Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. Now there are few birds, animals, and fish.
The lake water is polluted (污染的). It is in a color of dirty brown, and it is filled with strange plants.
How does this happen? First we must think about how water gets into Lake Ponkapog. When it rains, water comes into the lake from all around. In the past there were forests all around Lake Ponkapog so the rain water was clean.
Now there are many homes around the lake. People often use chemicals (化学品) in their gardens. They use other chemicals inside their houses for cleaning or killing insects (昆虫). There are also many businesses. Businesses use chemicals in their machines or shops. Other chemicals fall onto the ground from cars or trucks. When it rains, the rain water picks up all the chemicals from homes and businesses and then carries them into the lake. They pollute the water and kill the animals.
Boats on the lake are also a problem. Lake Ponkapog is a popular place for motorboats. But oil and gas (油和汽) from boats often get into the lake. So more bad chemicals go into the water this way.
People in Hartwell are worried. They love their lake and want to save it. Will it be possible? A clean lake must have clean rainwater going into it. Clean rainwater is possible only if people are more careful about chemicals at home and at work. They must also be more careful about gas and oil and other chemicals on the ground. And they mustn't use motorboats any more on the lake. All these may change people's lives. Only then can Lake Ponkapog be a beautiful, clean lake again.
1. In the past, the water in Lake Ponkapog was made clean by ______.
A. forests B. rain C. birds D. fish
2.Chemicals from homes and businesses ______.
A. are always clean
B. can help the animals
C. are good for the lake
D. get into the rainwater
3. Cleaner rainwater will mean ______.
A. more boats on the lake
B. more dirty things in the lake
C. a cleaner lake
D. a dirtier lake
4. To save Lake Ponkapog, people need to ______.
A. be more careful about chemicals
B. use less water
C. grow fewer plants in the gardens
D. use more motorboats on the lake
5.The passage is about ______.
A. boats on Lake Ponkapog
B. why the water is dirty in Lake Ponkapog
C. clean rainwater
D. dirty lakes
八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题
Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. Now there are few birds, animals, and fish. The lake water is polluted. It is in a colour of dirty brown, and it is filled with strange plants.
How did this happen? First, we must think about how water gets into Lake Ponkapog. When it rains, water comes into the lake from all around. In the past, there were forests all round Lake Ponkapog, so the rainwater was clean.
Now there are many homes around the lake. People often use the chemicals (化学制品)in their gardens. They use other chemicals inside their houses for cleaning and killing insects. There are also many businesses. Businesses use chemicals in their machines of shops. Other chemicals fall onto the ground from cars or trucks. When it rains, the rainwater picks up all the chemicals from home and businesses and then carries them into the lake . They pollute the water and kill the animals.
Boats on the lake are also a problem. Lake Ponkapog is a popular place for motorboats（汽船）. But oil and gas from boats often get into the lake. So more bad chemicals go into the water this way.
People in Hartwell are worried . They love their lake and want to save it. Will it be possible? A clean lake must have clean rainwater going into it. Clean rainwater is possible only if people are more careful about chemicals at home and at other chemicals on the ground. And they mustn’t use motorboats any more on the lake. All these may change people’s lives. Only then can Lake Ponkapog be a beautiful, clean lake again.
1.In the past, the water in Lake Ponkapog was made clean by ________.
A．forests B．rain C．birds D．fish
2.Chemicals from homes and businesses _________.
A．are always clean B．can help the animals
C．are good for the lake D．get into the rainwater
3.Cleaner rainwater will mean _________ .
A．more boats on the lake B．more dirty things in the lake
C．a cleaner lake D．a dirty lake
4.To save Lake Ponkapog, people need to ________.
A．be more careful about chemicals B．use the water
C．grow fewer plants in the gardens D．use more motorboats on the lake
5.The passage is about ________.
A．boats on the Lake Pankapog B．why the water is dirty in Lake Ponkapog
C．clean rainwater D．dirty lakes
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Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. Now there are few birds, animals, and fish.
The lake water is polluted (污染的). It is in a color of dirty brown, and it is filled with strange plants.
How does this happen? First we must think about how water gets into Lake Ponkapog. When it rains, water comes into the lake from all around. In the past there were forests all around Lake Ponkapog so the rain water was clean.
Now there are many homes around the lake. People often use chemicals (化学品) in their gardens. They use other chemicals inside their houses for cleaning or killing insects (昆虫). There are also many businesses. Businesses use chemicals in their machines or shops. Other chemicals fall onto the ground from cars or trucks. When it rains, the rain water picks up all the chemicals from homes and businesses and then carries them into the lake. They pollute the water and kill the animals.
