外研版八年级下册英语阅读训练1-30篇（阅读回答问题）无答案.docx

1、1) Long long ago, there was a small island on the sea. All the feelings lived on it. One day someone said the island would go down into the sea. After hearing it, everybody began to build a boat except love. She didnt believe it at all. However, the island really began to go down. People all took th

2、eir boats to leave. Love had to ask for help. She asked Richness(财富) to take her together but Richness refused(拒绝). I cant take you with me. My boat is full of(装满) gold. There is no room(空间) for you, Richness said. Love then asked Sadness(悲伤) for help. Sadness answered, No. I get used to(习惯于) be lon

3、ely. I only want to stay by myself. When love asked Happiness, Happiness didnt help her, either. Just then, there was a voice. Come, Love. I will take you. It was an elder man. Love was so excited that she forgot to ask the mans name. Later, she knew the man was Time. When she asked Knowledge(知识) wh

4、y Time helped her, Knowledge said, Because only Time is able to understand how valuable(珍贵的) love is. 1.Where did all the feelings live? 2.What did everyone do after hearing the island would go down into the sea? 3.Whats in Richnesss boat? 4.Who got used to be lonely? 5.Who was able to understand ho

5、w valuable love was? (2) Happiness is something everyone wants to have. Its a state of well-being, a pleasant or satisfying experience. Happiness is important to everyone. Happiness is important to everyone. Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Here are some tips about t

6、he discovering happiness in your life. Allow yourself to be human. When we accept emotions such as fear, sadness, or nervousness as natural, we are more likely to overcome them. Refusing our emotions, whether positive or negative, leads to sadness and unhappiness. Happiness mostly depends on our und

7、erstanding towards the outside world, not on how much money we have. Mostly, our level of well-being is decided by what we choose to focus on and by our understanding of the things that happened. For example, do we see failure as the mother of success, or do we see it as a chance of learning? Simpli

8、fy! We are, generally, too busy, trying to do more and more activities in less and less time. Yet sometimes the more we expect, the more we will lose. Sometimes we even lose our happiness by trying to do too much. Remember the mind-body connection. What we do or dont do with our bodies influences ou

9、r mind. Regular exercise, enough sleep, and healthy eating habits lead to both physical and mental health. 1.Do most people know how to find happiness? 2.How many tips for happiness are talked about in this passage? 3.What does happiness mostly depend on? 4.How do we sometimes lose our happiness? 5.

10、What is the passage mainly about? (3) Studying in Britain for one year was an exciting experience for me. I found quite a lot of differences during my staying there. Before leaving, I bought some gifts for my new classmates. To my surprise, they opened them immediately after they received them. Scho

11、ols in Britain start at around 9:00 am and end at about 3:00 pm. It means I could stay in bed for one more hour. Its a tradition for all the students to have a meeting on the first day of school. The head teacher told us about the school rules. He also told us that we must study hard. It sounded lik

12、e my school in China. I found that the homework was not so heavy as what I got in my old school. We had many subjects, but we could stop studying if we are not interested in them. I felt very lucky to experience this different way of life. I really hope to go back and study in Manchester again. 1.Wh

13、ich city did the writer stay in Britain? 2.How long did the writer stay in Britain? 3.What did the writer do before leaving? 4.Whats the tradition on the first day of school? 5.What is the same thing between schools in Britain and China? (4) We may find it difficult to make decisions. When we have m

14、ore choices, we dont know which one is better for us to choose. In fact, all decisions come down to (归结为) choosing whether to open a door or to close it. I have learned that opening a door always makes life more interesting. A few years ago, I lived in a small world. I worked as a teacher in a very

15、small high school. My life was quite simple. Then one day I had an opportunity to teach in a large school. The students here came from different countries. But the school was far away from my hometown. So I asked myself, Should I go to that strange place to teach? Or should I stay at home? In my hom

16、etown I was safe and comfortable. But finally, I decided to go. I thought this was the best decision in my life. In that large school, I learnt a lot about very different cultures. I also found that just a smile or a hug could make people understand each other. My new students liked me very much. Th

