八年级英语质量监控阅读短文回答问题练习题

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1.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Dave married（结婚），and when his newwife sawthe clothesin hiscupboard（衣柜），she said,“Dave,you haveonly gotone goodshirt.The others are veryold,and theyhavegot holesin them.Im going to buyyou a new onethis afternoon.,,Dave likedhis oldshirts,but heloved hiswife too,so he said,“All right,Mary,but pleasedon，t throwany of the old ones away.Dave went to work,and when he cameback in the evening,Mary saidto him,“Look,Dave,Ive boughtyou anice shirt.Here itis.Put iton.Dave putthe shirton,and thenhe said,“Look at the sleeves（袖子），Mary.Theyare toolong.”“Thats allright,“Mary answered.They willget shorterafter I wash them.”Then Davesaid,“Yes,you areclever.

1.Why didMary want to buyDave a new shirt

2.Why didn，t Davelike thesleeves ofhis newshirt

3.Why didn，t Davelet hiswife throwhis oldshirt away

4.What didMary sayabout thesleeves

5.Do youthink Maryis clever

2.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Winter is a time for manyexciting sports:sledding（雪橇），skating andskiing.Skatingand skiingneeds lotsof skills（技工5）.Sledding givesyou goodexercise andis lotsoffun!A sledlooks like a boat.It canmove easilyover snowor ice.Early sledswere madeofwood.Now somebetter sledsare madeof glass.Sleds canbe pulledby animals.In somevery coldparts of the world,people makeanimalslike dogs,horses,and reindeer（驯鹿）pull goodsor people in sleds.People alsosled forsports andfun.Driving asled doesnot needmuch skill.The drivergivesa kick（踢）in thesnow to start thesled.He orshe canalso asksomeone elseforhelp.In asled,there canbe oneperson orseveral.gone toLondon.He11be backat twotomorrow morning.vMrs.Jackson wason dutyin the hospital thatnight andMr.Jackson hadto go to helphissister.Lucy was only four.She began to crywhen hermother left.Mr.Jackson toldher some stories,taught hera songand showedhersomenice pictures.He didn，t stopuntilthe little girl wentto sleep.Mr.Jackson wenthome afterJames cameback.He was asleepsoon after he wentto bed.His wifecame into the bedroomand itwoke himup.He had a lookat the clockon the wall and found it was half past eight.He jumped off thebed andranto thegarage（车库）with his bag.His wifetried tosay something,but hecalled back,“I wasnever latefor work,you know.But Imlate thismorning.“No,you arent,saidMrs.Jackson.Its Saturday.v

46.On whatday didBetty callMr.Jackson

47.Why didBetty askfor Mr.Jacksons help

48.What didMr.Jackson doto makeLucy stopcrying

49.Why didMr.Jackson runto thegarage when he wokeup

17.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题:

50.How many people havebeen mentioned（被提至U）in thispassage Paulcould not be asleeplast night.He wokeup earlyand satup,and thenhe wenttobed again.He feltterrible.I mustbe ill,“he thought,“but I must studyfor theexam”He gotup andlooked forhis historynotebook（笔t己本）.He foundit at last underaplie（堆）of clothesin hisbed.he readover his history notes,but hecould notrememberany of the thingsin his notes,“What shallI do”he thought.He feltmore terrible.At thismoment Paul,s telephone rang,so heput downhis notebookand pickedupthe telephone.“Good morning.”Jack said“You mustbe wrongabout“What thattest”do youmean”Paul askedweakly.“We renot goingto have a testtoday.”Jack said“I wrotedownthe datein mynotebook.The testwill It isn ttoday.How benext Wednesday.do youfeel thismorning”“Fine,said Paul.“Really fine!”Suddenly hereally feltfine.

66.Could Paulfall asleeplast night

67.Why didhe feelterrible

68.Where didhe find hishistorynotebook

69.Paul was really ill,wasn the

70.Did Paulget a wrong dateof thehistory test

18.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题:Mr Joneshad anice browncoat.He lovedit very much,but hiswife did not likeit,because itwas old.She oftensaid,“Give it to apoor man.But Jonesalways said,“No,I like this coat.”Then a cigarette（香烟）fell onit and made a hole（洞）in it,so Mrs Jones said,“Pleasedon twear itagain.Mr Jonestook itto asmall tailor,s shop（裁缝店）and saidtothe tailor,“Please makeanother coat likethisone.”The tailormade the coat verycarefully.Then lit（点燃）acigarette,andmadea holein itin the same place.

