初中英语阅读理解

两篇根据短文内容,从每小题A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Do you like to play the game Angry Birds? Maybe your answer is yes. As a kind of online game, it’s popular with people of all ages. It’s really an interesting game. But do you know there will be a lot of Angry Birds-themed activity parks around the world?
The first two parks opened in Finland in 2012, and a few other parks are going to open in the UK. However, people still don’t know when and where Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open.
Angry Birds-themed activity parks have many interesting places for children to play. They like them very much. People can see the characters (人物) and colors from the game in the park. People can also play the Angry Birds game on large screens in the park.
Peter Vesterbacka is an officer of Angry Birds Company. The company wants to invite people to go out and have fun in Angry Birds-themed activity parks.

Angry Birds is a _______.
A. game                 B. story                   C. film
Angry Birds is popular with _______.
A. children             B. boys                   C. people of all ages
How many Angry Birds-themed activity parks opened in Finland in 2012?
A. One.                  B. Two.                 C. Three.
What does Peter Vesterbacka do?
A. He is a postman.
B. He is an officer.
C. He is a scientist.
Which of the following is Not true?
A. Angry Birds is very interesting.
B. There are large screens in Angry Birds-themed activity parks.
C. Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in China in 2015.

Many people like animals and keep one or more as pets(宠物)—dogs, cats and some kinds of birds. If you keep a dog or a cat as a pet, you must know how to look after it. A grown-up(成年) dog needs two meals a day, not more. And it can eat meat, fish, rice and some other things. Dogs like big bones(骨头), but don’t give them chicken bones. Remember to give them much clean water. A dog should have a clean, dry box for sleeping. Washing it once a week is good for its health. If it is ill, take it to a doctor. A healthy dog will bring you more happiness.
Be careful when you have chosen(选择) a cat. It has two meals a day with some meat or fish. Cats drink a little milk every day. Sometimes give them vegetables to eat. Don’t forget that they need clean water to drink.
Take good care of your pets. They will be your good friends. Maybe they can give you some help when you need.
Many people keep ____ as pets.

A．pandas

B．elephants

C．chickens

D．cats

What do dogs like eating?

A．All the bones.	B．Big bones.
C．Chicken bones.	D．Small bones.

A healthy dog can ____ you happiness.

A．make

B．give

C．take

D．bring

Cats usually drink ____.

A．orange

B．milk

C．water

D．milk and water

Will pets be people’s friends?

A．No, I don’t think so.

B．Yes, but only a little.

C．Yes, they will.

D．No, they won’t.

Once 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 lesson(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).
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

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

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．all the above

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

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 could not hear the bell.

D．The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell.

Mr. Green is quiet and doesn’t like talking with people. He likes reading news- papers and surfing the Internet. He hardly ever exercises. Sometimes he watches soccer or basketball games on TV. He likes coffee very much and drinks it three times a day.
Mr. Black is a bank clerk. It's a busy but boring job. He works with people and money every day. So he always feels tired after work. He likes to get enough rest and goes to bed early after dinner. Usually he goes to bed at 8:30 in the evening and gets up at 6:30 in the morning. Mr. Green is very happy with that. But Mrs. Green isn’t, because Mr. Green always talks in his sleep.
One morning, Mr. Green sat at table and had breakfast. Mrs. Green asked him,“Why do you always talk in your sleep?” Mr. Green said,“Because I have few chances(机会)to talk in the daytime.”
The next morning after their children all went to school. Mrs. Green asked Mr. Green angrily, “Why did you scold(骂)me in your sleep last night?” “Because I don’t have the encourage(勇气) to do it when I’m awake(醒着的).”
Mr.Green doesn’t like__________.
A. surfing the Internet
B. watching TV
C. talking with people
Mr.Green __________ drinks coffee.
A. never               B. often                C. sometimes
Mr.Green works in a _________.
A. shop                B.TV station           C. Bank
Mr. Green usually sleeps ________ hours every night.
A. ten                 B. nine                 C. eight
Mrs.Green was angry with Mr. Green because_________.
A. he didn’t talk with Mrs. Green the night before.
B. he didn’t send their children to school.
C. he scolded her in his sleep the night before.

