Here is an interview with a painter. Read and choose the best.
Reporter:Mr Shum, you were one of Taiwan’s most outstanding youths last year. Why was that?
Mr Shum:Well, I can tell you that there are two reasons.First, I am a painter. Second, and more important reason is I am handicapped﹙残疾的﹚。I have no arms and only one leg.
Reporter:Well, how do you paint then if you’ve got no arms? Do you use your foot?
Mr Shum:Hah! For some handicapped people, it’s true and they are able to use their feet.No,I use my mouth. I put my paintbrush or my crayons or pencils or whatever I am using in my mouth. I hold it firmly in my teeth and paint or draw like that. It was a little strange for me at first, but it quickly became very easy.
Reporter:I know you feel that you are first a painter and only secondly that you are a disablbed person, but can we talk first about your handicap?
Mr Shum:Well,in fact I think of myself firstly as a person, secondly as a painter and thirdly as someone with a physical handicap. Can I say that I am not happy with the word “handicapped”?
I am a popular painter because my paintings are good, not because they were painted by a handicapped person. “handicapped”means you can’t do anything. It is difficult for me to do some things like getting dressed.
Reporter: Were you born with your handicap?
Mr Shum:No. An accident happened to me when I was 15 years old.After that I became depressed﹙沮丧﹚and even tried to end my life, but my mother was always there for me.
1.Mr Shum is a painter who has no ____.
A.mouth B.teeth C.feet D.arms
2.Mr Shum thinks himself first as ____.
A.a person B.a painter C.a hit D.a star
3.He doesn’t like the word“handicapped”because it suggests ______.
A.he can do anything
B.there are some things he can’t do
C.there are somethings he can do very well
D.he doesn’t want others to look him down
4.What does the underlined word“firmly”in this passage mean?
A.紧紧地 B.随意地 C.缓缓地 D.轻轻地
5.What can we learn from Mr Shum’s story?
A.Comfort in living by painting
B.Pleasure of living with a brave mother
C.Help gives people happiness.
D.What really matters is how you face it.
八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题
Here is an interview with a painter. Read and choose the best.
Reporter:Mr Shum, you were one of Taiwan’s most outstanding youths last year. Why was that?
Mr Shum:Well, I can tell you that there are two reasons.First, I am a painter. Second, and more important reason is I am handicapped﹙残疾的﹚。I have no arms and only one leg.
Reporter:Well, how do you paint then if you’ve got no arms? Do you use your foot?
Mr Shum:Hah! For some handicapped people, it’s true and they are able to use their feet.No,I use my mouth. I put my paintbrush or my crayons or pencils or whatever I am using in my mouth. I hold it firmly in my teeth and paint or draw like that. It was a little strange for me at first, but it quickly became very easy.
Reporter:I know you feel that you are first a painter and only secondly that you are a disablbed person, but can we talk first about your handicap?
Mr Shum:Well,in fact I think of myself firstly as a person, secondly as a painter and thirdly as someone with a physical handicap. Can I say that I am not happy with the word “handicapped”?
I am a popular painter because my paintings are good, not because they were painted by a handicapped person. “handicapped”means you can’t do anything. It is difficult for me to do some things like getting dressed.
Reporter: Were you born with your handicap?
Mr Shum:No. An accident happened to me when I was 15 years old.After that I became depressed﹙沮丧﹚and even tried to end my life, but my mother was always there for me.
1.Mr Shum is a painter who has no ____.
A.mouth B.teeth C.feet D.arms
2.Mr Shum thinks himself first as ____.
A.a person B.a painter C.a hit D.a star
3.He doesn’t like the word“handicapped”because it suggests ______.
A.he can do anything
B.there are some things he can’t do
C.there are somethings he can do very well
D.he doesn’t want others to look him down
4.What does the underlined word“firmly”in this passage mean?
A.紧紧地 B.随意地 C.缓缓地 D.轻轻地
5.What can we learn from Mr Shum’s story?
A.Comfort in living by painting
B.Pleasure of living with a brave mother
C.Help gives people happiness.
D.What really matters is how you face it.
八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Here is an interview with a painter. Read and choose the best.
Reporter: Mr. Shum, you were one of Taiwan’s most outstanding youths last year. Why was that?
Mr. Shum: Well, I can tell you that there are two reasons. First, I am a painter. Second, and more important reason is I am handicapped﹙残疾的﹚. I have no arms and only one leg.
Reporter: Well, how do you paint then if you’ve got no arms? Do you use your foot?
