初中英语阅读理解

Animals, including insects, don't have a "language" like ours. They do not "talk" to each other in words and sentences. But if we watch them, we can see that they do have their ways of communicating with each other.
Can you see the rabbit's tail? When rabbits see this white tail moving up and down, they run away. They know that they are in danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.
Many other animals use this kind of "language". When a cobra is angry, it raises its head and makes itself look fierce. This warns other animals. When a bee has found food, it goes back to its home. It cannot "tell" the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance. This tells the bees where the food is.
Some animals "say" things by making sound. A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs when it is pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning. Sometimes we human beings speak in the same way. We make sound like "Oh" or "Ah" when we are frightened or pleased or when we drop something on our toes.
A rabbit uses its tail to ________.

A．warn other rabbits when they are in danger

B．tell other rabbits where food is

C．make itself look fierce

D．help it to run fast

When a cobra is angry, it ________.

A．makes a loud noise

B．raises its head

C．moves up and down

D．does a little dance

Several different sounds can be made by a ________.

A．rabbit

B．bee

C．bird

D．fish

From the passage, we know that ______ use words and sentences to express ideas and thoughts.

A．all living things	B．all animals
C．some birds	D．human beings

Team spirit means the willingness of people to work together and help each other as part of a team. With this spirit, people try hard to make their team the best of all. Everyone has experienced team spirit one way or another, whether they were part of a team or saw a group of people cheer for their favourite player.
There are different kinds of team spirit. One kind is the connection between a team of people because their efforts and cooperation (合作) are necessary in reaching a particular goal. Another kind is when a group of people support a person or a team. Another is people's natural love for and pride in their country, when a whole nation cheer for its country in competitions. Team spirit can also he seen in the workplace or in some activities.
Team spirit creates various good effects. It creates friendship and trust between people who may not get along when they don't have such team spirit. There may also be bad effects. Too great team spirit may cause arguments or fights with other team members.
Some people don’t understand team spirit properly.  They think team spirit means having to become an official member of an organization, team or fan club. In fact, team spirit can be built anywhere-between friends, coworkers or even between two people sitting next to each other. You don’t have to be wearing the team spirit clothes. Anyone can show team spirit just by showing support for the goal.
What is team spirit?
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Which kind of team spirit in the passage do you have in your group work in class?
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What good effects does team spirit create?
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Where can team spirit be built?
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Why do you think team spirit is important? (并自拟一句话作答)
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Joy always rides her bike to school. It’s four miles to school and it takes her about fifteen minutes. Joy likes riding to school. She says it’s good for her health.
Edward usually goes to school by bus. He likes talking with his friends on the bus. It’s about ten minutes’ journey (旅程) to school by bus.
Mary’s home is near the school. She usually walks to school. It’s about five minutes’ walk. Mary says she likes taking walks after meal.
How does Joy go to school?
Is riding good for Joy’s health?
Why does Joy like riding to school?
Does Edward like talking with friends on the train?
How far is it from Mary’s home to her school?

There is a Chinese proverb（谚语）, “I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand.” Do you know it? Maybe you will say, “Sorry, I don’t.” But you will see this proverb on the walls of classroom in an American middle school. Many Americans think it is the truth of learning.
What does this proverb tell us? Practice! When you are learning a text, if you just listen to your teacher and do nothing, you will forget it quickly; if you read it several times, you will remember it; but if you preview the text before class and solve some problems yourself, you will understand it.
When we have formed good study habits, we learn things quickly and remember things easily. Do you sometimes copy other’s homework? It is not good. No matter how difficult the homework is, you must try to do it by yourself and finish it on time. If you practice again and again, nothing will be difficult.
When you are having classes, don’t forget to take notes. Every evening you must take out the notes and review what you have learned today. Before doing homework, do not forget to clean your desks. A clean desk will make you feel comfortable.
A good study habit is the key to success.
What does this proverb tell us?
A. Learning is very important.
B. Practice is very important.
C. Previewing is very important.
If we form the good study habits, we will______.
A. learn things quickly
B. finish the homework on time
C. feel comfortable
The underlined word “copy” in the third paragraph probably means “______”.
A. 批改       B. 检查    C. 抄袭
The author mainly wants to tell us ______.
A. we should learn many Chinese proverbs
B. we should form a good study habit to succeed
C. we should listen to the teacher and do nothing

