初中英语人物故事类阅读试题

In the past five years，Lord（公爵）Michael Bates，has walked in hundreds of cities to promote（推广）peace and charity．"I am not a natural outdoor person，"he says，"but I can only walk when I have a clear purpose（目的）．"He has walked at least 12，000 kilometers and raised more than 460，000 pounds（英镑）．The money has helped many children through education and sports．

In 2015，Lord Bates set out from Beijing all the way to Hangzhou and raised a total of 90，000 pounds for children with disabilities（残疾）．And his book Walk for Peace has just come out in China．The Chinese government thanked Lord Bates for his contribution to peace and charity，as well as building the bridge of understanding between the two countries．

"Lots of people want world peace，but world peace starts with having better relations in your own society，better relations in your family，and building friendship abroad．It begins with us，"says Lord Bates．

41．Where does Lord Bates come from？ 　　

A．	Britain
B．	Canada
C．	China
D．	America

42．What does the purpose of Lord Bates' walking？ 　　

A．	To be a natural outdoor man
B．	To contribute to peace and charity．
C．	To write his book．
D．	To build a bridge between China and his country．

43．Lord Bates raised 　　pounds in China．

A．	12，000
B．	460，000
C．	more than 90，000
D．	90，000

44．According to Lord Bates，world peace does NOT start with 　　．

A．	having better relations in your own society
B．	having better relations in your family
C．	Walking from Beijing to Hangzhou
D．	Building relationship abroad

45．In which part of the newspaper can you read this passage？ 　　

A．	Art
B．	News
C．	Business
D．	Sports．

Micheal was a good boy．He was hard﹣working but shy，so he had no friends at school．James

was a new student in his class．Other students soon got on well with him except Micheal．

One day，some boys put some money into Micheal's bag and one of them pretended to have lost his money．Of course，they found the money in Micheal's bag at last．

Micheal felt shameful，but he could not say anything about it．Soon his classmates called him a thief and laughed at him at school．His teachers also believed he stole the money and called his parents to the school．Just then，James stood out and helped Micheal make everything clear．

From that day on，Micheal and James became good friends．James often took Micheal to take part in activities and Jack became active．Micheal often helped James with his math．Then Micheal had got more friends，and he became the monitor in his class．

56．Micheal had no friends at school because 　　

A．	he was a new student
B．	he couldn't get on well with James
C．	he was shy
D．	he worked very hard

57．The underlined wond "shameful" means 　　in Chinese．

A．	害怕的
B．	高兴的
C．	伤心的
D．	羞耻的

58．At last，Micheal's classmates knew Micheal was not at hief with the help of 　　

A．	James
B．	some boys
C．	his teacher
D．	his parents

59．James may not be good at 　　

A．	music
B．	math
C．	science
D．	English

60．Which of the following is true acording to the last paragraph？ 　　

A．	The classmates were angry with James．
B．	Micheal was still very shy．
C．	James was a good monitor．
D．	Finally，Micheal could get on well with his classemates．

On a cold early morning，an old woman was carrying a big basket of cabbages on her head to the market．She hoped to sell them to the people in the town．

The mountain road was narrow（狭窄）and the old woman was walking carefully，because she did not want to lose her cabbages．Suddenly she heard a loud bell and a bicycle came round．It passed her and went very fast down the hill．The old woman had to jump up to one side of the road so quickly that basket of cabbages nearly fell into the valley（山谷）．She looked up，and saw that a young boy was on the bicycle．He was riding on without even looking round to see whether the old woman was all right．

The old woman began to shout，"Come back，young man!You dropped something!"When he heard this，the boy stopped the bicycle so suddenly that he nearly fell off．Then he turned and began to push the bicycle back up to the hill．"What is it？"he asked．"What did I drop？""Little boy，"the old woman answered，"you dropped your manners．"

66．What was the old woman carrying？ 　　

A．	A basket of eggs．
B．	A basket of pears．
C．	A basket of apples．
D．	A basket of cabbages．

