初二英语阅读理解(含答案)
初中英语八年级英语阅读理解10篇附答案
阅读理解练习1Our classroom faces our school garden. After class we like to look out of the windows to enjoy the lovely view. Our school garden is the most beautiful place in the school. There is a small pool in the middle. Some goldfish are swimming in it. Around the pool there are all kinds of flowers. We can always see flowers, even in winter. Between the school building and the flower-beds there is a lovely lawn. Boys and girls like to take a walk in the garden after school.But some years ago, there was nothing here but broken bricks, and wild weeds. We, teachers and students, built the garden with our hands. Since then we have planted trees and flowers every year. Everyone of us wants to do his best to make our school more and more beautiful.阅读上面的短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案1. Where is the school garden?A. It faces the pool.B. It faces the writer's classroom.C. It is beside the pool.D. It is beside the writer's classroom.2. Which of the following is NOT right?A. There are all kinds of flowers around the pool.B. There are goldfish in the pool.C. There is a small pool in the middle of the garden.D. The students can't see flowers in winter.3. Between the school building and the flower-beds there is .A. a gardenB. an office buildingC. a lawnD. nothing4. Who built the school garden?A. StudentsB. TeachersC.Teachers and studentsD.Workers5. Which of the following is NOT right?A. Everyone likes the school very much.B. Every student wants to make the school more and more beautiful.C. The school garden was built fifty years ago.D. The students plant trees in the school every year.2Mother's Day is a holiday for mothers. And on this day, mothers don't work. It is on the second Sunday in May. It is celebrated in the United States, England Sweden. India, Mexico and some other countries. Little by little, it becomes widely celebrated. On that day, many people send presents of love to their mothers. Those whose mothers are still living often wear a pink or red rose or carnation while those whose mothers are dead wear a white one.The idea of a day for mothers was first given by Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. The celebration of the first American Mother's Day was held in Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. Soon the holiday became popular around the country and the world阅读上面的短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。
八年级英语下册阅读理解专项练习6篇(含答案)
八年级英语下册阅读理解专项练习6篇1When Mencius (孟子) was a small boy, his father died. So Mencius and his mother were quite poor. One day, Mencius returned home from school and found his mother making some cloth. It was very beautiful and expensive."How much of your book have you read today?" Mencius' mother asked him. Mencius threw down his book. "I haven't read any of it." He replied, "I played with some friends of mine in the fields."When his mother heard this, she picked up a pair of scissors (剪刀) and cut the cloth. "Why have you cut your cloth?" Mencius asked, "It was so beautiful and now you've wasted it." "You have wasted your time," she said, "Now I have wasted mine. Look at the terrible (可怕的) thing we have done!"Mencius learned a lot from this lesson. After this, he always studied hard.1. When did the story happen?A. When Mencius was 30 years old.B. When Mencius' family was very rich.C. When Mencius' father lived with them.D. When Mencius was a small boy.2. The phrase "make some cloth" means "______".A. 做衣服B. 织布C. 纺棉花D. 缝衣服3. Why did Mencius' mother cut the cloth? Because ______.A. She wanted to make some more beautiful clothB. She thought it was wasting time to make clothC. She wanted to let her son get angryD. She wanted to give her son a lesson4. Why did Mencius always study hard after this? Because ______.A. he wanted to be a teacherB. he learned a lot from the lessonC. he wanted to make his mother happyD. he didn't play with any other friends5. This passage mainly tells ______.A. A story of Mencius and his friendsB. a story of Mencius' motherC. a story about Mencius' wasting timeD. Mencius' mother cut the cloth答案：DBDBC2One day, a teacher was giving a speech to his students. He held up (举起) a glass of water and asked the class, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"The students' answers ranged from 20 g to 500 g? "It does not matter on the weight itself. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance (救护车). It is exactly the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."If we carry our burdens (负担) all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier."What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again."We have to put down the burden sometimes, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.1. The teacher brought a glass of water to the class because _____.A. he was very thirstyB. his arms were strongC. it was a good example2. "A glass of water" in this passage referred to (指) _____.A. knowledgeB. the burdenC. the time3. According to the teacher, you may feel _____ if you put down the burden sometimes.A. more energeticB. much heavierC. more stressed out4. This was a lesson about _____.A. how to relax oneself in lifeB. how to solve a physics problemC. how to keep fit by drinking water5. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. You could become heavier and heavier if you held a glass of water in your hand.B. All the students in the class knew what the weight of the glass of water exactly was.C. The teacher had a good way of making his lesson clear and easy to be understood答案：CBCAC3Years ago, a college teacher gave a group of graduate (毕业) students this job: Go to a poor place. Take 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and find out their living environment. The predict their chances for the future.After doing some research, the students found that 90% of the boys would spend some time in jail (监狱). Twenty-five years later, another group of students was given the job: Go to test what the first group of students had predicted. They went back to the same place. These 200 boys had then become men. Some of them were still there, a few had died and some had moved away. The students found that only four of them had ever been sent tot jail.These men had lived in a place full of crime (犯罪, 罪行) for many years. Why did the have such a good record? When the students asked the reason, the men said," Well, there was a teacher…?The students found the teacher. What did she do to these boys? Could she give the students any reason why these boys should have remembered her?"No," she said, "no, I really couldn't give any reason."And then, thinking back over the years, she said happily, " I loved those boys…?1. The first group of the students took _____ boys to help them to do their job.A. 12B. 16C. 90D. 2002. The underlined word "predict" in the passage most probably means "_____" in Chinese.A. 证明B. 预测C. 提供D. 