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八年级英语阅读能力竞赛试题

（时量：40分钟 总分：120分）

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阅读理解1 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 (大学) 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 (乘客) 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

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

阅读理解2 “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

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（ ）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 (暗示) 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

阅读理解3 A meteorite (陨石) almost hit an 80-year-old man named Arthur Pettifer in Britain when he was working in his garden. The meteorite was the biggest in the past 26 years in Britain.

The meteorite weighed (重量) one kilo, and might be over four thousand million (百万) years old.

“I hear the big noise in the air. I looked up and saw the tops of the trees coming and going,” he said. “I didn't know what it was.”

Meteorites are small things from the small planets in space. About 3,500 meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found. Mr. Pettifer's meteorite is the fifth to fall in Britain since the Second World War.

Mr. Pettifer is glad. “When you think about it coming from so far away, it really is something strange.”

（ ）1. The meteorite was ______ Mr Pettifer when it fell down. A. close to B. far from C. hitting D. coming to （ ）2. The meteorite was already ______ years old.

A. 40,000,000,000 B. 40,000,000 C. 400,000,000 D. 4,000,000,000 （ ）3. Mr. Pettifer found the tops of the trees coming and going because ______. A. the trees were afraid

B. the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops moving C. it was going to rain D. the moving was made by wind

（ ）4. ______ people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often each year.

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