初中英语阅读理解精选
1.
Ali,who was working a long way
from home wanted to send a letter to his wife,but he could
neither read nor write, and he had to work all day,so
he could only look for somebody to write his
letter late at night .At last he found the house of a
letter writer whose name was Misreading.
Nasreddin was already in bed. “It is late, “he said.”What do
you want?" "I want you to write a letter to my wife, "said
Ali, Nasreddin wasn’t pleased. He thought for a
few seconds and then said, "Has the
letter got to go far?" "What does
that matter?" answered Ali.
"Well, my writing is so strange that only I can
read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read
your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of
money." Ali went away quickly.
Multiple choice
( ) 1. Ali wanted to____to his wife.
A.get something
B.have a letter written
C.bring a
flower D. say good-bye
( ) 2. At last he found the
house of_____.
A. a writer Boa seller
Can old man Day letter-writer
( ) 3.When Ali told what he wanted to do
Nasreddin was______.
A. not pleased
B.pleased C.excited D.angry
( ) 4.Nasreddin said that his writing
was_____.
A. easy for anyone
to read Bushranger for anyone to read
C. too
strange for anyone to write D.difficult for anyone to read
( ) 5. This story tells
us______.
A.not to ask
anybody for help B.not to trouble others at night
C.not to ask
for help without money D.not to trust others
2
An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the
son was a foolish young man,and he quickly spent all the money,
so that soon hehad nothing left. Of course ,when that
happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and
alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often
helped people when they had troubles.
"My money has finished and my friends have gone,"said
the young man. "What will happen to me now?"
"Don't worry , young man,” answered Nasreddin."Everything will
soon be all right again.Wait ,and you will soon feel much happier."
The young man was very glad.” Am I going to get rich again then?
" he asked Nasreddin.
"No, I didn't mean that," said the old man.” I
meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to
having no friends."
Multiple choice
( )1.An old man died and left his son_______.
A. nothing B.somed gold C. much
money D.only a house
( ) 2. When the son was________,
he went to see Nasreddin.
A.short of
money B.quite poor and sick
Cain
trouble D. quite poor and
alone
( ) 3.The young man was very glad
because Nasreddin said that________.
A.he would become rich again B. he
would soon feel much happier
C he would become clever D.
he would have more friends
( ) 4.Nasreddin meant the young man______.
A. would get rich again
B. would get used to having nothing
C.would get used to being in trouble
D.would get out of poorness
( ) 5.What this story tells us is________.
A. that money is everything
B.that money makes the mare go
C.to save each penny D. that misfortune tests
the sincerity of friends
3.
A man was traveling abroad in a small red car. One day
he left the car and went shopping. When he came back, its
roof was badly damaged.
Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. The
man did not believe them, but they took him to a circus
which was near there. The owner of the elephant said,” I am
very sorry! My elephant has a big, round, red chair. He thought that your car
was his chair, and he sat on it!"
Then he gave the man a letter, in which he said that he was
sorry and that he would pay for all the damage.
When the man got back to his own country, the customs
officers wouldn’t believe his story. They said, “You sold your new
car while you were abroad and bought this old one!"
It was only when the man showed them the letter from the
circus man that believed him.
Multiple choice
( )1.A man was traveling abroad_______.
A. in a big bus B.in a green jeep C.in a red car D.in a red
taxi
( ) 2.The car was damaged because________.
A. there was a traffic accident B.the
circus man broke it
C. it rushed into a
shop D.the elephant sat on it
( ) 3.The circus man said that_______.
A.he would pay for part of the damage B.have would pay
for all of the
damage C.he wouldn't pay for the damage D.he would
buy a new car
( ) 4. When the man got back to his country,the
customs officers______.
A. would check his new
car B.only checked his car
C. searched him D. wouldn't
believe what he had said,
( ) 5.It was only________that made
the officers believe him.
A. the letter from the circus man B. a
newspaper from the country
C.the certificate of his D.the letter from the
government
4.
Nasreddin was cutting a branch off a tree in his garden. While
he was sawing, another man passed in the street. He stopped and said,
“Excuse me,
but if you continue to saw that brand like that, you will
fall down with it. “He said this because Nasreddin was sitting on
the branch and cutting it ate place between himself and the trunk
of the tree.
Nasreddin said nothing. He thought, “This is some
foolish person who has no work to do and goes about telling other
people what to do and what not to do."
The man continued on his way. Of course, after a few
minutes. The branch fell and Nasreddin fell with
it.
"My God! “he cried.” That man knows the future !"and he
ran after him to ask how long he was going to live. But the man had
gone.
