初中英语阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。
One day, my father and I were in line to buy tickets for the circus(马戏表演). And a family was standing in front of us.
The family had eight children. Their clothes were not expensive but clean．The children talked about the clowns(小丑), elephants, monkeys and other things excitedly. It was their first time to go to the circus.
The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly answered, “I want eight children’s tickets and two adults’ tickets, so I can take my family to the circus.”
The ticket lady said the price. The man's wife lowered her head and there was no smile on the man's face. He quietly asked, “How much did you say?”
The ticket lady said the price again. The man didn’t have enough money. How could he tell his eight kids the bad news? My dad put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground．(In fact, we were not rich!) Then my dad said, “Excuse me, sir, this dropped out of your pocket.”
The man knew what was going on. He looked into my dad’s eyes, held my dad’s hand in his, and took the $20 bill. “Thank you, sir, thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family.”
My father and I went back home. We didn’t go to see the circus that night, but we didn’t care.
What can children see in the circus?

A．clowns	B．elephants
C．monkeys	D．all of them

The father wanted to buy _________ tickets.

A．four

B．six

C．eight

D．ten

The underlined words “lower” might mean __________ in the passage.

A．低头

B．抬头

C．跳上

D．跳下

Who saw the circus that night?

A．The man’s family

B．The writer’s family

C．None of them

D．All of them

We can infer(推测)that the writer’s father is a ________ person.

A．young

B．handsome

C．kind

D．lucky

Today, more and more people use cell phones while they are moving, putting themselves and othes in danger. These people are called the “Heads-down Tribe(族)”. Are you a heads-down tribe member?
More and more traffic accidents are happening because more drivers use cell phones when they are driving. In order to make drivers pay more attention to driving, some traffic rules have been set down. For example, heads-down tribe members who use cell phones while driving in Taiwan will be fined. Drivers who break the traffic rule will be fined NT$3,000 and motorcyclists(骑摩托车的人)caught using cell phones when driving will have to pay NT$1,000.
As we can see above, keeping heads down and using cell phones may cause accidents and even cost much. Besides, more and more interesting and strange facts happen to the “Heads-down Tribe”. Let’s have a look at an interesting TV report. A man in America kept using his cell phone on his way home. As a result, he bumped(碰撞) into a big lost bear. When he raised his head, he was so frightened that he turned round and ran away as quickly as possible. Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but focusing on their own cell phones. It’s strange that they don’t talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal. Some of them even have fun communicating with others on the phone.
Cell phones are helpful and necessary tools for modern people. Are cell phones good or bad? It depends on how people use them. Let’s be “health” users and try to be the “Heads-up Tribe”.

What do we know about the “Heads-down Tribe?

A．They are dangerous drivers.

B．They are good at using the Internet.

C．They are cool children.

D．They are always looking at their mobile phones.

What does the underlined word "fined" mean ?

A．encouraged	B．raised money
C．sent	D．punished

According to the reading, what do the “Heads-down Tribe”do when they eat in a restaurant?
A They talk to people who sit opposite
B. They talk to strangers who sit next to them.
C. They focus on their food and drink.
D. They focus on their own cell phones.
What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Let’s try to be “Heads-down Tribe”.

B．We should use mobile phones properly.

C．Mobile phones are not good for people.

D．Mobile phones are helpful and necessary.

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Bicycles are very popular in China． In our country you can see bicycles almost everywhere．When you walk on the road, you will find a lot of people riding bicycles to school, shops and anywhere else．Therefore(因此), China is known as “the kingdom of bicycles”．In China, many families have one or two bicycles.
Compared(与……比) with cars, bicycles have many advantages．First, they are much cheaper than cars．Most Chinese can’t afford cars, but they can afford bicycles．Second, bicycles are small enough to park anywhere, while cars need a larger piece of land to park．What’s more, with lower speed(速度), bicycles are safer than cars.
However, bicycles also bring some problems．Some riders don’t obey the traffic rules and some riders don’t think about others’ safety．So they ride too fast．During rush hours, too many bicycles may cause traffic jams．We still have a long way to go to solve the problem.
Where can you see bicycles in China?

A．In the big city．

B．In the town.

C．In the country．

D．Almost everywhere.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of bicycles?

