初中英语人物故事类阅读试题

This morning I got an email from Roy． It seems that my boy really enjoys his new life at Harvard University．

The email made me think of the first day when we moved into this house．

Little Roy ran around the new house with great excitement and tried to move his own things into the house such as his toys， books and clothes． Suddenly his little hand knocked over a bottle of paint on the shelf． The paint made the tidy floor and white wall a terrible mess． "Oh，my God!" My wife rushed in angrily． I looked at my son， and his small face was filled with fear．

I smiled and held his hand， "Take it easy，Roy．Now let's do something to make it look nice．" I took out a brush．" You see， Dad is a magician． I can change it into a big tree．"

His mother soon joined us and helped paint some flowers on the wall．

We spent the whole afternoon painting and laughing． The wall became a beautiful forest with plants， birds and small animals． Blue sky and white clouds were also painted by Roy． On that day， everyone in the house knew something special happened．

The night before Roy left for Harvard， he asked me if I still remembered the day when he had knocked over the paint． "Since then I've never worried about making mistakes，" he continued， "I believe I can always find out ways to solve the problems．"

That's for sure． Mistakes are unavoidable． Making mistakes is part of life． When we make a mistake， what we shouldn't do is to run away from it． The mistake can be valuable if we can make full use of it． In fact， our attitudes （态度） towards them may make a difference．

33．When the bottle of paint was knocked over， 　　．

A．	Roy felt down and hurt himself
B．	the whole family became a mess
C．	Roy's mother cleaned the floor at once
D．	Roy's father did something special to Roy

34．What did the father do with the paint？ 　　

A．	To give a magic show．
B．	To teach his son to draw．
C．	To draw a forest on the floor．
D．	To paint some pictures on the wall．

35．How did Roy feel that whole afternoon？ 　　

A．	Excited but tired．
B．	Busy but happy．
C．	Useless and bored．
D．	Afraid and worried．

36．From the passage，we know Roy 　　．

A．	learns a lot from his father
B．	will become braver to face difficulties
C．	will try to avoid making mistakes
D．	has a bad relationship with his mother

37．What does the writer mainly want to tell us in the passage？ 　　

A．	It is natural for a person to make mistakes．
B．	Everyone must learn to pay for their mistakes．
C．	We should never be afraid of making mistakes．
D．	One's attitude towards mistakes is very important．

Three roommates from the US found 40，000in a sofa．Later they gave the money back to the owner．

The roommates，Reese Werkhoven，Cally Guasti and Lara Ruso， paid 20for the sofa from a store．

One night，they were sitting on the sofa and felt something must be in the sofa．Mr．Werkhoven opened one part of the sofa and found an envelope（信封）with around 4，000in it．

The roommates started opening other parts of the sofa，and kept Finding more envelopes．At last they found over ￥40，000in the sofa At first， the roommates said that they were very excited．They said

They even started to talk about how to spend the money．

But then the roommates found a phone number on one of the envelopes．The nest day．they called the person to say what they had found．

The owner was 9l﹣year﹣0old lady． she put the money in he sofa However，her family did not know about the money and gave the sofa away．

The roommates drove to the woman's house to return the money．

When they gave the money back，the old woman cried and gave the three roommates 1，000to express thanks．

Miss Guasti said that they thought about keeping the money at first，but they knew that they would have felt wrong to use it．

56．The roommates spent 　　on the sofa．

A．	20dollars
B．	800dollars
C．	1，000dollars
D．	40，000dollars

57．Who found money in the sofa at first？ 　　

A．	Reese Werkhoven．
B．	Cally Guasti．
C．	Lara Russo．
D．	Reese Russo．

58．They found the woman's 　　on one of the envelopes．

A．	name
B．	letter
C．	phone number
D．	family address

59．Why did the old woman cry？ 　　

A．	Because she was too sad．
B．	Because she was very excited．
C．	Because she couldn't find her money．
D．	Because her family complained（抱怨）her．

