初中英语阅读理解

.An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day's hard work. When he was not far from his house, the light on the cart went out. He tried but could not mend it.
He was near his home, and so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this, he stopped the old carter.
"Where's your light?" asked the policeman. "No one may take a cart along a road at night without a light. You know that. You've broken the law.”
"I had a light," said the old man, "but it has just gone out."
"I don't believe that story," said the policeman. He took out a book and got ready to write. "What's your name and where do you live?" he asked.
"Please don't take my name," said the old man. "My house is just there. You can see it from here. I had a light nearly the whole way. I haven't come far without a light."
"You came all the way without a light. What's your name?"
The carter quickly took the policeman's hand and put it down on the top of the light. The light was still hot, and burnt the policeman's hand. He jumped and he was very angry.
"Now, what do you think?" said the carter. "Did I come all the way without a light?"
In the passage "Cart" is ___________.

A．something like a car

B．something like a light

C．something pulled by a horse

D．something with a light

The old man drove home ___________.

A．on the back of his horse

B．late one night

C．very late every night

D．with a policeman

Where did the policeman stop the old man?

A．Near his home.

B．At the traffic lights.

C．Under a road light.

D．Far from his house.

How did the old man make the policeman believe his words?

A．He made the policeman touch the light.

B．He jumped and shouted angrily.

C．He made the policeman angry.

D．He burnt the policeman's hands.

There are many festivals at our school. This month is October. In October, there is a Sports Festival. We have the basketball game and the volleyball game during(在……之间) the festival. In the middle(中间) of this month, we have an English Speech Contest (英语口语大赛) during the English Festival. October the nineteenth is the day for a school trip——we go to Beijing with the teachers. On the last (最后的) day of this month, there is a Music Festival. On that day we can enjoy(欣赏) beautiful songs, dances and piano music. It is really great. Next month, there is an Art Festival. Students usually display(展示) their pictures on that day.
How many festivals are there in October?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

The English Speech Contest is on ______.

A．October 10^th	B．October 15^th
C．October 31^st	D．November 15^th

The Music Festival is on _______.

A．October 15^th	B．October 30^th
C．October 31^st	D．November 1^st

Which（哪一个） of the following（下面） is in November?

A．A volleyball game	B．A school trip
C．An Art Festival	D．An English Speech Contest

Which one is NOT true（正确的）?

A．We can see many pictures during the Art Festival.

B．Students play the piano during the Music Festival.

C．Students go to Beijing On October 19^th.

D．There are many festivals in November.

Look at the two posters about Sunshine Theatre（剧院）and Moonlight Theatre:
Welcome to Sunshine Party!
Time: 1:30 p.m. -8:30p.m. , June 1st               Happy Children’s Day
Place: Sunshine Theatre
Activities: Singing, dancing, a magic(魔术) show and a fashion show
Welcome to Moonlight Party!
Happy Children’s D ay       Time: 2:30 p.m. -10:30p.m. , June 1st
Place: Moonlight Theatre
Activities: 3 cartoon films and a fashion show
Both the two theatres will celebrate _________.

A．Children’s Day	B．Teachers’ Day
C．Christmas Day	D．Spring Festival

In Sunshine Theatre, you can’t ____________.

A．watch a film	B．watch a fashion show
C．listen to music	D．enjoy a magic show

When does the celebration finish in Moonlight Theatre?

A．10:30 a m.	B．10:30 p. m.
C．8:30 p. m.	D．2:30 p. M.

What would turkeys do if they could think like us? Maybe the first thing is to run away from our dinner!
That’s the idea of Reggie and Jake. They are two turkeys in the new movie Free Birds (《时光鸡大作战》).
On Thanksgiving Day, people in the United States eat turkeys. But why? Reggie and Jake want a change.
In a time machine, they go back to the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
Reggie liked to be alone (单独的). But this time, he learns to become part of a team to make a big change.
Reggie and Jake are                  .

A．two people

B．two turkeys in the movie Free Birds

C．two chicken

D．two students

The first thing for Reggie and Jake to do is to                    .

A．run away from people’s dinner

B．have a big dinner

C．think like us

D．act in the movies

When do the US people usually eat turkey?

A．On Thanksgiving Day.	B．At Halloween
C．Any time	D．At Easter

How do Reggie and Jake go back to the first Thanksgiving?

A．On foot	B．By ship
C．In a train	D．In a time machine.

What does Reggie learn on their adventure(冒险)?