A．Bicycles are much cheaper than cars．

B．Bicycles are easy to park.

C．Bicycles are more beautiful than cars．

D．Bicycles are safer than cars.

What problems can bicycles bring?

A．Bicycles are more and more expensive.

B．Riding bicycles is more dangerous than driving cars

C．There are no places for so many bicycles.

D．Too many bicycles may cause traffic jams.

What does the last sentence mean?

A．We should drive cars instead of riding bicycles.

B．It’s too far to ride bicycles.

C．Bicycles are safe enough.

D．We still need to do much to solve the problem.

“Why does the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side!”
That’s an old joke in the West, but it came to my mind again when I saw people crossing the road at the intersection of Shaanxi Road and Huaihai Road in Shanghai.
When the traffic light was red, a group of people were waiting for the light to change. Suddenly one man began rushing to the other side of the road. Soon others followed him at the crossing and more people did the same. Just like chickens, they didn’t mind the honking horns (喇叭声) and kept crossing the road in a mess.
Every year several thousand people are either killed or hurt on the roads in Shanghai. And at least one third of them were jaywalking (乱穿马路). Jaywalking is very common in Shanghai. It seems that jaywalkers are not afraid of the danger to themselves.
Traffic laws are to keep people safe. So we should obey them, and have good road-crossing habits. When someone starts to jaywalk, we should stop him, and never follow him. That way we can avoid the traffic accidents.

The underlined word “intersection” here probably means “      ”.

A．road	B．bridge
C．crossing	D．traffic

The writer saw people_____ in Shanghai that day.

A．crossing the road in a mess

B．waiting for the green light patiently

C．crossing the road with chickens

D．hurting each other in the street

How does the writer like what he saw in Shanghai that day?

A．He thinks it’s OK.

B．He thinks it’s wrong.

C．He has no idea of it.

D．He doesn’t mention (提及) it.

Let’s look at the picture. The boy’s name is John. The girl in the white blouse is his sister, Rose. The other(另外的)one in the yellow blouse is his sister, Mary. John and his sisters are students in No.10 Middle School. The two sisters are in Class Three, Grade One and John is in Class Two, Grade Two. The man and the woman are their father and mother. The man is a worker and the woman is a teacher. The old man and the old woman are John’s grandfather and grandmother. It’s a happy family.
There are ______ people in the family.

A．4

B．5

C．6

D．7

Mary is in the _____ blouse and Rose is in the ______ one.

A．yellow, white	B．white, yellow
C．yellow, blue	D．black, red

John’s sisters are _______ .

A．not students

B．in the same(相同的) class

C．in Grade 2

D．in different (不同的)middle schools

The sisters’ ________ is a teacher.

A．father	B．grandfather
C．mother	D．grandmother

Which of these is right?

A．The two girls have two brothers.

B．John and his sisters are in the same school.

C．The man’s son is in Grade 1.

D．John’s family is not a big one.

I’m a boy. My name is Zhao Ming. I am in No. 34 Middle School. I am in Class 1. My English teacher(老师) is Mr Wang. My Chinese(汉语) teacher is Miss Wu. They are good teachers. I love them. I have(有) a good friend. His name is Tom. He is an English boy.
Zhao Ming is a ____.

A．girl

B．boy

C．friend

D．teacher

Zhao Ming is in ____ Middle School.

A．No. 43

B．No. 23

C．No. 31

D．No. 34

Miss Wu and Mr Wang are ______.

A．students

B．teachers

C．girls

D．workers

Tom is a(n) _____ boy.

A．Chinese	B．Japanese
C．American	D．English

Look at the two posters about Sunshine Theatre（剧院）and Moonlight Theatre:
Welcome to Sunshine Party!
Time: 1:30 p.m. -8:30p.m. , June 1st               Happy Children’s Day
Place: Sunshine Theatre
Activities: Singing, dancing, a magic(魔术) show and a fashion show
Welcome to Moonlight Party!
Happy Children’s D ay       Time: 2:30 p.m. -10:30p.m. , June 1st
Place: Moonlight Theatre
Activities: 3 cartoon films and a fashion show
Both the two theatres will celebrate _________.

A．Children’s Day	B．Teachers’ Day
C．Christmas Day	D．Spring Festival

In Sunshine Theatre, you can’t ____________.

