初中閱讀理解之人物傳記/故事閱讀類passage1DuringhislifeDrJamesNaismithworkedasadoctor,taughtP.Eandwroteseveralbooks.Whileheneverthoughtitveryimportant,DrNaismithistodaybestknownforonething.Hewastheinventorofbasketball.DrJamesNaismithwasborninCanadain1861andhisfirstjobwasataspecialsportsschoolintheUSA.OnedaytheschoolprincipaltoldJameshewashavingaproblemwiththestudents.Becauseofheavysnow,thestudentscouldnotgooutside.HetoldJamesthattheyneededasporttheboyscouldplayindoorsandgavetheteachertwoweekstothinkofsomething.ItwasontheverylastdaythatJamescameupwithhisidea.The“birthofbasketball”issaidtobeonDecember21,1891,whentwoteamsfromtheschoolplayedthefirstgame.Itwasquitedifferentfromthebasketballgamesoftoday.Ithad9playersoneachteamandfootballswereusedinsteadofbasketballs.Soonafter,thegamechangedto5playersoneachside,usingspecial“basketballs”throughnets.AlthoughDrNaismithdidnotlivetoseebasketballbecometheworldwidegameitistoday,in1936,justthreeyearsbeforehisdeath,basketballbecameanOlympicsportatthegamesinBerlin.1.WhichofthefollowingthingsdidDrJamesNaismithNOTdo?

A.TeachP.Einschool.

B.Writesomebooks.

C.Workathospital.

D.TakepartintheOlympicGames.2.InwhichseasondidDrNaismithinventbasketball?

A.Summer.

B.Winter.

C.Spring.

D.Autumn.3.WhyisDecember21thoughttobethebirthdayofbasketball?

A.ItwasonthisdaythatDrNaismithcameupwithhisideaforbasketball.

B.ItwasthedayonwhichDrNaismithwasborn.C.ItwasthedayonwhichDrNaismithwasaskedbyhisbosstoinventanewgame.D.Itwasonthisdaythatthefirstgameofbasketballwasplayed.passage2"ListencarefullytowhatIsay,"

thetimetravelersaid,"Ishalltellyousomethingthatyouwillnotagree."

"Whywillwenotagree?"Iasked."Becausethescienceandmathematicsyouknowarenotcorrect,"

hesaid."Youbelievethereareonlythreedimensions(三維空間)-length,breadth(寬)andthickness."

"Thereisnothingtoarguewiththat,"

theyoungestmemberofourlittlegroupsaid."Exactly!"

thetimetraveleranswered,"Butthereisalsoafourthdimension-time."

"Weallknowabouttime,"anothermemberofthegroupsaid."Timepassed.""Idonotagree,"

thetimetravelersaid,"Length,breadthandthicknessdonotpass.Theystayinthesameplaceinspace.

Wemoveaboutthem.Icanprovethattimeisthesame.Itdoesnotpass.Wemoveintimethesamewaythatwemoveinbreadth,lengthandthickness."Noneofusbelievedthetimetraveler,andwearguedwithhimformanyhours."Ifwecouldtravelbackintime,"

thescientistsaid,"Wecoulddothingstochangethefuture."

"Ifwecouldtravelforwardintime,"thedoctor(博士)said,"wecoulddothingsthatchangeourpresent."

Thetimetravelersmiled,"Itisclear,"hesaid,"thatthereisonlyonewayIcanshowyouthatIamright.Wemustdoanexperiment.Pleasewaithere."

Helefttheroomandsoonreturned,carryingwhatlookedlikeaclock."Thisisamodelofatimemachine.Ittookmetwoyearstomakeit,"thetimetravelersaid."IwantallofyoutounderstandthatwhenIstartthemachine,itwillimmediatelytravelintimeanddisappearfromthepresent."

Heturnedtotheyoungestofall."Givemeyourhand,"hesaid.Theyoungmanputouthishand.Thetimetravelertookitandplaceditonthemachine.Immediately,therewasasuddenwind,andthelittlemachinedisappeared.Iwascertainthiswasnotatrick,butthedoctorwasnotsosure."Areyouaskingustobelieve,"hesaid,"thatthemachineisnowinadifferenttime?"

