Mary is a lovely, quiet girl. When she was a little girl, she had no secrets from her mother, who was very pleased with her. But since last year she has become a little mysterious(神秘) and not as open as before. She wants heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. But they never happen. And a gulf(沟壑) opens between them. Her mother wonders if she falls in love, It's too early for a girl of her age. After all, she is reaching the "dangerous stage". These thoughts have caused trouble in the mother's mind.
One weekend her daughter came to tell her mother that she was going to the cinema with her classmates and would return late. This was the first time her mother agreed and she began to worry because her daughter had never been away at night before. The mother waited until nine and couldn't fall asleep. Then she decided to go out to meet her daughter. Just at that moment, she heard the noise of a car and hurried to the window---there was her daughter, waving good-bye to a boy. Her heart missed a beat. When the daughter came in, the mother was watching TV, pretending(假装) nothing happened. "Mum, I'm back." "Yeah," "Sorry to be late."
The daughter said nothing about the film and the boy. The mother really would like to know something about them, "Who is that boy?" Daughter was stunned(发愣) for a moment, "Ah, it's my monitor. He gave me a lift on his way home. Mum, I'm going to bed. "The daughter answered in careful words. "All right. Go to sleep early."
The next morning when the mother went to her daughter's room to do some tidying, she found her diary left on her bed. After a few minutes' hesitation(犹豫), she opened it to the right page. It reads, "Mum, it's love that made you ask, but it would show your understanding of me if you hadn't."
Holding the diary, the mother fell into thought.
1.What does the underlined phrase “missed a beat” in the third paragraph mean?
A. wanted to beat sb. B. was too surprised to think of anything
C. failed to find something D. caused an illness
2.Why was the mother worried?.
A. The mother was much worried about her daughter's coming back late.
B. The mother felt worried about her daughter's study.
C. The mother worried about her daughter's health.
D. The mother worried about whether her daughter had fallen in love with somebody or not.
3.What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2?
A. Mary's mother didn't agree Mary to go to the cinema at night this time.
B. Mary was still as open as before.
C. Mary didn’t have a heart-to-heart talk with her mother.
D. Mary told her mother the truth of her going out.
4.We can infer from the last sentence that .
A. She was worried.
B. She was afraid of her daughter.
C. Her daughter didn't believe her.
D. She was thinking deeply about her daughter's words in the diary.
5.What would be the best title of the passage?
A. Worried mother and her love.
B. Should teenagers tell their parents everything?
C. Love or understanding?
D. A girl wants to get her mother's love.
八年级英语阅读单选困难题
Mary is a lovely, quiet girl. When she was a little girl, she had no secrets from her mother, who was very pleased with her. But since last year she has become a little mysterious(神秘) and not as open as before. She wants heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. But they never happen. And a gulf(沟壑) opens between them. Her mother wonders if she falls in love, It's too early for a girl of her age. After all, she is reaching the "dangerous stage". These thoughts have caused trouble in the mother's mind.
One weekend her daughter came to tell her mother that she was going to the cinema with her classmates and would return late. This was the first time her mother agreed and she began to worry because her daughter had never been away at night before. The mother waited until nine and couldn't fall asleep. Then she decided to go out to meet her daughter. Just at that moment, she heard the noise of a car and hurried to the window---there was her daughter, waving good-bye to a boy. Her heart missed a beat. When the daughter came in, the mother was watching TV, pretending(假装) nothing happened. "Mum, I'm back." "Yeah," "Sorry to be late."
The daughter said nothing about the film and the boy. The mother really would like to know something about them, "Who is that boy?" Daughter was stunned(发愣) for a moment, "Ah, it's my monitor. He gave me a lift on his way home. Mum, I'm going to bed. "The daughter answered in careful words. "All right. Go to sleep early."
