初二英语阅读专项训练.x
初二英语阅读专项训练
一.完形填空
（A）
What is the best way to study ? This is a very important question. Some Chinese students often 1 very hard 2 long hours. This is a 3 habit (习惯), but it is not a better way to study . A good student must 4 enough sleep, enough food and enough rest. Every 5 you 6 to take a walk or play basketball or ping-pong or sing a song. When you 7 to your studies, you’ll find yourself 8 than before and you’ll lean more.
Perhaps we can 9 that learning English is like taking Chinese medicine, we mean that like Chinese medicine, the effects(效果) of your study 10 slowly but surely. Learn every day and effects will come just like Chinese medicine.
1. A. play B. study C. sleep D. think
2. A. at B. in C. for D. with
3. A. best B. better C. good D. bad
4. A. have B. do C. want D. make
5. A. month B. week C. hour D. day
6. A. want B. hope C. need D. wish
7. A. begin B. return C. go D. are
8. A. stronger B. weaker C. strong D. week
9. A. say B. guess C. talk D. know
10. A. return B. come C. give D. get
（B）
Today was a very important day. France played __1__ Senegal (塞内加尔) in the opening match of the World Cup. Soccer fans were very __2__ watching the match on TV. To our great surprise, France was __3__.
Today football has become very __4__ in China after a __5__ wait. “China is in the World Cup for the first time, __6__ we should support them!” Said some people. In our school many students enjoy __7__ it. My __8__ and I often go to the football field after class.
This afternoon there was a __9__ football match in our school. __10__ team played against No.1 Middle School. __11__ they were all very big and strong, it was a __12__ game between the two teams with the result 0-0 last time. Today our school played much __13__.
In the first half of the match __14__ team kicked a goal, but in the second, Li Ming from our school kicked a goal. We won 1-0, at last. I’m so __15__. I can’t get to sleep tonight.
1. A. with B. against C. to D. at
2. A. good at B. pleased to C. interested in D. boring in
3. A. beaten B. knocked C. fought D. hit
4. A. welcome B. popular C. useful D. usual
5. A. 44-day B. 44-week C. 44-month D. 44-year
6. A. or B. but C. so D. yet
7. A. buying B. playing C. drinking D. looking
8. A. students B. teachers C. classmates D parents
9. A. happy B. wonderful C. funny D. famous
10. A. Their B. Her C. Your D. Our
11. A. Because B. And C. As D. Though
12. A. mistake B. luck C. draw D. game
13. A. better B. well C. vest D. worse
14. A. neither B. either C. both D. none
15. A. lucky B. pleased C. unhappy D. worried
（C）
The computer is fast, and never makes a mistake, while people are too slow, and full of mistakes sometimes. That’s __1__ people often say when __2__ talk about computers. For over a quarter of a century, scientists have been __3__ better and better computers. Now a computer can __4__ a lot of __5__ jobs wonderfully. It is __6__ used in factories, hospitals, post offices and airports. A computer can report, decide and control in almost __7__ field. Many computer scientists are thinking of __8__ the computer “think” like a man. With the help of a person, a computer can __9__ pictures, write music, talk with people, play chess, recognize voices, translate languages and so on. Perhaps computers will __10__ really think and feel. Do you think the people will be afraid __11__ they find that the computer is too clever to listen to and serve the people? No, people will __12__ better use of the computers in __13__ future. Man is __14__ the master of the computer. The computer works only __15__ the help of man. It cannot take the place of man.
1. A. that B. what C. how D. why
2. A. we B. they C. you D. people
3. A. loving B. taking C. making D. thinking
4. A. have B. get C. do D. offer
5. A. everyday B. every day C. each day D. some day
6. A. widely B. wide C. great D. deeply
7. A. either B. all C. both D. every
8. A. producing B. ordering C. making D. building
9. A. take B. look at C. draw D. put
10. A. one day B. a day C. any day D. the other day
11. A. when B. that C. how D. while
12. A. chose B. get C. take D. make
13. A. a B. an C. the D. /
14. A. often B. never C. always D. sometimes
15. A. with B. under C. by D. for
（D）
Mr. and Mrs. Harris had always spent their summer holidays in a small hotel at the seaside near their hometown. One year, however(然而) , Mr. Harris made a lot of 1 in his business, 2 they decided to go to a foreign country and stay at a really good 3 .