阅读理解（共2小题）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
In the UK, most children have their lunches at school, but in some schools, parents can choose what their children eat. The children can have a school dinner — a hot, cooked meal; or they can take a packed （包装的）lunch with them, which usually includes cold food like sandwiches.
Often parents know what their children want. Cath, a mother of three children, told us, “My children have packed lunches because they say they hate school dinners. So I make three packed lunches every morning.”
However, another mother, Susan, made a different choice. She said, “My daughters have always had school dinners. I think they probably get healthier food at school than a few sandwiches I make of them.”
But how healthy are school dinners? Kaz, a father, thought poorly of them. He said, “Fizzy (起泡的) drinks were offered and I think there were lot of chips.”
Jamie Oliver spent a year working in a school kitchen. He was worried about the unhealthy food which included burgers, pizzas and chips. So he tried to cook healthy food such as good stews and curries for the children instead.
So Janie improved the school dinners, and trained the dinner ladies to cook healthy food in that school. Then he advised the government to improve school food across the country.
And it seems that the changes have begun.
Anna, a pupil, told us, “we used to have a fast food window where you got chips and coke, but they stopped that this year. There’s salad restaurant, which is good, so it’s healthier than it was.”
How many meals do most children in the UK have at school?

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

____ would like the children to have the school meals.

A．Cath

B．Susan

C．Kaz

D．Jamie

Jamie thought ______ were healthy food

A．stews and curries

B．burgers and pizzas

C．chips and fizzy drinks

D．sandwiches and coke

The last two paragraphs (段落) show that________.

A．There’s a salad restaurant in every school

B．salad is the only healthy food for students

C．schools have begun to cook healthier food

D．the government doesn’t care about school dinners

What is the best title for this text?

A．Healthy Food

B．Unhealthy Food

C．Packed Lunches

D．School Dinners

The White family come to a new big city(城市) , but Mrs. White's son, Bob, is not happy. He doesn't have anyone to play with. "Don't worry!" says his mother. "You will soon make friends here."
One morning, there is a knock at the door. Bob's mother, Mrs. White, opens it. There stands a woman with brown hair. It is Mrs. Miller. She comes to borrow two eggs. She wants to make cakes. Mrs. White gives her two.
In the afternoon there is another knock at the door. Mrs. White opens it and she sees a boy standing there. "My name is Jack Miller," he says. "My mother gives you this cake and two eggs."
"Well, thank you , Jack," says Mrs. White. "Come in and meet my son Bob."
Look! Bob and Jack are having cake and milk. They are playing football. Now they are friends!
Jack says, "I'm glad you live next door." Bob says, "I must thank your mother for coming to borrow eggs." Jack laughs(笑) and tells Bob, "My mother doesn't want the two eggs, but she wants to make friends with your mother. " Bob says, "That's a funny way to make friends. It's an easy way, too. It can work!
Bob feels __________ when his family moves to a new city.

A．unhappy

B．happy

C．free

D．busy

Mrs. Miller ____________________ one morning.

A．gives Mrs. White a piece of cake

B．asks Bob to play with his son

C．borrows eggs from Mrs. White

D．lends two eggs to Mrs. White

In the afternoon ____________ have cake and milk together.

A．Jack and Mrs. Miller

B．Bob and his mother

C．Mrs. White and Mrs. Miller

D．Bob and Jack

Which of the following is true?

A．Mrs. Miller is Mrs. White's old neighbour(邻居).

B．Mrs. Miller wants to make friends with the Whites.

C．There aren't any eggs in Mrs. White's home one morning.

D．There aren't any eggs in Mrs. Miller's home.

The best title of this passage is __________________.

A．Way to Borrow Eggs	B．Way to Make Cakes
C．Way to Make Friends	D．How to Make Cakes

It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers (祖先) had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frogs’ legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was to catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent to the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.
The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if (好像) the crops(庄稼) were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money they’d just had to buy pesticides (杀虫剂) and medicine. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized that what was happening. It was the frogs. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, soon there were more and more insects. They were doing harm to both crops and people.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evening they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of night now have a much deeper meaning.
Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?

A．They needed money to buy medicine.

B．They wanted to please the visitors.

C．The frogs were easy money.

D．The frogs made too much noise.

What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?

A．The crops didn’t do well.

B．There were too many insects.

C．The visitors brought in disease.

D．The pesticides were overused.

What can we learn from the last sentence of the passage?

A．Good old days will never be forgotten.

B．Health is more important than money.

C．The harmony between man and nature is important.

D．Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.

Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends．They believe that their family members don’t know them as well as their friends do．In large families，it is quite often for brothers or sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for some ideas．
It is important for teenagers to have one good friend or a group of friends．Even(即使)when they are not with their friends，they usually spend a lot of time talking between themselves on the phone．This communication is very important in children’s growing up，because friends can discuss something．These things are difficult to say to their family members． However，parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them．Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends．Have you ever thought of the following questions? Who chooses your friends? Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you? Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like? Your answers are welcome．
Many teenagers think that __________ can understand them better．

A．friends

B．brothers

C．sisters

D．parents

When teenagers are not with their friends, they often_______________.

