初中英语阅读理解

Do you want to save(节省) money when you take our train to travel? Here aresome ways.
Day Returns
This kind of ticket can save you 45% on the fare. You have to travel before 8:00 a.m. and after 6:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday, but you can travel at any time on Saturday or Sunday.
Big City Savers
You can save much money with these tickets. You have to buy them by 4:00 p.m. the day before you travel.
Monthly Returns
You can use these tickets for most journeys over 65 miles(英里). Go any day and return within(在…之内) a month. Monthly Returns can save you 25% on the fare.
Family Returns
You can get a card of Family Returns for $20. After you buy it, you need to pay only $3 for each of the other family members. You can travel as often as you like within two months.
How many kinds of tickets are mentioned(提及) in the passage?

A．Two.	B．Three.
C．Four.	D．Five.

Which kind of ticket will you choose if you want to go to another city 75miles away this afternoon and stay there for four days?

A．Big City Savers.

B．Monthly Returns.

C．Day Returns.

D．Family Returns.

Mr Wu has a card of Family Returns. He and his family members are going to travel. How much will he pay for the tickets for his three family members?

A．$29.	B．$12.
C．$9.	D．$15

Which of the following is true?

A．A card of Family Returns can only be used for two months.

B．If you want to travel to Paris by air, you can use Big City Savers.

C．If you travel to Tokyo for three months, you can use Monthly Returns.

D．You can only use Day Returns from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the weekend.

The passage is maybe taken from(取材于) _________ .

A．a dictionary

B．a notebook

C．a newspaper

D．a storybook

Many animals hide(躲藏) to stay alive. They hide in many ways. Some animals hide in leaves; some animals hide in snow. Usually their colors or shapes(形状) help protect them. It’s hard to see an Arctic bear in snow. Its white fur helps protect it. Chameleons(变色龙) can hide by changing colors. Their skin turns the same color as what is around them. Some chameleons can change colors in five minutes.
Many animals try to look bigger than they are to stay alive. Some animals can make other animals think they are very big. If they look very big, animals that are looking for food will run away. Bears can walk on two legs. They look very, very scary(可怕的). Some animals will run away from them.
Many animals try to stay around other animals. This helps them stay alive. Zebras stay close together so that they can help each other look out for danger. Seeing many stripes(条纹) at once can also confuse(使混乱) animals that want to eat them. Some birds stay in a circle, each toward a different direction. In this way they can also help each other stay alive by looking around for animals that may want to eat one of them.
Animals have ways to stay alive. Which animal try to look bigger than they are to stay alive in the passage?

A．Zebras.	B．Chameleons.
C．Birds.	D．Bears.

Why do animals hide?

A．Because they like to play hide-and-seek.

B．Because they are shy.

C．Because they want to catch other animals.

D．Because they want to protect themselves.

How do Chameleons hide?

A．They change colors.

B．They change shapes.

C．They hide in snow.

D．They hide in leaves.

How do zebras hide?

A．Become good friends.

B．Talk to each other.

C．Help each other look out for danger.

D．Eat and play together.

Why do animals try to look bigger than they are?

A．They want other animals to run away from them.

B．They want other animals to follow them.

C．They want other animals to see them.

D．They want other animals to like them

What do people want to do at Nancy’s Gym?

A．To enjoy swimming

B．To learn skating

C．To become thinner

D．To become taller

Lucy likes skating. Which advertisement is she interested in?

A．Ice World

B．Water World

C．Nancy’s Gym

D．Keep fit

You can call at _________ when you want to swim.

A．45562233	B．88682526
C．21518296	D．85882526

You can go to swim in Water World at___________.

A．8:00 a.m.	B．9:30 a.m.
C．10:00 p.m.	D．11:00 p.m.

Which activity costs the most for an adult?

A．Keeping fit at Nancy’s Gym.

B．Skating in Ice World.

C．Swimming in Water World.

D．Making the Telephone.

