【英语】成都理工大学附属中学初中英语阅读理解阅读专项练习试卷

【英语】成都理工大学附属中学初中英语阅读理解阅读专项练习试卷
一、英语阅读理解阅读
1．阅读理解
Esperanza lives in a poor Latino（拉丁美洲的）neighbourhood in Chicago, America. She dreams of having her own house one day. Her parents told her that when they moved from their last house, they would have a new and shiny（亮闪闪的） house. But the house is small and old. Many people live in Mango Street, in a big old house, Esperanza lives behind it with her family.
A lot of the people who have come from Mexico don't speak English. Many miss their home country. Esperanza understands their sadness, but she also feels at home in America. She is an American, but her roots（根） will always be Latino.
Esperanza is young. Like her friends, she has to grow up fast. She is stuck between being a girl and being a woman. In the poor and dangerous area where she lives, this is difficult for her. Mexican people usually live in a close neighbourhood. This means that people live packed（挤塞的） in together. Everyone knows everyone else. So Esperanza knows other older girls that do things she is not comfortable doing. It is just a fact of her life.
But Esperanza has good friends too. She becomes friends with two sisters named Lucy and Rachel. They ride bikes and have adventures（冒险） together. Esperanza is also friends with a girl named Alicia. Alicia is afraid of the rats in her apartment. She shares her poems with Esperanza.
（1）What is RIGHT about Esperanza?
A. She doesn't like what some of the older girls are doing.
B. She isn't quite used to her life in America.
C. She is an American and has a comfortable life.
D. She often lives with her friends enjoying doing things together.
（2）Where does Esperanza live?
A. In a big old house in Mango Street.
B. In a small and old house in Mango Street.
C. In a new and shiny house.
D. In a small and dangerous house.
（3）We can infer from the text that ______________.
A. many people who live in Mango Street are dangerous
B. Mango Street is an area where Esperanza's childhood is unforgettable
C. in Mango Street, people don't speak English
D. in Mango Street, everybody understands Esperanza s sadness
（4）What does the word "stuck" in the third paragraph mean?
A. hard to agree
B. hard to believe
C. hard to move
D. hard to have a correct idea （5）The passage is mainly a simple introduction to ______________.
A. a person's experience
B. a person's friends
C. a place named Mango Street
D. love and sadness from Mango Street
2．阅读理解
A The Dragon Boat Festival is a folk festival which has a history of more than two thousand years. It is also named Chongwu Festival. There are many activities on the day.
Dragon boat race
The dragon boat race is an important competition during the festival. People held dragon boat races in the river to remember the poet, Qu Yuan. Now, the dragon boat race is a traditional activity for Chinese people.
Wearing sweet-smelling bags
During the Dragon Boat Festival, children usually wear sweet-smelling bags to avoid bad things. In some areas of China, a sweet-smelling bag is also used as a symbol of love between lovers.
Girls' Day
A long time ago, a married daughter would return to her parents's home during the Dragon Boat Festival. So the Dragon Boat Festival is also called Girls' Day.
Eating rice dumplings
Eating rice dumplings is also a custom for Chinese people. The rice dumpling is a kind of food with different designs and styles. For thousands of years, the custom of eating rice dumplings has been popular in China and has spread to Korea, Japan and countries in Southeast Asia.
（1）The Dragon Boat Festival is called ________.
A. The Spring Festival
B. Yuanxiao Festival
C. Mid-Autumn Festival
D. Double Fifth Festival
（2）What should Chinese do during the Dragon Boat Festival?
①Take part in a dragon boat race.
②Wear bags that have sweet smells.
③Eat delicious noodles.
④Throw water at each other.
A. ①②
B. ②③
C. ①④
D. ③④
（3）Rice dumplings ________.
A. can express love between lovers
B. are eaten to avoid bad things
C. have different designs and styles
D. are only eaten in China
3．阅读理解
Need to buy something? Why go to a store? Buy it on the Internet! Need it now? Why wait? Ask to receive it the next day! Each day, more and more people try on-line shopping. In fact, online sales have doubled in the last ten years. But not everyone is excited. Some scientists now say that online shopping is bad for the environment.
People are surprised to hear this." They think, I don't need to drive, and the business doesn't need to build a store, so there will be less pollution," says Nuria Prost, an environmental scientist. "But it is not so simple. In fact, online shopping is wasteful. It also adds to air pollution."