The next morning when the mother went to her daughter's room to do some tidying, she found her diary left on her bed. After a few minutes' hesitation(犹豫), she opened it to the right page. It reads, "Mum, it's love that made you ask, but it would show your understanding of me if you hadn't."
Holding the diary, the mother fell into thought.
1.What does the underlined phrase “missed a beat” in the third paragraph mean?
A. wanted to beat sb. B. was too surprised to think of anything
C. failed to find something D. caused an illness
2.Why was the mother worried?.
A. The mother was much worried about her daughter's coming back late.
B. The mother felt worried about her daughter's study.
C. The mother worried about her daughter's health.
D. The mother worried about whether her daughter had fallen in love with somebody or not.
3.What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2?
A. Mary's mother didn't agree Mary to go to the cinema at night this time.
B. Mary was still as open as before.
C. Mary didn’t have a heart-to-heart talk with her mother.
D. Mary told her mother the truth of her going out.
4.We can infer from the last sentence that .
A. She was worried.
B. She was afraid of her daughter.
C. Her daughter didn't believe her.
D. She was thinking deeply about her daughter's words in the diary.
5.What would be the best title of the passage?
A. Worried mother and her love.
B. Should teenagers tell their parents everything?
C. Love or understanding?
D. A girl wants to get her mother's love.
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Mary is a shy and quiet girl.One day she wanted to learn swimming with her father.Before she stepped into the cool,moving water,she held out a life buoy(救生圈)in front of her.She looked worried because she had never swum in a river before.
“Let me hold your life buoy when you swim,” said her father.He smiled at her.“There's not a cloud in the sky.It's a great day to swim in the river,isn't it?”
Mary looked out across the water.People were floating(漂浮)by on the life buoy.Some talked and laughed as they were swimming.None of them looked worried.“We'll stay together,” said Mary's father.
“Will we go fast?” Mary asked.
“No,” said her dad.“We'll move slowly for a while,and then it will get a little fast.Don't worry,Mary.You'll be fine.”
Mary looked at her life buoy.It stayed in the water quietly.She saw a girl in her age swim by.The girl looked happy.Suddenly Mary's worries went away.
“Hold it hard so that it won't move,Dad,” she said.“I'm ready to climb on and swim.”
1.This story takes place ________.
A.on a river B.at Mary's house C.in a city pool D.in a lake
2.What is Mary's problem in this story?
A.She doesn't like to be in cool water. B.She is worried that she will get hurt.
C.She is afraid to try something new. D.She is afraid to swim with her father.
3.You can tell from the story that Mary ________.
A.loves to read B.loves to swim C.believes in her father D.likes her father's jokes
4.We can infer that ________ in the end from the passage.
A.Mary pushed her life buoy B.Mary saw a girl in her own age
C.Mary swam happily with her father D.Mary returned home alone
5.What's the best title for this passage?
A.Mary's Swim B.Mary's Trip C.Mary's Visit D.Mary's Camp
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The little girl is very ______ and she always speaks ________ in public.
A. quiet; quiet B. quiet; quietly
C. quietly; quietly D. quietly; quiet
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Molly Jackson was a happy little girl. She lived with her parents. Her parents loved her very much. Every morning, Mrs. Jackson would get up early to make breakfast. She also made lunch for Mr. Jackson. Then it was Molly's job to put her father's lunch box into a lunch bag. And she would give the lunch bag to her father.
One day, Molly gave two lunch bags to her father. "Why do you give me two bags, Molly?" asked Mr. Jackson.
"There is something else in the other bag," Molly answered.
"What's in it?" Mr. Jackson kept asking. "I can't tell you now. Just open it after your lunch," said Molly.
Time passed quickly, it was lunch time. Mr. Jackson opened his lunch bag and started to eat. Then he saw the other bag from Molly. So he opened this special bag.
In this bag, Mr. Jackson found some toys. There were some small model cars and pictures in the bag. And Mr. Jackson found a note(便条) at the bottom(底部) of the bag. It wrote, "Dad, here are some of my toys. You can play them in your free time and have a rest. I love you, dad."