We go shopping (购物) on Sunday. I often go to the supermarket (超市) with my mother on Sunday morning. Father likes fruit very much. We buy some bananas for him. Mother likes red apples, but the apples in the supermarket are green. We don’t buy(买) them. The strawberries are very nice. Mother likes them very much and buys some for herself(她自己). The oranges are very nice, too. Mother buys some for me. I like oranges very much.
We need some vegetables. The vegetables in the supermarket are very good. We buy some broccoli. I don’t like broccoli, but my parents like it. I like carrots very much. We buy lots of carrots. After shopping, mother and I have some salad, French fries and ice cream. Then we go back home with the fruit and vegetables.
Who likes strawberries very much? ________

A．I	B．Father
C．Mother	D．I don’t know.

---- Does mum buy apples?  ----____________.

A．Yes, she does.

B．No, she doesn’t.

C．She likes apples.

D．She doesn’t like apples.

Mother buys some oranges for _______.

A．herself	B．father
C．us	D．me

My parents like _______, but I don’t like it.

A．hamburgers

B．strawberries

C．carrots

D．broccoli

After we buy the fruit and vegetables, _____________.

A．we go back home

B．we want to buy some new clothes

C．we eat some apples

D．we have some salad, French fries and ice cream

Jim: Let’s play computer games.
Peter: That sounds good. Where’s your computer?
Jim: I don’t have a computer. Do you have a computer?
Peter: No, I don’t. But I have a TV. Let’s watch TV.
Jim: No, it’s boring. Let’s play tennis. I have a tennis racket.
Peter: Good. Where is it?
Jim: On the sofa. Do you have a racket?
Peter: No, I don’t. Does your brother have a racket?
Jim: Yes, he does. And he has tennis balls.
Does Jim have a computer? ________

A．Yes, he does.

B．No, he doesn’t.

C．He has a computer.

D．He has two computers.

Jim has a racket. Where is it? ________

A．It’s on the sofa.

B．It’s near the sofa.

C．It’s behind the sofa.

D．It’s under the sofa.

---- Does Peter have a tennis racket?
---- ________

A．Yes, he does.

B．No, he doesn’t.

C．He has two tennis rackets.

D．He doesn’t have two tennis rackets.

______ has a brother.

A．Jim	B．Peter
C．Jim and Peter	D．Jelly

Jim and Peter will(将会) _______ .

A．play computer games

B．watch TV

C．play tennis

D．go to school

Mr. Brown is from England. He and his wife（妻子）are teachers . They teach English in Shanghai. They have a son and a daughter. They are John and Lucy. John is a middle school student, but Lucy is not. She is only six.
They have two bikes. One is big, and the other is small. The big bike is for John. The small one is for Lucy.
On Sundays, sometimes they are at home, sometimes they go to the parks. They like China. They have a lot of Chinese friends.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写T，错误的写F。
Mr. Brown and Mrs. Brown are English teachers.
They have a son and a daughter .
John isn’t a student because he is only six years old .
The small bike is for John , and the big one is for his sister .
They have many friends in China .

I lost my red schoolbag in our library. My key is in it. I must find it. Please call me at 6755321. Thank you.                    Jason, Class 332

Brandy found a white watch under a desk in his classroom. Is it yours? Please ask Mr. Hanson for it. His telephone number is 8974588. Class 213

Alan, your baseball is on the table of our computer room. We found it under the bookcase. Please call 2315649 to get it. Computer Room

Where is my pencil box? It’s green. A black pen and an ID card are in it. I’m in Class 234. My phone number is 3541679. Please call me. Robert

The schoolbag is ________.

A．white	B．black
C．red	D．green

A ________ is in the schoolbag.

A．key	B．watch
C．ring	D．card

Mr. Hanson’s phone number is ________.

A．6755321	B．8974588
C．2315649	D．3541679

The baseball is ________ now.

