期中考试高分冲刺Units1-4 阅读理解20篇 2026-2027学年新人教八年级英语上册

期中考试高分冲刺Units1-4 阅读理解20篇 基础篇（十篇） 第 1 篇　A Weekend in the Mountains Last October, my parents and I spent a weekend in a mountain village. We left home on Friday evening and got there at about ten o'clock. The village is very quiet. There are only thirty families. Behind the village, a small river runs down from the mountain. The water is so clean that we could see small fish in it. On Saturday morning, we climbed the mountain. The path was narrow, and my mother walked slowly. My father carried the bag with food and water. At the top, we were tired but very happy. From there we could see the whole village and a sea of clouds. After lunch, the weather changed and rain began. We stayed in a small teahouse and talked with the owner. The owner shared some old stories with us. We learned that the oldest tree there has lived for more than eight centuries. On Sunday, we said goodbye to the village. I will never forget this trip. It taught me that the best holidays are not always the most expensive ones. 1. Which place did the writer's family visit for the weekend? A. A big city by the sea.　B. A busy island.　C. A town near a lake.　D. A small village in the mountains. 2. What do we know about the river behind the village? A. It is very clean.　B. It is very wide.　C. It has no fish.　D. It runs through the village. 3. What did the family do on Saturday afternoon? A. They climbed the mountain again.　B. They stayed in a teahouse.　C. They went fishing.　D. They visited a museum. 4. How old is the oldest tree in the village? A. About five hundred years old.　B. More than one thousand years old.　C. Only one hundred years old.　D. More than eight hundred years old. 5. What would the writer like to tell us? A. Good holidays don't have to cost a lot.　B. Mountains are dangerous in October.　C. Children should not travel far.　D. Rain always spoils a trip. 第 2 篇　Our New Flat We moved into a new flat in August. Our old home was a small house near the river, so we were a little worried about the change. The building has twelve floors, and we live on the top one. There are three bedrooms, a kitchen and a large living room. I like the balcony best, because from it I can see a park, a school and a long line of green trees. In the evening, the lights from the other buildings look like stars. At first, I could not sleep well because the new place was noisy. Cars and buses passed by all night. My father said, 'Don't worry. It will feel like home soon.' He was right. After two weeks, I got used to it. Now I like our new flat very much. It is much bigger than the old house, and it is closer to my school. I can walk there in ten minutes. I have also made friends with a boy on the ninth floor. We often play basketball after school. 1. Why did the family feel worried in August? A. Because the flat was too small.　B. Because the school was far away.　C. Because they lost their keys.　D. Because they moved to a new place. 2. Which floor is the new flat on? A. The second floor.　B. The ninth floor.　C. The twelfth floor.　D. The twentieth floor. 3. What problem did the writer have at first? A. There was no balcony.　B. The kitchen was too small.　C. The neighbours were noisy.　D. It was hard to sleep. 4. What is the good thing about the new flat? A. It is near the river.　B. It has a big garden.　C. It is close to school.　D. It is on a low floor. 5. Who does the writer play basketball with? A. His cousin.　B. A boy on the ninth floor.　C. His classmate.　D. A boy in the park. 第 3 篇　A Kind Neighbour Wang Mei lives in a small community with her grandmother. Last spring, her grandmother fell down at home and had to stay in hospital for two weeks. During those days, a neighbour named Li Jie helped Wang Mei a lot. Li Jie is a nurse, and she lives on the same floor. Every morning, she took Wang Mei to school on her way to work. After school, she helped Wang Mei cook simple meals. On weekends, she took Wang Mei to the hospital to see her grandmother. Many other people in the community also helped. The shop owner brought fresh vegetables. An old man who loves reading gave Wang Mei two books. A group of children drew a big card and wrote, 'Get well soon!' Two weeks later, the grandmother came home. She was very moved. She said, 'A good neighbour is more valuable than a big house.' Wang Mei now helps Li Jie in return. She waters the flowers on Li Jie's balcony when she is away. 1. What happened to Wang Mei's grandmother last spring? A. She fell down and stayed in hospital.　B. She moved to another city.　C. She lost her keys.　D. She went on a long trip. 2. What is Li Jie's job? A. A teacher.　B. A nurse.　C. A shop owner.　D. A cook. 3. How did Li Jie help Wang Mei? A. She took her to school and cooked with her.　