Several days ago, I went to my aunt’s home an...

Several days ago, I went to my aunt’s home and saw my cousin who is studying English linguistics in a college. He showed me his learning materials. Here are two pages of it.

Now I know at some point in history, the meanings of some common words that we see every day meant something much different. The English language is developing (发展) all the time.

1.When did “nice” come to mean “shy and nervous”?

A. In the late 12th century. B. In the 13th century.

C. During the 14th century. D. In the 18thcentury.

2.The underlined word “these” refers to (指代) the following except (除了) that _____.

A. a loved one passes away

B. we expect too much progress in an exam

C. the store is out of our favourite drink

D. we have eaten too much food at dinner

3.The purpose (目的) of the passage is to tell us 　　　　 .

A. the meanings of all words are different at some point in history

B. my cousin learns English well because of his learning materials

C. we should know about all the different meanings of words in history

D. the meanings of some words are changing because language is developing

八年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Several days ago, while I got online, my cousin’s QQ head popped out(弹出). We hadn’t seen each other for a few months, so I decided to start a talk with her. My cousin is studying in a college of our city. Her hobby is surfing the Internet. Every time I am on the computer, she is always online, listening to music or decorating her “personal space”. I like visiting her space. It’s creative and modern. I can’t design such a colorful web page as hers.

When I read the sentences she sent to me, I noticed that the Chinese characters had been changed, but I could still guess their meanings. I took a strong interest in this type of new characters. Further watching made me realize that they added some common Chinese radicals(部首) to the original characters, making them more vivid（生动）, a little like Japanese. My cousin said this gives new life to the Chinese language and culture.

It is true that the Internet has reinvented our language, but I still can’t accept this new change. Some Chinese characters have meanings in the shapes; one shouldn’t superficially （浅薄地）change them by adding an additional radical. So I advised my cousin to change her new idea and use standard characters to communicate. And she willingly accepted my advice.

1.The author’s cousin was a(n) ________.

A．engineer B．teacher C．model D．student

2.The author would like to visit his cousin’s space _________.

A．because he wants to design a web page

B．because the music is well worth listening to

C．because it is very creative and modern

D．because it is the best one on the Internet

3.The second paragraph mainly tells us that ________.

A．the Internet may have changed the Chinese characters

B．all the Chinese people have learned a lot from the Internet

C．the QQ message online is very useful to everyone

D．the writer doesn’t like send QQ messages

4.The underlined word “reinvented” in the passage means “_________”.

A．摧毁 B．改良 C．发现 D．生产

5.We can learn from this passage that _________.

A．the writer is a teacher in a college

B．the writer can design a creative webpage

C．the Chinese characters have been changed into Japanese

D．the writer thinks people shouldn’t change our languages.

八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Several days ago, while I got online, my cousin’s QQ head popped out(弹出). We hadn’t seen each other for a few months, so I decided to start a talk with her. My cousin is studying in a college of our city. Her hobby is surfing the Internet. Every time I am on the computer, she is always online, listening to music or decorating her “personal space”. I like visiting her space. It’s creative and modern. I can’t design such a colorful web page as hers.

When I read the sentences she sent to me, I noticed that the Chinese characters had been changed, but I could still guess their meanings. I took a strong interest in this type of new characters. Further watching made me realize that they added some common Chinese radicals(部首) to the original characters, making them more vivid（生动）, a little like Japanese. My cousin said this gives new life to the Chinese language and culture.

It is true that the Internet has reinvented our language, but I still can’t accept this new change. Some Chinese characters have meanings in the shapes; one shouldn’t superficially （浅薄地）change them by adding an additional radical. So I advised my cousin to change her new idea and use standard characters to communicate. And she willingly accepted my advice.

1.The author’s cousin was a(n) ________.

A. engineer　　　　 B. teacher　　　　　 C. model　　　　　　 D. student

2.The author would like to visit his cousin’s space _________.

