初二英语阅读理解50篇

1

When you

’

re invited to have dinner in a foreigner

’

s home, please

remember the following:

At table, when the hostess

（女主人）

picks up her napkin

（餐巾）

，

you may pick up yours and put it on your legs.

If

a

servant

（佣人）

passes

food

around,

he

will

pass

the

dish

to

you

at your left hand so that you can easily serve yourself with your right

hand. Never serve yourself while the dish is on your right; it is then

the turn of your neighbour on the right.

Do

not

reach

across

the

table

or

in

front

of

someone

to

get

something---that is not polite. Ask him or her to pass it to you.

There are things in the middle of the table, such as bread, butter,

and

candies.

You

shouldn

’

t

take

any

until

the

hostess

tells

the

servant

to pass them to you.

Do not leave your seat without saying anything. If you need to leave

the table to go to the washroom or do something else, you should say

“

Excuse me for a moment, please.

”

41. You should put your napkin on your legs before the hostess picks

up hers.

42. The dish is passed to you on either of your sides.

43.

If

the

food

is

far

from

you,

you

shouldn

’

t

stand

up

to

serve

yourself.

44. You may take any food at any time.

45. When you have to leave your seat, you need to say

“

Excuse me for

a moment, please.

”

2

Dolphins

are

not

fish.

They

are

mammals

（

.

They

live

in

groups

and

speak

to

each

other

in

their

own

language.

But

they

are

quite

different

from

almost

all

land animals.

Their

brain

（大脑）

is

as

big

as men

’

s

and

they live a long life---- at least 20 or 30 years.

Like some animals, dolphins use sounds to help them find their way

around.

They

also

use

these

sounds

to

talk

to

each

other

and

to

help

them

find

food.

They

do

not

use

their

ears

to

receive

sounds,

but

use

the

jaw---

the lower part of the mouth.

It is strange that dolphins are friendly to men, and for thousands

of years, there are many stories about dolphins and men. In the 19th

century, in a dangerous part of the sea near New Zealand, there was a

dolphin. The seamen liked him very much and gave him a very good name,

Jack. From 1871 to 1903, Jack met every boat in the area and showed it

the way. In 1903 a passenger on a boat with the name of The Penguin shot

and hurt Jack. Luckily the dolphin didn

’

t die, and after a long time he

was

well

again.

He

guided

the

ships

through

the

area

for

nine

more

years,

but he refused to help the boat The Penguin.

Today, some people still kill dolphins, but many countries in the

world now protect them. In these places, people are not allowed to kill

them.

46. The word jaw means _______ in Chinese.

A.

下颚

B.

嘴巴

C.

嘴唇

D.

鼻子

47. How do dolphins find their way?

A. They use their noses to smell the way.

B. They use their ears to hear the sounds.

C. They use their eyes to see the way.

D. They use sounds to find the way.

48. Who was Jack?

A. The writer. B. A dolphin.

C. A seaman. D. The passenger.

49. The dolphin guided the ships for about _______.

A. 32 years B. 9 years C. 41 years D. 23 years

50. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT right?

A. Dolphins are not fish.

B. Dolphins don

’

t live in groups.

C. Dolphins are kind and friendly to people.

D. Dolphins can live a long life.

3

Jim,

a

successful

businessman,

told

the

experience

of

his

childhood.

When

he

was

12,

his

parents

died.

He

was

alone

and

didn

’

t

get

on

well

with

others.

People

always

laughed

at

him.

No

one

showed

kindness

to

him.

His only friend was a dog named Tige. He gave his dog enough to eat

and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn

’

t know that

an unkind work sometimes could cut one

’

s heart like a knife.

One

day

as

he

walked

down

the

street,

a

young

lady

was

walking

in

front

of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped

to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her.

“

Thank you,

dear! You are a nice little boy!

”

she said kindly, smiling.

A

special

feeling

came

to

him.

These

were

the

first

kind

words

he

had

ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled

（吹口哨）

to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.

“

Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!

”

he repeated

（重复）

the woman

’

s words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog,

“

You are a

nice little dog!

”

Tige raised its ears as if it understood.

“

Uhum! Even a dog likes it!

”

he said,

“

Well, Tige, I won

’

t say

unkind words to you any more.

”

Tige waved its tail happily.

The

boy

thought

and

thought.

Finally

he

looked

at

himself

in

the

river.

He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he

looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a

new life.

After

telling

this,

the

businessman

stopped

for

a

while,

and

then

he

said,

“

Ladies

and

gentlemen,

this

is

the

very

place

where

that

kind

woman

planted

in

me

the

first

seed

（种子）

of

kindness.

All

of

us

should

learn

about kindness. What a great power

（力量）

it has!

”

51.

The

boy

repeated

the

words

“

Thank

you,

dear!

You

are

a

nice

little

boy!

”

, because _______.

