一、八年级英语上册阅读理解专项训练
The Vine That Ate the South
Kudzu is a fast-growing vine （蔓生植物）that covers a large area in the southern United States. It is so common that one might think it is a native plant, but it is not. Kudzu was brought to the United States from Japan in 1876. Many Americans thought it was beautiful, and they began to plant it. They didn't know it could grow up to a foot a day during the summer months. Nor did they know it would grow up and over anything in its path （路径）.
In Japan, kudzu experienced cold winters and a short growing season. But in the United States, it has a very long growing season with warm and wet southern weather. It is fine weather for the vine to grow fast.
In the 1920s, people used the vine to feed farm animals. Ten years later, the government supported to plant kudzu because it kept soil （土壤）from washing away. However, by the 1950s, the government no
longer wanted people to plant the vine. Twenty years after that, the government said it was a harmful plant.
The vine grows up trees and buildings, making some beautiful shapes. However, trees die after kudzu covers them because they cannot get enough light. Scientists are looking for ways to kill the vine. They used poisons （毒药）to kill the vine. However, some of the poisons made it grow even better. Scientists also find it difficult to dig up Kudzu. The plant is really tough.
Because kudzu is so hard to kill, some people are making the best of it. So they try to find different uses for the vine. They find the vine can be used to make paper and baskets, it can be used to feed the goats, and it can even be eaten by people. Scientists are studying it in the hope that the vine can be used as a medicine. At the very least, kudzu serves as an example of the unexpected results that can come from non-native plants.
经典短文（1）We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. kudzu mostly grows in the northern America
B. kudzu was brought to Japan from America
C. kudzu grows very fast in warm and wet weather
D. American government has never supported to plant kudzu
（2）The underlined word "tough" in Paragraph 4 probably means "________".
A. not easily broken
B. widely used
C. hard to grow
D. important to one's health （3）The last paragraph is mostly about ________.
A. how quickly the vine grows
B. how people use the vine
C. why people want to kill the vine
D. why people eat the vine
（4）The writer uses the title "The Vine That Ate the South" most probably to ________.
A. let readers know that kudzu is a vine
B. interest readers in a humorous way
C. tell readers the vine is a kind of food
D. get readers to realize the passage is serious 2．根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
Animals grow up in different ways. Some newborn （新生的） animals are helpless but their
mothers protect them. A newborn kangaroo is very small. It is only a few centimetres （厘米）long. It closes its eyes and doesn't have hair. It stays safe in its mothers' pouch（育儿袋） for a long time. A newborn monkey can not walk. Its mother carries it everywhere.
Other baby animals can walk soon after they're born. They learn to run with their mothers when danger is near. A baby zebra can run, an hour after it is born.
Some baby animals are born in a place that is safe. Baby wolves are usually born in big hales with little light. Other baby animals are born in the open. A baby elephant is often born on open land.
Animals that drink their mothers' milk are called mammals （哺乳动物）. A mother bear's milk is rich. Baby bears have milk for a few months. This is the same with baby zebras, As baby animals grow, they need solid （固体的） food. Baby lions cat what their mother can catch!（1）According to the passage, many newborn animals need their mothers' help because the baby can't .
A. Look after themselves
B. eat any food
C. walk by themselves
（2）A newborn monkey's mother carries it everywhere because .
A. it is very small
B. it can't walk
C. it closes its eyes
（3）Baby wolves are usually born in a（n） place.
A. open
B. bright
C. safe
（4）Newborn mammals' main food is .
A. Mothers' milk
B. solid food
C. smaller animals
（5）How many kinds of baby animals are mentioned in this passage?
A. Six.
B. Seven.
C. Eight.
3．阅读理解
Is there intelligent（有智力的）life on other planets? For years, scientists said "no." or "we don't know." But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers （天文学家）. They believe intelligent life exists（存在）somewhere in the universe. They also think we will soon contact them.
Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? The first reason is time. Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old. "This is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life, "say Shostak and Barnett. The second reason is size the universe is huge. "Tools like the Hubble Telescope（哈勃望远镜）have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies, "says Shostak. "And our galaxy, the Milky Way, has at least 100 billion stars. Some planets going around these stars might be similar to the earth. "
In the past, it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now, powerful telescopes（高倍望远镜）allow scientists to discover smaller planets-the size of Mars or the earth-in other solar systems, these planets might have intelligent life.
Have beings from space already visited the earth? "Probably not, "says Shostak. "It's a long way away.
However, intelligent beings may contact us in other way, such as radio signals（信号）. In fact, they may be trying to communicate with us now, but we don't have the right tools to receive their messages. However, this is changing. By 2025, we could make contact with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other. "
（1）What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A. The age and size of the earth.
B. Something about the Milky Way.
C. The reasons why intelligent life might exist.
D. The earth is the only planet with intelligent life.
（2）Why was it hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe in the past?
A. There were not any smaller planets.
B. There were not any powerful telescopes.
C. The astronomers were not interested in them.
D. The Milky Way didn't exist at that time.
（3）Why haven't beings from space visited us yet according to Shostak?
A. Because they're afraid of us.
B. Because it's long way away.
C. Because they don't want to see us.
D. Because they don't know how to use radio signals.
（4）What does the underlined phrase "life forms" in the last paragraph mean?
