初三阅读理解20篇

1、Little Tom dow n the street calls our dog The keep dog.Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to say Sheep, it comes out keep. And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing thi ngs home for us to keep! I ll tell you about some of them. Zips first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk. We

2、 did nt know how Zip found the shoe. But after a mome nt Mary, my big sister, told me the shoe had a stra nge smell. I no dde点 头）and held my no se. What do you thi nk it is? It smells like somethi ng for clea nin g. I th ink some one tried to clea n a spot 污点） off the shoe. The n he put it at the do

3、or to dry. Along came Zip. And good-bye shoe! I said.We should take it back. We cant .said my sistter. Maybe little Tom is right, Mary said. Maybe Zip is a keep dog! I. The writer and Mary did nt know. A. what Zips first prese nt was B. how Zip carried its first prese nt home C. who owned Zips first

4、 prese nt i D. what Zips first prese nt was made of 2. Tom calls Zip the keep dogbecause A. the dog likes keep ing thi ngs B. the dog likes playing with shoes C. he does nt know the dogs n ame D. he cant pronounce the word sheepwell 3. What made the shoe stra nge was. A. its colour B.its smell C.its

5、 size D.that it was a silk one 4. The word keepi n the last sentence means A. keep ing things for itself B. bri nging things for other to keep C. not letting it run about D. tak ing care of a small child 5. We can know from the readi ng that the dog. A. likes to give prese nts to people B. has bee n

6、 kept in at the writers home C. has brought some trouble D. likes to be called the keep dog Key: 1.C 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.C An old lady in a plane had a blanket （毯子）over her head and she did not want to take it off . The air hostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, a pla ne before , and I am frighte ne

7、d. I am going to keep this bla nket over my head un til we are back on the ground aga in !” Then the captain came. He said,“ Madam, I am the captain of this plane. The weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, and everythi ng is going very well. she con ti nued to hide. So the capta in tur ne

8、d and started to go back. Then the old lady looked out from un der the bla nket with one eye and said,“I am sorry, young man, but I doi planes and I am never going to fly again. But I ll say one thing, “ You and your wife keep your planvery clea n!” 1. An old lady had. A. glasses B. a bla nket over

9、her head C. a coat D. a basket 2. A. She didn t want to. A. take it off B. turn it off C. get on D. talk about it 3. spoke to her . A. The air hostess B. The man n ext to her C. her husba nd D. one of her friends 4. The old lady had n ever bee nbefore . A. abroad B. home C. in a pla ne D. in hospita

10、l 5. The woman didn t like planes and she was never going. A. to fly aga in B. to travel C. to go abroad D. to go home Key: 1 5 BAACA （三） Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, Im going to fly to New York n ext week because r ve got some work there. Where are you going to sta

11、y there? his wife asked. I dont know yet. Dick answered. Please send me your address from there in a telegram （电报）,his wife said. All right, Dick an swered. He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a

12、 telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it. In the eve ning he did nt have any work, so he went to a cin ema. He came out at nine oclock and said, Now rm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinn er. He found a taxi （出租车）and the driver said, Where do you want to go? But Dick did nt remember

13、the n ame and address of his hotel. Which hotel are my things in? he said, And what am I going to do toni ght? But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife ano ther telegram, and in it he wrote, Please send me my address at this post of

14、fice. Choose the right an swer 1. Dick flew to New York because. A. he went there for a holiday B. he had work there C. he went there for sightsee ing 观光） D. his home was there 2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him? A. Because she did nt know his address yet B. Because she wan ted to go to Ne

15、w York, too C. Because she might send him ano ther telegram D. Because she could nt leave her husba nd by himself in New York 3. Where did Dick stay in New York? A. In the center of the city. B. I n a hotel. C. In a restaura nt. D. At his frien ds house. 4. Who would send him the n ame and address o

16、f his hotel? A. The man ager 经理）of his hotel. B. The police office. C. The taxi driver. D. His wife. 5. Which of the following is not true? A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the cen ter of the city. B. Dick did nt work on the first ni ght of his arrival. C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram. D

17、. Dick wan ted to go back to his hotel in a taxi. Key: 1-5 B A B D C （四） Bob and Jim once worked in the same factory. One day, Bob lent Jim ten dollars, but then Jim left his work and went to work in another town without paying back the mon ey. Bob did nt see Jim for a year, and the n he knew from a

18、no ther friend that Jim was in another town and staying at a hotel. So he went there to see him late in the evening. Whe n he got to Jims room, he saw his shoes n ear the door. Well, he must be in，” he thought, and kno cked aga in, and said, I know you are in, Jim. Your shoes are out here. Ive gone

19、out in my boots, an swered Jim. True or False 1. Bob and Jim once worked in different factories. 2. One day Jim borrowed ten dollars from Bob. 3. Jim paid back the money to Bob and went to work in another town later. 4. Bob had nt see n Jim for a year whe n he lear ned that Jim was in ano ther tow n

