初二阅读竞赛试题.doc

初二阅读竞赛试题
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一、 完形填空(2分一题，共30题。)
A
Boys and girls! Do you want to know what a hobby means? OK, let me tell you.
From Monday to Friday most people are busy working and studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and 1 themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies. Others 2 sports. This is decided by their own 3 .
There are many different ways to spend our 4 time.
Almost everyone has some 5 : it may be something from colleting stamps to 6 model planes. Some hobbies are very 7 ,but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth 8 of money, others are valuable(有价值的)only to their owners.
I know a man who has a coin which is worth several 9 dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare(罕见的)fifty-cent piece which 10 him $250!He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder 11 they are worth any money. However, 12 my brother they are quite valuable. 13 makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.
That’s what a hobby means, I think. It is something we 14 to do in our free time just for the 15 of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.
( )1．A. love B. work C. enjoy D. play
( )2．A. look like B. take care of C. think about D. take part in
( )3．A lives B. jobs C. interests D things
( )4．A. working B. free C. own D. whole
( )5．A. hobbies B. things C. jobs D. ways
( )6．A. make B. making C. makes D .made
( )7．A. interesting B. exciting C. cheap D. expensive
( )8．A. a little B. a few C. a lot D. a number
( )9．A. thousand B. thousands C. thousands of D. thousand of
( )10．A. paid B. cost C. took D. spent
( )11．A. that B. if C. what D. why
( )12．A. to B. on C. with D. in
( )13．A. Everything B. Anything C. Nothing D. Something
( )14．A. have B. need C. refuse D. like
( )15．A. money B. work C. fun D. time
B
Basketball is still a ____16____ game. It is not ____17____. In the winter of 1891，a certain college (某所大学) was having trouble ___18____ its ____19____. The weather was so terrible that the students ____20____ stay indoors. They were unhappy because they could not enjoy their sports outside as usual. And some of them even got into fights (打斗) from time to time .
____21____，one of the teachers at the college，J.E. Naismith，____22____ going to invent (发明) a new game for the students. It was not an easy ____23____ because the game had to be played indoors，and the court was not very large.
Naismith thought ____24____ a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast，exciting game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played ____26____ two teams. To make a score，the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet (英尺) high ____26____ the floor on the wall. At each end of the court there was a basket. ____27___，Naismith planned to throw the ball into a box. But he could not find boxes of the right size， he had to use ____28____ basket ____29____. That is ____30____ the game got its name.
( ) 16. A. younger B. young C. old D. older
( ) 17.A. 100-year old B. 100-years old C. 100 years old D. 100 year old
( ) 18. A. at B. with C. in D. to
( ) 19. A. boy student B. boys students C. boys student D. boy students
( ) 20.A. must B. had to C. wanted to D. could
( ) 21. A. At first B. At most C. At least D. At last
( ) 22. A. is B. was C. are D. were
( ) 23.A. job B. work C. piece of job D. works
( ) 24. A. at B. with C. for D. at
( ) 25.A.in B. among C. between D. at
( ) 26.A. below B. on C. above D. under
( ) 27.A. At first B. At most C. At least D. At last
( ) 28.A. fruits B. fruit C. some fruit D. some fruits
( ) 29.A. instead B. instead of C. instead them D. of them
( ) 30.A. what B. when C. how D. where
二、 阅读理解（2分一题，共20题。）
A
Korean culture is really exciting right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going crazy about Korean TV dramas, Korean pop songs, taekwondo and the Korean language.
The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series “Winter Sonata”. This love story is still popular. People, especially girls, like the beautiful story and handsome actors like Bae Yong Jun (裴勇俊).
In the music world, Korean girls are making themselves heard in China. You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox, S. E. S and Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts (排行榜).
The Korean Wave has also made young people want to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only that. Now some girls in China are having plastic surgery (整容) to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery. These stars don’t make plastic surgery look shameful (丢面子的).
Are all the faces of beautiful Korean girls not real? Find out for yourself when you next visit South Korea.
根据短文，选择最佳答案：
( ) 1.What does the Korea Wave refer to? It refers to ____.
A. Korean TV dramas
B. Korean culture
C. Korean language
D. Korean actors
( ) 2.When did the Korean Wave start? It started with ____.
A. the Korean pop songs
B. Taekwondo
C. the TV series “Winter Sonata”
D. the Korean food
( ) 3.Who is the famous actor in Korean dramas?
