1、初三英語閱讀理解20練1. The worst tourist in the world is Nicholas Scottie of San-Francisco. Once he flew from the U.S. to his hometown in Italy to see someone at home. The plane made one-hour stop to get oil at Kennedy Airport of New York. As he thought he had arrived home. Mr. Scottie got off the plane. He

2、thought he was in Rome. When nobody was there to meet him, Mr. Scottie thought maybe they were held up by heavy traffic. While looking for their address, Mr. Scottie found that the old “Rome” had changed a lot. Many old buildings were replaced by high modern ones. He also found that many people spok

3、e English instead of Italian and that many streets were written in English. Mr. Scottie knew very little English, so he asked a policeman the way to the bus station. He happened to meet a policeman who was also born in Italy and answered him in the same language. After twelve hours traveling round o

4、n a bus, the driver handed him over to a second policeman. He asked the policeman why the Rome police employed so many people as policemen speaking English instead of Italian. Mr. Scottie did not believe he was in New York when he was told so. To get him on a plane back to San Francisco, he was sent

5、 to the airport in a police car with sirens (警報) on. “Look,” said Scottie to his interpreter (翻譯), “I know Im in Italy. Thats how they drive.”1. When Mr. Scottie arrived at the airport, nobody met him because _. A. he was in New York B. he was not in Rome C. policeman could help him D. both A and B2

6、. In what direction did the plane fly when Mr. Scottie went to Italy from the U.S.? A. To the east B. To the south C. To the west D. To the north3. Why was Mr. Scottie so sure that he was in Rome? A. Because he knew little about the U.S. B. Because he knew little bout Italy. C. Because he traveled a

7、 lot. D. Because he didnt travel much4. At last Mr. Scottie _. A. know he did something wrong B. still thought he was in Rome. C. knew he was wrong D. knew he was at home5. Do you think many people do the same things as Mr. Scottie did? A. Nobody but Mr. Scottie made this kind of mistake. B. Many pe

8、ople make this kind of mistake. C. Few people make this kind of mistake D. 50% of people will make the same mistakeKey: 1-5 DAABC 2. “Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the world has had many diffe

9、rent meanings. “Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “Its cool.” You may think, “Hes so cool,” when you see your favourite footballer. We all maximize (擴大) the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of m

10、any words such as “new” or “surprising”. Heres an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall (瀑布) they had visited. On one students paper was just the one sentence, “Its so cool.” Maybe he thought it was the best way to sh

11、ow what he saw and felt. But the story also shows a scarcity (缺乏) of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility (可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word “cool”? I can. And I

12、 think they are also very cool.6. We know that the word “cool” has had _. A. only one meaning B. no meanings C. many different meanings D. the same meaning7. In the passage, the word “express” means “_.” A. see B. show C. know D. feel8. If you are _ something, you may say, “Its cool.” A. interested

13、in B. angry about C. afraid of D. unhappy with9. The writer takes an example to show he is _ the way the word is used. A. pleased with B. strange to C. worried about D. careful with10. In the passage, the writer suggests （暗示）that the word “cool” _. A. can be used instead of many words B. usually mea

14、ns something interesting C. can make your life colourful D. may not be as cool as it seemsKey: 6-10 CBACD 3.TV PROGRAMMESChannel 1Channel 218:00 Around China18:30 Childrens programme19:00 News19:30 Weather report19:40 Around the world20:10 TV play: Sisters21:00 English for today21:15 Popular music21

15、:55 Talk show17:45 Computers today18:10 Foreign arts18:30 English classroom19:00 Animal world19:25 China9920:20 Sports21:00 TV play: Guo Lanying21:45 English news22:06 On TV next week11. If you want to watch a football game, the best programme for you would be _. A. TV play B. Sports C. Around the w

16、orld D. Talk show12. The programme of _ will let you know much about western countries. A. Sisters B. Around China C. Around the world D. On TV next week13. If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme for you is _. A. Around China B. Animal world C. TV play

17、D. Foreign arts14. English classroom is a programme that _. A. lets you know something about classrooms B. tells you something about students C. lets you know something about school life D. teaches you English15. The programme at the end of Channel 2 means _ on TV next week. A. news B. programmes C.

