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1、八年级英语下册阅读理解单元测试题( 含答案 )一、八年级英语下册阅读理解专项练习（含答案解析）1阅读理解Fun with shadow puppet playsShadow puppet plays are an ancient form ofperformance. They began in Asia, but now areperformed all over the world and they can be adapted （改编） to tell any kind of story. In a shadow puppet show, the puppets cant be seen
2、. Only their shadows can be seen.Howto A shadow puppet stage can be made by using a piece of board （木板） .preparethe Cut out an opening from the centre of the board.stage Cover the opening with a piece of white cloth. Thepuppets hide behind the white cloth. A bright light is set up behind the puppets
3、. When the light behind the puppets is turned on, black shadows are shown on the white cloth. When the puppets move, the shadows move. Choose a story with two or three talking characters. Draw the shape of each person or animal on a piece of black poster board. It will be easy to follow the lines if
4、 you draw them with a whit pencil. Use scissors to cut out the puppetscarefully. Make a drinking straw （麦杆） connected to the back of each puppet. Use it to control each puppet across thestage.Have a friend read the story while you move the puppets.（ 1） In which country may the shadow puppet plays be
5、gin?A. In Germany.B. In China.C. In America.D. In France.（ 2） Why do we need a bright light?A. To help puppet people look better.B. To make the stage interesting.C. To help make shadows.D. To show that the show has started.（ 3） What can be put back into the blank in the passage?A. Making shadow pupp
6、ets is difficult.B. How to cut out the puppets.C. How the puppets can be seen.D. How to make shadow puppets.（ 4） What can we learn from the passage?A. The audience see puppets in front of the stage.B. Shadows move as people move on the white cloth.C. People use straws to operate the puppets.D. Shado
7、w puppet plays began in Africa.【答案】 （ 1） B（ 2） C（ 3） D（ 4） C【解析】 【分析】本文主要讲述了皮影的起源，皮影的准备和制造方法。（ 1）细节题。根据第一个方框提到的They began in Asia 可知，皮影来自亚洲，而选项A,C,D 都是西方国家，故选B。（ 2）细节题。根据第二个方框提到的When the light behind the puppets is turned on, blackshadows are shown on the white cloth.可知光使用来造影的，故选C。（ 3）主旨大意题。根据第三个方框，
8、主要讲述了皮影的制造方法，可知标题为皮影的制造方法，故选 D。（ 4）细节题。根据第三个方框提到的Make a drinking straw connected to the back of eachpuppet. 可知用麦秆操作人物，故选C。【点评】考查阅读理解。本文涉及细节题、推断题和主旨题三种常考题型，细节题要注意从文中寻找答案；推断题需要联系上下文，推断出需要的信息；主旨题需要通读全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。2阅读理解Anger is a kind of feeling. Many things can make you angry. When your teacher gives
9、 you too much homework, when your team loses an important game, or when a friend borrows your favorite toy and then breaks it, you may get really angry.Usually your body will tell you when you are angry. For example, you breathe faster, your face turns red, and you may want to break something or hit
10、 someone. But sometimes you hide your anger. For example, you may hide it in your heart. The problem is that if you do this, you may get a headache or your stomach may hurt.In fact, its not good to hide your anger, and its normal for you to get angry sometimes. But anger must go out in the right way
11、, without hurting others or yourself.When yon get angry, you can talk about it with other people. Its helpful to talk about your anger with a parent or a teacher. When you talk, those bad feelings can start to go away. Here are some other things you can do when you start to feel angry: talk to a goo
12、d friend; count from 1to 100; give someone a smile; go for a bike ride; think about good things, etc.Remember that how you act when you are angry can make things better or worse. Dont let your anger control you.（ 1） You may not get angry when _.A. there is too much homework on this weekendB. your fa
13、vorite basketball team wins the gameC. a friend breaks your favorite thingD. your parents dont let you watch TV（2） From the passage,is NOT true when youre angry.A. You breathe fasterB. You have a red faceC. You have a stomachacheD. You want to help someone（3） When you are angry you can do everything
14、 except.A. go for a bike rideB. think about good thingsC. talk to a good friendD. say bad things to the people around you（ 4） The underlined word anger in the passage means _ in Chinese.A. 愤怒B悲.伤C忧.虑D激.动【答案】 （ 1） B（ 2） D（ 3） D（ 4） A【解析】 【分析】文章大意：文章讲述了愤怒情绪是如何产生的，并介绍了克服愤怒情绪的方法。（ 1）细节题。根据文章提到的When your
15、 teacher gives you too much homework, whenyour team loses an important game, or when a friend borrows your favorite toy and thenbreaks it, you may get really angry可知，不会生气的事情是当最喜欢的球队赢得了比赛，故选 B。（ 2）细节题。根据文章提到的 For example, you breathe faster, your face turns red, and you may want to break something or
