阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying fourteen homes.
Seven others were so badly damaged(破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether(总共) over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour. “I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.” Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded(水淹的) area and the welfare department(福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.
1.How many homes altogether were damaged in the storm?
A、Fourteen. B、Twenty-one.C、Thirty-six.
2.Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?
A、He was in bed.
B、He was inside the house.
C、He was outside the house.
3.Mrs. Woo and her family didn't get hurt because.
A、her husband knew there would be a storm
B、they were all outside the house when the storm became worse
C、she felt the house moving and they ran out immediately
4.The underlined word “shelter” in the last paragraph means .
A、something to eat
B、something to wear
C、somewhere to stay
5.Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?
A、A Terrible Storm B、A Lucky Woman C、Good Soldiers
八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。
What better way to welcome spring than by helping to clean up the town we all live in! Here in Rockland we have a Spring Clean-up Day every year in April. The Clean-up Day 2014 will be April 20th.
It will start with a town clean-up at 8 0'clock in the morning, and a tree planting activity at the Rockland Park is to follow in the afternoon. One thousand young trees are sure to make the park greener and prettier.
We will divide(划分) the people coming to help into eight teams for eight different areas. As usual, we will provide gloves, rubbish bags and other cleaning tools. You will also get free lunches and T-shirts when the clean-up ends at noon. We are going to have a friendly competition to see which team can pick up the most rubbish.
Bring your kids with you. It is a great chance(机会) to teach them to care for the environment around us. We have free drinks and chocolate candies for the children at the park.
Meeting: At the gate of Rockland Park, the town hall at 330 Jones Street, or the corner of Palace Street and North Street.
Sign-up(报名): Call 5862397 on weekdays, or visit our website below any time you like.
www. springcleanup. Com
根据材料内容，选择最佳选项。
1.The Spring Clean-up Day in Rockland is held ______.
A. once a month B. once a year C. twice a month
2.People in Rockland can help to ______ on the afternoon of April 20th.
A. clean up the town B. take care of the kids C. plant trees in the park
3.People joining in the Clean-up Day will NOT ______.
A. get lunches and T-shirts for free
B. take young trees home to plant
C. be provided with cleaning tools
4. According to the poster, the activities are a great chance to teach the kids to ______.
A. protect the environment
B. get free drinks and candies
C. pick up the most rubbish
5.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. People can visit www. Springcleanup. com to sign up.
B. You can call 5862397 to sign up any time you like.
C. People can meet for the activities only at the gate of Rockland Park.
八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。
One day Tony was crossing the road when he was hit by a car. He fell and broke his arm. An ambulance (救护车) soon arrived and took Tony to a hospital. There a doctor operated（动手术） on his arm. Then he put the arm in a cast (石膏). Tony couldn’t move it at all.
“You must keep your arm in a cast for a month,” the doctor said. “You’ll be all right then.”
A month later, Tony went back to the hospital. The doctor took his arm out of the cast.
“Can you move your arm, Tony?” he asked.
Tony tried to move his arm. At first it was difficult, but soon he could move it easily.
“Yes, it's fine,” he said. “Thank you very much.”
“In a few days it will be as good as before,” the doctor said. “Just exercises it a little.”
“Will I be able to play the guitar?” Tony asked.
The doctor smiled. “Of course you will,” he said. “You’ll have no problems.”
“That is good news,” Tony said. “Because I couldn’t play it at all before.”
1.How did Tony break his arm?
A. A guitar fell on him. B. He fell off a bike. C. He was hit by a car.
2.How long did Tony have to keep his arm in a cast?
A. Two weeks B. About four weeks. C. A few days
3.What could Tony do as soon as the doctor took off the cast?
A. Move his arm difficultly B. Play the guitar C. Move his arm easily
4.What did the doctor tell Tony to do after the cast was taken off ?
A. Play the guitar.
B. Exercise his arm
C. Come back to the hospital again.
5.Why was Tony happy at last? Because _____.
