初中英语阅读理解精选20篇(含答案)

（1）A Clever Bird

A man has a bird. It is very clever. Every day the man speaks to the bird.“Hello!”he says. “Hello!”the bird answers.“What are you doing?”says the man.“What are you doing?”says the bird.

The man is not at home one day. A thief comes in. He is taking many things.“Hello!”The thief hears the bird's words.“What are you doing?”The thief is very afraid，so he does not take any things and runs out of the house.

1. The man teaches the bird ________.

A. how to say something

B. how to sing songs

C. how to eat something

D. how to dance

2. The bird is ________.

A. Very nice

B. very clever

C. very beautiful

D. very silly(傻的)

3. The man speaks to the bird ________.

A. Sometimes

B. once a week

C. every week

D. every day

4. The thief is taking ________ things from the house.

A. a few

B. a little

C. a lot of

D. some

5. The thief ________ out of the room.

A. walks

B. comes

C. runs

D. goes

(2 )What Are Stars Like?

Have you ever wondered about the stars? In some ways，stars are like people. They are born. They grow old. And they die.

A star is born from dust and gas. Slowly the dust and gas make a ball. The ball gets very hot. Then it starts to give off light. The young star grows into a giant. Many years go by. The older star begins to get small again. At last its light goes out. The star's life is over.

1. Dust and _________ make a star.

A. gas

B. snow

C. rain

2.This story tells about _________.

A. old people

B. the life of a star

C. the number of stars in the sky

3. In the first part of the story,what does the word “wondered”mean?

A. moved

B. looked at

C. asked yourself

4. Stars give off light because they are very _________.

A. small

B. hot

C. old

5. You can guess from the story that most stars are around for a __ time.

A. long

B. short

C. nice

(3 ) English Learning

Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are children. Others are young people. Some students learn English at school，and others teach themselves.

Why do all these people want to learn English? It is very difficult to answer this question.

Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many people learn English because it is useful in their work. Some young people learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.

1. 根据短文内容在文中空白处填上恰当的答案。

Learning ___________is very popular in many countries nowadays. It is very _________ to answer why so many people want to learn English.

There are many________ for people to learn English.

2. 根据短文内容进行连线。

①Many boys and girls learn English at school because .

②Many people learn English because .