17、ey always said Marys great! Marys nice. We had a lot of fun. It was wonderful to live in a very different area of the country. If I had closed the door to that opportunity, I would have missed all of those wonderful experiences. 1.Where did the writer teach a few years ago? 2.Whats the meaning of op

18、portunity in Chinese? 3.After the writer got the opportunity to teach in another school, what did she decide to do finally? 4.What did the writer feel by making the decision? 5.Did the students like the writer? (5) One of the strangest jobs at the Oscars is that of a seat-filler (填补座位的人). When one o

19、f the stars needs to go to the bathroom, a seat-filler sits in the stars seat. That way, the TV cameras wont show any empty seats. Kathy Muller talks about her night as a seat-filler. I was told to reach the theater in the middle of the day, wearing my dress for the evening. There were about 200 of

20、us seat-fillers, all very excited. We were told what we should and shouldnt do (for example, Dont talk to the stars), and then we waited until 5 oclock. Thats when the stars started coming. The show started at six oclock. We had to stand outside the doors. Then, when someone came put to go to the ba

21、throom or have a cigarette, we were told to go and sit in their seat. The show was three hours long, and I only sat down five times. In the end, I was really tired, but I was happy because, during the evening, I sat behind Jim Carrey (hes very tall!) and close to Denzel Washington, Nicole Kidman and

22、 Julia Roberts. It was an exciting night, but I think next year Ill watch the Oscars on TV at home like everyone else! 1.What does a seat-filler do when a star needs to go to the bathroom? 2.Can the seat-fillers talk to the stars? 3.When did the show start? 4.How many times did Kathy sit down? 5.How

23、 was Kathy at the end of the show? (6) A beautiful smile Zhang Bei When I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile. It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and af

24、raid to make friends with anyone. Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldnt talk to anyone about my problem, and I didnt want my parents to worry about me. Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily

25、 as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didnt know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me and, without a word, smiled. Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm. That smile changed my life. I started

26、to talk with the other students and make friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now. One day, I asked him why he smiled, but he couldnt remember smiling at me! It doesnt matter because all the dark days have gone. Now I be

27、lieve that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back. 1.What was the important gift? 2.Where did the story take place? 3.How did the writer feel when the boy smiled at her? 4.How did the smile change the wr

28、iters life? 5.Why is it called a beautiful smile? (7) Kim Jones planned a birthday party for her boyfriend Sam Philip last Tuesday night. However, the evening turned out very different from what either of them had expected. In the late afternoon, a huge electricity blackout (停电) hit seven north east

29、ern states in the U.S.A. and three provinces in Canada. Just after four oclock, a time when millions of people leave their offices and head home, the electricity stopped. Elevators and the underground systems in large cities like New York and Toronto stopped working. Planes could not land or take of

30、f at airports. As soon as most people found out about the blackout, they put their cell phones to good use and called their families to let them know where they were. Kim works on the 70th floor of an apartment tower in New York. She had just left her office and was trapped (困住) in an elevator on th

31、e 65th floor. At first, she was worried. She called Sam and discovered what had happened. He told her not to give up hope. Then Sam remembered that his friend Joe also worked in that building. Joe could probably take care of the situation. At about five oclock, Joe and some other workers found out t

32、hat they could get Kim out of the elevator through its roof. Kim still had to walk down a lot of stairs, but that wasnt so terrible. Kim felt tired, but she also felt lucky. When she got down to the street at eight oclock, she found Sam waiting for her. A number of their friends were there, too. As

33、for the birthday party, it turned into a picnic by candlelight because the city went without electricity for several days. Sam said he would never forget it. 1.When did the blackout take place? 2.Whose birthday was on that day? 3.The elevator stopped on the _ floor. 4.Kim got out of the elevator wit

34、h the help of _. 5.It was an unforgettable night to Sam because _. (List one reason.) (8) Benedict Allen was born in England in 1960. His dad was a pilot, and Benedict dreamed of traveling around the world like his dad. His dream came trueBenedict became an explorer. But he doesnt travel the world i

35、n a plane. He finds a place he wants to explore, and then he lives with the local (本地的) people. He learns important skills from them, and then uses those skills to explore the place hes visiting. He doesnt use modern things like cellphones (移动电话), and he likes to travel alone. Benedicts explorations

36、 are often dangerous, but he likes them. One of his favorite explorations was in 2001. He wanted to be the first person to travel alone across the ice from Siberia to Alaska, So he went to Siberia and lived with the Chukchi people. He learned how to live like the Chukchi people and drive a dog team.

