阅读理解 Bill works in a factory, and he usually comes at half past six every ev - 初中英语试题 - 超级试练试题库

阅读理解     Bill works in a factory, and he usually comes at half past six every evening. He came home early last
Friday and he was very angry. He closed the door very hard, went into the living room and sat down.
    His wife was in the kitchen. She went to her husband and looked at him for a few seconds. Then she
said to him, “Why are you angry, Bill?”
     "Because tickets cost three pence last week, but now they cost two pence," he said.
     "But that isn’t bad, Bill." his wife said, "It’s good. Going by bus is cheaper now."
     "Yes, it is. but I always walk to work in the morning and I walk home in the afternoon. Last week I
saved six pence every day, but now I save two pence less."
1. Bill closed the door hard when he came home last Friday because _       .
A. he was very tired after walking home
B. he was angry
C. he was angry with his wife
D. he didn"t save any money that day
2. In the third paragraph(段), "tickets" means "         ".
A. bus tickets
B. train tickets
C. plane tickets
D. ship tickets
3. How much does Bill save every day now?
A. Two pence.
B. Three pence.
C. Four pence.
D. Six pence.
4. Mr Bill is very _     .
A. funny
B. clever
C. interesting
D. thrifty (节约IYJ)
5. Which of the sentences is NOT true?
A. Bill always comes home from work at half six every day.
B. His wife asked why he was angry.
C. Bill goes to work and comes home on foot.
D. Last week Bill saved six pence every day.

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阅读理解

     Mr. Read has a large farm near a hill. He and his wife are busy all the day. They"re often tired but
they have a lot of expensive things and they live a happy life.
     One day their sows(母猪) had twenty baby pigs. Mrs. Read had to look after them at home. And
at that time she had much housework to do. Several weeks later she let the baby pigs come out of the
pigsty(猪圈) and look for some food themselves. Her seven-year-old son John came back from school.  He was ready to help his mother. The woman was happy and told him to count them and see if they
were all there. The boy threw his schoolbag on the table and ran out. About half an hour later the
supper was ready, but the boy didn"t come back. The woman had to go to see what was wrong with
her son. and she saw her son running after a baby pig.
     "What are you running after it for?"she asked."Are they all right?"
     "I counted nineteen, mummy, " said the boy.  "But only the fellow(家伙)  is running about so fast that
I can"t count it all ! "
1. Mr. and Mrs. Read are _         .
A. workers
B. farmers
C. drivers
D. doctors
2. Mr. and Mrs. Read are tired but _         .
A. they get a lot of money
B. they get little food
C. they want to leave the farm
D. they have enough food to eat
3. John found ___     so he was ready to help her.
A. his mother was very busy
B. his mother was too tired to work
C. his mother was ill
D. his mother was hungry
4. Mrs. Read told her son to _         .
A. do some house
B. look after the pigs
C. give some food to the pigs
D. see is some of the pigs were missing(去失)
5. In fact (事实上), ______.
A. John couldn"t count the pigs at all
B. John was too young to catch the pig
C.  John wouldn"t count the pigs
D. all the pigs were there

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     Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a
lady asked him to sing a song. "I don"t sing,"said the man.
     But the lady told the waiter, "I"m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing !"
     The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!"
     So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody
had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
     He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano
player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working
hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
    You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than
you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved.  Besides, you may have no success at all if you
just sit on your talent.
1. The lady asked the player to sing a song because _       .
A. she had paid him for this
B. she knew him very well
C. she wanted to have a change
D. she enjoyed his singing
2. Nat King Cole succeeded because _       .
A. the lady helped him a lot
B. he caught the chance
C. he continued to play in the bar
D. he stopped playing the piano
3. The words "sit on"  in the passage probably mean "_       "
A. fail to realize
B. forget to use
C. try to develop
D. manage to show
4. From the story we know if you have some talent, you should _
A. hide it and wait
B. ask others for help
C. pay no attention to it
D. work hard to improve yourself
5. Which could be the best title(标题) for the passage?
A. Sing in the Bar
B. Achieve Success in Life
C. Never Lose Heart
D. Find Your Hidden Talent

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完形填空。

     Many years ago, a man    1      Wu taught King Wang how to ride horses and how to drive  a chariot (马拉战车). 2       some time the king started to race against Wu. But no matter how many 3   the king
raced against Wu, Wu always won.
     The king was    4    and said to Wu, “You have taught me how to ride and how to drive a chariot.
But  I don’t think you have taught me everything about    5    . ” “I have taught you       6   I know”
   7     Wu. “But you have not learned everything.  The     8     thing about driving a chariot is to think of
the horses.  The driver of the chariot and the horses should work together. You can then go very   9   and drive for long distances. But your problem is this:   When you are behind me, you want to      10   with me. And when you are   11     me, you are afraid that I will catch up with you.    12     whether you are in front of me or behind me, you are thinking of me. You are not thinking of your   13     .If you want to win, you
must 14   thinking of me. You   15   think only of your horses. ”

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完形填空。

     A group of frogs were traveling through the forests, but unluckily two of them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how   l   the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could
not be saved. The two frogs didn"t       2   and tried their best to jump up out of the hole. The other frogs   3        saying that they were sure to die.    4    , one of the two frogs, who heard what the other frogs were
saying,   5   . Then he fell down and died.
     The other frogs, however,    6    to jump as hard as he could, and at last made it out. When he   7 ,the
other frogs asked, “Didn"t you hear us?”The frog, who had a poor        8       ,  explained,  “I thought you were encouraging me all the timid.
     The story teaches us a    9     ： There is power(力量) of life and death in the tongue.  An 10    word to those who are down can help them out while a discouraging word can kill them.

完形填空。

     In front of my daughter Sindu, was a bowl filled with cabbage.  She hated cabbage.  She only sat there
in silence with tears __1__ her eyes.
     "Sindu, darling, why don"t you __2__ a little? Your mom will shout at me."
     Sindu wiped (擦) her __3__ with the back of her hand.
     "OK, Dad. I"ll eat, just a little." Then Sindu said, "Dad, if I eat it all, will you give me __4__ I want ?"
     "Yes, within reason."
     __5__ she began to eat. It took her almost half an hour to finish the __6__. Then she came up and
said: "Dad, I want to have my head shaved (刮、剃) !" She said.
     "Sindu, why don"t you __7__ something else? If we see you __8__," I said.
     "But, Dad, you promised! Now, you are going back on your words."
     I had to __9__ my promise. Sindu had all her hair cut off. She looked beautiful.
     On Monday morning, I took her to school. __10__ when we arrived, a boy got out of a car, and
shouted," Sindu, please wait for me!"
     Guess what? The boy had __11__ hair ,either.
     "Sir, your daughter is __12__!" a man got out the car and said. "That boy is my son Harish. He has
cancer. He lost his hair __13__ he got ill. Sindu cut hers off so Harish felt less __14__. She"s a sepecial
girl."
     I stood for a while, "My little girl, you __15__ me how selfless (无私的) real love is!"

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