外研社英语八年级阅读理解(3)

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Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small town. They have a big farm and they are always busy working on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school. The young man studied hard and did well in his lessons. It made them happy. Last month Peter finished middle school and passed the entrance examination (升学考试). Mrs. Turner was very happy and told the farmers about it. Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. On the bus she told one of her friends how clever and able her son was. She spoke very loudly. All the people in the bus began to listen to her.

“Which university will your son study in?” a woman next to her asked. “In the most famous university in our country!” Mrs. Turner said happily. “The most famous university?” “Oxford University (牛津).”

Most of the passengers looked at her carefully. Some of them said to her,

“Congratulations!”A woman said, “I'm sure he'll know Fred Smith.” “Who's Fred Smith?” “He's my son.”

“Does he study in the university, too?”

“No, ”said the woman. “He is one of the professors.” l. The story happened in ________.

A. America B. France C. Germany D. England 2. Mr. and Mrs. Turner were happy because ________. A. their son did well in his lessons B. they have a big farm C. they have a good harvest

D. their son studied at a middle school

3. Mrs. Turner wanted everyone to know ________. A. her son finished middle school B. her son was handsome

C. her son was going to study in a university D. her son was very friendly to others

4. Mrs. Turner spoke so loudly in the bus that __________. A. her friend could hear her B. all the people could hear her

C. she hoped to make all the people happy

D. she hoped they would say congratulations to her 5. Which of the following is true? __________.

A. The woman wasn't interested in Mrs. Turner's words B. Mrs. Turner knew nothing about the famous university C. The woman wanted to stop Mrs. Turner from showing off .

D. The woman next to Mrs. Turner wanted to show off her son, too

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“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a

little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings.

“Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous

car in the street, maybe you will say “It's cool.”You may think, “He's so cool,”when you see your favourite footballer.

We all maximize (扩大) the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”. Here's an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall (瀑布) they had visited. On one student's paper was just the one sentence, “It's so cool”. Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.

But the story also shows a scarcity (缺乏) of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility (可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.

1. We know that the word “cool” has ________. A. only one meaning B. no meanings

C. many different meanings D. the same meaning 2. In the passage, the word “express” means“________”. A. see B. show C. know D. feel

3. If you are ________ something, you may say, “It's cool.” A. interested in B. angry about C. afraid of D. unhappy with

4. The writer takes an example to show he is _________ the way the word is used. A. pleased with B. strange to C. worried about D. careful with

5. In the passage, the writer suggests that the word “cool”_________. A. can be used instead of many words B. usually means something interesting C. can make your life colourful D. may not be as cool as it seems

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\"Do you like my dress?\" she asked a stranger. \"My mum made it just for me,\" she said with tears in her eyes.

\"Well, I think it's very pretty, so tell me, little girl, why are you crying?\"

The little girl answered in a low voice, \"After mum made me this dress, she went away. My dad says that she's up in heaven (天堂) now with Grandfather.\"

Finally the woman realized why she was crying. She felt very sorry for the little girl and gently held the child in her arms. Then suddenly the little girl did something a bit strange. She stopped crying, walked back from the woman and began to sing. She sang softly. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the song of a very small bird.

After the child stopped singing, she said to the lady, \"My mum often sang that song to me

before she went away, and she asked me to sing it whenever I started crying and it would make me stop.\"

\"See,\" she said loudly, \"it did, and now my eyes are dry!\"

Just before the lady wanted to go, the girl showed her a spot (印迹) on her dress, and said, \"Right here is where my mum kissed my dress, and here,\" pointing to another spot, \"and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mum said that she put all those kisses on my dress so that I would forget my sadness.\"

Then the lady realized that she wasn't just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a mother. The mother knew that she was going away and would not be there to kiss away her daughter's hurts any longer.

So the mother gave all her love to her beautiful daughter and put it into this dress. Now her child was wearing it so proudly.

The lady no longer saw a little girl wearing a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped (包) in her mother's love.

