初中英语阅读理解练习题.

初中英语阅读理解练习题A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well,but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly（肚子）or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people’s rule.They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar(奇特的) to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easyto work in that way.Now the very same thing is true to literature(文学). And the question, "How shall I begin?" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced(有经验的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you willnever ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail --that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.1. A friend of the writer’s drew the horses ____.A. very wellB. in the way of western ruleC. in the way of his own ruleD. all of the above2. The writer was surprised because ____.A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horseB. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horseC. the artist made his own ruleD. the artist did not follow other people’s rule3. You are not yet experienced because ____.A. you don’t know where to beginB. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tailC. you always asked questionD. you do not trust to your own powers4. When you become more experienced you will ____.A. never ask questionB. often begin at the tailC. should write the end of the storyD. should think of the beginning5. The topic of the passage is ______.A. How to draw a horseB. How to write a storyC. How to make your own rulesD. Trust to your own powersKey: CDDCDNo.4 middle SchoolKunming ,yunnanApril 2nd ,2004Dear editor (编辑) ，I live in a beautiful city . Many visitors come to my city . there are so many colorful peacocks (孔雀) here .The peacocks mostly live on the grass land of Dongfeng SquareThey are given food freely by visitors . They usually throw food to them , and don’t think about at all whether the food is right or not . Some of the peacocks became ill , some even died after eating the bad food given by the visitors.I’m sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the birds , but don’t realize (意识到) that they may be doing them harm (伤害).The visitors should be told that what have done is very harmful to the birds , and this kind of thing must be stopped from happening .Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to sell peacock food . For us every person , it’s our duty to give more love to these beautiful birds and to look after them carefully.Yours,Sun Yan()6.Many visitors come to the writer’s city to __________.A. do some shoppingB. see beautiful peacocksC. play on Dongfeng squareD. eat nice food()7.Some peacocks became ill and died because some visitors ______;A. did’t give them any f oodB. gave them too much foodC. threw them some bad foodD. loved them and played with them()8.Some shops can be built beside Dongfeng Square so that they may _____________.A.sell food for visitorsB. sell food for peacocksC.make the square more beautifulD.have the beautiful birds()9.From the passage we know people should __________.A. live and play with the birdsB. stop the birds from eating too muchC. give right food to the birdsD. give more food to the birds()10.We can guess the writer of the letter, Sun Yan , may be a _____.A. visitorB. shopkeeperC.square keeperD. student6-10：B C B C D（3）Every town in the United States has a post office . Some are very small , and you may also find them in the corner of a shop . Others are larger buildings . They are open five days a week and on Saturday mornings . From Monday through Friday they are usually open from 8:30 to 4:30 .If you know how much the postage (邮资) is for your letter , you can buy stamps at any window. In some post offices you can buy stamps from machines . Stamps are sold many different prices , from one cent (美分) to many dollars . If you are not sure how much postage is for you letter , you may ask the man or the woman in the post office for help . he or she will give you the stamps you need . If you are sending your letter far away , you should use airmail envelopes (航空信封) . Remember that postage will be more expensive for a letter to be sent outside the country.At a post office you can also buy postcards . A postcard is cheaper than a letter . Usually the price of postage for a postcard is about half that of a letter . The postcards that you buy at a post office do not have pictures . However ,also they are not to be sent outside the country .Letters are an easy and cheap way to keep in touch with people in many different countries .()11.The passage tell us that we can find ________ easily in the United States of America.A. post office srge buildingsC.small shopsD.different banks()12.The post offices in the United States are open _________.A.seven hours a dayB.six hours a dayC.five hours a dayD.eight hours a day()13.If you are not sure how much postage is for your letter ,you can____.A. go and buy stamps from the machine in the post officesend a cheap postcard instead of your letterB. get in touch with somebody you know in the post officeC.ask the man or the woman in the post office for help()14.The price of postage for ________ is more expensive.A.a beautiful postcardB.a letter written on envelopeC.a letter by airmailD.a postcard with pictures()15.The passage tells us something about ________ in the USAA.the postB.the postageC.lettersD.postcards11-15 A D D C A（4）Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home. Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This ti me he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out.“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?”he wondered (感到疑惑).