初中英语阅读理解

Once there lived an old man. He liked gold（金子）better than anything else in the world. He often said, “If I have enough gold, I will be the happiest man in the world.”
One day when he was traveling（旅行）in the desert(沙漠), the old man lost his way. He was very hungry and thirsty, but there were only rocks and sand around him. Just then, he found a bag lying on the sand. He hoped he would find water and food in it. He took up the bag and opened it. He saw that the bag was full(满的) of gold. He was so sad that he threw away（扔掉）the bag and began crying.
Now, the old man knew that there was something better than gold in the world.
The old man liked ____ best before he traveled in the desert.

A．food

B．water

C．gold

D．money

When he lost his way, he wanted to get ____.

A．food or water	B．rocks and sand
C．bags full of gold	D．food and water

The old man did not become the happiest man when he got the bag of gold because ____.

A．the bag was too small

B．the gold wasn’t his

C．he was very hungry and thirsty

D．he didn’t like gold at all

In the end, the old man knew that gold was ____ in the world.

A．the best thing	B．the worst thing
C．better than anything	D．not the best thing

Mr Smith gave his wife (妻子)money every Friday evening. His wife always spent it all the next Wednesday, so that for the next three days she had no money to spend at all. One day Mr Smith asked her, “But how did you spend all that money?” She answered, “I don't know .”So on Friday evening, Mr Smith gave her money together with an exercise book and a pencil. He said to his wife , “Please write down how you spend the money .”Next Tuesday, his wife had no money again. Mr Smith took the exercise book to see how she had spent it. “I have done what you told me,”she said gladly(乐意的). She had written “Friday, I got 18 pounds from Mr Smith. ” on the first page, and on the second page, she wrote , “Tuesday, I have spent it all.”
Mr. Smith gave his wife money every  _________.

A．Monday morning	B．Friday evening
C．Friday morning	D．Wednesday afternoon

Smith gave his wife an exercise book and a pencil and asked her________.

A．to do homework

B．to draw a picture on it

C．to write down how she spent the money

D．to have a look

Mrs Smith was _________ to do what Mr Smith asked her to .

A．happy

B．sad

C．sorry

D．excited

The story tells us that Mrs Smith was not very_________.

A．glad

B．tall

C．careful

D．healthy

Beijing Sunshine Secondary School offers after-school clubs and activities from Monday to Friday. These activities are offered to all of the students at no cost. The school decides to give its students opportunities(机会) to become successful lifelong learners.

Clubs and activities	Time	Place	Advisor(指导教师)
Art Club	Tuesday& Thursday 3.05PM—4.35PM	Art Room	Ms. Wang
Chess Club	Monday& Wednesday             3.05PM—4.35PM	Chess Room	Mr. Zhang
Computer Club	Tuesday& Thursday 3.05PM—4.35PM	Computer Room	Mr. Chen
Sewing Club	Monday& Wednesday 3.05PM—4.35PM	The dressmaker’s	Ms Wang
Web Design	Monday 3.05PM—4.35PM	Computer Room	Mr. He
Drama Club	Tuesday& Thursday 3.05PM—4.35PM	Music Room	Ms Qing& Ms Yao
Dress Designing	Friday 3.05PM—4.35PM	Art Room	Ms Wang
Other helpful clubs and activities, as you like.

Why does the school offer its students the clubs and activities?

A．To make the students get ready for work.

B．To help the students spend their free time.

C．To make some money.

D．To give the students abilities to learn.

What is Ms. Wang good at?

A．Music and dancing.	B．Sport and games.
C．Computers and design.	D．Dress and art.

Who teaches you Web Design?

A．Mr. Zhang	B．Mr. Chen
C．Mr. He	D．Ms. He

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Jack passed the entrance exam and was admitted to a famous university. These days, his father is looking for a mobile phone for him so as to keep in touch with each other closely.
Tom was a senior middle school student. He likes sports very much and plays football every afternoon.  But after class this afternoon he has to buy a pair of shoes because his shoes have been worn out.
There’s a party this evening — for Mary’s 15th birthday. Her family are making preparations for it. Her brother’s job is to buy some drink.
Joan doesn’t want to forget the past, especially the happy moments.
Bill travelsed a lot when he was younger. Now that he has stopped his work, he enjoys reading about foreign people, places and customs.