A. because he wants to design a web page

B. because the music is well worth listening to

C. because it is very creative and modern

D. because it is the best one on the Internet

3.The second paragraph mainly tells us that ________.

A. the Internet may have changed the Chinese characters

B. all the Chinese people have learned a lot from the Internet

C. the QQ message online is very useful to everyone

D. the writer doesn’t like send QQ messages

4.The underlined word “reinvented” in the passage means “_________”.

A. 摧毁　　　　　 B.改良　　　　 C. 发现　　　 D.生产

5.We can learn from this passage that _________.

A. the writer is a teacher in a college

B. the writer can design a creative webpage

C. the Chinese characters have been changed into Japanese

D. the writer thinks people shouldn’t change our languages.

八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

My cousin is going to take piano lessons ________.

A. two days ago B. last week C. every day D. next week

八年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Four students are talking about May Day Holiday.

Li Yufang: I went to Xiangyang with my cousin. We visited the ancient city of Xiangyang. We ate the most famous Xiangyang Beef Noodles. Xiangyang is a beautiful city with the history of more than 2,800 years. I like it very much. We stayed there for two days.

Zhang Xin: My parents took me to Beijing by plane. We visited the Great Wall, the Bird’s Nest and the Palace Museum. We had planned to visit the Beijing Expo, but the tickets were too difficult to buy. My parents said they would take me there this summer.

Liu Liang: My uncle and aunt work in Shanghai. I took a train to visit them with my sister. They took us to Shanghai Disneyland. It opened on June 16th, 2016, It is the sixth Disney Theme (主题) park in the world. It is different from the others.

Wang Lan: My father drove me to Hainan Province, It’s in the south part of our country. The weather there is pretty good. We stayed in Haikou for a short rest and then we drove on to Sanya. There, we found many beautiful beaches.

1.Li Yufang visited Xiangyang with her _　　　　　　　 _ on May Day Holiday.

A. father B. uncle C. cousin D. sister

2.Liu Liang’s uncle and aunt work in　　　　　 .

A. Xiangyang B. Beijing C. Shanghai D. Haikou

3.Zhang Xin couldn’t visit　　　　　　　　　　 _ with his parents during the holiday.

A. the Great Wall B. the Palace Museum

C. the Bird’s Nest D. the Beijing Expo

4.Wang Lan went to Sanya 　　　　　　　 .

A. by car B. by ship C. by train D. by plane

5.Choose the TRUE sentence of the following according to the passage.

A. Li Yufang stayed in Xiangyang for three days.

B. Wang Lan’s father drove her to Sanya without rest.

C. Liu Liang and her sister went to visit their parents by train.

D. Zhang Xin will go to Beijing again with his parents this summer.

八年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

One Christmas Day, I went to visit my grandma. I was sad b_____my cousin had told me that there was no Santa Claus. I asked my grandma and she answered the s______ way my cousin did. Grandma asked me to put on my coat and we left. As we walked through the door of a store, Grandma handed me $10 and said, “B______something for someone who needs it.” I just stood there, wondering what to buy, and w______ to buy for. At last, I thought about Bobbie Decker. I would buy h_______a coat.

That evening, Grandma helped me p_____ the coat and write, “To Bobbie, from Santa Claus” on a card. Then we d______ to his house. Grandma parked down the street, and hid(藏) in the bushes by his house. Then she said, “All right, Santa Claus, get going.”

I rushed to his front d______, and put the present down on his s______. I rang his doorbell and then rushed back to the bushes. The door opened, and there stood Bobbie.

Fifty years later I still r______ that night. I realized that those stories about Santa Claus were not true, but Santa Claus was alive and good. We are on his team.

八年级英语单词拼写困难题查看答案及解析

One day Tom and Bill went out for a walk. On the road they saw a lot of people and went up to have a look. Oh dear! There was a cow in the middle of the road. It would not move. The cars and buses couldn't get past. Then a policeman came.

