初二上英语阅读理解二十篇

阅读理解姓名：余佳宸（一）No.4 middle SchoolKunming ,yunnanApril 2nd ,2004Dear editor (编辑) ，I live in a beautiful city . Many visitors come to my city . there are so many colorful peacocks (孔雀) here .The peacocks mostly live on the grass land of Dongfeng SquareThey are given food freely by visitors . They usually throw food to them , and don’t think about at all whether the food is right or not . Some of the peacocks became ill , some even died after eating the bad food given by the visitors.I’m sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the birds , but don’t realize (意识到) that they may be doing them harm (伤害).The visitors should be told that what have done is very harmful to the birds , and this kind of thing must be stopped from happening .Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to sell peacock food . For us every person , it’s our duty to give more love to thesebeautiful birds and to look after them carefully.Yours,Sun Yan ()6.Many visitors come to the writer’s city to __________.A. do some shoppingB. see beautiful peacocksC. play on Dongfeng squareD. eat nice food()7.Some peacocks became ill and died because some visitors ______;A. did’t give them any foodB. gave them too much foodC. threw them some bad foodD. loved them and played with them()8.Some shops can be built beside Dongfeng Square so that they may___.A.sell food for visitorsB. sell food for peacocksC.make the square more beautifulD.have the beautiful birds()9.From the passage we know people should __________.A. live and play with the birdsB. stop the birds from eating too muchC. give right food to the birdsD. give more food to the birds()10.We can guess the writer of the letter, Sun Yan , may be a _____.A. visitorB. shopkeeperC.square keeperD. student（二）Every town in the United States has a post office . Some are very small , and you may also find them in the corner of a shop . Others are larger buildings . They are open five days a week and on Saturday mornings . From Monday through Friday they are usually open from 8:30 to 4:30 .If you know how much the postage (邮资) is for your letter , you can buy stamps at any window. In some post offices you can buy stamps from machines . Stamps are sold many different prices , from one cent (美分) to many dollars . If you are not sure how much postage is for you letter , you may ask the man or the woman in the post office for help . he or she will give you the stamps you need . If you are sending your letter far away , you should use airmail envelopes (航空信封) . Remember that postage will be more expensive for a letter to be sent outside the country.At a post office you can also buy postcards . A postcard is cheaper than a letter . Usually the price of postage for a postcard is about half that of a letter . The postcards that you buy at a post office do not have pictures . However ,also they are not to be sent outside the country .Letters are an easy and cheap way to keep in touch with people in many different countries .()11.The passage tell us that we can find ________ easily in the United States of America.A. post office srge buildingsC.small shopsD.different banks()12.The post offices in the United States are open _________.A.seven hours a dayB.six hours a dayC.five hours a dayD.eight hours a day()13.If you are not sure how much postage is for your letter ,you can____.A. go and buy stamps from the machine in the post officesend a cheap postcard instead of your letterB. get in touch with somebody you know in the post officeC.ask the man or the woman in the post office for help()14.The price of postage for ________ is more expensive.A.a beautiful postcardB.a letter written on envelopeC.a letter by airmailD.a postcard with pictures()15.The passage tells us something about ________ in the USAA.the postB.the postageC.lettersD.postcards（三）Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home. Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out.“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),” the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just the n?” he wondered (感到疑惑).( )16. The thief was trying to get .A. his neighbourB. his neighbour’s doorbellC. some cottonD. a door with a bell on it( )17. The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be for him to steal the doorbell.A. safeB. difficultC. dangerousD. easy( )18. The neighbour ran out probably(很可能) because .A. he knew his doorbell was being stolenB. he thought someone was eager (渴望的) to visit himC. he realized (意识到) something strange happenedD. Both B and C( )19. The neighbour hit the thief to .A. give him lessonsB. punish (惩罚) him for stealingC. help him with the bellD. be his teacher( )20. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.C. The thief thought the neighbour couldn’t hear the noise the bell made.D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out.16-20 B A D B C（四）A farmer was put in prison(监狱). One day, he got a letter from his wife.“I am worried about out farm,” she wrote. “It’s time to plant potatoes ,but I can’t do all the digging(挖) by myself.”T he farmer thought over and then had an idea. He wrote to his wife,“Don’t digthe fields. This id where my gold(金子) is. Don’t plant potatoes until I comehome.A few days later, the farmer got anther letter from his wife. It said, “Two daysago, about ten prison guards(监狱看守) came to our fields. It looked as if they were looking for something. They have dug our field.”The farmer wrote to his wife at once. “Now you can plant our potatoes,” he wrote.( )21.The farmer was put in prison ________.A. because he had done something wrongB. because he had a lot of gold in the fieldsC. The writer didn’t say anything about why the farmer was put in prisonD. For nothing( )22.The farmer’s wife was much worried about _____ .A. her husbandB. their farmC. planting potatoesD. herself( )23.The farmer told his wife __ first.A. not to dig the fieldsB. to dig the fieldsC. to ask the prison guards for helpD. to find the gold in the fields( )24.Why did the prison guards dig the farmer’s fields ?