A．Keep as the dinner	B．Be alone
C．Work together	D．We don’t know

I’m a boy. My name is Zhao Ming. I am in No. 34 Middle School. I am in Class 1. My English teacher(老师) is Mr Wang. My Chinese(汉语) teacher is Miss Wu. They are good teachers. I love them. I have(有) a good friend. His name is Tom. He is an English boy.
Zhao Ming is a ____.

A．girl

B．boy

C．friend

D．teacher

Zhao Ming is in ____ Middle School.

A．No. 43

B．No. 23

C．No. 31

D．No. 34

Miss Wu and Mr Wang are ______.

A．students

B．teachers

C．girls

D．workers

Tom is a(n) _____ boy.

A．Chinese	B．Japanese
C．American	D．English

“Why does the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side!”
That’s an old joke in the West, but it came to my mind again when I saw people crossing the road at the intersection of Shaanxi Road and Huaihai Road in Shanghai.
When the traffic light was red, a group of people were waiting for the light to change. Suddenly one man began rushing to the other side of the road. Soon others followed him at the crossing and more people did the same. Just like chickens, they didn’t mind the honking horns (喇叭声) and kept crossing the road in a mess.
Every year several thousand people are either killed or hurt on the roads in Shanghai. And at least one third of them were jaywalking (乱穿马路). Jaywalking is very common in Shanghai. It seems that jaywalkers are not afraid of the danger to themselves.
Traffic laws are to keep people safe. So we should obey them, and have good road-crossing habits. When someone starts to jaywalk, we should stop him, and never follow him. That way we can avoid the traffic accidents.

The underlined word “intersection” here probably means “      ”.

A．road	B．bridge
C．crossing	D．traffic

The writer saw people_____ in Shanghai that day.

A．crossing the road in a mess

B．waiting for the green light patiently

C．crossing the road with chickens

D．hurting each other in the street

How does the writer like what he saw in Shanghai that day?

A．He thinks it’s OK.

B．He thinks it’s wrong.

C．He has no idea of it.

D．He doesn’t mention (提及) it.

The weekend is usually a time of rest. But today’s Chinese teenagers can’t rest during the weekends. According to a survey（调查), 24% of the Junior students in Beijing have classes at the weekend. Over 40% of the Junior 3 students have less than eight hours of sleep each night.
Ji Ping, a Junior student in Guangzhou, has to get up at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday. Then she has a whole day of classes. On Sunday she gets to extra（额外的）classes for Maths and English. But she doesn’t complain（抱怨）. She says that all her classmates work hard on Sunday.
Liu Yang is from Dalian. As a Junior 2 student, his weekends are less busy. But he always   spends Saturday in school. On Sunday, after finishing homework, he plays basketball. He feels happy because he still has time to do the things he likes.
A few students are luckier. Yang Qing, a Junior 3 student from Zibo, Shangdong, is one of them. At weekends, she usually gets up at 8:00. Then she spends some time doing homework. After that she is free to do what she likes. “Don’t push（逼迫）yourself too much. Learning well at school is easy,” she said. And she is a top student in her class.
How many hours do 40% of the Junior 3 students in Beijing sleep each night?

A．Less than 6 hours.	B．Less than 7 hours.
C．Less than 8 hours.	D．More than 8 hours.

Why does Ji Ping get up early on Saturdays?

A．Because she doesn't sleep well.

B．Because she has a whole day of classes.

C．Because she has to play computer games.

D．Because her parents ask her to do so.

What does Liu Yang do after finishing homework on Sunday?

A．He plays basketball.	B．He plays football.
C．He reads books.	D．He does housework.

Which of the following in NOT true?
A. 24% of the Junior students Beijing have classes at weekends.
B. Ji Ping gets up at 6:30 a.m. on Saturdays.
C. Liu Yang feels sorry about his busy weekend.

A bus stops at a small bus stop（车站）. A man is hungry and he wants to buy some cakes. It’s raining(下雨) hard.He doesn’t want to go out in the rain. He sees a boy. 'Come here, boy!' he cries. 'Do you know how much the cakes are?' The boy says yes. The man gives the boy four dollars and asks him to buy two cakes. 'One is for you and one is for me.' Three minutes later, the boy comes back. He’s eating a cake. He gives the man two dollars and says, 'Sorry, there is only one cake left（剩余的）.'
Where is the man?

A．He’s near the bus.	B．He is in the car
C．He’s on the bus.	D．He’s at home.

The man doesn’t want to go out because__________.

A．he is tired	B．he doesn’t like rain
C．he is hungry	D．it’s raining hard

How many cakes does the boy get?

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

How much are they if we buy five cakes?

A． Five dollars	B．Four dollars
C．Ten dollars	D．Fifteen dollars

What’s the result (结果)?

A．The man eats the cake.

