Once upon a time there was a monster( 怪物 ). H...

Once upon a time there was a monster( 怪物 ). He was very ugly ( 丑陋的 ), and had no friends. No one wanted to talk to him. Even other monsters thought he was ugly. He lived alone and was very unhappy because he was so lonely.

“I wish I had a friend.” he said to himself every day. “One friend would be enough. Someone to talk to.”

“Dear Editor( 编辑).” he wrote. “ I am an ugly monster. How can I find a friend?”

“Dear Monster.” the Editor replied. “ Advertise（登广告 ）for a friend in this magazine.” The monster wrote an advertisement.

“Monster wants a friend, male or female. I have two heads, four arms, six legs and three tails. I have one blue eye, one green eye and one brown eye. Smoke comes out of my noses. But I am really a kind monster and will be a good friend to someone. If you would like to meet me, please stand outside Blake’s Store at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 22nd. Write to me at Box 45. Everybody’s Magazine.”

A few days later he went to the magazine.

“Do you have any letters for Box 45?” he asked.

The Editor looked in Box45.

“Yes, there is one.” she said, and gave it to him.

The monster opened the letter, and read, “Dear Monster, I think a person’s character (品质 ) is more important than his appearance（外貌 ）. I will wait outside Blake’s Store on Friday. Please carry a flower so that I will recognize you. Yours sincerely, Alice Green. ”

1.Why was the monster unhappy?

A .He was so lonely.　　　 B. He was ugly.

C. He had two heads.　　　 D. He had three tails.

2.What did the monster advertise for?

A. A magazine　　 B. A friend

C. An editor　　 D. A male monster

3.How did the monster describe himself in the advertisement?

A. Bad　　 B. Lonely

C. Kind　　 D. Different

4.Which one isn’t mentioned( 提到) about the monster’s appearance?

A. He has two heads.　　 　 B. He has six legs.

C. He has one blue eye　　　 D. He has a big mouth.

5.The ending( 结局 ) of story may be ___________.

A. Alice will not meet the monster

B. Alice will meet the monster

C. The monster will not go to meet Alice

D. The monster will be afraid to meet Alice.

八年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time， there was a spider with the name Anansi. He knew that he was very clever but he also knew he wasn’t wise. He didn’t like this， but he did not know what to do. One day he had an idea. He went around the village with a basket and asked each person to give him some of their wisdom. The people laughed at Anansi because they knew that he needed wisdom the most. So each person put a bit in his basket and wished him good luck.

Soon his basket was full， but Anansi was worried that his neighbors might be jealous(嫉妒)of his wisdom and take _it_ from him. He decided to hide it at the top of a tall tree. When he had tied the basket to the front part of his body， he tried to climb the tree， but it was too difficult. He tried again and again without success.

Then his youngest son walked by， “What are you doing， father?” he asked and Anansi told him. “Why don’t you carry the basket on your back instead?” his son said.

Anansi put the basket on his back and climbed the tree easily， but he wasn’t happy. “I walked all over the village and collected so much wisdom that I am the wisest person ever， but my baby son is still wiser than me. Take back your wisdom!” he said. And he threw the basket of wisdom into the air and went home. And that’s how wisdom went all over the world.

1.Anansi went around the village because _______.

A．he knew he was very clever

B．he wanted to show his good luck

C．he hoped to meet his son

D．he thought he wasn’t wise enough

2.Anansi wanted to get his wisdom from _______.

A．his son 　　　　　　 B．his father

C．the villagers　　　　 D．the neighbors

3.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to (指的是)_______.

A．the tree　 　 B．the basket

C．the luck　　 D．the wisdom

4.The passage above is _______.

A．a report 　　　　　 B．a story

C．an advertisement　 D．a diary

八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time there was a poor woodcutter who worked very hard from morning till night. He had a son and his name was Herman. The old man saved some money and sent his son to university. (1)1.

But the money that the father gave his son was all finished after two years and Herman had to come back home. The old man had no more money. Herman said he would stay and work with his father.

The next day Herman went to the forest with his father. Though he had never done such work before, he worked well. (2)2. Herman took his bread and said he would go a little way into the forest.

Herman was so happy with the bright sunshine that he walked and walked. Suddenly he heard a voice, “Let me out! Let me out!” (3)3. There was something in the bottle (瓶子) that looked like a small frog (青蛙) . It jumped up and down shouting, “Let me out!”

As soon as Herman opened the bottle, the little thing jumped out of the bottle and began to grow. (4)4. “Thank you, young man,” he said. “Now it’s my turn to help you.”

The giant (巨人) gave Herman a piece of cloth (布). “It is unusual,” said the giant. “Put it on a stone, and it will turn the stone into gold.”

Herman ran back to his father with the unusual cloth. (5)5. Also, Herman went back to university to learn more. Years later he became a famous doctor in town.

