初高中衔接英语阅读理解专项训练系列(含答案)

初高中衔接英语阅读理解专项训练系列阅读理解专项训练1AIhavebeeninEnglandthreemonthsnow．Ihopeyoudon’tthinkI’veforgottenyou．TherehavebeensomanyplacestoseeandsomanythingstodothatI’venothadmuchtimeforwritingletters．

I

shall

soon

be

starting

my

studies

at

King’sCollege．SofarI’vebeenlearningaboutEnglandandBritishwaysofliving.Iwon’ttellyouaboutLondon．Therearelotsofbooksyoucanreadandlotsofpicturesyoucanlookataboutthisfamouscity．I’msureyou’llbemoreinterestedtoknowwhatIthinkaboutlifehere．

Ifindsomeofthecustoms

interesting.PeopleheredonotshakehandsasmuchaswedointhemainlandofEurope．DuringthefirstfewweeksIwasoftensurprisedbecausepeopledidnotputouttheirhandswhenImetthem．Menraisetheirhatstowomenbutnottoeachother．1.ThewritercametoLondonfrom______．A.AsiaB.themainlandofEurope

C.America

D.Africa2.Thewriterdidnotwritetheletterearlierbecause______．A.shehadforgottenherfriendB.shewaslonelyandsadinthisstrangelandC.shewastoobusytowriteD.shewastoobusywithhercoursesatKing’sCollege3.HowdoesthewriterfeelaboutBritishwaysofliving？A.Happy．

B.Angry．

C.Sad．

D.Interesting．4．ThewritercametoLondon______．A．tomakealiving

B．tostudyC．tolearnBritishwaysofliving

D．forsightseeingonly5．Englishmen______．A．donotoftenshakehandswithfriendswhentheymeetB．oftenshakehandswhentheymeetwithfriendsC．raisetheirhatstoallfriendswhentheymeetD．don’traisetheirhatstoanyoftheirfriendswhentheymeet

B

Ayoungfatherwasvisitinganoldneighbor．Theywerestandingintheoldman’sgarden，andtalkingaboutchildren．Theyoungmansaid，“Howstrictshouldparentsbewiththeirchildren？”

Theoldmanpointedtoastring（绳子）betweenabigstrongtreeandathinyoungone．“Pleaseuntie（解开）thatstring，”hesaid．Theyoungmanuntiedit，andtheyoungtreebentovertooneside．“Nowtieitagain，please，”saidtheoldman，“butfirstpullthestringtightsothattheyoungtreeisstraightagain．”

Theyoungmandidso．Thentheoldmansaid，“There，itisthesamewithchildren．Youmustbestrictwiththem，butsometimesyoumustuntiethestringtoknowhowtheyaregettingon．Iftheyarenotyetabletostandalone，youmusttiethestringtightagain．Butwhenyoufindthattheyarereadytostandalone，youcantakethestringaway．”6.Thestoryisabout______．A.howtotakecareofyoungtreesB.howstrictparentsshouldbewiththeirchildrenC.howtheyoungfathershouldgetonwithhisoldneighborD.howtotieanduntiethestring7.Theyoungmanuntiedthestring______．

A.inordertothrowitaway

B.sothatbothofthetreeswouldgrowstraight

C.onlytofindthatthethinneronebentovertooneside

D.inordertolettheoldmanteachhim8.Whencanthestringbetakenaway？A.WhentheoldmanhasleftB.AfteryouhaveuntieditC.WhentheyoungmanhasuntieditnexttimeD.Whentheyoungtreegrowsstrongenough9.Atlasttheoldmantoldtheyoungman______．A.thatheshouldbestrictwithhischildreniftheycouldnotyetstandaloneB.thatheshouldalwaysbestrictwithhischildrenC.thatheshouldbehardonthemD.thatheshouldtiehischildrenuntiltheyarereadytostandalone10．Inthestorytherelationofthebigstrongtreetothethinoneislike

thatof______．A.theyoungfathertotheoldneighborB.parentstotheirchildrenC.theoldneighbortothechildrenoftheyoungfatherD.grownupstotheirparentsCCharliestudiedinafamouscollegeforfouryears．Hestudiedhardanddidwellinallhissubjects．Hehopedtobecomeagoodteacher．Thisyearheleftthecollegeandbegantoworkinamiddleschool．Helikeshisstudentsandisstrictwiththem．