67．Why did the woman go to the town？ 　　

A．	Because she went to see her son．
B．	Because she went to buy cabbages．
C．	Because she went to sell her cabbages．
D．	Because she went to buy a bicycle．

68．What was the mountain road like？ 　　

A．	The mountain road was wide．
B．	The mountain road was narrow．
C．	The mountain road was long．
D．	The mountain road was untidy．

69．Which one is RIGHT according to the passage？ 　　

A．	The boy stopped to buy some cabbages．
B．	The boy stopped to take the old woman to the town．
C．	The boy stopped to pick up the cabbages．
D．	The boy stopped to ask the old woman what he dropped．

70．What did the boy drop？ 　　

A．	The boy dropped his cabbages．
B．	The boy dropped his money．
C．	The boy dropped his manners．
D．	The boy dropped his books．

Dear friend，do you know the boy in the picture？He is Wang Yuan，a member of the Chinese boy band，TFBOYS．Do you want to know more about him？Follow me，please．

Wang Yuan was born on November 8th，2000 in Chongqing，His English  name is Ray，He is a senior high school student now，he is good at singing，dancing and playing the piano．He can also write songs alone．He and two other boys formed the boy band TFBOYS in 2013．They are very popular with the young girls and boys in China now．

On February 10th，2017，Wang Yuan made a short speech on good quality education（ 优质教育） in English at the United Nations in front of 500 people from around the world．It's great．As for middle school students，we should learn from Wang Yuan，and put our hearts into what we are difference in our doing to make a daily lives．

61．Wang Yuan was born 　　．

A．	on November 8th，2013
B．	on November 18th，2001
C．	on November 8th，2000
D．	on November 8th，2013

62．Wang Yuan's English name is 　　．

A．	Jay
B．	Ray
C．	Lay
D．	Kay

63．Wang Yuan is a talented boy，he can 　　，sing and play the piano．

A．	play the drums
B．	drive
C．	paint
D．	dance

64．Wang Yuan made a short speech in 　　in 2017．

A．	Chongqing
B．	Beijing
C．	Shanghai
D．	the United Nations

65．What can you learn from the passage？ 　　

A．	Working hard can make a difference．
B．	Being a star can make a lot of money．
C．	Wang Yuan sings well but can't write songs．
D．	Four people are in the band．

I am Wilson．My sister and I spent our summer holidays with our uncle this year．He was a geologist and loved to collect stones．One day，he bought us two backpacks and asked us to go to the mountain with him．We walked the whole day．Every now and then he put stones in our backpacks．To our surprise，he also took some stones out from them．But we thought he had just found better stones．When we returned to the house，we were very tired．The backpacks were so heavy that we felt great relief when we took them off．Yet our uncle's backpack was half empty．

"Why did you give us so many stones？"we asked．"didn't．You did，"he said．"You didn't know it，but I gave you a little attitude test today．I listened to every word you said．Whenever you were complaining （抱怨），I added a stone to your backpacks．Whenever you talked about something with positive thinking，I took out a stone．Andnow look at your backpacks．"Our backpacks were full of stones．

"Your negative （消极的） thoughts are just like stones．You carry themin your mind just like those stones in your backpacks．The more negative thoughts you have，the heavier your mind will be．"said our uncle．With great love，our uncle taught us one of the most important lessons in life﹣the power of the attitude．

101．Wilson's uncle was a geologist and he loved to 　　．

102．Wilson's uncle asked Wilson and his sister to 　　with him one day．

103．Wilson and his sister asked their uncle why 　　．

104．The underlined word" them"in Paragraph 7refers to" 　　"．

105．The story mainly tells us that we should 　．

In the city of Guiyang，China，lives a girl named Li Fang．When she was a teenager，she dreamed of going to the United States．（1） 　　"I had a picture of the daddy sitting in the living room，the mommy doing some cooking and their kids playing games on the floor．"

