1、最新人教版学年英语九年级全册Unit8阅读理解专题练习及答案精编试题英语（人教新课标）九全Unit 8阅读理解专练题及答案（共16页）Unit 8 It must belong to Carla第一部分：选择型A“Save the whales！” Thats what the picture on Jake Smiths bedroom wall said. Jake liked having a picture that said something important; that showed he cared. He just never expected to get a chanc
2、e to save a real whale, one right in his own neighbourhood.It was a Saturday morning when the newspaper first reported the whales coming. A group of the animals were swimming close to the beach in Jakes hometown. All the local people rushed out to the beach to see them. They were expecting a beautif
3、ul show, better than a movie, but nothing theyd have to do anything about.Then one whale swam in their direction, directly towards land. It came in with the waves, and when the waves receded，it stayed. Its huge body rested on the sand. Suddenly, Jake and his family and all the others were no longer
4、sightseers. They had to become rescuers. A few people ran towards the animal. They pushed and tried to force the whale back into the water, but it was no use.An animal rescue service team soon arrived in a truck with heavy lifting machinery, to help move the animal. Jake and his family couldnt do mu
5、ch on the beach, so they went back to their house and made sandwiches and hot tea for the rescuers. At least, Jake thought, they could help in some way.Back at the beach, they offered the food to the rescuers and were happy to see that it was needed. It was getting dark. Some people lined up their c
6、ars along the beach and shined the headlights on the sand. The rescuers would not give up. After trying many times they were finally able to lift the whale into the water. Everyone cheered when it headed out to sea. It swam out about a mile and then disappeared for a moment under the sea. Then, in w
7、hat looked like a jump of joy, it rose high above the watera thankyou to those who had worked so hard to save its life.1. What does the picture on Jakes wall tell us about him？A.He lived near the ocean.B.He cared about the environment.C.He worked as an animal rescuer.D.He thought whales were the mos
8、t beautiful animals.2. Why did the local people go down to the beach that morning？A.To swim with the whales.B.To help rescue the whales.C.To see the whales swimming.D.To watch a movie about whales.3. The underlined word “receded” in Paragraph 3 means _.A.didnt move Bwent back outC.washed over Dgot u
9、p4. How did Jake and his family help save the whale？A.By calling the rescue service.B.By asking their neighbours for help.C.By giving the rescuers food and drink.D.By controlling the people on the beach.5. In what order did the events of the whale rescue take place？a. The whale disappeared under the
10、 sea.b.People turned on the lights of their cars.c.Rescuers lifted the whale into the water.d.Animal rescue service brought its truck.e.People pushed the whale towardsthe sea.A.edbcaBebcdaC.dbeacDaebdc1. B点拨：细节理解题。从首段的前三句可知。2. C点拨：细节理解题。从第二段的“They were expecting a beautiful show, better than a movie
11、”可知人们期待鲸鱼的表演，也就是看它们的泳姿。3.B点拨：词义猜测题。从第三段的“It came in with the waves”以及“Its huge body rested on the sand”可知浪潮退去，鲸鱼留在了沙滩上。4.C点拨：细节理解题。从第四段中的“Jake and his family.and made sandwiches and hot tea for the rescuers.”可知杰克和他的家人给救援人员做了吃喝的东西。5.A点拨：排序题。通读全文可知鲸鱼最终获救游回大海，故a位于末尾，排除C和D，救援人员到了之后，人们打开车灯给救援人员照明，故d在b之前。
12、BSteven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not quite successful in his early years. At that time, he was not among the best students at school, and from time to time he got into trouble with either his schoolmates or his teachers. But he was full of new ideas, which few people saw the value o
13、f. Things remained the same when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway (中途退学).After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and a change i
14、n life for the better.Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India. And then, in 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. Along with his friend Stephen Woziak, he designed the Apple Computer in his garage (车库). He chose the name “Apple” just because it remi
15、nded him of a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.( )1. Steven Jobs seemed _ when he was young.A. to be one of the best students at schoolB. not to be a good student at schoolC. to be li
16、ked by all his teachersD. to leave the school( )2. Why did Steven Jobs go to India?A. Because he was interested in India.B. Because he was given a job as a designer there.C. Because he hoped to get some new ideas from the trip.D. Because he wanted to study there.( )3. Steven Jobs designed his new co