A．“Just do it!” — This slogan（口号）speaks out to teens. It tells them to do something, but only if they think it’s worth it. And if so, why not do it wearing Nike?

B．“Always Coca-Cola.” — Coke’s slogans change every few years, but this one has enjoyed a lasting popularity because it shows the brand’s spirit. It seems to say “Coke is the only drink there is; there are no other forms of drink.”

C．“Share moments, share life.” — This slogan from Kodak connects photos and beauty. It asks people to remember the happy moments in life by taking photos of them — using Kodak film of course!

D．On hearing the slogan “Make yourself heard”, you will know there is Ericsson product for you to call anyone.

E. There are some public service advertisements（PSAs）that educate people about public service projects, such as Project Hope. Its slogan is “Project Hope — Schooling every child.”
F. One magazine ad says “Make me your window on the world!” The advertisers say that the weekly magazine can bring the world to your home. “Have you ever wondered what the Chinese eat for breakfast? Did you know that the Sahara Desert is getting bigger every year? This fascinating magazine, full of color pictures, is your window on the world.

Do you like games? Do you like playing games with children? Children have their own rules in playing games. They seldom need a referee(裁判) and hardly trouble to keep scores. They don’t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities can’t be directly compared. They also enjoy games that move in stages, in which each stage, the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the decision of which side shall start, is almost a game in itself.
Grown-ups can hardly find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is afraid in life. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too, in some game, where it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he has caught.
It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.
From the passage, we know that ________ when the children play the games

A．they need a referee

B．they care the scores

C．they depend on a lucky chance

D．they care who the winner is

What is TRUE about children when they play games?

A．They can stop playing any time they like.

B．They can test their personal abilities.

C．They want to pick a better team.

D．They don’t need rules.

A child becomes a leader during the games ________.

A．if he is popular.

B．when it is his turn.

C．when others are afraid of him.

D．if he is confident.

One of the reasons that a child likes playing games is that ________.

A．he can be someone other than himself

B．he can become popular among friends

C．he finds he is always lucky in games

D．he likes the place where he plays a game

The writer believes that ________.

A．children should make better rules for their games

B．children should invite grown-ups to play with them

C．children can get a lot from the game.

D．children play games without reasons

Mary David knew she wanted to be a movie star when she was very young. She was not sure what gave her the idea, but she wanted to look like a movie star. “I have a lot of pictures from my childhood of me wearing sunglasses,” she says. “I used to wear them to watch TV.”
Early movie actors started wearing sunglasses, not because they looked good, but because their eyes hurt. The lights used on movie sets were really bright and could cause a painful problem known as “Klieg eyes”. It was named after the Klieg brothers who invented the lights. Actors wore sunglasses to give their eyes a rest. But when movie stars began wearing their sunglasses in public, they quickly became a must.
From then on, actors started wearing sunglasses in their movies as well as on the street. Audrey Hepburn wore ultra-cool Ray-Ban sunglasses in the 1961 movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. As a result, Ray-Ban sunglasses started to appear more and more in the movies. In 1979, Ray-Ban “Wayfarers” were worn by Jake and Elwood in The Blue Brothers. Tom Cruise wore Ray-Ban “Aviator” sunglasses in the 1986 hit, Top Gun. Then in 1997, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones made Ray-Ban “Predator” sunglasses famous in Men in Black.
Why did Mary David like to wear sunglasses?

A．She was a movie star.

B．She wanted to follow a movie star.

C．Wearing sunglasses was good to her eyes.

D．It was good to wear sunglasses when watching TV.

Early actors’ eyes hurt because ________.

A．they wore sunglasses.

B．they went out in the sun too much

C．the lights on movie sets were too bright

D．their words were written in very small writing

In order to ________, the actors wore sunglasses in the movies at first .

