八年级英语阅读理解每日一练
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Passage 1
Elizabeth works in Marlow Tourist Information
Center.She helps people to get the information about places to visit and things to do or about travel.A man comes in and asks her some questions.
( Elizabeth →E; Man →M) E: Good afternoon.Can I help you?
M: Good afternoon.I'm looking for a place to rest near here. E: Yes,certainly.Do you want a hotel or a guesthouse? M: A hotel will be fine.
E: In Marlow town center or would you like to stay outside? M: In town center, please.
E: Right.Would you like me to make a booking for you? M: Yes, please.Thanks a lot. 根据短文内容判断正误（T或F）：
（ ) 1. Elizabeth is working in Marlow Tourist Information Center.
（ ) 2. She helps people to find places to visit. （ ) 3. The man is a tourist to Marlow.
（ ) 4. The man wants to stay outside the town. （ ) 5. The man makes a booking for the hotel.
Passage 2
Lively day,the people on theseashore (海岸) heard a shout.They all ran to the sea.There they saw a man in the water calling for help.A young soldier
was really a strong swimmer and soon pulled the man back to the shore.All the people there admired (敬慕) the soldier. The man was saved.He dressed very well.Everybody could see that he was a rich man.After he could speak,the man thanked the soldier,and took out a shilling(先令，英国早期的一种货币单位).He put the shilling into the soldier's hand.But the soldier refused(拒绝) to take the money.The people around him were all very angry with the rich man and they wanted to go away.But an old man laughed and said loudly: “I'm sure the rich man knows best how much his life is. ”
( ) 1. _________ jumped into the sea and saved the rich man. A. A poor man B. A strong soldierC. An old soldier D. A rich man
（ ) 2. The soldier was _________.
A. young and strong B. young and weakC. old and strong D. very tall
（ ) 3. The soldier didn't take the money because he _________.
A. wanted more B. didn't want any C. didn't like D. thought it too less
（ ) 4. It happened _________.
A. in England B. in China C. in America D. in German
（ ) 5. The old man helped
A. the rich man B. nobody C. himself D. the soldier
Passage 3
When Jack got to London,his face became bright and he started looking around the city.
He thought he knew English very well.But when he was
in London,he found he couldn't understand a word,and nobody understood him,at first he had many difficulties (困难).An English friend of his lived next to him.He often asked him for help.
Soon he got to know he must learn spoken English well.He began going to all kinds of meetings.He always sat in the front seats and carefully studied the speaker's mouth.Listening to spoken English did him a lot of good.Little by little he found English easier to understand. 根据短文内容判断正误（T或F）：
( ) 1. When Jack got to London, he could speak English well. ( ) 2. When Jack got to London, his teacher helped him. ( ) 3. In London ,Jack found nobody could understand his English.
( ) 4. Soon Jack knew he must learn spoken English first. ( ) 5. Jack went to all kinds of meetings to learn spoken English.
Passage 4
The city of Boston has a population of more than 500,000 and is the capital of Massachusetts.More than sixteen