Boats on the lake are also a problem. Lake Ponkapog is a popular place for motorboats. But oil and gas (油和汽) from boats often get into the lake. So more bad chemicals go into the water this way.
People in Hartwell are worried. They love their lake and want to save it. Will it be possible? A clean lake must have clean rainwater going into it. Clean rainwater is possible only if people are more careful about chemicals at home and at work. They must also be more careful about gas and oil and other chemicals on the ground. And they mustn't use motorboats any more on the lake. All these may change people's lives. Only then can Lake Ponkapog be a beautiful, clean lake again.
1. In the past, the water in Lake Ponkapog was made clean by ______.
A. forests B. rain C. birds D. fish
2.Chemicals from homes and businesses ______.
A. are always clean
B. can help the animals
C. are good for the lake
D. get into the rainwater
3. Cleaner rainwater will mean ______.
A. more boats on the lake
B. more dirty things in the lake
C. a cleaner lake
D. a dirtier lake
4. To save Lake Ponkapog, people need to ______.
A. be more careful about chemicals
B. use less water
C. grow fewer plants in the gardens
D. use more motorboats on the lake
5.The passage is about ______.
A. boats on Lake Ponkapog
B. why the water is dirty in Lake Ponkapog
C. clean rainwater
D. dirty lakes
八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college in New York, I was working as a practice student at my university's Museum of Natural History. One day while I was working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was seated on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and the trunk of the human body. She was wearing a little white dress with the patterns of red roses and yellow dots.
As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼示意). As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the most beautiful, largest smile I have ever seen.
All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about. I immediately felt full of hope and confidence. She took me, a poor, unhappy college student, into her world, a world of smiles, love and warmth.
That was ten years ago, but I still remember it clearly as if it happened just yesterday. I'm a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.
1.The writer was ________ ten years ago.
A. a clerk working in a museum
B. a teacher teaching in a college
C. a worker working in a university
D. a university student who had not yet taken a degree
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The girl was poor and sad.
B. The girl faced life bravely.
C. The writer knew the girl very well.
D. The writer made friends with the girl at last.
3.What does the underlined word “handicap” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Life difficulty. B. Physical disability.
C. Failure in work. D. Troublesome problem.
4.How did the writer probably feel before meeting the disabled girl?
A. She felt full of hope. B. She felt life was beautiful.
C. She was poor and unhappy. D. She was filled with confidence.
5.Which of the following would be the best title?
A. Full of Hope B. Full of Confidence
C. A Disabled Girl D. A Disabled Girl's Smile
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About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college in New York, I was working as a practice student at my University’s Museum of Natural History. One day while I was working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was seated on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and the trunk of the human body. She was wearing a little white dress with the patterns of red roses and yellow dots.
As the couple wheeled her up to me, I was looking down at the register. I turned my head towards the girl and gave her a wink（眨眼示意）. As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the most beautiful and largest smile I have ever seen.
All of a sudden, her handicap was gone and all that I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life was all about. I immediately felt full of hope and confidence. She took me, a poor, unhappy, college student, into her world—a world of smiles, love and warmth.
That was ten years ago, but I still remember it clearly as if it happened just yesterday. I’m a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.
1.The writer was ten years ago.
A. a clerk working in a museum
B. a teacher teaching in a college
C. a worker working in a university
D. a university student who had not taken a degree yet
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The girl was poor and sad.
B. The girl faced the life bravely.
C. The writer knew the girl very well.
D. The writer made friends with the girl at last.
3.What does the underlined word “handicap” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Life difficulty. B. Physical disability.
C. Failure in work. D. A troublesome problem.
4.Which of the following would be the best title?
A. Full of Hope B. Full of Confidence
C. A Disabled Girl D. A Disabled Girl’s Smile
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It was 21 years ago, on a very cold morning, Mary opened the library in New York. She heard a cat cry and found a white cat in a pile of books at last.
Mary recalled, “His little feet were frozen, we gave him a bath to warm him up and he purred（咕噜叫）all the time.”
It was a Cinderella story for Garfield in 1988, the cat who has lived happily among the books ever since.
“His story has a life of its own,” Mary says while reading the cat’s fan mail. “We have people drive hundreds of miles out of their way just to see Garfield. We even had a Japanese public television crew come here to make a short film of him.”
Shortly after the cat’s rescue, a photo of the library’s “new employee” sitting on the card catalog appeared in local newspapers. Local people were invited to help name the cat and many cast votes . “We have never had such a big crowd for a contest and there wasn’t even a prize,” Mary says with a laugh.
