1、八年级英语阅读训练八八年级英语阅读训练(八)一Mr White was the owner of a small newspaper .He always tried to bring his readers the latest news . One day ,he received an excited telephone call from someone . Mr White was told that there was a sudden flood somewhere in the north and several people had disappeared .Mr White
2、 quickly wrote it down .That evening the story was printed in his newspaper .Mr White was glad to see that no other paper had known the news. But the next day ,another person telephoned him and told him he was tricked .So in the next days paper he wrote ：“We were the first and only newspaper to repo
3、rt yesterday that the village in the northern mountain was caught in a flood .Today we are proud to tell you that we again the first newspaper to bring our readers the news that yesterdays story was not true.”( )1.At first Mr White thought . A .the news the first telephone caller told him to be fals
4、e B .that the first telephone caller was telling him the truth C .what the first telephone caller told him was wrong D .that he himself was the last person to hear the news( )2.Mr White was glad . A .to see other people had known the news B .that no other paper had printed his article C .that people
5、 liked his newspaper very much D .because no other paper but his had printed the news ( )3.It was clear that . A .Mr White was fooled B .the telephone caller was tricked C .the readers liked to read the latest news D .his newspaper was full of jokes.( )4.Why did Mr White make statement in the next d
6、ays newspaper? Because . A .he felt it necessary to do so B .he wanted to bring his readers the latest news C .he thought himself to be tricked D .he wanted to cheat his readers( )5.From the passage above ,we can learn that . A .Mr Whites newspaper was the best B .Mr White was fit for his job C .Mr
7、White always printed the latest news D .Mr White was unfit for his work二Lawrence Henderson was walking slowly down the street on the campus of Jefferson University, lost in thought. Several weeks earlier, a commercial laboratory in town had asked him to work for them at almost twice the salary he wa
8、s getting as a teacher .He didnt know whether to accept it or not ,because he liked teaching ,but he wanted to get more money for his family. That evening ,his student ,Bob ,paid a visit to him .Lawrence asked whether Bob was working as a salesman .Bob replied that he wasnt and said he wanted to tha
9、nk Lawrence for helping him decide what he should do .Lawrence was surprised .Bob explained, “I spent six months in your class and everything changed .You made chemistry so interesting that I gave up the idea of becoming a salesman and decided to continue studying science .Im now preparing to become
10、 a doctor .Thank you , Mr Henderson ,for not letting me make a mistake .”Lawrence said , “Youve helped me more than you know.” After Bob left ,Lawrence said to his wife , “It isnt money that made me want to leave teaching .I dont know if I was successful as a teacher .Bob is only one student, but th
11、ats enough .If I helped one student I guess I helped the others ,too and I feel much better about everything.”( )1.While walking in the campus ,Lawrence. A .decide to go on his teaching B .thought deeply about how to give up teaching C .was unable to make up his mind whether to accept the new job D
12、.felt excited for he would be given more by the commercial laboratory( )2.Which is the following is true? A .Bob had been a salesman before becoming a doctor.B .Lawrence got as a teacher about half the salary he would receive in the commercial laboratory.C .Mr Lawrence wanted Bob to become a salesma
13、n.D .Bob was thankful to him because Mr. Lawrence suggested he become a doctor.( )3.What did Bob really mean saying “not letting me make a mistake”? A .Mr. Lawrences interesting teaching in chemistry made so much difference to him that he decided not to become a salesman ,but a doctor.B .Lawrences l
14、ively teaching resulted in no mistakes in almost all the examinations.C .Six months teaching changed Bobs habit of studying.D .Lawrences teaching made him give up the idea of going on with his study.( )4.Bobs visit made Lawrence feel much better because. A .Bob helped him more than Bob knew . B .Law
15、rence felt he had helped Bob a lot C .Lawrence came to know his teaching had made much difference to his students life D .working as a teacher got a high salary all the same( )5.What do you suppose Lawrence would do next? A .He made up his mind to get more money for his family. B .He still didnt kno
16、w whether to accept the job in the commercial laboratory or not. C .He would write to the commercial laboratory to tell them that he decided to accept the new job . D .He would write to the commercial laboratory to tell them that he decided to continue teaching at the university.三A store manager hea
17、rd his clerk tell a shopper,“No, madam, we havent had any for a while, and it doesnt look as if well be getting any soon.” Surprised, the manager came running over to the shopper and said in a loud voice,“Of course well have some soon. We placed an order last week.” Then the manager drew the clerk a
18、side. “Never,” he said,“never, never , never say we are out of anything, say weve got it on order and its coming. Now what was it she wanted?” “Rain,” replied the clerk calmly.1. The manager was astonished because he thought _.(A) it was foolish of his clerk to tell a shopper they were out of some k
19、inds of goods(B) it was rude to say “No” to a lady(C) his shopman was angry with the shopper(D) his shopman told a lie to the madam2. From this passage we can conclude that _.(A) this shop manager often cheated his shoppers(B) this shop manager wasnt an honest man(C) this shop was always out of good
20、s(D) the shop manager tried all means to sell more goods3. The clerk and the lady were talking about _.(A)some goods(B)weather(C)the manager(D)the order4. The shop manager was _ what the clerk told the lady.(A)interested in(B)satisfied with(C)terrified at(D)disappointed in5. From the passage we can
21、guess that the _.(A) clerk was not a good fried of the ladys(B) lady had never been to the shop before(C) lady did shopping in the store more than once(D) lady was a stranger to the clerk四Shortly after our son started his first job at a family restaurant, we decided to surprise him by having dinner
22、there one night. I was warned by other family member not to embarrass him by making it clear that I was his mother. Being a mother, I found this difficult, but managed to act like others. I kept my head bent over the menu (菜单) and politely accepted a knife and fork, and a glass of water-all without
23、looking up. I realized I might have been a bit too successful in keeping my distance when my son stared pointedly at me and said,“Hello, my name is Andrew and Ill be your son for this evening.”( )1. The parents decided to have dinner in the restaurant because _ (A).it was a first class family restau
24、rant (B).they had never been there for dinner (C).it was run by their son(D).they wanted to give their son a surprise( )2. The parents were advised _ (A).to act as if they were no relation to Andrew in the restaurant (B).to accept everything their son gave them (C).not to value their sons service in
25、 the restaurant (D).not to order for themselves in the restaurant( )3. Which of the following is TRUE? (A).The mother was shy of seeing her son in the restaurant. (B).Andrew did not recognize his parents in the restaurant (C).It was difficult for the parents to support their son (D).The mother had t
26、hought what she did satisfied her son.( )4. Which of the following can take the place of the underlined part “embarrass him” in the fourth line? (A).make him lose the job (B).make him feel angry (C).make him feel shy(D).make him feel worried( )5. From what happened it can be concluded that _ (A).And
27、rew expressed his unpleasantness in an obvious way (B).the mother successfully surprised Andrew (C).Andrew must have said to everyone in the restaurant that he was er son (D).Andrew and his patents would leave the restaurant together that night五Frank W. Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, in 185
28、2. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be a farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman In a large city, Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for displaying (陈列) goods to arouse(引起) peoples interest,
29、but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said： FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleaned. Soon afterwards,
30、 Woolworth opened his own store, selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly from the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went
31、 to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half. By 1919, Woolworth had over 1,000 stores in the USA and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the
