第 1 页 共 9 页八年级英语阅读能力竞赛试题（时量：40 分钟总分：120 分）Name:Class:Score:阅读理解 1 Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small town. They have a big farmand they are always busy working on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school.The young man studied hard and did well in his lessons. It made them happy.Last month Peter finished middle school and passed the entrance examination (升学考试). Mrs. Turner was very happy and told the farmers about it.Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. Onthe bus she toldone of her friends how clever and able her son was.She spoke veryloudly. All the people in the bus began to listen to her.“Which university (大学) will your son study in?” a woman next to her asked.“In the most famous university in our country!” Mrs. Turner said happily.“The most famous university?”“Oxford University (牛津).”Most of the passengers (乘客) looked at her carefully. Some of them said to her,“Congratulations!”A woman said, “I'm sure he'll know Fred Smith.”“Who's Fred Smith?”“He's my son.”“Does he study in the university, too?”“No, ”said the woman. “He is one of the professors.”（）l. The story happened in ________.A. AmericaB. FranceC. GermanyD. England（）2. Mr. and Mrs. Turner were happy because ________.A. their son did well in his lessons B. they have a big farmC. they have a good harvest D. their son studied at a middle school（）3. Mrs. Turner wanted everyone to know ________.A. her son finished middle school B. her son was handsome1第 2 页 共 9 页C. her son was going to study in a university D. her son was very friendly to others（）4. Mrs. Turner spoke so loudly in the bus that __________.A. her fr...
