初四阅读训练及答案6

Have you ever seen snow? Many people in the world have not. Some countries never have snow; some have only a little on the tops of very high mountains. In the north of England, there is quite a lot of snow every winter, but in the south of England, there is usually little.
When a student from a warm country comes to England in autumn for the first time, he feels cold at first. There are often dark clouds, gray sky and cold rain in England in autumn, and most students from warm countries do not like this.
But snow is different. Though it is cold, it is also beautiful. Perhaps, after several dark mornings, the student wakes up one day, and there is a lot of light in his room. He thinks "Is it so late?" and jumps out of bed. But no, t is not very late. He looks out of the window and there is the snow on the ground and on the houses and everywhere. The light of his room comes from clean, beautiful snow.
1. In which part of England is there much snow in winter?
A. In the east.
B. In the north.
C. In the west.
D. In the south.
2. In the autumn of England, we can NOT often see .
A. gray sky
B. dark clouds
C. strong winds
D. cold rain
3. In England both snow and autumn rain are .
A. clod
B. clean
C. beautiful
D. heavy
4. Why does the student ask himself "Is it so late?"
A. Because it is bright in the room.
B. Because he has some work to do.
C. Because it is really late.
D. Because he usually gets up early.
5. Which of the following statements (陈述) is right?
A. Every country in the world has snow in winter.
B. Foreign students like the weather in England.
C. It is often very warm in the autumn of England.
D. Many people in the world haven't seen snow.
2
There was an old pear tree in a man's garden. In the past, the tree fruited every year, so the man would get many pears. But now, the tree got old, There were no more pears for the man. So the ungrateful (忘恩负义的) man decided to cut the tree down. When he walked toward the tree with an axe (斧子) in his hand, the tree said to him, "Please don't cut me down. I have borne so many pears for you in the past years. Now I will die soon. I only have a short time to live. Please don't kill a dying tree that has done so much for you."
"I'm sorry. I have to do so," the man said, "because I need wood to make a chair." Then he began to wave his axe. At that moment, a bird in the old tree shouted at him, "Don't cut it down! Every time you go out and your wife feels lonely, she will come out to the garden and sit under the tree to enjoy its cool shade(树阴), and I sing songs to make her happy. We give much pleasure to your wife when you are away from home."
The man didn't listen to the bird and drove it away. Just when he was about to cut the tree, some bees flew out of it and said , "Listen I If you agree not to kill this tree, we will give you delicious honey every day. Would you please leave the tree with us?' The man got moved. He said, "You are so kind to the tree, although it has become old. Now I see that I shouldn't cut it down. It has done so much for me and my wife. Let the tree stay here, and let the bird continue to sing songs here. "With these words, the man left. And the old tree lived there to its last day.
1. Which can be the best title of the story?
A. The Old Tree
B. The Man's Wife
C. The Singing Bird
D. The Kind Bees
2. Which is the most important reason for the man to cut down the tree?
A. The tree was getting old.
B. The man couldn't get any pears from it.
C. The tree didn't give any shade.
D. The man needed wood to make a chair.
3. What made his wife happy when the man was not at home?
A. The tree and its shade.
B. The bees and their honey.
C. The bird and its songs.
D. The tree and the bird.
4. Look up the word "continue" in the box below. In the story, the word "continue" means .
A. Start again
B. speak again
C. move further
D. go on
5. What can we learn from the story?
A. Old people are kind and friendly.
B. Good wood comes from pear trees.
C. People should never be ungrateful.
D. Birds and bees are always helpful.
1. D
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. B 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. A
It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That's what all doctors thought, until they heard about AI Herpin. AI Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be tree? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
AI Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement(行动) he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one. The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness (连续的不眠). They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured (受伤)several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.
Herpin died at the age of 94.
