初二上英语阅读理解二十篇

1、- -.欢迎下载支持伤害）.Yours,Sun Yan文档来源为 :从网络收集整理 .word 版本可编辑阅读理解姓名：余佳宸(一) No.4 middle SchoolKunming ,yunnan April 2nd ,2004Dear editor ( 编辑 ) ，I live in a beautiful city . Many visitors come to my city . there are so many colorful peacocks ( 孔雀 ) here .The peacocks mostly live on the grass land of Dongfeng

2、 SquareThey are given food freely by visitors . They usually throw food to them , and don t think about at all whether the food is right or not . Some of the peacocks became ill , some even died after eating the bad food given by the visitors.I m sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peaco

3、cks really like the birds , but don t realize ( 意识到 ) that they may be doing them harm (The visitors should be told that what have done is very harmful to the birds , and this kind of thing must be stopped from happening .Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to sell peacock f

4、ood . For us every person , it s our duty to give more love to these beautiful birds and to look after them carefully.()6.Many visitors come to the writer s city to .do some shopping B. see beautiful peacocksC. play on Dongfeng square D. eat nice food()7.Some peacocks became ill and died because som

5、e visitors ;did t give them any food B. gave them too much foodC. threw them some bad food D. loved them and played with them ()8.Some shops can be built beside Dongfeng Square so that they may_sell food for visitors B. sell food for peacocksC.make the square more beautiful D.have the beautiful bird

6、s ()9.From the passage we know people should .live and play with the birdsstop the birds from eating too muchgive right food to the birdsgive more food to the birds()10.We can guess the writer of the letter, Sun Yan , may be a .visitor B. shopkeeper C.square keeper D. studentEvery town in the United

7、 States has a post office . Some are very small , and you may also find them in the corner of a shop . Others are larger buildings .文档来源为 :从网络收集整理 .word 版本可编辑 .欢迎下载支持 They are open five days a week and on Saturday mornings . From Monday through Friday they are usually open from 8:30 to 4:30 .If you

8、know how much the postage （ 邮资 ） is for your letter , you can buy stamps at any window. In some post offices you can buy stamps from machines . Stamps are sold many different prices , from one cent （ 美分） to many dollars . If you are not sure how much postage is for you letter , you may ask the man o

9、r the woman in the post office for help . he or she will give you the stamps you need . If you are sending your letter far away , you should use airmail envelopes （ 航空信封 ） . Remember that postage will be more expensive for a letter to be sent outside the country.At a post office you can also buy pos

10、tcards . A postcard is cheaper than a letter . Usually the price of postage for a postcard is about half that of a letter . The postcards that you buy at a post office do not have pictures . However ,also they are not to be sent outside the country .Letters are an easy and cheap way to keep in touch

11、 with people in many different countries .（）11.The passage tell us that we can find easily in the United States ofAmerica.post office s B.large buildings C.small shops D.different banks （）12.The post offices in the United States are open .seven hours a day B.six hours a day C.five hours a day D.eigh

12、t hours a day （）13.If you are not sure how much postage is for your letter ,you can.go and buy stamps from the machine in the post officesend a cheap postcard instead of your letterget in touch with somebody you know in the post officeask the man or the woman in the post office for help （）14.The pri

13、ce of postage for is more expensive.a beautiful postcard B.a letter written on envelope C.a letter by airmail D.a postcard with pictures （）15.The passage tells us something about in the USAthe post B.the postage C.letters D.postcardsLong, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he

14、did one day? When he wantedto steal（ 偷） the bell on his neighbours door, he walked up to the door, took hold of（抓住 ）the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise, ” he said. He thought and

15、 thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won t be able to hear the noise. ” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another har

16、d pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out.“Steal my bell? I ll teach you a lesson（教训）, ” the angry man shouted. And he hit the thiefon the nose.文档来源为 :从网络收集整理 .word 版本可编辑 .欢迎下载支持The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell.“ Why didhe

17、 come out just then?” he wondered （ 感到疑惑 ）.（ ）16. The thief was trying to get .his neighbourB. his neighbour s doorbellC. some cottonD. a door with a bell on it（ ）17. The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would befor him tosteal the doorbell.safe B. difficult C. dangerous D. easy （ ）1

18、8. The neighbour ran out probably（ 很可能 ） because .he knew his doorbell was being stolenhe thought someone was eager （渴望的 ） to visit himhe realized （意识到 ） something strange happenedD. Both B and C（ ）19. The neighbour hit the thief to .give him lessonsB. punish （惩罚 ） him for stealingC. help him with t

19、he bellD. be his teacher（ ）20. Which of the following is TRUE?The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.The thief knew why the neighbour came out.The thief thought the neighbour couldn t hear the noise the bell made.The thief didn t want to know why the neighbour ran out.16-20 B A D B C（四）A fa

