were neighbors (邻居). They grew in a garden. They used to be (曾经是) good friends when they were young. But after they grew up, they didnt like each other anymore. One day, the rose said to the apple tree, How beautiful I am! And my flower smells so sweet. The apple tree answered, Yes.

33、I am not as beautiful as you, but are you happy? When people want your flower, you always hurt them with your thorns (刺). But I give them my fruit even when they threw stones (石头) at me. Im kinder than you, so people all like me. Just at that time a young man came to them. When he was cutting the fl

34、ower with his scissors, the thorns hurt his hand. He felt so angry that he cut down the whole rose. When he saw the apples and wanted to eat some, he shook and threw the stones at the apple tree. Some apples dropped on the ground. The young man smiled at the apple tree and the apple tree smiled back

35、. Being kind to others always makes us happy. 1.Where did the apple tree and the rose grow? 2.What did the rose always do when people wanted her flower? 3.Was the apple tree kinder than the rose? 4.Why did the young man cut down the whole rose? 5.What makes us happy according to the passage? (四十) In

36、 China, people think the tiger and the cat are good friends. They also think the cat is much smarter than (比) the tiger, so the tiger wants to learn from the cat. After three months, the tiger can do the same things as the cat can. One summer （夏天）afternoon, the cat sleeps and the tiger sits (坐) by h

37、im. Looking at the cat, the tiger thinks. Since (既然) I can do the same things as the cat can, why should I keep being friends with him? Then he wants to kill the cat for his dinner. At that time, the cat wakes up (醒 来). He runs quickly away and climbs (爬) up to a tree. The next day, when the tiger m

38、eets the cat, he asks the cat why he doesnt teach him to climb a tree. The cat says, I want to teach you, but I dont want to teach you how to kill me. 1.How long does it take the tiger to learn from the cat? 2.When does the story happen (发生)? 3.Does the tiger kill the cat at last? 4.What do you thin

39、k of the cat? 5.What is the best title of this passage? (四十一) Sam likes eating fish a lot. He often buys many fish in the shop and takes them home. One day his wife sees the fish and thinks, Good! Now, I can ask my friends to have lunch and we can eat the fish. They like fish very much. When Sam com

40、es home from work in the evening, the fish is not there and his wife says, Oh, your cat eats it. And then she gives him some bread for his supper. Sam is angry (生气). He takes the cat and his wife to a shop near his house and weighs (称) the cat. Then he turns to his wife and says, My fish weighs one

41、kilo. The cat weighs one kilo, too. My cat is here, you see, then where is my fish? 1.What does Sam like eating very much? 2.Who eats the fish that day? 3.How much does the fish weigh? 4.What does Sams wife give him for supper? 5.How much does the cat weigh? (四十二) Hi! Im Tom. Im going to the sun on

42、my holiday. I will go there by spaceship. I will take a big blue spaceship. Then Ill take the spaceship to the sun. The sun is very hot. So I put on the super shirt. In the morning, I will have some sun burgers (汉堡包) for my breakfast. At eight oclock, I will play with my friends there. They are a su

43、per dog and a super girl. The super dog is white and black. The super girl is very clever. The super girl and the super dog like to play with me. So l play with them for two hours every day. Then I will do my homework on a small blue table. After finishing my homework, I will have my lunch. I will e

44、at sun salad. I will have red juice, red fish and red rice. All things are red. Then I need a lot of water because the sun is too hot. Then I will walk to the spaceship. After that I will take the spaceship to the earth. This is a good holiday on the sun. 1.How will Tom go to the sun on his holiday?

45、 2.How long does Tom play with the super girl every day? 3.What colour is the super dog? 4.Why does Tom need a lot of water? 5.What do you think of his holiday? (四十三) Joe Brown has a shop. He sells (卖) meat in his shop. One Thursday a woman comes into his shop at five to one. Im sorry Im late, she s

46、ays. I need some more meat for my dinner tonight. Joe has only one piece of meat in his shop. He takes it out of the fridge and says, This is 6.50. That piece is too small. the woman says, Dont you have anything bigger? Joe goes into the room behind his shop, puts the piece of meat into the fridge,

47、takes it out of the fridge again and closes the door with lots of noise. Then he brings the piece of meat to the woman and says, This piece of meat is bigger and more expensive. Its 8.75. Good, the woman says with a smile, give me both of them, please. 1.What does Joe Brown do? 2.Why doesnt the woma

48、n want the first piece of meat? 3.How many pieces of meat does Joe have in the fridge? 4.How much does the woman pay if she wants to buy those pieces of meat? 5.Can Joe give the woman both pieces of meat at last? (四十四) A dog and a donkey wanted to go to the market with their master (主人). It was a ve

49、ry long walk across a mountainous path. At noon, the master ate a little food he brought, unloaded (卸下重担) the donkey, and sat down under a tree for a rest. The donkey began to eat the grass growing there, but there was nothing for the dog to eat. There is some food among the things you are carrying,

50、 said the dog to the donkey. Lets take one and share it between ourselves. Wait till the master gets up! said the donkey. He can give you the food then. Just then a hungry wolf came there. Help me, help me, dog! cried the donkey. Im so hungry. I dont have the strength (力量) to do anything, replied th