A．watch a film	B．watch a fashion show
C．listen to music	D．enjoy a magic show

When does the celebration finish in Moonlight Theatre?

A．10:30 a m.	B．10:30 p. m.
C．8:30 p. m.	D．2:30 p. M.

What would turkeys do if they could think like us? Maybe the first thing is to run away from our dinner!
That’s the idea of Reggie and Jake. They are two turkeys in the new movie Free Birds (《时光鸡大作战》).
On Thanksgiving Day, people in the United States eat turkeys. But why? Reggie and Jake want a change.
In a time machine, they go back to the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
Reggie liked to be alone (单独的). But this time, he learns to become part of a team to make a big change.
Reggie and Jake are                  .

A．two people

B．two turkeys in the movie Free Birds

C．two chicken

D．two students

The first thing for Reggie and Jake to do is to                    .

A．run away from people’s dinner

B．have a big dinner

C．think like us

D．act in the movies

When do the US people usually eat turkey?

A．On Thanksgiving Day.	B．At Halloween
C．Any time	D．At Easter

How do Reggie and Jake go back to the first Thanksgiving?

A．On foot	B．By ship
C．In a train	D．In a time machine.

What does Reggie learn on their adventure(冒险)?

A．Keep as the dinner	B．Be alone
C．Work together	D．We don’t know

A bus stops at a small bus stop（车站）. A man is hungry and he wants to buy some cakes. It’s raining(下雨) hard.He doesn’t want to go out in the rain. He sees a boy. 'Come here, boy!' he cries. 'Do you know how much the cakes are?' The boy says yes. The man gives the boy four dollars and asks him to buy two cakes. 'One is for you and one is for me.' Three minutes later, the boy comes back. He’s eating a cake. He gives the man two dollars and says, 'Sorry, there is only one cake left（剩余的）.'
Where is the man?

A．He’s near the bus.	B．He is in the car
C．He’s on the bus.	D．He’s at home.

The man doesn’t want to go out because__________.

A．he is tired	B．he doesn’t like rain
C．he is hungry	D．it’s raining hard

How many cakes does the boy get?

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

How much are they if we buy five cakes?

A． Five dollars	B．Four dollars
C．Ten dollars	D．Fifteen dollars

What’s the result (结果)?

A．The man eats the cake.

B．The boy eats the cake.

C．The boy doesn’t eat the cake.

D．The boy and the man both eat the cakes.

There are many festivals at our school. This month is October. In October, there is a Sports Festival. We have the basketball game and the volleyball game during(在……之间) the festival. In the middle(中间) of this month, we have an English Speech Contest (英语口语大赛) during the English Festival. October the nineteenth is the day for a school trip——we go to Beijing with the teachers. On the last (最后的) day of this month, there is a Music Festival. On that day we can enjoy(欣赏) beautiful songs, dances and piano music. It is really great. Next month, there is an Art Festival. Students usually display(展示) their pictures on that day.
How many festivals are there in October?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

The English Speech Contest is on ______.

A．October 10^th	B．October 15^th
C．October 31^st	D．November 15^th

The Music Festival is on _______.

A．October 15^th	B．October 30^th
C．October 31^st	D．November 1^st

Which（哪一个） of the following（下面） is in November?

A．A volleyball game	B．A school trip
C．An Art Festival	D．An English Speech Contest

Which one is NOT true（正确的）?

A．We can see many pictures during the Art Festival.

B．Students play the piano during the Music Festival.

C．Students go to Beijing On October 19^th.

D．There are many festivals in November.

A lot of people in the world eat fast food．When you go into a fast food shop, you can see many people are enjoying their meals there．But which country people like fast food best? Do you know?
A survery (调查) says : The English people are the biggest fans of fast food in the world, but the French people are the least interested in fast meals．
The survey of thirteen countries shows(表明)：45％ of the English people say they can’t live without fast food, because it’s delicious．44％ of Americans and 37％ of Canadians say the same．
The French people ,they have their own delicious and high-class cuisine, so thy don’t like fast food．81％ of them think it is not healthy, and 75％ of the Japanese think so too．
How about the Chinese? How often do you have hamburgers or fried chicken?Do you like Western fast food or Chinese food．The most important thing is to keep a healthy diet．
From the survey we know ________ like fast food best．

