最新英语八年级英语下册阅读理解及答案经典一、八年级英语下册阅读理解专项练习(含答案解析)1语法填空 China has a very long history. It has many great traditional skills that have a wide influence(影响). Here we mainly talk about kites. The earliest mention of a kite in ancient China dates back to the 5th century BC. It was made of wood and used as a rescue signal(求救信号). At the time between 770 and 221 BC, Chinese kites were actually called muyuan. They were first invented in Shandong Province for military purposes(军事目的).