小学英语阅读练习

65 The Hawk and the FrogThere was a frog living in a well. He never came from the well. And he thought the sky the sky was just as big as the mouth of the well.One day, a hawk was flying over the well. He greeted the frog, “Hello, Frog. Le t’s have a talk.”“OK .Where are you from?”“I am from the sky.”“From the sky?” Frog didn’t believe the hawk.” The sky is just as big as the mouth of the well. How can you come from the sky?”“It’s blue. The sky is very big. You’re wrong.”“Really?”Hawk said, “You can come out and have a look by yourself.”Frog groaned, “Wow! How big the world is!”( ) 1.In a well there was _______.A. a frogB. a snakeC. a fishD. a hawk( ) 2.Hawk was from________.A. the oceanB. the groundC. the riverD. the sky( ) 3.Hawk said the sky was_______.A. very bigB. very smallC. redD. black66 How Much is the moon?Mrs Black likes to go shopping very much. And she often asks her husband to go with her and to pay for her. So on Saturday, when her husband is free, she asks him to go shopping with her.They go to many shops and buys lots of things. Every time when Mrs sees something she likes, she will stop and say to Mr Black, ”Look, Joe！Isn’t that beautiful?”Her husband always answers,”All right, dear. How much is it?”Then he will take his money out and pay for it.When they at last finish their shopping and walk in the streets. Mr Black is very tired and thinks about other things, like sitting beside the fire having a nice drink at home. Suddenly his wife looks up and says,” Look, Joe. How beautiful the moon is!”Without thinking, Mr Black answers,” All right, dear. How much is it?”( )1. Does Mrs Black like shopping?A.Yes, she does.B. No, she doesn’t.C. Sometimes she does.D. I don’t know.( ) 2. What is the meaning of “pay”?A. 给予B.付账C. 交付D. 传递( ) 3.Who is Joe?A. It’s Mr BlackB. It’s Mrs BlackC. It’s the name of a shopD. I t’s the name of a shop assistant67 Mark and Train TicketMark was an American writer. One day he went to a city by train. He wanted to see one of his friends there .He was a very busy man. He usually forgot something.When he was on the train, the conductor asked him for his ticket. Mark looked forhis ticket here and there, but he couldn’t find it. The conductor knew Mark. She said , ”Show me your ticket on you way back. And if you can’t find it, it doesn’t matter . ”“Oh, but it does, ”said Mark. ”I must find the ticket, if I can’t find it, how can I know where I am going?”( ) 1.Mark is _______.A. a FrenchmanB. an EnglishC. an AmericanD. a Chinese( ) 2.He went to a city to _______.A. be a very busy manB. see a friendC.forget somethingD. take the train ( ) 3.He wanted to find the ticket to _______.A. give it to the conductorB. see where to goC. be an honest manD. cheat(欺骗) the conductor68My friend JimmyI walk very slowly with a big, heavy box in my hands. A boy runs very fast towards me .He is too fast. And he can’t stop. Oh dear! My box drops to the floor an the books are everywhere.What can I do? I want to cry. The boy says, “Sorry. ”And he helps me to pick up all the books .He then helps me to carry the box of books to our classroom.Who is he? He is my new classmate. His name is Jimmy and he is from England. We are food friends now.根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。

( ) 1. Jimmy is a new teacher.( ) 2. I help the teacher to carry some boxes to the classroom.( ) 3.Jimmy is an American boy.( ) 4.Jimmy and I are classmates.69Mozart and the Street-perforrnerOne day Mozart saw an old blind street-performer playing the violin in a street corner. He recognized the old man was playing one of his compositions. The old man played for some time but the hat in front of him was still empty—nobody had put any money into it. Mozart asked the old man, “Do you often play compositions by Mozart?”“Yes, sir,”The old man replied, “Now, everybody knows Mozart and likes his music.” Mozart took over the violin from the old man and began to play.He played so well that all the passers-by came over to listen to the wonderful music and soon the old man’s hat was full of money. The old man was full of admiration and was surprised that a man could play so well. He asked Mozart, “Who are you, sir?”“Your colleague, a poor musician like you. ” Then Mozart gave the violin back to the old man and went away.( ) 1. According to this passage, Mozart is .A. a musicianB. a violinC. a street-performerD. an old man ( ) 2. The old man’s hat was full of money because .A. people knew the old man was poor.B. people knew Mozart was poor.C. the old man played the violin very well.D. Mozart played the violin very well.( ) 3. This passage suggests that in those days most musicians .A.were admiredB.were street-performersC.were poor peopleD.made a living by playing the violin70My Little SisterI have a little sister. Her name is Lily. She is six years old this year. She is in Class Two, Grade One. She always wears a red jacket and a pair of red trousers. She has two big eyes and beautiful curly hair. She looks very beautiful. Meanwhile, she is very clever.One day, I asked her a question, “There are five birds in a big tree. A boy shot one of them, how many birds are there in the tree?”She thought a moment, and then answered, ”There is no bird in the tree now.”