初中英语阅读理解

Do you know why different animals or pests have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts，but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other pests with different colors 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 coloring is protecting themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be seen by hunters. This is because they have the colors much like the tree.
Have you ever noticed an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid spread over, the enemies cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it isn’t strong at all.
From the passage we can learn that locusts       .

A．are small animals

B．are easily found by birds

C．are dangerous to their enemies

D．change their colors to protect themselves

How can pests with different colors from plants keep out of danger?

A．They run away quickly.

B．Their colors are much like their enemies.

C．They hide themselves in the day and appear at night.

D．They have to move quietly.

Bears and lions can keep safe because they       .

A．have the colors much like the trees

B．move quickly

C．like brown and gray colors

D．live in forests

The kind of fish can live up to now because         .

A．it is very big and strong

B．the liquid it sends out can help it escape from its enemies

C．the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies

D．it swims faster than any other fish

Which is the best title for this passage?

A．The Change of Colors for Animals and Pests

B．Colors of Different Animals and Pests

C．The Main Use of Colors for Animals and Pests

D．Some Animals and Pests

CCTV1
18:00 Children’s World
19:00 News
19:45 Around the World
20:20 Movie: A Nurse’s Day
21:50 Message from the Market
22:20 Modern Arts
23:00 End
CCTV4
18:30 Modern English
19:00 Women’s Life
19:30 Culture and Life
20:45 Volleyball match: China-America
22:30 English News
22:50 English Movie: Gone with the world
00:30 End
NTTV
18:30 NTTV News
19:00 Popular Songs
19:30 Animal World
20:20 American English Today
21:15 Science and Life
22:30 Sports News
23:00 End
JSTV
18:40 English for Children
19:00 News fromCCTV-1
19:30 JS News
19:45 Football Match: China-Japan
21:30 TV-play: Story of a Spanish Artist (1) (2)
23:15 End
A football fan can enjoy a football match on________

A．JSTV

B．CCTV-1

C．NTTV

D．CCTV-4

If you are interested in pop songs, you may choose____________

A．CCTV-1

B．NTTV

C．CCTV-4

D．JSTV

The English news on CCTV-4 lasts（持续） about________ minutes.

A．20

B．25

C．30

D．40

Which TV station has the most English programmes（节目）

A．JSTV

B．NTTV

C．CCTV-1

D．CCTV-4

Which of the following is right?

A．Children can enjoy the Children’s World on CCTV-4 at 18:30

B．NTTV ends at 00:30

C．You can see news on CCTV-1 and JSTV at the same time.

D．JS News is on CCTV-1

There is a new park near Andy’s home. It’s fine today. Andy and his family are in the park now. On their left, there is a café. On their right, there is a big lake. There are many flowers and trees around the lake. There’s a small hill behind the lake. Near the lake, there are two signs. One says, “Don’t swim in the lake!” The other says, “No fishing!” But you can go boating on the lake. There is a beautiful garden in the middle of the park. There are green grass and beautiful flowers in it. There are some small shops between the lake and the garden. The park is so nice. Andy and his family like it very much.
The park near Andy’s home is        .

A．new and beautiful	B．old and beautiful
C．clean and new	D．old and clean

Is there a café in the park?

A．Yes, there isn’t.	B．No, there isn’t.
C．Yes, there is.	D．No, there is.

People can          on the lake.

A．swim

B．fish

C．boat

D．play

The shops in the park are        .

A．small

B．big

C．good

D．pretty

Do Andy and his family like the park?

A．Yes, they don’t.	B．No, they do.
C．Yes, very much.	D．No, they don’t.

Name	Boy	Girl	Can say
Jack	√		A
Helen	√		BCD
Pingping		√	DE
Tom	√		ABCDG
Fangfang		√	F

Jack is __________

A．a boy

B．a girl

C．boy

D．gir

Helen can say _________

A．A

B．BC

C．CE

D．BCD

Pingping is ___________.

A．Chinese

B．English

C．American

D．England

Who can say many letters?

A．Jack

B．Fangfang

C．Tom

D．Helen

There are ___________ boys and _______ girls in the table(表格).

