(新闻报道类)卷十五初中英语阅读理解篇

1、初中英语阅读理解篇卷十五（新闻报道类）一、完形填空1、It is already home to whales, seals and polar bears, but soon the Arctic （ 北极 ） must find _1_ for some Chinese visitors.A team of nine scientists will _2_ to the Arctic this month to mark the opening of China's _3_ Arctic scientific research station, SOA （the State Oce

2、anic Administration （ 国家海洋局 ） has _4_.Construction of the station finished a while _5_, but operations were held _6_ during the polar night, _7_ normally runs from late October to the end of February. _8_this period, the sun never _9_ over the Arctic. And from mid-July to the end of August, the sun

3、never sets, a time_10_ as polar day （极昼）.With territories （ 版图 ） _11_ far up into the northern half of the globe, China _12_Arctic studies to learn _13_ about its climatic and environmental changes. Many of these, _14_ sand storms and heavy droughts, are believed to have _15_ to do with the Arctic.R

4、esearch teams _16_ the area in 1999 and 2003, but the new station will allow scientists to study the Arctic in _17_ depth.The station is a two-storey building and _18_ a laboratory, office, reading room, bedroom and storeroom. It can hold 20 to 25 researchers."It will be _19_ great support to t

5、he scientists' research there," said Xia Limin, an officer in SOA.This year the SOA also plans to upgrade （ 提升） two existing scientific bases in the Antarctic （ 南极洲 ）. They are "Great Wall", which was set up in 1985, and"Zhongshan", _20_ five years later.小题 1AhouseB hote

6、lCpalaceDroom小题 2AjourneyB travelCtripDtour小题 3AfirstB secondCthirdDfourth小题 4AtoldB spokeCannouncedDpublished小题 5AbeforeB laterCafterDago小题 6AforwardB towardCbackDahead小题 7AwhichB through which CthatDwhere小题 8ADuringBWhileCWhenDAs小题 9AraisesB risesCliftsDcarries小题 10:AknowsBto knowCknownDknowing小题

7、11:AspreadingBspreadsC to spreadDspread小题 12:Aworks outBpicks outC keeps outDcarries out小题 13:AlessBmoreCfewDmuch小题 14:Afor exampleBsuch asC for instanceDsuch that小题 15:AsomethingBanythingCeverythingDnothing小题 16:AshowedBwentCvisitedDgot小题 17:AgreatBgreetingCgreaterDgreatest小题 18:AincludesBcontainsC

8、includingDcontaining小题 19:AtoBforCatDof小题 20:AestablishingBto establishCestablishedDestablish、阅读理解1、The Save the Children Fund is known as Save the Children. It is aninternationally organization that protects children ' s rights and helps support children in developing countries. It was set up i

9、n the United Kingdom in 1919 in order to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic chances, it also provides food and water for the children innatural disasters, war, and other serious situations.Except for the UK organization, there are 30 other national Save

10、 the Children organizations who are members of Save the Children International, a global network of charity organizations supporting local partners in over 120 countries around the world.Save the Children helps the local government change so that it can help young people get more rights, it works ve

11、ry well, especially with the support from the UN. Save the Childre n joins all the members' efforts to protectchildren from the effects of war.小题 1: Which charity is Save the Children like?AOxfamB ORBISCUNICEFD Spring Bud Project小题 2:Which of the following is NOT the aim of Save the Children.ATo

12、 protect children' s rights.BTo help children 's parents get more jobs.CTo support children in developing countries.DTo improve the lives of children in poor countries.小题 3:How many Save the Children organizations all over the world?A30B31C120D1212、If you do not use your arms or your legs fo

13、r some time, they will become weak, when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using

14、 it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault.But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blame

15、d（ 责备 ）, and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can' t read or wr itthee by uht auvseu allybetter memories ? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. They have to r

16、emember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is the whole time being exercised.So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering things in a way as other people do.小题 1:Someone can't have a good memory if .Ahe can't read or writeBhe doesn 't use

