初中英语阅读理解专项练习
一、阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容，选择正确答案（50分）
（A）
In learning English, one should first pay attention to（注意）listening and speaking.It is the groundwork of reading and writing.You\'d better try your best to speak while you do much listening.Don\'t be afraid of making mistakes.But be careful not to let them stop you from improving（提高）your English.While you are doing this, a good way to write—keep a diary, write notes or letters, then if you can, ask some others to go through what you have written and tell you where it is wrong.Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write.Through correcting（改正）the mistakes, you can do better in learning English.
If you are slow in speaking, don\'t worry.One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself.The important thing is to choose something interesting to read.It mustn\'t be too difficult for you.When you are reading in this way, don\'t stop to look up the words if you can gue their meanings when they have nothing important to do with the sentence.You can do that some other time.1.For the beginners, listening and speaking is ________.（ ）
A.more important than reading and writing
B.not so important as reading and writing C.as important as reading and writing
D.not so useful in learning English 2.When you are speaking, ________.（ ）
A.you should make any mistakes
B.you must speak slowly C.it doesn\'t matter if you make any mistakes
D.you had better take a dictionary with you 3.One of the good way to find your mistakes in your speaking is to ________.（ ） A.speak as much as poible
B.write notes or letters C.ask some Americans to speak with you
D.read more English books 4.If you want to be fast in speaking, you should choose something ________.（ ） A.difficult to read aloud
B.easy to read to yourself C.interesting to read to yourself
D.important to read aloud 5.In reading, if you meet a new word which has something important to do with the sentence, you\'d better________.（ ）
A.stop to look it up
B.not look it up and just go on reading C.stop reading at once
D.not stop to look it up
（B）
The world is not hungry, but it is thirsty.It seems strange that nearly 3/4 of the earth is covered with water while we say we are short of（短缺）water.Why? Because about 97 of water on the earth is sea water which we can\'t drink or use for watering plants directly.Man can only drink and use the 3—the water that comes from rivers and lakes.And we can\'t even use all of that, because some of it has been polluted（污染）.
Now more water is needed.The problem is: Can we avoid（避免）a serious water shortage later on? Firstly, we should all learn how to save water.Secondly, we should find out the ways to reuse it.Scientists have always been making study in this field.Today, in most large cities water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers.But it can be used again.Even if（即使）every large city reused its water, still there would not be enough.What could people turn to next?
The sea seems to have the best answer.There is a lot of water in the sea.All that needs to be done is to get the salt out of the sea water.This is expensive, but it\'s already in use in many parts of the world.Scientists are trying to find a cheaper way of doing it.So you see, if we can find a way out, we\'ll be in no danger of drying up.1.The world is thirsty because ________.（ ）
A.3/4 of the earth is covered with water
B.we have enough sea water to use directly C.we haven\'t used all the water in rivers and lakes D.about 97 of water on the earth can\'t be drunk or for watering plants directly 2.Which of the following is true? （ ）
A.3 water on the earth is in rivers and lakes.
B.75 of water on the earth is in the sea.C.97 of the earth is covered with water.
D.3 of water on the earth is sea water.3.From the paage we learn ________ （ ）
A.if every city reuses its water, we\'ll be in no danger of drying up B.man can only drink and use about 25 of the water on the earth C.today in most large cities water is used only once D.water can be used only once 4.To avoid the serious water shortage, which of the following is the most important? （ ） A.Save water and try to make good use of the water in rivers and lakes.B.Don\'t pollute water and keep all rivers and lakes clean.C.Make dirty water clean and then reuse it.D.Try to find a cheaper way to get the salt out of the sea water.5.The name of the paage should be“________”.（ ） A.The Sea Water
B.How to Save Water C.The Thirsty World
D.The Polluted Water
（C）
A young man came to the great artist Da Vinci（达·芬奇）.He wanted to learn drawing.
Da Vinci gave him an egg to draw.The young man worked quickly and showed it to the artist.“Draw it again,” said Da Vinci.The young man drew another egg, but Da Vincia asked him to do it again and again.
The young man felt unhappy.“I can finish drawing an egg in two minutes.Why do you keep me waiting? Please teach me how to draw.”
Da Vinci smiled and said, “Yes, you can.But it takes years to draw a perfect（完美的）egg.” 1.Da Vinci was one of the greatest ________.（ ）
A.Students
B.Artists
C.Teachers
D.profeors 2.The young man wanted ________.（ ）
A.to draw eggs
B.to draw perfect eggs
C.to see Da Vinci
D.to learn drawing 3.How many eggs did the young man draw? （ ）
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.many 4.Da Vinci ________ the young man.（ ） A.was strict with
B.was satisfied with C.was interested in
D.gets on well with 5.Which one of the statement is true? （ ） A.The young man liked to draw eggs.