60．You can read the passage in 　　．

A．	an advertisement（广告）
B．	a newspaper
C．	a science book
D．	a poem

阅读短文，根据短文内容，回答下列问题．（本题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）

I am Peter Hodes，a volunteer stem cell courier（运送员）．Since March 2012，I've done 89 trips﹣of those，51 have been abroad．I have42hours to carry stem cells（干细胞）in my little box because I've got two ice packs and that's how long they last．In all，from the time the stem cells are harvested from a donor（捐献者）to the time they can be implanted（移植）in the patient，we've got 72 hours at most．So I am always serious about time

I had one trip last year where I was caught by a storm in America．I picked up the stem cells in Providence，Rhode Island，and was supposed to fly to Washington then back to London．But when I arrived at thecheck﹣in desk at the airport in Providence，the lady at the desk said，"Well，I'm really sorry．I've got so bad news for you﹣there are no flights（航班）to Washington．"So I took my box and put it on the deskand said，"In this box are some stem cells that are urgently（急切地）needed for a patient．Please，please，you've got to get me back to the United Kingdom．"She just dropped everything．She managed to help me get on the flight to Newark and got me back to the UK even earlier．

For this courier job，you must know that in that box you've got something that is going to save somebody's life．

66．What does Peter Hodes do？ 　　

67．How long can the two ice packs last？ 　　

67．Why were there no flights to Washington？ 　　

69．Where did the donor donate（捐献）the stem cells？ 　　

70．Which flight did the lady put Peter on first？ 　　

I used to watch him from my kitchen window．He seemed so small as he played through some tall boys on the playground．The school was across the street from my home and I would often watch the kids as they played during breaks．

I remember the first day when I saw him playing basketball．He ran circles around the other kids．He managed to shoot jump shots from their heads and into the basket．The big boys always tried to stop him but no one could．

One day，I met him and asked him why he practiced so much．Without a moment of hesitation（犹豫）he said，"I want to go to college．The only way I can go is to get a scholarship（奖学金）．I am going to play college basketball．I want to be the best．My daddy told me if the dream is big enough，the facts don't count．"I watched him through junior high school and into senior high school．Every week，he led his school team to victory．

One day in the senior year，I saw him sitting in the grass with head in his arms．I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside him． Quietly I asked what was wrong．"Oh，nothing，"came a  soft reply，"I am just too short．"The coach told him that he would probably never get to play for a top team﹣much less offered a scholarship．So he should stop dreaming about college．

He was heartbroken and I felt his disappointment．I asked him if he had talked to his dad about it yet．He told me that his father said those coaches were wrong．They just did not understand the power of a dream．

He told him that if he truly wanted a scholarship and that nothing could stop him except one thing﹣his own attitude（态度）．He told him again，"If the dream is big enough，the facts don't count．"

The next year，as he and his team went to the Northern California Championship game，he was offered a scholarship．Finally，he was going to get the college education that he had dreamed of．

46．The little boy practiced playing basketball so much because hewanted to 　　．

A．	play basketball better than the big boys
B．	play basketball for NBA
C．	get the college education
D．	show his basketball skills to the boys

47．The little boy was heartbroken because 　　

A．	he was considered too short to be a top player
B．	his father gave him up
C．	he wouldn't be offered a scholarship any more
D．	his parents thought he spent too much time in playing basketball

48．When the father said "If the dream is big enough，the facts don't count．"again，he meant 　　

A．	nothing could stop his son from achieving his dream
B．	any dream would come true．
C．	the coaches were not excellent
D．	his son could get the scholarship by making an effort

48．From the passage，we know that 　　

A．	the little boy stopped dreaming about college because of thecoach
B．	the father always encouraged the boy．
C．	a top basketball team could offer the player a scholarship
D．	the little boy was much taller than the other boys

50．The writer mainly wants to tell us that 　　

A．	practice makes perfect
B．	Rome was not built in one day
C．	where there is a will，there is a way
D．	pride comes before a fall

Hello，everyone．I'm here today to tell you something about my life as an exchange student in the United States last year．America was a big culture shock for me at first．I stayed with a host family in a small town．My host parents were very kind．They organized a lot of activities for me in my free time so that I wouldn't miss home．However，life in the US was difficult to get used to．My main problem was the language．

