初中英语阅读理解

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

A river was running happily in the hill， the valley（山谷） and the field． Soon it was stopped by a huge rock and the river was a little afraid and worried what it could do．

The rock said， "Hi， baby！Where are you going？"

The river answered， "I'm going to the sea． My mother is waiting for me．"

The rock made fun of the river and said， "You're too young． Go back to the hill at once． You can't get there． Don't come back here again!"

The river was surprised to hear that and said， "I can only go forwards（向前）．There's no river that goes backwards（向后）!"

The rock became angry and warned the river． "Don't speak! If you don't go back， you will have to change your direction． Don't want to run over my body!"

The river asked helplessly， "Where should I go？"

"You can go anywhere you like． Just don't come close to me!"

While they are talking， more and more water came here． Then it began to get out of control． The river ran quickly over the rock and the rock was washed pitifully．

The river said proudly， "A weak person will change his goal and direction． A person who is strong will only go ahead and nothing can stop him!"

（1）The final goal of the river was to go to the 　 　．

A．	field
B．	valley
C．	sea
D．	hill

（2）The rock wanted the river to 　 　．

A．	get out of control
B．	come close to him
C．	make fun of him
D．	go back to the hill

（3）The river ran over the rock 　 　．

A．	slowly
B．	softly
C．	quickly
D．	carelessly

（4）After meeting the rock， the river became 　 　at last instead of being afraid．

A．	proud
B．	helpless
C．	pitiful
D．	worried．

（5）The passage tells us that we should 　 　when facing difficulties．

A．	Avoid solving the problem
B．	become strong and go ahead
C．	change our dream directly
D．	be used to giving up silently

There is an old Chinese saying, “ If someone gives you a little drop of water, you should return a spring of water.” That means if someone helps you a bit, you should remember it and thank them gratefully(感激的）in return.
We should live in a world of gratitude. We should prove it with actions, not just words. We thank people who hurt us, because they teach us important things. We thank people who give us up, because we learn how to be independent. We thank people who selfish(自私的），because we learn the importance of being kind. Of course, we should thank people who help us. We should thank people who teach us. We should thank people who care about us.
We thank our parents. They work hard all the time in order to give their sons and daughters a better life. They cook meals for us, they do the chores for us, they always give us food and clothes, they teach us what is right and what is wrong.
We thank our teachers who give us dreams. They teach us a lot of things but they ask for nothing from us. We are well-educated of them.
There are a lot of people that we should be grateful to in our life. We should find a way to thank them.
According to the writer, what should do if someone helps you?

A．We should thank them gratefully in return

B．We should do nothing

C．We just go away at once

D．We should give them money

The word “them”in the fourth paragraph refers to(指代）

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

We should thank our parents because

A．they work hard for us all the time

B．they give us everything they can

C．they teach us what is right or not

D．A,B and C

Which of the following statements is True?

A．We don’t have to care about those who care about us

B．We learn nothing from our teachers

C．Our parents work hard to give us a better life.

D．Our parents don’t cook for us.

What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence?

A．滴水之恩，涌泉相报	B．落花有意，流水无情
C．大地回春，春意盎然	D．兵来将挡，水来土掩

Look carefully at the back of a California state quarter．A man with a walking stick is pictured there．A bird called a California condor(大秃鹫)is flying overhead. Who is this man，and why is he so important that he is featured(处于显著地位)on the back of a coin?
The man on this quarter is John Muir．Even as a child, Muir loved watching nature. As a young man，he spent much of his life exploring the beauty of the wilderness．He walked more than a thousand miles across the country，through fields and woods．John Muir liked writing about the places he visited，describing their beauty.
Muir also wrote about problems．In order to create more farmland for sheep and cattle, many trees were being cut down．This made Muir unhappy and worried，because he knew that trees were important to forests and to the animals that lived in them．Muir believed that nature should be conserved(保护)instead of being changed by human beings．He wrote articles in magazines and newspapers to spread the word about conserving forests．Soon，others began to listen．
Muir wrote letters to important people，such as President Theodore Roosevelt．The president admired Muir’s love for nature．When Roosevelt came to visit Muir in California. Muir convinced(说服)the president to go camping with him for three nights under the trees so they could talk about conservation．Later，President Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of land for national forests and established(建立)five national parks．National parks are large areas of land that are protected from development. This means that people cannot build homes or businesses there. One of these parks is Yosemite National Park，the area that is featured on the back of the California quarter．
Though it has been almost one hundred years since John Muir died，people continue his work today．His work as a conservationist helped us to see the beauty of our natural world．John Muir made us understand the importance of protecting our earth and our resources---then，now，and for the future．

What did John Muir spend much of his life doing when he was a young man?

