《2025年一本英语完形填空与阅读理解150篇八年级》

D 阅读理解
85-year-old Namukobwa lives in Burundi, a country with many mountains in Africa. One morning, Namukobwa was sitting outside when she saw Nzeyimana, the visiting daughter of a neighbor. Namukobwa hadn’t seen Nzeyimana for months since the last time.

She rose, put her arms around Nzeyimana and asked her some questions in a song-like way, “How are you? How is your husband? How are the kids? How are your cows? Are you getting on well with your neighbors?”
Namukobwa stopped the song to allow Nzeyimana to answer. “Yes,” Nzeyimana answered over and over again in the local Kirundi language. The greeting (问候) between the two women lasted a long time. They were doing a traditional greeting.
A group of neighbors watched with surprise. Many were seeing their first performance of the traditional way of musical greeting, known as “akazehe”. Among young people in Burundi, it is hard to find those who know what “akazehe” means. It is even harder to find someone who can perform it.
Floride was among the small group of women who watched the two women greet each other. She grew up in a farming community (社区) and no mother could perform “akazehe” there. She only heard of it through radio programs before. After watching, she wanted to learn “akazehe” herself.
Annonciate, a teacher, said that when she visited the area as a young girl, she was surprised and didn’t know what to do when a woman greeted her in this song-like way. “I wanted her to finish quickly, even if it was sweet to hear. But now, I fear that ‘akazehe’ may disappear (消失) because few people do this greeting.”
1 What’s the writer’s purpose in writing Paragraph 1?
A. To provide the background.
B. To show the writer’s ideas.
C. To attract readers’ interest.
D. To introduce a country.
2 Which of the following questions did Namukobwa NOT ask Nzeyimana?
A. How are you?
B. How is your job?
C. How is your husband?
D. How are your cows?
3 Why did many neighbors watch the two women’s greeting with surprise?
A. Because they thought the greeting was too long.
B. Because they first saw the special way of greeting.
C. Because they didn’t expect the two women to be so close.
D. Because they didn’t understand the language used in the greeting.
4 How did Floride first know about “akazehe”?
A. She learned it at school.
B. She heard of it from her mother.
C. She saw someone perform it in her community.
D. She came to know about it through a radio program.
5 How did Annonciate feel when she first experienced “akazehe”?
A. Angry. B. Excited. C. Relaxed. D. Uncomfortable.

答案： 1 A 2 B 3 B 4 D 5 D