1.Who makes breakfast in Molly's family?
A. Molly. B. Molly's father.
C. Molly's mother. D. We don't know.
2.When did Mr. Jackson open the other bag?
A. Before the lunch. B. During the lunch.
C. After the lunch. D. After the breakfast.
3.We can't see in the other bag.
A. a note B. model cars C. pictures D. books
4.Molly put her toys in the bag because she wanted her father to .
A. sell them B. play them
C. throw(扔) them away D. mend them
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Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often________sad and lonely.
One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small________was trapped(陷入) unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away________failed(失败). The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. The butterfly didn't fly away after getting out of trouble. It turned________a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very ________.
“Thank you for _______me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.
The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be______!”
The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the kind little girl grew up, she was________ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the________of the happiness. She always smiled and ______, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind fairy______ I was a little girl.”
When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbors in the ____ all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were _______that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”
The lovely old woman still ______ and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or young. She said that helping ______ would make me happy all my life.”
1.A. thought B. found C. sounded D. felt
2.A. butterfly B. bird C. snake D. sheep
3.A. so B. or C. but D. as
4.A. on B. up C. into D. down
5.A. surprised B. tired C. relaxed D. angry
6.A. catching B. killing C. beating D. saving
7.A. rich B. famous C. happy D. friendly
8.A. always B. never C. sometimes D. hardly
9.A. success B. secret C. lesson D. reason
10.A. asked B. hoped C. answered D. refused
11.A. what B. when C. that D. where
12.A. village B. town C. city D. world
13.A. excited B. surprised C. happy D. afraid
14.A. shouted B. cried C. smiled D. jumped
15.A. other B. others C. the other D. another
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Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often ______ sad and lonely.
One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small ______ was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away ______ failed(失败). The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care.______ flying away, the butterfly turned into a beautiful fairy(仙女). The little girl was very ______．
“Thank you for ______ me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true，” said the fairy.
The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be ______！”
The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl's ear. Then the fairy disappeared(消失)．
As the kind little girl grew up, she was ______ ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the ______ of happiness. She always smiled and ______， “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind fairy when I was a little girl.”
When the kind girl became a very old woman and ______， the neighbors in the ______ all gathered(聚拢) around her bed because they were ______ that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”
The lovely old woman still ______ and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or ______. She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”
1.A. thought B. found C. sounded D. felt
2.A. butterfly B. bird C. snake D. fly
3.A. so B. or C. but D. as
4.A. Depend on B. Thanks to C. Instead of D. Because of
5.A. surprised B. tired C. mad D. angry
6.A. catching B. beating C. killing D. saving
7.A. active B. happy C. healthy D. rich
8.A. always B. never C. seldom D. hardly
9.A. success B. secret C. power D. lesson
10.A. asked B. hoped C. answered D. refused
11.A. was dead B. was dying C. died D. death
12.A. village B. town C. city D. world
13.A. excited B. pleased C. glad D. afraid
14.A. shouted B. cried C. smiled D. jumped
15.A. young B. great C. nice D. quiet
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完形填空
Shirley was a little girl. She lived near a fruit shop in the village. Mr. Smith ________ the shop.
One day Mr. Smith said to Shirley, "Would you like to earn (赚) some money? "
"Oh, yes," replied she, "for I want some new shoes, and dad has no _____ to buy them with."
"Well, Shirley," said Mr. Smith, "there are some fine______ in Mr. Green's garden, and he said that anybody was welcome to them. I will ______thirteen cents(美分) a kilo paying for all you will pick for me."
Shirley was so _____ that she decided to go to pick the grapes as soon as possible. She ran home to get a ______ at once.
Then she thought she would like to know how much money she would get _______ she picked five kilograms. _____ the help of her pencil, she found out that she would get sixty-five cents.