Inorderthathisstudentscoulddowellintheirsubjects，hedoeshisbesttomakehisclasseslivelyandinteresting．

Onedayhecarefullyexplainedachemicalreaction（反应）tothestudentsofGrade2inthechemistrylab．

“Becareful，everyone!”hesaidloudly．“BeforeImaketheexperiment，there'retwentyfiveatomsofcarbon（碳原子），butafterIfinishit，there’retwentyfouratomsofcarbonleft！”

Hestoppedtowatchtheclassroomandhopedhisstudents

would

goon

explaining

it．But

the

young

menlookedateachotherandnobodyansweredhim．Hehadtoask，“Whathappens？Whatmakestheatomlost?”

Theclassroomwasveryquietandnoneofthestudentslookedattheirteacher．

“Whocantelluswhereithasgone?”

Suddenlyasoftvoicecamefromthebackrow，“Wedidnotseeanybodyleavethelab!”11.Charliebegantoworkinthemiddleschoolbecause_____．A．hehadbeenintheschoolforfouryearsB．hecouldn’tdoanythingexceptteachingC．hehopedtobecomeagoodteacherD．hedidwellinallhissubjects12．Charliehopes______，sohedoeshisbesttomakehisclasseslivelyandinteresting．A．allhisstudentscouldunderstandhimB．hisstudentswouldn’tbeafraidofhimC.hisstudentscarefullywatchedhimmakingtheexperimentD．hisstudentscoulddowellinchemistry13．ThatdayCharliewished________．A．hisstudentscouldlearnthechemicalreactionB．hisstudentscouldfindtheatomofcarbonC．hisstudentscouldcount（数）theatomsofcarbonD．hisstudentscouldmaketheexperiment14.Thestudentscouldn’tanswerCharlie’squestionsbecause_____．A．noneofthemhadseentheatomsB．theydidn’tunderstandtheirteacherC．thechemicalreactionwastoocomplicatedD．theyallwantedtodropthesubject15.Infact，______．A．CharliefailedthatdayB．thestudentinthebackrowdidn’twatchherteachercarefullyC．the

student

in

thebackrowhadn’tlearnedchemistrybeforeD．CharliefailedinmakingtheexperimentD

Inordertoknowaforeignlanguagethoroughly（完全地），fourthingsarenecessary．First，wemustunderstandthelanguagewhenwehearitspoken．Secondly，wemustbeabletospeakitourselves，withconfidenceandwithouthesitation（犹豫）．Thirdly，wemustdomuchreading．Finally，wemustbeabletowriteit．Wemustbeabletomakesentencesthatarecorrectingrammar．

Therearenoshortcutstosuccessinlanguagelearning．Agoodmemoryisagreathelp，butitisnotenoughonlytomemorizetherulesfromagrammarbook．Itisnotmuchlearningbyheartlonglistsofwords

and

their

meanings，studying

the

dictionary

andso

on．We

must

learnby

using

the

language．

If

we

arepleasedwithafewruleswehavememorized，wearenotreallylearningthelanguage．Wemust“learnthroughuse．”Practiceisimportant．Wemustpracticespeakingandwritingthelanguagewheneverwecan．16．The

mostimportant

things

to

learna

foreign

languageare____.

A．understandingandspeaking

B．listening，speaking，readingandwriting

C．writingandunderstanding

D．memorizingandlistening17．SomeonehearsandwritesEnglishverywell，buthespeaksitverybadly．This

isbecause_______．A．hedoesn’tunderstandthelanguagewhenhehearsitspokenB．hedoesn’thaveagoodmemoryC．healwaysrememberslistsofwordsandtheirmeaningsD．heoftenhesitatestopracticespeakingit18．One