“But why?” I asked.“Because the other birds flew away, and the dead one fell down from the tree.” she answered with a smile.1. Lily is in Class , Grade .2. Here eyes are and her hair is .3. From the passage(短文)，we can see that Lily is a girl.71Three Men and Seventeen Oranges.Once, three men bought seventeen oranges. The first man wanted one half; the second one wanted one third; and the third one wanted one ninth. It was not possible to divide those 17 oranges as they wanted. Just as they were in such a difficulty, a small boy came up with an orange in his hand. The boy said, “Don’t worry about that. Let me divide them for you.”First of all, with his own orange added to them, he made the number of oranges 18. Then he gave nine to the first man, six to the second man and two to the third man. He gave away seventeen in all and took his own for himself. These men praised him together, “What a clever boy!”( ) 1. How many oranges in total will be divided?A. Sixteen.B. SeventeenC. Eighteen.D. Nineteen( ) 2. Who helped those men to divided the oranges?A. A Clever boyB. A lively girlC. A happy manD. A foolish boy( ) 3. How did the boy mange to divide these oranges?A. He cut one of the orange in half.B. He took away one of the oranges.C. He bought an orange for them.D. He added his own orange to them.( ) 4.How many oranges did the first man get?A. NineB. SixC. TwoD. One72Why Do You Never Phone Me?Mrs Black lives in a small village. Her husband is dead. But she has one son. He is twenty-one and his name is Jim. He worked in a shop in the village and lived with his mother, but then he got a job in a town and went and lived there. Its name was Greenwood. It was quite a long way from his mother’s village, and she was not happy about this. But Jim said, “There isn’t any good work for me in the country, Mother, but I can get a lot of money in Greenwood and send you some every week.”Mrs Black was very angry last Sunday. She got in a train and went to her son’s house in Greenwood. Then she said to him, “Jim , why do you never phone me?”Jim laughed. “But, Mum,” he said, “you haven’t got a phone.”“No, I haven’t,” she answer, “but you’ve got one!”1. Mrs Black’s is dead.2. Greenwood was from Mrs Black’s village.3. Last Sunday, Mrs Black and went to her son’s house in .4. There is a phone in house , but there isn’t a phone inhouse.73 Mike’s FamilyMike comes from America. He is twelve. His father, Mrs Brown, works in a big shop in Beijing. Mike has a sister. Her name is Kate. She is only four. It is Saturday today. Mike’s family are all at home. Mr Brown is sitting in a chair and reading today’s newspaper. Mrs Brown is out of eh house; she is watering the flowers. Is Mike with his mother? No, he is cleaning his new bike. Where is Kate? She is in her room. She is playing with her cat. What a happy family!( ) 1. Mike’s sister is five years old.( ) 2. Mike’s cleaning his bike.( ) 3. Mike’s mother is reading a newspaper.( ) 4. Mike’s father is watering the flowers.( ) 5. There is a dog in the family.1. Where is Mike from?2. What is Mr Brown doing?3. Is Mrs Brown watering the flowers?4. What a happy family!还可以说：5. Is Kate playing with her dog?74 Jack London and the Magazine ChiefThe great American writer Jack London was often great need of money when he began to write his books. He worked very hard then, but it did not help him.Once he promised a New York magazine to write a story for it , but he was too busy at that time and he could not keep his promise. The chief of the magazine wrote letters toJack London several times asking him to send the story. At last he went to the hotel. Jack London lived there. The chief sent him a note, “Dear London, if I don’t get the story in twenty-four hours, I’ll come up to your room and kick you downstairs, and I always keep my promise.”Jack London read the note and answered, “Dear Dick, if I could do work with my feet like you, I would keep my promise, too.”( )1. Once Jack London to write a story for a New York magazine.A. was askedB. made a promiseC. made a mistakeD. was told( ) 2. Jack London didn’t keep his word because .A. he did not want toB. he was not honestC. he never did soD. he was too busy( ) 3. The chief of the magazine said if Jack London couldn’t finish writing the story, he would .A.fight with Jack LondonB.beat Jack LondonC.hit Jack London hardD.kick Jack London from upstairs to downstairs( ) 4. What did Jack London do after he received the note from the chief?A.He felt afraid.B.He felt sorry about what he did.C.He gave a clever a answer.D.He kept his promise,75I Am Only Half MadTony put two big baskets of grapes on his donkey and went to market. At midday it was very hot, so he stopped in the shade of a big tree. There were several other men there too, and all of them had donkeys and baskets of grapes too. After their lunch they went to sleep. After some time, Tony began to take grapes out of the other men’s baskets and to put them in his.Suddenly one of the men woke up and saw him. “What are you doing?”he said angrily. “Oh,” said Tony, “don’t worry about me. I am half mad, and I do a lot of strange thing.”“Oh, really?” said the other man. “Then why don’t you sometimes take grapes out of your baskets and put them in somebody else’s baskets?”