江苏省无锡江阴市青阳片近三年（2020-2022）八年级下学期期中英语试题分类汇编：阅读理解

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近三年（2020-2022）八年级下学期期中英语试题分类汇编

阅读理解

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四、阅读理解 （本大题共30分，每小题2分）

(A)

(    ) 46. What you have read is a(n)              .

A. report           B. advertisement         C. message          D. notice

(    ) 47. Ronald is a college student. He is looking for his first job that he can do in the daytime. He could find a job of the ________ in Tea Cottage.

A. singer           B. cook                C. cleaner           D. waiter

(    ) 48. What can we learn about Tea Cottage from the passage?

A. They are looking for singers and bands for weekend music shows.

B. They need cooks who can work both at lunchtime and dinner time.

C. One who knows about tea-making has a better chance of working there.

D. They will pay the waiters over $60 a day for working during lunchtime.

B

Mr. Grey was the manager of a small office in London. He lived in the country, and went to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office if it wasn’t raining, because it gave him some exercise.

One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him, “You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without any money in my pockets. I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some money and you lent me￡5, because you said you were always ready to take a chance (机会) to give a man a start on the way to success.”

Mr. Grey thought for a few minutes and then said, “Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story!”

“Well,” answered the stranger, “would you like to take another chance?”

(    ) 49. Mr. Grey liked walking to his office because __________.                              

A. he couldn’t pay for the buses    B. he wanted to save money

C. he wanted to lose weight    D. he could do some exercise on the way 

(    ) 50. Mr. Grey was always ready to lend money to a stranger to __________.

A. help him on the way to success      B. give himself a start in life

C. make him rich       D. get more money 

(    ) 51. By saying “Would you like to take another chance？”, the stranger __________.

1. wanted to return Mr. Grey the money  

B. asked Mr. Grey for money again

C. told Mr. Grey that he had success at last   

D. would like to make friends with him

C

Growing mushrooms（蘑菇）is probably the easiest thing you can do even if you are new to mushroom growing. It is becoming more common because restaurants are starting to create more dishes that include mushrooms.
    Mushroom growing is easy. To start, you need to have a space where you are going to grow these mushrooms. It does not have to be a huge space but just enough for you to grow as many mushrooms as you need. When you have found the space perfect for you, you can start researching what kind of mushrooms you want to grow. There are a lot of mushrooms to choose from and not all of them are suitable to eat.
    When you decide what kind of mushrooms you want to grow, you can start getting ready to plant the mushrooms. Sometimes you may want to hire some workers to help if you have a large mushroom farm, or if you are trying to start a professional mushroom growing business. Trying to have a business by yourself can be stressful. If you don’t have enough time to spend taking care of everything yourself, some helpers may be the best choice.
    After you have started the mushroom growing, you should regularly check that your mushrooms grow properly and that they are not being attacked by any pesticides（农药）or any other animals or something that could be dangerous to them. That is the worst part of mushroom developing. Protect your mushroom farm well with a fence（围栏）or a gate so that only you and your workers can get in and out.
    Mushroom growing is not difficult and it is easy to get stared in the world of farming. You will soon possibly be able to provide some of the great cooks of the world with high quality mushrooms that will be enjoyed by thousands of people all over the world.
(    )52. According to the passage, many people begin to plant mushrooms probably _______.

1. because they are in great need.          B. because they look very beautiful  

C. because they are healthy food           D. because they are very expensive

(    )53. Which of the following is the right order of planting mushrooms?

a.Choose suitable mushrooms.            b. Protect your mushrooms well.

c. Find some workers to help you.         d. Start to grow the mushrooms.

e. Find a place to plant your mushrooms.

A.c--a--d--b--e      B. e--a--c--d--b      C. c--a--e--b--d      D. e--a--d--b--c

(    )54. It can be inferred（推断）from the passage that __________.

        A．pesticides can be used in mushroom growing

B．anyone can produce high quality mushrooms.

C．having a mushroom business is not so difficult

D．after starting, you should always take care of the mushrooms

(    )55. According to the passage, which sentence is NOT true?

1. Although you don’t know much about growing mushrooms, you can do it easily.
2. You can choose a suitable space, just big enough for you to grow mushrooms.
3. All mushrooms aren’t suitable to eat.
4. The worst part of mushroom developing is to protect your mushrooms farm well         

           with fence.

D

Cindy Soule is a teacher in Portland, Maine, an area known for very cold and snowy winters. But cold weather is not stopping Soule and her students from continuing with outdoor learning during COVID-19.

Besides online learning, schools across the U. S. also encourage outdoor learning to keep students and teachers safe and stop the spread (传播) of COVID-19. In Portland, they set up over 90 outdoor learning spaces across eight schools.

“The students seem to like the outdoor classroom. They’re begging me to go out,” said Soule. They study in usual classrooms for half the week. For the other half, they learn outdoors.

Adam Ali is one of Soule’s students. The 9-year-old boy noted some of the differences between outdoor learning and online learning.

“It’s a good thing because you can see the real thing,” Ali said. “We learn what is around us. It’s much better than online learning. We have Internet, but it’s just very slow. If anybody else in the house is on the Internet, it’s really hard to do things.”