"Whose cow is this?" He asked. "It's mine,” said a farmer, "but I can't move it.”

The policeman and the farmer did their best to move the cow, but it would not move.

Tom and Bill laughed, but the drivers of cars and buses were worried." We can't move the cow, “the farmer and the policeman said. “What shall we do?"

“Give him a cabbage!” Tom said. “That’s a good idea.” said the farmer. Soon he found a cabbage and showed it to the cow. When the cow saw the cabbage, it walked after the farmer at once. All the cars and buses could get past at last.

1.Tom went out for a walk___________________.

A.with a group of people B.with Bill

C.with a farmer D.all by himself

2.The cow was ___________________.

A.on the way to work B.the strongest animal

C.in the middle of the road D.pleased to see so many people

3.Tom and Bill_________________________.

A.helped to move away the cow

B.waited for the trucks to get past first

C.were sad to see the cow was hungry

D.went up and saw a cow in the middle of the road

4.Why were the drivers of cars and buses worried?

A.Because they couldn't get past.

B.Because they couldn't move the cow.

C.Because Tom and Bill laughed.

D.Because the policeman didn't do anything.

5.From the story we can see that ____________________.

A.Tom was clever B.The drivers are clever

C.the cow was clever D.the farmer and the policeman are clever

八年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

— Where did you ____ three days ago?

— I ____ to Shanghai with my father.

A. went; went　　 B. go; went　　 C. went; go　　 D. go; go

八年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

One evening I went to have dinner with my uncle and aunt. They had 　l invited another person, a young woman, so that there would be four people at 2　 . Her face was familiar (面熟的). I was quite 　3 　that we had met 4 , but I could not 　5 　where I had seen her face. In the course of the talk, however, the young woman 　6 　to tell us that she had lost her purse the other day. All at once I remembered where I had seen her face. She was just the young girl in the photo in the purse I had picked up while walking down the street that afternoon, although she looked much older. She was 　7 　, of course, when I was 　8 　to describe her purse to her. Then I explained (解释) that I had recognized (认出) her from the photo I had found in the purse. My uncle insisted on going to the police station immediately to fetch the purse.

　As the policeman handed it 　9 , he said I had found not 　10 　the purse, but the person who had lost it.

八年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

I saw an accident on my way to the college three days ago.

I was waiting for the bus at the but stop. When the bus came, I got on the bus and sat on the window side. The bus started to move. After about five minutes, the bus stopped to wait for the signal(信号灯). I looked outside and saw an old man crossing the road. There were not many people on the road. A boy was riding a motorbike very fast form my side. It seemed that he did not see the signal. When the boy took notice of the old man, he tried to slow down his motorbike but there was no time. He collided with the old man very badly. The old man was thrown far away The boy also fell down. His head hit the road but it was saved because of his helmet(头盔). Both of them lay in the pool of blood. Many people gathered(聚集) around them and gave their ideas. I got afraid because I saw the whole accident. Then a woman stopped and called the ambulance( 救护车 ). It came quickly and rushed them to hospital.

The next day I read the newspaper. The old man died in the ambulance but the boy was saved in time. This was the most terrible accident I saw ever in my life.

1.Where did the writer see the accident?

A．In the college.

B．On the way home.　

C．At the bus stop.

D．On the way to the college.

2.What was the old man doing when the accident happened?

A．He was crossing the road.

B．He was getting on the bus.

C．he was waiting for the signal.

D．He was talking with the writer.

3.What does the underlined word “collide” mean in Chinese?

A．拥抱 B．分离 C．碰撞 D．观察

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A．The bus stopped because it was broken.

B．The accident happened three days ago.

C．The writer helped them call the ambulance.

D．Both the old man and the boy died in the accident.

5.Which is the best title(标题)for the passage?

A．A Nice Woman

B．A Terrible Accident I saw

C．How to Help People

D．What to Do When You Meet an Accident

八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析