A. he was thinking about the words

B. he didn

’

t understand the words

C. he wanted to talk to his dog

D. he liked talking to himself

52. What made the boy start his new life?

A. The people laughing at him.

B. The kind words spoken to him.

C. The hard life.

D. His lovely dog.

53. He was feeling ______ when he whistled to his dog.

A. funny B. sad C. lonely D. excited

54. Which of the following is Right according to the passage?

A. He never took good care of his friend, Tige.

B. He usually had many friends around him.

C. He helped a young lady when her bag dropped.

D. He often washed his dirty face in the lake.

55. What

’

s the best title

（题目）

of this passage?

A. A Dog and a Boy

B. A Poor Boy

’

s Childhood

C. A Businessman and a Boy

D. The Power of Kindness

4

Sally

was

fourteen.

She

studied

in

a

middle

school.

She

liked

dancing

and

singing

and

spent

a

lot

of time

on

them.

But

she

hated

maths

and

even

decided to give it up. Her father was anxious (

焦虑

) about it.

It was Sunday. Sally's father gave a call to his sister who taught

maths in another school. He hoped she would come and tell his daughter

how

to

learn

maths.

The

woman

came

and

said,

You

are

a

clever

girl,

Sally.

I' m sure you will soon learn maths well if you do your best

afraid

I

can'

t,

Aunt,

said

Sally.

Girls

can'

t

be

good

at

maths.

don't

think

so,

said

the

woman.

was

good

at

it

when

I

was

a

girl.

You

must

do

more

exercises

and

try

different

ways

to

practise

doing

maths

problems

until

you

work

them

out

or

at

least

understand

them

better.

Here

is a maths problem. Please think it over and see if you can work it out.

About

an

hour

later

Sally

took

the

exercise

book

to

her

aunt

and

said,

her

aunt looked

at

her answer and said happily,

see, maths is not as difficult as you thought

41. Sally tried her best to learn maths but could not learn it well.

42. Sally spent much more time in singing and dancing than in learning

maths.

43. Her aunt didn' t think that girls could be good at maths.

44.

The

father

asked

his

sister

to

teach

his

daughter

how

to

learn

maths.

45. Sally worked out the problem at last

5

This year, Sichuan schools decide to start morning classes an hour

later. This will help students feel less tired. And most junior high

schools will begin the first class at about 8:30 am.

The students are happy about the change.

Liu Ming told us that his class were excited by the news on the first

day of school.

School don' t have to get up so early !

at 6:40 am. Now he can get up at 7:40 am because class doesn' t start

until 8:40 am.

Wu

Hongli

feels

the

same.

She

said

the

new

timetable

(

时间表

)

was

good

for her health.

used to get

up

at 6:30 am. I had

to drink coffee

every

night, or I would feel too sleepy to finish my homework,

Now

I

can

finish

it

without

coffee. Because

I

can

sleep

a

little

longer.

Many

teachers

say

the

change

will

help

students

learn

better.

used to doze (

瞌睡

) for the first two classes in the morning,

Huang Shan, an English teacher at Chengdu No. 12 Middle School.

now they are active in class and learn much better than before.

But

some

parents

are

worried

that

more sleep

will

mean

less

learning.

There used to be five classes in the morning. Now there are only four.

In fact, every coin has two sides. So does the change in the school

timetable.

46.

This

year,

most

Sichuan

junior

high

schools

will

start

the

first

class

____.

A. at about 8: 30 am B. at about 7:40 am

C. at about 7:30 am D. at about 6:40 am

47. Hearing the news, the students at Chengdu No. 4 Middle School felt

________.

A. worried B. sad C. excited D.

angry

48. How many classes are there in the morning in Chengdu schools now?

A. Five. B. Four. C. Three. D.

Two.

49. _________ used to

drink coffee at

night in order

to finish homework.

A. Some parents B. liu Ming C. Wu Hongli D. Huang

Shan

50. Which is right according to the text?

A. The students in Chengdu No. 12 Middle School used to doze for the

first two classes in the morning.

B. All the parents a&y the change will help students learn better.

C. The students will have to get up one hour earlier than before.

D.

Many

teachers

are

worried

that

more sleep

will

mean

less

learning.

6

Round eyes, round head, round ears, round body! What is this lovely

little animal?

He looks like a bear. But he is not a bear. He' s a KOALA.

People in Australia love koalas and take care of them. They have set

up

places

for

them

to

live

safely. No

one

can

kill

them

for

their

pretty

fur(

毛皮

)?. When a koala is born, he has no fur. And he is not as big

as your little toe(

脚趾

)! The mother koala has a pocket in the front of

her body. The baby goes into this warm pocket. There he stays for six

months.

The

koala

could

not

live

without

a

special

kind

of

tree.

The

tree

gives

him both his home and his food. For most of the day the koala sleeps in

the tree.

At

night

the

koala

looks

for

food.

He

may

go

miles

to

find

it

He

likes

only the bark (

树皮

) and the leaves of the tree. He eats nothing else.

