新目标英语八年级（上册）期末阅读理解专练12篇+答案

这是一份新目标英语八年级（上册）期末阅读理解专练12篇+答案，共20页。

“What des this mean ?” asked the yung man .
“A means “ success”” explained the ld scientist . “X stands fr hard wrk ,Y fr gd methd (方法) and Z Z means stp talking and get dwn t wrk.”
1.The yung man _________.
A. wanted t meet Einstein
B. wanted t be a great scientist like Einstein
C. was eager (渴望) t knw the secret f success
D. wanted t be a student f Einstein
2.In Einstein’s pinin the secret f success was ________.
A. t wrk with great energy (精力，活力)
B. t study hard day and night
C. t learn frm great scientists
D. t raise (提出) questins as many as yu culd
3.“Y” stands fr _______.
A. hard wrk
B. great energy
C. great success
D. gd manner(方法)
4.The wrd “annyed” means ________.
A. angry
B. sad
C. lvely
D. glad
5.Einstein was a man wh ______
A. liked t talk with yung peple
B. liked t help thers
C. liked t make friends with yung peple
D. liked t wrk , but didn’t like t talk
B
British newspapers are much smaller than they used t be and their readers are ften in a hurry ,s newspapermen write as few wrds as pssible .They tell their readers at nce what happened ,where ,when and hw it happened and what was the result : hw many peple were killed ,what change was dne and s n .Readers want the fact(事实) set ut as fully and accurately as pssible .Readers are als interested in the peple wh have seen the accident. S a newspaperman always likes t get sme infrmatin (信息)frm smene wh was there, which can be given in the persn’s wn wrds .Because he can use nly a few wrds ,the newspaperman must chse thse wrds carefully ,every ne must be effective(有效). Instead f “he called ut in a lud vice”, he writes” he shuted”; instead f “the lse stnes rlled nisily dwn the side f the muntain”, he will write” they thundered dwn the muntainside”. Because many f the readers aren’t very clever, and mst f them are in a hurry.
1.Frm the text, we learn that newspapermen write as few wrds as pssible ,because readers___.
A. want t knw mre abut the news
B. take n interest in what has happened
C. have n time t read the news carefully
D. pay much attentin t the result
2.The underlined wrd”ne” in the text refers t ______.
A.wrd
B.newspaperman
C.reader
D.persn
3.Which f the fllwing wuld best cmplete the text ?
A. he will keep his writing shrt
B. he wn’t care abut his writing
C. he will give nthing but infrmatin
D. he wn’t make his writing gd enugh.
4.In what way d yu think British newspapers have becme smaller?
A. In a page size.
B. In number f readers.
C. In number f pages.
D. In number f cpies
5.Which f the fllwing is true?
A. Readers are nt satisfied with the shrt news.
B. Nt many peple have time t read the lng articles in newspapers.
C. Readers find the language f the newspapers exciting.
D. Newspapermen try t reprt as fully as pssible.
C
The stry happened during the Secnd Wrld War（战争）．An ld man lived in a small twn f Germany. He had three sns and they all wrked in the same factry where he had wrked. After the war had begun , his sns were all made t jin the army ne after anther and they all died in the frights . The ld man was very sad . he didn’t have enugh fd and was ften hungry . And nbdy helped him and he didn’t knw hw t g in living .
It was a very cld winter night . The ld man culdn’t g t sleep . He had been hungry fr tw days and it was s cld in his rm that ice culd be seen . He had t get up and begun t run in the rm until he lay dwn n the grund. The next mrning he had t beg frm dr t dr. He had been t a lt f cities and knew a lt.
Once he came t a village , but the villages were all pr and culdn’t give him anything . He was t hungry t g t anther village . He thught hard and fund a way . He came t a plice statin and called ut , “Hitler is a flish pig (希特勒是蠢猪)！＂
Out came an ld pliceman at nce . He tk the ld man int a rm , gave him sme bread and a cup f tea . Then he said , “Dn’t say in ur village , sir !”