A. Messages.
B. Tools.
C. Radio signals.
D. Intelligent beings. 4．阅读理解
Who is your hero（偶像）? Why do you like the person? Cool looks? Money? A lot of talent （才华）?
Shanghai teenagers say they look for more than that. Most of them say their heroes are hardworking and brave.
The NBA star Yao Ming is the No. 1 Chinese hero with 48 per cent of all votes（投票）. Zheng Hua, a 13-year-old boy from Shanghai, said," It is hard for him to play basketball in the NBA. He's a big star. Most of us think he is still kind and loves others after he becomes a famous star. He also helps disabled（残疾的）children."
Jay Zhou from Taiwan is one of the teen's favourite stars. Liu Yan from a high school of Shanghai is one of Jay's big fans. In her sight, Jay is not just a pop star." Jay's so kind to his mother and grandma. He takes good care of them," said Liu Yan.
Wang Hao, from a high school of Guangdong, said he liked Zhou Enlai."He's great. He loved his people. He saw the people as his own children. And he never thought he was different from others."
Shanghai students also like American businessman Bill Gates. Many teenagers consider him as their h
ero. One teenager from Beijing who likes Bill Gates said," Bill Gates works hard. And he doesn't like to tell everyone how rich he is. He also has courage. He left school to start his own business."
（1）Most of the teenagers think their heroes must be ___________.
A. hard-working and brave
B. rich and good-looking
C. talented and good-looking
D. brave and talented
（2）Teenagers like Yao Ming because ___________ after he becomes a famous star.
A. he is kind and brave
B. he is kind and loves others
C. he has talent in playing basketball
D. he is brave and tall
（3）Wang Hao loves Zhou Enlai because ___________.
A. he was a great leader
B. he was kind to the people
C. he was different from others
D. he loves reading
（4）Teenagers see Bill Gates as their hero because ___________.
A. he works hard and becomes very rich
B. he has courage and has a big company
C. he works hard and he has courage
D. he left school and later became famous
5．阅读理解
Michelle Wie, from America, is like a lot of other young girls in many ways. She is a good student, and she likes reading, drawing, and computers. However, in some other ways, she is very different. She doesn't spend much time going out with friends or shopping or going to parties. She's very busy practising golf.
Michelle Wie is the best woman golfer for her age in the world. She was born in 1989. In 1999, at the age of 10，she began to win games. At 13, she could hit the ball farther than most of the women in the Ladies Professional Golf Association （LPGA）. At 14, she showed she could hit the ball farther than most men.
Wie began playing golf at the age of four. When she grew older, she played about four hours a day on weekdays and seven hours a day at weekends. Another thing that helped her was that she was tall. Now Wie is about six feet tall. She has the flexibility of a dancer and also is very strong. And it's clear that she loves the game.
（1）When did Michelle Wie start playing golf?
A. At 4.
B. At 10.
C. At 13.
D. At 14.
（2）What does she often do after school?
A. Go out with her friends.
B. Shop with her family.
C. Go to parties.
D. Practise golf.（3）What makes her a successful golfer?
A. Dance.
B. Practice.
C. Drawing.
D. Computers.
（4）Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. Michelle Wie, a good student
B. Michelle Wie, a young winner
C. Women golf players
D. Golf games for women
6．阅读理解
When scientist Jessica Wade realized how hard it was to find information about women scientists, she decided to help solve that problem. She has now added the stories of over 300 female scientists to Wikipedia.
Dr. Wade has always been interested in science. But as she kept going in science and learned more about amazing women scientists, she was surprised to learn that they didn't have Wikipedia pages.
Wikipedia is the world's largest encyclopedia, and the world's 5th most popular website. What makes it
special is that anybody can add to or change it. But even though Wikipedia has close to 6 million articles. Dr. Wade noticed that "It doesn't have the stories of many amazing women in science." She says that 83% of the biographies on Wikipedia are about men.
So, in January. 2018 she decided to write one Wikipedia article about a female scientist every day. She doesn't get paid, but it has become her second job. So far, she has created 306 Wikipedia pages.
Dr. Wade will keep writing her articles, but she also wants to teach other people how to add articles to Wikipedia. She would like to create a website to keep track of all of the biographies. She wants to turn them into a teaching tool.
（1）Why did Dr. Wade add female scientists' stories to Wikipedia?
A. It's her second job in Wikipedia.
B. Female scientists asked her to do so.
C. She couldn't find information she wanted.
D. She has always been interested in science.
（2）What is special about Wikipedia?
A. It's the world's biggest encyclopedia.
B. Common people can make it different.
C. There're nearly 6 million articles on it.
D. It's the world's 5th most popular website.
（3）How much time has Dr. Wade spent adding articles to Wikipedia so far?
A. About a month.
B. Less than 300 days.
C. More than 300 days.
D. The article didn't tell us.
（4）Which of the following things will Dr. Wade do?
A. Try to be a teacher.
B. Give up her job.
C. Create a website.
D. Stop writing stories. 7．阅读短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳选项。
Sharon Reasonover first started volunteering at the age of 16. She hadn't really understood the meaning behind doing something for others until that summer day.
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