八年级上册英语简单阅读
Ⅰ 八年级的英语阅读题
( A )Dear Kimiko,I can’t wait until you get here! I am meeting you at the airport at 1:00 on Friday. From there we are going right home, so you can meet my family. After you rest for a few minutes, we are all going to dinner at a Japanese restaurant. We want you to feel comfortable on your first day in New York. After dinner, we’ll probably go to a movie.Saturday we can sleep late if you want to. In the afternoon, we can take a boat ride around New York, so you can see what it looks like. Later we are visiting a couple of museums, Jerry and Tania want to have dinner with us Saturday night. We’ll probably meet them at an Italian restaurant on 56th Street.I’m sorry you have to go to Washington so soon, I am going to the airport with you on Monday morning to say good-bye.Have a safe trip,Maria 判断下列陈述是否和以上电子邮件内容相符：（相符的写T, 不相符的写F）(10%)( ) 1. Kimiko is going to New York by plane.( ) 2. Maria will take Kimiko to a French restaurant on her first day in New York.( ) 3. Maria and Kimiko are visiting the museums on Saturday night.( ) 4. Kimiko is going to leave New York on Monday morning.( ) 5. Maria feels sorry because she is too busy to go to the airport with Kimiko to say goodbye.( B ) Johnny Smith was a good math student at a high school. He showed great interest in his computer. He came home early every day. Then he worked with it till midnight. But Johnny was not a good English student, not good a bit. He got an F in his English class. One day after school, Johnny joined his computer to the computer in his high school office. The school office computer had the grades of all the students. He found his English grade. Ah F! Johnny changed his English grade from F to A. Johnny’s parents looked at his report card. They were very pleased with the result.“An A in English!” said Johnny’s Dad. “ My son is really a smart boy!”Johnny is a hacker. Hackers know how to take information from other computers and put new information in them. Using a modem, they join their computers to other computers secretly. School headmasters and teachers are worried about hackers. So are the police, for some people even take money from bank computer accounts and put it into their own ones. And they never have to leave home to do it! They are called hackers. 根据短文内容判断正误：(10%)( ) 1. Johnny Smith did well in both math and English.( ) 2. Johnny Smith loved computers.( ) 3. When Johnny’s parents saw the report card, they didn’t believe the result.( ) 4. School headmasters, teachers and police are worried about hackers.( ) 5. Hackers can take money from bank computer accounts without leaving home.( C )The day was like any other day in his life. After school Bill walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have a new pair for his birthday. He sadly walked away and thought of what to tell his mother. He knew she would give him anything if she could. But he also knew very well she had little money. He decided not to go home at once, because he looked worried and he didn’t want to make his mother worry about it. So he went to the park and there he sat on the grass. Then he saw a girl in a wheel chair. He found that the girl moved the wheels with her hands. Bill looked at her carefully and was surprised to see that the girl had no feet. He looked down at his won feet. “It is much better to be without shoes than without feet.” He thought. It was not right for him to feel so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was more lucky in life.根据短文内容选择最佳答案：(10%)( ) 1. Bill was sorry that ____________.A. the shoes in the shop were too large for himB. he forgot to bring any money with himC. he couldn’t get a new pair of shoesD. he had to work hard every day </B>
Ⅱ 八年级上册英语人教版课外阅读+中考练习有哪些好一点的练习册（尽量难一点、对阅读提升有帮助的）
在当当网找的：八年级：征服英语课外阅读100篇（2011年8月印刷）
内容简介
国家教育部新近颁发的《英语课程标准》(实验稿)对中小学生阅读能力的发展提出了明确的分级要求，1～9级分别对应小学至高三，确定了各级阅读的词汇量、习惯用语、文体等范围及阅读题型与阅读能力发展的层次。
