初中英语阅读理解专项练习

英语阅读理解专项练习

1．阅读理解

When throwing away rubbish, do you know which Bin it should go in? Have you

ever noticed the differently-colored Bins on the street?

Some of you might not be able to answer this question. However, it's actually quite important to know how to sort your waste. Not knowing how to sort waste can make

it harder to save energy and protect the environment.

If you don't sort your waste, all of it will go to a landfill and be buried（埋）together. These landfills can take up large areas of ground that could have been used

for planting trees or crops. The electronic waste you throw away, such as batteries,

can pollute the soil and groundwater. Other pieces of waste, like the metal part of a pen, can be used to make other things if they are properly recycled.

With this in mind, many cities in China have been running waste-sorting campaigns

（活动）in recent years. For example, Shanghai announced in July that within three years, all of its residents（居民）should sort their waste into four groups wet, recyclable, harmful and dry.

"Wet" waste is also known as household waste." They are things you don't want but

that pigs can eat," Guangzhou Daily explained. Paper, metal, glass and other things

that can be reused are recyclable waste.

Harmful waste includes things like medicine, batteries and fluorescent bulbs. Finally, any waste that's not wet, recyclable or harmful will go in the" dry waste" bin.

Many other Chinese cities, including Shenzhen, plan to use this method to sort their garbage. Now that you know this, perhaps you can do your part to protect the environment and encourage others to sort their waste.

（1）The passage is most probably from a（an）__________.

A. newspaper

B. notion

C. Advertisement

D. science story

（2）The underlined word "landfill" in this passage means"__________" in Chinese.

A. 垃圾箱

B. 垃圾填埋场

C. 农场

D. 陆地

（3）Which of the following things are harmful waste?

A. medicine, fluorescent Bulbs and metal

B. Batteries, glass and metal

C. medicine, fluorescent Bulbs and Batteries

D. medicine, Batteries and paper

（4）The author writes this passage in order to __________.

A. introduce waste-sorting campaigns in recent years

B. tell people to sort the trash and protect the environment

C. advise people to sort the garbage into four groups

D. describe the disadvantages of not sorting the garbage

2．阅读理解

Then Alice saw a small glass table. There was a little golden key on it. She picked it and put it in all the locks on the doors but it didn't open any of them. She moved a curtain on one of the walls and discovered another door, a very small one. She put the key in the lock. It was exactly the right size! She opened the door and looked through it. At the end of a low passage she saw a beautiful garden. It was full of brightly coloured flowers and fountains.

"Oh, how beautiful!" she said. "I'd love to go there but I'm too big to get through the door."

She walked back to the table. There was a bottle on it now.

"I'm sure that bottle wasn't there before," she said, a little confused.

She put down the key and picked up the bottle. She read the words "DRINK ME" on it. Alice wasn't a stupid girl. She didn't drink it immediately. First she looked at the bottle carefully. There wasn't a label on it that said "POISON".

So she put the bottle to her lips and drank.

"Mmm, it’s nice," she said. It tasted like cherry tart, pineapple, roast turkey and toast-all the things that she liked to eat-so she drank some more. And some more. Soon the bottle was empty.

"What a curious feeling," she said. "I'm getting smaller and smaller.'" It was true! She was now as small as her cat Dinah.

"Good! I can go through the door into the garden," she said. But, poor Alice! When she got to the door, she didn't have the key! It was on the table. She couldn't reach it because she was too small now. She sat down and cried.

After a while she said, "Alice! Stop crying! Crying doesn't help! Dry your tears immediately!"

When she looked at the table again, she saw a small glass box under it. She picked it up and opened it. There was a small cake inside. It had the words "EAT ME" on it. She put a small piece of it in her mouth.

"If I grow bigger I can reach the key," she thought. "And if I grow smaller I can go under the door."

But nothing happened so she finished it.

（1）From the passage we can know that _______________________.

