初中英语人物故事类阅读试题

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． 　　

Long long ago， there was a small village in the mountains， and many people lived there． Mike was one of them．He was a middle﹣aged man． The people in the village always laughed at him． They liked to show visitors how stupid Mike was． They thought this was an amusing thing to do．

One day， a visitor came to the village．"Watch this!" a villager said and called to Mike．"Come and play a game， Mike． "he shouted． Mike walked slowly towards him， with a silly smile on his face．"Look， Mike， "the villager said， "I have got something for you． "He showed Mike a for you "He showed Mike a ＄1coin and a much larger 5O (\operatorname{cuihovah\_7F8E\cuihovah}\operatorname{cuihovah\_5206\_cuihovah})coin. "Which one would you like ?" he asked Mike, holding them both out, Mike immediately took the50＄ coin. Thvillager laughed. "See how stupid he is !" he said, "He always does that，How stupid he is!" He walked away, leaving Mike with the visitor，The visitor felt sorry for Mike. "Mike, listen, "he said," Although the 50＄ coin is bigger than the 1coin, the 1 coin is worth much more，Twice a much.\ operatorname{""}Ik now that, " Mike said, "But the very first time l take the ＄1 co in, they will stop playing the 1 coin， they will stop playing the game． "Mike went away and left the visitor in silence．

（1）Mike may be a man at the age of 　　．

A．	10
B．	20
C．	40
D．	80

（2）Which is TRUE in the following sentences？ 　　

A．	A group of visitors came to the village．
B．	Mike didn't take the ＄1 coin．
C．	A visitor came to play chess with Mike．
D．	Mike refused to play the game．

（3）After the game，how did the visitor feel for Mike at first？ 　　

A．	Sorry．
B．	Excited．
C．	Happy．
D．	Crazy．

（4）Why did Mike take the 50￠ coin？ 　　

A．	He knew the visitor very well．
B．	He didn't know the worth of it．
C．	He liked the picture on it．
D．	He wanted the game to be continued．

（5）In fact，Mike was 　　according to the passage．

A．	silly
B．	smart
C．	poor
D．	sick

Confucius was a pioneer in the field of education． He was born in the year 551 B．C． He was a great thinker who had many wise ideas about human nature and behavior． His main ideas are about kindness and good manners． What 's more， he was also a famous philosopher whose wise sayings have influenced many people in different countries． For example， one of his famous sayings， "He who learns but does not think is lost； he who thinks but does not learn is in danger"，tells us the importance of learning and thinking． What a great man we can learn from!

Confucius
pioneer	in the field of （1）
thinker	many ideas about human（2） 　　and behavior， especially his ideas about （3） 　 ___ 　and good manners
philosopher	influencing （4） 　　people in different countries with his （5） 　　sayings

Robert was a boy of eight years old． One day， when he was doing cleaning at home． He thought he should move the box out of the house． The box made of wood was very heavy． And it was much bigger than he． He tried， but he could not move it． After resting for a short time， the boy started once more， but failed again． He couldn't even move it a bit． He felt very tired and hopeless．

Just then，his father came home from work and saw his son work hard． He didn't help Robert and asked， "Dear son， have you done your best？ And are you doing everything you can？"

" 　　" the boy cried．

"No， you're not． "his father said quietly， "You have not asked me to help you． Asking for help is not a weakness． At some point， even the strongest of us needs help． It is important to know when to ask for help and understand why you need it． Never be afraid to ask others for help when you're in trouble．Robert nodded with a big smile．

（1）What did the boy want to move away？ 　　

A．	A stone．
B．	A box．
C．	A wood．
D．	A toy．

（2）Robert couldn't move it out because it was too 　　．

A．	heavy
B．	tall
C．	low
D．	high

（3）How did Robert feel after he tried again and again？ 　　

A．	He hoped he could move it sometime later．
B．	He thought he could ask for help．
C．	He felt very tired and hopeless．
D．	He became very proud of himself．

（4）Which of the following can be put in 　　in the seventh line of the article？

A．	I hardly did!
B．	Yes， I do!
C．	No． I am not!
D．	Yes， I am!

（5）What can be the best title of the passage？ 　　

A．	How to move a heavy thing away
B．	An interesting story about Robert
C．	Robert's hard work
D．	Learn to ask for help when needed

Robert was a boy of eight years old． One day， when he was doing cleaning at home． He thought he should move the box out of the house． The box made of wood was very heavy． And it was much bigger than he． He tried， but he could not move it． After resting for a short time， the boy started once more， but failed again． He couldn't even move it a bit． He felt very tired and hopeless．

Just then，his father came home from work and saw his son work hard． He didn't help Robert and asked， "Dear son， have you done your best？ And are you doing everything you can？"

" 　    　" the boy cried．

"No， you're not． "his father said quietly， "You have not asked me to help you． Asking for help is not a weakness． At some point， even the strongest of us needs help． It is important to know when to ask for help and understand why you need it． Never be afraid to ask others for help when you're in trouble．

   Robert nodded with a big smile．

（1）What did the boy want to move away？ 　    　

A．	A stone．
B．	A box．
C．	A wood．
D．	A toy．

（2）Robert couldn't move it out because it was too 　    　．

A．	heavy
B．	tall
C．	low
D．	high

（3）How did Robert feel after he tried again and again？ 　    　

A．	He hoped he could move it sometime later．
B．	He thought he could ask for help．
C．	He felt very tired and hopeless．
D．	He became very proud of himself．

（4）Which of the following can be put in 　    　in the seventh line of the article？

A．	I hardly did!
B．	Yes， I do!
C．	No． I am not!
D．	Yes， I am!

