初中英语阅读理解练习题

初中英语阅读理解精选 1 Ali who was working a long way from home wanted to send a letter to his wife but he could neither read nor write and he had to work all day so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night At last he found the house of a letter writer whose name was Nasreddin Nasreddin was already in bed It is late he said What do you want I want you to write a letter to my wife said Ali Nasreddin was not pleased He thought for a few seconds and then said Has the letter got to go far What does that matter answered Ali Well my writing is so strange that only I can read it and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife it will cost you a lot of money Ali went away quickly Multiple choice 1 Ali wanted to to his wife A get something B have a letter written C bring a flower D say good bye 2 At last he found the house of A a writer B a seller C an old man D a letter writer 3 When Ali told what he wanted to do Nasreddin was A not pleased B pleased C excited D angry 4 Nasreddin said that his writing was A easy for anyone to read B strange for anyone to read C too strange for anyone to write D difficult for anyone to read 5 This story tells us A not to ask anybody for help B not to trouble others at night C not to ask for help without money D not to trust others 2 An old man died and left his son a lot of money But the son was a foolish young man and he quickly spent all the money so that soon he had nothing left Of course when that happened all his friends left him When he was quite poor and alone he went to see Nasreddin who was a kind clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles My money has finished and my friends have gone said the young man What will happen to me now Don t worry young man answered Nasreddin Everything will soon be all right again Wait and you will soon feel much happier The young man was very glad Am I going to get rich again then heasked Nasreddin No I didn t mean that said the old man I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends Multiple choice 1 An old man died and left his son A nothing B some gold C much money D only a house 2 When the son was he went to see Nasreddin A short of money B quite poor and sick C in trouble D quite poor and alone 3 The young man was very glad because Nasreddin said that A he would become rich again B he would soon feel much happier C he would become clever D he would have more friends 4 Nasreddin meant the young man A would get rich again B would get used to having nothing C would get used to being in trouble D would get out of poorness 5 What this story tells us is A that money is everything B that money makes the mare go C to save each penny D that misfortune tests the sincerity of friends 3 A man was travelling abroad in a small red car One day he left thecar and went shopping When he came back its roof was badly damaged Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it The man did not believe them but they took him to a circus which was near there The owner of the elephant said I am very sorry My elephant has a big round red chair He thought that your car was his chair and he sat on it Then he gave the man a letter in which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the damage When the man got back to his own country the customs officers would not believe his story They said You sold your new car while you were abroad and bought this old one It was only when the man showed them the letter from the circus man that believed him Multiple choice 1 A man was travelling abroad A in a big bus B in a green jeep C in a red car D in a red taxi 2 The car was damaged because A there was a traffic accident B the circus man broke it C it rushed into a shop D the elephant sat on it 3 The circus man said that A he would pay for part of the damage B he would pay for all of the damage C he wouldn t pay for the damage D he would buy a new car 4 When the man got back to his country the customs officers A would check his new car B only checked his car C searched him D wouldn t believe what he had said 5 It was only that made the officers believe him A the letter from the circus man B a newspaper from the country C the certificate of his D the letter from the government 4 Nasreddin was cutting a branch off a tree in his garden While he was sawing another man passed in the street He stopped and said Excuse me but if you continue to saw that branch like that you will fall downwith it He said this because Nasreddin was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk of the tree Nasreddin said nothing He thought This is some foolish person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do The man continued on his way Of course after a few minutes The branch fell and Nasreddin fel lwith it My God he cried That man knows the future and he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live But the man had gone Multiple choice 1 One day Nasreddin was cutting a branch a tree in his garden A on B in C at D off 2 While Nasreddin was sawing another man A told him to stop working B told him he would fall down C would borrow something from him D would help him saw that branch 3 After the man went away Nasreddin thought that A that was a silly fellow B that was a wise person C that was a proud person D that fellow cheated him 4 What happened to Nasreddin after a few minutes A The brancd fell B Nasreddin fell down to the ground C Nasreddin was hurt himself D Both A and B 5 This story is about A a foolish man B a wise man C cutting a tree D the necessity of taking good advice 5 It was half past eight in the morning The telephone bell rang andMary went to answer it It s me Peter Hullo who s that she asked Peter was a friend of Mary s eight year old brother Johnny Oh hullo Peter What do you want said Mary Can I speak to johnny No said Mary you can t speak to him now He is busy He is gettingready for school He is eating his