I failed to understand much in the first few weeks because everyone spoke so fast．Another onewas the food．My host family always had bread，potatoes and salad，but I missed dumplings，rice and delicious dishes a lot，especially barbecue（烧烤）．It was very famous in Qiqihar．It was an exciting year，and it was a valuable education for me．I understood more about American culture．My American friends asked me many questions about life in China，and this made me think about my own culture as well．Now I am back in China，I still remember the life in the US．Judge the following sentences true （ T ） or false （ F ） according to the passage．

（1）The writer now is in America． 　　

（2）The host parents were very friendly． 　　

（3）The host family always had dumplings，rice and delicious dishes． 　　

（4）American friends'questions about life in China made the writer think about his own culture． 　　

（5）It was very easy for the writer to get used to the life in the US． 　　．

Mr． and Mrs． Smith got married when he was twenty ﹣ three， and she was twenty． Twenty ﹣ five years later， they had a big party， and a photographer（摄影师）came and took some photos for them． Then the photographer gave Mrs． Smith a card and said， "They'll be ready next Wednesday． You can get them from my room．"

"No，" Mrs． Smith said， "Please send them to us．"

The photos arrived a week later， but Mrs． Smith was not pleased when she saw them． She got into her car and drove to the photographer's room． She went inside and said angrily， "You took some photos of me and my husband last week， but I'm not going to pay for them．"

"Oh， why not？" the photographer asked．

"Because my husband looks like a monkey，" Mrs． Smith said．

"Well，" the photographer answered， "That isn't my fault（过错）．Why didn't you think that before you married him？"

（1）How old was Mr． Smith when they took the photos？ 　　

A．	20．
B．	23．
C．	48．

（2）When did the photographer ask Mrs． Smith to get the photos？ 　　

A．	This Wednesday．
B．	Next Wednesday．
C．	Next Friday．

（3）How did Mrs． Smith feel after she saw the photos？ 　　

A．	Unhappy．
B．	Satisfied．
C．	Excited．

（4）Which is right according to the passage？ 　　

A．	They had a big birthday party with their good friends．
B．	Mrs． Smith went to the photographer's room on foot．
C．	Mrs． Smith didn't want to spend any money on the photos．

（5）What can we learn about Mr． Smith from the passage？ 　　

A．	He was fat．
B．	He wasn't handsome．
C．	He was humorous．

My sister Alice and I have been trying to get people to stop dropping cigarette（香烟）butts（烟头）for seven years．One day，we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground．They made the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people dropping butts．We called it "No Butts About It"．

At first，we drew pictures with "The Earth is not your ashtray（烟灰缸）"written on them．We put the pictures around our hometown﹣in parks，by beaches，and along roads．We wanted to make people understand that dropping butts hurts the environment．Most smokers don't think that dropping butts hurts the Earth．But it does，and all rubbish does!

Later，we wrote to companies and asked them for money to help us．We used the money to buy ashtrays to give to smokers．We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didn't have to drop butts．

At the moment，we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes．Some companies want to do it．Many people have started to join our group since it began．Today there are 45 other "No Butts About It" groups in America．

Now there even groups in England，Australia，and India! Many newspapers have written about my sister and me over the last seven years．And we have won many prizes for what we do．But we are not interested in prizes．We just want to make the Earth a better and cleaner place for animals，plants and people． One day，it will be．

51．What did the writer think about the cigarette butts in the first place？ 　　

A．	They made the town smelly．
B．	They made the town unhealthy．
C．	They made the town dirty．
D．	They made the town poor．

52．What does the writer do with the cigarette butts？ 　　

A．	Give ashtrays to the smokers．
B．	Stop people buying cigarettes．
C．	Pick up the cigarette butts．
D．	Win prizes for starting groups．

53．The writer put the pictures with "The Earth is not your ashtrays" 　　．

A．	in hospitals
B．	on buses
C．	along rivers
D．	by beaches

54．From the passage we can know that 　　．

A．	no companies wanted to give money to them
B．	The writer believes that the Earth will be a better and cleaner place
C．	There are only 45"No Butts About It"
D．	The writer likes to be on newspapers and win prizes

55．Which is the best title for the passage？ 　　

A．	Save our Town From Cigarette Butts．
B．	Buy Yourself An Ashtray．
C．	Cigarette Butts Also Destroy Other Countries．
D．	No Butts Prize．

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．