英语│英语八年级英语上册阅读理解(有难度)(word).docx

英语│英语八年级英语上册阅读理解(有难度)（word） 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 The years from A.D 500 to 1450 are called the Middle ages. Sometimes they are also called th Dark Ages since few people had an education during that time. Still, there were lots of new idea and inventions. Many of them came from China. Paper Money In 1023. the first gov—erpnrmienntted（政府印制的） paper money was printed in China. Beforethat,paper money had been printedjustby companies.Marco polo was an Italian explorerwho went to China.He wrote about paper Money. Paper money did not become popular in Europe Until Sweden began printing it in 1601. Movable type printing machine Bi Sheng Made the first movable type printing machine in China in the ，1000s. Before this people had to make copies of books by writing out the whole book by hand. Magnetic（磁的）compass A compass is usually used to tell you what direction you are going. The Magnetic compass was first used by the Chinese around A.D 200. But at，thpaetoptlieme mainly used it for telling what would happen to them in the future. They began using it for sailing around the year 1000. Why are the Middle ages called the dark Ages according to ？paragraph 1 Because few people had an education then. Because there were a lot of new inventions. Because all the inventions came from China. Because there were almost not any new inventions. Where did the first govern—mepnrtinted paper money appear according to the passage? A. In China. B. In Italy. C. In Sweden. According to the passage. who invented the first movable type printing m？achine in China A. Marco Polo. B. A person from Sweden. C. Bi Sheng. D. An Italian When did people begin to use compass for sailing according to？the passage A. Around A D 200. B. In the 1000s. C. Around the year 1000. D. 1000 yea 【答案】（1）A （2）A （3）C （4）C 【解析】【分析】大意:本文讲述世界上中世纪三大发明，分别是纸币，移动式印刷机和指南针。 细节题。根据since few people had an education during th可at知t，im因e.为这个时期的人们受教育少，故选A。 细节题。根据 In 1023. the first gover—nmpernitnted（政府印制的） paper money was print