Multiple choice
( )1.One day Nasreddin was cutting a
branch_______a tree in his garden.
A. on
B.in C.at D.off
( )2.While Nasreddin was sawing, another
man_______.
A. told him to stop
working B.told him he would fall down
C. would borrow something from him
D.would help him saw that branch
( ) 3. After the man went
away,Nasreddin thought that________.
A. that was a silly
fellow B..that was a wise person
C.that was a proud
person D.that fellow cheated him
( ) 4.What happened to Nasreddin after a few minutes?
A.The brand fell .B.Nasreddin fell
down to the ground.
C.Nasreddin was
hurt himself. D..Both A and B.
( ) 5.This story is about ________.
A. a foolish
man B. a wise man
C.cutting a tree D.the
necessity of taking good advice
5.
It was half-past eight in the morning. The telephone
bell rang and Mary went to answer it.
"It's me-Peter."
"Hullo, who's that?” she asked.
Peter was a friend of Mary's eight-year-old brother, Johnny.
"Oh hullo,Peter.What do you want?” said Mary.
"Can I speak to Johnny?"
"No,” said Mary,” you can't speak to him now. He is busy. He
is getting ready for school. He is eating his breakfast. Grandmother
is combing hishair.Sister is under the table, putting his shoes on.
Mother is getting his books and putting them in his school
bag.Goodbye,I've got to go now. I have to hold the door open. The school bus is
coming .
Mtiple choice
( )1.Who went to answer it when the telephone
bell rang?
A. Johnny’s sister B.Peter C,Johnny
D.Johnny's mother
( )2.Whom did Peter want to speak to?
A. Mary’s brother B.Mary's sister C.Mary's grandmother
D.Johnny's mother
( )3.Johnny couldn't speak to Peter because
Johnny _______.
A. was combing his hair B.was putting his shoes on
C.was getting his books D. was busy eating his breakfast
( )4.How do you say to a stranger who is
answering your telephone?
A. Who are you?B.Anything to say? C.Who is it?
D.Please
( )5.From this story we know that Johnny
was_____.
A. a lazy B.a clever boy C.a busy boy D.a hungry
boy
Nasreddin put two big baskets of grapes on his
donkey and went to market. At midday it was very hot, so he
stopped in the shade of a bigtree.There were several other
men there, and all of them had donkeys of grapes too. After their
lunch they went to sleep. After some
time,Nasreddin began to take grapes out of the other men's baskets
and to put them in his.
Suddenly one of the men woke up and saw him.” What are you
doing? "he said angrily.
"Oh,"said Nasreddin,"don't worry about me. I am half mad,
and I do a lot of strange things."
"Oh,really?"said the other man."Then why
don't you sometimes take grapes out of your baskets and put
them in somebody else's baskets?"
"You did not understand me,"said Nasreddin.I said that I was
half mad, not quite mad."
Multiple choice
( )1.Nasreddin went to market_______.
A. to sell his
donkey B. to buy something
C. to sell his grapes
D. to find a job
( ) 2. Nasreddin stopped______.
A.under a big tree B.near a
big tree
C.around a big tree D.in a big tree
( )3.As Nasreddin was taking away the
other men's grapes one
of the men_______.
A.pretended not to see him B.
saw him and got angry
C.woke his fellows
up D.came at him
( )4.Nasreddin said that he did a lot of strange
things because_______.
A.he was clever B.
he was quite mad
C.he was foolish D.he was half
mad
( )5.In this story
Nasreddin was ______.
A.a selfish man B.a strange man C.a
friendly man D.a foolish man
7.
Nasreddin woke up in the middle of the night and saw
something white in
his garden. It seemed to be moving towards the house.
"That is a thief(小偷)! He thought, and he took his gun and shot(开枪) at him. Then he went back to bed, because he was too
frightened害怕) to go out
of the house in the dark.
The next morning Nasreddin went out and saw one of his
white shirts hanging on the clothes-line in the garden, his wife
had washed it the day before and hung it out to dry.
Now it had a bullet- hole right through middle of
it.
"My God,” said Nasreddin, "I was lucky
last night. If I had been wearing that shirt, the
bullet would have killed me! And he called his neighbors
together and asked them to thank God for saving him.
Multiple choice
( )1.At midnight Nasreddin saw_____in his garden.
A. something strange B. a
thief C.something white D.a ghost
( )2.Nasreddin was so frightened that he
______.
A. cried out for help B.dared not go
out of the house
C.dared not stay in his house
D.couldn't say a word
( )3. The next morning
Nasreddin found________ .
A. his wife in the garden B.the
clothes-line
C. the thief dead D.a bullet-hole
through the white shirt
( )4.Nasreddin said that if he had
been wearing that shirt_______.