17、mputer _.A. in India B. with his friendC. in an apple tree garden D. by himself( )4. Steven Jobs was famous for his _ all over the world.A. new ideas B. apple treesC. Apple Computer D. video games( )5. From this passage we can learn that _.A. Steven Jobs got on well with his schoolmatesB. Steven Job
18、s was full of new ideas, but only one of them was valuable.C. Steven Jobs could only design video gamesD. Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true参考答案1-5 BCBCDCIn the 13th century, the famous Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China. During hisstay i
19、n China, he discovered that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not usepaper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century.A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2000 years ago. He made it from wood.Now paper
20、 still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. Every day, people throw away about 280 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 4800 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start usin
21、g less paper now. If we dont, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we aremaking notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We
22、 also use cotton handkerchiefs and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.( )1. Who was Marco Polo?A. He was a traveler of Italy.B. He was an inventor of ItalyC. He discovered how to use pape
23、r moneyD. He stayed in China( )2. People in western countries first used paper money in the _ century.A. 15th B. 13th C. 7th D. 17th( )3. How many trees does it take to make one ton of paper?A. 10 B. 17 C. 280 D. 4800( )4. Which of the following is not the way of saving paper?A. To use both sides of
24、 every piece of paper.B. To grow more trees.C. To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones.D. To use the paper bags from shops more than once.( )5. Which is the best title of the passage?A. Saving PaperB. Cai Lun, the Great InventorC. Handkerchiefs Back AgainD. Story of Paper参考答案115、AABBDDWe m
25、oved to a beautiful twostorey old house.The house was built in 1905.It was repaired in 1997.At first，really small things began to happen.They didnt make me believe that anything was wrong，but as time went on，things started becoming stranger and stranger.Early something was missing，and later on would
26、 be found somewhere else.I just thought I had forgotten where I put it，or perhaps my daughter was playing around with these things.Then later on I would hear strange sounds when nobody was at home but meyet it was an old house，and sometimes an old house did make little noises，so again，I didnt really
27、 mind.Then things that I couldnt explain started happening.It was last November and I was at home alone cleaning house.When I was sweeping the kitchen floor，I felt a very cold wind blew my hair.I thought the kitchen window must have been opened，but when I checked it，it was closed.The windows were ne
28、w，and there was no way any cold air came in.We all felt very strange and moved away from there in October.I was never really frightened.It was just strange，like something or someone was trying to get my attention or something.( )1.The house is _ years old.Aabout 97 Bmore than 100 Cover 200( )2.Accor
29、ding to the passage，the things that were missing in the old house _.Awould never be foundBwould be seen in another placeCmust be taken away by her daughter( )3.At first the writer didnt mind the strange sounds happened because _.Athe house was very oldBsome animals made themCher daughter made them(
30、)4._ when the writer was sweeping the kitchen floor last November.AThe window was closed by someoneBA very cold wind blew in from the open windowCA very cold wind blew her hair( )5.From the passage，we could know that the writer was _.Ainterested in everythingBsurprised at the strange thingsCafraid o
31、f the strange things参考答案15、B B A C BEDo you think there is a ghost in the world？More than 20 years ago，a student jumped from the top of the clock tower in the University of Birmingham.He did this only because he failed his final exam.After his death，a superstition(迷信) began：Anyone who walks under th
32、e clock tower will have bad luck in his exam.Years later，students there still remembered the story of the tower.Although Birmingham is the second largest city in Britain，and the university is green and quiet.The grass around the tower has been worn away(踩坏) by the feet of students who refuse to pass underneath(在