A．3, 2

B．2, 3

C．2, 5

D．3, 5

Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there. "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.
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, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner." He found a taxi and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel. "Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
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

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

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.

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.

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.

Once upon a time, two men were walking in the forest. One was thin and tall, and very bad too. The other was fat and short, and very honest. The tall man said to the short man, “We are good friends. If any beast comes, I’ll help you.” The short man said, “ Of course, we are good friends. We will help each other.”
At that time, a bear came to them. The tall man climbed up the tree quickly to hide himself in the branches and forgot his promise to the short man. But the fat man couldn’t climb the tree. He said to his friend, “Help me! Help me! I can’t climb up. Look! The bear is coming!” The tall man said, “No! No! No! You can’t stay with me. The tree is not strong.”
The bear was coming. The short man lay down under the tree, pretending to be dead and holding his breath. The bear smelled around his body. It doesn’t touch the dead.
After the bear went away without harming the short man, the tall man came down and asked the short man, “What did the bear whisper in your ear when it was close to you?” The short man answered, “the bear told me not to believe such a selfish friend like you. And it also said that a friend in need is a friend indeed.”
The two men were _________ in the passage.

A．workers

B．brothers

C．friends

D．hunters

When the bear came, the tall man __________.

A．climbed up the tree	B．helped the short man
C．lay down under the tree	D．lost his life

From the passage, we can know ______________.

A．the bear didn’t eat people

B．the bear could talk to the people

C．the bear ate up the short man

D．the bear didn’t hurt the short man

The tall man was very _________.

A．honest	B．helpful
C．selfish	D．good-looking

Which the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The tall man climbed up the tree quickly to hide himself.

B．The tall man forgot his promise to the short man

C．The tall man didn’t help the short man.

D．The bear bit the short man.

Mary is from the USA. She has two brothers. Now her family are in China. Her father, Mr Peterson, teaches English in Xihu Middle School. Her mother works in the same school. She teaches English, too. Mary goes to school in her father’s car with her mother every day.
Mary is a nice girl student. She can speak a little Chinese. She is very lovely, so she has many Chinese friends. She teaches them English, and they teach her Chinese. Her two brothers are twins. One is Bob, and the other is Bill. They look the same. They are only five. So their grandparents look after them at home. Mrs Peterson has many toys for the twin brothers. Bob likes to play with toy cars, but Bill likes to play with teddy bears. They are happy every day.
There are _______ people in Mary’s family.

A．two

B．four

C．six

D．seven

Mr Peterson is a  _______.

A．teacher

B．worker

C．officer

D．doctor

Mary’s family name is _______.

A．Mary

B．bob

C．Bill

D．Peterson

Mary _______.

A．can’t speak Chinese at all.

B．is very nice and lovely

C．can speak little English

D．goes to work in her father’s car.

Which of the following is NOT right?

A．Mary’s family is from America.

B．Mary’s parents are both teachers.

C．Mary has two twin sisters.

D．Mary’s grandparents are also in China.

Happiness is for everyone. You don ’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads in their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to  correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All those are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also be very happy, because you have something else that can ’t be bought. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge(挑战) yourself. So you can ’t always say you are poor or you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving (旋转的) door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person .
Those who have big houses may often feel _____.

A．happy

B．lonely

C．free

D．excited

What will your friends say to you when you make great progress?

A．Oh, so do I.	B．Congratulations.
C．Good luck.	D．It ’s just so-so.

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．People who have cars would never like to walk in the open air.

B．You can get help from others when you are in trouble.

C．You can still be a happy person even if you have little money.

D．Happiness is always around you though difficulties come towards you.

Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long long ago, the world had only a few thousand people. These people moved from one place to another. They moved over the land, hunting animals for food.
No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their life changed. They did not have to look for food any longer. They could stay in one place and grow it.
People began to live near one another, so the first village was established (建立). Many people came to live in the villages, and these villages became even larger.
When machines appeared, life in the villages changed again. People built factories. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities began.
Today, it’s strange that some people are moving back to small villages. Can you tell me why?
根据短文内容，判断正(A)误(B)。
People moved from place to place to hunt animals.
The story says,“No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their life changed.” In this sentence, the word “they” means people.
When machines appeared, life in the cities changed again.
All people like to live only in big cities.
People built factories after the cities grew big.