In truth, the Internet is not always as good a friend to the environment as it seems. For example, most people thought that the Internet would help offices use less paper and other materials. But paper use increased by33percent between 1986 and 1997."Online shopping could have similarly harmful results," says Nevil Cohen, a researcher of environmental science. Part of the problem is what people are buying these days. In the past, people bought things on the Internet that did not require much packing material, such as books and clothing. But now people also shop online for large, heavy pro ducts such as televisions, computers, chairs and tables. These products need to be packed in lots of plastic and paper. This creates a lot of waste.
Another problem caused by online shopping is air pollution. When customers buy products and ask to receive them the next day, online businesses often have to send them by air. Airplanes use much more oil than cars and produce more carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）. When people buy a lot of different things from different online businesses, this creates even more travel by airplane.
Online product returns are also a problem. For example, an online shoe store may allow customers to return shoes for free if they are wrong size. This doubles the packing materials and number of airline trips required to sell one pair of shoes.
"If people want to protect the environment, they need to think before they shop," says Prost. "People need to ask themselves: Is this exactly what I want? Do I really need it tomorrow, or can I wait?" Online stores can also ask customers to pay money for returns. This may make people shop more carefully." Online shopping is fast and easy, "says Prost," but we can't forget the harmful result it has caused to the environment."
（1）The passage begins with several questions to .
A. introduce the main topic
B. describe online shopping
C. show the writer's opinion
D. list advantages of shopping
（2）What is the passage mainly about?
A. The Internet is not good to the environment.
B. Online shopping causes more air pollution.
C. Online shopping is bad for the environment.
D. Stop online shopping to protect the environment.
（3）Which of the following is to show that online shopping is wasteful?
A. Large products need more packing materials.
B. Paper use increased by 33 percent about ten years.
C. Businesses need to build a store to sell the products.
D. Online shopping costs less than shopping in a store.
（4）What is probably the best title of the passage?
A. A Good Deal to Make
B. A Different Lifestyle to Keep
C. A Cleaner Way to Shop
D. A New Business to Start
（5）Which of the following shows the structure（结构）of the passage?（P=Paragraph）
A.
B.
C.
D.
4．阅读理解
A zero-waste life is a lifestyle that hardly creates any rubbish. So, a zero-waste store is about providing a kind of everyday and pleasant-looking zero-waste products to help people start on a zero-waste life journey.
"Zero waste" or "danshari" was first suggested by a French woman called Bea Johnson. Her idea is: live a life and try not to create any rubbish; use different kinds of ways to save the environment such as stopping the use of one-off objects; giving unwanted things to others or giving them away to organizations like the Red Cross.
Yu Yuan, 27, is deeply interested in this idea. She and her boyfriend have lived in Beijing for many years. And earlier she used to buy things without thinking about them carefully until she saw a video about "zero waste", in which a family of four placed the rubbish they produced every year in a jar （罐）. After watching the video, Yu wanted to experience this zero-waste lifestyle with her boyfriend.
A zero-waste life follows the 6R rule-Refuse Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle and Rot. Over
August-October when Yu followed the rule of zero waste 6R, she and her boyfriend Joe Harvey both produced only two cans of rubbish.
Now, the couple have opened a small shop in Beijing, where they use wood products to take the place of plastic ones and cloth bags printed with environmentally friendly logos（环保标志）. Most products sold in the store can be reused. The store also has second-hand books and CDs/DVDs with, ideas to make the best of the used things.
"Those who once experienced the non-waste lifestyle have slowly changed their ideas," says Ya, "The zero-waste lifestyle is not for ascetics （苦行僧）. It is just around us at our finger-tips." Yu expects some of her friends to join her on the road to zero waste.
（1）Bea Johnson suggests that people should ________.
A. try to produce no rubbish in life
B. share objects with others
C. help their friends live comfortably
D. work hard for the Red Cross
（2）We can see from the passage that Yu Yuan ________.
A. offers plastic bags in her store
B. is influenced （影响） by the 6R rule
C. often buys things she doesn't need
D. likes listening to CDs very much
（3）What Yu Yuan says in the last paragraph probably means that ________.
A. lots of people doubt the zero-waste lifestyle
B. she feels it hard to continue her lifestyle
C. her friends have followed her lifestyle
D. the zero-waste lifestyle is not difficult to live
（4）Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Opening up a second-hand store
B. Recycling （回收） waste
C. Saving the environment
D. Joining the couple
5．阅读理解
Australia at last! The flight was tiring, but here I am at last, in Sydney! Look! Here we are at last! The Sydney Opera House! It looks like shells!
It's wonderful and amazing! And I'm taking the plane to New Zealand on Tuesday. I'll post again from there.
