初三英语口语测试题朗读短问文（教师用）
Tom always dreamed of traveling to China.One day Tom said to one of his friends, \"I\'m going to have a holiday in Peking.But I don\'t speak Chinese, so I\'ll go to evening claes and have Chinese leons for a month before I go.\"
He went to a Chinese evening cla near his home and studied very hard for a month, and then his holidays began and he went to China.
When he came back a few weeks later, his friend said to him, \"Did you have any trouble with your Chinese when you were in Peking, Tom?\"
\"No, I didn\'t have any trouble with it,\" answered Tom.\"But the Chinese did!\"
Questions:
1.Where did Tom always want to go for a holiday?
He always wanted to go to China for a holiday.
2.Why did Tom go to evening claes?
Because he wanted to learn Chinese.
2
Jimmy got quite a lot of nice birthday presents from his family, and one of them was a beautiful big drum.
Of course, Jimmy liked his drum very much.He made a terrible noise with it, but his mother did not mind.His father was working during the day, and Jimmy was in bed when he got home in the evening, so he did not hear the noise.
But one of the neighbors did not like the noise at all, so one morning a few days later, she took a knife and went to Jimmy\'s house while he was hitting his drum.She said to him, \"Hello, Jimmy.Do you know, there\'s something very nice inside your drum? Here\'s a knife.Open the drum and let\'s find it.\"
Questions:
1.What did Jimmy do with the drum?
He made a terrible noise with it.
2.What did the neighbor give Jimmy to open the drum?
She gave him a knife.
3
The police in the big city were looking for a thief.At last they caught him.But while they were taking photographs of him, he suddenly attacked the policemen and ran away.
Then a week later somebody called in the police-station and said, \"You are looking for Bill Cro, aren\'t you?\"
\"Yes.\"
\"Well, he left here for Waterbridge an hour ago.\" Waterbridge was a small town about 00 miles from the city.The city police at once sent four different photographs of the thief to the police in Waterbridge.
Le than twelve hours later they got a telephone call from the police in Waterbridge.\" We
have caught the fourth this evening, we think.\"
Questions:
1.Who was Bill Cro?
Bill Cro was the thief.
2.How many thieves had the police in Waterbridge caught that evening?
They had caught four.
Mrs Williams had a new neighbor.Her name was Mrs Briggs, and she talked a lot about the things she had.
\"Do you know,\" she said to Mrs Williams one day, \"I\'ve got a new dishwasher.It washes the plates and glaes and knives and forks beautifully.\"
\"Oh?\" Mrs Williams answered.\"And does it dry them and put them away too?\"
Mrs Briggs was surprised.\"Well,\" she answered, \"No, it doesn\'t.\"
\"I\'ve had a dishwasher for twelve and a half years,\" Mrs Williams said.
\"Oh?\" Mrs Briggs answered.\"Does yours put the things away when it has washed them?\" She laughed.
\"Yes, he does,\" Mrs Williams answered.\"He dries the dishes and puts them away.\"
Questions:
1.What did Mrs Briggs talk a lot about?
She talked a lot about the things she had.
2.What could Mrs Briggs’ dishwasher do?
It could wash the plates and glaes and knives and forks beautifully.
Long ago, there was a big cat in the house.He caught many mice while they were stealing food.
One day the mice had a meeting to talk about the problem.Some said this, and some said that.
At last a young mouse got up, and said that he had a good idea.
\"We could tie a bell around the neck of the cat.Then when he comes near, we can hear the sound of the bell, and run away.\"
Everyone agreed, but an old wise mouse got up and said, \"That is all very well, but who will tie the bell to the cat?\" The mice looked at each other, but nobody spoke.
Questions:
1.Who had a good idea to work out the problem?
A young mouse.
2.Who would like to tie the bell to the cat?
Nobody.
6
Not long after an old Chinese woman came back to China from her visit to her daughter in the United States, she went to a city bank to get the US dollars her daughter gave her.At the bank counter, the clerk checked each note carefully to see if the money was real.This took some time.The old lady was in a hurry and did not want to wait long.At last she could not hold any more.She said to the clerk, \"Trust me, Sir, and trust the money.They are real US dollars.They are directly from America.\"
Questions:
1.Why did the old woman go to the United States?
She went there to visit her daughter.
2.Why did the clerk check each note carefully?
To see if the money was real.
7
Tom had the problem of getting up late in the morning and was always late for work.His bo was angry with him and warned him to do something about it or he would have to leave the company.So Tom went to his doctor, the doctor gave him a pill and told him to take it before he went to bed.Tom slept well, and in fact, until the alarm went off in the morning.He had his breakfast and drove happily to work.
\"Bo\", he said, \"The pill actually worked!\"
\"That\'s all fine.\" said the bo, \"But where were you yesterday?\"
Questions:
1.Why was Tom’s bo angry with him?
Because he was always late for work.
2.Where was Tom yesterday?
He was sleeping at home.
8
One day two young men were walking through the forest.They were enjoying their talk and they were laughing from time to time.
Suddenly, a tiger appeared from a distance, running towards them.The two men were both very frightened.One of the men quickly took out a pair of \"Nikes\" from his bag and started to put them on.The other man said with a surprised look, \"Do you think you will run faster than the tiger with those?\"
His friend replied, \"I don\'t have to run faster than it.All I have to do is to run faster than you.\"
Questions:
1.Where were the two young men?
They were in the forest.
2.What did one of them begin to do when they saw the tiger?
He quickly took out a pair of “Nikes” from his bag and started to put them on.
9
Mrs Jones was still cleaning the house when her husband came back from work.She was wearing dirty, old clothes, her hair was not tidy, and she looked dirty and tired.Her husband looked at her and said, \"Is this what I come home to see after a hard day\'s work?\"
Mrs Jones\' neighbor, Mrs Smith, was there.When she heard Mr Jones\' words, she quickly said goodbye and ran back to her house.Then she washed, brushed and combed her hair carefully, put on her best dre, painted her face, and waited for her husband to come home.
Her husband came back, saw his wife and stopped.Then he shouted angrily, \"Where are you going this evening?\"
Questions:
1.What did Mrs Jones look like when her husband came back from work?
She looked dirty and tired.
2.Why was Mr Smith angry with his wife?
Because he thought she was going out this evening.
10
Mrs Brown\'s old grandfather lived with her and her family.Every morning he went for a walk in the park and came home right for his lunch.
But one morning two policemen came back home with her grandfather in a police car.One of the policemen said to Mrs Brown, \"The poor old gentleman got lost in the park, so we bring him home.\"
Mrs Brown was very surprised.After the policemen left, she said, “But grandfather, you have been to that park nearly every day for twenty years.How did you lose your way there?\" The old man smiled and said, \"I didn\'t quite lose my way.I just got tired and I didn\'t want to walk home! \"
Questions:
1.What did Mrs Brown’s grandfather do every morning?
He went for a walk in the park.
2.Why did her grandfather come back home in a police car?
Because he didn’t want to walk home that morning.
Or: Because the policemen thought he got lost.
