初三阅读练习三

初三阅读练习三A. Read and choose the best answer.I was late on my first day of high school. My next class, Spanish, scared me. As the second bell rang in the halfway, I ran to the door of the classroom.At the door, a hand reached out and shook mine firmly. I looked up. A man smiled and introduced himself as Profe, which means teacher or professor in Spanish. Right away, his warm smile and welcoming words eased my fears. I enjoyed his classes a great deal because I learned more than just Spanish.I admit I only speak a little Spanish. But I enjoy the life lessons I learned form Profe every day.“Everyone is worth your time”Profe stood outside his classroom door every day before and after class. During lunch his room was always filled with students. He would stay after school to listen to and chat with students. He taught me that every person is special.“Don’t fear the difficulties.”One time, I ran into his class crying. My friends had rejected me, and I wasn’t even sure why they always left me alone. Profe told me, “Linda, life gives you ashes（灰尘）. But learning its lessons will turn those ashes to jewels. The hard stuff will help you become a better person.” I learned to look at my troubles differently because I know I’ll grow in difficult times.A year ago, I visited my old high school hoping to see Profe. But he had retired. My high school helped me contact him. Now we stay in touch through e-mail. The author William Arthur Ward wrote: “The ordinary teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher shows. The great teacher inspire s.” Thank you, Profe, for inspiring me.1.Profe was a teacher of _________.A. EnglishB. GermanC. FrenchD. Spanish2. On the first day of the writer’s high school, Profe _______________.A. was angry with him because he was late for the classB. produced himself as professor in EnglishC. welcomed him at the door in a friendly wayD. taught him not to be afraid of speaking Spanish3. The students liked Profe because __________________.A. he would stay to listen to and talk with students before and after schoolB. they always went to his room after lunchC. he always spent a lot of time communicating with his studentsD. he taught Spanish in a special way4. The underlined word “rejected” in paragraph 7 means “_____________”A. refusedB. acceptedC. shouted atD. frightened5. Profe helped the writer ____________.A. deal with his troubles in a different wayB. learn to face his trouble in a different wayC. leave his troubles at onceD. become the best student in the class6. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The writer could speak very good SpanishB. Profe liked his students very muchC. The writer enjoyed Profe’s classes very muchD. Profe and the writer say in touch by e-mail7. What is the passage mainly about?A. The writer missed her high school life very muchB. The writer learned lots of life lessons from Profe.C. Profe helped the writer dial with difficultiesD. Profe was good at teaching languageB. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.How do people greet one another in countries around the world? A kiss, a hug, a handshake, or a bow? It depends on the country and culture.In the USA, as in most places around the world, the handshake is a ___1___ greeting to show friendliness and trust.In many places in Europe, people like to kiss upon greeting, and ___2___ of them have very strict rules about how many times to kiss someone’s cheeks（脸颊）and on ___3___ cheek to start. Parisians kiss four times from cheek to cheek always with the left cheek first. If you are in Brittany, a city in the north-west of France, kiss three times; and in other parts of France, keep it to two. Two kisses is ___4___ the rule in Spain, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. In the Netherlands, people usually kiss three times; more kisses are for the elderly and close family members. ___5___ is also a factor for Belgians, who kiss once for people as old as themselves, and three times for people ten years older.___6___, handshake and kissing are not the only ways to say hello around the world. In Japan, people usually bow to greet each other. The different greetings around the world ___7___ make you confused. But don’t worry. When you are not sure, remember that a firm（坚定的）but gentle handshake, a smile, and an open mind won’t be wrong.1. A. special B. common C. unusual D. wonderful2. A. none B. few C. some D. most3. A. what B. that C. whose D. which4. A. always B. also C. again D. already5. A. Age B. Health C. Sex D. Nationality6. A. More importantly B. At last C. For example D. Of course7. A. may B. need C. shouldn’t D. can’tC. Read and answer the questions.Michael Faraday is a man who is often overlooked（忽视）when people talk about electricity. Everybody knows what Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison did, but Faraday’s accomplishments （成就）aren’t as well known as theirs.Faraday was born on September 22, 1791, in England. He received little schooling, and began working at a bookshop when he was 14. He soon became interested in science, and at the age of 21, he became an assistant of a famous chemist.In his early years of research, Faraday worked more with chemistry. However, none of his findings in Chemistry can compare with his discoveries in electricity. Faraday’s biggest breakthrough （突破）in electricity was his invention of the electric motor. He began working with magnets and discovered that if a magnet were held fixed, a wire would rotate（旋转）around it. This was the basis for all motors that we use today.Faraday also began working with ways to generate（生产）electricity. He discovered that an electric current would be produced if a magnet passed through a loop of wire. This is the basis for generators that used to produce electricity. It is said to be the biggest breakthrough in electricity inthe 1800s, and is know as electromagnetic induction effect（电池感应）It took Faraday most of his life to work with science, but he wasn’t a very bright mathematician. Most of his discoveries were based on his experiments. He stopped his studying of electricity in 1855 and took up teaching and lecturing. Faraday died on August 15, 1867, in a small English town.1.Faraday didn’t receive good education, did he?_________________________________________________________________.2.Where did Faraday wok when he was 14 years old?_________________________________________________________________.3.What did Faraday work mainly with in his early years of research?_________________________________________________________________.4.What was Faraday’s biggest breakthrough in electricity?_________________________________________________________________.5.Why was his invention the biggest breakthrough in electricity?_________________________________________________________________.6.What were most of his discoveries based on?_________________________________________________________________.7.What did Faraday do after he stopped studying electricity?________________________________________________________________.D. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.When do people decide whether or not they want to become friends? During their first four minutes together, according to a book by Dr. Leonard Zunin. In his book he o_________ this advice to anyone interested in starting new friendships: “Every time you meet someone in a social situation （社交场合）, give him your undivided（全神贯注的）attention for four minutes. A lot of people’s w___________ lives would change if they did that”You may have noticed that many people do not give their undivided attention to someone they have j_________ met. They keep loo king over the other person’s shoulder, as if hoping to find someone more i___________ in another part of the room. If anyone has ever done this to you, you p_________ did not like him very much.When we are introduced to new people, we should try to appear friendly and self-confident. People like people who are like t___________.On the other hand, we should not make the other person think we are too sure of everything. It is important to appear interested and sympathetic（同情的）, realizing that the other person has his own n___________, fears and hopes.B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.It is difficult to find a public place without advertisements now. We ___1___ them in the newspapers, on the television, and hear them over the radio even when we watch a ball game, we see advertisements from time to time.It is true that in business activities advertisements are playing a more and more important part. They tell people about new products and help produce more ___2___. This is a big advantage.However, advertisements have all kinds of disadvantages. For example, some of the manufactures（业主）, in their hopes of winning a bigger ___3___ for their products, are so dishonest that they don’t ___4___ about their products. When you are wat ching an interesting TV play, it may suddenly be ___5___ by some advertisements. These advertisements attract children so much that they ask their parents to ___6___ what is advertised. From this point, advertisements ___7___ have some disadvantages.1. A. read B. see C. feel D. realize2. A. sellers B. sales C. shopping D. buy3. A. shop B. supermarket C. production D. market4. A. tell the truth B. say anything C. think a lot D. describe anything5. A. continued B. stopped C. attacked D. performed6. A. watch B. have C. keep D. buy7. A. never B. badly C. really D. nearly。