"Certainly!Inmylaboratory,afull-sizemachineisalmostcomplete.Assoonasitiscomplete,Ishallsendmyselfonajourneythroughtime.Wouldyouliketoseemymachine?""Areyouseriousaboutthis?"thedoctorasked."Ihaveneverbeenmoreseriousaboutanything,"thetimetravelersaid,"Come."

Wefollowedhimtohislaboratory.There,wesawtheactualmachine,notquitecomplete,butlargeenoughforamantositin.1.Howmanydimensionsdidthetimetravelersaythereare?A.Two.

B.Three.

C.Four.

D.Five.

2.Howlongdidittakethetimetravelertomakehismodeltimemachine?

A.Twoyears.

B.Twomonths.

C.Twentyyears.

D.Allhislife.

3.Whichistherightorderofwhathappenedinthestory?

a.Themodeltimemachinedisappearedwithawind.

b.Thetimetravelercamebacktotheroomwithamodeltimemachine.c.Themembersofthegrouparguedwiththetimetravelerformanyhours.

d.Thetimetravelershowedthemafull-sizetimemachinewhichwasnotquitecomplete.

e.Theyoungestman'shandwasplacedonthemodeltimemachine.

A.ecadb

B.bcead

C.cebad

D.cbead

4.Whatcanweinfer(判斷)fromthepassageaboutthetimetraveler?

A.Hebelievedthattheycouldmoveintime.

B.Hewasplayingatrickonagroupofpeople.

C.Hesenttheyoungmantothefutureinthemodeltimemachine.

D.Hewouldpossiblysendhimselfonajourneythroughtime.

5.Whatkindofstorydoyouthinkthepassageis?

A.Adetectivestory.

B.Asciencefiction.

C.Aromanticfiction.

D.Ahorrorstory.passage3It’sReallyaMiracle(奇跡)Mr.BrownworksinNewYorkandhebroughthisfamilytoChinalastsummer.Theyvisitedmanyplacesofinterestandhadagoodtimehere.BeforetheyleftforNewYork,theBrownsclimbedtheGreatWall.Itwasthegreatestprojectovertwothousandyearsago.Theytookalotofphotosthereandthentheyhadapicnicunderabigtree.Suddenlyitbegantorainandtheyhurriedtothecar.Andwhentheyreturnedtothehotel,theycouldn’tfindthebaginwhichtheirexpensivecamerawas.Theywereallsorryforit.TheycouldbuyanothercamerabuthadnotimetogototheGreatWallagain.Theycouldnotmisstheplane!Thateveningtheydidn’thavesupper.Mr.Brownhopedtomakethemhappy,sohesaid,“Well,letmetellyouastory.Anoldmanlivedinasixty-floorbuilding.Onedayhefelldownfromitwhenhewascleaningthewindow.Buthedidn’thurthimself.”“Itwasamiracle!”calledouthischildren,“Why?”“Becausehelivedonthefirstfloor!”Theyallbegantolaughwhiletwopolicemenwithabagcamein.TheysaidaChineseboyfounditunderabigtreeandheaskedthemtofindoutwholostit.“It’sreallyamiracle!”theBrownssaidhappily.1.WheredidtheBrownsenjoythemselvesbeforetheyleftforNewYork?

A.InLondon.

B.InBeijing.

C.InShanghai.

D.InHongKong.2.Whydidn’ttheyhaveanythingthatevening?

A.Becausetheywerenothungry.

B.Becausetheyweresorryforlosingthecamera.

C.Becausetheyhadnothingtoeat.

D.Becausetheyhadnotimetohavesupper.3.WhatdidMr.Brownstellastorytohisfamilyfor?

A.Hewantedtomakehisfamilyhappy.

B.Hischildrenaskedhimtodoso.

C.Hewantedtotellthemamiracle.