B. She gave her a lot of money.　C. She found her a new house.　D. She taught her to draw. 4. What did the children give Wang Mei's grandmother? A. Two books.　B. Some vegetables.　C. A card with kind words.　D. A pair of gloves. 5. What can we learn from the story? A. A good neighbour is very valuable.　B. Children should live alone.　C. Nurses work too hard.　D. Flowers need a lot of water. 第 4 篇　A Letter from My Pen Friend Dear Li Hua, Thank you for your letter about your holiday. I would like to tell you about a trip I took with my family this summer. Our trip was to a small town by the sea. The weather was fine every day. We stayed in a hotel with a garden full of roses. In the morning, I usually walked along the beach with my sister. Once we saw a group of dolphins jumping out of the water. We were so excited that we shouted loudly. One afternoon, we took a boat to a small island. There was nobody there — only birds, white sand and a few old fishing huts. We had a picnic under the trees. My father told us that his grandfather once lived on that island. That made the place special to all of us. Next year, my parents want to visit China. Maybe we can meet then! Write back soon. Yours, Emma 1. Where did Emma go this summer? A. To a village in the mountains.　B. To a big city.　C. To a town near the sea.　D. To a farm. 2. What did Emma and her sister see in the morning? A. A big ship.　B. Some fishing boats.　C. A sea of clouds.　D. A group of dolphins. 3. What did Emma's family do on the island? A. They had a picnic.　B. They slept in an old hut.　C. They played football.　D. They went swimming. 4. Why is the island special to Emma's family? A. It has the biggest hotel.　B. Her father's grandfather once lived there.　C. Her sister was born there.　D. They visit it every year. 5. What does Emma want to do next year? A. Visit China.　B. Study in a new school.　C. Book the same hotel.　D. Learn to fish. 第 5 篇　A Rainy Sunday Last Sunday, it rained all day. My brother and I could not go out, so we stayed at home. At first, we were bored. Our plan was to play football in the park, and now everything was wet and grey. My brother took out his phone and I turned on the television. After an hour, we were even more bored. Then my mother came in with a big box. It was full of old photos and letters. 'Let's look at these together,' she said. We sat on the floor and started to open the letters. My father wrote letters to my mother when they studied in different cities. His handwriting was very small. We read each other's letters aloud, and soon the whole room was full of laughter. We also found a photo of my grandmother when she was seventeen. She was holding a flower and smiling. My brother said she looked a little like me. Time went by so fast that I did not notice the rain had stopped. That Sunday, I learned that a rainy day can be as good as a sunny one. 1. What was the weather like last Sunday? A. It was sunny and warm.　B. It was windy and cold.　C. It rained all day.　D. It snowed in the afternoon. 2. What was the brothers' plan at first? A. To go to the cinema.　B. To play football in the park.　C. To visit their grandmother.　D. To read books at home. 3. What did their mother bring? A. A new football.　B. A big cake.　C. Some picture books.　D. A box of old photos and letters. 4. How did the brothers feel at the end? A. They felt happy.　B. They felt angry.　C. They felt tired and sleepy.　D. They felt afraid. 5. What would the writer like to tell us? A. Rain is bad for your health.　B. Students should not use phones.　C. Old photos are easy to lose.　D. A rainy day can be enjoyable too. 第 6 篇　The New Student in Our Class A new student joined our class last month. His name is Zhao Peng, and he used to live in a small town far in the south. On his first day, Zhao Peng looked very nervous. He stood at the front of the classroom and spoke in a low voice. When our teacher asked him to sit down, he could not find the seat and stood there for a minute. Some students laughed. I felt sorry for him. At lunchtime, I asked him to eat with me. He told me that his father had found a new job here, so the whole family had moved. He said he missed his old friends and his old school very much. He was also worried about his English because his classmates spoke much faster than people in his town. I told him not to worry. I began to help him after school. We read English texts aloud together and I explained the new words. Three weeks later, he answered a question in class correctly, and everyone clapped. Now Zhao Peng is one of my best friends. He is still a little quiet, but he smiles a lot more than before. 1. Where did Zhao Peng move from? A. A big city in the north.　