A. Bae Yong Jun
B. Baby Vox
C. S. E. S
D. Finkle
( ) 4.Korean stars often change their looks by ____.
A. singing pop songs
B. acting in TV dramas
C. trying different food
D. having plastic surgery
( ) 5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Winter Sonata tells a very famous love story.
B. Young people like Korean pop stars’ clothes and hairstyles.
C. Chinese girls also want to try plastic surgery.
D. Korean pop stars think plastic surgery is shameful.
B
Australia has a lot of lovely animals. The most famous ones are kangaroos and koalas.
The kangaroo is the symbol of Australia. They have large eyes and ears. They don’t walk, they jump. They use their strong back legs. They can jump at up to 74 kilometres per hour. They can go over nine metres in one jump!
Kangaroo mothers have pouches (育儿袋) to carry their babies. The babies stay inside to get milk and keep warm. Kangaroos are everywhere in Australia. They are on TV, in books and in the shops. The government even wants to put them on passports (护照).
There are about 20 to 25 million kangaroos in Australia. That’s more than the number of people in the country! Some kangaroos go hungry because there is not enough to eat. They break into farms for food. Farmers are very angry with them. To help the farmers, the Australian Government kills some kangaroos each year.
The koala is another famous Australian animal. They look like bears, and have small eyes and big noses. They eat leaves from gum trees, where they spend most of their time.
Koalas have a special smell. They use it to mark (标识) their home – “this is my place, you can’t come in!”
Like kangaroos, a koala baby lives in its mother’s pouch.
But koalas have fewer places to live. There are about 100,000 koalas in Australia. There is a law to keep them safe.
根据文章所提供的袋鼠和考拉的生活状况，用简洁的句子完成下列表格：

Kangaroos
Koalas
Looks
6. __________________
7. _____________________
Food
Not enough to eat
8. _____________________
Numbers
9. __________________
10. _____________________
Life
Some kangaroos are killed.
11. _____________________
C
Do you remember when your grandma told you the story of Snow White? Ah, the happy days of childhood!
But did you know that Snow White comes from Germany? It’s just one story from the 209 in Grimm’s Fairy Tales (《格林童话》). The Grimm brothers started to collect fairy tales in 1806. Their first book came out in 1812.
Why are German fairy tales so interesting? Maybe it’s because they come from a great place famous for its stories – the Black Forest.
The Black Forest is in southwest Germany. It’s the largest forest in the country – and one of the most beautiful. It’s famous for its trees and lovely views. There are valleys and waterfalls (瀑布) there. It’s a good place to start a story.
Don’t forget to bring something back if you visit. People there are good at making clocks, musical instruments and watches.
根据短文，选择最佳答案：
（ ）12.From the story, we know that ____ is the hometown of Snow White.
A. England B. Japan
C. America D. Germany
（ ）13.How long had the Grimm brothers been collecting stories?
A. Four years B. Five years
C. Six years D. Seven years
（ ）14.From the story, we cannot guess that the Black Forest is very ____.
A. large B. beautiful
C. boring D. famous
（ ）15.The story mainly tells us ____.
A. who wrote the story of Snow White
B. some things about Black Forest
C. people should visit Germany
D. Snow White is a very famous fairy tale.
D
The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do.
On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings.
Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.
The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy colour and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (装饰) their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of “hong bao”. It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger one hong bao. They think it brings good luck.
The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So don’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people.
For instance, you’d better not say any bad words like “death”. Don’t break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out.
Also, don’t borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.
根据短文，选择最佳答案：
（ ）16.What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?
A. Family members gather for a big meal.
B. Friends eat dumplings together.
C. They borrow money from friends.
D. They give each other hong bao.
( ) 17.Why do people clean their houses days before the Spring Festival?
A. Because they enjoy being clean.
B. Because it is believed that cleaning will sweep away bad luck.
C. Because they think it will bring happiness to others.
D. Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money.
( ) 18.Which of the following things is not supposed to happen during the Spring Festival?
A. Returning money before the Spring Festival.
B. Saying words that have to do with death.
C. Wearing red clothes.
D. Decorating houses with red paper.
( ) 19.The underlined phrase “running out” probably means “____”.
A. 跑出去 B. 打碎 C. 耗尽 D. 离开
( ) 20.We can tell from the story that the Spring Festival is ____.
A. a time of harvest and fun
B. celebrated for one whole month
C. only celebrated in China
D. a time for families to get together