（5）What can be the best title of the passage？ 　    　

A．	How to move a heavy thing away
B．	An interesting story about Robert
C．	Robert's hard work
D．	Learn to ask for help when needed

Robert was a boy of eight years old． One day， when he was doing cleaning at home． He thought he should move the box out of the house． The box made of wood was very heavy． And it was much bigger than he． He tried， but he could not move it． After resting for a short time， the boy started once more， but failed again． He couldn't even move it a bit． He felt very tired and hopeless．

Just then，his father came home from work and saw his son work hard． He didn't help Robert and asked， "Dear son， have you done your best？ And are you doing everything you can？"

" 　　" the boy cried．

"No， you're not． "his father said quietly， "You have not asked me to help you． Asking for help is not a weakness． At some point， even the strongest of us needs help． It is important to know when to ask for help and understand why you need it． Never be afraid to ask others for help when you're in trouble．

Robert nodded with a big smile．

（1）What did the boy want to move away？ 　　

A．	A stone．
B．	A box．
C．	A wood．
D．	A toy．

（2）Robert couldn't move it out because it was too 　　．

A．	heavy
B．	tall
C．	low
D．	high

（3）How did Robert feel after he tried again and again？ 　　

A．	He hoped he could move it sometime later．
B．	He thought he could ask for help．
C．	He felt very tired and hopeless．
D．	He became very proud of himself．

（4）Which of the following can be put in 　　in the seventh line of the article？

A．	I hardly did!
B．	Yes， I do!
C．	No． I am not!
D．	Yes， I am!

（5）What can be the best title of the passage？ 　　

A．	How to move a heavy thing away
B．	An interesting story about Robert
C．	Robert's hard work
D．	Learn to ask for help when needed

Zheng He was born in 1371．He was a Ming dynasty explorer．We Chinese people are proud of him.As a captain and palace official，he led seven ocean journeys from 1405to 1433．At that time，the compass played an important role in his sailing．He even succeeded in sailing to the east coast of Africa．His last journey was more than half a century earlier than Columbus' first journey to America．He was a great explorer．He is really the pride of China．He died of illness on his way home from Africa in 1433．

（1）Zheng He was a captain of Tang dynasty． 　　

（2）He led seven ocean journeys from 1405to 1433． 　　

（3）He died at the age of 28 years old． 　　

（4）The Chinese people are proud of him． 　　

（5）His last ocean journey was more than half a century earlier than Columbus' first journey to America． 　　

When I was in school， I got into an argument （争吵）with a boy in my class．

I thought that"I"was right and"he "was wrong ﹣ and he thought that "I" was wrong and "he" was right． The teacher decided to teach us a lesson．

She brought us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other． There was a large round object on her desk． It was black． But when she asked the boy， he answered， "white．"

I couldn't believe it! Another argument started， this time about the color of the object．

The teacher told us to change our places． Then she asked me， " ▲ I had to answer． "White．" It was in object with two differently colored sides． From his side it was white From my side it was black．

Sometimes we need to stand in other persons' shoes and look at the problem through their eyes．

（1）Who taught the writer a lesson？ 　　

A．	His classmate
B．	He himself
C．	His teacher
D．	His mother

（2）How did the writer feel when the boy said the object was white？ 　　

A．	Surprised
B．	Worried
C．	Happy
D．	Angry

（3）Which of the following can be put in 　　？

A．	Is your answer right？
B．	Do you think he is right？
C．	What color is the object？
D．	What do you think of the object？

（4）Why did the object look so different in color？ 　　

A．	Because the boy and the writer had no ideas about colors
B．	Because the object had two different colors on the two sides
C．	Because the boy and the writer liked making arguments with each other
D．	Because the teacher was so angry that she wanted to make fun of us

（5）What can we lean from the story？ 　　

A．	We must believe in ourselves and speak out the fact
B．	Never have an argument with our friend in front of teachers
C．	Teachers are always cleverer than their students．
D．	We need to look at a problem from others' views（角度）

Stephen Hawking died at the age of 76 on March 14， 2018． Hawking is known as the most famous physicist（物理学家） after Einstein．

Hawking was born in Oxford， England， on January 8， 1942． During his life， he married twice， and had three children． When he was a kid， Hawking went to school in St． Albans﹣a small city near London． Although he did well， he was never top of his class． After leaving high school， Hawking went first to Oxford University to study physics， and then he went to Cambridge University to study the universe（字宙）．

At the age of twenty． Hawking started noticing that something was wrong with him． Later， he went to the hospital and doctors said that he would die before he was 23． But Hawking didn't give up． In 1988， Hawking completed his book A Brief History of Time． In the book， he talked about many things， like the universe， the big bang（宇宙大爆炸） and the black hole．

（1）At which university did Hawking study physics？ 　　

A．	Oxford University
B．	St Albans University．
C．	Cambridge University
D．	London University

（2）Hawking first felt there was something wrong with his body when he was 　　．

A．	25
B．	23
C．	21
D．	20

（3）Hawking's book A Brief History of Time talks about the following EXCEPT 　　．

A．	the universe
B．	the big bang
C．	the black hole
D．	the history of science

（4）Which of the following is NOT true？ 　　

A．	Hawking was a very famous physicist．
B．	Hawking married but didn't have children．
C．	Hawking was born in Oxford， England in 1942．
D．	Doctors said Hawking would die before he was 23．

（5）The passage is mainly about 　　．

A．	Hawking's life
B．	Hawking's study
C．	why Hawking got ill
D．	how Hawking became famous