中考英语阅读理解解题技巧及练习测试题经典
中考英语阅读理解解题技巧及练习测试题经典一、初三英语阅读理解（含答案详细解析）1．阅读理解Some people think only school children do not agree with their parents, however, it is not true.Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages. If it's hard for you to communicate with your parents, don't worry about it. Here are some advice for you to bridge the generation gap （代沟）.Don't argue （争辩） with your parents. Don't get to your parents when you are angry. Your parents probably won't consider your ideas if you are shouting at them. And you can't express yourself well if you are angry. Go someplace to cool off. Make sure you understand why you are unhappy. Then think about what you want to say to your parents. If you don't think you can speak to them at the moment, try writing a letter.Try to reach a compromise （和解）. Perhaps you and your parents disagree on something. You can keep your disagreement and try your best to accept each other. Michael's mother didn't agree with him about buying a motorcycle. They argued over it. But they finally came to a compromise. Michael bought the motorcycle, but only drove it on certain days.Of course, your parents might refuse to compromise on something. In these situations, it is especially important to show love and respect （尊敬） to them. Showing respect will keep your relationship strong.Talk about your values. The values of your parents are probably different from those of your own. Tell your parents what you care about, and why. Understanding your values might help them see your purposes in life.A good relationship with your parents can make you a better and happier person. It is worth having a try!（1）According to the passage who have a communication problem?A. parents and other peopleB. only school kids and their parentsC. teachers and their studentsD. parents and children of all ages（2）How many pieces of advice does the writer give us to bridge the generation gap?A. 5.B. 4.C. 3.D. 2.（3）The underlined word "bridge" in the passage means "___________".A. 建立B. 消除C. 通过D. 到达（4）If the values of your parents are different from those of yours, you'd better ___________.A. argue with themB. keep away from themC. agree with them all the timeD. tell your parents what you care about（5）The best title for the passage is ___________.A. How to bridge the generation gapB. How to deal with family problemsC. How to be good parentsD. How to be a good child【答案】（1）D（2）C（3）B（4）D（5）A【解析】【分析】文章大意：短文讲了家长和孩子之间有代沟，主要原因就是缺少沟通，当我们彼此了解了对方的观点和想法以后，就能很容易的理解对方，从而消除代沟。
（1）细节理解题。
根据第二段第一句Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages，对于父母和所有年龄段的孩子来说，交流是个问题，可知交流是父母与孩子的问题。
故选D。
（2）细节归纳题。
根据整篇文章内容及其第三段第一句Don't argue （争辩）with your parents。
不要和你的父母争论。
第四段句子Try to reach a compromise （和解）。
试图达成妥协。
第六段句子Talk about your values。
谈论你的价值观。
可知一共说了三点建议。
故选C。
（3）词义猜测题。
根据上下文If it's hard for you to communicate with your parents，don't worry about it。
Here are some advice for you to bridge the generation gap （代沟）"如果你很难和你的父母沟通，不要担心，这里有一些建议可以帮助你…代沟。
可知作者提供的是如何消除代沟的建议，结合选项，即这里有一些建议可以帮助你消除代沟，所以bridge意为消除。
故选B。
（4）细节理解题，根据倒数第二段句子"The values of your parents are probably different from those of your own。
Tell your parents what you care about，and why。
"你父母的价值观可能与你自己的价值观不同。
告诉你的父母你关心什么，为什么。
可知让父母了解你的价值观，可以帮助父母更加的了解你，故选D。
（5）标题归纳题。
根据整篇文章内容及其第二段句子Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages。
If it's hard for you to communicate with your parents，don't worry about it。
Here are some advice for you to bridge the generation gap （代沟）。
对于父母和所有年龄段的孩子来说，交流是个问题，如果你很难和你的父母沟通，不要担心，这里有一些建议可以帮助你消除代沟。
可知本文主要介绍怎样消除代沟的建议，对消除代沟提出一些建议，故选A。
【点评】考查阅读理解。
本文考查细节题和主旨题等常考题型，细节题要注意从文中抓住关键词寻找答案；主旨题需要通读全文，了解大意之后找出主题句。
