初中英语阅读理解

American football
In almost every big university(大学) in the USA, football is a favourite sport. American football is not like soccer. Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field. They have four chances to move the ball ten yards. They can carry it or throw it If they move it to the end of the field, they win six points. This is called a touchdown.
It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the team try to stop the man with the ball. If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.Each university wants its team win. Thousands of people come to watch. They all yell (助威，加油）for their favourite team. Young men and women from the cheer
Team dance and jump while they yell.Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best team plays again on January 1st,the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on television.
American football is ____________.

A．the same as soccer

B．only popular in the big universities in the USA

C．a game played only with feet

D．a game with ten players

To win six points the players in a team must ____________.

A．kick the ball ten yards

B．kick the ball to the other team

C．move the ball to the end of the field

D．throw the ball to the sky

If the man does not move the ball ten yards,____________.

A．his team loses a point

B．the other team kicks the ball to the end of the field

C．his team kicks the ball to the other team.

D．his team wins six points

.Each university will have ____________ to help them win the game.

A．thousands of people	B．a cheer team
C．a favourite team	D．a good player

It is a very important sport because ____________.

A．many people like it

B．thousands of people play it

C．the best team will play on New Year's Day .

D．many universities have this game

My grandfather Jack is 96 years old，and he has had an interesting life.He has travelled a lot in his life in the Far East.He visited the Taj Mahal in India and the Pyramids in Egypt.He hunted (狩猎) lions in Africa，and rode a camel in the Sahara Desert.He says the most beautiful place he has travelled to is Kathmandu in Nepal.
Jack has married twice.His first wife died when she was 32.He met his second wife Maria while he was cycling round France.They have been married for 50 years，and they  have lived happily in a small village since they got married. Jack says that he has never been ill in his life. The secret of good health，according to my   grandfather，is exercise. He goes swimming every morning .He has done this since he was a boy. He also has a glass of wine every night！Perhaps that is his secret!
What kind of life has Jack lived?

A．A short life.	B．An interesting life.
C．A lonely life.	D．A poor life.

Which of the following does Jack think is the most beautiful place?

A．Kathmandu.	B．The Pyramids.
C．The Sahara Desert.	D．Taj Mahal.

How many times has Jack married?

A．Once.	B．Twice.
C．Three times.	D．Four times.

Where did Jack meet Maria?

A．In India.	B．In Nepal.
C．In France.	D．In Egypt.

What does Jack do every night?

A．He has a glass of wine.	B．He goes swimming.
C．He hunts lions.	D．He rides a camel.

One fine winter day some ants were working in the field. They were very busy. Just then a grasshopper(蚱蜢)passed by." Good day, kind ants," said the grasshopper. "I am very hungry. Won't you lend me a little food? (A)我没有东西吃了。 I will pay you before the next autumn. " "Don't you have food of your own? (B)Why didn't you gather any food during the summer? You know there was much food in the field during the summer. What were you doing then?" asked an old ant. The grasshopper answered, "I (C)           (sing) all day and night during the summer. And so I had no time to gather any food.Please lend me some food. "Well, then," said the ant."(D)   You only played and did not work during the summer. We'll never lend you any food. "(E) And the ants went on working.
将(A)处画线句子翻译成英语。
写出(B)处画线句子的同义词。
根据上下文及括号里的提示可知在(C)处应填入的是                         
从下列句子中选择合适的句子填入文中(D)处。
a. You sang very well and we all liked your songs very much.
b. You could sing all the summer and you also could dance all the winter.
c. You are one of the best singers here and we cheer you.
d. Would you like to perform one for us?
将（E）处画线句子翻译成汉语。
                                                                         

Some countries have a large number of earthquakes. Japan is one of them, while others do not have many, for example, there are few earthquakes in Britain.
There is often a great noise during an earthquake.  The ground vibrates (颤动).Houses fall down. Railways are broken, which causes trains to turn over. Sometimes thousands of people are killed in different ways. About 60,000 were killed in 1783 in the south of Italy. Some people say that earthquakes often happen near volcanoes(火山), but it is not true. The centres of some earthquakes are under the sea. The bottom of the sea suddenly moves. The powerful forces inside the earth break the rocks. The coast is shaken and great waves appear. These waves travel long distances and rush over the land when they reach it, breaking down houses and other buildings. Sometimes they break more buildings than the earthquake itself.
A terrible earthquake happened in Assam, India, in 1986.The land near Shillong suddenly moved 1.5 feet to one side, and then back again. It continued to act like this 20 times a minute.Few buildings could stand what was happening and the great stones flew four feet up into the air. What kind of building stays up best in an earthquake? The Americans carefully studied the results of the earthquake at San Francisco(1906) and believed it best for buildings to be made with concrete(混凝土) walls together by steel frames. Such are the buildings that can't burn or fall easily.
The best title of this passage should be       .

