八年级上册英语阅读理解精选.doc

A rich American went into a shop in Millan. He wanted ___1__ to buy a nice-looking gold watch. He saw ___2__ that he liked, but the owner of the shop asked ___3__ dollars for it. ___4__a young man came into the shop. ___5__the watch out of the owner’s hands, and ran out ___6__ it. It all happened in a few __7___. When the owner ran out into the street, the thief was already lost ___8___ the crowds. The American went on. ___9___ he saw the young thief with the stolen watch in his hand. “Do you want to buy a fine watch, Mister? He said to him in a low voice. “It’s only a hundred dollars.” “It’s clear that the thief doesn’t know I saw him __10___ the watch,” the man thought. The overjoyed(过分高兴) American paid at once. Then he couldn’t help telling his friend ___11___ his good luck. His friend ___12___ the watch and started laughing. He said, “This watch isn’t worth even ten dollars. I’m sure that the shop owner and the thief ___13___ this together. Why don’t you ask the police to ___14___ you get your money back?” The rich man decided not. He thought ____15__ quiet about it.( )1.A.too much B.much too C.very D.very much( )2.A.a B.the one C.a one D.any( )3.A.five hundred B.five hundreds C.five hundred of D.five hundreds of( )4.A.Quietly B.Slowly C.Suddenly D.Quickly( )5.A.Bought B.Took C.Had D.Saw( )6.A.with B.without C.for D.of( )7.A.hours B. minutes C.seconds D.times( )8.A.into B.between C.in D.among( )9.A.In next corner B.At the next corner C.At next corner D.On the next corner( )10.A.stealing B.making C.buying D.bringing( )11.A.on B.about C.to D.over( )12.A.took look at B.took a look C.took a look at D.looked( )13.A.knew B.made C.planned D.thought( )14.A.help B.follow C.bring D.ask( )15.A.he better keep B.he’d better kept C.he would better keep D.he’d better keepOur third grade class was listening to our teacher, Miss Pratt. She told us that she was not ___1___that we weren’t not making the progress in learning multiplication tables (乘法口诀表). I regretted (后悔) that I had spent too much time playing with my friends instead of __2___. I had let down (使失望) my ___3___, who was the kindest one I had ever known. Every day near the close of school, she would ___4___to us or tell us stories about her childhood. Most ___5___, she made us feel that she __6___us and that we were important. I had a scar (伤疤) below my nose ___7___a serious accident. Having been called “Running Nose” by many other children, I didn’t like myself. ___8___my parents said I was pretty, I did not see myself that way. At the end of one school day, I was still in my classroom, ___9___for my mother to take me home. Miss Pratt sat at her desk with another teacher and talked. I heard they say, “___10__is she? She is lovely.” My teacher’s answer was, “I agree, she is pretty.” Pretty! The word drew my ___11___. Teachers would be reliable (可靠地). Maybe it was ____12___. At that moment, I made the decisions to be the first child in my class to learn the tables. No one was going to __13___me. This time I believe in myself. About one week later, Miss Pratt told the class that I was the first one to ___14___the tables and she was ___15___ of me. The class stood and clapped.( )1.A.sad B.surprised C.angry D.happy( )2.A.changing B.drawing C.studying D.writing(　)3.A.friend B.teacher C.parent D.classmate( )4.A.listen B.turn C.read D.write( )5.A.possibly B.luckily C.really D.importantly( )6.A.look after B.worried about C.care about D.set about( )7.A.before B.after C.since D.as( )8.A.Because B.So C.But D.Although( )9.A.looking B.waiting C.putting D.taking( )10.A.Who B.What C.How D.Where( )11.A.hands B.attention C.eyes D.answer( )12.A.true B.wrong C.impossible D.terrible( )13.A.control B.hurt C.stop D.invite( )14.A.learn B.show C.make D.find ( )15.A.tired B.afraid C.proud D.sadDo you know that an amazing world of animal and plant life hides just under the water’s surface? They are coral reefs,the “rain forests of the sea” –beautiful underwater worlds. Coral reefs only cover 1 percent of the sea floor. But they support 25 percent of sea life! Coral itself is acturally a small living animal. These animals live together right near each other. Only the outside of the coral is alive, though. The rest of it is made up of the bodies of earlier generations of coral. Coral comes in many different shapes--round, branchlike or even flat. Coral gets its food from tiny creatures that move by slowly and also from algae (海藻). Algae grow on the coral and stick it together to creat a reef. The algae give the reef its different colors. Normally coral reefs grow in 。