________.A. They wanted to help the farmerB. Their leader ordered them to do soC. The farmer asked them to do soD. They wanted to find out the gold( )25.Why did the farmer ask his wife to plant potatoes at once ? Because _____.A. their fields had been dugB. the gold was found outC. the prison guards asked him to do soD. the prison guards were digging the fields（五）An owl is a bird with very large eyes. Those eyes make the owl look clever. The owl can not move its eyes freely as people can. It can only look straight ahead (朝前). If it wants to look at both sides, it must turn its neck.Owls see better at night than during the day. At night they look for food. They eat mice and insects.Owls make a strange noise because the owls sleep most of the day. They usually give their cries at night. The cry sounds like “Whoo! Whoo!”. This strange sound sometimes frightens people at night.26. An owl looks clever because it can look straight ahead.27. An owl looks for food at night because it sees better at night than during the day.28. An owl lives on all kinds of birds.29. The cry of an owl is frightening.30. Man must not kill owls because they are helpful to people.（六）Coffee has become the most popular American drink. Today people in the United States drink more coffee than people in any of the other countries. People drink coffee at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner and between meals. They drink hot coffee or coffee with ice in it. They drink it at work and at home. They eat coffee ice-cream and coffee candy. Coffee is black and very strong. Different people like to drink it in different ways. Some people like coffee with cream or sugar in it. Other people like coffee with both cream and sugar in it. In all ways it is served. Coffee has become an international drink.31. Coffee is an ____________ drink.A . interesting B. international C. ice-cream D. American32. Different people like to drink coffee ____________.A. at work or at homeB. in different waysC. with cream or sugarD. between meals33. Today Americans drink ____________ coffee than people in any of the other countries.A. as much asB. lessC. moreD. most34. “Coffee is black and very strong.” The word STRONG here means ____________.A.坚固的B.淡的C.清的D.浓的35. ____________ is the most popular American drink.A. Black teaB. CoffeeC. Water with iceD. Whisky（七）Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children.They hope computers can help them improve (提高) their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain (抱怨) that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes.In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves.36. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _______________.A. our country asks us to learn itB. it can help us a lotC. we can use it to play gamesD． it can help us to find jobs37. What do many teachers and parents complain about? _______________.A. Their students and children use computers to play games.B. Computers let them lost their jobs.C. Computers make the students and children fall behind.D. Computers bring people a lot of trouble.38. In this passage we know computers _______________.A. also bring us troubleB. bring us happiness onlyC. are hated by peopleD. are bad for people’s health39. Can computers really help children to study? _______________.A. Yes, they can.B. It’s hard to sayC. No, they can’t.D. Of c ourse not.40. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means _______.A. computers are used by peopleB. people can live well without computersC. one must decide how to use computersD. computers are strange machines（八）Once upon a time there lived an old man. He had three sons. One day, he called them together and said, "Sons, I will die soon. To my oldest son I give half my camels, to my second, one-third(三分之一), and to my youngest, one-ninth (九分之一)." Soon after that he died.Now, the old man had seventeen camels, and the three brothers didn't know how to do as their father said. They thought a long time about the problem, and it seemed that they must either kill some of the camels and cut them into pieces, or disobey their father. At last they went to their father's old friend and asked for his advice. As soon as he heard their story, he said, "I will help you. I was a good friend of your father's. I am old. I have only one camel, but take it-it is yours."The three sons thanked the old man and took his camel. Now they found it was easy to do as their father wished, The oldest took half- that was nine camels; the second took one-third, that was six; and the youngest took one-ninth, that was two.After each had got his camels, they found that there was still a camel there. So, to show their thanks to their father's friend, they gave the camel back to him41. "Once upon a time" means " ________".A. long long agoB. not very long agoC. at onceD. sometimes42. The meaning of "disobey" in the second paragraph is" ________".A. 服从B. 违背C. 听从D. 嘲笑43. The meaning of "asked for his advice" in the second paragraph is " ________".A. 向他请教B. 问他数量C. 批评他D. 