牛津译林版英语八年级上册 英语阅读专项训练 8 （含教师版）

8上 英语阅读专项训练 8 一、完形填空 One day, the animals found a set of scales in the forest. They all took turns to ___1___ themselves. At first this was a big game. Every day each animal would see ___2___ weight they got or lost. But soon, many animals began to ___3___ their weight. The first thing they would do each day would be run to the scales, weigh themselves and ___4___ the rest of the day with unhappy faces. This was ___5___ , whatever the scales said, they always weighed more than they wanted. As months passed, the animals treated the scales ___6___ . So, one day the scales decided to ___7___ . That morning, the first animal to run to weigh ___8___ was the zebra. However, as soon as it was onto the scales, the scales began to tickle (挠痒) the zebra’s ___9___. The zebra couldn’t stop laughing. This was ___10___ much fun for the zebra that from that day on it no longer worried about its ___11___ . The same thing happened to ___12___ animals that day. So, before long, instead of worrying about their weight the ___13___ day, they all started to talk about how much ___14___ the scales’ tickling was. As months and years ___15___ , the scales stopped reading weight and began reading good humour instead. 1. A. decorate B. understand C. describe D. weigh 2. A. how much B. how many C. how long D. how often 3. A. look after B. worry about C. think about D. turn around 4. A. spend B. take C. cost D. pay 5. A. how B. why C. because D. when 6. A. badly B. well C. carefully D. politely 7. A. leave B. move C. accept D. change 8. A. myself B. itself C. himself D. herself 9. A. heads B. legs C. ears D. feet 10. A. such B. so C. very D. quite 11. A. weight B. height C. look D. sleep 12. A. the others B. others C. the other D. another 13. A. whole B. busy C. warm D. clean 14. A. work B. space C. sunshine D. fun 15. A. went B. passed C. lost D. missed 1～5DABAC 6～10 ADBDB 11～15ACADB 二、阅读理解 A China’s first carton came out in1922. Today, Chi