初中英语逸闻趣事类阅读阅读理解

Tina graduated from college． Several days later， she got a new job． She would work in the biggest company（公司） in her city． Her friends admired her very much．

On her first workday，Tina arrived at 8： 45 a．m． She took the lift to the 11th floor （楼层），and a clerk showed her where her desk was．As a green hand， she didn't know what to do，so she tried to talk to the girls who sat near her in the office．However， they were not friendly to her．After a while，a young boss came in．Tina was surprised that the boss was not the old man who interviewed her several days ago．The boss gave her a lot of reports to write． But when she began to write，she found that she had much trouble understanding the reports．She spent almost the whole day trying to do the work．At 5： 30 p．m．，it was time to go home． Although most of the reports weren't finished， she got into the lift．On the 10th floor， she was greeted by John， the old man who interviewed her several days ago． "Tina!" he said， "Why didn't you work with us today？" All of a sudden， Tina realized she mistook the 11th floor for the 10th floor．"Oh， my God!" she answered，"       "After hearing this， John couldn't help laughing．

根据短文内容选择最佳答案．

（1）The underlined（划线的） words "a green hand" most probably mean　　．

A．	a person without experience
B．	a person caring about the environment
C．	a person doing well in growing vegetables

（2）Tina was surprised because　　．

A．	she was not allowed to leave the company
B．	the young boss wasn't the man who interviewed her
C．	the bosses in the two companies refused her in the interviews

（3）Tina spent　　 trying to finish the reports．

A．	almost the whole day
B．	almost the whole morning
C．	almost the whole afternoon

（4）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？

A．	Tina moved to another city for a new job．
B．	The girls sitting near Tina were unfriendly to her．
C．	Tina arrived at the company at 5：30 a．m． on her first workday．

（5）"        "can be the missing sentence in the passage．

A．	I forgot the interview date!
B．	I have finished all the reports!
C．	I have been in the wrong office all day!

Pituco is a special dog from Brazil． Why do I say so？ Because he can go shopping all by himself． Every day， Pituco goes to Agro Pet to get his food． That makes him popular．

"Everybody knows Pituco，" says the animal doctor of the shop． "Sometimes， when he can't reach what he wants， he barks（吠叫）until we hand it to him．"

After Pituco gets his food， he goes home． Of course， the shop doesn't just give Pituco his food for free． Agro Pet puts everything Pituco takes on a notebook， and later his owner comes by to pay．

But as a good boy， Pituco does not only care about himself and his own food． Sometimes his owner calls Agro Pet for food for his other pets And Pituco is more than happy to go to the shop and bring the food back home for the other pets in the family．

（1）What's special about Pituco？ 　　

A．	He works for Agro Pet．
B．	He comes from brazil
C．	He never barks at the doctor．
D．	He can go shopping by himself．

（2）What does Pituco do when he cant reach things？ 　　

A．	He asks his owner for help
B．	He tries his best to jump high
C．	He barks to ask people for help
D．	he leaves to get more dogs to come

（3）Who will pay for Pituco？ 　　

A．	Agro Pet
B．	His owner
C．	Pituco himself
D．	Some kind people

（4）According to the third paragraph， Pituco's owner 　　．

A．	cares about Pituco very much
B．	is also the owner of Agro Pet
C．	feels happy to get food for Pituco
D．	has got other pets at home

（5）From the passage， we learn that Pituco is a 　　dog．

A．	quiet
B．	strong
C．	clever
D．	brave

Pituco is a special dog from Brazil． Why do I say so？ Because he can go shopping all by himself． Every day， Pituco goes to Agro Pet to get his food． That makes him popular．

"Everybody knows Pituco，" says the animal doctor of the shop． "Sometimes， when he can't reach what he wants， he barks（吠叫）until we hand it to him．"

After Pituco gets his food， he goes home． Of course， the shop doesn't just give Pituco his food for free． Agro Pet puts everything Pituco takes on a notebook， and later his owner comes by to pay．

But as a good boy， Pituco does not only care about himself and his own food． Sometimes his owner calls Agro Pet for food for his other pets And Pituco is more than happy to go to the shop and bring the food back home for the other pets in the family．

