英语阅读寒假作业初二含答案

1、.亲爱的同学：阅读理解的重要性不多说，为了利用用假期让英语知识保鲜，加油！作业要求：1. 每天做一篇阅读理解，写主题思想。2. 完成每篇文章后面练习。3. 收集十个短语(英文+中文)。阅读理解（1）阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容完成句子。 Our eating habits（习惯）are very important for good health and a strong bodyThere are times when most of us like eating sweets and ice-cream，they are not bad for us if we eat them at t

2、he end of a mealIf we eat them before a meal，they may take away our appetite（食欲）Its important for us to eat our meal at regular（规律）time each dayWhen we feel worried or excited，we may not want to eatA long time ago，in England，some judges（法官）often decided whether a man was telling the truth by giving

3、him some dry breadIf the man could not swallow（吞）the bread，it meant that he wasnt telling the truthThough this seems strange and foolish，they thought it was a good way of finding out truthA man who is worried about something has difficulty in swallowing anything dry because he loses his appetite 1Go

4、od eating habits are very important for our _ 2The sweets and ice-cream may _ our appetite，if we eat them before a meal 3A person may not want to eat when he feels _ or _ 4The judges in old England thought if a man didnt tell the truth，he could _中心：The passage tells us _重要的短语：1._2._3._4._5._6._7._8.

5、_9._10._ 参考答案：1health 2take away 3worried，excited 4not swallow the dry bread easily 阅读理解（2）1根据短文内容判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）。 Mr Howe worked in an officeHe studied（研究）the old things and sometimes bought some for himselfSo he got a lot of moneyEight years ago，when he was sixty-five，he retired（退休）He neednt worry

6、 about food or clothesHe was busy before，but now he has enough time to restHe loves playing ping-pong and spends most of his time on the gameHe had never been ill until he had got a headache one dayHe was taken to a hospital at onceThe doctors looked him over carefully and did their best to save（救）h

7、im but he felt worse and worseHe made his son send for a witch（请巫婆来） “Do the people in heaven（天堂） play ping-pong，madam？”asked Mr Howe “Im sorry I dont know，sir”answered the witch“Let me go and ask about it for you” That evening the witch came and said，“Ive just been to heaven，Mr HoweIve brought two

8、pieces of news to youOne is good and the other is bad” “Tell me the good news first，please” “Most of the people in heaven play ping-pong，”said the witch“But youll have a game there the day after tomorrow！” 1）Mr Howe is seventy-three now（ ） 2）Mr Howe has little money，so he is poor（ ） 3）As he rested v

9、ery well all the time，Mr Howe has never been ill（ ） 4）The doctors didnt do their best to save Mr Howe，so he felt worse and worse（ ） 5）The bad news meant（意味着）Mr Howe would die（死）in two days（ ） 中心：The passage tells us _重要的短语：1._2._3._4._5._6._7._8._9._10._ 参考答案：1）5）T F F F T阅读理解（3）根据短文内容回答下列问题。 Greenl

10、and is the largest island in the worldIt is in the north of Europe（欧洲） Near Greenland is another islandIt is named Iceland（冰岛）Do you think that Greenland is green and warm ？Do you think that Iceland is white with ice？If you do，you are wrongNot more people live on the big island of GreenlandThere are

11、 more people in your hometown than those in all of GreenlandThat is because Greenland is not greenGreenland is whiteMost of the island is covered（被覆盖） with lots of iceThe ice covering Greenland is higher than the worlds tall buildingsWhat about Iceland？Is it colder than Greenland ？No，it isntIceland

12、has ice， but not so much as GreenlandIceland has a lot of springs（泉），and they give out hot water and steam（蒸汽）The climate（气候）is not as cold as GreenlandAnd there are a lot of people who live on Iceland 1）Where is the largest island in the world？ _ 2）Which is the larger island，Iceland or Greenland？ _

13、 3）There are fewer people in Greenland than those in your hometown，arent there？ _ 4）What is most of Greenland covered with？ _ 5）Why isnt the climate in Iceland so cold as that in Greenland ？ _ 中心：The passage tells us _重要的短语：1._2._3._4._5._6._7._8._9._10._ 参考答案：1）It is in the north of Europe 2）Greenl

14、and 3） Yes ，there are 4）Lots of ice 5）Because Iceland has a lot of springs（and they give out hot water and steam） 阅读理解（4）阅读下面的短文，根据其内容，回答所提的问题。 Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in one of the small towns of England When Dickens was nine years old, his father found a job in London and the family moved