And he eats more than two pounds each night

！

How lovely the koalas really are!

51. People in Australia_________.

A. keep koalas in their homes B. put koalas in the tree

C. set up places for koalas to live safely D. raise baby koalas in

their pockets

52. After he is born, the baby koala lives in his mother' s pocket

_________.

A. for six days B. for six months

C. for a night D. all his life

53. What does the mother koala usually do when her baby is bad?

A. She takes

him in

her pocket B.

She keeps him

on her back.

C. She makes him cry. D. She beats him.

54. Koalas cannot live without a special kind of tree because ____.

A. they have to keep cool under the tree

B. they eat the fruit on the tree

C. they stay in the tree all the time

D. they live in the tree and get food from it

55. What is the text mainly about?

A. How people in Australia protect koalas.

B. Lovely koalas in Australia.

C. Koalas cannot live without a special kind of tree.

D. The way mother koalas take care of their babies.

7

A

kind

of

little

cars

may

be

seen

in

the

streets

in

the

future.

People

will like this kind of small cars better than the big ones. The car is

as

small

as

a

bike

but

it

can

carry

two

people

in

it.

Everybody

can

drive

it

easily,

just

like

riding

a

bike.

Even

children

and

old

people

can

drive

them to schools or parks.

If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less

pollution

in

the

air.

There

will

be

more

space

for

all

the

cars

in

cities,

and there will also be more space for people to walk in the streets.

The

little

cars

of

the

future

will

cost

less

money

to

buy

and

to

drive.

These little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour, so driving will be

safer.

The

cars

of

the

future

will

be

fine

for

going

around

the

city,

but

they will not be useful for a long trip.

This kind of cars can save a lot of gas (

汽油

). They will go 450

kilometers, then they have to stop for more gas.

They are nice cars, aren't they?

g big cars can make the air dirtier.

little cars can make more space for other cars and people.

little cars will be useful for a long trip.

kind of cars can save much gas.

children and old people can drive the little cars.

8

Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge (

知识

). If you

remember the following information, your life will be much safer.

Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn't walk alone

outside. Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous

happens, you can find them easily.

Your bag should

be carried

towards

the front of

your body instead of

putting it on your back. When a bus is full of people, it is easy enough

for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back.

If you are followed by someone you don't know, cross the street and

go to the other way, let the person understand that you know he or she

is after you. Next, don't go home at once. You are safer in the street

than you are alone in your home or in a lift (

电梯

).

If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop

a

few

minutes

earlier

before

the

bus

leaves.

This

stops

other

people

from

studying you. On the bus, don't sit alone. Sit behind the driver or with

other people. Don't sleep.

of the following is NOT safe when you are out?

home alone late at night.

sure where the public phones are.

't get to the bus stop too early.

notice the environment around you.

'd better put your bag ____ when there are too many people on

a bus.

your back

you

front of you

the driver

you

are

followed

by

someone

on

your

way

home,

you

should

____

to make yourself safe.

home

a lift and go in

back and walk towards him or her at once

the street and go to the other way

you take a bus alone, it's safe for you ____.

sit behind the driver or with other people, but not to sleep

talk with the driver

call your friends

get off the bus at once

can you learn from the text?

to notice the environment around you.

to be safe in your everyday life.

to cross the street.

to use the public phones.

9

One day, Jack's parents told him that his grandpa would retire (

退

休

)

after

working

for

forty

years.

Jack

said

in

surprise,

“

I'm

only

seven,

so it means Grandpa has been

…

er

…

A really long time!

”

His parents said,

“

Yes. That's why we are going to have a surprise

party for him.

”

Jack loved his Grandpa and wanted to do something special for him.

He

remembered

the

business

card

his

grandpa

had

given

him

two

years

before.

He

knew

that

his

grandpa

would

no

longer

have

the

position

(

职位

)

on

that

card, so he decided to build a new one for his grandpa.

When the big day came, Jack was ready. But he didn't want to put his

gift together with others'. He carried it around with him the whole

evening.

When

all

the

other

people

left,

he

took

his

grandpa's

hand

and

pought

him over to a chair and gave him the gift.

His grandpa smiled,

“

Well, it must be a beautiful gift. May I open

it now?

”

“

Sure!

”

Jack said excitedly.

As

Grandpa

opened

the

gift,

tears

(

眼泪

)

came

into

his

eyes.

Jack

gave

him the greatest gift he had ever got! They were business cards with his

new position: FULL-TIME GRANDPA! Jack said,

“

Now your full-time job is

my grandpa!

”

“

Well, how much do I get paid?

”

his grandpa asked, smiling.

“

As

many

hugs

(

拥抱

)

as

you

want!

”

With

these

words,

Jack

gave

Grandpa

a

hug.

“

Well,

I

guess

that

means

I'm

the

richest

man

in

the

world!

”

said

Grandpa.

was going to retire?

's grandma.

's grandpa.

's mother.