A. at first Alice could go through the door into the garden easily

B. then Alice found there was a little golden key on a small wooden table

C. Alice was as small as her rabbit Dinah after she drank something in the bottle

D. Alice saw a small glass box with a small cake in it under the table

（2）Alice did the following things in the order of ___________________.

a. She saw a beautiful garden at the end of a low passage.

b. She moved a curtain and discovered another door.

c. She put a small piece of the cake in her mouth.

d. She put the bottle to her lips and drank.

e. She cried because she couldn't reach the key.

A. a- b- c- d- e

B. b- a- d- e- c

C. d- a- b- e- c

D. b- d- e- a- c

（3）The underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refers to ______________.

A. the small box

B. the glass table

C. the small cake

D. the golden key

（4）According to the passage, the best words to describe Alice are ___________________.

A. careful and brave

B. curious and helpful

C. clever and friendly

D. organized and strange

3．阅读理解

It's important to learn about protecting our environment. Here is a 5R rule for us:

Reduce

If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely（明智地）. A larger number of trees are cut down to make paper. If everyone uses paper carelessly, soon we will not have any trees left. Other things are also being wasted, and people don't know what to do with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to use things wisely.

Reuse

You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them away. For example, you can give your clothes you do not wear any more to the poor. In a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.

Recycle

Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By recycling them we save lots of time and money. For example, Coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are smashed flat （压平） and melted（融化） and the metal things are made for new Coke cans.

Recover（恢复）

When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten（腐烂的） apples, you have two choices（选择）: One is to throw the whole apples away, or you can cut off the rotten parts and keep the good parts. In the way, you are recovering the eatable （能吃的） parts of food.

Repair

If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it. If you want to change for better ones, it is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people

who can use them after doing some repair.

（1）The "reduce" rule mainly wants us .

A. to use things wisely

B. to cut down many trees

C. to use a lot of paper

D. to throw away your old things

（2）What's the right order of recycling Coke cans?

a. collect the used cans

b. melt them

c. smash them flat

d. send them to a factory

A. a, b, c, d

B. a, d, c, b

C. d, b, c, a

D. c, a, b, d

（3）The "recover" rule mainly wants us .

A. to throw waste things away

B. to cover waste things with earth

C. to get back the useful parts

D. to throw the whole things away

（4）Which is the best way to do with your broken tables?

A. Throwing them away.

B. Repairing them.

C. Selling them.

D. Putting them away.

（5）The article is written to remind（提醒） us of .

A. planting more trees

B. protecting the animals

C. keeping ourselves healthy

D. protecting the environment

4．阅读理解

Wonder what it is like to be a chef（厨师）? This weekend you will have your chance to find out. Two local chefs, Monica Sallier and Andrew Gleason, will hold an "open kitchen" at their restaurants this Saturday.

Monica's restaurant, The Blue Hen, is small but comfortable. Wooden tables and chairs cover the dining area, and sweet music is always on. "I like to laugh and always tell jokes while I cook," Monica said. "Cooking brings people together. The cooks who work with me have become my best friends."

At Monica's "open kitchen", she plans to teach her guests how to prepare country-style fried chicken. For it, she will use her family's secret spice（香料）. She learned how to make it from her father. Monica seldom uses a measuring cup（量杯）when cooking. By doing so, she hopes to offer her guests a special dining experience. "If you come to my restaurant, you'll never get the same dish twice, "she said.

Also opening his kitchen this Saturday in Shreveport is Andrew Gleason. He is the head chef at Quarter Bistro. "I am not the most talkative chef in the business,"

Andrew said. "Mostly because I prefer to give my full attention to the food. Every ingredient（食材）must be carefully measured. "

Andrew's food also makes the dining experience special. He makes every dish look like a piece of art. At his "open kitchen", Andrew plans to teach his visitors how to prepare blackened catfish, a dish of his that has won much praise throughout the city. （1）While Monica is cooking, she ____.

