八年级英语课外阅读

八年级英语课外阅读第14周阅读理解1　　Oncetherelivedanoldmaninatown.Healwaysforgotalotofthings.Sohiswifealwayshadtosaytohim，“Don'tforgetthis.”　　Onedayhewentonalongwayalone.Beforehelefthome，hiswifesaid，“Nowyouhaveallthesethings.Youneedthemonyourway.Takecareofyourthingsontheway.”Hewenttothestation.Heboughtaticketandgotonthetrainwithit.　　Aboutanhourlater，theconductorbegantoseethetickets.Hecametotheoldmanandsaid，“Willyoupleaseshowmeyourticket?”Theoldmanlookedforhisticketinallhispocketsbuthecouldnotfindit.Hewasveryworried.“Ican'tfindmyticket.IreallyboughtaticketbeforeIgotonthetrain，”saidtheoldman.　　“Ithinkyouareright.Ibelieveyouboughtaticket.Allright，youdon'thavetobuyanotherticket，”saidtheconductorkindly.Buttheoldmanstill(仍然)lookedworriedandsaidsadly，“Youdon'tknowwhyI'mworried.IfIdon'tfindmyticket，Ican'tremembermystation.WhereamIgoing?”　　1.Theoldmanboughtaticket_______.　　A.afterhegotonthetrain　　B.beforehegotonthetrain　　C.whentheconductortoldhimtobuyone　D.whenhefoundhehadnoticketwithhim　　2.Aboutanhourlater，theconductorbegan_______.　　A.tobuythetickets　　　　　B.tolookforthetickets　　C.tocheck(检查)thetickets　　　D.toshowthetickets　　3.Theconductortoldtheoldmanthathedidn'tneedtobuyanotherticketbecause_________.　　A.themanwasveryold　　B.hethoughttheoldmanhadnomoneywithhim　　C.theoldmanshowedhimtheticket　　D.hebelievedtheoldman　　4.Theoldmanstilllookedworriedbecause_________.　　A.hecouldn'tgetonthetrain.　　B.helosthisticketandalotofmoney　　C.hethoughthiswifewouldgetangrywithhim　　D.heforgotwherehewasgoing5.Whichofthefollowing(下列)isright?　　A.Theoldmanwentonthetripwithhiswife　　B.Theoldmandidn'tfindhisticket　　C.Theconductorwasalsoanoldman　　D.Theoldmanhadtobuyanotherticket阅读理解2　　Thebestwayoflearningalanguageisusingit.ThebestwayoflearningEnglishistalkinginEnglishasmuchaspossible.Sometimesyou'llgetyourwordsmixedup(混合)andpeoplewillnotunderstandyou.Sometimespeoplewillsaythingstooquicklyandyoucan'tunderstandthem.Butifyoukeepyoursenseofhumor(幽默感)，youcanalwayshaveagoodlaughatthemistakesyoumake.Don'tbeunhappyifpeopleseemtobelaughingatyourmistakes.It'sbetterforpeopletolaughatyourmistakesthantobeangrywithyou，becausetheydon'tunderstandwhatyouaresaying.ThemostimportantthingforlearningEnglishis：“Don'tbeafraidofmakingmistakesbecauseeveryonemakesmistakes.”　　1.Thewriterthinksthatthebestwayforyoutolearnalanguageis____.　　A.writing　　B.listeningC.usingit　　　　　　D.learninggrammar　　2.WhatshouldyoudoinlearningEnglish?　　A.Becarefulnottomakeanymistake.　　B.Writeasquicklyasyoucan.　　C.Laughmoreoften.　　D.SpeakEnglishasmuchasyoucan.3.Whenpeoplelaughatyourmistakes，youshould____.　　A.notcare　B.behappy　C.feelworriedD.beunhappy　　4.Whenyoumakeamistake，youshould____.　　A.keepquiet　　　　　B.keepyoursenseofhumorC.bekind　　　　　　D.getangry　　5.Thestorytellsus：“_____”.　　A.Onlyfoolish(愚蠢的)peoplemakemistakes　　B.Fewpeoplemakemistakes　　C.Peoplenevermakemistakes　　D.Thereisnoonewhodoesn'tmakemistakes阅读理解3　　DoyouknowwhattheWhiteHouseis?Perhapssomeofyoudo，whileothersdon't.　　TheWhiteHouseisahouseinWashington.ThepresidentoftheU.S.A.livesinit.It'sreallywhite.ButdoyouknowwhytheWhiteHouseiswhite?Thestoryhappenedin1812.ThatyearEnglandwasatwarwithAmerica.TheBritisharmygottoWashingtonandsetthepresident'shouseonfire.In1814，inordertohidethemarksofthefire，thestonewallsofthepresident'shousewerepaintedwhiteandithasbeenthe“WhiteHouse”eversince.1.WhiteHouseisahousefor___________.　　A.theAmericanpeople.　　B.thesoldiersofU.S.A.C.thepresidentsofU.S.A.　D.thepatientsofU.S.A.2.EnglandfoughtwithAmericain____________.　　A.1810　　　　　　B.1812　　　C.1814　　　　　D.1916　　3.Thehouseiscalled“WhiteHouse”because____________.　　A.it'scoveredwithsnow　　B.thehouseisveryclean　　C.thestonewallsofthehousewerepaintedwhite　　D.theylikewhitecolour　　4.TheWhiteHousewaspaintedwhitebecause____________.　　