初一级英语阅读竞赛试题.doc

初一级英语阅读竞赛试题
（考试时间：40分钟，满分：100分。）
班别 _____________ 姓名_________________ 学号____________

第一节 语法选择 （每题1分，共10分）
阅读下面的短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，选出最佳答案。
A person, who is born deaf(聋的), is usually dumb（哑的） as well. ___1___ may be nothing wrong with his mouth and tongue, but he cannot ___2___. This is because, as he is deaf, he cannot hear ___3___ people, and so he has ___4___ to imitate(模仿). He must try ___5___ sounds himself, but he hears his own voice. However, even though he finds it difficult ___6___ and cannot hear, he can see. He can also learn ___7___ to read. Nowadays he can also be taught to speak ___8___ we have modern ways and machines but we ___9___ not have these one hundred years ago.
Even with modern ways and machines, however, it is not easy for deaf children to learn how to speak, though most of them succeeded. When a child is deaf and blind, it becomes 10___.
1. A. It B. That C. He D. There
2. A. speaking B. speak C. speaks D. to speak
3. A. other B. the other C. others D. the others
4. A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
5. A. making B. make C. makes D. to make
6. A. speak B speaking C. to speak D. spoken
7. A. what B. when C. how D. which
8. A. why B. so C. if D. because
9. A. do B. did C. have D. had
10. A. difficult B. much more difficult C. difficulty D. difficultly