can

never

learn

a

foreign

language

well

by

______．A．doingmuchpractice

B．studyingthedictionaryC．learningthroughuse

D．usingthelanguage19．Which

is

the

most

important

in

learning

a

foreignlanguage？A．Agoodmemory．

B．Speaking．

C．Practice．

D．Writing．20．“Learnthroughuse”means________．A．weusealanguageinordertolearnitB．welearnaforeignlanguageinordertouseitC．wecanlearnalanguagewellwhilewearekeepingusingitD．BandC．阅读理解专项训练2AWhatislanguagefor?Somepeopleseemtothinkit’sforpracticinggrammarrulesandlearninglistsofwords—thelongerthelists，thebetter．That’swrong．Languageisfortheexchangeofideasandinformation．It’smeaninglessknowingallaboutalanguageifyoucan’tuseitfreely.ManystudentsIhavemetknowhundredsofgrammarrules,buttheycan’tspeakcorrectlyorfluently．Theyareafraidofmakingmistakes．Oneshouldn’tbeafraidofmakingmistakeswhenspeakingaforeignlanguage．Nativespeakersmakemistakesandbreakrules，too．BernardSawoncewrote，“ForeignersoftenspeakEnglishtoocorrectly.”ButthemistakesthatnativespeakersmakearedifferentfromthosethatChinesestudentsmake.They’reEnglishmistakesintheEnglishlanguage．Andifenoughnativespeakersbreakarule，itisnolongerarule．Whatusedtobewrongbecomesright．Peoplenotonlymakehistory，theymakelanguage．Butapeoplecanonlymakeitsownlanguage．Itcan’tmakeanotherpeople’slanguage．SoChinesestudentsofEnglishshouldpayattentiontogrammar，buttheyshouldn’toverdo（做过头）it．Theyshouldputcommunicationfirst．1．Languageisusedto______．A．expressoneself

B．practicegrammarrules

C．talkwithforeignersonly

D．learnlistsofwords2．Generally，when

an

Americanoran

EnglishmanspeaksEnglish，he________．

A．nevermakesmistakes

B．oftenmakesmistakes

C．can’tavoidmakingmistakes

D．alwaysmakesmistakes3．“ForeignersoftenspeakEnglishtoocorrectly．”Thissentencemeansthat_________．A．foreignersspeakcorrectEnglishB．foreignersspeakincorrectEnglishC．foreignersspeakEnglishaccordingtothegrammarrulesD．foreignersnevermakemistakeswhentheyspeakEnglish4．Iftoomanynativespeakersbreakarule，________．A．whattheyusewillbecomerightB．theyareagainstthelawC．theyshouldsaysorrytoothersD．theywillbecomeheroes5．When

we

speak

a

foreign

language，we

should_______．A．speakinChineseway

B．speakbytherulesC．speaktonativespeakersD．notbeafraidofmakingmistakesB

InCanadayoucanfinddogs，cats，horses，etc．inalmosteveryfamily．Thesearetheirpets．Peoplelovethesepetsandhavethemastheirgoodfriends．Beforetheykeepthemintheirhouses，theytakethemtoanimalhospitalstogivetheminjections（注射）sothattheywon’tcarrydisease．Theyhavespecialanimalfoodstores，thoughtheycangetanimalfoodinalmosteverykindofstore．SomepeoplespendaroundtwohundredCanadiandollarsamonthonanimalfood．Whenyouvisitpeople’shouses，theywouldbeverygladtoshowyoutheirpetsandtheyareveryproudofthem．Youwillalsofindthatalmosteveryfamilyhasabirdfeederintheirgarden．Allkindsofbirdsarewelcomedtocomeandhaveagoodmeal．TheyarefreetocomeandgoandnobodyisallowedtokillanyanimalinCanada．Theyhavealawagainstkillingwildanimals．Ifyoukilledananimal，youwouldbepunished．Ifananimalhappenedtogetrunoverbyacar，peoplewouldbeverysadaboutit．