2．阅读理解Denies Walme in Texas, USA, now 14 years old, published his best-seller Unbending Gisula eight years ago. The book is about a little whale named Gisul.One day, Gisula did not take his mother's words and went up the beach. Then he got lost and had to learn to live by himself. The colour pictures were drawn by Denies himself. Denies published the books at the age of six He is said to be the youngest writer and picture artist.Another surprising thing about the book is that it became a best seller immediately after it was published and brought him a lot of money. Because he spent much time writing the books, his study was not very good and he had to learn the year's work again but his gift of writing is highly praised by the teachers and student. And he was even invited to give talks on writing.But Denies does not want to be a writer. He said, 'I like planes most. I dream of becoming a pilot someday.'（1）From the story we can learn that Denies__________.A. published his Unbending Gisula at the age of 14B. wants to be a writer when he grows upC. drew the pictures for his own bookD. does not go to school anymore（2）What Denies liked most is________.A. writing storiesB. drawing picturesC. whalesD. planes （3）When did Denies publish the books?A. At the age of sixB. At the age of eightC. At the age of sixteenD. I don't know.【答案】（1）C（2）D（3）A【解析】【分析】大意：本文主要介绍作者丹尼斯个人的一些基本情况以及他的最畅销的书，他虽然学习怎么好，但是他善于写作，他梦想将来能成为一名飞行员，他的书主要介绍一只小鲸鱼，有一天小鲸鱼Gisula不听妈妈的话，爬上了海滩。
2023年中考英语阅读理解和完形填空等中考题型的解题技巧与策略
中考英语阅读理解和完形填空等中考题型的解题技巧与策略第一部分：阅读理解解题技巧与策略一、中考英语阅读理解课标解读阅读理解能力的培养是中学英语学习的一项重要任务，阅读理解也是中考的一项重要考查内容。
《义务教育英语课程标准》要求学生在阅读中：1.既要能理解个别句子的意义，也要能理解上下文的逻辑关系，把握篇章结构。
2.既能理解字面的意思，也能理解隐含的意思。
3.既能理解事实和细节，也能理解所读材料的主旨和大意。
4.能就文章的内容进行判断、推理和信息转换。
阅读理解是综合语言运用能力的一个重要方面，阅读理解能力的考查在中考中所占比重越来越大。
阅读能力是指视读能力、理解能力和对所读材料的评价能力。
根据教育部制定的英语课程标准，初中毕业生阅读应达到的要求如下：1.能根据上下文和构词法推断、理解生词的含义。
2.能理解段落中句子之间的逻辑关系。
3.能提炼出文章的主题，预测情节的发展。
4.能读懂常见体裁的阅读材料。
5.根据不同的阅读目的，运用简单的阅读策略获取信息。
6.除教材外，课外阅读量应累计达到15万个词。
我们讲完课标中对中考阅读理解是如何要求，再来看一下中考阅读理解的命题特点。
二、中考英语阅读理解命题特点中考英语阅读理解既考查考生的语言知识和技能，又考查他们对语言文字的理解、分析、概述、判断等诸多方面的思维能力。
篇数一般在3-4篇，阅读材料取材新颖、话题广泛，有些材料呈现出鲜明的时代性、教育性、真实性、实用性等特点。
内容涉及经济、文化、科技、生活等诸多领域。
体裁以记叙文、说明文及各种应用文体为主。
中考阅读理解的命题特点包括选材特点、命题原则、题型分析与解题技巧三个方面。
(一)选材特点1.语篇一般在150-300个词，个别超过300个词。
2.语篇类型、主题语境多样化，内容更趋于信息化、时代化，体裁从记叙文、说明文扩大到产品说明、及实际应用等文体。
3.语篇多是原汁原味的英语语言材料，语言地道精炼，表达规范科学，文质兼美，生动的有趣，语句富于变化。
【英语】初三英语英语阅读理解汇编解题技巧分析及练习题(含答案)
【英语】初三英语英语阅读理解汇编解题技巧分析及练习题(含答案)一、中考英语阅读理解汇编1．阅读理解When he was small, Hill was a famous bad boy.At the age of 9, his father married his stepmother. At that time they lived poorly in the countryside while his stepmother was from a wealthy family.His father introduced Hill to his stepmother as he said, "Dear, I hope you notice in the entire shire this is the worst boy, who has made me have no other way. Maybe before tomorrow morning he will throw a stone at you, or do a bad thing you will never imagine."To Hill's surprise, his stepmother went up to him with a smile, held up his head and looked at him carefully. She then turned around to tell her husband, "You're wrong. He is not the worst boyin the entire shire, but the cleverest and most creative boy. Only he doesn't find a place to show himself."His stepmother's words warmed his heart, his eyes full of tears. Then he started building friendship with his stepmother. And this became the drive of his life, making him create 28 successful golden rules, which helped tens of thousands of ordinary people walk on the road to success.Before his stepmother came, no one praised him smart, and his father and neighbors considered him as a bad boy. However, his