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初三英语阅读理解 PassagePassage 1 1 Renting a color television makes more sense than buying Here s why 1 The longer you rent 租 the less you pay Each year the monthly rate is reduced You can reach a low rate of not much more than 12 a week 2 Service is fast and free We can have your set installed 安装 in two days If anything goes wrong we ll have it fixed the same day or lend you another set while we re mending it And don t forget service and spare parts are free 3 If you don t have an aerial 天线 we ll install one for you and that will be free too All you have to pay is the installation charge 安装费 4 You can choose from all kinds of models and what s more if after a certain period of time and you would like a new model you can change How s that for service 5 No deposit 押金 is needed You pay only the monthly rental fee But if you pay in advance you can save money Pay twelve months fees when you begin to hire and we ll give you a month s hire without charge 6 If you decide that you want to stop renting and buy the set you have on hire this can be arranged with a generous allowance 折 扣 for the fees already paid 1 From the passage we know A the more you rent the less you pay B the lowest weekly rental fee is much more than 12 C the longer you rent the less you pay D if you rent a TV set for a long time service and spare parts will be free 2 What is the good of paying twelve months fees when you begin to hire A One and a half months hire free of charge B One month s hire free of charge C Half a month s hire free of charge D One fourth of a month s hire free of charge 3 What does pay in advance mean A You pay the rent for a period of time before you actually get the television B You go ahead and pay the rent C You pay the rent in front of anyone D You will be the first to pay the rent 4 If you want to rent a color television A leasing company 租赁公司 can have your set installed the same day B you can have a choice of sets to rent C leasing company will install an aerial for you free of charge D you must have an aerial 5 This passage is a an A book B report C advertisement D picture Key 1 5 CBABC PassagePassage 2 2 We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different time of day This is so familiar that there seems to be no need to ask the reason for it Yet no one really understands why flowers open and close like this at particular times The process 过程 is not as simple as we might think as recent experiments have shown In one study flowers were kept in constant 连续的 darkness We might expect that the flowers without any information about the time of day did not open as they normally do In fact they continued to open at their usual time This suggests that they have some mysterious 神秘的 way of knowing the time Their sense of time does not depend on information from the outside world it is so to speak inside them a kind of inner clock This discovery 发现 may not seem to be very important However it was later found that not just plants but also animals including man have this inner clock which controls the working of their bodies and influences 影响 their activities Men then are also influenced by this mysterious power Whether we wish it or not it affects such things in our life as our need for sleep our need for food In the past this did not matter very much because people lived in natural condition In the modern world things are different now there are spacemen airplane pilots and in ordinary life a lot of people who have to work at night It would be very useful then to know more about the inner clock Such ordinary things as flowers might help us understand more about ourselves 1 A recent experiment showed that A different flowers open and close at different times of day B for their opening and closing flowers do not need information from the outside world C flowers are influenced by weak light even when they are in a dark room D flowers can be used for telling the time 2 The inner clock A is an unimportant discovery B is only found in animals C has not been understood by far D has an effect on human life 3 Further study of the inner clock will be useful because A it might help us in some way B we do not yet understand plants and animals well enough C the number of spacemen and airplane pilots is fast increasing D we should try to live more naturally than we do now 4 Kept in constant darkness flowers A will not open or close as usual B will not open any longer C will open as they do in natural conditions D will always remain in full blossom 开花 5 have a mysterious power of knowing time without information from the outside world A Animals including man as well as plants B All living things except man C Flowers are the only things in the world that D Neither animals nor plants Key 1 5 BDACA Passage 3 A For Sale Chinese made bicycle Good condition 状况 Zhang Ying 306 dormitory 寝室 4 B Needed 25 year old woman 900 yuan a month speak good English Lan Fleming 422 389506 C Roommate Wanted Male 男 English native 本地的 speaker wanted to share 共有 A 2 bedroom apartment 公寓 near campus 校园 washer dryer kitchen Call Li 228 940605 Any evening after 5 D Lost Black briefcase 公文包 with 3 books on physics Call John Smith 843 316065 E Wanted to Rent 租用 One bedroom apartment from Feb 1 through June better near campus Call Robert Waller 843 429065 F Found Brown briefcase with some money See Joseph Hofman in Chemistry Dept 系 1 You can call Zhang Ying if you want to A buy a bike B sell a bike C have your bike repaired D borrow a bike 2 If you want to find work and you can speak English you can A telephone 843 429065 B call 228 940605 C call Hofman D call Lan Fleming 3 One of the reasons why Li wants someone to share his room is that A he wants to live near the campus B he wants to improve his English C he wants his washer dryer and kitchen to be used D he wants someone to use his kitchen 4 Robert Waller wishes to rent a room A near the school B far away from the school C inside the school D outside the city 5 Joseph Hofman A found John Smith s briefcase B was a teacher C found the briefcase with many books D found the brown briefcase with some money Key 1 5 CDBAB 专项训练专项训练 一 一 Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve He saw a lot of people waiting in the station Some were standing in line 排队 others were walking around There was a group of schoolgirls Their teacher was trying to keep them in line Tom looked around but there was no place for him to sit He walked into the station cafe 咖啡馆 he looked up at the clock there It was only twenty to twelve He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror 镜子 on the wall Just then Mike one of Tom s workmates came in and sat with Tom What time is your bus asked Mike There s plenty of time yet answered Tom Well I ll get you some more tea then said Mike They talked while drinking Then Tom looked at the clock again Oh It s going backward 倒行 he cried A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it s half past eleven You re looking at the clock in the mirror said Mike Tom was so sad 难过 The next bus was not to leave for another hour Since then Tom has never liked mirrors 根据以上短文内容 从下列各题所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项 1 Tom went into the station cafe because A Mike asked him to have a cup of tea B it was quite early and he could find a seat there C he didn t like to stay with the schoolgirls D he wanted to have a drink with his workmate there 2 What time was it in fact when Tom looked at the clock in the mirror A Half past twelveB Twenty to twelve C Half past elevenD Half past one 3 From the story we know that when we look at a clock in a mirror we will find A the time is rightB it s going slower C it s going backwardD it s going faster 4 Which of the following is true A Tom arrived in Paris on time B The next bus would leave in half an hour C After that Tom didn t like clocks any longer D Tom looked at the clock in the mirror only once 5 Which of the following is the title 题目 of the story A The Mirror of the Station B Not A Careful Man C Missing A Bus D The Clock In The Mirror Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve He saw a lot of people waiting in the station Some were standing in line 排队 others were walking around There was a group of schoolgirls Their teacher was trying to keep them in line Tom looked around but there was no place for him to sit He walked into the station cafe 咖啡馆 he looked up at the clock there It was only twenty to twelve He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror 镜子 on the wall Just then Mike one of Tom s workmates came in and sat with Tom What time is your bus asked Mike There s plenty of time yet answered Tom Well I ll get you some more tea then said Mike They talked while drinking Then Tom looked at the clock again Oh It s going backward 倒行 he cried A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it s half past eleven You re looking at the clock in the mirror said Mike Tom was