初三英语阅读理解20篇

初三英语阅读理解

20

篇

(

一

)

Little Tom down the street calls our dog

sheep dog. But

when Tom tries to say

is right. Zip is

always bringing things hoem for us to keep! I'll tell you about some

of them.

Zip's first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk. We didn't

know how Zip found the shoe. But after a moment Mary, my big sister,

told

me the shoe had a strange smell. I nodded(

点头

)and held my nose.

clean a spot (

污

点

) off the shoe. Then he put it at the door to dry.

back.

writer and Mary didn't know______.

A. what Zip's first present was

B. how Zip carried its first present home

C. who owned Zip's first present

D. what Zip's first present was made of

calls Zip

A. the dog likes keeping things

B. the dog likes playing with shoes

C. he doesn't know the dog's name

D. he can't pronounce the word

made the shoe strange was ______.

A. its colour smell

C. its size it was a silk one

word

A. keeping things for itself

B. bringing things for other to keep

C. not letting it run about

D. taking care of a small child

can know from the reading that the dog _____.

A. likes to give presents to people

B. has been kept in at the writer's home

C. has brought some trouble

D. likes to be called

Key: 1.C 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.C

(

二

)

An old lady in a plane had a blanket(

毯子

)over her head and she did

not want to take it off . The air hostess spoke to her, but the old lady

said, “I have never been in a plane before , and I am frightened. I am

going to keep this blanket over my head until

we are back on the ground again !”

Then the captain came. He said, “Madam, I am t

he captain of this

plane. The

weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, and everything is

going very well. ”

But she continued to hide.

So the captain turned and started to go back. Then the old lady

looked out from under the blanket with one eye

and said, “I am sorry,

young man, but I don’t like planes

and I am never going to fly again. But I’ll say one thing, ”She

continued kindly,

“You and your wife keep your plane very clean!”

1. An old lady had _________ .

A. glasses B. a blanket over her head C. a coat D. a basket

2. A. She didn’t want to ________ .

A. take it off B. turn it off C. get on D. talk about it

3. _________ spoke to her .

A. The air hostess B. The man next to her C. her husband D. one of

her friends 4. The old lady had never been _________ before .

A. abroad B. home C. in a plane D. in hospital

5. The woman didn’t like planes and she was never going ________ .

A. to fly again B. to travel C. to go abroad D. to go home

Key: 1,5 BAACA

(

三

)

Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife,

going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there.

Dick answered.

电

报

),

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the

center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his

wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.

In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He

came out at nine o'clock and said,

have a nice dinner.

出租车

) and the driver said,

of his hotel.

tonight?

went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in

it he wrote,

Choose the right answer

1. Dick flew to New York because ___.

A. he went there for a holiday

B. he had work there

C. he went there for sightseeing (

观光

)

D. his home was there

2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

A. Because she didn't know his address yet

B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too

C. Because she might send him another telegram

D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York

3. Where did Dick stay in New York?

A. In the center of the city.

B. In a hotel.

C. In a restaurant.

D. At his friend's house.

4. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

A. The manager (

经理

) of his hotel.

B. The police office.

C. The taxi driver.

D. His wife.

5. Which of the following is not true?

A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.

B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.

C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.

D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

Key: 1-5 B A B D C

四

)

Bob and Jim once worked in the same factory. One day, Bob lent Jim

ten dollars, but then Jim left his work and went to work in another town

without paying back the money.

Bob didn't see Jim for a year, and then he knew from another friend

that Jim was in another town and staying at a hotel. So he went there to

see him late in the evening. When he got to Jim's room, he saw his shoes

near the door.

said,

True or False

1. Bob and Jim once worked in different factories.

2. One day Jim borrowed ten dollars from Bob.

3. Jim paid back the money to Bob and went to work in another town

later. 4. Bob hadn't seen Jim for a year when he learned that Jim was in

another town.

Key: 1-4 F T F T

(

五

)

I think the most terrible thing in life for my little brother is

getting up in the morning. He is almost sick when my mother calls,

Herbert answers,

at all like my brother. I don't like to go to bed at night but I don't

mind getting up in the morning. I usually wake up before my mother calls

me. I jump out of bed and go into the bathroom to take a shower. I get

dressed, brush my teeth, comb my hair, and get ready to go downstairs

for breakfast as soon as my mother calls.

But not Herbert. He just sleeps. A military band (

军乐队

) in our

bedroom could

not wake him up. I call him and say,

pull you out of bed if you don't get up immediately!

But he just sleeps. After calling a few more times my mother has to

come upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed. It's that way every day with

my little brother. Perhaps some day he'll learn to get up on time, but I

really don't think so. True or False

1. The most terrible thing in life for my little brother is going to

school.

2. I'm not like my brother because I like to go to bed early at

night and get up early in the morning.