由于中学生课业繁重，不大有机会与精力去直接搜集、选读英文报刊图书中精彩、实用的文章，而英语阅读能力的发展与考试要求又使他们迫切需要一套体现各年级阅读能力要求、语法不超纲、词汇量及生词数适中、趣味性与实用性强的英语课外阅读丛书。针对这一现实的需求，我社邀请江苏、浙江、山东、安徽等教育发达省市资深英语教学专家合力推出了这套《征服英语·课外阅读100篇》丛书。
本丛书按3～9级共分6册，分别与七年级至高三同步。在林林总总的英语辅导读物中，本丛书是特色鲜明且富有创新意味的：
1．选文精萃，题材广泛，时代感强。
本丛书各册百余篇选文均选自近两年的英文报刊杂志和网络媒体，题材涉及生活时尚、经济热点、科技发展、异域风情、名人轶事、幽默小品、演讲论辩等各个方面，文体包括记叙文、说明文、议论文、应用文等。浓郁的时代感、包罗万象的题材与地道、规范的语言使该丛书兼具了知识性、趣味性与实用性。
2．标注明确，难易有度，循序渐进。
本丛书各分册在选文时严格按照《英语课程标准》对各年级学生的词汇量、习惯用语等要求，语法不超纲，另色标注生词、文章长度、阅读速度等，能有效地激发学生的课外阅读兴趣，快速提高学生的阅读能力。
3．题型新颖、完备，全方位逼近学生阅读能力发展的要求，完全体现最新中考、高考命题方式的变化。
本丛书每篇选文后均附3～10道阅读理解试题，考查内容紧扣《英语课程标准》对学生阅读能力发展的不同层次的要求，题型则严格对应中考、高考命题方式，充分体现最新中考、高考命题走向。
Ⅲ 八年级上册英语小短文
Nothing is better than god.Nothing is worse then evil.
Love is for even.Love is everything.Love is love,your life can without love,but you won't happy.Last night I watched a movie,its name is "Lost",in it,i learned many things.The brief story is about fourty people alive after their plane felt down to an island.It told us the life they lived in the island,and the curious things.I only watched the chapter 1 to chapter 6.
Tonight I will go on it,enjoy it.
The Importance of Confidence
Whatever one does, one should do it with confidence. If one has no confidence, there is little possibility that one can achieve anything when faced with hardships. This truth seems to be self-evident. In reality, however, we do see a lot of people who always complain that they lack the ability to do something or that their difficulties are too great to overcome. For some, this might be true. But for many others, this only shows that they have lost heart. Why do some people often feel frustrated even though they are capable of doing something? In the first place, these people don’ have a correct estimate of themselves. Secondly, there is another possibility that they exaggerate the difficulties.
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Smoking
It is almost known to all that smoking is bad for people's health.The World Health Organization says diseases linked to smoking kill at least two million five-hundred-thousand persons each year.It is difficult to stop smoking.It usually becomes a habitual behaviour,are not easy to be given up.
Measures have been taken to help people keep away from the harm of smoking.The World "No Tobacco Day" is observed every year as the biggest compaign against smoking.
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Advantages of Five-Day week
A five-day week has been put into practice in China, which is welcomed by every-one.Families have benefited from it very much. Children are able to learn usefully skills, women have enough time to take care of the house or relax.
society has also benefited from it.Then the shops and travel agency will have more customers.What's more, indivials can make full use of a weekend for a good rest. Adequate rest will enable him to work more efficiently.
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Global Shortage of Fresh Water
People often think that water will never be used up. It seems as if water is always available around us .
In fact water is rather limited on the earth. With the rapid increase of population and fast development of instries, water is more needed than before. some big cities in China are facing the problem of water shorage already.
The people should be made aware of the real situation about the water We have to protect the existing water resources and develop new ones.
Learning：A Lifelong Career【学习：一生的事业】
As food is to the body, so is learning to the mind. Our bodies grow and muscles develop with the intake of adequate nutritious food. Likewise, we should keep learning day by day to maintain our keen mental power and expand our intellectual capacity. Constant learning supplies us with inexhaustible fuel for driving us to sharpen our power of reasoning, analysis, and judgment. Learning incessantly is the surest way to keep pace with the times in the information age, and an infallible warrant of success in times of uncertainty.