15、 thereLater on his father was put in to prison（监狱）for owing（负债）His mother could not supply（供应） enough food to him and his younger brothers and sistersHe had to do something for his familyHe did some housework and looked after his brothers and sistersTheir life was hard，so he could not go to school O

16、nly until his father was out of prison ，could Charles go to schoolAt that time he was already twelveBut he did not finish schoolTwo years later he began to work in a factoryAnd he was a journalist（记者）and wrote for newspapersThe future writer often went to the library to read booksHe read a lotThen，a

17、t the age of twenty-two，Dickens began to write and he wrote a lot of novels and stories all his lifeDickens died over a hundred years ago，but people are still reading his books with great interest Questions： 1What was Charles Dickens？ _ 2How long did Dickens live in his hometown？ _ 3Why couldnt Dick

18、ens go to school？ _ 4When did Dickens begin to work？ _ 5Where did Dickens read a lot？ _ 中心：The passage tells us _重要的短语：1._2._3._4._5._6._7._8._9._10._ 参考答案：1从短文内容可以看出，他是一个伟大的英国作家。应回答：He was one of the greatest English writers 2“When Dickens was nine years old，his father found a job in London and the

19、 family moved there”已经告诉我们，他在故乡生活了九年。该题的答案是：He lived there for nine years 3Dickens的父亲因负债累累，被关进了监狱，他当然得干一些家务事，照看弟弟妹妹。其答案是：He had to do some housework and look after his brothers and sisters at home 4Dickens在十二岁时才上学，两年后不得不辍学去工作，他自然是十四岁。故应回答：When he was fourteen，he began to work 5从文章内容来看，他是在图书馆里看了很多书的。

20、该题应当这样回答：He read a lot in the library 阅读理解（5）阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。 Of all the students of Grade Four， Bill is the tallestHes thirteen，and of course，hes the oldest，tooBut hes the worst and the most foolish（愚蠢的）He cant answer the easiest questions in class And he never passes the exams But the

21、 boy is the strongest in his schoolEven the boys in higher grades are afraid of himSo he leaves home with an empty bagWhen he gets to school，his bag is full of fruit and cakesSometimes he brings some homeHis mother，Mrs King，is always happy when she sees themShe praises（赞扬）her son ，for she can save s

22、ome money This morning，MrsKing went shopping in the marketShe saw an old man selling eggs thereShe chose twenty-four but paid only for twentyThe old man was too busy to count（数）them She hurried off and told her husband as soon as he came back for lunch “How clever you are！MrKing said happilyAnd Bill

23、 was busy eating the eggs，so he didnt say a word “Whats your favourite food，dear？asked MrKing “Eggs，of course “Well，then，said the man，“Can you tell us what can lay eggs？ The boy thought for a while and said，“Hens，ducks，geese（鹅）and and mum ！ “Oh？But why？ “I often hear they call meBAD EGG 1Bill never

24、passes the exams because _ Ahes the tallest of the children Bhes thirteen Che doesn t work hard at his lessons Dhe is not the worst in the school 2Why is Bills bag full of fruit and cakes when he gets to school？ AHe buys them on his way to school BHe makes the children give them to him CHe finds the

25、m in the shops DHis parents buy them for him 3 _，so MrsKing is happy ABill often saves money for his family BThe children are afraid of Bill CBill is stronger and older than any other child DBill gets no food without paying any money 4Bill didnt say a word at table because _ Ahe was thinking of a pr

26、oblem Bhe had to go to school on time Che was afraid of his father Dhe wanted to eat more eggs 5Which of the following is true？ AMrsKing can lay eggs BPeople think Bill is very bad CBill wished his mother could lay eggs DBill likes his nickname（绰号）very much中心：The passage tells us _重要的短语：1._2._3._4._

27、5._6._7._8._9._10._ 参考答案：1C。在所给的四个选项中，只有Bill不用功，才是考试不及格的根本原因。 2B。连高年级的学生都怕Bill，他当然是强迫同学们给他吃的东西。 3A。从文章内容可以看出，MrsKing好占便宜，儿子能不掏钱拿回吃的东西，她自然很高兴。 4D。鸡蛋是Bill最喜爱的食品，他在父母亲谈论的时候一言不发，当然是想多吃一些。 5B。由“I often hear they call meBADEGG”能够得知，大家都认为Bill很坏。 阅读理解（6）Dreams may be more important than sleepSome people don