B. A village near the sea.　C. A small town in the south.　D. Another country. 2. How did Zhao Peng feel on his first day? A. Excited.　B. Nervous.　C. Angry.　D. Relaxed. 3. Why did Zhao Peng's family move here? A. His father got a new job.　B. His mother opened a shop.　C. He wanted a bigger school.　D. They needed a larger house. 4. What worried Zhao Peng most? A. His maths.　B. The food at school.　C. The long winter.　D. His English. 5. What do we know about Zhao Peng at the end of the story? A. He has moved back home.　B. He smiles more than before.　C. He has stopped talking to others.　D. He is the loudest boy in class. 第 7 篇　Our Class Garden Behind our classroom there is a small garden. It is about four metres long and two metres wide. Two years ago, it was just a piece of dry land with nothing but stones. Our science teacher Mr Yang had an idea. He asked us to grow vegetables and flowers there. At first, nobody believed it would work. The land looked poor and hard. But Mr Yang brought a big bag of soil from his home, and we started to work. Every class has a small group. My group is in charge of tomatoes. We water them twice a week and pull out the grass. Li Na's group grows sunflowers. They are the tallest plants in the garden now — some of them are taller than our teacher. Last month, we picked the first tomatoes. They were small but very sweet. We gave half of them to the teachers' office and took the rest to the school kitchen. The cook made a big pot of soup for us. Mr Yang says that a garden teaches us more than any book. He is right. We have learned that good things come to those who work for them. 1. What was the land like two years ago? A. It was full of flowers.　B. It was a small car park.　C. It was covered by a building.　D. It was dry, with only stones. 2. Where did Mr Yang get the soil? A. From the school kitchen.　B. From a nearby farm.　C. From his own home.　D. From the teachers' office. 3. What does the writer's group grow? A. Sunflowers.　B. Potatoes.　C. Roses.　D. Tomatoes. 4. What did the class do with the first tomatoes? A. They sold them at the school gate.　B. They shared them with teachers and the kitchen.　C. They kept all of them for a party.　D. They took them home. 5. What did the students learn from the garden? A. Vegetables are hard to eat.　B. Gardens are easy to keep.　C. Books are not useful at all.　D. Good things come to those who work for them. 第 8 篇　A Special Birthday Gift Li Wei is a student in Grade Eight. His mother's birthday is on 8 May, and he wanted to give her something special. He did not have much pocket money. A scarf would cost more than one hundred yuan, and a cake would cost forty yuan. He thought about it for a long time. Then he had an idea. His mother often came home late and was too tired to cook. Li Wei decided to learn to cook. He watched videos on the Internet and practised on weekends. At first, his rice was too hard and his soup was too salty. His father told him to be patient. On 8 May, Li Wei got up at half past five in the morning. He cooked rice, a vegetable dish and a simple soup. He also put a small card on the table. On the card he wrote: 'Thank you for taking care of me every day. Happy birthday, Mum!' When his mother saw the table, her eyes became wet. She said it was the best birthday gift she had ever received. 1. When is Li Wei's mother's birthday? A. 8 March.　B. 8 May.　C. 18 May.　D. Half past five. 2. Why did Li Wei decide to learn to cook? A. He wanted to be a cook.　B. His father asked him to.　C. He liked cooking shows.　D. His pocket money was not enough. 3. What did Li Wei's father tell him? A. To buy a cake.　B. To be patient.　C. To sleep earlier.　D. To ask his mother for help. 4. What did Li Wei do on his mother's birthday? A. He bought a scarf.　B. He took his mother to a restaurant.　C. He made a big cake.　D. He cooked a meal and wrote a card. 5. How did his mother feel? A. Very moved.　B. A little angry.　C. Quite bored.　D. Rather worried. 第 9 篇　The Best Way to Travel in Our City There are several ways to travel in our city, and each one has good points. The metro is the fastest. It runs every three minutes, and you never have to worry about traffic jams. A ticket costs only two or three yuan. The only problem is that it is very crowded at eight in the morning. You may have to stand for twenty minutes. The bus is cheaper and slower. It stops near almost every school and hospital, and you can always find a seat after nine o'clock. But in the evening, the roads are busy and a short trip may take an hour. Riding a shared bike is my favourite way. It costs only one yuan for half an hour. You can go anywhere you like and stop whenever you want. You also get some exercise. However, it is not a good choice on rainy days or for very long trips. So, which is the best? I think it depends on the time and the weather. On a sunny morning, I ride a bike. On a rainy day, I take the metro. 