stepmother's words changed his life.When Hill was 14 years old, his stepmother bought him a used typewriter and said to him, "I believe you will become a writer." Hill accepted his stepmother's gift and expectation, and started writing things to a local newspaper. He understood his stepmother's strong feeling of interest in his family while he saw with his own eyes she had changed his family. Therefore, he would do as well as she expected him to.The strength from his stepmother made him a rich man and famous writer in the United States and one of the most important persons in the 20th century.Praise will never be unnecessary, especially for children. Sincere （真诚的） praise may be better than 10,000 bad words.（1）What did people think of Hill before the age of nine?A. lever.B. Creative.C. Unfriendly.D. Stupid.（2）Which of the following is WRONG about Hill?A. He accepted his stepmother's typewriter.B. He failed to do as he was expected.C. He started writing to a local newspaper.D. He understood his stepmother.（3）The writer is most probably an expert of _________.A. house buildingB. dietC. news writingD. education（4）The passage was written mainly to tell us that _________.A. children should be praisedB. Hill's father married againC. Hill's stepmother was kind to himD. Hill's father was cruel to him【答案】（1）C（2）B（3）D（4）A【解析】【分析】大意:一个在别人眼里是最坏的男孩的Hill，他继母的来临后，继母几句表扬的话改变了聪明的一生，他继母的力量让他成为一名富人作家和美国最重要的人物，作者以Hill事例向我们展示了表扬的重要性。
最新 阅读理解(人生百味)解题技巧及练习测试题
最新阅读理解（人生百味）解题技巧及练习测试题一、九年级中考英语阅读理解（人生百味）（含答案详细解析）1．阅读理解It was a full moon night. A thief was getting ready to steal something from a villager's house. He got to the house, and then went inside quietly. By the moonlight outside, he entered a dark room.He could not even see his own hands or feet. But on the wall near the roof, there was a ventilator（通风设备）.The moon created a circle of light on it. The thief brought a cloth with him in order to get together all the things he hoped to steal. He spread it out on the floor and went inside the storeroom, where all the things were kept.He didn't know that the owner of the house was awake and watching. As soon as the thief went inside the storeroom, he got up quickly from his bed, and picked up the cloth which the thief had spread out. He came back to his bed, which was in one dark corner of the room, and waited for the thief to come out.At the same time, the thief went on collecting the things he wanted and threw them on the floor where he knew he had spread out the cloth. Soon there was a little mountain in the center of the room. Then the thief looked around for the end of the cloth to tie up the stolen things. At that time, the house owner let out a big groan--a deep groan. The thief was so scared that he hurried to run away. The thief not only failed to steal. But also lost his cloth.（1）From the passage we can learn that the thief was to steal something from a villager's house .A. in the afternoonB. in the morningC. at nightD. at noon（2）The underlined word “groan” means “”.A. .呼吸B. 呻吟般的声音C. 休息D. 铃声（3）What of the following statements is not true according to the passage?A. The thief spread the cloth out on the floor and went inside.B. The thief was so scared after the house owner let out a big groan.C. The owner of the house asleep .D. The thief not only failed to steal, but also lost his cloth.【答案】（1）C（2）B（3）C【解析】【分析】文章讲述了一个小偷半夜溜进一家房子，准备偷东西后来主人醒了，小偷被吓跑，什么也没偷到的故事。
初中英语阅读理解技巧(方法+例题) ppt
英语阅读技巧
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阅读理解
一、细节理解和判断 细节题主要考查学生对文章重要细节、信息的综合理解能 力以及推理判断能力等。细节题大多可以直接或间接地从 文章中找到答案。
Which of the following statements is true (not true)?