A．be cool

B．get a must

C．give their eyes rest

D．keep off the sunlight.

We may know from this passage that ________.

A．Audrey Hepburn was a famous film star

B．Ray-Ban is the name of sunglasses maker

C．sunglasses made Top Gun the hit in 1986

D．Men in Black must be an advertisement of sunglasses

What is the main idea of this passage?

A．The use of sunglasses.

B．The history of sunglasses.

C．The sunglasses and movie stars.

D．Why movie stars like to wear sunglasses.

When I was a soldier , my first Christmas came. I was in training in New Jersey and not sure if I could make it home for the holidays. Only on the afternoon of December 23 was the list of men who would have three-day passes (通行证) posted. I was one of the lucky soldiers.
It was Christmas Eve when I arrived, and a light snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see beside her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood. There were lights, all colors, and ornaments (装饰物) shining against the green of a pine tree.
“Where did it come from？” I asked.
“I asked the Gates boy to cut it,” my mother said. “I wouldn’t have had one just for myself, but when you called--- oh, such a rush! He just brought it in this afternoon…”
The pine was so high, almost to the ceiling, and the Tree Top Krystal Star was in its place. A few green branches reached out a little ugly at the side, I thought, and there was a bit of bare trunk showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with warm light and the whole house with pleasant smell of Christmas.
“It’s not like the ones you used to find,” my mother went on. “Yours were always in good shape. I suppose the Gates boy didn’t know where to look for them. But I couldn’t be picky.”
“Don’t worry, ” I told her. “It’s perfect.”
It wasn’t, of course, but at the moment I realized something for the first time: all Christmas trees are perfect.
The Christmas tree was from ________.

A．a shop	B．the writer
C．his mother	D．the Gates boy

When the writer got home, ________.

A．it was December 23

B．it was snowing heavily

C．he found a Christmas tree in the living room

D．the Gates boy was cutting a Christmas tree for his mother

From the passage, we can learn that ________.

A．the writer used to cut very beautiful Christmas trees

B．his mother didn’t like perfect trees

C．his mother didn’t want to have a tree

D．the writer wouldn’t have a tree cut by someone else

“All Christmas trees are perfect”, because they can remind you of ________.

A．the wartime	B．the green of a pine
C．the pleasant smell	D．the sweet home

The best title for this passage would be “________”.

A．How to Choose a Christmas Tree

B．How Soldiers Spent Christmas

C．The Perfect Christmas Tree

D．The Christmas Without a Tree

根据括号中的中文提示，写单词，每空限填一词
My teachers thought I was the_________(差)  student. My family also had the  same thought ______(与……一样) my teachers.
When I was going to give up my studying. a new teacher. Miss White came to our school. She was young. ________(美丽的) and knowledgeable.
One day. I was sitting __________(独自)in my classroom. Miss White came up to me and talked to me happily. Soon her smile drove away my ________（不快）
“Do you think I can go to college?” I didn’t know  why I asked such a question. I thought she must say “no”. because everyone _______(别的) said so. But she said. “Dear. you can do anything you want. Just try. and you’ll get closer to success. I _________（相信） you are the best!”
I was ________ (感动，触动) deeply by her words. I decided to work hard. From then on. we became good ______（朋友）. She often helped me with my study in her free time.
In the end. I did well in my studies and went to a good college. Miss White is an angel(天使). Her words have kept me going forward. She helped me to see that I am special and can be ____ （成功）in life.

Practicing yoga(瑜伽) is a helpful. popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have heard of “hot yoga” before. Now. in India. a new kind of yoga. water yoga. is becoming more and more popular among the local people.
In the city of Agra. people practice yoga in water. It is more difficult to practice yoga in water than on land. But practicing yoga in water can be good for your flexibility (灵活性).
Harish Chaturvedi. a lawyer. teaches people water yoga for free—even the poor people can learn from him. “Water yoga can become more popular than other kind of yoga. because the body does not get tired so quickly.” he said. “Everybody can learn to swim. but if they learn yoga at the same time. they will never feel tired.”
“The level of Oxygen(氧气) is very high in water. and you will not have any breathing problem.” he added.
Harish believes that water yoga really helps people to keep away from illness. He mainly trains children. He has classes at the swimming pool of a local sports room regularly. Many children are interested in it and come to learn from him.
“Harish is very good at performing yoga in water.” said Sudhir Narayan. a water yoga student. “He is teaching children free of cost and that is a very good thing.”
What is Harish Chaturvedi?