20、. Key: 1-4 F T F T （五） I think the most terrible thing in life for my little brother is getting up in the morning. He is almost sick when my mother calls, Herbert! Its seven oclock! Get up! Herbert answers, Im coming! and goes right back to sleep. Im not at all like my brother. I dont like to go to

21、bed at ni ght but I dont mind gett ing up in the mor nin g. I usually wake up before my mother calls me. I jump out of bed and go into the bathroom to take a shower. I get dressed, brush my teeth, comb my hair, and get ready to go dow nstairs for breakfast as soon as my mother calls. But not Herbert

22、. He just sleeps. A military band 军乐队）in our bedroom could not wake him up. I call him and say, Get up! Mum will be up here to pull you out of bed if you dont get up immediately! But he just sleeps. After calling a few more times my mother has to come upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed. Its that w

23、ay every day with my little brother. Perhaps some day hell learn to get up on time, but I really dont think so. True or False 1. The most terrible thing in life for my little brother is going to school. 2. Im not like my brother because I like to go to bed early at ni ght and get up early in the mor

24、ni ng. 3.1 usually jump out of bed and go into the bathroom for a shower before my mother calls. 4. Whe n mother calls, Herbert does nt an swer and remai ns in bed. 5. My mother ofte n has to go upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed as he refuses to get up. 6. Sometimes we have to send for a military

25、 band to wake Herbert up. 7. The writer thinks some day Herbert will learn to get up on time. Key: 1-7. F T T F T F F （六） In En gla nd, people ofte n talk about the weather because they can experie nc经历） four seas ons in one day .In the morning the weather is warm just like in spri ng. An hour later

26、 black clouds come and the n it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late after noon the sky will be sunny, the sun will beg in to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day. In En gla nd, people can also have summer in win ter, or have wi nter in summer. So in wi nter they can

27、 swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes. Whe n you go to En gla nd, you will see that some En glish people usually take an umbrella （伞）or a rain coat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them. If you dont take an umbrella or a rain coat, you will

28、 regret 后悔）later in the day. 1. Why do people in En gla nd ofte n talk about the weather? A. Because they may have four seas ons in one day B. Because they ofte n have very good weather C. Because the weather is warm just like in spri ng D. Because the sky is sunny all day 2. From the story we know

29、that whe ncome, there is a heavy rain. A. sunshine and snow B. black clouds C. summer and win ter D. spri ng and autu mn 3. People can also have summer in winter. Means it is sometimes tooin wi nter. A. warm B. cool C. cold D. rai ny 4. In the sunny morning some En glish people usually take a rain c

30、oat 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 5. The best title 标题）for this passage is. A. Bad Seas ons B. Summer or Win ter C. The Weather in En gla nd D. Stra nge En glish Peop

31、le KEY: ABABC （七） Mr Brow n was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has bee n out for doing somethi ng, and will be back in a week, the n be sure to ask him to sit dow n for a cup of tea. OK, Dad, said his son. But he wa

32、s afraid his son could nt remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then. 39 Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and

33、that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he bur nt it that eve ning. The n ext afternoon, some one kno cked at the door. The boy ope ned it. A man was sta nding at the door and said, Where is your father? The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. H

34、e could not find it. He sudde nly remembered he had bur nt it, so he shouted, No more. The man was very surprised. He asked, No more? I met your father last week. When did it happe n? Bur nt yesterday eve nin g. 1. Mr Brow n told his son that. A. he would be away from home for four days B. he would

35、be back in seve n days C. he would be back in a month D. he liked a cup of tea 2. Mr Brow n wrote the words dow n on. A. the wall B. the door C. a piece of paper D. his sons pocket 3. A man came to visit the boys father on. A. the second day B. the third day C. the fourth day D. the fifth day 4. The

36、 man was very surprised because. A. he thought the childs father was dead B. the child did nt ask him to sit dow n C. the child gave him a cup of tea D. he could nt find that piece of paper 5. What was bur nt?. A. The piece of paper B. Mr Smith C. The visitor D. The boy KEY: BCDAA （八） One of the thi

37、 ngs to be lear nt in a foreig n Ian guage is guess ing all the time what kind of thi ng to come whe n liste ning to some one talki ng. People do this all the time in their own Ianguage, so it is necessary必要的）to do this in a foreign Ianguage, too. Here are some examples. .ii 1. Whats the matte? I we

38、nt to a party last night, so I 2. I feel so tired these days. I think youd better 3. Of course, she never stops talking. She is one dhe most You can see from the above three examples that the con tex上（下文）helps a lot in un dersta nding what is being talked about. So guess ing is very importa nt in un

39、 dersta nding En glish, especially （尤其）spoke n En glish. 1. This passage tells us mai nly about. A. the importa nee of guess ing in lear ning a foreig n Ian guage B. how to guess what one is going to talk about C. some examples of right guess ing D. how important it is to guess all the time 2. from