PeopleinCanadahavemanyreasonstolikeanimals．Oneofthemmightbe：Theirfamilytiesarenotascloseasours．Whenchildrengrowup，theyleavetheirparentsandstarttheirownlife．Thentheoldwillfeellonely．Butpetscansolvethisproblem．Theycanbegoodfriendsandneverleavethemalone．6．Thepassagemainlytalksabout________．A．howtokeepdiseasefrompetsB．petsinCanadaC．howtotakegoodcareofpetsD．lifeoftheoldinCanada7．They

give

their

pets

injections

before

keeping

themattheirhousesbecause_________．A．thepetsaresickB．thepetsarewildC．theywanttostopthemfromcarryingdiseaseD．theywantthemtosleeponthewayhome8．ThispassageshowsthatCanadians_________．A．hateanimals

B．oftenkillanimalsC．loveanimals

D．don’tkeeppetsinsidehouses9．In

Canada，children

leave

their

parents

when

theygrowupbecause_________．

A．theydon’tlovetheirparentsanymore

B．theycanonlyfindjobsfarfromtheirparents

C．theirparents’housesaretoosmall

D．theywouldn’tdependontheirparentsanymore10．WhichofthefollowingisTRUE？

A．People

buy

animalfood

only

at

the

animal

foodstores．

B．Petseatbetterthanpeople．

C．Almosteveryfamilyhasabirdcageinhishouse．

D．Anybirdcancometothebirdfeederstoeat．C

Scientistsaretryingtomakethedesertsintogoodlandagain．Theywanttobringwatertothedeserts，sopeoplecanliveandgrowfood．Theyarelearningalotaboutthedeserts．Butmoreandmoreoftheearthisbecomingdesertallthetime．Scientistsmaynotbeabletochangethedesertintime．

Whyismoreandmorelandbecomingdesert？Scientiststhinkthatpeoplemakedeserts．Peoplearedoingbadthingstotheearth．

Someplacesontheearthdon’tgetmuchrain．Buttheystilldon’tbecomedeserts．Thisisbecausesomegreenplantsaregrowingthere．Smallgreenplantsandgrassareveryimportanttodryplaces．Plantsdon’tletthesunmaketheearthevendrier．Plantsdonotletthewindblowthedirtaway．Whenabitofrainfalls，theplantsholdthewater．Withoutplants，thelandcanbecomedesertmoreeasily．11．Deserts_____________．A．neverhaveanyplantsoranimalsinthemB．canallbeturnedintogoodlandbeforelongC．arebecomingsmallerandsmallerD．getverylittlerain12．Small

green

plants

are

very

important

to

dry

placesbecause____．

A．theydon’tletthesunmaketheearthevendrier

B．theydon’tletthewindblowthesoilaway

C．theyholdwater

D．Alloftheabove．13．Land

is

becoming

desert

little

by

little

because___________．

A．plantscan’tgrowthere

B．thereisnotenoughrain

C．peoplehaven’tdonewhatscientistswishthemtodo

D．scientistsknowlittleaboutthedeserts14．Whichisthemainideaofthefirstparagraph？

A．Scientistsknowhowtochangedesertintogoodland．

B．Landisbecomingdesertfasterthanscientistscanchangeitbackintogoodland．

C．If

scientists

can

bring

water

to

desert，people

canliveandgrowfoodthere．

D．More

and

more

places

are

becoming

deserts

allthetime．15．Afterreadingthispassage，welearnthat________．A．plantscankeepdrylandfrombecomingdesertB．itisgoodtogetridofthegrassinthedesertsC．allplaceswithoutmuchrainwillbecomedesertsD．itisbettertogrowcropsondrylandthantocutthemD

Whydopeopleinallcountriesrideinbusestoschool，toworkandtofarplaces?Busescangowheretrainsandairplanescannot．Theydonotcostasmuchtotravelon．Eventhoughtheymaynotmoveasfastasairplanesandtrains，theysometimestakepeoplebetweentwoplacesfaster．Thisisbecausetheymaytravelamoredirectway，ormayleavemoreoften，oratbettertimes．

Busescomeindifferentsizes．Asmallbuscancarryonlyeightortenpeople．Alargeonemighthaveseatsforfiftytoseventypeopleandhavestandingroomformore．

Thousandsofyellowschoolbusescarrymillionsofchildrentoschooleveryyear．Mostofthesebuseshaveseatsplacedquiteclosetogethertofitinasmanychildrenaspossible．Someschoolsbuytheirownbuses.Otherspaytousebusesthatbelongtobuscompanies．