1. How often does the metro run? A. Every ten minutes.　B. Every half an hour.　C. Every three minutes.　D. Once an hour. 2. What is the problem with the metro? A. It is crowded in the morning.　B. It is too expensive.　C. It never stops.　D. It has no seats at all. 3. What is good about the bus? A. It is the fastest way.　B. It costs nothing.　C. It is never crowded.　D. It stops near schools and hospitals. 4. How much does a shared bike cost for half an hour? A. Two yuan.　B. One yuan.　C. Three yuan.　D. Five yuan. 5. What does the writer think about choosing a way to travel? A. The metro is always best.　B. Bikes are best all year.　C. It depends on the time and weather.　D. Buses are never a good choice. 第 10 篇　Grandpa's Old Radio My grandpa keeps an old radio. It is a heavy brown box, and it is even older than my father. Grandpa bought it in 1978 with his first month's pay. At that time, a radio was a very important thing in a family. Every evening, the whole family sat around it and listened to the news and to music. Grandpa said they even listened to football matches on it. When their team scored, the neighbours would come to their home and cheer together. Later, the family bought a television, and then a computer. The radio was put on a shelf and forgotten for many years. Last winter, I found it when I was cleaning the room. I asked Grandpa whether it still worked. He smiled, put in two new batteries and turned it on. To my surprise, a clear voice came out at once. Grandpa's eyes were bright. He sat down and listened for a long time without saying a word. Now the radio sits on my desk. I listen to the news on it every morning. Grandfather says it is not just a machine — it is a piece of our family's story. 1. When did Grandpa buy the radio? A. In 1987.　B. Last winter.　C. When he was a child.　D. In 1978. 2. What did the family often do in the evening? A. They watched films.　B. They played games.　C. They listened to the news and music.　D. They did their homework. 3. What happened to the radio after the family bought a television? A. It was put away and forgotten.　B. It was sold to a neighbour.　C. It was given to a school.　D. It was broken. 4. What surprised the writer last winter? A. The radio was very expensive.　B. Grandpa had two radios.　C. The batteries were new.　D. The radio still worked well. 5. Why does the writer keep the radio on his desk now? A. It is a nice piece of furniture.　B. It is part of the family's story.　C. He cannot use a phone.　D. His teacher asked him to. 提升篇（十篇） 第 11 篇　Are You a Morning Person? Some people jump out of bed at six and feel great. Others cannot open their eyes before nine. Scientists have found that this difference is not about being lazy. It is written in our bodies. Everyone has a body clock inside the brain. This clock decides when we feel sleepy and when we feel awake. For about four people in ten, the clock runs a little faster than normal. These people are 'morning people'. They do their best work before noon. For another three in ten, the clock runs slower. They are 'evening people', and their best hours come late in the afternoon or at night. The rest are somewhere in between. This finding is more useful than it sounds. Many schools start their first class at eight in the morning. For an evening person, that is the worst time of the day. In some countries, scientists have advised schools to start later. They found that students in those schools were more careful in class and got better marks. Can we change our body clock? Not completely, but we can help it. Going to bed and getting up at the same time every day is the most useful habit. So is morning light — open the window and let the sun in. 1. What does the body clock decide? A. How tall we will grow.　B. What food we like best.　C. When we feel sleepy and awake.　D. How fast we can run. 2. What do we know about 'morning people'? A. They do their best work before noon.　B. They are always very lazy.　C. They need more sleep than others.　D. They cannot work at night. 3. Why do some scientists advise schools to start later? A. Students like to sleep in.　B. Buses are not ready early.　C. Teachers need more free time.　D. Evening people do better at later hours. 4. What does the writer say about changing our body clock? A. It is impossible to change at all.　B. It takes only one week.　C. We can help it, but not change it completely.　D. Anyone can change it easily. 5. What is the most useful habit mentioned in the last paragraph? A. Drinking coffee in the morning.　B. Keeping the same sleep time every day.　