Once learning stops, vegetation sets in. It is a common fallacy to regard school as the only workshop for the acquisition of knowledge. On the contrary, learning should be a never-ending process, from the cradle to the grave. With the world ever changing so fast, the cease from learning for just a few days will make a person lag behind. What's worse, the animalistic instinct dormant deep in our subconsciousness will come to life, weakening our will to pursue our noble ideal, sapping our determination to sweep away obstacles to our success and strangling our desire for the refinement of our character. Lack of learning will inevitably lead to the stagnation of the mind, or even worse, its fossilization, Therefore, to stay mentally young, we have to take learning as a lifelong career.
学习之于心灵，就像食物之于身体一样。摄取了适量的营养食物，我们的身体得以生长而肌肉得以发达。同样地，我们应该日复一日不断地学习以保持我们敏锐的心智能力，并扩充我们的智力容量。不断的学习提供我们用不尽的燃料，来驱使我们磨利我们的推理、分析和判断的能力。持续的学习是在信息时代中跟时代并驾齐驱的最稳当的方法，也是在变动的世代中成功的可靠保证。
一旦学习停止，单调贫乏的生活就开始了。视学校为汲取知识的唯一场所是种常见的谬误。相反地，学习应该是一种无终止的历程，从生到死。由于世界一直快速地在变动，只要学习停顿数日就将使人落后。更糟的是，蛰伏在我们潜意识深处的兽性本能就会复活，削弱我们追求高贵理想的意志，弱化我们扫除成功障碍的决心，而且扼杀我们净化我们人格的欲望。缺少学习将不可避免地导致心灵的停滞，甚至更糟地，使其僵化。因此，为了保持心理年轻，我们必须将学习当作一生的事业。
heavy shoolwork【课业繁重】
In my opinion, the schoolwork now being assigned to high school students is too heavy. While it is true that students need to study, they need other things as well if they are to grow into healthy and well-rounded alts. High should be allowed more time for play. Plying is not wasting time, as some think. It gives them physical exercise, and also exercise their imagination. Which tends to be stifled by too much study. Finally, the pressure put on high school students by excessive schoolwork can cause serious stress, which is unhealthy physically and mentally. I do not advocate the elimination of schoolwork. I do think, however, that a rection of the current heavy load would be beneficial to students and to the society as a whole.
我认为目前高中生的课业实在太重了，虽然说学生的确应当念书，但是要想长大成为健全的人，他门还需要一些其它的东西，所以应该给高中生较多从事娱乐的时间。娱乐并不如某些人所想的，是在浪费时间，它可以让学生锻炼身体，发挥被繁重课业扼杀的想象力。此外，繁重的课业加诸在高中生身上的压力可能引起严重的情绪紧张，这对身心都有害。我并非主张废除学校课业，但是我认为减轻目前繁重的课业对于学生和整个社会都是有益的。
Time【时间】
Lost time is never found again. This is something which I learned very clearly last semester. I spent so much time fooling around that my grades began to suffer. I finally realized that something had to be done. It was time for a change.
Now I have a new plan for using my time wisely. I have set my alarm clock ahead half an hour. This will give me a head start on the day. I have also decided to keep a log of what I do and when I do it. Looking back on what I’ve done will give me some ideas on how to reorganize my time.
时光一去不复返，这是我上学期清楚学到的教训。我浪费很多时间四处游荡，以致于我的成绩开始退步。最后我终于了解到我必须有所作为；该是痛改前非的时候了。
现在我有一个明智运用时间的新方法。我已将闹钟早拨半小时，这将使我这一天的作息提前开始。我也决定将我所做的一切及做这些事的时间记录下来。回顾我所做的事情会启发我如何重新安排我的时间。
Work and Play【工作与娱乐】
Work and play do not contradict each other; in fact, they complement each other. As the saying goes, "All work and no play makes Jack a ll boy." A life burdened with work leads you nowhere, for you would get tired and bored with your daily routine work. On the other hand, proper recreation will relieve the tension and discomfort of our monotonous life because it offers you various ways to let out your pent-up emotions.
