初中英语人物故事类阅读试题

Charles Dickens（狄更新）was born in London in 1812． His family was rather poor． Two days after his 13th birthday． Dickens started working in a factory． In his life， he changed several jobs and met all kinds of people． Many of his novels were based on his past experiences． Dickens started writing novels in his early thirties and became successful almost immediately． Oliver Theist， his second novel， came out in 1838and was very successful． It told a story of a young orphan（孤儿）in the dangerous streets of London． The story has a happy ending﹣﹣﹣the young boy finds his real parents and a lowing home． Because of this novel， great attention was paid to poor children． Over the next 25years， Dickens wrote many other popular novels which are still read today． His books are liked by both the American and the British．

根据短文内容完成表格，每空一词．

Charles Dickens
Two days （1） 　　starting working in a factory	Celebrating his 13 ^thbirthday
His past experiences	Changing （2） 　　jobs and meeting all kinds of people
Oliver Twist ﹣﹣﹣his second novel	Telling a story of a young orphan in the （3） 　　streets of London
From 1938to 1863	Many other novels were （4） 　　by dickens．
The people who like his books	The people from America and （5） 　　．

My mother is fifty﹣five years old． She retired（退休） just two months ago． After that， she was bored and didn't know what to do every day． She was kind to us before， but recently she had a chip on her shoulder ．She often quarreled with my brother and me without any reason． Also， relations between my parents became difficult． My mother got into trouble and didn't know how to deal with it． My brother thought of a good idea to solve the problem． He bought her a new smart phone and taught her how to use Wechat（微信） My mother′s life changed a lot from then on． No matter where she went and whatever she did， she always used it． She took photos with her new smart phone and always shared her photos in her friend circle to express how happy she was， As a result， she often did something by mistake． She often forgot to turn off the gas and the food she was cooking usually got burnt． My father tried to stop her， but it didn't work．

This afternoon， my mother prepared to make dumplings for dinner． She took a lot of pictures in order to post them into her friend circle． After dinner， we took out our smart phones and waited to the photos she had taken． To our surprise， we didn't find any pictures of her dumplings． At last， my father couldn't help asking her， "Why don't you share your delicious dumplings in your friend circle today？ My mother looked embarrassed and said， "______" "Oh， my God! I have to spend more money buying a new one!" cried my brother．

（1）The underlined words " had a chip on her shoulder" most probably mean 　　．

A．	had a pain in her shoulder
B．	got angry easily
C．	liked eating potato chips

（2）My brother bought a smart phone for my mother because 　　．

A．	my mother liked taking photos and sharing them in her friend circle
B．	my father retired two months ago
C．	my brother wanted to help my mother out of trouble

（3）After my mother had a smart phone， 　　．

A．	she liked it very much and used it all the time
B．	she often quarreled with my brother and me without any reason
C．	she was bored and didn't know what to do

（4）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？ 　　

A．	My mother stopped my father from taking picture of food
B．	My mother often forgot turning off the gas after she had a smart phone
C．	After dinner， we were surprised to find no pictures of dumplings in my mother's friend circle．

（5）" 　　" can be the missing sentence in the passage．

A．	The dumplings were not delicious
B．	My smart phone was boiled in the pot
C．	I have already posted the pictures in the friend circle

My parents give me an allowance every week．An allowance is the money I earn（赚的）when I do chores or jobs around the house．There are a loft of things I want to buy with my allowance，but I have to earn it first!There are many ways to earn money．I do chores，make my bed and empty the dishwasher．I also help my parents whenever they ask．

My parents let me choose how to spend my allowance，but they say I shouldn't use it up at once．That's why they taught me about budgets（预算）．A budget helps people buy things now and also save for things in the future．My mom says there are three ways to use my allowance．I can spend it．save it．or give it away．I want to do all three，so my mom and I make three jars．One is a"spend"jar，one is a"save"jar，and one is a"give"jar．