A．The Centres of Earthquakes

B．Earthquakes

C．The Loss(损失) Caused by Earthquakes

D．Buildings and Earthquakes

Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Trains' turning over is directly caused by the earthquakes.

B．Some earthquakes have their centres under the sea.

C．It isn't certain that earthquakes happen near volcanoes.

D．Buildings with concrete walls are better against earth quakes.

Earthquakes often happen       .

A．near volcanoes	B．in Japan
C．in Britain	D．Both A and B

      make(s) more loss than the earthquake itself.

A．Nothing

B．Volcanoes

C．Forces inside the earth

D．Terrible waves by the earthquake

When an earthquake happens,      can be heard.

A．trains	B．thousands of people
C．a great noise	D．the powerful forces

Ladies First
In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above. When walking on the sidewalk or on the
side of the road,a man should walk on the outside(closer to the road). But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them. Then if the host (主人) or hostess (女主人),) or both of them come in a ear to get their guest for dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat.
In America, men usually       .

A．walk ahead of women	B．eat in a restaurant
C．walk behind women	D．drive a car to work.

On the street, men

A．cross the street

B．walk on the sidewalk

C．walk near the ladies

D．walk on the outside (closer to the road)

If a man walks with two ladies, he should       .

A．walk between them	B．run before them
C．follow them	D．go away

If Mrs Green gets  you to her house in a car,  you should

A．jump into the car	B．sit at the front seat
C．sit at the back seat	D．drive the ear

Zhou Yan, a Junior 3 student, wishes he never got a mobile phone. Last week, he went to see a doctor because his arms and fingers were in pain. The doctor told him that he had a "mobile
phone disease(疾病)". A growing number of teenagers are getting a "mobile phone disease" because most of them are using mobile phones.
Zhou got his mobile phone five months ago.  He sent rues sages to his friends with it all the time. Zhou started to do badly in the exams because he spent much time playing with his mobile phone. His mother got very angry with him.  He didn't stop playing with the mobile phone until his arms and fingers got painful.
Yang Ling, a doctor, says that if someone, like Zhou Yan,uses the mobile phone too much, he might get a "mobile phone disease". If teenagers find their arms or fingers painful, they
should go to see a doctor as soon as possible. Yang Ling said students should try to use their mobile phones less, especially at school.
Zhou Yan wishes he never got a mobile phone because

A．it is useless to him

B．it doesn't work well

C．it made his arms and fingers painful

D．his mother got angry with him

Zhou Yan didn't do well in exams because       .

A．he didn't like studying

B．he was ill and didn't go to school

C．he was afraid of exams

D．he spent much time playing with the mobile phone

If someone has a "mobile phone disease", it means       .

A．the mobile phone brought him a disease

B．something is wrong with his mobile phone

C．he can't live without the mobile phone

D．he hates the mobile phone very much

Yang Ling thinks students should       .

A．go to see a doctor very often

B．use mobile phones more when they are at school

C．use mobile phones less

D．not use mobile phones any more

The writer wants to tell us          in the article.

