Steven Contursi is an American. He has a hobb...

Steven Contursi is an American. He has a hobby of collecting coins. He became well­ known because he owned a very special coin. It is thought as the nation's oldest silver dollar. In 1794, America began producing silver dollars. On the front of the coin was a drawing of Lady Liberty with long, straight hair; on the back was a drawing of the famous American eagle. About 1,750 such silver dollars were produced that year. But now, only about 150 are known to exist in the world. Luckily, Steven collected one. Even 216 years later, it still looks very fine. So many coin collectors have great interest in it.

In May, 2010, Steven sold the coin to an educational organization that collects rare coins and educates the public about them. Can you imagine how much he sold the one­dollar coin for? $7.85 million! The organization has a plan to put the coin on show. With the help of the little coin, the public will understand more about the early history of America.

Steven bought the coin in 2003 and wasn't planning on selling it until the organization gave him an offer he couldn't refuse.

1.How many years had Steven kept the coin?

A.6. B.7. C.8. D.9.

2.On the front of the coin is a picture of ________.

A.President Washington B.Lady Liberty

C.American eagle D.Steven Contursi

3.The organization plans to put the coin on show in order to ________.

A.let visitors know more about the early history of America

B.make lots of money by selling tickets to the visitors

C.show it off to the public

D.find another person or company to buy it

4.What can we learn from this passage?

A.The coin can't help us understand the history of America.

B.The coin will be sold by the organization for more money.

C.The coin was sold by Steven Contursi in 2003.

D.The coin will be kept well in the future.

5.What's the best title for this passage?

A.A Rare Coin B.Steven Contursi's Hobby

C.A History Show for the Coin D.A Public Education for the Coin

八年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Mona has an interesting hobby. She collects stamps. She spends a lot of time on her stamp collection after school hours. 　　 1.　　 They are all in color.

Mona likes stamps with pictures of animals and birds on them. 　　 2.　 She also borrows books on animals and birds from her school library. She learns many things about them.

Sometimes Mona has many stamps of the same kind. She gives them to her classmates.　　 3.　

Mona writes to her friends in many countries.　　 4.　　 In return, they send her stamps of their countries. Mona’s father also gives her stamps. He brings them home from his office for her and he often enjoys the stamps with her. But Mona’s mother never gives her stamps because she thinks spending too much time on it is bad for study.

Many of Mona’s friends collect other things.　　 5.　　 But, all of them say that Mona’s collection is the most interesting of all.

A. They give her other stamps in return.

B. She has collected hundreds of stamps from all over the world.

C. She sends them stamps of her country.

D. In this way, she learns the names of many animals and birds.

E. Some collect coins and others collect match boxes.

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Swee Lin has an interesting hobby(爱好). She collects stamps. She spends a lot of time on her stamp collection(收藏) after school hours. She has collected hundreds of stamps from all over the world. They are all in color.

Swee Lin likes stamps with pictures of animals and birds on them. In this way, she learns the names of many animals and birds. She also borrows books on animals and birds from her school library. She learns many things about them.

Sometimes Swee Lin has many stamps of the same kind. She gives them to her friends. They give her other stamps in return.

Swee Lin writes to her friends in many countries. She sends them stamps of her country. In return, they send her stamps of their countries. Swee Lin’s father also gives her stamps. He brings them home from his office for her.

Many of Swee Lin’s friends collect other things. Some collect coins(硬币) and others collect matchboxes(火柴盒). But, all of them say that Swee Lin’s collection is the most interesting of all.

1. She spends a lot of time on her hobby ____.

A. before school hours　 B. during school hours

C. after school hours　　 D. during her holidays

2. ____ her stamps are in color.

A. All of 　 B. Some of

C. Many of 　 D. Most of

3. She learns a lot about animals and birds from ____.

A. her teachers B. her friends

C. her stamps 　 D. her father

4. Sometimes Swee Lin has many stamps of the same kind. She____.

A. keeps them

B. throws them away

C. sells them to her friends

D. sends them to her friends

5. What does the word “hobby” mean?

A. Matchbox collection.

B. Doing things one likes.

C. Keeping coins one likes.

D. Stamp collection.

八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Nancy’s hobby is collecting sharpeners. She spends a lot of time on it after school. She has been collecting more than one hundred sharpeners from different countries. They are all different in color and size.

