山东省高密市银鹰文昌中学九年级英语上册 阅读理解专项训练(15) 外研版

阅读理解专项训练（15）
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Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.In 1954, life magazine published(刊登) a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the ed ucation and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.
He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doc tor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children.
I write for people.
1.Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.
A. some school children could not read
B. many children's books were interesting
C. children wanted to learn to read
D. a writer for children was wanted
2. People like his books because the books ______.
A. are cheap and easy to get
B. were written in different languages
C. are easy and interesting to read
D. were written with invented words
3. He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.
A. 50
B. 53
C. 56
D. 87
B
One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared. Her mothe r said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!”“What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.“Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered.“Mum, do you have courage?”“Certainly.”The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody b ut ourselves.
6. The girl walked back because __________.
A. the bathroom was too far away.
B. her mother wouldn’t go with her
C. she was too afraid of the dark
D. the bedroom door was locked
7. We learn from the reading that ___________.
A. the girl went to the bathroom by herself
B. the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing
C. the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath
D. the girl’s mother was very proud of herself
8. To stop “mother’s breath” from running away, the girl __________.
A. held out her little hands
B. clenched her fists
C. talk to her mother
D. held her own breath
C
He was struggling(费劲) to tie his shoes. I was struggling with whether I should help him.
I did, and he was grateful.
“Thank you,” he said.
“I’m glad I could help. I just thought it would be easier for me to reach,” I said.
He was a disabled man, and forced to look down most of the time. His arms and legs were twisted(扭曲的) terribly, and he couldn’t do what the rest of us would consider easy tasks. He always managed to look up to see how you reacted(反应) to his words, however. He had a big smile, making me feel comfortable.
I was still on my knees by his wheelchair.
“ Nice shoes,” he said.
“Thanks. No one ever complimented me on them before,” I said.
“No one has the same view of the world as I do,” he replied.
“Tell me about the world as you see it,” I said smiling.
“Most people can see if someone is comfortable with them or not in their eyes. I see it in their feet.” he said. “If people keep moving their feet, I just let them go, because I know they’re impatient with me. I don’t want to make people uncomfortable.
“What about me? I asked.
“I could see your compassion. And then you came down to my level. I was the one who was nervous.” he said. “I don’t normally have someone look me in the eye.”
“They don’t know what they’re missing,” I told him.
“My old face is nothing to brag(自夸) about.” he said.
“But that smile is so big.”
Yes, and it’s not only a big smile but an attitude.
11. The disabled man knew people were impatient mostly by their _________.
A. words
B. eyes
C. feet
D. smile
12. The unlined word compassion is the closet in meaning to ___________.
A. attention
B. pity
C. trust
D. duty
13. We learn that the disabled man _________.
A. had great difficulty looking after himself
B. always asked people for help
C. couldn’t have a big smile
D. liked to talk about people’s shoes
D
A man is going to open a shop selling hats. He wanted a good sign to put ove r his shop. He wrote: JOHN BROWN HATTERMakes and Sells Hats for Ready Money
The first friend gave him the advice that the word “hatter” wasn’t needed. So John crossed out the word “HATTER”. Then he c ame to another friend for advice. This friend said that it was not polite to say “for ready money”. So he crossed out “for ready money”. The sign now said:
JOHN BROWN Makes and Sells Hats
One day a friend was passing his shop. He saw this sign and said that when a man bought a hat, he didn’t care who made it. So John crossed out that word, too.But when another friend saw “John Brown Sells Hats”, he said, “Of course you sell hats. No one thinks you give them away for free.” So, at last the sign read:
JOHN BROWN
16. “For ready money” means ___________________.
A. pay for the hat here when you buy it
B. if you buy the hat you can pay for it in a few days
C. hats here are only for the people with much money
17. How many friends gave John some advice on ho w to write the sign?
A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Two.
18.___________________was crossed out first.
A. “John Brown Sells Hats”
B. “Hatter”
C. “for Ready Money”
19.Each friend has________________thought.
A. no
B. the same
C. his own
20. This story tells us that _____________________.
A. it isn’t possible t o please everybody
B. it’s easy to sell hats
C. sellers must please everybody。