初中英语阅读理解专项训练

初中英语阅读理解专项训练初中英语阅读理解综合试题俞燕燕1.At the Barber's Shop(理发店)Jack went to a barber's shop and had his hair cut, but when he came out, he was not happy with the result(结果). When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed and said, "What has happened to your hair,Jack?"Jack said, "I tried a new barber's shop today, because I wasn'tquite satisfied with my old one, but this one seems even worse."Bob agreed(同意). "Yes, I think you're right, Jack. Now I'll tellyou what to do when you go into a barber's shop next time: look at all the barber's hair, find out whose hair looks worst, and then go straight to him." "Why shall I go to him?" Jack asked. "But that would befoolish!" "Oh, no, it wouldn't," answered Bob. "Who cut that man's hair? Just think it. He couldn't cut it himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it. So you know he can't be the worst barber."1. When Jack went out of the barber's shop, he was not happy because ____. A. nobody had cut his hairB. the barber hadn't cut his hair wellC. the barber had cut his hair carefullyD. he was not satisfied with his old barber#B2. "I tried a new barber's shop today." means ____.A. this barber's shop was a new oneB. this was the only barber's shop in this townC. Jack often went to this barber's shopD. Jack had not been to this barber's shop before#D3. After Jack had his hair cut, he thought ____.A. the new barber's shop was the best oneB. the old barber's shop wasn't so good as the new oneC. the new barber's shop was worse than the old oneD. the old barber's shop was the worst one#C4. Bob told Jack to find out which barber's hair looked the worst and then go straight to him.Why?A. Because he was certainly the best barber.B. Because he was free all the time.C. Because he was the worst barber.D. Because he wasn't the worst barber.#D5. From the story we know that ____.A. it's foolish to have one's hair cut at a barber's shopB. barbers cut each other's hairC. barbers never have their hair cutD. a barber always cuts his hair by himself#B2.Mr Perkin's New CarMr Perkin stood at the bus-stop and watched the cars go by. Many of the cars were new Beta 400s, and most of them were yellow. Mr Perkin always wore the same clothes as other men, ate the same food as other people, and did the same things after work, and at the end of the week, Mr Perkin did not like to be different.The following week, Mr Perkin bought a new, bright yellow Beta 400s. He was satisfied with it, and drove to work in it the very next day. He was even more satisfied with his new car, when he saw all the other Beta 400s, in front, behind, and on both sides of him.Mr Perkin parked(停车) his car in a big car-park(停车场) near his office,and walked the rest of the way. But when he came back at fiveo'clock, there were so many bright yellow Beta 400s in the car-park that he did not know which car was his. He tried his key in some of the cars, but people passing by gave him a look he didn't like. So he stopped.Poor Mr Perkin had to wait nearly two hours until his was the only yellow Beta 400s in the car-park.1. Mr Perkin wanted a new yellow Beta 400s becauseA. the bus did not come.B. he liked new clothes, food and cars.C. he liked to do the same as other people.D. he liked to be different from others.#C2. He drove to work in his new carA. the very next day.B. the day he bought it.C. a week he bought in.D. on the day he first watched the cars passing. #A3. He was satisfied with his new car becauseA. no one else had a yellow one.B. it was the same as other cars all around him.C. he was in front of all the other cars.D. other cars were not as bright as his.#B4. At five o'clock Mr PerkinA. walked home.B. drove his car out of the car-park.C. came back to the car-park.D. did not know which was his car-park.#C5. People gave him a look becauseA. he had a nice new car.B. he could not open the door of his car.C. he was in the wrong car-park.D. he was trying to open more than one car.#D6. Mr Perkin had to wait untilA. there was only one yellow Beta 400s in the car-park.B. there was only one car in the car-park.C. there were no bright yellow cars in the car-park.D. there was no one about to look at him.#A3.Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace in English.Then workers were sent for and a big platform(平台) was made.With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready. Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge(边缘) of the platform, but he did not know itbecause he was thinking of his pictures.The worker saw everything. "What should I do?" he thought."Thornhill is at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed." So the worker quickly took some paint(颜料) andthrew it at the picture."What are you doing?" cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.1. What was Thornhill? He was an English ____.A. writerB. kingC. workerD. artist#D2. What was he ordered to do? He was ordered to ____.A. paint a picture for the kingB. paint some pictures on the walls of the knig's palaceC. have his pictures painted in the king's palaceD. have his pictures painted on the walls#B3. The story leads us to believe thatA. the worker had to pay for the picture.B. the painter could not forgave(原谅) the worker.C. the worker was really sorry for what he did.D. the painter thanked the worker for what he did when he got to know why. #A4.Your Passport(护照) Please!Mr Hill arrives at London Airport, at the end of a threeweek holiday in France. Usually he wears a beard(留胡须). Since it has been hot there, he has takenit off(剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his beard.