16、 hit someone. But sometimes you hide your anger.For example, you may hide it in your heart. The problem is that if you do this, you mayget a headache or your stomach may hurt 可知，当你生气的时候，你不会想着帮助他人，故选 D。（ 3）细节题。根据文章提到的talk to a good friend; count from 1to 100; give someone asmile; go for a bike ride;
17、think about good things,可知除了不做向周围人说不好的东西，故选 D。（ 4）推断题。根据文章提到的In fact, its not good to hide your anger, and its normalfor you to get angry sometimes可知，划横线的单词的意义为愤怒，故选A。【点评】考查阅读理解。本文涉及细节题、推断题两种常考题型，细节题要注意从文中寻找答案；推断题需要联系上下文，推断出需要的信息。3阅读理解The Flame Mountain （火焰山） is about 200 km away from Urumqi in Xinj
18、iang. It is in a place with many high mountains around it. It is much hotter than nearby places. If you want to enjoy the feeling of a hot shower in summer, its the right place to go!On hot summer days, it can get hotter than 80 . Try to cook eggs or cakes in the sand and they will be ready in a few
19、 minutes!Does rain help make it cooler? People hardly see rain in 10 out of the 12 months in a year. Why?For most of the time, the raindrops dry in the hot air before they reach the ground.The mountain came into being millions of years ago when the earth was changing a lot. We cant see any plants on
20、 the top of the mountain, only red rocks. They make the whole mountain look red. In hot air and strong sunshine, the mountain looks like a burning flame. Thats where its name comes from.（ 1） How long will it take to cook eggs in the sand on the Flame Mountain?A. A few minutes.B. A few hours.C. A few
21、 seconds.D. A few years.（ 2） Why do people hardly see rain there most of the time?A. Because it never rains there in the daytime.B. Because the raindrops dry in the hot air.C. Because it often rains there during the night.D. Because it hardly rains there all the year.（ 3） How long has the Flame Moun
22、tain been there?（ 4） Which of the following words can NOT be used to describe the Flame Mountain?A. Green.B. Rocky.C. Red.D. Hot.【答案】 （ 1） A（ 2） B（ 3） C（ 4） A【解析】 【分析】主要讲了在新疆的中部有一个真正的火焰山，这座山离乌鲁木齐大约200 公里，它位于一个盆地内，四周被高山环绕。夏天是去这里感受桑拿的最好时间。（ 1）细节题。根据On hot summer days, it can get hotter than 80 . Try t
23、o cook eggs or cakesin the sand and they will be ready in a few minutes!在炎热的夏天，气温可能会超过80。试着在沙子里煮鸡蛋或蛋糕，几分钟后就好了！可知几分钟就好，故选A。（ 2）细节题。根据 For most of the time, the raindrops dry in the hot air before they reach theground. 可知大多数时候，雨滴在到达地面前在热空气中变干。故选B。（ 3）细节理题。根据 The mountain came into being millions of ye
24、ars ago when the earth waschanging a lot. 可知千百万年前，当地球发生巨大变化时，这座山就形成了。故选C。（ 4）细节题。根据 We cant see any plants on the top of the mountain, only red rocks. They make the whole mountain look red. In hot air and strong sunshine, the mountain looks like aburningflame.可知我们在山顶上看不到任何植物，只有红色的岩石。它们使整座山看起来通红。在炎热的
25、空气和强烈的阳光下，这座山看起来像一团燃烧的火焰。故选A。【点评】考查阅读理解，主要考查细节题，注意从文中仔细寻找答案。4阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、 B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Homestay is a form of study abroad program. It allows a visitor to rent a room from a local（当地的） family to understand the local lifestyle better. It also helps to improve the visitors language ability,
26、said a teacher, during a school meeting last term. Students who wish to learnmore about foreign cultures or to get foreign experienceshould join this kind of holiday. I amsure you wont be disappointed（失望的） .After this special meeting, I always thought about this kind of holiday. Last month I had ach
27、ance at last to go on such a holiday with some of my schoolmates and we went to Londonaplace where I had wanted to go since years ago.As we were still young, we had a group leader who planned things for us and looked after us.After we got to London, we went to stay with different families. I was luc
28、ky that my host family（寄宿家庭）was a white couple who had a daughter about my age. They treated me as adaughter of their family during my stay there. They were interested in me and I learnt a lot of things from them too.The holiday was filled with activities every day. After breakfast, a local teacher
29、would come to take us in his car. Then we would have classes or go on a sightseeing trip to different places of interest, like the Big Ben, the London Bridge and the Buckingham Palace. We would go back to our own homes after the activities.The holiday was a valuable experience for me. I enjoyed ever
30、y minute of it. Yet, time really flew fast. Three weeks later, we had to leave homes for Hong Kong.（ 1） In the homestay program, a visitor can _.A. learn more about holidays B. understand his culture better C. improve the language ability D. take part in foreign meetings（ 2） The group leader should