breakfast Grandmother is combing hishair Sister is under the table putting his shoes on Mother is gettinghis books and putting them in his school bag Goodbye I ve got to go now I have to hold the door open The school bus is coming Mtiple choice 1 Who went to answer it when the teltphone bell rang A Johnny s sister B Peter C Johnny D Johnny s mother 2 Whom did Peter want to speak to A Mary s brother B Mary s sister C Mary s grandmother D Johnny s mother 3 Johnny couldn t speak to Peter because Johnny A was combing his hair B was putting his shoes on C was getting his books D was busy eating his hreakfast 4 How do you say to a stranger who is answering your telephone A Who are you B Anything to say C Who is it D Please 5 From this story we know that Johnny was A a lazy B a clever boy C a busy boy D a hungry boy 6 Nasreddin put two big baskets of grapes on his donkey and went tomarket At midday it was very hot so he stopped in the shade of a bigtree There were several other men there and all of them had donkeys ofgrapes too After their lunch they went to sleep After some time Nasreddin began to take grapes out of the other men s baskets and toput them in his Suddenly one of the men woke up and saw him What are you doing hesaid angrily Oh said Nasreddin don t worry about me I am half mad and I do alot of strange things Oh really said the other man Then why don t you sometimes take grapes out of your baskets and put them in somebody else s baskets You did not understand me said Nasreddin I said that I was half mad not quite mad Multiple choice 1 Nasreddin went to market A to sell his donkey B to buy something C to sell his grapes D to find a job 2 Nasreddin stopped A under a big tree B near a big tree C around a big tree D in a big tree 3 As Nasreddin was taking away the other men s grapes one of the men A pretended not to see him B saw him and got angry C woke his fellows up D came at him 4 Nasreddin said that he did a lot of strange things because A he was clever B he was quite mad C he was foolish D he was half mad 5 In this story Nasreddin was A a selfish man B a strange man C a friendly man D a foolish man 7 Nasreddin woke up in the middle of the night and saw something whitein his garden It seemed to be moving towards the house That is a thief 小偷 He thought and he took his gun and shot 开枪 at him Then he went back to bed because he was too frightened 害怕 to go out of the house in the dark The next morning Nasreddin went out and saw one of his white shirts hanging on the clothes line in the garden his wife had washed it the day before and hung it out to dry Now it had a bullet hole right through middle of it My God said Nasreddin I was lucky last night If I had been wearing that shirt the bullet would have killed me And he called his neighbours together and asked them to thank God for saving him Multiple choice 1 At midnight Nasreddin saw in his garden A something strange B a thief C something white D a ghost 2 Nasreddin was so frightened that he A cried out for help B dared not go out of the house C dared not stay in his house D couldn t say a word 3 The next morning Nasreddin found A his wife in the garden B the clothes line C the thief dead D a bullet hole through the white shirt 4 Nasreddin said that if he had been wearing taht shirt A he would be killed B he would die C he would have killed D he would have been killed 5 He called his neighbors together in order to A make a speech B tell the story C thank God D thank them 8 A judge was working in his room one day when a neighbour ran in andsaid If one man s cow kills another s is the owner of the first cowresponsible It depends answered the judge Well said the man your cow has killed mine Oh answered the judge Everyone knows that a cow cannot think likea man so a cow is not responsible and that means that its owner is notresponsible either I am sorry Judge said the man I made a mistake I meant that my cowkilled yours The judge thought for a few seconds and then said When I think aboutit more carefully this case is not as easy as I thought at first Andthen he turned to his clerk and said Please bring me that big blackbook from the shelf behind you Multiple choice 1 The neighbour asked the judge A whether the first cow was responsible B whether the owner of the first cow was responsible C whether both cows were responsible D whether both the owners were responsible 2 When the neighbour reported that the judge s cow had killed his the judge answered that A a cow was reponsible B its owner was not responsible C neither a cow nor its owner was responsible D his cow was responsible 3 When the neighbour heard this he told the judge that A there was nothing happened B his cow had been killed C it was his cow that had killed the judge s D both cows had been killed 4 When the judge heard that his cow had died he A got angry B said nothing C put his neighbor into prison D changed what he had said at first 5 In this story the judge was A a clever judge B a humorist C unfair D foolish 9 Uncle Wang works in a book shop in the middle of the city The shop is not far from his home It is about one kilometre away So Uncle Wang seldom 很少 goes to work by bus He usually goes bike there by bike sometimes on foot It takes 花费 him twenty minutes to get there by bike and fortyminutes on foot Today his bike is broken He wants to walk there Now he is having breakfast He leaves home at ten minutes to eight and he walks to work twenty minutes earlier His work starts at half past eight in the morning and finishes at a quarter to five in the afternoon 1 What does Uncle Wang do A He sells books B He grows flowers C He makes shoes D He works in a hospital 2 Why does he seldom go to work by bus Because A there is no bus B his shop is not far from his home C he likes riding a bike D his shop isn t in the middle of the city 3 How long does it take him to walk to his book shop A Twenty minutes B Forty minutes C Ten