A. the doctor said he didn’t have to work again
B. the doctor gave him a guitar.
C. he thought he would be able to play the guitar.
八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。
Are you interested in mountain climbing? Perhaps you think it’s so __________ that only a few people like it. In fact, in many countries, it’s very popular with young people. They think it’s __________exciting to climb the mountains and they can get more from it—One step after another finally brings them to top. __________the way, they can stop and look around. And the higher they climb, the__________ wonderful view(风景) they will see. Most of them have met different kinds of hard problems, but instead of giving up, they try to help __________ out of danger. Aron Ralston is a famous example. He is an American. He had a terrible __________ on April 26,2003. His right arm was caught under a 360-kilo rock. He hoped someone could find him and save him. Five days later, he realized he would die if he didn’t try to save himself. He had to __________ the right arm with his knife by himself. Then, with his left hand, he bandaged himself ___________ he climbed down the mountains to find help.
Now, he still goes to climb the mountains. He says, “ I like taking __________ . But now I know when I meet problems, It’s important to keep a clear mind and try to face them. I must __________my life.”
1.A. safe B. dangerous C. sunburned
2.A. really B. properly C. recently
3.A. Against B. Since C. Along
4.A. fewer B. more C. less
5.A. themselves B. ourselves C. yourselves
6.A. development B. journey C. accident
7.A. cut out B. cut off C. cut up
8.A. so that B. in order to C. right away
9.A. medicine B. breaks C. risks
10.A. realize B. control C. imagine
八年级英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
请阅读下面短文，从每个小题所给的 A、 B、 C 三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。
It is usual to have a salad when an American has his meal. American people eat the salad before the main dish. A nice American thing is the salad bar. In restaurants of salad bars, the waiters do not bring you salad. You go to the salad bar and help yourself, usually eat as much as you want. You eat the salad while some people cook the main dish.
American people know how to choose from the menu (菜单). American menus look different,because they use some unusual words. For example, potatoes most often come to “French fries” or “baked potatoes”. If you order a baked potato, the waiter will ask you want on it. The answer is usually butter or sour cream. Very often, vegetables don't come with the meal, and you have to pay extra (额外的) money for them.
You might hear that in American restaurants, if you can’t finish your meal, you can put the rest in a “doggy bag” and take it home. That means when you leave so ask if you need help to put it into a little bag, or you can just ask him to do this. That’s all about American restaurants. Do you want to enjoy yourselves in one of them.
1.This passage is mainly about some of ______.
A. American eating habits
B. American family parties
C. American home cooking
2.American restaurants of salad bars are places where ______.
A. people can make salad by themselves
B. people can enjoy salad after the main dish
C. people can eat lots of salad as they like
3.People have to pay extra money for ______ when having the meal of baked potatoes.
A. butter B. vegetables C. cream
4.If we don’t finish our meal in an American restaurant, we can ______.
A. feed dogs with it
B. send it to the waiter
C. take it home with a little bag
5.We can probably read the passage in ______.
A. a life magazine
B. a story book
C. a sports book
八年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的 A、 B、 C 三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。
I had spent an hour in the bank with my dad to transfer some money (转账). I ask him, “Dad, why not use online banking?”
“Why would I do that?” He replied.
“Well, then you won’t have to spend an hour here to transfer your money. You can also do your shopping online. Everything will be easier!” I said in excitement. He asked, “If I do that, Iwon’t have to go out of the house?”
“Yes!” I said. I told him how groceries (杂货) can be delivered to our doors now. And we can buy everything we need by just staying at home.
However, he said, “Since I walked into this bank today, I have met four of my friends. I have much free time, so I like to come to the bank and meet different people. Two years ago, when I was in hospital, the store owner from whom I bought fruit came to see me. And when your mom fell down a few days ago, the bank manager saw her and helped her get to the hospital.”
He went on, “why would I want to look at my computer all the time? I like to know the person around me. Does Amazon send bonds (情感纽带) and relationships, too?”
I didn’t know what to say after hearing his words. My dad was right, of course. It's better for us to spend time with real people than computers.
1.The writer advised his father to ______.
