初三英语阅读理解拔高练习题含答案

初中阅读理解拔高练习题(一)Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed . We couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience (耐力).Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing . I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing, but as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing. In fact, I hated it at that mountain, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like in life.”At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got new hope and confidence. I found myself standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal (水晶).1. The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was _____for Father and Son.A. hardB. enjoyableC. painfulD. comfortable2. The word “quit” in the passage means “______”.A. carry onB. put offC. give upD. pick up3. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the father’s words in the second paragraph?A. You will get all you need at the top of the mountain.B. The sky is always as clear as crystal.C. You can find life is full of nice things.D. Never give up half-way.4. We can infer (推断) from the last paragraph that ______.A. the writer was very successful in his lifeB. the writer reached the top of the mountainC. though the writer was young, he could understand his fatherD. the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain(二)Mr Young worked in a hospital in the capital. He was busy all the time and little time to have a rest. And one day he felt unwell and couldn’t go on w0rking. He decided to spend a week’s holiday in a quiet village where he could go swimming or fishing. He got off at a small railway sta—tion and soon got to the village. He took a room hotel(and went to sleep as soon as he had a good meal.At first Mr.Young enjoyed himself there. He could do everything he wanted and went wherever Nobody disturbed(打扰)him and knocked at the door at might. But on the fourth day he was in trouble. After lunch it was very hot. He went swimming in the river. Suddenly he saw a beautiful bird in a big tree. He wanted to catch it and walked to it, but it found him and flew away and soon was gone. He began to pick some flowers in the forest and before ling he lost his way .The sun had gone down and night had fallen before Mr Young found a small restaurant in an—other village. He came in and told them to bring him some bread, two eggs and a glass of tea. Af –ter a while his food was brought. Soon he ate up all the bread and eggs. When he was going to have the tea, he found there was a fly (苍蝇)in the glass.“What’s in my tea?”Mr Young called out, “A fly”“It’s impossible (不可能的),sir,”said the owner or the restaurant, “I had told them to pick all the flies out of your tea before they brought it to you!”1. This story happened in .A. springB. summerC. autumnD. winter2. Mr. Young decided to take his holiday because .A. he was too tired to go on working .B. he was very busy al the timeThere is a website that lists all California earthquakes recorded from 1769 to the present. The site lists the dates and times as well as the magnitude (震级) and the exact location of any quake that measured more than 6.0.There are only a few quakes that stand out in my memory and，luckily，none is shown in the website. So，my personal experience with earthquakes might be considered insignificant.There are three earthquakes that are difficult to forget. The first one was in 1955 and our oldest daughter was walking with me in our backyard in Redwood City in California. As the shaking became stronger I held her to me with one arm as I held on to one of our fruit trees with the other. All three of us (my daughter，I and the tree) shook for two or three minutes that to us felt like hours.The second one was in 1963.Our entire family was visiting Disneyland in Southern California. The earth started to shake just as we were beginning to walk from our hotel toward the_famous_landmark.My third experience with an earthquake was a lonely one in California. It was in my sixties and I was alone in an old church. As the building started to shake，I quickly headed for the door to go outside. I remember I said a little prayer—something like，“Help me get out of here in time，Dear Heavenly Father”．Minutes later，I was safe outside.The author writes the passage mainly to tell us about________.a new film about an earthquakehow to survive an earthquakehis three earthquake experienceshow to save children in an earthquakeThe earthquakes the author has experienced________.It happened in the author’s sixties.the author succeeded in getting outside.When it happened，the author was in a church.The author was too afraid to walk when it happened.(四)Hello Sandy,We have just returned from our holiday. We went with our friends Edward Smith and his wife Tina to the Yorkshire This is a beautiful place. It is a natural park. There are lots of places to walk on the tops of the hills, grassland with no people, just sheep and birds.Edward, who had just come out of hospital, could not walk as far as he used to. However, this meant that we walked in the mornings, and then stopped at a cafe for lunch each day, before returning to the place we live. Edward and I slept in front of the fire all afternoon, while the ladies went for another walk. Very pleasant!I have taken lots of photos from the place we live, across the valley(峡谷)below us, of the morning sunrise, and the) in the valley. Also, in England, the old steam powered trains(蒸汽火车) are very popular. I have taken many photos of the train and from it.Yesterday we had the first snow of this winter. It is very early (we usually expect snow in January). It rained all day, then snowed in the evening. Today we have bright sunshine!Both Jenny and I are well. I don’t know if I told you, in the last e-mail, that Jenny is now working in a hotel. AlthoughA. A hotel.B. A natural park.C. A hospital.D. A cafe.2. When did the ladies take a walk?A. Only in the morning.B. Only in the afternoon.C. Both in the morning and in the afternoon.D. In the evening.3. They had_____________ snow this winter.A. an earlyB. a lateC. a usualD. a big4. What does the underlined word “it” in Parag raph 3 mean?A. The valley.B. Travel.C. The mist.D. The train.5. What do we know from this passage?A. This is the first time Victor wrote an e-mail to Sandy.B. Edward didn’t go traveling because he bad just come out of hospital.C. Jenny’s new job in a hotel is an easy one.D. People in England like the old steam powered trains very much.