61.Why didn t MrsJones likethecoat

62.Why didnt Mr Jones wanta new coat

63.What didMrJonesdo when aholewas madein thecoat

64.Was thetailor carefulwhen hemade thecoat

65.Was the newcoat thesameas the oldonein the end

19.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题:HOUSE FORSALE（出售）Comfortable（舒适的）family home with largegarden onnorth sideoftown.Three bedrooms,living room,kitchen,bathroom.Pay Y280,OOOfor it.The Brownsare looking for a new house.Mr.Brown wantsto liveon thenorth side of thetownnear hiswork.Mrs.Brown wantsa housewith fourbedrooms.Their childrendon，t carewhat the houseis likebut thegarden isbig enough.DRIVER WANTEDfor busyrestaurant（饭店）Some eveningand weekendwork.All mealsfree.Ring

3320178.Jack has always wantedto drive.He thinksits veryinteresting.The workis hardbut he doesn，t mind.He has towork in the eveningsand atweekends but he canget someweekdays off.Its notvery wellpaid,but he never minds.JOIN OURFOOTBALL TEAM.Boys andgirls wanted to play for alocal（本地的）football team.Aged9—

13.Meet inGreen Parkon Fridaysat3pm.TomThere，sanew football team startingin thevillage,Mum.Im oldenough to play init.School isover athalfpastthree,so Id have plentyof time.MumWell,Im sureyou coulddo yourhomework in the evenings.But look,Tom,youhaven，t read the papercarefully.You cantpossibly playfor thisteam.

1.What doyou thinkof the house

2.Why didntthe Brownsbuy thehouse in the advertisement（广告）？

3.Why doesJack want to getthe job in therestaurant

4.Why can，t Tomplayforthenewfootballteam

20.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题One dayan old man wasselling abig elephant.A young man came to the elephant andbeganto look at itslowly and carefully.The old man wentto him and said,“Don tsay anythingaboutthe elephant before I sell it,and then I11give yousome meat.”“AH right,“saidthe young man.After the old mansold theelephant,he gavethe youngman somemeat and said,“Now,can youtell mehow yousee the bad earsof theelephant”“I didnt find the badears.said the youngman.Then whydid youlookat theelephant slowly andcarefully”asked the old man.The youngman answered,“Because I had neverseen anelephantbefore,and I wantedtoknow whatit lookedlike.”

1.What wasthe old man doing

2.What didthe old man askthe youngman notto do

3.What wasthe matterwith theelephant

4.What didthe old man giveto theyoungman

5.Why didtheyoungman lookat theelephantslowlyandcarefully

21.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题We livein the“computer age”.People likescientists,teachers,writers andstudentsuse computers to doall kinds of work.But morethan thirtyyears ago,computers couldn,t domuch.They werevery bigand expensive.Very fewpeople wereinterested in them andknewhow to use them.Today computersare smallerand cheaper.Since they can dolot of work,many peoplelike touse them.Some peopleeven have them at home.Computers becomeveryimportant becausetheycanwork fasterthan menand makefew mistakes.Computers canhelppeople doa lot ofwork.Writers nowuse computersto write.Teachers usethem tohelp teaching.Students usethem tostudy andchildren usethem toplay games.Computers canalso rememberwhatyou putinto them.Computers arevery usefuland helpful.They areour goodfriends.Do youwant tohave acomputer

16.What sthe Chinesefor“computer age”

17.How werethe computersover thirtyyears ago

18.Why domore and more peopleuse computers19-What dowriters usecomputersto do

20.Do computershave amemory

22.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Sam is a strongman.He likessports andisn toften ill.One Sundayhe wentto visitaplace ofinterest outsidethe city.On hisway home,something waswrong with his motorbikeand he hadto mendit himself.Suddenly itbegan toblow and the clouds were flying one afteranotherin thesky.Soon itbegan torain heavily.He couldn t findany housesaround andhad stand under a tree.When therain stopped,his clotheswere wet through.He feltverycold,and hecaught a bad coldwhen hegot home.He wentto seea doctorat once.The manlooked him over carefully and told him to be in hospital.He stayedthere for about oneweek.He feltvery terrible.He wantedto goout for a walk,but thedoctor didnt lethim doso.When hegot alittle better,the nursetold him to walkin the ward（病房）.One daythere was nobody in the wardexcept him,he wentout.It waswarm thatday.The sunwas shining and there were a lot of flowers in thehospital.Sam was very happy.Half anhour later he was tired.He wentto agarden,and saton achair.There was an oldwomannot farfrom him.She wasreading anewspaper.He cameup to her andsaid,“Could youtell mewhat thedate istoday,Granny”I’m sorryI didnt know.”answered the old woman.“What dayis ittoday,then”“I dont know,either.”“May Iread the newspaper”“It sno usefor you.said the old woman,It syesterday spaper!”

1.How didSame go to theplace ofinterest

2.Why didSam have a bad cold

3.What didSam hopeto do

4.Why didSam goout

5.Why didSam want to readthe newspaper

23.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Today isJane sbirthday.It isseven oclock.Everything wasready.On the table,there aremany differentkinds offood.And in the middle ofthetable,there isa verybigcake.Jane islooking atit,and feelsexcited.Why didnt theycome by thenItold themto come atseven.”Jane saidto hermother worriedly.One,two,three...Twenty-five minutespassed.But noone came.Jane ranto the door andopened it.No onewas there.When itwashalf pastseven,the doorbellrang.Jane openedthe doorquickly.Happy birthdayto you!”they said.And theygave some flowers to Jane.After that,they atethe bigcake,apples,oranges,pears,beef andso on.They sangand dancedhappily.At tenthey wenthome.Theyall felttired buthappy.