A．Watching natural views．

B．Writing about the places he visited．

C．Exploring the beauty of the wilderness．

D．Creating farmland for sheep and cattle．

Why did President Theodore Roosevelt visit John Muir?

A．Because Roosevelt loved watching nature．

B．Because Roosevelt received letters from John Muir．

C．Because Roosevelt admired John Muir’s love for nature.

D．Because Roosevelt was sad about the problems with farmland．

What happened after President Roosevelt went camping with John Muir?

A．Many trees were cut down．

B．Five national parks were established．

C．More homes and businesses were built.

D．More farmland was used for sheep and cattle.

Why is John Muir featured on the back of a California state quarter?

A．Because he walked over a thousand miles across the country．

B．Because he helped people understand the importance of protecting the natural world.

C．Because he wrote articles to spread the word about conserving forests．

D．Because he once wrote several letters to President Theodore Roosevelt．

What is the writer’s purpose of writing this article?

A．To advise readers to become active conservationists.

B．To make us interested in the story about a great man．

C．To tell us something about an important person in history．

D．To give information about how to conserve the environment．

Once upon a time, there were two seeds(种子）. They were good friends. They often talked with each other when they were free. One day, they had nothing to do . They lay on the ground. They looked up at the sky and had a chat with each other.
The first seed said, “I want to grow! Then I can enjoy the sun and the rain!” Later, it grew. It had a chance to enjoy the sun and the rain.
The second seed said, “I am afraid of growing up. If I grow, I have to live in the soil. Little animals may come up to me and eat me. How terrible! If I become a beautiful flower, a child will come and pick me. It is much better for me to wait. It’s a dangerous way to be alive.” It did nothing and refused to grow.
Spring came soon. A duck came up to the seeds. It eat the second seed and went away. See? We shouldn’t act like the second seed. We should face our life bravely.
There are    seeds in the passage.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

What did they do one day?

A．They fought

B．They played by the river.

C．They flew in the sky

D．They had a chat with each other

The first seed wanted to grow because

A．it could enjoy the sun and the rain

B．it wanted to be small

C．it could help each other

D．it could go everywhere

In the third paragraph, the underlined word “soil” means

A．油

B．土壤

C．样式

D．社会

From the passage, we should

A．face our life bravely	B．hide ourselves
C．run away when we are in trouble	D．refuse to grow

People drink tea. There are many kinds of tea, such as black tea, green tea, white tea and yellow tea. People drink a lot of tea in China. Some people drink it because they think it makes them healthy. Many people drink it because it tastes very good. It is delicious.
People drink a lot of tea in Japan. People drink a lot of green tea in South Korea, too. In Vietnam, people like to drink coffee first. Then they drink tea.
People drink a lot of tea in England. Every afternoon, people drink tea. It’s “tea time”. English people like to drink their tea with milk in it.
Many people drink black tea in the US. In the South, people like to drink sweet tea. Sweet tea is cold black tea with sugar in it.
Most tea comes from China. Some tea comes from India or Sri Lanka. Kenya, Japan and Indonesia also grow tea.
How many kinds of tea are mentioned in the first paragraph?

A．Five

B．Four

C．Three

D．Two

In China some people drink tea because it makes them   .

A．healthy

B．young

C．smart

D．warm

People like to drink coffee before tea in

A．Japan	B．South Korea
C．Vietnam	D．Sri Lanka

In England, people like to drink tea with   in it.