B．The boy eats the cake.

C．The boy doesn’t eat the cake.

D．The boy and the man both eat the cakes.

Let’s look at the picture. The boy’s name is John. The girl in the white blouse is his sister, Rose. The other(另外的)one in the yellow blouse is his sister, Mary. John and his sisters are students in No.10 Middle School. The two sisters are in Class Three, Grade One and John is in Class Two, Grade Two. The man and the woman are their father and mother. The man is a worker and the woman is a teacher. The old man and the old woman are John’s grandfather and grandmother. It’s a happy family.
There are ______ people in the family.

A．4

B．5

C．6

D．7

Mary is in the _____ blouse and Rose is in the ______ one.

A．yellow, white	B．white, yellow
C．yellow, blue	D．black, red

John’s sisters are _______ .

A．not students

B．in the same(相同的) class

C．in Grade 2

D．in different (不同的)middle schools

The sisters’ ________ is a teacher.

A．father	B．grandfather
C．mother	D．grandmother

Which of these is right?

A．The two girls have two brothers.

B．John and his sisters are in the same school.

C．The man’s son is in Grade 1.

D．John’s family is not a big one.

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。
Bicycles are very popular in China． In our country you can see bicycles almost everywhere．When you walk on the road, you will find a lot of people riding bicycles to school, shops and anywhere else．Therefore(因此), China is known as “the kingdom of bicycles”．In China, many families have one or two bicycles.
Compared(与……比) with cars, bicycles have many advantages．First, they are much cheaper than cars．Most Chinese can’t afford cars, but they can afford bicycles．Second, bicycles are small enough to park anywhere, while cars need a larger piece of land to park．What’s more, with lower speed(速度), bicycles are safer than cars.
However, bicycles also bring some problems．Some riders don’t obey the traffic rules and some riders don’t think about others’ safety．So they ride too fast．During rush hours, too many bicycles may cause traffic jams．We still have a long way to go to solve the problem.
Where can you see bicycles in China?

A．In the big city．

B．In the town.

C．In the country．

D．Almost everywhere.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of bicycles?

A．Bicycles are much cheaper than cars．

B．Bicycles are easy to park.

C．Bicycles are more beautiful than cars．

D．Bicycles are safer than cars.

What problems can bicycles bring?

A．Bicycles are more and more expensive.

B．Riding bicycles is more dangerous than driving cars

C．There are no places for so many bicycles.

D．Too many bicycles may cause traffic jams.

What does the last sentence mean?

A．We should drive cars instead of riding bicycles.

B．It’s too far to ride bicycles.

C．Bicycles are safe enough.

D．We still need to do much to solve the problem.

Tony:I like eating hamburgers and drinking cola. Yes, they are not healthy. But I eat hamburgers and drink cola every day.I don’t like vegetables. I hate tomatoes.
Cindy: My favourite food is chocolate and my favourite drink is milk. Milk can make me healthy.  I drink milk every morning. I like fruit too. And my favourite fruit is oranges.
Zhang Qiang: I like meat. I eat beef and chicken, but my favourite is beef. So I’m strong and tall.
Liu Xin: I like candy and vegetables. I eat candy every day. But my mum says candy can make me fat. Now I’m fat so I do sports every day.
Tony’s favourite drink is ________.

A．Juice

B．Water

C．Milk

D．Cola

_______ likes eating oranges.

A．Liu Xin

B．Zhang Qiang

C．Tony

D．Cindy

Zhang Qiang is a _______ boy.

A．tall

B．short

C．fat

D．thin

Liu Xin eats _______ every day.

A．vegetables

B．beef

C．candy.

D．chicken

______ is so fat so he/she does sports every day.

A．Liu Xin

B．Zhang Qiang

C．Tony

D．Cindy

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
This is an old English saying. Do you know it before? It says that we must go to bed early and get up early in the morning. Then we should be healthy. We should also be rich (wealthy) and clever (wise).
This is true. The body must have enough sleep to be healthy. Children of a young age should have ten hours’ sleep every night. Children who don’t have enough sleep can’t do their work very well. They will not be wise and they may not become wealthy!
The body also needs exercise. Walking, running, jumping, swimming and playing games are all exercise. Exercise keeps the body strong.
Exercise also keeps the blood（血液）moving around inside the body. This is very important. Our blood takes food to all parts of our body. The head also needs blood. Exercise helps us to think better!
If a child doesn’t have 10 hours’ sleep every night, he _____.

A．will become wise	B．won’t do well in his work
C．will have to sleep in the daytime	D．can’t go to school in time

A person needs exercise because ______.