's father.

remembered

_____

his

grandpa

had

given

him

two

years

before.

birthday card

toy

book

business card

did Jack decide to do for his grandpa?

build a new position for him.

draw a picture for him.

sing a song for him.

buy a gift for him.

of the following is TRUE?

was the first one to give his gift to his grandpa.

was the last one to give his gift to his grandpa.

gave his gift to his grandpa together with other people.

gave his gift to his grandpa together with his parents.

were there tears in Grandpa's eyes?

e he would lose his position.

e he was not cared for.

e he was moved by Jack's gift.

e he was unhappy.

10

Pearl

S

．

Buck(

赛珍珠·巴克

) was

a

very

popular

American

writer

Of

her

day

．

She

was

famous

for

her

books

about

China

．

Pearl

S

．

Buck

was

awarded

the Nobel Prize for Literature(

诺贝尔文学奖

)in l938

．

The writer was born in West Virginia

，

Am erica

．

She spent almost half of

her

long

life

in

China

．

Her

youth

was

spent

in

Jiangsu

Provin ce

，

China

．

< br>She

learned to speak Chinese before she could speak English

．

Her mother had traveled widely in her youth and liked literature very

much

．

After

being

educated

by

her

mother

and

by

a

Chinese

teacher

，

Pearl

S

．

Buck went to school in Shanghai at the age of fifteen

．

She continued

her

education

in

the

United

States

at

a

Woman

’

s

College

to

study

psychology(

心理学

)

．

After graduating in 1914

，

she returned to China as

a teacher

．

In the l920s her family moved to Nanjing

．

There she taught

English and American literature at a university

．

As

a

writer

，

< br>Buck

’

s

book

，

The

Good

Earth

，

appeared

in

l931

and

sold

quite

well

in

its

first

Year

．

It

has

been

translated

into

over

thirty

languages

．

In l938 she became the third American to win the Nobel Prize

for Literature

．

By the time of her death

，

Pearl had published(

出版

)more

than seventy books

．

Pearl S

．

Buck died in March

< br>，

1973

，

just two months

before her 81st birthday

．

41

．

Before she went to school in Shanghai

，

Pearl S

．

Buck studied all by

herself

．

【】

42

．

Pearl

S

．

Buck

was

known

to

many

people

for

her

books

about

China

．

【】

43

．

In

l914

，

Pearl

S

．

Buck

worked

as

a

literature

teacher

at

a

university

in Nanjing

．

【】

44

．

Pearl S

．

Buck went to study literature at a Woman

’

s College in

America

．

】

45

．

Pearl

S

．

Buck

won

the

Nobel

Prize

for

Literature

in

l938

and

published

over seventy books in her life

．

】

11

Americans love cars

．

They go everywhere in them

．

8 5

％

of people in the

US

go

to

and

from

work

by

car

。

And

most

adults

have

driving

licenses

．

Why

does this car culture exist?

How it started

America

’

s

love

of

ears

started

after

the

war(

战争

)when

soldiers

returned

home from World War II to rebuild their lives

．

They borrowed money from

the

government

to

buy

houses

and

cars

which

became

the

symbols

of

status (

地

位

)

．< /p>

The more money they had

，

the bigger their ears were

．

Making of roads

During the war

，

President Eisenhower noticed what good roads Germany

had

．

He decided to build new four- lane(

四车道

)roads in America

．

He said

if something happened suddenly

，

the two-lane roads wouldn

’

t be able to

carry all the cars that would suddenly leave the cities

．

Car and oil

companies liked his idea and building started

．

Car lovers

Not just teenagers are crazy about cars

．

Some Americans love their cars

so much that they paint their cars beautifully I These are called Art

Cars

．

Every

April

there

is

an

activity

in

Houston

，

Texas

，

where

they

show

their cars

．

Pollution

Cars have polluted the environment

．

American President Bush refused a

worldwide

law

that

is

against

pollution

．

Many

countries

were

angry

about

it

．

Bush said he had to think of the American economy(

经济

)and all the

American

people

that

make

money

from

cars

．

Factories

say

they

want

to

make

cars

that

pollute

less

．

But

others

say

making

cars

that

pollute

less

will

never be as good as having fewer cars

．

46

．

When did Americans begin to love cars?

【】

A

．

Before the new two-lane roads were built

．

B

．

After World War II

．

C

．

During World War II

．

D

．

Before World War II

．

47

．

New four-1ane roads were built

．

【】

A

．

in Germany B

．

by car and oil companies

C

．

in America D

．

when something suddenly happened

48

．

The

underlined

word

“

building

”

here

means

“

the

building

of

”

．

【】

A

．

companies B< /p>

．

soldiers

’

< br> lives C

．

houses D

．

roads

49

．

What

were

other

countries

’

feelings

about

Bush

’

s

decision?