B.Da Vinci liked eggs.C.The young man learned drawing very quickly.
D.It\'s hard to draw a perfect egg.
（D）
News 1
Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours? One day, maybe you can.Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight（飞行）.It reached a speed（速度）of 8000 kilometres per hour.This makes it the fastest plane in the world.X-43A is only three to four metres long, but it\'s very heavy: it weighs 1270 kilogrammes.News 2
Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don\'t worry, things will get better soon.Last week, China started checking （检查）textbooks, dictionaries and children\'s books all over the country.The government said the results of the check would come out at the end of June.News 3
There will be a new “star” in the sky soon.China plans to send a satellite（卫量）into space by December 2006.It will stay in space for one year.It will go around the moon and take pictures.It must be very expensive, right? That\'s for sure—1.4 billion yuan! News 4
Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, won the World Food Prize（世界粮食奖）on Monday.Yuan developed the world\'s first popular and widely known hybrid rice（杂交水稻）.Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than regular（普通的）ones.1.Match the news with the correct titles （ ） News 1 New Star for China News 2 No more mistakes News 3 Father of new rice News 4 World\'s fastest plane 2.The speed of the fastest plane in the world is ________.（ ） A.1270 kilometres per hour
B.8000 kilometres per hour C.43 kilometres per minute
D.1.4 kilometres per second 3.The checking of textbooks, dictionaries and children\'s books will ________.（ ）
A.make sure there are no mistakes in them
B.make sure the books are not too expensive C.make the children sad
D.cost a lot of money 4.Which of the following statements（说法）about the new star is not true? （ ） A.It will go into space by December 2006.
B.It will stay in space for two years.C.It costs a lot.
D.It will go around the moon.5.Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because ________.（ ） A.he is the father of his children
B.he likes to eat hybrid rice C.he developed the world\'s first popular and widely grown hybrid rice D.he grows more rice than others
（E）
Rice is a big part of Chinese life.In the past, people greeted each other by saying “Have you had your rice?” Some people still say it today.
The rice-growing season is different from north to south in this big country.In northern China, the season is from May or June until August or September.Near the Yangtze River, rice is planted from April to June and harvested from August to October.In China\'s southeast, early (March to July) and late (June to November) rice harvests are both very big.
China is the world\'s largest rice-growing country.In 2003, China grew 166 million tons of rice.
But it is not easy to feed the world\'s largest population.In the 1960s, thousands of Chinese died because they had no food to eat.
In the 1970s, a Chinese scientist, Yuan Longping, grew a new kind of rice called hybrid rice.It makes 20 per cent more rice than other types of rice.Hybrid rice is a stronger plant, compared with common rice.It can grow in lots of water or in not much water.It also doesn\'t easily get diseases or worms.
Today, half of China\'s rice plants are Yuan\'s special hybrid.China uses Yuan\'s hybrid to grow much more rice than before.
Yuan is known as the “father of hybrid rice.” At the end of last month, he won the World Food Prize for his work to help feed so many people.1.In the past, Chinese people greeted each other by saying “________?” （ ）
A.How are you
B.How old are you
C.Have you had your rice
D.Where are you going 2.“China is the world\'s largest rice-growing country” means ________.（ ） A.China\'s rice is bigger than other countries\' rice
B.China is a big country C.China is becoming bigger
D.China grows more rice than any other country 3.Hybrid rice is special because ________.（ ）
A.it makes more rice than other types of rice B.it can grow in lots of water or not much water C.it doesn\'t easily get diseases or worms
D.A,B and C 4.Yuan Longping is famous because he ________.（ ） A.grows the most rice
B.eats lots of rice C.invented hybrid rice
D.greets a lot of people every day 5.The best title for this paage is ________.（ ）
A.Rice-growing in China
B.The Father of Hybrid Rice C.How to Grow Rice
D.Rice Harvesting
二、根据短文，判断正误。对的写“T”，错的写“F”（20分） （A）
Men always wanted to fly.For thousands of years they watched birds flying and wished that they could fly too.
At first they made wings like birds.Then they jumped off high buildings and tried to fly.Many men did this, but they all failed to fly.They crashed to the ground.
Then two brothers tried another way.
They built a balloon.It was made of thin cloth and paper.They lit a fire under it.Up into the air it went.It reached a height of 1800 metres.
