inflation初二英语阅读练习(附翻译)

2021年1月24日发(作者：我该怎么做)
（一）








Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (
仆人
). He and the
servant(
仆人）

loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home,
the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man
knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.







One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of
poison (
毒药
) and some nice food in the house. You must take of them.” With these words,
he went out.







But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was
away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk
and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find
his food and his
wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very
well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank
the poison to kill himself.














( ) the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.







A. the rich man


B. the servant


C. both A and B


D. neither A and B







( ) rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the
nice food.







A. the cat





B. himself




C. nobody





D. the servant















( ) rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because
________.







A. there was in fact poison in the bottles







B. did not want the servant to drink his wine







C. he wanted to kill the cat







D. he wanted to kill the servant







( ) fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.







A. the servant


B. cat


C. the rich man


D. nobody







( ) the story, we know that the servant is very _______.







A. lazy


B. bad


C. clever


D. kind


（二）









Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Most
American families have one or two parents and one or two children each.







Children in the US will leave t
heir parents’ home when they grow up. They usually
live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their
parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on holiday.






Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it
important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.






Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families,
children are paid for doing some housework so that they learn how to make money for
their own use.







( ) size of most American families is ________ that of other countries.






A. larger than


B. smaller than


C. as big as

D. as small as






( ) children grow up, they leave their parents’
home to _________.






A. get married


B. be free


C. find good jobs


D. study






( ) visit their parents ________.






A. on weekdays


B. on weekends


C. at any time


D. on holiday






( ) of the following statements is WRONG?






A. Children have the freedom to choose their own job.






B. Parents don’t ask their children to do the housework.







C. Parents think it important for children to make their own decision.






D. When children grow up, they usually live far away from their home.






( ) parents pay their children for doing housework because ___________.






A. children can learn how to make money for themselves






B. their children required them to do so






C. they are rich






D. it is required by law

（三）






Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They
show their feelings with sounds.




Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don’t study, but
they travel together.




Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell
when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “welcome”when a dolphin comes back to
the school. They talk when they play.




They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water.
People cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes
of the sounds and study them.




Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium
（水族馆）
. People can watch
the dolphins in a show. Dol
phins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium.
They are sad and lonely
（孤独的）
.




There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save
somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say
that
dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.


1. Dolphins show their feelings with ___________ .




A. pictures


B. words







C. water


D. sounds