初中英语阅读理解

Fun in the Carribbean from the Big Apple
With us you can sail(航海)right from New York City on a vacation in the Eastern Carribbean.Our 8-day cruise visits San Juan,St.John and Virgin Gorda.
With cruises from April to October,you have lots of opportunities to sail,swim,sightsee and shop in lots of wonderful places.Plus we offer an exclusive(独家的)6-day cruise from New York City to Bermuda.Ready for an unforgettable vacation?Let the fun begin.
A cruise means a trip mainly _____.
A. by plane         B. by ship         C. on foot
The cruise will start from______.
A. New York City     B. Bermuda          C. St.John
During the cruise,you can do the following EXCEPT_____.
A. swimming          B. shopping         C. skating
If you want to visit Bermuda,you can take ______.
A. the 6-day cruise
B. the 8-day cruise
C. the 7-month cruise
The Big Apple is ______.
A. a delicious fruit
B. a travel agency(旅行社)
C. a popular cellphone(手机）

阅读下列图表，做1-2小题。

You can’ t _____ at Lisa’s Gym.
A. play basketball      B. watch a movie      C. dance
If Mrs. White exercises at Lisa’s Gym for two hours every Sunday, she should pay ___ a week.
A. $80       B. $40             C. $160

At most school, “going green” means less rubbish or recycling. But at New York’s Riverdale Country School, it means being advised to run and even jump in the hallways. And the students really enjoy doing that.
Why? It because the hallways were built with special kinetic(动能的)tiles. When students run or jump on the floor tiles, electricity will be generated(产生). The electricity can be used to power classroom lights, science projects and charge electronic products. 14-year-old Zach Halem tried to make the officials buy them. There are eight tiles near the school’s student center.
Besides providing fun green energy, it’s also a good way to teach the students to be creative. They will be inspired to be scientists, inventors and engineers in the future to find clean energy for all humans.
The tiles are mostly made from rubber and other recycled things. They were invented by an English man Laurence Kembell-Cook. While new to the US, They have been put in many places in Europe- from a London Underground Station during the 2012 Olympics to a marathon (马拉松)track in Paris. When Pavegen started getting popular in London schools, Laurence began to realize that his invention not only saved energy ,but was also fun!
Why do the students of New York’s Riverdale Country School enjoy running in the hallways?
Who invented the special floor tiles?
What are the special floor tiles made of?
How can the kids at New York’s Riverdale Country School save energy from the floor tiles ?
What do you think of the invention?

If you want to study English well， you need to do the following things.
Joining an English club is a good idea and joining an international club (where English is in use at least some of the time) is， for many people， even better.
In order to learn English well， you should keep practicing it as much as possible. There are several good ways to help you with the English study.
First， you may take notes of any mistakes made by you， so as to get familiar with the correct usage of the English language.
Second， it’s important to improve your ability， especially the ability of reading comprehension(理解). By reading more English articles， you will build your sense of English.
Third， try to form a reciting(背诵) habit. Well-written paragraphs are worth reciting. By memorizing them， you will find that writing English articles is not so difficult.
Last but not the least， you should always use a dictionary with both Chinese and English explanations. It will tell you the differences between these two beautiful languages.
Who may be the most suitable readers of this article?

A．Anyone who likes maths.

B．Anyone who wants to learn English well.

C．English teachers.

D．Anyone who wants to learn Chinese well.

From this article， we know we can use the following ways to learn English well except__________.

A．going abroad to learn English

B．joining an English club

C．Keeping practicing it as much as possible

D．trying to form a reciting habit

By reading more English articles， you will build _____________.

A．your knowledge of English grammar

B．your ability of English writing

C．your ability of singing English writing songs

D．your sense of English

What’s the best title of the article?

A．We should take notes of any mistake made by us.

B．We should read English more.

C．How to learn English well.

D．We should buy a dictionary with both Chinese and English explanations.

English is spoken as a first language by about 375 million people and as a foreign  language by around 750 million people. It is being learned by about a billion people.   These numbers alone make English     to learn. If you are not fluent (流利的) in English, it may be good for you to know the advantages of learning the language.
In many countries, English is used as a working language. In the United States,  English speakers make more money than those who don’t speak English at all. Learning . English can increase the chance of getting a good job.
If you visit a country, you can easily find someone who can speak at least a little  English. So if 'you know English, you have a chance to communicate almost anywhere  you travel.
Its not easy for parents who don’t understand English to raise children in an English   -speaking country. For example； if they send their children to school and the teacher does not speak their mother language, parents are likely to have difficulty communicating with the teacher. And if the children have homework they do not understand, parents cannot help them.
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根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填人题前括号内。
According to the first paragraph, about            million people speak English as a
first language. .