Li Fang decided to go to college in California．When she arrived，however，it was not the dream world she had imagined．"People were struggling with problems and often seemed unhappy and too busy，"she said．"（2） 　　"One of her most difficult classes was P．E．When the class played volleyball，the other students were good at it．but she wasn't．One afternoon，the P．E．teacher had Li Fang hit the ball to her teammates so that they could knock it over the net．It was not a big deal for most people，but it made Li Fang scared．（3） 　　A young man on her team seemed to understand what she was going through．He walked upto her and whispered（小声说），"（4） 　　"Li Fang said，e'You will never understand how those words of encouragement made me feel．

Four words：You can do that．I felt like crying with happiness．"Perhaps she thanked the young man； she can't remember it．

Six years has passed．Li Fang is back in China，working as a salesclerk．"I have never forgotten the words．（5） 　　"She said，"I am sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness meant to me．He probably doesn't even remember it．From this experience，I have learned a lesson．Whenever you say something to a person﹣cruel or kind﹣you have no idea how long the words will stay with them．"She is back in China．But still she hears those four simple words：You can do that．

A．I felt very lonely． B．Come on．You can do that． C．Don't worry，I can help you． D．When things are not going well，I think of them． E．She was afraid of failing and being laughed at by others． F．Most of what she knew about American life was from textbooks．

I used to hate my mother because she worked a lot and didn't spend much time with me．Then one Friday morning I took part in a three﹣day self﹣help program for teenagers．Whether you believe it or not，that weekend changed my life．

About 100 other teenagers were there．During the first two days I met a lot of great people．I was glad because I made so many friends there．

On Sunday，the leader did an interesting exercise called"Chocolate or Toys"．He asked a girl which she liked better，chocolate or toys．She chose chocolate．Then he asked her to choose again between chocolate and chocolate．Of course，she didn't have a choice．

This exercise told us that sometimes we don't have a choice in life，and that sometimes we have to accept something，rather than complaining（抱怨）．A girl stood up and started talking about her mom who was a drug addict and how much she hated her mother．"I want a new mom，"she cried．"Unfortunately，you can't have one，"the leader replied．"You have to accept the mother that you have．"This hit me hard．I realized that，for better or worse，my mom was my mom．I couldn't choose another mom，but I could try to make the best of the situation．

51．The self﹣help program for teenagers lasted 　　．

A．	a week
B．	two days
C．	three days
D．	only one day

52．The writer used to hate his mother because 　　．

A．	she didn't care for him
B．	she had no time to be with him
C．	she was a drug addict
D．	she was too strict with him

53．The writer started to change his thinking 　　．

A．	during the first two days of the program
B．	after the exercise named"Chocolate or Toys"
C．	as soon as he took part in the program
D．	after he left the program sometime

54．From the end of the passage，we can know that 　　．

A．	the writer used to love his mom for yeas
B．	the writer's mom is a very bad person
C．	the writer's mom loves her son very much

55．What is the main idea of this passage？ 　　

A．	Choices can be made as we like．
B．	Everyone should take part in a self﹣help program．
C．	Chocolate can influence one's attitude toward things．
D．	We should try to accept things instead of complaining about them．

On February 9th，2013，Sarah Darling was walking along the street when she met a homeless man named Billy Ray Harris．She reached into her change purse，emptied out all the coins she had and gave them to the homeless man．Neither of them realized that this small generous act（举动） would change their lives．

Sarah didn't realize that she had given Billy not only all her change but also her diamond ring that she had put in her change purse earlier until the next morning．She and her husband，Bill Krejci，rushed to see if they could find Billy．The homeless man was not only in the same place，but also immediately returned the ring．The grateful couple paid him back for his honesty by emptying out their pockets of all the money they had．

Bill Krejci，a web designer，felt that he needed to do something more for this amazingly

honest man．So on February 18th，he set up a special page（网页） to raise money for him．In just

four days，Billy received over ＄85，000 and there seems to be no end yet．

That is not enough．Billy is living with a person who is generous instead of living in the streets．And that's not all﹣Thanks to the news report，he got together again with his older brother，Edwin Harris who he had been unable to find for 27 years．

All the good luck is just because Billy did the right thing﹣returning something that did

not belong to him．

66．When did Sarah realize that she had also given Billy her diamond ring 　　？

A．	On February 9th，2013．
B．	On February l0th，2013．
C．	On February 18th，2013．
D．	On February 22nd 2013．

