以下是本站小編跟大家分享的八年級的英語閱讀材料，希望大家喜歡!
【寓言故事:狀元和乞丐】
One day one of God messengers descended to the world and happened to meet an eminent monk who was telling fortunes for two boys. The monk pointed at one of the boys sayingldquo;Number One Scholar,rdquo; and at another oneldBeggar.一天，上帝的一個使者來到了人間，他遇到了一位高僧，這位高僧正在為兩個孩子占卜前程。高僧指著其中一個孩子說狀元，然後指著另一個孩子說乞丐
Twenty years later, the messenger came down to the world again. When he saw the previous two boys, he was puzzled about the outcome: the originalldquo;Number One Scholarrdquo;now became a beggar while the originalldquo;Beggarrdquo;turned into a Number One Scholar instead.20年後，上帝的使者又來到了人間，看到了先前的那兩個孩子，結果讓他百思不得其解：當初的ldquo;狀元rdquo;如今成了乞丐，而當初的ldquo;乞丐rdquo;反而成了狀元。
So the messenger went to ask God.於是，使者去問上帝。
God answered,ldquo;I endow everyone with talent, which only decides one third of his destiny while the rest lies in how he grasps o;上帝說：ldquo;我賦予每個人的天分只決定他命運的三分之一，其餘的則在於他如何去把握。
Life is just like this.人生就是這樣。
【My Best Friend】
Han Mei is my best friend. We know each other since we were born. Because we are twins. She is my elder sisiter.
Like most twin sisters, we look almost the same. The most easy way to distinguish us is that she has a scar on her arm.
It is my fault. When we are six years old, we played beside the stair, and then I pushed her down the stair accidently. She got hurt but not blame me at all.
That is the history of her scar. Since then our parents always recognize us with that mark. Han Mei is better than me in study.
So, sometimes I was criticized by our mother for failing the exam, she will pretend me to receive the criticism, without making my mother see the mark. Irsquo; m so thankful for this.
So sometimes I will pretend her to take part in the piano class, as she is not interested in it. It is so interesting to play such game.
韓梅是我最好的朋友，我們從出生開始就彼此認識了。因為我們是雙胞胎。她是我的.姐姐。
就像很多的雙胞胎姐妹一樣，我們長得幾乎一模一樣。最容易區分我們兩個的方法是她在手臂上有一個傷疤。那都是我的錯。
在我們六歲的時候我們在樓梯旁邊玩之後我們不小心把她推下樓梯。她受傷了，但是一點都沒有怪我。
這就是她的傷疤的來歷。自從那時候起，我們的父母總是通過那個傷疤來區分我們。
韓梅在學習上比我好。所以有時候我考試不及格被媽媽批評，她就會擋住那個標誌冒充我去接受批評。我很感激她。
所以有時候我也會冒充她去幫她參加鋼琴課，因為她對鋼琴一點都不感興趣。玩這樣的遊戲真的是太有趣了。