人教版八年级英语下册Unit3 Could you please clean your room阅读理解练习题（含答案）

八年级英语下册人教版Unit3阅读理解练习题
一、阅读理解
Most students do not enjoy doing housework. Some of them think that it’s boring to clean the bathroom or cook dinner for the family. However, if you try the following ways, you will find that housework is not as boring as you think.
Learn to do small things. You should learn to do small things. For example, you can do the dishes, sweep the floor or make the bed. Part of growing up is to be able to take care of yourself. Doing some small things around the house shows that you are becoming responsible (有责任心的).
Divide (划分) housework among the family. In fact, it’s too tiring for one person to do all the housework alone. It’s good to divide housework into different parts. All the family members will do the housework together. Dividing housework among all the family members will make everyone’s job much easier.
Make it fun. Cooking is one part of housework. Cooking can be very interesting if you put your heart into it. If you learn how to cook your favorite food, you will also get a feeling of satisfaction.
1．What can NOT you do to start by learning to do some small things
A．Do the dishes. B．Sweep the floor.
C．Make the bed. D．Make clothes.
2．Why should NOT a person do all the housework alone
A．Because it’s boring. B．Because it’s difficult.
C．Because it’s tiring. D．Because it’s unfair.
3．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？
A．It’s not useful to do small things if you want to learn how to do the housework well.
B．It is important to learn how to take care of yourself.
C．It’s good to divide the housework into different parts for each family member.
D．You will feel satisfied if you can cook your favorite food.
4．How many ways can you try to make the housework not as boring as you think
A．Three. B．Four. C．Five. D．Six.
5．What is the passage mainly about
A．The importance of doing housework.
B．How to make the housework not as boring as we think.
C．Why we should help parents do housework.
D．Doing housework is as important as study.
Do teenagers in small villages do chores at home How about the teenagers in big cities Here is a survey. We asked 4,000 teenagers in China several questions. Half of them come from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The others are from small villages. We made a diagram (图表) of the result of our survey. Let’s have a look at it. We found out that teenagers from small villages do more chores than those from big cities. Maybe it is because they live a harder life. Our advice to parents in big cities is that parents should give their children some chores to do. Doing chores teaches teenagers to take care of themselves.
Chores 2,000 teenagers in small villages 2,000 teenagers in big cities
take out the rubbish 1,600 1,000
sweep the floor 1,200 850
make the bed 1,400 750
do the dishes 1,100 600
fold the clothes 900 1,500
6．Why do the teenagers from small villages do more chores than those from big cities
A．Maybe it is because the teenagers from villages live a harder life.
B．Maybe it is because the teenagers from villages like doing chores.
C．Maybe it is because the parents of the teenagers from big cities don’t need them to do it.
D．Maybe it is because the parents of the teenagers from villages always ask their kids to do it.
7．How many teenagers from small villages did they ask in the survey
A．1,000. B．2,000. C．3,000. D．4,000.
8．Which kind of chores do most teenagers in small villages do
A．Making the bed. B．Sweeping the floor.
C．Doing the dishes. D．Taking out the rubbish.
9．How many teenagers in big cities sweep the floor
A．600. B．750. C．850. D．1,000.
10．Why did they make the survey
A．Because they don’t want teenagers in China to do chores at home.
B．Because they wanted to know if teenagers in China do chores at home.
C．Because they thought it’s not necessary for teenagers to look after themselves.
D．Because they thought it would help teenagers to do chores at home to take good care of themselves.
When you finish some chores at home, will your parents give you a reward (奖励) It is common for parents to do that. But some people do not think it is a good idea.
One of them is Susie Walton, an education expert. She believes if kids get rewards, they will think that housework is not worth (值得) doing unless they get something in return. Kids won’t sweep the floor if they see it is dirty. But they will if their parents reward them for it. Walton also said, “A home is a living place for everyone in the family. It’s important for kids to see that we all should play our part in keeping our home clean.”
Other people don’t think so. They believe that rewards encourage kids to do more chores. Rewarding also teaches them real world lessons. They can learn that we need to work to make money.
Now, there are also mobile phone apps like ChoreMonster. With the app, kids get points after doing chores. After getting some points, they can do something they like. For example, parents will allow them to play video games for half an hour if they get 80 points.
So each side seems to have their own reasons. Whether you give children rewards depends on your own ideas. Maybe you have better ways to solve this problem.
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11．Which of the following is Susie Walton’s opinion
A．Don’t ask kids to do housework. B．Don’t give kids rewards for doing chores.
C．Don’t allow kids to play computer games. D．Don’t let children play a part in doing chores.
12．How many reasons does Susie Walton give in the second paragraph
A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four.
13．What do people want to teach kids by giving kids rewards for doing chores
A．People need to work to make money.
B．Doing chores is a good way to make money.
C．They can only be allowed to watch TV by doing chores.