A．the Chinese	B．the French
C．the Japanese	D．the English

The survey shows ________ of Americans like fast food．

A．37％

B．75％

C．44％

D．81％

Here the word cuisine means(意思是) ________．

A．food

B．house

C．water

D．country

.An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day's hard work. When he was not far from his house, the light on the cart went out. He tried but could not mend it.
He was near his home, and so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this, he stopped the old carter.
"Where's your light?" asked the policeman. "No one may take a cart along a road at night without a light. You know that. You've broken the law.”
"I had a light," said the old man, "but it has just gone out."
"I don't believe that story," said the policeman. He took out a book and got ready to write. "What's your name and where do you live?" he asked.
"Please don't take my name," said the old man. "My house is just there. You can see it from here. I had a light nearly the whole way. I haven't come far without a light."
"You came all the way without a light. What's your name?"
The carter quickly took the policeman's hand and put it down on the top of the light. The light was still hot, and burnt the policeman's hand. He jumped and he was very angry.
"Now, what do you think?" said the carter. "Did I come all the way without a light?"
In the passage "Cart" is ___________.

A．something like a car

B．something like a light

C．something pulled by a horse

D．something with a light

The old man drove home ___________.

A．on the back of his horse

B．late one night

C．very late every night

D．with a policeman

Where did the policeman stop the old man?

A．Near his home.

B．At the traffic lights.

C．Under a road light.

D．Far from his house.

How did the old man make the policeman believe his words?

A．He made the policeman touch the light.

B．He jumped and shouted angrily.

C．He made the policeman angry.

D．He burnt the policeman's hands.

My favourite season…
Matt / UK	My favourite season is spring, because everything is getting new and fresh again. I like having picnics and taking photos with my friends. I don’t like autumn, because I know that it’s going to be getting cold soon.  Share（4）  Support（7）
Anna / Germany	Autumn is my favourite season. I love the changing of leaves. I like the colours. I love the autumn wind that blows the leaves around. And I often take a walk in that autumn air with a warm cup of coffee. My least favourite season is summer, because it’s too hot.  Share（8）  Support（15）
Neil / Canada	I like summer best. It’s very cool in my hometown, and it’s nice to have a long and sunny summer.   There are a lot of outdoor activities you can take part in, such as going camping. My least favourite is winter, because it’s pretty cold, and you don’t want to go outside.  Share（10）  Support（21）
Kat / US	My favourite season is winter, because there’s a lot of snow, and it’s very beautiful. When the countryside is covered with snow, it’s perfectly white. Also, I love building snowmen with my friends. So I like winter.  Share（17）  Support（23）

 
Matt’s favourite season is        .

A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

D．winter

Where is Anna from?

A．The US.

B．Canada.

C．The UK.

D．Germany.

What’s the weather like in Neil’s hometown in summer?

A．Wet.

B．Cool.

C．Windy.

D．Cloudy.

In winter, Kat loves        .

A．going camping	B．taking a walk
C．building snowmen	D．having picnics

One day, David bought a hot dog in a snack bar after school. Suddenly, he stopped and raised his head high. He kept looking at the sky. A woman passed by. She saw David looking at the sky, and she stopped and also looked at the sky. The sky was blue. There were somany white clouds. David still looked at the sky. The woman also looked at the sky. Many people stopped. They looked at the sky, too. After a while, David lowered(低下) his head. He laughed and asked. “What are you looking for in the sky?” The woman said: “why are you looking at the sky?” “I didn’t look at the sky.” David said. “My nose was bleeding.(流血)”
David bought a hot dog on his way to school.
The women stopped because she saw David looking at the sky.
Not many people looked at the sky.
Later, David lowered his head.
There isn’t anything special in the sky.

I have a little dog．Its name is Cici．Cici is only one year old．It is from Beijing．It’s very lovely(可爱的)．All the people(人)in my family(家)like it very much．It has two big ears，a big mouth，a small nose and four short legs．Its eyes are big，too．It’s white and black．And its nose is black．
根据短文内容，判断句子正(T)误(F)。
Cici is a cat．
Cici is one year old．
All the people in my family like it very much．
Cici is White and black．
Cici’s nose is red．