初中英语阅读题练习(附答案)

英语阅读理解24 篇

做阅读理解的五点注意

注意一：试题各小题所提供的四个备选项，有的是语法、结构上有错误，有的是与短文意思不相符。解题时要把有结构、语法错误的先排除，再考虑是否符合短文内容。

注意二：对短文中的生词或看不懂的句子，应大胆根据构词法及上、下文意思进行猜测，尤其对涉及文中某个词或某个句子含义的选择试题，要根据文章所阐述的主要内容及上、下文内在逻辑关系，大胆分析推断，去伪存真选出正确答案。

注意三：对于涉及文章主旨、大意、作者意图及短文标题等选择试题，虽然短文中没有直接说明，可统观全文，通过短文所提供的材料或联想短文材料以外的常识，如结合已学过的自然、社会科学知识加以综合理解、分析推测或按作者的思路进行推理，从而且推断出正确答案。

注意四：做选择试题时一般先做在文中能直接找到依据的细节题，后做主旨题、推理题。这样在对语篇有更多领悟的基础上再进行推理判断和概括总结，把握性就更大。

注意五：阅读的顺序一般是先读短文，再看题目，然后逐题作答。若文章较长，也可以先将测试题目通览一遍，然后带着问题阅读文章。这样对与答题有关的段落、句子反应敏感，而对其他与答题无关的部分可以不必花费太多时间，阅读速度就可加快些。

1.“老”字趣谈

每个国家都有各自的文化习惯，而这种文化上的差异往往会引起一定的误会，不过只要熟悉对方的风俗习惯做到入乡随俗，一切就OK啦！

When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬) elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.

I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great disp leasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cult ural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, a nd people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from gro wing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the co uple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.

After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respe ct them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.

By Jack

根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1. Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______.

A. the manager asked him to do so

B. he respected the elderly

C. the couple wanted him to do so

D. he wanted more pay

2. When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became _______.

A. nervous

B. satisfied

C. unhappy

D. excited

3. In Jack’s hometown, _______.

A. people dislike being called “old”

B. people are proud of being old

C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty

D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants

4. After this experience, Jack _______.

A. lost his job in the restaurant

B. made friends with the couple

C. no longer respected the elderly

D. changed his way with older people

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.

B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.

C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.

D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.

2.Jean的网友

QQ聊天对我们来说并不陌生，但是该不该完全相信网友呢？我们究竟该以怎样的心态对待网络呢？让我们来看看本文主人公与网友的奇遇吧！

Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everythi ng that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is that the people in Jean’s family are so busy

that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.

So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous(匿名), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friend s who she keeps in touch with quite often.

Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common(共同的) interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, the y wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small thing s to each other.

When Jean’s father told her that he was goi ng on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let h er go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on David’s door in San Francisco, s he found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!

根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1. Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is _______.

A. rich

B. famous

C. young

D. lonely

2. Jean thought “David” was special be cause he _______.

A. made her quite happy on QQ

B. was from San Francisco

C. sent her a picture of himself

D. was tall and good-looking

3. When Jean and “David” met and introduced themselves to each other, who felt surprised?

A. “David”.

B. B oth “David” and Jean.

C. Jean.

D. Neither “David” nor Jean.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Don’t believe those you get to know on QQ so easily.

B. People don’t use their real names on QQ so often.

C. Don’t go to meet those you get to k now on QQ.

D. People should tell their real names to others on QQ.

3一辈子的朋友

朋友与你相互嬉闹，朋友与你互掏腰包；朋友与你互相惦记，朋友与你心有灵犀；朋友与你有苦共担，朋友与有乐同欢……请读读这篇真挚的友情故事。

Linda Evans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, m ovies, swimming, horseback riding.

When I was 13, my family moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each othe r on special time—like my wedding (婚礼) and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped “Address (地址) Unknown. ”

I had no idea how to find Linda.

Over the years, I missed Linda very much. I wanted to share (分享) happiness of my children and then gr andchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty pl ace in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.

One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much lik e Linda and whose last name was Wagman —Linda’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,”

I thought, but J still wrote to her.

She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is my m other. ”

Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years, laughed and cried and caught u p on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And there’s one thing that Linda and I kno w for sure: We won’t lose each other again!

根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1. The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans _______.