(五)Do you think stones can move by themselves? There are some famous moving stones in Death Valley, the US. Many of the stones are small but a few of them are very big. Some of the big stones are as big as a man. The biggest stone weighs about 350kg.The stones only move at night. Nobody has ever seen them moving, but now scientists know the answer to the question. The answer is the wind. When the wind comes from the west, the stones move to the east. When the wind is from the north, they always move to the south. But how can the wind move a very heavy stone?Death Valley is one of the hottest places in the world, but it can be very cold at night. Sometimes, there are even bad storms （风暴）at night. Rain falls, and the wind is strong and cold. The water on the ground turns into ice easily. Then the strong wind can move the stones along the flat （平坦的）ground. In the morning, the sun comes up and dries the ground. So people can find them move from one place to another in the daytime.1. When do the stones move in the Death Valley?A. At night.B. During the day.C. All the day.D. Nobody knows..2 Sometimes there’s some ice on the ground in Death Valley because ______.A. it’s one of the hottest places in the worldB. there’s strong windD. The wind always comes from the west and the north.(六)Have you ever seen the movie. Big Hero 6 ? Baymax(大白) is a main character in the movie. He's a friendly big robot that looks After people's health. If there is a robot like Baymax in our real life, people will get more benefits. The robot will be especially helpful in caring for the old. The health of old people needs greater monitoring and care;.Scientists in America are now working to make Baymax a really(实现)- Actually. they have already produced some care robots. These robots provide brain video games to improve people's memory. The garner can help remember things for longer. Besides, these provide special app (应用程序）to help the old manage their health at home. The apps can check the old people’ heart rate (心率) and tell them to take their medicine on lime. The apps can also record their daily activities. Such collected information helps doctors discover the cause of an illness faster and more correctly. But the health care robots are’ t as clever as Baymax yet.Nowadays，scientists are working on improving the health care robots. They Hope the robots can produce electricity by walking across the floor. If they succeed. batteries will not be needed. They also hope the robots communicate with humans in the daily life so to make people happier and healthier.Scientists are trying to realize these dreams. Like Baymax, these health care robots may save people's livesfutur e. We are looking forward to them.1. The underlined word ''monitoring** in the passage means “ _____ ” in Chinese.监测B娱乐 C .危害2. According to the passage, Baymax isB. can communicate with humane in the daily lifeC. can help the old manage their health at home4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Nowadays the health care robots ran product electricity by walking across the floor.B. Both the doctors and the old who use the health care robots can get help from them.C. The health earn robots can provide video games to check a person's heart rate.5. What is the passage mainly about?A. It's mainly about the movie Big Hero 6.B. It's mainly about the health care robotsC. It's mainly about the importance of health.(七)Animals do many different, amazing things to get through the winter. Some of them migrate. They travel to other places where the weather is warmer or where they can find food.Many birds migrate in autumn. Because the trip can be dangerous, some travel in large groups. For example, geese(鹅) fly in noisy, “V”-shaped groups. Other kinds of birds fly alone.Some animals stay active in winter. They must change themselves as the weather changes. Many change their doing or their bodies. For example, snowshoe rabbits grow white fur to help them hide in the snow.Food is hard to find in winter. Some animals, like mice, collect lots of food in autumn and store it to eat later. Some animals eat different kinds of food as the seasons change.Some animals hibernate for part or all of the winter. This is a special, very deep sleep. The animal’s body temperature drops, and its heartbeat and breathing slow down. It uses very little energy. In autumn, these animals get ready for winter by eating much more food than in summer and storing it as body fat. They use this fat to keep them alive while hibernating.Water makes good protection for many animals. When the weather gets cold, they move to the bottom of lakes and rivers. There, frogs and many fish hide under rocks or fallen leaves. Cold water holds more oxygen than warm water, and frogs can breathe through their skin.Every type of insect has its own life cycle and that is the way it grows and changes. Different insects spend the winter in different forms of their lives. Some insects also spend the winter without moving. Some insects spend the winter as pupae（蛹）. Other insects die after laying eggs in autumn. The eggs change into new insects in spring and everythingbegins all over again.1. What does the underlined word “migrate” in the first paragraph most probably mean ?A. move from one place to anotherB. sleep in the winterC. disappearD. look for food2. Why do many birds fly in large groups?A.They can easily find food this way.B. There may be danger during the trip.C. They can get warm at night.D. They will use little energy.3.Snowshoe rabbits spend the cold winter by __________.A. breathing through their skinB. eating a lot of foodC. sleeping for the whole winterD. growing white thicker fur4.The main purpose of the examples in the last paragraph is to tell us _____.A. most insects die when winter comesB. different insects grow and change in their own waysC. most insects spend the winter without movingD. different insects grow and change in the same ways5.What is the passage mainly about?A. How living things grow and change in the winter.B. How living things spend the winter.C. How living things get food in the winter.D. How living things travel in the winter.