初三英语阅读理解练习题

1、初三英语阅读理解练习题12篇阅读理解1Mr. Lee was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring. He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was twelve oclock. Who can it be at this time of night? He thought. He decided to go and find out. So he got of bed, put on his dressing gown (浴袍) and w

2、ent to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there. That is very strange. Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed ,turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.A few minutes later he heard the bell again. Mr. Lee jumped out of bed very quickly a

3、nd rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He closed the door and tried not to feel angry. Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor. He picked it up. There were some words on it : It is now after midnight, so it is April Fools Day . April fool to you!Oh , it was the Engli

4、sh boy next door! Mr. Lee exclaimed and almost smiled. He went back to bed and feel asleep at once. The bell did not ring again.1. When did Mr. Lee go to bed?He went to bed _.Error! Reference source not found.A. before twelve oclock Error! Reference source not found.B. after twelve oclockError! Refe

5、rence source not found.C. when the bell rang Error! Reference source not found.D. when he saw the boy2. Why did he rush to the door when he heard the bell ring the second time?Error! Reference source not found.A. He wanted to open the door for the visitorError! Reference source not found.B. He wante

6、d to find out who the visitor was.Error! Reference source not found.C. He was afraid of the ringError! Reference source not found.D. He was waiting for someone.3. From this passage, we learn that we can _ on April Fools Day.Error! Reference source not found.A. say Hello to each other Error! Referenc

7、e source not found.B. dance and sing at nightError! Reference source not found.C. play jokes on each other Error! Reference source not found.D. send pressents to children4. What did Mr. Lee think about the English boy?He thought he _.Error! Reference source not found.A. was a good boy Error! Referen

8、ce source not found.B. was friendly with himError! Reference source not found.C. shouldnt ring the bell at midnight Error! Reference source not found. D. did a dangerous thing just now 5. The best title (题目) for this article is _.A.April Day B.a joke C.a neighbour D.a naughty boy答案及解析：1A此题是一道细节题，文章第

9、一自然段的前三个句子就告诉了此题的答案。2B文中有这样的句子“Who can it be at this time of night?”，此句说明Mr. Lee 很想知道是谁在午夜时来敲门。3C此题是一道常识题，因为大家都知道在愚人节这天，人们可相互开玩笑。4B英国男孩和Mr. Lee开玩笑，说明他把Mr. Lee看成朋友，所以答案是B。阅读理解2Babies love chocolate and sometimes they also eat the paper around it. My cat enjoys a meal of good, thick paper, old letters

10、, for example. She does not like newspapers very muchOf course, the best paper comes from wood. Wood comes from trees, and trees are plants. Vegetables and fruit are plants, too, and we eat a lot of them. So can we also eat wood and paper?Scientists say, All food comes in some way from plants. Well,

11、 is that true? Animals eat grass and grow fat. Then we eat their meat. Little fish eat little sea-plants, then bigger fish swim along and eat the Chickens eat bits of grass and give us Think for a minute. What food does not come from plants in some way?Scientists can do wonderful things with plants.

12、 They can make food just like meat and cheese. And they can make it without the help of animals. It is very good food, too. Now they have begun to say, We make our paper from wood. We can also make food from wood. The next thing is not very difficult. What is the next thing? Perhaps it isfood from p

13、aper. Scientists say, We can turn paper into food. It will be good, cheap food, too, cheaper than meat or fish or eggs.So please keep your old books and letters. (Dont feed 喂 your cat.) One day, they will be on your plate, if what scientists say may come true.1. The writer asks us to keep our old bo

14、oks and letters because _.Error! Reference source not found.A. they are useful for readingError! Reference source not found.B. They may be used to feed catsError! Reference source not found.C. We can make food from them soonError! Reference source not found.D. we can read them at breakfast2. From th

