初一英语阅读理解试题科技类

初一年阅读竞赛班级：座号：姓名：成绩：一、完型填空20%Are you bored with learning about insects in books? Why not find a few and take a close look by yourself? It’s easy. Insects are everywhere: not just at home or around lights at night, but also i n flowers and vegetable gardens, near lakes, parks and in forests.To have fun watching insects, you need:Start by reading books about the insects you’re after. Where can you 1 them? Do they live beside a lake or in trees? When you go out to watch insects, bring along an insect guide 2 pictures with you. A good choice would be “Souvenirs Entomologiques(《昆虫记》)” by Jean Henri Fabre.Dress properly because some insects bite! 3 trousers and shirts with long sleeves(袖子). Bring a first-aid box. Once you’re ready, an early morning and a nearby park would be a good 4 to start. Insects like to hide in 5 and humid places. Try moving stones and checking flowers, leaves and the soil. You may use a magnifier(放大镜) to 6 what insects do. Or, you can put them on a piece of clean paper to look 7 at them. How many legs do they have? What color are they?An important 8 is to try not to disturb insects. You may want to shake the tree or pick them up, but if you’re not careful, you may hurt them. You can collect insects 9 using a piece of card to pick them up. After watching, remember to put insects back 10 you found them.( )1. A. find B. invent C. discover( )2. A. for B. by C. with( )3. A. Take B. Bring C. Wear( )4. A. time or place B. place or time C. time and place( )5. A. hot B. cool C. warm( )6. A. watch B. look C. read( )7. A. easily B. happily C. closely( )8. A. lesson B. way C. class( )9. A. at B. for C. by( )10. A. when B. where C. in二、阅读理解50%AWarm water freezes more quickly than cold water. Sir Francis Bacon said that almost four hundred years ago. But few people believed him until 1970. In that year a Canadian scientist George Kill proved the English professor was right. Dr Kill filled an open oil pail(桶) with cold water. He filled another with warm water. He put both in the same low temperature. The warm water froze first. The lack of covers on the pails is the secret. Some of the warm water changed into vapor. This meant that less of the warm water was left to be frozen. And so the warm water froze faster than the cold water even though it had a greater temperature drop to make.( )1. Sir Francis Bacon was _______A. an American experimenterB. a Canadian scientistC. an English professor( )2. Hundreds of years ago, Sir Francis Bacon found _______.A. the temperature of warm water drops faster than that of cold waterB. warm water is heavier than cold waterC. warm water has the same temperature as cold water( )3. What Sir Francis Bacon said was right, but people didn't believe him until _______.A. late in the 20th centuryB. early in the 20th centuryC. late in the 19th century( )4. Leave a pail with warm water and another pail with cold water in the same low temperature, you’ll find that _______.A. cold water freezes firstB. warm water turns into ice before cold waterC. warm water and cold water freeze at the same time( )5. Why does warm water freeze first in the same freezing weather?A. Because some of the warm water turns to vapor, the amount(数量) becomes less than that of cold water.B. Because warm water is lighter than cold water.C. Because the temperature of warm water is lower than that of cold water.BIf you do not use your arm or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong. If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault . But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame , and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write down in a little notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised. So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: Practice remembering.( )6. The main reason for one’s poor memory is that _______.A. his father or mother may have a poor memoryB. He does not use his name or legs for some timeC. his memory is not often used( )7. If you do not use your arms or legs for some time _______.A. you can’t use them any moreB. they will become strongerC. they become weak and won’t become strong until you use them again.( )8. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Your memory works in the same way as your arms or legs.B. Don’t learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory.C. A good memory comes from more practice.( )9. Some peopl e can’t read or write, but they usually have better memories, because _______.A. they have save much troubleB. they have saved much time to remember thingsC. they have to use their memories all the time( )10. Which is the best title for this passage?A. Don’t Stop Using Your Arms Or LegsB. How To Have a Good MemoryC. Strong Arms And Good MemoriesCPerhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it, do you know? The Internet is a network. It uses the telephone to join millions of computers together around the world.Maybe that doesn’t sound very interesting. But when you’ve joined to the Internet, there are lots and lots of things you can do. You can send E-mails to your friends, and they can get them in a few seconds. You can also do with all kinds of