初中英语综合阅读(学生版含答案)

初中综合阅读话题1 跨文化交际Passage 1People in different countries have different ways of doing things. Something polite in one country may be quite impolite in another country. Do you know how they have dinner in the following countries?The Japanese diet is always plain and simple, and the dinner often leaves people a sense of not being full. If you set up the dinner in the morning, a glass of milk and a hot dog are enough. At noon, maybe a little bit richer. (A)总体来说，晚餐是最丰富的. There is rice and vegetable soup, and the most (B) key thing is that wine could only be included at night in Japan.V odka is Russia's wine, and the Russians just put vodka as a (C) sign for dinner, because no matter who sets up the dinner, vodka can't be missed. During the dinner, the Russian people hold a glass of vodka. The first cup is usually drunk together.Singaporeans eat their dinner very cautiously, and (D) they will not invite guests if they have unknown each other. And Singapore's government officials can't accept the dinner invitation of sociability(社交), or (E) they will be punished.1. 在文中找出两个描述日本饮食的形容词：_______；_______2. 将文中画线部分（A）译成英语：________________3. 写出文中画线部分(B)和（C）的近义词或同义词：_______；_______4.将文中画线部分（D）改写为they will _______invite guests _______ they have known each other.5.文中画线部分（E）指代的是：_______Passage 2You may have heard that Elizabeth Ⅱ, the Queen of Britain, recently celebrated her 70th wedding anniversary(结婚纪念日) with her husband, Prince Philip. That’s ri ght—the two have been married for 70 years!In the United States and Britain, 70th wedding anniversaries are (A)______ as“platinum anniversaries(铂金婚)”. In fact, there are many different terms that are used to describe different marriage lengths. For ex ample, celebrating the first year of marriage is known as a “paper anniversary”. Fifty years of marriage marks a “gold anniversary”. And the term“diamond（钻石）anniversary” is used (B)________ describe a marriage that has lasted for 60 years.(C)People in different countries have their own ways of celebrating wedding anniversaries. In the US, people give gifts to couples when they reach certain years of their marriage. The first year anniversary is marked by giving the couple a clock. If a couple reaches their 10th anniversary, they can expect to receive diamond jewelry(珠宝). And (D)they can get musical instruments when they reach their 24th anniversary.In Canada and the US, couples can even receive special congratulations from world leaders on certain anniversaries. In Canada, couples can receive a message from the country’s governor general(总督) on their 50th anniversary, and on every fifth anniversary after that. In the US, the president(总统) himself will send (E) a greeting to couples who reach their 50th anniversary and for every anniversary after that.(F) 它会是多么酷啊to get a letter from the president！Or (G)perhaps the truly cool thing is celebrating sucha long life full of love and happiness with your special someone.1.在文中（A）和（B）的空白处分别填入适当的单词：_________;___________2.将文中划线部分（C）改写为：People in different countries have their own ways _______ ________ anniversaries.3.文中划线部分（D）指代的是：______________4.写出文中划线部分(E)和（G）的同义词或近义词：__________;_________5.将文中划线部分（F）译成英语：_______________Passage 3Before my visit to the United States during summer vacation, all that I knew about the United States was that it is a large and developed country. (A)但是旅途中最吸引我的是很多指示牌. There are not only some signs warning us not to do things, as we see in China, but also some other special signs.(B)At Yellowstone National Park, different signs were everywhere. “Don’t feed the animals,” “Don’t play with wild animals,” “Don’t catch the fish,” etc. These signs really show us the American people’s respect for life and nature. To keep the ecological balance（生态平衡), (C)they try to protect most of their forests and bodies of water. They try to (D)______ all kinds of living creatures.(E)______ kind of special sign is the epitaphs（墓志铭）on tombstones（墓碑）. I saw many (F)funny epitaphs near the Great Canyon in Arizona. “In a bloom, on a tee, in wit & love that sing—look for me”; “In loving memory Joe Yurosek ‘Big Daddy from your family”; “Heaven is a little closer when you are on the lake.” These words show relatives’ or friends’ great (G)wishes and memories of the dead, with a little sense of humor as well.During my vacation in the US, I was busy reading these signs. To some degree, I might say that the US is a “kingdom of signs”. Do you agree?1. 