“I’m srry, sir.” Said the ld man . “I dn’t knw it’s Hitler’s hmetwn .”
“N, n , sir.” The pliceman said in a hurry. “It’s pig’s hmetwn !”
1.The ld man was ___________.
A. a German
B. a French
C. an Australian
D. an Englishman
2.The ld man was sad because ________.
A. his three sns all died during the war
B. His three sns had t jin the army
C. He had n fd r clthes
D. He lived in the small twn alne
3.The ld man gt up and ran in his rm t ________.
A. keep healthy
B. Frget he was sad and hungry
C. Make him warm
D. Find a way t frget he was hungry
4.The ld man shuted utside the plice statin because______
A. he hated Hitler very much
B. he hped the pliceman culd help him
C. he wanted t make the plicemen angry
D. he thught the he wuld be given sme fd in prisn (监狱)
5.Which statement is true?
A. The ld pliceman hated Hitler , t
B. The ld pliceman fund that the ld man his best friend
C. The ld pliceman wuld send the ld man in prisn
D. The ld pliceman liked Hitler better than pigs
D
Miss Grgers taught physices in a New Yrk schl. Last mnth she explained t ne f her classes abut sund, and she decided t test them t see hw successful she had been in her explanatin. She said t them, “Nw I have a brther in Ls Angeles. If I was calling him n the phne and at the same time yu were 75 feet away, listening t me frm acrss the street, which f yu wuld hear what I said earlier, my brther r yu and fr what reasn?”
Tm at nce answered, “Yur brther. Because electricity travels faster than sund waves.” “That’s very gd,” Miss Grgers answered; but then ne f the girls raised her hand, and Miss Grgers said, “Yes, Kate?”
“I disagree,” Kate said. “Yur brther wuld hear yu earlier because when it’s 11 ’clck here it’s nly 8 ’clck in Ls Angeles.”
1.Miss Grgers was teaching her class .
A. hw t telephne
B. abut electricity
C. abut time zne（时区）
D. abut sund
2.Miss Grgers asked this questin because she wanted t knw whether .
A. it was easy t phne t Ls Angeles
B. her student culd hear her frm 75 feet away
C. her students had grasped（理解）her lessn
D. sund waves were slwer than electricity
3.Tm thught that electricity was .
A. slwer than sund waves
B. faster than sund waves
C. nt s fast as sund waves
D. as fast as sund waves
4.Kate thught Tm was wrng because .
A. clcks in Ls Angeles shwed a different time frm thse in New Yrk
B. electricity was slwer than sund waves
C. Tm was nt gd at physics at all
D. Tm’s answer had nthing t d with sund waves
5.Whse answer d yu think is crrect acrding t the law f physics?
A. Tm’s
B. Kate’s
C. Bth A and B
D. Neither A nr B
E
It was Mndy. Mrs Smith’s dg was hungry, but there was nt any meat in the huse.
Cnsidering that there was n better way. Mrs Smith tk a piece f paper, and wrte the fllwing wrds n it: “Give my dg half a pund f meat.” Then she gave the paper t her dg and said gently: “Take this t the butcher (persn whse jb is selling meat), and he’s ging t give yu yur lunch tday.”
Hlding the piece f paper in its muth, the dg ran t the butcher’s. It gave the paper t the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recgnized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and sn did it as he was asked t. The dg was very happy, and ate the meat up at nce.
At nn, the dg came t the shp again. It gave the butcher a piece f paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pund f meat nce mre.
The next day, the dg came again exactly at nn. And as usual, it brught a piece f paper in the muth. This time, the butcher did nt take a lk at paper, and gave the dg its meat, fr he had regarded the dg as ne f his custmers (* peple wh buy smething frm a shp).