劝告他44. The second old man ________the three brothers.A. was good toB. was not good toC. didn't likeD. cheated(哄骗)45. Both the two old men in the story were ________.A. foolishB. cleverC. poorD. rich（九）Tom lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly went to town, but one day he went into town to buy a few things. After he bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. When he looked around, he saw some old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers. So after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself one pair, too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.The man in the shop let him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said, "No, I can't read with these."The man became puzzled (迷惑的) , and he said, "Excuse me, but can you read?""No, of course I can't!" Tom said angrily. "If I could read before, do you think I would come here to buy your glasses?"46. Tom lived ______.A. with his familyB. near townC. in the countryD. in town47. Tom didn't go to town______.A. neverB. oftenC. sometimesD. sometime48. Why did Tom decide to buy a pair of glasses?A. Because he thought if he bought them, he could read.B. Because they were very bright.C. Because they were cheap.D. Because he could read newspaper.49. Tom went to the shop to ______.A. have a restB. have dinnerC. wear glassesD. buy a pair of glasses(十)We know mosquitoes very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the world, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide if she loves you. She? Yes, she. The male mosquito doesn’t bite! Only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn’t like your blood, she w ill turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You’re different from the others! If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch(痒) on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. When the itch begins, she has flown away.And then what happens? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, in a tree or on a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.（T/F）( )51.All the people don’t like mosquitoes.( )52.All mosquitoes like to bite people for blood.( )53.If a mosquito wants to bite you, it means she is very tired.( )54.The mosquito bites you too quickly and quietly to let you know.( )55.The itch begins after the mosquito flies away.(十一)Do you know why different animals or pests(昆虫) have their special colours? Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.Some birds like eating locusts(蝗虫), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colours of crops(庄稼). When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest (收获)time comes, locusts change to the same brown colour as crops have. Some other pests with different colours from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of colouring is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters. This is because they have the colours much like the trees.Have you ever found an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid(液体) when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over(散开), its enemies(敌人) cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.( )56.From the passage we learn that locusts________.A. are small animalsB. are easily found by birdsC. are dangerous to their enemiesD. change their colours to protect themselves( )57.How can pests with different colours from plants keep out of danger?A. They run away quickly.B. They have the colours much like their enemies.C. They hide themselves by day and appear at night.D. They have to move quietly.( )58.Bears and lions can keep safe because________.A. they have the colours much like the treesB. they move quietlyC. they like brown and grey coloursD. they live in forests( )59.Why can the kind of fish live up to now?A. Because it is very big and strong.Because the liquid it sends out can help it escape from its enemies.B. Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies.C. Because it swims faster than any other fish.( )60.Which is the best title for this passage?A. The Change of Colours for Animals and Pests.B. Colours of Different Animals and pests.C. The Main Use of Colours for Animals and Pests.D. Some Animals and Pests.（十二）In the world ,soccer of football is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup ,children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called“Dream(梦幻) World Cups ”in Japan .The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a bule bright sky. They wished each football team good luck by drawing the flags(旗帜)of all the countries that will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea.The picture was put up in a park near a playground in Yokohama .Some football teams will have games there. Are you a football fan(迷)？The World Cup makeds more and more people interested in football Teenagers(青少年)like playing and watching football .Many of them love some football stars so much that they get the pictures of their favourite players on the walls of their rooms. That is the way to show their love for the World Cup as children in Japan.1. If a country wants to take part in the World Cup ,she must have______.A. Many football fansB. a very good teamC. many football playerD. a big playground2. The next World Cup will be held in_______.A. 2006B. 2007C. 2005D. 20043. From the passage ,in the picture children drew many things except_________.A. people playing footballB. pictures of some football starsC. a sunny skyD. flowers4. In “Dream World Cup”,the children drew the flags of some countries______. </P< p>A. to show their love for their owe countryB. to tell the people their storiesC. to show their good wishes for the football teamsD. to show their new ideas about football5.Many teenagers owe the pictures of some football stars because______.A. they are interested in footballB. they are football fansC. they think their favourite players are greatD. all of A,B and C（十三）Do you remember when your grandma told you the story of Snow White? Ah, the happy days of childhood! But did you know that Snow White comes from Germany? It’s just one story from the 209 in Grimm’s Fairy Tales (《格林童话》). The Grimm brothers started to collect fairy tales in 1806. Their first book came out in 1812.Why are German fairy tales so interesting? Maybe it’s because they come from a great place famous for its stories – the Black Forest.The Black Fo rest is in southwest Germany. It’s the largest forest in the country – and one of the most beautiful. It’s famous for its trees and lovely views. There are valleys and waterfalls (瀑布) there. It’s a good place to start a story.Don’t forget to bring somethi ng back if you visit. People there are good at making clocks, musical instruments and watches.