When my daughter was in primary school, she brought home four small twigs（嫩枝）one day. Her school gave these twigs to the students to plant. None of them looked very hardy, but with hope for the future, I planted them in our backyard. Over the years, because of an accident with the lawnmower（割草机）and poor soil, three of them died. Only one survived. It grew crooked（弯弯曲曲的）and very slowly. It never got very tall. In the end, it looked more like a fat bush than a tree. A few years ago, I noticed that it was starting to die. The lower branches were becoming bare（秃的）.Only the top third of the tree was still green. Last summer I did my best to save it by feeding it a lot of fertilizer（肥料), but it didn’t work.
Later one morning, I went out and looked at it again. I was wondering whether it would be better to just cut it down. It would make mowing the lawn easier. As I walked over to take a closer look at it, however, I noticed something moving within the leaves. It was a robin（知更鸟）patiently building a nest in the topmost branches. I smiled when I looked at it. I thought maybe this old tree was still useful. It might not be healthy or pretty, but it was still giving a bird a home. This tree made me know that all of our lives have purpose. It doesn’t matter if we are young and strong of old and sickly. Until our last breath, we have things to do, love to give, and joy to share.
We can help to make this world a better and more beautiful place.
1.What made the three trees die, according to the writer?
A.The grew out of small and hardly twig.
B.The daughter didn’t plant them correctly.
C.The soil around them was not rich.
D.There was no sunlight in the backyard.
2.What did the only remaining tree look like a few years ago?
A.It was straight and tall.
B.It grew fat very quickly.
C.It looked like a bird's nest.
D.There were not many leaves on it.
3.The underlined word “topmost” in Paragraph 2 mean __________ in Chinese.
A.顶端的 B.侧面的 C.最多的 D.高级的
4.What might the writer do with the tree later?
A.He might cut it down.
B.He might leave it as it is.
C.He might build more nests on it.
D.He might take away some of its leaves.
5.In the story, the writer aims to tell us that_____.
A.we should take care of animals and plants
B.we are living in a beautiful world
C.every living thing has its own purpose
D.we should work hard until our last breath
八年级英语阅读单选中等难度题
When my daughter was in primary school, she brought home four small twigs（嫩枝）one day. Her school gave these twigs to the students to plant. None of them looked very hardy, but with hope for the future, I planted them in our backyard. Over the years, because of an accident with the lawnmower（割草机）and poor soil, three of them died. Only one survived. It grew crooked（弯弯曲曲的）and very slowly. It never got very tall. In the end, it looked more like a fat bush than a tree. A few years ago, I noticed that it was starting to die. The lower branches were becoming bare（秃的）.Only the top third of the tree was still green. Last summer I did my best to save it by feeding it a lot of fertilizer（肥料), but it didn’t work.
Later one morning, I went out and looked at it again. I was wondering whether it would be better to just cut it down. It would make mowing the lawn easier. As I walked over to take a closer look at it, however, I noticed something moving within the leaves. It was a robin（知更鸟）patiently building a nest in the topmost branches. I smiled when I looked at it. I thought maybe this old tree was still useful. It might not be healthy or pretty, but it was still giving a bird a home. This tree made me know that all of our lives have purpose. It doesn’t matter if we are young and strong of old and sickly. Until our last breath, we have things to do, love to give, and joy to share.
We can help to make this world a better and more beautiful place.
1.What made the three trees die, according to the writer?
A.The grew out of small and hardly twig.
B.The daughter didn’t plant them correctly.
C.The soil around them was not rich.
D.There was no sunlight in the backyard.
2.What did the only remaining tree look like a few years ago?
A.It was straight and tall.
B.It grew fat very quickly.
C.It looked like a bird's nest.
D.There were not many leaves on it.
3.The underlined word “topmost” in Paragraph 2 mean __________ in Chinese.
A.顶端的 B.侧面的 C.最多的 D.高级的
4.What might the writer do with the tree later?
A.He might cut it down.
B.He might leave it as it is.
C.He might build more nests on it.
D.He might take away some of its leaves.
5.In the story, the writer aims to tell us that_____.
A.we should take care of animals and plants
B.we are living in a beautiful world
C.every living thing has its own purpose
D.we should work hard until our last breath
八年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I was in primary school, I got into a big argument (争吵) with a boy in my class. I forgot what the argument was about, but I will never forget the lesson I learned that day.
I thought that I was right and he was wrong – and he thought that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson.
In the middle of her desk was a large, round ball. I could clearly see that it was black. She asked the boy what color the ball was. “White,” he answered.She brought us to the front of the class and asked him to stand on one side of her desk and me on the other.
I couldn’t believe he said the ball was white, when it was obviously (明显地) black! Another argument started between us, this time about the color of the ball.
The teacher told us to change places and then asked me what color the ball was. I answered: “White.”
It was a ball with two differently colored sides, and from his side it was white. Only from my side it was black.
Sometimes we need to look at problems from the other person’s view in order to truly understand his or her perspective (观点).