证明3. Which of the following is not true?A. Four of the boys had been sent to jail.B. The 200 boys were between 12 and 16.C. The woman teacher could not give any reason at last.D. The children lived I a place which was full of crime4. What's the main idea of this passage?A. Predicting never worksB. Teacher's love can change children's lifeC. Two hundred boys were tested by studentsD. The two groups of students could predict the boys' future答案：DBCB4The hardworking blacksmith Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard-working was he that at times he would make the sparks (火星) fly from his hammer.The son of Mr. Smith, a rich neighbor, used to come to see the blacksmith every day and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself watching how the tradesman worked.“Young man, why don’t you try your hand to learn to make shoe tacks (钉), even if it is only to pass the time?” said the blacksmith. “Who knows, one day, it may be of use to you.”The lazy boy began to see what he could do. But after a little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.Old Mr. Smith died and the son on account of the war lost all his goods. He had to leave home and wasforced to live in another country. It so happened that in this village there were many shoemakers who were spending a lot of money buying tacks for their shoes and even at times when they paid high prices they were not always able to get what they wanted, because in that part of the country there was a high demand for soldiers’ shoes.Our young Mr. Smith, who was finding it difficult to earn his daily bread, remembered that once upon a time he had learned the art of making tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain with the shoemakers. He told them that he would make the tacks if they would help to get him settled in the workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer. And after a while, Mr. Smith found that he was soon making the finest tacks in the village.“How funny it seems,” he used to say, “even making tacks can make money. My trade is more useful to me than all my former riches.”1.The young man learnt to make shoe tacks because ________.A. his father told him toB. he wanted to learn a skillC. Jones encouraged him toD. he just wanted to pass his time2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Old Mr. Smith enjoyed making the shoe tacks.B. The blacksmith had predicted the young man would be in need of the skill.C. The higher prices they paid, the more tacks the shoemakers would get.D. The young man earned his living by his skills learnt when he was young.3. What can we learn from the story?A. Practice makes perfect.B. Skill makes life easy.C. A good beginning makes a good ending.D. Every man has his gift.答案：CDB5In the early days of human history, people survived by hunting wild animals, or gathering wild grains and plants for food. Then, some people learned to grow crops and raise animals for food. They were the first farmers.From the sixteenth century on, the word “farm” has meant agricultural land. But a much older meaning of the word “farm” is linked to economics. The word “farm” comes from the Latin word “firma”, which means an unchanging payment. E xperts say the earliest meaning of the English word “farm” was a yearly payment made as a tax or rent.Farmers in early England did not own their land. They paid every year to use agricultural lands. In England, farmers used hawthorn trees along the edges of houses. They called this row of hawthorns a hedge. Hedging fields was how careful farmers marked and protected them. Soon, people began to use the word “hedging” to describe steps that could be taken to protect against financial loss. Hedging is common among gamblers who make large bets. A gambler bets a lot of money on one team. But, to be on the safe side, he also places a smaller bet on the other team, to reduce a possible loss.You might say that someone is hedging his bet when he invests in several different kinds of business. One business may fail, but likely not all. Farmers know that it is necessary to make hay while the sun shines. Hay has to be cut and gathered when it is dry. So a wise farmer never postpones gathering his hay when the sun is shining. Rain may soon appear. A wise person copies the farmer. He works when conditions are right.1.We can know from the 3rd paragraph that farmers in early England _________.A. had land of their ownB. paid to use hawthorn trees every yearC. used hedging fieldsD. often suffered from financial loss2.Which of the following is wise?A. A mother tries to sleep as soon as her baby is quietB. Hay has to be cut and gathered before it is dryC. Put off gathering hay when the sun is shiningD. Gather hay as it is rainy3.If a boy is carefully listening to his teacher in class, he learns to _________.A. become a wise farmerB. hedge his betC. gather his hayD. make hay while the sun shines答案：CAD6My grandfather is eighty years old. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better."Families aren't what they used to be. A lot of families have broken up. If the husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now parents are both busy working. No one has time to look after children at home.And the cars! No one walks anymore. More and more people drive. We used to walk five miles to school on school days, even in winter. But now we don't. And in school, children don't have to think anymore. In math class, for example, we used to add, subtract, multiply and divide by using our heads. But now kids don't use their heads anymore. Instead, they use calculators.Most families have computers now. In the past we didn't have computers. We didn't even have lights. My mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now we don't often eat home-cooked food.And people talk less to each other than before. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think...Life used to be simple, but it isn't anymore."1. What does the grandfather think of the life now?A. It's as good as it used to beB. It's worse than it used to beC. It's better than it used to beD. It's the same as it used to be2. What does the underlined word "marriage" mean in Chinese?A. 生活B. 工作C. 婚姻D. 家庭3. What did the grandfather used to do?A. He used to use calculators in math classB. He used to drive to school in winterC. He used to go to school by bikeD. He used to walk five miles to school4. What changes have happened?①There are lights at home②People often eat home-cooked food now③Lots of families have computers④More and more people drive instead of walkingA. ①②④B. ②③④C. ①②③D. ①③④5. Which of the following is TURE?A. Life now is much simplerB. People have more time to talk with each other nowC. The grandfather only complains and pays no attention to the better life nowD. Lots of mothers still stay at home and look after their children.答案：BCCDC。
人教版八年级英语上册阅读理解12篇(含答案解析)
