初二英语阅读理解中考试题

初二英语阅读理解试题2

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A

Amanhasacat.Helikesherverymuch.Atmealtimethecatsitsatthetablewithhim.Theman

eatswithaknifeandafork,butthecateatsfromherplate.Sometimes,whenshefinishesherdish,her

masterwillgiveherabitofhisfood.Heshareshismealwithher.Onedaythecatisnotatthetableat

mealtime.

“Ah!Whereismycat?”askstheman..Hiswifesays,"Can'tyoueatwithouther?”

Sothemealbeginswithoutthecat.Beforelunchisover,thecatrushesintotheroomandjumpsinto

thechairquickly.Shehastwomiceinhermouth,andbeforeanyonecanstopher,shedrops(扔下)one

intoherownplate,andtheotherintohermaster'splate.

“Dearme!”criesthewoman,UAmouseisinyourplate!”

“Hush(安静)!"saysherhusband.t4Thisshowsthatsheisanicecat.Sheknowswhatfriendship(友谊)

is.ShewishesmetoshareherdinnerasIoftenshareminewithher.

根据短文内容，判断正误，正确(T),错误(F)。

()1.Themasterloveshiscatverymuch.

()2.Thecatalwayssharesherfoodwithhermaster.

()3.Onedaythecatisnotatthetableatmealtime.

()4.Thecathurries(匆忙)homewithtwomiceinhermouthwhenthemasterandhiswifeare

havinglunch.

()5.Thestorytellsusthecatalsoloveshermaster.

B

MynameisMax.Iamtwelveyearsold.Ihavemanyfriends.MostofthemareasoldasI.Someare

older.Someareyounger.

MybestfriendisBill.Helivesnearme.Wegotothesameschoolandweareinthesameclass.Bill

helpsmewithmymathshomework.IhelphimwithhisEnglishhomework..Billistallerthanme.Heis

quitefat.Hedoesn'tlikesports,sohedoesn'tgetmuchexercise.Webothhaveblackeyes,butBill's

hairislonger.IlikesportsandIplayfootballorgoswimmingeveryday.EverySundaymorningBill

andIplaycomputergames.SometimesIwin.Sometimeshewins.

()6.Themainidea(主题)ofthetextis.

A.MaxhasmanyfriendsB.MaxandBillgotothesameschool

C.MaxandBillarebestfriendsD.MaxandBilllikethesamethings

()7.MostofMax'sfriendsare.

A.twelveyearsoldB.olderthanMax

C.youngerthanMaxD.thirteenyearsold

()8.MaxandBilllive.

A.neareachotherB.indifferenttowns

C.inthesamehouseD.intheschool

()9.MaxhelpsBillwith.

A.hismathshomeworkB.hisEnglishhomework

C.HissportslessonsD.Hiscomputerlessons

()10.MaxandBillbothliketo.

A.swimB.playfootballC.playcomputergamesD.playsports

C

Mr.Lewiswasadanceteacher.Hewasanicemanandalwayshadalotofstudents.Oneyearhe

movedtoanewtown,andwassoonteachingmanystudentsinthedanceschoolthere,buthedecidedto

moveagaintoabigcity.Hewouldhavemoreworkthere.

Whenoneofhisstudentsheardthathewasgoingtoleave,shesaidtohim,“Thenewteacherwon't

beasgoodasyouare."Mr.Lewiswashappywhenheheardthis,buthesaid,"Ohno.Tmsurehe'Hbe

asgoodasIam——orevenbetter/Thestudentsaid,"No.FiveteachershavecomeandgonewhileFve

beenhere,andeachnewonewasworsethanthelast.”

()11.cametolearndancingfromMr.Lewis.

