初中阅读理解练习题

（一）Buy a Car for Me as Well

Mr Johnson wants a car for long. His home is far from his factory. He has to set the alarm clock(闹钟) for his wife every evening before he goes to bed. The Woman has to get up earlier. When breakfast is ready, she wakes him up. Then he hurried to catch the early bus. Once something was wrong with the clock, he was late for work. At the gate of the shop he met with the head. He was hardly sent away. Since then he's always gone to the car shops and watched them carefully. He always wears old clothes and his wife often buys the cheapest food. They never travel in the cities or visit the places of interest. He hopes to have his own one.

Now, after three years, Mr Johnson has enough money to buy a car. He went to the shop happily and chose a cheaper but beautiful one. He handed the money to the shopkeeper. The man counted it carefully and then said, "Sorry, sir. They're four thousand nine hundred and ninety-five dollars."

At that moment Mr Johnson remembered he spent some money on the lottery(彩票). He went out and met with his friend Mr Hunt and wanted to borrow some.

"Certainly," said the man. "What do you borrow five dollars for?"

"To buy a car."

"Here's ten dollars——buy one for me as well (也) ."

1. Mrs Johnson gets up earlier to__________.

A. go to work

B. buy something in the market

C. cook breakfast

D. wake her husband up

2. Mr Johnson goes to his factory__________.

A. by bike

B. by bus

C. on foot

D. by train

3. Mr and Mrs Johnson try their best to save some money to__________.

A. buy some new clothes

B. travel in the cities

C. visit the places of interest

D. buy a car

4. The car costs__________dollars.

A. 5

B. 10

C. 4,995

D. 5,000

5. Mr Hunt wanted to buy a car because__________.

A. he thought it was five dollars

B. he was rich enough

C. he lent five dollars to his friend

D. he had enough money

(二)Run after a taxi next time

It was a quarter past nine. Mr Beet didn't come back. His wife was a little worried. The supper was cold and she waited for two hours and a half. She was sitting by the table in the dark room. She closed her eyes but listened carefully. Mr Turner's television was on. She liked the pop music, but she would not turn on hers.

Her husband worked in an office. He worked hard so that he was paid more. The

things in the rooms, such as(诸如) a television, computer, fridge, furniture (家具) and etc., were all left by his parents. They only paid some money for their food and clothes. But they tried their best to save money. If they had something important

to tell their friends, they preferred to go to visit them rather than call them. Sometimes one of them felt sick, they bought some medicine instead of seeing a doctor.

Suddenly the woman heard someone coming upstairs. It was her husband's step. She hurried to open the door. In the dark she could hear his deep breathing. As soon as he sat down, she turned on the light and found he looked very tired.

"Why do you come back so late, dear?" asked the woman. "Haven't you caught a bus?"

"Yes, but I didn't take it."

"Yes ? Why?"

"I ran after it so that I saved two dollars this evening."

"That's great!" the woman said happily. "Run after a taxi next time and you'll save more!"

1. The supper was ready at__________.

A. 6:15

B. 6:30

C. 6:45

D. 7:15

2. Mrs Beet sat in the dark because__________.

A. she wouldn't turn on the light

B. it was bright in the room

C. she was afraid to be seen

D. she wanted to have a good rest

3. Mr Beet went back on foot because__________.

A. he didn't catch the bus

B. he wanted to do more exercise

C. he had much time

D. he hoped to save two dollars

4. Mr Beet ran home that evening, so__________.

A. his wife was angry with him

B. he was very tired

C. he was too hungry to say a word

D. his wife felt sorry for him

5. Mrs Beet hoped__________.

A. her husband went home by bus the next time

B.her husband could keep on doing exer-cise

C. her husband could be stronger

D. her husband could save more money

(三)That's His Bowl

The clock rang and it woke Robert up. He turned on the light and had a look at it. It was five. He looked out of the window. It was dark outside. But he hoped to get to the next place of interest by lunch time. He got up at once. After a quick breakfast, the young man started. There was little traffic on the road and hedrove quite fast.

The sun rose in the east and it got hotter. Now the young man was driving through

a bigger town. Most people hurried to work and there were a lot of cars and buses in the street. He had to drive slowly. And after he came out of the town, he began to quicken. At that moment something was wrong with his car and he had to stop. He got off and found one of the wheels(轮胎)was shriveled (瘪的). It took him about an hour to mend it in the sun and he felt very thirsty after that. He saw there was a small house not far from the road and went to ask something to drink. An old woman in the house told him in and gave him a bowl of soup. A little dog went up to him and looked at him carefully.