15、e passage (段落)， we can infer(推断) that _ do not come from plants in some way.Error! Reference source not found.A. few kinds of food Error! Reference source not found.B. meat and fishError! Reference source not found.C. cheese and chicken Error! Reference source not found.D. wood and paper答案及解析：1C本题是细

16、节题，答案可在倒数第一自然段找到。2A文中有这样的句子“What food does not come from plants in some way?”。说明作者认为，不管是什么样的食物，几乎都来自“plants”，所以答案是A。阅读理解 3 In England recently three foreign gentlemen came to a bus stop and waited . About five minutes later, the bus they wanted came along. They were just going to get on when suddenl

17、y there was a loud noise behind them. People rushed onto the bus and tried to push them out of the way . Someone shouted at them. The bus conductor came rushing down the stairs to see what all the trouble was about. The three foreigners seem all at sea and looked embarrassed (窘迫的 . No one had told t

18、hem about the British custom (习惯)of lining up for a bus that the first person who arrives at the bus stop is the first person to get on the bus .Learning the language of a country isnt enough. If you want to have a pleasant visit, find out as much as possible about the manners and customs of your ho

19、st country. You will probably be surprised just how different they can be from your own. A visitor to India would do well to remember that people there consider it impolite to use the left hand for passing food at table. The left hand is supposed to be used for washing yourself. Also in India, you m

20、ight see a man shaking his head at another to show that he doesnt agree. But in many parts of India a shake of the head means agreement. Nodding (点头) your head when you are given a drink in Bulgaria will most probably leave you thirsty .In that country, you shake your head to mean yes a nod means no

21、 . At a meal in countries on the Arabic Peninsula, you will find that your glass is repeated refilled as soon as you drink up . If you think that you have had enough , you should take the cup or glasses in your hand and give it a little shake from side to side or place your hand over the top.In Euro

22、pe it quite usual to cross your legs when you are sitting talking to someone even at an important meeting. Doing this in Thailand, however, could bring about trouble . Also, you should try to avoid (避免)touching the head of an adult (成人) its just not done in Thailand .1. The British people tried to p

23、ush the three gentlemen out of the way, because the gentlemen _ . Error! Reference source not found.A. were foreigners Error! Reference source not found.B. didnt have tickets Error! Reference source not found.C. made a loud noise Error! Reference source not found.D. didnt line up for the bus 2. Acco

24、rding to the article, if you want to have a pleasant journey in a foreign country, you should _. Error! Reference source not found.A. learn the language of the country Error! Reference source not found.B. understand the manners and customs of the country Error! Reference source not found.C. have eno

25、ugh time and money Error! Reference source not found.D. make friends with the people there 3. In India it is considered impolite _. Error! Reference source not found.A. to use the right hand for passing food at table. Error! Reference source not found.B. to pass food with the left hand. Error! Refer

26、ence source not found.C. to eat food with your hands. Error! Reference source not found.D. to help yourself at table. 4. To cross ones legs at an important meeting in Europe is _. Error! Reference source not found.A. a common (平常的) habit Error! Reference source not found.B. an important manner Error

27、! Reference source not found.C. a serious (严重的) trouble Error! Reference source not found.D. a bad manner 5. The best title (题目) for this article is _. Error! Reference source not found.A. Peoples Everyday Life Error! Reference source not found.B. Mind Your Manners Error! Reference source not found.

28、C. Shaking and Nodding Head Error! Reference source not found.D. Taking a Bus in England 答案及解析：1D。这是一道句子理解题，也可以看成细节题。在第一自然段的最后，有这样的句子： No one had told them about the British custom of lining up for a bus that the first person who arrives at a bus stop is the first person to get on the bus从此句可知那三位先生并