A．A teacher.	B．A lawyer.
C．A doctor.	D．A swimmer.

Why is water yoga more popular than others?
A. Because you can learn to swim at the same time.
B. Because you don’t get tired so quickly.
C. Because it can keep people fat.
D. Both A and B.
The underlined phrase “for free” in the passage means _______.

A．快乐地

B．自由地

C．免费地

D．规律地

There are more _______ than _______ in Harish’s yoga class.

A．children; adults	B．adults; children
C．women; men	D．olds; adults

What can be the best title of the passage?

A．Ways to keep fit

B．Water yoga in India

C．Hot yoga in the world

D．Harish Chaturvedi and his classes

Bookstores are second homes for readers. Although many people can now buy books online. many readers still like the feeling in bookstores. They can touch the books and smell the print.
In China. there are many special bookstores. Sanlian Taofen Bookstore became the first 24-hour bookstore in Beijing at the beginning of April. Popular Holdings in Shanghai is a film-themed bookstore. It has film books and posters. Eslite Bookstore in Taiwan often has activities like talks with famous writers.
At the same time. bookstores outside China can be very colorful. too. Scarthin Books is a small bookstore in the UK. It sells new and second-hand books. There are more than 100.000 books lying on the shelves of the store’s 12 rooms. Bart’s Books in the US is a good place to enjoy the sunshine while reading books. It’s an outdoor bookstore. Bookshelves are on the street. When the store is closed. people can still buy books. They just put money into the door’s coin box. Where can you find a café. bar and bookstore in just one place? The answer is probably El Pendulo in Mexico. Books line(排列成行) the walls of the store. On the second floor. visitors can order everyday meals in the café and drinks from the bar. In order to keep cool. there are green plants and trees inside. Does it look like a park?
______ special bookstores inside China are mentioned in the passage.

A．2

B．3

C．5

D．6

.Scarthin Books is ______.

A．a 24-hour bookstore	B．an outdoor bookstore
C．in the US	D．small

People can still buy books at ______ when it’s closed.

A．Bart’s Books	B．Popular Holdings
C．Eslite Bookstore	D．El Pendulo

.Readers can ______ at El Pendulo.

A．talk with famous writers	B．order meals
C．enjoy the sunshine	D．buy film posters

A recently study found people’s lives are made shorter in North China. It is showed the life expectancy(平均寿命) had been cut down by 5.5 years there.       Researchers think that the heavy air pollution in China should be to blame(承担责任). It’s really the truth. Our government has already done something. However. it doesn’t seem to work so well.
“Air pollution in China is doing harm to people’s health. The harm is much more serious than we can imagine.” said Chen Yuyu of Beijing University. one of researchers of this study.
Dirty air brings serious problems in North China. In January this year. the air pollution was worse than that in other places. That was caused by rising temperature and waste gas(废气) from coal heating.
Chinese government should strongly fight against air pollution. They should think of more proper ways to deal with the problem. People should be encouraged to take buses. ride bicycles or walk. instead of driving cars. The factories that pollute heavily should be closed.
“We need to improve our environment. although it might be expensive. Protecting our environment means protecting ourselves.” Li Hongbin. another researcher of the study said.

The passage above may come from a(n)        ?

A．story	B．advertisement
C．report	D．diary

Which of the following is Li Hongbin’s idea?

A．The life expectancy had been cut by 5.5 years.

B．Chinese government should close some factories that pollute heavily.

C．People need to make pollution less. although it might cost a lot.

D．The air problem brings us serious problems.

What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Air pollution in North China is caused by waste gas.

B．To save the environment. our government should do something more.

