新目标版（Go for it）2019-2020学年初中英语八年级上册期末复习（题型专练）：阅读理解C卷一、 阅读理解 (共10题；共100分)1. （10分）Yao Ming was born in China in 1980. Now the big name from China is playing for the Houston Rockets in the NBA. He is the son of two basketball players and he learned how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to show the world that Chinese basketball players can do well in this game, too!Pele was a famous football player. He was born in Brazil in 1940. He started playing for Santos when he was only 16 and he didnt retire（退役） until 1977. He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started playing football in the streets. He played for Santos and quickly became an international star.Steffi Graf was born in Germany in 1969. She won the tennis semi-final（半决赛） at Wimbledon in 1985 when she was only 16, but she lost the final to another great tennis player, Martina Navratilova. People were surprised at the strength and power of her game. She soon became a famous tennis player and won most of the main matches.（1）Who is the youngest player in the passage?A . Pele.B . Yao Ming.C . Steffi Graft.D . No one.（2）_ comes from South America.A . PeleB . Yao MingC . Steffi GraftD . No one（3）Yao Ming began to learn to play basketball _.A . when he was 15B . when he was youngC . when he was tall enoughD . when he was strong enough（4）From the passage, we learn _.A . Steffi Graf was born in 1985 in WimbledonB . Martina Navratilova was also a tennis playerC . Steffi Graf won few of the main matchesD . Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was 162. （10分） In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artist .So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden .That was the first photo.The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.Soon, other people began to use Daguerres way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world .people took picture of famous buildings, cities and mountains.In about 1840, photography was improved .Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard. Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people .The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike.Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world .They showed feelings like other kinds of art.（1）The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of _A . his businessB . his houseC . his gardenD . his window（2）The Daguerreotype was_.A . a FrenchmanB . a kind of pictureC . a kind of cameraD . a photographer（3）If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to_.A . watch lots of filmsB . buy an expensive cameraC . stop in most citiesD . take many films and something else.（4）This passage tells us_.A . how photography was developedB . how to show feelings in picturesC . how to take pictures in the worldD . how to use different cameras3. （10分）阅读理解CMy name is Daniel.I am in Grade 8.This is my second year of middle school.When we finish Grade 9, we have to take an exam to continue(继续)our studies.We go to school five days a week and have seven classes every day.We study maths, Chinese and English.We also have other subjects.They are science, geography, history and PE.P.E.is my favourite subject.We have different clubs to join after school.Some clubs are for fun, such as the guitar club and the chess club.Some clubs are for study, such as the English club and the science club.Im a member of the English club.It is fun to learn English there.There are 1，800 students in our school.Many new students may have problems with their new school life.When they have problems, they often do not want to tell the teachers.In our school, senior students can join the Helping Hands Club.These brothers and sisters talk to the new students and try to help them with their problems.（1）When Daniel finishes_， he has to take an exam to continue his studies. A . Grade 7B . Grade 8C . Grade 9D . Grade 10（2）How many classes does Daniel have every day? A