Cityandtownbusescarrypeopleforshortdistances．Theseatsoftheseareclosetogether，andthereisstandingroomaswell．Mostcitybuseshavetwodoorssothatpeoplecangetonandoffquickly．

Longdistancebusesgofromstatetostateorcountrytocountry．Theygivepeoplethechancetotravelacrosshugestretchesofland．Thesebuseshavecomfortableseatsthatcanbemovedtodifferentpositions．Theyhaveplacestostoresuitcases．Manyhavewashrooms．Allthesethingsareimportantonalongtrip．16．Compared

with

trains

and

planes，buses

don’thavetheadvantageof_______．A．safety

B．frequenttravelC．cheapfare

D．directness17．Alargebusmightcarry_______people．A．atmostseventy

B．atleastseventyC．moreorlessthanseventy

D．muchmorethanseventy18．Buseshavedifferentkinds，andthey_________．A．leaveasfrequentlyaspossibleB．carryallkindsoftravelersC．haveseatsascloseaspossibleD．carrypeopleaccordingtotheirfunctions19．Long－distancebusesgivepeoplethechancetotravelacross__．

A．hugeandcontinuoussectionsofland

B．largeandbeautifulland

C．smallbutbeautifulland

D．hugedistrictsofland20．Therearedifferentkindsofbusesmentionedinthispassageexcept_________．A．short－distancebuses

B．directbusesC．schoolbuses

D．long－distancebuses阅读理解专项训练3A

Everydaymillionsoflettersgofromonecountrytoanother．LettersmailedinItalyarereceivedinJapan．LettersmailedinCanadaarereceivedinAfrica．Onthelettersaremanydifferentkindsofstamps，boughtindifferentcountries．

TheUniversalPostalUnionhelpseachlettergettotherightplaceasquicklyaspossible．Itsetsuprulesaboutthesizeandweightofletters，postcards，andsmallpackages（包裹）．Ithasrulesthatallcountriesmustfollowaboutinternationalpostalrates（费用）．

Onehundredyearsago，internationalmaildidnotmovesosmoothly．Onecountrydidnotalwaysacceptanothercountry’sletters．Lettersfromsomecountriesweretoolargetofitintothemailboxesofothercountries.Letterstravelledbymanydifferentroutes（路线）．Somewerelostalongtheway．

Sometimesthepersonwhosentthelettercouldpayonlypartofthepostage．Thepersonreceivingtheletterhadtopaytherest．

TheUnitedStateswasthefirsttosuggestthatallcountriesworktogethertosettlethequestionsofinternationalmail．In1974，menfromtwenty－fourcountriesmetinSwitzerlandtoformtheUniversalPostalUnion．Today，morethan120nationsbelongtothisunion．FromitsofficeinSwitzerland，theunionhelpsthemailtomovesafelyandquicklyaroundtheworld．1．Fromthestorywecaninferthat_________．

A．mailisimportanttoallcountries

B．notenoughlettersaresentallovertheworld

C．allthelettersmustgotoSwitzerlandfirst

D．allstampslookexactlythesame2．TheUniversalPostalUnionwasformed_________．A．tolookforthelostlettersalongthewayB．togivemanymenachancetoworkC．tohelpmenmeetinSwitzerlandD．tohelpmovemailquicklyaroundtheworld3．Whichstatementdoesthispassageleadsyoutobelieve？

A．Countriesaroundtheworldneedeachothers’help．B．Mostpeopledonotputenoughpostageonletters．C．Itisnotpossibleforletterstogetlostontheway．D．Someofthelettersaretoolargetobeputintothemailbox．4．Theunderlinedword“postage”inthispassagemeans________．A．moneypaidwhenyoubuyastampB．moneyspentonanenvelopeC．thechargeforcarryingaletterbypostD．thepayapostmanreceivesforhiswork5．Thispassageismainlyabout_________．A．differentkindsofstampsindifferentcountriesB．internationalmailC．anorganizationthatmakesrulesD．thesizeandweightofletters