Spend Jar

The spend jar is my favorite!I put most of my allowance here．At the end of the month，I count up all my spending money．I use it to buy things with my friends．

Save Jar

Sometimes，there are things I want，but I don't have enough money．That's what the save jar is for．I put some of my allowance in it．It builds up more and more each week．After a while．I have enough money to buy what I want．

Give Jar

The last jar is very special．It's the give jar．I donate （捐赠） the money to charity （慈善） or another good cause My dad says that donating money helps other people and makes our world a better place．

I like putting my allowance into my three jars．It's fun to see it build up over time!Do you earn an allowance？

51．The Chinese meaning of the underlined word"allowance"is． 　　

A．	允许
B．	零用钱
C．	承诺
D．	费用

52．There are 　　jars for the writer's money．

A．	one
B．	two
C．	three
D．	four

53．For budgets，the writer's parents didn't want him to． 　　

A．	spend all the money in a short time
B．	build up too much money
C．	save the money for things in the future
D．	choose how to spend the money

54．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？ 　　

A．	The writer's parents have a large amount of money
B．	The writer asks his mother to make the three jars
C．	The writer donates money in the"spend"jar to a charity
D．	There are many ways to get the allowance for the writer

55．We can learn how to 　　according to the passage．

A．	use the allowance
B．	make three jars
C．	help others
D．	buy things．

A man was driving along the road when he saw three penguins （企鹅） standing on the road，They looked lost．so he picked them up and put them in the back seat of his car．He then stopped at a gas station to fill up the tank （油 箱）．While he was there．the attendant （服务员） noticed the penguins in the back seat． Heasked the man，"What are those three penguins doing in the back of your car？"

"I found them on the road and they looked lost，so I picked them up．"the man replied．"You should take them to the zoo"said the attendant．"What a good idea!"said the man．He then paid for the gas and drove off．

The next day the man went to the same gas station．and the same attendant happened to be serving him．The attendant was surprised to notice the penguins were sill in the car．He said to the man，"I thought I had told you to take them to the zoo．What are they still doing in your car？"The man replied，"Oh，I did take them to the zoo．They love it．and now I'm going to take them to the movies!"

46．While the man was driving along the road．what happened？ 　　

A．	He saw three penguins playing happily on the road．
B．	He only left three penguins on the road．
C．	He stopped his car because it broke down．
D．	He saw three penguins on the road and they looked lost

47．The underlined word"He"refers to"" 　　

A．	Another penguin
B．	The man
C．	The attendant
D．	The penguin

48．w hat did the attendant advise the man to do？The man should． 　　

A．	take the penguins home
B．	let the penguins live in the zoo
C．	put the penguins in his car
D．	take the penguins to the movies

49．How many times has the attendant met the three penguins according to the passage？ 　　．

A．	Once
B．	Twice
C．	Five times
D．	Many times

50．The best title of the passage may be． 　　

A．	A man and three lost penguins
B．	An attendant and a man
C．	A zoo and three lost penguins
D．	An attendant and a gas station．

（B）

Have you ever watched old movies？If so，maybe you have known Carole Lombard（卡罗尔●隆巴德）．She was a famous actress in the 1930s．She died when she was only 34．In her short life，she made 70movies．

In 1921，when she was only thirteen years old，a movie director saw her in the street．He decided to put her in a movie．The movie was one of the last silent movies．She acted well enough to win the hearts of many people．At the age of 16，she left school to act．1926，an accident happened to her．The accident left scars （疤痕） on her face，but she didn't give up．She continued to act．

Later，she married Clark Gable that was an actor．He was the great love in her life．They live happily together．

任务2：阅读短文（B），根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词．

69．s 　　   making little or no sound

70．m 　　to have a husband or wife

任务3：阅读短文（B） 进行同义句转换，每空一词．

She acted well enough to win the hearts of many people．

She acted 71． 　　well that she 72． 　　the hearts of many people．

任务4：根据短文（B）内容回答问题．

Who decided to put Carole Lombard in a movie in 1921？

73． 　　

What happened to her in 1926？

74． 　　

Was she a famous actress or a famous director in the 1930s？

75． 　　

Debbie and Simon are students． They both have part﹣time jobs at a travel company．