人教版八年级英语上册阅读理解12篇(一)Many animals migrate-they move over long ways, often at the same time and to the same place each year. They move to places where the weather is warmer, where there is more food and water, or where their young will be safer. Here are three amazing examples of migration: One of the largest animal migrations happens on the Serengeti plains(塞伦盖蒂平原) in Africa. More than one million wildebeest(角马) migrate in a big group. As the seasons change, they follow the rain, looking for better grass to eat and water to drink. They stay in one place while the grass and water are good, and then they move on. They return to the same places each year. Thousands of zebras and other animals travel with the wildebeest.Out of all migrating animals, Arctic terns(北极燕鸥) travel the longest way. These seabirds lay their eggs and raise their young in summer in the north of Europe, Asia and North America. Each year around August, they fly south over the oceans. They spend about five months near Antarctica, while it is warmer there. Then after the southern summer ends, they fly north again. Arctic terns travel more than 70.000 kilometers in a year.Salmon(蛙鱼) live most of their lives in the ocean. But when it’s time for them to lay their eggs, they return to the rivers where they were born. They move up rivers and streams to find the right place. Scientists think that the fish remember the special smell of their river, and this is how they find their way. Salmon can swim strongly up hills, and will jump high to get over waterfalls. ( )1．The word “migrate” means ________ in the first paragraph.A．移民B．迁徙B．C．搬家D．移动( )2．Animals migrate because ________.A．they need warmer weather B．they need foodC．they need good places to raise their young D．all of the above( )3．Arctic terns can travel ________ kilometers each year.A．5,000B．30,000C．over 70,000D．1 million( )4．Scientists think ________ helps salmon find their way as they migrate.A．the smell of the river B．the sound of the riverC．the warmth of the river D．the amount of water in the river答案详解本文介绍了角马、北极燕鸥和蛙鱼三个令人吃惊的迁徙例子。
八年级英语阅读理解题及答案
八年级英语阅读理解题及答案八年级英语阅读理解题及答案由于阅读一直是考试中容易产生“失分点”的区域，因此，许多学生在谈及阅读题时都怨声载道。
但是想要提高阅读理解的`能力，就要多练习总结，下面是店铺给大家准备的八年级的英语阅读理解练习以及参考答案，一起来看一下吧!第一篇：The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modem traffic and modern communication means (通讯设备). Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution (污染). To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up(用完) or the river was dirty in one place, Man moved to another place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.Many countries are making rules (法规) to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal (煤) in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air.Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is caused (引起) by heavy traffic. It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must take care of the rise in population at the same time.1. Our world is becoming much smaller ___.A. because the earth is being polluted day and night.B. thanks to science developmentC. because of the rise in populationD. because the earth is blown away by the wind every year2. Thousands of years ago, life was ____ it is today.A. much easier thanB. as easy asC. as hard asD. much harder than3. Pollution comes in many ways. We can even hear it. Here "it" means ____.A. water pollutionB. air pollutionC. noise pollutionD. rubbish (垃圾)4. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because ____.A. it's bad for all living things in the worldB. it makes much noiseC. it makes our rivers and lakes dirtyD. it makes us angry more easily5. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.B. The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world's population does.C. If people could go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motorbike it would be helpful in fighting against the problem of SO2.D. The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people living on the earth.第二篇：More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.One day the Prince wanted to go hunting(打猎) with his men. He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle(摇篮), which was like a small bed.When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged(摇) his tail(尾巴) and jumped up to put his paws( 手爪 )on the Prince's chest. Then the Prince saw the blood(血) on Gelert's jaws(颚) and head."What have you done?" the Prince said. He rushed into his house and looked for his baby son. The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them."So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily. "You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword(剑) and killed the dog. Just as Gelert was dying, he managed(设法) to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog.The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt(没受伤). Near him was a dead wolf. Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended(保卫) the baby and killed the wolf.The Prince ran back into the house but he was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. Tears ran down his face when he realized 'he had killed his faithful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried(埋葬) him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a few minutes.If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show youwhere Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It reminds people of a brave and faithful dog.1. Gelert was the dog of the Prince of ___.A. ScotlandB. EnglandC. IrelandD. Wales2. The Prince told the dog to _____ when he was leaving.A. watch the doorB. take care of his baby at homeC. welcome his friendsD. stop the strangers3. The dog was very ____ when his master came back from hunting.A. gladB. fearfulC. afraidD. tired4. The Prince was surprised to see blood on Gelert's ____.A. jawsB. pawsC. headD. Both A and C.5. The Prince never smiled again because __A. the wolf was killed by GelertB. he had buried the dog on the top of mountainC. he had killed his faithful friend GelertD. Gelert had killed his baby son>>>>>>参考答案<<<<<<第一篇：1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. D第二篇：l. D 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. C。
初二英语阅读理解(含答案)精选全文完整版
精选全文完整版授课老师：吴老师AA young man asked Albert Einstein , the great German scientist , what the secret of success is. The scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days later the young man asked the same question again . Einstein was very annoyed ．He did not say anything ,but wrote a few words on a piece of paper . On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.“What does this mean ?”asked the young man .“A means “success””explained the old scientist . “X stands for hard work ,Y for good method (方法)and Z Z means stop talking and get down to work.”1.The young man _________.A. wanted to meet EinsteinB. wanted to be a great scientist like EinsteinC. was eager (渴望) to know the secret of successD. wanted to be a student of Einstein2.In Einstein’s opinion the secret of success was ________.A. to work with great energy (精力，活力)B. to study hard day and nightC. to learn from great scientistsD. to raise (提出)questions as many as you could3.