牛津译林版八年级上册期末专项复习之阅读理解
（一）
As winter draws near, many of the cold-blooded animals hibernate till spring comes. And everybody knows they will be awake months later, crawling and walking around and looking for food.
But do you also know that some animals go to a summer sleep, which is called aestivation? Most animals are active during the summer, singing and dancing freely. The aestivation animals, however, will have a long sleep in a cool place to stay away from the dry and hot summer days.
In Southeast Africa there is a kind of porcupine (豪猪).Its body is covered with sharp stings. This creature usually eats earthworms as its main food. As the hot days come, the earthworms go deep under the mud to keep themselves alive. During this time the porcupine can’t find any to live on, so it lies down to aestivate for months without eating. It comes out again when the cool autumn days arrive.
An unusual kind of tree frog in South Africa will climb up a tree during the summer. Here it hides itself in a cool place to have its summer sleep.
The most interesting thing about the aestivating animal is that while it sleeps, its body temperature dro
ps just as the hibernating animal’s body temperature drops in winter.
1. Why do porcupines aestivate?
A. Because they are not active animals.
B. Because the weather is too hot and dry.
C. Because they have nothing to eat during the summer.
D. Because their body temperature is not high enough.
2. When does the porcupine start and end its aestivation?
A. It starts in January and ends in March.
B. It starts in March and ends in April.
C. It starts in August and ends in October.
D. It starts in November and ends in February the next year.
3 Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Hibernating animals are active in summer. [来源：学§科§网]
B. Porcupines in Southeast Africa live mainly on earthworms.
C. One kind of tree frogs in South Africa sleeps inside trees in summer.
D. The body temperature of an aestivation animal in summer is as low as that in winter.
4. What does the underlined w ord “hibernate” mean in Chinese?
A. 觅食
B. 冬眠
C. 蜗居
D. 隐藏
（二）
In America，when people say “man’s best friend”，they don’t mean another person. Instead，they are talking about a lovely animal—a dog! These words show the friendship between people and animals. Dogs and other pets can give joy to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. Some pe ople even leave all their money to their pets when they die!
Animals can help people，too. Dogs can be taught to be the “eyes” for a blin d person(盲人)or “ears” for a deaf(耳聋)person. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer! They make people happier，too. Because of that，they bring animals into hospitals for “visits”.
Americans hold “Be Kind to Animals Week” in the first week o f May. Pet shows are held during the week. Even if you don’t live in America，you，too，can do this. How? First think about how animals make your life richer. If you have a pet，take more time this week to play with it. Remember to give it delicious food.
If y ou don’t have a pet，be kind to animals around you. For example，if you see a street dog，just leave it alone，or make friend s with it. If others around you do bad things to animals，try to speak up. As people，we must protect(保护)animals who can’t speak for the mselves.
( ) 1.“Some people even leave all their money to their pets when they die!” is used to prove (证明) th
at ________.
A. pets have the right(权利)to inherit(继承)money
B. money can make pets happy
C. it’s the best way to spend money
D. some pets are as important to their owners as their children
( ) 2.According(依照)to the passage，scientists bring the dogs to hospital because_______.
A. they are ill and they need to see the doctor
B. they can make the patients(病人)happier
C. they can help the doctor find out the pr oblems
D. the doctors can do experiment(试验)on them
( ) 3During the “Be Kind to Animals Week”，the people in America________.
A. hold pet shows
B. play with the pets the whole week
C. cook delicious food f or pets
D. make friends with other people’s pets
( ) 4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.A lot of people are interested in dogs.
B. Dogs can help people do many things.
C. Pets are lovely and need care and protection(保护).
D. We have done a lot of things for pets.
（三）
DIY, which means Do It Yourself, is quite popular in the UK. Lots of stores and supermarkets sell DIY materials. TV shows also teach people how to DIY.
British people like DIY. If there is anything that needs fixing around their homes, such as  painting the walls or fixing the broken furniture (家具), they will do the jobs themselves. They share DIY with their friends. More and more people enjoy DIY and have found the joy of DIY. Sometimes people also DIY for s aving money. At present, many people don’t have enough money to buy a big house. They are looking at how they can make their houses better without spending a lot of money. That’s why DIY is so popular.