1.Were Jane s friendsall atJane shome atseven

2.What sin themiddleofthetable

3.When didJanes friends come

4.What didthey givetoJane

5.Did theyhave a good time

24.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Tom doesntlike touse hishead,so he can，tbegood athis lessons.His teacherstellMr.Green about it.He isworried about it.It wasSunday yesterday.Mr.Green didn，t go to work.After lunchhe began to talkwithhis son.“You arenine years old now,“said Mr.Green.z，When I was nine,I listenedto theteacherscarefully inclass anddid all my homeworkathome.So Icould answerall myteachers，questions.I wasgood atallmylessons.And MissBrown,our Englishteacher,liked meverymuch.I washer pet.〃〃Your teacherwas poor,I think,〃said Tom.“How doyou knowaboutit〃“She couldn，t afforda dog.〃

41.Why is Tom，s fatherworried abouthim

42.When didTom sfather talkwith him

43.Tom，s teacherstold Mr.Green abouthis son，s studyin school,didn，t they

44.Was MissBrown Toms Englishteacher

45.Did Tomthink MissBrown wasvery poor

25.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题:Life todayis mucheasier thanitwashundreds of years ago,but ithas newproblems.One ofthe biggestproblems ispollution（75^）.Pollution comesin many ways.We seeit,smell it,drink itand even（甚至）hear it.Many years ago,the problemwas not so seriousbecause therewere notso manypeople.Man isnow slowlypolluting thewhole world.The morepeople,the morepollution.Air pollution is stillthe mostserious.Its bad for allliving thingsin the world,but itis notthe onlyone kind of pollution.Water pollutionkills ourfish andpollutesour drinking water.Noise pollutionmakes usangry moreeasily.Many countriesare makingrules tofight pollution.They stopfactories pouringd到）dirty waterinto riversand puttingdirty smokeinto the air.Except this（除心匕之夕卜），we cando manymore things.For example,if there are fewerpeople driving,therewill beless pollution,too.The earthis ourhome.We must take careof it.根据短文内容回答下列问题

1..Is lifetoday harderthan hundredsofyearsago

12.In whatways canwe knowthere ispollution aroundus

13.Why airpollutionis the mostserious

14.How manykindsofpollution arementioned（提及）in the passage What are they

15.What canwe doto makeless waterpollution

26.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题“Yesterday”,the Swedish rock bandvisited Chinalast week.There wasa concertin Hefei.This wastheir secondvisit toChina.They came to Kunmingat thistime lastyear.There werefour singersin the Swedishrock band lastyear,but nowthereareonly three.One of them leftthe bandlast week.He brokehis leftleg.After the concert1met Erik,one ofthe singers.I askedhim,“Why doyou callyour bandYesterday”“We callit“Yesterday becausewe likeold music.”Erik answered.I asked,“Why doyou singin English”“Because mostSwedish peoplecan speakEnglish.People inmany countriescan understandEnglish songs.Erik toldme.“Why didyou singa Chinese song at the end ofthe concert”He said,T mtrying to learn Chineseand Ilike listening to Chinesesongs.I learntthat songwhen I was inKunming lastyear.”

1.When didtheSwedishrockbandget toHefei

2.Why dothey call their band“Yesterday”

3.Can thepeople fromdifferent countriesunderstand theirsongs

4.How manypeoplein the bandwere at theconcertin Heifei

5.What didErik doattheendoftheconcert

27.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Dear John,Thank youvery muchfor yourletter.I amglad that you enjoyedour holidaywith me.We enjoyedhaving you and your sister here.We hopethat youwill bothbe able to comeagainnext year.Perhaps you11be able to staylonger nexttime.A weekisnot really long enough,is itIf yourschool hasfive weeks，holiday next year,perhaps youwill be ableto staywith usfor twoor three weeks.We havebeen backat schoolthree weeksnow.It feels like threemonths!I expectthatyou areboth workingvery hardnow becauseyou arein GracieTwo now.Tom andAnn won，t bein Grade Twountil

2005.They wentfor a picnic yesterdaybut I didn，t go with them,becauseI hurtmy footand Icouldn，t walk very well.They wentto anisland andenjoyed themselvesthere.Tom,Ann and I sendour bestwishes toyou.We hopeto seeyou soon.Yours,Michael

51.Who stayedwith Michaelfor aholiday

52.How longdid theirholiday lastfor

53.From thesentence〃It feels like threemonths!/z,we know that Michaelhas nointerestin learning,right

54.Who will be inGrade Twonext year

55.Why didn，t Michaelgo to the islandfor apicnic yesterday

28.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题The Wilsonsdecided to go overseasfor vacation.They had a family meeting toplan thevacation.“First,“Mr Wilsonsaid,〃we shoulddecide where we aregoing.〃〃I don，t agree,Mrs Wilsonsaid,〃I thinkwe shoulddecide when we aregoing first.We don，t want to goto placeswhen they are cold.〃Mr Wilson agreed,so thefamilys firstdecision waswhen to go onvacation.They decidedto go inJuly.“Now we can decidewhere to go,〃said Mr Wilson.“But,Dad,〃Ben said,dont youthink thatwherewego dependson（依赖，取决于）how wego If we plan to fly,we cango along way.If weplantodrive,wecan，tgo far.〃Again,Mr Wilson agreed,and theydiscussed this.At last they agreedto travelby plane.And sothe planningmeeting wenton.The next day,one ofMr Wilson，sfriendsat workasked,，zWhere areyou goingfor vacation”“Well,“MrWilsontold him,〃we aregoing insummer byplane,but I dont knowwherewe aregoing!”