D.Helikedtellingstories.4.Whofoundthebag?

A.Twopolicemen.

B.AnAmericanboy.

C.AChinesegirl.

D.AChineseboy.passage4LiTing,15,fromShanghai,waspreparingatalkonsomewesternfestivals.ShesearchedonlineforcertaininformationandmadePowerPointpresentations(展示).WuQiong，herclassmate,wasdoinghischemistryhomeworkcarefully.Buthecouldn’tworkoutthelastproblemevenhetriedhisbest.Sohetookouthismobilephone,openedaspecialapp(應(yīng)用軟件)，andsearchedtheproblem.Answerssoonappearedonthescreeninseveralseconds.Nowadays,manystudentsdohomeworkonlinewiththehelpoftheInternetlikeLiandWu.Theysearchinformationonline,useappsordiscussthroughQQandWechat.“It’sconvenient.Youdon’thavetowaitforyourteachertoexplainittoyoufacetoface.”AccordingtoWu.”Youcanalsolearnbyseeinghowothersworkthemout.What’smore,itimprovesstudents’abilities.Andit’sespeciallytruefornewkindsofhomework.IamquiteskilledatfindinginformationonlineandusingMicrosoftOffice.”However,thistrend（趨勢）

alsocausesproblems.Somelazystudentsjustcopytheanswersonlinewithoutthinking.Evensomeasktheirclassmatestodohomeworkforthem.Andtheirteachersdon’tknowthefact.Anyhow,knowinghowtousetheInternetisimportant.Thekeyistohavegoodself-control.Whenyoucomeacross(遇到)adifficultproblem,thinkaboutitbyyourselffirst.BesuretounderstandthereasonsbehindtheanswersafteryouhaveturnedtotheInternet,oryouwon’tmakeprogress.Ifyouarenotsureaboutyourself-control,askyourparentsforhelp.1.BothLiTingandWuQiongusedtheInternetto_____

A.playgames

B.searchinformation

C.takeexams2.Paragraph4ismainlyabout_____ofdoinghomeworkwiththehelpoftheInternet.A.theadvantages

B.thedisadvantages

C.theproblems3.WhichproblemisNOTmentionedinParagraph5?

A.somestudentsonlycopytheanswersonline.

B.somecheattheirteachersbyaskingtheirclassmatestodohomeworkforthem.

C.NobodyisabletofinishtheirhomeworknowwithouttheInternet.4.____isthekeytousingtheInternettostudy.

A.Self-respect

B.Self-control

C.Self-development5.Inthispassagethewriterwantstotellusthat_____.

A.theInternetcanbeagoodhelperifweuseitproperly.

B.theInternethasmadeallthestudentslazy.

C.it’snotnecessarytolearntousetheInternet.passage5Anearlyformofagameinwhichaballwaskickedaroundafieldisrecordedin1004B.C.Japan.SomesportshistoriansbelievethatthegameofsoccerbeganinEnglandinthethirdcentury,however.TheysaythatearlyEnglishwarriors（武士）kickedaroundtheheadofakilledenemy.Thismayormaynotbetrue,hutitiscertainthatsoccerisanancientsport.Withoutdoubt,theEnglishplayedsoccerduringthetimesofKingEdwardIinthe1300s.Infact,thekingpassedalawagainstplayingit.Thelawsaid,"Thereisgreatnoise...causedbykickinglargeballsfromwhichmanyghostsmayappear."Anyonecaughtplayingsocceratthattimewasputintoprison.T:vohundredyearslater,QueenElizabethIstillhadpeopleputintoprisonforplayingthis"vulgar"sport.Althoughthereweresuchlaws,soccergrewmorepopular.In1681itbecameanofficial(正式的)sportinEngland.Bythe1800s,peoplethroughoutthecountryplayedsoccer.Bythe18thcentury,upper-classboysplayeditatschools.ItspopularitygrewamongallEnglishpeople.AtameetingheldinanEnglishschoolin1843,thefirstrulesweresuggested.In1863theheadsofEnglishsoccerteamsmetinLondontoagreeonsomeofficialrules.TheyorganizedanEnglishfootballassociation（協(xié)會）.By1871alloftheEnglishclubswerefollowingtheserulcs.Todayallsoccerteamsplaybythem.Socceriscalled"football"everywherebutintheUnitedStates.Thegameisplayedmostlywithfeet.Noplayersexceptthegoalie(守門員)maytouchtheballwiththeirhands.Theymaycontroltheballwithanypartofthebodyexcepttheirhands.Soccerisbyfartheworld'smostpopularsport.Everyfouryears,nearlyeverycountryintheworldtlghtsfortheWorldCup.TensofbillionsofsoccerfansfromaroundtheworldwatchtheWorldCupontelevision.1.Accordingtothepassage,a"vulgar"sportprobably