根据材料内容从方框中选出合适的句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确。其中有一个句子是多余的。

A. Thanks to it, they became rich and began to live a comfortable life.

B. Herman thanked the giant for the present and returned to his father.

C. Three hours later his father asked him to stop to have dinner.

D. Herman looked down and saw a green bottle under a tree.

E. In a minute it stood in front of Herman like a giant.

F. Herman worked hard and learned a lot of things.

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Once upon a time there was a little boy who became very ill. He had to spend all day in bed, unable to move. Because other children weren't allowed to come near him, he felt 1 and blue.

There wasn't much he could do except look out of the window. Time passed, and his feeling of hopelessness just 2 , until one day he saw something strange in the window. It was a bird eating a sausage sandwich. The bird came in, said "good afternoon" to the boy, turned around, and left.

Of course, the boy was very surprised. He was still trying to 3 what had happened, when outside his window he saw a monkey blowing up a balloon. After a while, as more and more crazylooking characters 4　　 outside the window, he laughed happily. 5 when seeing a pig playing the guitar or a dog wearing a pair of glasses and singing. The little boy didn't tell anyone about this 6　 , who would have believed him? Even so, those strange characters ended up putting joy back in his 7　 , and in his body. Before long, his health had improved so much that he was able to go back to school again.

There he got to talk to his friends, and told them all the　 8 things he had seen. While talking, he saw something sticking（伸出）out of his best friend's school bag. The boy asked him what it was, and finally his friend had to　 9 him what was in the bag.

There, inside, were all the fancy-dress suits and disguises（伪装）that his best friend had been using to try to　　 10　 the little boy up!

From that day on, the little boy always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.

1.A. great　　　　　　     B. sad　　　　　　　　     C. nervous　　　　　　     D. pleased

2.A. grew　　　　　　     B. changed　　　　　　     C. lost　　　　　　　　 D. happened

3.A. work out　　　     B. make up　　　　　     C. point out　　　　　     D. look for

4.A. filled　　　　　　     B. looked　　　　　　     C. appeared　　　　　     D. came

5.A. crying　　　　     B. thinking　　　　     C. singing　　　　　　     D. laughing

6.A. though　　　　　　 B. because　　　　     C. so　　　　　　　　　     D. but

7.A. heart　　　　　     B. hands　　　　　　     C. health　　　　　　　     D. head

8.A. little　　　　　　     B. humorous　　　　     C. strange　　　　　　     D. happy

9.A. provide　　　　     B. send　　　　　　　　     C. show　　　　　　　     D. satisfy

10.A. wake　　　　　　 B. cheer　　　　　　　     C. pick　　　　　　　　     D. raise

八年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time, there was a very old man _______ Yu Gong. He lived with his family in a village and there were two big and high mountains near his house. They _______ a long time　　 getting to the other side.

One day, Yu Gong told his family that they must move the mountains to the other places. _______this, everyone in his family was laughing at him. One of his sons said: “ Are you kidding? ” “ No, I’m serious and all of you must do it with me.” Everyone was _______ at that time. They really didn’t want to do it, but they had to do because the oldest man in his family was _______ important person at that time.

The next day everyone in Yu Gong’s family started to dig the mountains. They put the stones and the earth _______ the sea. One day a man saw Yu Gong and his children _______　 the mountains. He told Yu Gong he would never do it. But Yu Gong said though he was _______　 and would die, his family could continue to move the mountains. Then they kept on digging day after day and year after year. Finally a god was _______ moved by Yu Gong that he sent two gods to help Yu Gong move the mountains away.

The story reminds us that you can never know what’s possible ________ you try to make it happen.

1.A. names　　 B. is　　 C. called　　 D. has

2.A. took　　 B. spent　　 C. cost　　 D. paid

3.A. Hearing　　 B. Doing　　 C. Seeing　　 D. Watching

4.A. tired　　 B. thirsty　　 C. excited　　 D. silent

5.A. most　　 B. more　　 C. much more　　 D. the most

6.A. to　　 B. on　　 C. up　　 D. into

7.A. climbing　　 B. visiting　　 C. digging　　 D. watering

8.A. well　　 B. healthy　　 C. weak　　 D. strong

9.A. such　　 B. so　　 C. very　　 D. quite

10.A. unless　　 B. if　　 C. even　　 D. or

八年级英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

阅读短文，根据短文内容回答下列问题。

Once upon a time, there was a very special little witch (女巫). She was special because she was kind, but she had no idea how to put that kindness into practice. And she couldn’t find anyone to teach her how to do good. So the little witch was sad most of the time.

One day she heard that the old witches were planning to cast a spell (咒语) on a big mountain and turn it into a volcano (火山), which would destroy (破坏) a small town. The good little witch then went to tell the people about this, but they didn’t believe her and threw stones at her.

The little witch ran off, and sat crying at the side of the road. Soon a few children came by. She told them everything. The children told her that doing good was very easy. All you had to do was to help others, do good deeds (做好事) for them.

“And what can I do for you?”, asked the witch.

“You could give us some candies!” They told her, happily. The witch was very worried, because she had no candies, and she didn’t know the spell for making them. But the children didn’t mind, and they went off to play.

