初中英语说明文试题

Chinese Restaurant We specialize in banquets and parties. Authentic(正宗) Chinese food. Special lunchtime dishes. licensed and BYO(bring your own) SUNDAY DIM SUM(点心）LUNCH Situated in Smithfield Shopping centre. Tel: [phone] Place: 589 Walkley Road, Smithfield	Hamburger Joe’s Dine in or take away 7 days a week. Friendly, polite waitress service. Pleasant, informal and air-conditioned surroundings. Time:  Mon. Noon—10pm Tues. Noon—11pm Wed.—Sat. Noon—Midnight Sun. Noon—9pm Place:  14 Jetty Road, Glenelg Tel:    [phone]
The Seafood Inn Licensed Café We offer lunch and dinner in a relaxed atmosphere（气氛）with indoor or outdoor seating. We have an interesting wine list and freshly prepared foods. Time:  Tuesday to Friday 12:00—3:00 pm  6:30—11:30 pm Tel:    [phone] Place:  482 Spring Street, Carlton	Peppi’s Italian Restaurant Pasta just like Mama used to make Italian or Australian wines or BYO Time: Open 7 days for lunch and dinner Car parking available Tel:    [phone] Place:  28 O’Connell ST CITV
Pizza Palace Pizza ·Beer ·Wine Fully Licensed Full take-away service Special children’s menu Everard Park, Glenelg City

If you’d like to order some dim sum, you should dial ______________.

A．361 9042

B．306 2481

C．224 1086

D．295 7783

Pizza Palace is the best place for children to eat because ______________.

A．the waitress service is friendly and polite

B．there is a special children’s menu

C．there are indoor or outdoor seats

D．it’s close to Smithfield Shopping centre

How many hours a day is the Seafood Inn open from Tuesday to Friday?

A．3.

B．5.

C．8.

D．12.

The address of Hamburger Joe’s is ______________.

A．589 Walkley Road, Smithfield	B．14 Jetty Road, Glenelg
C．28 O’Connell ST CITV	D．482 Spring Street, Carlton

Which statement is wrong?.

A．Peppi’s Italian Restaurant allows you to bring your own drinks

B．You can’t buy breakfast at Hamburger Joe’s

C．You can enjoy authentic Chinese food in Chinese Restaurant

D．You can dine in or take away from Pizza Palace

Have you ever been in a meeting while someone was making a speech and realized suddenly that your mind was a million miles away? You probably felt sorry and decided to pay attention and never have daydreaming again. Most of us have been told from earliest school days that daydreaming is a waste of time.
L. Giambra, a psychologist（心理学家）, says,” On the contrary , daydreaming is quite necessary. Without it, the mind couldn’t do all the thinking that it has to do during a normal day. You can’t possibly do all your thinking with a conscious （神志清醒的）mind. Instead, your unconscious mind is working out problems all the time. Daydreaming may be one way that the unconscious and conscious states （状态）of mind have silent conversations .”
Early psychologists paid no attention to the importance of daydreams or even thought they were harmful. At one time people thought that some psychological illness caused day dreaming. They did not have a better understanding of daydreams until the late 1980s. Eric Klinges, a professor, is the writer of the book Daydreaming. Klinges says, “We know now that daydreaming is one of the main ways that we organize our lives, learn from our experiences, and plan for our futures. Daydreams really are a window on the things that we fear and the things we long for (渴望) in life.”
Daydreams are usually very simple and direct（直接）, quite unlike sleep dreams. Sleep dreams may be hard to understand. It’s easier to get a deep understanding of your life by paying close attention to your daydreams than by trying to examine (分析)your sleep dreams carefully. Daydreams help you know the difficult situations（情况）in your life and found out a possible way of dealing with them.
Daydreams cannot be predicted（预言）: they move off in unexpected directions which may be creative and full of useful ideas. For many famous artists and scientists, daydreams were and are a main source of creative energy.
The passage is mainly about _______ .

A．winter sleeps

B．sleep dreams

C．daydreaming

D．predictions

The underlined phrase On the contrary  means _________ .

A．总之

B．相反

C．毕竟

D．因此

The writer of this passage thinks daydreams are__________.

A．hard to understand	B．important and helpful
C．harmful and unimportant	D．the same as sleep dreams

Psychologists now believe that ________.

A．daydreams are usually very simple and can be predicted

B．daydreams are usually difficult to understand

C．daydreams cause some psychological illness

D．daydreams may be creative and full of useful ideas

The writer quoted  (引用 )L. Giambra  and Eric Klinges  to ________.

