初中英语阅读理解

Look at the notice from the Students’ Union. It’s a description of students’ activities for the coming winter vacation.

Winners of Super Boys will come to our school on January 30th, 2014. They are going to give a concert in the school hall at 2:00 pm. Please come to the Students’ Union to get a half-price ticket to the concert before this Friday.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could join us and go hiking around the West Hill for two days? We’ll start at 7:00 am on February 6th. Please come to the Students’ Union to sign your name and pay fifty yuan, 20 percent off for members of the Hiking Club.

Are you interested in being a volunteer? We’ll go to a mountain village to give away books to the children there. We’ll work and study with them for a whole day. Please come to the school gate at 6:00 am on February 13th, 2014. Free of charge(免费).

We’ll hold a party for the students who come from poor families and have to stay at school during the winter vacation. Would you like to join us? Please come to the reading room at 5:00 pm on January 28th.

The notice is about       .

A．free tickets	B．students’ activities
C．the West Hill	D．poor children

Betty likes music and wants to go to the concert, so she must arrive at the school hall before     on January 30th, 2014.

A．2:00 pm

B．7:00 am

C．6:00 am

D．5:00 pm

If you are a volunteer, you will go to a mountain village      .

A．on January 30th	B．on February 6th
C．on February 13th	D．on January 28th

If you want to take part in a party for poor students, you should go to       on January 28th.

A．the school hall

B．the West Hill

C．a mountain village

D．the reading room

How much will Tom, a member of the Hiking Club, pay if he wants to go hiking around the West Hill?

A．2 yuan.

B．50 yuan.

C．40 yuan.

D．Nothing.

Nearly every parent says that we never grow up．In fact, we are maybe 16 or 17 years old．In their eyes, we are always little ones and always do wrong things．For example, when I need to stay at home alone, they always worry about me and my life without them.
Most parents always think that they have offered the best things they can make their children live in a comfortable world．They buy their children pretty clothes, cool shoes, expensive school things, and often a thousand-Yuan-cost bike．They think that they have done everything that they can for their dear children．In return, they only want their children to get good results in the examinations.
But why their children still can’t understand them? Does it mean that they still want more material （物质的） things? No．In fact, what they want is a true family．What does a true family mean? I think it means a place where we can hide ourselves from the cold world outside．From here, we can get warmth, we can get consolation （安慰）, and we can get happiness．And one important thing is that we should be stronger and more confident in the outside world because we know that we have a family.
So I think that parents should sit down to talk with their children to let them know that they have a true family, so the children and their parents could understand each other more and more．Then, no children will be regarded as little ones.

Questions	Answers
What are we always like in our parents’ eyes?	In their eyes, we are always little children and always__________.
What do our parents expect us to do when they give us so much?	They only want us to ________________in the examinations.
Do children want a true family?	Yes, they do.
What does ___________________ mean?	It means a place where children can hide themselves from the cold world outside.
How can our parents no longer regard us as little children?	They can talk with us and we can _______________more and more.

Each nation has many good people who help to take care of others．For example, some high school and college students in the US often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages（孤儿院） or homes for the aged．They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.
Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old．They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns．For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization called Big Brothers．College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.
Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts．Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of interest．Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girls．Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.
How do volunteers usually help those who are sick or old?

A．They mow their lawns, do their shopping and clean up their houses.

B．They cook, sew or wash their clothes.

C．They tell them stories and sing and dance for them.

D．They clean, wax and repair their cars.

What is Big brothers?

A．It’s the name of a club．

B．It’s a home for children who have no brothers.

C．It’s the name of a film．

D．It’s an organization for boys who no longer have fathers.

Why do most of the clubs use many high school and college students as volunteers?

A．Because they have a lot of free time.

B．Because they can still remember what they felt when they were younger.

C．Because they know how to do the work.

D．Because they like younger boys and girls.

What do volunteers believe?

A．To make others happy, they have got to be unhappy.

B．The happiest people in the world are those who make themselves happy.

C．The happiest people in the world are those who are young and healthy.

D．Bring happiness to others makes them the happiest people in the world.