In the passage, which of the following is mentioned?
All the following statements are true except __ts given in the
passage. 以及where, how, who, why, how long等引导的特殊 疑问2020句/8/19要求判断细节。
阅读理解
四、理解主旨大意 理解主旨大意题主要是测试学生对一篇文章或一段文字的 深层理解程度及在速读中准确把握文章大意的能力，一般 针对某一语段或某一语篇的主题或目的设题。
1.The passage / article is mainly about _______.
2. The main idea of the passage is _______.
1.We can infer from the passage that _____.
2. The writer suggests that _____.
英语中考英语阅读理解专题经典
最新英语中考英语阅读理解专题经典（一、初三英语阅读理解〔含答案详细解析〕1．理解Humanshavelearntmanythingsfromnature.Thesethingshavehelpedusinourdailylife.Thela testthingisself-repairingclothing. Scientistshavedevelopedaspecialwayforclothingtorepairripsandtearsbyitself,withou ttheneedforsewing.Itworkswithmaterialssuchascotton,linenandwool.Thescientistsare fromtheNavalResearchOfficeandPennsylvaniaStateUniversityintheUSA.ScientistsDrWal terDressickandDrMelikDemirellookedathowasquidcanclingontothingssowell.Theresearch teamfoundaproteinintheringsofteeththatcoverthesuckersonasquid.Theproteinissimila rtotheonefoundinthesilkthatspidersusetomakespiderwebs.Itisverystrongandelastic. Thenewproteinhasbeendevelopedaspartofacoating,whichisputonclothes.Whenthecoating isdippedinwater,theareaaroundtheriportearjoinstogetherinlessthanaminute.Thiscoul dhelpclotheslastlongerandsavemoneyforus.Itcouldalsobeusefulformilitaryandsurviva lclothes.Peoplelikesoldiersandmountaineerswouldbesaferiftheyhadclothesthatcouldb erepairedquicklyandeasily.ProfessorDemirelspokeabouttheinvention.Hesaid,"Thecoat ingsarethin,lessthanamicron,sotheywouldn'tbenoticedineverydaywear."Thenheadded," Eventhin,theyincreasetheoverallstrengthofthematerial.Forthefirsttime,wearemaking self-healingtextiles."1〕Fromwhathavehumanslearntalot？A.Books.B.Nature.C.Scientists.〔2〕WhatisNOTneededfortheself-repairingclothestofixthemselvesA.Tears.B.Cotton.C.Sewing.〔3〕What'stheChinesemeaningoftheunderlinedwords"issimilart o"？？D.Clothing.D.Glue.A.与⋯⋯相同B与.⋯⋯不同C与.⋯⋯相似D与.⋯⋯一〔4〕Thepassageisabout.A.thenewproteinB.thecoatingC.humansD.thespider【答案】〔1〕B〔2〕C〔3〕C〔4〕A【解析】【分析】主要了最新的明——自我修复衣服。
英语阅读理解解题技巧(汇总16篇)
英语阅读理解解题技巧(汇总16篇）英语阅读理解解题技巧（1）一、主旨题主旨题主要测试学生对文章中心思想、主旨大意的理解能力。
在初中阶段，有关这类题的常见提问方式为：What is the main idea of this passage?What is the best title of this passage?在处理这类问题时，通常采用快读方法，先从头到尾把文章浏览一遍，因为这样可以使注意力集中于文章的整体思路及要点之间的联系，而较慢的阅读会使你过分注意细节，甚至个别词，因而影响对主题的概括。
特别要注意仔细阅读开头段和结尾段，因为大多数文章的中心思想都出现在这两段里。
二、细节题细节题主要测试学生识别阅读材料中的具体事实和细节的能力。
考生必须特别注意作者在陈述中谈到的是何人、何事、何处、何时、何故，要在有关此类问题的地方适当做标记(比如人物名较多就用圈画出，时间名词较多就用波浪线，地点名词较多就用方框等等)，以便在回答问题时迅速查找。
三、词义题词义题主要是检测学生在具体文章中，根据上下文理解某个词或某个短语的意义的能力。
遇到这类试题，可从以下三方面入手：通过上下文的种.种提示来准确猜出这个词的含义。
一个单词可以通过前缀、后缀、合成等形式派生出来很多单词，因此可以根据构词法辨认其中的词根的含义，就可以判断出其派生、转化或复合词的其他词义。
如果遇到非常熟悉的词汇，一定要尽量撇开其基本含义，注意其引申的意义。
