初一阅读理解练习.docx

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初一阅读理解练习

1.What’saWhiteLie

Marydidnotunderstandsuchsentencesas“Sheisbluetoday,”“Hehasagreenthumb,”“Hehastoldalittlewhitelie”andsoon.Andshewenttoherteacherforhelp.

Mary:

Mrs.Smith,thereisacolorineachofthesesentences.Whatdotheymean?

Mrs.Smith:

IneverydayEnglish,Mary,bluesometimesmeanssad.Yellow--afraid.Apersonwithagreenthumbgrowsplantswell.Andawhitelieisnotabadone.

Mary:

Wouldyougivemeanexamplefor“awhitelie?

Mrs.Smith:

Certainly,nowIgiveyousomecakes.Infactyoudon’tlikeit,butyouwon’tsayit.Instead,yousay,“No,thanks,I’mnothungry.”That’sawhitelie.

1.Bluesometimesmeanssadin____English.

A.goodB.spokenC.usualD.poor

2.Idon’thaveagreenthumb,soallmyplants____.

A.dieoffB.growwellC.lookniceD.aregood

3.Tomis____toclimbthetree.Heisyellow.

A.happyB.cleverC.gladD.afraid

4.Hedidn’tlikemetoknowthe____oftheaccident.Hetoldmeawhitelie.

A.reasonB.truestoryC.meaningD.answer

5.Heis____todaybecausehisfatherisill.

A.blueB.yellowC.greenD.white

2.EatingHabitsandHealth

Oureatinghabitsareveryimportantforgoodhealthandastrongbody.Therearetimeswhenmostofuswouldrathereatsweetsandice-creamthanmeatandrice.Sweetsandice-creamarenotbadforthestomachifweeatthemattheendofthemeal.Ifweeatthembeforeameal,theymaytakeawayourappetite.Itisimportantforustoeatourmealatthesametimeeachday.Whenwefeelangryorexcited,wemaynotwanttoeat.Alongtimeago,inEngland,somejudgesusedtodecidewhetheramanwastellingtruthbygivinghimsomedrybread.Ifthemancouldnotswallowthebread,itwassignthathewasn’ttellingthetruth.Hewastellinglies.Althoughthisseemsverystrangeandfoolish,itisindeedanexcellentwayoffindingoutthetruth.Amanwhoisworryingaboutsomethinghaddifficultyinswallowinganythingdry.Becausewhenheisworrying,heloseshisappetiteanddoesnotwanttoeat.

1.Whydoyouwanttodevelopgoodeatinghabits?

Becausewewantto____.

A.behealthyB.behappyC.eatmoreD.savetime

2.Itisgoodtoeatsweetsandice-cream____.

A.afterthemealB.beforethemeal

C.whenwewanttoD.whenwearehungry

3.Wehadbetterhaveourmeals____.

A.atanytimeeachdayB.atregulartimeeachday

C.whenourworkisoverD.whenthemealisready

4.AccordingtojudgesinoldEngland,ifamantellslieshecan_____.

A.drinkmilkorwineB.eatalotofdrybread

C.hardlyeatdrybreadD.swallowdrybreadeasily

3.TheFourLargestCities

NewYorkhasalargerpopulationthananyotherAmericancity.In1970,itspopulationwasabout8000,000.

Chicagohasthesecondlargestpopulation.Morethan3000,000peoplelivedinChicagoin1970.

ThethirdlargestcityisLosAngeleswithapopulationof2810000.Philadelphiaisthefourthlargestcity.Morethan2000,000peopleliveinPhiladelphia,afirstcapitalcityoftheUnitedStates.

NewYork,Chicago,LosAngelesandPhiladelphiaarealllargerthanthenation’scapitalcity,Washington,D.C..ThepopulationofWashingtonismorethan700000,butseveralcitieshavealargerpopulationthanthat.WashingtonisoneofthemostbeautifulAmericancities,butitisonlytheninthcityinsize.

1.NewYorkhas____populationintheUnitedStates.

A.thesecondlargestB.alarger

C.thelargestD.more

2.LosAngelesisthethirdlargestAmericancityin____.

A.sizeB.populationC.buildingsD.shops

3.____isthecapitaloftheUnitedStates.

A.NewYorkB.PhiladelphiaC.ChicagoD.WashingtonD.C.

4.Therewereabout____peoplelivinginNewYorkin1970.

A.eightythousandB.eightymillion

C.eightmillionD.eightyhundred

4.

WhenyouarelearningEnglish,youfinditnotclevertoputanEnglishsentence,wordforword,intoyourownlanguage.Takethesentence“Howdoyoudo?

”asanexample.Ifyoulookupeachwordinthedictionary,oneatatime,whatisyourtranslation?

Itmustbeawrongsentenceinyourownlanguage.

Languagedonotjusthavedifferentsounds,theyaredifferentinmanyways.It’simportanttomastertherulesforwordorderinthestudyofEnglish,too.Ifthespeakersputwordsinawrongorder,thelistenercan’tunderstandthespeaker’ssentenceeasily.SometimeswhentheorderofwordsinanEnglishsentenceischanged,themeaningofthesentencechanges.Butsometimestheorderischanged,butthemeaningofthesentencedoesn’tchange.Let’sseethedifferencebetweenthetwosentences.

“Sheonlylikesapples.”“Onlyshelikesapples.”

“Ihaveseenthefilmalready.”“Ihavealreadyseenthefilm.”

WhenyouarelearningEnglish,youmustdoyourbesttogetthespiritofthelanguageanduseitastheEnglishspeakersdoes.

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