1.Why didthe Wilsonshaveafamilymeeting

2.What didthey decidefirst

3.When didthey decide to go

4.How didthe Wilsonsdecideto travel

5.What theydidn，t decide

29.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Long,long agothere livedan old man.He had a verybig orangetree in his garden.On the tree therewere manyfine oranges.One daytheoldman foundone ofthe orangeswas biggerthan theothers.It wasas bigasa watermelon.So hetook the big orange to the king.The kingwasvery happy and gavethe oldman a lot ofmoney for it.When a rich manheard ofthis,he saidto himself,〃It isonly anorange.Why didtheking givehim so much moneyIf Itake mygold cup to theking,he willgive memuch moremoney for it.〃The nextday whenthekinggot thegold cup,he saidto therich man,/zWhat abeautifulcup!T11give yousomething forit.Please take the greatorange.z/

39.What didtheoldman haveinhisgarden

40.What didtheoldman findone day

41.Who didtheoldman give thebigorangeto

42.What didarich man thinkwhen heheard ofthe story

43.Was therichmanvery happyatlast

30.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题The trainIwastravelling onwas alreadyhalf anhour late.I hadto arrivein Viennaat7:15in time to catch the7:25train toParis,but there wasnohope ofthat now.I toldthe conductor aboutit.He advised（建议）meto get offtwo stopsbefore Viennastationand takea taxi.When thetime come,theconductoreyen helpedmewithmy bags.He wishedmegood luckas Ijumpedoff.And afew minutes later,Iwasracing towardsthe centreofthe cityin ataxi.It wasalmost7:25whenwestopped outsidethe station.I paidthe driverquickly,took holdof mybags quicklyand hurriedinside.Paris train”was allIhadtimeto sayto theofficial（铁路职员）I saw.You canguess howI feelwhen hepointed to atrain thatwas justmoving outofthe station.

81.Where didthe writerwant togo

82.Was thereenough（足够的）timefor himtocatchthe725train toParis

83.Where didthe writerget offthe train

84.How didhe getto Viennaafterhegot offthe train

85.Was hehappy orsad attheendofthestory

31.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Sam isa strongman.He likessports andisn toften ill.One Sundayhe wentto visitaplace ofinterest outsidethe city.On hisway home,something waswrong withhis motorbikeand he hadto mendit himself.Suddenly itbeganUsually,you have to lieon yourback,feet firstin asled.As youtravel,you moveyourbody andfeet tokeep itin theright direction（方向）.There isa specialsled calledthe skeletonsled（骨架雪橇）.It svery different.On a skeleton,you lieon yourstomach anddrive thesled in a head-first way.It isveryfast!Many are afraid toride it.But oncethey tryit theywantto do itagain!

1.What aresleds madeof

2.What kindof animalscan pullsleds

3.What aresleds usedfor

4.How dopeople sledDescribe theprocess.

5.What isaskeletonsled like

3.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Some childrenwish to be writerssome day.They meanthat theywanttowrite storiesorbooks whichmanypeoplewill read.I wouldlike toremind（提百星）them thatthey willneedto begood readersandto read agreat deal（大量）in ordertobegood writers.Nearly allgreat writershad readlong beforethey startedtogoto school,and havebeenreading forhours andhours everyday sincethey becamegood readers.Instead ofwatchingTV in the evening,they spendmuch of their spare time readingbooks.If you area good reader,it wonttakeyou longto dothe readinghomework yourteacherasks youtodo.Then youwill havetime to read otherbooks forfun.Because youread sowell,you keeplookingformore bookstoread.While makingup yourmind tobecome agood writer,you hadbetter sayto yourself,“Imust readmore andmore ifI amready tobecome agood writer.”

1.If youwanttobe agoodwriter,you shouldbea.

2.Nearly allgreat writersspent muchoftheirsparetime.

3.Itispossible for agoodreader toread otherbooks

4.Most greatwriters preferreading tointheevening.

5.It takesagoodreader shortertimetofinishto blowand thecloudswereflyingoneafter anotherinthesky.Soon itbegan torain heavily.He couldnt findany housesaround and hadstandunder atree.When therain stopped,hisclothes werewetthrough.He feltvery cold,and hecaught abadcoldwhen hegot home.He wentto seea doctorat once.The manlookedhimovercarefullyand told himtobe inhospital.He stayedthere forabout oneweek.He feltvery terrible.He wantedtogooutfor awalk,but thedoctor didnt lethim doso.When hegot alittle better,the nursetold himto walkintheward（病房）.One daytherewasnobody inthewardexcept him,he wentout.It waswarm thatday.Thesun wasshiningand therewerea lot of flowersinthehospital.Sam wasvery happy.Halfan hour laterhe wastired.He wentto agarden,and saton achair.There was an old womannot farfrom him.She wasreading anewspaper.He cameuptoher andsaid,“Could youtell mewhatthedate istoday,Granny”I msorryIdidnt know.answered theold woman.“What dayis ittoday,then“I dont know,either.”“May Ireadthenewspaperv“It sno usefor you.said theold woman,It syesterday spaper!”