A．only a few teenagers have mobile phones

B．using mobile phones too much is bad for our study and health

C．mobile phones can help students get out of trouble

D．people shouldn't use mobile phones

Americans love cars. They have more than 250 million (百万) cars ---about one car for every 1.2 people. But these cars cause (引起) too much air pollution. Even children know that cars need gas (汽油)  to run. If there is no gas, today's cars will become tomorrow's about the cars in the future, they usually think of hydrogen (氢气) cars, electric (电的) cars and flying cars.
Hydrogen cars might be the cars of the future. They don't cause pollution and the hydrogen turns into water after it is used. The first hydrogen car was made by Honda. It was very expensive and didn't run very far.
There are some electric cars on the market, but they can't run very far or very fast. In the future, there will be a lot of electric cars on the road. When the batteries (电池) are better and cheaper, electric cars will become more popular.
There will be another kind of car --- flying cars. They will be able to run in the air. But now there is only one company, MDI, making this kind of car.
We can know from the text that there are about     _ people in American.
A. 250 million    B. 300 million      C. 208 million
Hydrogen turns into        after it is used.
A. water          B. air                   C. gas
Which of the following is TRUE about electric cars?
A. They can run fast but not very far.
B. They are very popular with people now.
C. They are still too expensive for people to buy.
How many kinds of cars are mentioned in the passage?
A. Two                 B. Three                 C. Four
What is the best title for the text?
A. Cars in the future.
B. Americans and cars.
C. Air pollution.

Mr Smith just opened a small restaurant. To attract （吸引）People, he put up a notice (通知) in front of the restaurant. It said, "Meals on the house for three days."
The next day, a foreign student passed by the restaurant. He didn't know much English. It was lunch time and he felt very hungry. He walked to the restaurant and saw the notice. "American people are really funny; They even have dinners on the house! But how can I get up to the top of the house?" He said to himself.
He looked around and found a ladder (梯子). But when he reached the top, he heard someone  shouting at him, "Hey! What are you doing up there?"
"Doesn't your notice say 'Meals on the house for three days'? Is it just a joke?" the foreign student asked.
When people heard this, they all laughed, "Do you know what that means? It means all the food here is free these days."
Mr Smith put a notice in front of the restaurant, because           .
A. he wanted to make a joke on people
B. he wanted more people to have meals there
C. he wanted to make the restaurant more beautiful
What did the foreign student think of American people?
A. Friendly.   B. Funny.       C. Outgoing.
The foreign student climbed to the top of the house in order to              .
A. make a joke  B. have lunch   C. use the ladder
How did the foreign student get to the top of the house?
A. He used a ladder.
B. He used the notice.
C. He jumped.
"Meals on the house" in the passage probably means             .
A. serving meals only on the house
B. eating something special on the top of the house
C. you can eat meals but pay nothing for them

In many English homes people eat four meals a day. They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge(粥) , eggs and bread and drink tea or coffee for breakfast. Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is at about seven thirty. First they have soup, then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that, they eat other things, like bananas, oranges or apples. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper. And all these meals are very simple(简单).
Most English people have _________for breakfast.

A．eggs and bread	B．eggs and fish
C．bread, soup and meat	D．coffee and oranges

English people have lunch ___________.

A．at any time	B．at one
C．from four to five	D．at nine

For dinner, they don’t have _____________.

A．soup	B．fish
C．bananas	D．porridge

Mr. Smith is 70 years old. Every morning he goes for a walk in the park. And he comes home at twelve thirty for lunch. But today a car stops at his house at twelve and two policemen help him get out of the car. One of them says to Mr. Smith’s daughter, “the old man can’t find his way home in the park. He asks us to help him find home.” The daughter thanks the policemen. Then she asks her father, “Dad, you go to the park every day. But today, you can’t find the way. What’s wrong with you?” The old man smiles like a child and says, “I can find my way. But I don’t want to walk home”
Today Mr. Smith comes home___________.

A．by car	B．by bike
C．by bus	D．on foot

The policemen think Mr. Smith ____________ in the park.

A．doesn’t want to walk home

B．can’t find his way home

C．knows the way

D．is ill

Mr. Smith’s daughter thinks _________________________.

A．Her father wants to go home by car

B．Her father wants to have lunch early

C．Her father doesn’t want to walk home

D．Something is wrong with her father

Why does Mr. Smith come home in policemen’s car?

A．Because he doesn’t want to walk home.

B．Because he likes to take a police car

C．Because the policemen like to send him home.

D．Because he is tired.

Barry and Jim are twin (孪生的) brothers. But they like different things. Barry likes basketball and soccer. He is in the school basketball club, and he plays soccer every day. He has 9 basketballs in his bookcase. He also likes volleyball. He has 3 white volleyballs and 3 blue volleyballs. He doesn’t like tennis. He wants to be a soccer player.
Jim doesn’t like sports. He likes books. He thinks reading books is interesting. He reads a book every day. He has many books about English. He has a great collection of English books. But he puts these books everywhere in his room. He thinks books are good friends. He wants to be a writer.
What club is Barry in?

A．The school soccer club.	B．The school volleyball club.
C．The school basketball club.	D．The school baseball club.