（1）What's special about Pituco？ 　 　

A．	He works for Agro Pet．
B．	He comes from brazil
C．	He never barks at the doctor．
D．	He can go shopping by himself．

（2）What does Pituco do when he cant reach things？ 　 　

A．	He asks his owner for help
B．	He tries his best to jump high
C．	He barks to ask people for help
D．	he leaves to get more dogs to come

（3）Who will pay for Pituco？ 　 　

A．	Agro Pet
B．	His owner
C．	Pituco himself
D．	Some kind people

（4）According to the third paragraph， Pituco's owner 　 　．

A．	cares about Pituco very much
B．	is also the owner of Agro Pet
C．	feels happy to get food for Pituco
D．	has got other pets at home

（5）From the passage， we learn that Pituco is a 　 　dog．

A．	quiet
B．	strong
C．	clever
D．	brave

Pituco is a special dog from Brazil． Why do I say so？ Because he can go shopping all by himself． Every day， Pituco goes to Agro Pet to get his food． That makes him popular．

"Everybody knows Pituco，" says the animal doctor of the shop． "Sometimes， when he can't reach what he wants， he barks（吠叫）until we hand it to him．"

After Pituco gets his food， he goes home． Of course， the shop doesn't just give Pituco his food for free． Agro Pet puts everything Pituco takes on a notebook， and later his owner comes by to pay．

But as a good boy， Pituco does not only care about himself and his own food． Sometimes his owner calls Agro Pet for food for his other pets And Pituco is more than happy to go to the shop and bring the food back home for the other pets in the family．

（1）What's special about Pituco？ 　　

A．	He works for Agro Pet．
B．	He comes from brazil
C．	He never barks at the doctor．
D．	He can go shopping by himself．

（2）What does Pituco do when he cant reach things？ 　　

A．	He asks his owner for help
B．	He tries his best to jump high
C．	He barks to ask people for help
D．	he leaves to get more dogs to come

（3）Who will pay for Pituco？ 　　

A．	Agro Pet
B．	His owner
C．	Pituco himself
D．	Some kind people

（4）According to the third paragraph， Pituco's owner 　　．

A．	cares about Pituco very much
B．	is also the owner of Agro Pet
C．	feels happy to get food for Pituco
D．	has got other pets at home

（5）From the passage， we learn that Pituco is a 　　dog．

A．	quiet
B．	strong
C．	clever
D．	brave

One day a farmer bought four donkeys（驴）in the market in the village．He got on one of them and began to ride home．As he was going along，he noticed that there were only three donkeys walking in front of him．"I wonder what happened，"he said to himself．"I bought and pai  for four donkeys，but now it seems that I have only three．"He was forgetting，of course，to count the donkey he was riding．

When he got home，his wife met him in front of their house，"I see that  you bought fine donkeys，"she said．"Did you buy them at a good price？"  "Yes，I did，"he said．"But something drives me crazy．I bought four donkeys at the market this morning．And I am sure that I had all four with me when I left the market．But now it seems that I have only three．See？One，two，three．"He still didn't remember that he rode one of the donkeys  in the village and was siting on the back at that very moment．

At first his wife stared at（盯着）him，waiting for him to smile，for she thought he was joking．Then when she noticed that he was not，she turned away and laughed．"How funny，"she said．"You only see three，but I see five．"

31．The farmer 　　the donkeys in the village market．

A．	found
B．	rode
C．	bought
D．	counted

32．The farmer's wife met him 　　．

A．	on the street
B．	before their house
C．	in the market
D．	in the room

33．The farmer could only see three donkeys because he 　　

A．	left a donkey in the market
B．	just bought three donkeys in the market
C．	lost a donkey on the way home
D．	forgot to count the donkey he was riding

34．At first the farmer's wife thought he was 　　

A．	humorous
B．	lazy
C．	serious
D．	stupid

35．According o the last sentence of the passage，we can infer（推断） 　　

A．	A the farmer bought five donkeys
B．	the farmer played a joke on his wife
C．	the farmer's wife laughed at him
D．	the farmer's wife saw five donkeys

Once upon a time，there was a hungry fox that was looking for something to eat．He was very hungry．No matter how hard he tried，the fox could not find food．Finally he went to the edge of the forest and  searched there for food．Suddenly he caught sight of a big tree with a hole in it．

Inside the hole was a package（包裹）．The hungry fox immediately thought that there might be food in it，and he became very happy．He jumped into the hole and when he opened the package，he saw a lot of  bread，meat and fruit!