"But supposing (假如) I should pick twelve kilograms," thought she, "______ should I earn then?" "Dear me," she said, after figuring (计算) a while, "I should earn one dollar and ______ cents."
Shirley then found out what Mr. Smith would pay her for fifty, a hundred, and two hundred kilograms. It took _____ some time to do this, and then it was so near lunch time that she had to ______ at home until afternoon.
As soon as lunch was_____, she took her basket and _____ to the garden. Some boys has been there before lunch, and all the fine grapes were picked.
As she went home, she _______ what her teacher often told her — "Do your task at once; then think about it," for "one doer is worth a hundred dreamers."
1.A. kept B. continued C. managed D. received
2.A. idea B. use C. money D. place
3.A. apples B. bananas C. grapes D. pears
4.A. cost B. spend C. pay D. take
5.A. sad B. worried C. interesting D. happy
6.A. box B. basket C. bag D. bottle
7.A. until B. since C. if D. moreover
8.A. With B. Under C. In D. On
9.A. how long B. how often C. how many D. how much
10.A. fifty-six B. sixty-five C. thirteen D. thirty
11.A. him B. her C. me D. us
12.A. pick B. cry C. make D. stay
13.A. over B. away C. up D. off
14.A.relaxed B. went C. booked D. picked
15.A. talked about B. talked with C. thought of D. thought over
八年级英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I was a little girl, my father loved to play catch (抛接球游戏) with me. I wasn’t very good, but he would encourage me. He was always telling me “keep your eye on the ball” as I would not be able to catch even the easiest of throws.
As I got older, we didn’t play catch as much. If I had a problem, I would go to my father to ask for his advice. He would try to joke with me and say “keep your eye on the ball”. We would both laugh because usually that advice did not apply to(适用于) the problem, but he would try to make me smile.
My father became ill in 1995 when I was 23. As he suffered from a stroke (中风), he could not speak. There weren’t any more conversations. He could only mouth words, which were sometimes hard to understand. After a while, I seemed to be pretty good at reading his lips (嘴唇), even better than the nurses who were caring for him.
During our last conversation, I was telling him about a problem I was having with my then boyfriend. Once again, I could read his lips： “Keep your eye on the ball.” We both smiled.
That was the last time I saw my father before he passed away.
Since then, when I get into a stressful situation I tell myself “keep your eye on the ball”.
1.At first, by saying “keep your eye on the ball”, the writer’s father _____.
A. tells her to be careful while playing catch
B. wants to teach her a life lesson
C. wants her to work harder in every way
D. laughs at her when she misses the ball
2.When the writer asked for advice from her father, he usually _____.
A. tried to solve the problem for her
B. didn’t care about her problem
C. joked with her and made her smile
D. told her to solve the problem alone
3.When in trouble, the writer tells herself “keep your eye on the ball” to _____.
A. encourage herself to face the difficulty
B. remember the old days with her father
C. help herself forget her troubles
D. remember how to play catch
4.The underlined word “pretty” means _________.
A. beautiful B. quite C. carefully D. always
5.Which of the following can describe the writer’s father?
A. Serious. B. Cheerful(令人愉快的). C. Honest. D. Careless.
八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题纸的相应位置
When Mary was a little girl, her parents were always worried about not having enough money. 1.(they) sad faces made her decide to help, 2. she left school and stared to work3.the age of fifteen. Since then, she has done many different4.(job).Most of the jobs did not pay5.(good), but she tried her best in all of them and leaned a lot.
Mary is now thirty years old, and her family has a better life. But Mary's friends keep telling her that she should learn to make much6.(many) money. They 7.(teach) her many ways, but Mary didn’t try any of them. She is not interested in 8.(something) risky(冒险的）. She knows she9.(be) really happy if she can be a student again. Going back to school is 10.she wants most now.
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— How much did the little girl weigh at birth?
—About three kilograms.
A. when she was born
B. when she died
C. when she grew up
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