67．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage 　　？

A．	Billy is living with a generous person．
B．	Billy has found his brother．
C．	Billy bought a diamond ring．

D．Billy appeared in the news report．

68．The underlined word"That"in Paragraph 4refers to（指代）" 　　"．

A．	returning the ring
B．	setting up a page
C．	living in the streets
D．	receiving money

69．What's the main idea of this passage 　　

A．	A generous woman changed her own life．
B．	A kind man set up special page．
C．	A homeless man returned diamond ring．
D．	Many people donated much money．

70．From this story，we know that 　　．

A．	helping others is helping ourselves
B．	helping those in trouble is sometimes not necessary
C．	life is not that easy
D．	we should always help old people．

A poor boy lived in a small town．He sold goods from door to door to pay for school．One day，he only had one cent（分；分币） left，and he was hungry．He decided that he would ask for a meal at the next house．However，when a young woman opened the door，the boy was shy，so he just asked for some water．The woman knew he was hungry，so she brought him a large glass of milk．He drank it slowly，and then asked，"How much should I pay for it？""You won't pay for it．My mother has told me that it is good to help the people who are in trouble，"she replied．The boy said，"Then I thank you from my heart．"As the boy left that house，he felt stronger．He knew he had many things to do．

Many years later，the young woman became ill．The local（本地的） doctors couldn't save her．People had to send her to a big city．When the doctor knew who the woman was，he was excited and tried his best to save her life．He succeeded（成功）．The woman needed to pay for the medical bill．The doctor learned that she couldn't afford（买得起） it．So he wrote something down on the medical bill．The woman read the bill．"You have paid it with a glass of milk．"

（1）The poor boy sold goods from door to door because 　　．

A．	he had no money left
B．	he needed money to buy some food
C．	he wanted to raise money for Project Hope
D．	he had to make money for his school

（2）Why was the young woman sent to a hospital in a big city？ 　　

A．	Because she was seriously ill．
B．	Because she had lots of money．
C．	Because she wanted to visit the doctor．
D．	Because she knew the poor boy worked there．

（3）From the passage we can know the doctor （the poor boy） 　　．

A．	let the young woman pay for the bill
B．	was always thankful for the young woman's kindness
C．	didn't remember the young woman
D．	failed to save the young woman's life

（4）Which of the following sentences is true？ 　　

A．	The young woman had a bad mother．
B．	The poor boy asked for some money．
C．	The young woman and her mother were both kind to others．
D．	The poor boy became a famous engineer when he grew up．

（5）What's the best title（标题）for the article？ 　　

A．	A Kind Mother
B．	A Lovely Young Woman
C．	A Poor Boy
D．	A Glass of Milk

I have been a taxi driver for over ten years．It's a good job most of the time．I meet a lot of people．I always work at night because there is too much traffic during the day．I live twenty miles outside London．I usually go to work at half past five in the afternoon and go back home at 2in the morning．

One night I was taking a woman home from a party．She had her little dog with her．When she got to her house，she found that she had lost her keys．So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the window．

I waited and waited．After half an hour of ringing the bell，I decided to find out what was going on．I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window．Two policemen happened to be passing by．They thought I was a thief!Luckily the woman came down．She had gone to sleep and forgotten all about me and the dog．

（1）How many years has the man been a taxi driver？ 　　

A．	Five years．
B．	Ten years．
C．	More than ten years．
D．	Less than ten years．

（2）Why didn't the driver work during the day？ 　　

A．	To make more money．
B．	To climb into the house．
C．	Because he was lazy．
D．	There was too much traffic．

（3）What happened to the woman？ 　　

A．	She lost her way．
B．	She lost her keys．
C．	She lost her dog．
D．	She couldn't find her husband．

（4）Why didn't the woman come back for her dog？ 　　

A．	She was afraid of the thief．
B．	She had no money．
C．	She had forgotten all about it．
D．	She didn't like the dog．

