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初二年级下学期英语阅读材料精选A The famous fat and lazy cat Garfield(加菲猫) is coming to China. Garfield The Movie opens in cinemas around the country on Friday. In this American movie, Garfield acts with real actors. He makes trouble and dances like a star. He will make you laugh with his clever and funny words. Drawn by American cartoonist Jim Davis since 1978, Garfield has fans all over the world. He likes eating, sleeping and watching TV. He hates doing exercise! “Im lazy and fat. But Im proud of it,” he says. Garfield always sits in front of the TV eating lasagne(烤宽面条), his favourite dish. Sometimes, hes rude to his owner Jon Arbuckle. One day, Jon brings Odie, a homeless dog, into his home. Odie is cute. He gets all Jons love. This turns Garfields world upside down. Garfield wants the dog out of the house, and his life. One night, he kicks Odie out of the house. But later Garfield finds that Odie has been kidnapped(绑架) by a TV star! The man wants to use the dog in his shows. Garfield feels sorry for Odie. He sees he has done something wrong. He wants to make up for it. So Garfield gets off his favourite chair to try to save his friend.根据短文内容，判断下面各句正（T）误（F）。( )1. Garfield The Movie is an American film.( )2. Garfield can dance like a star, but he alwaysmakes trouble. ( )3. Jon Arbuckle is the writer of the story. ( )4. Jons love for Odie makes Garfield unhappy. ( )5. Garfield likes eating, sleeping and watching TV.B Traveling can be a fun way to get life experiences, especially during Spring Break?a week long school holiday in the United States. But what will you do if youre a student and dont have enough money for a trip? Dont worry. Here are some useful tips. Save: This may be the most important preparation(准备) for traveling. Cut expenses(费用) and save money so youll have more choices about where to go and how to get there. Plan ahead: Dont wait until the last minute to plan your trip. Tickets may cost more when bought in a hurry. Giving yourself several months to get ready can mean security(安全) and savings. Plan sensibly(合理地): Write down what you expect to spend on food and hotels. Stick to(坚持) your plan or you may not have enough money to cover everything. Travel in groups: Find someone who is interested in visiting the same places. By traveling with others you can share costs and experiences. Work as you go: Need more money to support(支持) your trip? Look for work in the places you visit. Choose places: Tourist cities may be expensive. You may want to rethink your trip and go to a lesser-known area. Smaller towns can have many interesting activities and sights. Pack necessary things: The most important things to take are not always clothes. Remember medicine in case(以防) you get sick and snacks(小吃) in case you cannot find a cheap restaurant. Use the Internet or travel books: No matter where you go, study the places you will visit. Decide what to see. The Net can help to save money. Some useful websites include , and . Travel books will give you the information on the cheapest hotels and restaurants. By planning sensibly, even students can enjoy the travel. Your travel experiences will be remembered for a lifetime.根据短文内容, 选择最佳答案。( )1. Before your trip, the first thing you should do is _. A. to decide where to go B. to get information on the Internet C. to cut expenses and save money D. to buy tickets in advance( )2. The writer advises you _.A. to share costs with any other people B. not to go to well-known places C. not to visit dangerous places D. to buy anything you want to buy ( )3. To prepare for your trip, you _. A. need more medicine than clothes B. should look for work all the wayC. should make good use of the Internet andtravel books D. can gain valuable life experiences ( )4. Which of the following can be used as the title of this passage? A. Planning your trip cleverlyB.Traveling without much money C. Information decides all D. Security is above all while travelingC Last year I went to Australia to study and travel. I stayed in Sydney for two weeks. I visited places of 1in the morning and took English lessons in the afternoon. A friend and I stayed with a family from Sydney. The homestay（寄宿家庭） parents and brothers were very2 to us. We talked about a lot of things with each other in English. My spoken English improved3in Australia. I used to speak very little English in China. But in Australia, I had to use it very often. I was soon able to4 with my teachers and homestay family freely. To me, the best place in Australia is the Sydney Opera House. You can look at it from different sides. It is beautiful to5. I cannot sing very well, but when I was inside, I really wanted to sing. Time 6when I was in Sydney. Soon came Christmas, then the New Year. I had never spent the New Year7 my family. But this year, I was so far away from them. I felt8homesick（想家的）. I missed them so much, and I knew they missed me so much,9. In the evening, I phoned my family. When I heard their10, I began to cry. My homestay mother held me in her arms and comforted me.通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题后所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。