A.appearstoberude

B.appearstobeoldC.requireslotsofenergy

D.requiresgoodteamwork2.Whichofthefollowingshowstherightorderofthedevelopmentofthegame?a.Upper-classboystudentsplayeditatschools.b.AnEnglishfootballassociationwasorganized.c.ItbecameapopularsportthroughoutEngland.d.TheruleswereacceptedbyallEnglishclubs.e.Playingthegamewasconsideredtobeguilty.A.e-c-a-b-d.

B.e-c-a-d-b.

C.e-a-c-b-d.

D.e-a-c-d-b.3.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?A.Itiscertainthatsoccerhasahistoryofoverl,800years.B.TheEnglishhadtoplaysoccerinsecretfortwocenturies.C.Footballiscalled"soccer"intheUSbecauseoftherules.D.Thekingpassedthelawagainstthegameforastupidreason.4.Thispassageismainlyabout

A.whythegameissopopular

B.howthegamehasdevelopedC.whatthegameislike

D.wherethegamefirstbeganpassage6Mymotheronlyhadoneeye.Ineverwantedhertoshowupatmyschool.Onedayduringprimaryschool,Iwasterriblyill.Mymothercame.“Yourmomonlyhasoneeye!”yelledsomeofmyclassmates.Iwishedmymotherwouldhavejustdisappeared(消失).“Ifyouembarrass(使……尷尬)me,whydon’tyoujustdie?”Ishoutedather,takingnonoticeofthesadlookonherface.Mymotherjusthandedmesomemedicineandleftwithout

sayinganything.Atthattime,Ididn’tthinkIhadhurtherfeelingsverymuch.ThatnightIsawmymomcryinginherroom.Evenso,Ihatedhertearsfromoneeye.Imadeadecision:Imuststudyhard

andleavemymother.Yearslatermydreamcametrue.Iwasquitesuccessful.Ineverthoughtofgoingbacktosee

my“ugly”motheruntilonedayIgotaletter.“MysonI’msorryIonlyhaveoneeye.Whenyouwerelittle,yougotintoanaccidentandlostyoureye.Asamom,Icouldn’tstandwatchingyoulivewithonlyoneeye.SoIgaveyoumine.IwasneverangrywithyouandIneverregretteditbecauseIloveyou.”Icriedoutaloud.OnlythendidIrealisehowbeautifulmymotherwas!1.Whydidn’tthewriterwanthismomtoshowupathisschool?A.Becausehethoughtshewasugly.B.Becausehismomcouldn’tseeanything.C.Becausehisclassmatesdidn’tlikeher.2.Fromtheunderlinedword“shouted”inParagraph4,welearnthatatthattimethewriterwasvery_____.A.nervousB.angryC.excited3.Thatnight,thewriterdecidedto_______.A.askhismomnevertogotohisschoolB.takegoodcareofhismomfromthattimeC.workhardandstayawayfromhismom4.Thewriter’smomlostoneeyebecause_______.A.sheusedittosaveherson’ssightB.shehadaseriouscaraccidentC.shewasbornwithonlyoneeye5.Thestoryismainlyabout_______.A.thedifficultiesonaboy’swaytosuccessB.anaughtyboy’sexperienceofgrowingupC.amother’sgreatloveforhersonpassage7LittleTommywasdoingverybadlyinmath.Hisparentshadtriedeverything—tutors(家庭教師),cards,speciallearningcenters—inshort,everythingtheycouldthinkof.FinallytheytookTommytoacatholic(天主教的)school.Afterthefirstday,littleTommycamehomewithaveryseriouslookonhisface.Hedidn’tkisshismotherhello.Instead,hewentstraighttohisroomandstartedstudying.Booksandpaperswerespread(鋪開)outallovertheroomandlittleTommywashardatwork.Hismotherwassurprised.Shecalledhimdowntodinnerandassoonashefinishedeating,hewentbacktohisroom,withoutaword.Innotimehewasbackhittingthebooksashardasbefore.Thiswentonforsometime,dayafterdaywhilethemothertriedtounderstandwhatwashappening.

