High above the city, stood the statue (雕像) of...

High above the city, stood the statue (雕像) of the Happy Prince. He was covered all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires (蓝宝石), and a large red ruby (红宝石) on his clothes.

One day, a Swallow (燕子) arrived at the city and stayed between the feet of the Happy Prince. But just as he was putting his head under his wings a large drop of water fell on him. “What is the use of a statue if it cannot keep the rain off?” he said. Then he looked up and saw the eyes of the Happy Prince were filled with tears, and tears were running down his golden face. His face was so beautiful in the moonlight that the little Swallow was filled with pity.

“Who are you?” he said. “I am the Happy Prince.”

“Why are you weeping then?” asked the Swallow.

“When I was alive and had a human heart,” answered the statue, “I did not know what tears were, for I lived in a palace. In the daytime I played with my friends in the garden, and in the evening I danced in the Great Hall. Everyone called me the Happy Prince, and happy indeed I was. So I lived, and so I died. And now that I am dead they have set me up here so high that I can see all the ugly and terrible things of my city, and though my heart is made of lead ( 铅 ) yet I cannot choose but weep.”

1.What was the statue of the Happy Prince mostly made of?

A.Sapphire B.Ruby C.Gold D.Lead

2.Which of the following words has the similar meaning to the underlined word “weep”?

A.rain B.cry C.talk D.smile

3.Why did the little Swallow pity the Happy Prince?

A.Because he looked very sad in the moonlight.

B.Because he died in the moonlight.

C.Because he looked very beautiful in the moonlight.

D.Because he lost his palace.

4.Why was he called the Happy Prince?

A.Because he once lived a happy life in the palace.

B.Because everyone wanted him to be happy.

C.Because he liked to laugh very much.

D.Because he could make everyone happy.

5.What made the Happy Prince sad?

A.His death B.The dark side of his city

C.The beautiful moonlight D.The terrible weather

八年级英语阅读单选简单题查看答案及解析

1.What animal does the speaker wish to be in the first four lines?

A. A bird

B. A dolphin

C. A bear

D. A dog

2.What does the speaker wants to leave behind by wishing to be a dolphin?

A. His worries

B. The sea

C. His friends

D. His homework

3.Why does the speaker wish to be a bear?

A. He wishes to fly up in the sky

B. He wishes to splash in the sea

C. He wants to sleep all day and play at night.

D. He wants to play and catch balls with his master.

4.Who is the speaker of the poem?

A. A young boy who loves animals.

B. A student who wants to have fun.

C. An animal keeper who works in a zoo.

D. A father feeling sad about his naughty boy.

5.The speaker is trying to tell us he wants to___

A. fly or swim all day

B. be free like animals

C. be a dog

D. fish and run in the forests

八年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

A spring(泉水) keeper lived high above an Austrian village along the eastern part of the Alps in Central Europe.

The keeper of the spring has been ___a job many years earlier by a young town councilman(议员). His job was to ___the leaves from the pools in the mountain. He looked around the hills ___, cleared away the leaves and branches, and wiped away the silt(淤泥) that would otherwise have choked(堵塞) and polluted the _____flow of water. The village soon became a(an)　 ___attraction for vacationers. Swans floated along the clear spring, and the view from the top of the Alps was　　　 _______words.

Years passed. One evening the town council met for its meeting. ___they reviewed the budget(预算), one man's eye caught the salary figure being paid to the keeper of the spring. He said, “Who is old man?　 _____do we keep him year after year? No one ever sees him. For all we know, he is doing us no good. He isn't　　 ______any longer.” Then, they fired the old man. For several weeks,　 _____changed.

By early autumn, however, the tree leaves began to fall and fell into the pools , ___the rushing flow of sparking water. One afternoon someone　　 _______the spring water turn yellowish. A few days later, swans left, as did the tourists. Diseases reached deep into the village.

