初一英语趣味阅读

一. 阅读短文, 完成文后各题。

（ A ）Most cats like to catch mice and eat them. But this cat and this mouse got on well（相处得好）.I will tell you why they were friends.One day, the cat ran into a net (网) and could not get out of it. He bit（咬）with his teeth, but it was no use. Then the cat heard a little voice: “I will help you. But you must promise （答应）not to hurt me when you get out.” The cat looked round and saw a mouse. “Please help me,” said the cat. “I will not hurt you.”So the mouse bit at the net with her teeth and made a small hole,then the cat got out. “Thank you,” said the cat. “I will do you agood turn （回报你）one day.”Not long after this, the cat heard “Squeak（吱吱的叫声）!Squeak!” He looked about and saw the mouse in a corner. Her t ail（尾巴）was in a trap（老鼠夹）and could not get out. The cat opened thetrap and helped the mouse.After this, the cat and the mouse became good friends.1.Which of the following sentence is true?A.Every cat likes to catch and eat mice.B.No cat likes to catch and eat mice.C.Most cats like to catch and eat mice.D.Cat and mouse are always good friends.2.Who can make a hole on the net?A. The cat.B. The mouse.C. Both of them.D. No one.3. Which part of the mouse was in a trap?A. Her leg.B. Her tail.C. Her hand.D. Her nose.4. The cat and the mouse became good friends because __________.A. the cat didn’t like to eat mouseB. the mouse had helped the catC. they helped each other（彼此）D. the cat had helped the mouse( B )A little boy didn’t say a word until he was three years old. His mother tookhim to every doctor, but there was no use. He was healthy and bright , so thedoctors told his mother not to worry.One morning the boy suddenly knocked on the table and cried out, “These eggs are terrible!” The mother was very glad at hearing her son speak, and asked, “Why didn’t you say anything before?”“Well.” He answered, “up to now, the eggs have been very good.”1.Why didn’t th e little boy say a word?A.He didn’t want to say.B.He couldn’t say.C.He was ill.D.There was something wrong with his health.2.The little boy didn’t say a word before he was ___________years old.A. oneB. twoC. threeD. four3. What made the boy say his first word?A. An apple.B. A banana.C. An egg.D. A pear.4. The mother was very _________ after hearing her son speak.A. anxiousB. worriedC. angryD. glad5. The boy was ________ after seeing every doctor.A. illB. healthy and brightC. foolishD. surprising( C )One afternoon Mary and her little brother Tom were playinghide-and-seek（捉迷藏）in the street just outside the pose office. Maryhad closed her eyes when Tom found that the door of the letterbox hadbeen opened. The postman had just taken all the letters out and gone intothe post office. Tom climbed into the letterbox and closed the door fromthe outside. When he knew he couldn’t get out, he became very afraidand began to cry.At the same time, Mary was looking for him everywhere, but she couldn’t find him. Then she came back to the letterbox, and heard her brother crying in it. She ran to tell the postman.With the help of the postman, Tom got out of the letterbox. “Nexttime if you want to play hide-and-seek, don’t hide in the letterbox.”1.Mary and Tom were playing __________.A. near the post officeB. at homeC. in the courtD. at school2. When playing, Tom hid himself ___________.A. under a tableB. in a roomC. in a letterboxD. behind a tree3. Tom cried in the letterbox because ___________.A. he was missing his motherB. he was hungryC. his leg was hurtD. he couldn’t get out of it4. Who helped Tom get out of the letterbox?A. His mother.B. Mary.C. The postman.D. A neighbor.5. Why the door of the letterbox was opened when Tom found it?A. The postman forgot to lock it.b. It was often opened.C. Tom opened it.D. The postman had no time to lock.( D )The crow （乌鸦）is an ordinary（普通的）bird. It is about twenty inches（英寸）long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they live on old bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any birds. They clean upthe dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for foodall day long, and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flyingback to their nests（窝）in the trees. They sleep there at night.Crows are much noisier than other birds. Very often a large number ofcrows will get together on one house and talk. Sometimes they talk together, and sometimes they do it by turns like human beings（人类）. It is easy to tell from（区别）crows’ sounds whether they are pleased or angry. Perhaps crows talk a lot because they are friendly birds.A pair of crows will live together all their lives, and if one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and quiet for the rest of its life and sometimes it dies, too.1. A crow is _________ inches long.A. more than tenB. thirtyC. tenD. less than twenty2. Why are crows dirty?A. They are black all over the body.B. They like to eat dirty food.C. They usually talk.D. They don’t have baths.3. Crows are usually _________.A. hungryB. pleasedC. sadD. kind4. Why are crows more useful to us than any birds?A. They are usually noisy.B. They are usually dirty.C. They are flying in large numbers.D. They eat a lot of waste food.5. You can tell from crows’ sounds _________.A. whether they are hungry or fullB. whether they are pleased or hungryC. whether they are ill or healthyD. whether they are living or dead.二．阅读短文，判断正误。