A．talk with their parents

B．talk with their friends on the phone

C．talk with their family

D．talk with their teachers

When teenagers have something difficult to say to their parents，they usually________．

A．stay alone at home

B．fight with their parents

C．discuss with their friends

D．go to their brothers or sisters for help

Which is the best title of the passage?

A．Only parents can decide	B．Teenagers need friends
C．Parents and children	D．A strange question

Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern machines. There was no modern medicine, either.
Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It's bad to all living things in the world.
Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day. Sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt over a city. This kind of quilt is called smog.
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before it is thrown away, and they mustn't blow dirty smoke into the air.
We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin and do not throw it on the ground. We can to go work by bus or with our friends in the same car. If there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution. Rules are not enough. Every person must help to fight pollution.
Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder without_____.

A．modern machines and medicine	B．cars and planes
C．factories	D．rules

According to the article, one of the biggest problems today is ______

A．water pollution	B．air pollution
C．noise pollution	D．pollution

Factories must clean their water ______.

A．before using it

B．when using it

C．after it is thrown away

D．Before putting it into rivers or lakes

阅读短文，然后根据短文内容选出正确答案。(5分)
Hello! I’m Jane. I’m thirteen . I have a sister, but  I don’t have a brother. I like games. I often (经常) play soccer with her. I have 2 volleyballs. I like ping-pong, too. I play ping-pong with my friends after school. Do you like games ? Do you play sports every day ?
Does Jane have a brother ?

A．Yes, she is.	B．No, she isn’t.
C．Yes, she does.	D．No, she doesn’t.

Who does Jane play soccer with ?

A． Her sister.	B． Her brother.
C． Her friends.	D． Her classmates.

What does Jane like?

A．She likes her sister.	B．She likes her friends.
C．She likes ping-pong.	D．She likes soccer and ping-pong.

Jane has ______volleyballs.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

How old (几岁)is Jane ?

A．Eleven .

B．Twelve.

C．Thirteen.

D．Fourteen.

  A School Report

Name： Edward Scott	School：  Kelvin Grove State High School, London
Grade	8	Term ends	6, June
Subjects	Assessment (评价)
Maths	He is a little weak in this, but he has tried his best to catch up with others.
Science	He can work out many difficulties. Well done!
English	He is the best in the class. Keep it up!
French	His reading is very good, and he can remember many words.
History	He is not so good at this, but he is doing better than before.
Geography	He knows the names of many places in the world.
Music	He sings very well. But he doesn’t like pop songs.
Remarks (评语)	Edward has the ability to do a lot better. He must do more work next term.
Class teacher	Ivy
Principal	M.L Martin
School reopens (开始)	6, September

The reading above is ________.

A．a studying plan	B．an advertisement
C．a school report	D．a teaching plan

Edward’s coming summer will last ________.

A．three months	B．three weeks
C．two months	D．ten weeks

Edward’s best subject is ________.

A．Science

B．English

C．Geography

D．French

Edward is not so good at ________.

A．Maths and History	B．Science and Geography
C．History and French	D．Music and English

According to the form, which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A．Edward can’t sing songs very well.

B．School will begin again on May 6th.

C．Edward can do better if he works hard next term.

D．Edward doesn’t do well in science.

Americans think much about time . From childhood they learn to value (珍视) time .They are taught to be on time to go to school , to work and to do everything . When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily . When a person is dying , they say he is living on a borrowed time .
Time is money . Time is knowledge . Time is everything in America . A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week . This is the working time . In his free time, he also works hard for more money . Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly . They walk very fast . In fact , they are running .
They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things . But sometimes they also hate time, because they feel they have become servants (仆人) of the clock .
What do the Americans mean by "Time is money"?

A．It is not easy to make money.

B．It takes quite a lot of time to make money.

C．Working hard can bring people health.

D．If someone has time and works hard, he can make much money.

Americans think it wrong _______.

A．to work late	B．to get up early
C．to be late for school	D．to be on time to do everything

This passage says that a dying person _______.

A．is having a good time

B．is living on a borrowed time

C．thinks time goes easily

D．is saving time

From this passage we can be sure that _______.

A．Americans live a hard life

B．Americans always walk fast

C．Americans live in a quick rhythm (节奏)

D．Americans are good at saving time

Which of the following is the best title for this passage ?

