Once upon a time, a beautiful bird and a tort...

Once upon a time, a beautiful bird and a tortoise became good friends. The bird lived in a tree by the banks of the river. The tortoise had his______ there too. They are neighbours. Every day, after the bird flew down and had a drink of water, he would dance near the river to make the tortoise friend _______.

One day, a bird-catcher caught the bird and wanted to take him away to the market. The unhappy bird asked the catcher to allow him to say _____ to his friend, tortoise. The bird-catcher ______ and took him to the tortoise. The tortoise was _____ to see his friend a captive(俘虏)．

The tortoise asked the bird-catcher to let the bird go. And the tortoise said if the catcher______, he would give the bird-catcher an expensive ______. The bird-catcher agreed. To his surprise，The tortoise then dived into the water and in a few seconds ______with a nice pearl(珍珠). The bird-catcher was very happy to see it and he let the bird go at once．

A short time later, the man came back and told the tortoise that a pearl was not enough and planned to catch the bird again if the tortoise doesn’t ______ him another bigger and nicer pearl．The tortoise, who had already helped his friend, the bird, to leave the place to a forest far away after being set free, was greatly ______ with this man．

"Well，"said the tortoise, “if you still want to ______ another pearl，give the first one to me and I will fish another one for you." ______ his greed(贪婪), the bird-catcher gave the pearl to the tortoise，who _______ away with it saying, "I am no fool to take one and give two!" The tortoise then dived into the water ______ ，leaving the bird-catcher without a single pearl．

We should learn from the short story that greed leads you to have _______

1.A.friend B.food C.home D.parents

2.A.happy B.sad C.worried D.bored

3.A.hi B.sorry C.congratulations D.goodbye

4.A.refused B.agreed C.left D.stayed

5.A.pleased B.disturbed C.relaxed D.sad

6.A.should B.must C.could D.needed

7.A.house B.coat C.feather D.present

8.A.came up B.came in C.came down D.came along

9.A.buy B.give C.lend D.steal

10.A.sorry B.pleased C.angry D.sad

11.A.buy B.rob C.sell D.have

12.A.Because B.As C.Because of D.To

13.A.jumped B.walked C.swam D.ran

14.A.quickly B.hardly C.seriously D.carefully

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

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Once upon a time, there were two birds, Anderson and Johnson. They were brothers and lived in a forest. Anderson lived near a cave(洞穴) where some robbers(强盗) lived. Johnson lived near the house of a kind old man.

One day, a hunter(猎人) came to the forest. Unluckily, he lost his way and didn't know where he was. He was very tired, so he sat down under a tree that was near a cave. At that time, he heard someone shouting, “Hurry up! There's someone sitting under the tree. Come and take his money！” The hunter was startled(惊吓) by the voice. He looked up and saw a big brown bird in the tree. He also saw some people coming out of the cave. He quickly stood up and ran away as fast as he could.

Soon, he came to the place where the kind old man lived. He saw a big tree and sat down to have a rest. However, he heard a friendly voice saying, “Welcome, sir. Please come in and make yourself at home.” The hunter looked up and saw another big brown bird in the tree. He was surprised. “This one looks just like the other bird near the cave，” he said.

“He is my brother, sir，” said the bird. “He made friends with those robbers.” Just then, the old man came out of his house. “Welcome, sir，” he said to the hunter. “Please come in and make yourself at home.” The hunter told the old man about the two birds he met and how different they were. The old man smiled and said,　 “One takes the behavior of one's company(近朱者赤，近墨者黑)．”

1.Anderson lived ________.

A.near the robbers' cave B.in a tree with Johnson

C.near the house of a kind old man D.in a small　 village near the forest

2.The hunter was surprised to see Johnson because ________.

A.Johnson knew him B.Johnson shouted at him

C.Johnson looked like Anderson D.the hunter didn't like Johnson

3.We can infer(推断) from the story that ________.

A.Johnson is stronger than Anderson

B.the hunter wanted to catch the two birds

C.the old man kept those two birds as pets

D.a man will be similar to those he lives with

4.The best title for the passage is “________”.

A.An Unlucky Hunter B.The Story of Two Birds

C.A Bird and an Old Man D.A Bird and Some Robbers

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Once upon a time, there were three tortoises who were friends. One of them was a large tortoise (乌龟),one was a medium-sized tortoise and the third was a small tortoise.

One day they went into a restaurant and ordered some cakes. While they were waiting for the cakes, they remembered that they didn't bring any money. "Hey, we forgot to bring money to pay for our cake," the big tortoise said.

