初中英语趣味阅读理解题4篇及答案

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A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it wasill, hewas very worried. He telephoned the vet.
“What‟s the problem?” The vet asked him when hearrived.
“My cow‟s ill,” the farmer said.“I don‟t know what'sthematter withher.
She‟slyingdown and won‟t eat. She‟s making a strange noise.”
The vet looked over the cow. "She‟s certainly ill," he said, "and she needs totake somevery strong medicine."
He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, "Give herthese.The pills should make her better."
“How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.
The vet gave him a tube and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pillsinthet ube and blow. That‟ll make it."
The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside hishouseand looked more worried.
“How‟s your cow?” the vet asked.
“No change,” the farmer said, “and I‟m feeling very strange myself.”“Oh?” the vet said, "Why?"
“I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow‟s mouthand thenput two pills down it.”
“And?” the vet asked.
“The cow blew first,” the farmer said.
1. In the story, the vet must be _____.
A. the farmer's friend
B. a milk factory
C. a hospital for cows
D. a doctor for animals
2.The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow ____
A. couldn't lie down
B. didn't eat the pills
C. couldn't make any noise
D. was ill
3.What medicine did the vet give the farmer?
A. Bottle of pills.
B. A long tube.
C. Two pills.
D. A small box.
4.The vet taught the farmer how _____.
A. to blow the tube
B. to make the cow take the pills
C. to take the medicine
D. to put the tube in his mouth
5.Which of the following is true?
A. The farmer ate the pills himself.
B. The cow got better after taking the medicine.
C. The vet came to help the farmer change the cow the next day.
D. The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day.
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Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyedtraveling inhis holidays. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw anadvertisement in anewspaper. “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West HillFarm. Good food. Freshair. Horse riding. Walking. Fishing. Cheap and
inter esting.”“This sounds a good idea,” he thought. “I‟ll spend a month at West Hill Farm. Ithink
Icanenjoyhorseriding,walkingandfishing.They‟llmakeachangefromsittingbythese asideand swimming.” He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would liketospend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm.
But four days later, he returned home.
“What was wrongwith West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, askedhim.
“Didn‟tyouenjoy country life?”
“Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.”“Oh. What?”
“Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roastmuttonfordinner.”
“What's wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.”
“I know, but on the second day a cowdied, and we had roast beef fordinner.”“Lucky you!”
“You don't understand,” Henry said. “On the third day a pig died and we hadroast porkfor dinner.”
“Let me finish,” Henry said. “On the fourth day the farmer died, and I
didn'tdareto stayfor dinner!”
1.How did Henry find out about the farm?
A. He saw it in a newspaper advertisement.
B. His best friend told him.
C. He wrote to the farmer.
D. Maybe he learned it from the radio.
2. Henry came back home several days later because ____.
A. he didn't like the country life at all
B. the farmer wasn‟t friendly to him
C. his holiday was over
D. he thought he might have to eat the farmer
A.夸奖
B.解释
C.抱怨
D.故弄玄虚
4.Which of the following sentences is true?
A. Ed could eat a different kind of meat every day.
B. Henry thought he could enjoy a change.
C. Henry couldn't think of anything else to do, so he went to the farm.
D. The farmer died because of the bad meat he ate.
5.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. What a beautiful farm!
B. Have a good time.
C.A short holiday
D. Henry and the farmer.
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Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly andit wasdifficult for her to climb stairs. She was soon out of breath.
“I suppose I had better go to the doctor,” she thought.
She went to the doctor and told him her problem.
“I‟m not surprised at all,” he said. “It‟s obvious what your problem is.”He looked her over and then gave her some advice.
“If you don‟t do what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said, “you will have a heart attack.It couldkill you.”
Ellen Parker w as very worried as she left the doctor‟s. She knew that she had totakehis advice but that it would not be easy and it would take time.
The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a
butcher‟sshop.“I‟d like ten pounds of steak, please,” she said.
“Certainly, madam,” the butcher replied and went into the cold room and founda largepiece of steak.
He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and put it on thescale.“That‟s just under ten pounds,” he said.
“That big enough,” Mrs. Parke r said.
The butcher worked out the price.
“At$
4.99apoundthatwillbe$
49.50,please. Wouldyoulikemetocutitupintosmaller pieces for you?”“Oh, I don‟t want to buy the meat,”Mrs. Parker said.
“If you don‟t want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily, “why did you ask meto get it foryou?”
“My doctor told me that I am over-weight and I have to lose ten pounds. Iwanted tosee what ten pounds of meat looked like.”
1. Why did Ellen Parker visit the doctor?
A. She had had a heart attack.
B. She had a problem with her health.
C. She was unhappy about her weight.
D. She could not sleep well.
2. What did the doctor advise her to do?
A. To lose weight.
B. To eat more meat.
D. To look after her heart.
3. Why did Ellen Parker ask for ten pounds of steak?
A. She wanted to buy some for dinner.
B. She wanted to lose weight.
C. Her doctor had told her to eat steak.
D. She wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.
4. What was Ellen Parker's real problem?
A. She ate too much steak.
B. She weighed too much.
C. The doctor did not know.
D. She could not walk very quickly.
5. What did the doctor think might happen to Ellen?
A. She might put on more weight.
B. She might stop eating too much.
C. She might have a heart attack.
D. She might go to another doctor.
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The reporter was talking to them about being important.
“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked thebanker.The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who isinvited tothe White House to meet the President of the United States is reallyimportant.”
The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to theWhiteHouse.You‟donlybeimportantifwhileyouwerevisitingthePresident,therewas atelephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US saidhewas too busy to answer it.”
The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”
“No, I don‟t.” he said. “I don‟t think that makes thevisitor important. Thatmakes thePresident important.”
“Thenwhatwouldmakethevisitorimportant?”thereporterandtheothertwomenask ed.
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and thephonerang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, …it‟s foryou.‟”
1.This story happened in ____.
A. England
B. America
C. Japan
D. Australia
2.There are ____ in this passage.
A. two men and two women
B. three men and one woman
C. three women and one man
D. four women
3.The banker thought ____.
A. he was really important because he was a rich banker
B. the visitor to the White House was really important
C. the visitor who met the President of the United States in the White Housewas reallyimportant.
D. the reporter was really important
B. the banker was really important.
C. the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important
D. the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President,the Presidentwould not answer any telephone call
5.The owner of many buildings thought ____.
A. he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center ofNew York
C. the visitor was really important if he talking to the President and thePresident receiveda telephone call for the visitor
D. the person who worked in the White House was really importantDDCBA
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