初中英语阅读理解专题
-没有你陪伴我真的好孤单
诺贝尔的故事
Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish
inventor and industrialist, was born in Stockholm
on
October 21, 1833, but moved to
Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father,
Immanuel, made a strong position for
himself in the engineering industry. Immanuel
Nobel invented landmine and made a lot
of money from the government during the
Crimean War, but went bankrupt soon
after. Then, the family returned to Sweden in
1859,
where Alfred began his own study
of explosives in his
father
’
s lab. He had never
been to
school or university but had
taught himself, and by the time he was twenty, he
became a
skillful chemist and excellent
linguist, speaking Swedish, Russian, German,
French and
English. He built up over 80
companies in 20 different countries. He was always
searchi
ng
for a meaning to
life. He spent much time and money working on how
to end the wars, and
the peace between
nations, until his death in Italy in 1896. His
famous last will, in which he
left
money to provide prizes for outstanding work in
physics, chemistry, physiology,
medicine, literature and peace, is a
memorial to his interests and ideas. And so, the
man is
remembered and respected long
after his death.
根据短文内容，选择能回答所提问题的正确答案。
1. Where was Alfred Nobel
born? He was born in ________.
A. Sweden
B. Stockholm
C. Russia
D. Moscow
2.
What did Immanuel Nobel invented during the
Crimean War?
A. The
engineering industry.
B. A
strong position.
C.
Landmine.
D. Study of explosives.
3. Why did Alfred Nobel return to
Sweden ? Because his father ________.
A. went bankrupt
B. was put in prison
C.
was ill D.
died
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4. How many
companies did Alfred Nobel build up? He built
up ________ companies in
different countries.
A. 20
B. 40
C. 60
D. 80
5. What
was Alfred Nobel always searing for?
________.
A. More time and
more money
B. A meaning to life
C. How to end
the war
D. The peace
between nations
【答案及解析】
1.
B
。
根据
Alfred Nobel,
the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was
born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833.
(
伟大的瑞典发明家和实业家诺贝尔于
1883
年
10
月
21
日出生于斯德哥尔摩
)
就能确定正确选项。
2.
C
。根据
Immanuel Nobel invented
landmine and made a lot of money from the
government during the
Crimean War(
以马利
•
诺贝尔在克里米亚战争中发明地雷，挣了
很多钱
)
就能确定正确答案。
3.
A
。根据
went bankrupt soon after
(
不久破产了
)
就能确定正确答案
(from )
。
4.
D
。根据
He built up over 80
companies in 20 different countries(
他在<
/p>
20
个国家建了
80
多个公司
)
就能确定
答案。
5.
B
。根据
He was always searching
for a meaning to life(
他总是在搜索生活的意义
)
就能确定答案。
她用爱创造奇迹
An eight-
year-old child heard her parents talking about her
little brother. All she knew was
that
he was very sick and they had no money. Only a
very expensive operation could save
him
now and there was no one to lend them the
money.
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When she heard
her daddy say to her tearful mother,
“
Only a miracle can save him
now,
”
the little
girl went to her bedroom and pulled her money from
its hiding place and
counted it
carefully.
She
hurried to a drugstore (
药店
)
with the money in her hand.
“
And what do you
want?
”
asked the
salesman.
“
It
’
s
for my little brother,
”
the girl
answered.
“
He
’
s
really, really sick and I want to buy a
miracle.
”
“
Pardon?
”
said the
salesman.
“
My brother Andrew has
something bad growing inside his head and my daddy
says only a
miracle can save him. So
how much does a miracle
cost?
”
“
We
don
’
t sell a miracle here,
child. I
’
m
sorry,
”
the
salesman said with a smile.
“
Listen, if it
isn
’
t enough, I can try and
get some more. Just tell me how much it
costs.
”
A well-dressed man heard it and asked,
“
What kind of a miracle does
your brother need?
”
“
I
don
’
t
know,
”
she
answered with her eyes full of tears.
“
He
’
s
really sick and mum says he
needs an
operation. But my daddy
can
’
t pay for it, so I have
brought all my money.
”
“
How much do you
have?
”
asked the
man.
“
$$ 1.11, but I can try
and get some more,
”
she
answered.
“
Well, what
luck,
”
smiled the
man.
