初二英语 阅读理解 含答案

一
A young officer was at a railway station. On his way home, he wanted to telephone his mother to tell her the time of his train, so that she could meet him at the station in her car. He looked in all his pockets, but found that he did not have the right money for the telephone, so he went outside and looked around for someone to help him.
At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said, "Have you got change for ten pence?"
"Wait a moment, " the old soldier answered, beginning to put his hand in his pocket, "I'll see whether I can help you. "
"Don't you know how to speak to an officer?" the young man said angrily. "Now let's start again. Have you got change for ten pence?"
"No, sir, " the old soldier answered quickly.
60. The young officer wanted to telephone his mother to tell her _________. ( )
A. that he was going to visit her
B. when his train would leave
C. when his train would arrive
D. that he was now at the railway station
61. He looked around for help because he _________. ( )
A. didn't have coins for the phone call
B. had no money to make the phone call
C. didn't have the local money
D. wanted to change money
62. The old soldier _________. ( )
A. was glad to help him
B. didn't know if he had coins
C. didn't want to help him
D. was angry
63. The young officer was angry because he thought the old soldier _________. ( )
A. didn't know how to speak to him
B. didn't want to help him
C. didn't answer him correctly
D. was not friendly to him
64. The old soldier in the story was_________. ( )
A. clever
B. stupid
C. polite
D. friendly
二
December 25 is Christmas Day(圣诞节). Christmas is an important holiday in many countries. On Christmas Day, most families get together for a big dinner. They give presents to each other and visit friends. The Christmas tree is an important part of the Christmas holiday. Most families buy trees. The families decorate(装饰) the tree together. Parents usually tell their children that Father Christmas comes during the night and brings presents to good children. Of course, Father Christmas isn’t real. The parents of the children are really “Father Christmas”. They put the presents under the tree or into their children’s stocking(长统袜) after the children go to sleep.
41. When is Christmas Day? __________.
A. November 25
B. December 25
C. December 24
D. December 26
42. What do most families in America do on Christmas Day? __________.
A. They only have a big dinner together
B. They have a big dinner, exchange (交换) presents and visit friends
C. They just visit friends and exchange presents
D.They exchange presents only
43. Who is really “Father Christmas”? ___________.
A. Their parents
B. Their father
C. Their mother
D. Father Christmas
44. When Christmas Day is coming, the parents __________.
A. usually tell their children that Father Christmas isn’t real
B. tell their children that Father Christmas comes during the night and brings presents to good children
C.sometimes tell their children that Father Christmas comes during the day
D.often tell their children that Father Christmas gives presents to poor children
45. When did parents put the presents into their children’s stocking? __________.
A. Before the children go to sleep
B. After the children go to sleep
C. December 26
D. At midnight of December 25
三
No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted（发出呼噜声）like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him----water splashing（飞溅）, bees humming（嗡嗡作响声）, a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.
People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.
The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy language. Your dictionary is your most useful book.
1．What do we mean by language?
A．Sounds made by man.
B．All the words made by man.
C．Different kinds of sound.
D．The way man learns.
2．From the passage we know that long long ago ______. [ ]
A．no one learned how to make sounds or words
B．animals taught to learn the language
C．Man learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the ground, and so on D．Man followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words
3．What is the number of language spoken in the world today? [ ]
A．500
B．5, 000
C．1, 500
D．15, 000
4．In which sentence can the word “contain (s)”be put so that it is a right one? [ ] A．I ______several dictionary
B．Sea water______ salt.
C．A dog ______four legs
D．Mr Smith ______glasses on his nose
5．Which of the following is the best if we want to make our vocabulary larger? [ ] A．To use the words in every day life
B．To read more books
C．To read easy books
D．To look up new words in the dictionary
四、
A Trip to the Forest
One day Bob took two of his friends in-to the mountains. They put up their tents (帐篷) and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.
In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp(营地), it start-ed to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?
Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would hap-pen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!
It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!
1. John and his two friends went to the forest to ____.
A. build their camp
B. find their way home
C. enjoy the mountains in the snow
D. watch the trees in the forest
2. They could not find their way back be-cause ____.
A. there was only one road to their camp
B. they couldn't decide which of the two roads led to their tents
C. there were no roads in the mountains at all
D. everything was covered by the white snow
3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to ____.
A. John's house
B. the camp
C. the forest
D. the mountains
4. The horses stopped because____.
A. it was getting late
B. they were tired after running for a long way
C. they knew that they had got to the camp
D. they had seen John's house
5. The story happened ____.
A. on a cold winter day
B. on a dark snowy evening
C. in a cold camp far from villages
D. at night when nothing could be seen
五
Two farmers were on their way home one evening after a hard day's work. Both were tired. They happened to look up at the sky and saw a black cloud overhead.
"Ah!" said one farmer, "tomorrow we shall have rain and the rice will grow well." The second answered, "Nonsense (胡说), the rain will only kill the crops (庄稼)."
So they began to quarrel (争吵). Just then a third farmer came along and asked them why they were quarreling. Both farmers explained about the black cloud.