But, the dg came again at fur ’clck. And the same thing happened nce again. T the butcher’s mre surprise, it came fr the third time at six ’clck, and brught with it a third piece f paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said t himself, “This is a small dg. Why des Mrs Smith give it s much meat t eat tday?”
Lking at the piece f paper, he fund that there were nt any wrds n it!
6.Mrs Smith treated her little dg quite .
A. cruelly
B. fairly
C. kindly
D.unfriendly
7.It seemed that the dg knew well that the paper Mrs Smith gave it .
A. might d it much harm.
B. culd d it much gd
C. wuld help the butcher
D. was wrth many punds
8.The butcher did nt give any meat t the dg .
A. befre he felt sure that the wrds were really written by Mrs Smith
B. when he fund that the wrds n the paper were nt clear
C. because he had sld ut all the meat in his shp
D. until he was paid enugh by Mrs Smith
9.Frm its experence, the dg fund that .
A. nly the paper with Mrs Smith’s wrds n it culd bring it meat
B. the butcher wuld give the meat t it whenever he saw it
C. Mrs Smith wuld pay fr the meat it gt frm the butcher
D. a piece f paper culd bring it half a pund f meat
10.At the end f the stry, yu’ll find that .
A. the dg was clever enugh t write n the paper
B. the dg dared nt g t the butcher’s any mre
C. the butcher was tld nt t give any meat t the dg
D. the butcher fund himself cheated (* act in a way that is nt hnest) by the clever animal
F
Mr. King is a tall and strng man. He teaches P. E. in a middle schl. He wears a lng beard（胡子） and takes gd care f it.
It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big ftball match f the year n the playgrund in the centre f the city. Mr. King likes the game very much and f curse he was ging t watch it. With his friends’ help he gt a ticket a few days ag. After breakfast he hurried t the bus stp, but a lt f peple were waiting there. A bus came and he hardly gt n. There were plenty f peple in it and it was difficult fr them t put their feet. He had t grip（抓住）the back f a chair. At the next stp a by gt n the bus. He lked arund and saw Mr. King’s beard and grip it. The man fund it at nce and called ut, “Let g f（松开）my beard, by!”
“Are yu ging t get ff, sir?” asked t by.
11.Mr. King is a .
A. player
B. runner
C. teacher
D. driver
12.Mr. King was ging t watch the match because .
A. he teaches P. E. in a middle schl
B. he likes ftball very much
C. he had already gt a ticket
D. he didn’t g t wrk yesterday
13.It was difficult fr Mr. King t stand because .
A. he had drunk t much
B. the bus was t small
C. he gt n the bus t late
D. it was very crwded in the bus
14.The by gripped Mr. King’s beard because .
A. he was afraid t fall again
B. he wanted t make the man angry
C. he hped the man t find a seat fr him
D. he hped the man t get ff sn
15.Mr. King was afraid , s he shuted at him.
A. the by wuld pull him dwn
B. the by wuld hurt his beard
C. the by culd be hurt again
D. the by wuld brrw his ticket
G
My friend is a taxi drives. He has been a taxi driver fr ten years. It’s a nice jb mst f the time. He can meet a lt f peple. He always wrks at night because there is t much traffic during the day. He usually ges hme between tw ’clck in the mrning. There are sme very strange things, which ften happen at night. One day my friend was taking a wman back hme frm a party at three ’clck in the mrning. She had her little dg with her. When they gt t her huse, she fund she had lst her key. S my friend waited in the car with the dg while she climbed in thrugh the windw. My friend waited and waited. After half an hur f hnking he decided t find ut what was ging n. He tied the dg t a tree and started t climb in thrugh the windw.
At that mment sme plicemen came. They thught my friend was a thief. Luckily, the wman came dwnstairs. She must have gne t sleep and frgtten abut my friend and the dg.
16.The driver always wrks at night because it is easier t .
A. drive
B. climb in thrugh windw
C. make mney
D. meet a lt f peple
17.The wman climbed in thrugh the windw because .