D．They must share housework because they live in the same house.
14．Where can we find the topic in the passage
A．In the first paragraph. B．In the second paragraph.
C．In the third paragraph. D．In the last paragraph.
15．Which idea may the writer agree with
A．Parents should give rewards to let their kids do chores.
B．Kids should offer to help with chores at home.
C．Apps are better choices for parents than money.
D．We don’t know what’s the best way to get kids helping.
Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each.
Children in the US will leave their parents’ home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents during holidays. Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.
Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid for doing some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use.
16．Most American families are ________ those in other countries.
A．larger than B．smaller than
C．as big as D．as small as
17．When children in the US grow up, they leave their parents’ home to ________.
A．get married B．be free
C．find good jobs D．study
18．Children in the US visit their parents ________.
A．on weekdays B．on weekends
C．at any time D．during holidays
19．Which of the following is NOT true
A．Children in the US have the freedom to choose their own jobs.
B．Parents in the US don’t ask their children to do the housework.
C．Parents in the US think it important for children to make their own decisions.
D．When children in the US grow up, they usually live far away from their parents.
It was half past five in the afternoon when Sarah came home from work. She walked into the living room and looked at her three children.
The children were fourteen, thirteen and nine years old. They were happily watching TV. The room was dirty and untidy (凌乱的). There were empty glasses and dirty clothes on the floor. Toys were everywhere.
Sarah got angry. “What a mess!” she said to her children. “I work all day and have to do housework all the evening. I’m very tired. I need to have a good rest. I won’t do housework anymore!”
Sarah did as she said. She didn’t do any housework. Every evening she sat on the sofa and watched TV. A week later, every dish in the kitchen was dirty. All the children’s clothes were dirty, too. Every trash can was full. The whole house was out of order.
Then one day when Sarah got home, she got very surprised. The kitchen was clean. The children had cleaned it!
The second day, when Sarah got home, she found the living room was clean, and the children were washing their clothes. Sarah was happy and went to help them.
Now Sarah and her three children do housework together. Then they all sit on the sofa and watch TV.
20．What did Sarah usually do in the evening before she got angry
A．She usually cleaned the house.
B．She usually sat on the sofa and talked to her children.
C．She usually watched TV.
D．She usually did housework with her children.
21．How old was Sarah’s youngest child
A．Fourteen years old. B．Thirteen years old.
C．Nine years old. D．Six years old.
22．Every day when Sarah got home, ________.
A．the dishes were clean B．the room was dirty
C．the children were studying D．her mother was looking after her children
23．Sarah’s children all felt ________ when Sarah got angry and didn’t do any housework for over a week.
A．happy B．sad C．sorry D．unlucky
24．Which of the following is NOT true
A．Sarah came home from work at 5:30 p.m.
B．Sarah didn’t do housework for over a week.
C．The children were too young to wash their clothes.
D．Now Sarah and her children do housework together before watching TV.
Once there were two neighbors. One of them was an old teacher and the other was an office worker. Both of them planted the same plants in their gardens. The old teacher gave a little water to his plants every day and didn’t always care for them, while his neighbor gave much water to his plants and looked after them well.
The old teacher’s plants were simple but looked good. The office worker’s plants were much taller and greener. One night, there was a heavy rain. The next morning, the office worker saw his plants were uprooted (连根拔起), but the old teacher’s plants stood firmly (稳固地).
The neighbor was surprised and went to the old teacher and asked, “We both grew the same plants together. I looked after my plants better than you did, and I even gave them more water. However, my plants were uprooted, while yours weren’t. Why ”
The old teacher smiled and said, “You gave your plants more water, so they didn’t need to work for it. I gave them a little water, so their roots grew deeper to get more water. It made them stronger.”
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25．How did the old teacher care about his plant
A．He gave his plants a little water. B．He was too old to look after his plants.
C．He took good care of his plants. D．He asked his neighbor to help with his plants.
26．What happened to the office worker’s plants after a heavy rain
A．His plants stood firmly. B．His plants looked better. C．His plants were uprooted. D．His plants became greener.
27．What do you think of the old teacher according to the passage
A．Interesting. B．Smart. C．Friendly. D．Stupid.
28．What can we know from the passage
A．The old teacher was very good at planting.
B．The office worker was the old teacher’s student before.
C．The old teacher didn’t like working with the office worker.
D．The office worker’s plants were different from the teacher’s.
29．What does the passage mainly tell us
A．Growing plants is not as easy as it looks.
B．Too much care can make us become weak.
C．A heavy rain can make the plants in the garden die.
D．Plants know how to look after themselves in the heavy rain.
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1．D 2．C 3．A 4．A 5．B
6．A 7．B 8．D 9．C 10．D
11．B 12．B 13．A 14．A 15．D
16．B 17．C 18．D 19．B
20．A 21．C 22．B 23．C 24．C
25．A 26．C 27．B 28．A 29．B
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