Bill, Frank and Dave were three brothers. Every year they sent their mother expensive gifts on her birthday,. They liked to show her how rich they were.
The oldest brother. Bill, had a lot of money and he wanted his mother to have the most expensive gifts, but he didn’t know what to buy. So he put an ad in the newspaper. “Wanted－the greatest gift for my mother.”
About a week before his mother’s birthday a man came to his office. He brought a big bird. “This bird.” the man said, “can speak ten languages and sing some pop songs.”
“Really?  I’d like to listen to it,” Bill said.
The man made the bird talk in French and tell a joke in Japanese. Then the bird sang a beautiful song. Bill was very happy and spent nine hundred dollars for the bird. The next day Bill sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.
The day after his mother’s birthday he called his mother. “Well, mother” he asked, “What do you think of the bird?” “Oh, it’s very delicious, dear.” said his mother.
任务型阅读（E）
Who is the oldest brother?
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What did Bill put in the newspaper?
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How many languages could the bird speak?
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How much  was  the bird?
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Could the bird still sing when Bill called his mother the day after Bill’s mother’s birthday?
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Many parents today worry about their children's diets(饮食). Then what is a healthy diet for children? Bebe, a lady from Happy Children Hospital, gives the following advice(建议):
Children shouldn't eat food with too much salt, because it can cause high blood pressure(高血压).
Children should eat food with less fat, oil and sugar. They should not eat too much junk food.
Fruit and vegetables are rich in vitamins（维生素）. Children need to eat fruit and vegetables often.
Water is important to everyone. Children need to drink enough water every day.
Children need to eat breakfast every day. It is good for their bodies and minds.
Maybe Bebe is a ________.

A．doctor

B．teacher

C．shop keeper

D．cook

What does the underlined word " junk food " mean in Chinese?

A．绿色食品	B．垃圾食品
C．烹饪食品	D．人造食品

What is the best title（标题）of the passage（文章）?

A．Bad Habits	B．Junk Food
C．Advice on a Healthy Diet	D．An Unhealthy Lifestyle

                         Wanting: I want nothing but music
Wanting Qu,born and raised in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, has become one of the most popular singers in China this year. During the past few months, her name and songs have spread quickly on the Internet, over the radio, and in almost every corner of China. You would be considered totally “out” if you have never heard of her song “Stay in My Song”.
She is a girl full of courage. At only 16, Wanting left home and entered a Canadian school to study business, starting her life in a foreign country alone. Soon，she found that her true passion was music. She went on to get her degree(学位), but also tried her hand at songwriting. She did part-time jobs to keep on her study like many Chinese students who study in foreign countries, but never gave up her dream of being a musician. When the chance came, she bravely introduced herself to the CEO of Nettwerk and became the first Chinese singer-songwriter the company signed in 26 years.
Wanting’s music career started to take off in 2009 when she worked in Nettwerk. In 2011, after hearing the songs she wrote and recorded, the famous Chinese composer Zhang Yadong called her and would like to work with her.
With all the successes she has achieved in China, Wanting is recording her first English album. She is ready to conquer the world.
From the passage,we know that________.

A．Wanting Qu didn’t get used to her school life in China

B．Wanting Qudreamed of being a musician before going abroad

C．Wanting Qu was taken to Canada because her parents found her a part-time job there

D．The song “Stay in My Song” made Wanting Qu popular around China.

What is the meaning of “ take off” in this passage?

A．腾飞

B．脱衣

C．下滑

D．关掉

What is Wanting going to do next?   She is going to_________

A．write songs by herself.

B．make people in the world know her music and love it.

C．work together with Zhang Yadong.

D．start her own business company,dreaming of becoming a CEO.

 Here are the comparisons(对比)of four big supermarkets in London.

