八年级英语上册阅读题

Someone says "Time is money.", but I think time is (1)______ important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is (2)_______, it’ll never (3)______. That is (4)________ we must not waste time.
It goes without saying that the (5)_______ is usually limited. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do (6)_______ useful.
But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and (7)______. They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own (8)_______.
In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t (9)_______ today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we must (10)_______time.
( )1. A. much B. most C. many D. much more
( )2. A. lost B. bought C. gone D. finished
( )3. A. return B. carry C. take D. bring
( )4. A. what B. that C. because D. why
( )5. A. money B. time C. day D. food
( )6. A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
( )7. A. reading B. writing C. playing D. working
( )8. A. time B. food C. money D. life
( )9. A. stop B. leave C. let D. give
( )10.A. lose B. save C. spend D. take
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Two hundred years ago, people in the West did not know coffee or tea. They were (1)_______ to drink them because they thought coffee or tea could kill a person. Once the king of England decided to find out (2)_______ it was true.
At that time there were two brothers in prison. They would be killed (3)______ a few days because they did wrong. The king said, "I shall let them live but they must drink coffee or tea to the end of their (4)______. One brother must drink coffee and (5)_______ must drink tea every day." And they (6)_______ the king’s words.
They (7)_______ lived many years. At last, the elder brother (8)_______ when he was eighty-three years old. The younger one died a few years (9)______ . After that, people (10)________ that coffee and tea were not bad to man.
( )11. A. happy B. afraid C. strong D. rich
( )12. A. when B. what C. if D. because
( )13. A. after B. later C. behind D. in
( )14. A. life B. live C. lives D. living
( )15. A. one B. another C. other D. the other