1.How didSame goto theplace ofinterest

2.Why didSam haveabadcold_

3.What didSam hopeto

4.Why didSam goout_

5.Why didSam wanttoreadthenewspaper

32.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Harry goesout afterlunch.He goesinthetree house.But hecan t findhis football.He ssure Nicktakes itaway.He doesnt knowwhere they are playing.He comesdown andbeginstoplaywithhisdog Bobby.His fathercomes out,with abag inhis hand.Where areyou going,Daddy”asks theboy.“Mr Hillis ill,“says his father.Imgoingto see him.”Mr Hillhas anice garden.There areall kindsofflowersin it.And theboy likestopick somethere.So heasks hisfather to take himthere.Half anhourlater,their carstopsat MrHili sgate andan oldman opensthedoorfor them.Mr Hillis inbed.Harry sayshello to him and then comesout.Rose,the littledaughterof MrHili s,brings himto thegarden andpicks someflowers forhim.The boy is happyandthanks thelittlegirl.“Do youfeel likea cup of coffee,Harryv asksRose.“Look atme carefully,“says theboy.Do Ilook likeone”

1.Harry goesout inthea______.

2.Harry phisfootballinthetree house.

3.Nick kthe footballis inthetreehouse,so hetakes itaway.

4.Harry sfather wantstosMr.Hill.

5.Harry goes to Mr.Hili sto getsomef.

6.Harry andhisfathergotoMr.Hili sby c.

7.The twochildren goto thegarden whentheir fare talking.

8.Rose knowsHarry1flowers andpicks someforhim.

9.Rose asksHarry ifhe wantstoda cupof coffee.

10.Harry tRose sayshe lookslikeacupofcoffee.

33.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题It sNew Years eve.Bob andhis classmatesare having a partyin their classroom.Peter isgiving foodand drinksto Mikeand Zhuhi.Zhao Lini stelling a funny story.Someof the boys arelistening to him and theyarelanghing.Bob issinging anEnglishsong.Susanis sittingon achair in a corner.She swatching andsmiling.They reall enjoying themselvesvery muchattheparty.

1.Who arehavingaparty onNew Years eve

2.What isPeter givingto Mikeand ZhuLi

3.Is Zhao Lin tellinga funnystory

4.Who arelisteningtoZhaoLin

5.Is Bobsinging a Chinesesong

6.Where isSusan sitting

7.Is shesmiling

8.Are theyenjoyingthemselvesattheparty

34.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Uncle Billisapleasant Person.He makesfriends withdifferent people.Mr Blackis afunnyoldman.He oftentells funnystories tochildren.The childrenlike hima lot.MrsFinly isa quietlady.She nevertalks toomuc h,but shelikes talkingwith UncleBill.Robert isa kind-hearted youngma n.He oftenhelps others.Tom isa carelessboy.He evenforgetsmeals,but he enjoys helpingothers UncleBill loveshis friendsvery much,and hisfriends likehim,too.

1.Is UncleBill apleasant person

2.Who isafunnyoldman

3.What doesMr Blackoften do

4.What kindof personis MrsFinly

5.Does sheoften talkwith UncleBill

6.Who sa kind-hearted youngman

7.Does everyonelike RobertWhy

8.Is Toma carelessboy

9.What doesheenjoydoing

10.Is UncleBill ahappy orunhappy man

35.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Mr Smith had two sons.One isseven yearsold,and theother isfive.One morningduringthe holidays,when he was cleaningthe car,his youngerson cameand askedhim forsome moneyforsweets.uSweets arebad for your teeth,“Mr Smith said.Take thesetwo orangesinstead,and giveone toyour elder（年长的）brother,“One ofthe orangesis quitea lotbiggerthan theother one,and asthe smallboy likedoranges verymuch,he keptthat one for himself,and gavehis brotherthe smallerone.When theother boysaw that his brotherhad amuch largerorange thanhis own,he saidtohim,It sselfish（自私的）to takethe biggerone for yourself.If fatherhad givenmethe oranges,Id havegiven youthe biggerone.”“I knowyou would,“answered his brother.That swhy Itook it.”