BEarthquakesaresomethingthatpeoplefear．Therearesomeplacesthathavefewornoearthquakes．Mostplacesintheworld，however，havethemregularly（有规律的）．Countriesthathavealotofearthquakesareusuallyquitemountainous（多山的）．

ThemosttalkedaboutearthquakeintheUnitedStateswasinSanFranciscoin1906．Over700peoplediedinit．ThestrongestoneinNorthAmericawasin1964．IthappenedinAlaska．

Strongearthquakesarenotalwaystheonesthatkillthemostpeople．In1755，oneofthestrongestearthquakeseverrecordedwasfeltinPortugal．Around2,000peopledied．

In1923，averystrongearthquakehittheTokyo，YokohamaareaofJapan．Ahundredandfortythousandpeopledied．Mostofthemdiedinfireswhichfollowedtheearthquake．

OneoftheworstearthquakeseverwasinChinain1976．Itkilledalargenumberofpeople．TheworstearthquakeeverreportedwasalsoinChina，inwhich400,000peoplewerekilledorinjured．Thisearthquakehappenedin1556．

Earthquakesworrypeoplealot．Thereasonisthatweoftendonotknowwhentheyarecoming．Peoplecannotprepareforit．6．Earthquakeshappen_______．A．inalltheplacesintheworldB．onlyinthecountriesthathavealotofmountainsC．regularlyinmostplacesintheworldD．onlyinafewplacesalongthecoast7．HowmanypeoplediedintheearthquakewhichhappenedinPortugalin1755?A．500．

B．140,000．

C．400,000．

D．2,000．8．When

and

where

was

the

worst

earthquakeeverreported？A．1964；Alaska．

B．1556；China．C．1923；Japan．

D．1976；China．9．According

to

the

passage，which

of

the

following

isNOTtrue?A．The

stronger

theearthquake

is，themorepeoplearekilled．B．Earthquakes

often

come

unexpectedly．C．Earthquakescancausefires．D．People

still

don’t

know

how

to

tellwhen

anearthquakewillcome．10．Whatmaybetalkedaboutintheseventhparagraph？

A．Howdoearthquakesworrypeople?

B．Whatwillpeopledotoprepareforearthquakes?

C．Howcanwesavepeoplewhenearthquakeshappen?

D．Howdoearthquakeshappen?CItissurprisingthateatingthreemealsaday—breakfast，lunchanddinner—hasbeenacustomonlysince1890．Beforethistime，peopleonlyhadtwomealsaday—breakfastanddinner．

Inthe16thcentury，breakfastwasonlytobreakone’sfast（随便吃一点）．But200yearslaterithadbecomealargemeal，notjustforfamily，butfornumbersofguestsaswell．Itwasasocialevent．Itbeganat10a.m．

andlasteduntil1p.m．Thenbreakfastbegantobelesspopular．Itbecame，instead，alightermealandwastakenatamuchearlierhour．By1850ithadbeenpushedbackto8a.m．

andbecameafamilymeal．

Dinner，however，wenttotheotherway．Inthe16thcenturyitwaseatenat11a．m．Yearslater，ithadmovedtotheearlyafternoon，thento5p.m．By1850dinnertimehadreached7p.m．Lunchisarecentidea．Itfirstappearedasasnacktofillthegapbetweenbreakfastanddinner．11．Peopledidnothavelunch________．

A．until1890

B．after1890

C．since1890

D．

by189012．“Dinner，however，went

to

the

otherway”means“___”．

A．Dinnerdidn'tgotherewithbreakfast

B．Dinnertookthesamewaywithbreakfast

C．Dinnerisdifferentfrombreakfast

D．Dinneristhesamewithbreakfast13．Breakfast

becamea

family

meal

sincethe_____

century．

A．17th

B．18th

C．16th

D．19th14．Thepassageismostlyconcernedwith（涉及）_____．

A．whatpeopleeatforbreakfast

B．whatpeopleeatfordinner

C．thehistoryofsupper

D．thehistoryofthethreemeals15．Thepassageleadsustobelievethat_______.

A．ourcustomofmealsisbasedonEnglishcustom

B．before1890peopledidn’t