A. is never quiet

B. seldom uses spice

C. sometimes sits on a wooden chair

D. always listens to her favorite songs （2）At Andrew's "open kitchen", he will ____.

A. invite Monica to try his dish

B. work with another head chef

C. tell lots of jokes while cooking

D. cook one much-praised dish （3）What do Monica and Andrew have in common?

A. They work in the same restaurant.

B. They both like using measuring cups.

C. They graduated from the same cooking school.

D. They both let guests have a special dining experience.

（4）The passage is probably from ____.

A. a city newspaper

B. a restaurant notice

C. a cookbook

D. a chef's diary

5．阅读理解

By Anna Matteo

28 January, 2019

A 3-year-old boy who was lost in the woods for two days is now safe at home with his family. But Casey Hathaway told his rescuers（救援者） that he was not alone in the rainy, freezing cold woods. He said he was with a friend — a bear.

The child went missing on January 22 while playing with friends near his grandmother's house in North Carolina. When the other children returned but Casey did not, the family searched the area for almost an hour before calling the police.

Police formed a search team to look for the young boy in the nearby woods. But two days went by and — no Casey.

Then on January 24, someone called the police saying he heard a child crying in the woods. Police followed up on the information and found Casey at about 9:30 that night. He was in good health.

Casey told the rescuers he had hung out with a black bear for two days, a bear he called his "friend".

The police officer Chip Hughes spoke with reporters from several news agencies. He said Casey did not say how he could survive in the woods for two days in the cold, rainy weather. "However," the police officer said, "he did say he had a friend in the

woods that was a bear with him."

Hundreds of people helped in the search and rescue efforts, including some 600 volunteers, police and members of the army. Doctors at the medical center gave Casey some examination. He was then sent to his family on January 25.

His mother talked with reporters and thanked everyone who joined the search for her son. "We just want to tell everybody that we're very thankful that you took the time out to search for Casey," said his mother. "He is up and talking. He's already asked to watch cartoons."

（1）Who stayed with Casey during in the woods the two days ?

A. A bear.

B. The police.

C. His mother.

D. The volunteers.

（2）The underlined word "survive" in Paragraph 6 probably means " ". A. give up B. get lost C. fall asleep D. keep alive

（3）What is the correct order in which these happen?

a. Someone heard a child crying.

b. The family started to look for Casey.

c. Casey played with his friends.

d. The police found Casey was in good health.

A. b- c- a- d

B. b- c- d- a

C. c- b- a- d

D. c- b- d- a

（4）After Casey was sent back home, he was .

A. scared

B. nervous

C. relaxed

D. surprised

6．阅读理解

Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover

Ever since I was a little girl, I've loved reading crime and detective （侦探）novels, so I guess it was pretty normal that I started writing them when I was older. However, my family is very big on having a traditional career （职业）and so when I said that I wanted to go to college and study writing, my parents told me that I couldn't. They told me that I had to study for a degree so that I would achieve a career, and not something as risky as writing. I suppose I could have studied joumalism （新闻）,but I didn't want to lose interest in writing because it would be something I would do every day for work, not for pleasure. I thought that teaching looked like a pretty good compromise （妥协） , especially because of the long holidays. It was a good choice: by the time I was twenty-five，I'd already finished two novels and had an agent.

To be honest, I never meant to keep my being a crime writer a secret or anything, and my friends have always known. One of the reasons most people don't know is because my agent told me that my name Hazel sounded too much like a romance （浪漫） novelist for older women. She suggested Brooke Lane and I thought, "Well, if you think it'll make me successful, okay," I'd totally forgotten about it until I walked into school one day and saw one of my workmates reading my novel. I asked her

some questions about it, and it was so clear that she had no idea that I'd written it - she

even offered to lend it to me after she'd finished! Of course, sometimes I wonder

what my students would think if they knew that their teacher was going home on the weekend to write about murders and dead bodies, but I think my parents probably did

me a favor: my teaching job keeps me in touch with the real world.

（1）Hazel is probably ． A. an agent

B. a journalist

C. a teacher and artist

D. a teacher and writer

（2）The underlined words "is very big on " in the passage most probably mean .