“You did not understand me,”said Tony, “I said that I was half mad, not quite mad.”1. How many baskets of grapes were on Tony’ s donkey?2. Where did Tony want to go?3. Where did these men have their lunch?4. Was Tony really half mad?76Bill ClinatonBill Clinton took office on January 20th, 1993 and became the 42nd US president. He is the first US president who was born after World War II .He is also one of the youngest of all US presidents.Clinton was born in a poor family in 1946.There months before he was born, his father died. When he was young, his mother remarried Norger Clinton, so the boy’s family name changed.In the summer of 1963, Clinton won a drama contest, so he was given a chance to visit the city of Washington DC. During his visit he met President Kennedy in the White House. From that time on, he made up his mind to become a president.( ) 1.How old was Clinton when he become the 42nd US president?A. About 40B. Over 50C. 47D. 30( ) 2.Clinton’s father died .A. after 1949B. before Clinton was bornC. before World War ⅡD. when Clinton was young( ) 3.Why was the boy’s family name changed?A.Because he became a president.B.Because his family was poor.C.Because his mother didn’t get on well with his father.D.Because his mother remarried Norger Clinton.77 A Story in a Snowy DayIt snowed last night. This morning everything outside was covered with snow.I got up very early and went out to clean the road with my neighbours. A lot of bikes were coming and going.Suddenly I was a woman fall off her bike. The woman lay on the group and wouldn’t get up. She sat up but still couldn’t stand up, because her right leg was broken. At the moment, Dongdong’ s father, a policeman, came over. When he saw this, he called a taxi. The taxi driver sent the lady to the nearest hospital. I went with her to the hospital. There I telephoned the woman’s office and told a man there what had happened.The lady was well looked after. So I said goodbye to her. Before I left the lady thanked me again and again. I felt I had grown up.( ) 1. It snowed last night.( ) 2. I got up early and went to clean the road with my father.( ) 3. I saw a woman fall off her bike.( ) 4. Dongdong’s father is a teacher.( ) 5. The woman’s left leg was broken.78 MistakeOne day my wife and I went shopping. We took a car as we had a lot of things to buy because my brother and his family were going to spend the weekend with us. We stopped the car in front of the shop. An hour later we came back to the car with a lot of things. Then the trouble started. We could not open the car door.“Oh, dear,” said my wife, “what are you going to do?”“Let’s ask that policeman,” I said. The policeman was very kind and glad to help us.A few minutes later he got the door open. Just at that moment an angry man came up andshouted, “What are you doing with my car?”We looked at the number of the car and our faces turned very red.( ) 1. The husband and the wife went shopping .A. by busB. in their carC. by bikeD. on foot( ) 2. They spent in the shop doing their shopping.A. about half an hourB. a whole morningC. one hourD. a whole day( ) 3. opened the car door in the end.A. The husbandB. The wifeC. The policemanD. The owner of the car( ) 4. The owner of the car was very angry .A.to see some strangers had opened his car doorB.to see the policeman standing by the carC.not to find his carD.not to get anything he wanted79 The Worst StormLast Sunday I saw the worst storm in years. It came suddenly and went on for more than three hours.After lunch, I went into my room to have a rest. The air was hot, and all was quite.The strong wind started blowing into my room. Pieces of paper on my desk flew high into the air and some flew out of the open window. As I ran out to them, big drops of rain began to fall.When I came back into the house, it was raining harder and harder. I tried very hard to close the window. Then I heard a loud crashing sound from the back of the house. I ran out of my room to find out what it was-a big tree had fallen down and broken the top of the back room.( ) 1. The storm happened in the afterroon.( ) 2. Before the storm came the weather was cold.( ) 3. The storm went on for over five hours.( ) 4. The wind blew some of the paper out of the window.( ) 5. A small tree had fallen down.80Adding Feet to a SnakeA man of the state of Chu, after making offering to his ancestors, gave a pot of wine to his attendants as a reward for their help. The attendants wondered how to share out the wine. Seeing that the wine was not enough for each of them to have a drink, although more than enough for one , they agreed to have a race.Each of them was to draw a snake on the ground, and the pot of wine would be given to whoever finished first. In the race one of the attendants finished his drawing first and was given the pot of wine. Holding the pot with his left hand, however, he tried with his right hand to add something to his drawing. “I’m going to add feet to my snake,” he said. But before he was able to do so, another attendant who had just finished his drawing came hurrying up and snatched the pot from his hand, and cried, “A snake has no feet.How can you add feet to it?” Thus the one who came in second won the race, while the one who came in first lost it as trying to add feet to the snake.