minutes D Half an hour 4 What time does he usually leave home by bike A At ten minutes to eight B At half past eight C At ten minutes past eight D At twenty minutes past eight 5 He usually gets back home from work at in the afternoon A 4 45 B 5 15 C 4 55 D 5 05 10 阅读短文 然后选择正确的答案 Sandwich was an Englishman He lived in the 18th century 世纪 Sandwich was rich 有钱的 but he liked to play cards 纸牌 for money He often played for 24 hours and didn t even stop to have his meals He ordered 命令 his servants 仆人 to bring him some meat and bread He put the meat between 在两者之间 the two pieces of bread and held the food in his left hand while he played cards with his right hand People liked Sandwich s idea and from then on they ate bread and meat as Sandwich did From the name of the man Sandwich we have the word of the food sandwich today 1 Sandwich was the A name of a servant B name of a man with a lot of money C poor man who lived on playing cards D name of food which was liked by the rich 2 Sandwich A was so interested 兴趣 in playing cards that he often had no time to have his meals B often brought some bread with him to play cards C never ate anything when he played cards D had no money to play cards with at last 3 People liked Sandwich s idea because A bread together with meat was cheap B he always won when he played cards C they liked Sandwich himself D when they ate with one of their hands they could do something with the other 4 Today sandwich is A also a name of a rich man B two pieces of bread with meat in between C not interested in playing cards D not liked by most of the people 5 As food sandwich A is usually made of 用 制做 bread and chicken B sometimes smells 闻 good but sometimes not C is made of bread and meat D is easy for us to play 中考英语阅读测试 三 作者 不详 来源 不详 加入时间 2004 9 29 添加 无聊的飞 In 1620 about half the USA was covered by forests Today the forests have almost gone A lot of good land has gone with them leaving only sand China doesn t want to copy the USA s example We re planting more and more trees We ve built the Great Green Wall of trees across northern part of our country The Great Green Wall is 7 000 kilometres long and between 400 and 1 700 kilometres wide It will stop the wind from blowing the earth away It will stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland in the south More Great Green Walls are needed Trees must be grown all over the world Great Green Walls will make the world better 根据短文内容 选择正确答案 1 In 1620 about the USA was covered by forests A a third B half C two thirds D a fourth 2 A lot of good land has gone with A sand B water C wind D forests 3 The Great Green Wall in China is long A 7 000 kilometers B 1 700 kilometers C 7 000 meters D 400 kilometers 4 Trees must be grown in A China B the USA C some countries D every part of the world 5 will make the world better A The Great Wall B Tall buildings C Great Green Walls D Flowers and grass KEY 1 B 2 D 3 A 4 D 5 C 中考英语阅读测试 二 作者 不详 来源 不详 加入时间 2004 9 29 添加 无聊的飞 The English people like take away food The most popular food is fish and chips They usually go to a fish and chip shop They put the food in paper bags and take it home or to their work place At lunch time many people eat take away food in the park Chinese takeaways are also very popular in England People in the USA and Australia like Chinese take away food too But the most popular food in the USA is fried chicken 根据短文内容判断正 T 误 F 1 People in England like fish and chips 2 Fish and chips are the most popular food in China 3 The English people often go to a fish and chip shop 4 They put the food in paper bags 5 They take the food only to their work place 6 They never eat take away food in the park 7 Chinese takeaways are popular in England 8 People in Australia don t like Chinese take away food 9 The most popular food in Australia is fried chicken 10 Fried chicken is the most popular food in the USA 根据短文内容 用 栏中适当的词语完成 栏的内容 11 Fish and chips are 12 The English people go to a fish and chip shop 13 People eat take away food 14 People take the food home 15 The American people also like A in the park at lunch time B Chinese take away food C the most popular take away food in England D or to their work place E to buy take away food KEY 1 T 2 F 3 T 4 T 5 F 6 F 7 T 8 F 9 F 10 T 11 C 12 E 13 A 14 D 15 B 中考英语阅读测试 五 作者 不详 来源 不详 加入时间 2004 9 29 添加 无聊的飞 Cool is a word with many meanings Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold As the world has changed the word has had many different meaning Cool can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything When you see a famous car in the street maybe you will say It s cool You may think He s so cool when you see your favourite footballer We all maximize 扩大 the meaning of cool You can use it instead of many words such as new or surprising Here s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall 瀑布 they had visited On one student s paper was Just the one sentence It s so cool Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt But the story also shows a scarcity 缺乏 of words Without cool some people have no words to show the same meaning So it is quite important to keep some credibility 可信性 Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word cool I can And I think they are also very cool 1 We know that the word cool has had A only one meaning B no meanings C many different meanings D the same meaning 2 In the passage the word express means A see B show C know D feel 3 If you are something you may say It s cool A interested in B angry about C afraid of D unhappy with 4 The writer takes an example to show he is the way the word is used A pleased with B strange to C worried about D careful with 5 In the passage the writer suggests 暗示 that the word cool A can be used instead of many words B usually means something interesting C can make your life colourful D may not be as cool as it seems KEY 1 C 2 B 3 A 4 C 5 D 中考英语阅读测试 四 作者 不详 来源 不详 加入时间 2004 9 29 添加 无聊