41.“What wasMr Smithdoing onemorning

42.What didhis youngerson askfor

43.Did theson getwhat hewanted

44.Who got the biggerorange

45.Why didthe elderbrother say that his brother wasselfish

36.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题:Dear John,Thank youverymuchforyourletter.I amglad thatyou enjoyedour holidaywith me.Weenjoyed havingyou andyoursisterhere.We hopethatyouwill bothbe abletocomeagainnext year.Perhaps you11be abletostaylonger nexttime.A weekIsnotreallylongenough,is itIf yourschool hasfive weeksholiday nextyear,perhaps youwillbeabletostaywith usfor twoor threeweeks.We havebeen backat schoolthreeweeksnow.It feelslike threemonths!I expectthatyou areboth workingvery hardnow becauseyouareinGrade Two now.Tom andAnn wont beinGrade Twountil

2005.They wentforapicnic yesterdaybut Ididntgowith them,becauseI hurtmy footandIcouldntwalkverywell.They wentto anisland andenjoyed themselvesthere,Tom,Ann andI sendour bestwishes toyou.We hopeto seeyou soon.Yours,Michael

1.Who stayedwith Michaelforaholiday

2.How longdid theirholiday last

3.From thesentence“It feelslike threemonths!”,we knowthat Michaelhas nointerestingin learning,right

4.Who willbe inGradeTwonextyear

5.Why didnt Michaelgoto the islandforapicnic yesterday

37.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题:Mr.Clarke worksin New York andbrought hisfamily toChina.They visitedmany placesofinterest andhad agood timehere.Before theyleft forShanghai,the Clarkesclimbed uptheGreat Wall.It wasthe greatestproject aboutthree thousandyearsago.They tooka lotofphotos thereand thenthey hadapicnicunderabig tree.Suddenly itbegantorain andtheyhurried to the car.And whenthey returned to thehotel,they couldntfindthebagin whichtheir expensivecamera was.They were all sorryforitThey couldbuy anothercamerabut hadno timetogoto theGreat Wallagain.They couldnot missthe plane!Thatevening theydidnt havesupper.Mr.Clarke hopedto makethem happy andsaid,Well.Letme tellyoua story.An oldman lived inasixty-storey building.One dayhe felldown fromitwhen he was cleaningthe window.But hedidn，t hurthimself.”“It wasa miracle!called outhis children.Why”“Because helived on the firstfloor!They allbegantolaugh whiletwo policemenwith abag camein.They saidaChineseboy founditunder thebig treeandheasked themto findout wholost it.“Its reallya miracle!the Clarkessaid happily.

1.Where didthe Clarkesenjoy themselves,NewYork,Beijing orShanghai

2.Where didthe Clarkesleft theirbag

3.Why didnttheyhave anythingthat evening

4.What didMr.Clarke tellastoryto hisfamily for

5.Why didthe Clarkessay itwasreallya miracle

38.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Mr Smithhad twosons.One isseven yearsold,and theother isfive.One morningduringthe holidays,when hewas cleaningthe car,his youngerson cameand askedhim forsome moneyforsweets.uSweets arebad foryour teeth,“Mr Smithsaid.Take thesetwo orangesinstead,and giveone toyour elder（年长的）brother,“One ofthe orangesis quitea lotbiggerthan theother one,and asthe smallboy likedoranges verymuch,he keptthat one for himself,and gavehis brotherthe smallerone.When theother boysaw that his brotherhadamuch largerorange thanhis own,he saidtohim,It sselfish（自私的）to takethe biggeroneforyourself.If fatherhad givenmethe oranges,Id havegiven youthe biggerone.”“I knowyou would,“answered hisbrother.That swhy Itook it.”

41.“What wasMr Smithdoing onemorning

42.What didhis youngerson askfor

43.Did theson getwhat hewanted

44.Who gotthe biggerorange

45.Why didthe elderbrother say thathisbrother wasselfish

4.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Newspapers andtelevisions oftenpresent thebad sideof lifetous.Life is,however,notsobad.The worldis,on thewhole,full ofkind peopleand friendlystrangers.Recently,a touristin Francewas givena bunchof rosesby agardener asa token（标记）of friendship.In California,whenatourist scar wasbadly damaged,a man who cameby offeredto tow（拖）the car to arepair shop.The repairmanwas sonice that he notonly charged（收费）the touristvery little,but lenthima cartodrive whilehewasrepairing thetourists car.We cansaythatif youare friendlyand expectto meetfriendly people,you willmostcertainly meetthem.

1.In California,let theuse his own carwhenhiscar wasdamaged.

2.We getawrongimpression and thebadsideoflife from.

3.is takenfrom thegarden asa tokenof.

4.We canbe surethat beingbrings youfriendship.

5.This passagemainly tellsus thattheworld.

5.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Jack lovestraveling bytrain.Whenever hefeelsliketraveling,hedfirst thinkabouttaking atrip on the rail.That isbecause henever hasto botherto book（订）ticketsor collectthem inadvance（提前）.Going to thestationand buyinga ticketare what hehas todo.Traveling bytrain isalso verycomfortable.Most ofthe trainsare air-conditioned,warm inwinter andcool insummer.Jack usuallychooses anon-smoking section,taking aseatbythewindow sohecanenjoy theoutside views.If itisanight train,the experiencecanbe exciting.He justsleeps thewhole nightandthe nextday,he willbeinanewcity.By theway,heneverhastoworry abouthis meals.The trainprovides foodaround theclock.Traveling bytrain hasanother advantageto offer:you mayrun intosome oldfriendsor youcan listento peopletalking aboutsomething ofyour interest.Last weekwhen hewasonatrain,for instance,he raninto aprimary schoolclassmate.They didnt expectthatthey couldbump intoeach otherthat way.Their talkbrought backmany things:thegames theyplayed,the jokesthey madeon theirpeers andthe funnythings theyhad done.