Finally,littleTommybroughthomehisreportcard.Hequietlyputitonthetableandwentuptohisroomandhitthebooks.Hismomlookedatitandtohersurprise,littleTommygotanAinmath.Shecouldnolongerholdhercuriosity(好奇心).Shewenttohisroomandasked,“Son,whatwasit?Wasitthenuns(修女)?”LittleTommylookedatherandshookhishead,“No.”“Wellthen,”

sheaskedagain.“WHATwasit?”LittleTommylookedatherandsaid,“Well,onthefirstdayofschool,whenIsawthatmannailed(釘)totheplussign,Iknewtheyweren’tjoking.”1.WhydidTommy’sparentssendhimtoacatholicschool?A.Becausehecouldeatwellthere.B.Becausehecouldearnmoreaboutnuns.C.Becausehisparentswantedhimtodobetterinhismath.D.Becausehisparentsdidn’twanthimtolearnmathanymore.2.Tommy’smotherfeltsurprisedthathisson_______.A.wasstillthesameasusual

B.atesomuchatdinnerC.kissedherhelloafterschool

D.workedhardbutsaidlittle3.“Hittingthebooks”means“

”inChinese.A.用功

B.捶書

C.發(fā)泄

D.振作4.

Thelastsentenceinthepassageshowsthat

.A.TommyfeltsorryforthemailB.TommywasafraidofbeingnailedC.Tommydidn’tliketheplussignD.Tommylikedplayingjokesonothers5.Fromthepassage,wecaninfer(推斷)that

.A.teachersshouldbestrictwiththeirstudentsB.mistaking(誤解)mightdogoodsometimesC.acatholicschoolismuchbetterthanotheronesD.nunsaregoodathelpingchildrenwiththeirmathpassage8GordonHewitt,amean(吝嗇的)personwhousedtoreadhispaperinhiscartosaveelectricity,diedlastweek.Hehasleftbehind￡250,000inthebankafteralifetimeofsaving.WhenyoufirstsawMr.Hewitt,youmightthinkthathewaspoor:heworehisoldcoat,histrousersdidn’tfitwellandhisshoeswerewornout.Hesoldnewspapersinthestreets.Infact,hehadaquarter-of-a-millionpoundsinatleast20savings.Hemarriedtwiceandlivedinthesamehouseallhislife.Hismoneywaslefttosixdifferentpeople.

60-year-oldneighborJeanBuckleyremembersMr.Hewitt’smeanwaysoflife,“HeusedtositinhisRobinreadinganewspaperwiththelightonsothathedidn’thavetoturnthelightoninhishouse.Hewouldwalkmilestofindsomewherewarm,eventhroughtherain.”