“
$$ 1.11, the price of a
miracle for little
brothers.
”
He took up the
girl
’
s hand and said,
“
Take me to where you live.
I want to see your brother
and meet
your parents. Let
’
s see if I
have the kind of miracle you
need.
”
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That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton
Armstrong, a famous doctor. The operation was
successful and it
wasn
’
t long before Andrew
was home again.
How much did
the miracle cost? (from )
<
/p>
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1. What was the trouble in
the little girl
’
s
family?
A. Her brother was
seriously ill.
B. They had
no money.
C. Nothing could
save her brother.
D. Both A
and B.
2. In the
eye of the little girl, a miracle might be
_______.
A. something
interesting
B. something
beautiful
C. some wonderful
medicine
D. some good
food
3. The
little girl said again and again
“
...I can try and get some
more.
”
That shows
_______.
A. she
had still kept some money
B. she hoped not to be
refused
C. There was no need
to worry about money
D. she
thought money was easy to get
4. What made the miracle
happen?
A. The
girl
’
s love for her
brother.
B. The
girl
’
s money.
C. The medicine from the
drugstore.
D. Nobody can
tell.
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5. From the
passage we can infer (
推断
)
that _______.
A. The doctor
didn
’
t ask for any
pay
B. A miracle is sure to
happen if you keep on
C. The
little girl is lovely but not so clever
D. Andrew was in fact not so sick as
they had thought
【答案及解析】
1.
选
D
。根据
第
1
段中的
All she knew
was that he was very sick and they had no
money
可知答案。
2.
选
C
。
由于这个小女孩的家很穷，
而她的兄
弟又病得那样重，
所以她的父亲说
Only a
miracle can save him
now
，小女孩
听了之后便翻出她所有的
“
积蓄
”
去药店购买
miracle
，由此可见，小
女孩可能认为
miracle
是一
种什
么很神奇的药。注：
miracle
的实际意思是
“
奇迹
”
，
Only a miracle can save him now
的意思是
“
只有出现
奇迹才可能救得了他
”
3.
选
D
。
The urchin
要
Paul
把车停在他家门前后，立即扶着他残
疾的弟弟出来，让他看看
Paul
的车，然后
< br>告诉弟弟他想为他做的事，所以他只是想告诉他弟弟他的愿望。
4.
选
C
。
The urchin
在坐过
Paul
的车后没有忘记弟弟，并且承诺也
要给弟弟买一辆车，可见他对弟弟有着
一份深深的爱。答案选
C
，而
A
、
B<
/p>
、
D
三项与文章不符。
< br>
5.
选
C
。通读全文，我们不得不为
The
urchin
的行为所感动，他是一个好哥哥。文章就是讲述了他这样的
一位好哥哥，
C
选项最合适。
友谊地久天长
这是一首经典歌曲，已经被几代人传唱，每当有人唱起这首歌
时，依然会让人热泪盈眶。因为这首
歌中表达的是一种永恒的情，是每个人都渴望得到的
，这就是友谊。
This is a song millions of Americans
will hear this New Year
’
s
Eve. It is called Auld Lang
Syne
(
《友谊地久天长》
). It is the
traditional music played during the New
Year
’
s
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celebration.
Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells
about the need to remember
old
friends.
The
words
“
auld lang
syne
”
mean
“
old long
since
”
. No one knows who
wrote the poem
first. However, a
version by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published
(
出版
) in 1796. The
words and music we know today first
appeared in a songbook three years
later.
The song
is played in the United States mainly on New
Year
’
s Eve. The version
(
译文
) you
are
hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone
Quartet. As we end our program
with
Auld Lang Syne. I would like to wish all of our
radio friends a very Happy New Year!
This is Buddy Thomas.
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选
项。
1. Where is
this passage from?
A. A
newspaper.B. A magazine.
C.
A TV program.D. A radio program.
2. Who is introducing Auld
Lang Syne to us?
A. Robert
Bums.
B. The Washington
Saxophone Quartet.
C. Buddy
Thomas.
D. The passage
doesn
’
t tell us.
3. When is Auld Lang Syne
mainly played in the USA according to the
passage?
A. On New
Year
’
s Eve.
B. On Christmas Eve.
C. On weekends
.D. On holidays.
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