A. transfer the money online
B. go out of the house every day
C. shop in the supermarket with him
2.The underlined word “delivered” probably means ______.
A. 出售 B. 拒绝 C. 递送
3.______ helped the writer’s mother get to the hospital a few days ago.
A. The doctor B. The bank manager C. The fruit shop owner
4.From the passage, we can know that ______.
A. the father could meet some friends in the bank
B. the father likes to go to the store with the mother
C. the father always felt bored when he went to the bank
5.The writer mainly wants to tell us that ______.
A. computers can always make our life easier
B. the son can’t ask the father to do anything in life
C. We should keep relationships with others in life
八年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文，从A,B,C三个选项中，选出最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。
You can't believe your eyes. When you come back from school, your robot housekeeper is already waiting for you at the door. He turns on the lights and television. While you are having dinner, he tidies the room carefully. Before you go to sleep, he tells you the weather report, then reads you a bedtime story. Such thoughts are not just for stories. Now they can happen in the real world, as long as you have the service robot.
This kind of robot is the closest to our daily lives. From cleaning to teaching, music to sports, service robots have been used to do many kinds of jobs.
Teotronico is a popular service robot, as well as an artist and music teacher. His 53 fingers help him play the piano well. He played John Lennon's song Imagine at the conference. There is another service robot called Bestic. It acts as a human arm to feed people with a spoon. It can be a good helper for little kids, the elderly and those with difficulties using their hands. A supermarket robot Alpha makes shopping easier. You can talk with the robot. It will help you find thing. It also carries them for you. You can even use the robot to pay for your things.
It may not be far when every family has at least one service robot.
1.When you _____________, the robot can clean the room carefully.
A.are reading a book B.are having dinner C.are having a sleep
2.From the first paragraph, we can know that ______________.
A.robots can help people have comfortable life
B.people will not live without robot housekeepers
C.robots can do all the things for people now
3.According to the passage, ___________can help people buy food in the supermarket.
A.Teotronico B.Bestic. C.Alpha
4.Service robots _____________ according to the article.
A.can give help to the people in need
B.are already in everyone's house
C.can take the place of humans
5.What is the best title?
A.Different kinds of robots in the world
B.The most popular service robots
C.How robots change our daily life
八年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文，然后从每小题所给的三个选项中选择一个最佳答案，并将其字母标号填入题前括号中。
Tony was a children’s football trainer. In his team there were three boys. They all played _____ forwards(前锋). In every game, Tony could only put one forward in the field, so he sometimes didn’t know which forward should
_____ . The three forwards were the best players in the team, so it was ______ luck that only one of them could play in each match.
Tony also found it very difficult to ask for help. He wanted to solve the problem ______. But one day, the three forwards came to him and said ,“Tony, sometimes it’s best to ask someone else for help…”
Tony remembered an old friend of his. The friend had a lot of ______ in training children’s football teams. So Tony decided to _____ the old trainer, Julian, and he welcomed Tony with pleasure. “How are you, Tony? How’s the team?” he asked. And Tony replied,“That’s exactly _____ I’ve come to talk to you about.”Tony told Julian all about his problem. “Tony, I understand your problem,”said Julian, “and there’s no _____ solution(解决)… But there’s one thing I would say…” and they went on _____ for quite a while.
Very soon, Tony put Julian’s idea into action and from then on, Tony’s team_____ all their matches and became the best children’s team in the world. Tony learned that leaning（依赖）on someone you trust can make life a lot easier.
1.A. for B. as C. with
2.A. rest B. exercise C. play
3.A. good B. much C. bad
4.A. himself B. herself C. themselves
5.A. money B. experience C. time
6.A. visit B. copy C. teach
7.A. when B. why C. what
8.A. easy B. hard C. boring
9.A. sitting B. talking C. laughing
10.A. lost B. broke C. won
八年级英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
阅读(A)(B)两篇短文，从所给的三个选项中选择一个最佳答案，并将其字母标号填入题前括号中。
（A）
Rosie Martin, who is in the final year at college volunteered for four weeks in the summer of 2014 at orphanages(孤儿院) in Morocco. Although she was there for a short time, she quickly made new friends and worked as a team member.