41. The main idea of this passage is that__________.
A. large numbers of people do not need sleep
B. a person was found who actually didn't need any sleep
C. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive
D. people can live longer by trying not to sleep
42. The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting_____________.
A. to cure(医治) him of his sleeplessness
B. to find that his sleeplessness was not really true
C. to find out why some old people didn't need any sleep
D. to find a way to free people from the need of sleeping
43. After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that AI Herpin__________.
A. needed some kind of sleep
B. was too old to need any sleep
C. needed no sleep at all
D. often sleep in a chair
44. One mason that might explain Herpin's sleeplessness was__________.
A. his mother's injury before he was born
B. that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit
C. his magnificent physical condition
D. that he hadn't got a bed
45.AI Herpin's condition could be regarded as _________
A. a common one
B. one that could be cured
C. a bad one
D. a rare(罕有的) one
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Dear John,
Thank you very much for your letter. I am glad that you enjoyed your holiday with me. We enjoyed having you and your sister here. We hope that you will both be able to come again next year. Perhaps you'll be able to stay longer next time you come. A week is not really long enough, is it? If your school has five weeks holiday next year, perhaps you'll be able to stay with us for two or three weeks.
We have been long back at school three weeks now. It feels like three months! I expect that you are both working very hard now that you are in Grade One. I shall have to work hard next year when I am in Grade One. Tom and Ann won't be in Grade One until 2002.
They went for a picnic yesterday but I didn't go with them because I cut my foot and I couldn't walk very well. They went to an island and enjoyed themselves them. Do you still remember the island? That's where all five of us spent the last day of our holiday. Tom, Ann and I send our best wishes to Betty and you. We hope to see you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Michael
46. stayed with Michael for a holiday.
A. Only John
B. Only Tom and Ann
C. John and his sister
D. Only Tom
47. Their holiday lasted for__________.
A. one week
B. two weeks
C. three weeks
D. five weeks
48. From the words of "It feels like three months!" we know that______________.
A. Michael's teacher is very strict with the students
B. Michael is pleased with his school report
C. Michael has no interest in learning
D. Michael works very hard at his studies
49. in Grade One now.
A. John and his sister are both
B. John is
C. John' s sister is
D. Michael is
50. Why didn't Michael go to the island for picnic?
A. He had to go school.
B. He did not like the island.
C. Something was wrong with his foot.
D. The weather was bad that day.
New York is one of the last large American cities to have some of its policemen on horseback. The New York police have 170 homes working in certain parts of the city. The homes are expensive to feed, but it is even more expensive to look after them. Because the homes must walk on the streets, they need special horseshoes. In fact, they need more than 8,000 of them each year. Every police horse in New York gets new shoes every month. Keeping these shoes in good repair is the job of six blacksmiths(铁匠). There are only about thirty-five of these blacksmiths in the whole United States.
The cost of shoeing a horse is between twenty dollars and thirty-five dollars, and it takes a good blacksmith two or three hours to do the job.
A blacksmith's job is not an easy one. He must be able to shape a shoe from a piece of metal, and then fit(安装)it to the horse's foot. The blacksmith must bend over(弯腰) all the time when he is fitting the shoe and must hold the weight of the home's leg while he works. Clearly, a blacksmith must be very strong. But even more important, he must be able to deal with homes-for before the blacksmith can begin his work, he has to get the horse to lift its leg.
One of the blacksmiths in New York is James Corbin. He came to the country from Ireland in 1948. He not only makes horseshoes for the police but also works for a group of horse owners near the city. Corbin became interested in blacksmithing because his father did it, and, as he puts it, "it' s good way to make a living."
51. According to the reading passage, a blacksmith must be likely a man.
A. clever
B. rich
C. strong
D. lucky
52. James Corbin became a blacksmith because he_____________.
A. was interested in homes
B. was needed by the policemen
C. drew a picture of the horseshoe
D. had to make a living
53. In the reading passage "to shape a shoe" is to___________.
A. fit it on the home's foot
B. use it for two or three hours
C. make the form of a horseshoe from a piece of metal
D. draw a picture of the shoe
54. The best title for the passage is__________.
A. Policemen on Horseback
B. Blacksmiths and Horseshoeing
C. James Corbin, a Blacksmith
D. Horseshoeing is a Good Way to Make a Living
55. Which of the following is true?
A. Only a few large American cities have some policemen on horseback.
B. New York is the only city in American to have some policemen on horseback.
C. Policemen on horseback enjoy traveling around the United States.
D. Policemen on horseback are less expensive than those in cars.
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