初三英语阅读理解练习题

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1、初三英语阅读理解练习题一、 Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line( 排队), others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to ke

2、ep them in line. Tom looked around but there was no place for him to sit.He walked into the station cafe( 咖啡馆). he looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror( 镜子) on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Tom s workmates came in and sat

3、with Tom.“What time is your bus? ” asked Mike.“There s plenty of time yet, ” answered Tom.“Well, I ll get you some more tea then, ” said Mike.They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again. “Oh! Its going backward(倒行)!” he cried. “A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it

4、s half past eleven.”“You re looking at the clock in the mirror.” said Mike. Tom was so sad( 难过). The next bus was not to leave for another hour. Since then Tom has never liked mirrors.根据以上短文内容，从下列各题所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项。1、Tom went into the station cafe because .AMike asked him to have a cup of tea B it wa

5、s quite early and he could find a seat thereChe didn t like to stay with the schoolgirls D he wanted to have a drink with his workmate there2、What time was it in fact when Tom looked at the clock in the mirror?AHalf past twelve B Twenty to twelve C Half past eleven DHalf past one3、From the story we

6、know that when we look at a clock in a mirror, we will findAthe time is right B its going slower C its going backward D it s going faster4、Which of the following is true?ATom arrived in Paris on time B The next bus would leave in half an hourCAfter that Tom didn t like clocks any longer D Tom looked

7、 at the clock in the mirror only once5、Which of the following is the title( 题目) of the story?AThe Mirror of the Station B Not A Careful Man C Missing A Bus DThe Clock In The Mirror二、When Mr. David retired （退休）,he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet l

8、ife in it.But to his great surprise, many tourists （游客）came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into

9、Mr. David s garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said: “If you want to satisfy your curiosity（好奇心）, came in and look round. Price（价格）: twenty dollars. ” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but

10、 he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide （导游）.” he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away. 根据短文内容，从下列各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选择正确答案。1、Mr. Davids house was that many tou

11、rists came to see it.Aso small Bso quiet C so interesting D such interesting2、Mr. David put a notice on the window in order .Ato drive the visitors away B to satisfy the visitor s curiosityCto let visitors come in and look round D to get some money out of the visitors1 / 83、The notice made the visit

12、ors .Amore interested in his house B lost interest in his houseCangry at the unfair price D feel happy about the price4、After Mr. David put up the notice .Athe visitors didnt come any longer B fewer and fewer visitors came to see his houseCmore and more tourists came for a visit D no tourist would p

13、ay the money for a visit5、At last he had to sell his house and move away because .Ahe did not like it at all B he could not work as a guideChe made enough money and wanted to buy a new expensive houseDhe could not live a quiet life in it三、Sigmund Freud was a world-famous doctor of Vienna （维也纳）. He w

14、as also a man full of humour （幽默）. Once, at his 70th birthday party, a friend asked Freud if he could put his work into several words. “Well, ” said Freud, “we take the sick out of their trouble and return them to the common suffering. ” As a devoted（忠实的）son, Freud often visited his old mother. His

15、mother usually spent her summers in a small mountain town in Austria （奥地利）. The King Josef usually spent his summers there, too. One day in the summer, a band（乐队）was playing a lively tune （曲子）when Freud s mother was sitting at the window and watching the people singing and dancing on Main Street. Th

16、e old woman had a poor memory. She heard the band playing, but forgot it was the King s birthday. Freud was visiting his mother on her 95th birthday. He told his mother, “Mama, the band is playing for your birthday. ” She believed him and had a wonderful day.根据短文内容，从下列各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选择正确答案。1、Fre

17、ud was a famous of .Adoctor, Austria B general, Vienna C King, Austria Ddoctor, Australia2、From what Freud said at his 70th birthday party, we can see that he was .Aa brave man Ba sick man C a devoted man D a man full of humour3、One day Freud came to the small mountain town for .Ahis 70th birthday B

