【正文】 arts of the city, including in several parks, at a bus stop and on some streets. Play Me, I39。 Maybe your childhood piano lessons made you never, want to play the piano again. Perhaps a piano is too expensive for you. Now, thanks to a program in Sydney called Play Me, I39。D.s CampMothers Are Busy in the USC.s the best title for this passage? A.D.Working outside the homeC. is one of the biggest troubles for working wives in the United States. A.Because they don39。Because they want to relax themselves.C.watch TV（3）Why would some mothers like to be alone? A.swim in the lakeB. . A.twomen do not like to stay at home with their families（2）At Mother39。husbands do as much housework as their wivesC. in the United States. A.s Camp. （1）From this passage we can seet clean, they don39。s Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don39。t find the pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves. t find any clean socks. In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work fulltime and then e home to a second jobtaking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework. s Camp a woman has room to herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No children will ask, Mom, what39。s Camp. There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone. Mrs Mak lives with McDull and her husband.2．閱讀理解 Mrs Mak tries hard to give McDull a happy childhood.C.He is not perfect.（4）Which of the following statements is WRONG? A.He tries and he fails.C.He lives his life simply.s McDull39。McDull isn39。McDull is very smart.B.McDull is a female pig.D.Mrs Mak.B.Alice Mak. he is disappointed, but tries again, exploring other dreams. In this way he creates his own colourful world. He lives his life simply and naturally. He is not perfect, but his attitude towards life, namely never giving up, makes him a popular character. nevertheless, he has many dreams. McDull is a male pig who can be distinguished by a birthmark on his right eye. He has a heart of gold, but he isn39。 北京延慶縣第二中學(xué)八年級英語閱讀理解專題一、八年級英語下冊閱讀理解專項訓(xùn)練1．閱讀理解 McDull is a cartoon pig character that was created in Hong Kong by Alice Mak and Brian Tse. Although McDull made his first appearances as a supporting character in the McMug ics, McDull has bee a central character, attracting a huge following in Hong Kong.t very smart and ordinary in every way。 However, every time he tries, he fails。 The first McDull movie documented his life and the relationship between him and his mother. As in the ics, McDull is a piglet who lives with his mother, Mrs Mak, in Hong Kong. He is a kindergarten student. He has a happy school life with his classmates including geese, tortoises and other pigs. McDull and his mum love each other very much. McDull tries his best to make his mother proud of him and his mother tries hard to give McDull a happy childhood. After realizing his dream, McDull sets himself another target: to bee an Olympic champion just like female windsurfer Lee Laishan.（1）Who created McDull? A.Brian Tse.C.Both A and B.（2）Which of the following statements is RIGHT? A.McDull has a heart of gold.C.D.t ordinary in every way.（3）What39。s attitude towards life? A.B.He never gives up.D.Mrs Mak loves McDull very much.B.Mrs Mak lives in Hong Kong.D. Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother39。 At Mother39。s for dinner? No husband will say, Oh, dear, I can39。 In the United States, working wives do about 75%of the housework. Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can39。 Some women go to Mother39。t cook, they don39。t look after their children and husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother39。women want to work outside the homeB.working wives do most of the houseworkD.s Camp, women can39。bring their husbands and childrenread newspapersC.D.Because they want a new life.B.Because they have to work fulltime.D.t like their husbands and children.（4）Looking after their childrenB.When to take a vacationHousework（5）What39。Mothers in the USB.Wele to Mother39。Mothers Relax Away from Home3．閱讀理解 m Yours, people can play the piano in public places for free. They share beautiful music, and the program also helps them municate with each other. m Yours are written on them. People are invited to play music or sing songs with the pianos. The program has interested lots of people to stop to watch or play the pianos.m Yours is a part of the Sydney Festival. It is a project of the British artist, Luck Jerram. He wants to help people in the city know each other better. He thinks that so many people are sitting in front of puters and busy with their work all hours, and they almost have no chance to enjoy music. So he hopes this can help them relax and make new friends.m Yours has also reached England and Brazil（巴西）before. It was warmly weled there. But its greatest success seems to e at the S