八年级阅读理解20篇(附答案)(12)

八年级阅读理解20篇(附答案)

A. In each land, people talked about each other.

B. In each land, they changed the language a little

C. In each land, the children had to speak some Latin.

6. The main idea of the whole story is that ________.

A. Romans did not like to stay home

B. people in old Rome talked a lot to each other.

C. Latin changed as it moved from land to land.

Key: 1. A 2. language 3. people 4. C 5. B 6. C

（十七）

A Leg Walking Right

Here are some signs + - x…, the signs are very different. They mean very different things. When you see them, you know what to do. This sign + means that you will add some numerals. This sign—means that you will take one numeral away from another. You will subtract（减去）. What will you do when you see x and… ?

Our signs are easy to read. They are easy signs to remember. Look at these two

signs… .The ancient Egyptians used these signs. A picture of a leg walking to the left told them to add some numerals. A picture of a leg walking to the right told them to subtract. In the 1500s people used this printed（印刷的） sign & to add numerals. After a while the sign began to look like this… .Later, the sign became +.

How much is 2…2?

1. What do you do when you see this sign +?

A. Walk away B. Write a numeral C. Read a sign D. Add

2. The word in the story that means to take one numeral away from another is _____.

3. The story says, “Our signs are easy to read. They are easy signs to remember”. The word they means ______.

4. Which of the following does this story lead to believe?

A. Egyptians could not add numerals together

B. All Egyptians had two left legs.

C. Our signs are not hard to understand

5. What did the sign to add numerals begin to look like(which sentence is exactly like the one in your book)?

A. After a while, the sign began to look like this… .

B. After a while, the sign began to look like this +.

C. After a while, the sign began to look like this &.

6. The main idea of the whole story is that ______.

A. the signs for adding and subtracting have changed.

B. People could not write in the 1500s

C. the old signs were good for Egyptians but not for us

Key: 1.D 2.substract 3.signs 4.C 5.A 6.A

(十八)

Mexico's neighbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico the world's largest Spanish-speaking country.

Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high (2240 metres). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The

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