In Britain life used to be fun for teenagers．They used to have money to spend , and free time to while away．They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos．Some of them still do．But for many young people, life is harder now．Jobs are difficult to find．There’s not so much money around．Things are more expensive, and it’s hard to find a place to live in．Teachers say that students work harder than they used to．They are less interested in politics （政治）, and more interested in passing exams．They know that good exam results may bring them better jobs.
Most young people worry more about money than their parents did twenty years ago．They try to spend less and save more．They want to be able to get homes of their own one day.
For some, the answer to unemployment（失业） is to leave home and look for jobs in one of Britain’s big cities．Every day hundreds of young people arrive in London from other parts of Britain, looking for jobs．Some find jobs and stay．Others don’t, and go home again, or join the unemployed in London.
What does the underline phrase “while away” mean in Chinese?

A．消磨

B．浪费

C．花费

D．节约

What are British students interested in now?

A．Clothes．	B．Finding jobs．
C．Politics．	D．Passing exams.

What can we know from the passage?

A．Young people can find jobs easily in London.

B．Students have to study hard to find better jobs.

C．Parents spend less and save more for their children.

D．Young people have to leave home after graduation.

Children a11 over the world like to celebrate their birthdays．American children are the same．They usually celebrate with a party．They ask their friends to their parties They don’t have the party on the right date of their birthday if it comes on a school day．They may hold it at the weekend then．
Today many children like two kinds of parties．One is at home．Parents make the house beautiful with balloons and coloured paper．They make a birthday dinner．The children play games．The other kind is away from home Some are at a restaurant．The children eat pizza and ice cream The waiters also sing and say happy birthday to the children．Other parties are at a park or at a cinema．or in some other places．
There is a cake with candles at every birthday party．There is one candle for each year of a birthday boy’s or girl’s age．When the candles are lighted，everyone sings the birthday song：
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU．
Birthday parties change．Many people don’t have them when they are not young．They say they would like to forget how old they are．But they do like to keep the happy birthday parties of their childhood in mind．
If Tom’s birthday is on October 29th，Wednesday, he may have the party on        .

A．October 29th	B．October 28th
C．November 1st	D．November 3^rd

On Tom’s birthday ,who usually makes a big dinner for the children at home?

A．Tom．	B．His friends
C．His teachers．	D．His parents

The Chinese for“waiters”may be         ．

A．服务员

B．老板

C．等候的人

D．亲戚

What is the best title for the passage?

A．Birthday Parties in China

B．Birthday Parties in the World

C．Birthday Patties in America

D．Birthday Presents for Children

Some parents don’t know how to talk about sensitive(敏感的)topics(话题)with young children．In fact，our kids know about them from TV，movies，magazines and school friends．If we don’t talk with them early and often，they may get them from others．So start to talk with them now．
Start early
Kids know about some sensitive topics at early ages．You are a parent．You have a good chance to talk with your child about these things first.
Start conversations with your child
Start the discussion ourselves．TV is a good topic．If you and your 12-year-old child watch a TV show，ask your child，“Do you like the show ?Why or why not?”and then discuss with your child．
Listen to your child
Do we know about our children’s ideas ?Do we know about our children and have a talk with them．
What does the underlined word “them”refer to(指代)?

A．Movies．	B．Magazines．
C．School friends	D．Sensitive topics．

There are       ways of talking about sensitive topics with children．
A．two             B．three          C．four           D five
This passage is for        ．

A．teachers	B．students
C．parents	D．doctors

One day Mrs．Jones goes shopping．When her husband comes home in the evening，she begins to tell him about a beautiful cotton dress．“I see it in a shop this morning，”she says．
“And--and you want to buy it．”says her husband，“How much does it cost?”
“Forty pounds．”
“Forty pounds for a cotton dress?  That’s too much!”
But every evening，when  Mr．Jones comes back from work，his wife continues to say only about the dress，and at last, after a week，he says“Oh，buy the dress．Here’s the money！”She is happy．
But the next evening，when Mr．Jones comes home and asks，“Do you buy the famous dress?--'No，”she says．
“Why not?”he asks．
“Well，”Mrs．Jones says，“it is still in the window of the shop after a week，I think nobody else wants this dress，so I don’t want it，either．”
At first．Mrs Jones      the beautiful dress in the window of the shop.

A．dislikes

B．1ikes

C．buys

D．wears

Her husband doesn’t give her the money right away because

A．he doesn’t love her at all

B．he doesn’t have any money

C．he thinks the dress is too expensive

D．he wants a better one

How long does Mrs．Jones talk about the cotton dress?