A．375

B．750

C．1,125

D．1,500

Which of the following can be put in    ?

A．hopeless

B．difficult

C．Boring

D．important

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the reading?

A．English is helpful in finding a job.

B．English is helpful in traveling to other places.

C．Children who learn English well can receive more attention.

D．Parents who know English well have no trouble helping kids with homework

Who is this passage written for?
A.  People who learn English as a first language.
B. People who are not good at English.
D. People who love traveling.
Where can you probably find the above reading?

A．In a museum.	B．In a magazine.
C．In a newspaper.	D．On the Internet.

The world lost one of the most respected leaders. Nelson Mandela, the former (前任的) South African president, passed away on Dec. 5, 2013. The whole world felt sorry about the death of Mandela, a great man of history.
Mandela is mostly remembered for his efforts to end apartheid(种族隔离) in South Africa. Mandela was born in 1918. In South Africa, there are both black and white people. But at that time, Black people couldn’t live or travel where they wanted. They didn’t have the right to vote, either. Mandela didn’t think that was right.
He organized many activities against it, but he was sent to prison for 27 years. Under international pressure, the government set Mandela free in 1990. Great changes in the law began to end apartheid. At that time, Mandela chose to forgive his enemies. He shook hands with the people who wanted him dead. He also encouraged black people to forgive the whites.
Because of his forgiveness, Mandela is remembered as a moral model(道德楷模) by the whole world.
In1993,Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize. A year later, he became the first black president of South Africa.
Both black people and white people voted. Apartheid ended. In 1999, Mandela left office at the highest point of his power.
The former South African president was _______years old when he died.

A．80

B．90

C．95

D．85

Mandela was sent to prison for 27 years because he ______________________.

A．chose to forgive his enemies.

B．encouraged black people to forgive whites

C．shook hands with enemies

D．organized many activities against apartheid

In 1993, Mandela won the Nobel Prize for ________________.

A．physics	B．peace
C．chemistry	D．literature

Mandela was remembered by the whole world as ________________.

A．a president	B．a leader
C．a moral model	D．an officer

Which statement is Right according to the passage?

A．The government set Mandela free in 1990.

B．Mandela became the black president in 1993.

C．Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994.

D．Mandela left office at the highest point of his power in 1996.

The right name is important in the business world. All you have to do is think of the names for some of the products you buy every day and you’ll agree that the name and the product are connected in the everyone’s mind.
In many countries, successful trade or brand names are protected by law. This is so that other companies cannot make a product and, in fact, be buying something different. Businesses register a company or a product name with the government. In fact, more than 1,000 product and company names are registered every hour. Many companies spend a lot of money to find the right name for their products. A good example of this is in the car industry. Some successful names for cars have powerful associations （联系）.The Ford Mustang and the Jaguar are only two examples of choosing the names of animals that are fast and strong.
When a U. S company decides to sell its product in another country, it has to make sure that the product name translates properly. When Coca-Cola introduced its soft drink to China, it looked for the right name. It wanted a name that would do two things. One was to present its image（形象）in Chinese and the second was to be close to its first brand name—Coke. It took some efforts before finding the right word —which sounds similar and translates as “happiness in the mouth”. Asian company names are not new to the United States. The brand names of Samsung and Sony have been successful. Finding the right brand name is a big business. Asian companies that sell to foreign markets pay to find a name that will connect with its customers. There are even naming companies that specialize in inventing product names. These companies can charge （要价）up to $100,000 a word for their creations. But it’s worth it. Successful companies know how important the right brand names are for their development.
Why are trade names protected by law in many countries?

A．To make companies pay for naming service.

B．To help people choose the best products

C．To present good images of the products.

D．To prevent good images from being copied

What can we learn from the passage?

A．Many companies care about the cost of finding the right names

B．Creative trade names can help companies to have a larger sale

C．The government often does business with naming companies

D．It is considered necessary for cars to be names after animals

What’s the best title for the passage?

A．The Business of Names

B．The Development of Names

C．The Rules of Naming Business

D．The Methods of Choosing Names

Where can you probably read this article?

A．In an economic magazine.

B．In a storybook.

C．In a sports newspaper.

D．In a science book.

Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you probably sing when you are happy.
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
Do you know what a “territory” is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male animal, considers as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same species(物种) are welcome. Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and frighten you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.
If so, you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting(筑巢) season. So he is screaming all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a bird’s song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.
Birds sing loudest in spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs.
You can see that birds have a language of their own. Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.
Some scientists believe that most of the time bird’s singing is actually _____________.