What I usually do to relax after school is jogging and seeing movies. Usually I don't spare time for exercise, but I value the physical ecation class at school. Jogging several rounds in the field certainly relieves the day's pressure. On weekends, I'll catch the morning movie for my visual enjoyment. I feel revived and energetic for another week's work-load.
工作与娱乐并不互相冲突，事实上，它们之间的关系还相辅相成。有句格言说：「整日工作而没有休闲娱乐，会令人变得沉闷乏味。」被工作重担压得喘不过气来的生活，将使你一事无成，因为你将对一成不变的例行公事感到厌烦。由另一方面来说，适度的娱乐活动能提供各种管道，来渲泄你被压抑的情绪，减轻单调生活中的紧张与不悦。
放学之后，我最常做的休闲活动，便是慢跑与看电影。通常我并不特地拨出时间来做运动，但是我很重视学校的体育课。在操场上慢跑几圈，无疑地可以减轻一天的压力。在周末时，我都去看早场电影，享受视觉飨宴。如此一来，我将有如再生般的充沛活力，去面对下一星期的工作量。
My first Job【我的第一份工作】
My first job was at a cramming school. It was three years ago when I just graated from junior high school and finished the entrance examination. since I had nothing to do that summer, I decided to find a job, tasting the joy of independence.
I was responsible for answering the telephone and taking the message. I worked eight hours a day, six days a week. The work was not difficult nor heavy to me and I guess I did well. The most delighted thing was perhaps that I could spend the money I earned all by myself.
我的第一份工作是在一家补习班做事。那是三年前我刚从国中毕业，考完联考时的事了。既然我那整个夏天都闲着没事，倒不如找份差事，尝尝独立赚钱的快乐。
我负责接听电话且纪录留言的工作。我一天工作八小时，一星期工作六天。那份工作对我而言既不困难亦不沉重，所以我想我还满称职的。而最令人快乐的事大概莫过于花全部由自己赚来的钱了！
My Favorite Sports【我最喜爱的运动】
Sports help everyone to keep healthy, happy, and efficient. So I pay special attention to games, especially table-tennis. Table tennis is my favorite game. I play it almost every day.
Table-tennis is an ideal game us because it brings the whole body into action. It strengthens our muscles, expands our lungs, promotes the circulation of the blood, and causes a healthy action of the skin. Besides, it is very amusing and does not cost us much money. Table-tennis is very moderate; it is not so rough as football. It is an indoor game and can be played even on rainy days. Thus, it is my favorite kind of exercise.
运动能帮助每一个人保持健康、快乐和有效率。所以我特别重视运动，特别是桌球，桌球是我最喜欢的运动。我几乎每天玩。
桌球对我们而言，是一项理想的运动，因为它可以使我们全身运动，它可以增强我们的肌肉，扩张我们的肺部，促进血液循环，并且使肌肤产生健康作用，此外，它很有趣而且所费不多。桌球是相当温和适中的，它不像足球那么粗野。它是一种室内运动，甚至在下雨天也能玩。因此，桌球是我最喜爱的一种运动。
中英文对照，你可以自己做一些删选，希望对你有帮助！～～～～
Ⅳ 初二上册英语阅读练习题（含答案）
Mr.Brown got up late this morning. He was going to be late for work. Lt was raining hard and the streets were wet. He drove so fast that he didin't see the red lights. He couldn't stop his car and hit a car. An old man got out of the car and called out angrily, "What are you doing? How can you drive so fast?"
"l'm sorry,sir," said Mr.brown, "l didn't see the lights turn red." Then he brought out a bottle of wine and gave it to the old man.
"It's cold today, sir," said Mr.Brown. "Please drink a little, and then you'll get warm."
The old man drank some wine and became happy. He asked, "l'm felling much better now. Why don't you drink any?"
"l can't drink anything now,sir, "answered Mr.Brown "l'm waiting for the policeman.Only drunkards cause accidents,you kown!"
