初二英语_阅读理解专题3—因果关系

初二英语阅读理解专题3——因果关系：考查上下文之间的因果关系。

命题的关键词是：【练习1】On their way home, Paul saw some boys skating in a park. He wanted to skate with them. But his father said, “You have much homework to do today. You must go back home and do your homework. Then I’ll buy you an ice cream.”( ) 1. Paul wanted to ______on his way home.A. go shoppingB. visit the parkC. visit the zooD. go skating【练习2】Now one of Jeremiah’s nieces (侄女), Mary Woods, has donated (捐献)t to the Heritage centre in Cork. She said Jeremiah Burke was traveling to America with his cousin Nora Hegarty, 18, to meet his two sisters. But both Jeremiah Burke and Nora Hegarty lost their lives.( ) 2. Jeremiah Burke was traveling to America to_______.A. find a jobB. meet his motherC. visit the sightsD. meet his sisters【练习3】After they got to the hotel, they found the camera was lost. There were a lot of nice pictures on it. They were all sorry for it, especially the children. That evening they didn’t feel like eating anything. Mr Green hoped to make them happy.( ) 3. Why didn’t the Greens want to have supper that evening?A. Because they were all full.B. Because they were busy taking pictures.C. Because they were all tired.D. Because they were sad for losing the camera.【练习4】Gargle(漱口)with warm salt water. Drink a lot of water, and try some soup.( ) 4. Sam told Rachel to _______to make her feel better.A. wash her hands a lotB. drink a lot of waterC. massage her headD. sleep as much as possible【练习5】There was something wrong with Rachel. She felt very terrible. What should she do? She wrote about her problem on the Internet.( ) 5. Why did Rachel write about her problem on the Internet?A. To learn how to be a doctor.B. To make some friends.C. To make some money.D. To get some advice from other people【练习6】Wash it, right? It’s important to wash fruit and vegetables before you eat them. Don’t use soap. Wash them with just water. Soap is something you DON’T want on your food.( ) 6. Why shouldn’t we use soap to wash fruit and vegetables?A. Because soap is expensive.B. Because soap is good for BAC.C. Because we like its smell.D. Because we don’t want it on our food.【练习7】I hardly ever listened to your words and often made you angry, you loved me a lot. I know words can’t show all that I want to say. But I still want to say, “I love you.”( ) 7. Ella writes the letter to ______.A. show her love for her fatherB. tell children how to love their fatherC. tell her father how to spend Father’s DayD. thank her father for teaching her a lot【练习8】On that day, Liu Mei told a story in English successfully and won the first prize. All her classmates and teachers were proud of her. Now Liu Mei becomes more outgoing.( ) 8. Why were Liu Mei’s classmates and teachers proud of her?A. She got the first place in the exam.B. She ran fast in the race.C. She became outgoing.D. She won the first prize in the competition.【练习9】Two brothers, aged about four or five, were playing with toys in their bedroom. As the room windows were closed, their room was too dark and they wouldn’t see the sunshine outside. They wanted very much some sunshine in their room.( ) 9. The two brothers’ room was dark because ______.A. their room was too smallB. there were no windows in their roomC. their room windows Were closedD. there was no light in their room.【练习10】So the two brothers decided to get some sunshine outside with a dustpan(簸箕) But when they moved the dustpan into the room, sunshine was not there any more They tried again and again but failed again and again. They felt sad.( ) 10. To make their room bright(明亮的),the brothers decided to ______at first.A. turn on all the lights in their roomB. clean the windows of their roomC. open the windows of their roomD. bring some sunshine inside with a dustpan.【练习11】One day, my mother was ill so I had to go to the market by myself I decided to take some of my small toys with me and see if I could sell them. To my surprise, people bought all of them in 20 minutes! The next week, my mother and I made more toys. We sold them out quickly, too.( ) 11. Why did the writer have to go to the market to sell toys by herself one day?A. Because her mother was busy with other things.B .Because her grandma asked her to do so.C. Because she wanted to be independentD. Because her mother was ill.【练习12】One afternoon, I was taking apart a hammer that had some very large bolts(螺栓) holding it together. One of the nuts(螺帽)had eaten away onto the bolt. To free it I started heating the nut.( ) 12. Why did the writer start to heat the nut?A. Because he wanted to make himself warm.B. Because he wanted to get it off the bolt.C. Because he wanted to put it onto the hammer.D. Because he wanted to make the hammer larger.【练习13】But in 1941, after the Germans took power in Paris, Ms Beach had to close her bookstore. In 1951, another American, George Whitman opened in Paris another English-language bookstore, Librairie Mistral.( ) 13. Why was Ms Beach’s business closed?A. She was asked to leave Paris.B. The Germans made her give it up.C. Her business went from bad to worse.D. She died.【练习14】Spotz wants to raise money during this trip. She wants to collect money for an organization(组织) called “Blue Planet Run”. The organization gives free, safe drinking water to people who need it. ( ) 14. Why does Spotz want to go on this trip?A. Because she wants to be famous.B. Because she wants to help more peopleC. Because she wants to stay healthy.D. Because she wants to save her mother.【练习15】Two days later the doctor came and looked over the sick man. The doctor asked for a pen and some paper to write down the list of medicine(药)Mark needed. But there was no pen or paper in the village, because mo one could write.( ) 15. The doctor couldn’t get a pen or any paper because ______.A. nobody could write.B. the people were too poorC. only Mark cold read and writeD. there were no shops there【练习16】Lisa wanted to go to the park. Suddenly there were clouds in the sky and it began to rain. Lisa felt sad because she couldn’t go to the park. She stood at the window and sang, “Rain, rain, go away. I want to go to the park to play.”( ) 16. Why couldn’t Lisa go to the park?A. Because it snowedB. Because her mother didn’t let her go.C. Because it rained.D. Because she had to finish her homework.【练习17】The tigers are in danger because people cut down the forest and hunt. People kill them for their meat and beautiful fur(毛皮). In 1939 there were about 30,000 tigers in India, but today there are only 3,000.( ) 17. Why do tigers become fewer and fewer?A. Because people destroy their living places and kill them for their fur.B. Because the climate has changed a lot.C. Because they can’t have babies in the zoo.D. Because they don’t have enough food to eat.【练习18】The mother of the little girl felt worried that her daughter would be afraid when she walked home form school and that lightning might frighten her child.( ) 18. At first, the mother felt worried because _______.A. she couldn’t help her daughter.B. her daughter hadn’t taken her umbrellaC. she left something at homeD. her daughter might be afraid of the lightning【练习19】A woman went to live with her husband in camp in the Mojave Desert during the war. She just hated the place; the heat was almost unbearable, the wind blew on and on ,and there was sand everywhere. ( ) 19. Why did the women hated the Mojave Desert?A. Because it was very hot there.B. Because the wind always blew there.C. Because here was sand everywhere.D. All of the above.【练习20】On June 18, 1928, Amelia became famous because she flew across the Atlantic with others as the first woman. And then she was called “Queen of the Air”.( ) 20. Why was Amelia called “Queen of the Air”?A. Because she bought her own plane.B. Because she used to practice flying.C. Because she could fly faster than others.D. Because she was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.。