For schools in Portland, the pandemic (流行病) has marked the first official use of outdoor learning. And they will keep it going even after the pandemic ends.

Soule said her students will never forget the pandemic’s difficulties. But she hoped studying in nature will be among their good memories of 2020.

“They’ re seeing the outdoors around them and learning. They love it. Students learn better when they’ re active,” Soule said. “They will remember that forever.”

(    )56. How long do the students study outdoors each week?

A.Five days       B. Seven days.     C. One day       D. Two or three days

(    )57. What’s the main reason for schools in the U. S. encourage outdoor learning?

A. To push students to be active in class.     

B. To protect the teachers and students from COVID-19.

C. To provide a special learning environment.   

D. To ask students to do outdoor activities.

(    )58. According to Adam Ali, outdoor learning is ______ than online learning.

A. more direct               B. more interesting   

C. more meaningful       D. more boring

(    )59. From the sixth paragraph, we can learn that schools in Portland will ______ .

A. set up more outdoor learning spaces     

B. stop online learning as soon as the pandemic ends

C. continue to make outdoor learning part of the school life  

D. provide students with more online learning experiences

(    )60. What might be the best title for the passage?

A. The uncertain future of outdoor learning   

B. Time to say goodbye to indoor learning

C. Outdoor learning continues in the cold   

D. Good memories brought by outdoor learning

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四、阅读理解（20分）

A

46.  If you want to act as a pilot and meet movie heroes, you can go to _______.

    A. Tomorrow Land  B. Adventure Isle C. Fantasyland D. Mickey Avenue

47.  If the Smiths want to visit Shanghai Disneyland with their 1.2-metre-tall son on Sunday, they should pay _______ for the tickets.

 A. ￥873.25  B. ￥1122.75  C. ￥1372.25 D.￥1497

48.  We can order tickets for Shanghai Disneyland Park by _______.

    A. making a phone call           B. talking on QQ 

    C. filling in a form       D. making a phone call or going to its website

B

On May 23, Shenzhen introduced new rules in order to prevent the “Chinese style of crossing the road”. “Chinese people cross roads without thinking about traffic lights, so long as they are part of a group of people,” said a post on Sina Weibo.

A CCTV news program showed that in only an hour, more than 600 people jumped red lights when crossing a road in Shijiazhuang, Hebei.

Many people say that they jaywalk(乱穿马路) because the red light lasts too long. Such an opinion is supported by a research（研究）group at Tongji University. The team did research on people’s waiting times at different road crossings for three years. They found that Chinese people would wait for 70 to 90 seconds before they lost their patience. “People are likely to ignore(忽视) the light when the waiting time is longer than they can bear,” said Ni Ying, a member of the research team.

However, a survey on Sina Weibo suggested that people jaywalk mainly because they ignore rules. “I always obey traffic rules. Time is important but safety should come first,” someone wrote on his Weibo.

Many countries give out punishments to jaywalkers. In Singapore, the maximum can be three months in prison（监狱）. Some Chinese cities have started taking some actions, too. For example, the first three people in a jaywalking group will be fined 50 yuan in Shijiazhuang.

But calling on people to obey rules is more important. To completely solve the problem, everyone should understand the importance of obeying the traffic rules.

49. The phrase “the team” in Paragraph 3 refers to ________.

A. A CCTV news program.          B. A research group at Tongji University.

C. A post on Sina Weibo.            D. A daily newspaper.

50. How long will Chinese people wait for to cross the road before they lose patience？

A. About five minutes.              B. Less than one minute.

C. Less than one and a half minutes.   D. More than ten minutes.

51. To solve the problem of jaywalking, the writer suggests that we should __________.

A. punish the jaywalkers            B. reduce the time of red lights

C. ignore the traffic rules            D. call on people to obey the traffic rules

C

On January 27, 2020, in order to win the new pneumonia Resistance War(抗击新型肺炎战) ,the Ministry of Education issued(公布) a notice on putting off the start time of school in spring 2020. It

was said that school should not start before February 17.The exact start time of school will depend on situations and further notices.

However, many parents are very worried that putting off the start of school may affect children's studies. If they have such a long winter vacation, children will not learn any knowledge, read books or study at all. They may forget what they have learned before. Staying at home for a long time will make them keep eating, sleeping and playing, which seriously affect their physical and mental health.

In short the close of school influences learning and develops bad habits, so how should we avoid these problems? Local education departments have also issued a notice, that is, to organize online teaching and create a network platform(平台) ,where necessary courses will be shown every day, and online teaching will be given by excellent teachers of the subject and students can learn at home through computer or mobile network.

It should be said that such a method is very good. It can not only keep students indoors and not worry about the infection(感染) of the disease, but also make them study at home, improve their learning ability, and truly achieve “no suspension of classes”. Both the platform itself and there corded lesson resources are more useful, and are welcomed by parents and teachers.