A．sugar

B．ice

C．juice

D．milk

Most tea comes from

A．China

B．Japan

C．India

D．Indonesia

Students these days often have a lot of worries． Sometimes they have problems with their schoolwork， and sometimes with their friends． What can they do about this？ Some people believe the worst thing is to do nothing． Laura Mills， a teenager from London， agrees．"Problems and worries are normal in life，" says Laura． But I think talking to someone helps a lot． Unless we talk to someone， we'll certainly feel worse．"

    Laura once lost her wallet， and worried for days．She was afraid to tell her parents about it．She even walked three miles to school each day because she didn't have any money．She just kept thinking，"If I tell my parents， they'll be angry!" In the end，she talked to her parents and they were really understanding．Her dad said he sometimes made careless mistakes himself． They got her a new wallet and asked her to be more careful．"I will always remember to share my problems in the future!" Laura says．

    Robert Hunt advises students about common problems． He feels the same． way as Laura．"It is best not to run away from our problems． We should always try to solve them．"He thinks the first step is to find someone you trust to talk to．This person doesn't need to be an expert like himself．" Students often forget that their parents have more experience， and are always there to help them．

    In English， we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it in half． So you're halfway to solving a problem just by talking， to someone about it．

（1）What do teenagers worry about these days？　　

（2）What's Laura Mill's opinion about how to deal with problems？　　

（3）What happened to Laura and what did she learn from it？　　

（4）What advice does Robert Hunt give to teenagers？　　

（5）What's the conclusion（ 结论）？　　

WHICH FAMOUS PERSON IN HISTORY WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE MET AND WHY？

For me it would clearly be Leonardo da Vinci． I'd love to have met him． He was such a creative talent and not just an artist． He seems to have predicted a number of inventions that only came about hundreds of years later， like flying machines and so on． I' d like to tell him he really did see the future． Naomi， Chicago

I'd choose Cleopatra﹣the last king of ancient Egypt（埃及）． She is thought to have been very beautiful and is generally considered to have developed some really useful political alliances（政治同盟）．Not many women were that powerful in ancient times． I'd like to have seen how she did it． Lucinda， Nairobi

I'm Latin American， so I would name Simon Bolivar as the person I would like to have known． He's supposed to have been a very great， brave leader and is accepted to have helped achieve independence for several countries in Latin America in the nineteenth century． Patricia， Caracas

I studied philosophy（哲学）， so I would like to have spoken face﹣to﹣face with the Chinese philosopher Confucius． I'd like to have discussed with him his political philosophy and his idea about family values． He seems to have had a lot of respect for older people， and even though he lived over two thousand years ago， some of his opinions are still meaningful． Li Yun， Shanghai

（1）Whose ideas about inventions have come true？　　

A． Leonardo da Vinci's．

B． Cleopatra's．

C． Simon Bolivar's．

D． Confucius'．

（2）Which of the following is TRUE from the passage？　　

A． Leonardo da Vinci invented a flying machine hundreds of years ago．

B． Lucinda would like to have met Cleopatra because she was pretty．

C． Simon Bolivar was a person who encouraged independence of women．

D． Li Yun would like to have talked with Confucius about his family values．

（3）In which part of a magazine can we read the passage？　　

A． Art．

B． Movie．

C． History．

D． Technology．

Smoking in indoor public places including public working places, public transport vehicles and some other special outdoor working places has been banned(禁止)in China since January 2011.Let’s look at the following advantages of banning smoking.
First, banning smoking will not only help in saving smokers from health problems and diseases, but will also be good for passive(被动)smokers. When the smoker is smoking in a restaurant, the people around him are sure to breathe in the smoke and suffer from the diseases an active smoker gets. If smoking is banned, spread of these diseases can be controlled.
Next, banning smoking will put stress on smokers to give up.  Since a smoker is prevented from smoking, he will learn how to live without smoking for long hours. When a smoker doesn’t smell or see anybody around him smoking, it might reduce his wish to smoke too. As a result, people have to give up smoking.
Smoking in public places influences non-smokers to start smoking, especially adolescents. When teens see people around them smoking, they will follow them easily. Thus the number of teen smokers will increase. Also asthma(哮喘)and other problems are often seen in children living around smokers. So if it is banned, these places will become safe for children and teenagers.
Looking from the economic point of view, smoking should be banned to increase work productivity(生产率).Employees(雇员)who smoke usually take breaks to smoke while working. So the number of  hours they put in their work is smaller.
If you see from the environment point of view, smoking should be banned. Smoking causes air pollution. If it is banned, it will help keep the environment from getting worse.

________doesn’t belong to a non-smoking place.

A．A field	B．A hospital
C．A library	D．A restaurant

The second paragraph mainly wants to tell us ______.