A. at the age of 13

B. before she got married

C. after they moved to new homes

D. before the writer’s family moved away

2. They didn’t often write to each other because they _______.

A. got married

B. had little time to do so

C. didn’t like writing letters

D. could see each other on special time

3. There was an empty place in the writer’s heart be cause she _______.

A. was in trouble

B. didn’t know Linda’s addr ess

C. received the card that she sent

D. didn’t have a friend like Linda to share her happi ness or sadness

4. The writer was happy when she _______.

A. read the newspaper

B. heard Linda’s voice on the phone

C. met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda

D. wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman

5. They haven’t kept in touch _______.

A. for about 40 years

B. for about 27 years

C. since they got married

D. since the writer’s family moved away

4看病

每天都有很多人被病痛折磨着，但有些病却是因为一些不必要的担忧，正如本文中的tailor一样，威吓不少一点忧心，让自己健康快乐一点呢？

A man went to see his doctor one day, because he was suffering from pains in his stomach. After the doc tor had examined him carefully, he said to him, “Well, there’s nothing really wrong with you, I’m glad to say. Your only trouble is that you worry too much. Do you know, I had a man with the same trouble as you here a few weeks ago, and I gave him the same advice as I am going to give you. He was worried because he coul dn’t pay his tailor’s bills. I told him not to worry abo ut the bills any more. He took my advice and when he c ame to see me again two days ago, he told me that he now felt quite all right again. ” “Yes, I know all about that,” answered the patient sadly. “You see, I’m that man’s tailor!”

根据以上短文内容判断正误，正确的用“T”表示，错误的用“F”表示。

1. The tailor went to see his doctor because he has got a headache.

2. There is nothing serious with the tailor.

3. A man with the same trouble as the tailor a few days ago.

4. The doctor gave the man and the tailor the same advice.

5. The t ailor was worried because a man couldn’t pay his bills.

5母爱

慈母手中线，游子身上衣，谁言寸草心，报得三春晖。母爱是世界上最伟大、最无私的，她宽容大度，她不求回报，她为子女付出很多很多……

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing le tters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the more wonderful thing in the world.

Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,”she’d said again, “it’s for Elizabeth. ”

I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.

They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I w as “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface(表面)”.

As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原谅) me.

I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came.

My hope turned to disappointment(失望), then little interest and, finally, peace—it seemed that nothing ha ppened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.

Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my c hosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside —a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.

Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1. The writer began to love her mother’s desk ______.

A. after Mother died

B. before she became a writer

C. when she was a child

D. when Mother gave it to her

2. The passage shows that ______.

A. mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter

B. mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done

C. mother cared much about her daughter in words

D. mother wrote to her daughter in careful words

3. The word “gulf” in the passage means ______.

A. deep understanding between the old and the young

B. different ideas between the mother and the daughter

C. free talks between mother and daughter

D. part of the sea going far in land

4. What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking forgiveness?

A. She had never received the letter.

B. For years, she often talked about the letter.

C. She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.

D. She read the letter again and again till she died.

5. What’s the best title of the passage?

A. My letter to Mother

B. Mother and Children

C. My mo ther’s Desk

D. Talks between Mother and Me

6顾此失彼

许多年前，农民为保护他们的鸡而猎杀了很多老鹰。然而新的问题来了，田里的田鼠猖狂了起来，结果农民的庄稼大多给吃光了。这是怎么回事呢？看看下文你就知道了，但一定要记住：It is important for us to keep the balance of nature.

Not many years ago, some farmers were worried because hawks were taking many of their chicken. The f armers didn’t know what to do. Finally they went to the country officials and asked for help.

“Kill the hawks,” the officials said, “We will even pay for them,” so the farmers began to think of ways t o kill the hawks.

The farmers killed many hawks. They no longer had to worry about their chickens. But they now had a n ew worry. Field mice were eating up a lot of the farmers’ grain.

How did this happen?

Hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice. They eat more field mice than chickens. But the farmers didn’t know this. When they killed a lot of hawks, they changed the balance.

When people move into a new place, they often destroy many wild plants. Often these plants are food for the animals. If the animals can’t fin d enough plants to eat, they will starve or have to leave the place.

In one part of the USA, for example the deer there like to eat a certain kind of wild roses. The mountain lions there eat the deer. The number of deer, mountain lions and wild roses does n’t change much if people lea ve things as they are.

But people killed many mountain lions in order to protect the deer. Soon there were so many deer that the y ate up all the wild roses. Then the deer began to eat the green leaves of young trees. These trees were impor tant to the farmers. So the farmers thought of ways to protect their trees. Now the deer had nothing to eat, and many of them died. This was another lesson from nature.