18、 people D. placesKey:11-15 BCBDB, 4. Our sun is a star, and nine worlds (天體) move round it. Worlds like these are planets. But there are other stars, other suns, not only thousands of them, but millions of them. Do different stars have planets? We can see the planets round our own sun. but we havent

19、 been anymore. The stars are too far away from us. Stars give out light, but the planets dont have any light of their own. So we cant see them. They are too far, and too dark. Still, we can tell that some stars have planets. While a big planet goes round, it pulls its star to one side. And sometimes

20、 we can see this. Then we know that the star has a planet. For example, Barnards Star is a small red star. And it is the quickest star in the universe. But sometimes it moves slower, and then quicker again. We have known Bernards Star for many years, and now we are sure it has a planet.16. A star is

21、 a large body in the universe. It _. A. moves round our sun B. has light of its own C. can also be called a sun D. both B and C17. Which of the following is not true? A. The earth is one of the suns worlds B. There are millions of suns in the universe C. The worlds are very bright D. some stars have

22、 planets18. We can see the planets round our sun. But we cant see _. A. nine worlds in the universe B. the planets round other stars C. the satellites round the earth D. other stars19. Barnards Star moves more quickly than _. A. most stars B. any other star C. its planet D. the planets round the sun

23、20. How can people know that there is a planet round Barnards Star? A. Sometimes they see that the planet pulls the star to one side and makes it move slower. B. The planet is shining C. The planet is next to our earth. D. The planet is a red one.Key: 16-20 BCBBA5. We were going to play against a te

24、am from a country school. They didnt come until the last minute. They looked worse than we had thought. They were wearing dirty blue trousers and looked like farm boys. We sat down for a rest. We felt that we didnt need any practice against a team like that. The game began. One of us got the ball an

25、d he shot a long pass to our forward （前鋒）. From out of nowhere a boy in an old T-shirt stopped the ball and with beautiful style （姿勢）he shot and got two points. Then another two points in a minute. Soon the game was all over. We were beaten by the country team. After that, we thought a lot. We certa

26、inly learned that even though your team is very good, you cant look down upon the others and still need to do you best. And the most important lesson we learned was: One cant judge (判斷) a person or a team only by their clothes.21. The team from the country were in old clothes so the writers team _.

27、A. looked down upon them B. couldnt win C. didnt like the city boy D. were afraid of them22. The country team arrived so late that _. A. nobody saw them B. the writers team were angry C. they had no time to warm up D. they looked worse23. The team from the country won because _. A. they were in old

28、clothes B. they didnt practice before the game C. they practiced before the game D. the team was better than the writers24. From the text, we can guess the writers team is _. .A. a basketball from a country school B. a football team from a school in the city C. a basketball team from a school in the

29、 city D. a football team from the country25. The writers team learned a lot from the game. They got to know how to _. .A. do better from then on B. fight against the country boys C. play against a weak team D. judge a man or a team by clothesKey: 21-25 ACDCA6. Long long ago people made fires from li

30、ghtning(閃電)。 But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldnt start it again if there was no lightning. Later, they found out hitting two piece of stone together could make a spark (火花). The spark could fire dry leaves. In this way they could make the fire again if it went out. Them people al

31、so learned to make a fire by rubbing. They made a hole on a big piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole. They turned the stick again and again. After a few minutes they got a fire. As years went by, people learned other ways to make a fire. Sometimes they used the heat from sun. they hel

32、d a piece of glass in the right way and made a piece of paper on fire. About two centuries ago, people began to make matches (火柴). Matches brought people a quick and easy way to make fire. Today matches are still being used, but people have more new ways to make fires. One of them is to use an elect

33、ric fire starter. Of course an electric fire starter is much more expensive than a box of matches. But it is more useful.26. A spark can _. A. fire any leaves B. burn anything C. burn dry leaves D. keep fires burning27. We can also get a fire by _. A. making a hole on a big piece of wood B. putting

34、a smaller stick into the hole C. turning the stick hard for a while D. doing all the above together28. Matches have been used _. A. for about two thousand years B. for about two hundred years C. since people began to use fire for cooking D. since people used the heat from the sun.29. From this passa

35、ge we know _. A. using matches is the easiest and most useful way to make fires B. people dont use matches any more since they had electric fire starters C. today there are only two ways to make fires D. some forest fires happen from lightning30. Choose the right order of the ways to make fires peop

36、le got to know _. a. with a match b. from the sun c. from lightning d. by rubbing e. with an electric fire starter. A. d ,b, c, a, e B. d, c, b, a, e C. c, d, b, a, e D. c, b, d, a, eKey: 26-30 CDBDC7.ENVIRONMENT80101RIVERS114115PASSPORTS142144EDUCATION284321ANIMALS493496HOLIDAYS841873SPORTS884978Wa

37、ng LeiNo.3 Middle SchoolNanyang, Henan ProvinceChina Kate Smith 754 King Street New Town Sydney, AustraliaSTAMPCough MedicineShake well before useTake three times a day after meals.Adults: 2 teaspoonfulsChildren 8-14: 1 teaspoonfulChildren 4-7: 1/2 teaspoonfulNot for children below the age of 4.Keep