DIY can be difficult. There is a large market for DIY furniture which needs to be got together by people themselves with a few tools. However, people often find it not easy to build a piece of furniture because they can’t understand the instructions. Sometimes the instructions are easy and clear, but the furniture itself is difficult to build. DIY can also be dangerous if you are not careful enough. It is reported that in just one year more than 230,000 people were hurt while doing DIY in the UK, including (包括) 41,000 who fell off ladders (梯子).
DIY can bring us a lot of fun and can help us save some money, but it is not always as easy as it seems to be if we bite off more than we can chew(咀嚼). Maybe factories should make things that are easier and safer for us to DIY.
1. Why do British people like DIY ?
A．Many stores sell DIY things. B．DIY can bring them fun.
C．TV programs teach them to DIY. D．All DIY projects are easy.
2. Which of the following belongs to DIY?
A. Order a pizza on the Internet.
B. Buy a birthday cake for my father.
C. Pay the worker＄100 to fix the broken furniture.
D. Make lanterns out of pumpkins for my children on Halloween.
3. What does the sentence we bite off more than we can chew mean?
A .We can eat everything we like.
B .We should do something difficult.
C .We do something that is too difficult.hibernating
D .We eat too much food that is not safe.
4. What can we learn from the passage?
A. DIY is a waste of money.
B. It is always difficult to DIY.
C. We should be careful while doing DIY.
D. It is very safe for us to DIY.
（四）
The elephant lives in groups. An elephant herd () usually has from
twenty to forty members. The elephants in the herd depend on one another
for help in time of trouble.
The leader of the group is usually a wise and strong female. She
travels at the head of the herd and is followed by the other females
and their young. The male elephants follow last. When danger comes,
the male elephants form a circle (圈) around the weaker animals and protect them.
The members of the herd are loyal (忠诚的) to one another. A sick elephant is not left behind to die. If an elephant is sick, the whole herd stops traveling until it gets well. When an elephant is hurt, two others walk on both sides of it and support it with their bodies. A member of the herd may be caught in a trap. Then the others try to help it.
Elephants love the youngsters in the group and give them special care. They help young animals stay afloat (漂浮着) when the herd crosses a river. They work together to help a calf (幼崽) when it goes to a dangerous place.
When a female elephant gives birth to her young baby, she leaves the herd for a short time. However, she takes another female along to act as "aunt". The aunt helps the mother with her new-born calf. In this way, the whole herd protects its newest member.
1. The leader of an elephant herd is usually_______.
A. a wise male
B. a weak male
C. a strong female
D. the oldest female
2. In times of danger, the males form a circle around_______.
A. the enemy (敌人)
B. the weaker animals
C. the leader of the group
D. the stronger elephants
3. Which of the following does the story get you to believe?
A. Elephants can not cross a river.
B. Baby elephants cannot swim well.
C. Sick elephants are usually left behind to die.
D. Most elephant herds have over a hundred members.
4. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A. Elephants like to live alone.
B. Many young elephants die when crossing a river.
C. Elephants can help each other in time of trouble.
D. The female elephant leaves the herd forever after she has babies.
(六)
Reading should be part of your life. But the problem is that there's too much to read these days and too little time to read every word of it. There are hundreds of skills to help you read more in less time. Here are two skills that I t hink are very
Preview(预览)—if it is long and hard, previewing is very useful for getting a general(总的)idea of heavy reading like long magazine articles and reports.
Here’s how to preview:
Read the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs carefully.
Then read only the first sentence of the other paragraphs.
Skim(浏览)-if it is short and easy. Skimming is a good way to get a gener al idea of light reading l ike popular magazines or the sports and stars, movies of your daily paper.
Here's how to skim:
Get your eyes to move fast. Sweep them across each line.
Pick up only a few key words in each line.
Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same news, but usually we won't get very different ideas of what it is all about.
1.What should you do if you read a long article according to the writer?
A. Read every word of it.

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