A well﹣dressed lady （A） enteredthe office． She looked at Debbie and Simon， and then walked over to Debbie． Debbie gave her a cheerful greeting．

Simon sighed and walked away．

"What's the matter？" Mr． Yang asked．

"People always choose Debbie instead of me． I don't understand．"

"I do． It's the way you communicate．"

"How can that be？" Simon asked． （B） " I don't get a chance to speak．"

"Communicating is more than just speaking． Your body language is important， too．"

"Body language？"

"It's the way （C） youstand and sit． It's your gestures and the expression on your face． Your whole appearance communicates things． You don't give people a good impression， Simon． You look down， you never smile and you don't turn your head towards them． "

"Look at Debbie． She's holding her head up． She always smiles and looks friendly． Her body language is making people feel welcome， so they go to her for help．"

Simon decided to improve his body language． He sat up straight and tried smiling at people．

（D） Minuteslater， a beautiful girl entered． She walked over to Simon． A few moments later， she left with a smile．

Mr． Yang came over and said， "You made a good impression on her， Simon．"

"That was my sister，" said Simon． "She wanted to remind me that （E） 明天是她的生日．"

51．写出文中划线部分（A）和（D）的同义词语或近义词语： 　　； 　　

52．将文中划线部分（B）改写为： 　　is no chance 　 　me to speak．

53．文中划线部分（C）指代的是： 　　

54．将文中划线部分（E）译成英语： 　　

55．从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的短语： 　　

A young girl raises her hand in class to answer the teacher's question． She loudly says the right answer but hears somebody call her a "know﹣it﹣all" and sees someone else roll （滚动） his eyes． She doesn't feel comfortable enough to speak up again because confident woman are thought to be "bossy （专横的）"．

The stereotype （成见） that confident men are leaders and confident women are bossy gave rise to the 2014 "Ban Bossy" campaign （"禁用专横"运动）． This campaign encourages young girls to become leaders and stay confident in the face of being called "bossy"．

Laila Farah， from DePaul University， US， says she believes this stereotype comes from history． "There is an old idea that girls are not as clever as boys，" Farah says． "There is also another very old idea that women act according to their feelings．"

"Gender （性别） stereotypes come from nearly everywhere，" Farah says． "It's is learned when people were babies， from the toys chosen， to saying girls aren't good at math．"

In a study done by the Girls Leadership Institute， many girls said that the biggest thing holding them back from taking part in class was getting judged （评判）． Girls learn to keep their ideas and leadership skills to themselves．

Maybe instead of never using the word bossy， we need to forget the idea that being bossy is a bad thing． At the end of the day， bossy people get the job done．

36．Which of the following shows the gender stereotypes from someone in class？ 　　

A．	Speaking up again．
B．	Rolling one's eyes．
C．	Raising one's hand．
D．	Answering the question．

37．The 2014 "Ban Bossy" campaign was held to encourage young girls to 　　．

A．	believe in themselves
B．	try knowing everything
C．	think about themselves
D．	enjoy something comfortable

38．In Farah's opinion， gender stereotypes started 　　．

A．	before girls learnt math
B．	before girls went to school
C．	when people were babies
D．	when people played with toys

39．According to the study done by the Girls Leadership Institute， girls 　　．

A．	can be really good leaders
B．	can understand the biggest thing
C．	are too confident to be leaders
D．	are easy enough to get judged

40．The writer seems to think that gender stereotypes are 　　．

A．	cruel
B．	unfair
C．	impossible
D．	acceptable

Ferdinand Magellan （1480﹣1521）was a Portuguese explorer． In 1519， he led the first voyage to sail around the world． It was also the first voyage to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean． Magellan gave the Pacific Ocean its name， which means "peaceful sea" in Portuguese． However， Magellan himself was killed in a battle before the voyage was finished． Only one of his ships， the Victoria， completed the journey．