A．list out two different ideas

B．point out the wrong ideas of early experts

C．support his own ideas

D．report the latest research on daydreams

Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without cars most people feel that they are poor. And even though a person is poor, he doesn't really feel poor when he has a car.
Perhaps(可能) you have heard of Henry Ford. He first started making cars in large numbers. Perhaps he didn't know how much the car was going to be to American culture(文化). The car made the United States a nation on wheels(车轮). And it helped make the United States what it is now.
The car has become popular in the United States. The Americans like to move around in cars. With a car people can go to any place without spending a lot of money.
In the United States ____.

A．only rich people have cars

B．no poor people have cars

C．most people have cars

D．only a few people have beautiful cars

Who was Henry Ford? ____.

A．He was one of the famous car makers

B．He was the most popular man in the USA

C．He was the richest man in the USA

D．He was the first car maker in American history

Henry Ford started making cars in large numbers because ____.

A．he wanted to change the American culture

B．he knew cars would be make only in the United States

C．he thought Americans would like his cars best

D．he knew more and more people would buy cars

Which of the following do you think is true? ____.
A. There are too many people everywhere in the USA.  
B. There are a lot of cars everywhere in the USA . 
C. Car pollution(污染) is the biggest problem in the USA.  
D. Every family more or less has a car.
We can know from this passage(文章) that ____.

A．cars are cheaper in the USA

B．the Americans are the richest in the world

C．the Americans like to move around in cars

D．the USA makes the most cars

Just a Quick Nap 只要打个盹儿
Do you feel a little sleepy after lunch? Well, that’s normal. Your body naturally slows down then. What should you do about it? Don’t reach for a coffee! Instead, take a nap.
It’s good to have a daily nap. First of all , you are more efficient（有效的） after napping . You remember things better and make fewer mistakes. Also, you can learn things more easily after taking a nap. A nap may increase your self-confidence（自信） and make you more active . It may even cheer you up. But, there are some simple rules you should follow about taking a nap. First, take a nap in the middle of day, about eight hours after you wake up. Next, a 20-minute nap is best. If you sleep longer, you may fall into a deep sleep. After waking from a deep sleep, you will feel worse. Also, you should set an alarm clock. That way, you can fully relax during your nap. You won’t have to keep looking at the clock so you don’t oversleep.
Now，the next time you feel sleepy after lunch , don’t get stressed . Put your head down, close your eyes, and catch forty winks.
It is       to get sleepy for you at noon.
A. normal          B. strange         C. amazing
After taking a nap, you may feel more        .
A. stressed         B. confident        C. sleepy
The proper period（一段时间）of time for taking a nap is      .
A. as long as you like       B. eight hours     C. about twenty minutes
What can help you have a fully relaxing nap according to the passage?
A. A cup of coffee.         B. A quick meal.   C. An alarm clock.
What is the text mainly about?
A. Why and how to take a nap.
B. Rules to increase your self –confidence.
C. How to make your body slow down.

We need ________ kinds of things to make an ALL ABOUT ME box.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

What should we do first to make an ALL ABOUT ME box?  

A．Color the inside of the box.	B．Turn the box on its side.
C．Put the name inside the box.	D．Make a list of favorite foods.

An ALL ABOUT ME box tells about ________.

A．a toy

B．a book

C．a person

D．a picture

In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above. On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic. But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them. Then if the host or hostess or both of them come in a car to get their guest for dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat though there're no people sitting on it.
In America, men usually_________.

A．walk ahead of women	B．eat in a restaurant
C．walk behind women	D．drive a car to work

In the street, men __________.

A．cross the street	B．walk on the right side of the ladies
C．walk near the ladies	D．walk on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic

If a man walks with two ladies, he should _________.

A．walk between them	B．run before them
C．follow them	D．go away

If a man asks you to speak at a meeting, first you should say,"______".

A．How are you?	B．Is everyone here?
C．Ladies and gentlemen	D．How do you do?

If Mrs. Green invites you to her house in a car, you should________.

A．jump into the car	B．sit at the front seat
C．sit at the back seat	D．drive the car

If you find Grace’s dictionary, you can call  .

A．9873-8769

B．668-0796

C．233-4105

D．15968720230

From the family tree we can see John is Jim and Helen’s

A．daughter

B．son

C．brother

D．cousin

Lily needs of Celion Dion.

A．three pencils

B．a red jacket

C．new CDs

D．2 sharpeners

Bill Smith is a    in No. 9 Middle School.

A．student

B．teacher

C．worker

D．singer

What’s Tom Cooper’s address?