An old woodcutter had placed the food in the tree trunk．He was going to eat it for lunch．

The fox happily began to eat．After thefox had finished eating，he felt thirsty and decided to leave the trunk and drink some water from a nearby spring．However，no matter how hard he tried，he could not．get out of the hole．Do you know why？ Yes，the fox had eaten so much food that he became too big to get out of the hole．

The fox was very sad and upset．He told himself，"I wish that I had thought a little before jumping into the hole．"

51．The fox went to the edge of the forest to 　　．

A．	build a house
B．	look for food
C．	meet the woodcutter
D．	look for water

52．The old woodcutter placed the food in the tree hole to 　　．

A．	offer it to the fox
B．	keep it for lunch
C．	help his partners
D．	catch the fox for lunch

53．What happened after the fox saw the package in the tree hole？ 　　

A．	He wanted to get into the hole，but failed．
B．	He left the package without touching it．
C．	He ate too much food and couldn't get out of the hole．
D．	He carried the package to the woodcutter and they ate the food together．

54．The fox felt 　　when he knew that he couldn't get out of the

hole．

A．	hungry
B．	happy
C．	excited
D．	sad and upset

55．What does the writer want to tell us through the story？ 　　

A．	We should think about it before doing something．
B．	The woodcutter was cruel．
C．	It is foolish to look for food．
D．	Animals are humans'friends，and we should protect them．

Zak's grandfather， Stan was very famous． Why？ Because he had a very， very， very long white beard（胡子）．

One day， Zak asked his grandfather， "When you sleep， do you put your beard over or under the quilt（被子）？""I'm not sure． I never care about that，" said his grandfather， "I'll look tonight．"

Stan got into bed that night and pulled up the quilt． Then he remembered his grandson's question． Aha! His beard was under the quilt． But wait． Did that feel right？

He lift his beard from under the quilt and put it above it． This also didn't feel right． So he put the beard under the quilt again． But he soon felt it would be better if it were out． The beard went in and out﹣first under the quilt， then over it， under， over， all night long．

Stan spent a sleepless night． In the morning， he was so tired and unhappy that he cut his long beard right off!

Stan's wife was so happy． She advised Stan to cut that beard off many times， but he never did it． Now a simple question made him do that．

根据上述内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将"T"涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将"F"涂黑．

（1）Stan was very famous for his long white beard． 　　

（2）Stan never cared about Zak， his grandson． 　　

（3）At the very beginning， Stan's beard was under the quilt． 　　

（4）That night Stan was sleepless and tired because of the question． 　　

（5）Stan listened to his wife's advice to cut the beard off． 　　

A

A dentist（牙医）was starting his work in the morning． Suddenly a man ran in． His face was red and he could only say"Quick! Quick! The dentist thought he must be very sick． His assistant（助手）helped to make the man sit in a chair． The dentist gave the man some medicine to make him sleep． Then， he looked into the man's mouth and pulled out all the bad teeth． When the to man woke up， he said in a low voice， "Quick， doctor， quick．"

"It's all right now， "the dentist told him． "Its over．"

"You don' t understand， "said the man， "I came to tell you that your house is on fire． "

根据短文内容判断正误，正确的在答题卡上涂A，错误的涂B．

（1）The dentist was starting his work in the morning 　　．

（2）Suddenly a woman ran into the dentist's office 　　．

（3）The dentist thought the man must be very sick 　　．

（4）The dentist's assistant helped to make the man sit on a table 　　．

（5）The dentist pulled out all the man' s bad teeth 　　．