AfewstudentsB.FewstudentsC.ManystudentsD.Nostudents

()12.Mr.Lewiswantedtomovetoabigcitybecause

A.hehatedthesmalltown

B.hecouldn'tmakealivinginthesmalltown

C.itwouldbeeasyforhimtohavemoreworkinthecity

D.itmadehimspendmoremoneyinthetown

()13.Thestudentthoughtthat

A.Mr.LewiswasagoodteacherB.Mr.Lewiswasthebestteacher

C.Mr.LewiswasworsethanthelastD.Mr.Lewiswouldbeworsethanthelast

()14.BeforeMr.Lewisteacherscametothetowntoteachdancing

A.threeB.fourC.fiveD.six

()15.Fromthestorywecanconclude(推论)thatthestudentwished

A.tohaveabetterteacherB.tohaveaworseteacher

C.tobecomeadanceteacherD.toseethesixthteacher

D

Oncetherewasalittlegirlinavillage.Shespentsummersonhergrandfather^farm.Theyear

shewasfour,sheknewsomeducks.Theduckswerewhitewithorangefeet.Theylivedinalittle

woodenhouseneartheroad.Thelittlegirllikedtheseducksverymuch.

Everydaytheywalkeddowntheroadtothepond(池塘).Theduckswentintothewater.The

littlegirlsatonthebank(岸)andsawthemswimminginthepond.Thelittletalkedtotheducks

andtheyquacked(嘎嘎叫)back.

Thenonedaytheducksweregone.Noonewouldsayanythingaboutthem.Thelittlewasafraid

toaskwheretheywere.Onenighteveryonesatdownfordinner.Thefoodlookedalittlelike

chicken.Thegirldidn'twanttoeat.Canyouguesswhy?

()16.Thestoryismainlyabout.

A.eatingchickenB.sittingbythepond

C.livingonafarmD.ducksandalittlegirl

()17.Theduckswere・

A.yellowandorangeB・yellowandwhite

C.whiteandorangefeetD.whiteandblack

()18.Firstthelittlegirl.

A.didn'teatB.satonthebank

C.walkedtothepondD.talkedtotheducks

()19.Attheendofthestory,theduckswereprobably

A.underthewaterB.ontheplate

C.inthewoodenhouseD.swimminginthepond

()20.Thelittlegirldidn'teatbecause

A.shewantednicecakesB.thefoodwasducks

C.thefoodwastoohotD.theplatewasempty

MrBrownneverwenttoseeadentist.becausehewasafraid,butthenhisteeth

beganachingalot.andhewenttoseeadentist.Thedentistdidalotofworkinhismouth

foralongtime.OnthelastdayMrBrownsaidtohim「Howmuchisalltheworkgoingto

cost?,n'Twenty-fivedollars,nsaidthedentist.Buthedidnotaskhimforthemoney.Aftera

monthMrBrownphonedthedentistandsaid,"Youdidn'taskmeforyourwork.M,'Oh,Hthe

dentistanswered,'1neveraskagentlemanformoney.”"Thenhowdoyoulive?"MrBrown

asked,“Mostgentlemenpaymequickly/'Thedentistsaid."Butsomedon't.lwaitedformy

moneyfortwomonths,andthenIsay:Thatmanisnotagentleman,andthenaskhimmy

money.',

()1.Whichwordhasthesamemeaningas"phone*'?

A.CallB.GiveC.AskD.Thank

()2.MrBrown()untilhisteethbeganachingalot.

A.wenttoseethedoctorB.wasnotafraid

C.didn'tseethedintistD.wantedtoseethedoctor

()3.()costtwentyfivedollars

A.Thefirstday'sworkB.Threeday'swork

C.Onemonth'sworkD.AIIthedentistwork

()4.WhendidMrBrowngivethedentistacall()first.

A.AlongtimeagoB.Afterhegavehimthemoney

B.AboutthirtydayslaterD.Abouttwentydayslater

()5.Thedentistsaidthatheneverasked()first

A.awomenformoneyB.thepoolformoney

B.agentlemanformoneyD.peopeformuchmoney

(A)

MrSmithmademanytests(作试验)withdifferentanimalsandthemonkeywasthe

cleverestofalltheanimals.

OnedayMrSmithputamonkeyinaroom.Healsoputsomesmallboxesinit.Inone

oftheboxestherewassomefood.HHowlongwillittakethemonkeytofindthefood?"Mr

Smithsaidtohimself.'*Letmewaitandsee."Helefttheroomandwaitedoutside.Three

minuteslater,heputhiseyetothekeyhole(钥匙眼).Whatdidhesee?Hesawtheeyeof

themonkey.ThemonkeywasontheothersideofthedoorandlookedatMrSmith

throughthekeyhole.