3. I usually jump out of bed and go into the bathroom for a shower

before my mother calls.

4. When mother calls, Herbert doesn't answer and remains in bed.

5. My mother often has to go upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed as

he refuses to get up.

6. Sometimes we have to send for a military band to wake Herbert up.

7. The writer thinks some day Herbert will learn to get up on time. Key:

1-7. F T T F T F F

(

六

)

In England, people often talk about the weather because they can

experience (

经

历

) four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just

like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard.

The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be

sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time

of a day.

In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in

summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes

they should take warm clothes.

When you go to England, you will see that some English people

usually take an umbrella (

伞

)or a raincoat with them in the sunny

morning, but you should not laugh at them.

If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (

后悔

)

later in the day.

1. Why do people in England often talk about the weather?

A. Because they may have four seasons in one day

B. Because they often have very good weather

C. Because the weather is warm just like in spring

D. Because the sky is sunny all day

2. From the story we know that when _________come, there is a heavy

rain. A. sunshine and snow B. black clouds

C. summer and winter D. spring and autumn

3.

too ______in winter.

A. warm B. cool C. cold D. rainy

4. In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat

or an umbrella with them because ________.

A. their friends ask them to do so B. it often rains in England

C. they are going to sell them D. they are their favourite things 5.

The best title (

标题

)for this passage is ________.

A. Bad Seasons B. Summer or Winter

C. The Weather in England D. Strange English People

KEY: ABABC

(

七

)

Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his

son,

out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask

him to sit down for a cup of tea.

this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him.

His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every

now and then.

Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought

that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more

use for him, so he burnt it that evening.

The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it.

A man was standing at the door and said,

put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper.

He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he

shouted,

The man was very surprised. He asked,

last week. When did it happen?

1. Mr Brown told his son that _____.

A. he would be away from home for four days

B. he would be back in seven days

C. he would be back in a month

D. he liked a cup of tea

2. Mr Brown wrote the words down on ________.

A. the wall B. the door

C. a piece of paper D. his son's pocket

3. A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.

A. the second day B. the third day C. the fourth day D. the fifth

day 4. The man was very surprised because _________.

A. he thought the child's father was dead

B. the child didn't ask him to sit down

C. the child gave him a cup of tea

D. he couldn't find that piece of paper

5. What was burnt? ___________.

A. The piece of paper B. Mr Smith C. The visitor D. The boy

KEY: BCDAA

(

八

)

One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all

the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking.

People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary

(

必要的

) to do this in a foreign language, too.

Here are some examples.

1.

2.

think you'd better?

3.

You can see from the above three examples that the context (

上下文

)

helps a lot

in understanding what is being talked about. So

important in understanding English, especially (

尤其

)spoken English.

passage tells us mainly about _________.

A. the importance of

B. how to guess what one is going to talk about

C. some examples of right guessing

D. how important it is to guess all the time

the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE

I is _________.

A.

late.

C.

3. Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 2 is ________.

A.

yourself.

C.

D.

4. Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 3 is ______.

A.

B.

C.

D.

5. From the passage we can infer (

推断

) that guessing is _______in

learning a foreign

language.

A. the only way

B. more important in spoken English than in written English

C. more important than any other way

D. more important in written English than in spoken English

KEY: ABADB

(

九

)

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 has already been carried there

when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price

(

价格

)

。

Th ey felt unhappy and returned to their village.

蒙受

) losses in business while

others always

profit (

盈利

)

傻的

) we were !

1. 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

2. 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

3. the tow 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. a lot of apples had been already carried to the city

D. they forgot to carry them on a truck

4. 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

5. 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.

KEY: BDCAC

(

十

)

On Christmas Eve?the night before Christmas Day?children all over

Britain

put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep.

Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during

the night.

Father Christmas is very kind and hearted. He gets to the top of

each house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace. He fills each

of the stockings with Christmas presents.

Of course, Father Christmas isn't real. In Jim and Kate's house,

chimney. He waits until the children are asleep. Then he quietly goes

into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents. When

they were very young, Mr Green sometimes wore a red coat. But he doesn't

do that now. The children are no longer young, and they know who

Christmas

their beds.

1. Christmas Eve is __________.

A. the night of Christmas Day B. the evening of Christmas Day C.

Christmas Day D. the night before Christmas Day

2. Father Christmas often puts presents ________.

A. into children's hats B. into children's stockings C. under

children's beds D. into children's shoes

3. When the children were very young, __________.

A. they didn't know who Father Christmas was

B. they knew that Father Christmas wasn't real

C. they thought their father was Father Christmas

D. they knew who put the presents into their stockings 4. When the

children are older, they __________.

A. know that Father Christmas is real

B. ask their mother to fill their stockings with presents C. know

that Father Christmas is really their father D. know that Father

Christmas is really their friend 5. Father Christmas comes into the

house through the ________. A. chimney B. back door C. front door D.

window.