[e-mail]	[e-mail]
C．312 Lin He Road	D．321 Yongfu Road

Every day when Cora Castle, 14, from Indiana, US goes back home, she opens her computer and logs into a website（登录网站）called Fuel Up to Play 60.
She puts on what she has eaten and what kind of activities she has played that day. Then the site decides whether Castle has eaten healthily and done enough exercise.
All the seventh graders in Castle's school have done the same thing since the year started. It's part of their health class.
If the site finds her habits are unhealthy, it will give her advice. If she does something good, the website will give her a star.
Her health teacher set up a competition to see which student could get the most stars from the website. Castle has got 30 stars so far.
Cameron Bartlett said she liked tracking（跟踪）the food and activities. "This is the first year we've done it," she said. "It's really interesting to see all of the different choices that we have."
The seventh grade health class is coming to an end. They won't be in health class, but the students all said that they would go on to take part in the Fuel Up to Play 60.
"There's lots of bad food out there that we've all been eating," Bartlett said "This really helps all of us eat healthier food."
The passage is mainly about a website for helping people ________.

A．win in competitions	B．eat more healthy food
C．do enough exercises	D．have good living habits

Castle logs into the health website because ________.

A．it's part of her health class	B．her teacher set up a competition
C．she wants to know bad food	D．she can get lots of stars from it

From the passage we learn that all students ________.

A．are eating little bad food

B．have their classes at home

C．are interested in the website

D．are clear about unhealthy food

Mascots(吉祥物) for the Olympic Games

(the first Olympic mascot)
20th	23rd	26th	27th	29th	30th
1972	1984	1996	2000	2008	2012
Munich(慕尼黑)	Los Angeles	Atlanta	Sydney	Beijing	London
Germany(德国)	America	America	Australia	China	the UK

阅读表格内容，选择最佳答案。
From the form(表格), we know the Olympic Games is held every ______ years.
A. 2           B. 3    C. 4
The mascot for the _______ Olympic Games was the first Olympic mascot in Olympic history.
A. 20th           B. 26th       C.  30th
From the form, we know the ______ Olympic Games had the most mascots.
A. 1984 Los Angeles
B. 2000 Sydney
C. 2008 Beijing
_______ held both the 23rd and the 26th Olympic Games.
A. Germany
B. America
C. Australia
Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Atlanta held the Olympic Games in 1996.
B. Sydney is one of the cities in Australia.
C. London Olympic Games had three mascots.

Algae(水藻) are very simple plants. They grow in fresh water or salty water. Seaweed is algae that grow in salty water. Seaweed is red or brown in color. The Japanese people use these plants from the sea in many ways. From it, they make a food called Kombu. Kombu is seaweed that has been dried, cooked and pressed together. Then it is dried again and cut into long pieces. The Japanese eat a lot of Kombu and like it very much.
Japanese farmers often use seaweed as fertilizer. It makes their plants grow better. Many farmers also find seaweed makes a fine food for their animals.
From seaweed the Japanese also get iodine(碘), which they sell to other countries. Iodine is used in many ways all over the world. It is used in making medicine. It is added to the salt we use at the table. Scientists even use one form of iodine to "seed clouds" when they want rain to fall.
Kombu is a kind of ____ according to the text.

A．plant

B．medicine

C．food

D．fertilizer

In the last sentence of the text, "seed clouds" means ____.

A．clouds spreading like seeds

B．the seeds like clouds

C．to make rain fall with human power

D．dropping seeds by clouds

The main idea of the story is that ____.

A．The Japanese eat seaweed when they want rain to fall.

B．Kombu is made into medicine for farmers.

C．The Japanese use seaweed in many ways.

D．The Japanese eat a lot of Kombu.

判断 阅读下面的材料，判断下列句子是否符合短文内容。符合的涂T，不符合的涂F。
（T="True," F = False)
What is color? Why do some of the things around us look red, some green, others blue?
Colors are really made by reflected(反射) light. We can see colors because most of the things reflect light. Something is red, for it reflects most of the red light. In the same way, if something is green, it reflects most of the green light. If something reflects all light, it is white. If it doesn’t reflect any light, it is black.
Some light is reflected. But the other light is taken in and turns into heat. The darker the color is, the less light is reflected, and the more light is taken in. For this reason, dark-colored clothes are warmer in the sun than light-colored clothes.
Colors are made by reflected light
Something looks white because it reflects all kinds of light.
In the dark we can’t see anything because all the things don’t reflect any light
When the other light is taken in, it will be reflected in the end.
In the sun, the warmest clothes must be light-colored.

The Water World Swimming Pool is open every day from eight o’clock in the morning until half past seven in the evening. It costs two dollars sixty to enter the pool. There is a special cheap price for students with a student card. The price is one dollar forty. But you must bring your student card with you.
On Wednesday morning the pool is only open to mothers and babies. So mothers can enjoy themselves in the water with their babies. Please leave your older children at home on Wednesday morning.
The new Water World Café will be open up on June 22nd. From the café you can watch the swimmers or enjoy a drink after you swim.
Please call 2105369 for more information. We look forward to seeing you at the Water World Swimming Pool.
How long is the Water World Swimming Pool open every day?