18、the King Josef s birthday Chis mother s birthday Dfor his holiday4、Which of the four sentences is wrong?AFreud s mother and the King Josef usually spent their summers in the same place.BFreud mothers birthday and the Kings birthday were on the same day.CFreud s mother was so old that her memory was

19、very bad.DShe knew that the band was playing for the King.5、Freuds mother felt very happy on her 95th birthday because .Athe King Josef himself came to celebrate （庆贺）her birthdayBthe people of the town came out to celebrate her birthdayCshe believed that the band was playing for her birthdayDshe hea

20、rd the band playing a lively tune so wonderfully四、We each have a memory（记忆力）. Thats why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and agai

21、n. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in fore

22、ign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language2 / 8because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.But your memory will becom

23、e better and better when you do more and more exercises.根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。1、Some people can easily learn many things by heart because .Athey always sleep very well B they often eat good foodCthey read a lot of books D they have very good memories2、Everybody learns his mother language .Aat the age of six

24、 B when he is a small childCafter he goes to school D when he can read and write3、Before a child can speak, he must .Aread and write B make sentences C hear and remember the sounds D think hard4、In school the pupils can t learn a foreign language well because .Athey have no good memories B they have

25、 no recordersCthey have too much time for it D they are busy with other subjects5、Your memory will become better and better .Aif you have plenty of good food B if you do more and more exercisesCif you do morning exercises every day D if you get up early五、We spent a day in the country and picked a lo

26、t of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf.It stood outside a furniture （家具）shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “Well carry it home on the roof-rack（车顶架）. Ive always wanted one like that. ”What could I do? Ten

27、 minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furnitur

28、e was a good idea.After a time my wife said, “Theres a long line of cars behind. Why don t they overtake （超车）?” Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers （警官）inside looked at us seriously when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through t

29、he busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church （教堂）. One of the officers came to me.“Right, sir, ” he said. “Do you need any more help now? ”I didn t quite understand. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “Youve been very kind. I live just down the road. ”He was looking at our things: first at

30、the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said and laughed. “Its a bookshelf you ve got there! We thought it waser, something else. ”My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, its a bookshelf, but thanks again. ” I drove home as

31、 fast as I could.1、From the story we know that .Athe writer was poor and didn t buy the bookshelf for his wifeBthe writer s wife didnt like the bookshelf at allCthe writer was always glad to buy something for his wifeDthe writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife2、What made the writ

32、er think that carrying furniture was “a good idea”?AHe could drive slowly and it was safe. B Other drivers would let him go first.CHis wife could use a new bookshelf. D He could save a lot of money and time.3 / 83、Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?ABecause they thought the

33、writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf.BBecause they didn t think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it.CBecause they thought somebody in the writer s family had died and he needed help.DBecause they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.4、Why did th

34、e writer s wife begin to laugh?ABecause now she knew what mistake the police had made.BBecause at last her husband understood why the police had driven to the church.CBecause the officer was always looking at the flowers and the bookshelf.DBecause the police had helped them a lot.5、When did the offi

35、cers begin to realize （意识到）they had made a mistake?ABefore they arrived at the church.BBefore they overtook （overtake 的过去式）the writers car.CAfter one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church.DAfter the writer s family left the church.六、Mr. and Mrs. Bell are very forget

36、ful （健忘的）. For example, Mr. Bell sometimes goes to his office for work on Sunday morning, for he thinks it is Monday. And Mrs. Bell sometimes forget to cook supper for the family.One summer they planned （计划）to fly to New York for their holidays. They got to the airport only ten minutes before the pl

37、ane took off. So time was short. But suddenly Mrs. Bell said she must tell Alice, their daughter,not to forget to lock the front door when she went to school. As Alice was then at school, they couldn t tell her about it by telephone. So they hurried to the post office. Mrs. Bell wrote a short note t

