新目标八年级英语下册阅读理解专项练习ALife in the 2050s will be different from it is now, becausemany cha nges will take place. What will the cha nges be?The populatio n is grow ing fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live Ion ger.Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer study will be one of the importa nt subjects in schools.People will work fewer hours, but have more free time for sports, TV and traveli ng. Traveli ng will be much cheaper and easier. And many people will go to other coun tries for holiday.There will be changes in our food, too. Because more and more people know the importance of healthy diet, maybe no one will eat meat. In stead they will eat more vegetables and fruit. So people will be healthier.Work in the future will be differe nt, too. Dan gerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people won have eno ugh work to do. This will be a problem.()1. In the 2050s, there will be.A. more trees B. more people C. fewer coun tries D. more work to do()2. In the future, people will not have toA. travelB. work hardC. work longD. eatmeat()3. Every family will have at leastonein the 2050saccord ing to the passage.A. computerB. houseC. TVD. robot()4. Traveling will be in the 2050s.A. less in terest ingB. more difficultC. more expe nsiveD. much cheaper and easier()5. People in the 2050s may not have as much as we do now.A. fruitB. vegetablesC. breadD.meatDear John,I m very excited abouyt our coming and staying in Chichester next week. The day after tomorrow I have to go away on business for three days at the beginning of the week, but I will be back when you come. I ll leave a key with my friend next door at Number 21, so you won t have to wait before I return.Now let me tell you how to get here,though(尽管)it s not very difficult to find.Walk up the Star Road until you come to the first set of traffic lights and then turn right. Turn left at the next crossing. Go straight, and Landsdowne Road is the second on the right. There you can find my house, the door at Number 22.Oh! I nearly forgot to ask you about the most important thing: could you bring a sleep in g-bag? Well, I must go no w. I have to go and take the car from the garage(汽 车修理店 ) on Land Road. I was out yesterday, when it broke down on the way.Hope to see you soon.Yours,Mike( )6. John will come and stay in Mike s house .A. at the beginning of this weekB. next weekC. at the weekendD. the day after tomorrow( )7. How many days will Mike go away on business? A. Two. B. ThreeC. . Four. D. Five.( )8. Mike will leave a with his friend next door at Number 21.A. houseB. carC. sleeping-bagD.key( )9. Mike hosuse is on the .A. Chichester Road B. Star Road C. Landsdowne Road D. Land Road( )10. What s wrong witthe writer s car?A. A thief stole(偷)it on the way.B. Mike sold it to some one else.C. It broke down on the way.D. Someone drove it away bymistake.Tom saw an ad(广告)in a newspaper for a beautiful, modern bicycle. It cost $169, so he went to the shop to see the bicycle.The shopkeeper was very happy to show it to him. He watched it carefully and then turned to the shopkeeper and said,“ There isn t a light on the bicycle. But there was one on the bicycle inyour ad. ”“ Yes, sir, ” answered the shop keepehe light isn t in the ptiissan extra. ”“ Not in the price? ” Tom sa,d 血 that is not honest(诚实的).If the light was in the ad,it should be in the price.”)11. Tom went to the shop because he _A. was in terested in the bicycle in the adC. was interested in writing an ad )12. When the shopkeeper saidA. he would give Tom a lightC. the n ewspaper made a mistake“ Well, sir, ” answered the shopkeeper,qi“eere is also a girl on the bicycle in the ad, but we don offer(提供)her with the bicycle, either.”B. wan ted to see a beautiful girlD. wan ted to see the lights It s an extra _ , he meant B. the light was not usefulD. Tom had to pay more money for the lightman.(D. worried)13. From the passage, we can know that Tom was a veryA. carelessB. carefulC. happyD. A girl.)14. According to the passage, what is NOT in this ad?A. A bicycle.B. A light.C. A bag.)15. Which of the followi ng is TRUE?A. Tom didn t like this bicycle at all. B. The shopkeeper was not honest.C. The ad was bad and ugly.D. The shop gave a light to Tom.This is just an example of Li Ming English self-study schedule(自学预定表 )for one week.You should make your own pers onal schedule. It is useful to write a 7-day schedule before you go to bed every Sun day ni ght. It is very importa nt to be sure you can practice liste ning, speak ing, reading and writing in a week.Mon dayReview some En glish spell ing rules.TuesdayStudy prepositions(介词)of place.Wedn esdayRead the useful