Laozi lived in the 6thcentury BC．It is believed that he wrote the Daodejing． This book is popular in both the East and the West， and it is still widely read today． Many people have found inspiration （鼓舞人心的话） in this book． There are many famous sayings in the Daodejing． One of them is， "A journey of a thousand li begins with a single step．"

Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist， mathematician and astronomer． He discovered the law of gravity． In 1687， Newton published one of the most important books in the history of science． In the book， Newton described many laws that show how the universe works． Albert Einstein kept a picture of Newton on the wall of his study．

26．Which of the following was the sad news during Magellan's voyage？ 　　

A．	He was killed in a battle．
B．	No ship completed the journey．
C．	He found a "peaceful sea"．
D．	He gave the Pacific its name．

27．The Daodejing is still widely read today because 　　．

A．	it was written by Laozi
B．	many people have found inspiration in it
C．	it is popular in the world
D．	many famous sayings are about a journey

28．The greatest achievement made by Newton is that 　　．

A．	he published many important books
B．	he discovered the law of gravity
C．	he became an English physicist
D．	his picture was kept by Einstein

29．Among the famous persons mentioned above， Laozi 　　．

A．	was born the earliest
B．	was the best at Portuguese
C．	wrote the most books
D．	was the best known in history

30．The right match （匹配） about the reading above is 　　．

Ⅰ． Ferdinand Magellan	a．the name of the ship
Ⅱ． Victoria	b．lived in the 6th century BC
Ⅲ． Sir Isaac Newton	c．died in 1521
Ⅳ． Albert Einstein	d．a physicist， mathematician and astronomer

A．	Ⅰ→b
B．	Ⅱ→c
C．	Ⅲ→d
D．	Ⅳ→a

Mr．Black lives by the sea．He has a big family and has to work hard，or his wife and children will be hungry．After breakfast he leaves for the sea in a small boat every day．He always hopes to catch more fish．

One morning，the man got to a good place for fishing．He threw a long rope （绳） with many hooks （钩） into the water．He found it heavy and pulled the hooks out of the sea．He saw there was a gold chain （金链） on the hooks．He was of course very glad．"I'll sell the gold chain for much money，"he thought to himself．"I'll build a new house，and buy lots of expensive things．I'll be the richest man in the world．"

His boat began to sink （下沉）．But Mr．Black went on thinking and didn't notice what was happening．As he was pulling the gold chain，the boat sank （下沉） into the sea．He lost not only the gold chain，but also his boat and life!

91．Where does Mr．Black live？ 　　

92．When does Mr．Black go to the sea？ 　　

93．What did Mr．Black see on the hooks？ 　　

94．What happened to the boat at last？ 　　

95．Did Mr．Black only lose his boat and the gold chain？ 　　

Mrs．Brown lives in a small town in Australia．There is a big farm near the town．

On Saturday morning，she goes to her small shop．She opens the window of the shop and looks at the farm．It's very beautiful．There are many cows，horses and small animals on the farm．Suddenly she sees a kangaroo with her baby．It's interesting to see them!The mother kangaroo is wearing an old jacket．They stand there and look hungry．Mrs．Brown gives some bread to them．The kangaroos get it．Then they become happy and jump away．Suddenly a wallet drops on the floor from the jacket pocket．She picks it up，and finds﹩300 and a photo in it．That is a man's photo with his name"John"on it．"John？I have a brother．His name is also John，"Mrs．Brown says．"Is this man my lost brother？"she thinks．

She takes the wallet with her and begins to look for the man．She asks many people in the town，and then she comes to the farm and asks the farmer．Hey!It is John，her lost brother．They are very happy to see each other．

56．What animals can Mrs．Brown see on the farm that morning？

A．	Cows，horses and small animals．
B．	Cows，horses，small animals and a kangaroo with a baby．
C．	Cows，horses and a kangaroo with her baby．
D．	Cows，horses，small animals and a kangaroo．