【】

A

．

They agreed with him

．

B

．

They showed anger to it

．

C

．

They paid no attention to it. D

．

The passage doesn

’

t tell US

．

50

．

The meaning of the last sentence is

：

“

”

【】

A

．< /p>

It

’

s

better

to

have

fewer

cars

．

B

．

It

’

s

better

to

make

cars

that

pollute less

．

C

．

It

’

s

easier

to

make

cars

that

pollute

less

．

D

．

It

’

s

easier

to

make

people have fewer cars

．

12

We

moved

to

a

new

area

when

our

son

was

in

Grade

Five

．

Before

we

moved

，

we took him to spend half a day at his new school

．

There he saw his new

classmates

and

teachers

．

He

enjoyed

the

visit

．

During

the

almost

l50-kilometer

drive

home

，

he

told

US

that

he

had

told

some

of

the

students

the

date

when

we

would

move

there

．

And

he

had

also

invited

them

to

visit

us.

The

moving

day

，

a

Saturday

，

was

a

busy

day

．

But

we

arrived

at

our

new

house

at

noon

．

About

an

hour

later

，

kids

began

to

come

and

soon

one

of

them

invited

our son to his house to play for the afternoon

．

By the time he returned

，

he knew where most of the kids lived and all of

their family histories

．

On

Monday

mornin9

，

the

door

bell

rang

just

before

the

time

he

would

leave

for schoo1

．

Then it rang again and again

．

．

By

the

time

he

was

ready

，

we

had

eight

young

boys

waiting

to

walk

to

school

with him on his first day

．

They all lived near US

．

I asked them if their parents had sent them

．

The answers surprised and

pleased

me

，

“

No

，

we

just

came

so

that

he

would

have

people

to

walk

with

．

’

’

and

“

It is the right thing to do

．

’

’

The

startings

of

lasting(

持续的

)frien dships

were

formed(

形成

)that

day

．

We

have lived

here nearly six years and the same group of kids still plays together

，

goes to parties on weekends together

，

and surfs together

．

I

still

get

thinking

how

welcoming

and

kind

those

kids

were

．

And

how

lucky

my son is to have them as friends

！

51

．

Before

the

family

moved

to

the

new

area

，

the

son

was

taken

to

his

new

schoo1

．

A

．

to

invite

the

teachers

to

visit

them B

．

to

play

with

his

classmates

【】

C

．

to see if the school was far D

．

to get to know it

52

．

What did the son know about other kids after they played for the

afternoon?

【】

A

．

Their living places and family histories

．

B

．

Their family stories and their life

．

C

．

Their school life and family histories

．

D

．

Their living places and family members

．

53

．

In the story

，

the son went to school on his first day

【】

A

．

in his father

’

s car B

．

on a school bus

C

．

on foot with other kids D

．

in another kid

’

s car

54

．

Which of the following is Right according to the story?

【】

A

．

The family moved to the new house on Saturday afternoon

．

B

．

The kids visited the house before the family arrived

．

C

．

The son knew the kids well before he got there

．

D

．

The son was invited to play in a kid

’

s house later that afternoon

．

55

．

The passage shows US that

．

【】

A

．< /p>

it

’

s easy to move to a new place

B

．

it

’

s kind of people to help a new comer

C

．

it< /p>

’

s difficult to make new friends

D

．

it

s better to live in the same place

13

No.4 middle School

Kunming ,yunnan

April 2nd ,2004

Dear editor (

编辑

)

，

I live in a beautiful city . Many visitors come to my city . there are

so many colorful peacocks (

孔雀

) 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 don’t think about at all whether the food is right or not . Some of

the peacocks became ill , some even died after eating the bad food given

by the visitors.

I’m

sure

most

of

the

visitors

who

throw

food

to

the

peacocks

really

like

the birds , but don’t realize (意识到

) that they may be doing them harm

(

伤害

).

The visitors should be told that what have done is very harmful to the

birds , and this kind of thing must be stopped from happening .

Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to sell

peacock food . For us every person , it’s our duty to give more love to

these beautiful birds and to look after them carefully.

Yours,

Sun Yan

() visitors come to

the writer’s city to __________.

A. do some shopping B. see beautiful peacocks

C. play on Dongfeng square D. eat nice food

() peacocks became ill and died because some visitors ______;

A. did’t give them any food B. gave them too much food

C. threw them some bad food D. loved them and played with them

() shops can be built beside Dongfeng Square so that they may

_____________.

food for visitors B. sell food for peacocks

the square more beautiful the beautiful birds

() the passage we know people should __________.

A. live and play with the birds

B. stop the birds from eating too much

C. give right food to the birds

D. give more food to the birds

() can guess the writer of the letter, Sun Yan , may be a _____.

A. visitor B. shopkeeper keeper D. student

6-10

：

B C B C D

14

Every

town

in

the

United

States

has

a

post

office

.

Some

are

very

small

,

and you may also find them in the corner of a shop . Others are larger

buildings

.

They

are

open

five

days

a

week

and

on

Saturday

mornings

.