She was sad to leave the children at the orphanage as she left that she got on well with them. She really enjoyed playing games with them. She taught them English, arts, and some other subjects. In the orphanage, a volunteer could take part in a subject just for a week. So Rosie had to teach the children different subjects.
She was moved with original volunteers and she was interested in the work that they offered. Also she was moved with their coordinator(协调员) in Morocco. He gave them a lot of help, told them about good places to go to on days off, and was happy to listen to the volunteers.
Rosie got used to the weather and the culture by the time she left, and she said volunteering in morocco was wonderful and amazing. Rosie hoped to come back to volunteer with others again. We wish Rosie well with the final year of college, and look forward to making her decision to volunteer abroad again in the future.
1.How long did Rosie Martin volunteer in Morocco?
A. About one month. B. About one year. C. About four months.
2.What did she do in the orphanage?
A. A student. B. A cook. C. A teacher.
3.Rosie might agree that .
A. the coordinator did badly in his work
B. the coordinator didwell in his work
C. it was hard to get on with the coordinator
4.What did Rosie think of her volunteering work?
A. Wonderful. B. Easy. C. Difficult.
5.What might happen in the future?
A. Rosie might live in Morocco.
B. Rosie might be a coordinator.
C. Rosie might volunteer in Morocco again.
八年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
完形填空
阅读下面短文，然后从每小题所给的三个选项中选择一个最佳答案，并将其字母标号填入题前括号中。
You can see people play soccer in school, the park, the factory and other places. In China, many young people like playing soccer. It’s very popular in China and it’s ________ game in the world. But the Chinese ________ call it soccer. They call it football. Are they different?
In fact there are ________ kinds of football games. One is American football,and ________ is soccer. There are11 ________ in a soccer team. And the soccer is round. Only the goal-keeper can play the ball ________ hands. The others can’t play the ball with hands, and they can ________ play it with their feet.
In the US soccer is not very popular. They prefer（更喜欢）________ American football to soccer. There are also eleven players in ________ American football team. The ball is not round. It’s oval(椭圆形的). All the players can play it with hands and feet. And the goal is ________ than the one of soccer games. American football is very different from soccer.
1.A. popular B. more popular C. the most popular
2.A. don’t B. can’t C. mustn’t
3.A. one B. two C. three
4.A. the other B. another C. other
5.A. stars B. students C. players
6.A. with B. in C. use
7.A. still B. only C. really
8.A. playing B. play C. plays
9.A. a B. an C. the
10.A. big B. the biggest C. bigger
八年级英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
完形填空。
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，并将其字母标号填入题前括号内。
A hippo(河马) lived in a river next to a big tree. One day, _______ bird came to live in the tree. The bird sang all day up there, and the hippo thought she was so talented(有天赋的). He felt ________ that he was a hippo. But the bird told him he should feel happy because he was so big and he ________ swimming.
One day, the hippo decided to come out of the _______ and climb up the tree to sing like a bird. Of course, he ________ climb up the tree. The hippo got very angry, so he knocked the tree over(撞倒) with his big _______. Then he stood on the leaves of the tree and began ________.
Sadly, the hippo couldn't sing. He made terrible noise, and when the other animals ________ his singing, they all laughed at him. The hippo felt bad and ________ trying to act like a bird. He decided to go back to his ________ way of life. Once again, he lived in the river happily. "In fact my ordinary(平常的) life is nice and interesting." he thought.
1.A. a B. an C. the D. /
2.A. surprised B. sad C. excited D. calm
3.A. was interested in B. was sure about C. was friendly to D. was good at
4.A. hall B. river C. zoo D. house
5.A. must B. mustn't C. could D. couldn't
6.A. sound B. idea C. body D. dream
7.A. singing B. sleeping C. swimming D. talking
8.A. believed B. heard C. showed D. cared
9.A. began B. remembered C. forgot D. stopped
10.A. unhealthy B. bad C. old D. unusual
八年级英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析