( )16. The thief was trying to get .A. his neighbourB. his neighbour’s doorbellC. some cottonD. a door with a bell on it( )17. The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be for him to steal the doorbell. A. safe B. difficult C. dangerous D. easy( )18. The neighbour ran out probably(很可能) because .A. he knew his doorbell was being stolenB. he thought someone was eager (渴望的) to visit himC. he realized (意识到) something strange happenedD. Both B and C( )19. The neighbour hit the thief to .A. give him lessonsB. punish (惩罚) him for stealingC. help him with the bellD. be his teacher( )20. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.C. The thief thought the neighbour couldn’t hear the noise the bell made.D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out.16-20 B A D B C（5）A farmer was put in prison(监狱). One day, he got a letter from his wife.“I am worried about out farm,” she wrote. “It’s time to plant potatoes ,but I can’t do all the digging(挖) by myself.”The farmer thought over and then had an idea. He wrote to his wife,“Don’t digthe fields. This id where my gold(金子) is. Don’t plant potatoes until I comehome.A few days later, the farmer got anther letter from his wife. It said, “Two daysago, about ten prison guards(监狱看守) came to our fields. It looked as if they were looking forsomething. They have dug our field.”The farmer wrote to his wife at once. “Now you can plant our potatoes,” he wrote.( )21.The farmer was put in prison ________.A. because he had done something wrongB. because he had a lot of gold in the fieldsC. The writer didn’t say anything about why the farmer was put in prisonD. For nothing( )22.The farmer’s wife was much worried about _____ .A. her husbandB. their farmC. planting potatoesD. herself( )23.The farmer told his wife __ first.A. not to dig the fieldsB. to dig the fieldsC. to ask the prison guards for helpD. to find the gold in the fields( )24.Why did the prison guards dig the farmer’s fields ?________.A. They wanted to help the farmerB. Their leader ordered them to do soC. The farmer asked them to do soD. They wanted to find out the gold( )25.Why did the farmer ask his wife to plant potatoes at once ? Because _____.A. their fields had been dugB. the gold was found outC. the prison guards asked him to do soD. the prison guards were digging the fields21—25 C B A D A（6）An owl is a bird with very large eyes. Those eyes make the owl look clever. The owl can not move its eyes freely as people can. It can only look straight ahead (朝前). If it wants to look at both sides, it must turn its neck.Owls see better at night than during the day. At night they look for food. They eat mice and insects.Owls make a strange noise because the owls sleep most of the day. They usually give their cries at night. The cry sounds like “Whoo! Whoo!”. This strange sound sometimes frightens people at night.26. An owl looks clever because it can look straight ahead.27. An owl looks for food at night because it sees better at night than during the day.28. An owl lives on all kinds of birds.29. The cry of an owl is frightening.30. Man must not kill owls because they are helpful to people.26-30 B A B A A（7）Coffee has become the most popular American drink. Today people in the United States drink more coffee than people in any of the other countries. People drink coffee at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner and between meals. They drink hot coffee or coffee with ice in it. They drink it at work and at home. They eat coffee ice-cream and coffee candy. Coffee is black and very strong. Different people like to drink it in different ways. Some people like coffee with cream or sugar in it. Otherpeople like coffee with both cream and sugar in it. In all ways it is served. Coffee has become an international drink.31. Coffee is an ____________ drink.A . interesting B. international C. ice-cream D. American32. Different people like to drink coffee ____________.A. at work or at homeB. in different waysC. with cream or sugarD. between meals33. Today Americans drink ____________ coffee than people in any of the other countries.A. as much asB. lessC. moreD. most34. “Coffee is black and very strong.” The word STRONG here means ____________.A.坚固的B.淡的C.清的D.浓的35. ____________ is the most popular American drink.A. Black teaB. CoffeeC. Water with iceD. Whisky31-35 B B C D B（8）Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people. Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children.They hope computers can help them improve (提高) their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain (抱怨) that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes.In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves.36. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _______________.A. our country asks us to learn itB. it can help us a lotC. we can use it to play gamesD．it can help us to find jobs37. What do many teachers and parents complain about? _______________.A. Their students and children use computers to play games.B. Computers let them lost their jobs.C. Computers make the students and children fall behind.D. Computers bring people a lot of trouble.38. In this passage we know computers _______________.A. also bring us troubleB. bring us happiness onlyC. are hated by peopleD. are bad for people’s health39. Can computers really help children to study? _______________.A. Yes, they can.B. It’s hard to sayC. No, they can’t.D. Of course not.40. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means _______.A. computers are used by peopleB. people can live well without computersC. one must decide how to use computersD. computers are strange machines36-40 B C A A C（9）Once upon a time there lived an old man. He had three sons. One day, he called them together and said, "Sons, I will die soon. To my oldest son I give half my camels, to my second, one-third(三分之一), and to my youngest, one-ninth (九分之一)." Soon after that he died.Now, the old man had seventeen camels, and the three brothers didn't know how to do as their father said. They thought a long time about the problem, and it seemed that they must either kill some of the camels and cut them into pieces, or disobey their father. At last they went to their father's old friend and asked for his advice. As soon as he heard their story, he said, "I will help you. I was a good friend of your father's. I am old. I have only one camel, but take it-it is yours." The three sons thanked the old man and took his camel. Now they found it was easy to do as their father wished, The oldest took half- that was nine camels; the second took one-third, that was six; and the youngest took one-ninth, that was two.After each had got his camels, they found that there was still a camel there. So, to show their thanks to their father's friend, they gave the camel back to him41. "Once upon a time" means " ________".A. long long agoB. not very long agoC. at onceD. sometimes42. The meaning of "disobey" in the second paragraph is" ________".A. 服从B. 违背C. 听从D. 嘲笑43. The meaning of "asked for his advice" in the second paragraph is " ________".A. 向他请教B. 问他数量C. 批评他D. 劝告他44. The second old man ________the three brothers.A. was good toB. was not good toC. didn't likeD. cheated(哄骗)45. Both the two old men in the story were ________.A. foolishB. cleverC. poorD. rich41-45 A B A A B（10）Tom lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly went to town, but one day he went into town to buy a few things. After he bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. When he looked around, he saw some old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers. So after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself one pair, too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.The man in the shop let him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said, "No, I can't read with these."The man became puzzled (迷惑的) , and he said, "Excuse me, but can you read?""No, of course I can't!" Tom said angrily. "If I could read before, do you think I would come here to buy your glasses?"46. Tom lived ______.A. with his familyB. near townC. in the countryD. in town47. Tom didn't go to town______.A. neverB. oftenC. sometimesD. sometime48. Why did Tom decide to buy a pair of glasses?A. Because he thought if he bought them, he could read.B. Because they were very bright.C. Because they were cheap.D. Because he could read newspaper.49. Tom went to the shop to ______.A. have a restB. have dinnerC. wear glassesD. buy a pair of glasses46-49 C B A D(11)We know mosquitoes very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the world, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide if she loves you. She? Yes, she. The male mosquito doesn’t bite! Only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn’t like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Ne xt time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You’re different from the others!If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch(痒) on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. When the itch begins, she has flown away.And then what happens? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, in a tree or on a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.( )51.All the people don’t like mosquitoes.( )52.All mosquitoes like to bite people for blood.( )53.If a mosquito wants to bite you, it means she is very tired.( )54.The mosquito bites you too quickly and quietly to let you know.( )55.The itch begins after the mosquito flies away.51-55 FFFTT(12)Do you know why different animals or pests(昆虫) have their special colours? Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.Some birds like eating locusts(蝗虫), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colours of crops(庄稼). When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest (收获)time comes, locusts change to the same brown colour as crops have. Some other pests with different colours from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of colouring is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters. This is because they have the colours much like the trees.Have you ever found an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid(液体) when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over(散开), its enemies(敌人) cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.( )56.From the passage we learn that locusts________.A. are small animalsB. are easily found by birdsC. are dangerous to their enemiesD. change their colours to protect themselves( )57.How can pests with different colours from plants keep out of danger?A. They run away quickly.B. They have the colours much like their enemies.C. They hide themselves by day and appear at night.D. They have to move quietly.( )58.Bears and lions can keep safe because________.A. they have the colours much like the treesB. they move quietlyC. they like brown and grey coloursD. they live in forests( )59.Why can the kind of fish live up to now?A. Because it is very big and strong.Because the liquid it sends out can help it escape from its enemies.B. Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies.C. Because it swims faster than any other fish.( )60.Which is the best title for this passage?A. The Change of Colours for Animals and Pests.B. Colours of Different Animals and pests.C. The Main Use of Colours for Animals and Pests.D. Some Animals and Pests.。