57．Why does Mrs．Brown give some bread to kangaroos？

A．	Because she likes kangaroos very much．
B．	Because the mother kangaroo is wearing an old jacket．
C．	Because the mother kangaroo with her baby looks hungry．
D．	Because she wants to find John．

58．What does Mrs．Brown find after the kangaroos jump away？

A．	A wallet．
B．	A photo．
C．	﹩300．
D．	A jacket．

59．How does Mrs．Brown find her lost brother，John？

A．	By the wallet．
B．	By the kangaroo．
C．	By the jacket．
D．	By the photo with his name．

60．Where does Mrs．Brown find her lost brother？

A．	In a shop．
B．	On a farm．
C．	In a town．
D．	In Australia．

	I especially like the fact that I have easy access（进入） to the Internet．And it's great that I have Google Maps on my phone，so that when I get lost I can just look up where I am find my way back．But I don't really ant to say﹣﹣﹣I depend too much on the phone．That's the worst part．
	I love the fact that my mobile phone has the Internet．That's the best thing about having the Internet everywhere．The worst thing is that people can reach you，especially by calling you．Just send me an email．That would be great．
	I have a very old phone，so I can't really do much with it．however，it's also kind of nice because it makes me be more of a face to face person，instead of always being on my phone．So that's good． I have one of the simplest mobile phones，which I actually really like because I'm not really tempted（受诱惑的） to be on it all the time．So compared with texting people，talking with people around gives me more pleasure

25．What does Laura do when she gets lost？ 　　

A．	She calls for a taxi at once．
B．	She uses Google Maps on the phone．
C．	She asks the police for help．
D．	She makes a phone call to her family．

26．For Tal，it would be great to 　　．

A．	have a private world
B．	Keep in touch with friends
C．	receive emails in time
D．	use the Internet everywhere

27．Both Ashlcigh and Mary prefer to 　　．

A．	turn off their phones sometimes
B．	talk with people face to face
C．	stay on their phones all the time
D．	change their phones for better ones

28．The four people are mainly talking about 　　．

A．	why they need their mobile phones
B．	whether to say goodbye to mobile phones
C．	how to surf the Internet on their mobile phones
D．	what they like and dislike about their mobile phones．

An old man went to India．When he got there，he saw a lot of fruit for sale，but much of it was very expensive．Only a big basket of red fruit was cheap．

"How much per kilo？"the old man asked．

"Two rupees（卢比），"the shopkeeper answered．Two rupees in India is almost nothing，so the old man bought a kilogram and started eating them．

However，as soon as he started eating，his mouth began to burn，his eyes began to water and his whole face became as red as the fruit．As he coughed and struggled to breathe，he jumped up and down，screaming（尖叫），"Ah！Ah！Ah！"

And yet he continued to eat the "fruit"！

Some people saw him and said，"Those are chili peppers（红辣椒）！You can't just eat them by the handful（一大把）！"

The old man said，"I paid for them，so I must eat them．"

This old man must seem pretty stupid．But are we a lot smarter？In our life，all of us have put money，time and effort into something﹣maybe a relationship or a job﹣and sometimes，even if we know there's no hope that things will get better， we still continue with it．Why？Because we've put in all that money，time and effort．

What we can learn from the old man is this：if you've lost a lot for something that doesn't work，let it go and move on．It's better than continuing losing．

根据短文内容判断对错，对的为"T"，错的为"F"．（每小题10分，共10分）请在答题卡上用2B铅笔将你的判断结果所对应的方框涂黑．

（1）The old man bought a kilogram of chili peppers because of the beautiful color． 　　（判断对错）

（2）Two rupees doesn't mean a lot of money in India． 　　（判断对错）

（3）The old man continued eating because he was too hungry to stop． 　　（判断对错）

（4）The writer compares something in our life like a relationship or a job to the chili peppers in the story． 　　（判断对错）