To keep the balance of nature is important for us to remember.

根据以上短文内容判断正误，正确的用“T”表示，错误的用“F”表示。

1. Finally the officials told the farmers to kill the hawks.

2. Field mice eat not only chickens but also the farmers’ grain.

3. When the animals can’t find enough plants to eat in a place, they will starve or have to leave.

4. The number of animals changes much if people leave things as they are.

5. It is important for us to keep the balance of nature.

7幽默故事

学习不用功可能挨老师的批评，考试不及格可能被父母打屁股，但你听说过有学习不用功要被钉死在十字架上的吗？本文中的Little Tommy就是这样想的。

Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教师), cards, s pecial learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.

After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his moth er hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (铺开) out a ll over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinne r and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.

Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his roo m and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no l onger hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?”

Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No. ”

“Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it?”

Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) t o the plus sign (加号), I k new they weren’t joking. ”

根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1. Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?

A. Because he could eat well there.

B. Because he could earn more about nuns.

C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.

D. Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math any more.

2. Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son _______.

A. was still the same as usual

B. ate so much at dinner

C. kissed her hello after school

D. worked hard but said little

3. “Hitting the books” means “_______” in Chinese.

A. 用功

B. 捶书

C. 发泄

D. 振作

4. The last sentence in the passage shows that _______.

A. Tommy felt sorry for the mail

B. Tommy was afraid of being nailed

C. Tommy didn’t like the plus sign

D. Tommy liked playing jokes on others

5. From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _______.

A. teachers should be strict with their students

B. mistaking (误解) might do good sometimes

C. a catholic school is much better than other ones

D. nuns are good at helping children with their math

8 拾金不昧

捡钱不还虽可享用一时，但良心会一辈子不安；拾金不昧虽有点一时不忍，但那种感觉将会worth more than anything could buy。

I worked for a short time as a cashier(出纳员) at a restaurant a few months ago. I also helped to clean up the tables when it was very busy. One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet on the floor near one of the tables. I guessed I should check it to find out who was the owner, but I was very busy at the time. And I imagined that if there was something valuable(有价值的) in the wallet, the owner would be back. Sure enough, an hour later a man came up to the counter and asked if anyone had found a wallet. I asked him to describe the lost wallet, and after he described it exactly, I gave him the wallet. He expressed his thanks w hen I handed it to him. He asked me if I had opened it, and when I told him “no”. At once he opened it and showed that it had nearly $ 800 in cash(现金). He took out a twenty-dollar bill and handed it to me and I was amazed at this. “A reward(酬劳) for your honesty,” he said and then turned and walked away.

Thinking about it later, I began wondering whether I would have been honest if I had known what was in the wallet! I thought that if I had no way to find the owner and no one returned to get it, I might keep it. Bu t it also came i nto my mind that I actually saved someone’s Christmas plans by finding and returning the walle t. The good feeling it gave me was worth more than anything could buy.

根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1. Which of the following is true?

A. The owner of the wallet found a twenty-dollar bill gone.

B. The writer wasn’t surprised when the man gave her a reward.

C. Nothing in the wallet was missing.

D. The man was very, very excited when he got his wallet back.

2. The writer returned the wallet to the owner because _______.

A. she thought Christmas was coming

B. the owner came back too soon

C. she didn’t know there was so much money in it

D. as an honest person, she didn’t care much about money

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The writer accepted a reward of $ 20.

B. The writer regretted(后悔) that she had returned the wallet.

C. The writer didn’t return the wallet until the owner came back.

D. The writer fell very happy after she returned the wallet.

9顽童的承诺

兄弟可以相依相伴，可以同甘共苦，也可以为彼此付出一切……请读读这篇感人的兄弟情的故事吧！

A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Chris tmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin(顽童) was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, sir?” he asked.

Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your b rother gave it to you and it did cost you nothing? Sir, I wish…” He hesitated(犹豫). Paul thought of course he knew what the boy wanted, but what the boy said surprised him greatly. “I wish,” the boy went on, “that I co uld be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?” “Oh yes, I’d love to,” the boy answered.

After a short ride, the boy turned an d with his eyes shining, said, “Sir, would you mind driving in front o f my house?”

Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he c ould ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy as ked.

He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. H e was carrying his little crippled(残疾的) brother. He sat down on the step and pointed to the car.

“There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t c ost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself all the nic e things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”

Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed elder brother climbed in besi de him and the three began an unforgettable holiday ride.