“Y”stands for _______.A. hard workB. great energyC. great successD. good manner(方法)4.The word “annoyed”means ________.A. angryB. sadC. lovelyD. glad5.Einstein was a man who ______A. liked to talk with young peopleB. liked to help othersC. liked to make friends with young peopleD. liked to work , but didn’t like to talkBBritish newspapers are much smaller than they used to be and their readers are often in a hurry ,so newspapermen write as few words as possible .They tell their readers at once what happened ,where ,when and how it happened and what was the result : how many people were killed ,what change was done and so on .Readers want the fact(事实) set out as fully and accurately as possible .Readers are also interested in the people who have seen the accident. So a newspaperman always likes to get some information (信息)from someone who wasthere, which can be given in the person’s own words .Because he can use only a few words ,the newspaperman must choose those words carefully ,every one must be effective(有效). Instead of “he called out in a loud voice”, he writes”he shouted”; instead of “the loose stones rolled noisily down the side of the mountain”, he will write”they thundered down the mountainside”. Because many of the readers aren’t very clever, and most of them are in a hurry.1.From the text, we learn that newspapermen write as fewwords as possible ,because readers___.A. want to know more about the newsB. take no interest in what has happenedC. have no time to read the news carefullyD. pay much attention to the result2.The underlined word”one”in the text refers to ______.A.wordB.newspapermanC.readerD.person3.Which of the following would best complete the text ?A. he will keep his writing shortB. he won’t care about his writingC. he will give nothing but informationD. he won’t make his writing good enough.4.In what way do you think British newspapers have becomesmaller?A. In a page size.B. In number of readers.C. In number of pages.D. In number of copies5.Which of the following is true?A. Readers are not satisfied with the short news.B. Not many people have time to read the long articles in newspapers.C. Readers find the language of the newspapers exciting.D. Newspapermen try to report as fully as possible.CThe story happened during the Second World War（战争）．An old man lived in a small town of Germany. He had three sons and they all worked in the same factory where he had worked. After the war had begun , his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the frights . The old man was very sad . he didn’t have enough food and was often hungry . And nobody helped him and he didn’t know how to go in living .It was a very cold winter night . The old man couldn’t go to sleep . He had been hungry for two days and it was so cold in his room that ice could be seen . He had to get up and begun to run in the room until he lay down on the ground. The next morninghe had to beg from door to door. He had been to a lot of cities and knew a lot.Once he came to a village , but the villages were all poor and couldn’t give him anything . He was too hungry to go to another village . He thought hard and found a way . He came to a police station and called out , “Hitler is a foolish pig (希特勒是蠢猪)！＂Out came an old policeman at once . He took the old man into a room , gave him some bread and a cup of tea . Then he said , “Don’t say in our village , sir !”“I’m sorry, sir.”Said the old man . “I don’t know it’s Hitler’s hometown .”“No, no , sir.”The policeman said in a hurry. “It’s pig’s hometown !”1.The old man was ___________.A. a GermanB. a FrenchC. an AustralianD. an Englishman2.The old man was sad because ________.A. his three sons all died during the warB. His three sons had to join the armyC. He had no food or clothesD. He lived in the small town alone3.The old man got up and ran in his room to ________.A. keep healthyB. Forget he was sad and hungryC. Make him warmD. Find a way to forget he was hungry4.The old man shouted outside the police stationbecause______A. he hated Hitler very muchB. he hoped the policeman could help himC. he wanted to make the policemen angryD. he thought the he would be given some food in prison (监狱)5.Which statement is true?A. The old policeman hated Hitler , tooB. The old policeman found that the old man his best friendC. The old policeman would send the old man in prisonD. The old policeman liked Hitler better than pigsDMiss Gorgers taught physices in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same timeyou were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”T om at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.”“That’s very good,”Miss Gorgers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said, “Yes, Kate?”“I disagree,”Kate said. “Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.”1. Miss Gorgers was teaching her class .A. how to telephoneB. about electricityC. about time zone（时区）D. about sound2. Miss Gorgers asked this question because she wanted to know whether .A. it was easy to phone to Los AngelesB. her student could hear her from 75 feet awayC. her students had grasped（理解）her lessonD. sound waves were slower than electricity3. T om thought that electricity was .A. slower than sound wavesB. faster than sound wavesC. not so fast as sound wavesD. as fast as sound waves4. Kate thought T om was wrong because .A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New YorkB. electricity was slower than sound wavesC. T om was not good at physics at allD. T om’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves5. Whose answer do you think is correct acoording to the law of physics?A. T om’sB. Kate’sC. Both A and BD. Neither A nor BEIt was Mondy. Mrs Smith’s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.Considering that there was no better way. Mrs Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.”Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently: “T ake this to the butcher (person whose job is selling meat), and he’s going to give you your lunch today.”Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers (* people who buy something from a shop).But, the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. T o the butcher’s more surprise, it came for the third time at six o’clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!6. Mrs Smith treated her little dog quite .A. cruellyB. fairlyC. kindlyD.unfriendly7. It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs Smith gave it .A. might do it much harm.B. could do it much goodC. would help the butcherD. was worth many pounds8. The butcher did not give any meat to the dog .A. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs SmithB. when he found that the words on the paper were not clearC. because he had sold out all the meat in his shopD. until he was paid enough by Mrs Smith9. From its experence, the dog found that .A. only the paper with Mrs Smith’s words on it could bring it meatB. the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw itC. Mrs Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcherD. a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat10. A t the end of the story, you’ll find that .A. the dog was clever enough to write on the paperB. the dog dared not go to the butcher’s any moreC. the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dogD. the butcher found himself cheated (* act in a way that is not honest) by the clever animalFMr. King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P. E. in a middle school. He wears a long beard（胡子）and takes good care of it.It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre of the city. Mr. King likes the game very much and of course he was going to watch it. With his friends’help he got a ticket a few days ago. After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but a lot of people were waiting there. A bus came and he hardly got on. There were plenty of people in it and it was difficult for them to put their feet. He had to grip（抓住）the back of a chair. At the next stop a boy got on the bus. He looked around and saw Mr. King’s beard and grip it. The man found it at once and called out, “Let go of（松开）my beard, boy!”