1.MrSmithmadetestswith.

A.differentanimalsB.themonkeyonly

C.allthemonkeysD.allofthecleverestanimals

2.Therewassomefoodinofthesmallboxes.

A.someB.none

C.oneD.each

3.MrSmithputamonkeyandsomeboxesinaroombecausehewantedto

know.

A.howmuchfoodmonkeycouldfindB.howmanyboxesthemonkeycouldcarry

C.howlongitwouldtakethemonkeytoputitseyetothekeyhole

D.howlongitwouldtakethemonkeytofindthefood

4.WhatwasthemonkeydoingwhenMrSmithwasputtinghiseyetothekeyhole?

A.Themonkeywaseatingfood.B.Themonkeywaslookingforfood.

C.Themonkeywaseatingontheothersideofthedoor.

D.ThemonkeywaslookingatMrSmiththroughthekeyhole.

5.MrSmithisa.

A.teacherB.scientist(科学家)C.doctorD.farmworker

(B)

Doyouneedfriends?I'msureyouransweris"Yes.ofcourse.Everybodydoes!"You

needfriendswhenyouplayandwhenyouwork.Ifyouhavefriends,youwillfeelhappy.If

youhavenofriends,youwillfeellonely(寂寞的).

Doyouknowhowtomakefriends?Thereisonlyonegoodway-Youmakefriendsby

beingfriendly.

Afriendlypersonisinterestedinotherpeople.HeisalwayshelpfulIfyouwanttomake

friendswithanewclassmate,youcantalkwithhim,tellhimabouttheotherclassmatesin

yourclassandtryyourbesttobehelpfultohim.

6.Weneedfriends.

A.becausewemustplaywiththemB.Becausewemustworkwiththem

C.whenweplayandwhenweworkD.whenwetalkwiththem

7.Ifwewanttomakefriends,weshould.

A.bepolitelytothemB.befriendlytothem.

C.beafraidofthemD.whenwetalkwiththem.

8.Afriendlypersonisotherpeople.

A.interestedinB.worriedabout

C.surprisedatD.likethem

9.Ifwewanttomakefriendswithanewclassmate,.

A.wecantalkwiththemB.wemusttrytohelphim

C.wecantellhimabouttheotherclassmatesinourclass

D.A、BandC

10.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.Nooneneedsfriends.B.Everyoneneedsfriends.

C.Onlyclassmatesneedfriends.D.Someoneneedsfriends.

答案：ACDDBCBADB

(C)

InthemorningMrSmithcomesintothegardenatthebackofhishouse.Hesees

somuchsnowinthegarden.MrSmithwantstotakehiscarout,soheasksamanto

cleantheroadfromhisgarage(车库)tothegate.Hesaystotheman,"Don'tthrowany

snowonthatside.Itwilldamage(损坏)theflowersinmygarden,anddon'tthrowany

ontheothersideforitwilldamagethewall.Anddon'tthrowanyintothestreet,or

thepolicemanwillcome.Thenhegoesout.

Whenhecomesback,thepathisclean.thereisnosnowontheflowers,onthe

wallorinthestreet.Butwhenheopensthegaragetogethiscarout,hesees,the

garageisfullofsnow,thesnowfromthepath,andhiscarisunderthesnow!

()6.InthemorningMrSmithfindsisfullofsnow.

A.hisgardenB.hisgarageC.hishouseD.hiscar

()7.hewantsamantocleantheroad.He.

A.doesn'tlikesnowatallB.likesthecleanroad

C.wantstotakehiscaroutofthegarageD.oftenasksthemantodosomething

()8.WheredoesMrSmithtellthemantothrowthesnowinthegarden?

A.OntheflowersB.IntothestreetC.OnthewallD.Wedon'tknow

()9.Heopensthegarage.

A.andtakeshiscaroutB.andfindsit'sfullofsnow

C.andfindsthereisnoairinD.andtakessnowout

()10WhereisMrSmith'scar?