\$An office looks at the photo for a moment, and says: "Will youexcuse me? Please sit down. I shan't keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second office, and says: "I know that face." The second officer looks at the passport and asks where Mr Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr Hill has arrived back from Paris, the second officer smiled and says: "An Englishman with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday, And that man looks just the kind of man ..."Suddenly it comes to the first officer who Mr Hill is. He returns to him, and asks: "Did you teach at the No.2 . High School?" When Mr Hill answers, in surprise, that he did, the first officer smiles and says: "I thought so. I'm Jack Smith. You taught me French. You haven't changed a bit."1. Mr Hill ____.A. has just come back from the airport.B. is on his way to Paris.C. spent three weeks in Paris before he went to France.D. has been in France for three weeks#D2. Mr Hill ____.A. has a beard on his face but not in his photoB. grew a beard while he was on holidayC. has a beard in his photo but not on his faceD. took his beard off long before he went on holiday.#C3. The first officer is sure ____.A. Mr Hill stole the paintingB. he has seen the face in the photo beforeC. he knows the second officer's faceD. a man without a beard stole the painting#B4. The second officer says that ____.A. Mr Hill stole the paintingB. a man with a beard, from France, stole a painting in EnglishC. an Englishman took his beard off and stole a paintingD. a man with a beard, from England, stole a painting in Paris. #D5. Mr Hill taught ____.A. Jack Smith French at the No. 2 High SchoolB. Jack Smith to be a first officerC. at the No.2 High School, in FranceD. French some years ago and his name was Smith, not Hill#A5.A long time ago people thought that the sun went round the earth. In some countries people even said that the sun was a god(神). They thought the goddrove across the sky each day on a golden horse. Now we know theearth goes round the sun. It takes the earth a year to go all way round the sun. Today men even know how far it is for the earth to go round the sun. They tell us that the earth travels over a thousand miles a minute on its journey round the sun.\$The sun is really a star. It is much bigger than the earth and it is very hot. Some people have been to the moon but we know that no one can ever go to the sun. It is far too hot for people to live anywhere near it. The sun is three hundred thousand times heavier than the earth and more than million times larger.\$1. A long time ago, people said the sun was ____.A. a golden horse of godB. a god on a golden horseC. a god with golden dressD. a god and a golden horse#B2. People can never live anywhere near the sun because it is ____. A. star ... the sunB. planet ... the moonC. planet ... itselfD. planet ... the sun#D4. The earth travels over ____ miles an hour.A. 1,000B. 100,000C. 6,000,000D. 600,000#D5. One year is ____A. the time for the earth to turn round.B. the time the earth travels one thousand miles.C. one circle the earth goes round the sun.D. the journey of the earth.#C6.The Farmer, His Horse, and His sonOnce there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as oldas himself. He set out one morning with his son to sell the horse before it died. Father and son walked, because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired. They met two men on the road who said, "Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse, It's a long way to market(市场). "The farmer know that this was true,so he rode on the horse, while his son walked.Then they met two old women, "What are you doing up there, farmer? Can't you see how tired boy is?" So the farmer got down, and his sonrode instead.\$ Next, three old men stopped them, one said, "Why are you walking, farmer? Get up, It's too hot for an old man like you to walk today," So the farmer got up behind his son, and they rode on.Some time later, a young woman passed them, "Why aren't you walking?" she asked, "It isn't far to the market. Give your poor horse a rest." So the farmer, and his son, got down once again. It is a factthat you cannot please all the people all the time.1. The farmer wanted to sell the horse ____.A. before it was deadB. before it become too tiredC. before it market was overD. before it was as old as he was#A2. The two men on the road ____.A. asked how far it was to the marketB. said they thought the horse looked very tiredC. asked why the farmer was not riding on his horseD. told the farmer's son to get off the horse and walk#C3. The two old women said it was wrong for ____.A. the farmer to ride such a tired horseB. the farmer to ride while his young son walkedC. the boy to ride instead of his fatherD. only one person to ride such a long way#D4. The farmer got up behind his son because ____.A. the old man said it was too hot for him to walkB. the three old men stopped them on the roadC. he did not know why he was walkingD. his son could not ride the horse by himself#A5. The young woman was most sorry ____.A. for the old manB. for the farmer's young sonC. that it was not far to the marketD. for the horse#D7.I Want to Be a DustmanTom was ten years old, and he was a very lazy boy, He didn't like doing any work. He had to go to school of course, but he didn't study hard there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that their son would become one, too, when he grew up. But one day Tom said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to be a dustman." "A dustman?" his mother asked, she was very surprised. "That's not a very pleasant job, why do you want to become a dustman?""Because then I would only have to work one day a week." Tom answered at once. "Only one day a week?" his mother said, "What do you mean? and how do you know?""Well", Tom replied, "I know that the dustmen who come to our house on work on Thursday, because I only see them on that day."1. What kind of boy was Tom?A. Tom was a clver boy.B. Tom was a boy who didn't like to work.C. Tom was a boy who worked very hard.#B2. What were his father and mother?A. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse.B. His father was a worker, his mother was a doctor.C. His father was a doctor, so his mother.#C3. What did his parents want him to be when he grew up?A. They wanted him to be a dustman.B. They wanted him to be an officer.C. They wanted him to be a doctor.