Supermarkets	Ocado	Morrisons	Asda	Aldi
Business Hours (营业时间)	6:00a.m～ 10:30p.m.	6:00a.m～ 10:00p.m.	5:30a.m.～ 10:30p.m.	6:30a.m.～ 9:30p.m
Eggs (1 kilo)	￡0.75	￡0.76	￡0.72	￡0.79
Apples (1 kilo)	￡0.68	￡0.69	￡0.63	￡0.67
Pork (1 kilo)	￡1.3	￡1.2	￡1.4	￡1.3
Service	Good	Good	Just so-so	Bad

From above, we know the business hours of ______ is the longest.

A．Ocado

B．Morrisons

C．Asda

D．Aldi

People would not like to buy things in ________ because of the bad service.

A．Ocado

B．Morrisons

C．Asda

D．Aldi

Last Friday, our teacher made a survey about TV shows in our class and she asked from the class.
Here are some answers from them. (    means “Yes”, means “No”.)

program Name	Talk shows	Sports shows	Sitcoms	Game shows	Soap operas
Julia
Victor
Tina
Scott
Nancy

 
_________ doesn’t love watching sports shows.

A．Victor

B．Nancy

C．Tina

D．Scott

The five students all like________ very much.

A．talk shows	B．sitcoms
C．soap operas	D．game shows

Sitcom is a very interesting program, but _______ doesn’t like it.

A．Julia

B．Victor.

C．Tina

D．Scott

________ like watching sports shows.

A．Julia and Tina	B．Victor and Julia
C．Scott and Victor.	D．Tina and Nancy

Nancy doesn’t like________ at all.

A．sports shows	B．talk shows
C．soap operas	D．sitcoms

Today is our Open Day. Our parents come and see our school on this day. Our school is very big and beautiful.There are five buildings in our school. Look! The office building is on your right. Our teachers work in it. Behind the building, there are two classroom buildings and a school library. In the library there are all kinds of books. Our big playground is on the left of these buildings with lots of trees around it. Every day, many students play football, basketball and tennis. We have a good time on the playground after school. We also have a school hall behind the playground next to the library. We meet our parents and have parties (举行晚会)in the school hall. Today, after school, we have a welcome party for our parents. I think our parents will like our school, too.
_______ come to see our school today.

A．Our parents

B．Our cousins

C．Our brothers

D．Our friends

There are _______ buildings in our school.

A．3

B．4

C．5

D．6

Students _______ on the playground after school.

A．read books

B．do sports

C．meet parents

D．do homework

We meet our parents _______.

A．in the teaching building

B．in the library

C．on the playground

D．in the school hall

Which is the right map of the school?

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Who is from America?

A．Tony	B．Susan
C．Ben	D．Betty

How old is Tony?

A．11	B．12
C．13	D．14

What’s Betty’s Middle School?

A．No. 1 Middle School

B．New Star Middle School

C．Jinshan Middle School

D．No. 4 Middle School

Who can speak(说) English?

A．Tony and Betty	B．Tony and Ben
C．Susan and Betty	D．Susan and Ben

Are Susan and Ben in the same school?

A．Yes, they are .

B．No, they aren’t .

C．Yes, she is .

D．No, he isn’t .

Hi! I’m Tina. This is a photo of Class 2. This class has twenty-five students, twelve girls and thirteen boys. These are Amy and Bob. Amy is Bob’s sister. Amy is 12 and Bob is 13. Amy likes math and English. Bob likes music (音乐). He has a CD collection. This is Bruce. He is 14. He likes sports and has a sports collection. Jerry is a teacher (教师). He is twenty-four. He likes blue, black and green. Many of his clothes are in these colors. Do you know the relationship between Jerry and Bruce? Aha! Jerry is Bruce’s uncle.
根据短文内容,选择正确答案。
______ girls are in Class 2.

A．12

B．13

C．24

D．25

What does Bob like?

A．Math.

B．Music.

C．English.

D．Sports.

What color does Jerry NOT like?

A．Blue.

B．Yellow.

C．Black.