29、不知道在英国乘车的习惯，所以答案是D。2. B。这是一道细节题。答案在第二自然段的第二个句子。3B。同第二题一样，此题也是细节题。可在第二自然段直接找到答案。4A。单句理解题。最后一个自然段中有说：In Europe it is quite usual to cross your legs When you are sitting talking to someone even at an important meeting这个句子的意思是：在欧洲，开会时翘二郎腿是很常见的。这说明许多人有这样的习惯，所以答案应该是A。5B。通读全文就会发现，只学习一门外语是不够的，还要多了解该国的风俗习惯，否

30、则就会遇到麻烦，所以答案是B。阅读理解 4 Tom walked into a shop . It bad a sign outside : Second-hand (旧的) clothes bought and sold . He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, How much will you give me for these? The man looked at them and then said: Two dollars.What ! said Tom. I had gue

31、ssed they were worth at least five dollars.No, said the man, they arent worth a cent more than two dollars.Well, said Tom, taking two dollars out of his pocket. Heres your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price (标价)of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that

32、was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth.Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say .1. At first the owner of the shop thought that Tom _ . Error! Reference source not found.A. wante

33、d to steal the trousers Error! Reference source not found.B. wanted to sell the trousers Error! Reference source not found.C. wanted to fool him Error! Reference source not found.D. wanted to buy the trousers 2. The owner of the shop_ for the old trousers . Error! Reference source not found.A. would

34、 give Tom two dollars Error! Reference source not found.B. would pay three dollars Error! Reference source not found.C. would pay five dollars Error! Reference source not found.D. would give Tom six dollars and a half 3. The shop owner insisted that the trousers were worth only two dollars because _

35、 . Error! Reference source not found.A. he wanted to sell them cheaply (廉价地) Error! Reference source not found.B. he wanted to buy them cheaply Error! Reference source not found.C. he didnt like the trousers Error! Reference source not found.D. they were old and dirty 4. In fact, the trousers _. Err

36、or! Reference source not found.A. were hanging inside the shop Error! Reference source not found.B. were stolen by Tom from the shop Error! Reference source not found.C. had been the shop owners Error! Reference source not found.D. had been Toms 5. From the story we know that _ cheaper than the list

37、 price. Error! Reference source not found.A. the owner sold the trousers two dollars Error! Reference source not found.B. Tom sold the trousers one dollar and a half Error! Reference source not found.C. the owner bought the trousers three dollars Error! Reference source not found.D. Tom bought the t

38、rousers four dollars and a half 答案及解析：1BTom拿着一条裤子并且问：“How much will you give me for these?”店主所以认为Tom是来卖裤子的，故答案是B。2A此题是细节题，可在第一自然段的末尾找到答案。3B店主当然想便宜地把裤子买下来。4C从短文的倒数第二段可以了解到，裤子不是Tom的而是店主的。5D裤子的标价是6.5美元，而Tom只给了店主2美元，所以答案应该是D。 阅读理解5Big BenBig Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a huge（庞大的）clo

39、ck in London. London is the capital of England. This clock has four faces. So，no matter where you stand，you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a double decker（层）bus. The hands are about four metres long. It is about the size of two people standing on top of each other

40、. If you go to London，you may want to visit the Houses of Parliament（国会大厦）. There you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower（塔）in the Houses of Parliament. Maybe you will hear it as well as see it. The huge clock makes such a loud noise. “Ding dong，ding dong，”it goes every quarter of a

41、n hour.The clock was named after a big man. He was Sir Benjamin Hall. This man did much building work in London many years ago.1. Big Ben is _. Error! Reference source not found.A. a double decker bus B. a huge clock Error! Reference source not found.C. the name of Ben Error! Reference source not fo

42、und.D. a building 2. The clock strikes every _ of an hour. A. ten minutes Error! Reference source not found.B. fifteen minutes Error! Reference source not found.C. thirty minutes D. forty-five minutes 3. You can read the time of Big Ben _. Error! Reference source not found.A. at the top of the clock