A．A week．	B．one day．
C．Two days．	D．Two weeks

In the end, Mrs Jones

A．is happy to get the dress

B．doesn’t buy the dress

C．is angry with her husband

D．doesn’t get the money to buy the dress

Here is a menu for a fast food restaurant．The prices are in British money, called pounds and penny．There are 100 pence in a pound．

Main meals	small	large	Drinks	small	Large
Hamburger	1.80	2.30	Cola	0.80	1.00
Chicken burger	2.00	2.50	Orange	juice	0.90
Side dishes			Sweets
Fries	0.90	1.10	Ice	cream	1.20
Chicken wings	1.30	1.60	Apple	pie	0.70

 
A thirsty(口渴的)boy has only eighty pence—He may ask for

A．a large bottle of orange juice

B．a small bottle of orange juice

C．a large bottle of Cola

D．a small bottle of Cola

Which is not sold(卖)in this restaurant?

A．Fries．	B．Coffee
C．Chicken wings	D．Apple pie．

Which of the following is the most expensive main meals?

A．A small hamburger．

B．A large hamburger

C．A small chicken burger

D．A large chicken burger．

How much does a small hamburger and a large bottle of cola cost?

A．One pound and eighty pence．

B．Two pounds and eighty pence．

C．Two pounds and sixty pence．

D．Two pounds and thirty pence．

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.
After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, “I wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible.”
One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside. Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!
Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window. That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings? Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.
The writer couldn't see everything clearly through the window because_____.

A．the woman's window was dirty

B．the writer's window was dirty

C．the woman lived nearby

D．the writer was near-sighted

The writer was surprised that_____.

A．the woman was sitting by her window

B．the woman's window was clean

C．the woman did cleaning in the afternoon

D．the woman's window was still terrible

"It dawned on me" probably means "____".

A．I began to understand it	B．it cheered me up
C．I knew it grew light	D．it began to get dark

From the passage, we can learn ______.

A．one shouldn't criticize others very often

B．one should often make his windows clean

C．one must judge himself before he judges others

D．one must look at others through his dirty windows

When some plates(版块) of the earth move suddenly, an earthquake happens. Many earthquakes begin under the sea. Earthquakes may happen anywhere on the earth. They often happen near the mountains.
During the earthquake, the shakings make rocks rise suddenly and even
crack(断裂)open. Houses fall, people are killed or hurt, and sometimes the whole villages or cities are destroyed.  Can we do something to keep ourselves safe from earthquakes? Scientists have studied earthquakes and make maps that show the “ earthquakes belts(带)” In areas in these belts, it’s possible for earthquakes to happen. In these areas we should build strong houses to fight against earthquakes.
In the future, scientists will be able to tell when and where an earthquake will before they happen. They can also tell people what to do and how to do it.
A large number of earthquakes often happen_________________.

A．in the area	B．on land
C．at night	D．next to mountains

The reason for an earthquake is ______________________.

A．the result of rock sudden movement

B．rocks’ cracking open

C．that there are so many plates on the earth.

D．that the sea is too deep.

A map showing the earthquake belts will tell people __________________.

A．what kind of houses to build

B．what kind of houses can stay up in an earthquake

C．where earthquakes may happen

D．how to keep themselves safe during the earthquake

In the future we’ll be no longer so afraid of earthquakes_____________.

A．with the help of scientists’ exact predication(预报).

B．because of a map showing the “earthquake belts”

C．because we can guess the date and place of earthquakes

D．as scientists know what to do and how to do it.

We surveyed（调查）300 young people on what they like to do at weekends. One hundred people are from the ages of 11-18, one hundred 19-26 and one hundred 27-35. The following shows their answers:

How many people enjoy playing computer games in the 11-18 group?

A．20

B．50

C．75

D．80

The people of 19- 26 likes ______ best.

A．watching TV

B．going to the movies

C．playing computer games

D．taking a walk

Which two activities do most of the people doing?

A．Playing computer games and watching TV

B．Playing computer games and taking a walk.

C．Watching TV and going to the movies.

D．Playing computer games and going to the movies.

We know young people don’t like______.

A．watching TV

B．taking a walk

C．going to the movies

D．playing computer games

Which of the following is true?

A．The people between 11-18 don’t like taking a walk.

B．The people of 27-35 like watching TV best.

C．People between 19-26 don’t like playing computer games at all.

D．The people between 11-18 like watching TV best.

