八年级英语阅读理解试题及答案讲解0 1 A meteorite (陨石) almost hit an 80-year-old man named Arthur Pettifer in Britain when he was working in his garden. The meteorite was the biggest in the past 26 years in Britain. The meteorite weighed (重量) one kilo, and might be over four thousand million (百万) years old. “I hear the big noise in the air. I looked up and saw the tops of the trees coming and going,” he said. “I didn't know what it was.” Meteorites are small things from the small planets in space. About 3,500 meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found. Mr. Pettifer's meteorite is the fifth to fall in Britain since the Second World War. Mr. Pettifer is glad. “When you think about it coming from so far away, it really is something strange.” 1. The meteorite was ______ Mr Pettifer when it fell down. A. close to B. far from C. hitting D. coming to 2. The meteorite was already ______ years old. A. 40,000,000,000 B. 40,000,000 C. 400,000,000 D. 4,000,000,000 3. Mr. Pettifer found the tops of the trees coming and going because ______. A. the trees were afraid B. the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops moving C. it was going to rain D. the moving was made by wind 4. ______ people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often each year. A. Quite a few B. some C. Few D. Many 5. Mr. Pettifer was ______ to see the falling of the meteorite. A. happy B. afraid C. sorry D. angry 参考答案 1. 从短文第1 句看出陨石落下时几乎砸着Mr Pettifer，故答案应选A。 2. 由短文第2 段中“…，and might be over four thousand million”4000 百万即 40 亿，故答案应是 D。 3. Mr Pettifer 发现树梢来回摇摆是因为下落的陨石使它来回动，故答案选B。 4. 由短文第4 段“About 3,50...