37、 He traveled 622 miles with only a dog team. The weather was really bad. There was a lot of snow, wind and ice, so the journey was very difficult. Benedict almost lost the dog team, and he almost died, so he ended his journey early. It was scary, but he learned a lot. 1.What did Benedict dream of? 2

38、.Does Benedict use a cellphone when traveling? 3.When did Benedict go to Siberia? 4.What did Benedict learn from the Chukchi people? 5.What made Benedicts journey from Siberia to Alaska difficult and dangerous? (9) A boy kept a little tortoise (乌龟) and he liked it very much. On a cold day in winter,

39、 the boy wanted to make the tortoise hold out its head. He tried many ways he could think of. For example, he tried to pat it on the head and then struck it with a stick, but the tortoise didnt even move a little. The boys grandfather saw it, laughed and helped the boy put the tortoise on a warm sto

40、ve. After a while, the tortoise put its head, legs and tail out of his carapace(甲壳) because of the warmth. Seeing this, the boy laughed happily. The boy was surprised and asked his grandfather for the reason. When you want others to do as you wish. said his grandfather, remember not to use a way of

41、attacking but to give him or her love and warmth. This way is sure to work.” Treat others warmly and youll get an unexpected surprise. 1.When did the story happen? 2.Why did the boy pat the tortoise on the head and strike it with a stick? 3.How did the boy and his grandfather make the tortoise hold

42、out its head? 4.The boy was happy when he saw the tortoise hold out its head, wasnt he? 5.What can you learn from the story? (10) Amy was a pupil in Grade Three. She was often teased (奚落) at school because she had cerebral palsy (脑瘫). That always made her feel lonely. One evening, knowing that thing

43、s were not going well at school, Amys mother wanted to cheer her up. Theres a Christmas wish competition at the local radio station. she said. Write a letter to Santa Claus and you might win a prize. Why not have a try? Amys eyes shone bright. At the radio station, letters poured in for the Christma

44、s wish competition. Lee Tobin, the manager, read Amys letter carefully. Dear Santa Claus, My name is Amy. I am nine years old. I have a problem at school. Can you help me, Santa? Kids laugh at me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy. And my Christmas wish is one day with

45、out teasing. Love, Amy Lees heart hurt when he read the letter. So he called up the local newspaper. He thought it would be good for the whole city to hear about this special little girl and her unusual Christmas wish. Soon people knew Amys story by reading newspapers. Every day Amy got letters fill

46、ed with holiday greetings and words of encouragement. Teachers and students talked together about how teasing can make others feel. Now Amy is active and outgoing because nobody teases her anymore. By daring to make such a simple wish, Amy got what she wanted. And her story tells us that we should f

47、ace our problems bravely and solve them. 1.Where was Amy often teased? 2.Who advised Amy to write to Santa Claus? 3.What was Amys Christmas wish? 4.How did people know Amys story? 5.Why is Amy active and outgoing now? (11) An interesting thing happened to me last Sunday. The weather was so fine that

48、 I decided to drive in the country. On my way home, my car stopped. It ran out of gasoline (汽油). I decided to walk along the road until I found someone who could sell me some gasoline. I had walked a long way before I found a big house near the road. I was happy to see it because it was getting dark

49、. I knocked at the door and an old lady came out. She said, Ive been waiting for you for a long time. Come in, please. I got tea ready for you. I was very surprised. Oh, Tony! You used to love tea. I was so happy when I saw another house by the road. When I told the man about the old lady, he said, Oh. thats Helen. She lives by herself in that big house. Shes strange, but she wouldnt hurt anyone. She is still waiting for the man whom she was going to marry 25 years ago. The man was named Tony. The day before they got married, he went away and never came back. 1.What was wrong with