31、_.A. make plans for the familyB. take care of the studentsC. stay with different familiesD. rent rooms to the students（ 3） The writers host family _.A. were very kind to herB. went sightseeing with herC. had two white daughtersD. were interested in her activities（ 4） From the passage we know that th
32、e writer _ in London.A. wished to stay a little longerB. spent three weeks in her homeC. had classes in many interesting placesD. helped the teacher take the students in a car【答案】 （ 1） C（2） B（3） A（4） A【解析】 【分析】大意：文章主要介绍了作者在伦敦寄宿家庭度过的一个假期。（ 1）细节理解题。根据第一段It also helps to improve the visitors language a
33、bility . 他也帮助提高游客的语言能力，可知在家庭寄宿项目中，游客可以提高语言能力。故选C。（ 2）细节理解题。根据第三段we had a group leader who planned things for us and lookedafter us. 可知，团队带领人要照顾学生。故选B。（ 3）细节理解题。根据第三段They treated me as a daughter of their family during my staythere. 在我停留的期间，他们待我像他们家的女儿一样，可知作者的寄宿家庭对她特别好。故选 A。（ 4）推理判断题。根据最后一段Yet, time
34、really flew fast.然而，时间过得真的很快，可知作者希望可以停留久一点。故选A。【点评】考查阅读理解，首先快速浏览、分析问题，抓住关键词；其次带着问题通读全文，了解文章大意，找到依据，确定答案；最后再检查一遍，确保答案正确。5阅读理解When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings（缺点） . Sometimes she said I was thin. Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn
35、ta good student. Sometirmes she said I talked too much, and so on. I tried to put up with （忍受） her as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.He listened to me quietly, and then he asked, Are the things she said true or not? Mary, have you ever wondere
36、d what youre really like? Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said. I did as he told me and I was very surprised to discover that about half the things were true.I took the list to my dad. He refused to take it. Thats
37、just for you, he said. You know thetruth about yourself better than any other people. When something said about you is true, it willbe helpful to you. Dont shut your ears. Listen to them all, but remember the truth and do what you think is right.Many years have passed. The situation often appears in
38、 my mind. In our life we often meetwith some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice. For some advice youtreasure （珍惜） all your life ！（1） The meaning of the underlined word enemy isin Chinese.willA. 恩人B骗.子C敌.人D伙.伴（ 2） What did the writers father do after he heard her complaints?（ 3） Wh
39、ich of the following can we know from the passage?（ 4） Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. The Best Advice I Ever HadB. My ParentsC. What People Say about You Is Always RightD. A Serious Criticism【答案】 （ 1） C（ 2） C（ 3） D（ 4） A【解析】 【分析】文章大意：当我小时候一个女孩总是指出我的缺点，但是我很生气，于是把这件事告诉
40、了爸爸，爸爸给了一个建议，按照爸爸的建议做了之后，我发现小女孩说的一半是对的，因此我们要听从别人的建议，有时候这些建议你可能会珍视一辈子。（ 1）词义猜测题，根据a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings欢指出她的缺点，结合四个选项可知，应该是“敌人 ”，故答案是C。（缺点）.可知女孩喜（ 2）细节理解题题，根据 Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. 可知，玛丽的爸爸让她把小女孩说的列个清单，并且在真实的后面标注一下，故答案是 C。
41、（ 3）逻辑推理题，根据 For some advice you will treasure （珍惜） all your life! 可知，作者认为要珍视一些建议，因此她对父亲是感激的，故答案是D。（ 4）标题判断题，文章主要说的是爸爸的建议对她的影响，A 最合适，故答案是A。【点评】考查阅读理解，本文主要涉及到了细节理解题，词义猜测题，逻辑推理题和标题判断题。细节理解题相对简单，一般可以直接从文中找到答案或者解题依据。词义猜测题需要结合上下文按照一定的推理方式确定单词的意思，逻辑推理题需要根据已知内容按照一定的逻辑关系去推断，得到正确答案，标题判断题需要在充分理解文章的基础上，提炼中心，凝练
42、句式，确定答案6阅读理解In modern society there is a lot of disagreement about competition.Some value it highly,believing that it is good for social progress. Others say that competition is bad. It sets one person against another. And it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.I have taught many childre
43、n who believe that their self-worth depended on how well they didat tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and death matters. Intheir single-minded dream of success, the development of many other human qualities（品质）is sadly forgotten.However, while some seem to be
44、 lost in the desire （渴望） to succeed, others take a different attitude. In a culture which values only the winners, they are strongly against competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who are under competitive pressures （压力） from theirparents or society. They are always told to be the top ones
45、, but they think its really hard. When I teach these young people, I often find them in a desire to fail. They seem to search for failure （失败） by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: I may have lost, but it doesnt matter because I really didnt try. If I had tried and lost, that would mean a lot.Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves.Both are based on the mistaken belief. They think ones self-respect depends on how well onedoes compared with others. Both are