初中英语阅读理解20篇(含答案).doc

（1）A Clever Bird
A man has a bird. It is very clever. Every day the man speaks to the bird.“Hello!”he says. “Hello!”the bird answers.“What are you doing?”says the man.“What are you doing?”says the bird.
The man is not at home one day. A thief comes in. He is taking many things.“Hello!”The thief hears the bird's words.“What are you doing?”The thief is very afraid，so he does not take any things and runs out of the house.
1. The man teaches the bird ________.
A. how to say something　　　　　B. how to sing songs
C. how to eat something　　　　 D. how to dance
2. The bird is ________.
A. Very nice B. very clever C. very beautiful D. very silly(傻的)
3. The man speaks to the bird ________.
A. Sometimes B. once a week C. every week　D. every day
4. The thief is taking ________ things from the house.
A. a few B. a little C. a lot of　　　　 D. some
5. The thief ________ out of the room.
A. walks　 B. comes　　C. runs　　　 D. goes
(2 ) What Are Stars Like?
　　Have you ever wondered about the stars? In some ways，stars are like people. They are born. They grow old. And they die.
　A star is born from dust and gas. Slowly the dust and gas make a ball. The ball gets very hot. Then it starts to give off light. The young star grows into a giant. Many years go by. The older star begins to get small again. At last its light goes out. The star's life is over.
1. Dust and _________ make a star.
A. gas　 B. snow　C. rain
2. This story tells about _________.
A. old people B. the life of a star C. the number of stars in the sky
3. In the first part of the story,what does the word “wondered”mean?
A. moved　 B. looked at　 C. asked yourself
4. Stars give off light because they are very _________.
　 A. small B. hot　 C. old
5. You can guess from the story that most stars are around for a __ time.
A. long　　B. short　 C. nice

(3 ) English Learning
　　Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are children. Others are young people. Some students learn English at school，and others teach themselves.
　　Why do all these people want to learn English? It is very difficult to answer this question.
　　Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many people learn English because it is useful in their work. Some young people learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.
　1. 根据短文内容在文中空白处填上恰当的答案。
Learning ___________is very popular in many countries nowadays.
It is very _________ to answer why so many people want to learn English.
There are many________ for people to learn English.
2. 根据短文内容进行连线。
①Many boys and girls learn English at school because .
②Many people learn English because .
③Some young people learn English for their higher studies because .
④Other people learn English because .
　　A. it is useful in their work.
　　B. some of their books are in English at college or university.
　　C. it is one of their subjects.
　　D. they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.
(4 )
　Look at the picture. It's a small room. We can see Betty in it. There is a bed and a desk in her room. What's on the wall? It's a map of England. We can see a photo (照片) near the map. It's Betty's photo. We can see a clock on the table. There are some flowers near it. Is her black cat on the bed? No, it's her hat. Where's her bag? It's on the bed, too.
1. Whose (谁的) room is it?
2. Is the room big or small?
3. What's on the wall?
4. Where are the flowers?
5. What colour is Betty's hat?

(5)　Chaoyang Foreign Language School
　　Harry Green
　　English Teacher
　　Add: 38 Chaoyang Street Beijing 100029
　　E-mail: chinlj@
　　Tel: [phone]
　Beijing Children Hospital
　　Zhang jing Doctor
　　Add: 56 Nanlishi Road Beijing 100045
　　Tel: [phone]
　　阅读以下名片，并回答问题。
1. Harry is a ________, and Zhangjing is a ________.
A. teacher, teacher　 B. doctor, doctor　　 C. teacher, doctor
2. If child is ill, you may call Zhangjing. Her telephone number is _
　　 A. [phone]　　 B. [phone]　　 C. 100029
3. A card mainly tells us a person's _____.
A.name and work　　 B. telephone number C. both A and B
4. Harry Green e-mail is _________.
A.chinlj@ B. chanlj@　 C. chinj@
5. Zhang Jing's postal code is _____.
A. 100045　　 B. 100029　　 C. [phone]
(6) Mr. Smith is our Chinese teacher. He always asks the same student to answer his questions because he doesn't look at the students at all. Yesterday he questioned Dick three times. Dick was very angry. After class Dick asked me, "What shall I do?" I told him a good idea. Now we are having a Chinese class. Mr Smith wants one of us to read the text. "Dick, please read the text." "Dick isn't here today." Dick stands up and says. "Oh, I see. you read it, please."