The little witch was encouraged (受到鼓励) by this, and decided to help everyone. On her way, she met the old witches casting their spell on the mountain. Some magic words came into her head. Suddenly the fire on the mountain turned into lots of candies and fell onto the town below.

And that’s how the little witch learned how to do good: by sincerely (真诚地) wanting to help others. From that day on, everyone made friends with her, and they called her The Candy Witch.

1.Why was the little witch always sad?

2.What did the old witches plan to do?

3. Who saved the people in the small town?

4.What do you think of the children in the story?

5. How should we do to put kindness into practice?

八年级英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time there was a little prince. He was so spoilt(宠坏的) that he wouldn’ t let anybody have a new toy if he didn't have one first.

①The prince invited him to spend a year in the palace(宫殿), asking the toymaker to make him a new toy every day. The toymaker said, "My toys are very special. They

need an owner to play with them. Will you spend a little time with each one every day?” “Of course, I will, the prince replied.

From then on, every morning the prince received a new toy. The prince appeared very happy. But the toy collection kept growing. Soon there were too many toys for him to play with. The prince couldn’t get to sleep until midnight, because he had to play with each toy. He was so tired and sleepy. And he hardly had time to enjoy playing. Even worse, the toys were getting angry because he spent less time playing with them.

One day, the prince saw some children playing outside the palace. ② When they finished playing, they could take home the toys they liked the most.

At the end of the year, all the toys were shared out and the palace turned into the best playroom.

1.任务一:从下面四个选项中选出能填入文中 ① 和 ② 处的最佳选项。

A. The prince met a magician one day.

B. One day a wonderful toymaker came to the land.

C. They refused to play with the prince.

D. Then he invited them to play with him.

2.任务二: Translate（翻译） the underlined sentence into Chinese.

___________________________________________________

3.任务三:Do you think we should learn to share?

_____________________________________________________

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Once upon a time there was a white elephant and he lived with his old mother. The white elephant was good and kind. He ______ his mother all the time. To get enough food, he took his ______ to live near a lake.

One day, a ______ got lost and the white elephant helped him to find his way home. The man heard that　 the king was ______ a new elephant, so the man told the king about the white elephant’s kindness.

The king ______ his soldiers (士兵) to get the white elephant. The white elephant had to ______ them and leave his mother on her own. The king treated (对待) the white elephant very well, but the white elephant was ______ about leaving his mother.

The king let the kind-hearted white elephant ______ to his mother. The white elephant ______ left his mother again. When the white elephant died, the king set up a festival to ______ the white elephant’s kindness.

1.A. hit　　 B. asked　　 C. helped　　 D. painted

2.A. brother　　 B. classmate　　 C. friend　　 D. mother

3.A. man　　 B. king　　 C. child　　 D. woman

4.A. looking at　　 B. looking for　　 C. lifting up　　 D. warming up

5.A. made　　 B. brought　　 C. asked　　 D. gave

6.A. follow　　 B. answer　　 C. know　　 D. care

7.A. happy　　 B. excited　　 C. careful　　 D. sad

8.A. walk　　 B. return　　 C. take　　 D. fly

9.A. sometimes　　 B. never　　 C. often　　 D. usually

10.A. close　　 B. see　　 C. forget　　 D. remember

八年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time, there was a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine （酒）and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles (瓶)of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.” With these words, he went out.

But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished（惩罚）, so he drank the poison to kill himself.

1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.

A. the rich man　　 B. the servant

C. both A and B　　 D. neither A and B

2.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

A. the cat　　　　 B. himself

C. nobody　　 　 D. the servant

3.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.

A. there was in fact poison in the bottles

B. did not want the servant to drink his wine

C. he wanted to kill the cat

D. he wanted to kill the servant

4.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A. the servant　　　 B. cat

C. the rich man　　 D. nobody

5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.

A. lazy　　　　 B. bad　　　 C. clever　　　 D. kind

八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time, there was a farmer called Da Niu. One day he was walking in the forest and found a bird. The bird’s was hurt（受伤）and it cried. Da Niu picked it up and took it home. He looked after it carefully every day. The bird got well soon.

One morning Da Niu enjoyed the sunshine next to the wall. The bird took his hat and flew away. Da Niu was very angry and ran after it. He shouted（大叫）, “What a bad bird you are!”

Suddenly he heard a big noise from his back. The wall he sat next to just now.（刚才紧靠近坐着的）fell down（倒下）.

1. Da Niu found the bird 　　　　 .

A. in the shop        B. at the zoo

C.in the forest.    D.on the farm.

2. How did Da Niu treat the bird when it was hurt?

A.He looked after it carefully.

B.He ran after it.

C.He shouted to it.

D.He was angry with it.

3.The underlined word “angry” means “ 　　　　 ”in Chines.

A.开心的            B.生气的

C.伤心的            D.大笑的

4.Why did the bird take Da Niu’s hat?

A.Because it was naughty.

B.Because Da Niu was unfriendly to it.

C.Because it wanted to save Da Niu’s life.

D.Because it wanted to throw it.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A.The bad bird                        B.The nice farmer

C.The farmer and the bird            D.The farmer’s hat

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八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析