"I've never seen a dog so friendly like yours, madam," said Robert.

"Ah," the old woman said, "he's not that friendly. That's his bowl you are using."

1. Robert was going to__________today.

A． go home

B. visit the next place of interest

C. travel in the bigger town

D. meet his friends

2. Robert met few cars on the road at first because__________.

A. he started very early

B. an accident happened

C. people like driving in the day

D. people stay at home at weekend

3. Robert had to drive slowly in the town because__________.

A. he wanted to visit it

B. he hoped to drink something

C. some policemen were on duty

D. there was much traffic there

4. The word "quicken" in the story means __________.

A. 变得活泼

B. 变得敏捷

C. 迅速

D. 加速

5.__________, so he felt very thirsty.

?A. Robert didn't have a rest

B. Robert had his breakfast too quickly

C. Robert worked in the sun for an hour

D. Robert had to mend his car himself

6. The little dog looked at Robert carefully because__________.

A. he was friendly to the young man

B. he was using his bowl

C. he was interested in the stranger

D. he hoped to make friends with him

（四）James wrote a play for television about a family who came to England from India, and the play was very interesting. It was bought by an American TV company（公司）. James was then invited to go to New York to help them. He lived in Washington, which is an hour away from New York by air. The plane was going to take off at 8:30 in the morning. So he had to be at the airport at bout 7:30. He ordered a taxi for 6:30 and went to sleep. He forgot to wind the clock, and it stopped after midnight. Also the

driver of the taxi had to work very late that night and he got up very late the next morning.

James woke with the feeling that something was wrong. He looked at his clock. It stood there silently with the hands pointing to ten past twelve. He turned on the radio and knew it was ten. He was late for the plane.

He was just preparing his coffee when the radio sent out another news, “Reports are coming in of a plane crash（飞机坠落）near Washington airport. A Boeing 707 fly to New York crashed shortly after taking off this morning. Plane number 2234…” James suddenly turned pale（苍白）.

“My plane,” he said aloud. “If I haven’t been late, “I’d have been on the plane!”根据短文内容,判断各句是否符合短文意思，符合的划“√”，否则划“×”。

1、James was a writer from England.

2、He had to reach the airport at half past eight.

3、James would like to take a taxi at six thirty.

4、The driver came to pick him up on time.

5、When he turned on the radio he heard the speaker saying that he missed the plane.

6、James was lucky because he was not able to get on the plane.

7、The plane crashed while flying towards London.

8、Sometimes bad things can change into good ones.

阅读理解答案：

（一）1-5 CADBD

1.故事开头讲的是9:15，Mrs Beet已经等了两个半小时，说明晚饭是6:45做好的。

2.Mrs Beet为了省电，才不愿开灯。

3.从Mr Beet所说的"I ran after it So that I saved two dollars this evening."可以看出，他是想省两元钱。

4.Mr Beet跟在汽车后面跑，当然很累。

5.从Mrs Beet最后说的“Run after a taxi next time and you'll save more!"能够得知，她希望丈夫省更多的钱。

（二）1-5 CBDDA

1.由于每天早上是Mrs Johnson把丈夫叫醒的，她当然得比他起得还要早。

2."Then he hurried to catch the early bus."已经告诉我们，他是乘公共汽车上班的。

3.他们省吃俭用，就是想买一辆汽车。

4."They're four thousand nine hundred and nine ty-five dollars."来看，Mr Johnson 付了4,995美元，他还差5美元。这说明那辆车的价钱是5,000美元。

5.Mr Hunt听朋友说借5美元就能买一辆车，以为买那种车只需5美元，于是也想买一辆。

（三）1-6 BADDCB

1.从"But he hoped to get to the next place of int－erest by lunch time."可以看出，他要去参观下一个景点。

2.Robert五点钟就起床，准备动身了。那时候天还早，路上没有什么车辆。

3.Robert路过镇子的时候，正值上班高峰，路上车辆很多，他当然要开慢一些。

4.Robert出城以后，车辆行人不像城里那么多，他就能加速了。

5.Robert在太阳下面干了一个小时的活，自然感到渴。

6.从老太太最后说的"That's his bowl you are us-ing. "可以证实这一点。19:57 2009-6-24

4、Key: 1、× 2、× 3、√ 4、×

5、×

6、√

7、×

8、√