A.UnderthesnowfromtheroadB.inthestreet

C・NeartheroadD.infrontofhishouse

答案：CBC//BC//ACDBA

007Mostpeoplehaveflownakiteorhaveseenonerideanddip（卜・降）instrong

springwind.NotsomanypeopleknowthatkiteswerefirstmadeinChinathousands

ofyearsago.Theancient（古代的）Chineseweremakingandflyingkitesevenbefore

theywerewriting.

Alongtimeago,theChinesemadekitestouseinwars.Theywouldflythese

warkitesinthedark.Thekiteswerefixed（固定）sothattheymadestrangesounds.

Menwhowereatwarwiththemwouldhearthesesoundsandrunaway.Theythought

thosestrangesoundsweremadebygods（神）inthesky.

TheancientChinesealsof1ewkitestobringgoodluckandtomaketheircrops

（农作物）growrichandtall.Sometimestheytiedlongstrings（细绳）andhooks

（钩）totheirkites.Thentheywouldflythekitesoverwater,lettingthehooks

hangdowntocatchfish.

TheChineseusesticks（树枝）,strings（线）andpaperfortheirkites.Some

ofthesekiteslooklikeanimalsortrees.Otherslooklikebirdsorhouses.

1.Themainideaofthefirstparagraph（段落）isthat

A.kiteswerefirstmadeinChina

B.mostofushaveflownorseenakite

C.theancientChineseweremakingkitesbeforetheywerewriting

D.theancientChineseweregoodatmakingkites

2.InancientChinakitescouldbeusedfor___.

A.catchingfishB.helpingpeoplefly

C.wateringthecropsD.helpingpeoplewalkinthedark

3.TheancientChineseusedkitesinwarsbecausethekites.

A.couldbringgoodluckB.lookedlikeanimals

C.couldhelpthemwinawarD.couldflyhigh

4.TheChineseusuallyuse___fortheirkites.

A.sticks,stringsandgrassB.strings,hairandwood

C.paper,stringsandsticksD.paper,ropesandhooks

5.Whatisthebesttitle（题目）ofthispassage?

A.LuckyKites.B.StrangeKites.C.BeautifulKites.D.ChineseKites.

007:AACCD

初二英语阅读题专项练习（10篇）

（001）InEngland（英格兰人）nobodyundereighteenyearsoldisallowed（允许）

todrinkinabar（酒吧）.

MrThompsonoftenwenttoabarnearhishouse.Buthenevertookhisson,Tom,

becausehewastooyoung.ThenwhenTomhadhiseighteenthbirthday,Mr

Thompsontookhimtohisusualbarforthefirsttime.Theydrankforanhour.Tom

drankabit.ThenMrThompsonsaidtohisson,“Now,Tom,Iwanttoteachyoua

useful（有用的）lesson.Howdoyouknowwhenyou\ehadenough（足够的）？

Well,Tiltellyou.Doyouseethosetwolights（灯）attheendofthebar?Whenthey

seem（好象）tobecomefour,you\ehadenoughandshould（应该）gohome.”

“But,Dad,"saidTom,“Icanonlyseeonelightattheendofthebar.”

1.Youngpeopleallowedtodrinkinabaruntileighteen.

A.isnotB.arenotC.manyD.must

2.WhenTomwasachild,hisfatheroftenwenttoanearbybartakinghim.

A.byB.forC.withD.without

3.OnTom'seighteenthbirthday,hedranktogetherwithhisfatherinthatbarfor.A.the

firsttimeB.once

C.manytimesD.eighteentimes

4.Fatherwantedtotellhisson.

A.thetimetodrinkB.somethingaboutthelight

C.whentostopdrinkingD.somethingaboutthebar

5.Infact（事实上），thereattheendofthebar.

A.wasonelightB.weretwolightsC.werethreelightsD.werefourlights

（002）In1620,abouthalftheUSAwascovered（覆盖）byforests.Todaythe

forestshavealmostgone.Alotofgoodlandhasgonewiththem,leavingonlysand

（沙地）.Chinadoesn'twanttocopy（抄）theUSA'sexample.Wefreplanting

moreandmoretrees.We'vebuiltthe"GreatGreenWall"oftreesacrossnorthern

（北部的）partofourcountry.TheGreatGreenWallis7,000kilometreslong,and

between400and1,700kilometreswide.Itwillstopthewindfromblowingtheearth

away.Itwillstopthesandfrommovingtowardstherichfarmland（农田）inthe

south.More"GreatGreenWalls"areneeded.Treesmustbegrownalloverthe

world.GreatGreenWallswillmaketheworldbetter.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1.In1620,abouttheUSAwascoveredbyforests.