翻译：这个早晨先生起床很晚。他去上班也就迟到了。这天的雨很大，街道非常湿滑。
他开车如此之快，以至于没有看到红灯。他无法马上停下他的车，就撞上了一辆车。一个老男人从车里走了出来，并且生气的吼道：“你在做些什么？你为什么要开的那么快？”
“对不起，先生，”Brown先生回答道，“我没有看见红灯。”然后他买了一瓶酒给那个老男人。
“先生，这天很冷，” Brown先生说，“请喝些酒，一会儿你会觉得暖和的。”
老男人喝了酒之后变得十分开心。他问道，“我觉得好多了，你为什么不喝些？”
“我现在不能喝这个，先生，”Brown先生回答道，“我在等警察。只有酒鬼才会发生事故，你是知道的。”
习题：（ ）1.When did the story happen?
A.In the morning B.In the afternoon C.In the evening D.At night
（ ）2.Why did Mr.Brown drive so fast?
A.He was happy that day B.He was good at driving
C.There were few cars in the street D.He was afraid to be late
（ ）3. Mr.Brown hit the car because of the following EXCEPT that ____.
A.he didn't see the red lights B.he drove fast
C.he couldn't drive at all D.it was raining hard
（ ）4.Why did Mr.Brown give a bottle of wine to the old man?
A.To make him happy B.To make him drunk
C.To make him warm D.To make friends with him
（ ）5.We can know that _____ at last.
A.Mr.Brown was not late for work B.the old man Mr.Brown became good friends
C.Mr.Brown drank some wine D.Mr.Brown fooled the old man
答案：A D C B D
Ⅳ 八年级英语上册阅读题
Someone says "Time is money.", but I think time is (1)______ important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is (2)_______, it’ll never (3)______. That is (4)________ we must not waste time.
It goes without saying that the (5)_______ is usually limited. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do (6)_______ useful.
But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and (7)______. They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own (8)_______.
In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t (9)_______ today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we must (10)_______time.
( )1. A. much B. most C. many D. much more
( )2. A. lost B. bought C. gone D. finished
( )3. A. return B. carry C. take D. bring
( )4. A. what B. that C. because D. why
( )5. A. money B. time C. day D. food
( )6. A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
( )7. A. reading B. writing C. playing D. working
( )8. A. time B. food C. money D. life
( )9. A. stop B. leave C. let D. give
( )10.A. lose B. save C. spend D. take
（2）
Two hundred years ago, people in the West did not know coffee or tea. They were (1)_______ to drink them because they thought coffee or tea could kill a person. Once the king of England decided to find out (2)_______ it was true.
At that time there were two brothers in prison. They would be killed (3)______ a few days because they did wrong. The king said, "I shall let them live but they must drink coffee or tea to the end of their (4)______. One brother must drink coffee and (5)_______ must drink tea every day." And they (6)_______ the king’s words.
They (7)_______ lived many years. At last, the elder brother (8)_______ when he was eighty-three years old. The younger one died a few years (9)______ . After that, people (10)________ that coffee and tea were not bad to man.
( )11. A. happy B. afraid C. strong D. rich
( )12. A. when B. what C. if D. because
( )13. A. after B. later C. behind D. in
( )14. A. life B. live C. lives D. living
( )15. A. one B. another C. other D. the other
Ⅵ 八年级上册英语阅读理解题及答案、翻译 重金悬赏
没有每篇文章的开头嘛???
没看到书又不知道是哪篇
随手翻译了一篇~~~你看看
Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school, he had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it rained. One day, when he got home, his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry(生气的)and said, “Don’t play in the water on your way home from school!”
On the next day Bruno came home with wet and dirty(脏的)clothes. His mother became even angrier. “I’ll tell your father if you come back wet again,” said his mother. “He’ll punish(惩罚)You, you know.”
The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.
“You’re a good boy today”, his mother said happily. “You didn’t play in the water.”
“No,” the boy said unhappily. “There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon. There wasn’t any room(空地方)for me at all!”
根据文章内容选择正确答案
51.Bruno went to school every day.