A．it makes him healthy

B．he has a lot of homework to do

C．it doesn’t need time

D．it is fun to do exercise

Exercise makes the _______ move quickly and smoothly.

A．body

B．blood

C．children

D．head

Which of the following is not true?

A．Exercise is good for a person’s head

B．A student should have 10 hour’s sleep.

C．It’s good for you to get up early and go to bed early.

D．If you have enough blood, you’ll be wise

Do you like to play outside? Do you like to run? Do you like to play with a ball? You can do all of these things if you play soccer.
Soccer players cannot throw and catch the ball. They cannot touch the ball with their hands. Soccer players can only kick（踢） the ball.
Soccer is played with two teams. There is a goal （球门）for each team. Players on one team want to kick the ball into one goal. Players on the other team want to kick the ball into the other goal. Players score when the ball goes into the other team’s goal. They make one point.
Lots of people play soccer. You can be young or old, big or small. Soccer is easy to play. All you need is a ball and a place to play. Then find enough players to make two teams.
What can soccer players do?

A．Throw the ball.	B．Catch the ball.
C．Touch the ball with their hands.	D．Kick the ball.

How many teams is soccer played with?

A．a lot.

B．eleven.

C．two.

D．four.

When can the players score?

A．When they kick the ball into the other team’s goal.

B．When they kick the ball into a big net on the ground.

C．When they kick the ball into their own goal.

D．When they kick the ball into the space behind their team.

What do we need if we want to play soccer?

A．A big place is enough to play soccer.

B．A ball and a place to play soccer.

C．Enough players to make two teams.

D．A ball, a big place and enough players

Which is right according to the passage?

A．Lots of people play soccer. Only young people can play it well .

B．We can play soccer on the playground with our friends.

C．When we play soccer, we can throw the ball.

D．If you don’t like to play with a ball, you can play soccer.

Dear Sam,
How are you? I’m glad to get your e-mail. You say you want to know our school’s courses(课程). Here is my timetable.

Time	Monday	Tuesday
8: 00-8: 45	English	math
8: 55-9: 40	English	math
9: 50-10: 35	Chinese	Chinese
10: 45-11: 30	math	geography
Have a break
2: 00-2: 45	P. E.	English
2: 55-3: 40	geography	art
Time	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8: 00-8: 45	math	Chinese	math
8: 55-9: 40	English	English	math
9: 50-10: 35	P. E.	math	art
10: 45-11: 30	history	geography	Chinese
Have a break
2: 00-2: 45	Chinese	music	music
2: 55-3: 40	reading	P. E.	science

Yours,
Kitty
文中画线单词“timetable”的汉语意思是“   ”。

A．简介

B．邮件

C．课程表

D．计划表

Kitty has   every day.

A．English

B．music

C．Chinese

D．science

The art lesson finishes at   on Tuesday.

A．9: 40 a. m.	B．10: 35 a. m.
C．2: 45 p. m.	D．3: 40 p. m.

Kitty has   P. E. lessons in a week.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

Which of the following is RIGHT(正确的)?

A．Kitty has seven lessons a day.

B．Kitty can have a break at 2: 10 p. m. .

C．Kitty has no P. E. lessons on Friday.

D．Kitty has two math lessons on Thursday.

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。
One day, my father and I were in line to buy tickets for the circus(马戏表演). And a family was standing in front of us.
The family had eight children. Their clothes were not expensive but clean．The children talked about the clowns(小丑), elephants, monkeys and other things excitedly. It was their first time to go to the circus.
The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly answered, “I want eight children’s tickets and two adults’ tickets, so I can take my family to the circus.”
The ticket lady said the price. The man's wife lowered her head and there was no smile on the man's face. He quietly asked, “How much did you say?”
The ticket lady said the price again. The man didn’t have enough money. How could he tell his eight kids the bad news? My dad put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground．(In fact, we were not rich!) Then my dad said, “Excuse me, sir, this dropped out of your pocket.”
The man knew what was going on. He looked into my dad’s eyes, held my dad’s hand in his, and took the $20 bill. “Thank you, sir, thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family.”
My father and I went back home. We didn’t go to see the circus that night, but we didn’t care.
What can children see in the circus?

A．clowns	B．elephants
C．monkeys	D．all of them

The father wanted to buy _________ tickets.

A．four

B．six

C．eight

D．ten

The underlined words “lower” might mean __________ in the passage.

A．低头

B．抬头

C．跳上

D．跳下

Who saw the circus that night?

A．The man’s family

B．The writer’s family

C．None of them

D．All of them

We can infer(推测)that the writer’s father is a ________ person.

A．young

B．handsome

C．kind

D．lucky