D．Green.

What’s the Chinese meaning of (……的汉语意思) relationship?

A．性别

B．国籍

C．关系

D．爱好

______ and Bruce are in a family.

A．Bob

B．Jerry

C．Amy

D．Tina

Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food.Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don’t cook it.
In England，one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags，and take it home，or to their work- place. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The world's favorite food is American fast food. If you go to some important cities in the world，you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.
Fish and chips，and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA，they eat take—away food，too，like chicken. But the most popular kind of take—away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham（火腿）is a kind of pork，but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. The beef is inside a kind of cake hamburgers are delicious. They are also popular in England and Australia.
Italians like to eat _________.

A．dumplings

B．pizza

C．hot food

D．fish

Fish and chips are very popular in _______.

A．England	B．Australia
C．the USA	D．Canada

Ham is a kind of _______.

A．pork

B．beef

C．fruit

D．vegetable

The hamburger does not have any ______ in it.

A．beef

B．pork

C．fish

D．vegetable

Hamburger is a kind of ________.

A．meat

B．drink

C．food

D．vegetable

Different(不同的) people have different color skin(皮肤). Some have black skin, some have yellow skin, and some have white skin. There is a woman in Alaska. Her skin is an orange color. It is almost(几乎) the color of orange juice.
How does this woman become(变成) orange? She eats a lot of tomatoes, carrots and squash. She eats too(太) many orange things. That’s why she becomes orange.
The woman doesn’t want to be orange. She goes to the doctor(医生). The doctor says, “Don’t eat orange things and eat some green things.” The woman does so , and she isn’t orange any more(不再).
The woman has      .
A、only oranges    B、yellow skin   C、orange skin
The woman is orange because      .
A、she eats oranges only
B、she eats too many orange things.
C、she likes that color.
The article(文章) is about      .
A、a woman in Alaska
B、tomatoes, carrots and squash
C、different people with different color skin
The woman goes to see the doctor because      .
A、she isn’t healthy
B、she needs some green things.
C、she doesn’t like her skin color
The woman does so means (意思是) the woman      .
A、eat green things
B、doesn’t eat orange things
C、eats orange and green food

Robots seem to be getting more and more advanced, as these four examples clearly show.

Simon  the  Robot  was developed by the  Georgia Institute of
Technology.  He's an upper-torso humanoid robot (上躯干机器人).
Simon the Robot can grasp and release objects, clean up a workspace and
interact with humans. In tests, Simon the Robot could tell whether
someone was paying attention to him.

Budgee was created by Five Elements Robotics. With two wheels and a
little basket, he can carry things  for you while  you are at  the shops or in the
park. You can communicate with him  by  using an  app  on your phone, and
set  basic commands such  as  the  distance  he  has to  walk behind you.
Budgee  can hold up to  22  kilograms  and  fold up into a small package that
weighs just over 2 kilograms.

Paro is a baby seal  (海豹)  robot  that was designed by
Takanori Shibata. He's used on patients in hospitals and nursing
homes. He can respond to sounds, learn a name and even show
emotions such as surprise, happiness and anger. And he's active
during the day and sleeps at night.

Rover was created by a team at Sydney University and has been
used to herd (放牧) cows.  The prototype needs to be operated by a
human but in the future they're hoping to develop a fully_automated
version. As well as herding cows, Rover can also monitor animals that
are about to give birth, and gather data on soil.
Which of these robots can help us carry things when shopping?

A．Simon the Robot.	B．Budgee.
C．Paro.	D．Rover.

What can Rover do to help people?

A．Clean up a workspace.	B．Nurse patients.
C．Herd cows.	D．Show emotions.

  Which word has the same meaning as the underlined word “commands” ?

A．orders	B．purposes
C．introductions	D．voices

What is special about the robot designed by Takanori Shibata?

A． He is active all day and all night.

B． He can talk with patients.

C． He looks like a baby.

D． He always works in hospitals.

Where does this passage possibly come from?

A．sports newspaper.	B．A science magazine.
C．A travel guidebook.	D．A shopping advertisement.