初二英语阅读理解(内含答案)华东师范大学家教专用

A

A young man asked Albert Einstein , the great German scientist , what the secret of success is. The scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days later the young man asked the same question again . Einstein was very annoyed ．He did not say anything ,but wrote a few words on a piece of paper . On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.

“What does this mean ?” asked the young man .

“A means “ success”” explained the old scientist . “X stands for hard work ,Y for good method (方法)and Z Z means stop talking and get down to work.”

1.The young man _________.

A. wanted to meet Einstein

B. wanted to be a great scientist like Einstein

C. was eager (渴望) to know the secret of success

D. wanted to be a student of Einstein

2.In Einstein’s opinion the secret o f success was ________.

A. to work with great energy (精力，活力)

B. to study hard day and night

C. to learn from great scientists

D. to raise (提出)questions as many as you could

3.“Y” stands for _______.

A. hard work

B. great energy

C. great success

D. good manner(方法)

4.The word “annoyed” means ________.

A. angry

B. sad

C. lovely

D. glad

5.Einstein was a man who ______

A. liked to talk with young people

B. liked to help others

C. liked to make friends with young people

D. lik ed to work , but didn’t like to talk

B

British newspapers are much smaller than they used to be and their readers are often in a hurry ,so newspapermen write as few words as possible .They tell their readers at once what happened ,where ,when and how it happened and what was the result : how many people were killed ,what change was done and so on .Readers want the fact(事实) set out as fully and accurately as possible .Readers are also interested in the people who have seen the accident. So a newspaperman always likes to get some information (信息)from someone who was there, which can be given in the person’s own words .Because he can use only a few words ,the newspaperman must choose those words carefully ,every one must be effective(有效). Instead of “he called out in a loud voice”, he writes” he shouted”; instead of “the loose stones rolled noisily down the side of the mountain”, he will write” they thundered down the mountainside”. Because many of the readers aren’t very clever, and most of them are in a hurry.

1.From the text, we learn that newspapermen write as few words as possible ,because

readers___.

A. want to know more about the news

B. take no interest in what has happened

C. have no time to read the news carefully