第二节 完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）
There are many shows on TV every day. Cartoons are my favourite. But my parents___11___ watch cartoons with me. They have their favourite TV programmes. My mother likes TV plays and fashion shows. My ___12__ likes ball games. At nine o’clock every ___13___, the TV is his. When my parents watch TV in the evening, I often ___14___ my projects in my room. But there are a lot of TV commercials in their programmes. When I hear the ___15___ of a fast food commercial, I’ll quickly come out and ___16___ beside them. Then I talk with my father about his favourite ___17___ and tell him we can get one of their cartoon figures after I have a set of that fast food once. And I ask my mother to collect beautiful saving mugs(大杯子). ___18___ we have a set of that fast food they’ll send us one for free. Then I can ___19___ coins with it. Up till now, I have got all the eleven player figures and seven beautiful mugs. Of course, I have had a lot of fast food these days. And I become ___20___. But the beautiful saving mugs are still empty.
11. A. always B. usually C. sometimes D. seldom
12. A. father B. mother C. brother D. sister
13. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. week
14. A. work out B. work on C. work at D. work with
15. A. noise B. voice C. music D. sound
16. A. sit B. play C. write D. read
17. A. songs B. cartoons C. players D. mugs
18. A. Since B. If C. Though D. Because
19. A. save B. get C. buy D. sell
20. A. taller and taller B. fatter and fatter
C. thinner and thinner D. shorter and shorter
第三节 阅读理解 （每题2分，共80分）
(A)
In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.
In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.
When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella (伞)or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.
If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.
21. Why do people in England often talk about the weather?
A. Because they may have four seasons in one day
B. Because they often have very good weather
C. Because the weather is warm just like in spring
D. Because the sky is sunny all day
22. From the story we know that when _________come, there is a heavy rain.
A. sunshine and snow B. black clouds
C. summer and winter D. spring and autumn
23. "People can also have summer in winter." Means "it is sometimes too ______in winter."
A. warm B. cool C. cold D. rainy
24. In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because ________.
A. their friends ask them to do so B. it often rains in England
C. they are going to sell them D. they are their favourite things
25. The best title (标题)for this passage is ________.
A. Bad Seasons B. Summer or Winter
C. The Weather in England D. Strange English People
（B）
This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year’s Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne (《友谊地久天长》). It is the traditional music played during the New Year’s celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.
The words “auld lang syne” mean “old long since”. No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version（版本） by Scottish poet (苏格兰诗人)Robert Bums was published (出版) in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later.
The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year’s Eve. The version (译文) you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne. I would like to wish all of our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.
26. Where is this passage from?
A. A newspaper. B. A magazine. C. A TV program. D. A radio program.
27. Who is introducing Auld Lang Syne to us?
A. Robert Bums. B. The Washington Saxophone Quartet.
C. Buddy Thomas. D. The passage doesn’t tell us.
28. When is Auld Lang Syne mainly played in the USA according to the passage?
A. On New Year’s Eve. B. On Christmas Eve.
C. On weekends. D. On holidays.
29. When did the words and music of Auld Lang Syne we know today first appear?
A. In 1790 B. In 1793. C. In 1796. D. In 1799.
30. What’s Auld Lang Syne about?
A. It’s about the history of Scotland.
B. It’s about an old Scottish poet.
C. It’s about the need to remember old friends.
D. It’s about the wishes to the radio friends.
(C)
Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays.
He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding. Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting.”
“This sounds a good idea he thought. “I’ll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They’ll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming.”
He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm.
But four days later, he returned home.
“What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him. “Didn’t you enjoy country life?”
“Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.”
“Oh. What?”
“Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner.”
“What’s wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.”
“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”
“Lucky you!”
“You don’t understand,” Henry said. “on the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”
“A different meat every day,” Ed said loudly, “and you are complaining!”
“Let me finish,” Henry said. “on the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn’t dare (敢)stay for dinner!”
31. How did Henry find out about the farm?
A. He saw it in a newspaper advertisement.
B. His best friend told him.
C. He wrote to the farmer.
D. Maybe he learned it from the radio.
32. Henry came back home several days later because ______________.
A. he didn’t like the country life at all
B. the farmer wasn’t friendly to him
C. his holiday was over
D. he thought he might have to eat the farmer
33. “…and you are complaining!”, the word “complain” means __________.
A. 夸奖 B. 说三道四 C. 抱怨 D. 故弄玄虚
34. Which of the following sentences is true?
A. Ed could eat a different kind of meat every day.
B. Henry thought he could enjoy a change.
C. Henry couldn’t think of anything else to do, so he went to the farm.
D. The farmer died because of the bad meat he ate.
35. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. What a beautiful farm! B. Have a good time.
C. A short holiday D. Henry and the farmer.
(D )
Paragraph 1
Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day, they are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus (柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; 94) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal (谷类), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter.
Paragraph 2
People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked, canned (罐装的) or frozen (冷冻的). It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.
Paragraph 3
There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on the earth. The first is to find some way to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.
36. According to(依据)the scientists，which of the following groups of food is the healthiest for your lunch？
A. Chicken, apples, cereal and cabbages.
B. Potatoes, carrots, rice and bread.
C. Oranges, bananas, fish and tomatoes.
D. Beef, pork, fish and milk,
37. It is important for people to eat ______.
A. three times a day
B. dinner at twelve o’clock
C. cooked food all the time
D. something from each of the seven kinds of food every day
38. People in different countries and different places of the world ________.
A. have the right kinds of food to eat B. cook their food in the same way
C. have their meals at the same time D. eat food in different ways
39. Which of the following is not true？
A. People in some places don’t have enough to eat.
B. There are too many people in the world.
C. One of the problems is that no one is hungry.
D. The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.
40. If there is Paragraph (段落) 4, what do you think is going to be talked about？
A. When people eat their lunch. B. What to do with the two problems.
C. How to cook food in different ways. D. Why people eat different kinds of food.
(E)
Linda Evans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding.
When I was 13, my family moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special time—like my wedding (婚礼) and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped “Address (地址) Unknown. ” I had no idea how to find Linda.
Over the years, I missed Linda very much. I wanted to share (分享) happiness of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.

One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman — Linda’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought, but I still wrote to her.
She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs. Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is my mother. ”
Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years, laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!
41. The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans _______.
A. at the age of 13 B. before she got married
C. after they moved to new homes D. before the writer’s family moved away
42. They didn’t often write to each other because they _______.
A. got married B had little time to do so
C. didn’t like writing letters D. could see each other on special time
43. There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she _______.
A. was in trouble B. didn’t know Linda’s address
C. received the card that she sent
D. didn’t have a friend like Linda to share her happiness or sadness
44. The writer was happy when she _______.
A. read the newspaper B. heard Linda’s voice on the phone
C. met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda
D. wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman
45. They haven’t kept in touch _______.
A. for about 40 years B. for about 27 years
C. since they got married D. since the writer’s family moved away
(F)
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying (摧毁) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”
Soldiers helped to take people out of the fl