八年级英语阅读竞赛试卷Name:__________ Class:___________ASociologists(社会学家), working in western countries, have found that a large number of women wished they had been born men. The number is said to be as high as 60% in Germany.“Women often wish they had the same chances as men have, and think it is still men’s world.” Said Dr. James Helen, one of the sociologists who did the study.Many men say that they have more duties than women. A man has to make money to support(养活) his family and to make the important decision, so it is right for men to be paid more. Some are even against their wives working at all. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children cannot be taken good care of. If women take full-time jobs, they won’t be able to do what they are best at doing: making a nice home and bringing up the children.Some women disagree. They say they want to get out of their homes and to have freedom to choose between work and home life. Women have the right of equal pay and equal chances.Anne Harper has a very good job. She also believes in “Women’s Liberation”. “I don’t wish I were a man,” she says, “and I don’t think many women do. But I do wish people would stop treating us like second-class people. At work, for example, we usually do the work that men do but get paid less. There are still a lot of jobs only to men usually they are the best ones. If you are a man, you have a much better chance of living a wonderful life. How many women scientists are there…or engineers?”1.Many men think_______.A. women can’t do what men can.B. men have to work much harder than womenC. men can make money more easily than women.D. women’s duty is mainly to do housework at home.2.Some women have different ideas. They say that____________.A. women need chances to go out of the home more often.B. women want more freedom in deciding the kind of life they want.C. if women are given equal pay, they can do everything instead of men.D. women are no longer interested in taking care of their homes.3. Anne Harper thought that women should _________.A. live a better life than menB. be really liberatedC. be given better jobs than menD. live a more wonderful life than men4. Anne Harper didn’t wish to be a man __________.A. because she believed in “Women’s Liberation”B. but she wished to get the same job as menC. because she had got a good jobD. but she wished to be treated the same as a man5. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?A. There are more men scientists, engineers than women ones.B. Women are second-class people, so they shouldn’t live a better life.C. Women do the same jobs as men, but get paid less than men.D. There are some best jobs that women have few chances to take.BRed blood cells(细胞) take oxygen from your lungs to every other cell. The oxygen makes red blood cells look bright red. Once the red blood cells have given the oxygen to the cells that need it, the red blood cells look dark blue.There are two kinds of blood vessels(血管). Arteries are the blood vessels that carry the oxygen-rich, bright red blood away from the heart. Veins are the vessels that return oxygen-poor, dark blue blood back to the heart.Arteries are deeper inside your body, while veins are closer to the skin. So those blue blood vessels you see on your hands and arms are veins.1.Where do the red blood cells get oxygen from?A. The lungB. The heartC. The arteryD. The vein2. What kind of blood do arteries usually carry?A. The oxygen-poor, bright red blood.B. The oxygen-rich, dark blue bloodC. The oxygen-poor, dark blue bloodD. The oxygen-rich, bright red blood3. When do the red blood cells sometimes look dark blue?A. When they are rich of oxygenB. When they are poor of oxygenC. When they are in arteriesD. When they are in veins4. Which of the following is right according to the passage?A. The red blood cells always look bright red.B. The red blood cells sometimes look dark blue.C. Only arteries carry the red blood cellsD. Only veins carry the red blood cells5. What does the writer want to tell us?A. What makes red blood cells look bright red.B. How many kinds of blood vessels there areC. Whether arteries are deeper inside your body than vessels.D. Why some blood vessels look dark blue.CAnybody can learn to count fast if he knows the secret of following trick.Ask your friend to write any five –figure(无位数) number on the blackboard. Then you write your five-figure number under it. You choose your figures so that each one with the figure above it will make nine.Tell your friend to put a third five-figure number under your number. Then you write a fourth number in the same way. After he has written the fifth number, you draw a line under it and quickly write the sum(总和). You may even write it from left to right.How do you do it? You take away two from the fifth number and put 2 in front of your answer. Is it interesting?1.If you know the secret of the trick, you can ________.A. teach everybody to count fast.B. teach yourself to count fastC. learn something from your friend.D. count to a five-figure number2. Ask your friend to write a five-figure number on the blackboard, then youwrite yours_____.A. under itB. above itC. beside itD. near it3. If your friend’s number is 76815, your number must be______.A. 54613B. 93184C. 23184D. 999994. How many six-figure numbers are there on the blackboard at last?A. ThreeB. FourC. FiveD. One5. If the fifth number is 49834, the sun will be ________.A. 298342B. 249832C. 249834D. 298344DPopular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch.Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes are music.Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was stared by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.1.How many kinds of music are mentioned in this passage?A. TwoB. ThreeC. FourD. Five2. Pop singers will become national stars when they _______.A. make much moneyB. make a CD or tapeC. are loved by all the young peopleD. are wanted to sing on the radio3. From the passage we know that country music is about the ______.A. make much moneyB. make a CD or tapeC. are loved by all the young peopleD. are wanted to sing on the radio4. Which of the following is true according to this passage?A. Most students in America like popular musicB. Students with cars in America like to listen to music while drivingC. Adult drivers in America listen to music all the time while drivingD. Everyone in America wants to meet pop singers wherever they go.5. What would be the best title for this passage?A. American MusicB. Popular MusicC. History of MusicD. Western MusicELaws for children are good things. One hundred years ago in some countries, children worked eighteen hours a day in a factory at age seven. The factory ownercould beat a child who fell asleep or was not fast enough. Both parents and teachers could do the same.Today, there are many laws about children all over the world. Some people think if children do something wrong, they should be punished(惩罚).Other people do not agree. The Inuits or Eskimos in Alaska almost never punish their children. The parents do not beat them. If the children go too far, their parents will punish them by making fun of them.Children in other parts of the world are not as lucky as Eskimo children. American parents can beat their children at home, but a teacher can’t beat a child in school. This is also true in Germany. Instead, in Sweden it is against the law for anyone to beat a child. Swedish parents can’t beat their children. The children also have a government official(官员) who works for their rights. There is even a plan for children to leave their parents, though this is not a law yet!1.Which is the best title for the passage?A. Children In Different CountriesB. Children In Different TimesC. Laws About ChildrenD. Laws In Different Countries2. When and where did children work eighteen hours a day?A. In factories all over the world now.B. In some countries a hundred years ago.C. On farms in America hundreds of years ago.D. At the age of seven in Germany today.3. The underlined phrase “go too far” means _______.A. make so many mistakesB. are far away from homeC. do something against the lawD. walk farther than others4. From the passage, we know parents can beat their children_____.A. all over the worldB. in Eskimo families in AlaskaC. in SwedenD. in Germany5. Which is true according to the passage?A. The Inuits or Eskimos will punish their children as soon as they make a mistake.B. Children in Sweden can leave their parents if their parents beat them.C. It’s not allowed in Alaska to make fun of their children.D. American parents never beat their children.FIf there’s time for questions at the end of a class, take the chance to ask for further explanation of anything that was not immediately clear. It is impossible that you are the only one who does not understand. Your questions will certainly help others and will encourage them to ask questions, and you should learn from all the teacher’s answers.Questions not only help students to learn but also show interest in the subject, and this makes the teacher’s work more rewarding. And what’s more, questions should help the teachers first to know things that students find difficult and then to give better lessons. More questions will come to mind during your further studies. Try to find the answers before the next class. This will help you to learn.1.The writer of this text wants us students to _____.A.ask questions when it is possibleB.learn everything from our teachers.C.Encourage the teachers to give better lessons.D.Help others by asking questions at the end of classes2.We should take the chance to ask questions in order to _______.A.make our teachers understand us better.B.Help our classmates know what is difficultC.Make ourselves and our classmates learn betterD.Help our teachers know what we don’t understand3.The writer thinks that asking questions is helpful_______.A. only to some active studentsB. to both teachers and studentsC. neither to teachers nor to studentsD. either to slow students or to bright students4. The underlined word “rewarding” has the same meaning as the “_____”.A. popularB. difficultC. usefulD. interesting5. According to the text, if we ask for further explanation of anything we don’t understand, ________A. we can find answers before the next classB. teachers will have to give better lessons.C. many more questions will come to our mindD. we will be more interested in the subject.。