38、o Alice while Mr. Bell bought a stamp and an envelope （信封）. Soon the note was ready. They put the stamp on the envelope in a hurry and dropped it in the letter box, but suddenly Mrs. Bell began to cry. The short note was still in her hand. She had put the plane tickets in the envelope.根据短文内容判断各句是否符合

39、短文意思，符合的划“”，否则划“”。1、Mr. Bell is so forgetful that sometimes he takes Sunday for Monday and goes to work on Sunday morning.2、One summer they planned to fly to New York to see their daughter.3、There was no telephone at the airport, so they had to write a note to Alice.4、In a hurry they dropped their t

40、ickets in the letter box.5、Suddenly Mrs. Bell began to cry because she had forgotten to put the stamp on the envelope.八年级英语第一学期期中考试试卷笔试部分（80 分）一、根据句意和汉语注释，在空格上写出单词的正确形式（10 分）1、These swim suits are those (游泳者).Please take care of them.2、His job is ( 喂)animals.3、You can know the weight of the apples a

41、fter (称的重量) it.4、English is .( 广泛地) used.5、 ( 老鼠)can be seen everywhere in the old room.6、His father is one of the best (编辑) in that press.4 / 87、Children under 1.2m in ( 高度) cant go into the cinema by themselves.8、The girl has a (微笑的) face.9、She likes reading (广告).10、We (邀请) them to our meeting yes

42、terday.二、在 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的正确选项（15 分）（ ）1、Her friend is honest boy.A. a B. the C. an D. /（ ）2、The artist said he hoped drawing the picture soon.A. his son to finish B. to finish C. finishing D.his son will finish（ ）3、I think Chinese is as as Maths.A. useful B. more useful C. most useful D. th

43、e most useful（ ）4、The Changjiang River is in the world.A the longer river B the long river C one of the longest rivers D one of the long river （ ）5、Must I finish my homework now? .A. No ,you mustnt. B. No ,you neednt.C. No ,you couldnt. D. No ,you dont.（ ）6、We didnt find in the picture.A. unusual an

44、ything B. nothing unusualC anything unusual D unusual something（ ）7、Hurry up .Theres time left.A. a little B. little C. a few D. few（ ）8、Playing football and climbing are than watching TV.A. more healthy B. more healthierC. much more healthier D. much healthier（ ）9、I heard her in the next room yeste

45、rday evening.A. crying B. cried C. to cry D. was crying（ ）10、Cant you see a boat in the picture? . It is beautiful.A .Yes, I cant B. No, I cant C. Yes, I can D. No, I can（ ）11、 do you go to school ,Bill?Five days a week.A. How long B. How soon C. How far D. how often（ ）12、I it everywhere ,but I coul

46、dnt it .A. found, look for B. looked for, findC. looked for, find out D. looked at,find out（ ）13、This morning I my umbrella on the bus.A. left B. forgot C. put D. threw（ ）14、Jim is a very person and we are in his stories.A. interesting , interesting B. interested , interestedC. interested , interest

47、ing D. interesting , interested.（ ）15、The cake is so delicious. Would you like ?No ,thanks.A. more some B. some more C. any more D. some much三、用括号内所给动词的正确形式填空（10 分）1、Tom did his homework so (care) that he made many mistakes yesterday.2、I have a good friend (name) Lucy.3、Could you tell me which pen (

48、buy)?4、We will go to the park if it (not rain) tomorrow.5、Youd better (not climb)that high tree, Its not safe.6、Look !The Greens (get) ready for the journey.7、I often (go) fishing when I was a child.5 / 88、They look forward to (see) you at the party. But you must finish your homework first.9、There (

49、be)a wonderful film tonight, is there ?10、Ill do （I）best to win the game.四、根据短文内容在 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案（10 分）We were going to play a team from a country school .They didnt come 1 the match nearlybegan .They looked 2 than we thought .The wore dirty T-shirts and blue jeans and looked like farmb

