八年级英语阅读理解竞赛试题
阅读理解满分（100分）。
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Mrs Green lives in a small village． Her husband is dead（死）．But she has a son．He is twenty-one and his name is Jack．He gets work in a town and lives there．Its name is Greensea．It is quite a long way from his mother's village，and she is not happy about this，but Jack says，“There isn't any good work for me in the village，mother，and I can get a lot of money in Greensea and give you some every week．
One day Mrs Green is very angry． She gets on a train and goes to her son's house in Greensea．Then she says to him，“Jack，why do you never give me a ring？ Jack laughs and says，“But，mother，you don't have a telephone． “No，she says，“I don't have one， but you have one． 按要求完成下列各题。（共20分，每题4分） （ ） 1．Where does Mrs Green live？
a．In a big city． b．In a small village．
c．In a town with his son． d．We don't know． （ ） 2．How old is Mrs Green's son？
a．Twelve． b．Twenty． c．Twenty-one． d．Thirty-one． （ ） 3．Which of these is not wrong？
a．Greensea is the name of a factory．
b．Jack works in a town and his mother is happy about this． c．In the village there is no good work for Jack．
d．He can get less money in the town than in the village． （ ） 4．How does the woman go to Greensea one day？
a．On a bike． b．On foot． c．By train． d．By bus． （ ） 5．Why does Jack never telephone his mother？
a．Because he is too busy． b．Because he lives far from his mother's village． c．Because he doesn't have a telephone． d．Because his mother has no telephone．
B
阅读短文，根据短文内容，从文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。（共20分，每小题5分）
Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey live in Iowa. They have a big family. Mikayla is the oldest child in the family. She is six years old. The other children are Brandon, Joel, Kelsey, Kenny. Natalie, Alexis and Nathan. They are all five years old. Why are they all the same age? __1___-They are septuplets!
It is hard work to look after seven babies at the same time, 2_____. In the beginning, many people helped them. They helped to feed, clean, and dress the babies. Every week, the septuplets used about 170 diapers (尿布) ! _3_____ Now the children are older. The septuplets started school this year. But they go to school at home, like their big sister, Mikayla. When Mikayla was ready for school, Kenny and Bobbi decided to teach her at home. 4.______ Now Bobbi is the teacher for all eight of her children.
A. They drank a lot of milk, too
B. Because they were born together
C. Last year, Bobbi was Mikayla's teacher
D. Kenny and Bobbi are interested in cooking
E. But Kenny and Bobbi didn't look after them alone
1. ________ 2._________ 3._________ 4.__________ 5.___________
C
Stress （压力） is everywhere in our everyday life. Not only men have it, but also women and young people.The most important reasons of stress are：death, diseases, exams, making money, getting married, moving houses, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on .
How do you know whether you have stress? Could you give your answers to the following questions? Yes/ No
Do you easily get angry? Do you often sleep badly? Do you get headaches a lot? Do you take sleeping pills? Do you find it difficult to relax? Do you usually hide your feelings?
Do you smoke and drink a lot to keep quiet?
Do you find it difficult to put your heart into something?
If you answer “Yes” to more than two of these questions, you are one of those people with stress. So what can you do about it?
Doing relaxing exercises, talking with friends and listening to light music are all usual ways of relieving（减轻） stress. However, doctors now say that there are easier ways—people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people, especially men, should cry more often, because crying is the natural way of relieving stress.
完成下列各题（共20分，每题4分）。 （ ）1. Who has got stress in everyday life?
A. Men and women. B. Young people. C. Both A and B.
（ ）2. If you have over problems listed in the table, you are the person with stress. A. two B. three C. eight （ ）3. Which of the followings is NOT the reason of stress?
A. Taking exams. B. Taking sleeping pills. C. Making money. （ ）4. What’s the easier way to relax your body?
A. Talking with friends. B Doing relaxing exercises. C. Laughing, smiling and crying. （ ）5. The main idea of the passage is . A. about stress and how to relieve your stress B. that there are many reasons for having stress
C. that laughing and smiling more can help relieve your stress
D
阅读短文，根据短文内容在其后句子中的空处填入适当的词。
Mr Green works in a hospital．He is busy driving a car every day．His wife works in a school library．She's strict with her only son，Tommy．
Half a year ago，when Tommy was six，Mrs Green took him to her school．The boy was clever and studied well．But at first he couldn't adapt（使适合）himself to the new life．In the morning，he woke up late and in the evening he didn't go to bed on time．But his mother tried to make him do everything on time．
One evening，when Mr Green was driving in a street，a traffic accident happened．He had to take the wounded（受伤的）people to the hospital and it took him about two hours．When he got home，he began to tell his family about it．
“It's time for you to go to bed，Tommy，said Mrs Green．
The boy wanted to listen to his father tell the accident，but he had to do what his mother told him．When he lay down，he said，“I don't think Mom can look after me at all！ “Oh，why ？asked his father．
The boy said，“she always makes me go to bed when I am not sleepy（困的），but she wakes me up when I'm asleep．
1）Mr Green works in a __________ . He is a __________． 2）Mrs Green works in a __________ __________ ．
3）Tommy's mother wants to make him go to bed and get up ___________ __________ ． 4）One day，Tommy's father went back home late because a ________ __________happened． 5）Tommy's mother often wakes him up when he ___________ ____________ ．
E 阅读下面短文，简要回答所给问题（共20分，每题4分）。
Thumbs Down to Texting 屈指发短信Do you have a mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family?
Text messaging or “texting” is becoming very popular. But, scientists have discovered that texting can give us problems with our hands. Be careful! Too much texting can cause swelling in our thumbs. Our thumbs were not made for pushing small buttons, over and over . Scientists call this problem RSI. We spoke to a doctor called Harriet Wilson, who treats many sick people with RSI. She says we need to see how much time we are spending in typing text messages. If we are spending more than 10 – 15 minutes at once, we could have problems in the future.
As mobile phones develop, they are getting smaller with buttons closer together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with bigger buttons. Using a computer keyboard and playing video games can cause the same problem. So more and more people could find themselves with RSI. Among them, most are university students and teenagers, as they do not know the risks of spending so much time using computer, video games and mobile phones. If we don’t do something about this, too many young people could grow up in terrible pain. 1. What is becoming very popular now?
2. Does the word “once” mean “one time” in the second passage?
3. What kind of people are easier to have the problem of RSI? 4. What can also cause RSI except texting?
5. Which is easier to cause the problem of RSI, using smaller mobile phones or larger ones?
八年级英语阅读理解竞赛考试试题