1. What happened to the writer in the beginning?
A. She fought with a boy in her class.
B. She didn’t get along with boys.
C. She had a big argument with a boy.
D. A boy tried to teach her a lesson.
2.When in the boy’s place, the writer changed her answer because _____.
A. the boy changed his answer too
B. the ball had two differently colored sides
C. she wanted to say sorry to the boy
D. the teacher said the boy was right
3.What lesson can we learn from the story?
A. Put yourself into others’ shoes.
B. Seeing is not always believing.
C. Nobody can always be right.
D. Different people have different opinions.
八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
单词拼写根据下列句子的汉语注释写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。
1. My mother_______(开车)me to school when I was in primary school.
2. Did you finish _______(缝纫) on the buttons?
3. How many_______ (语言)are there in the world?
4.I don like to watch the_______ (广告）when I watch TV.
5. My mother is much ________（苗条的）than before
6.Can you tell me the(大体的）idea of the story?
7. Some_______(读者) like reading in the library.
8.His father is one of the best _______（编辑）in his office.
9.The old man likes reading newspapers and _______（杂志）.
10.I don't like the_______（混合的）dish. It tastes too bad.
八年级英语单词拼写简单题查看答案及解析
One day, Susie was unhappy when she came home from school. “What’s the matter, my dear?” asked her mother, drawing her to her side and smiling.
“All our class must hand in compositions tomorrow. We must write 12 lines at least. But I can never write one. I’ll have to go to school without a composition, for I won’t copy one from a book, or ask you or papa to write one for me.”
“That’s right,” said her mother. “You’ll be happier with a poor composition, if it’s your own, than with a fine one written by somebody else. But cheer up. Run into the garden and play. I’ll call you in half an hour. Don’t think about your composition now. Just have a good time.”
It seemed just a few minutes to Susie before she heard her mother calling her. She went into the house immediately — her hands full of sweet flowers, and her face red with exercise.
Then her mother asked her to sit by the window with a nice piece of paper and a pencil, and write something about what she could see. “Never mind your composition; do this to please me, and we’ll talk about that later.”
Although Susie thought her mother’s request was strange, she knew she always had a good reason for everything she did. So she did as her mother requested.
As she looked out, she first saw the western sky and some bright, sunset clouds. “Oh, mother, what a sunset!”
“Don’t talk. Just write.”
The pencil began moving rapidly across the paper. She wrote about the sunset clouds, the look of the distant hills, the streets, the river, the garden with its flowers, and the birds flying past the window. She forgot all about the terrible composition!
Just as she had reached the bottom of the page, her mother came in and said with a smile, “Well, Susie, how does that composition come on?”
“Composition! You told me not to think about it, and I’ve never thought of it once. I’ve had such a nice time writing about what I could see from the window.”
Mrs. Smith took the paper and read what Susie had written. She said, “There, Susie, that’s a very nice composition, really.”
“A composition! Is that a composition?” Susie asked in surprise.
“Yes, my dear, and a very good one, too, if we find a title for it,” replied her mother. Then she added, “I’m sure it will please your teacher, as it does me. You see, it’s easy enough to write a composition if you have anything interesting to write about.”
1.Susie was unhappy when she came home because _____.
A. she was punished by her teacher
B. she couldn’t write a composition
C. she forgot to take her composition home
D. she didn’t get on well with her classmates
2.From the story we can know Susie’s mother _____.
A. had never understood her daughter
B. had never talked with Susie’s teacher
C. knew how to write a good composition
D. wrote the composition for her daughter
3.The title of Susie’s composition might be _____.
A. My Helpful Clever Mother B. The Beautiful Sights at Sunset
C. How to Please Your Teacher D. How to Have a Pleasant Time
4.What might happen the next morning?
A. Susie’s classmates would laugh at her.
B. Susie’s teacher would be angry with her.
C. Susie’s mother would ask her to stay at home.
D. Susie would hand in her composition happily.
八年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析
When the school was over, I hurried back home to see my aunt Miss Lee. She just came back from __________yesterday. Miss Lee has been in America for about one year up to now. Every time when she tells us the__________ things she has experienced in that country, she will never __________to mention one thing that happened.
Miss Lee had an American friend Alice who lived in the same neighborhood. One day she paid a visit to her home. Miss Lee saw the __________son of Alice playing with toys in the room. She walked towards the little boy and patted him on the head__________. But Alice stood aside without a word and didn’t look happy at all. Miss Lee was very embarrassed at the time but did not know what__________
It was until one month later that Miss Lee began to know the__________. In China, to pat a person gently shows one likes the person. But in America, things__________to be quite different. They feel very __________when others pat them.
The story tells us that the__________body sign may mean differently in different countries.