A. by bike B. by bus C. by car D. on foot
52.The playground was between(在……之间) 。
A. two classrooms B. the cinema and shop
C. Bruno’s house and school D. the shop and Bruno’s school
53. The little boy liked to play on the playground .
A. when it snowed B. when there was some water there
C. when the children played football there D. when his father was busy with his work
54.Bruno was afraid of the most.
A. his father B. his mother C. his teacher D. the older boys
55. That afternoon, the boy’s clothes were dry because .
A. nobody made room（地方）for him in the water
B. there was no water on the playground
C. he took off his clothes before he played there
D. he played in the water carefully
答案：51.d 52.c 53.b 54.d 55.a
布鲁诺是一个八岁的男孩。他的父亲在电影院工作、他的母亲在一家商店工作。他住的地方离他的学校并不远。他经常走路去上学和走路回家。在上学途中，他经过一个操场。这个地方下雨后非常潮湿，下雨后。有一天，当他回到家时，他的衣服都湿透了。他的母亲很生气（生气的），说：“不要在你放学回家的路上玩水！”
次日布鲁诺回家穿着潮湿并且脏（脏的）衣服。他的母亲变得更加愤怒。 “如果你回来又湿，我会告诉你的父亲，”他的母亲说。 “你知道，他会惩罚（惩罚）你。”
第三天，小男孩当他回家时是干的。
“你今天是个好孩子”，他的母亲高兴地说。 “你没在水中玩。”
“不，”男孩不高兴的说。 “我到今天下午到那里时，那里有太多的大男孩在水中。那里完全没有我的空间（空地方）！“
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51.布鲁诺去学校（ ）每一天。
A.自行车B.总线C. D.步行
52. 这个操场在什么之间
A. 两个教室 b.电影院和商店
C.布鲁诺的房子和学校 D.店和布鲁诺的学校
53。小男孩喜欢在操场上玩。
A：当下雪 b.当那儿有一些水
C.当孩子在那儿踢足球 d.当他的父亲忙于工作的时候
54. 布鲁诺最害怕（ ）。
A：他的父亲 B.他的母亲 C.他的老师 D年龄较大的男孩
55。那天下午，男孩的衣服是干燥的，因为。
A：在玩水的地方没有人给他让位
b.操场上没有水
C.在他玩之前把衣服脱下
D.他在玩水时非常小心
Ⅶ 有没有八年级上册英语的阅读理解，要简单的
一、
Betty and KittyBetty and Kitty are twins. They’re 12 years old. They look the same. But they have different hobbies. Betty likes collecting stamps. She has many beautiful stamps. They’re from different cities and countries. But Kitty likes growing flowers. The flowers are all very beautiful.Betty and Kitty both like reading books. Betty likes reading storybooks. But Kitty likes reading science books.On Sunday, they usually ride bikes to the park. They can play with their friends there. Sometimes their parents go there, too.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。
( ) 1. Betty is Kitty’s sister.
( ) 2. Betty likes growing flowers.
( ) 3. Kitty likes reading storybooks.
( ) 4. They’re twelve years old.
( ) 5. They usually take a bus to the park on Saturday.
二、
Lovely pandasPandas’ faces look like cats’, but their fat bodies and short tails are like bears’. Pandas are very lovely and they are friendly to people. People likes them very much.Most Pandas live in China. The northwestern part of Sichuan Province(省) and southern part of Gansu Province are their hometowns. Pandas like to climb trees. They usually live in the forests of high mountains, eat bamboo and drink spring water.
根据短文的意思，选出正确的答案。
( )1. The panda mainly lives in . A. America B. Shanghai C. London D. China
( )2. is like a cat’s. A. The panda B. The panda’s face C. The panda’s body D. The panda’s tail
( )3. Where are the pandas’ hometowns? A. Guangdong and Gansu. B. Sichuan and Suzhou.C. Gansu and Sichuan D. Hubei and Sichuan
( )4. What’s the panda’s main food? A. Rice. B. Meat. C. Bamboo. D. Grass.
