八年级英语阅读训练(二)-江阴市祝塘中学解剖.doc

八年级英语阅读训练（二） 一 “Could you tell me where the ladies’ washroom is?” an old lady asked the air hostess preparing lunch at the back of the plane , “Yes ,Madam” she smiled and said .”It is right at the front .” The old lady walked all the way to the front . When she open the door and saw four men in it, she went out immediately .After she walked back about five steps and looked up at the sign on the door , she smiled and went in .”Oh, didn’t you find it ,Madam?” the hostess asked when the old lady returned a short time later. “Yes, I did . But there were four men in the front watching television .” The hostess heard this and puzzled for a moment , and then both laughed. 1. The story happened in a ____ (A)hotel ??? (B)plane??? (C)train?? ? (D)shop 2. The four men were really ____ . (A)in the ladies’ washroom??? ?? (B)in their own room (C)at work?????????????????? (D)watching TV 3. The four men in the front were ________. (A)passengers? ?? (B)waiters??? (C)the hostess’ friends?? (D)pilots(飞行员) 4. The old lady could get to the place where the four men were because ____. (A)the lady misunderstood what the hostess said (B)the hostess cheated her (C)the hostess made fun of her (D)the lady did not hear what the hostess said 5. They laughed because ____ . (A)the old lady told a lie (B)they understood each other (C)the four men were in the wrong place (D)the old lady had gone to the gentleman’ washroom 二 One day a lawyer(律师) was walking through the street of the town where he lived；he was on his way to see his brother who lived some distance from his house . He stopped to watch a man who was beating a donkey（驴） with a whip（鞭子） . The donkey seemed to take no notice and it was clear that the man was not going to do much good by the method （方法）he had used. ??? After a while the lawyer said to him,” Why are you doing that?” ??? “To make the donkey go,” replied the man. ??? “Hav