A.he would be killed B. he would die
C.he would have killed D.he would have been
killed
( )5.He called his neighbors together
in order to_______.
A. make a speech B.tell the story C.thank
God D.thank
them
8.
A judge was working in his room one day when a neighbour ran
in andsaid,"If one man's cow kills another’s, and is the owner of
the first cow responsible?"
"It depends," answered the judge.
"Well,” said the man,” your cow has killed mine."
"Oh,"answered the judge.” Everyone knows that a cow
cannot think like a man, so a cow is not responsible, and
that means that its owner is not responsible either."
"I am sorry,Judge,"said the man.” I made a mistake. I meant
that my cow killed yours."
The judge thought for a few seconds and then said,” When I think
about it more carefully, this case is not as easy as I thought at
first. "And then he turned to his clerk and said,” Please bring
me that big black book from the shelf behind you."
Multiple choice
( )1.The neighbour asked the judge_______.
A. whether the first
cow was responsible
B.whether the owner of the
first cow was responsible
C..whether both cows were
responsible
D. whether both the
owners were responsible
( )2.When the neighbour reported
that the judge's cow had killed his, the judge
answered that______.
A.a cow was responsible B. its
owner was not responsible
C.neither neither a cow nor its owner
was responsible This cow was responsible
( )3.When the neighbour heard this, he
told the judge that_______.
A. there was nothing happened
B. his cow had been killed
C.it was his cow that had killed the judge's
D.both cows had been killed
( )4.When the judge heard that his cow had died,
he________.
A..got angry B.said nothing
C.put his neighbor into prison
D.changed what he had said at first
( )5.In this story the judge
was______.
A. a clever judge B.a humorist
C.unfair D.foolish
9.
Uncle
Wang works in a book shop in the middle of the city. The shop is not
far from his home. It is about
one kilometre away. So Uncle Wang seldom(很少)goes to work by
bus. He usually goes bike there by bike, sometimes on foot.It
takes (花费) him twenty minutes to get there by
bike and fortyminutes on foot. Today his bike is broken. He wants
to walk there. Now he is having breakfast. He leaves home at ten
minutes to eight and he walks to work twenty minutes earlier.
His work starts at half past eight in the morning and
finishes at a quarter to five in the afternoon.
1. What does Uncle Wang do?
A. He sells
books.
B. He grows flowers.
C. He makes
shoes.
D. He works in a hospital.
2. Why does he seldom go to work by bus?
Because .
A. there is no
bus B. his shop is not far
from his home
C. he likes riding a bike
D. his shop isn't in the
middle of the city
3. How long does it take him to walk to his book shop?
A. Twenty minutes B.
Forty minutes C. Ten minutes
D. Half an hour
4. What time does he usually leave home by bike?
A. At ten minutes to eight
B. At half past eight
C. At ten minutes past eight
D. At twenty minutes past eight
5. He usually gets back home from work
at in the afternoon.
A. 4:45 B.
5:15 C.
4:55 D. 5:05
10. 阅读短文，然后选择正确的答案：
Sandwich was an
Englishman. He lived in the 18th century(世纪).
Sandwich was rich(有钱的), but he liked to play cards (纸牌) for money. He often played for 24 hours, and didn't even
stop to have his meals. He ordered(命令) his servants (仆人) to bring him some meat and bread. He put the meat between (在两者之间) the two pieces of bread and held the food in his left hand
while he played cards with his right hand. People liked Sandwich's idea, and
from then on they ate bread and meat as Sandwich did.
From the name of the
man, Sandwich, we have the word of the food
"sandwich" today.
( ) 1. Sandwich was
the
.
A. name of a servant
B. name of a man with a
lot of money
C. poor man who lived on
playing cards
D. name of food which
was liked by the rich
( ) 2. Sandwich
.
A. was so interested (兴趣) in playing cards that he often
had no
time to have his meals
B. often brought some
bread with him to play cards
C. never ate anything
when he played cards
D. had no money to play
cards with at last
( ) 3. People liked Sandwich's idea
because
.
A. bread, together
with meat was cheap
B. he always won
when he played cards
C. they liked
Sandwich himself
D. when they ate
with one of their hands they could do
something with the other
( ) 4. Today, "sandwich"
is
.
A. also a name of
a rich man
B. two pieces of
bread with meat in between
C. not interested
in playing cards
D. not liked by
most of the people
( ) 5. As food,
"sandwich"
.
A. is usually made
of(用...制做) bread and chicken
B. sometimes
smells (闻) good, but sometimes not
C. is made of
bread and meat
D. is easy for us
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