人教版初三英语上学期期末阅读理解专项练习10篇.docx

1、人教版初三英语上学期期末阅读理解专项练习10篇初三英语上学期期末-阅读理解专项练习10篇-含答案1The 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.

2、 Mr. Scottie got off the plane. He 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.

3、He also found that many people spoke 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. A

4、fter twelve hours traveling round on 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

5、 back to San Francisco, he was sent to the airport in a police car with sirens (警报) on. “Look,” said Scottie to his interpreter (翻译), “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 YorkB. he was not in RomeC. policeman

6、 could help himD. both A and B2. In what direction did the plane fly when Mr. Scottie went to Italy from the U.S.?A. To the eastB. To the southC. To the westD. 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.

7、C. Because he traveled a lot.D. Because he didnt travel much4. At last Mr. Scottie _.A. know he did something wrongB. still thought he was in Rome.C. knew he was wrongD. 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 m

8、istake.B. Many people make this kind of mistake.C. Few people make this kind of mistakeD. 50% of people will make the same mistakeKey: 1-5 DAABC2“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 ha

9、d many different 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 (扩大) the meaning of “cool”. You can use it i

10、nstead of many 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 bes

11、t way to show 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

12、can. And I think they are also very cool.6. We know that the word “cool” has had _.A. only one meaningB. no meaningsC. many different meaningsD. the same meaning7. In the passage, the word “express” means “_.”A. seeB. showC. knowD. feel8. If you are _ something, you may say, “Its cool.”A. interested

13、 inB. angry aboutC. afraid ofD. unhappy with9. The writer takes an example to show he is _ the way the word is used.A. pleased withB. strange toC. worried aboutD. careful with10. In the passage, the writer suggests （暗示）that the word “cool” _.A. can be used instead of many wordsB. usually means somet

14、hing interestingC. can make your life colourfulD. may not be as cool as it seemsKey: 6-10 CBACD3TV 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 music21:55 Talk sho

15、w17:45 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 playB. SportsC. Around the worldD. Talk sho

16、w12. The programme of _ will let you know much about western countries.A. SistersB. Around ChinaC. Around the worldD. On TV next week13. If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme for you is _.A. Around ChinaB. Animal worldC. TV playD. Foreign arts14. Engli

17、sh classroom is a programme that _.A. lets you know something about classroomsB. tells you something about studentsC. lets you know something about school lifeD. teaches you English15. The programme at the end of Channel 2 means _ on TV next week.A. newsB. programmesC. peopleD. placesKey:11-15 BCBDB

18、4Our sun is a star, and nine worlds (天体) 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 been anymore. The stars are too far

19、 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 we can see this. Then we know that

20、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 a large body in the universe. It _.

21、A. moves round our sunB. has light of its ownC. can also be called a sunD. both B and C17. Which of the following is not true?A. The earth is one of the suns worldsB. There are millions of suns in the universeC. The worlds are very brightD. some stars have planets18. We can see the planets round our

22、 sun. But we cant see _.A. nine worlds in the universeB. the planets round other starsC. the satellites round the earthD. other stars19. Barnards Star moves more quickly than _.A. most starsB. any other starC. its planetD. the planets round the sun20. How can people know that there is a planet round

23、 Barnards Star?A. Sometimes they see that the planet pulls the star to one side and makes it move slower.B. The planet is shiningC. The planet is next to our earth.D. The planet is a red one.Key: 16-20 BCBBA5We were going to play against a team from a country school.They didnt come until the last mi

24、nute. 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 and he shot a long pass to our forward （前锋）. From out of nowher

25、e a boy in an old T-shirt stopped the ball and with beautiful style （姿势）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 certainly learned that even though your team is very good, you cant

26、 look down upon the others and still need to do you best. And the most important lesson we learned was: One cant judge (判断) a person or a team only by their clothes.21. The team from the country were in old clothes so the writers team _.A. looked down upon themB. couldnt winC. didnt like the city bo

27、yD. were afraid of them22. The country team arrived so late that _.A. nobody saw themB. the writers team were angryC. they had no time to warm upD. they looked worse23. The team from the country won because _.A. they were in old clothesB. they didnt practice before the gameC. they practiced before t

28、he gameD. the team was better than the writers24. From the text, we can guess the writers team is _.A. a basketball from a country schoolB. a football team from a school in the cityC. a basketball team from a school in the cityD. a football team from the country25. The writers team learned a lot fro

29、m the game. They got to know how to _.A. do better from then onB. fight against the country boysC. play against a weak teamD. judge a man or a team by clothesKey: 21-25 ACDCA6Long long ago people made fires from lightning(闪电)。But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldnt start it again if

30、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 also learned to make a fire by rubbing. They made a hole on a big piece of wood and put a

31、 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 held 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.