"The little tortoise can go home and get it," the medium-sized tortoise said. "He's the youngest,so he should be the one to go."

The little tortoise wasn't very pleased at this, but he knew he shouldn't argue with his elders, so he said, "All right, I'll go. But you must promise not to eat my cake while I'm away."

The large tortoise and the medium-sized tortoise agreed, and the little tortoise set off for home to get some money.

A few hours later, the big tortoise said to the medium-sized tortoise, "Let's eat the little tortoise's cake. I'm hungry again."

"So am I," the medium-sized tortoise said, and reached for the cake. As she did so, the little tortoise shouted from near the door of the restaurant, "If you touch my cake, I won't go and get the money!"

1.The three tortoises _____.

A. didn't know each other　　 B. knew each other　　 C. were very poor

2.The three tortoises found they didn't take money with them _______.

A. when they were ordering the cake　　 B. after they ate up the cake

C. after they ordered the cake

3.The little tortoise _____.

A. didn't mind getting the money　　 B. agreed to get the money

C. wanted to share his cake

4.The little tortoise ______.

A. didn't go very far after a few hours.　　 B. The little tortoise came back very quickly.

C. The little tortoise believed in the other two tortoises.

5.The two elders decided to eat the little tortoise's cake because _____.

A. they felt hungry again　　 B. the cake was so nice to eat

C. they were angry with the little tortoise

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Once upon a time，a hippo （河马）lived in a river next to a big tree．

One day，a bird came and nested （筑巢）in the tree．The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy （羡慕）that he couldn’t think of anything else．Every day he would think why he wasn’t born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so lucky to be so big and such a good swimmer．

Finally，the hippo made up his mind that he would come out of the river，climb the tree and start singing．However，when he tried to climb the tree，it was very clear that the hippo didn’t have wings，nor claws to climb with．

Realizing that he would never climb up the tree，he angrily hit the tree until it came crashing to the ground．Then he stepped onto the leaves of the fallen tree，and began singing．

Unfortunately，hippos can’t sing，either．All that came from his mouth were terrible noises，and when the other animals heard this，they all came around to make fun of the hippo．

He was so ashamed by this．He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over．He used all his strength to raise the tree back up again，and look after it until it completely recovered．（康复）．

1.The hippo envied the bird because　　　 ．

A. he could fly high

B. he could build a nest

C. he could sing well

D. he could live in the tree

2.After reading this passage，we know　　　 ．

A. the writer is telling us a true story

B. the story happened on an autumn day

C. the bird thought he was luckier than the hippo

D. the hippo tried to do something against his nature．

3.The hippo in this story　　　 ．

A. was happy all the time

B. did not respect his friends

C. liked to talk a lot but did nothing

D. corrected his mistake when he realized it

4.From the passage，we can infer（推断） that the hippo would　　　 after such an experience．

A. be a good singer

B. be good at climbing trees

C. stop envying the bird

D. not make friends with other animals

5.The best title of this passage may be“　　　 ”．

A. The hippo that wished to sing

B. The tree that was knocked over

C. The bird that wished to swim

D. The animals that were in high spirits．

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Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl called Cinderella.Her mother died and Cinderella's father had a new wife, who only loved her two ugly daughters.A handsome prince wanted to find a wife and invited all the girls to a dance.The ugly sisters had beautiful clothes but Cinderella stayed at home in the kitchen.A fairy(仙女）helped Cinderella and used magic to give her pretty clothes and a carriage（四轮马车） to go to the dance, but told her to leave at midnight because the magic would end by then.The prince liked Cinderella a lot and danced with her.Then the clock started ringing 12 p.m.and Cinderella ran out of the hall, leaving one glass shoe behind.

The prince wanted the lovely girl to be his wife.He walked around town with the shoe trying to find her.The ugly sisters wanted to marry the prince and tried to put the shoe on, but their feet were like elephants'.Then the prince asked Cinderella to try.The mother and ugly sisters laughed, but they stopped when the shoe went on Cinderella's foot.The prince made Cinderella his wife, and they lived happily ever after.

1. Cinderella's mother cannot help her because she ____.

A.was poor　　　 　　　　 B. was dead

C.hates Cinderella　　 D.was rich

2.Cinderella stayed at home because ____.

A.she hated dances

B.her sisters were ugly

C.she had no nice clothes

D.She didn’t like the prince

3. Her clothes were ____.

A.magic

B.very old

C.a present from her sisters

D.a present from her stepmother(继母）

4.At midnight Cinderella ____.