C. Going to bed very early.　D. Exercising at night. 第 12 篇　The Tallest Tree in Our Town In the middle of our town stands a ginkgo tree. It is said to be more than nine hundred years old, which makes it the oldest living thing in our area. The tree is about thirty metres tall — as high as a ten-storey building. In summer, its green leaves cover a whole playground. On hot days, dozens of people sit under it, talking, reading or playing chess. In late autumn, the leaves turn bright yellow and fall like small fans. Thousands of visitors come to take photos then. But the tree has had a hard life. Sixty years ago, a big fire destroyed the houses around it. The tree lost half of its branches. Twenty years later, a new road was planned to go straight through the place where the tree stands. Many people wrote letters to stop it. In the end, the road was moved twenty metres away, and the tree was saved. Today, four old men take care of the tree. They water it, cut dead branches and keep visitors from climbing it. One of them said, 'We are not the owners of this tree. We are only looking after it for the children of the future.' 1. How old is the ginkgo tree said to be? A. About three hundred years old.　B. More than sixty years old.　C. More than nine hundred years old.　D. Twenty years old. 2. What happens to the tree in late autumn? A. It grows new branches.　B. It stops growing.　C. Its leaves turn red.　D. Its leaves turn yellow and fall. 3. What happened twenty years after the fire? A. The tree was cut down.　B. A new school was built.　C. A road was planned through its place.　D. The tree was moved to a park. 4. What was the result of people's letters? A. The tree was moved instead.　B. The road was moved away.　C. The plan was kept unchanged.　D. The tree died. 5. What does the old man's words suggest? A. Old trees are easy to look after.　B. The tree belongs to the four men.　C. We should protect nature for the future.　D. Children should not visit old trees. 第 13 篇　Two Brothers, Two Ways of Learning Lin Tao and Lin Kai are brothers, but they learn in completely different ways. Lin Tao, the elder one, is quieter and more careful. Lin Kai is louder and much more active. Their teachers often say that no two students could be less alike. Lin Tao likes to study alone. He reads a page twice before he moves on, and he writes notes in three colours. His desk is always tidy, and his books are arranged from easiest to hardest. He seldom asks for help because he wants to solve problems by himself first. Lin Kai is the opposite. He studies in the living room with music on. He jumps from one subject to another and often leaves his books everywhere. When he meets a difficult question, he calls a classmate at once or searches online. Some teachers thought he was careless. Last term, however, both brothers did very well in the final exams. Lin Tao came second in his class, and Lin Kai came third. Their mother said, 'There is not only one right way to learn.' Their father added a warning: 'But no way works without hard work. Lin Kai's desk is a mess, but his mind is not.' 1. How are the two brothers different? A. They go to different schools.　B. They learn in completely different ways.　C. They are of different ages by ten years.　D. They like different sports. 2. What does Lin Tao do before he moves on? A. He calls a classmate.　B. He listens to music.　C. He reads a page twice.　D. He searches online. 3. What do we know about Lin Kai's study habits? A. He often leaves books everywhere.　B. He studies only in the morning.　C. He never asks for help.　D. He keeps his desk tidy. 4. How did the brothers do in the final exams? A. Neither passed.　B. Both did very well.　C. Only Lin Tao did well.　D. Only Lin Kai did well. 5. What is the father's point? A. Studying alone is always better.　B. Music helps students learn faster.　C. Hard work is necessary for any way of learning.　D. A tidy desk is the most important thing. 第 14 篇　Why Bees Matter More Than You Think When people think of important animals, they usually think of elephants, whales or tigers. Few of them think of the bee. Yet scientists now believe that the bee may be the most important animal on our planet. Bees do one simple but vital job: they carry pollen from flower to flower. This is called pollination. Without it, most fruit trees and vegetables could not produce anything. Apples, pears, cucumbers, strawberries and almonds all depend on bees. Scientists say that roughly one third of our food comes from crops that depend on pollination. But bees are in trouble. In many countries, the number of bees has dropped by more than a third in the last twenty years. There are several reasons. Farmers use strong chemicals that kill insects. Cities take up the fields where wild flowers used to grow. And higher temperatures make some flowers open earlier, when bees are not yet active. There is good news, though: everyone can do something. Planting flowers on a balcony gives bees food. Leaving a small corner of a garden wild gives them a home. Buying vegetables from local farms that do not use harmful sprays also helps. Bees do not ask for much. They simply ask us to leave them a place to live. 1. What job do bees do according to the passage? A. They kill harmful insects.　