A few months later, the brothers sent up another balloon with a sheep, a duck and a hen in a basket under it.The balloon traveled to a place two and a half kilometers away.In October 1783 a man went up with a balloon but it didn\'t rise very high.A month later two men went up in a balloon full of hot air.The balloon rose to a height of 900 metres.The wind blew it along for nine kilometers.Then it came gently back to the earth.Men had traveled through the air for the first time.1.Long, long ago men wanted to fly like birds.（ ）
2.No men tried another way and went up through the air at last.（ ）
3.In November 1783 two men went up in a balloon for the first time.（ ）
4.A balloon with a basket under it went up farther than two men in a balloon full of air.（ ） 5.The wind could help the balloon rise higher.（ ） （B）
Helen and Mary were good friends.They often went out together in the evening.
One evening after they had walked part of the way home together, they had to say goodbye, because their homes were in different directions.
“Be careful on your way home,” Mary said to Helen.“I would be happier if our houses were nearer.” “Me too,” answered Helen.The streets were very quiet at that time of the evening.
The next morning Helen and Mary met at an English cla, and Helen said to Mary, “Do you know what happened to me after I left you yesterday evening?”
“No,” answered Mary anxiously.“What happened to you?”
“Well,” Helen said, “while I was walking home along that quiet street near my home, a robber came up behind me and pulled my necklace off my neck and ran away with it.”
“What are you going to do now? Have you been to the police?”
“No,” Helen said with a smile.
“Why not?” ask Mary in surprise.
“Because,” Helen answered , “when the man pulled my necklace, I turned round suddenly and put my hand out to try to stop him.I caught a chain, which he was wearing round his neck, and pulled it off him.My necklace is a cheap one.It was not real silver, but this chain is made of real gold! If I went to the police, I might have to give it to them.”
1.The girls walked all the way home together because the streets were very quiet at that time.（ ）
2.They wished they hadn\'t lived far away from each other.（ ） 3.The next day Mary met Helen in the street again.（ ） 4.Mary told Helen what had happened the day before.（ ） 5.A man robbed Helen of the necklace on her way home.
三、阅读下面短文，然后在短文后的空白处写出各单词的正确形式，单词的第一个字母已给出（本题共30分，每小题1.5分） （A）
Weekend homework s ________ (1) be abolished （取消）.Five days in school is e ________.(2) for the students who have many other i ________ (3).With too much homework for Saturday and Sunday, how can they f ________ (4)time to help around the house, take part in（参加） a football or basketball game or go to see a film, or j ________ (5)in a family get-together; or just do nothing to relax（放松精神）?
The fact is, there are so m ________ (6)interesting games appealing to （吸引）them that weekend homework is usually put off u ________ (7)Sunday night.As a result some students d ________ (8) their weekend homework so poorly that on Monday teachers got so a ________ (9)with them as to fall them the whole claes.If there were no h ________ (10) to hunt weekend, students would go to school on Monday well rested and willing to work hard.Teachers, don\'t you agree? （B）
On Sunday, Mark decided to go sailing in his boat with his friend Dan, but Dan happened to be away.Dan\'s brother John wanted to go i __1__, though he did not know anything about sailing.Mark a __2__, and they set out to sea.
Soon they found themselves in a thick fog.Mark was sure they would be h __3__ by a big ship.Luckily he saw a large buoy（浮标） through the fog and decided to tie the boat to it for safety.As he was getting onto the buoy, however, he d __4__ the wet rope（绳）.The boat moved away in the fog carrying John, who did not know how to use the r __5__.He drifted（漂流）about and was not seen until twelve hours later.
Mark spent the n __6__ on the buoy.In the early morning he fell asleep and was h __7__ a bad dream when a shout woke him up.A ship, the Good Hope, came up and be climbed onto it and t __8__ the captain.The captain told him that John had been saved by a __9__ ship and the ship\'s captain had sent out a meage.“W __10__ the meage, I would not have found you on the buoy.” he said.
参考答案
一、(A.)1～5 ACBCA (B)1～5 DACDC (C) 1～5 BDBAD
(D) 1.News 1—World\'s fastest plane
News 2—No more mistakes
News 3—New star for China
News 4—Father of new rice
2～5 BABC
(E) 1～5 CDDCA
二、(A)1～5 TFFFF (B)1～5 FTFFT
三、A.1.should 2.enough 3.interests 4.find 5.join 6.many 7.until 8.did 9.angry 10.homework
B.1.instead 2.agreed 3.hit 4.dropped 5.radio 6.night
7.having
8.thanked
9.another 10.Without