（5）How long did the driver work every day？ 　　

A．	Eight and half an hours．
B．	Eight hours．
C．	Nine hours．
D．	Eight and half an hour．

（B）

There once lived a young man who thought himself to be poor．One day he went to a wise man（智者） to ask how to become rich．The wise man said，"Young man，you are already rich now．"

"But where is my wealth（财富）？"the young man asked．

"It is with you．Your eyes are your wealth．You use them to see this world．You use them to see all the beautiful things in this world．Your feet are your wealth．You can go to any place…"the wise man said．

"You call these wealth？But everyone has them，"the young man said．

"These are wealth．What you have now is not what someone else can luckily have．Are you willing to give your eyes to me？I'm willing to give you a lot of money to exchange for them，"the wise man said．

"No，I'm not going to do so!My eyes are important to me!"the young man said．

Everyone is rich．We should treasure（珍惜）our wealth，and take care of it．We should not overuse it because once it is gone，it is gone forever．Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose．

61．Why did the young man go to visit the wise man？ 　　

A．	Because he was ill．
B．	Because he wanted to be wise．
C．	Because he was the wise man's friend．
D．	Because he wanted to know how to be rich．

62．The wise man thought the young man himself 　　．

A．	was rich
B．	was poor
C．	was wise
D．	was silly

63．The wise man called 　　wealth．

A．	the young man's money
B．	the young man's eyes and feet
C．	the young man's buildings
D．	the young man's cars

64．The young man wasn't willing to exchange his eyes for money because 　　．

A．	he was rich
B．	he didn't like the old man
C．	he thought his eyes were important to him
D．	he didn't like money

65．Which of the following is true according to the passage？ 　　

A．	We can overuse our wealth．
B．	We should treasure our wealth．
C．	The wise man told the young man how to make money．
D．	What you have now is what someone else can luckily have．

Gina stood quietly on the left side of the stage．She wore a new pink dress．Her dancing shoes were bright and shining．（81） 　　She was ready．

The music started to play．It was nearly time for her to move onto the stage．She looked quickly and secretly at the hall．The seats were all full．（82） 　　All were looking at the stage and listening to the music．She could feel the excitement in the air．They had come to see her perform．

Suddenly Gina began to feel nervous．（83） 　　Her breathing was fast and she felt like she was unable to move．She dried her sweaty hands on her dress．Her knees began to shake and she felt weak．She was not sure that she could do this after all．

（84） 　　They were both smiling and looked so excited．Gina thought of all the long hours she had worked on her dancing and the many times her parents had waited while she practiced．She moved her foot slightly．She could feel the pain on her feet．It was from all those times of doing the same dance steps over and over again．Her body still ached from the hours of training．She had cried often when things got really difficult，but she had never given up her dream to perform on stage．

One more look at her parents，and she realized they were nervous for her too．Gina breathed deeply and stood up tall．（85） 　　It was time．She pointed a foot and moved gently onto the stage．She forgot her nerves and her fear．This was where she belonged﹣dancing on stage!

A．	Her heart beat fast．
B．	She was very excited．
C．	She saw so many faces．
D．	Her hair was tied up neatly．
E．	She looked again and saw her parents．
F．	The music was calling her to come onto that stage．

"Just because you can't see something，that doesn't mean it's not there．"This old saying is quite meaningful for British sculptor（雕刻家） Willard．The items he creates are so small that most of them fit on the head of a pin．You can see them clearly only through a microscope（显微镜）．

Many people want to own his art pieces．He's been honoured by the Queen of England for his great art achievements．At every one of his exhibitions，the question is always the same．How does he do it？

The answer is very，very carefully．So carefully，in fact，that he actually slows his breathing down and works in between breaths．Willard usually works under a microscope using special tools that he creates．To paint his works，he uses the hair from a fly as a paintbrush．

Creating these detailed works is a very long and difficult process，and itisn't always enjoyable．"It is a terrible dream when I start but a nice dream when I finish，" he says．A single item can take at least several weeks to complete．