四、推断题推断题主要考查学生透过文章的表面文字信息，进行分析、综合、归纳等逻辑推理的能力。
一要抓住选项与选项之间的不同，二要在文中找出与选项对应的内容进行对比。
五、观点态度题观点态度题主要考查学生通过掌握主题思想和具体事实，对作者的观点和态度做出合理推断的能力。
主要抓作者议论、抒情的段落，通常是最后一段，再结合前面做题得到的信息，来分析、推理。
建议：同学们在平日复习中，一定要加大阅读量，阅读的题材要广泛，有意识培养和练就阅读能力。
2024 辽宁 中考 英语 任务型阅读 解题技巧
中考英语解题技巧短文填空是中考英语重要的题型之一，它的分值是15分，分为10个小题，每小题1.5分，占整份英语试题分值的12.5%（15/120）。
短文填空一般在一篇200~250字左右的故事性短文中挖出10个空（一般一行或一句一个空，首句不设空），要求学生通读短文，并根据上下文来补全短文，每空只能填一个单词（不能填数字）。
主要考九大词类（名词、动词、形容词、副词、代词、数词、介词、连词、冠词）。
该题旨在测试考生的英语阅读理解能力和简单的书面表达能力，看其是否能够运用所学过的英语知识进行简单的书面交流，从而达到既考查学生的语言基础知识，又考查他们的观察能力、联想能力以及对语言的综合运用能力。
为了答好短文填空题目，我们要打好基础关。
这个基础关既包括1600个单词，300多个短语以及一部分常用句型和习惯用语的意思和用法，也包括各种词的词形变化。
今天，重点介绍一下在短文填空中常考的名词和动词的词形变化。
一、解题步骤1.略读全文短文填空与完形填空一样，属于障碍性阅读，但它的难度比完形填空还要高，因为完形填空有四个备选答案，而短文填空没有提供备选答案，要求考生既能想得到答案，还要写得对单词。
所以在解题时，先略读全文，对全文有个大概了解。
2.逐项填空在读完一遍之后，对短文内容有大概了解。
然后运用所学的知识与技巧，根据文章的大意，逐个填空。
易的先填，难的做标记后填。
绝对不能留空。
3.核对答案全部题目完成后，再复读一遍，核查答案。
（1）检查答案注意动词的时态、语态。
（2）检查名词要注意单复数。
（3）检查形容词和副词的三个级别。
（4）检查习惯用语、固定搭配等是否符合习惯。
（5）检查上下文的连贯性，以及所填词是否符合逻辑。
二、解题技巧1.寻“宝”推理法寻“宝”推理法就是从上下文中找到相关的“宝”（信息点），通过逻辑推理，从而填出与原句意思相符单词的方法。
如：【典例】 It was a fine day last Sunday. John went to Tianlong supermarket to do some （1） alone. Because it was a little far away from his home, he （2） his car there. Soon he got there and found room for his car. He parked his car and went into the （3） to buy the things he needed. Twenty minutes later, he finished shopping. He was very happy he could （4）shopping in less than half an hour. At last he took the things slowly back to the car park. What a good day he had!【分析】：（1）A. 上下寻宝：从下文（倒数第二行）可寻到“宝”：“he could finish shopping in less...”。
阅读理解(人生百味)解题技巧及练习测试题
阅读理解（人生百味）解题技巧及练习测试题一、九年级中考英语阅读理解（人生百味）（含答案详细解析）1．阅读理解This afternoon, when I was looking for a self-improvement（自我修养） book, I found an aged folder（文件夹）.In this folder, there were some of the examination papers I'd taken during my pre-university days. They were on economics（经济学）, a subject that I didn't really like much then.I laughed at the silly mistakes I made as I looked through the papers. And memories of the past came to my mind. I saw myself sitting at one of the study tables, working hard for some of my life goals. Back then, it was popular for most students to set life goals, because they thought it was most important.It was during those times that I first started to set goals for myself. I didn't know much about goal setting then. I didn't use any goal tracking（跟踪） tools, either. All I knew was that I had to go to university. There was no other way that I could give myself. To go through my lecture（演讲） notes, I didn't take breaks. For more revision with my classmates, I stayed back late. One time, I missed the school lock-out hours