Coffee and Paris! Paris is beautiful! We went on a great city tour. We also took a boat ride on the River Seine. And it's nicer to just sit at a street care and watch the world go by. But, to tell you a secret. Frank's disappointed because no one can understand his French!
Don't come here! We're staying at a farm in Utah. There is nearly nothing! It's too quiet. Every morning, we get up really early, and we ride the horses. Then it's breakfast and more riding--not my idea of fun! So, today I walked to a little town near the farm where they actually have Internet! Next week, we're shopping in New York. I can't wait!
（1）Where is Jessy writing from?
A. Sydney.
B. New Zealand.
C. Paris.
D. Utah.
（2）What did Donna and Frank do during their travelling?
A. They visited museums.
B. They took a boat ride.
C. They sat at a street park.
D. They watched movies in the cinema.
（3）Which of the following is TRUE according to Anna's Moments（朋友圈） ?
A. It is too noisy around the farm.
B. Her idea of fun is horse riding.
C. She is going to London next week.
D. She cannot use Internet at the farm.
6．阅读理解
To protect the environment, we are on the way. Here are a few things we can do.
Unwanted gifts? Give them away!
Have you ever received a gift that you didn't like? Did you throw it away? If so, you can have another choice now. Two British companies hopes people will give away their unwanted gifts to them. And they will resell the gifts to raise money for the poor. In this way, the gifts can be refused and have a future life. And people can make a difference to the world.
Wear the trousers that reduce（减少） pollution!
A chemistry scientist and a fashion designer（时装设计师）have created a new kind of trousers. The trousers are made of a new material which can help reduce air pollution around us. Scientists have tested the material. The result shows that it isn't harmful to human. This new kind of trousers may appear at the market in two years. Professor Ryan said, "If thousands of people wear the trousers, the air quality will be improved."
Plant trees with Felix
Felix Finkbeiner, a 14-year-old German boy, is not famous as a child actor but an environment hero. At the age of 9, Felix got the idea that children could do something to protect the environment. So he started a club. Felix soon got support from children all over the world. Some of them have become his good friends. The club has an aim of planting 212 million trees. They have planted over 3.5 million trees all around the world. Felix said, "The answer to controlling global （全球的） warming is trees-lots of trees!”
（1）The companies resell the unwanted gifts .
A. to make the unwanted gifts useful
B. to help people learn to think carefully
C. to save money from it
D. to make money for themselves
（2）The trousers mentioned in the passage .
A. have been created by a physics scientist and a fashion designer
B. can help make air pollution less
C. will do harm to people
D. will be popular in two years
（3）Felix started a club .
A. to become famous
B. to become a child actor
C. to protect the environment with other children
D. to make friends with the children around the world
7．阅读理解
Vanuatu is an island nation in the South West Pacific. It is one of the smallest countries in the world. But for those who are interested in adventure and sports, there is a lot to do. Vanuatu's islands offer visitors two of the most exciting and dangerous activities in the world: volcano（火山） surfing and land diving.
Volcano Surfing On Tanna Island, Mount Yasur rises 361 metres into the sky. Yasur is an active volcano, and it erupts（爆发） almost every day, sometimes several times a day. For centuries, people have climbed this mountain to visit the top. Recently, people have also started climbing Yasur to surf the volcano. In some ways, volcano surfing is like surfing in the sea, but in other ways it's very different. Volcano surfers try to escape the erupting volcano-- without getting hit by flying rocks! It's fast, fun and dangerous- the perfect extreme sport（极限运动）.
Land Diving Most people are familiar with bungee jumping, but do you know bungee jumping started on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu and is almost fifteen centuries old? The activity, first called land diving, is part of a religious ceremony（宗教仪式）. A man ties tree vines（树藤） to his legs. He then jumps head- first from a high tower to touch the earth with the top of his head- without breaking the vine. Every spring, island natives （men only）still take part in this amazing activity.
（1）In the first paragraph, what does the underlined word refer to?
A. People.
B. Animals.
C. Activities.
D. Islands.
（2）According to the passage, Mount Yasur?
A. is no longer active
B. is on Pentecost Island
C. erupts almost every day
D. rises 800 metres into the sky
（3）Why have people recently started climbing Mount Yasur?
A. Because people can climb it easily.
B. Because people can make money.
C. Because people can watch snow on it.
D. Because people can surf the volcano.
（4）Which of the following about land diving is TRUE?
A. It is not dangerous at all.
B. It was first called "bungee jumping".
C. It is a traditional activity in Vanuatu.
D. It came to Vanuatu from another country.
（5）What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To tell people not to do dangerous sports.