“Are you going to get off, sir?”asked to boy.11. M r. King is a .A. playerB. runnerC. teacherD. driver12. M r. King was going to watch the match because .A. he teaches P. E. in a middle schoolB. he likes football very muchC. he had already got a ticketD. he didn’t go to work yesterday13. I t was difficult for Mr. King to stand because .A. he had drunk too muchB. the bus was too smallC. he got on the bus too lateD. it was very crowded in the bus14. T he boy gripped Mr. King’s beard because .A. he was afraid to fall againB. he wanted to make the man angryC. he hoped the man to find a seat for himD. he hoped the man to get off soon15. M r. King was afraid , so he shouted at him.A. the boy would pull him downB. the boy would hurt his beardC. the boy could be hurt againD. the boy would borrow his ticketGMy friend is a taxi drives. He has been a taxi driver for ten years. It’s a nice job most of the time. He can meet a lot of people. He always works at night because there is too much traffic during the day. He usually goes home between two o’clock in the morning. There are some very strange things, which often happen at night. One day my friend was taking a woman back home from a party at three o’clock in the morning. She had her little dog with her. When they got to her house, she found she had lost her key. So my friend waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the window. My friend waited and waited. After half an hour of honking he decided tofind out what was going on. He tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window.At that moment some policemen came. They thought my friend was a thief. Luckily, the woman came downstairs. She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about my friend and the dog.16. T he driver always works at night because it is easierto .A. driveB. climb in through windowC. make moneyD. meet a lot of people17. T he woman climbed in through the windowbecause .A. she wanted to have a sleepB. her husband didn’t open the door for herC. she didn’t want to pay the moneyD. she couldn’t find her key18. T he story happened .A. early in the morningB. late at nightC. outside the cityD. near the bus station19. W hich of the following is not true?A. The driver worked until 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning.B. The policemen made a mistake.C. The woman had nomoney to pay.D. The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.20. T he driver climbed in through the window to .A. get money from the womanB. phone the policeC. return the dog to the womanD. see what happened in the house。
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初二英语阅读理解题及答案初二英语阅读理解精选题(一)My class will put on a short play in English atthe end of the year. Yesterday our English teacher gave us copies of the play.“Choose a character in the play whom you’d like to be, ”she told us. “This afternoon learn a fewlines of this part for homework. Then tomorrow you can say those lines in front of the class. I’ll decide who play each part.”I wanted to have one of the bigger parts in the play, so I choose the part of the king. He has a lotof lines to say. I learned them by heart.This morning in our English lesson we had to say our lines. I acted the part of the king. When I said my lines, I put a lot of expression into my acting. I thought I acted really well.Everyone in the class read a part and then the teacher who would play each part.Many of the students in my class couldn’t act at all. They couldn’t even read without making lots of mistakes. I was sure that I would get a big part inthe play.However, the teacher gave me the part of a soldier. He has only one line. It is, “Yes, sir!”I was very disappointed. At the end of the lesson I went up to her and asked her why I had such a small part.“You put too much expression in your acting,” she said. “Good acting is not big acting. It is acting the audience can believe in.”I think I know what she means.48. What did the boy want to do in the play?A. To get an important partB. To organize the playC. To get a large acting part.D. To work the lights.49. How did the boy feel when the teacher told the class they would put on a play?A. Bored.B. Sad.C. Excited.D. Unhappy.50. Why didn’t the teacher give him the part of the kings?A. He did not act correctly.B. He did not know the lines.C. He was not handsome.D. He was too short.51. What does the underlined word “expression”in the passage mean?A. 表情B.建议C. 模仿D. 服饰初二英语阅读理解精选题答案48. C【解析】由第三段第一句I wanted to have oneof the bigger parts in the play.可知答案为C。
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八年级阅读理解题【模拟试题】（答题时间：120分钟）阅读理解练习：（一）Hi, Louis!I’m writing to tell you something about the customs and festivals. Everyone loves holidays since one doesn’t need to go to school or work. Although all holidays mean no school and work, but not all of them are the same. On some of them you go out with friends; on others you stay home to eat, talk, and have fun with your family. For example in the U.S., everyone thinks New Year’s Eve and New Year are both for partying with friends. Christmas is the time to stay home and exchange gifts with family members. The opposite is true in Japan though. For example, in Japan, New Year is for spending time with the family to eat, talk, have fun, and go to the temples. But Christmas is for boy and girl friends to go out and exchange gifts. Originally Christmas should be to celebrate the birth of Christ.I have been interested in foreign customs since I was little. If you learn these different holiday customs, you will learn about different histories and cultures. This is much more interesting than learning them at the library from morning to evening.Love,Sue 根据短文内容，判断正误。
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一A young officer was at a railway station. On his way home, he wanted to telephone his mother to tell her the time of his train, so that she could meet him at the station in her car. He looked in all his pockets, but found that he did not have the right money for the telephone, so he went outside and looked around for someone to help him.At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said, "Have you got change for ten pence?""Wait a moment, " the old soldier answered, beginning to put his hand in his pocket, "I'll see whether I can help you. ""Don't you know how to speak to an officer?" the young man said angrily. "Now let's start again. Have you got change for ten pence?""No, sir, " the old soldier answered quickly.60. The young officer wanted to telephone his mother to tell her _________. ( )A. that he was going to visit herB. when his train would leaveC. when his train would arriveD. that he was now at the railway station61. He looked around for help because he _________. ( )A. didn't have coins for the phone callB. had no money to make the phone callC. didn't have the local moneyD. wanted to change money62. The old soldier _________. ( )A. was glad to help himB. didn't know if he had coinsC. didn't want to help himD. was