1.请用简短的话概括文中提到的乘火车的三个优点

2.How wouldyou liketogoto schoolWhy

6.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题J.K.Rowling was born inEngland in

1965.She lovedreading,and wroteher firststory,Rabbit,when she wasonlysix yearsold.She studiedFrench atuniversity,andthenworkedas asecretary inLondon.She hadthe ideafor Harry Potter whenshewasonatrain.Shestarted writingthe firstHarry Potterthenextday.In1992,she wentto livein Portugalforthree years.She wroteHarry Potterinthemorning,and workedasanEnglish teacherinthe afternoonand evening.She gotmarried toa PortugueseTV reporterandhada daughtercalledJessica.Then shereturnedtoBritain andlivedinEdinburgh,Scotland.She wasunemployedat thattime.She wrotein cafesbecause therewere warmerthan hersmall house.After fiveyears shefinished the first book,HarryPotterandthePhilosophers Stone.Thebook soldmillions ofcopies all over theworld,and J.K.Rowling becamevery famous.

56.When didJ.K.Rowling writeher firststory.

57.What wasJ.K.Rowling，s firstjob.

58.What，sJ.K.Rowling，s daughtersname.

59.Why didJ.K.Rowling writein cafes.

60.Why isJ.K.Rowling famous.

7.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Eton Collegeis inEngland.It sa school for boysbetween theages of13and

18.Boyslive inschoolforlive fiveyears.Teachers canhelp them.But theymust lookthemselves.Look atthe picture!This isPrince Harry,s room.On thedesk,there isa pictureofhis motherPrincess Diana.There aremany waysteach andmanywaystolearnin Eton College.Each classhas about and discusswith them.Boys canget theirneeds.Prince Harrylikesdrawing andacts inplays.EtonCollegehas manygames.Football is in autumn.The FieldGame isinspring andsummer.When aboyisgood atgames,he iswelcome.Prince Harrysfavorite gameisthe Wall Game.The WallGameislike football.Players playa ball withfeet.They cantouch theground withfeet andhands.When playersstand againstthewall,the gamestarts.

51.What kindof schoolis EtonCollege.52Who makesmeals forPrince Harry53How doteachers teachthe studentsin EtonCollege

54.What dothe boysplay inspring fromthepassage

55.Can playerstouch theballwithhands intheWallGame

8.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Tom,Mike,Mary andJoan arebrothers andsisters.I dont know how oldtheyare.I onlyknowthat oneof themis eighteen,one isfifteen.One oftheboysis sixteenand oneofthe girlsis seventeen.I alsoknowthatTom isolder thanMary,but Joanisn t.

1.How manybrothers andsisters are there in this familyThere are.

2.How oldisTomHeL s

3.How oldis Mary_She s

4.How oldis MikeHe s

5.How oldis JoanShe,s

9.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Walt Disneywasbornin

1901.The Mickey Mouse created（被创作）in1927made himveryfamous.He diedin1966,but hiswork andhis dreamsdid notdie.Now peopleallovertheworld enjoyhis MickeyMouse andother cartoons.Walt Disneywasamanwhodidnot give upeasily.One summer,Walt Disneywanted ajobin apost office,but theytoldhimthathewas tooyoung.He wenthome,drew somelineson hisface.And puton hisfathers suitand hat.Then hewent backtothesame officeandtold themhewas

18.He gotthe jobfinally.Later inhis life,Mr Disneyhadadream,that is,to buildanewkindofamusementpark.It wouldbe cleanand beautiful.There wouldbe ridesfor childrenand nicehotelsfor adults.It wouldbe funfor peopleof allages.Mr Disneydrew aplan forthis park.It wascalled Disneyland.Engineers toldhim itwasanimpossible dream.His familyandfriends thoughthewasmad.But MrDisney didnot giveup hisidea.In1955,Disneyland openedtothe publicand becamethe mostsuccessful amusementpark inthe USA.Walt Disneys dreamcome true.

1.When Walt Disney createMickeyMouse

2.What isWaltDisneys dream.Did itcometrue

3.Was WaltDisney18yearsoldwhenhegotthejobinthe post office

4.Where isthefirstDisneyland

5.What sthe meaningof giveup

10.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Frank boughtanewdoorbell,but nobodyseemed tonotice it.When hisfriends came,theyknocked heavilyatthedoor.Frank wasnot happyaboutit.One daya friendcametosee Frank.He knockedatthedoor loudly.Frank cameto thedoor,but didnt openit.He shoutedatthevisitor frominside.“I cant hearyou!Please ringthe doorbell!”