A.athirdB.halfC.twothirdsD.afourth

2.Alotofgoodlandhasgonewith.

A.sandB.waterC.windD.forests

3.TheGreatGreenWallinChinaislong.

A.7,000kilometersB.1,700kilometersC.7,000metersD.400kilometers

4.Treesmustbegrownin.

A.ChinaB.theUSAC.somecountriesD.everypartoftheworld

5.willmaketheworldbetter.

A.TheGreatWallB.TallbuildingsC.GreatGreenWallsD.Flowersandgrass

（003）“Cool"isawordwithmanymeanings.Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpress

（表达）atemperaturethatisalittlebitcold.Astheworldhaschanged,thewordhas

hadmanydifferentmeaning.

“CooF'canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything.

Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet,maybeyouwillsay,"It'scool."Youmay

think,"He'ssocool,“whenyouseeyourfavouritefootballer.

Weallmaximize（扩大）themeaningoftcooF,.Youcanuseitinsteadofmanywords

suchas"new"or"surprising”.Here'saninterestingstorywecanusetoshowthe

waythewordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthewaterfall（瀑布）

theyhadvisited.Ononestudent'spaperwasjusttheonesentence（句子），“It'sso

cool.Maybehethoughtitwasthebestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt.

Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity（缺乏）ofwords.Without6tcooF\somepeople

havenowordstoshowthesamemeaning.Soitisquiteimportanttokeepsome

credibility（可信性）.Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthatmakeyourlifeas

colourfulastheword"cool”?Ican.AndIthinktheyarealsoverycool.

1.Weknowthatthewordt4coolhashad.

A.onlyonemeaningB.nomeanings

C.manydifferentmeaningsD.thesamemeaning

2.Inthepassage,theword“express”means"

A.seeB.showC.knowD.feel

3.Ifyouaresomething,youmaysay,"It'scool.”

A.interestedinB.angryaboutC.afraidofD.unhappywith

4.Thewritertakesanexampletoshowheisthewaythewordisused.

A.pleasedwithB.strangetoC.worriedaboutD.carefulwith

5.Inthepassage,thewritersuggests（暗示）thattheword“cool”.

A.canbeusedinsteadofmanywordsB.usuallymeanssomethinginteresting

C.canmakeyourlifecolourfulD.maynot（可能不）beascoolasitseems

004AfriendofminenamedPaulreceived（收到）anexpensivecarfromhis

brotherasaChristmaspresent.OnChristmasEvewhenPaulcameoutofhisoffice,

astreeturchin（顽童）waswalkingaroundtheshiningcar."Isthisyourcar,Paul?”he

asked.Paulanswered,“Yes,mybrothergaveittomeforChristmas."Theboywas

surprised（'原奇）."Youmeanyourbrothergaveittoyouanditdidn'tcostyou

anything?Boy,Iwish...”Hehesitated（犹豫）.

Ofcourse,Paulknewwhathewasgoingtowishfor（希望）.Hewasgoingtowish

hehadabrotherlikethat.ButwhattheboysaidsurprisedPaulgreatly.

“Iwishjtheboywenton,“thatIcouldbeabrotherlikethat."Paullookedattheboy

insurprise,thenhesaidagain,uWouldyouliketotakearideinmycar?”

“Ohyes,rdlovethat.”

Afterashortride,theboyturnedandwithhiseyesshining,said,“Paul,wouldyou

mind（介意）drivinginfrontofmyhouse?”

Paulsmiledalittle.Hethoughtheknewwhattheboywanted.Hewantedtoshowhis

neighboursthathecouldridehomeinabigcar.ButPaulwaswrongagain."Willyou

stopwherethosetwostepsare?theboyasked.