根据短文，选择最佳答案：1. From the story, we know that ____ is the hometown of Snow White.A. EnglandB. JapanC. AmericaD. Germany2 How long had the Grimm brothers been collecting stories?A. Four yearsB. Five yearsC. Six yearsD. Seven years3 From the story, we cannot guess that the Black Forest is very ____.A. largeB. beautifulC. boringD. famous4. The story mainly tells us ____.A. who wrote the story of Snow WhiteB. some things about Black ForestC. people should visit GermanyD. Snow White is a very famous fairy tale.(十四)The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do.On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings.Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy colour and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (装饰) their homes with pieces of red pa per. Kids get a lot of “hong bao”. It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones hong bao. They think it brings good luck.The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So don’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people.For instance, you’d better not say any bad words like “death”. Don’t break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out.Also, don’t borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed mone y, return it before the Spring Festival.根据短文，选择最佳答案：1. What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?A. Family members gather for a big meal.B. Friends eat dumplings together.C. They borrow money from friends.D. They give each other hong bao.2. Why do people clean their houses days before the Spring Festival?A. Because they enjoy being clean.B. Because it is believed that cleaning will sweep away bad luck.C. Because they think it will bring happiness to others.D. Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money.3. Which of the following things is not supposed to happen during the Spring Festival?A. Returning money before the Spring Festival.B. Saying words that have to do with death.C. Wearing red clothes.D. Decorating houses with red paper.4. The underlined phrase “running out” probably means “____”.A. 跑出去B. 打碎C. 耗尽D. 离开5. We can tell from the story that the Spring Festival is ____.A. a time of harvest and funB. celebrated for one whole monthC. only celebrated in ChinaD. a time for families to get together（十六）Cold air. Snow. Shorter days. We are in winter now.Winter is the coldest season of the year. It comes between autumn and spring. For us, the winter months are usually November, December and January. But that is only because we live in the northern part of the Earth.In China, winter is the time between the beginning of winter, and the beginning of spring. But, this is the time that the southern part of the Earth, has its summer. Imagine when we are playing with snow, Australian kids are enjoying ice cream!Winter isn’t always gray. It can also be bright. Here’s how.Put on a holiday play and try acting. Ask your cousins or classmates to come to your house and make beautiful clothes and write a play. Act it out for your family.Play around. Go outside and enjoy yourself. Make a snowman with your friends.If you really have to stay indoors, give your room a clean and decorate (装饰) it. You’ll find it a lot of fun.根据短文，选择最佳答案：1. What does this passage mainly talk bout?A. The winter season and fun winter activities.B. Ways to decorate houses.C. The difference between China and Australia.D. The colours linked to winter.2. Why are Australian kids eating ice cream when it’s winter in Ch ina?A. Because they are crazy about ice cream.B. Because winter in Australia is not as cold as that in China.C. Because it’s summer in Australia when it’s winter in China.D. Because they don’t have much to do in winter.3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. The northern and southern parts of the Earth have different winter months.B. Winter can be fun if you find interesting things to do.C. The writer thinks it’s great fun to clean your house and decorate it.D. Australian kids enjoy having ice cream on winter days.（十七）Ali was working a long way from home. He wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he couldn’t read and write. He had to walk all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night. At last he found a letter writer. His name was Tom.Tom was already(已经) in bed. “It is late,” he said, “ What do you want?” “I want you to write a letter to my wife,” said Ali. Tom was not happy. He thought for a moment and then said, “Has the letter to go far?” “ What does that mean?” answered Ali.“Well, my handwriting(笔迹) is very strange, so only I can read it. And if I have to go a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost(花费) you a lot of money.” Ali went away quickly.( )1. Why did Ali ask Tom to write a letter for him?A. Because he was working a long way from home.B. Because he couldn’t read and write.C. Because he had to work all day.D. Because he was very busy.( )2. When did he ask Tom to write the letter?A. All day.B. In the morning.C. Late at night.D. On Sunday.( )3. Why was Tom not happy?A. Because he didn’t like to write letters.B. Because it was too late.C. Because he didn’t want to see Ali.D. Because the letter would go far.( )4. In fact(实际上), Tom’s handwriting wasn’t __________.A. goodB. poorC. so fineD. so strange( )5. Ali went away quickly. He was _________.A. popularB. strangeC. not happyD. not ready（十八）An owl is a bird with very large eyes. Those eyes make the owl look clever. The owl can not move its eyes freely as we can. It can only look straight ahead. If it wants to look at both sides, it must turn its neck. Owls make a strange noise because the owls sleep most of the day. They usually give their cries at night. The cry sounds like “Whoo! Whoo”. This strange sound sometimes frightens people at night.( ) 1. An owl looks clever because 。