初二英语阅读理解50篇
-湖北师范大学是一本吗
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
（哺乳动物）
.
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,
well if you
do your best
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,
tried
several
times and worked out the problem at
last!
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.
up so early !
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.
feel
too
sleepy
to
finish
my
homework,
said
Wu.
Now
I
can
finish
it
without
coffee.
Because I can sleep a little longer.
Many teachers say the change will
help students learn better.
doze
(
瞌睡
) for the first two
classes in the morning,
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<
/p>
)in l938
．
The
writer
was
born
in
West
Virginia
，
America
．
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
psycholo
gy(
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
，
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
，
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
)
．
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
．
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
，
“
N
o
，
we
just
came
so
that
he
would
have
people
to
walk
with
．
’
’<
/p>
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
．
it
’
s easy to move to a new place
B
．
it
’
s
kind of people to help a new comer
C
．
it
’
s
difficult to make new friends
D
< br>．
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
said.
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 lesso
n(
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
cries
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,
to my second, one-
third(
三分之一
), and to my
youngest, one-ninth
(
九分之一
).
after that
he died.
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,
father's. I am old. 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,
I
can't
read with
these.
The man became puzzled
(
迷惑的
) , and he said,
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 chosen.
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
colouring 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
ov
er(
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
C
．
1, 500
D
．
15, 000
4
．
In
which sentence can the word
“
contain
(s)
”
be put so that it is a
right one?
[ ]
A
．
I
______several dictionary
B
．
Sea water______ salt.
C
．
A dog ______four legs
D
．
Mr Smith ______glasses on
his nose
5
．
Which
of
the
following
is
the
best
if
we
want
to
make
our
vocabulary
larger? [ ]
A
．
To use the words in every
day life
B
．
To read more books
C
．
To read easy books
D
．
To look up new words in
the dictionary
第二篇（答案：
BBCDA
）
25
It was Sunday and
Tom was staying home. After breakfast he went out
into the garden
and played quietly by
himself. There were no kids around and he was used
to
（习惯
于）
playing
alone quietly. He played with Bobby, the dog. He
climbed up and down the
trees.
Sometimes
a
bird
would
come
down
to
perch
（停歇）
on
top
of
the
doghouse.
Then
Tom
would
have
the
greatest
fun
（爱好）
by
throwing
a
stone
or
something
at
it.
Though
he never made it. He
did like doing this kind of things.
Now
Tom
had
been
in
the
garden
for
half
an
hour.
Suddenly
a
crack
（碎裂声）
was
heard
and the little boy
began crying.
“
What's the matter, Tom?
”
his mother looked through
the kitchen window.
Tom ran
into the kitchen.
“
Mum
”
he sobbed
（抽泣），“
I broke
Bobby's plate. I didn't know it was so fragile
（易碎的）”
.
His mother put her arms round him and
said,
“
Don't feel too bad,
Tom. We have other
plates for Boddy.
But how did you break that one?
”
“
I threw this at a bird but
missed, and it went straight to the plate.
”
In
Tom's hand was his father's gold pocket
watch
（金怀表）！
1
．
When did the
story happen?
[ ]
A
．
On a Sunday afternoon.
B
．
On a Sunday morning.
C
．
At noon.
D
．
In the
evening.
2
．
When a bird
perched on top of the doghouse, Tom______
[ ]
A
．
would like to play with
it.
B
．
was very interested in it
by throwing a stone at it.
C
．
would like to give it
something to eat.
D
．
would smile.
3
．
There were no
kids around and he was used to playing alone
quietly. Here
“
kids
”
means ______. [ ]
A
．
men
B
．
dogs
C
．
children
D
．
birds
4
．
How
long had Tom been in the garden when his mother
heard him cry? [ ]
A
．
An hour. B A day.
C
．
Two hours
D
．
Half an hour.
5
．“
Though he
never made it
”
means
< br>“
______
”
[ ]
A
．
Though he couldn't hit a
bird with a stone or something.
B
．
Though he
couldn't catch the bird.
C
．
Though he couldn't have
fun from the bird.
D
．
Though he couldn't eat the
bird.
第三篇（答案：
BCADC
）
26
Thomas
Edison
was
a
famous
American
scientist.
He
was
born
in
1847.
When
he
was
a
child,
he liked
to find out how things worked. He was in school
for only three months. He
asked his
teacher a lot
of
strange
questions.
Most
of them had
nothing to do
with
his
lessons The teacher thought the
boy
was not
bright and was not
worth
（值）
teaching.
When he told this to Edison's mother,
she took her son out of school. As she had been
a
teacher,
she
taught
him
herself.
The
boy
read
a
lot.
Soon
he became
very
interested
in science. At the age of ten, Edison
had already built a chemistry lab for himself.
Ever since then, he never stopped
searching for new and better ways to do things.
1
．
Edison was born
in the______ century
（世纪）
.
[ ]
A
．
eighteenth
B
．
nineteenth
C
．
nineteen
D
．
eighteen
2
．
While
he
was
in
school,
Edison
______.
[ ]
A
．
studied his lessons very
hard
B
．
was often late for school
C
．
liked to ask questions
D
．
was not bright enough to
study
3
．
Edison learned
more from ______.
[ ]
A
．
his mother
B
．
his teacher
C
．
other boys
D
．
his father
4
．
Young
Edison
was
interested
in
______.
[ ]
A
．
sports
B
．
playing games
C
．
making trouble
D
．
science
5
．
He
was always searching for new and better ways to do
things after he [ ]