Heranuptothesteps.TheninashortwhilePaulheardhimcomingback,buthewas

notcomingfast.Hewascarryinghislittlecrippled（残疾的）brother.Hesathim

downonthestepandpointedtothecar.

“Theresheis,Buddy,justlikeItoldyouupstairs.Hisbrothergaveittohimfor

Christmasanditdidn'tcosthimacent（美分）・AndsomedayI'mgoingtogiveyou

onejustlikeit...thenyoucanseeforyourselfallthenicethingsintheChristmas

windowsthatI'vebeentryingtotellyouabout.”

Paulgotoutandliftedtheboytothefrontseatofhiscar.Theshining-eyedolder

brotherclimbedinbesidehimandthethreeofthembegananunforgettable（难忘的）

holidayride.

1.Thestreeturchinwasverysurprisedwhen.

A.PaulreceivedanexpensivecarB.Paultoldhimaboutthecar

C.hesawtheshiningcarD.hewaswalkingaroundthecar

2.Fromthestorywecanseetheurchin.

A.wishedtogivehisbrotheracarB.wantedPauPsbrothertogivehimacar

C.wishedhecouldhaveabrotherlikePaul'sD.wishedPaulcouldbeabrotherlikethat

3.TheurchinaskedPaultostophiscarinfrontofhishouse.

A.toshowhisneighboursthebigcarB.toshowhehadarichfriend

C.tolethisbrotherrideinthecarD.totellhisbrotherabouthiswish

4.Wecaninfer（推断）fromthestorythat.

A.Paulcouldn'tunderstandtheurchinB.theurchinhadadeeploveforhisbrother

C.theurchinwishedtohavearichbrotherD.theurchin'swishcametrueintheend

5.Thebestnameofthenamestoryis.

A.AChristmasPresentB.AStreetUrchin

C.ABrotherLikeThatD.AnUnforgettableHolidayRide

005Dreams

nDreams（梦）maybemoreimportantthansleep.Weallneedtodream,"some

scientistssay.

Dreamstakeup（占据）aboutonequarterofoursleepingtime.Peoplehaveseveral

dreamseachnight.Dreamsarelikeshortfilms.Theyareusuallyincolour.Some

dreamsarelikeoldfilms.Theycometousoverandoveragain.Thatmaybebecause

thedreamerisworryingaboutsomething.Dreamingmaybeawayoftryingtofindan

answer.

Somepeoplegetnewideasabouttheirworkfromdreams.Theymay（可能）have

beenthinkingabouttheirworkallday.Thesethoughtscancarryover（携入）into

dreams.

Sometimeswewakeupwithagoodfeelingfromadream.Butoftenwecan*t

rememberthedream.Dreamscandisappear（消失）quicklyfrommemory（记忆）.

Toomuchdreamingcanbeharmful（有害的）.Themorewesleep,thelongerwe

dream.Themindishardatworkwhenwedream.Thatiswhywemayhavealong

sleepandstillwakeuptired.

1.Itmaybelessimportanttosleepthanto_.

A.thinkB.dreamC.workD.study

2.Dreamsandfilmsareusually.

A.verylongB.incolourC.aboutworkD.verysad

3.Whydosomepeopleoftendreamabouttheirwork?

A.Becausetheyaretiredinthedaytime.

B.Becausetheyarenotinterestedintheirwork.

C.Becausetheymaybethinkingabouttheirworkallday.

D.Becausetheyhavetoomuchworktodo.

4.Themainideaofthestoryisthat.

A.whatdreamisB.peopleliketosleep

C.dreamsarelikefilmsD.wealwaysrememberdreams

006AFaithful（忠实的）Dog

Morethansevenhundredyearsago,thePrinceofWaleshadaverybigand

bravedogcalledGelert.

OnedaythePrincewantedtogohunting（打猎）withhismen.Hetoldhisdog

tostayathomeandlookafterhisbabyson.Thebabywasinawoodencradle（摇篮）,

whichwaslikeasmallbed.

WhenthePrincecamebackfromhunting,Gelertranouttomeethismaster.He

wagged（摇）histail（尾巴）andjumpeduptoputhispaws（手爪）onthePrince's

chest.ThenthePrincesawtheblood（血）onGelert'sjaws（颗）andhead.