Nancy likes sharpeners with animals and birds on them. In this way, she learns the names of many animals and birds. She also borrows books on animals and birds from her school library. She learns a lot about them from books.

Sometimes Nancy has many sharpeners of the same kind. She gives them to her friends. Then they give her other different sharpeners in return.

Nancy has many pen pals in many countries. She sends them sharpeners of her country. In return, they send her sharpeners of their countries. Nancy’s father also gives her sharpeners. He brings them home from his friends for her.

Many of Nancy’s friends collect other things. Some collect coins and others collect matchboxes（火柴盒）or stamps. But, all of them say that Nancy’s collection is the most interesting of all.

1.Nancy spends a lot of time on her hobby ________.

A．before school      B．in class            C．after school        D．during her holidays

2.________ Nancy’s sharpeners are different in color and size.

A．All of             B．Some of           C．Many of           D．Most of

3.Sometimes Nancy has many sharpeners of the same kind. She then ________.

A．keeps them        B．throws them away   C．sells them         D．sends them to her friends

4.What don’t Nancy’s friends collect?

A. Sharpeners.   B. Coins.    C. Matchboxes and stamps.  D. Both B and C.

5.How does Nancy collect sharpeners? Which of the following is wrong?

A．Her friends give her some.

B．Her pen pals send her some.

C．Her father buys her some.

D．Her father’s friends give her some.

八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

阅读理解

Nancy’s hobby is collecting sharpeners. She spends a lot of time on it after school. She has been collecting more than one hundred sharpeners from different countries. They are all different in color and size.

Nancy likes sharpeners with animals and birds on them. In this way, she learns the names of many animals and birds. She also borrows books on animals and birds from her school library. She learns a lot about them from books.

Sometimes Nancy has many sharpeners of the same kind. She gives them to her friends. Then they give her other different sharpeners in return.

Nancy has many pen pals in many countries. She sends them sharpeners of her country. In return, they send her sharpeners of their countries. Nancy’s father also gives her sharpeners. He brings them home from his friends for her.

Many of Nancy’s friends collect other things. Some collect coins and others collect matchboxes（火柴盒）or stamps. But, all of them say that Nancy’s collection is the most interesting of all.

1.Nancy spends a lot of time on her hobby ________.

A. before school   B. in class   C. after school  D. during her holidays

2. ________ Nancy’s sharpeners are different in color and size.

A. All of          B. Some of   C. Many of         D. Most of

3. Sometimes Nancy has many sharpeners of the same kind. She then ________.

A. keeps them  B. throws them away  C. sells them  D. sends them to her friends

4. What don’t Nancy’s friends collect?

A. Sharpeners.   B. Coins.    C. Matchboxes and stamps.  D. Both B and C.

5. How does Nancy collect sharpeners? Which of the following is wrong?

A. Her friends give her some.          B. Her pen pals send her some.

C. Her father buys her some.        D. Her father’s friends give her some.

八年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Collecting coins in my hobby, and it has brought me a lot of fun. Now I share the hobby ________ my children. Getting children interested in coin collecting ________ easy. Here are four ways I have used to get my kids ________.

Start small

Many coin collectors buy coins of great value（价值）. But children needn’t consider the value. Let your children start with a set ________ Jefferson Nikcels（5分镍币）. This set is the ________ to collect and almost all of them can be ________ in coin shops.

Bring home surprise

OK, you know the coin they are looking at is ________ and common. But you should be excited at ________ they are looking at.

Buy them a nice box

Go shopping and choose ________ nice box for your children ________ their coins in. ________ will help them to keep their collection organized. _______, having a nice box will keep their excitement high. Every time they show their collection to their friends, they will feel good.