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Last week I had a pretty good vacation with my family. We had great fun playing in different places. On Monday, the weather was sunny and hot. We went to White Beach and 81.      (swim) in the water. On Tuesday, it was cloudy and humid(潮湿的). We visited two museums in Central Park. 82.We saw many old things. On Wednesday and Thursday, it was rainy and windy. We walked in the city.83. We bought some interesting things and ate some delicious food. On Friday, the weather was cool. We went hiking in the mountains.85. 我们很累但是感到很高兴。I really enjoyed my vacation.
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In the world today, all of the people need recreation(消遣). We cannot work all the time if we are going to keep healthy and enjoy life.
Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular form(形式) is to take part in sports. There are team sports, such as basketball and soccer. There are also individual(独立的) sports, such as swimming and running. Skating and mountain climbing are the most popular recreation for people who like to be outdoors.（户外）
Not everyone who enjoys sports likes to take part in them. Many people like watching them on TV or listening to them on the radio. So many people like some forms of indoor recreation, （室内消遣）such as watching TV, singing and dancing.
It doesn’t matter whether we like indoor recreation or take part in outdoor sports. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time, and enjoy some forms of recreation.
Which is the most popular form of recreation?

A．Sports	B．Watching TV
C．Sleeping	D．Singing and dancing

People want to take part in sports in order to __________.

A．keep healthy and enjoy life	B．make friends
C．find a good job	D．make money

Outdoor sports include(包括) __________.

A．watching TV

B．singing and dancing

C．listening to the radio

D．skating and mountain climbing

Why do many people like watching sports on TV or listening to them on the radio?

A．Because they like sports but don’t like to take part in them.

B．Because they don’t enjoy sports.

C．Because they don’t enjoy life.

D．Because they don’t need recreation.

The passage mainly(主要) tells us that__________.

A．basketball is a kind of team sport

B．everyone who enjoys sports should take part in them

C．different people have different ways of relaxing

D．indoor recreation is not as important as outdoor sports

It was Jimmy’s birthday and he was  5 years old. He got a lot of nice birthday presents from his family, and one of them was a beautiful drum.( 鼓 )
“ Who gave him that drum?” Jimmy’s father said when he saw it. “ His grandfather did,” answered Jimmy’s mother.
“ Oh,” said his father. Of course Jimmy liked his drum very much. He made a terrible noise with it, but his father didn’t mind . He was working during the day and Jimmy was already in bed when he got home in the evening ,so he couldn’t hear the noise.
But one of the neighbors didn’t like the noise at all, so a few days later, she took a sharp ( 锋利的 ) knife and went to Jimmy’s house while he was hitting his drum. She said to him, “ Hello, Jimmy, do you know, there is something very nice inside your drum? Here is a knife. Open the drum and let’s find it.”
Jimmy got a lot of nice presents from his _________.

A．classmates	B．friends
C．teachers	D．family

Who gave Jimmy the drum? _________.

A．His father	B．His mother
C．His neighbor	D．His grandfather

Why did Jimmy’s father not stop him from making noise with the drum?  _________.

A．Because he liked Jimmy very much

B．Because he didn’t mind

C．Because Jimmy was in bed

D．Because Jimmy only played in the evening

One of the neighbors _________.

A．liked Jimmy very much

B．enjoyed listening to the sound of the drum

C．wanted to show Jimmy a sharp knife

D．didn’t like the noise at all

What did Jimmy’s neighbor really want him to do? To ___________.

A．stop him making noises

B．make a noise on his drum with a knife

C．show him how to hit the drum

D．find something nice in his drum

Channel	Time	Name	Kind
CCTV1	7:00	Morning   News	News
9:30	The love story in the countryside	Sitcom
22:15	Face  to Face	Talk show
CCTV3	16:00	Avenue Of Stars	Game show
17:00	Sing Songs Every Day	Music
18:00	Animal World	Documentary
CCTV5	12:30	Sports News	News
22:40	Football Magazine	Sports show

What time does the show Face to Face start?
At  7:00 a.m.     B. At  9:30 a.m.
C. At  8:30 P.m.       D. At 10:15 P.m.
What kind of show is Avenue Of Stars?

A．Sitcom	B．A talk show
C．A game show	D．A sports show

You can watch news on______________.

A．CCTV1 and CCTV3	B．CCTV3 and CCTV5
C．CCTV1 and CCTV5	D．The three channels

If you like music  you can watch _____________.

A． Animal World	B．Face to Face
C．Sing Songs Every Day	D．Football Magazine

Which of the following is true?

A．You can watch Football Magazine in the morning.

B．Animal World is on CCTV5.

C．Sports News begins at 12:30 on CCTV1.

D．The love story is a sitcom .