and I had to climb school gates in order to leave. It was perhaps this attitude（态度） that ignited my decision to go through what I had to do to get this far.Yes, it may have been hard. But the sweet taste of victory experienced at the point of receiving my final results was so wonderful that I would never forget it for the rest of my life.I closed the folder and dropped it into the dustbin（垃圾箱）in the room. It's time to get kicking with my next goal. And by writing this, I know I'm getting closer.（1）When the author（作者）looked through the papers in the folder, he .A. looked for a self-improvement bookB. laughed at the silly mistakes he madeC. dropped it into the dustbin right awayD. sat at the table and set life goals again（2）When the author first started to get goals for himself, he .A. didn't need to enter universityB. didn't use any goal tracking toolsC. was sure that he would win the victoryD. learned a lot from a self-improvement book （3）Why did the author stay back late after school?A. To be prepared to enter university.B. To learn more about goal setting.C. To make his teacher pay attention to him.D. To get the chance of climbing school gates.（4）The underlined word “ignited” means in the passage.A. reduced（减少）B. balanced（平衡）C. questionedD. raised（5）What can we learn about the author from the last paragraph?A. He regularly（规律地） tidies his room.B. He's not quite good at goal settingC. He is ready for the next goal.D. He hated those papers in the folder.【答案】（1）B（2）B（3）A（4）D（5）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者通过与读者分享自己的高中生活的回忆，告诉我们人生是由一个一个的目标组成的，我们要尽全力朝着自己确定的目标前进。
阅读理解(人生百味)解题技巧及练习测试题经典
阅读理解（人生百味）解题技巧及练习测试题经典一、九年级中考英语阅读理解（人生百味）（含答案详细解析）1．阅读理解One year, a college in the United States announced that it would offer a lot of money for the pure white marigold（金盏花）. The high reward attracted so many people, but in the nature, besides golden, the marigold is brown, and it is not easy to get the white one. So after they were excited for a time, many people had forgotten the announcement.One normal day after 20 years, the college received a letter and 100 seeds of pure white marigold. It was an old woman of over 70 years old. Some experts in the college doubted it, but in order not to let her down, those seeds finally took root （根）in the earth. The miracle appeared after one year; the field was covered by pure white marigold.Therefore, the old woman who was always unknown to the public became a new focus.The old woman was a flower-lover. When she read the announcement 20 years ago, she got very excited like others. But her eight children were totally against her decision. After all, a woman who never knew the seed