1. Mr. Smith teaches us ___.
A. English　　 B. Maths　　 C. Physics　 D. Chinese
2. He always asks the same student to ___.
A. translate the text B. read the text C. tell a story D. answer his questions
3. Yesterday he questioned Dick ___.
　 A. once B. twice　 C. three times D. four times
4. ___ told Dick a good idea.
　A. Tim　 B. Mr. Smith　 C. The writer　 D. "I"
5. Is the idea really good?___
A. yes, it is　 B. No, it isn't　 C. Yes, it does D. No, it doesn't
(7 )
Most people who work in the office have a boss (老板). So do I (我也是). But my boss is a little unusual. What's unusual about him? It's a big dig. Many men have dogs, but few men bring their dogs to the office every day. My boss's dog. Robinson, is big and brown. My boss brings him to work every day. He takes the dog to meetings and he takes the dog to lunch. When there is telephone call for my boss, I always know if he is in the office. I only look under his desk. If I see something brown and hairy (毛绒绒的) under it, I know my boss is somewhere in the office. If there is no dog , I know my boss is out.　
1. People _________bring dogs to the office.
A. usually　 B. often　 C. seldom (几乎不)　 D. sometimes
2. My boss is Robinson's ________.
　 A. boss 　 B. Master C. classmate　D. teacher
3. Robinson goes to meetings _________ my boss.
　 A. for 　 B. Without C. instead of (代替)　　D. with
4. Robinson is always under the desk if the boss is _________.
A. in the office B. at meetings C. out of the office D. out of work 　
5. The passage tells us the boss _________ the dog very much.
　　A. looks like B. hates (恨) C. likes D. trust(信任)
(8) 　　Mary is a little girl．She is only five．She doesn't go to school．Of course（当然）she doesn't know how to read and write．But her brother，Tom，is a school-boy．He is ten．
　　One day Tom sees his sister at the door with a pen in her hand and a large piece of paper in front of her．
　　"What are you doing，Mary？"he says．"I'm writing a letter to my friend Kitty"，says Mary．"But how can you？"says her brother．"You do not know how to write"．
　　"Well，"says Mary．"It does not matter（没关系）because Kitty does not know how to read"．
　　1.Mary is not a school girl．　 √　 ×
　　2.Tom does not know how to read and write．　 √　 ×
　　3.One day Mary is flying a kite in the room．　 √　 ×
　　4.Mary and Kitty are good friends．　 √　 ×
5.Kitty is a middle school student．　 √　 ×
　(9 )　Mrs Brown's telephone number was 3464, and the number of the cinema in her town was 5463, so people often made a mistake and telephoned her when they wanted the cinema.
　　One evening the telephone bell rang and Mrs Brown answered it. A tired man said, "At what time does your last film begin?"
　　"I'm sorry," said Mrs Brown, "but you have wrong number. That is not the cinema. "
　　"Oh, it began twenty minutes ago?" said the man. "I'm sorry about that. Goodbye! "
　　Mrs Brown was very surprised. So she told her husband. He laughed and said, "The man's wife wanted to go to the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema. His wife heard him, but she didn't hear you. Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy! "
　　根据短文判断正误：（T or F）
l. Mrs Brown knew a lot about The films, so people often telephoned her.
2. The man made a mistake and telephoned her.
3. The man didn't want to see a film because his wife was feeling tired.
4. The man and his wife didn't go to the cinema because the film had already begun (已开始)。
5. The man telephoned just to cheat (骗) his wife.
(10 ) John and Sally are in the same school. Their home is far （远）from school. They get up early in the morning and take the early bus after breakfast. Sometimes they have lunch in the restaurant. John likes hamburgers and meat. But Sally likes vegetables and fruit. After lunch John goes to play volleyball and Sally goes to the classroom. She sings English songs or listen to music.
　根据短文内容，判断下列句子正(T)误(F)。
　　 1. John and Sally go to a different school.
　　 2. They go to school on foot（步行） every day.
　　 3. They don’t have lunch at home sometimes.
　　 4. Sally’s favourite food is vegetables and meat.
　　 5. Sally likes singing or listening to music after lunch.
(11)　　Rick: Wow! Bill! This music store is really big!
　　Bill: Yeah, it is. Well, I want to go to the pop section. Yu Quan (羽泉) has a new CD and I want to buy it.
　　Rick: Oh. Is that your favorite pop group?
　　Bill: Yes. They are really cool. So, what's your favorite kind of music, Rick?