A. she wanted t have a sleep
B. her husband didn’t pen the dr fr her
C. she didn’t want t pay the mney
D. she culdn’t find her key
18.The stry happened .
A. early in the mrning
B. late at night
C. utside the city
D. near the bus statin
19.Which f the fllwing is nt true?
A. The driver wrked until 2 r 3 ’clck in the mrning.
B. The plicemen made a mistake.
C. The wman had n mney t pay.
D. The wman had frgtten abut the driver and the dg.
20.The driver climbed in thrugh the windw t .
A. get mney frm the wman
B. phne the plice
C. return the dg t the wman
D. see what happened in the huse
H
On Nv.18th,1908,three men went up in a balln（气球）.They started early in Lndn. The headman was Augusta Gaudrn, and the ther tw men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balln and they were ready fr a lng way.
Sn they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rpe（绳子）,and it was hanging dwn frm the basket f the balln. At the end f the rpe they had tied a metal bx. This culd hld water, r it culd be empty. S they were able t change its weight（重量）.It was fr use ver the sea. They were als carrying sme bags f sand.
After the sun rse, the balln went higher. It went up t 3,000 metres, and the air was very cld. The water in the balln became ice. Snw fell past the men's basket, and they culd see mre snw n the grund. The men tried t thrw ut sme mre sand; but it was hard. They tried t break the icy sand with their knives, but it was nt easy. The wrk was slw and they were still falling, s they had t drp sme whle bags f sand. One f them fell n an icy lake and made a black hle in the ice.
At last they pulled the bx int the basket. It was still snwing; s they climbed t get away frm the snw. They rse t 5,100 metres! Everything became icy. They were s cld that they decided t land. They came dwn in Pland heavily but safely. They had travelled 1,797 kilmeters frm Lndn!
1. Three men flew in balln ________.
A. fr nearly 1,800 kilmeters
B. t anther city
C. t visit Pland
D. mre than a century ag
2. The metal bx was used fr ________.
A. carrying the bags f sand
B. keeping drinking-water
C. carrying rpes f the basket
D. changing weight
3. When the balln went up higher, ________.
A. the temperature f the balln began t fall
B. They saw the sun g dwn
C. They made a hle in the basket with their knives
D. They culd see a black hle n the grund
4. The balln landed ________.
A. in Lndn
B. n the sea
C. n a lake
D. in a freign cuntry
5. Which f the fllwing is NOT true?________
A. The three men started their jurney befre the sun rse.
B. The balln began t g up when they threw bags f sand ut f the basket.
C. When they pulled the bx int the basket, the balln began t climb up.
D. The three men had t land because they felt cld.
I
Americans with small families wn a small car r a large ne. If bth parents are wrking, they usually have tw cars. When the family is large, ne f the cars is sld and they will buy a van(住房汽车)
A small car can hld(容纳)fur persns and a large car can hld six persns but it is very crwded(拥挤). A van hld seven persns easily, s a family three children culd ask their grandparents t g n a hliday travel They culd all travel tgether.
Mr. Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a secnd car and buy a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used t put ther things, fr a family f five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ hme, the suitcases are brught int the tw seats can then carry the grandparents.
Americans call vans mtr hmes. A mtr hme is always used fr hlidays. When a family are traveling t the muntains r t the seaside, they can live in their mtr hme fr a few days r t the seaside, they can live in their mtr hme fr a few days r weeks. All the members f a big family can enjy a happier life when they are traveling tgether. That is why mtr hmes have becme very ppular. In America there are many parks fr mtr hmes.