20、rmer was put in prison（监狱 ）. One day, he got a letter from his wife.“I am worried about out farm,” she wrote. “ It s time to plant potatoes ,but I can t do all the digging（挖 ） by myself. ”The farmer thought over and then had an idea. He wrote to his wife,“ Dont digthe fields. This id where my gold（金

21、子 ） is. Don t plant potatoes until I comehome.A few days later, the farmer got anther letter from his wife. It said,“ Two daysago, about ten prison guards（监狱看守 ） came to our fields. It looked as if they were looking TOC o 1-5 h z for something. They have dug our field.”The farmer wrote to his wife a

22、t once.“ Now you can plant our potatoes,” he wrote.（ ）21.The farmer was put in prison .because he had done something wrongbecause he had a lot of gold in the fieldsThe writer didn t say anything about why the farmer was put in prisonD. For nothing （ ）22.The farmer s wife was much worried about .A. h

23、er husband B. their farm C. planting potatoes D. herself（ ）23.The farmer told his wife _ first.A. not to dig the fieldsB. to dig the fieldsC. to ask the prison guards for help D. to find the gold in the fields （）24.Why did the prison guards dig the farmer s fields ?.A. They wanted to help the farmer

24、Their leader ordered them to do so 文档来源为 :从网络收集整理 .word 版本可编辑 .欢迎下载支持 .The farmer asked them to do soThey wanted to find out the gold （ ）25.Why did the farmer ask his wife to plant potatoes at once ? Because .their fields had been dugthe gold was found outthe prison guards asked him to do soD. the p

25、rison guards were digging the fields（五）An owl is a bird with very large eyes. Those eyes make the owl look clever. The owl can not move its eyes freely as people can. It can only look straight ahead （朝前 ）. If it wants to look atboth sides, it must turn its neck.Owls see better at night than during t

26、he day. At night they look for food. They eat mice and insects.Owls make a strange noise because the owls sleep most of the day. They usually give their cries at night. The cry sounds like“ Whoo! Whoo!” . This strange sound sometimes frightens peopleat night.An owl looks clever because it can look s

27、traight ahead.An owl looks for food at night because it sees better at night than during the day.An owl lives on all kinds of birds.The cry of an owl is frightening.Man must not kill owls because they are helpful to people.（六）Coffee has become the most popular American drink. Today people in the Uni

28、ted States drink more coffee than people in any of the other countries. People drink coffee at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner and between meals. They drink hot coffee or coffee with ice in it. They drink it at work and at home. They eat coffee ice-cream and coffee candy. Coffee is black and very str

29、ong.Different people like to drink it in different ways. Somep eople like coffee with cream or sugar in it. Other people like coffee with both cream and sugar in it. In all ways it is served. Coffee has become an international drink.Coffee is an drink.A . interesting B. international C. ice-cream D.

30、 AmericanDifferent people like to drink coffee .at work or at home B. in different ways C. with cream or sugar D. between mealsToday Americans drink coffee than people in any of the other countries.A. as much as B. less C. moreD. most“ Coffee is black and very strong.” The word STRONG here means .坚固

31、的B. 淡的 C. 清的 D. 浓的 is the most popular American drink.A. Black tea B. Coffee C. Water with ice D. Whisky（七）Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can t do

32、 easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children.文档来源为 :从网络收集整理 .word 版本可编辑 .欢迎下载支持 .They hope computers can help them improve （提高 ） their studies in school. Yet many of thechildren

33、 use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying.So many teachers and parents complain （ 抱怨 ） that computers can not help children to studybutmake them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes.In some other countries, even some scientists hate

34、computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves.Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because .our country asks us t

35、o learn itit can help us a lotwe can use it to play games D it can help us to find jobsWhat do many teachers and parents complain about? .Their students and children use computers to play games.Computers let them lost their jobs.Computers make the students and children fall behind.Computers bring pe

36、ople a lot of trouble.In this passage we know computers .A. also bring us troublebring us happiness onlyare hated by peopleare bad for people s healthCan computers really help children to study? .A. Yes, they can. B. It s hard to say C. No, they can t. D. Of course not.How do you understand the last

37、 sentence of this passage? I think it means .A. computers are used by peoplepeople can live well without computersone must decide how to use computerscomputers are strange machines（八）Once upon a time there lived an old man. He had three sons. One day, he called them togetherand said, Sons, I will di

38、e soon. To my oldest son I give half my camels, to my second, one-third（ 三 分之一 ）, and to my youngest, one-ninth （ 九分之一 ）. Soon after that he died.Now, the old man had seventeen camels, and the three brothers didnt know how to do as their father said. They thought a long time about the problem, and i