Of course, except for learning at home, it is also necessary to teach children about health knowledge, especially how to keep away from touching virus and other knowledge popularization at the same time, it is also necessary for children to do some physical exercises or some games, which

is good for physical health at home

52. Parents worried about putting off the start time of school because_________.

A. children may be infected by virus      B. they don’t like the idea of online learning

C. children’s study may be affected       D. parents have no time to look after children

53. Except for learning at home, what is also necessary according to the writer?

A. To keep playing online games.        B. To keep touching different people.

C. To do some physical exercises outside  D. To teach children about health knowledge.

54. The underlined word “suspension” in Paragraph 4  probably means______.

A. plan           B. stop       C. growth       D. change

55. What's the best title for this passage?

A. A Special Way to Learn at Home       B. A New War with a New Chance

C. A Way to Keep Mentally Healthy      D. A Method to Make Parents Worried

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五．阅读理解  阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共20分，每小题2分）

(A)

Our village carpenter(木匠), John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for the job. My wife said to me quietly, “It’s his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said in a loud voice, “It is a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it?” “I will decide about that when I see the bill,” I read:

 One dining table        10th November, 2011.

 Cost of wood           ＄17.00

 Paint              ＄1.50

Work8 hours (＄1 an hour)     ＄8.00

 Total             ＄36.5

When I was looking at the bill, John said, “It’s been a fine day, hasn’t it? Quite sunny.” 

“Yes,” I said, “I’m glad it is only the 10th of November.”

“Me, too,” said John. “You wait. It’ll be a lot colder by the end of the month.”

“Yes, colder…. And more expensive! Dining tables will be＄20 more expensive on November 30th, won’t they, John?” John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him. “If it isn’t too much trouble, John,” I said, “Please add it up again and you can forget the date.”I paid him＄26.50 and he was happy to get it.

（    )56. Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill? 

A. Because he didn’t want the writer to go through the bill carefully.

B. Because it was really a fine day.

C. Because he wanted the writer to check the bill carefully.

D. Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like.

（    )57. Why did the writer say the table would be＄20 more expensive on November 31?

A. Because it was difficult to make dining tables in cold weather.

B.Because paint would be more expensive.

C.Because the cost of wood would be more expensive.

D.Because he thought John would certainly add to the cost of the dining table.

(     )58. From the story we know that ________.

A.John made a mistake in the bill

B.John tried to fool the writer in order to get more money for his work

C.John had written out the bill before the writer got home

D.John still wanted to get ＄36.50 for his work in the end

(B)

Everyone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness and hope in our lives. But the ability to make friends changes from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to others it’s very difficult. Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get on with others.

If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it.

Realize your own good points. You have skills and talents(才能) that others will like.

Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others.

Be humorous. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile at others.

Respect the others. Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to others’ ideas without trying to make them accept yours.

Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show your kindness. Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend and so on.

Don’t complain. Learn to accept what you can’t change, and work hard to change what you can. No one is willing to hear your complaints all the time.

Never give up. Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you.

(     )59. Why do we need friends according to the passage?

A.Friends can do everything for us.   

B.Friends can bring us happiness.

C.Friends don’t like our ideas all the time.

D.Without friends, we could not live.

(     )60. What’s the first thing we should learn in order to make friends? 

    A. To help others.              B. To smile to others.

    C. To get on with others.         D. To listen to others’ complaints.

(     )61. Which of the following shows a sense of humour?

A.Opening the door for someone.      

B.Complaining to others all the time.

C.Laughing at ourselves and our weakness.

D. Finding someone who will understand us.

(C )

Jenny and Henry were born on the same day and they look the same. Their father has a taxi and he is busy all the time. He goes out early in the morning but comes back when his children go to bed. He gets a lot of money, but he has no time to concern（关心）them with their studies.

The two children study in the same class. Jenny works hard at her lessons, but her brother doesn’t like studying. He only likes playing. He is not good at writing compositions. (作文)

One day Mrs. Cook tells her class to write a composition “My mother”. After supper Jenny finishes writing in her exercise book and then goes to help her mother do some housework. But Henry goes to play football. When night comes, he comes back to watch TV. Then he remembers the composition. But he doesn’t know how to write it. He thinks hard and at last he finds a way. He copies（抄写）Jenny’s composition.

Two days later, Mrs. Cook asks Henry, “Can you tell me why yours is the same as Jenny’s?

    “Yes, I can, Madam,” answers Henry. “We have the same mother.”

(     )62. Jenny and Henry are ________.

  A. sisters      B. brothers     C. friends  D. students

(     )63. Jenny’s father can’t concern them with their studies because__________.

  A. he doesn’t like them.      B. he is very busy.

  C. he is a taxi driver.           D. he only wants more money

(     )64. Henry isn’t good at writing composition because_________.

A. he doesn’t like studying    B. he likes to listening to music

  C. he isn’t clever.         D. he is too young to do it.

(     )65. Henry copies Jenny’s composition because _______.

A. he plays football after supper    

B. he forgets to write it before he goes to bed

C. he doesn’t know how to write it.   

D. they have the same mother.

答案：

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46-48 BCD      49-51 DAB      52-55 ABDC    56-60 DBACC

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46-48 A C D        49-51 B C D        52-55 C D B A

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56 —58  ADB          59—61  BCC        62—65  DBAC