From

Monday through Friday they are usually open from 8:30 to 4:30 .

If you know how much the postage (

邮资

) is for your letter , you can buy

stamps

at

any

window.

In

some

post

offices

you

can

buy

stamps

from

machines

.

Stamps are sold many different prices , from one cent (

美分

) to many

dollars . If you are not sure how much postage is for you letter , you

may ask the man or the woman in the post office for help . he or she will

give you the stamps you need . If you are sending your letter far away ,

you

should

use

airmail

envelopes

(

航空信封

)

.

Remember

that

postage

will

be more expensive for a letter to be sent outside the country.

At a post office you can also buy postcards . A postcard is cheaper than

a

letter

.

Usually

the

price

of

postage

for

a

postcard

is

about

half

that

of a letter . The postcards that you buy at a post office do not have

pictures . However ,also they are not to be sent outside the country .

Letters are an easy and cheap way to keep in touch with people in many

different countries .

() passage tell us that we can find ________ easily in the United

States of America.

A. post office s buildings

shops ent banks

() post offices in the United States are open _________.

hours a day hours a day

hours a day hours a day

()

you

are

not

sure

how

much

postage

is

for

your

letter

,you

can____.

A. go and buy stamps from the machine in the post officesend a cheap

postcard instead of your letter

B. get in touch with somebody you know in the post office

the man or the woman in the post office for help

() price of postage for ________ is more expensive.

A.a beautiful postcard B.a letter written on envelope

C.a letter by airmail D.a postcard with pictures

() passage tells us something about ________ in the USA

post postage s rds

11-15 A D D C A

15

Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did

one day? When he wanted to steal(

偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door,

he walked up to the door, took hold of(

抓住

) the bell and pulled hard.

The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.

Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he

sa

id.

He

thought

and

thought.

At

last

he

had

an

idea.

“Ah,

I’ll

put

some

cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next

day

he

went

to

the

door

of

his

neighbour,

and

took

hold

of

the bell.

This

time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not

hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the

neighbour came running out.

“Steal

my

bell?

I’ll

teach

you

a

lesson(教训),”

the

angry

man

shouted.

And he hit the thief on the nose.

The

foolish

thief

did

not

know

how

the

neighbour

found

out

he

was

stealing

the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered (感到疑惑

).

( )16. The thief was trying to get .

A. his neighbour B. his neighbour’s doorbell

C. some cotton D. a door with a bell on it

( )17. The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be for

him to steal the doorbell.

A. safe B. difficult C. dangerous D. easy

( )18. The neighbour ran out probably(

很可能

) because .

A. he knew his doorbell was being stolen

B. he thought someone was eager (

渴望的

) to visit him

C. he realized (

意识到

) something strange happened

D. Both B and C

( )19. The neighbour hit the thief to .

A. give him lessons B. punish (

惩罚

) him for stealing

C. help him with the bell D. be his teacher

( )20. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.

B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.

C.

The

thief

thought

the

neighbour

couldn’t

hear

the

noise

the

bell

made.

D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out.

16-20 B A D B C

16

A

farmer

was

put

in

prison(

监狱

).

One

day,

he

got

a

letter

from

his

wife.

“I am worried about out farm,” she wrote. “It’s time to plant

potatoes ,

but I can’t do all the digging(挖) by myself.”

The

farmer

thought

over

and

then

had

an

idea.

He

wrote

to

his

wife,“Don’t

dig

the fields. This id where my gold(

金子) is. Don’t plant potatoes until

I comehome.

A few days later, the farmer got anther letter from his wife. It said,

“Two days

ago, about ten prison guards(

监狱看守

) came to our fields. It looked as

if they were looking for something. They have dug our field.”

The

farmer

wrote

to

his

wife

at

once.

“Now

you

can

plant

our

potatoes,”

he wrote.

( ) farmer was put in prison ________.

A. because he had done something wrong

B. because he had a lot of gold in the fields

C.

The

writer

didn’t

say

anything

about

why

the

farmer

was

put

in

prison

D. For nothing

( ) farmer’s wife was much worried about _____ .

A. her husband B. their farm C. planting potatoes D. herself

( ) farmer told his wife __ first.

A. not to dig the fields B. to dig the fields

C. to ask the prison guards for help D. to find the gold in the fields

( ) did the prison guards dig the farmer’s fields ?________.

A. They wanted to help the farmer

B. Their leader ordered them to do so

C. The farmer asked them to do so

D. They wanted to find out the gold

(

)

did

the

farmer

ask

his

wife

to

plant

potatoes

at

once

?

Because

_____.

A. their fields had been dug

B. the gold was found out

C. the prison guards asked him to do so

D. the prison guards were digging the fields

21

—

25 C B A D A

17

An

owl

is

a

bird

with

very

large

eyes.

Those

eyes

make

the

owl

look

clever.