1.A. America B. home C. China D. house
2.A. moving B. exciting C. interesting D. embarrassing
3.A. remember B. realize C. forget D. suffer
4.A. five years old B. five years C. five year D. five-year-old
5.A. heavily B. carefully C. gently D. rudely
6.A. caused B. produced C. made D. happened
7.A. reason B. test C. result D. game
8.A. be B. is C. are D. must
9.A. unhappy B. pleasant C. wonderful D. glad
10.A. same B. different C. good D. bad
八年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
Maria is my cousin. She was a little short and heavy __ she was a primary school student. She was very____and often stayed at home and read books. She____many friends. But now she is____taller and more outgoing than before. And she has a lot of friends. She often____her friends to parties on weekends. They sing, dance and tell stories at the party. They enjoy____at the party very much. But one of her friends, Tony, didn’t come to the party last Saturday. He sent her a (an)____It said：Hi Mary, Many thanks____inviting me. I’m sorry I____visit you this weekend. I have to____my little brother on Saturday evening, because my parents will go out. I hope you’ll have a good time!
Tony
1.A. so B. after C. when D. before
2.A. outgoing B. serious C. happy D. quiet
3.A. has B. had C. doesn’t have D. didn’t have
4.A. very B. much C. too D. quite
5.A. tells B. invites C. makes D. walks
6.A. they B. them C. their D. themselves
7.A. bike B. plan C. e-mail D. invitation
8.A. for B. of C. to D. with
9.A. can B. have to C. must D. can’t
10.A. look after B. look at C. take care D. care about
八年级英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I was little, my mother began selling flowers in Camden Market. She couldn’t36me at home on my own, 37I had to go to the market with her.
38, I didn’t have to do anything. I just sat there, and my mother told me jokes and stories so I didn’t get 39.When I got older, I gave my mother a hand and I really enjoyed it.
Then one year, my grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was all about making candles and I loved it. I was 14, and I didn’t have to go to the market40because my mother could leave me at home on my own. I41my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. I made42them.
One day, my mother was ill, so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to43some candles with me and see44I could sell them. They45in 20 minutes! The next week, my mother gave me some money to buy some wax (蜡) to make more candles. They were sold out really quickly, too.
Ten months later, we decided46flowers. My mother and I couldn’t make enough candles during the week, so some of my friends started to help us. I paid them one pound47every candle, and we 48sell them for three or four times. It was fun and my friends worked with me in the market.
At the age of 22, my uncle49me some money and I opened my first shop in Portobello Road. Since then, I’ve50looked back, even in difficulties. In the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from the designer, furniture to paintings. Oh, and candles, of course.
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八年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
When I was a little boy, my mother sold flowers in London. She couldn’t me at home, so I had to go with her. As I grew older, I began to help her and I really enjoyed it.
Things changed I was 14. My grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was making candles. I loved it so much that I spent all my free time making of all shapes and sizes. I made hundreds of them.
One day, my mother was ill so I had to go to the market by . I decided to take some candles with me and see if I could sell them. To my , they were sold out in 20 minutes! The next week, my mum gave me some to buy some wax (蜡) to make more candles. They were sold out quickly, too. Nine months later, we decided to stop flowers. My mum and I couldn’t make enough candles during the week, so some of my school friends started to help us. I them one pound for every candle, and we sold them for much more money. It was very and my friends worked with me happily.
When I was 22, my uncle lent me some money and I opened my first candle shop.
1.A. leave B. stop C. give D. take
2.A. if B. when C. because D. since
3.A. for B. with C. about D. at
4.A. boxes B. candles C. kites D. matches
5.A. himself B. herself C. myself D. ourselves
6.A. surprise B. interest C. sadness D. joy
7.A. bread B. paper C. money D. drink
8.A. buying B. borrowing C. selling D. making
9.A. took B. paid C. cost D. spent
10.A. interesting B. boring C. terrible D. normal
八年级英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Fan Yi was born in Beijing in 1997. She finished her second grade of primary school(小学) in Beijing. She moved to the US with her parents__1.__ the age of 7. She has shown great __2._in birds since she was a little girl.
When Fan was studying American history at school, she read many articles(文章) about the September 11 Attacks(9.11事件). She wanted all people to live in peace with each other. Around that time, she had a(n) __3.___one night. In the dream, some birds fought（打架) with each other. Fan got an_4.____from the dream and turned it into a story. In it, she showed her idea of peace in the world.
In the future, Fan will__5.__ more books for the Swordbird series. Will she become another J.K Rowling? We are ready to read.
八年级英语单词拼写中等难度题查看答案及解析
根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空一词。
When I was in high school I met my lifelong teacher Margaret. She was a great teacher, she was always 1. (幽默的) and kind to us, and we didn’t feel 2. (紧张的) when we stayed with her.
One day, Marguerite asked us about our 3. (梦想). And I never thought about that question at that time. I was really interested in painting，but I didn’t paint very well and I always told myself it was 4. (不可能的) to be a painter. So I told Margaret that I want to be an artist. I believed painting could bring me a lot of 5. (快乐) although my poor painting never 6. (满足) me. 7. (也许)I would never have my success in the future.
The next day Margaret invited me to her house after school. I was surprised to see many famous paintings there. she said to me: “ Mike, I know you love painting, if you really love it, you should be 8. (积极的) to learn more about it, don't give up.” Then I took 9. (参与) in our school art club. And finally I went into a top university. I thanked Margaret a lot and I also felt so 10. (自豪的) of myself.
八年级英语单词填空中等难度题查看答案及解析