angry63. The young officer was angry because he thought the old soldier _________. ( )A. didn't know how to speak to himB. didn't want to help himC. didn't answer him correctlyD. was not friendly to him64. The old soldier in the story was_________. ( )A. cleverB. stupidC. politeD. friendly二December 25 is Christmas Day(圣诞节). Christmas is an important holiday in many countries. On Christmas Day, most families get together for a big dinner. They give presents to each other and visit friends. The Christmas tree is an important part ofthe Christmas holiday. Most families buy trees. The families decorate(装饰) the tree together. Parents usually tell their children that Father Christmas comes during the night and brings presents to good children. Of course, Father Christmas isn’t real. The parents of the children are really “Father Christmas”. They put the presents under the tree or into their children’s stocking(长统袜) after the children go to sleep.41. When is Christmas Day? __________.A. November 25B. December 25C. December 24D. December 2642. What do most families in America do on Christmas Day? __________.A. They only have a big dinner togetherB. They have a big dinner, exchange (交换) presents and visit friendsC. They just visit friends and exchange presentsD.They exchange presents only43. Who is really “Father Christmas”? ___________.A. Their parentsB. Their fatherC. Their motherD. Father Christmas44. When Christmas Day is coming, the parents __________.A. usually tell their children that Father Christmas isn’t realB. tell their children that Father Christmas comes during the night and brings presents to good childrenC.sometimes tell their children that Father Christmas comes during the dayD.often tell their children that Father Christmas gives presents to poor children45. When did parents put the presents into their children’s stocking? __________.A. Before the children go to sleepB. After the children go to sleepC. December 26D. At midnight of December 25三No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted（发出呼噜声）like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him----water splashing（飞溅）, bees humming（嗡嗡作响声）, a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy language. Your dictionary is your most useful book.1．What do we mean by language?A．Sounds made by man.B．All the words made by man.C．Different kinds of sound.D．The way man learns.2．From the passage we know that long long ago ______. [ ] A．no one learned how to make sounds or wordsB．animals taught to learn the languageC．Man learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the ground, and so on D．Man followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words3．What is the number of language spoken in the world today? [ ] A．500B．5, 000C．1, 500D．15, 0004．In which sentence can the word “contain (s)”be put so that it is a right one? [ ]A．I ______several dictionaryB．Sea water______ salt.C．A dog ______four legsD．Mr Smith ______glasses on his nose5．Which of the following is the best if we want to make our vocabulary larger? [ ]A．To use the words in every day lifeB．To read more booksC．To read easy booksD．To look up new words in the dictionary四、A Trip to the ForestOne day Bob took two of his friends in-to the mountains. They put up their tents (帐篷) and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp(营地), it start-ed to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would hap-pen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!1. John and his two friends went to the forest to ____.A. build their campB. find their way homeC. enjoy the mountains in the snowD. watch the trees in the forest2. They could not find their way back be-cause ____.A. there was only one road to their campB. they couldn't decide which of the two roads led to their tentsC. there were no roads in the mountains at allD. everything was covered by the white snow3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to ____.A. John's houseB. the campC. the forestD. the mountains4. The horses stopped because____.A. it was getting lateB. they were tired after running for a long wayC. they knew that they had got to the campD. they had seen John's house5. The story happened ____.A. on a cold winter dayB. on a dark snowy eveningC. in a cold camp far from villagesD. at night when nothing could be seen五Two farmers were on their way home one evening after a hard day's work. Both were tired. They happened to look up at the sky and saw a black cloud overhead."Ah!" said one farmer, "tomorrow we shall have rain and the rice will grow well." The second answered, "Nonsense (胡说), the rain will only kill the crops (庄稼)."So they began to quarrel (争吵). Just then a third farmer came along and asked them why they were quarreling. Both farmers explained about the black cloud."What cloud?" asked the third farmer. They all looked at the sky. The cloud was no longer there.Choose the right answer1. The two farmers were _____.A. going homeB. going to the fieldC. going to workD. going to see their friend2. The two farmers _____ on that day.A. had a holidayB. didn't workC. worked hardD. wanted to quarrel with each other3. When there are black block clouds in the sky, _____.A. it will rain soonB. it will be fineC. it will get hotD. the sun is shining brightly4. The two farmers fought in words because _____.A. they were hungryB. it rainedC. one said the rain would do good to the crops and the other didn't think soD. they both hoped for rain5. The third farmer came with and said to the other two. He _____.A. wanted to make friends with themB. joined them in the quarrelC. wanted to know why they were quarrelingD. had nothings to do6. How many farmers said that the rain would be helpful? _____.A. NoneB. OneC. TwoD. Three六December 25 is Christmas Day(圣诞节). Christmas is an important holiday in many countries. On Christmas Day, most families get together for a big dinner. They give presents to each other and visit friends. The Christmas tree is an important part of the Christmas holiday. Most families buy trees. The families decorate(装饰) the tree together. Parents usually tell their children that Father Christmas comes during the night and brings presents to good children. Of course, Father Christmas isn’t real. The parents o f the children are really “Father Christmas”. They put the presents under the tree or into their children’s stocking(长统袜) after the children go to sleep.