B. They make the soil richer.　C. They help plants grow taller.　D. They carry pollen from flower to flower. 2. Why are bees described as 'vital'? A. They are the largest insects.　B. Much of our food depends on them.　C. They live in every country.　D. They are beautiful to watch. 3. How much has the number of bees dropped? A. By half in five years.　B. By a tenth in fifty years.　C. By more than a third in twenty years.　D. By almost all in ten years. 4. What is one reason for the drop in bee numbers? A. Strong chemicals used by farmers.　B. Too many wild flowers.　C. Colder winters.　D. Fewer fruit trees. 5. What does the writer suggest at the end? A. We should keep bees as pets.　B. We should stop eating fruit.　C. We should leave bees a place to live.　D. We should plant only one kind of flower. 第 15 篇　The Boy Who Talked to Plants Zhang Yi is a fourteen-year-old boy from Yunnan. He has a special hobby: he records the sounds of plants. It began three years ago. Zhang Yi read an article about scientists who found that plants can make very small sounds when they are short of water. He was so interested that he asked his father for a small recorder. Since then, he has spent almost every weekend in the forest near his home. Recording plant sounds is not easy. The sounds are much softer than a whisper, and the forest is full of other noises — birds, wind and water. Zhang Yi has to put his recorder very close to the plant and wait quietly for a long time. Sometimes he waits for three hours and gets nothing. But he has never given up. So far, he has recorded more than two hundred hours of sounds and written notes on forty kinds of plants. His teachers were surprised when they saw his notebooks. Last year, he gave a talk at his school, and more than three hundred students came to listen. Zhang Yi says, 'Plants are much cleverer than we think. They cannot run away, so they have to find other ways to live. Listening to them is like reading a secret book.' 1. What does Zhang Yi do as a hobby? A. He records the sounds of plants.　B. He grows rare flowers.　C. He takes photos of birds.　D. He writes songs about the forest. 2. What did the article he read say? A. Plants can sing like birds.　B. Plants make small sounds when short of water.　C. Plants grow faster with music.　D. Plants can talk to animals. 3. Why is recording plant sounds difficult? A. The plants are too far away.　B. His recorder is too heavy.　C. The sounds are very soft.　D. The forest is too cold. 4. What has Zhang Yi done so far? A. Recorded over two hundred hours of sounds.　B. Written a book about plants.　C. Started a science club.　D. Grown forty kinds of plants. 5. What does Zhang Yi's words in the last paragraph show? A. Plants are easy to understand.　B. Plants deserve our attention and respect.　C. Plants can run away from danger.　D. Plants need people to talk to them. 第 16 篇　A Class Without a Blackboard When visitors walk into Class Eight, they are often surprised. There is no blackboard at the front, and no teacher's desk either. Instead, the walls are covered with maps, drawings and long sheets of paper filled with students' questions. The change began two years ago. Their head teacher, Ms Chen, noticed that her students asked fewer and fewer questions as they grew older. In Grade Six, the class asked about thirty questions a day. By Grade Eight, the number had fallen to fewer than five. 'Something was wrong,' she said. 'They were afraid of looking silly.' So Ms Chen tried a new way. She put a large sheet of paper on the wall and told the class to write any question on it, without their names. At first, only two or three students wrote something. But when they saw that nobody laughed, more and more joined in. After a month, the paper was full every week. Now the students discuss the questions on Friday afternoons and try to answer them together. If nobody knows the answer, they look it up or ask a teacher from another class. The questions are getting harder and more interesting — from 'Why is the sky blue?' to 'Will robots take our jobs?' Ms Chen says, 'A wall is as good as a blackboard if it makes students think.' 1. What is unusual about Class Eight? A. There is no blackboard at the front.　