50、oys .We thought they 3 saw a basketball before .We felt that we didnt 4 any practice to play with such a team .It was very late so they couldnt have any time to practice .The match began ,one of our boys 5 the ball and he tried to give it to another one . But from out of nowhere a boy in a T-shirt 6

51、 the ball and he quickly and beautifully got the ball into our basket and had two points .They 7 us .They had another two points in a minute .Soon it was all over .The country team 8 the match .Of course we knew that there was still another team 9 than any good team .But the important lesson we lear

52、n this time was : One cant tell a man or a team by the 10 .（ ）1、A. when B. so C. until D. at（ ）2、A. stronger B. younger C. worse D. better（ ）3、A. never B. often C. sometimes D. always（ ）4、A. have B. make C. use D. need（ ）5、A. got B. played C. took D .carried（ ）6、A. caught B. changed C. held D. stopp

53、ed（ ）7、A. surprised B. frightened C. admired D. smiled（ ）8、A. lost B. won C. got D. had（ ）9、A. worse B. less C. better . D more（ ）10、A. T-shirt B. appearance C. name D. points五、阅读短文，根据短文内容选出正确答案（20 分）（A）No.4 Middle SchoolKunming ,YunnanApril 2nd ，2004Dear editor，I live in a beautiful city .Many visi

54、tors come to my city .There are so many colorful peacocks here .The peacocks mostly live on the grass land of Dongfeng Square.They are given food freely by visitors .They usually throw food to them, and dont think about at all whether the food is right or not .Some of the peacocks become ill ,some e

55、ven died after eating the bad food given by the visitors .Im sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the birds ,but dont realize that they may be doing them harm .The visitors should be told that what have done is very harmful to the birds ,and this kind of thing must be

56、 stopped from happening .Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to sell peacock food .For us every person ,its our duty to give more love to these beautiful birds and to look after them carefully.Yours,Sun Yan（ ）1、Many visitors come to the writers city to .A. do some shoppingB.

57、 see beautiful peacocksC. play on Dongfeng SquareD. eat nice food（ ）2、Some peacocks became ill and died because some visitors .A. didn t give them any foodB. gave them too much foodC. threw them some bad foodD. loved them and played with them（ ）3、Some shops can be built beside Dongfeng Square so tha

58、t they may .A. sell food for visitors6 / 8B. sell food for peacocksC. make the square more beautifulD. have the beautiful birds（ ）4、From the passage we know people should .A. live and play with the birdsB. stop the birds from eating too muchC. give right food to the birdsD. give more food to the bir

59、ds（ ）5、We can guess the writer of the letter ,Sun Yan ,may be a .A. visitor B. shopkeeper C. square keeper D. student(B)A man made a nice talking machine .It could weigh peoples weight .The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of machines.He put the machine into the waiting room

60、of a station .There were always lots of people in and out . The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine, the machinethought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak .“Good morning ,Madam .”it said in Indian . “Your weight is 72 kilograms .Thats three k

61、ilograms more .If you eat more fruit and vegetables ,you will be soon all right .Please have a nice day .”The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl .She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight.“Good morning ,Miss .”the machine said in Chinese .”Your weight is 45 kilograms .Its

62、all right for your age. Keep eating what you eat every day .Please have a nice day .”The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman .She thought for a long time to stand on the machine .The machine spoke quickly in English , “Good morning .Will one of you get off?” （ ）1、The machine i

63、n this passage could .A. weigh and talk to peopleB. tell people what they should eatC. speak all kinds of languagesD. make people laugh（ ）2、The man put his first machine .A. in the stationB. in a trainC. in the doctor s waiting roomD. in the womens room（ ）3、The machine told the Indian woman .A. she was a little lighterB. she was a little heavierC. it couldnt speak IndianD. to eat what she wanted to eat（ ）4、The machine said to a Chinese girl that she .A. should eat moreB. should eat lessC. had to eat more fruitD. kept herself healthy（ ）5、How was the American woman?A. She was healthy .B. S