A．Americans' ideas about time	B．Never waste time
C．Time is money	D．Learn to be on time

A poor farmer had never left his small village. After he made a lot of money, he decided to spend a holiday in an excellent hotel in a big town.
When lunchtime came on his first day there, he went to eat it in the restaurant of the hotel in his new clothes. The headwaiter showed him to the table, took his order and went away. When he returned and looked at the farmer again, he was surprised. The farmer had tied his table cloth round his neck.
The headwaiter immediately told another waiter to go to the farmer and tell him that people mustn’t do such a thing in his restaurant. So the waiter went to the farmer and said in a friendly voice, “Good morning, Sir. Would you like a haircut.?”
The farmer decided to spend a holiday in a big town because__________

A．he always spent his holiday there

B．he wore his new clothes

C．he never went to the big town

D．he had become richer and wanted to see big town

To his surprise, the headwaiter found that the farmer__________.

A．was sitting at the table along

B．he wore his new clothes

C．used the table cloth as a napkin（餐巾）

D．took the restaurant for a barber’s shop

Why do you think the farmer tied the cloth round his neck? __________.

A．He didn’t want to make his clothes dirty

B．He want to have his hair cut

C．The headwaiter told him to do that

D．He saw some other people doing this

The headwaiter told another waiter to __________

A．take some food to the farmer

B．stop the farmer tying the cloth round his neck

C．tie the table cloth round the farmer’s neck

D．drive him out of the restaurant

From the sentence “Would you like a haircut?” we know the waiter wanted   to_______

A．have the farmer’s hair cut

B．make an apology to the farmer

C．cut the farmer’s hair himself

D．make the farmer know his mistake

  When shopping in a store, I met a boy. When I saw him waving his hands excitedly in the air and shouting in a loud voice, “ Mommy, I’m here,” I knew he was mentally challenged.
I asked his name and he said proudly, “ My name is Denny and I’m shopping with my mother.” “Wow,” I said, “ That’s a cool name. How old are you, Denny?”
“ How old am I now, Mommy?” he asked his mother. “ You’re fifteen years old, Denny; now be a good boy and let the man pass by.” I continued to talk to Denny for several more minutes about summer, bicycles and school. I watched his brown eyes dance with excitement because he was the center of someone’s attention.
Denny’s mom thanked me for talking with her son. She told me that most people wouldn’t even look at him, let alone talk to him. I told her that it was my pleasure and then I said, “ There are plenty of red, yellow, and pink roses in the garden, however, ‘Blue roses’are very rare and should be appreciated for their beauty and distinctiveness（独特性）. Denny is a ‘Blue ses’and if someone doesn’t stop and smell that rose with their heart and kindness, then they’ve missed a chance to appreciate the beauty.”
She was silent for a second, and then went away with tears in her eyes.
Where did the writer meet the boy?

A．In the street	B．In a store
C．In a garden	D．In a school

What’s wrong with the boy?

A．He didn’t know his name and age

B．There was something wrong with his mind

C．He lost his way

D．He couldn’t find his mother.

What do you think of the writer?

A．Kind

B．Brave

C．Clever

D．Honest

What does the underlined word “ rare” mean?

A．Beautiful	B．Not seen very often
C．Not done very often	D．Not waited very long

What can we learn from the underlined sentence?

A．He was so excited that his eyes could dance

B．He was excited because his eyes caught someone’s attention.

C．He was excited because someone was talking with him

D．He was excited because someone paid attention to his eyes.

The life in a day
Time	John	Mike
6:00a.m.	Get up and do morning exercises	Be in bed
6:50 a.m.	Have breakfast and go to school	Get up and have a quick breakfast
7:30 a.m.	Read English	Hurry to school
11:25 a.m.	Have lunch alone(独自)	Have lunch with friends
11:55 a.m.	Have a short rest	Play basketball
6:00p.m	Have dinner while reading newspapers	Have dinner while talking to parents
7:00 p.m	Do homework carefully	Watch TV
9:00 p.m	Go to bed	Do homework in a hurry
10:30 p.m	Be asleep	Go to bed

Mike _________ at 6:00 in the morning.

A．gets up	B．does morning exercises
C．is still in bed	D．reads newspapers

John has lunch_________.

A．by himself	B．with his friends
C．with Mike	D．at 11:55a.m.

Mike ________ after lunch.

A．has a rest	B．goes to bed
C．plays basketball	D．talks to his parents

Mike always goes to bed at__________.

A．9:00p.m.	B．10:30p.m.
C．6:00p.m.	D．7:00p.m.

Which of the following is John’s bad habit(习惯)？

A．Getting up late and hurrying to school.

B．Going to bed at 9:00 p.m.

C．Doing homework in a hurry.

D．Having dinner while reading.