What does Barry like?

A．Soccer and volleyball.	B．Soccer and baseball.
C．Tennis and volleyball.	D．Tennis and basketball.

Which of the following is right?

A．Barry is Jim’s sister.

B．Barry reads a book every day.

C．Jim has many English books.

D．Jim has 3 white volleyballs.

I’m Li Fang. I’m a Chinese girl. I like English best because it’s interesting and useful. I like speaking English with my classmates. I join the school English club. I go to the club on Saturdays. Our English teacher is Miss Gao. She loves us very much. But she is very strict with us. And we love her, too. She often tells us some funny English stories. She likes sports very much. After class, she often plays volleyball with us. She also plays the piano very well. She often plays the piano and we sing and dance. Miss Gao is really good with us.
My favorite sports are volleyball and swimming. I usually go swimming on Sundays with my friends. My favorite animal is a dog. I often play with it after school. It’s my friend, too.
Li Fang’s favorite subject is Chinese.
Miss Gao is strict with her students.
Miss Gao often plays volleyball after class.
Miss Gao doesn’t like sports or music.
Li Fang usually goes swimming on Saturdays.

Island University has a competition for middle school students.
Read about the competition on their web site.
School Competition
Students! Here is your chance to help the physically disabled (残疾人). Think out a robot or a machine to help them live better. There’ll be three prizes. The winning schools will each get $15,000. Read the information below:
What do you have to do?
·Try to know problems faced by the physically disabled in Hong Kong. Write a 200-word article on the difficulties these people have to suffer each day.
· Try to know modern inventions that help the physically disabled. Then think out a robot or a machine that will improve the lives of the physically disabled. Draw your invention. You can make as many drawings as you like to show your invention. You can even make a small model of your invention.
·Write a short description of your invention.
Who can join?
All middle school students in Hong Kong.
So, come on! Join the competition, and get the chance!
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
Where can you find the information?
__________________________________________________________
Why is the school competition held?
__________________________________________________________
What prize will each winning school get?
__________________________________________________________
How many words should be written on the difficulties the disabled have to suffer each day?
__________________________________________________________
Who can join the competition?
__________________________________________________________

Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They’re both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.
Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples have already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (价格). They felt unhappy and returned to their village.
“I can’t understand why we sustained (蒙受) losses in business while others always profit (盈利)” Uncle Li asked one day.
“The tractor was too small.” Uncle Wang said without thinking. “We’ll carry more apples on a truck next time!”
“I agree!” said Uncle Li. “How foolish (傻的) we were!”
Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because __________.

A．they hope to save money

B．they’re both poor

C．their farms are at the foot of the mountain

D．they’re not far from their farms

The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _________.

A．make a journey	B．visit some places of interest
C．meet their friends	D．make a profit

The two farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ________.

A．theirs weren’t as good as the others’

B．theirs were much less than the others’

C．many apples had been already carried to the city

D．they forgot to carry them on a truck

Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because _________.

A．they had sustained losses in business

B．they had lost some money in the city

C．something was wrong with the tractor

D．other people profited in the city

Which of the following is true?

A．The two farmers found out why they were poor.

B．The two farmers will soon get rich.

C．Neither of the farmers is clever.

D．The two farmers decided to buy a truck.

Riding a bike is good exercise and great fun. But what do you do with your old bikes? American girl Nicole Basil has a wonderful answer to this question. She sets up Pedal Power — a charity (慈善团体) to collect (收集) old bikes and gives them to people who need them.
Nicole, 12, starts Pedal Power when she is only 8. She collects more than 250 bikes each year. Every November, Pedal Power holds a bike race to ask for more donations (捐赠品).
Nicole also gives bikes to students as prizes. Top students and hardworking students both get them. “Some kids aren’t as lucky as others, but they still do well in school,” she says. “And I think they should get a prize.”
A bicycle shop helps Nicole check (检查) every bike for the races. The owner says he is happy to help the charity. “This is just wonderful,” he says. “We need to learn from Nicole to help others.”
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
What does Nicole do with the old bikes?
_________________________________________
How long has Nicole worked at Pedal Power?
_________________________________________
When does Nicole hold a bike race to ask for more old bikes?
_________________________________________
What kind of students can get the bikes as prizes?
_________________________________________
What does the shop owner do to help the charity?
_________________________________________