56.What didFrank buy

57.Why wasnt Frankhappy

58.Who cametoseeFrank oneday

59.Why didnt Frankopen thedoor

60.Did Frankhear theknockIL阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Mrs White hasason.His nameis Sam White.The youngman beginsto workinapost officeina citythis Autumn.He askshis motherto visitthe city.The oldwoman ishappyandcatchesa train.She soonarrives inthe city,but shedoesn，t knowwhere thepost office is.Shebegins tolook forit,but shecan，tfindit.At abus stop she asksan oldman,“Excuseme,sir.How canI gettothepost office”“There areabout fortypost officesin ourcity,“says theoldman.Which onedo youwantto find”The oldwoman givesSams lettertohimandtheoldman says,“Walk alongthis streetandtakethefourth turningon theleft.His postofficeisjust there.〃Mrs Whitethanks theoldman and soonfinds her son.They areveryhappy.A weeklaterthe womangoestothe zoo.She seesall kindsof animals.But shecant rememberthe waybacktothepostoffice.At thesame busstopshemeets thesame oldmanand she asksthesame questionagain.〃0h dear!z，theoldmansays.Are youstill lookingforyourson”

1.Where doesSamWhitework

2.How does Mrs Whitegotothe city

3.Does theoldwomanknowhowtogettoher son，s postoffice

4.How manypost officesarethereinthiscity

5.Does theoldmanthink MrsWhite foundher son，s postoffice

12.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Mr.Smithhadtwosons.One isseven yearsold,andtheother isfive.One morningduringthe holidays,whenhewas cleaningthe car,his youngerson cameand askedhim forsomemoneyforsweets.uSweets arebadforyour teeth,Mr.Smithsaid.Take thesetwo orangesinstead,and giveone toyour elder（年长的）brother,“One ofthe orangesis quitealotbiggerthan theother one,and asthe smallboy likedoranges verymuch,he keptthat onefor himself,andgavehisbrotherthe smallerone.When theother boysaw thathisbrotherhadamuch largerorange thanhisown,he saidtohim,It sselfish（自私的）totakethe biggeroneforyourself.If fatherhad givenmethe oranges,Idhavegiven youthe biggerone.”“I knowyou would,“answered hisbrother.That swhy Itook it.”

11.“What wasMr Smithdoing onemorning

12.What didhis youngerson askfor

13.Did theson getwhathewanted

14.Who gotthe biggerorange

15.Why didthe elderbrother saythathisbrother wasselfish

13.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Sandy,Billy andSue areinthezoo.They arenow standingnear themonkeys cage.〃Thats anice monkey,〃Sandy says.〃He，slikeBilly.〃〃No,hes not!”Billy answers.Hes likeyou.Hes good at runningand jumping.，z Yousee hewants some nuts.〃Sue says,“Give himsomenuts,Sandy.〃Sandy isthrowing somenuts intothe cage.Give himsomesweets,Billy./z〃He likesnuts,but hedoesn，tlikesweets,“Sue says.〃Look!z Sandysays.〃The monkeyis pointing（指）at BilFsbag.He cansee thebananas init.Givehim abanana,Billy.He wantsit・〃〃No!〃Billy says.〃I can，tgivemy bananastohim.I wantto eatthem.〃〃Please giveittohim,“Sue says〃No!〃Billy shouts〃He caneatnuts,buthecan，t eatmy bananas!〃

11.Whatarethe childrendoing.

12.Is Sandygoodatsports

13.What isSandy throwingtothemonkeys

14.What doesBilly likeeating

15.Does Billywanttogivethemonkeys bananas

1.Did Davidwin anymoney before

2.What doesDavid alwayssay

3.What doesPenny wanttodofirst ifthey winthe pools

4.What willhappen tothem ifthey spendallthemoney

5.Is iteasy fora persontoalotofmoney bydoing thefootball pools

15.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Mrs.Whitehasa shopinthetown.There areall kindsof fruit in hershop.She sfriendlytothe customers andnever foolsanyone.So thecustomers liketo buyfruitinhershop,andshegets moreandmoremoney.One day,the applesshe soldwereallfresh andnice.She rememberedher sonFrankliked thembest,so shebrought somehome forherson.After lunch,she wentoutandleftthe appleson thetable.That afternoonFrank cameback fromschool,he feltvery hungry.He lookedfor somethingto eatandfoundsome applesonthetable.Great!They aremyfavorite.he screamedand atealot.Mrs.White gothome aftershe closedher fruitshop.When shesaw Frank,she askedhim,“Did youhavetheapples”Her sonanswered,Yes.And Iate lotsofthem.”“Did youwash them”“Oh,I forgot.Iwastoo hungry.What shouldIdo”A fewminuteslater,Mrs.White foundhersonkept ondrinking water.“Are youthirstyWhy areyou drinkingsomuchwaterv askedthe mother.“No,mom.answered theboy,“Iwant towash theapples inmy stomachwiththewater.”

66.What shopdoesMrs.White have

67.Mrs.White isrude tothecustomers,isn tshe

68.What sFrank sfavorite fruit

69.Where didFrank findthe fruit

70.Why didFrank keepdrinkingwater

16.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题After supperMr.Jackson turnedonthetelevision.He triedto finda footballgameon it.At thattime thetelephonerangandhewenttoanswer it.Hello,“hesaid,“

7462135.”“Its Bettyspeaking,v saida woman.uHenry isill.And Ihavetotake himtohospital.But Lucyis tooyoung***v Dontworry.I11go andlook afterher.But where，s yourhusband James”“Hes。