28、t need much sleepBut we all need to dream，scientists say Dreams take up（占据）about one quarter of our sleeping timePeople have several dreams every nightDreams are like short filmsThey are usually in colourSome dreams are like old filmsThey come to us over and over againThat may be because the dreamer

29、 is worrying about somethingDreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer Some people get new ideas about their work from dreamsThey could have been thinking about their work all dayThese thoughts can carry over into dreams Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dreamBut often we cant r

30、emember the dreamDreams can disappear（消失）quickly from memory Too much dreaming can be harmful（有害的）The more we sleep，the longer we dreamThe mind is hard at work when we dreamThat is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired根据短文完成句子。 1The title（标题）for the story could be“_” 2The main idea of

31、 the story is that people need to _ 3It may be less important to _ than to dream 4Dreams and films are usually _ 5Why do people often dream about their work？ Because they may be thinking about _中心：The passage tells us _重要的短语：1._2._3._4._5._6._7._8._9._10._ 参考答案：1Dreams 2dream 3sleep 4in colour 5thei

32、r work all day 阅读理解（7）The world is not hungry，but it is thirstyIt seems strange that nearly 34 of the earth is covered with water while we say we are short of（短缺）waterWhy？Because about 97 of water on the earth is sea water which we cant drink or use for watering plants directly（直接地）Man can only drin

33、k and use the 3 of the water that comes from rivers and lakesAnd we cant even use all of that，because some of it has been polluted（污染） Now more water is neededThe problem is：Can we avoid（避免）a serious water shortage later on？Firstly，we should all learn how to save waterSecondly，we should find out the

34、 ways to reuse itScientists have always been making study in this fieldToday，in most large cities，water is used only once and then runs to the sea or riversBut it can be used againEven if（即使）every large city reused its water，still there would not be enoughWhat could people turn to next？ The sea seem

35、s to have the best answerThere is a lot of water in the seaAll that needs to be done is to get the salt（盐）out of the sea waterThis is expensive，but its already in use in many parts of the worldScientists are trying to find a cheaper way to do itSo you see，if we can find a way out，well be in no dange

36、r of drying up 根据短文内容判断正（T）误（F）。 1The world is thirsty because about 97 of water on the earth cant be drunk or used for watering plants directly ( )297 of the earth is covered with water( ) 3Man can only drink and use about 25 of water on the earth( )4To avoid the serious water shortage，its the most

37、 important to try to find a cheaper way to get the salt out of the sea water( )5The name of the passage should be“How to Save Water” ( )中心：The passage tells us _重要的短语：1._2._3._4._5._6._7._8._9._10._ 参考答案：15 TFFTF 阅读理解(8)Bill was fourteen years oldHe thought he was a young man but his parents thought

38、 he was still a boyThey said，“When you begin to think about helping others，you will be a young man” One morning，his parents gave Bill some money to buy milk at the store（商店）He saw an old man thereThe man looked very sickBill went to him and asked，“Are you all right？ The old man answered，“Yes，but I n

39、eed something to eat” “Then lets go to the restaurant，”said Bill When the waiter asked what they wanted，the old man said，“Just a glass of water” “Do you want anything to eat？”asked the waiter The old man didnt answer，and Bill asked him，“Have you had your breakfast？” “No，I havent had any food and I h

40、avent any money because I lost it，”answered the old man The boy said to the waiter，“My friend wants to have bread and coffee” “Im giving you too much trouble，”said the old man The old man ate quickly what the waiter had brought him“Im fine now，”he said“Ill never forget your kindness！You are a very g

41、ood young man” Bill was pleased because the old man thought he was a young man The waiter came，and to their surprise，he said that the food was a present and it was cheap because it was the birthday of his boss，and they were the first customers（顾客）of the day 根据短文内容完成句子。 1Bill was fourteen years old，b

42、ut he thought that he ( )2If a boy ，he will be a young man( )3The old man did not look well because he ( )4Bill asked the old man to come to the restaurant in order to show that ( )5Bill paid a little for their meal because it was and they were ( )中心：The passage tells us _重要的短语：1._2._3._4._5._6._7._

43、8._9._10._ 参考答案:1was a young man 2begins to know how to help others 3was hungry and wanted something to eat 4he was already a young man 5the birthday of the boss，the first customers of the day 阅读理解（9）Are you interested in country music? I like it very much !It will take me away for a while after I am tired .The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields.Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings. Its the spirit of America ,easy to understand ,slow and simple.Country music devel