They flew to Rome, and 4 at a 5-star hotel late in the evening. They thought they would have to go to bed hungry, because in that 5 hotel where they had been used to stay in the past, no meals were served (供应) 6 seven in the evening. They were 7 to be told that the hotel served dinner until ten.
“Then what are the times 8 meals?” asked Mrs. Harris.
“Well, madam, we serve breakfast from seven to eleven, lunch from twelve to three, 9 from four to five, and dinner from six to ten.”
“But that har dly 10 any time for us to see the city!” said Mrs. Harris.
1. A. mistakes B. time C. friends D. money
2. A. but B. so C. though D. yet
3. A. hotel B. place C. city D. restaurant
4. A. stayed B. got C. arrived D. reached
5. A. small B. big C. foreign D. good
6. A. on B. after C. during D. until
7. A. tired B. interested C. surprised D. worried
8. A. with B. on C. at D. of
9. A. drink B. tea C. beer D. food
10. A. takes B. does C. has D. leaves
二.阅读理解
（A）
British newspapers are much smaller than they used to be and their readers are often in a hurry ,so newspapermen write as few words as possible .They tell their readers at once what happened ,where ,when and how it happened and what was the result : how many people were killed ,what change was done and so on .Readers want the fact(事实) set out as fully and accurately as possible .Readers are also interested in the people who have seen the accident. So a newspaperman always likes to get some information (信息)from someone who was there, which can be given in the person’s own words .Because he can use only a few words ,the newspaperman must choose those words carefully ,every one must be effective(有效). Instead of “he called out in a loud voice”, he writes” he shouted”; instead of “the loose stones rolled noisily down the side of the mountain”, he will write” they thundered down the mountainside”. Because many of the readers aren’t very clever, and most of them are in a hurry.
1.From the text, we learn that newspapermen write as few words as
possible ,because readers___.
A. want to know more about the news
B. take no interest in what has happened
C. have no time to read the news carefully
D. pay much attention to the result
2.The underlined word”one” in the text refers to ______.
A.word
B.newspaperman
C.reader
D.person
3.Which of the following would best complete the text ?
A. he will keep his writing short
B. he won’t care about his writing
C. he will give nothing but information
D. he won’t make his writing good enough.
4.In what way do you think British newspapers have become smaller?
A. In a page size.
B. In number of readers.
C. In number of pages.
D. In number of copies
5.Which of the following is true?
A. Readers are not satisfied with the short news.
B. Not many people have time to read the long articles in newspapers.
C. Readers find the language of the newspapers exciting.
D. Newspapermen try to report as fully as possible.
（B）
The story happened during the Second World War（战争）．An old man lived in a small town of Germany. He had three sons and they all worked in the same factory where he had worked. After the war had begun , his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the frights . The old man was very sad . he didn’t have enough food and was often hungry . And nobody helped him and he didn’t know how to go in living .
It was a very cold winter night . The old man couldn’t go to sleep . He had been hungry for two days and it was so cold in his room that ice could be seen . He had to get up and begun to run in the room until he lay down on the ground. The next morning he had to beg from door to door. He had been to a lot of cities and knew a lot.
Once he came to a village , but the villages were al l poor and couldn’t give him anything . He was too hungry to go to another village . He thought hard and found a way . He came to a police station and called out , “Hitler is a foolish pig (希特勒是蠢猪)！＂
Out came an old policeman at once . He took the old man into a room , gave him some bread and a cup of tea . Then he said , “Don’t say in our village , sir !”
“I’m sorry, sir.” Said the old man . “I don’t know it’s Hitler’s hometown .”
“No, no , sir.” The policeman said in a hurry. “It’s pig’s hometown !”
