初中英语专项阅读——文学常识

初中英语专项阅读—文学常识AScientists think that a game like bowling was played in Egypt thousands of years ago. Toys that look like a ball and bowling pins(木柱) were found buried(埋葬) with a child who died around 5200 B.C.People who study history know that the game was popular in Germany around 200-300 A.D. It was played by people in some churches in order to show that they were good Christians. When people bowled poorly, they had to go to churches more often.The first indoor bowling center was built in England in 1455. Then the game was taken to the US where most people played it outside.During the 1800s, many people in the US began to bowl for money, so several cities made the game illegal (违法的). Many people kept on bowling illegally. A group named the American Bowling Congress (ABC) began around 1900. The job of this group was to clean up bowling and make it a gentlemen’s game again.At that time, the game was mostly played by men. If women played, they wore a veil(面罩) up so that the men weren’t able to see them.Then, in 1916, a woman’s group named the Women’s National Bowling Association made a point of showing that the game was fine for both men and women.Choose the best answer according to the passage.( )1. In _______, poor bowlers had to go to churches more often.A. the USB. GermanyC. EgyptD. England( )2. In the US _______ during the 1800s.A. lots of people bowled for moneyB. women never bowledC. people discovered bowlingD. bowling was forbidden( )3. Who was probably in the American Bowling Congress?A. People who bowled in the church.B. Some gentlemen who liked bowling.C. People who bet money on bowling.D. People who kept on bowling illegally.( )4. The Women’s National Bowling Association began _______.A. about 1455B. before 1900C. in the 1800sD. in 1916( )5. Before 1916, women probably _______ when they bowled.A. wore thick clothesB. hurt themselvesC. wore a veil upD. paid much moneyBThere are no peasants(农民) in Britain. People who are working on a farm are called farm workers. The farmer pays workers every week. There are not many workers on a farm. The farmers have many machines. The machines do most of the work. A farm with four workers is a big farm, and a farm with one worker is a small farm.Britain does not grow rice. The summer is not hot enough. The most important grain crop in Britain is wheat(小麦). Wheat and other crops grow best in the east of Britain. In the west, there is a lot of rain. There grass grows very well. So, in the west of Britain, most farms are animal farms. They are not crop farms. The British winter is warmand the grass grows all the year round. The animals live out in the fields and on the highlands all the year round. The British people eat lots of meat and drink lots of milk. Cattle give milk and meat, and sheep give meat. Cattle and sheep farms are in the west. Pigs are on farms here and there.Britain can now produce about half of its food. However, it doesn’t produce enough wheat, so some wheat is imported(进口) from other countries. Britain must also import hot climate food, such as rice, tea, coffee and so on.True (T) or False (F).( )1. In Britain, a farm with four workers is a big farm.( )2. In Britain, it isn’t very hot in summer, so rice isn’t grown in Britain.( )3. In the west of Britain, there are lots of crop farms.( )4. The animals can live out all the year round because the Britain farmers don't like to keep the animals inside in winter.( )5. Britain can produce half of its food.Key: A 1-5 BABDC B 1-5 TTFFTCThere is a beautiful island located(位于) at the outer east side of the Zhujiang River mouth, which is called Hong Kong. It lies to the west of Macao and faces to the South China Sea. On the north it is connected(相连) with the Shenzhen Special Economical Zone.It covers about 1,075 square kilometers and includes three main parts—Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula(半岛) and New Territories. There are more than six million people in Hong Kong, of which about 98 percent are Chinese. Its weather is suitable and its scenery is very beautiful.Although its area isn’t very large, its economy develops quickly. Today’s Hong Kong has already become the famous heart of the international trade, finance(金融), shipping, travel and information. It keeps the foreign trade relations with over 170 countries. It has a lot of skyscrapers(摩天大楼) and docks. It attracts several million travelers all over the world.About 109 years ago, Hong Kong was occupied (强占) by the English invaders and ruled for nearly one century. This is the great shame for the Chinese nation.On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong returned to the embrace(怀抱) of our motherland again. This is one of the greatest events in the 20th century. It has ended the English rule. It shows that Chinese people have wiped out the shame. It will be written in the historical records forever.Complete the following passage according to the passage above.Hong Kong is a beautiful island located at the outer east side of the Zhujiang River mouth. It lies to the west of Macao, (1)__________ to the South China Sea and connects with the Shenzhen Special Economical Zone.There are (2)__________ main parts in Hong Kong—Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula and New Territories. There are about (3)__________ Chinese people in Hong Kong. Its weather is suitable and its scenery is very beautiful.Hong Kong (4)__________ very large, but it is the famous heart of the international trade, finance, shipping, travel and information. More than 170 countries keep the foreign trade relations with (5)__________. It has (6)__________skyscrapers and docks. Every year several million travelers (7)__________ to Hong Kong.About 109 years ago, Hong Kong was occupied by the (8)________ invaders and ruled for nearly one century.On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong returned to the embrace of our motherland again. This is one of the greatest events in the 20th century. English (9)__________ has been ended. Chinese people have wiped out the shame and wrote the greatest (10)__________ into the historical records.DComplete the passage with the given words in their proper forms.born many though interest Britain by call report work writeCharles Dickens was one of the founders of the (1) ________ literature(文学). He was (2) _________in 1812 and died in 1870.As a child he was small and weak, and his father said that he would not be able to live alone. The old man was (3) _________John Dickens, who earned money easily but spent it quickly. As he could not pay back the money he had borrowed, he was put into prison for some time. So his son did not have (4) __________ chance to go to school. Charles Dickens began to earn his own bread (5) _______ singing at the age of ten. Then he set about (6) _______ in a factory. He was (7) _______ in writing and had a strong wish to be a writer, (8)_______ his parents wanted him to be a lawyer. At twenty he was a (9) _______ by day and a writer by night, (10) ________ about London life.Key: C 1. faces 2. three / 3 3. 5,880,000 4. isn’t 5. it/Hong Kong 6. many7. travel / come 8. English 9. rule 10. eventD 1. British 2. born 3. called 4. much 5. by 6. working 7. interested8. though 9. reporter 10. writing。