A．Eleven hours.	B．Seven hours.
C．Eleven and a half hours.	D．Seven and a half hours.

What is the price for students with a student card to enter the pool?

A．Two dollars.	B．One dollar forty.
C．Two dollars sixty.	D．One dollar.

A ten-year-old boy can’t go to the Water World Swimming Pool         .

A．on Saturday	B．on Sunday
C．on Wednesday afternoon	D．on Wednesday morning

From the café you can watch the swimmers or enjoy a drink after you swim ______.

A．on May 21st

B．on May 22nd

C．on June 23rd

D．on June 21st

This passage is a(n) ______.

A．advertisement

B．note

C．story

D．slogan

Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa. It is also the second largest lake in the world. It is an important lake because it is one of the sources(源头) for the longest river in the world, the Nile River. Lake Victoria provides a source of water, food, and power(电力) for several African countries. Lake Victoria is a big part of African life.
Unfortunately, Lake Victoria has a problem. It is shrinking. There are several power stations at Lake Victoria in Uganda. These are on the Nile River, and besides producing power, they keep the water of the lake at a certain level. For the past forty years, that level has been 11.9 meters. Over the last several years, the water level has dropped by about 2.5 meters. There seem to be several reasons for this drop.
One possible reason is drought(干旱). Drought has been very bad in the area since 2000. Lake Victoria gets all of its water from rain, so the drought means less water in the lake.
However, some environmentalists believe that the real problem is the power plants(工厂) on Lake Victoria. Uganda depends on those power plants for most of its power, and they made the power plants larger in 2000. Many people believe the power plants have been taking too much water off Lake Victoria. As a result, they have been asked to use less water until Lake Victoria goes back to its old level.
Whether the low water level is caused by drought or power plants, the result is the same. This is already a poor area of Africa, where many people live a really hard life. People, animals and plants around Lake Victoria will suffer even more from low water levels on the lake. Many people need Lake Victoria for fishing or growing food. Fish need the water to live, and animals need it for water. Plants around the lake will die without the water, and then more animals and people will suffer. Unless the lake fills soon, many people will suffer and die.
Lake Victoria is __________.

A．an important lake in Africa

B．the largest lake in the world

C．the source of water, food and power for America

D．the only source for the Nile River

What does “It is shrinking” most probably mean?

A．It is becoming larger.

B．It is becoming more beautiful.

C．It is becoming smaller.

D．It is becoming more useful.

The water level of Lake Victoria is now __________.

A．2.5 meters

B．11.9 meters

C．14.4 meters

D．9.4 meters

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Rain water is the only source for the lake.
B. There has been little rain in the lake area since 2000.
C. The power plants in Uganda provide water for the lake.
D The power plants in Uganda were made larger in 2000.
According to the passage, how can we solve the problems around Lake Victoria?

A．People must build more power plants.

B．More sources of water must be found.

C．Every country should offer some money to Africa.

D．All the people living in the area should move to another place.

For Rent A big apartment（单元房） for a family of three people.￥650 a month. Call Mr. Zhang. Tel：[phone].

Wanted Looking for a quiet single room under $120 per month. Please call Harry at 138-7682-5856.

Lost ID card Name：Dick  Number：232324198804125510 Please call [phone].

Found A red bag with some books. Come to Room 402 in the evening or call White at [phone].

Please call            to rent a three-bedroom apartment.

A．[phone]	B．138-7682-5856
C．[phone]	D．[phone]

You can rent your single room to         for $120 per month.

A．Dick

B．Harry

C．White

D．Mr. Zhang

If you find an ID card, you can call            at [phone].

A．White

B．Harry

C．Dick

D．Mr. Zhang

If you can’t find your bag, you can            to get it back in the evening.

A．call [phone]	B．go to Room 402
C．call Harry	D．go to look for a single room

You want to rent a big apartment for your family for three months.You must take out         .

A．￥1 950

B．$1 950

C．￥650

D．$650

Honesty is an important rule when you are with others.Never cheat your friends because that will make you lose them and you will feel （1）　 　.Don't tell lies to your parents，or you will（2）　 　them.If you are a teacher or a parent，you'd better always tell the （3）　 　to your students or children.That can make them believe you and respect you.

    If you make a（4）　 　，don't try to hide it.Face it and correct it.That makes people like you better than before because they think you are（5）　 　.

（1）A.excited	B.lonely	C.worried	D.calm
（2）A.hurt	B.care	C.hit	D.love
（3）A.answer	B.reason	C.secret	D.truth
（4）A.decision	B.mistake	C.promise	D.friend
（5）A.brave	B.hind	C.honest	D.creative