根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1. The street urchin was very surprised when _______.

A. he met Paul

B. Paul told him about the car

C. Paul received an expensive car

D. he was walking around the car

2. From the story we can see the urchin _______.

A. wished to give his brother a car

B. wanted Paul’s brother to give h im a car

C. wished he could have a brother like Paul’s

D. wished Paul could be a brother like that

3. The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ______.

A. to show he had a rich friend

B. to show his neighbors the big car

C. to let his brother ride in the car

D. to tell his brother about his wish

4. We can find from the story that _______.

A. the urchin wished Paul to give his car to Buddy

B. the urchin wished to have a rich brother

C. the urchin had a deep love for his brother

D. the urchin’s wish came true in the end

5. The best name of the story is _______.

A. A Christmas Present

B. Paul, a Kind-hearted Person

C. A Brother Like That

D. An Unforgettable Holiday Ride

10一场可怕的暴风雨

Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying (摧毁) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.

“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was mis sing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”

Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was movin g. She ran outside at once with her children.

“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”

Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利机构) br ought them food, clothes and shelter.

1. How many homes altogether (总共) were damaged in the storm?

A. Fourteen

B. Twenty-one

C. Twenty-nine

D. Thirty-six

2. Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?

A. He was in bed.

B. He was inside the house.

C. He was outside the house.

D. He was on the roof.

3. Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because _________.

A. her husband knew there would be a storm

B. they were all outside the house when the storm became worse

C. she felt the house was moving

D. the welfare department helped her

4. The underlined word “shelter” in this passage means ______.

A. something to eat

B. something to wear

C. somewhere to study

D. somewhere to stay

5. Which of he following may be the best title for this passage?

A. A Terrible Storm

B. A Lucky Woman

C. Good Soldiers

D. Clever People

11蚊子咬人有讲究

We know the mosquito very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the worl d, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.

No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide that she loves you. She? Yes, she. It’s true that male mosquito doesn’t bite(咬) and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn’t like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You’re different from the others!

If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch(痒) on your body beca use she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itching begins, and she has flown away.

And then what happens? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.

1. “Mosquito” means _______ in Chinese.

A. 苍蝇

B. 蜻蜓

C. 跳蚤

D. 蚊子

2. We know mosquitoes very well because ___________.

A. they can be found easily

B. they fly here and there

C. there are many kinds of them

D. they can fly

3. If the mosquito doesn’t bite you, it will ________.

A. get angry with you

B. be afraid of you

C. make a lot of noise

D. choose another one

4. The mosquito bites you _________.

A. when you’re as leep

B. because you have choose it

C. too quickly to let you know

D. but doesn’t like you

5. Which of the following sentences is wrong?

A. The itching begins after the mosquito bites you.

B. You feel terrible when the mosquito bites you.

C. Mosquitoes use blood to lay eggs.

D. All the mosquitoes don’t like to bite people for blood.

12外星人

Shlander is a man from space. He thinks the people and things on the earth are very strange. He is now writing a letter to his friend at home. Here is part of his letter. Read it and answer the questions.

Now I am in a strange world. It is very nice. There are many new things here. There are many earth mon sters here, too. The earth monsters look very funny. They have just one head, two arms and two legs. They ha ve thin black strings on their heads. Some earth monsters have brown or yellow strings. The earth monsters ha ve a hole in their face. Every day, they put nice things and balls from the trees into the hole. They put water i nto the hole, too. The earth monsters do not walk very fast. They move from place to pace in tin boxes.

At night, the earth monsters like to look at a square window box. This box has very small earth monsters in it.

根据短文内容选择正确答案。

1. Shlander thinks the people and things on the earth are very ________.

A. strange

B. nice

C. different

D. beautiful

2. Shlander thinks man on the earth is ________.

A. a monkey

B. a earth monster

C. a tin box

D. a strange world

3. The earth monster doesn’t have ________.

A. heads, arms and legs

B. brown or yellow strings on its head

C. a hole on its face

D. a swing on its body

4. The earth monsters don’t put ________ on their holes.

A. nice things

B. balls

C. fire

D. water

5. The square window box is ________.

A. a car or a bus

B. a very small earth monster

C. a TV set

D. a radio

13诺贝尔的故事

Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833, b ut moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father, Immanuel, made a strong position for himself i n the engineering industry. Immanuel Nobel invented landmine and made a lot of money from the government during the Crimean War, but went bankrupt soon after. Then, the family returned to Sweden in 1859, where Al fred began his own study of explosives in his father’s lab. He had never been to school or university but had t aught himself, and by the time he was twenty, he became a skillful chemist and excellent linguist, speaking Sw edish, Russian, German, French and English. He built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries. He was always searching for a meaning to life. He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars, and the peace between nations, until his death in Italy in 1896. His famous last will, in which he left money to pro vide prizes for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature and peace, is a memoria l to his interests and ideas. And so, the man is remembered and respected long after his death.