"Whathaveyoudone?”thePrincesaid.Herushedintohishouseandlookedforhis

babyson.Thecradlewaslyingonitssideonthefloor.Theclothesweretomand

therewasbloodonthem.

"Soyouhavekilledmyson?”thePrincesaidangrily."Youunfaithfuldog!"He

tookouthissword（剑）andkilledthedog.JustasGelertwasdying,hemanaged（设

法）tobark.ThenthePrinceheardababycalltothedog.

ThePrinceranoutofthehouseandsawhissonlyingonthegroundunhurt（没受伤）.

Nearhimwasadeadwolf.ThenthePrinceknewthatGelerthaddefended（保卫）the

babyandkilledthewolf.

ThePrinceranbackintothehousebuthewastoolate.Gelertwasdead.The

Princewasverysadindeed.Tearsrandownhisfacewhenherealized'hehadkilled

hisfaithfulfriend.ThePrincecarriedthebodyofhisbravedogtothetopofa

mountainandburied（埋葬）himthere.Afterthis,thePrinceneversmiledagain.

Everymorningatdawn,hewalkedupthemountainandstoodbythedog'sgravefora

fewminutes.

IfyougotoMountSnowdoninWales,peoplewillshowyouwhereGelertis

buried.Thereisasignbyhisgrave.Itremindspeopleofabraveandfaithfuldog.

I.GelertwasthedogofthePrinceof_.

A.ScotlandB.EnglandC.IrelandD.Wales

2.ThePrincetoldthedogtowhenhewasleaving.

A.watchthedoorB.takecareofhisbabyathome

C.welcomehisfriendsD.stopthestrangers

3.Thedogwasvery___whenhismastercamebackfromhunting.

A.gladB.fearfulC.afraidD.tired

4.ThePrincewassurprisedtoseebloodonGelert's___.

A.jawsB.pawsC.headD.BothAandC.

5.ThePrinceneversmiledagainbecause一

A.thewolfwaskilledbyGelert

B.hehadburiedthedogonthetopofmountain

C.hehadkilledhisfaithfulfriendGelert

D.Gelerthadkilledhisbabyson

007Mostpeoplehaveflownakiteorhaveseenonerideanddip（下降）instrong

springwind.NotsomanypeopleknowthatkiteswerefirstmadeinChinathousands

ofyearsago.Theancient（古代的）Chineseweremakingandflyingkitesevenbefore

theywerewriting.

Alongtimeago,theChinesemadekitestouseinwars.Theywouldflythesewar

kitesinthedark.Thekiteswerefixed（I固定）sothattheymadestrangesounds.Men

whowereatwarwiththemwouldhearthesesoundsandrunaway.Theythought

thosestrangesoundsweremadebygods（神）inthesky.

TheancientChinesealsoflewkitestobringgoodluckandtomaketheircrops（农作

物）growrichandtall.Sometimestheytiedlongstrings（细绳）andhooks（钩）to

theirkites.Thentheywouldflythekitesoverwater,lettingthehookshangdownto

catchfish.

TheChineseusesticks（树枝）,strings（线）andpaperfortheirkites.Someofthese

kiteslooklikeanimalsortrees.Otherslooklikebirdsorhouses.

1.Themainideaofthefirstparagraph（段落）isthat

A.kiteswerefirstmadeinChina

B.mostofushaveflownorseenakite

C.theancientChineseweremakingkitesbeforetheywerewriting

D.theancientChineseweregoodatmakingkites

2.InancientChinakitescouldbeusedfor_.

A.catchingfishB.helpingpeoplefly

C.wateringthecropsD.helpingpeoplewalkinthedark

3.TheancientChineseusedkitesinwarsbecausethekites.

A.couldbringgoodluckB.lookedlikeanimals

C.couldhelpthemwinawarD.couldflyhigh

4.TheChineseusuallyuse__fortheirkites.

A.sticks,stringsandgrassB.strings,hairandwood

C.paper,stringsandsticksD.paper,ropesandhooks

5.Whatisthebesttitle（题目）ofthispassage?

A.LuckyKites.B.StrangeKites.C.BeautifulKites.D.ChineseKites.

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