八年级英语上册阅读理解练习题含答案.doc

八年级英语上册阅读理解练习题(含答案) 一、八年级英语上册阅读理解专项练习（含答案解析） 阅读理解1． An American boy has made a cheap machine that can help blind people read. The blind can read by using Braille-a system of small bumps （隆起物） that the blind touch to read the letters. The machine that makes these small bumps usually costs at least $2,000. It is called Braille typewriter. The American schoolboy, Shu ham Banerjee, made a new Braille typewriter from a Lego tool that lets people create robots. Banerjee has called his new machine the Braigo-a combination（组合） of the words Braille and Lego. It costs just $350. It works by changing electronic texts into Braille and then printing it using a computer or a mobile machine. Banerjee designed （设计） his Braigo for a school science project. Since then, he has caught the interest of Silicon Valley in the USA. The big technology company Intel spent money on Banerjees machine in November, but they did not say how much money they put in. Banerjee also got $ 35,000 from his father to help him start the project. His father works as a computer engineer （工程师） at Intel. He spoke about why he gave so much money to his son, saying, started to be interested more, thinking that hes on to something and this invention has to continue, dream would probably be having most of the blind people use my Braigo. What is Braille in Paragraph 2? ）（1 A. A system of bumps to help the blind read. B. The name of a new invention. C. A very cheap machine. D. A Lego robot. What does the Braigo change into Braille? ）（2 D. Computer languages.B. Voices. C. Electronic texts. A. Photocopies. Why did Banerjee design his invention? 3）（ A. He did it as a hobby. B. Intel told him to do it. C. He did it for a school science project. D. He wanted to get money from his father. Banerjees parents wanted him to continue to ___________. ）（4 A. catch Intels interest B. work on his invention C. be a