A.thehouseisold　　B.thehouseisnew　　C.itwasonceonfireandwaswithmarksD.theyhaveenoughpaint　　5.“eversince”means___________.　A.never　　B.once　　C.fromthenon　　D.before阅读理解4　　OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomethingis,youcantakesomethingpositiveoutofit.TheonetimeIwasn’tsureofthatwasonSeptember11.　　Iusuallywakeupa6:30or7:00inthemorning.Thatday,Ihappenedtowakeupearlier.IturnedontheTVandIsawthataplanehadcrashed(撞击)intotheNorthToweroftheWorldTradeCenter.Myfirstreaction(反应)wasthatitwasaterribleaccident.ThenIsawanotherplaneflyintotheSouthTowerandIrealizedthatIwaswitnessing(目击)anactofterrorism.　　MywifeandIspentthedaywatchingtheterriblepicturesoveragain.WhenIwatchedfamilymemberslookingfortheirlovedones,thepainintheireyeswassomethingIwouldneverforget.Icouldn’tunderstandhowsomethingthisterriblecouldhavehappened.　　Itwasn’tuntilafewweeksafterSeptember11thatIbegantoseethatperhapssomegooddidcomefromthistragedy(悲剧).Peopleseemdifferentnow,moreunderstanding,moretolerant(宽容的).Littlethingsthatseemedtobesuchatroublebeforearenolongerbigthings.Personally,IammoretolerantthanIwas.Irealizelifeistooshort,andtooprecious(珍贵的),toletmyselfgetworriedoversmallthings.I’velearnedalsothatyoucan’ttakethingsforgranted.Thingschangeintheblinkofaneye.Peoplegotoworkanddon’tcomeback.Onemomentthey’relivingandthenextminutethey’renot.And,itdoesn’tmatterwhoyouare,thereisnothingyoucandoaboutit.Weneverknowwhenourtimehere　　willbeover,soweallneedtomakethemostofeveryminutewehave.　　Youtrytolearnfromwhathappened.Youcan’tbeusedupbyit.Youcan’tlivebyit.Allyoucandoisjustlive.　　1.Theword“positive”inthepassageprobablymeans______.　　A.terrible　　B.bad　　C.good　　D.real　　2.WhatdidthewriterseeafterheturnedontheTVthatmorning?　　A.Afirestarting　　　B.AplaneflyingC.Aterribleaccident　　　D.Anactofterrorism.　　3.FromSeptember11,thewriterhadrealizedthat___________.　　A.peopleshouldmakethemostofeveryminutetheyhave　　B.hehasbecomelesstoleranttowardsothers　　C.heshouldgetworriedaboutlittlethings　　D.lifeistooshorttocareaboutothers.4.What’sthebesttitleofthispassage?　　A.AReportaboutSeptember11　　B.TheTragedyofSeptember11　　C.September11andMyFamily　　D.September11andMyTurn.阅读理解5　　“Cool”isawordwithmanymeanings.Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpressatemperaturethatisalittlebitcold.Astheworldhaschanged,thewordhashadmanydifferentmeanings.　　“Cool”canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything.Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet,maybeyouwillsay“It'scool.”Youmaythink,“He'ssocool,”whenyouseeyourfavouritefootballer.　　Weallmaximize(扩大)themeaningof“cool”.Youcanuseitinsteadofmanywordssuchas“new”or“surprising”.Here'saninterestingstorywecanusetoshowthewaythewordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthewaterfall(瀑布)theyhadvisited.Ononestudent'spaperwasjusttheonesentence,“It'ssocool”.Maybehethoughtitwasthebestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt.　　Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity(缺乏)ofwords.Without“cool”,somepeoplehavenowordstoshowthesamemeaning.Soitisquiteimportanttokeepsomecredibility(可信性).Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthatmakeyourlifeascolourfulastheword“cool”?Ican.AndIthinktheyarealsoverycool.1.Weknowthattheword“cool”has________.　　A.onlyonemeaning　　B.nomeaningsC.manydifferentmeanings　　D.thesamemeaning　　2.Inthepassage,theword“express”means“________”.　　A.see　　B.show　　C.know　　D.feel　　3.Ifyouare________something,youmaysay,“It'scool.”　　A.interestedin　　B.angryaboutC.afraidof　　D.unhappywith　　4.Thewritertakesanexampletoshowheis_________thewaythewordisused.　　A.pleasedwith　　B.strangetoC.worriedabout　　D.carefulwith5.Inthepassage,thewritersuggests(暗示)thattheword“cool”_________.　　　　A.canbeusedinsteadofmanywordsB.usuallymeanssomethinginterestingC.canmakeyourlifecolourfulD.maynotbeascoolasitseems