genetics（遗传学） couldn't complete what the experts could never do, so her thought was only a day dream.Still, the old woman didn't change her mind and went on working. She planted some of the most common seeds and took good care of them. A year later, when the marigold came out, she chose one faintest（最暗淡的） from those golden and brown flowers and got the best seed. The next year, she again grew them and chose...Day after day, year after year, through many seasons, the old woman's husband died, her children flew far, a lot of things happened in her life, but only the wish to grow the pure white marigold took root in her heart.Finally, after 20 years on the day we all know, in the garden she saw a marigold, which was nearly white, but as white as silver or snow.A problem even experts couldn't deal with was solved by an old woman who didn't understand genetics. Was it a miracle （奇迹）?To take root in the heart, even the most common seed, can grow into a miracle!（1）According to the passage, _____ marigold is unusual.A. whiteB. purpleC. brownD. golden（2）It can be learned from the passage that___________.A. the children didn't agree on their mother's decisionB. the woman needed the great reward for her big familyC. the experts also succeeded in growing the white marigoldD. the woman took good care of the flowers instead of her family（3）The woman successfully grew the white marigold at last because she______A. was luckier than expertsB. put her heart into flowersC. got support from her familyD. studied the seed genetics well（4）The passage mainly talks about_______.A. the difficulties of getting the white marigoldB. the possibility of going beyond expertsC. the unforgettable development of marigoldD. the importance of holding on to dreams【答案】（1）A（2）A（3）B（4）D【解析】【分析】这篇短文主要介绍了关于金盏花的故事。
中考英语阅读四大典型例题
中考英语阅读四大典型例题中考英语阅读四大典型例题阅读理解”题的题量大、分值高，是考查学生综合运用语言能力的重点题型，选材特点：题材多样化，随着信息时代的到来，阅读内容更趋于信息化、时代化，突破了单一的故事、寓言等题材，内容涉及新闻、广告、科普、医疗、教育等，文章的体裁从记叙扩大到产品说明、逻辑推理及实际应用等文体。
命题特点：不仅要理解一般性的何时、何地、何人、何事等方面的要点，而且要从深层挖掘，理解弦外之音，话外之意，要理解作者的意图以及文章对读者、社会产生的诸多影响；要求学生能迅速理解文章主旨大意，段落细节，并能准确选出正确答案。
阅读要求：记叙文阅读主要抓住时间(When)、地点(Where)、人物(who)、事件(what)、和起因(Why)、发展和结果，以及人物之间的关系、表现，从中分析他们思想品质、性格特征等；议论文是阐明作者对人或事的好坏的立场观点，因此在阅读时必须正确把握文章的论点和论据，理清论证思路，再进行逻辑推理得出结论；应用文是最贴近日常生活的文体，它包括通知、广告、便条、申请书、个人简历，形式多样，题材各异，如图示、表格、地址、网址等，对这类文体的阅读应简明扼要地抓住所需信息，理解文章内容。
阅读是一种书面交际形式。
阅读理解是指通过认识语言形式与结构而获取全部文字信息的过程。
阅读理解侧重于综合测试，它不仅考查学生综合运用英语知识进行阅读的能力，而且还考查学生运用所学英语知识进行分析、判断及推理的能力。
此外,学生还需要具备一定的语言背景知识、科普知识及生活常识，并且具备驾驭这些知识的能力。
英语基础知识的深化与阅读能力的提高是相互促进、相辅相成的。
新课标对初中生英语阅读的要求1.能根据上下文和构词法推断、理解生词的含义；2.能理解段落中各句子之间的逻辑关系；3.能找出文章的主题，理解故事的情节，预测故事情节的发展和可能的结局；4.能读懂常见体裁的阅读材料；5.能根据不同的阅读目的运用简单的阅读策略获取信息；6.能利用字典等工具书进行学习；7.除教材外，课外阅读量应累计达到15万词以上。