40、the con text, we can see maybe the fini shed an swer in EXAMPLE I is A. so I did nt have a good time. B.so I went to bed very late. C. .So I felt unhappy. D. so I got up very early. 3. Maybe the fin ished an swer in EXAMPLE 2 is. A. I think youd better have a good rest and take good care of yourself

41、. B. I think youd better have something to drink. C. I thi nk youd better get some help from your frie nds. D. I thi nk youd better be more careful. 4. Maybe the fin ished an swer in EXAMPLE 3 is. A. she ione of the most famous film stars. B. she is one of the most beautiful women. C. she is one of

42、the most famous speakers. D. . she is one of the most talkative wome n. 5. From the passage we can infer推断）that guess ing isin lear ning a foreig n Ian guage. A. the on ly way B. more important in spoken English than in written English C. more importa nt tha n any other way D. more important in writ

43、ten English than in spoken English KEY: ABADB （九） Un cle Li and Un cle Wang are good frie nds. They live n ext to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. Theyre both poor though they work hard. Most vill

44、agers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why. Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expe nsive. He told Un cle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry

45、 some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their frie nds and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low pr

46、ice 价格）。They felt unhappy and returned to their village. I cant un dersta nd why we susta ined 蒙受）losses in bus in ess while others always profit （盈利）Uncle Li asked one day. The tractor was too small Uncle Wang said without thinking. Well carry more apples on a truck n ext time! I agree! said Uncle

47、Li. How foolish （傻的）we were ! 1. Un cle Li and Un cle Wang live in the low and broke n houses because A. they hope to save money B. theyre both poor C. their farms are at the foot of the mountain D. theyre not far from their farms 2. The two farmers carried the apples to the city to. A. make a journ

48、ey B. visit some places of interest C. meet their friends D. make a profit 3. the tow farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because A. theirs were nt as good as the others B. theirs were much less tha n the others C. a lot of apples had bee n already carried to the city D. they forgot to c

49、arry them on a truck 4. Un cle Li and Un cle Wang were un happy because A. they had susta ined losses in bus in ess B. they had lost some money in the city C. somethi ng was wrong with the tractor D. other people profited in the city 5. Which of the following is true? A. The two farmers found out wh

50、y they were poor. B. The two farmers will soon get rich. C. Neither of the farmers is clever. D. The two farmers decided to buy a truck. KEY: BDCAC （十） On Christmas Eve the ni ght before Christmas Day childre n all over Brita stock ing at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Their pare nts

51、 usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during the night. Father Christmas is very kind and hearted. He gets to the top of each house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace. He fills each of the stockings with Christmas prese nts. Of course, Father Christmas isnt real. I n Jim and

52、 Kates house, Father Christmas is really Mr Gree n. Mr Gree n does nt climb dow n the chi mn ey. He waits un til the childre n are asleep. Then he quietly goes into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents. Whe n they were very young, Mr Gree n sometimes wore a red coat. But he d

53、oes nt do that now. The childre n are no Ion ger young, and they know who Father Christmas really is. But they still put their stocki ngs at the end of their beds. 1. Christmas Eve is. A. the night of Christmas Day B. the evening of Christmas Day C. Christmas Day D. the ni ght before Christmas Day 2

54、. Father Christmas ofte n puts prese nts. A. i nto childre ns hats B. i nto childre ns stock ings C. un der childre ns beds D. i nto childre ns shoes 3. Whe n the childre n were very young,. A. they did nt know who Father Christmas was B. they knew that Father Christmas was nt real C. they thought t

55、heir father was Father Christmas D. they knew who put the prese nts into their stock ings 4. Whe n the childre n are older, they. A. know that Father Christmas is real B. ask their mother to fill their stockings with presents C. know that Father Christmas is really their father D. know that Father C

56、hristmas is really their friend 5. Father Christmas comes into the house through the A. chi mney B. back door C. front door D. wi ndow. KEY: DBACA To find out whether bees（蜜蜂）can see colours, the following experiment is made. A round table is put in a garden, and on the table is a piece of blue card

57、board硬纸版）with a drop of syrup （糖浆）on it. After a short time, bees come to the syrup. The bees then fly to their hive （蜂房） and give the syrup to other bees in the hive. The n they return to the feed in g-place which they have found. After a while, the blue cardboard with the syrup on it is taken away

58、. In stead of this card, a blue card is now put on the left side of the first feedi ng-place and a red card to its right. These new cards have no syrup on them. Very soon bees arrive again, and fly straight to the blue card. None go to the red card. Picture 1 1. How many cards do you n eed to prepar

59、e for the experime nt? A. Two: one blue and one red B. Three: two blue and one red C. Three: one blue and two red D. Four: two blue and two red 2. If Picture 1 below shows the table top during Step 1 of the experiment, which of A, B, C, D in Picture 2 shows the table top during Step 2? Picture 2 3.

60、During Step 2 of the experime nt, the bees go to. A. the blue card with syrup on it B. the new blue card with no syrup on it C. the empty space where the origi nal（原先的） blue card was D. the new blue card with syrup on it on the left of the red card 4. The experiment has proved（证明）that bees. A. canno