38、 in a cool placeUse before October, 2004NOTICEDONT FISH FOR FOOD, FISHERMAN FOR YOUR OWN HEALTHFISH FROM THESE WATERS SHOULDNT BE EATEN BECAUSE OF MERCURY(水銀) POLLUTION Office of Land and ForestsTHE MUSIC SHOPS SUMMER SALESale on every record and tape in the shopPOP. ROCK. JAZZ. DISCO. COUNTRYLow pr

39、ices on all records and tapesLIST PRICESALE PRICE$ 6.98$ 5.48$ 8.98$ 6.48Sale starts June 15th and ends June 29thNo telephone orders during the saleTHE MUSIC SHOP: 38 Park StreetOpen Monday Saturday 10 am to 6 pm31. From the envelope, we know that _. A. the letter is from Australia to China B. the l

40、etter is written by Wang Lei. C. Kate is a middle school student D. Wang Lei and Kate are good friends.32. This is part of a Quick Reference Index(索引). If you want to learn how to surf, you should begin your search about _. A. RIVERS on page 114. B. EDUCATION on page 284 C. HOLIDAY on page 841 D. SP

41、ORTS on page 88433. Which of the following if right according to (根據) the words on a bottle of medicine? A. The medicine is used for headache B. The medicine is a kind of pills. C. people at the age of 13 should take 3 teaspoonfuls of the medicine a day if they need. D. You can keep this medicine in

42、 the fridge and you should give other people the medicine left after the tenth month of 2004.34. You can see the notice _. A. on a fish farm B. in a fish market C. in a fish restaurant D. on the office walls35. You can buy records _. A. with $5.2 less than usual for Each one B. of different kinds bu

43、t no tapes are sold there. C. at five oclock in the afternoon. D. over the phoneKey: 31-35 BDCAC8. French and American doctors have done an operation (手術) together in which the doctors were outside the operating room. This kind of operation is known as robotic operation. Doctor Marescaux did the ope

44、ration in an office in New York City last month, while a sixty-eight-year-old woman patient was in a hospital in Strasbourg, France. A doctor in Strasbourg got the patient ready. He placed medical tools and a small video camera in her stomach area (謂部). Doctor Marescaux in New York watched the patie

45、nt on a video screen. Then he used the computer to send messages to the robot machine. The robot moved the tools that cut the womans gallbladder (膽囊) away. The woman got well soon after the operation and left the hospital two days later. Experts say the main problem with such a robotic operation is

46、based on high-speed telecommunications (通訊系統(tǒng)) between the doctor and the robot. Technology must be able to send a doctors order to a robot to move the tool quickly. Experts also say a successful robotic operation will improve an operation. For example, the robot can make such smaller movements (動作)

47、than a person can. A robot machine can turn tools in ways that a doctors hand cannot. Doctors say such a robotic operation will make possible safer and better operations in the future. They say it will improve doctor training. It will also mean that doctors could do an operation on people in dangero

48、us places far away. And it could mean that people could have operations done by top doctors without having to travel to the city where the doctors work.36. The underlined phrase “ robotic operation” means “_.” A. a special kind of robot invented by doctors B. something done to mend a robot. C. an op

49、eration done by French and American doctors D. an operation done far away with the help of a robot.37. We use the robot in the operation because _. A. it can send messages in a high speed B. even a top doctor cant do the operation himself C. it can make the operation safer and better D. operations c

50、an be done without and doctors.38. If we want to use the robot in the operation, we must solve the problem of _. A. top doctors B. smaller movement C. doctor training D. high-speed telecommunications39. Which of the following is NOT right? A. Robotic operation has been used in the USA. B. Robotic op

51、eration is good for doctor training C. Experts speak highly of robotic operation. D. The robot is used to watch the patient clearly.40. Whats the best title for this passage? A. An Operation B. Robotic Operation C. How to Do A Robotic Operation D. The Problems of A Robotic OperationKey: 36-40 DCDDB9

52、.Last Sunday afternoon, 1 was having dinner in a restaurant (飯店) when my friend Poor came in. Poor is working in a bank(銀行)and is quite rich, but he is always borrowing money from his friends and never pays it back. Poor saw me and came to sit at my table. He had never borrowed any money from me. Wh

53、en he was eating, I asked him to lend me two dollars. To my surprise, he gave me the money at once. I have never borrowed any money from you, Poor said. So you can pay for my dinner. 41. The story happened . A. at home B. in a restaurantC. in a bank D. in an office 42. Poor is the name of a man and

54、the writer . A. Knows him well B. Doesnt know himC. often lends him some money D. often borrows money from him43. Poor is a man. A. busy B. clever C. rich D. poor44. Why was Poor glad to lend the writer two dollars? A. Because they are brothers. B. Because Poor is rich. C. Because the writer is rich. D. Because Poor wanted the writer to pay for the dinner. 45. From the story we can see . A. Poor is an old manB. Poor is friendlyC. the writer pai