外研版英语八上 Revision module B Reading
阅读理解
Three famous books: ?
a: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ???
b: the Water-Babies ??
c: Black Beauty
Passage 1 ??I love this book. It's a sad story, but it has a happy ending. It's about a beautiful black horse. In the beginning, he was happy. He lived with kind people. Then he went to many different places, and sometimes people were unkind to him. But in the end the horse lived in his old home again.
Passage 2 ??It's my favourite book. At the beginning of the story, Harry Potter was living with his aunt and uncle and cousin. He was getting ready to a new school, when suddenly dozens of letters started arriving at the house. He didn’t know how much these letters were going to change his life! It’s a great book.
Passage 3 ??It's the story of a little boy called Tom. He worked for a bad man called Grimes. But one day he ran away and went to live in a river. The book is all about the exciting things that happened while he was living under the water. ?
Match the names of the books with the passages.
A. Passage 1—c; Passage 2—a; Passage 3—b ?
B. Passage 1—a; Passage 2—b; Passage 3—c ???
C. Passage 1—b; Passage 2—a; Passage 3—c
D. Passage 1—a; Passage 2—c; Pasage 3—b
Which character(人物) went to live under the river?
Tom ?????? B. the black horse ???????
C. Harry Potter? ? ? ?D. the snake
3.Which character is an animal?
A. the character of Harry Potter and philosopher’s stone ?
B. the character of the Water- Babies ???
C. Black Beauty
D. the water baby
4.Which is not true?
A. Grimes made Tom work under the water.
B. Black Beauty lived in his old home happily at last.
C. Dozens of letters started reaching the house when Harry Potter?was getting ready to a new school.
D. Tom didn't leave Grimes.
5.If you wonder?what the life under the water is like, which book should you choose?
A. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ??
B.?the Water-Babies ??
C. Black Beauty
D. Uncle Tom's Cabin
阅读理解2
? ? ? We all know that in the race between the rabbit and the turtle(龟), the turtle won the race. So the rabbit was very angry. He decided to have a second race with the turtle when they met at a railway station.
? ? ?At the beginning of the race, the turtle was far behind the rabbit. The rabbit ran so fast that the turtle couldn’t see him soon. The turtle came back to get on a train. The train started and ran so fast that a moment later it was running before the rabbit.
? ? ?When the rabbit got to the next station, he found the turtle already arrived. The turtle won the race again. The rabbit asked in surprise why he could win, and the turtle said he won because of the train.
6.The rabbit wanted to have a second race, because __________.
A. he liked doing exercise ??????????
B. he thought he could beat(打败) the turtle ??
C. he liked racing with the turtle ?????
D. he wanted to make friends with the turtle
7.The turtle ________ the rabbit in the race.
A. helped ? B. was beaten by (被打败) ??
C. beat ???? D. laughed at
8.Where did they begin their second race?
A. At a bus station ????????????B. At an airport ??
C. At a train station ???????????D. At a police station
9.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The turtle went to the next station to take a train. ??
B. The turtle got on the train when he couldn’t see the rabbit.
C. It took the turtle a long time to catch up with the rabbit . ??
D. The rabbit took a slower train.
10.How did the turtle get to the next station?
A. He ran there. ?????????B. He walked there. ???
C. He flew there. ????????D. He took a train.
答案解析：
单项选择题
1. A
解析：根据passage1中提及到的It’s about a beautiful black horse以及passage 2里面的Harry Potter 以及passage 3中的The book is all about the exciting things that happened while he was living under the water. ?可以得知每一个所对应的书籍。
2. A
解析：根据passage 3中的The book is all about the exciting things that happened while he was living under the water. 以及passage 3中提及到了 ?It’s the story of a little boy called Tom.
3. C
解析：根据passage 1It’s about a beautiful black horse.可知Black Beauty的人物是一只动物。
4. A
解析：根据But one day he ran away and went to live in a river.这句可知是Tom自己逃脱了在水下工作而不是 Grimes 使得他在水下工作。
5. B
解析：根据passage 3中的The book is all about the exciting things that happened while he was living under the water. ?可知如果想要知道水底下的生活应该选择 the Water-Babies 这本书。
6. B
解析：根据 文章的第一段可知兔子输了比赛，所以想要再比一次。
7. C
解析：由文章可知第二次比赛乌龟又赢了 所以应该是beat（打败）兔子。
8. C
解析：根据文章第一段He decided to have a second race with the turtle when they met at a railway station.可知应该是从火车站开始的。
9. B
解析：根据文章第二段The rabbit ran so fast that the turtle couldn’t see him soon. The turtle came back to get on a train.。可知应该是在看不到兔子的时候乌龟返回起点坐上了火车。
10. D
解析：根据文章内容可知乌龟之所以赢是因为搭了火车。