#C4. What did Tom say he wanted to be?A. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who collected rubbish and emptied the dustbins.B. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who taught the children at school.C. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who worked in a hospital. #A5. Why did Tom think that dustmen only worked one day a week?A. Because Tom heard of this.B. Because one of the dustmen had told him before.C. Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thurday at his house. #C8.Can Animal be Made to Work for UsCan animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs. They say thatin a film or on TV we may see elephants, or monkeys, dogs, bear, or other animals doing a lot of things. If you watch carefully, you mayfind that those animals are always given something to eat in return for doing them. The scientists say that many different animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get something to eat in return.Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and elephant can be used to do some heavy jobs. And we can also teach animal to work in factories. Apes(猿猴), for example, have been used in America to help make cars and scientists believe that these large monkeys may one day get in crops and even drive trains.1. Elephant can be used to do some heavy jobs because ____.A. they can eat a lotB. they are very heavy, tooC. they are very strong#C2. Dogs can be used to guard a house for his host because ____. A. they are good at runningB. they are very kind and friendly to peopleC. they are brave enough to get the stranger(陌生人)and thieves away from the house#C3. Many different animals may be taught to do some simple jobs if____. A. they have enough food to eatB. they learn they will get something to eat in return after doing themC. if they are sent to school#B4. ____ can be train to work for us.A. Only a few animalsB. Quite a few animalsC. Few animal#B5. Many scientists are working hard to ____.A. make monkeys get in crops and drive trainsB. make monkeys guard house like dogsC. make bears get in crops#A9.A Girl or A Boy, A Woman or A man?A lot of boys and girls in America are wearing the same clothes and many of them have long hair. So it is often difficult to tell whether they are boys or girls.One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington, and he was tired, he sat down on a bench(长凳). A young person was standing on the other side of the pond(水池)."Excuse me," the old man said to the person next to him on the bench, "Do you see the person with the red trousers and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?" "A girl," said his neighbour, "She is my daughter.""Oh," the old said quickly, "I am sorry, but I didn't know that you were her mother.""I'm not," said the other person. "I'm her father."1. It isn't often easy to tell whether many of American children are boys or girl ____.A. because they all look like each otherB. because they are wearing the same kinds of caps and shoes.C. because they have long hair and wear the same clothes. #C2. One day an old man went for a walk in ____.A. the street in WashingtonB. the Washington Park in AmericaC. in a park in Washington#C3. There were ____ persons beside the pond, they are ____. A.three ... a man, a woman and a girlB. three ... two men and a girlC. two ... a man and a girl#B4. The young person standing on the other side of the ____ was ____.A. bench ... the other's boyB. pond ... the old man's daughterC. pond ... the daughter of the old man's neighbour#C5. The young person wore ____.A. a pair of red trousersB. on a pair of red trousersC. with a pair of red trousers#A6. The old man thought his neighbour was the girl's ____.A. motherB. fatherC. brother#A10.Mr Robinson worked in Africa(非洲). His son was born there. His name was John. One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went England, and they took John there. John was seven years old then.One day it snowed. The boy went into the garden, and he played inthe snow. He said, "Snow is very beautiful, but it is very cold."Then he said, "What is this? It is a big, round piece of glass. Itis beautiful, buf it is very cold, too."But it was not glass. It was ice. It was on a bucket(桶) of water.John said, "Who put this glass here? I am going to take it into the house." He took the ice to his father and said, "This is a beautiful piece of glass, but it is very cold and wet. It was on a bucket of water in the garden." Mr Robinson smiled and said, "Take it to the kitchen(厨房), put it in frontof the stove(炉子) there, and dry(弄干) it."The boy took the ice to the kitchen and put it in front of the stove. He dried(弄干) his hands, because they were very cold and wet, and then he went to the ice again.He looked at it, and then he took it to his father again. He said,"I put this glass in front of the stove, but it does not get drier. It becomes wetter and smaller."1. John didn't know what the ice was, because ____.A. he was very foolishB. he was youngC. he was born in AfricaD. he didn't go to school#C2. One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went England with ____.A. their sonB. a boy of their friendsC. their daughterD. one of their friend's son#A3. One day John found ____ on a bucket of water.A. a piece of glassB. a pece of iceC. some snowD. some water#B4. What did Mr Robinson ask John to do?A. He asked John to take the ice out.B. He asked John to put the ice in front of the stove.C. He asked John not to play with ice.D. He asked John to dry his hands at once.#B5. After John put the ice in front of the stove, he found that it became ____.A. dryB. wetterC. biggerD. colder#B11.Once there was a man who had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking(看好) but the girl was not.One day they found a mirror(镜子) for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very pleased(很高兴) and he said to his sister, "How handsome(英俊) I am! I look much nicer than you!"The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push(推)."Go away!" she said.Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy,"You must always BE good as well as LOOK good." Then to the girl he said, "My dear, if you help everyone and do your bestto please him, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not asgood-looking as your brother."1. Once a man had ____.A. a good-looking boyB. an ugly(难看的) girlC. two good-looking childrenD. a boy and a girl#D2. The boy saw what he looked like in the mirror and was pleased because he ____.A. found a mirrorB. knew he looked as nice as his sisterC. and his sister were good-lookingD. was handsome#D3. The girl gave the boy a hard push because ____. A. she was strongerB. what he said was wrongC. she was not pleased with what he saidD. her father loved her#C4. Father told the girl that ____.A. it was important to be good-lookingB. it was a good thing to be uglyC. if she did her best to help people, she would enjoy people's loveD. she was as good-looking as her brother#C5. What can we learn from this story?A. To be good to people is more important than to b good-looking.B. To be good-looking is very important.C. If you want to make yourself good-looking, you must be good to people.D. If you often help people, you will become more and more beautiful. #A12.Learning EnglishMany students in China are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers(十几岁的青少年). Many areadults(成年人). Somelearn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English language over the radio, on television, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language. Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own(自己的) language and maths and English ... Somepeople learn English because it is useful(有用的) for their work. Many peopleoften learn English for their higher sutdies, because at college or university( 大学) some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspaper and magazines in English.1. Many students in China are learning English, aren't they? ____. A. No, they aren'tB. No, they areC. Yes, they areD. Yes, they aren't#C2. If one wants to learn another language well, he must ____. A.learn at schoolB. study by himselfC. work hardD. study hard#D3. The sentence "It is difficult to answer that question" means ____.A. that question is not difficult to answerB. that question is difficult to answer itC. it is difficultly to answer that questionD. it is hard to answer that question #D4. "Their own language" means ____. A. ChineseB. EnglishC. FrenchD. Japanese#A5. What's the Chinese of "study by themselves"?A. 和他们一起学习B. 自学C. 向他们学习D. 通过学习#B13.Man's Best FriendAlmost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes readingstories about dogs.I have a friend. The friend has a large police dog. Its name is Jack. Police dogs are often very clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friendtakes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much. One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. Hestayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack becamevery worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention. He continued(继续) talking. Finally Jack couldn't stand(忍受) it. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor but this time he held the visitor's hat in his mouth and ran out of the room.1. Jack is the name of ____.A. a young manB. a policemanC. a police dogD. a good friend#C2. In this story the word "visitor" means ____.A. the young manB. the writer of this storyC. the police dogD. the friend#A3. The visitor paid no attention to the dog because ____.A. he didn't see the dogB. he didn't like the dogC. he was afraid of the dogD. he didn't understand what the dog meant#D4. The dog held the visitor's hat in his mouth to show that ____. A. he liked the hat very muchB. he wanted the visitor to leave immediatelyC. he wanted to throw the hat awayD. he wanted to put on the hat#B14.A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well, but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly(肚子) or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people's rule. They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar( 奇特的) to himself;and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy to work inthat way.Now the very same thing is true to literature(文学). And thequestion, "How shall I begin?" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, youare not yet experienced(有经验的 ) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you will never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail -- that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.1. A friend of the writer's drew the horses ____.A. very wellB. in the way of western ruleC. in the way of his own ruleD. all of the above#C2. The writer was surprised because ____.A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horseB. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horseC. the artist made his own ruleD. the artist did not follow other people's rule#D3. You are not yet experienced because ____.A. you don't know where to beginB. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tailC. you always asked questionD. you do not trust to your own powers#D4. when you become more experienced you will ____.A. never ask questionB. often begin at the tailC. should write the end of the storyD. should think of the beginning#C5. The topic of the passage isA. How to draw a horseB. How to write a storyC. How to make your own rulesD. Trust to your own powers#D15.The Seats Are Too SmallPaul got on the bus to go to the town. It was very crowded, and he had to stand for about five minutes. Then some of the passengers got off. Paul sat down next to a fat lady. She had severel shopping bags, andPaul didn't have much room on the seat. At last the bus got to the town. All the passengers started to get off. Parl was very polite, so he stood up to let the fat lady get off before him. She said, "Thank you." Then。