根据短文内容，选择能回答所提问题的正确答案。

1. Where was Alfred Nobel born? He was born in ________.

A. Sweden

B. Stockholm

C. Russia

D. Moscow

2. What did Immanuel Nobel invented during the Crimean War?

A. The engineering industry.

B. A strong position.

C. Landmine.

D. Study of explosives.

3. Why did Alfred Nobel return to Sweden ? Because his father ________.

A. went bankrupt

B. was put in prison

C. was ill

D. died

4. How many companies did Alfred Nobel build up? He built up ______ companies in different countries.

A. 20

B. 40

C. 60

D. 80

5. What was Alfred Nobel always searing for? ________.

A. More time and more money

B. A meaning to life

C. How to end the war

D. The peace between nations

14她用爱创造奇迹

An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was ve ry sick and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation could save him now and there was no one to lend them the money.

When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother, “Only a miracle can save him now,” the little girl w ent to her bedroom and pulled her money from its hiding place and counted it carefully.

She hurried to a drugstore (药店) with the money in her hand.

“And what do you want?” asked the salesman. “It’s for my little brother,” the girl answered. “He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a miracle.” “Pardon?” said the salesman.

“My brother Andrew has something bad g rowing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can sa ve him. So how much does a miracle cost?” “We don’t sell a miracle here, child. I’m sorry,” the salesman said with a smile.

“Listen, if it isn’t enough, I can try and get some more. Just tell me how much it costs.”

A well-dressed man heard it and asked, “What kind of a miracle does your brother need?”

“I don’t know,” she answered with her eyes full of tears. “He’s really sick and mum says he needs an ope ra tion. But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought all my money.”

“How much do you have?” asked the man. “$ 1.11, but I can try and get some more,” she answered.

“Well, what luck,” smiled the man. “$ 1.11, the price of a miracle for little brothers.”

He took up the girl’s hand and said, “Ta ke me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet yo ur parents. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”

That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a famous doctor. The operation was successful and it w asn’t long before Andrew was home again.

How much did the miracle cost? (from )

根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1. What was the trouble in the little girl’s family?

A. Her brother was seriously ill.

B. They had no money.

C. Nothing could save her brother.

D. Both A and B.

2. In the eye of the little girl, a miracle might be _______.

A. something interesting

B. something beautiful

C. some wonderful medicine

D. some good food

3. The little girl said again and again “...I can try and get some more.” That shows _______.

A. she had still kept some money

B. she hoped not to be refused

C. There was no need to worry about money

D. she thought money was easy to get

4. What made the miracle happen?

A. The girl’s love for her brother.

B. The girl’s money.

C. The medicine from the drugstore.

D. Nobody can tell.

5. From the passage we can infer (推断) that _______.

A. The doctor didn’t ask for any pay

B. A miracle is sure to happen if you keep on

C. The little girl is lovely but not so clever

D. Andrew was in fact not so sick as they had thought

15友谊地久天长

这是一首经典歌曲，已经被几代人传唱，每当有人唱起这首歌时，依然会让人热泪盈眶。因为这首歌中表达的是一种永恒的情，是每个人都渴望得到的，这就是友谊。

This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year’s Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne(《友谊地久天长》). It is the traditional music played during the New Year’s ce lebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Sc ottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.

The words “auld lang syne” mean “old long since”. No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published (出版) in 1796. The words and music we know today firs t appeared in a songbook three years later.

The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year’s Eve. The version (译文) you are hearing t oday is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne.I would like to wish all of our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas. (from )

根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1. Where is this passage from?

A. A newspaper.

B. A magazine.

C. A TV program.

D. A radio program.

2. Who is introducing Auld Lang Syne to us?

A. Robert Bums.

B. The Washington Saxophone Quartet.

C. Buddy Thomas.

D. The passage doesn’t tell us.

3. When is Auld Lang Syne mainly played in the USA according to the passage?

A. On New Year’s Eve.

B. On Christmas Eve.

C. On weekends.

D. On holidays.

4. When did the words and music of Auld Lang Syne we know today first appear?

A. In 1790.

B. In 1793.

C. In 1796.

D. In 1799.

5. What’s Auld Lang Syne about?

A. It’s about the hi story of Scotland.

B. It’s about an old Scottish poet.

C. It’s about the need to remember old friends.

D. It’s about the wishes to the radio friends.

16浪费可耻

Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and othe rs often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don’t agree with them.

Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources(资源), we are short of(缺乏) others, for example, fresh water(淡水). It is reported that we will have no coal(煤) or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources, what can we use in the future and where can we move? Think about it.

I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.

In our everyday life, we can do many things to prevent waste from happening, for example, turn off the water taps(水龙头) when we finish washing, turn off the lights when we leave the classroom, try not to order more food than we need, and so on. Little by little, everything will be changed. Waste can be stopped one day, if we do our best.

1. From the passage we know that some students often _______ in the school.

A. eat too much

B. don’t work hard

C. waste things

D. throw rubbish everywhere

2. Which is not mentioned in this passage?

A. Fresh water.

B. Forest.

C. Oil.

D. Coal.

3. What may happen in 100 years?

A. We may still have enough oil.

B. We may still have enough coal.

C. We may have a little oil.

D. We may have no coal or oil to use.

4. Which of the following is right?

A. Waste brings problems.

B. Waste can bring no problem.

C. China is rich in fresh water.

D. Students never waste things.

5. Which is the best title of this passage?

A. Stop Wasting

B. School life

C. Waste in the School

D. Rich Resources in China

17英语阅读理解·不一样的平安夜

Christmas Eve means a warm get-together with friends, a candlelight dinner, or perhaps a celebration at a pub(酒馆) for students. But, for Cai Yingjie, the night has a different meaning: helping beggars(乞丐) and the homeless(people without homes).

Cai, who is a student in journalism at Tsinghua, could be found at Beijing’s Wudaokou Light Railway Sta tion that special evening. When she saw an old beggar, she took the cold, rough hands of the woman with her warm, clean hands, and gave the woman some warm bread and helped her put on a pair of new gloves(手套).

The woman was surprised for a few seconds, then burst int o tears, saying “for the first time I feel respecte d(尊重)”.

Cai said, “A beggar’s life is very hard. That’s why I want to help them.”

Cai was one of 14 Tsinghua students spending Christmas Eve among the poor. They walked in the cold w ind along the streets from 4 to 7 pm on Friday, visiting 15 beggars in Beijing’s Haidian District.

They brought bread and gloves with them, and stopped to greet beggars and offer them some of the warm food. Each beggar greeted them with a look of surprise.

“I know the activity can’t help much, but it’s meant to show our respect and care for beggars and the ho meless who have been neglected for so long,” said Sun, head of the group. “And Christmas is a good time for that.”

1. What does Christmas Eve mean to the 14 Tsinghua students?

A. Taking 15 beggars to Tsinghua.

B. Getting together with friends.

C. Showing care to the beggars and the homeless.

D. Selling bread and gloves to the beggars.

2. What does the beggar mean by saying “for the first time I feel respected”?

A. The beggar has been waiting for Cai for long.

B. The beggar hasn’t been shown care for so long.

C. The beggar has been respecting Cai for a long time.

D. This is the first time the beggar has seen Tsinghua students.

3. What did each beggar feel when they received greetings?

A. Sad.

B. Amazed.

C. Frightened.

D.Proud.

4. The word “neglected” in the last passage means _______.

A. protected

B. found

C. taken care of

D. given no enough care

18英语阅读理解·吓人的惩罚

Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教师), cards, s pecial learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.

After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his moth er hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (铺开) out a ll over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinne r and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.

Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his roo m and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no l onger hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?”

Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No.”

“Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it?”

Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) t o the plus sign (加号), I knew they weren’t joking.”

1. Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?

A. Because he could eat well there.

B. Because he could earn more about nuns.

C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.

D. Becau se his parents didn’t want him to learn math any more.

2. Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son _______.

A. was still the same as usual

B. ate so much at dinner

C. kissed her hello after school

D. worked hard but said little

3. “Hitting the books” means “_______” in Chinese.

A. 用功

B. 捶书

C. 发泄

D. 振作

4. The last sentence in the passage shows that _______.

A. Tommy felt sorry for the mail

B. Tommy was afraid of being nailed

C. Tommy didn’t like the plus sign

D. Tommy liked playing jokes on others

5. From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _______.

A. teachers should be strict with their students

B. mistaking (误解) might do good sometimes

C. a catholic school is much better than other ones

D. nuns are good at helping children with their math

19英语阅读理解·火中自救小知识

What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to sav e yourself? Please read the following passage.

Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save you life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts.

From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of leavin g by windows with the least chance of serious injury.

The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average(平均高度的) person, hang ing by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average ma n. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.

Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and f ire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than s moke that may leaked(渗) into the room.

On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement(水泥) might end in injury. Bushes(灌木丛) and grass can help to break a fall.

1. It is important to _______.

A. put out the fire in the burning house

B. know the ways to escape the fire

C. jump off a burning house

D. keep the door closed

2. It is possible to escape through the windows _______.

A. if there are some bushes on the ground

B. if you are strong enough

C. if you live on a lower floor

D. If you have a long rope

3. Which of the following escaping way is NOT right? _______.

A. You can escape though stairways.

B. You can choose fire escapes.

C. Escape from the windows that open onto a roof.

D. Use a lift to come down at once.

4. Open the window so that _______ if the building is on fire.

A. you can get fresh air

B. you can call for help

C. you can easily jump off

D. you can be seen first

5. The best title of the passage is _______.

A. Escaping from the Windows

B. Save Yourself in the Burning House

C. Knowledge on Fire

D. Waiting for Help

20英语阅读理解·流行小天王

He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his ey es behind his hair. He doesn’t smile very often. However, if y ou talk to him about music, he’ll have a lot to say.

This is Jay Chou, the 24-year-old Taiwanese pop king(天王). His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing on September 12. Those songs are from his new album (唱片), “Ye Huimei”, and the album was released (发行) in July and was named after his mother.

Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects.

His mother noticed the boy’s special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.

Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has huge cr owds of fans. “He is really good at m usic. It makes him attractive(有魅力的) to me,” said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in No.101 Middle School in Beijing.

“He is true to himself. He never follows others,” said Zhang Yujie, a Junior 1 girl at Huaibei Middle Sch ool in Sihong, Jiangsu Province.

1. From this passage, we know that Jay Chou _______.

A. is very handsome

B.has a bright smile

C. often makes too much noise

D.. is a pop music star

2. His fans are so excited because _______.

A. he released a new album in July

B. he will sing new songs in Beijing

C. he can play the piano very well

D.his new album was named after his mother

3. When he was a little child, he _______.

A. talked a lot every day

B.did well in his study at school

C. started to like music

D. had huge crowds of fans

4. According to one of his fans, Jay _______.

A. is a good student

B.has long and beautiful hair

C. is a well-known pianist

D.is very attractive to them

5. The sentence “He never follows others” in the last paragraph mean s _______.

A. he always has his own style(风格)

B. he likes to walk alone

C. he doesn’t like other people’s songs at all

D. no one can catch up with him

21英语阅读理解·音乐与椅子

Do you know how to play a game called “Musical Chairs”? It is easy to play and m ost people enjoy it. A ll you need are some chairs, some people and some way of making music. You may use a piano or any other musical instrument, if someone can play it. You may use a tape recorder. You can even use a radio.

Put the chairs in a row. The chairs may be put in twos, back to back. A better way is to have the chairs i n one row with each chair facing in the opposite direction to the chair next to it.

The game is easy. When the music starts, the players walk round the chairs. Everyone goes in the same di rection, of course, they should walk in time to the music. If the music is fast they should walk quickly. If the music is slow, they should walk slowly.

The person playing music cannot see the people in the game. When the music stops, the players try to sit on the chairs. If a person cannot find a chair to sit on, he drops out. Then, before the music starts again, one c hair must be taken away. When the music stops again, one more player will be out.

At last, there will be two players and one chair. The one who sits on the chair when the music stops is th

e winner.

1. If ten people are playing musical chairs, you must begin with _______.

A. nine chairs

B. ten chairs

C. eleven chairs

D. one chair

2. Which of the following is not suitable for playing musical chairs? _______.

A. A piano

B. A radio

C. A tape recorder

D. A telephone

3. The chairs should be put _______.

A. with the desk

B. before the winner

C. all over the room

D. in a line

4. When the music starts, the players must _______.

A. run about the room

B. get down

C. walk around the chairs

D. sit on the chairs

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The game “Musical Chairs” is not difficult to learn.