Mr. Shum: Hah! For some handicapped people, it’s true and they are able to use their feet. No, I use my mouth. I put my paintbrush or my crayons or pencils or whatever I am using in my mouth. I hold it firmly in my teeth and paint or draw like that. It was a little strange for me at first, but it quickly became very easy.
Reporter: I know you feel that you are first a painter and only secondly that you are a disabled person, but can we talk first about your handicap?
Mr. Shum: Well, in fact I think of myself firstly as a person, secondly as a painter and thirdly as someone with a physical handicap. Can I say that I am not happy with the word “handicapped”? I am a popular painter because my paintings are good, not because they were painted by a handicapped person. “handicapped” means you can’t do anything. It is difficult for me to do some things like getting dressed.
Reporter: Were you born with your handicap?
Mr. Shum: No. An accident happened to me when I was 15 years old. After that I became depressed﹙沮丧﹚and even tried to end my life, but my mother was always there for me.
1.Mr. Shum is a painter who has no ____.
A. mouth B. teeth C. feet D. arms
2.Mr. Shum thinks himself first as ____.
A. a person B. a painter
C. a hit D. a star
3.He doesn’t like the word “handicapped” because it suggests ______.
A. he can do anything
B. there are some things he can’t do
C. there are something he can do very well
D. he doesn’t want others to look him down
4.What does the underlined word “firmly” in this passage mean?
A.紧紧地 B.随意地
C.缓缓地 D.轻轻地
5.What can we learn from Mr. Shum’s story?
A. Comfort in living by painting.
B. Pleasure of living with a brave mother.
C. Help gives people happiness.
D. What really matters is how you face it
八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Here’s an advertisement from the newspaper．Read and choose the right answer to each
question．
WANTED: BABYSITED
Do you like children? Do you have free time in the afternoon? We need a babysitter for our son. He is six years old. Hours are Monday to Friday, 3.00p.m. to 6.00p.m. Sometimes you will work at the weekend. Pay is S10 per hour.
For the job, you will:
*Watch our son
*Read to him
*play with him
*You will work at our house. We live in London, near 10 Downing Street.
Please call (020)296—8956. Ask for Miss Smith
1.Which of these sentences is true?
A．Pay is more at weekends．
B．The babysitter must work six days a week．
C．The person must call Mr. Smith first．
D．The child is less than nine years old．
2.The best babysitter for the job
A．cannot read storybooks
B．is busy on Wednesday afternoon
C．wants $15 per hour
D．enjoys playing with children
八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Here’s an advertisement from the newspaper. Read and choose the right answer to each question.
| WANTED: BABYSITER Do you like children? Do you have free time in the afternoon? We need a babysitter for our son. He is six years old. Hours are Monday to Friday, 3.00p.m. to 6.00p.m. Sometimes you will work at the weekend. Pay is $10 per hour. For the job, you will: * Watch our son * Read to him *Play with him You will work at our house. We live in London, near 10 Downing Street. Please call (020)296-8956. Ask for Miss Smith |
1.On Friday, the babysitter will .
A. not work B. work three hours
C. earn $10 D. live in London
2.Which is not part of the job?
A. Cooking for the child
B. Working at the child’s house
C. Reading books to the child
D. Taking care of the child
3.The babysitter must
A. go to the person’s office
B. drive a car to work
C. work every Saturday and Sunday.
D. play with the child
4.Which of these sentences is true?
A. Pay is more at weekends.
B. The babysitter must work six days a week.
C. The person must call Mr Smith first.
D. The child is less than nine years old.
5.The best babysitter for the job
A. cannot read storybooks.
B. is busy on Wednesday afternoon.
C. wants $15 per hour.
D. enjoys playing with children
八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Here is an examination（考试）notice. Mrs. Dickson gave it to her students last week. Read it and answer the questions.
Examinations start on June 22 and end on June 23.
◆The time for each of the subject is:
English June 22 9:30 A.M.－ 10:30 A.M.
Math June 22 11:00 A.M.－ 12:00 A.M.
History June 22 2:30 P.M.－ 3:30 P.M.
PE June 23 8:00 A.M. － 10:00 A.M.
Music June 23 1:00 P.M. － 3:00 P.M.
◆For the PE test, go to the playground. For the music test, go to the Piano Room. All else are written(书面) tests. Teachers will hold the written tests in classroom 3.
◆No student can get into the examination room more than 15 minutes after the exam starts.
◆No food or drink during ANY test.