People have asked Willard why he chose to do something that needed effort and took time．His interest in creating small things began when he was five．He started creating houses and playgrounds for ants．Willard was not a strong student．He had difficulty in reading and spelling words．Some kids used to call him a loser． This made him feel small，so focusing on lite things helped him to feel big．The smaller his work got，the bigger he felt．A newspaper reporter said， "Willard has shown the world that he is special．Though_______ ， he___________．"

（1）Are Willard's art pieces big or small in size？ 　　

（2）When people visit Willard's exhibitions，what question do they always ask？ 　 _______ 　

（3）What does Willard use to make a paintbrush？ 　　

（4）What does the underlined word itin paragraph 4 refer to？ 　　

（5）Why did Willard choose to do something that needed effort and took time？ 　　

（6）What can be filled in the blanks in the last paragraph？ 　　

Paul， a carpenter（木匠），was over 60 years old． He was ready to retire（退休）．

He told his boss that he was about to leave the house building business because he wanted to live a relaxing life with his wife and enjoy family life．The boss was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build one more house． Paul said yes， but not long after that it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work． He didn't care about the work， and he used bad materials to build the house． It was a terrible way to end his job．

When Paul finished his work and the boss came to check the house． Then he handed the front ﹣ door key to Paul， "This is your house"he said "my gift to you．"

Paul was shocked! What a shame!If he had only known he was building his own house，he would have done it all so differently．Now he had to live in the home that wasn't built very well．

After Paul moved into the house， he found everything wasn't going well．One day，his wife fell over and hurt herself． She complained，"Look!The floor isn't smooth at all．The stairs are broken and there is something wrong with the windows．"Sorry，it's my fault，"said Paul，"I should have tried my best to build it well．but…"

So it is with us． Sometimes， we don't give the job our best effort，When looking back at what we have done，we find that we are now living in the house ，we have built． So we should build our lives in a responsible way．Your attitudes（态度）and the choices you make today help build the"house" you will live in tomorrow．

（1）What was Paul going to do after retiring？ 　　

A．	To move to a big city．
B．	To live with his children．
C．	To enjoy family life．
D．	To travel around the world．

（2）Which statement of the following is NOT true？ 　　

A．	Paul was more than 60
B．	Paul accepted the house from his boss
C．	Paul was serious about his last work as usual
D．	Paul was asked to build one more house before retiring

（3）How do you feel about the boss？ 　　

A．	A  He's careless．
B．	He's honest．
C．	He's mean．
D．	He's kind．

（4）What's the best title of the passage？ 　　

A．	Building Your House
B．	Being Good to Others
C．	A Good Carpenter
D．	A Bad House

German Visit Dave visited his sister in Gemany． He found that many Germans spoke only Geman， including the man who checked tickets on the train． The man checked Dave's ticket， then said something．Dave simply nodded from time to time show him that he understood． When the man had gone， an English woman came and asked Dave if he spoke German． "No．" Dave answered． No wonder you didn't seem to be worried when he told you that you were on the wrong train" said the Woman．

The Best Present Sam thanked his grandmother for the set of drums she bought him for his birthday．They're the best present， Grandma!" he said "They've already helped me make some money．" Wow!" said his grandmother． "You must have learned to play them really well!" "Not really，" said the boy． "But Mom gives me ﹩5 asking me not to play them during the day， and Dad gives me ﹩5 asking me not to play them in the evening"

A Lady's Complaining A lady named Linda went to the post office and started complaining that she'd got home to find a note from the postman． It said， "I've tried to send a package（包裹） but nobody was in．" "My husband was home all day!" she said unhappily． When she got the package， she opened it night away． "Oh， I'm so excited! It's my husband's new hearing aid（辅助设备）!"

（1）What language did Dave probably speak？ 　　

A．	German．
B．	Russian．
C．	English．
D．	French．

（2）From the second story， we can infer（推断）that 　　．

A．	Sam was good at playing the drums
B．	Sam's parents didn't enjoy the sound of his drums
C．	Sam's grandmother couldn't play the drum well
D．	Sam would give the drum back to his grandmother

（3）There was something wrong with Linda's husband's 　　．

A．	ears
B．	eyes
C．	heart
D．	mouth