A．on the chair

B．under the desk

C．on the table

D．under the bookcase

________ lost a pencil box.

A．Jason	B．Brandy
C．Alan	D．Robert

John Brown and Anna are Alan’s _______ .

A．parents

B．grandparents

C．brother and sister

D．uncle and aunt

Mary is Sally’s _______.

A．aunt	B．mother
C．sister	D．friend

Ann is John Brown’s _______.

A．Son

B．granddaughter

C．daughter

D．grandson

Tom and Kate are Ann’s ______.

A．Cousins

B．uncle and aunt

C．brother and sister

D．father and mother

From the family tree（家谱图）, we know Sally has ______cousins .

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

David eats well every day. For breakfast, he has bread, eggs and milk. At school, he has vegetables and rice for lunch. After lunch, he eats an apple. In the evening, he has chicken and fruit salad at home. David dislikes milk, but Mom says it is healthy. So he drinks it every day. After eight in the evening, he doesn’t have food. Every day, David does some sports to be healthy. He plays tennis in the morning and plays basketball after school.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
David has ________ for lunch.

A．bread	B．vegetables
C．chicken	D．salad

划线单词dislike的汉语意思是“________”。

A．不喜欢	B．不讨厌
C．不了解	D．不在意

David doesn’t eat food after ________ in the evening.

A．7

B．8

C．9

D．10

David plays ________ after school.

A．tennis	B．ping-pong
C．soccer	D．basketball

Which of the following is TRUE?

A．David is not healthy.

B．David has a pear after lunch.

C．David plays sports every day.

D．David can’t play tennis.

Cause and effect is one way to explain things that happen around us. Many things happen because something caused or influenced them to happen. Sometimes it is hard to look at a cause and find out what causes the effect. It may help you to start with the effect and use your reasoning (推理的) skills. Think about all the things you know that could be reasons for the effect you can see.
For example，you may see someone putting on a heavy jacket. This is the effect. To look for a cause, think to yourself, “What would make someone put on a heavy jacket?” Maybe the person is going outside into very cold weather. Maybe the person works in the penguin pen (企鹅圈养地) at Sea World. Maybe the person is going to visit an ice skating rink where the air is kept very cold. All of these things could be a cause for putting on a heavy jacket.
Now, think about a second example. The effect is a boy named Tony has to go to the head teacher’s office. What are the possible causes? Maybe he fought with another student. Maybe he is just being picked up early. Maybe he is being given a prize!
Here is another example for you to think about its cause and effect. Carol，13，was trying to fall asleep when her 8-year-old brother, Doug, came into her room. He looked around a bit，but seemed really out of it. Then Doug went back into the hallway and stood there looking straight up at the hall light for quite a while. Little brothers can be very strange，but this was really much too strange. Carol didn’t know what to do. Just then, Carol’s father appeared and explained that Doug was sleepwalking. What’s the cause and effect, could you tell?
According to the second paragraph，which of the following is an effect?

A．Someone puts on a heavy jacket.

B．Someone works in the penguin pen.

C．Someone will go outside into cold weather.

D．Someone will go to visit an ice skating rink.

Tony has to go to the head teacher’s office. Which of the following isn’t the possible cause?

A．He fought with another student.	B．He is going shopping.
C．He is being picked up early.	D．He is being given a prize.

What was Doug doing when his sister Carol tried to fall asleep?

A．He was going outside.	B．He was reading a story.
C．He was sleepwalking.	D．He was looking for his dad.

Which of the following is cause and effect?

A．Tony got up and had a glass of water.

B．We came home and found him sleeping.

C．The ball was lost and a window was broken.

D．Tim was late again and his teacher got angry.