The owl can not move its eyes freely as people can. It can only look

straight ahead (

朝前

). If it wants to look at both sides, it must turn

its neck.

Owls

see

better

at

night

than

during

the

day.

At

night

they

look

for

food.

They eat mice and insects.

Owls make a strange noise because the owls sleep most of the day. They

usually give their c

ries at night. The cry sounds like “Whoo! Whoo!”.

This strange sound sometimes frightens people at night.

26. An owl looks clever because it can look straight ahead.

27. An owl looks for food at night because it sees better at night than

during the day.

28. An owl lives on all kinds of birds.

29. The cry of an owl is frightening.

30. Man must not kill owls because they are helpful to people.

26-30 B A B A A

18

Coffee has become the most popular American drink. Today people in the

United

States

drink

more

coffee

than

people

in

any

of

the

other

countries.

People

drink

coffee

at

breakfast,

at

lunch,

at

dinner

and

between

meals.

They

drink

hot

coffee

or

coffee

with

ice

in

it.

They

drink

it

at

work

and

at home. They eat

coffee ice-cream

and

coffee candy.

Coffee is black and

very strong. Different people like to drink it in different ways. Some

people like coffee with cream or sugar in it. Other people like coffee

with

both

cream

and

sugar

in

it.

In

all

ways

it

is

served.

Coffee

has

become

an international drink.

31. Coffee is an ____________ drink.

A . interesting B. international C. ice-cream D. American

32. Different people like to drink coffee ____________.

A.

at

work

or

at

home

B.

in

different

ways

C.

with

cream

or

sugar

D.

between

meals

33. Today Americans drink ____________ coffee than people in any of the

other countries.

A. as much as B. less C. more D. most

34. “Coffee is black and very strong.” The word STRONG here means

____________.

A.

坚固的

B.

淡的

C.

清的

D.

浓的

35. ____________ is the most popular American drink.

A. Black tea B. Coffee C. Water with ice D. Whisky

31-35 B B C D B

19

Computers

are

useful

machines.

They

can

help

people

a

lot

in

their

everyday

life.

For

example,

they

can

help

people

save

much

time,

and

they

can

help

people work out

many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asks

everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.

Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for

their children.

They

hope

computers

can

help

them

improve

(

提高

)

their

studies

in

school.

Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or

to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents

complain (

抱怨

) that computers can not help children to study but make

them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes.

In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say

computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of

trouble.

Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people

happiness? It will be decided by people themselves.

36. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because

_______________.

A. our country asks us to learn it

B. it can help us a lot

C. we can use it to play games

D

．

it can help us to find jobs

37. What do many teachers and parents complain about? _______________.

A. Their students and children use computers to play games.

B. Computers let them lost their jobs.

C. Computers make the students and children fall behind.

D. Computers bring people a lot of trouble.

38. In this passage we know computers _______________.

A. also bring us trouble

B. bring us happiness only

C. are hated by people

D. are bad for people’s health

39. Can computers really help children to study? _______________.

A. Yes, they can. B. It’s hard to say C. No, they can’t. D. Of course

not.

40. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it

means _______.

A. computers are used by people

B. people can live well without computers

C. one must decide how to use computers

D. computers are strange machines

36-40 B C A A C

20

Once upon a time there lived an old man. He had three sons. One day, he

called them together and said,

I give half my camels, to my second, one-third(

三分之一

), and to my

youngest, one-ninth (

九分之一

).

Now,

the

old

man

had

seventeen

camels,

and

the

three

brothers

didn't

know

how

to

do

as

their

father

said.

They

thought

a

long

time

about

the

problem,

and it seemed that they must either kill some of the camels and cut them

into

pieces,

or

disobey

their

father.

At

last

they

went

to

their

father's

old friend and asked for his advice. As soon as he heard their story, he

said,

I have only one camel, but take it-it is yours.

The three sons thanked the old man and took his camel. Now they found it

was

easy

to

do

as

their

father

wished,

The

oldest

took

half-

that

was

nine

camels; the second took one-third, that was six; and the youngest took

one-ninth, that was two.

After each had got his camels, they found that there was still a camel

there. So, to show their thanks to their father's friend, they gave the

camel back to him

41.

A. long long ago B. not very long ago

C. at once D. sometimes

42. The meaning of

A.

服从

B.

违背

C.

听从

D.

嘲笑

43. The meaning of

________

A.

向他请教

B.

问他数量

C.

批评他

D.

劝告他

44. The second old man ________the three brothers.

A. was good to B. was not good to C. didn't like D. cheated(

哄骗

)

45. Both the two old men in the story were ________.

A. foolish B. clever C. poor D. rich

41-45 A B A A B

21

Tom lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly went to town, but

one day he went into town to buy a few things. After he bought them, he

went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. When he looked around,

he saw some old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers.

So after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself one pair, too.

He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.

The man in the

shop

let him

try

on a lot

of glasses, but Tom

always said,

The man became puzzled (

迷惑的

) , and he said,

read?

you think I would come here to buy your glasses?