6. Frm the passage, a van is als called ____________.
A. a mtr car
B. a mtr hme
C. a mtrbike
D. a big truck
7. Befre Mr. Hagen and his wife bught a van, they__________.
A. sld their ld huse
B. mved t their grandparents’ huse
C. built a new place fr a van
D. sld their secnd car
8. A mtr hme is usually wned by a family with__________.
A. a baby
B. much mney
C. mre than tw children
D. interest in vans
9. Americans usually use mtr hmer____________.
A. t travel with all the family members f hliday
B. t d sme shpping with all the family members
C. t visit their grandparents at weekends
D. t drive their children t schl every day
10. Mtr hmes have becme ppular because___________.
A. they can take peple t anther city when peple are free
B. they can let families have a happier life when they g ut fr their hlidays
C. sme peple think mtr hmes are cheap
D. big families can put mre things in mtr hmes
J
One day he went n a lng way alne. Befre he left hme，his wife said，Nw yu have all these things. Yu need them n yur way. Take care f yur things n the way.He went t the statin. He bught a ticket and gt n the train with it.
Abut an hur later，the cnductr began t see the tickets. He came t the ld man and said，Will yu please shw me yur ticket?The ld man lked fr his ticket in all his pckets but he culd nt find it. He was very wrried. I cant find my ticket. I really bught a ticket befre I gt n the train，said the ld man.
I think yu are right. I believe yu bught a ticket. All right，yu dnt have t buy anther ticket，said the cnductr kindly. But the ld man still(仍然) lked wrried and said sadly，Yu dnt knw why Im wrried. If I dnt find my ticket，I cant remember my statin. Where am I ging?
1. The ld man bught a ticket _______.
A. after he gt n the train
B. befre he gt n the train
C. when the cnductr tld him t buy ne
D. when he fund he had n ticket with him
2. Abut an hur later，the cnductr began _______.
A. t buy the tickets
B. t lk fr the tickets
C. t check(检查) the tickets
D. t shw the tickets
3. The cnductr tld the ld man that he didnt need t buy anther ticket because _________.
A. the man was very ld
B. he thught the ld man had n mney with him
C. the ld man shwed him the ticket
D. he believed the ld man
4. The ld man still lked wrried because _________.
A. he culdnt get n the train.
B. he lst his ticket and a lt f mney
C. he thught his wife wuld get angry with him
D. he frgt where he was ging
5. Which f the fllwing(下列) is right?
A. The ld man went n the trip with his wife
B. The ld man didnt find his ticket
C. The cnductr was als an ld man
D. The ld man had t buy anther ticket
K
Mrs. Weeks was reading a newspaper stry t her class. The stry saidWere yu ever in a hspital when yu were small? Hw did yu feel? The dctrs in Children’s Hspital are asking fr mney fr children’s tys(玩具). Sme children in the hspital must stay in bed fr many weeks. Tys are needed t keep these sick(生病的)children happy and quiet. Mney fr them can be sent t the hspital.
After Mrs. Weeks read the stry，she said，This stry gave me an idea.
Yu want us t bring sme mney fr the tys. We culd bring sme f ur wn tys fr the children in the hspital. said the bys and girls ne after anther.
Well，yur ideas wuld be nice， Mrs Weeks said，but mine is different.
We culd make sme tys. shuted ne f them.
Mrs. Weeks smiled. D yu think yu culd make tys? she asked.
Yes, yes. the whle class answered.
Great! Let’s begin t make tys tmrrw. said Mrs. Weeks.
On Saturday afternn，Mrs. Weeks tk children t the hspital with the tys made by her students. The children in the class felt happy，t.
A few days later，Mrs. Weeks read anther newspaper stry t the class
Sme schl pupils brught tys t Children’s Hspital last week. The tys were made by the pupils f Grade Three in Green Street Schl. The dctr said，We have never had s many wnderful tys. Our children are very happy with them. They say，‘THANK YOU，GRADE THREE.’