◆No dictionaries during the English exam.
◆Wear pants and sports shoes for the PE exam.
◆If you have questions, go to the Teacher’ s Office before the tests.
1. Who could not take the English exam?
A. Nancy. She wore her sports shoes on June 22.
B. Richard. He did not have breakfast before the exam.
C. Wendy. She forgot to take an English dictionary with her.
D. Tony. He went to school at 9:50 on the morning of June 22.
2. When will teachers hold the written tests?
A. Only on the morning of June 22.
B. Only on the morning of June 23.
C. On the morning and afternoon of June 22.
D. On the morning and afternoon of June 23.
3. On the morning of June 23, what should Helen, a student of Class 3 get ready for?
A. Food and drinks. Because there is no food and drinks during any test.
B. Dictionary. Because she isn’t good at English.
C. Pants and sports shoes. Because there will be a PE exam.
D. Nothing. Because all the exams ended.
八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The interviewer is having________ interview with________18-year-old girl.
A.a; a B.an; a C.a; an D.an; an
八年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析
Look! The reporter from CCTV is having an interview ______ Mr Zhou.
A. on B. in C. to D. with
八年级英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (首字母填空):
An arctic fox walked 2,700 miles from Norway to Canada. Yes, that’s p1..
At first, the scientists w2. whether it was a mistake.
Just 21 days after leaving the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, an arctic fox had arrived in Greenland. And in less than three months, it made it to Canada. The fox averaged (平均) nearly 30 miles a day t3. it walked almost 100 miles some days.
"When it started h4., we thought ‘is this really true?' "said Arnaud Tarroux, one of the scientists who tracked (追踪)the female fox. Was there "an error (错误) in the data?"
The data was real, the scientists decided as the fox kept going. The foxes 'travels last year, recorded in a recent paper, surprised Tarroux, even though the animal is known for its a5.to live in extremely cold areas.
Scientists already knew that some of the foxes, native to Arctic areas all around the Northern Hemisphere(北半球), made long j6.. But the fox these scientists followed got more attention for just how fast it travelled more than 2,700 miles.
"We didn't really know how the fox would do that and how long it would take for it to do this kind of trip," Tarroux said.
The scientists think the fox may have taken off because there was not enough food for it, but they're not sure. The tracker (追踪器) stopped working in February, so the scientists no l7. know the place where the fox is.
八年级英语单词填空困难题查看答案及解析
An old farmer lived with his grandson. Each morning, the ______ got up early and read his Bhagavad Gita(薄伽梵歌).
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the book like you, but I can’t understand it, and I forget it easily. What’s the ______ of reading it?"
The grandfather said, "Take this coal(煤炭)basket down to the _______and bring me back a basket of water.”
The boy did as his grandfather said, but all the water ran ______ he got home. The grandfather laughed, "You have to move faster next time.”
This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty. He told his grandfather that it was ______ to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead, but the old man said, "I just want a basket of water. You’re not ______ hard enough.”
The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the basket into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said______, “Look, Grandpa, it’s useless! ”
"Watch the basket,” said the grandfather.
For the first time the boy found the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a ______ one, inside and out.
“Boy, you might not understand or remember ______ when you read the book, but when you read it, you will be ______, inside and out. That’s what you get from it.”
1.A.son B.father C.grandfather D.grandmother
2.A.time B.place C.use D.habit
3.A.house B.beach C.bridge D.river
4.A.if B.because C.until D.before
5.A.difficult B.interesting C.possible D.popular
6.A.playing B.trying C.jumping D.studying
7.A.sadly B.hopefully C.shyly D.carefully
8.A.white B.clean C.small D.long
9.A.somebody B.something C.anybody D.everything
10.A.different B.relaxed C.serious D.worried
八年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words
What is life? It is like a game in which you are playing with f1. balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.
But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of g2.. If you drop one of these, they will break. They will never be the same. You must understand that and try to have balance in your life. How?
Don’t look on your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different and each of us is s3..
Don’t let other people set goals for you. Only you know what is best for yourself.
Don’t give up when you still have something to give. N4. is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don’t be afraid of difficulties. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible. The quickest way to r5. love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Don’t run t6. life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless. It’s a treasure (珍宝) you can always carry easily.
Don’t use time or words carelessly. You can’t get them back. Yesterday is h7., tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift: that’s why we call it “the p8.”. Life is not a competition, but a trip, step by step.
八年级英语单词填空中等难度题查看答案及解析