将文中画线部分（A）译成英语：________________2. 将文中画线部分（B）改写为：Different signs were ______ and ______at Yellowstone National Park.3. 文中画线部分（C）指代的是：___________4. 在文中（D）和（E）的空白处分别填入适当的单词：_______；_______5. 写出文中画线部分（F）和（G）的近义词或同义词: ______ ; _______话题2 教育引导Passage 4When I was in elementary school, I got into an argument with a boy in my class. The teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson.She brought us up (A) _______ the front of the classroom and placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other. In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could clearly see that it was black. She asked the boy what color her object was.“White,”he answered.I couldn’t believe he said the object was white, because (B) it was clearly black! Another argument (C) started between my classmate and me about the color of the object.The teacher asked me to stand where the boy was standing and told him to stand where I had been. We changed (D) places, and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I had to answer,“White.”It was an object whose two sides have different colors. From (E) ________ viewpoint（视角）it was white, and from my side it was black.I have never forgotten the lesson that I learned that day. Sometimes we need to look at the matter from the other person’s viewpoint (F) 是为了truly understand his/her view.1.在文中（A）和（E）的空白处分别填入适当的单词：________；________2. 在文中找出两个描述物体形状的形容词：_______；_______3. 文中画线部分（B）指代的是：_______4. 写出文中划线部分(C)和（D）的近义词或同义词：_______；_______5. 将文中画线部分（F）译成英语：________________Passage 5I was six years old, while my sister, Sally Kay was a three-year-old girl. For some reason, I thought we needed to make some money. I decided to visit the neighbors, offering to clean houses for them for 30 cents. Everything went well. But one neighbor （A）telephoned my mother to let her know what I were doing.“Girls,” mother asked, “why were you two telling people you would clean their houses?” (B)妈妈没有生我们的气. But we said we didn’t do any such thing. Mother then told us that Mrs. Jones had just called and told (C) her we had been to her house.Faced with the truth, we admitted what we had done. Mother tried to explain why a fib(小谎) hurt, but she didn’t feel that we really understood. Then Mother asked, “Would you two like to go to see the movie The Matinee this afternoon?” “Oh, fantastic!” After lunch, we all dressed up. Before getting on the bus, Mom suddenly said, “Girls, we are not going to the movie today.”“What? ” Mother explained this is what a fib felt like.” Mom said, “I fibbed to you just now and it felt awful to me. (D) I don’t want to fib again and I’m sure you don’t want to fib again either. People must be able to (E) believe each other.”That is how over fifty years ago, my sister and I learned to be truthful. We have never forgotten how much a fib can hurt people.1. 写出文中画线部分（A）和（E）的近义词或同义词: ______ ; _______2. 将文中画线部分（B）译成英语：_____________________3. 文中画线部分（C）指代的是：____________4. 将文中画线部分（D）改写为: I’m sure that ______of us want to fib ______.5. 从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的中心词：___________Passage 6Some teens dream of a new car or over-the-top party for their sweet 16, but a grandfather spent years making a thoughtful gift for his granddaughter.When Lauren was two years old, her grandpa (A)started to take notes every time they spent time together. He kept the habit until she was five years old, filling up three notebooks in the past three years.On Lauren’s 16th birthday, her grandfather thought she was old enough to fully appreciate（领会）the meaning of the notebooks, so he gave them to her as a gift. When Lauren realized what the gift was, she was in total shock.(B)The rest of her family were so surprised that they couldn't say anything. Lauren posted a picture of the gift on Twitter, and （C）it has received more than 600,000 comments.The notebook writes things Lauren had said or done. Her grandpa recorded his memories of their laughing and playing games. “Throughout the stories he would repeatedly add how much he loved and cared for me,” says Lauren.Lauren says she’ll (D) cherish the gift forever—more than any other present. “(E)这份礼物是我已经收到的礼物中最棒的。