17、 his memoryChis parents haven 't a good memoryDhe doesn 't use his arms or legs for some time小题 2:If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, .Ayou can 't use them any moreBthey will become strongerCthey become weak but they slowly become strong againDthey become weak a nd won'

18、; t become strong until you use them again 小题 3:Which of the following is TRUE ?AYour memory works in the different way as your arms or legsBYour memory, like your arms or legs, becomes weak if you do not giveit enough chance for practiceCDon't learn how to read and write if you want to have a b

19、etter memoryDA good memory comes from less practice小题 4:Few people know that it is only if a friend has a poor memory.Ahis own faultChis teachers ' fault 小题 5:The writer wants to tell us Ahow to use our arms or legsChow to have a good memoryB his parents ' faultD his grandmother 's fault

20、B how to read and writeD how to learn from the people3、Many people are interested in UFOs and there are a lot of reports about them.One report of UFOs came from a British plane on its way from New York to London in 1954.The British plane was flying over an island at 19,000 feet when the captain（ 机长）

21、 noticed that something was on their left and a little lower（更低 ） than their plane. It was about five miles away.We“ It was not one object but several ones.” the captain said,and six smaller objects. I sent out a radio report about them and I got some information that the other planes were coming ou

22、t to meet us. Before the planes arrived, the smaller objects went into the big object. The big object then became smaller and moved away fast.”小题 1:A British plane flew to in 1954.ANow YorkB LondonCBeijingDSydney小题 2:There was something on the of the plane.AaboveB middleCleftDright小题 3:The captain s

23、aw in the sky.Athere was something higher than their planeBthere was one large object and six smaller objectsCthe big object disappeared at onceDall of above小题 4: would come to meet them.AThe other planesB The other captainsCA UFODThe radio小题 5:This passage is mainly about .Athe radioB a British pla

24、neCseven objectsD one report about UFOs4、NamePersonal InformationNormanBethune· Born in 1890 in Canada· A doctor· Came to China in 1938· Died in 1939 in ChinaCelineDion· Born in Montreal, Canada· A singing star· In 1997, sang My Heart Will Go On for the film Titani

25、cThomasEdison· Born in 1847, Kentucky, the USA· Made over 1,000 inventions ·Died in 1931BillGates· Born in 1955 in the USA· Wrote Business at the Speed of Thought· Owned Microsoft CompanyMark Twain· Born in 1835 in the USA· A writer ·Died in 1910· Wr

26、ote Tom Sawyer小题 1:根据表格第三行描述 ,可知席琳迪翁出生在加拿大的蒙特利尔 ,故选 D. 小题 2:根据表格最后一行描述 ,可知马克吐温是个作家 ,他出生在 1835 年.故选 B. 小题 3:根据表格第三行描述 ,可知我心永恒是首歌曲的名字 ,故选 C. 小题4:根据表格第二行描述 ,可知白求恩在 1938年来到中国 ,在1939年去世,故他在中国生活了两年 .选 A.小题 5:根据表格第四行描述 ,可知爱迪生的发明超过一千多项 .故选 C小题 6: is from Canada.ABill GatesB Mark TwainC Thomas EdisonDCeline

27、Dion小题 7:The was born in 1835.AinventorB writerCdoctorDsinger小题 8:My Heart Will Go On is the name of a .AbookB filmCsongDstory小题 9:Dr Bethune worked in China for about years.A2B 4C6D8小题 10:Which of the following is true?AMark Twain wrote Business at the Speed of Thought. BBill Gates started working

28、for Microsoft Company in 1995. CThomas Edison made over 1,000 inventions.DCeline Dion stopped singing 1997.5、Survey: What 's your favorite restaurant?Lola LopezJim Janssen“I 'm an actress. There's a small French restaurant near my apartment. It 's my favorite. The service is great. T