A.turned into an ugly girl　　　　 B.hurried home

C.noticed the prince　　　　　　　　 D.She stayed in the hall

5.The ugly sisters had ____.

A.animal feet　　　　 B.smelly feet

C.big feet　 　　　　 D.small feet

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Once upon a time, there lived a farmer called Smith. He became a1._________ (complete) different person after an accident happened last year. He didn’t like to share things 2._______ others.

One day, Smith’s friend Maggie succeeded in 3._________ (plant) a new kind of apple tree. So she invited him 4.__________ (visit) her farm. Soon, Smith went to the farm and met Maggie. They had lunch together and talked 5.__________ the apple tree. Before Smith left, Maggie gave him a young apple tree. Smith felt very happy. When he got home, he planted it in a small pot (盆) and put it in a corner. He did so 6._________ he didn’t want anyone to see it. But 7.________ sunlight, the tree soon died.

Later, Maggie asked him why he planted the tree in such a poor place.

“What’s the difference?” the farmer said 8. _________ (anger). “If I planted it near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If I planted it in my field, my neighbour would come and steal 9.________ (it) fruit.”

“Yes,” said Maggie, “but at least someone could enjoy 10.________ fruit. Now you not only got nothing, but also destroyed (毁掉) a good apple tree.”

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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

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Once upon a time， there was an old woman who lived in a small house. She planted a lot of beautiful tulips (郁金香) in her garden.

One night，the sounds of sweet singing and of babies laughing woke her up. She looked out of the window. The sounds seemed to come from the tulips， but she could see nothing.

The next morning she walked among her flowers， but there were no signs of anyone having been there the night before.

On the following night she was again wakened (弄醒) by the sounds of sweet singing and babies laughing. She got out of bed and walked softly into her garden. The old woman looked closely and she noticed that a fairy (精灵) mother was singing softly， and that in each tulip-cup was a little fairy baby， laughing and playing.

The old woman went back to her house quietly. From then on， she never picked a tulip. She didn’t allow her neighbours to pick the flowers， either. When the old woman died， all the tulips disappeared overnight. But her grave (坟墓) looked beautiful， because the fairies sang above it and kept it green.

1题判断句子正(T)误(F)，2题完成句子，3、4题简略回答问题，5题把划线部分的句子译成汉语。

1.The fairy mother danced around the tulips at night.

2.Every little fairy baby was ________________________________________________in each tulip-cup when the woman saw them.

3.Were there any signs of anyone having been there the night before?

________________________________________________

4.What happened to the tulips after the old woman died?

________________________________________________

5.________________________________________________

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Once there was a parrot on sale in a pet store. It was a beautiful red and blue bird. It sat on a perch in the middle of the store, so that everyone could see it when they came in. The owner was very proud（自豪的） of it and asked a high price for it.

One day a man went into the store. “That's a beautiful bird,” he said to the pet store owner, “But why is it so expensive? Is it unusual（不同寻常的） bird?” “No, it's not very unusual. It's expensive because it can talk,” the pet store owner said.

“I see. How can I make it talk?” the man asked.

The pet store owner asked him, “Do you see those string tied to each of the bird's legs?”

“Yes,” the man answered.

“Well, you pull（拉） those strings（绳子）,” the pet store owner told him. “That will make the parrot talk.”

The man asked, “Do you mind（介意） if I try?”

“Not at all,” the pet store owner said.

The man walked up to the parrot and pulled the string on its left leg. The parrot said, “Good morning.” The man pulled the string on the parrot's right leg. This time the parrot said, “How are you today?”

　　　 “That's not very interesting,” said the man. “Any parrot could do that.” Then he laughed, “But what would happen if I pulled both strings at the same time?”

“I'll fall off my perch, you fool!” the parrot said.

1.The parrot was expensive because________.

A. it was pretty beautiful

B. it could talk with the people

C. it was a very unusual bird　

D. it was in the middle of the store

2.The parrot would talk when _________.

A. people came into the pet store

B. it was the pet store owner

C. people said it was beautiful　

D. people pulled the strings on its legs

3. Which is the first sentences that the parrot said to the man?

A. Good morning.　

B. How are you?

C. That's wasn't interesting.

D. I'll fall off my perch, you fool.

4. From the story we know the parrot was_______.

A. kind　　　 B. silly　　 C. clever　　 D. crazy

5.The best title for the passage should be “_________”.

A. Unusual Parrot　　 B. Parrot Talk　　　 C. Silly man　　 D. Clever Owner

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 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

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