( ) 1. The man rewarded his attendants with a pot of wine.( ) 2. The attendants decided(决定) to share the wine together.( ) 3. The man finished first won this race.( ) 4. The man who finished second drank the wine.( ) 5. It was unwise to add feet to a snake.81 A Dance TeacherMr Lewis was a dance teacher. One year he moved to a new town, and was soon teaching a lot of students in the dance school there, but he decided to move again to a big city. “ I will have more students there,” he thought.When one of his girl students heard that he was going to leave, she said to him,” The teacher takes your classes won’t be as good as you are.”Mr Lewis was joyful when he heard this, but he said, “Oh, no! I am sure he’ll be as good as I or ever better.”Bur she said, “No, five teachers have come and gone while I was here, and each one was worse than the last one.”( ) 1. Mr Lewis moved to a new town and _____ there.A. had a lot of men studentsB. taught musicC. became a dance teacherD. lived in a dance school( ) 2. Then he decided to move to a big city because _____.A. the students were not worth teachingB. the students didn’t like himC. he wanted to teach more studentsD. he could not teach here( ) 3. He thought that _______.A.the girl student liked him very muchB.the girl student was really a good oneC.he was the best teacherD.no one could be better than him( ) 4. The girl student thought _____ of all the six teachers.A.he did the best in teachingB.he did the worst in teachingC.he was as good as anyoneD.he danced better than anyone( ) 5. The girl student said at last means ______ .A.she didn’t like him to leaveB.the seventh teacher would be as good as Mr LewisC.the seventh teacher would be even better than Mr LewisD.the seventh teacher would be even worse than Mr Lewis82The Monkey and the CrocodileA crocodile is swimming in a river. He sees a monkey in the tree. He wants to catch the monkey and eat his heart.He says to the monkey.”Monkey,there are many banana trees on the other side of the river. Do you want to eat bananas?”The monkey is very glad. He jumps onto the crocodile’s back.In the middle of the river the crocodile says,”You are foolish.I want to eat your heart.“The monkey is very frightened,but he is very clever,too.“You have to take me back to the tree.My heart is there.I can’t give you my heart now,”the monkey says to the crocodile.The crocodile thinks that it is true.He swims back with the monkey.When the monkey climbs up the tree, he shouts at the crocodile,”You can’t get my heart now.You can’t jump up a tree.I will not come down.1.What does the crocodile see in the tree when he is swimming in a river?________________________________________________________________2.What does the crocodile want to eat?________________________________________________________________3.Which kind of fruit does the monkey like to eat according to the passage?________________________________________________________________4.Does the crocodile eat the heart of the monkey?_________________________________________________________________ 83His Spear Against His ShieldLong,long time ago,a man of the stare of Chu had a spear and a shield for sale in the market.He wanted to sell his goods quickly,so he was loud in praise of his shield,”My shield is the strongest shield in the world.My shield is so strong that nothing in the world can pierce it.”He was also loud in praise of his spear,”My spear is the sharpest spear in the world.My spear is so sharp that it can pierce anything in the world.”At this time,someone in the market asked him，“The spear is the best weapon in the world as you said,then what would happen if you used your spear to pierce your shield?”The man could not give an answer.1.Where did the man sell his weapons?__________________________________________________2.How did the man say about his shield?___________________________________________________3.How did the man say about his spear?____________________________________________________86The cat and the bellThere are some mice in a house.The man of the house gets a cat.The cat kills many of the mice.Then the oldest mouse says,”All mice must come to my hole tonight.Let’s put outheads together and think what we can do about the cat.”All the mice come.Many mice speak,but no one knows what to do.At last,a young mouse stands up and says,”We must put a bell on the cat.When the cat comes near,we shall hear the bell and run away.So the cat will not catch any more of us.”But the oldest mouse asks,”Who will put the bell on the cat?”No mouse answers.The oldest mouse waits,but still no one answers.At last the oldest mouse says,‘It’s not hard to say things,it is hard to do them.”( )1.In the house there are many ______.A.catsB.dogsC.miceD.men( )2.One day all the mice come to _________.A.the oldest mouse’s roomB.the young mouse’s roomC. the cat’s roomD.the house( )3.They will think_______.A. how to make friends with catB.what they can do about this catC.how to eat the catD.when they’ll have a party( )4.The young mouse wants to put a ______on the cat.A.flowerB.hatC.bellD.ball( )5.”It’s not hard to say things,but it is hard to do them”means”_____”A.只做不说B. 只说不做C.说到做到 D 说起来容易，做起来难。