1.The old man was ___________.
A. a German
B. a French
C. an Australian
D. an Englishman
2.The old man was sad because ________.
A. his three sons all died during the war
B. His three sons had to join the army
C. He had no food or clothes
D. He lived in the small town alone
3.The old man got up and ran in his room to ________.
A. keep healthy
B. Forget he was sad and hungry
C. Make him warm
D. Find a way to forget he was hungry
4.The old man shouted outside the police station because______
A. he hated Hitler very much
B. he hoped the policeman could help him
C. he wanted to make the policemen angry
D. he thought the he would be given some food in prison (监狱)
5.Which statement is true?
A. The old policeman hated Hitler , too
B. The old policeman found that the old man his best friend
C. The old policeman would send the old man in prison
D. The old policeman liked Hitler better than pigs
（C）
Miss Gorgers taught physices in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”
Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That’s very good,” Miss Gorgers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said, “Yes, Kate?”
“I disagree,” Kate said. “Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.”
1. Miss Gorgers was teaching her class .
A. how to telephone
B. about electricity
C. about time zone（时区）
D. about sound
2. Miss Gorgers asked this question because she wanted to know whether
A. it was easy to phone to Los Angeles
B. her student could hear her from 75 feet away
C. her students had grasped（理解）her lesson
D. sound waves were slower than electricity
3. Tom thought that electricity was .
A. slower than sound waves
B. faster than sound waves
C. not so fast as sound waves
D. as fast as sound waves
4. Kate thought Tom was wrong because .
A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York
B. electricity was slower than sound waves
C. Tom was not good at physics at all
D. Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves
5. Whose answer do you think is correct acoording to the law of physics?
A. Tom’s
B. Kate’s
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
（D）
My friend is a taxi drives. He has been a taxi driver for ten years. It’s a nice job most of the time. He can meet a lot of people. He always works at night because there is too much traffic during the day. He usually goes home between two o’clock in the morning. There are some very strange things, which often happen at night. One day my friend was taking a woman back home from a party at three o’clock in the morning. She had her little dog with her. When they got to her house, she found she had lost her key. So my friend waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the window. My friend waited and waited. After half an hour of honking he decided to find out what was going on. He tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window.
At that moment some policemen came. They thought my friend was a thief. Luckily, the woman came downstairs. She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about my friend and the dog.
16. The driver always works at night because it is easier to .
A. drive
B. climb in through window
C. make money
D. meet a lot of people
17. The woman climbed in through the window because .
A. she wanted to have a sleep
B. her husband didn’t open the door for her
C. she didn’t want to pay the money
D. she couldn’t find her key
18. The story happened .
A. early in the morning
B. late at night
C. outside the city
D. near the bus station
19. Which of the following is not true?
A. The driver worked until 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning.
B. The policemen made a mistake.
C. The woman had no money to pay.
D. The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.
20. The driver climbed in through the window to .
A. get money from the woman
B. phone the police
C. return the dog to the woman
D. see what happened in the house
（E）
Mrs. Weeks was reading a newspaper story to her class. The story said Were you ever in a hospital when you were small? How did you feel? The doctors in Children’s Hospital are asking for money for children’s toys(玩具). Some children in the hospital must stay in bed for many weeks. Toys are needed to keep these sick(生病
的)children happy and quiet. Money for them can be sent to the hospital.
After Mrs. Weeks read the story，she said，This story gave me an idea.
You want us to bring some money for the toys. We could bring some of our own toys for the children in the hospital. said the boys and girls one after another.
Well，your ideas would be nice，Mrs Weeks said，but mine is different.
We could make some toys. shouted one of them.
Mrs. Weeks smiled. Do you think you could make toys? she asked.
Yes, yes. the whole class answered.
Great! Let’s begin to make toys tomorrow. said Mrs. Weeks.
On Saturday afternoon，Mrs. Weeks took children to the hospital with the toys made by her students. The children in the class felt happy，too.