information on the World Wide Web (WWW).There are many different kinds of computers now. They all can be joined to the Internet. Most of them are small machines sitting on people’s desks at home, but there are still man y others in schools, offices or large companies. These computers are owned by people and companies, but no one really owns the Internet itself.There are lots of places for you to go into the Internet. For example, your school may have the Internet. You can use it during lessons or free time. Libraries often have computers joined to the Internet. You are welcome to use it at only time.Thanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. It is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information you need. You can buy or sell whatever you want by the Internet. But do you know 98% of the information on the Internet is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?( )11. What is the passage mainly about?A. Internet.B. Information.C. Computers.( )12. Which is the quickest and cheapest way to send messages to your friends?A. By post.B. By E-mail.C. By telephone.( )13. Which may be the most possible place for people to work in tomorrow?A. In the office.B. At school.C. At home.( )14. Whose the owner of the Internet?A. The headmaster.B. The officer.C.D. No one.( )15. What does the writer try to tell us with the last two sentences?A. English is important in using the Internet.B. the Internet is more and more popular.C. Most of the information is in English.DIs it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Hiroyuki’s bed will solve your problem! Here is how it works.The bed is connected to an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays soft music. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki’s bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a soft voice, “Wake up, darling, please.”After minutes later, Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss shouts, “Wake up at once, or you’ll be late!”If you don’t get up after the second recording, a mechanical “foot” in the bed will kick you in the head. The bed waits a few more minutes. What! You’re still in bed! Slowly the top of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. Finally you slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed awake!Hiroyuki’s bed is not in stores. There is only one bed —the bed Hiroyuki made for a contest. Maybe some day a company will make Hiroyuki’s bed and sell it in stores. Maybe people will buy millions of beds. Then Hiroyuki will be rich. If the bed makes Hiroyuki rich, he won’t need to work, and he won’t need to get up early!( )16. The bed is useful to the people ________.A. who can’t sleep wellB. who can’t get up earlyC. who go to bed late( )17. The bed is not connected to ________.A. an alarm clockB. a tape recorderC. a TV( )18.The word “slide” in the third paragraph means “________”.A. 滑落B.躺下C. 靠边站( )19. What will finally happen to Hiroyuki if he doesn’t get up?A. He will slide onto the floor.B. A tape recorder will play a recording of his boss.C. A mechanical “foot” will kick him in the head.( )20. Which is TRUE of the following sentences?A. Hiroyuki’s company has made many such beds.B. Hiroyuki’s bed is the only one made for a contest.C. Hiroyuki has made a lot of money.EPablo Picasso(毕加索), was born in Málaga, Spain, in 1881. His father, an art teacher, found young Pablo’s drawing talent early on and helped him stage his first exhibition(展览) at just 13. He went to the Royal Academy of Art at the age of 15. Yet the son soon left his fatherland, and his father's name, behind, choosing Paris and Picasso (his mother’s maiden name) instead.Picasso is generally considered to be the most outstanding painter in the 20thcentury French art. Throughout his career, Picasso moved from style to style withease. He practiced sculptures, drew for books and also showed great interest inpottery-design and other fields of art. He produced thousands of notableworks--including prints, pottery, stage sets, and sculptures, in addition to paintingsuntil he died at the age of 81. One of his famous works is called “Guernica（人兽图）”, which was drawn in the period of the Spanish Civil War in 1937.His paintings are now exhibited in leading European and American galleries.He was a legend(传奇人物) in the world of Art.( )21. Which information is True according to the passage?A. Pablo Picasso is a French painter.B. Pablo Picasso was born in a teacher’s family.C. All of his famous art works are paintings.( )22. When did he have his first art exhibition?A. At the age of 13.B. At the age of 15.C. After he died.( )23. What is his name Pablo Picasso named after?A. His father.B. His mother’s family na me.C. The maiden name of his mother.( )24 What does the underlined sentence “Picasso moved from style to style with ease” mean?A. It means Picasso often moved from places to places.B. It means Picasso did many kinds of jobs.C. It means Picasso liked to try different fields of arts.( )25. Why does the writer think that Picasso was a legend?A. Because he lived a long life.B. Because few people knows where Picasso was born.C. Because he had so many different kinds of famous art works in his life.。