Quickly, the councilmen held a special meeting. Realizing their ____, they rehired the old keeper of the spring. And within a few weeks, the river of life began to clear up. Then, new life　　　 _______to the village in the Alps.

Never look down on the seeming　　 _______of one's task, job, or life! Even though it is rather small, it does make a difference.

1.A.brought B.offered C.found D.worked

2.A.remove B.use C.burn D.cut

3.A.nearly B.finally C.regularly D.hardly

4.A.dirty B.grey C.fresh D.dried

5.A.expensive B.popular C.unwelcome D.tough

6.A.under B.above C.beyond D.past

7.A.Since B.As C.Because D.If

8.A.How B.When C.Why D.If

9.A.young B.energetic C.strong D.necessary

10.A.nothing B.something C.anything D.everything

11.A.protection B.preventing C.providing D.producing

12.A.noticed B.marked C.signed D.recorded

13.A.feelings B.pollution C.harm D.mistakes

14.A.repaired B.replied C.reached D.returned

15.A.weakness B.unhappiness C.smallness D.illness

八年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

What is the sky? How high is it? What color is it? What　 kinds of birds can live above(在……上) it? These questions are difficult to answer, aren't they?

In fact, the sky has no colors. Then why does the sky look blue?

We know that there is air around the world. When planes fly, they need air to lift(抬起) their wings(翼). Planes can't fly very high. That is because the air gets thinner when they go higher. The same will happen to us if we go high enough. If we go up about 1，200 kilometers from the earth, we'll find no air there. Some birds can fly into the sky as high as a plane, but they cannot fly or live without air.

Looking up above us, you will see the blue sky with white clouds. It is usually light blue. The color will be bluer when you see on the top of a high mountain. And you will see fewer clouds in the sky between you and the sun.

Sometimes the sky doesn't look blue. When the sun rises(上升) or falls, you will see red, orange, and other colors in the sky. Such are the most beautiful moments(时刻) of the day.

Who can see the colors of the sky high above the earth? The astronauts! They can see those beautiful colors of the sky from outer space. However, before flying into outer space, they sit in a spaceship high above the earth, and there is no air at all. The sky will be that dark and its color will be black.

Now you may understand that we see colors because the air scatters(使散射) the sunlight. Light(光) travels through the air. Without air, there would be no light or colors.

1.Planes can't fly as high as possible because ________.

A.the sky is blue　　　　　　　　　　　
 B.the wings are heavier

C.the air gets thinner D.the sky has no colors

2.When you stand on the top of a high mountain, you will see ________.

A.more air B.more colors C.bluer skies D.more clouds

3.We might see many colors in the sky at ________

A.6：00 a．m. B.10：00 a．m. C.1：00 p．m. D.3：00 p．m.

4.The passage mainly talks about ________.

A.why planes can't fly high

B.when we can see more colors of the sky

C.why the sky looks blue

D.why the sky changes(改变) colors

八年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Once, there was a man living in a small village on the hill. He has a statue (雕像), but he put it at his door, facing downwards, because he didn’t like it at all.

One day, a man from the city passed by his house. This man was full of knowledge (知识). He asked the owner if he could sell the statue as soon as he saw it. He owner laughed and said, “Who will like this dirty stone?” The man from the city said,” I will give you five dollars for it.” The owner was surprised and agreed, so the man took the statue to the city.

A few months later, the man from the village went to visit the city. When he walked around the street, he saw many stone statues standing in front of a shop, and a man shouted in a loud voice (声音), “Come in and enjoy the most wonderful statue in the world. Only ten dollars to enjoy this most excellent statue.”

The man from the village paid ten dollars and entered the shop. He was very surprised when he saw the statue in the shop, because it was the statue that he himself had sold for only five dollars.

36题简略回答问题；37题判断正误（T or F）；38题完成句子；39题写出划线it的指代对象；40题将文中划线句子翻译成汉语。

1.How much did the man from the city pay for the stone statue?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

2.The man from the village was cleverer than the man from the city. (T or F) ___________

3.The owner was _________________ and __________________, so the man took the statue to the city.