46. Tom lived ______.

A. with his family B. near town C. in the country D. in town

47. Tom didn't go to town______.

A. never B. often C. sometimes D. sometime

48. Why did Tom decide to buy a pair of glasses?

A. Because he thought if he bought them, he could read.

B. Because they were very bright.

C. Because they were cheap.

D. Because he could read newspaper.

49. Tom went to the shop to ______.

A. have a rest B. have dinner C. wear glasses D. buy a pair of glasses

46-49 C B A D

22

We

know

mosquitoes

very

well.

Mosquitoes

fly

everywhere.

They

can

be

found

almost all over the world, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.

No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide if she loves you.

She?

Yes,

she.

The

male

mosquito

doesn’t

bite!

Only

the

female

mosquito

bites

because

she

needs

blood

to

lay

eggs.

She

is

always

looking

for

things

or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But

if she doesn’t like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more

delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are

chos

en. You’re different from the others!

If

the

mosquito

likes

you,

she

lands

on

your

body

without

letting

you

know.

She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything

different.

After

she

bites,

you

will

have

an

itch(

痒

)

on

your

body

because

she

puts

something

from

her

mouth

together

with

your

blood.

When

the

itch

begins, she has flown away.

And then what happens? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito

feels tired. She wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, in a

tree or on a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.

( ) the people don’t like mosquitoes.

( ) mosquitoes like to bite people for blood.

( ) a mosquito wants to bite you, it means she is very tired.

( ) mosquito bites you too quickly and quietly to let you know.

( ) itch begins after the mosquito flies away.

51-55 FFFTT

23

Do you know why different animals or pests(

昆虫

) have their special

colours? Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.

Some

birds

like

eating

locusts(

蝗虫

),

but

birds

cannot

easily

catch

them.

Why?

It

is

because

locusts

change

their

colours

together

with

the

change

of

the

colours

of

crops(

庄稼

).

When

crops

are

green,

locusts

look

green.

But as the harvest (

收获

)time comes, locusts change to the same brown

colour

as

crops

have.

Some

other

pests

with

different

colours

from

plants

are

easily

found

and

eaten

by

others.

So

they

have

to

hide

themselves

for

lives and appear only at night.

If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of colo

uring is

to

protect

themselves.

Bears,

lions

and

other

animals

move

quietly

through

forests.

They

cannot

be

easily

seen

by

hunters.

This

is

because

they

have

the colours much like the trees.

Have you ever found an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea

can

send

out

a

kind

of

very

black

liquid(

液体

)

when

it

faces

danger.

While

the liquid spreads over(

散开

), its enemies(

敌人

) cannot find it. And it

immediately

swims

away.

So

it

has

lived

up

to

now

though

it

is

not

strong

at all.

( ) the passage we learn that locusts________.

A. are small animals

B. are easily found by birds

C. are dangerous to their enemies

D. change their colours to protect themselves

(

)

can

pests

with

different

colours

from

plants

keep

out

of

danger?

A. They run away quickly.

B. They have the colours much like their enemies.

C. They hide themselves by day and appear at night.

D. They have to move quietly.

( ) and lions can keep safe because________.

A. they have the colours much like the trees

B. they move quietly

C. they like brown and grey colours

D. they live in forests

( ) can the kind of fish live up to now?

A. Because it is very big and strong.

Because the liquid it sends out can help it escape from its enemies.

B. Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies.

C. Because it swims faster than any other fish.

( ) is the best title for this passage?

A. The Change of Colours for Animals and Pests.

B. Colours of Different Animals and pests.

C. The Main Use of Colours for Animals and Pests.

D. Some Animals and Pests.

56-60 D C A B C

第一篇（ 答案：

BDCBB

）

24

No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making

sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted

（发出呼噜声）

like

a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those

he heard all round him----water splashing

（飞溅）

, bees humming

（嗡嗡

作响声）

,

a

stone

falling

to

the

ground.

Somehow

he

learned

to

make

words.

As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what

we mean by language.

People

living

in

different

countries

made

different

kinds

of

words.

Today

there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each

contains

four

or

five

hundred

thousand

words.

But

we

do

not

need

all

these.

Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.

The

words

you

know

are

called

your

vocabulary.

You

should

try

to

make

your

vocabulary

bigger.

Read

as

many

books

as

you

can.

There

are

plenty

of

books

written in easy language. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

1

．

What do we mean by language?

[ ]

A

．

Sounds made by man.

B

．

All the words made by man.

C

．

Different kinds of sound.

D

．

The way man learns.

2

．

From the passage we know that long long ago ______.

[ ]

A

．

no one learned how to make sounds or words

B

．

animals taught to learn the language

C

．

Man learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the

ground, and so on

D

．

Man followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words

3

．

What

is

the

number

of

language

spoken

in

the

world

today? [ ]

A

．

500

B

．

5, 000