1. The little girl was crying because her mother ____. A. went to a big city B. died C. went out with her grandfather D. was ill

2. Who told the little girl to sing a song when she was crying? A. The lady. B. Her father. C. Her mother. D. Her grandfather. 3. The little girl showed the lady ____. A. how rich she was B. her happiness C. how beautiful she was D. her mother's love

4. What do we know about the lady in the passage? A. She wasn’t kind to the girl. B. She was beautiful.

C. She was glad to see the girl. D. She was a careless woman. 5. From the story, we learn that _____. A. the girl's mother went away with her love B. mother's love is the greatest in the world

C. a girl should wear a dress made by her mother

D. a mother should take her child with her wherever she goes

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Why do I want to go to college? No one has ever asked me __1 _ a question. But many times I have asked myself. I have __2__ a whole variety（多样的） of reasons. __3__ important reason is that I want to be a better man.

Many things make human beings different __4__ or better than or even superior to animals. One of the most important things is __5__ . If I fail to receive higher education, my education __6__. As I want to be a fully __7__ man, I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to __8__. I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and universities are __9__ the best places to teach me how to educate myself. Only when I am well-educated, will I be a better human being and __10__ fit into society. 1. A. quite B. so C. such D. another

2. A. come up with B. agreed with C. been fed up with D. got on well with 3. A. Most B. The most C. More D. Much 4. A. to B. around C. between D. from 5. A. education B. weather C. temperature D. science 6. A. finished B. don’t finish C. will not finish D. has finished 7. A. develop B. developed C. developing D. experience 8. A. improve B. graduate C. hear D. provide 9. A. between B. among C. inside D. outside 10. A. can good B. may better C. be able to better D. be able to best

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Charlie came from a poor village. His parents had __1__ money to send him to school when he was young. The boy was very sad. Mr. King lived next to him. He found the boy __2__ and had pity on him and lent some money to him. So the boy could go to school. He studied hard and

__3__ all his lessons. When he finished middle school, the man introduced him to his friend in the town. And he began to work.

Once Mr. King was seriously hurt in an accident. Dying, he asked Charlie to take care of his daughter, Sharon. The young man __4__ and several years later he married the girl. He loved her very much and tried his best to make her happy. He often bought beautiful clothes and delicious

food for her. He was good at cooking and he cooked __5__ for her. So she became very fat and she felt it difficult to walk. And one day she found there was something wrong with her heart. Her husband wasn’t at home and she had to go to __6__ at once. The doctors looked her over and told her __7__ eat meat, sugar, chocolate and things like these. She was afraid __8__ the doctor’s

words and wrote all the names of the food on the paper. When she got home, she put the list on the table and __9__. When she returned home that afternoon, she found many kinds of food: meat, sugar and chocolate in the kitchen. Charlie was busy __10__ there. As soon as he saw her, he said happily, “I’ve bought all the food you like, dear!” 1. A. no B. some C. much D. enough 2. A. lazy B. clever C. careful D. hard 3. A. did well in B. was poor at C. was working D. was good for 4. A. was angry B. thought hard C. agreed D. said “No.” 5. A. a little B. a few C. many D. a lot 6. A. rest B. sleep C. hospital D. work 7. A. should B. would C. to D. not to 8. A. to remember B. to forget C. to catch D. to teach 9. A. slept B. went out C. cooked D. ate 10. A. reading B. seeing C. cooking D. writing

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At different times in a man’s life his food has different effects(影响) on his body. Among children f is quickly changed to the power(力量) to run and play games. Most of a young man’s food is spent on growing t ; we grow upwards only d the first twenty years of our l , not later. Working men get their strong bodies from their food; and if they work h , they do not get fat. Office workers eat well and s ______ down a lot, and may begin to grow fat when still quite young. Many older p try to work much and walk often. Perhaps the most difficult time is when a man r sixty years of age. His body and mind b restful, without much work or interest. That is when food changes quickly to f . （7）

Stop reading for a minute and think about what you see when you look up in the sky on a clear night. You may see many stars. Long long ago, farmers w some stars to know when to plant their crops. Travellers did s to find their ways in the dark. Today stars are s important to some people. Scientists found out that most stars are very big. In fact some stars are so far away from us that it would take m of light-years to get to them even by spaceship. A thing we know today about stars is that some are made up of hot gases. The gases are so hot that they send out light. If you o look up at a star carefully at night, you may find it twinkle sometimes. As you may understand, light from a star must shine t the air before you can see the star. Air is always moving, it makes light from the star m . When the light moves, it makes the star twinkle. Stars also have different c . To our surprise, the cool stars are red and the hottest o are blue white.