A couple from Miami, Bill and Simone Butler, spent sixty-six days in a life-raft(救生艇) in the seas of Central America after their boat sank.
Twenty-one days after they left Panama in their boat, Simony, they met some whales. “They started to hit the side of the boat,” said Bill, “and then suddenly we heard water.” Two minutes later, the boat was sinking. They jumped into the life-raft and watched the boat go under the water.
For twenty days they had tins of food, biscuits, and bottles of water. They also had a fishing-line and a machine to make salt water into drinking water — two things which saved their lives. They caught eight to ten fish a day and ate them raw(生的). Then the line broke. “So we had no more fish until something very strange happened. Some sharks came to feed, and the fish under the raft were afraid and came to the surface. I caught them with my hands.”
About twenty ships passed them, but no one saw them. After fifty days at sea their life-raft was beginning to break up. Then suddenly it was all over. A fishing boat saw them and picked them up. They couldn’t stand up.
So the captain carried them onto his boat and took them to Costa Rica. Their two months at sea was over.
Bill and Simone were traveling _______ when they met some whales.

A．in a life-raft	B．in Miami
C．in Simony	D．in Panama

The whales hit the side of the boat, and then _______.

A．they brought in a lot of water

B．they broke the side of the boat

C．they pulled the boat

D．they went under the water

During their days at sea, _______ saved their lives.

A．tins of food and bottles of water

B．a fishing-line and a machine

C．whales and sharks

D．Twenty passing ships

When they saw the fishing boat which later picked them up, _______.

A．they were too happy to stand up

B．they couldn’t wait to climb onto the boat

C．their life-raft was beginning to break up

D．they knew their two months at sea would be over

The Round Bird is not like any other birds. He has a big round body but with little wings. He can not fly but he expects to play with other birds in the sky. Every day and in many ways, he tries to fly. And he tries again and again. But nothing works. Then he thinks it will be better use the tree. It is very hard for a little bird to do so, but he climbs up the tree! The Round Bird really wants to learn to fly. A few minutes later, he sits on a branch and gets ready to jump and flap his wings. He practices many times and flap some more, but they don’t work! In the end, he climbs down the tree and starts thinking seriously.
After thinking for a long time, he knows that although he really wants to fly and tries hard, there are some birds are not able to do. He can’t fly because of his body and his little wings. But he knows that there are still some things he is able to. Then the only job for the Round Bird is to find those special things that only special birds like him can do.
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The Round Bird has little wings

B．The Round Bird can fly with other birds.

C．The Round Bird can fly if he tries hard.

D．The Round Bird can not climb up the tree.

What’s the Round Bird like?

A．Beautiful and friendly.

B．Lazy but funny.

C．Hard-working and good at thinking.

D．Smart but lazy.

Which of the words had the same meaning as “flap”?

A．Swing.

B．Break.

C．Nod

D．Show.

What can we learn from the passage?

A．Every bird can fly.

B．We can make our dream come true if we try hard.

C．We should think twice before we do something.

D．We should find the most suitable (适合) things for us to do.

Here are some important events in August in Britain.

Great British Beer Festival Tue.3 Aug—Sat.7 Aug London Drink, music and other entertainments. This is held at Earls Court. http:// www.gbbf. org	Edinburgh International Festival Fri. 13 Aug – Sun. 5 Sep. Edinburgh A festival of classical music, operas and dances in Edinburgh http://www.eif.co.uk
Bristol International Balloon Festival Thur.12 Aug— Sun. 15 Aug. Europe’s largest hot-air balloon festival, with over 100 balloons taking part. http:// www. Bristolfiesta.co.uk	Summer Bank Holiday Mon. 30 Aug. A public holiday in English, Wales and Northern Ireland. People take trips or short vacations during the holiday. For more: travel/transport

How long does Great British Beer Festival last?

A．4 days.

B．5 days.

C．24 days.

D．1 day.

If you are in the UK at the end of August, you can probably take part in __________.

A．Summer Bank Holiday

B．Great British Beer Festival

C．Edinburgh International Festival

D．Bristol International Balloon Festival

What is Bristol International Balloon Festival about?

A．Food.

B．Music

C．Balloons.