B. There are no desks.　C. There are no students.　D. There is no door. 2. What problem did Ms Chen notice? A. Students talked too much in class.　B. Students asked fewer questions as they grew older.　C. Students did not do their homework.　D. Students were late for school. 3. Why did few students write on the paper at first? A. They could not write well.　B. The paper was too small.　C. They were afraid of looking silly.　D. The teacher said not to. 4. What happens on Friday afternoons? A. Students take a long test.　B. Students discuss and answer the questions.　C. Students clean the classroom.　D. Students listen to a lecture. 5. What does Ms Chen's words mean? A. Blackboards are no longer useful.　B. Walls are better than desks.　C. What matters is making students think.　D. Teachers should ask all the questions. 第 17 篇　Making Friends with Someone Different When Liu Xin first met her new classmate An Qi, she was not sure they could be friends. Liu Xin loves talking. She plays basketball, sings in the school choir and knows almost everyone in Grade Eight. An Qi is quiet and spends most of her free time drawing. She had only two friends at her old school. For the first two weeks, they hardly spoke. Then one afternoon, the art club needed a poster for a charity sale. Liu Xin was asked to write the words, and An Qi was asked to draw the pictures. Neither of them wanted to work with the other. Slowly, something changed. Liu Xin found that An Qi had very good ideas about what to write. An Qi found that Liu Xin could make people laugh and was good at persuading others to help. The poster was finished in three days, and it was the most popular one at the sale. It raised six hundred yuan for a children's hospital. Since then, the two girls have become close friends. Liu Xin has started to draw in her notebook, and An Qi has joined the reading club. 'We are still very different,' says Liu Xin. 'But now I know that different does not mean worse. It means there is more to learn.' 1. How are Liu Xin and An Qi different? A. One is outgoing and the other is quiet.　B. They come from different countries.　C. They are in different grades.　D. One likes sports and the other hates school. 2. What were they asked to do one afternoon? A. Sing in the school choir.　B. Play a basketball match.　C. Write a report for the art club.　D. Make a poster for a charity sale. 3. What did Liu Xin find about An Qi? A. An Qi was good at sports.　B. An Qi had very good ideas.　C. An Qi talked a lot.　D. An Qi did not like drawing. 4. How much money did the poster help raise? A. Three hundred yuan.　B. Sixteen hundred yuan.　C. One hundred yuan.　D. Six hundred yuan. 5. What can we learn from this story? A. Quiet people are better friends.　B. Charity sales are easy to organise.　C. Being different can be a good thing.　D. Friends should like the same things. 第 18 篇　Small Creatures, Big Jobs Most of us pay little attention to insects. They are small, and some of them are annoying. But if we look closely, we will find that these tiny creatures do some of the biggest jobs in nature. Ants, for example, are the cleaners of the forest. A group of ants can carry away thousands of dead insects and small animals every year. Without them, dead bodies would stay on the ground and diseases would spread. Ants also turn over the soil as they build their tunnels, which helps rainwater go deeper and helps plant roots grow. Butterflies and bees are the postmen. They move pollen between flowers, so that plants can make seeds. Some plants can only be pollinated by one special kind of insect. If that insect disappears, the plant disappears too. Earthworms are the farmers. They eat dead leaves and produce rich soil. Scientists have found that one square metre of good farmland may contain more than a hundred earthworms. Their work is slow, but over years it can turn poor land into good land. These small animals do not ask for anything. They only need us to leave them a place to live. When we cut down a forest or cover the ground with concrete, we are firing our hardest and cheapest workers. 1. Why are ants called 'the cleaners of the forest'? A. They eat green leaves.　B. They build houses for birds.　C. They spread diseases.　D. They carry away dead insects and animals. 2. What do ants do when they build tunnels? A. They eat plant roots.　B. They store water.　C. They turn over the soil.　D. They make concrete. 3. What does the writer compare butterflies and bees to? A. Postmen.　B. Farmers.　C. Cleaners.　D. Teachers. 4. How many earthworms may one square metre of good farmland contain? A. About ten.　B. Fewer than five.　C. More than a hundred.　D. More than a thousand. 5. What does the last sentence warn us about? A. Destroying habitats harms useful creatures.　