A．banning smoking is good for restaurants

B．banning smoking is good for non-smokers

C．banning smoking is good for spread of diseases

D．banning smoking is good for active smokers and passive smokers

How many advantages of banning smoking are mentioned in this passage?

A．Two.

B．Four.

C．Five.

D．Six.

According to the text, the underlined word “adolescents” means ______.

A．men	B．women
C．adults	D．teenagers

Which of the following statements in NOT true?

A．If smoking is banned, work productivity will increase.

B．If smoking is banned, the number of teen smokers will be larger.

C．If smoking is banned, it will make the environment become better.

D．If smoking is banned, smokers will learn how to live without smoking.

阅读以上诗歌，根据其内容回答下列各个小题。
According to the poem, ______________ has come so fast.

A．the end of school	B．the exam
C．the celebration	D．the new class

What does the underlined word delight mean?

A．Sickness.	B．Sadness.
C．Happiness.	D．Fairness.

What’s waiting for you all according to the poem?

A．Too many subjects.	B．The same school.
C．Similar faces.	D．A new life.

This poem can probably be used ______________.

A．in a welcome party	B．in a birthday party
C．on a prom night	D．on a Silent Night

The purpose of this poem is to ______________.

A．tell us to say thanks to all our teachers

B．encourage us to be positive and move on our senior high

C．tell us that we should do something for our junior high schools

D．remind us of our happy junior high life

The golden rule: Watch the other people. Do as they do!
阅读以上节选自学校国际文化周活动中的海报，根据其内容回答下列各个小题。
What time do western people usually have dinner?

A．About midday.

B．At 5:00 in the afternoon.

C．Around 7 p.m. or even later.

D．Before 7:00 in the afternoon.

Most food in the West is eaten with ______________.

A．spoons	B．chopsticks
C．fingers	D．knives and forks

What will a host probably say to a guest at the start of a meal?

A．“Can I help you?”	B．“Eat slowly!”
C．“Help yourself!”	D．“Could you serve me?”

When might people want to say, “I’m sorry, I can’t eat this.”?

A．If they’ve been given something they don’t like.

B．If they are full.

C．If the hosts keep offering a lot of food to them.

D．If they are not hungry.

Which of the following is helpful when you’re in the West according to the poster?

A．You can leave as soon as you’ve finished eating.

B．If you don’t know what to do, just watch the others and do as they do.

C．You can’t eat chicken legs with your fingers.

D．The fork is held in your right hand and the knife in your left.

阅读理解
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Welcome to this short tour of London. In this square we are standing in the middle of London. Opposite 对面) is the National Gallery, a museum with lots of famous paintings. Go along the red street to Buckingham Palace. The queen (后) lives here.
Turn left and go to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. Opposite you can see the London Eye. It takes you 135 meters above the River Thames. You can see most of London on a clear day.
When you are tired, the best way to see London is by boat. You can get the boat near Big Ben. As you go along the river, the London Eye is on your right, near the Railway Bridge.
Get off the boat at Tower Bridge. Then you can see the Tower of London next to the bridge. The Tower of London is the city’s oldest palace. It is nine hundred years old.
Take the boat back along the river. Get off the boat and go past the station and walk along the street. Opposite is the old fruit and vegetable market. They don’t sell fruit and vegetables now. There are stores and restaurants, and lots of street musicians. Turn left into King’s Street, and go past the church. You’re now back where you started, at the square. Now you finish your tour.
If you go to visit the National Gallery, what will you find?

A．lots of lovely animals	B．lots of valuable plants
C．lots of famous paintings	D．lots of interesting books

Where can you get the boat?

A．Near Buckingham Palace.	B．Near Big Ben.
C．Near Tower Bridge.	D．Near King’s Street.

______ is London’s oldest palace.

A．The Tower of London	B．The National Gallery
C．Buckingham Palace	D．The Houses of Parliament

______ is the London Eye.

You will not go past ______ on your way back.