B. To explain what volcano surfing and land diving are.
C. To talk about the world's best volcano surfer and land diver.
D. To compare activities in Vanuatu with sports in New Zealand.
8．阅读理解
For most people in the West, Valentine's Day（情人节）ends on February 15, but here in Japan it's not quite over until March 15. March 14-exactly one month after Valentine's Day--is White Day in Japan.
To really understand what White Day is all about, you have to understand what Valentine's Day in Japan is like. Japanese Valentine's Day is all about men getting presents. Japanese women are usually too shy to show their love, though it might not be true today. Valentine's Day is a great chance to let women show their feelings. Men should return gifts to women on White Day.
On both days, chocolate is the gift of choice. More often, the colour of the chocolate is white because of the name of the day. You can also buy flowers, candy or cookies.
Does it sound good to you? Don't get too excited when you get chocolate from Japanese girls! They give chocolate not only to their loved ones, but also to men such as bosses（老板） and male（男性的） friends.
The Japanese first celebrated White Day in 1978. Now it is also celebrated in South Korea and Taiwan, China.
（1）In Japan, Valentine's Day ends on ________________.
A. February 14
B. February 15
C. March 14
D. March 15（2）What's the most common White Day gift?
A. White chocolate.
B. Flowers.
C. Candy.
D. Cookies.（3）What can we learn from the passage?
A. White Day has a history of 100 years.
B. White Day is all about women getting gifts.
C. People all over the world celebrate White Day.
D. On White Day girls only give gifts to their boyfriends.
（4）What's the best title for the passage?
A. The history of Valentine's Day
B. Valentine's Day
C. How to celebrate White Day
D. White Day in Japan
（5）The writer of this passage may be from ________________.
A. Japan
B. China
C. America
D. South Korea
9．阅读理解
Swimming and English Learning Can you swim? Do you like swimming? Yes? Well, how can you learn to swim? I think the best way is to go into the water and learn. I'm afraid you'll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming or looking at others swimming. It's the same with the English study. We must practice, practice and practice.
Listening and speaking are very important for beginners. The children in English-speaking countries first listen to others. Then they try to imitate and speak. We can listen to English programs on radio. You may just understand a few words. It doesn't matter. Just be relaxed, try to catch every word.
Somebody may be a good listener. But he dare not speak. He's afraid of making mistakes. You know we sometimes make mistakes when we speak Chinese. Don't be afraid. We must be brave. If you really want to learn English well, you must try to speak with everyone so long as he knows English. Whether you know him or not is not important. When there's nobody to talk with, you can talk to yourself in English. It's interesting and also a good way to practice your spoken English. Remember, the more you speak, the fewer mistakes you'll make.
Reading and writing are more important for senior school students. First we must choose the books we're interested in. A lot of reading will improve your language sense. This is the most important.
Keep writing English diaries. We can also write English articles. You may even post them to English magazines. Don't be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success.
Easier said than done. Well, let's do more practice from now on. I'm sure you'll learn English well in this way.
（1）You can learn to swim by ______.
A. reading books about it
B. looking at others swimming
C. having lessons on it
D. going into the river and learning
（2）We should learn English by ______.
A. listening and speaking
B. reading and writing
C. A and B
D. swimming
（3）What will you do with mistakes when you speak?
A. Don't make mistakes.
B. Study hard.
C. Try not to speak English.
D. Don't be afraid. 10．阅读理解
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a very important Chinese festival. It falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of lunar calendar. A few days before the festival, everyone in the family will help to make the house clean and beautiful. Lanterns will be hung in front of the house.
On the evening of the festival there will be a big family dinner. People who work far away from their homes will try to come back for the reunion （团聚）. After dinner, people will light the lanterns which are usually bright and round. Children will play with their own toy lanterns happily.
At night the moon is usually round and bright. People can enjoy the moon while eating mooncakes which are the special food for this festival.
Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June in the US and the UK. Sonora Smart Dodd, a loving daughter from Spokane, had the good idea that society must celebrate a day to honour fathers, because they make important contributions to the raising of children.
People celebrate the festival by honouring their fathers and expressing love to them by giving popular gifts like cards, flowers, chocolate and ties. Little children often give handmade gifts to their dads.
（1）What will people do before the Mid- Autumn Festival?
A. Light the lanterns.
B. Have a big family dinner.
C. Clean their houses and hang the lanterns.
D. Enjoy the moon.
（2）What does the moon usually look like on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival?