B. The last one can sit on the last chair.

C. The winner can sit on the chair.

D. If the person plays music, he cannot be the winner.

22英语阅读理解·领养宠物

“Well, we’re in our new house. Let’s get a new pet to get along with it,” Mrs Brown said to her husband.

“That sounds like a pretty good idea,” he answered. “Do you want to see the ads in the newspaper?”

“Let’s go to the animal shelter. Many pets there need homes. Since tomorrow is Saturday, we can both g o,” she said.

Next morning the Browns met Mr Snow at the animal shelter. “W e want to be sure that the pets here go t o good homes,” Mr Snow said, “So I need to ask you some questions.”

After they talked for a while, the Browns decided to get a small dog. It wouldn’t need a big house or a b ig yard. A small dog would bark(吠) and warm them if someone tried to break into their house. After Mr Sno w gave the Browns a book on pet care, they chose one and wanted to take her home right away. But the anim al doctor hadn’t checked her yet. So Mr Snow told them to return on Sunday.

On Sunday a fternoon the Browns went to the animal shelter. The animal doctor said, “Shadow has had all of her shots(预防针). She will be healthy.” The browns thanked the doctor and took Shadow home.

1. From the reading we learn that _______.

A. the Browns have never had a pet before.

(完整版)初中典型英语阅读理解题目及答案

（一）初中英语阅读理解 Little Tom down the street calls our dog "The keep dog".Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to say" Seep", it comes out "keep". And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing things home for us to keep! I'll tell you about some of them. Zip's first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk. We didn't know how Zip found the shoe. But after a moment Mary, my big sister, told me the shoe had a strange smell. I nodded(点头)and held my nose. "What do you think it is?" "It smells like something for cleaning. I think someone tried to clean a spot (污点) off the shoe. Then he put it at the door to dry." "Along came Zip. And good-bye shoe!" I said."We should take it back." "We can't ".said my sister. "Maybe little Tom is right," Mary said. "Maybe Zip is a keep dog!" 1.The writer and Mary didn't know______. A.what Zip's first present was B.how Zip carried its first present home C.who owned Zip's first present D.what Zip's first present was made of 2.Tom calls Zip "the keep dog"because ______. A.the dog likes keeping things B.the dog likes playing with shoes C.he doesn't know the dog's name D.he can't pronounce the word "sheep"well 3.What made the shoe strange was ______. A.its colour B.its smell C.its size D.that it was a silk one 4.The word "keep"in the last sentence means "_____" A.keeping things for itself B.bringing things for other to keep C.not letting it run about D.taking care of a small child 5.We can know from the reading that the dog _____. A. likes to give presents to people B.has been kept in at the writer's home C.has brought some trouble D.likes to be called "the keep dog" Key: 1.C 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.C

初中英语阅读理解-7选5专项练习(有答案)

初中英语阅读理解--7选5专项练习 （1） While lead （铅） poisoning is serious, parents can take steps to reduce the risk for theirChildren 1 Take Notes : start by checking to see if you own any items recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Get rid of any toys with chipped paint, or other broken and damaged parts. Not sure it contains lead 2 Clean Up : to avoid leaf exposure from sources in the home, keep floors and other play areas clean and free of dust and pieces. 3 Store toys off the floor in a clean place. And if you live in house with lead pipes, running cold water for a few minutes and using a water filter (过滤器) can reduce lead levels. Buy Smart : avoid no-name produce and be careful when you buy items at dollar stores, street fairs, thrift stores or yard sales. 4 Even if they don’t contain lead, they could become a choking hazard(危险). Also make sure the arts and crafts supplies you buy are non-toxic and designed for children’s use. Get Tested : children with lead poisoning may not have easily recognizable symptoms. 5 This might mean that there will be a lot of tests that turn out normal, but it’s better than sitting around and worrying. Testing is especially important if you and your children live in a home with peeling paint or if your home was painted before 1978, when the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the sale of lead-based paints.

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详解阅读题--选词 One day, John was back home after work. He found that his wife was shaking their daughter who was only half a year old. She said "Da-Dy" to the baby many times. John felt very happy because he thought his wife chose the word "Dady" to teach their baby. During one night several weeks later, John and his wife were waken up by the cry "Dady". His wife said to him, "Darling, she is calling you." Then she turned to sleep. Notes: (1) shake v.摇晃 (2) wake up唤醒；吵醒 Exercises: 根据短文填空： ① John was back home _____work. ② He found his wife was _____their daughter who was only half a ear old. ③ She said "Da-Dy" _____ the baby many times.

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