Give them one of ________

Find a great coin in your collection and hand it down to your children. This coin needs to be a bit common, so ________ something happens to it, the world doesn’t end. But it also ________ to be special, or your children may have no interest in it.

1.A. by　　 B. in　　 C. on　　 D. with

2.A. is　　 B. isn’t　　 C. are　　 D. aren’t

3.A. started　　 B. start　　 C. starts　　 D. starting

4.A. so that　　 B. so far　　 C. such as　　 D. such that

5.A. easy　　 B. easier　　 C. easyer　　 D. easiest

6.A. find　　 B. found　　 C. finding　　 D. finds

7.A. use　　 B. useful　　 C. useless　　 D. uselessly

8.A. what　　 B. when　　 C. who　　 D. where

9.A. a　　 B. an　　 C. the　　 D. /

10.A. keeping　　 B. kept　　 C. to keep　　 D. keeps

11.A. It　　 B. What　　 C. These　　 D. Those

12.A. Also　　 B. Too　　 C. Although　　 D. Because

13.A. you　　 B. your　　 C. yours　　 D. themselves

14.A. if　　 B. that　　 C. what　　 D. which

15.A. needed　　 B. needs　　 C. is needing　　 D. need

八年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

The word hobby is an interesting word. Every person has one thing he or she likes to do for fun(娱乐). Some people like to collect(收集) things like stamps or story books. Others like to play football or go window shopping where you can look at many beautiful things without buying them.

I have many hobbies I do for fun. I sometimes play golf with my sons. I play tennis with all the family. I like to collect music books. I also collect musical instruments(乐器) from China like the erhu, the dizi, the xiao, the suona, and the pipa. These are the instruments of China which cannot be found in America.

My favourite hobby is fishing. I like to go and see my brother in the state(州) of Alaska where fishing is wonderful. The two of us take a boat and go to a small river where we fish for salmon, America's most famous fish.

1.The word "hobby" means 　　　　　　　　　　 .

A. collecting stamps

B. playing tennis with your friends

C. something you enjoy doing in your free time

D. something you can see at the window shopping

2.What's the writer's most liked hobby?

A. Playing golf with his son.

B. Fishing.

C. Collecting Chinese musical instruments.

D. Collecting music books.

3.Salmon is 　　　　　　　　　　 .

A. a river where people can go fishing

B. a town near Alaska

C. a kind of instrument

D. a kind of fish

八年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Daming’s hobby is collecting tickets. He　　　　　　 them for two years.

A. collects　　 B. collected　　 C. will collect　　 D. has collected

八年级英语单选题困难题查看答案及解析

Everyone has a hobby. Many people think that stamp collecting is very interesting. ____ ?

First, they think they can learn many ____ things from stamps because stamps have ____ of people, animals and countries on them. For example, if you have all the stamps ____ the Olympic Games, you can learn a lot about the different ____ . Second, stamps can ____ people a lot of pleasure. People share their stamps with ___ and many stamp collectors become good friends.

Special stamps are ____ very popular. People like to ____ special stamps because they can make lots of money in the future by ____ them. Do you want to collect stamps?

1.A. Where　　　　 B. When　　　　 C. Why　　　　　 D. What

2.A. different　　　 B. sweet　　　　 C. expensive　　 D. cheap

3.A. pictures　　　　 B. clothes　　　　 C. machines　　　 D. jobs

4.A. for　　　　　　 B. about　　　　 C. at　　　　　　　 D. in

5.A. animals 　　　 B. countries　　　 C. sports　　　　 D. people

6.A. make　　　　　 B. carry　　　　　 C. bring　　　　　 D. get

7.A. other　　　　　 B. another　　　　 C. the other　　　 D. others

8.A. too　　　　　　 B. also　　　　　　 C. either　　　　 D. as well

9.A. collect　　　 　 B. give　　　　　　 C. send　　　　　 D. receive

10.A. buying　　　　 B. selling　　　　 C. borrowing　　 D. washing

八年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

Daming’s hobby is collecting tickets. He ________ them for two years.

八年级英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析