29、he food is always cooked well and served beautifully. And the atmosphere is very romantic ”“I 'm a high school student. I'minterested in fast food. Chicken, burgers, fish, French fries I love it all. My moms ays I should eat healthier food but it tastes so good! Also, I 'm not rich and t

30、he price of fast food is just right for me.”Gina ManginoRaul Sanchez“I 'm a housewife. With three kids, I look for a place that has good food at a reasonable price. I look for a place that 's comfortable for children and serves the food quickly. That 's why I like Sam 's Chinese rest

31、aurant. ”“I 'm a doctor. I can ' t remember the last time I ate out maybe that 's because my wife and I really like to cook. Instead of eating out, we look through a cookbook and cook at home. ”小题 1:Jim Janssen is .Aan actressB a doctorCa studentDa housewife小题 2: likes a French restauran

32、t very much.ALola LopezB Jim JanssenCGina Mangino DRaul Sanchez小题 3:Gina Mangino likes the restaurant which .Aoffers fast foodB serves the food quicklyCoffers cookbooksD serves the food beautifully6、Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can' t tablku tw tihthe yw toarldk sw, ith sounds.They show their f

33、eelings with sounds.Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a“ school ” . Thbut they travel together.Dolphins are mammals (哺乳动物) , not fish, but they swim together in a school. Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad

34、or afraid. They say “ welcome ” when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People can' t hear these sounds because they are very, very high.Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.Someti

35、mes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium.(An aquarium is a zoofor fish.) People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don' t like to beaway from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely.There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes theyt like tosave s

36、omebody ' s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people donThey say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this. 小题 1:A school of dolphins means.Aa zoo for dolphinsB a show by dolphinsCa group of dolphinsD a library of dolphins小题 2: A dolphin feels in an aquarium.AafraidBhappy with people

37、 watching themCluckyDsad and lonely 小题 3:Which sentence is true?ADolphins talk with words.BDolphins always bring good luck.CDolphins make more sounds above water.DDolphins can 't breathe （呼吸） under the water.小题 4:People can ' t hear the dolphins ' sounds because the y a r e .AlowB highCs

38、oftDquiet小题 5:From the passage we know.ADolphins travel together.BDolphins talk with words when they play.CDolphins like to live in aquariums.DAll people want to catch dolphins and eat them.7、Parts of Africa are covered by a dark cloud. But this is no rain cloud. It is aliving cloud made of billions

39、 of locusts （ 蝗虫） and they are eating everything in their path.And now in order to fight against this disaster, a radio station in Senegal, WestAfrica, is offering listeners 5 kilograms of rice if they can catch and kill 50kilograms of locusts.“ We think this idea will get more people to take part i

40、nthe fight against the locusts,said Abdoula-yFem B, a, rfarodmio sStuadtionin one of Senegal ' s worst affected area.This is West Africa' s biggest locust disaster in 15 years. Now it is moving eastand it leads to the loss of crops. When they move, they have babies, so their number is gettin

41、g bigger. and will soon threaten （ 威胁） Sudan in the northeast of Africa. Some say it may reach Asia.Experts say many people in the areas will go hungry because of this disaster.What ' s worse, governments in the areas don' t have enough things to fight thelocusts.Although leaders of 12 count

42、ries have agreed on a plan, it is not enough.are now treating 6,000 hectares （ 公顷） per day with pesticide （ 杀虫剂）, but we need to treat 20,000 hectares per day in order to have any hope of controlling this disaster, ' said Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Babah,o lfe laodcuesr t control（ 控 制 ） in Mauritani

43、a.小题 1:What does “dark cloud ”mean in the first pargaraph, the writer of the article .Awanted to show the size and speed（速度 ） of the coming locustsBwanted to show the great damage that locusts may causeCwanted that locusts could cover the continent like rain cloudsDboth A and B小题 2:The locust disast