"What cloud?" asked the third farmer. They all looked at the sky. The cloud was no longer there. Choose the right answer
1. The two farmers were _____.
A. going home
B. going to the field
C. going to work
D. going to see their friend
2. The two farmers _____ on that day.
A. had a holiday
B. didn't work
C. worked hard
D. wanted to quarrel with each other
3. When there are black block clouds in the sky, _____.
A. it will rain soon
B. it will be fine
C. it will get hot
D. the sun is shining brightly
4. The two farmers fought in words because _____.
A. they were hungry
B. it rained
C. one said the rain would do good to the crops and the other didn't think so
D. they both hoped for rain
5. The third farmer came with and said to the other two. He _____.
A. wanted to make friends with them
B. joined them in the quarrel
C. wanted to know why they were quarreling
D. had nothings to do
6. How many farmers said that the rain would be helpful? _____.
A. None
B. One
C. Two
D. Three
六
December 25 is Christmas Day(圣诞节). Christmas is an important holiday in many countries. On Christmas Day, most families get together for a big dinner. They give presents to each other and visit friends. The Christmas tree is an important part of the Christmas holiday. Most families buy trees. The families decorate(装饰) the tree together. Parents usually tell their children that Father Christmas comes during the night and brings presents to good children. Of course, Father Christmas isn’t real. The parents of the children are really “Father Christmas”. They put the presents under the tree or into their children’s stocking(长统袜) after the children go to sleep. ( )41. When is Christmas Day? __________.
A. November 25
B. December 25
C. December 24
D. December 26
( )42. What do most families in America do on Christmas Day? __________.
A. They only have a big dinner together
B. They have a big dinner, exchange (交换) presents and visit friends
C. They just visit friends and exchange presents
D. They exchange presents only
( )43. Who is really “Father Christmas”? ___________.
A. Their parents
B. Their father
C. Their mother
D. Father Christmas
( )44. When Christmas Day is coming, the parents __________.
A. usually tell their children that Father Christmas isn’t real
B. tell their children that Father Christmas comes during the night and brings presents to good children
C. sometimes tell their children that Father Christmas comes during the day
D. often tell their children that Father Christmas gives presents to poor children
( )45. When did parents put the presents into their children’s stocking? __________.
A. Before the children go to sleep
B. After the children go to sleep
C. December 26
D. At midnight of December 25
七
One morning, George leaves his house with six donkeys(驴) to the market. After a while, he gets tired and so he gets onto one of the donkeys. He counts the donkeys and there are only five, so he gets off and goes to look for the sixth. He looks for it everywhere but does not find it, so he goes back to the donkeys and counts them again. This time there are six, so he gets onto one of them again and they all start.
After a few minutes he counts the donkeys again, and again there are only five
. When he is counting again, a friend of his passes(经过), and George says to him “I leave my house with six donkeys, then I have five, then I have six again, and now I have only five! Look! One, two, three, four, five.”
“But, George,” says his friend, “You are sitting on a donkey fool. That is the sixth. And you are the seventh!”
( )46. Where is the sixth donkey? __________.
A. It is lost(弄丢) on the way to the market
B. It makes hide-and-seek(捉迷藏)with its master(主人)
C. It goes back home
D. George is sitting on it, but he forgets it
( )47. George gets onto one of the donkeys, because __________.
A. it is a long way to go to the market from his home
B. he is tired
C. he has to find the lost one quickly by riding a donkey
D. he likes riding a donkey
( )48. In the sentence “He counts the donkeys”, “count” means __________.
A. to look after
B. to say the names of the donkeys
C. to look for
D. to say the number of the donkeys
( )49. How does George find his sixth donkey at last? __________.
A. He finds it by counting them again and again
B. He finds it at home
C. He finds that his friend is riding on it
D. His friend helps him to count
( )50. In England or America, people often call ________ as a silly(愚蠢的) donkey.
A. a young gentleman
B. a hard-working man
C. a clever boy
D. a fool
八
Leon’s show
June 18
Hong Kong pop star Leon Lai will give a personal performance(个人演唱会)at 7:30p.m.from tomorrow to June 21 at Shanghai Gymnasium(体育馆).The show is held for celebrating the opening of the 2004 Huang pu Tourist Festival .
Tickets
¥60, ¥90, ¥120, ¥180
Available（可得到）at 66 Jiang ning Road.
Address: Shang hai Gymnasium ,111 Caoxi Road
Telephone:29189188,29171145 ,29384952, 29197113
( )51 Leon is __________.
A a singer of pop music.
B the head of the Shang hai Gymnasium.
C a ticket seller
D both B and C
( )52 Which is right time to enjoy Leon’s show?
A 6:00p.m June 19
B 7:30p.m June 22
C 8:00a.m June 20
D 7:30p,m June 21
( )53 Leon will give ______performances this time at Shanghai Gymnasium altogether.
A eighteen
B twenty-one
C four
D three
( )54 The cheapest ticket for the show costs ______.
A 60yuan
B 90yuan
C 120yuan
D no money
( )55 If you want to get tickets, you can_____.
A go to No.1111Caoxi Road
B go to No.66 Jiang ning Road
C telephone to 29189100
D telephone to 29171154
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五、ACACCB 六、BBABB 七、DBDDD 八、ADDAB。