Garfield grew from a popular local “library employee” to a national star with his pictures on calendars. However, he is not the only cat who lives among books. Library cats greet people in about 100 libraries across America. Most live and “work” in comfortable, small town libraries where they don’t get lost in the books. Library cats used to earn their keep by catching rats, but modern library cats have more “white-collar” duties: to act charming and make the library a pleasant homey place.
“Library cats just create a nice, warm atmosphere,” says Roma, producer of Puss in Books, the film about library cats. “The cats attract children to the library and the elderly who maybe can’t have pets in their apartments,” Roma says. “Books, libraries, and cats just go together.”
1.A contest was held after the cat’s rescue to ________ the cat.
A.win B.name C.film D.feed
2.We probably won’t be able to see the picture of Garfield in ________.
A.a Japanese film B.the calendars
C.the card catalogs D.the local newspaper
3.People keep cats in the libraries because ________.
A.cats don’t like big places B.cats can create a nice and warm atmosphere
C.there are more rats there D.librarians are more friendly
4.Library cats can do many things including ________
1) arranging card catalogs 2) greeting people
3) acting for a film 4) catching rats
5) making people feel at home
A.2;4;5 B.1;3 C.1;4;5 D.2;3;5
5.From the passage we can infer (推断) that ________.
A.library cats only attract children and old people B.Garfield is one of the cats who live among books
C.library cats are not as popular as they used to be D.every library in America has at least one cat
八年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析
The story was a true one and still moved me deeply. Thirty years ago，I got to know a 36 lady named Rose. She had no kids and lived alone. ________ 37 ________ I went to visit her, I always took Rose some coffee and food. One day she said she ________ 38 ________________ me to have hunch.
We walked from my work place to a little restaurant on David Street. ________________ 39 ________________ the way, I began to worry: I knew that she had no money, but if I offered(提供) to ________________ 40 ________ the lunch，I was afraid I would hurt her.
There were many people in the ________________ 41 ________________ and all of them were happy. Rose told me to sit and drink coffee by the window. Then she went to ________________ 42________ ________ in the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, she came out and sat with me. She just paid for one meal and we started to 43 the delicious food together. She told ________________ 44 ________________ that the restaurant let people work for a meal if they had no money, or would give them a free meal if they were not able to work. To my surprise, she also explained that the workers who were working there were all ________________ 45________ ________________.
I ________________________ 46 ________________ remember the beautiful afternoon I shared with Rose. ________________ ________47 ________________ we had a meal together only once, it was paid by Rose's work. The weather was ________ 48 ________________ and bright, and everyone's smile was warm and bright as well.
I’m still thinking that life cannot be easy to us, but we can still do ________________ 49 ________________ for our friends and neighbors. The world will be ________________ 50________ ________________ if everybody would like to share happiness with others. It will never be dark if there is a light in everyone's heart.
1.A. rich B. poor C. strange D. crazy
2.A. When B. After C. Until D. Unless
3.A. will invite B. was inviting C. is inviting D. to invite
4. A. By B. In C. On D. Out of
5. A. pay for B. ask for C. look for D. care for
6. A. park B. restaurant C. hotel D. bar
7.A. sit B. rest C. stay D. work
8. A. buy B. cook C. enjoy D. drink
9.A. her B. him C. me D. you
10. A. volunteersB. teachers C. doctors D. cooks
11. A. never B. still C. hardly D. already
12. A. So B. But C. Though D. Because
13.A. hotter B. cold C. cool D. warm
14. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
15. A. colder B. nicer C. harder D. worse
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完形填空
The story was a true one and still moved me deeply. Thirty years ago，I got to know a lady named Rose. She had no kids and lived alone. I went to visit her, I always took Rose some coffee and food. One day she said she was inviting me to have hunch.
We walked from my work place to a little restaurant on David Street. the way, I began to worry: I knew that she had no money, but if I offered(提供) to pay for the lunch，I was afraid I would hurt her.
There were many people in the and all of them were happy. Rose told me to sit and drink coffee by the window. Then she went to in the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, she came out and sat with me. She just paid for one meal and we started to the delicious food together. She told me that the restaurant let people work for a meal if they had no money, or would give them a free meal if they were not able to work. To my surprise, she also explained that the workers who were working there were all .
I still remember the beautiful afternoon I shared with Rose. we had a meal together only once, it was paid by Rose's work. The weather was and bright, and everyone's smile was warm and bright as well.
I’m still thinking that life cannot be easy to us, but we can still do for our friends and neighbors. The world will never be dark if there is a light in everyone's heart.
1.A. rich B. poor C. strange D. crazy
2.A. When B. After C. Before D. While
3.A. By B. In C. On D. Under
4.A. park B. restaurant C. hotel D. bar
5.A. sit B. rest C. stay D. work
6.A. buy B. cook C. enjoy D. drink
7.A. volunteers B. workers C. doctors D. cooks
8.A. So B. But C. Though D. Because
9.A. hotter B. cold C. cool D. warm
10.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. Everything
八年级英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
完型填空（共15小题；每小题１分，满分15分）
The story was a true one and still moved me deeply. Thirty years ago, I got to know a ____ lady named Rose, she had no kids and lived alone. ____ I went to visit her, I always took Rose some coffee and food. One day she said she wanted to____ me to have lunch.
We walked __ my workplace to a little restaurant on David Street. On the way, I began to worry: I knew that she had no money, but if I offered to ____ the lunch, I was afraid I would hurt her.
There were many people in the ____, and all of them were happy. Rose told me to sit and drink coffee by the window. Then she went to ____ in the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, she came out and sat with me. She just paid for one meal and we started to ____ the delicious food together. She told ____ that the restaurant let people work for a meal if they had no money, or would give them a free meal if they were not able to work. To my surprise, she also explained that the workers ____ were working there were all volunteers.
I ____11 remember the beautiful afternoon I shared with Rose. ____ we had a meal together only once, it was paid by Rose’s work. The weather was ____ and bright, and everyone’s smile was warm and bright too.
I’m still thinking that life cannot be easy to us, but we can still do ____ for our friends and neighbors. The world will be ____ if everybody would like to share happiness with others.
It will never be dark if there is a light in everyone’s heart.
1.A.poor B. rich C. outgoing D. crazy
2.A. Unless B. After C. Unitl D. When
3.A. invite B. help C. borrow D. give
4.A. By B. In C. from D. into
5.A. pay for B. ask for C. look for D. care for
6.A. park B. restaurant C. hotel D. bar
7.A. sit B. rest C. sleep D. work
8.A. buy B. cook C. enjoy D. drink
9.A. her B. him C. me D. you
10.A. who B. where C. which D. whose
11.A. never B. still C. hardly D. already
12.A. So B. But C. Though D. Because
13.A. hotter B. cold C. cool D. warm
14.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
15.A. colder B. nicer C. harder D. worse
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Long, long ago, there was a swan（天鹅）with golden feathers（金羽毛）.She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house________ the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, but still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough________to buy food.
The swan was ______ to see that. She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my _______to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she flew to the poor woman’s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying anything. From then on, the swan came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much _______than before.
But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪）.She said to her_______. “The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all _______feathers when she comes next time.”
“Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will hurt the swan. She helps us a lot!” But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the swan came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers _________chicken feathers.
Then, the Golden Swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to _______you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will ______ come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan flew away.
1.A. above B. over C. near D. under
2.A. money B. time C. room D. energy
3.A. happy B. surprised C. sad D. happily
4.A. presents B. golden coins C. feathers D. collections
5.A. bigger B. better C. busier D. harder
6.A. brothers B. sisters C. sons D. daughters
7.A. his B. her C. their D. our
8.A. heard of B. changed into C. looked for D. came from
9.A. trouble B. help C. teach D. invite
10.A. sometimes B. always C. usually D. never
八年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Long long ago, there was a swan（天鹅）with golden feathers（金羽毛）.She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house near the lake_________ her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, but still, they lived a _______life and sometimes they even didn't have enough money to buy food. The swan was sad to see that. She said to _______, "I'll give one of my feathers to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers." That evening, she flew to the poor woman's house and_________ a golden feather on the table without saying anything. From then on, the swan came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy_________ their life was much better than before. But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪）. She said to her_______, "The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all her feathers when she comes next time." "Oh, no, Mom! " cried the daughters, "This will_______ the swan. She helps us a lot !" But the mother wouldn't listen. When the swan came as_______, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers _______ chicken feathers. Then, the golden swan said, "Poor mother, I came to help you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will never come back. Never be greedy! " With these __________, the swan flew away.
1.A.for B.with C.in D.over
2.A.hard B.good C.happy D.easy
3.A.her B.herself C.them D.themselves
4.A.gave B.brought C.returned D.left
5.A.because B.while C.after D.unless
6.A.sons B.husband C.daughters D.sister
7.A.hurt B.save C.protect D.scare
8.A.general B.usual C.normal D.common
9.A.turned up B.looked like C.changed into D.came from
10.A.letters B.words C.thoughts D.sentences
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