A．the station	B．the square
C．the park	D．the church

Are you a happy person most of the time? Or do you easily get angry sometimes? Everyone has a different temperament (脾气). It is usually be1ieved that both genes (基因) and environment may affect people's temperaments in different ways. But now scientists have found that the season of birth also plays a role.
Scientists from Budapest, Hungary, studied 400 university students. In the study, the students needed to finish a questionnaire (问卷). The purpose of it was to find out which of four kinds of temperaments they most had. From the questionnaire, scientists found that the students always answered something like "My mood often changes for no reason" and "I love to deal with new projects, even if it is risky". These answers were then matched with their birthdays.
They discovered that people born in summer easily change between sad and happy moods compared to people born in winter. Those who always feel positive are mostly born in spring and summer.
The study also found that those born in autumn less probably had a mood of depression which may easily drive them to cry, while those born in winter were not easier to be angry.
Scientists said that this was probably because the seasons had an influence on certain chemicals in the human body. And the chemicals are important to control people's moods even in adult life.
____________________________________________________________________________
"It seems that when you are born may increase or decrease your chance of developing certain mood disorders (紊乱)," lead scientist Xenia Gonda told The Telegraph.
What probably can't affect people's temperaments according to Paragraph 1?
A  Genes.         B. Ages.
C. Seasons.      D. Environment.
What does the under1ined word "       depression " most probably mean?

A．Sadness.	B．Happiness.
C．Surprise.	D．Excitement.

Which of the following sentences is NOT true from the passage?
A People born in summer change their moods more easily.
B.The season of birth has an influence on humans' moods.
C. There were 400 middle school students taking part in the study.
D. The answers to the questionnaire were matched with their birthdays .
What will the writer most Probably write about on  _____________ ?

A．How many kinds of moods thee are.

B．What can change the human body most.

C．How the certain chemicals affect the moods.

D．Whether the students will continue their study.

What's the best title of this passage?

A．Seasons and Moods

B．The Influence of Genes

C．Moods and Health

D．The Importance of Birthplaces

For ten weeks, in a great house on the island of St Thomas , John C. Lilly tried to teach a six-year-old dolphin to speak English Margaret Howe, an experiment (试验) helper, would live day and night with Peter, a dolphin. And they would eat, bathe, sleep and play together from Sunday to Friday, with only Saturdays off for Margaret. She lived her 1ife in swimming clothes -- with a coat on colder evenings --- and cut her hair short so that she could get on with Peter more easily.
After a few days, Peter was becoming more and more interested in winning her attentions. He threw a ball against her shower towel to get her to play. As time went by, he only wanted to play ball with her and not on his own.
The problem was that, just at the time Peter and Margaret began to get on well just as two best friends, the experiment ended and the lab was closed. After a few weeks, Margaret received the sad news that Peter had killed himse1f by refusing to breathe, and sinking to the bottom of his pool.
Dolphins may not speak English --- but, just like humans, they know all about broken hearts.

Peter is the name of________

A．a doctor	B．dolphin
C．a scientist	D．an experiment helper

Margaret worked days_____a week during the experiment..

A．four

B．five

C．six

D．seven

To live with the dolphin, Margaret couldn't _______.

A．cut her hair short

B．have a common life-like others

C．wear swimming c1othes

D．eat, bathe and play together with him

The ending of the story was that _________ .
A. Margaret didn't leave the lab
B. the lab was closed and the dolphin died
C. the dolphin could speak English at last
D. Dr John C. Lilly was satisfied with the experiment
From this passage, we can learn that __________.

A．dolphins aren't worth studying

B．dolphins can't be humans' good friends

C．dolphins can't communicate with humans

D．dolphins may have feelings just like humans

Are You Ready For High School？

If you can do these things by the time you go to high school， you'll get on well with others in high school．

    （1）　　

    A little respect （尊重） goes a long way． Don't help yourself to her personal things in the room， and let her know if you plan to treat friends there． If you don't feel like you're being treated fairly， have a talk face to face．

    （2）　　

    The first meeting with someone really does matter． To make an immediate connection， look a person in the eye and give a firm handshake． Keep eye contact while you're chatting and mention the person's name when saying goodbye．

    （3）　　

    One study found that holding something in can make you feel lonely and sad． So for your health and friendships， write down the secret in a safe place instead of talking about others in public．

    （4）　　

    If someone did something nice for you﹣a gift， some help， now's the time to take out your pen! Sending the person a handwritten note card within 48 hours afterward is a sign that you really have it together．

A． Keep a Secret B． Be the Best Roommate C． Make a Great First Impression （印象） D． Write a Fantastic Thank﹣You Note

（5）Please give one more suggestion on how to get on well with others．（回答不多于5个单词）