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.

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship .This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending(延伸)deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand .Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take day off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America, Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.
For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality(好客)at home and enjoy your visit in America!
The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean “_______”.

A．keep out	B．give up
C．pay no attention to	D．continue

Which of the following is the typical (典型的)way of American hospitality?

A．Treating friends at home.

B．Taking days off to be with friends.

C．Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.

D．Sharing everything they have.

Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A．Americans are always generous with their time.

B．Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C．Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

D．Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.

The way that Americans and Chinese treat friendship are different, how many differences are mentioned in the passage?
A Two     B. Three        C. Four       D. Five
This passage is most probably written for _______.

A．American students

B．Chinese students

C．Chinese visitors to America

D．American visitors to China

阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。(共10分，每小题2分)
Confidence isveryimportant in daily life. It can help you to develop ahealthyattitude （态度）.A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier. They can have more chance to make themselves successful. But how to be more confident? Here are some suggestions:
•Speak loud   When you are not confident, you can't do well what you want to do. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you. Try to speak loud enough  so that people can hear you clearl y. The .high voice can help you become more  confident.
•Play sports   Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed. A strong body helps you be full of confidence.
•Encourage yourself.  Write down a list of things youdid  during thedayto  see how many things you have donewell. Did youfinishyour homework? Did you tell a joke that  made everybody laugh? Give yourself praise（赞扬） for the good things you've done.
•Get rid of （消除） fear  Fear comes along with failure （失败）. But it's easy to overcome （克服） if you know that failure is part of your life. Don't hide your head just because you said something stupidlasttime. Try to start again and believe you can do better.
•Pick up a hobby   If you like singing, sing as much as you can. In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. And it will make you happy and confident
Is confidence very important in our daily life?
How many suggestions can you get from the passage?
Which can help you to be more confident, to speak in low voice or in loud voice?
How can you encourage yourself?
What is the main idea of this passage?

Everybody wants to be healthy. You know food is very important. There are many healthy foods. You can have more bananas, apples, oranges, tomatoes and lettuce because fruit and vegetables are good foryou. But don't eat too much chocolate. It's not good for you. It's not healthy food. Healthy food can make you grow and make you strong and happy. Remember there is a saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." Sports can also keep you healthy. Get up early and do some sports every day. Don't be lazy! You will be healthy and happy.
What are healthy food?

A．Fruits and vegetables

B．Bananas, apples and chocolate

C．Fruits and chocolate

D．Orange, tomatoes and chocolate

Why are healthy food good for you?

A．They make you happy.

B．They can make you grow and make you strong and happy.

C．They are delicious.

D．They can make you happy and clever.

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away."means( 意思是)？

A．The doctor goes away when he sees an apple.

B．The doctor runs away when you give him an apple.

C．You eat an apple every day and you can be healthy

D．Apple is a famous doctor in the world

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How much is the ticket of the film 2012?

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B．￥30.

C．￥40.

D．￥60.

You can call______ if you want to see Iron Man 2.

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C．0351-8061635	D．0351-8456161

At 9 0’clock in the morning, you can go to______ to see a film.

A．the King’s Cinema	B．Changfeng Theater
C．the Royal Theater	D．Town Cinema

It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail (详细地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.
People with little education usually ______.

A．spend a long time in school

B．have a good chance to get a job

C．spend the best years to choose jobs

D．have fewer chances to get a good job

The earliest education was probably to ______.

A．make a man lead a better life

B．teach a man to write and think

C．make people get a way of living

D．teach people to read good books

The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “______” in Chinese.

A．圆满的

B．崭新的

C．公平的

D．全面的

It is expected that educated people will be able to ______.

A．accept education as a way of living

B．take an interest in the whole world

C．develop their abilities to make plays

D．learn subjects like language and math

The passage mainly tells us that ______.

A．education should make a man improve

B．people can get education in a short time

C．people should be able to get better paying jobs

D．all subjects are so important for a way of living