A few days later，Mrs. Weeks read another newspaper story to the class
Some school pupils brought toys to Children’s Hospital last week. The toys were made by the pupils of Grade Three in Green Street School. The doctor said，We have never had so many wonderful toys. Our children are very happy with them. They say，‘THANK YOU，GRADE THREE.’
1. What was the first newspaper story mainly(主要)about?
A. Sick children in Children’s Hospital
B. Doctors in Children’s Hospital.
C. Mrs. Weeks and her students.
D. Toys made by the boys and girls.
2. What idea did Mrs. Weeks have in mind?
A. Ask the class to give some money to the children in the hospital.
B. Ask the class to send some of their own toys to the children in the hospital.
C. Let the class make some toys themselves and give them to the children in the hospital.
D. Tell the class to go to see the children in the hospital.
3. Doctors in Children’s Hospital didn’t have ____ to keep the children happy and quiet.
A. enough time
B. enough boys and girls
C. get money to buy toys for
D. enough doctors
4. At first，the doctors in Children’s Hospital wanted to ____ the sick children.
A. give some money to
B. make some toys for
C. get money to buy toys for
D. borrow some toys for
5. What Mrs Weeks really wanted to do is to ____.
A. let everyone know her class
B. save some money for toys
C. make herself famous
D. teach the pupils to do things themselves and be helpful to others
三.首字母填空
（A）
These years, with the development of society, more and more teenagers have suffered from stress. Some of the problems can make them feel very w ______ and unhappy all day. Who can help them? A teacher from a college tried his best to help them. He thought of a lot of w ______ to help them. On Monday and Thursday, you can v ______ him. Here are some ideas how to keep the young men healthier in every way.
F______，it is very important to keep healthy. To get e______ sleep every day is
also necessary. Try to have a healthy d ______. Secondly, maybe you are not the top students. It doesn’t m ______. The most important thing is to work hard. If you try your best, your teachers and parents will understand you. If you have some problems, you should be a ______ to talk with your teachers and parents. They can help you. Remember to s ______ your happiness and s ______ with your good friends. Sometimes you can go out for a walk.
In a word, you can try to make you happy by yourselves. I’m sure you can be happy every day.
（B）
The mobile phone is a useful thing, but maybe I don't know h ______to use it. Sometimes it makes things difficult for me.
One day I wanted to see my friend nearby. I could a ______at his house in five minutes, but I looked at my mobile phone and thought i ______ would be better to ring him up. I r ______ him for the first time, but the line was busy. Five minutes later, there was an answer, but it was the wrong number. Then I tried a ______ and this time I got an answer from him.
I asked him if he was at home in the afternoon. And he said--at 1 ______I thought he said--he would be at home all afternoon. So I went to his house, but then I found n ______in. I called him for the fourth time. This time I got so angry that I s
______, "You are not at home? But you just told me over the telephone that you would be at home all afternoon!"
Here w ______his answer, "No, I said: 'I will NOT be at home all afternoon.'"
I went back to my room, sat down in front of the mobile phone and looked at it. What e ______ could I do? Nothing!
（C）
We were singing, “Happy birthday to you…” My mother was smiling, surrounded by my father, my little sister and me.
It was time to send wishes. My father said, “You’ve done m ______ things for us. On this special day, let me d ______ all the housework for you.” After kissing my mother, my sister said, “Mum, you’re a g ______ mum in my eyes.” I l ______at my mother’s eyes and said, “Dear mum, I am always waiting for one day when you and Dad get old.” My parents seemed puzzled (困惑), and I explained, “When you’re old, I will take care of y ou just like you take care of me.” There were tears in their eyes…
Yes, w ______ they get old, I will take care of them. These words were in my mind f ______a long time, and at last I said them to my dear parents. I felt v
______happy.
My parents are just common people, b ______ they’re great. Like other parents, they bring us up with love, and give us food and c ______ . They teach us how to be real people. My parents have done a lot of things for me and I am very thankful to them.
However, they will not always be able to take care of me. One day, they will get old. They may not even be able to take care of t ______. But that doesn’t matter. I, their child, will take charge.