人教版八年级英语上册Unit8_阅读理解专练.doc

1、Unit8 阅读理解专练AEvery country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they dont cook it.In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags

2、, and take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The worlds favorite food is American fast food. If you go to some important cities in the world, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in

3、 England. But they are less popular in the USA. The Americans eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham (火腿) is a kind of pork, but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. The hamburgers are also

4、popular in England and Australia.1. Italians like to eat _. A. dumplings B. pizza C. hot food D. fish2. Fish and chips is very popular in _. A. England B. Australia C. the USA D. Canada3. In different countries people eat _ food.A. different B. the same C. delicious D. same4. The hamburger does not

5、have any _ in it.A. beef B. pork C. fish D. vegetables5. Hamburger is a kind of _. A. meat B. drinks C. food D. vegetablesBPotato chips are very popular in the world. Do you know how they were invented (发明)? In 1853, a native (本土的) American named George Crum made the first potato chips. Crum was a c

6、hef (厨师) in an expensive restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York. One day, a customer (顾客) did not like the French fries. He said they were cut too thick. That day Crum was in a bad mood, so he cut the potatoes really, really thin and he cooked them for a long time until they were very crispy (酥脆的)

7、. He wanted to make the customer dislike them. But the customer loved them very much and asked for more. Other people wanted Crums potato chips. Now, there was a new food on the menuSaratoga chips. Soon Crum opened his own restaurant and made his special chips. It took a long time to make potato chi

8、ps. People peeled the potatoes by hand. Then in 1920, the automatic (自动的) potato peeler changed everything. Now it was faster and easier to make potato chips. Now potato chips were not a specialty. They were a popular snack food, but only in the north. A salesman named Herman Lay wanted to sell pota

9、to chips in the south. He sold potato chips in bags. His business grew. Today, Americans eat a lot of potato chips every day.阅读短文，判断正（T）误（F）。（ ）6. At first the French fries were very thin. （ ）7. George Crum didnt open his own restaurant. （ ）8. Before 1920, it was not easy to make potato chips. （ ）9.

10、 George Crum invented (发明) a kind of machine which could peel potatoes. （ ）10. It was George Crum who brought the potato chips to the south. 参考答案及解析1. B 根据第一段第二句 Italians like to eat pizza.可知答案为 B。2. A 根据第二段第一句 In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips.可知答案为 A。3. A 根据文章内容可知

11、“不同国家的人吃不同的食物”，故选 A。4. B 根据第三段第六句 Ham (火腿) is a kind of pork, but the hamburger does not have any pork in it.可答案为 B。5. C 根据第三段第四句 But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger.可知 hamburger 是一种食物，故选 C。6. F 由第一段中的 One day, a customer (顾客) did not like.too thick.可知此句表述错误。7. F 由第二段第三句可知此句表述错误。8. T 由第二段中的 It took a long time to make potato chips. People peeled the potatoes by hand. Then in 1920, the automatic (自动的) potato peeler changed everything.可知 1920 年之前，制作薯片不容易。9. F 文中并没有提到谁发明了这种削土豆的机器。10. F 由最后一段可知此句表述错误。