( )1. A. fun B. value C. interest D. use( )2. A. friendly B. rude C. generous D. serious( )3. A. strongly B. greatly C. hardly D. widely( )4. A. quarrel B. fight C. talk D. complain( )5. A. look on B. look at C. look after D. look up( )6. A. ran B. jumped C. flew D. walked( )7. A. with B. without C. as for D. but for ( )8. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little( )9. A. either B. also C. too D. nor( )10. A. faces B. picturesC. voices D. smiles阅读天地(2) Dolphins live their whole lives in water. But they are not fish. They are mammals(哺乳动物) that live in water. Thats why a dolphin comes to the top of the water so often. It has to breathe air. A dolphins nose isnt easy to be seen. Its just a small hole on top of its head. This hole is called a blowhole(喷水孔). A dolphin comes up every half minute or so to breathe. It opens its blowhole and takes in air. Then it closes the blowhole and dives under the water again. But a dolphin can stay under the water for six or seven minutes if it has to. It can hold its breath. A dolphin listens with two ears. It can hear all kinds of small noises under water. It can hear small stones rolling (滚动). It can hear the sounds that fish and other dolphins make. A dolphins ears may be small, but its mouth is big. It has to be big. It holds almost one hundred teeth. These teeth are all the same shape and size. They are used for catching food, but not for chewing(咀嚼). A dolphin opens its big mouth and seizes a fish firmly between its two rows of teeth. Then it swallows(吞) the whole fish. A dolphin swims very fast. It is said that a dolphin swims faster than anything else in the water. So men are studying its skin(皮) and shape. They are learning ways to make boats go faster through the water. It is well-known that dolphins are very clever. Some scientists say they are cleverer than dogs. Others say they are cleverer than apes(猿). Dolphins are not all alike. Some are shy. Some like to show off. Some are clever. Some are a little slow to learn. Some are very friendly. Some like to be left alone.根据短文内容，选择正确答案填空。( )1. A dolphin is a kind of animal just like a _ but living in water. A. fish B. bird C. dog D. frog( )2. How long can a dolphin stay under the water without breathing? A. Half a minute. B. Six or seven seconds. C. Six or seven minutes. D. More than seven minutes.( )3. A dolphins mouth is so big that it can _. A. catch fish easily B. breathe easily C. swim fast . chew fish easily( )4. Men study dolphins skin and shape to learn ways to _.A. make boats go faster B. catch more dolphins C. feed dolphins D. catch fish阅读天地(3)A Once there was a young Incan boy. He had no family except for an old llama（美洲驼）. Each day the boy and his llama walked many miles, looking for a home. Each night they stayed together and slept. But one starry（布满星星的） evening, the old llama died. The boy buried(埋葬) his friend next to an icy stream. Then he sat under a tree and cried. What would he do? He had no family and no home. The boy cried for a very long time. But there was no one to comfort(安慰) him. There were only the stars in the sky. Suddenly, the sky was filled with bright light. The boy held his breath. He was too afraid to move. One bright star fell to the ground. Slowly, the star took the shape of the old llama. She drank from the stream. She looked at the boy and smiled. As she jumped back into the sky, bits of llama wool fell. As the sun began to rise, the boy picked up the soft, warm wool. Suddenly, the wool became gold. It glowed(发光) in his hands like starlight. He carried the gold to the city and sold it. With the money, he bought a house and two young llamas. He never forgot the star llama. And he was never lonely again.根据短文内容, 判断下列各句正（T）误（F）。( )1. The boy and the llama were close friends. ( )2. The boy was very happy at the llamas death. ( )3. Nobody but the star llama came to comfort theboy.( )4. The old llama came back to life. ( )5. Later, the boy lived a happy life but he never forgot the star llama.BNamePersonal informationNorman BethuneBorn in 1890 in CanadaA doctorCame to China in 1938 Died in 1939 in China Celine DionBorn in Quebec, CanadaIn 1997, sang the song My Heart Will Go On for the film TitanicA singing starThomas EdisonBorn in 1847, Kentucky, USAMade over 1,000 inventionsDied in1931Bill GatesBorn in 1955 in USA Wrote Business the Speed of ThoughtOwns Microsoft CompanyMark TwainBorn in 1835 in USA A writerDied in 1910Wrote Tom Sawyer根据表格内容，选择最佳答案。( )1. _ is from Canada. A. Bill GatesB. Mark Twain C. Thomas Edison D. Celine Dion( )2. The _ was born in 1835. A. inventor B. singer C. doctor D. writer( )3. My Heart Will Go On is the name of a _. A. book B. songC. story D. film( )4. Dr Bethune worked in China for about _ years. A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8( )5. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Mark Twain wrote Business the Speed of Thought. B. Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company in 1955. C. Thomas Edison made over 1,000 inventions. D. Celine Dion stopped singing in 1997.