　　Rick: I also like pop and my favorite group is F4, they are fantastic!
　　Bill: What about classical music? Do you like classical music?
　　Rick: I love classical. Do you know Yo-Yo Ma? He is my favorite musician. He is amazing.
　　Bill: Sorry, I really don't like classical, but I think Yo-Yo Ma is great. So, where are the classical CDs?
　　Rick: Follow these directions, go upstairs and turn left. They are behind dance music.
　　Bill: What about pop CDs?
　　Rick: They are on the first floor.
　　Bill: Ok, see you later.
　　判断正误。正确的写(T), 错误的写 (F).
l. Bill's favorite music is dance.
　　 2. Bill's favorite group is Yu Quan.
　　 3. Rick's favorite music is classical.
　　 4. The classical CDs are on the first floor.
　　 5. Rick likes classical music but he doesn't like pop.
　　 6. Bill wants to buy a new CD of F4.
　(12 )　　Look at the clothes line in the twins' bedroom. There are some clothes on it. You can see a green blouse and a yellow skirt. The trousers on the clothes line are black. They are not new but clean. Are they Lily's clothes? No. I know they are Lucy's. Lily's clothes are on a clothes tree near the window. Her trousers are brown, her blouse is white and her skirt is blue. There is a new hat on the clothes tree, but it's not Lily's, it's Lucy's. There is an old hat on Lucy's bed in the room, it's Lily's. There are no clothes on the other bed, the bed is Lily's.
　1. What can you see in the bedroom? I can see __________.
　　 A. a clothes line　　　 B. a tree　　　 C. a bed
　2. What colour are Lucy's trousers? They are
　　 A. green　　　 B. black　　　　 C. brown
　3. Where is Lucy's hat? It's on _________.
　　 A. the clothes tree　　 B. the clothes line　 C. lily's bed
　4. How many beds are there in the room? ________.
　　 A. only one　　　 B. three　　　　 C. two
　　5. Are there any things on Lily's bed? _____
　　 A. Yes, there is a hat on it
　　 B. No, there is not anything on it
　　 C. Sorry, I don't know
　　(13)　　The earth moves round the sun, and the moon moves round the earth. When our part (部分) of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night.
　　The sun is much bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it's much nearer to the earth.
　　The sun is very bright. It gives a very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too. But it doesn't give any light at all.
　　The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But in fact the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon because they're much farther away from us.
　　1. ________ moves round __________.
　　 A. The earth, the moon　　　　 B. The moon, the earth
　　 C. The moon, the stars　　　　 D. The sun, the earth
　　2. Sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because ___.
　 　 A. it is much bigger than the sun　
B. it comes out only at night
　　 C. it is much nearer to the earth than the sun
　　 D. it doesn't give a very strong light
　　3. The sun __________.
　　 A. gives us light B. gives more light than the moon does
　　 C. moves round the earth
　　 D. makes the moon move round the earth
　　4. The stars ___________.
　　 A. look much bigger than the sun
　　 B. look much brighter than the moon
C. are a lot brighter than the moon, but they are not bigger than the moon
　　 D. are much farther away from us than the moon
　　5. The moon looks bright because ___________.
　　 A. it gives light　 B. it reflects (反射) the sun's light
　　 C. it is nearer to the earth　 D. it is nearer to the sun
　(14)　When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say “How do you do?”and shake hands(握手). Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands after they haven’t met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.
Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh.

（1）It is____ if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.
A.not useful　B.not helpful　　 C.very helpful　　 D.very bad
　（2）English people usually shake hands when they___　　　　 .
　　　 A.meet every time　　　B.meet for the first time　
　　　 C.say goodbye to each other D.say hello to each other
　　（3）Usually English people don’t shake hands_____　　　　 .
　　　 A.when they will be away for a long time
　　　 B.when they say“How do you do?”
　　　 C.when they just meet or say goodbye
　　　 D.after they haven’t met for a long time
　　（4）Which is right?______
　　　 A.German people shake hands as often as possible.
　　　 B.English people like shaking hands very much.
　　　 C.German people hardly shake hands.
　　　 D.Neither English people nor Germans like shaking hands.
　　（5）This story is about ______　　　　.
　　　 A.shaking hands　　 B.languages
　　　 C.customs　 　　　　 D.languages and customs
　(15)　Look at the clothes line in the twins' bedroom. There are some clothes on it. You can see a green blouse and a yellow skirt. The trousers on the clothes line are blac