【正文】 上海陸行中學(xué)北校八年級(jí)英語(yǔ)上冊(cè)期末閱讀理解匯編一、八年級(jí)英語(yǔ)上冊(cè)閱讀理解專項(xiàng)訓(xùn)練1．閱讀理解 What! You too? I thought I was the only one. Have you ever said this to someone? If so, you may have ended up being friends with this person. It seemed that similarity often helps form friendships. The Greek philosopher（哲學(xué)家） Aristotle once said, Some define（下定義） friendship as a matter of similarity. They say that we love those who are like ourselves. Now, there is some science behind this idea. Scientists from University of California said friends have similar brains, Scientific American reported. The scientists invited 42 university students to take part in an experiment. Each student watched the same set of videos, which included a edy, a discussion and a soccer match. Meanwhile, scientists studied their brains and recorded their brain activity. According to their study, friends who watched the same video clips reacted in similar ways. Similar parts of their brains lit up while watching the videos, especially parts that were connected with motivation（動(dòng)力）， learning and memory. However, people who weren39。t friends had different reactions to the same clips. Having close friends whose brains react like ours may be rewarding because it makes one39。s won values, opinions, and interests strength, scientist Carolyn Parkinson told Business Insider. But brain similarity is not the only thing that can result in friendship. Scientists from the University of Leipzig, Germany, found that friendship is also based on how physically close you are to someone. They did an experiment with firstyear college students who met in class for the first time. In this experiment, students who sat in neighbouring seats were more likely to bee friends.（1）What does this idea in Paragraph 3 refer to? A.Many friendships start with small chats.B.Friends try to develop similarities between themselves.C.People with similarities may bee friends D.We like those who like us first.（2）The 42 university students in the experiment_____________. A.are all from the University of CaliforniaB.were close friends before the experimentC.watched the same set of videosD.reacted differently from each other（3）What did the study of the students39。 brains show? A.They had watched the same video clips.B.Friends had similar reactions to the same clips.C.Watching videos improves one39。s memory.D.It39。s good to have friends who react similarly.（4）According to the story , what else may help build friendship? A.Being fun and helpfulB.Studying at the same college.C.Having similar appearancesD.Being physically close.（5）The best title of the passage is __________ A.What is friendshipB.Friends can think alikeC.An experiment about friendshipD.How can we build friendship2．閱讀理解 Sally Ride was born in California in 1951. She was the first American woman to travel into space. She loved to play tennis and wanted to be a tennis player when she was young. But after three months39。 professional（專業(yè)的）training, she changed her mind. She went to Stanford University and started to study science. She studied stars and planets. She did researches at the university and got her PhD in astrophysics（天體物理學(xué)博士學(xué)位）after several years39。 hard work. In 1977, she took a test to bee an astronaut. And then she was picked up from over 8, 000 people. In order to realize her dream of going into space, she had to get different kinds of special and difficult training. She learned how to fly a plane, how to jump out of a plane as well as how to operate（操作）special machines. Sally and four other astronauts flew a spaceship called Challenger on Jun. 18, 1983. She became the first American woman to travel into space. Later, she taught at the University of California. Then she wrote seven books on space for children, encouraging children to study science. Unfortunately, she died in 2012. （1）When did Sally Ride go into space? A.In 1951.B.In 1977.C.In 1983.D.In 2012.（2）Which is NOT true about Sally Ride? A.She learned how to fly a plane.B.She learned how to produce machines.C.She learned how to jump out of a plane.D.She learned how to use special machines.（3）Sally Ride taught at the University of California . A.before she got her PhD in astrophysicsB.before she went to Stanford UniversityC.after she wrote books on spaceD.after she travelled into space（4）Which is the best title（題目）of the passage? A.The first American woman writer.B.The first American woman astronaut.C.The first American woman teacher.D.The first American woman scientist.3．閱讀理解 Most American children eat potatoes. But many children don39。t know what of the potato is the best food. Take a knife and cut from the middle of the potato a piece as thin as paper. I hold the piece between your eyes and light. You will see that the potato has skin（皮）, an outside rim（邊緣）and an inside part. The outside rim which is right under the skin of the potato, is the most valuable part of all. But this is often thrown away with the skin. Even the skin itself is better for food than the inside. When eating a cooked potato, if you choose the inside and leave the outside, you are throwing the best part of it. If you can39。t cat the whole potato, eat the outside rim first and leave the inside part.（1）How many parts does the potato have? A.It has only one part, outside rim.B.It has two parts, skin and outside rim.C.It has three parts, skin, outside rim and inside part.D.It has four parts, middle, skin, outside rim and inside part.（2）What is the best part of a potato? A.Outside rim.B.Inside part.C.Middle.D.Skin.（3）In fact the skin is . A.no good at allB.better than the inside partC.better than the outside rimD.as good as the outside rim（4）What does this passage tell about pot