初中英

九年级阅读理解

20

篇

（一）

Little Tom down the street calls our dog

Seep

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.

污点

) off the shoe. Then he

put it at the door to dry.

writer and Mary didn't know______.

Zip's first present was

Zip carried its first present home

owned Zip's first present

Zip's first present was made of

calls Zip

dog likes keeping things

dog likes playing with shoes

doesn't know the dog's name

can't pronounce the word

made the shoe strange was ______.

colour

smell

size

it was a silk one

word

g things for itself

ng things for other to keep

letting it run about

care of a small child

can know from the reading that the dog _____.

A. likes to give presents to people

been kept in at the writer's home

brought some trouble

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 un

til we are back on the ground again !”

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

because I've got some work there.

yet.

电报

),

righ t,

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,

He found a taxi (

出租车

) and the driver said,

name and address of his hotel.

not know. So Dick got out and 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.

knocked again, and 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,

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,

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.

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,

tell him that your father has been 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.

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,

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

The man was very surprised. He asked,

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.

3.

one of the most…

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

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.

B.

C.

D.

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

A.

B.

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

)

。

They felt

unhappy and returned to their village.

蒙受

) losses in business while others always profit (

盈利

)

asked one day.

time!

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,

Green doesn't climb down the 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

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?”About 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

C. both a teacher and a student have questions

D. everyone, except a teacher, has more questions

2. The student thought that ________.

A. a student’s knowledge is less than his teacher’s because it comes from the teacher

B. a teacher can not necessarily answer all the questions his students ask

C. those who have less knowledge have more questions

D. anyone who learns more has more questions

3. At the end of the story, the great learned man concluded

（推断）

that ________.

A. a student should learn from his teacher

B. a teacher does not have so many questions as his student

C. a student knows more than his teacher

D. a teacher has more chanc

es to face what he doesn’t know

4. Which of the following topics can NOT express the idea of the story?

A. You Will Never Learn Enough

B. A Teacher and His Student

C. There Is No Limit to Knowledge

D. One Is Never Too Old to Learn

5. We can often find such an article in ________.

A. the Palace Museum

B. any book

C. a newspaper of magazine

D. An encyclopedia

（百科全书）

Keys: 1

－

5 ACDBA

（十五）

Snow fell on the mountain. It snowed and snowed. The snow did not melt

（融化）

. It became deep and

heavy. The snow on the bottom pressed

（挤压）

together., it became ice.

The ice was very wide and thick. It began to move down the mountain. It was like a river of ice. It was a

glacier

（冰河）

.

Sometimes the glacier moved only a few inches

（英寸）

each day. As it moved, it took rocks and dirt with

it. It changed the land. In some places, it left hills. In some places, when the glacier melted, it made rivers

and lakes.

A million years ago, there were many big glaciers. Glaciers covered many parts of the world. The glaciers

changed the land.

Glaciers are still at work today. A glacier in the north of Canada is cutting a new path

（路）

down the side

of a mountain. This glacier will change the land, too.

1. The snow that fell on the mountain

A. became snowman

B. melted

C. became ice

D. turned to rain

2. The word in the story that means a river of ice is __________.

3. The story says, “The snow did

not melt. It became deep and heavy”. The word it means ____.

4. Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?

A. There are not as many glaciers as there used to be

B. Glaciers do not change the land as they move over it.

C. Glaciers are found only in warm places.

5. How fast did the glacier move? (Which sentence is exactly like the one in your book?)

A. Sometimes the glacier moved only once a year.

B. Sometimes the glacier moved over ten miles each day.

C. Sometimes the glacier moved only a few inches each day.

6. The main idea of the whole story is that _______.

A. snow is heavy

B. the high land never changes

C. glaciers changed the land

Key: 1.C

2. glacier

3.A

4.C

5.C

（十六）

Long ago, people in Rome

（罗马）

talked to one another in Latin

（拉丁文）

. Pupils in school learned to

read and write in Latin. Books are in Latin.

Some Romans

（罗马人）

went to other parts of the world. They took their language with them. Soon Latin

was used in many countries. It became a world language.

People in other countries did not talk in Latin the same way. In each land, they changed the language a

little. As time went by, they made more changes. At last they did not talk in Latin any more. New

languages had come from the old one.

People do not talk to one another in Latin today. But they still use many Latin words. You do, too. Street,

wall, city, and salt are some of the Latin words we use. You are a pupil in school. Pupil is a Latin word. It

means “little

doll”.

1. Latin was used by people in _____.

A. Rome

B. the United States

C. Greece(

希腊

)

D. Texas

2. The word in the story that means what people speak and write is ______

3. The story says, “People do not talk to each other in Latin today. But they still use many Latin words,”

The word they means ________.

4. Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?

A. It is not good to change a language.

B. Pupils in schools today play with dolls.

C. Not many people can read Latin today.

5. What happened to Latin when it was taken to other countries?(which sentence is exactly like the one in

your book?)

A. In each land, people talked about each other.

B. In each land, they changed the language a little

C. In each land, the children had to speak some Latin.

6. The main idea of the whole story is that ________.

A. Romans did not like to stay home

B. people in old Rome talked a lot to each other.

C. Latin changed as it moved from land to land.

Key: 1. A

2. language

3. people

4. C

5. B

6. C

（十七）

A Leg Walking Right

Here are some signs + -

x…, the signs are very different. They mean very different things. When you see

them, you know what to do. This sign + means that you will add some numerals. This sign

—

means that

you will take one numeral away from another. You will subtract

（减去）

. What will you do when you see x

and

…

?

Our signs are easy to read. They are easy signs to remember. Look at these two signs… .The ancient

Egyptians used these signs. A picture of a leg walking to the left told them to add some numerals. A

picture of a leg walking to the right told them to subtract.

In the 1500s people used this printed

（印刷的）

sign & to add numerals. After a while the sign began to

look like this… .Later, the sign became +.

How much is 2…2?

1. What do you do when you see this sign +?

A. Walk away

B. Write a numeral

C. Read a sign

D. Add

2. The word in the story that means to take one numeral away from another is _____.

3. The story says, “Our signs are easy to read. They are easy signs to remember”. The word they means

______.