43、 tower Error! Reference source not found.B. in the Houses of parliament Error! Reference source not found.C. on the hands of the huge clock D. on the four faces of the clock 答案及解析：1选B，根据第一行Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a huge（庞大的）clock in London.可以判断Big Ben是一个大钟的名字。2选B，根据文中“Din

44、g dong，ding dong，” it goes every quarter of an hour. 即可得知大钟每15分钟敲一次。3选D，This clock has four faces. So，no matter where you stand，you can read the time on the face of Big Ben.其他三项均不符合题意。 阅读理解6The police do many things for us. They help keep our things and us safe. They help keep cars moving safely. Th

45、ey take care of people who are hurt. Then they see these people get to a doctor.The police go around town to see that everything is all right. They get around town in many ways. Some of them walk or go by car. In some big cities，some of the police ride on horses. It is strange to see these animals i

46、n the street.As they go around town，the police help people. Sometimes they find lost children. They take the children home. If the police see a fight，they put an end to it right away. Sometimes people will ask the police how to get to a place in town. The police can always tell the people which way

47、to go. They know all the streets and roads well.Some police stand at crossings. They tell the cars when to go and when to stop. They make sure that the cars do not go too fast. They help children cross the street. They also help people who cant walk too well.Without the police，our streets would not

48、be safe. Cars might go too fast and hurt people. Lost people might never be found. The police do a good job. We need them. And we should thank them for a job well done.根据短文内容，选择正确答案。1. The police do many things for us. They help keep our things and us _. Error! Reference source not found.A. warm Err

49、or! Reference source not found.B. clean Error! Reference source not found.C. quiet Error! Reference source not found.D. safe 2. How do some of the police get around in some big cities? Error! Reference source not found.A. By taxi. Error! Reference source not found.B. On horses. Error! Reference sour

50、ce not found.C. By bus. Error! Reference source not found.D. On bikes. 3. In the text，“put an end to” means “_”. Error! Reference source not found.A. stop Error! Reference source not found.B. cut Error! Reference source not found.C. kill Error! Reference source not found.D. fly 4. The text is mainly

51、 talking about the _ of the police. Error! Reference source not found.A. life Error! Reference source not found.B. road Error! Reference source not found.C. job Error! Reference source not found.D. day 答案及解析：1选D，根据第一段，They help keep our things and us safe.“警察可以保障我们安全”，因此选safe。2选B，Some of them walk o

52、r go by car. In some big cities，some of the police ride on horses.在一些大城市里面，警察是骑马的，因此选B。3选A，文中划线部分If the police see a fight，they put an end to it right away.根据句意可以理解为stop。4选C，本题是总结全文的main idea，总揽全文，可以知道是在说警察的职责，因此选job。 阅读理解7Gadgets for Work and PlayIts 7: 45 in the morning，and 26-year-old Steve Clark

53、son is going to work. He puts on his jacket，and picks up his mobile phone and laptop. As he leaves the house，he turns on his MP3 player and puts on his headphone. He is ready to go.Today，for millions of people，gadgets like Clarksons are a normal part of life. “Im a reporter for a magazine，and Im usu

54、ally not in the office. My mobile phone and laptop help me to do my work both on the road and at home，”says Clarkson. Today many people can check e-mails, send messages，or surf the Web，using their mobile phones.Tina Fang is studying photography in New York City. “Some of these gadgets are expensive，

55、but they can save your money in the long run. I have a digital camera. I can use it to take eighty pictures and shoot video (record an image onto video) at the same time. I listen to music on my MP3 player，and I can download and read books on it，too. I use the camera and MP3 for both learning and fu

56、n.”Its now 9: 45. Steve Clarkson gets an e-mails from his 17-year-old sister. She has a gadget that lets her send e-mails，play games，and take notes.She is in class right now. “I e-mailed her back. I told her to stop playing，and pay attention,” laughs Clarkson. “These gadgets are fun，but sometimes they can distract(分散注意力) people，too.” 1. What is Steve Clarkson? Error! Reference source not found.A. A