山东省高密市银鹰文昌中学2013届九年级英语上册 阅读理解专项训练（15） 外研版

1 阅读理解专项训练 阅读理解专项训练 1515 A Doctor Seuss was born in 1904 By the middle 1950s he had become one of the best loved and most successful children s book writers in the world His books are very popular with young readers They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants In 1954 life magazine published 刊登 a report about school children who could not read The report said many children s books were not interesting Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read He used words with the same ending sound like fish and wish He did not receive training in art Yet he drew the pictures for most of his books In 1957 Dr Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six year old should be able to read it It was a fun story and easy to read Children loved it Their parents loved it too Today it is still one of the stories they like best The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children In 1960 he wrote a book using less than fifty words The book is called Green Eggs and Ham In 1984 Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize 普利策奖 He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents He died at the age of 87 but his influence remains Millions of his books have been sold worldwide People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read Yet his books are loved by people of all ages Doctor Seuss once said I do not write for children I write for people 1 Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that A some school children could not read B many children s books were interesting C children wanted to learn to read D a writer for children was wanted 2 People like his books because the books A are cheap and easy to get B were written in different languages C are easy and interesting to read D were written with invented words 3 He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of A 50 B 53 C 56 D 87 B One midnight a little girl woke up to pass water She by herself got up and down her bed walked to the bedroom door and opened it She looked outside and walked back for it was so dark in the hall that she feared Her mother said Don t be afraid honey Take courage What s courage she asked running to her mother s bed Courage is the brave breath her mother answered Mum do you have courage Certainly The girl 2 held out her little hands saying Mum blow some of your breath of courage to me After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands the little girl clenched her fists 握拳 nervously afraid that the breath of courage would run away Then with her fists clenched she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear Her mother said to herself It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of breath to me Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost In fact mostly what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind Who we should defeat 战胜 is nobody but ourselves 6 The girl walked back because A the bathroom was too far away B her mother wouldn t go with her C she was too afraid of the dark D the bedroom door was locked 7 We learn from the reading that A the girl went to the bathroom by herself B the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing C the girl s mother was able to blow brave breath D the girl s mother was very proud of herself 8 To stop mother s breath from running away the girl A held out her little hands B clenched her fists C talk to her mother D held her own breath C He was struggling 费劲 to tie his shoes I was struggling with whether I should help him I did and he was grateful Thank you he said I m glad I could help I just thought it would be easier for me to reach I said He was a disabled man and forced to look down most of the time His arms and legs were twisted 扭曲的 terribly and he couldn t do what the rest of us would consider easy tasks He always managed to look up to see how you reacted 反应 to his words however He had a big smile making me feel comfortable I was still on my knees by his wheelchair Nice shoes he said Thanks No one ever complimented me on them before I said No one has the same view of the world as I do he replied Tell me about the world as you see it I said smiling Most people can see if someone is comfortable with them or not in their eyes I see it in their feet he said If people keep moving their feet I just let them go because I know they re impatient with me I don t want to make people uncomfortable What about me I asked I could see your compassion And then you came down to my level I was the one who was nervous he said I don t normally have someone look me in the eye 3 They don t know what they re missing I told him My old face is nothing to brag 自夸 about he said But that smile is so big Yes and it s not only a big smile but an attitude 11 The disabled man knew people were impatient mostly by their A words B eyes C feet D smile 12 The unlined word compassion is the closet in meaning to A attention B pity C trust D duty 13 We learn that the disabled man A had great difficulty looking after himself B always asked people for help C couldn t have a big smile D liked to talk about people s shoes D A man is going to open a shop selling hats He wanted a good sign to put over his shop He wrote JOHN BROWN HATTERMakes and Sells Hats for Ready Money The first friend gave him the advice that the word hatter wasn t needed So John crossed out the word HATTER Then he came to another friend for advice This friend said that it was not polite to say for ready money So he crossed out for ready money The sign now said JOHN BROWN Makes and Sells Hats One day a friend was passing his shop He saw this sign and said that when a man bought a hat he didn t care who made it So John crossed out that word too But when another fri