三、
Four Good FriendsMary, Nancy, Ron and Kate are good friends. Mary’s favorite number is 3 and her favorite country is France. 16 is Nancy’s number, and America is her favorite country. Ron likes Japan very much. 30 is his favorite number. Whose favorite number is 60? Oh, it is Kate. Kate’s father works in Chinese food very much and they also like Chinese people. Kate’s lucky number is 6. All of them hope that one day they can travel the world together.
阅读短文，回答问题。
1. What’s Mary’s favorite number?
2. What’s Nancy’s favorite country?
3. What’s Kate’s father’s job?
4. Does Kate like Chinese food?
“God made the world, but the Dutch made Holland.” True to this saying, the people of the Netherlands are again “making” their land.
About 1980 the Netherlands will complete a project begun in the 1920’s: transforming the Zyuder Zee, an inlet (小港) of the North Sea into dry land and a freshwater lake. By stages, 550,000 acres of land will serve several purposes: instrial, recreational, military, and agricultural. Fed by the river Yssel, the remaining water basin Lake Yssel, about 300,000 acres will irrigate the surrounding land and help in the fight against salination (盐化作用). Excess water will drain through sluices into the sea.
As the first stop a nineteen-mile-long barrier dam, rising twenty-five feet above sea level, closed the entrance to the Zuider Zee. Then the experimental polder of a hundred acres preceded the first and smallest of the main polders fifty thousand acres that became dry land in 1930. The fifth and largest polder 150,000 acres will be the last of the Zuider Zee works.
Farmers for the new polder (开拓地) come from every province. The Eastern Flevoland polder, completed in 1957, became farmland for many from the province of Zealand which was badly hit by the disastrous floods of 1953.
31. This article gives a present-day example of how__________.
A. salty soils are desalinated B. the Netherlands has increased its land area
C. irrigation systems are built D. dams are constructed
32. The period taken for the Zuider Zee project is__________.
A. from 1900 up to 1960 B. from the 1920 till about 1980
C. from 1930 to 1957 D. less than fifty years
33. The Zuider Zee will be replaced by____________.
A. 550,000 acres of land B. 300,000 acres of fresh water
C. both A and B D. Neither A nor B
34. The article gives a measurement for the__________.
A. height of the barrier dam B. width of the barrier dam
C. width of the road along the dam D. height above sea level of the area on the land side of dam
35. Implied but not stated:
A. The first step in the project was a barrier dam.
B. The polder recipe was first used in this century.
C. Half of the Netherlands is below sea level.
D. There is more than one method of fighting salination.
D B C D A
During the Christmas shopping rush in London, the intriguing story was reported of a tramp(流浪汉) who, apparently through no fault of his own, found himself locked in a well-known chain store late on Christmas Eve. No doubt the store was crowded with last minute Christmas shoppers and the staff were dead beat and longing to get home. Presumably all the proper Security checks were made before the store was locked and they left to enjoy the three-day holiday untroubled by customers desperate to get last minute Christmas presents
However that may be, our tramp found himself alone in the store and decided to make the best of it. There was food, drink, bedding and camping equipment, of which he made good use. There must also have been television sets and radios Though it was not reported if he took advantage of these facilities, when the shop re-opened, he was discovered in bed with a large number of empty bottles beside him. He seems to have been a man of good humor and philosophic temperament---as indeed vagrants(流浪汉) very commonly arc. Everyone also was enjoying Christmas, so he saw no good reason why he should not do the same. He submitted, cheerfully enough, to being taken way by the police. Perhaps he had bad a better Christmas than usual. He was sent to prison for Seven days. The judge awarded no compensation to the chain store for the food and drink our tramp had consumed. They had, in his opinion, already received valuable free publicity from the coverage the story received in the newspapers and on television. Perhaps the judge had had a good Christmas too.