D．Vacations.

Do you believe that you aren’t smarter than 3-year-old Alexis Martin, one of the youngest members of the high IQ club Mensa?
Preschooler (学龄前的) Alexis’ IQ is 159, which is only one point lower than Stephen Hawking’s. Doctors say the average IQ of a person is about 100.
She learned to read at the age of 2. She reads at a fifth grade level and has taught herself Spanish on her parents’ iPad!
Now, she is a member of the Mensa Club, which only accepts people with an IQ within the top two per cent of people in the world!
Alexis’ father, Ian Martin, said he first realized Alexis was special when she was 12 months old. She could recite (背诵) bedtime stories. “We’d be driving around in the car and she would recite her bedtime stories from the night before. She didn’t just recite them, and she recited them exactly.”
Alexis’ father would try to trick her and say that her story went a different way, but she always corrected him.
Most 12-month-old children take their first steps on their own and most 18-month-olds can only name a small number of objects and body parts, and follow simple two-step questions.
Even though Alexis is a genius (天才), her parents are faced with lots of challenges like how to teach her to make friends of her own age.
“Will she go into kindergarten early? We are kind of hesitant (迟疑的) because we do want her to get to that social world,” Ian said.
Alexis Martin is a girl who     .

A．has many hobbies	B．has a high IQ
C．is good at telling stories	D．likes reading

According to the report, Stephen Hawking’s IQ is as high as     .

A．158

B．159

C．160

D．101

Alexis Martin could recite bedtime stories at     .

A．the age of 2	B．the age of 1
C．one and a half years old	D．the age of 3

What would Alexis do when her father said her bedtime stories went a different way?

A．She would refuse to listen.

B．She would try to recite it.

C．She would correct him.

D．She would laugh at it.

Which of the following statements about Alexis is NOT true?

A．She is accepted by the Mensa Club.

B．She has made a lot of friends.

C．She learned to read at the age of 2.

D．She learned a foreign language by herself.

Last week Lu visited England. He stayed with my grandmother. He found it was strange.
‘I don’t know why, but I frightened your grandmother a lot. When I arrived, I gave her a purse from Dongtai. She looked in it and asked me to take it back. Then I saw a red spider (蜘蛛) on the table, and I killed it for her. She seemed very unhappy. Do English people like spiders?
‘Later we went shopping. Someone was painting a shop front, so there was a ladder. Grandmother stopped me from walking under it and said I must walk around it. I liked the shops and bought some lovely rose soap for my mother, a smart umbrella for my father and some new shoes for myself. When we got back, I put the shoes on the table and opened the umbrella to check if it was all right. Your grandmother came in and screamed!
‘Then I broke a small mirror in the bathroom. Your grandmother’s face went white. I felt very sorry. When I left, I gave your grandmother some flowers. She counted and there were 13. She didn’t like them.’
I explained to Lu, ‘My grandmother follows the old customs. You must not give someone an empty purse, or they will have no money. You must not kill a “money spider”, or the same will happen. Also it is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table. An open umbrella in a house means someone will die. Breaking a mirror brings seven years’ bad luck, and 13 is also a very unlucky number. You were really making my grandmother very afraid.’
Why did Lu frighten the writer’s grandmother?

A．Because he could not speak English.

B．Because he did many unlucky things.

C．Because he understood British customs.

D．Because he went shopping in England.

What do many British people think of spiders?

A．They are afraid of them.

B．They keep spiders as pets.

C．They hope to see every kind of spiders in their houses.

D．They think some kinds of spiders are lucky.

What did the writer’s grandmother feel when she saw the umbrella?

A．Excited.

B．Satisfied.

C．Afraid.

D．Happy.

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Thirteen is an unlucky number in England.

B．It is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table in England.

C．For most British people, breaking a mirror means bad luck.

D．People never give purses as presents in England.

How many wrong things did Lu do altogether?

A．5.

B．6.

C．8.

D．10.