A．an expression of happiness	B．a way of warning
C．an expression of anger	D．a way of greeting

What does the underlined word “territory” mean?

A．An area which a bird considers to be its own.

B．An area for which birds fight against each other.

C．A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice.

D．A place where families of other species are not welcome.

Why do birds keep on singing at nesting season?

A．Because they want to invite more friends.

B．Because they want to find outsiders around.

C．Because they want to express their happiness.

D．Because their singing helps frighten outsiders away.

How does the writer explain birds’ singing?

A．By telling a bird’s story.

B．By describing birds’ daily life.

C．By reporting experiment results.

D．By comparing birds with human beings.

Lucy and her classmates are discussing about creating a homepage for their class.
Lucy:  What should we put on our class homepage?
Jane:     I think our class homepage should have daily or weekly news of class activities.
Mathew:  What kind of class activities?
Jane:     Something like spring outings, class meetings, a school singing competition, etc.
Mathew:  We will go for a spring outing next week, won’t we? I can write something about it.
Lucy:    Great! What else should our class homepage have?
Mathew:  Um… How about photos of students’ artwork, presentations, and outdoor activities?
Lucy:    Good idea! But who will take the photos?
Mathew:  As I am a fan of photography, I can take the photos.
Jane:     I’ve got an idea. As parents always want to know what assignments their kids do in
and after class, we can also post our weekly agenda(计划表), including in-class assignments and homework assignments, on the homepage.
Lucy:   And I think I can create a “reading corner” on the class homepage, too. As I am
a bookworm, I can recommend good books to our classmates.
Jane:  Great! Let’s get down to work!
_____ is interested in taking photos.

A．Jane

B．Lucy

C．Mathew

D．No one

_____ can recommend good books to the classmates.

A．Lucy	B．Mathew
C．Jane	D．No one

Brave Type: 3D cartoon  Comedy        Running time: 95 minutes Merida, a princess, refused to marry a person that she dislikes. This causes trouble for her family and the whole country. Merida turns to a witch(女巫) for help. In doing so, her family and the country are in danger. Merida must save her family and the country before it is too late.

The Grey Type: Action         Running time: 117 minutes The Grey is based on the short story “Ghost Walker” written by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. It’s about a number of oil men who are in trouble in Alaska after a plane crash. They have to fight against grey wolves that threaten their lives.

Mirror Mirror Type: Comedy        Running time: 106 minutes You must know the story of Snow White. Would you like to see this story again? Come to see Mirror Mirror. It’s a comedy about Snow White. Lily Collins and Julia Roberts are the main actresses in this interesting movie.

Chimpanzee Type: Documentary      Running time: 78 minutes This movie is directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield. It’s a 2012 nature documentary film about a young chimpanzee named Oscar. He is alone in the African forests until he is raised by another chimpanzee. The chimpanzee takes care of Oscar like his own child.

Which movie lasts the longest time?

A．Brave.	B．The Grey.
C．Chimpanzee.	D．Mirror Mirror.

Which statement about the movies is true?

A．Mirror Mirror is directed by Lily Collins and Julia Roberts.

B．The Grey directed by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers is based on a short story.

C．You can’t see many beautiful nature sights in Chimpanzee.

D．Brave is about a princess who obeys her heart.

Who played the lead role in one of the movies?

A．Lily Collins and Julia Roberts.

B．Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield.

C．Ian Mackenzie Jeffers.

D．Merida and her family.

2014 is the year of horse in China. Do you know anything about the horse?
The horse is strong and runs very fast. He’s a useful and hard-working animal. The horse learns to know his master（主人） soon. He loves his master, even after his master has died. Here’s a story about such a horse. In a war, the master was killed, and fell from his horse. When his body was found some days later, the horse was still standing beside it. During that long time, the horse didn’t leave the body of his master, without food or water, in the coldest weather, driving away the birds that might eat it. Wasn’t he a great animal?
The horse is a _________ animal to man.

A．strange

B．lazy

C．useful

D．small

When the body of the master was found, the horse was _________.

A．going away	B．eating grass beside it
C．drinking water	D．still standing beside it

The story probably took place in _________.

A．spring	B．summer
C．autumn	D．winter

Peter is in his first grade this year. He likes to play football and watch football matches. Now he is having lunch. He is listening to music, too. He is very happy because there is going to be a great football match on TV at four this afternoon. He wants to watch it very much. But he is going to have his math and art lessons. He thinks hard and finds an idea.
“Hello, Mrs Black,” Peter says to his teacher on the telephone. “Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for a half a day’s leave.”
“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that, says Mrs Black. “But who is that?”
“It’s my father, Mrs Black.”
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的在括号内填A，错误的在括号内填B。
Peter is in Grade One this year.
Now Peter is having lunch.
Peter doesn’t have lessons this afternoon.
Mrs Black is Peter’s teacher.
Peter’s father told Mrs Black that Peter was ill in bed.