C．The temperature becomes higher and higher in North China.

D．How air pollution in North China is caused.

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A kind of little cars may take the place of today’s big ones many years later. If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less pollution in the air. There will also be more space for parking in cities, and the streets will be less crowded.
The little cars of the future will cost less. Driving will be safer, too, since these little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour. The cars of the future will be fine for going around a city, but they will not be useful for a long way. Little cars will go 450 kilometers before they need to stop for more gasoline (汽油). If big cars are still used with the small ones, two kinds of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be needed for the big, faster cars and other roads will be needed for the small, slower ones.
There is much pollution in the air today because _____.

A．people drive big cars

B．people drive little cars

C．small cars will go 450 kilometers before they need to stop for more gasoline

D．the usual size of cars today is too small

The usual size of cars today is _____.

A．much smaller than the future one

B．as big as the future ones

C．as small as the future ones

D．bigger than the future ones

Which of the following statements (陈述) is NOT TRUE?

A．Big cars cost more.

B．Big cars are not useful for a long way.

C．The cars of the future will be smaller than today’s cars.

D．Small cars are slower than big ones.

The streets will be less crowded because _____.

A．there will be fewer cars in the future

B．there will be fewer people in the streets

C．three kinds of roads will be built

D．future cars will be smaller

Two kinds of roads will be needed in the future because _____.

A．there will be too many cars in the future

B．more and more people will go to cities

C．big cars run faster and little cars run slower

D．it looks more beautiful to have two kinds of roads

“Tom? Are you in bed yet?” called Mrs.White. There was no answer. Mrs. White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son’s room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a motorbike was running fast.
“Oh, Tom. You’re still playing on that computer game. You must stop now, it’s half past eleven. If you don’t go to bed soon, you’ll be very tired tomorrow, ” said Mrs. White.“But I’ve nearly won the game, ” Tom said to Mrs. White. She could see the excitement on his face. She sat down beside him.“You’re always playing on the computer. You spend more time on this machine than on your homework. ”
Today more and more families have computers. Parents hope computers can help their children improve their study at school. But many of their children use computers to play games and watch videos instead of studying. We often see that computer net bars are crowded with people, especially young boys. They spend a lot of money competing(竞争) with the computerized (用计算机控制的) machines. The more they lose, the more they want to win. The result is that they don’t want to work or study.
In some countries, even scientists hate computers. They say computers cause millions of people to lose their jobs or cause them a lot of trouble. Computer game addiction(瘾) is a serious problem in social(社会的) life. Something has to be done to solve the problem.
How did Mrs. White feel when she saw her son playing late?

A．She felt excited.	B．She felt happy.
C．She felt worried.	D．She felt wonderful.

Parents hope computers can _____.

A．help their children improve their study at school

B．help their children play well

C．help their children know a lot of Internet knowledge

D．help their children relax themselves

Many children use computers to _____.
A.watch videos  B.listen to songs
C.play games   D.A、B and C
The writer thinks _____.

A．the boys can go to the computer net bars, but the girls can’t

B．the computer net bars are very useful

C．the children spend too much money on computer games

D．the children should play computer games

Why do some scientists hate computers?
A.They think computers cause millions of people to lose their jobs.
B.They think computers cause them a lot of trouble.
C.They think it’s a waste of time to use computers.
D.Both A and B.

综合填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
We have been in Australia for three days.We’re having a g    time here.Australia is the sixth largest country in the world.There is so m     to see that it is impossible for me to tell you everything.Sydney is a beautiful city.There are many big t     and beautiful flowers around the houses and they l    really beautiful.There are also some special a    in Australia,such as kangaroo and koalas.They are really lovely.
During the past three days we’ve visiyed many p      of interest around Sydney.I’d like to spend more time here.But we will f      to another city,Cairns,to see coral beds tomorrow.It is said that words cannot d       the beauty of the colourful corals.Many famous cartoon films were made there.Now we are
b       packing our bags so that we will not lose time when we leave.We can enjoy o       in Cairns this time tomorrow,I’m looking forword togoing there.