（5）The story wants to tell us that sometimes we need to give up wisely． 　　（判断对错）

Leonardo da Vinci（莱奥纳多•达•芬奇） was a famous artist who was born in Italy．He was also a great inventor．Many of his inventions have become important in modern life．Although Leonardo hated war，he invented many different machines used for war．His most special invention was the machine gun，which was produced and used in war．Besides， Leonardo spent days thinking about how to save time．He developed ideas for something like cutting machines．

Leonardo was a strange man．He never ate meat．That was very unusual in those times（时代）．He never published（发表） scientific discoveries．He usually used mirror writing，which looks like usual writing in a mirror， starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left side．

Only a few of his paintings are left today．Many paintings were not finished because he thought they were not perfect．

Leonardo was talented and creative． He was regarded as one of the most intelligent men in the world．

Leonardo da Vinci
His status（身份）	Not only an artist but also an（1） 　　．
His invention and ideas	● The machine（2） 　　． ● Ideas for something like machines used to（3） 　　．
His strange behaviors	● He never ate meat． ●He never published discoveries connected with （4） 　　． ● He used mirror writing．
（5） 　　only a few of his paintings are left today	Because many paintings were not finished．

任务：根据短文内容完成表格，每空一词．

Peter lived in a village．He was sad recently because he thought that he had nothing left． One day，Peter went to ask a wise man for help． He said to the wise man， "I have nothing left， so I don t want to live．" The wise man smiled sympathetically（同情地）．

The wise man took out a piece of paper and drew a straight line down the middle．He explained that he would write down the things Peter had lost on the left side and the things Peter still had on the right side．

The wise man asked， "When did your family leave you？"

"What do you mean？ They haven't left me． They love me!"

"That's great!"said the wise man． "Then that will be the first thing on the right side ﹣ Family haven't left．Now， do you have freedom（自由）？"

"That's a silly question． Of course I do!"

Good that's the second one on the right side ﹣ you have freedom!"said the wise man，writing it down．

After Peter was asked some more questions in the same way， he finally understood and smiled． "Things will change when you think of them in a different way!"he said．

As a matter of fact， change your attitude and you will change your world． It's necessary to have a positive（积极的） attitude to life．

根据短文内容判断正、误．

（注意：考生将答题卡相应位置涂黑．正确的涂"A"，错误的涂"B"）

（1）Peter thought he had nothing left， so he was sad recently． 　　（判断对错）

（2）Peter' s family didn't love him and left him． 　　（判断对错）

（3）The answer to the second question was written down on the left side． 　　（判断对错）

（4）The wise man asked Peter more than two questions． 　　（判断对错）

（5）From the passage， we can know that we should have a positive attitude to life． 　　（判断对错）

It is said that everyone has two boxes hung on our necks．The small box at the front is full of other people's mistakes，while the big one at the back is filled with our own shortcomings（缺点）．Most of time，it's easy to find other people's mistakes．It's hard for us to see our mistakes behind us．

A boy called Tony， always looked at the front box to check what was in it． He saw other people's mistakes very quickly． When Ben was impatient with him， he said to Ben， "It's so easy for you to get angry． It is hard to be friends with you．"

He told his mother that Michael was dishonest． "Michael takes my things without asking． And he forgets to return them． "Tony himself did not like sharing his things with anyone．

When John was too tired to go hiking with him， he said， "You are such an unfriendly person．"

He thought Nick was too proud of his rich parents． But Tony was so proud of himself because he could not see any of his own mistakes!① He could not understand why he didn't get on well with others． Then his mother said to him， "If you change the boxes around， maybe you can find the answer．" He did it as his mother said， and his face turned red．② 他发现自己并不比其他同学更好．

（1）What's in the back box？ 　　

（2）Did Tony always look at the front box？ 　　

（3）What did Tony think of his four classmates？ 　　

（4）请将划线的句子①翻译成为中文． 　　

（5）请将划线的句子②翻译成为英文．