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. hard

B. enjoyable

C. painful

D. comfortable

2. The word “quit” in the passage means “______”.

A. carry on

B. put off

C. give up

D. pick up

3. 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 life

B. the writer reached the top of the mountain

C. though the writer was young, he could understand his father

D. 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. spring

B. summer

C. autumn

D. winter

2. Mr. Young decided to take his holiday because .

A. he was too tired to go on working .

B. he was very busy al the time