B. Insects are cheap to hire.　C. Farmers should work harder.　D. Concrete is bad for buildings. 第 19 篇　Learning from a Quiet Classmate In every class there are students who talk a lot and students who hardly speak. We often notice the first group. But the second group may have something valuable to teach us. Tang Wei is one of the quietest students in Grade Eight. In a whole lesson, he may say only one or two sentences. Last term, a new student called Ma Lin sat next to him. Ma Lin was very talkative. He answered every question and often interrupted others. Some students found him interesting, but others were annoyed. One day, the teacher asked a difficult question about the environment. Ma Lin put up his hand at once and gave a long answer. But he had made a mistake in one important fact. Nobody wanted to correct him, because the class was afraid of being impolite. Then Tang Wei spoke. He said in a low voice, 'I think the number is different. I read it in a report last week.' He opened his notebook and showed the exact number to the teacher. Ma Lin was quiet for a moment, and then he said, 'Thank you. I was wrong.' After that lesson, Ma Lin began to listen more carefully. He told Tang Wei, 'You don't talk much, but when you do, it is worth hearing.' And Tang Wei started to share his ideas more often. Each of them learned something from the other. 1. What is said about Tang Wei? A. He talks all the time.　B. He never does homework.　C. He is a new student.　D. He is one of the quietest students. 2. How did some students feel about Ma Lin? A. They were annoyed by him.　B. They were frightened of him.　C. They never noticed him.　D. They wanted to copy him. 3. Why did nobody correct Ma Lin's mistake? A. They did not know the answer.　B. They were afraid of being impolite.　C. They disliked him very much.　D. The teacher stopped them. 4. What did Tang Wei do? A. He showed the exact number in a report.　B. He laughed at Ma Lin.　C. He asked the teacher for help.　D. He left the classroom. 5. What does the story tell us? A. Quiet students are always right.　B. Talking a lot is a bad habit.　C. Teachers should correct every mistake.　D. We can learn from people different from us. 第 20 篇　The City That Runs on Its Own Bikes In many cities, the biggest problem in the morning is traffic. Thousands of cars move slowly along the same roads, and the air becomes thick and grey. One city in the south of China decided to try a different answer. Ten years ago, the city began building a network of bicycle roads. Today, there are more than five hundred kilometres of them, and they are separate from the roads used by cars. The bike roads have their own traffic lights and even their own bridges over busy streets. The results have been surprising. On the busiest bike road, more than thirty thousand people ride to work every day. Traffic on the car roads has dropped by about twelve per cent. More importantly, the air is cleaner. Scientists say the level of one harmful gas has fallen by a fifth since 2018. But the city did not succeed by building roads alone. It also made driving more expensive in the centre, and it planted trees along every bike road. Shops and schools were asked to build safe places to park bikes. 'If you build a road, people will ride,' says one city officer. 'But you must make it safe, comfortable and quick.' Not every city can copy this plan. But its main idea is simple: if we want people to change, we should make the new choice easy. 1. What problem does the first paragraph describe? A. Morning traffic and dirty air.　B. A lack of schools.　C. Too many bicycles.　D. Expensive housing. 2. What is special about the city's bike roads? A. They are only two kilometres long.　B. They have no traffic lights.　C. They are used only on weekends.　D. They are separate from car roads. 3. How many people ride to work on the busiest bike road? A. About five hundred.　B. More than thirty thousand.　C. Twelve thousand.　D. About a thousand. 4. What else did the city do besides building roads? A. It made driving in the centre more expensive.　B. It closed all the schools.　C. It banned bicycles.　D. It cut down many trees. 5. What does the last sentence mainly tell us? A. Every city should copy the plan.　B. Making the new choice easy helps people change.　C. Bicycles are better than all cars.　D. Officers should ride bikes to work. 参考答案 第 1 篇　DABDA 第 2 篇　DCDCB 第 3 篇　ABACA 第 4 篇　CDABA 第 5 篇　CBDAD 第 6 篇　CBADB 第 7 篇　DCDBD 第 8 篇　BDBDA 第 9 篇　CADBC 第 10 篇　DCADB 第 11 篇　CADCB 第 12 篇　CDCBC 第 13 篇　BCABC 第 14 篇　DBCAC 第 15 篇　ABCAB 第 16 篇　ABCBC 第 17 篇　ADBDC 第 18 篇　DCACA 第 19 篇　DABAD 第 20 篇　ADBAB 人教版（2026）八年级上册　Units 1-4 阅读理解 20 篇　第 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $