八年级英语阅读理解竞赛题

八年级英语阅读理解竞赛题

一、阅读理解（30×2'）

（A）

Jack London was a famous (著名的) American writer. He was born on January 12, 1876. His family was very poor (穷的) and Jack had to leave school to make money. He worked hard in many different jobs.

Later, Jack went back to school, but he did not stay long. In 1879, he went to Alaska(阿拉斯加) to find gold(金子). Instead, he found ideas there for his books and stories. He came back home and started to write. He became

rich(富有的)and famous in his twenties.

Jack London was not a happy man. He died(死) young. When he died he was only forty years old.

根据短文内容判断正（T）误（F）：

1. As a boy, Jack had to leave school because his family was very poor.（

）

2. He went to Alaska because he could go on with his studies there.（）

3. In fact he found ideas for writing in Alaska.（）

4. He became rich and famous in his thirties.（）

5. Jack London died in 191

6.（）

（B）

It was Jimmy's birthday, and he was five years old. He got quite a lot of nice birthday presents from his family, and one of them was a beautiful drum. “Who gave him that thing?” Jimmy's father said when he saw it. “His grandfather did,” answered Jimmy's mother.

“Oh,” said his father. Of course Jimmy liked his drum very much. He made a terrible noise with it, but his father didn't mind. His father was working during the day and Jimmy was in bed when he got home in the evening, so he didn’t hear the noise.

But one of the neighbours didn't like the noise at all, so one morning a few days later, she took

a sharp knife and went to Jimmy's house while he was hitting his drum. She said to him, “Hello, Jimmy, do you know, there is something very nice inside your drum? Here is a knife. Open the drum and let's find it.”

1. Jimmy got quite a lot of nice presents from his ________ .

A. classmates

B. friends

C. teachers

D. family

2. Who gave Jimmy the drum? ________ .

A. His father

B. His mother

C. His neighbour

D. His grandfather

3. Why did Jimmy's father not stop him making a noise with the drum? Because_____.

A. he wasn't at home then

B. he didn't mind

C. Jimmy was in bed

D. Jimmy only played in the evening

4. One of the neighbours ________ .

A. liked Jimmy very much

B. enjoyed listening to the sound of the drum

C. wanted to show Jimmy a sharp knife

D. didn't like the noise at all

5. What did Jimmy's neighbour really want him to do? To ________ .

A. cut the drum open with her knife

B. make a noise on his drum with a knife

C. show him how to hit the drum

D. find something nice in his drum

（C）

This story is about a young man. He worked hard at his lessons. He was too busy. He didn’t have time to rest, so he was ill. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep（睡觉）. But he couldn't. He thought: “I must go to see the doctor.” He said to the doctor. “I can't go to sleep at night.” Try counting numbers. When you reach one thousand, you'll be asleep.

The next day the man came back to the doctor's office. “Well,” said the doctor, “How are you today?”

“Yes, he said,” I tried counting one, two, three. . . up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy (感到困倦). I had to get up and drank some tea. Then I went on counting up to one thousand. But I still couldn't fall asleep.

1. The young man couldn’t go to sleep because ________ .

A. he didn't finish his lessons

B. he worked too hard and was ill

C. he was worried about his homework

D. there was a lot of housework to do and he couldn't have a good rest

2. The doctor asked the young man ________ .

A. to count numbers before he went to bed

B. to put all numbers from 1

to 1000 together

C. to count numbers while he was lying in bed

D. to go to bed earlier

3. The young man came back to the doctor's office the next day because ___ .

A. he wanted to thank the doctor

B. he was better

C. he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers

D. he still couldn't go to sleep at night

4. The young man ________ .

A. counted from 569 to 1000

B. counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep

C. counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea

D. counted from 1 to 1000 and fell asleep

5. The young man ________ in fact.

A. didn't understand the doctor's words.

B. couldn't count numbers

C. didn't try to sleep

D. wasn't ill at all

（D）

Once a rich woman invited Martin Brown, a famous singer, to her house. She wanted him to sing for her friends. But she didn't invite him to have supper with them. She told him to eat downstairs with the servants.(仆人)

After supper he stood up and said to the servants, “Now, my good friends, I shall sing for you.” Of course the servants were quite pleased. He sang them several (几个，数个)songs. There was no piano in the room but he didn't mind. When they asked for more, he did so.

At nine o'clock the rich woman asked the singer to come up to the big room. When he came in, the guests (客人) were waiting for the concert.

“We are ready now, Mr. Brown,” said the woman, “You may begin.”

“Ready for what?” asked the singer.

“For your songs, of course,” she answered.

“But I have sung song already(已经),” said Mr. Brown, “and I can't sing twice(两次) in a day. “You have sung song already!” said the rich woman in surprise, “but when? And where did you sing?”

He didn't answer and left the rich woman's house.

1. The story happened ________.

A. in the morning

B. in the afternoon

C. at night

D. in evening

2. The woman ________.

A. was not ready rich

B. had a lot of money

C. was poor

D. had no money

3. The woman didn't invite Mr. Brown to ________.

A. have supper downstairs

B. sing for her friends

C. have supper with the guests

D. sing twice in a day

4. Martin Brown sang for ________.

A. the servants

B. her friends

C. her guests

D. the rich woman

5. The famous singer began to sing ________.

A. at nine o'clock

B. after supper

C. after the guests were ready

D. before supper

(E)

I love collecting old paving bricks (铺路砖 ). It is my favourite hobby. I started it last year when I needed to help our teacher to hold a fair display (展览 ) for our school. A few years earlier, I read an article about paving bricks in a fashion magazine. I found it was very interesting, so I decided to do the display on the bricks. But we didn’t have so many bricks for a good display. Then I decided to go out and look for them.

Now I have collected hundreds of bricks. Most of them are from Ohio (俄亥俄洲). Actually , there are more than one thousand different kinds of bricks in Ohio. Sometimes, I bought some old but special bricks on the Internet. The price is from 5 to 10 dollars for one brick.

Sometimes, people can’t understand why I buy bricks. I must say that it’s my favourite hobby.

1. I collected old paving bricks_________.

A. last week

B. last year

C. A few years ago

D. this year

2. I came to know paving bricks________________.

A. in the library

B. on the Internet

C. in a newspaper

D. in a magazine

3. Now I have collected_______ different kinds of bricks.

A. about 100

B. about 1000

C. about 200

D. several hundred

4. How much is a brick?

A. 5 dollars

B. 10 dollars

C. 15 dollars

D. 5 to 10 dollars

5. _______ is my favourite hobby.

A. Collecting

B. Display

C. Collecting bricks

D. Buying bricks

(F)

Big Sale!!! This Week Only

Were This Week Will be

Pencils10 cents（美

5 cents15 cents

分）

Ball pens79 cents50 cents 1.19

dollars（美

元）Exercise books89 cents60 cents 1.25 dollars

Letter paper(100

2.59 dollars 2.00 dollars 2.99 dollars

sheets)

All textbooks30%off

T-shirts 4.99 dollars 3.50 dollars 6.00 dollars

Jackets22.50 dollars18.00 dollars25.99 dollars

1. How much were 200 sheets of letter paper last week?

2. If a textbook was 15.00 dollars, how much is it today?

3. How much will you spend on three exercise books next week?

4. If I buy a T-shirt this week, how much money can I save than last week?

5. How much were two jackets last week?

二、完型填空（20×2'）

(A)

The marathon is a popular Olympic event. It is a very 1 race 42.2 kilometres , and good 2 finish it in about two hours. Marathon is the name of a place in Greece ( 西腊) .There is an old 3 about an important battle (战

斗) at Marathon 2500 years 4 . The Greeks won the battle and their leader(领袖) was very excited and proud(自豪). He shouted,"We must 5 a message to Athens(雅典) at once. It' s a long way to Athens.6 can take our message home to our people? "Pheidippides said, "I can ! I want to do it. I can run7 than all the other men!" Pheidippides ran as fast as he could to Athens. He shouted the 8 news to the Athenians," We won ! We won the battle ! " Then he 9 to the ground. He was too exhausted ( 疲惫) and died a short time later. He was the10 " Marathoner"

( ) 1. A. dangerous B. interesting C. short D. long

( ) 2. A. players B. runners C. doctors D. workers

( ) 3. A. subject B. result C. story D. book

( ) 4. A. ago B. before C. after D. later

( ) 5. A. answer B. pass on C. send D. take

( ) 6. A. What B. Who C. Where D. When

( ) 7. A. slower B. higher C. further D. faster

( ) 8.A. good B. sad C. lucky D. safe

( ) 9. A. jumped B. went C. fell D. moved

( ) 10. A. last B. first C. best D. real

(B)

Music is important in our life. It helps us when we ___1_ unhappy, and it gives ___2__pleasure when we are happy. Music is fun. Everyone may

___3_ playing a kind of instrument.

Music is _4__important subject, so every child should study it. Scientists say _5__ music helps children with language learning. Singing easy songs is good at young children. Children can learn foreign language more _6__ if they study music. Students are also better at maths if they play music. Playing music with other people also teaches children ___7__ together, so they can get on very well with classmates at school.

But it is not easy to spend hours ___8__ the violin or the piano for a young child. _9__ music practice should be a daily habit(习惯 ), for example, every day after school. It is a good idea to finish the practice with ___10_ music the child likes, so learning music will be a pleasant part of the day.

( )1.A. are B. aren’t C. were D. weren’t

( )2. A. we B. our C. ours D. us

( )3. A. enjoy B. enjoys C. enjoyed D. enjoying

( )4. A. a B. an C. the D. /

( )5. A. it B. that C. which D. What

( )6. A. easy B. easily C. easier D. Easilier ( )7. A. work B. to work C. working D. Works ( )8. A. play B. to play C. playing D. on play ( )9. A. But B. And C. So D. Because ( )10. A. a B. an C. a piece D. a piece of