（八）Two weeks ago, Ruichang City in Jiangxi Province was hit by an earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale(里氏震级). It killed 18 people and left hundreds homeless. Earthquakes are one of the most deadly natural disasters(灾难) in the world. They happen more often than you would expect. In the 24 hours after you read this, 400 to 500 earthquakes will shake the earth. You won't notice most of thembecause you live in a relatively(相对地) safe area or the quake is too far away or because the quake will be too small to notice. Earthquakes are caused by sudden breaks in rock masses(群) deep in the earth. Rock masses are always under very high pressure. If the pressure in a certain area become too much and the rock masses break, an earthquake happens. But exactly when the rock masses reach the breaking point is a mystery(谜). China is on the Eurasia(欧亚) plate, where earthquakes happen very often due to the earth's plates knocking against each other. Up to 17,139 earthquakes have taken place in China in the past 44 years, according to scientific research.1. What happened to the City of Ruichang?A.18 people were killed in an earthquake.B. Hundreds homeless people left the city.C. An earthquake ruined thousands of houses there.D. An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale happened.2. How many earthquakes can happen in a day in the world?A. 24.B. 44.C. 400 to 500.D. 17139.3. Why does the earth quake? Because ______.A. we live in a relatively safe areaB. the pressure in the earth is too bigC. the rock masses is reaching the breaking pointD. the rock masses break suddenly deep in the earth（十）When we think of paper，we think of newspapers and books. But there are many other uses. Only half of the world's paper is used for books and newspapers.Paper is very good for keeping you warm. You have perhaps seen homeless men asleep on a large number of newspapers. In Finland，it is sometimes －40 ℃in winter. The farmers wear paper boots(靴子)in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.Each year，more and more things are made of paper. We have had paper cups and plates for a long time. But now we hear that chairs，tables，and even beds can be made of paper. With paper boots and shoes，you can wear paper hats，paper dresses，and paper raincoats. When you have used them once，you throw them away and buy new ones.The latest use of paper seems to be paper houses. These are not small houses for children to play in，but real，big houses for people to live in. You can buy a house with three rooms for about 500 dollars. You can put it up by yourself in a few hours，and you can use it for about five years.1.Only half of the world's paper is used to ________.A. build housesB. help the homeless peopleC. make chairs，tables and bedsD. print(印刷)newspapers and books2.The farmers in Finland wear paper boots in winter to ________.A. feel much betterB. go for a walkC. keep their feet warmD. save a lot of money3.Long before we began to use paper to make chairs，tables and beds，________.A. we could buy paper boots and shoes in paper shopsB. we had already had paper cups and platesC. we could wear paper hats and paper dressesD. we had no paper cups and paper plates4.The latest use of paper seems to be paper houses. These houses are ________.A. not expensive and easy to build upB. made for children to play in or for homeless men to live inC. made only for the rich peopleD. big and strong enough to live for many years5.After you use a paper raincoat，you may ________.A. use it for a long timeB. sell it to othersC. lend it to othersD. throw it away（十）Although many people agree that junk food is unhealthy and has little nutrition, they are still fond of it.Why do people like it?The name “junk food” first appeared in 1972. Over the years, it has become popular with many people.Suppliers are fond of it because it is cheap to make and easy to keep for a long time. Many consumers are fond of it because it is easy to buy and it tastes good.What is junk food?Junk food has a lot of fat, salt or sugar and many food additives. Scientists believe that eating a lot of junk food makes people overweight. People may also have their heart disease, high blood pressure and tooth problems if they eat too much junk food.What food is called junk food?This is a difficult question. Different people may give different answers. For example, fast food such as hamburgers, pizza and French fries, is often regarded as junk food. Other food, such as roast potatoes and bread, is not junk food although it has limited nutrition. Also, candy and soft drinks are junk food because they have a lot of sugar, but honey and grapes are not. Many people prefer to have cereal at breakfast because it is healthy food, but breakfast cereals may have lots of sugar, salt and fat.Should children eat junk food?When children start eating junk food, they will have less and less milk and healthy fruit juice. This can make them have weak bones.However, some junk food, such as chips, may be good to children because it may have necessary fat. However, since they are fat, children should not eat too much.To many scientists' opinion, junk food is not very harmful when people have it as a part of a balanced diet.1．Why can junk food make people overweight?A．Because it has a lot of fat, salt, sugar and many additives.B．Because it is unhealthy and has little nutrition.C．Because it is cheap to make and easy to keep for a long time.D．Because it is easy to buy and it tastes good.2．Which of the following is not junk food?A．Hamburgers. B．Pizza. C．French fries. D．Honey.3．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A．The name “junk food” didn't appear until 1972.B．Chips have fat and children should not eat too much.C．All the scientists think junk food is bad to people. D．Bread has limited nutrition.参考答案1、B C D A A2、BACD3、CDABD4、BCADD5、ACCB6、1A 2C 3C 4B 5B7、1A 2B 3D 4B 5B8、 ACD9、1D 2C 3B 4A 5D　10、ADC。