A. Red and round.
B. Round and bright.
C. Red and bright.
D. Red and small.（3）When is Father's Day in the US?
A. On the third Sunday of June.
B. On the second Sunday of June.
C. On the third Saturday of June.
D. On the second Saturday of June.
（4）Who came up with the idea of celebrating Father's Day?
A. Some little children.
B. A father.
C. Sonora Smart Dodd.
D. A loving son.（5）Why did people set up Father's Day to honour fathers?
A. Because fathers want to get together with their children.
B. Because fathers express great love to their children.
C. Because fathers give popular gifts to their children,
D. Because fathers make contributions to the raising of children.
11．阅读理解
Science fiction is a popular kind of writing, and many people think of Jules Verne（凡尔纳） as the father of science fiction. He was born in France in 1828. His father wanted him to become a lawyer, but from his early 20s Verne decided to become a writer. At first he wrote plays for the theater. Then, in 1863, he wrote a story called Five Weeks in a Balloon. The success of this book encouraged him to write more stories such as A Journey to the Center of the Earth（1864） and From the Earth to the Moon（1865）.
In the 19th century, many people were interested in science and inventions. Jules Verne wrote about scientific subjects in his stories and, as a result, they were very popular. Verne's writing included many predictions（预言）for the 20th century and many of them came true. He described space flight, movies, and air conditioning, a long time before they appeared. These books were very successful and they made Verne rich.
Jules Verne's books have been the subjects for many movies. 20, 000 Leagues under the Sea was a successful movie for Walt Disney. It was the first time that Disney movie had used real actors instead of cartoon drawings. Around the World in Eighty Days is another famous movie based on one of Verne's books. The main character is an Englishman called Phileas Fogg. For him, the most important thing is to be always on time!
（1）What does the phrase "the father of science fiction" mean?
A. The father who has several children.
B. The man who loves science and inventions.
C. The writer whose father wrote science fiction.
D. The man who first started writing science fiction successfully.
（2）What encouraged Jules Verne to write more stories?
A. The plays he wrote for the theater.
B. The encouragement from his father.
C. The success of Five Weeks in a Balloon.
D. The scientific subjects in his stories.
（3）Why were Jules Verne's books very popular in the 19th century?
A. Because his books made him rich and famous.
B. Because he wrote many plays for the theater at that time.
C. Because his books were the subjects for many movies.
D. Because many people were interested in science and inventions.
（4）Which of the following has the main character called Phileas Fogg?
A. Five Weeks in a Balloon.
B. Around the World in Eighty Days.
C. A Journey to the Center of the Earth.
D. From the Earth to the Moon.
（5）According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The space flight Verne described was different from others.
B. The main characters in Verne's books are always on time.
C. Jules Verne only wrote in the 19th century.
D. Many of the predictions in Verne's stories came true.
12．阅读理解
A young man with a large bag on his back came far away for a master （大师）. He said "Master, I'm so lonely and so painful that the long trip makes me tired out, my shoes worn-out, my feet cut, and my hands also injured an bleeding .... Why can't I find the sun in the heart?"
The master asked, "What do you put in you large bag?"
The young man said, "It is very important to me, inside it including the pain each time I fall, the tears each time I'm hurt, the trouble each time I feel lonely ... Depending on it, I can come to you here."
So the master took the young man to the river which they crossed in a boat. On the other side of the river, the master said, "Hurry on your journey carrying the boat!"
"What, carrying the boat?" the young man was surprised, "it is so heavy. How can I carry it?"
"Yes, my son, you can't carry it," the master just smiled and said, "when you cross the river, the boat is useful. But after crossing it, you will put down the boat and hurry on, If not, it will become a burden （负担）. Pain, loneliness and tears—all these are useful to life. They can improve life, but if you don't forget them all the time, they will become the burden in life. Put it down! My son, life can't bear（承受） a heavy burden," The young man put down his bag and hurried on. He walked easily and happily, and much faster than before.
（1）What do the underlined words "the sun" probably mean?
A. Health.
B. Wealth.
C. Success.
D. Happiness.
（2）What's in his large bag?
A. Clothes, tears and food.
B. Pain, tears and trouble.
C. Clothes, food and water.
D. Pain, water and trouble.
（3）How did they cross the river?
A. By boat.
B. On foot.
C. By swimming.
D. Across the bridge.
（4）Why did the master ask him to carry the boat?
A. To teach him to improve his life.
B. To tell him the boat is very useful.
C. To tell him the boat is very important.
D. To teach him to put down his burden.
（5）How did the young man feel after he put down his bag at last?
A. Awful.
B. Painful.
C. Relaxed.
D. Surprised. 13．根据短文内容选择正确答案。

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