阅读天地(4)ADear Editor, I have a friend, a girl who treats me like her own brother. She always brings me snacks(零食) and buys me things I want. However, the more she gives me, the worse I feel. I dont want to accept these things but I dont want to hurt her. I know that friendship and love cant be bought. What should I do? VictorDear Victor, It seems to me that this girl likes you very much and is trying to get you to like her in return. She is hoping to please you with these presents. You should talk to her and tell her that she does not need to give you things. Tell her that you feel bad when she gives you things but remember to be gentle with her. If she does want to be your girlfriend, which sounds a possibility, you need to tell her very carefully that you just want to be friends. If you are kind and dont hurt her, she will change and you will be just good friends again soon. One good way to deal with this might be to tell her it is bad that she spends money on you and tell her study is the main work. Editor根据上面信中内容，选择最佳答案。( )1. Victor is a / an _. A. editor B. boy C. girl D. teacher( )2. The editor advises Victor to _. A. get the girl to like him B. buy things for the girl C. tell the girl gently what he feels D. save money for the girl( )3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE? A. The girl always brings Victor snacks. B. There is a possibility that the girl does want to be his girlfriend C. Victor just wants to be a good friend of the girl. D. One good way to deal with this is that thegirl spends money on everyone.( )4. What would be the best title for the passage? A. The more she gives me, the worse I feel B. Dont hurt her! C. Friendship and love cant be boughtD. One good way to deal with thisB Which of your hands do you use most? Very few of us use both of our hands well. Most of us are right-handed. Only about five people out of a hundred are left-handed. New-born babies can take things with either of their hands, but in about two years they like to use their right hands. Scientists dont know why this happens. They have studied it. They think our animal ancestors(祖先) were right-handed, but this may not be true. Monkeys are our closest relations in the animal world. Scientists have found that monkeys like to use one of their hands more than the other?but it can be either hand. Next time you visit the zoo, watch the monkeys carefully. Youll see that some of them will swing with their right hands and others will use their left hands. But most human beings use their right hands better, and most things are designed for the right-handed people. This makes life difficult for the left-handed ones. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。( )1. Very few of us use both of our hands well. It means _ use one hand as well as the other. A. most of us cant B. none of us C. many people can ( )2. New-born babies _ well at first. A. can only use their right hands B. can only use their left hands C. can use both their hands( )3. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Monkeys are all left-handed. B. Monkeys are all right-handed. C. Some monkeys are right-handed, some areleft-handed.( )4. Left-handed people are difficult in life because_. A. they cant use their right hands at allB. most things are designed for the right-handedpeople C. they cant use both of their hands C One day, the north wind met the sun. They began to quarrel. The north wind was a cold wind. It blew with great force. “Im stronger than you, ” the north wind said to the sun. “I can blow the roofs off houses. I can make typhoons(台风) and huge waves on the sea.” “No,” said the sun quietly, “Im stronger than you. I can melt(融化) ice and snow. I make the trees blossom(开花) and the flowers bloom.” （A man came walking along, wearing a big coat.） “Look at that man,” said the north wind. “I can blow off his coat. You cant do that.” The north wind blew hard at the man. The mans coat was blew open. The north wind blew with more force. The man said, “Its too cold.” He did up his coat and turned up his collar(衣领). The north wind blew harder still. The man was nearly blown off the road. He put his hands deep into the pockets of his coat and he kept on walking. The wind could not blow off his coat. The sun smiled. “Now watch me,” he said. “Ill show you a better way to take off the mans coat.” The sun came out from behind a cloud. It shone down on the man. The man said, “Im warm.” He turned down the collar of his coat. The sun shone more strongly upon the man. The man began to feel hot. “The sun is shining,” he said. “And the wind has gone. Ill take off my coat.” He undid(解开) his coat and took it off. He put the coat on his arm and walked away. The sun laughed, but the north wind howled angrily and rushed away to the hills.根据短文内容，回答下列问题。1. Why did the sun and the north wind quarrel? 2. Where was the sun while the north wind was blowing? 3. How did the man feel when the sun shone? 4. What did the man do when he felt hot? 5. Which do you think is stronger, the sun or the north wind?阅读天地(5)AThe Tortoises Tug of WarBy Giulio MaestroSomewhere in South America live the worlds strongest tortoises.Ask the whale. Ask the tapir(貘，产于马来西亚和美洲热带地区的一种动物).The tortoises tricked them into the best tug of war(拔河比赛) ever. And they beat them both.Noisy Nancy and NickBy LouAnn GaeddertNancy likes noise. She also likes living in the city. Her friend Nick hates living in the city. Nancy shows him that a city can be a wonderful place to live.Sumis Special HappeningBy Yoshiko UchidaSumi wants to give Ojii Chan a very special gift on his ninety-ninth birthday. Read and find out the exciting gift she gives him.A Bag Full of NothingBy Jay WilliamsTip wondere