初二阅读理解.docx

1、初二阅读理解第一篇（答案：BDCBB）No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted（发出呼噜声）like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him-water splashing（飞溅）, bees humming（嗡嗡作响声）, a stone

2、falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contai

3、ns four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy language. Y

4、our dictionary is your most useful book.1What do we mean by language? ASounds made by man. BAll the words made by man. CDifferent kinds of sound. DThe way man learns.2From the passage we know that long long ago _. Ano one learned how to make sounds or words Banimals taught to learn the language CMan

5、 learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the ground, and so on DMan followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words3What is the number of language spoken in the world today? A500 B5, 000 C1, 500 D15, 0004In which sentence can the word “contain (s)” be put so that it is a

6、 right one? AI _several dictionary BSea water_ salt. CA dog _four legs DMr Smith _glasses on his nose5Which of the following is the best if we want to make our vocabulary larger? ATo use the words in every day life BTo read more books CTo read easy books DTo look up new words in the dictionary 第二篇（答

7、案：BBCDA）It was Sunday and Tom was staying home. After breakfast he went out into the garden and played quietly by himself. There were no kids around and he was used to（习惯于）playing alone quietly. He played with Bobby, the dog. He climbed up and down the trees. Sometimes a bird would come down to perc

8、h（停歇） on top of the doghouse. Then Tom would have the greatest fun （爱好） by throwing a stone or something at it. Though he never made it. He did like doing this kind of things.Now Tom had been in the garden for half an hour. Suddenly a crack（碎裂声） was heard and the little boy began crying.“Whats the m

9、atter, Tom? ” his mother looked through the kitchen window.Tom ran into the kitchen.“Mum” he sobbed（抽泣），“I broke Bobbys plate. I didnt know it was so fragile （易碎的）”.His mother put her arms round him and said, “Dont feel too bad, Tom. We have other plates for Boddy. But how did you break that one? ”“

10、I threw this at a bird but missed, and it went straight to the plate. ”In Toms hand was his fathers gold pocket watch（金怀表）！1When did the story happen? AOn a Sunday afternoon. BOn a Sunday morning. CAt noon. DIn the evening.2When a bird perched on top of the doghouse, Tom_ Awould like to play with it

11、. Bwas very interested in it by throwing a stone at it. Cwould like to give it something to eat. Dwould smile.3There were no kids around and he was used to playing alone quietly. Here “kids ”means _. Amen Bdogs Cchildren Dbirds4How long had Tom been in the garden when his mother heard him cry? AAn h

12、our. B A day. CTwo hours DHalf an hour.5“Though he never made it” means“_” AThough he couldnt hit a bird with a stone or something. BThough he couldnt catch the bird. CThough he couldnt have fun from the bird. DThough he couldnt eat the bird. 第三篇（答案：BCADC）Thomas Edison was a famous American scientis

13、t. He was born in 1847. When he was a child, he liked to find out how things worked. He was in school for only three months. He asked his teacher a lot of strange questions. Most of them had nothing to do with his lessons The teacher thought the boy was not bright and was not worth（值） teaching. When

14、 he told this to Edisons mother, she took her son out of school. As she had been a teacher, she taught him herself. The boy read a lot. Soon he became very interested in science. At the age of ten, Edison had already built a chemistry lab for himself. Ever since then, he never stopped searching for

15、new and better ways to do things.1Edison was born in the_ century（世纪）. Aeighteenth Bnineteenth Cnineteen Deighteen2While he was in school, Edison _. Astudied his lessons very hard Bwas often late for school Cliked to ask questions Dwas not bright enough to study3Edison learned more from _. Ahis moth

16、er Bhis teacher Cother boys Dhis father4Young Edison was interested in _. Asports Bplaying games Cmaking trouble Dscience5He was always searching for new and better ways to do things after he Aread books Bfinished school Cbuilt a lab Dwas taken out of schoolNow satellites are helping to forecast（预报）

17、the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere（大气）, because this is where the weather forms（形成）. They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists（气象学家）can see the weather of any part of the world. From the p

18、ictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare（比较）them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during

19、 the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for abo

20、ut 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead（提前）.1. Satellites travel _.A. in space B. in the atmosphere C. above the ground D. above space2. Why do we use the weather satellites to take p

21、ictures of the atmosphere? Because _.A. the weather satellites can do it easily B. clouds form thereC. the weather forms there D. the pictures can forecast the weather3. Meteorologists forecast the weather _.A. when they have received satellite picturesB. after they have compared new satellite pictu

22、res with earlier onesC. before they received satellite picturesD. during they study satellite pictures4. Maybe well soon be able to forecast the weather for _.A. one day B. two days C. five days D. seven days or even longer5. The main（主要的）idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in _.A.

23、taking pictures of the atmosphere B. receiving pictures of the atmosphereC. doing other work in many ways D. weather forecastingKeys: 1-5 ACBDDApril 2nd ,2004 Dear editor (编辑) ， I live in a beautiful city . Many visitors come to my city . there are so many colorful peacocks (孔雀) here . The peacocks

24、mostly live on the grass land of Dongfeng Square They are given food freely by visitors . They usually throw food to them, and dont think about at all whether the food is right or not . Some of the peacocks became ill , some even died after eating the bad food given by the visitors. Im sure most of

25、the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the birds , but dont realize (意识到) that they may be doing them harm (伤害). The visitors should be told that what have done is very harmful to the birds , and this kind of thing must be stopped from happening . Perhaps we can build some small sho

26、ps beside Dongfeng Square to sell peacock food . For us every person , its our duty to give more love to these beautiful birds and to look after them carefully. Yours, Sun Yan ()6.Many visitors come to the writers city to _. A. do some shopping B. see beautiful peacocks C. play on Dongfeng square D.

27、 eat nice food ()7.Some peacocks became ill and died because some visitors _; A. didt give them any food B. gave them too much food C. threw them some bad food D. loved them and played with them ()8.Some shops can be built beside Dongfeng Square so that they may _. A.sell food for visitors B. sell f

28、ood for peacocks C.make the square more beautiful D.have the beautiful birds ()9.From the passage we know people should _. A. live and play with the birds B. stop the birds from eating too much C. give right food to the birds D. give more food to the birds ()10.We can guess the writer of the letter,

29、 Sun Yan , may be a _. A. visitor B. shopkeeper C.square keeper D. student 6-10：B C B C D （3） Every town in the United States has a post office . Some are very small , and you may also find them in the corner of a shop . Others are larger buildings . They are open five days a week and on Saturday mo

30、rnings . From Monday through Friday they are usually open from 8:30 to 4:30 . If you know how much the postage (邮资) is for your letter , you can buy stamps at any window. In some post offices you can buy stamps from machines . Stamps are sold many different prices , from one cent (美分) to many dollar

31、s . If you are not sure how much postage is for you letter , you may ask the man or the woman in the post office for help . he or she will give you the stamps you need . If you are sending your letter far away , you should use airmail envelopes (航空信封) . Remember that postage will be more expensive for a letter to be sent outside the country. At a post office you can also buy postcards . A postcard is cheaper than a letter . Usually the