39、t seemed that they must either kill some of the camels and cut them into pieces, or disobey their father. At last they went to their fathers old friend and asked for his advice. As soonas he heard their story, he said,I will help you. I was a good friend of your fathers. I am old. I have only one ca

40、mel, but take it-it is yours.The three sons thanked the old man and took his camel. Now they found it was easy to do as their father wished, The oldest took half- that was nine camels; the second took one-third, that was six; and the youngest took one-ninth, that was two.After each had got his camel

41、s, they found that there was still a camel there. So, to show their thanks to their fathers friend, they gave the camel back to him文档来源为 :从网络收集整理 .word 版本可编辑 .欢迎下载支持 TOC o 1-5 h z Once upon a time means .long long agoB. not very long agoC. at onceD. sometimesThe meaning of disobey in the second para

42、graph is .服从 B. 违背 C. 听从 D. 嘲笑The meaning of asked for his advice in the second paragraph is .向他请教 B. 问他数量 C. 批评他 D. 劝告他The second old man the three brothers.was good to B. was not good to C. didnt likeD. cheated（哄骗 ）Both the two old men in the story were .foolishB. cleverC. poor D. rich（九）Tom lived

43、 by himself a long way from town. He hardly went to town, but one day he went into town to buy a few things. After he bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table.When he looked around, he saw some old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers.So after lunch he decided

44、to go to a shop to buy himself one pair, too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.The man in the shop let him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said, No, I cant read with these.The man became puzzled （ 迷惑的 ） , and he said, Excuse me, but can you read?No, of course I cant! Tom said

45、angrily. If I could read before, do you think I would come here to buy your glasses?Tom lived .A. with his family B. near town C. in the country D. in townTom didnt go to town.A. neverB. oftenC. sometimesD. sometimeWhy did Tom decide to buy a pair of glasses?A. Because he thought if he bought them,

46、he could read.Because they were very bright.Because they were cheap.D. Because he could read newspaper.Tom went to the shop to .A. have a rest B. have dinner C. wear glasses D. buy a pair of glasses（十）We know mosquitoes very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the worl

47、d, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.No one likes the mosquito. But themosquito may decide if she loves you. She? Yes, she. The malemosquito doesn t bite! Only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If sh

48、e likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn t like your blood, she w ill turn to someone else for more delicious blood.Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You re different from the others! If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. S

49、he bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch（ 痒 ） on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood.When the itch begins, she has flown away.文档来源为 :从网络收集整理 .word 版本可编辑 .欢迎下载支持 . And then what happen

50、s? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, in a tree or on a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.(T/F)( )51.All the people don t like mosquitoes.( )52.All mosquitoes like to bite people for blood.( )53.If a mosquito

51、 wants to bite you, it means she is very tired.( )54.The mosquito bites you too quickly and quietly to let you know.( )55.The itch begins after the mosquito flies away.( 十一 )Do you know why different animals or pests(昆虫 ) have their special colours? Colours in themseem to be used mainly to protect t

52、hemselves.Some birds like eating locusts( 蝗虫 ), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colours of crops( 庄稼 ). When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest (收获 )time comes, locusts change to the samebrown co

53、lour as crops have. Some other pests with different colours from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.If you study the animal life, you ll find the main use of colouring is to protect themselves.Bears, lions and other animals

54、 move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters. This is because they have the colours much like the trees.Have you ever found an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind ofvery black liquid( 液体 ) when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over( 散

55、开 ), its enemies( 敌 人 ) cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.( )56.From the passage we learn that locusts.are small animalsare easily found by birdsare dangerous to their enemieschange their colours to protect themselves( )57.How can

56、 pests with different colours from plants keep out of danger?They run away quickly.They have the colours much like their enemies.They hide themselves by day and appear at night.They have to move quietly.( )58.Bears and lions can keep safe because.they have the colours much like the treesthey move qu

57、ietlythey like brown and grey coloursthey live in forests( )59.Why can the kind of fish live up to now?A. Because it is very big and strong.Because the liquid it sends out can help it escape from its enemies.Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies.Because it swims faster than any other

58、fish.( )60.Which is the best title for this passage?文档来源为 :从网络收集整理 .word 版本可编辑 .欢迎下载支持 .The Change of Colours for Animals and Pests.Colours of Different Animals and pests.The Main Use of Colours for Animals and Pests.Some Animals and Pests.（十二）In the world ,soccer of football is the most popular spo

59、rt. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup ,children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called “ D

60、ream（梦幻 ） World Cups ” in Japan .The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a bule bright sky. They wished each football team good luck by drawing the flags（旗帜 ）ofall the countries that will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea.The picture was put up in a park