A. to give no advice

B. to like something very much

C. to have more experiences

D. to misunderstand something

（3）It's clear that Hazel .

A. agreed to study journalism for a degree

B. accepted Brooke Lane as her pen name

C. would like to write something for teaching

D. told her workmates about her writing novels

（4）Hazel finally realized that her parents' advice on her career was .

A. helpful

B. exciting

C. disappointing

D. risky

（5）We can infer from the passage that .

A. Hazel likes showing off in public

B. Hazel's students all want to write novels

C. Hazel's agent has played a role in her success

D. older women prefer the name Brooke to Hazel

7．阅读短文，判断正误。

Misunderstandings

A man, wearing dirty clothes, with dirty hair and only 35 cents in his pocket, got on

a bus and headed straight for the restroom. He thought that if he hid in the restroom,

he could ride to New York without paying. But a passenger at the back of the bus saw

him. She tapped（拍）the person in front of her on the shoulder and said, "There's a

bum in the restroom. Tell the bus driver. "That passenger tapped the person sitting in

front of him. "Tell the bus driver there's a bum in the restroom," he said.

The message was passed from person to person until it reached the front of the bus.

But somewhere along the way, the message changed. By the time it reached the bus driver, it was not "There's a bum in the restroom" but "There's a bomb（炸弹）in the restroom. "The driver pulled over to the side of the highway（高速公路）at once and

called the police. When the police arrived, they told the passengers to get off the bus

and stay far away. Then they closed the highway. That soon caused a 15-mile-long

traffic jam. With the help of a dog, the police searched the bus for two hours. Of

course, they found no bomb.

Two similar-sounding English words also caused trouble for a man who wanted to fly from Los Angeles to Oakland, California. His problems began at the airport in Los Angeles. He thought he heard his flight announced, so he walked to the gate, showed his ticket, and got on the plane. Twenty minutes after take-off, the man began to worry. Oakland was north of Los Angeles, but the plane seemed to be heading west, and when he looked out his window all he could see was ocean. "Is this plane going to Oakland? "he asked the flight attendant. "No, "she said. "We're going to Auckland-Auckland, New Zealand."

Because so many English words sound similar, misunderstandings among English-speaking people are not uncommon. Most misunderstandings are much less serious. Every day, people speaking English ask one another questions like these: "Did you say seventy or seventeen?" "Did you say that you can come or that you can't?"

Similar-sounding words can be especially confusing（混淆）for people who speak English as a second language. When a Korean woman who lives in the United States arrived at work one morning, her boss asked her, "Did you get a plate?" "No." she answered, wondering what in the world he meant. She worked in an office. Why did the boss ask her about a plate? All day she wondered about her boss's strange question, but she was too embarrassed to ask him about it. At five o'clock, when she was getting ready to go home, her boss said, "Please be on time tomorrow.

You were 15 minutes late this morning." "Sorry," she said. "My car wouldn't start, and…"

Suddenly she stopped talking and began to smile. Now she understood. Her boss hadn't asked her, "Did you get a plate?" He had asked her, "Did you get up late?"

Auckland and Oakland. "A plate" and" up late". When similar-sounding words cause a misunderstanding, probably the best thing to do is just to laugh and learn from the mistake. Of course, sometimes it's hard to laugh. The man who traveled to Auckland instead of Oakland didn't feel like laughing. But even that misunderstanding turned out all right in the end. The airline paid for the man's hotel room and meals in New Zealand and for his flight back to California. "Oh well, "the man later said. "I always wanted to see New Zealand."

（1）A man got on the bus and hid in the bus restroom with a bomb.

（2）The 15-mile-long traffic jam was caused by the man in the restroom.

（3）The man who traveled to New Zealand actually wanted to fly to California. （4）The boss of the Korean woman asked her if she had got a plate that day. （5）Misunderstandings happen sometimes because of the similar-sounding words.