Christopher Reeve was born in September, 1952. He was in his first school play when he was eight and he started to act in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He made many successful films and TV shows but he is most famous for his Superman films.
Unfortunately, disaster came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and broke his back. The doctors did not expect him to live. However, he made amazing progress. At first, he couldn’t breathe without a machine, but he learnt to breathe on his own. He would never walk again but he started a new life with great courage.
The second year after his accident, Christopher returned to film making. He also raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back injuries. He made speeches all over the USA about his experiences. This not only drew public attention to research into back injuries but also encouraged a lot of people living with all kinds of problems.
From their home, Christopher and his wife Dana spoke about their life after the accident．
Could you say something about your life after the accident?
"Four days after the accident, I came to understand my situation. The doctors said I was not going to pull through. Those days were terrible. But my wife Dana said, “You are still you and I love you. Be confident in yourself.” And that saved my life. Since that moment I have never thought of giving up."
What do you think of your family?
"Great! Dana is so wonderful．We have always got on really well．My parents often quarreled with each other when I was young．But they've got closer since the accident．"
How do you spend your time?
"I spend most of my time on charity work to improve the life for all disabled people．I think they need my help. With the progress of new medical research, I'm confident that people like me would be able to walk again one day. So you can see I'm far too busy to think of giving up!"
Christopher Reeve died on October 10, 2004. But people all over the world will always remember him as a superhero．
What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?

A．Christopher’s riding accident

B．Christopher’s marriage

C．Christopher’s death

D．Christopher’s films

Reeve made a lot of public speeches in order to____________.

A．make more money

B．draw people’s attention to his films

C．prove he was a superman

D．encourage people to be strong in life

Whom was Reeve most thankful to?

A．His parents	B．The film company
C．His wife	D．The doctors

By saying "I'm far too busy to think of giving up!", Reeve means _______．

A．so far he has been busy thinking of giving up

B．he’s so busy that he has no time to think of giving up

C．he’s too busy that he begins to think about giving up

D．he has never thought of giving up walking far

Which of the following words can best describe Reeve?

A．Brave

B．Crazy

C．Humorous

D．Careful

Stephen Hawkins was born in Oxford, England on 8^th January, 1942. He went to school in St. Albans—a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology. As he himself admits, he didn’t work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still got good marks.
It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump（碰撞） into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23.
At first, Hawking became very sad, after a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, “Before my illness was diagnosed（诊断）, I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do.” Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, and had three children. He also went on to do some of the most important scientific research.
Today, Hawking still works at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody, however bad their situation is, should lose hope. “Life is not fair,” he once said. “You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”
As a university student, Stephen Hawking ________.

A．worked very hard

B．studied maths and physics

C．was the best student in his class

D．was lazy and did very little work

Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him when ________.

A．he was sent to hospital for tests

B．his mother made him see a doctor

C．he was twenty

D．he visited his family at Christmas time one year

When Hawking was first diagnosed with motor neural disease, he ________.

A．made up his mind to get married

B．began to see his life in a different way

C．thought that nothing in life was worth doing

D．became very sad

Today, Hawking ________.

A．works at Oxford University

B．works at Cambridge University

C．carries out research into motor neural disease

D．does not rely on a machine to speak

What would be the best title for this passage? ________.

A．Motor Neural Disease	B．Life Is Fair
C．Professor Stephen Hawking	D．A Lazy Boy

It is said that more than four million people die each year from smoking. That number is frightening.
Yet people around the world continue to smoke. In the United States, about forty-seven-million adults smoke. This year, more than 430,000 Americans died of diseases which have something to do with smoking. The American Cancer Society(美国癌症协会)says smoking harms the body greatly. It warns that smoking even a number of cigarettes is dangerous.
It’s not easy to give up smoking.  However, doctors say you probably will live longer if you do stop smoking. You will feel better and look better. You also will protect the health of family members who breathe your smoke.
There is not one right way to stop smoking, doctors say. Any way can help. You  can take long walks or spend time in places where smoking is not allowed. Also, you can eat a small piece of fruit or vegetable instead of having a cigarette. The sooner you stop smoking, the more you’ll reduce (减少) your chances of getting cancer and other diseases.
Stop smoking before smoking stops you!
A. 根据文章内容回答问题。
How many people die from smoking each year?
What does the American Cancer Society say about smoking?
B.请将短文中划线句子译成汉语。
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C．请给短文拟一个适当的题目。
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