KEY: DBACA

(

十一

)

To find out whether bees(

蜜蜂

)can see colours, the following

experiment is made. A round table is put in a garden, and on the table

is a piece of blue cardboard

(

硬纸版

)with a drop of syrup(

糖浆

)on it. After a short time, bees

come to the syrup. The bees then fly to their hive(

蜂房

)and give the

syrup to other bees in the hive. Then they return to the feeding-place

which they have found. After a while, the blue

cardboard with the syrup on it is taken away. Instead of this card,

a blue card is now

put on the left side of the first feeding-place and a red card to

its right. These new

cards have no syrup on them. Very soon bees arrive again, and fly

straight to the blue

card. None go to the red card.

Picture 1

1. How many cards do you need to prepare for the experiment? A. Two:

one blue and one red

B. Three: two blue and one red

C. Three: one blue and two red

D. Four: two blue and two red

2. If Picture 1 below shows the table top during Step 1 of the

experiment, which of A,

B, C, D in Picture 2 shows the table top during Step 2? Picture 2

3. During Step 2 of the experiment, the bees go to ________. A. the

blue card with syrup on it

B. the new blue card with no syrup on it

C. the empty space where the original(

原先的

)blue card was

D. the new blue card with syrup on it on the left of the red card 4.

The experiment has proved(

证明

)that bees ________.

A. cannot see colors B. can see colors

C. can not see blue D. cannot see red

5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Bees Love Blue B. Bees Love Syrup

C. Bees, Color and Syrup D. Can Bees See Color?

Keys: 1,5 BCBBD

(

十二

)

Now satellites are helping to forecast(

预报

)the weather. They are in

space, and

they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures

of the atmosphere(

大

气

), because this is where the weather forms(

形成

). They send these

pictures to the

weather stations. So meteorologists(

气象学家

)can see the weather of

any part of the

world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the

weather will change. Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in

sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new

pictures, the meteorologists compare(

比较

)them with earlier

ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the

last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon

change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say

this.

So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists.

Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the

weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for

three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the

weather for a week or more ahead(

提前

).

1. Satellites travel _____________.

A. in space B. in the atmosphere

C. above the ground D. above space

2. Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the

atmosphere? Because __________.

A. the weather satellites can do it easily

B. clouds form there

C. the weather forms there

D. the pictures can forecast the weather

3. Meteorologists forecast the weather __________.

A. when they have received satellite pictures

B. after they have compared new satellite pictures with earlier ones

C. before they received satellite pictures

D. during they study satellite pictures

4. Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for ________.

A. one day B. two days

C. five days D. seven days or even longer

5. The main(

主要的

)idea of this passage is that satellites are now

used in _________. A. taking pictures of the atmosphere

B. receiving pictures of the atmosphere

C. doing other work in many ways

D. weather forecasting

Keys: 1-5 ACBDD

(

十三

)

In almost every big university(

大学

)in the United States, football

is a favourite

sport. American football is different. 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(

机会

)to move the

ball ten yards(

码

). They can carry it or they

can throw it. If they move the ball ten yards, they can try to move

it another ten yards. If they move it to the end of the field, they

receive six points(

点

).

It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the other team try

to stop the man with the ball. If he does not move the ball ten yards,

his team kicks the ball the other team. Each university wants its own

team to win. Many thousands of people come to watch. They all shout for

their favourite team.

Young men and women come on the field to help the people shout more.

They dance and jump while they shout.

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

teams play again on January 1, the first day of the New Year. Many

people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV.

1. The passage talks about ___________.

A. football B. how to play football

C. American sports D. American football

2. We can _______ the football in both American football and Chinese

football. A. kick B. throw C. run with D. catch

3. Why is it difficult to move the ball? Because ___________.

A. ten yards is a long way

B. many men on the other team try not to let the ball come near

C. the playing field is very large

D. eleven men have to catch the ball one by one

4. If they _________, the teams will play on January 1.

A. receive six points

B. play eleven games in the season

C. are the best teams

D. move the ball to the end of the field

5. Many people come to watch football and they want their team to

win. Which of the following is not their act?

A. Jumping B. Dancing C. Crying D. Shouting

Keys: 1-5 DABCC

(

十四

)

“Who has more questions, a teacher or a student?”A

bout this

question a great

learned man told his student that nobody does but a teacher.

The student got puzzled. With a smile, the teacher drew two

circles(

圆

). Within

(

在??里面

)the larger one is my knowledge of things, and within the

smaller one is yours. Out of the circles is still unknown to both of us.

Since mine is larger, as you can see, the line that marks out the circle

is longer. That makes it clear that who has

more chances(

机会

)to face something still unknown.

1. The great learned man believed that ________.

A. a teacher has more questions

B. a student has more questions