初中英语逸闻趣事类阅读试题

One day a farmer bought four donkeys（驴）in the market in the village．He got on one of them and began to ride home．As he was going along，he noticed that there were only three donkeys walking in front of him．"I wonder what happened，"he said to himself．"I bought and pai  for four donkeys，but now it seems that I have only three．"He was forgetting，of course，to count the donkey he was riding．

When he got home，his wife met him in front of their house，"I see that  you bought fine donkeys，"she said．"Did you buy them at a good price？"  "Yes，I did，"he said．"But something drives me crazy．I bought four donkeys at the market this morning．And I am sure that I had all four with me when I left the market．But now it seems that I have only three．See？One，two，three．"He still didn't remember that he rode one of the donkeys  in the village and was siting on the back at that very moment．

At first his wife stared at（盯着）him，waiting for him to smile，for she thought he was joking．Then when she noticed that he was not，she turned away and laughed．"How funny，"she said．"You only see three，but I see five．"

31．The farmer 　　the donkeys in the village market．

A．	found
B．	rode
C．	bought
D．	counted

32．The farmer's wife met him 　　．

A．	on the street
B．	before their house
C．	in the market
D．	in the room

33．The farmer could only see three donkeys because he 　　

A．	left a donkey in the market
B．	just bought three donkeys in the market
C．	lost a donkey on the way home
D．	forgot to count the donkey he was riding

34．At first the farmer's wife thought he was 　　

A．	humorous
B．	lazy
C．	serious
D．	stupid

35．According o the last sentence of the passage，we can infer（推断） 　　

A．	A the farmer bought five donkeys
B．	the farmer played a joke on his wife
C．	the farmer's wife laughed at him
D．	the farmer's wife saw five donkeys

Once upon a time，there was a hungry fox that was looking for something to eat．He was very hungry．No matter how hard he tried，the fox could not find food．Finally he went to the edge of the forest and  searched there for food．Suddenly he caught sight of a big tree with a hole in it．

Inside the hole was a package（包裹）．The hungry fox immediately thought that there might be food in it，and he became very happy．He jumped into the hole and when he opened the package，he saw a lot of  bread，meat and fruit!

An old woodcutter had placed the food in the tree trunk．He was going to eat it for lunch．

The fox happily began to eat．After thefox had finished eating，he felt thirsty and decided to leave the trunk and drink some water from a nearby spring．However，no matter how hard he tried，he could not．get out of the hole．Do you know why？ Yes，the fox had eaten so much food that he became too big to get out of the hole．

The fox was very sad and upset．He told himself，"I wish that I had thought a little before jumping into the hole．"

51．The fox went to the edge of the forest to 　　．

A．	build a house
B．	look for food
C．	meet the woodcutter
D．	look for water

52．The old woodcutter placed the food in the tree hole to 　　．

A．	offer it to the fox
B．	keep it for lunch
C．	help his partners
D．	catch the fox for lunch

53．What happened after the fox saw the package in the tree hole？ 　　

A．	He wanted to get into the hole，but failed．
B．	He left the package without touching it．
C．	He ate too much food and couldn't get out of the hole．
D．	He carried the package to the woodcutter and they ate the food together．

54．The fox felt 　　when he knew that he couldn't get out of the

hole．

A．	hungry
B．	happy
C．	excited
D．	sad and upset

55．What does the writer want to tell us through the story？ 　　

A．	We should think about it before doing something．
B．	The woodcutter was cruel．
C．	It is foolish to look for food．
D．	Animals are humans'friends，and we should protect them．

Zak's grandfather， Stan was very famous． Why？ Because he had a very， very， very long white beard（胡子）．

One day， Zak asked his grandfather， "When you sleep， do you put your beard over or under the quilt（被子）？""I'm not sure． I never care about that，" said his grandfather， "I'll look tonight．"

Stan got into bed that night and pulled up the quilt． Then he remembered his grandson's question． Aha! His beard was under the quilt． But wait． Did that feel right？

He lift his beard from under the quilt and put it above it． This also didn't feel right． So he put the beard under the quilt again． But he soon felt it would be better if it were out． The beard went in and out﹣first under the quilt， then over it， under， over， all night long．

Stan spent a sleepless night． In the morning， he was so tired and unhappy that he cut his long beard right off!

Stan's wife was so happy． She advised Stan to cut that beard off many times， but he never did it． Now a simple question made him do that．

根据上述内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将"T"涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将"F"涂黑．

（1）Stan was very famous for his long white beard． 　　

（2）Stan never cared about Zak， his grandson． 　　

（3）At the very beginning， Stan's beard was under the quilt． 　　

（4）That night Stan was sleepless and tired because of the question． 　　

（5）Stan listened to his wife's advice to cut the beard off． 　　

A

A dentist（牙医）was starting his work in the morning． Suddenly a man ran in． His face was red and he could only say"Quick! Quick! The dentist thought he must be very sick． His assistant（助手）helped to make the man sit in a chair． The dentist gave the man some medicine to make him sleep． Then， he looked into the man's mouth and pulled out all the bad teeth． When the to man woke up， he said in a low voice， "Quick， doctor， quick．"

"It's all right now， "the dentist told him． "Its over．"

"You don' t understand， "said the man， "I came to tell you that your house is on fire． "

根据短文内容判断正误，正确的在答题卡上涂A，错误的涂B．

（1）The dentist was starting his work in the morning 　　．

（2）Suddenly a woman ran into the dentist's office 　　．

（3）The dentist thought the man must be very sick 　　．

（4）The dentist's assistant helped to make the man sit on a table 　　．

（5）The dentist pulled out all the man' s bad teeth 　　．