44、er .Amay be even more serious in AsiaBis （was） such a big problem that people can't do anything to solveit.Caffected only the warning areasDcan not be stopped if people can't get more pesticide.小题 3:How many kilograms of rice can Mike get if he catches and kills 450 kilos of locusts?A15B 25C

45、30D45小题 4: Which of the following is WRONG?ASud-Fm offered a reward（ 奖励 ） to those people would join in catching and killing locusts.BSenegal is to the northwest of Sudan.CPeople in West Africa often go hungry.D12 countries worked together but they didn' t have enough pesticide.小题 5:The story is

46、 mainly about .ACountries in West Africa worked together to fight a natural disasterBthe difficulty in controlling locustsChow locusts caused great damage （ 破坏） to West AfricaDa fight against a disaster brought by locusts in West Africa8、 阅读理解。A Japanese toy maker speaks out that they made a gadget

47、（ 小配件 ）that translates （ 翻译 ）dog bark（狗叫 ）into people's language and plans to sell the gadget in U.S. pet stores and gift shops this summer.Tokyo-based Takara Co. Ltd（ 有限公司 ）says about 300,000 of the dog translating gadgets have been sold since it was on sale in Japan late last year. They think

48、far bigger sales come to America inAugust. The United States is home to about 67 million dogs, more than six times the number in Japan.Regarded as one of the coolest inventions （ 发明 ）of 2002 by Time magazine, the gadget translateseach bark into six feelings. It can tell whether the dog is happy, sad

49、, disappointed or angry etc."We know that the Americans love their dogs so much, so we don't think they will mind spending$ 120 on this gadget, "the marketing manager said during an interview in America.One thing that seems certain is that the market for animal translation gadgets will

50、 likely keep on a dog's world since Takara has no plans to make a gadget for cats. "They are too changeable, "the marketing manager said.1. This text mainly tells us that .A. the gadget is very expensiveB. Japanese made a new gadgetC. American dogs can tell their feelingsD. Japanese wi

51、ll sell the gadget in America2. "They are too changeable. "means "are too changeable. "A. CatsB. DogsC. StoresD. People3. We can learn from the text that .A. people need to talk to dogsB. there are more dogs in America than in JapanC. Japanese people don't like dogsD. they wi

52、ll make a gadget for kids in the future4. Takara Co. Ltd. is the sale of its new gadget.A. proud ofB. satisfied withC. sure ofD. worried about9、 阅读理解。A SCHOOL REPORTName: Edward Scott School: Revin Grove State High SchoolGrade: 7 Term ending: 6 MaySubjects （ 科目）:MathematicsHe is a little weak （ 弱） i

53、n this, but he has tried his best to catch up with others. ScienceHe can work out many difficulties. Well done!FrenchHe is the best in the class. Keep it up.HistoryHe is not so good at this, but has done better than before.GeographyHe is familiar （ 熟悉的） with the names of many places in the world.Mus

54、icHe doesn't like pop songs, though sings very well.Conduct: Fair No. in class: 9 Absences: 8Remarks （评语）: Edward has the ability to do a lot better. More work is needed next term.Class teacher: IvyPrincipal: M. L. MartinSchool reopens: 11 September1. After reading this, we know this is .A. a st

55、udying plan of Edward ScottB. a teaching plan of IvyC. a school report of Edward ScottD. a working plan of M. L. Martin2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned（ 提到） in the passage?A. PE.B. MusicC. MathematicsD. History3. Edward's best subject is D. French4. Edward is NOT so good at .A. science

56、 and geographyB. mathematics and historyC. history and FrenchD. music and English5. According to the passage, which of the following sentences is TRUE?A. Edward can't sing songs very well.B. Edward doesn't do well in science.C. Edward can do better if he works harder next term.D. Edward lear

57、ns two foreign languages in school.10、Many children use the Internet to get useful knowledge and information, and to relax in their free time. But some of them are not using it in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet. Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example, when you can go online, for how long and what activities you can do online.Don