1. What was the first newspaper stry mainly(主要)abut?
A. Sick children in Children’s Hspital
B. Dctrs in Children’s Hspital.
C. Mrs. Weeks and her students.
D. Tys made by the bys and girls.
2. What idea did Mrs. Weeks have in mind?
A. Ask the class t give sme mney t the children in the hspital.
B. Ask the class t send sme f their wn tys t the children in the hspital.
C. Let the class make sme tys themselves and give them t the children in the hspital.
D. Tell the class t g t see the children in the hspital.
3. Dctrs in Children’s Hspital didn’t have ____ t keep the children happy and quiet.
A. enugh time
B. enugh bys and girls
C. get mney t buy tys fr
D. enugh dctrs
4. At first，the dctrs in Children’s Hspital wanted t ____ the sick children.
A. give sme mney t
B. make sme tys fr
C. get mney t buy tys fr
D. brrw sme tys fr
5. What Mrs Weeks really wanted t d is t ____.
A. let everyne knw her class
B. save sme mney fr tys
C. make herself famus
D. teach the pupils t d things themselves and be helpful t thers
L
Mr Smith made many tests (作试验) with different animals and the mnkey was the cleverest f all the animals. One day Mr Smith put a mnkey in a rm. He als put sme small bxes in it. In ne f the bxes there was sme fd. " Hw lng will it take the mnkey t find the fd? " Mr Smith said t himself. " Let me wait and see. " He left the rm and waited utside. Three minutes later, he put his eye t the keyhle (钥匙眼). What did he see? He saw the eye f the mnkey. The mnkey was n the ther side f the dr and lked at Mr Smith thrugh the keyhle.
1.Mr Smith made tests with __________.
A.different animals
B. the mnkey nly
C. all the mnkeys
D. all f the cleverest animals
2.There was sme fd in _______ f the small bxes.
A.sme
B. nne
C. ne
D. each
3.Mr Smith put a mnkey and sme bxes in a rm because he wanted t knw___________.
A.hw much fd mnkey culd find
B. hw many bxes the mnkey culd carry
C. hw lng it wuld take the mnkey t put its eye t the keyhle
D. hw lng it wuld take the mnkey t find the fd
4.What was the mnkey ding when Mr Smith was putting his eye t the keyhle?
A.The mnkey was eating fd.
B. The mnkey was lking fr fd.
C. The mnkey was eating n the ther side f the dr.
D. The mnkey was lking at Mr Smith thrugh the keyhle.
5.Mr Smith is a ________.
A. teacher
B. scientist (科学家)
C. dctr
D. farm wrker
M
D yu need friends? I'm sure yur answer is "Yes,f curse. Everybdy des! " Yu need friends when yu play and when yu wrk. If yu have friends, yu will feel happy. If yu have n friends. yu will feel lnely (寂寞的). D yu knw hw t make friends? There is nly ne gd way―Yu make friends by being friendly. A friendly persn is interested in ther peple. He is always helpful If yu want t make friends with a new classmate, yu can talk with him, tell him abut the ther classmates in yur class and try yur best t be helpful t him.
6.We need friends __________.
A.because we must play with them
B. Because we must wrk with them
C. when we play and when we wrk
D. when we talk with them
7.If we want t make friends, we shuld __________.
A.be plitely t them
B. be friendly t them.
C. be afraid f them
D. when we talk with them.
8.A friendly persn is _________ ther peple.
A.interested in B. wrried abut C. surprised at D. like them
9.If we want t make friends with a new classmate, ___________.
A.we can talk with them B. we must try t help him
C. we can tell him abut the ther classmates in ur class
D. A、B and C
10.Which f the fllwing is true?
A.N ne needs friends. B. Everyne needs friends.
C. Only classmates need friends. D. Smene needs friends.
参考答案
A. 1-5 CBDAD
B. 6-10 CABAB
C. 11-15 AACDA
D. 16-20 DCBAA
E. 21-25 CBADD
F. 26-30 ADACD
H. 31-35 ADADB
I. 36-40 BDCAB
J. 41-45 BCDDB
K. 46-50 ACCCD
L. 51-55 ACDDB
M. 56-60 CBADB