1. The tramp was locked in the store____
A. for his mistakes. B. e to a misunderstanding. C. by accident. D. through an error of judgment.
2. The staff were 'dead beat' means they were _____
A. half asleep. B. exhausted. C. irritable. D. forgetful.
3. What action did the tramp take? He_____
A. looted the store. B. made himself at home.
C. went to sleep for 2 days. D. had a Christmas party.
4. When the tramp was arrested, he _____
A. laughed at the police. B. looked forward to going to pr)son.
C. rook his bottles with him. D. didn't make any fuss.
5. Why didn't the judge award compensation to the chain store?
A. The tramp had stolen nothing of value.
B. The store had profited by the incident.
C. The tramp deserved a happy Christmas.
D. The store was responsible for what happened.
1.C(apparently through no fault of his own)第一段中找答案
2.B（No doubt the store was crowded with last minute Christmas shoppers and the staff were dead beat and longing to get home.）
3.B
4.D（He submitted, cheerfully enough, to being taken way by the police. ）
5.B（They had, in his opinion, already received valuable free publicity from the coverage the story received in the newspapers and on television. ）
Ⅷ 英语八年级上册5页短文阅读
英语（English），属于印欧语系-日耳曼语族-西日耳曼语支。根据以英语作为母语的人数回计算，英语是最多国家使用的官答方语言，英语也是世界上最广泛的第二语言，也是欧盟和许多国际组织和英联邦国家的官方语言，拥有世界第三位的母语使用者人数，仅次于汉语和西班牙语母语使用者人数。
英语由古代从丹麦等斯堪的纳维亚半岛以及德国、荷兰及周边移民至不列颠群岛的盎格鲁、撒克逊和朱特部落的日耳曼人所说的语言演变而来，并通过英国的殖民活动传播到了世界各地。由于在历史上曾和多种民族语言接触，它的词汇从一元变为多元，语法从“多屈折”变为“少屈折”，语音也发生了规律性的变化。
Ⅸ 八年级上册英语阅读理解题及答案、翻译
Mr.Brown got up late this morning. He was going to be late for work. Lt was raining hard and the streets were wet. He drove so fast that he didin't see the red lights. He couldn't stop his car and hit a car. An old man got out of the car and called out angrily, "What are you doing? How can you drive so fast?"
"l'm sorry,sir," said Mr.brown, "l didn't see the lights turn red." Then he brought out a bottle of wine and gave it to the old man.
"It's cold today, sir," said Mr.Brown. "Please drink a little, and then you'll get warm."
The old man drank some wine and became happy. He asked, "l'm felling much better now. Why don't you drink any?"
"l can't drink anything now,sir, "answered Mr.Brown "l'm waiting for the policeman.Only drunkards cause accidents,you kown!"
翻译：这个早晨Brown先生起床很晚。他去上班也就迟到了。这天的雨很大，街道非常湿滑。
他开车如此之快，以至于没有看到红灯。他无法马上停下他的车，就撞上了一辆车。一个老男人从车里走了出来，并且生气的吼道：“你在做些什么？你为什么要开的那么快？”
“对不起，先生，”Brown先生回答道，“我没有看见红灯。”然后他买了一瓶酒给那个老男人。
“先生，这天很冷，” Brown先生说，“请喝些酒，一会儿你会觉得暖和的。”
老男人喝了酒之后变得十分开心。他问道，“我觉得好多了，你为什么不喝些？”
“我现在不能喝这个，先生，”Brown先生回答道，“我在等警察。只有酒鬼才会发生事故，你是知道的。”
习题：（ ）1.When did the story happen?
A.In the morning B.In the afternoon C.In the evening D.At night
（ ）2.Why did Mr.Brown drive so fast?
A.He was happy that day B.He was good at driving
C.There were few cars in the street D.He was afraid to be late
（ ）3. Mr.Brown hit the car because of the following EXCEPT that ____.
A.he didn't see the red lights B.he drove fast
C.he couldn't drive at all D.it was raining hard
（ ）4.Why did Mr.Brown give a bottle of wine to the old man?
A.To make him happy B.To make him drunk
C.To make him warm D.To make friends with him
（ ）5.We can know that _____ at last.
A.Mr.Brown was not late for work B.the old man Mr.Brown became good friends
C.Mr.Brown drank some wine D.Mr.Brown fooled the old man
答案：A D C B D