68-year-oldneighborDavidCheesemansaid,“Ihaveknownhimforover50yearsandhewasalwaysstrangeandfunnyinhismanner.Itoldhimmanytimestolookafterhimselfandhaveheatinhishouse.Hejustlaughed.Hewouldn’tspendapennyunlesshehadto.Hewenttoeverychurchtositinthewarm,haveacupofteaorameal.Hehadadryer(烘干機(jī))inhishousebutneverusedit.Hewashedclothesandputthemonevenwhentheywerewet.Hesaiditcostmoneytousethedryer.”1.WhymightonethinkMr.GordonHewittpoor?A.Becausehesoldnewspapersinthestreets.B.Becausehewasinshoesthatwerewornout.C.Becausehewenttoeverychurchtohavemeals.2.WhatwouldGordonHewittdointhechurch?A.Hewouldreadanewspaper.

B.Hewoulddryhiswetclothes.C.Hewoulddosomedrinkingandeating.3.Howdidhisneighborsthinkofhim?A.Funnyandstrange.B.Richbutstrange.

C.Richandfunny.4.WhydidMr.GordonHewittjustlaughwhenhisneighbortoldhimtohaveheatinhishouse?A.Hethoughthedidn’tneedheatinhishouse.B.Hethoughttheideafoolish.C.Hethoughthavingheatinthehousecostalotofmoney.5.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?A.Mr.GordonHewitt’sstrangeneighbors.B.Mr.GordonHewitt,astrangepoorman.C.Mr.GordonHewittlivedastrangeandmeanlife.passage9Oncetherewasaforestwherealltheanimalslivedhappilytogether.Onedayafamilywenttospendthedayintheforest,andthesonlefthissocksthere.Afterthefamilyleft,abearcameby,foundthesocks,anddecidedtotrythemon.Theyfitsowell,andhelikedthemsomuchthathewouldn'ttakethemoff.Alltheanimalstalkedaboutthebear'snewlook.Soon,intheforest,therebeganappearingsquirrels(松鼠)inshirts,rabbitsinshoes,andevenrats(鼠)wearinghats!Theforestdoctorshookhishead,tellinganimals,“Thiscan'tbegood.Animalsdon'tneedclothes!”Butnoonelistenedtohim.Theysaidhewasjustoutoffashion.However,itwasn'tlongbeforethefirstresultsoffashionfevercame.Severaltimesthesquirrelcaughthisshirtontrees,stoppinghiminmidjumpandsendinghimfallingtothegroundfromatree.Theratcouldn'tgointohisholewithouttakingoffhishatfirst.Eventhebear,becauseofhissocks,slipped(滑到)fromtheriverrockandalmostkilledhimself.Whentheanimalscametoseethedoctor,hegavethemallthesameadvice,“Takeoffthoseclothesbeforeonedaythey'regoingtokillyou.”Thosewholistenedtothedoctor'sadvicestoppedhavingaccidents.Andtheanimalsrealizedthattheydidn'tneedclothesatall.Startingtowearthemhadbeenverydangerous,andtheyhadonlydoneittomakeothersadmire(羨慕)them,andtogetattention.1.________foundthesocksandtriedthemon.A．Theson

B．ThebearC．Therabbit

D．Therat2.Fromthestorywecanknowthat________.A．thefamilyhadagoodtimewiththebearB．theanimalsdidn'tlikethebear'snewlookC．theforestdoctortoldtheanimalsnottowearclothesxD．thesquirrelcouldn'tgointohisholewithhishaton3.Theunderlinedsentence“itwasn'tlongbeforethefirstresultsoffashionfevercame.”Probablymeansthat________.A.soontheanimalshadafeverbecauseoftheclothesB．soontheanimalsenjoyedwearingclothesverymuchC．soontheanimalsbecamehealthierinthewarmclothesD．soontheanimalshadlotsofaccidentsafterwearingclothes4.Thestoryiswrittentotellus________.A．helpingothersishelpingyourselfB．weshouldbecarefulintheforestC．thingsthatfityourselfarethebestD．a(chǎn)nimalsmustbelookedafterwellpassage10

AndywasstilltravellinginSpainwhenherealizedhehadtoconfirm(確認(rèn))hisflighthomewiththeairlinecompany.HewasvisitingSpaininordertoimprovehisSpanish.Whenhewasspeakingtopeoplefacetoface,hehadnodifficu