( )41. When is Christmas Day? __________.A. November 25B. December 25C. December 24D. December 26( )42. What do most families in America do on Christmas Day? __________.A. They only have a big dinner togetherB. They have a big dinner, exchange (交换) presents and visit friendsC. They just visit friends and exchange presentsD. They exchange presents only( )43. Who is really “Father Christmas”? ___________.A. Their parentsB. Their fatherC. Their motherD. Father Christmas( )44. When Christmas Day is coming, the parents __________.A. usually tell their children that Father Christmas isn’t realB. tell their children that Father Christmas comes during the night and brings presents to good childrenC. sometimes tell their children that Father Christmas comes during the dayD. often tell their children that Father Christmas gives presents to poor children ( )45. When did parents put the presents into their children’s stocking? __________.A. Before the children go to sleepB. After the children go to sleepC. December 26D. At midnight of December 25七One morning, George leaves his house with six donkeys(驴) to the market. After a while, he gets tired and so he gets onto one of the donkeys. He counts the donkeys and there are only five, so he gets off and goes to look for the sixth. He looks for iteverywhere but does not find it, so he goes back to the donkeys and counts them again. This time there are six, so he gets onto one of them again and they all start.After a few minutes he counts the donkeys again, and again there are only five. When he is counting again, a friend of his passes(经过), and George says to him “I leave my house with six donkeys, then I have five, then I h ave six again, and now I have only five! Look! One, two, three, four, five.”“But, George,” says his friend, “You are sitting on a donkey fool. That is the sixth. And you are the seventh!”( )46. Where is the sixth donkey? __________.A. It is lost(弄丢) on the way to the marketB. It makes hide-and-seek(捉迷藏)with its master(主人)C. It goes back homeD. George is sitting on it, but he forgets it( )47. George gets onto one of the donkeys, because __________.A. it is a long way to go to the market from his homeB. he is tiredC. he has to find the lost one quickly by riding a donkeyD. he likes riding a donkey( )48. In the sentence “He counts the donkeys”, “count” means __________.A. to look afterB. to say the names of the donkeysC. to look forD. to say the number of the donkeys( )49. How does George find his sixth donkey at last? __________.A. He finds it by counting them again and againB. He finds it at homeC. He finds that his friend is riding on itD. His friend helps him to count( )50. In England or America, people often call ________ as a silly(愚蠢的) donkey.A. a young gentlemanB. a hard-working manC. a clever boyD. a fool八Leon’s showJune 18Hong Kong pop star Leon Lai will give a personal performance(个人演唱会)at 7:30p.m.from tomorrow to June 21 at Shanghai Gymnasium(体育馆).The show is held for celebrating the opening of the 2004 Huang pu Tourist Festival .Tickets¥60, ¥90, ¥120, ¥180Available（可得到）at 66 Jiang ning Road.Address: Shang hai Gymnasium ,111 Caoxi RoadTelephone:29189188,29171145 ,29384952, 29197113( )51 Leon is __________.A a singer of pop music.B the head of the Shang hai Gymnasium.C a ticket sellerD both B and C( )52 Which is right time to enjoy Leon’s show?A 6:00p.m June 19B 7:30p.m June 22C 8:00a.m June 20D 7:30p,m June 21( )53 Leon will give ______performances this time at Shanghai Gymnasium altogether.A eighteenB twenty-oneC fourD three( )54 The cheapest ticket for the show costs ______.A 60yuanB 90yuanC 120yuanD no money( )55 If you want to get tickets, you can_____.A go to No.1111Caoxi RoadB go to No.66 Jiang ning RoadC telephone to 29189100D telephone to 29171154一、CDBAA 二、BBABB 三、BDCBB 四、DDBCA五、ACACCB 六、BBABB 七、DBDDD 八、ADDAB九Mr Smith made many tests (作试验) with different animals and the monkey was the cleverest of all the animals.One day Mr Smith put a monkey in a room. He also put some small boxes in it. In one of the boxes there was some food. " How long will it take the monkey to find the food? " Mr Smith said to himself. " Let me wait and see. " He left the room and waited outside. Three minutes later, he put his eye to the keyhole (钥匙眼). What did he see? He saw the eye of the monkey. The monkey was on the other side of the door and looked at Mr Smith through the keyhole.1. Mr Smith made tests with __________.A. different animalsB. the monkey onlyC. all the monkeysD. all of the cleverest animals2. There was some food in _______ of the small boxes.A. someB. noneC. oneD. each3. Mr Smith put a monkey and some boxes in a room because he wanted toknow___________.A. how much food monkey could findB. how many boxes the monkey could carryC. how long it would take the monkey to put its eye to the keyholeD. how long it would take the monkey to find the food4. What was the monkey doing when Mr Smith was putting his eye to the keyhole?A. The monkey was eating food.B. The monkey was looking for food.C. The monkey was eating on the other side of the door.D. The monkey was looking at Mr Smith through the keyhole.5. Mr Smith is a ________.A. teacherB. scientist (科学家)C. doctorD. farm worker答案：ACDDB十Do you need friends? I'm sure your answer is "Yes,of course. Everybody does! " You need friends when you play and when you work. If you have friends, you will feel happy. If you have no friends. you will feel lonely (寂寞的).Do you know how to make friends? There is only one good way—You make friends by being friendly.A friendly person is interested in other people. He is always helpful If you want to make friends with a new classmate, you can talk with him, tell him about the other classmates in your class and try your best to be helpful to him.6. We need friends __________.A. because we must play with themB. Because we must work with themC. when we play and when we workD. when we talk with them7. If we want to make friends, we should __________.A. be politely to themB. be friendly to them.C. be afraid of themD. when we talk with them.8. A friendly person is _________ other people.A. interested inB. worried aboutC. surprised atD. like them9. If we want to make friends with a new classmate, ___________.A. we can talk with themB. we must try to help himC. we can tell him about the other classmates in our classD. A、B and C10. Which of the following is true?A. No one needs friends.B. Everyone needs friends.C. Only classmates need friends.D. Someone needs friends.答案： CBADB十一Long, long ago there were only a few thousand people in the world. These people move form place to place over the land, hunting animals for food.No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed. They did not have to look for food any more. They could stay in one place and grow it.People began to live near one another. And so the first village grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big. When machines appeared(出现), life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities grew very big.Today some people are moving back to small towns. Can you tell why?1. The best title(题目)of the text should be ___.A. Cities or VillagesB. Back to TownsC. How Cities GrewD. People and Animals2. The underlined word "they" in the second paragraph refers to(指的是) ___.A. villagesB. animalsC. citiesD. people3. When factories were built, ___.A. more people live near the factoriesB. people began to live in the factoriesC. many people began to work in villagesD. many machines appeared in big factories4. We can learn from the text that ___.A. people like to work only in big citiesB. some people don't like to live in big citiesC. there will be no small towns in the future(将来)D. it is better to live in cities than in villages5. In what order did people do the following things?A. Worked in villagesB. Lived near the factories.C. Learned to grow food.D. Built factories.E. Began to live near each other.A. d, b, a, e, cB. e, a, c, d, b,C. c, e, a, d, bD. a. c. d. e. b:1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C十二The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modem traffic and modern communication means (通讯设备). Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution (污染). To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up（用完）or the river was dirty in one place, Man moved to another place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.Many countries are making rules (法规) to fight pollution. They stop people fromburning coal (煤) in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air.Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is caused (引起) by heavy traffic. It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must take care of the rise in population at the same time.1. Our world is becoming much smaller ___.A. because the earth is being polluted day and night.B. thanks to science developmentC. because of the rise in populationD. because the earth is blown away by the wind every year2. Thousands of years ago, life was ____ it is today.A. much easier thanB. as easy asC. as hard asD. much harder than3. Pollution comes in many ways. We can even hear it. Here "it" means ____.A. water pollutionB. air pollutionC. noise pollutionD. rubbish (垃圾)4. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because ____.A. it's bad for all living things in the worldB. it makes much noiseC. it makes our rivers and lakes dirtyD. it makes us angry more easily5. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.B. The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world's population does.C. If people could go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motorbike it would be helpful in fighting against the problem of SO2.D. The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people living on the earth.1. B2. D3. C4. A5. D十三We are all busy talking about and using the Internet (因特网), but how many of us know the history of the Internet?Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks (网络) didn't work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system (系统) had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information（信息）could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on working all the time.At first the Internet was only used by the government (政府), but in the early 1970s, universities (大学), hospitals and banks (银行) were allowed (允许) to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use.By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software (软件) that made "surfing" (浏览) the Internet more convenient (方便).Today it is easy to get on-line (上网) and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail (电子邮件) is more and more popular among students.The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life.1. The Internet has a history of more than ___ years.A. sixtyB. tenC. thirtyD. twenty2. A new network system was set up to ____.A. make computers cheaperB. make itself keep on working all the timeC. break down the whole networkD. make computers large and expensive3. At first the Internet was only used by ______.A. the governmentB. universitiesC. hospitals and banksD. schools4. ______ made "surfing" the Internet more conve-nient.A. ComputersB. ScientistsC. SoftwareD. Information5. Which of the following is true?A. In the 1960s, computer networks worked well.B. In the early 1970s, the Internet was easy to use.C. Sending e-mail is now more popular among students than before.D. Today it's still not easy to get on-line.CBACC十四Most people have flown a kite or have seen one ride and dip(下降) in strong spring wind. Not so many people know that kites were first made in China thousands of years ago. The ancient (古代的) Chinese were making and flying kites even before they were writing.A long time ago, the Chinese made kites to use in wars. They would fly these war kites in the dark. The kites were fixed (固定) so that they made strange sounds. Men who were at war with them would hear these sounds and run away. They thought those strange sounds were made by gods(神) in the sky.The ancient Chinese also flew kites to bring good luck and to make their crops（农作物）grow rich and tall. Sometimes they tied long strings (细绳) and hooks (钩) to their kites. Then they would fly the kites over water, letting the hooks hang down to catch fish.The Chinese use sticks（树枝）, strings（线）and paper for their kites. Some of these kites look like animals or trees. Others look like birds or houses.1. The main idea of the first paragraph（段落) is thatA. kites were first made in ChinaB. most of us have flown or seen a kiteC. the ancient Chinese were making kites before they were writingD. the ancient Chinese were good at making kites2. In ancient China kites could be used for ___.A. catching fishB. helping people flyC. watering the cropsD. helping people walk in the dark3. The ancient Chinese used kites in wars because the kites ____.A. could bring good luckB. looked like animalsC. could help them win a warD. could fly high4. The Chinese usually use ____ for their kites.A. sticks, strings and grassB. strings, hair and woodC. paper, strings and sticksD. paper, ropes and hooks5. What is the best title (题目) of this passage?A. Lucky Kites.B. Strange Kites.C. Beautiful Kites.D. Chinese Kites.AACCD十五More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.One day the Prince wanted to go hunting（打猎）with his men. He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle（摇篮）, which was like a small bed.When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged（摇）his tail（尾巴）and jumped up to put his paws（手爪）on the Prince's chest. Then the Prince saw the blood（血）on Gelert's jaws（颚）and head. "What have you done?" the Prince said. He rushed into his house and looked for his baby son. The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them."So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily. "You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword（剑）and killed the dog. Just as Gelert was dying, he managed（设法）to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog.The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt（没受伤）. Near him was a dead wolf. Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended（保卫）the baby and killed the wolf.The Prince ran back into the house but he was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. Tears ran down his face when he realized 'he had killed his faithful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried（埋葬）him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a fewminutes.If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It reminds people of a brave and faithful dog.1. Gelert was the dog of the Prince of ___.A. ScotlandB. EnglandC. IrelandD. Wales2. The Prince told the dog to _____ when he was leaving.A. watch the doorB. take care of his baby at homeC. welcome his friendsD. stop the strangers3. The dog was very ____ when his master came back from hunting.A. gladB. fearfulC. afraidD. tired4. The Prince was surprised to see blood on Gelert's ____.A. jawsB. pawsC. headD. Both A and C.5. The Prince never smiled again because __A. the wolf was killed by GelertB. he had buried the dog on the top of mountainC. he had killed his faithful friend GelertD. Gelert had killed his baby sonl.D 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.C。