4._______________________________________________________________________________________

5._______________________________________________________________________________________

八年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

When Mary stood up to answer the question , she was _____at first but soon relaxed.

A．nervous          B．happy            C．mad              D．athletic

八年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

When Mary stood up to answer the question , she was _____at first but soon relaxed.

A．nervous          B．happy            C．mad              D．athletic

八年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

What is the sky(天空)? Where is it? How high is it? What lies above it? These questions are hard to answer, aren’t they?

Is the sky blue? The sky has no color. We know that there is air around the world. When planes fly, they need air to lift their wings(翼) . Planes cannot fly very high because when they go high, the air gets thinner. If we go up about 1,200 kilometers from the earth, we find there is no air.

Perhaps(也许) we can answer some of our questions now. The sky is space(空间). In this space there is only the sun, the moon and all the stars.

6.What is the sky?

A. It’s the clouds       B. It’s space.     C It’s air      D It’s nothing

7. The sky _____

A. is blue        B. is white        C. is black     D. has no color

8. Planes cannot fly very high because _________.

A. the air becomes thinner                         B. the flying machine is not good

C. people will be afraid if the planes fly too high      D. it is not necessary for planes to fly so high

9 If we go up about 1,200 kilometers from the earth, we find ___________.

A. there is more air   B. there is less air   C .there is nothing but air   D there is no air

10. In space there is _________.

A. nothing       B. air everywhere       C. everything       D. only the sun , the moon and all the stars

八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

What is the sky(天空)? Where is it? How high is it? What lies above it? These questions are hard to answer, aren’t they?

Is the sky blue? The sky has no color. We know that there is air around the world. When planes fly, they need air to lift their wings(翼) . Planes cannot fly very high because when they go high, the air gets thinner. If we go up about 1,200 kilometers from the earth, we find there is no air.

Perhaps(也许) we can answer some of our questions now. The sky is space(空间). In this space there is only the sun, the moon and all the stars.

1.What is the sky?

A. It’s the clouds　　　　 B. It’s space.

C. It’s air　　　 　　　　　 D. It’s nothing

2.The sky _____

A. is blue　　　　　 B. is white

C. is black　　 　 D. has no color

3.Planes cannot fly very high because _________.

A. the air becomes thinner

B. the flying machine is not good

C. people will be afraid if the planes fly too high

D. it is not necessary for planes to fly so high

4.If we go up about 1,200 kilometers from the earth, we find ___________.

A. there is more air　　 　　　　 B. there is less air

C.there is nothing but air　 D. there is no air

5.In space there is _________.

A. nothing　　 　 B. air everywhere

C. everything　 D. only the sun ,the moon and all the stars

八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

What is the sky(天空)? Where is it? How high is it? What lies above it? These questions are hard to answer, aren’t they?

Is the sky blue? The sky has no color. We know that there is air around the world. When planes fly, they need air to lift their wings(翼) . Planes cannot fly very high because when they go high, the air gets thinner. If we go up about 1,200 kilometers from the earth, we find there is no air.

Perhaps(也许) we can answer some of our questions now. The sky is space(空间). In this space there is only the sun, the moon and all the stars.

6.What is the sky?

A. It’s the clouds       B. It’s space.     C It’s air      D It’s nothing

7. The sky _____

A. is blue        B. is white        C. is black     D. has no color

8. Planes cannot fly very high because _________.

A. the air becomes thinner                         B. the flying machine is not good

C. people will be afraid if the planes fly too high      D. it is not necessary for planes to fly so high

9 If we go up about 1,200 kilometers from the earth, we find ___________.

A. there is more air   B. there is less air   C .there is nothing but air   D there is no air

10. In space there is _________.

A. nothing       B. air everywhere       C. everything       D. only the sun , the moon and all the stars

八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析