阅读理解。 Are you interested in country music? I like it very much! It will take - 初中英语试题 - 超级试练试题库

阅读理解。

     Are you interested in country music? I like it very much! It will take me away for a while after I am
tired. The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields.
     Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings. It"s the spirit of America, easy to understand,
slow and simple.
     Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of American
countryside. Many of songs tell about the lives of farmers.They talk about love, crops or death.
     The life of the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad. At first, people
played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular later. In the 1920s, people played
country songs on the radio, and they made them into records.
     When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music
with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America.
     John Denver was one of America"s most famous country singers in the 1970s. His song "Take Me
home, Country Roads" is well-known and people still play it today.

1. Country music is usually about _____. [     ]
A. everyday life and feelings
B. farmers" feelings
C. the lives of workers2. Country music developed _____. [     ]
A. in John Denver"s city
B. in the Southern United States
C. in the Northern United States 3. People began to make country song records _____.[     ]
A. in the 1920s
B. in 1920
C. in the 1970s 4. Why did Country music become popular in America? [     ]
A. Because city people liked the music.
B. Because farmers moved to cities with their music and it continued to change.
C. Because country music talked about city people"s lives. 5. Who is famous for the song "Take Me Home, Country Roads"? [     ]
A. A farmer in the countryside.
B. A person who moved to towns.
C. John Denver.

1-5 ABABC

阅读理解。     A mascot (吉祥物) is very important to an event. Do you know what the mascot of Shanghai World
Expo 2010 is? Well, it is haibao. It can be seen almost everywhere in China now. The inspiration of the
design comes from a Chinese word "ren" which means people in English. It really looks like a man putting
up his hands and saying hello to everyone.
     The name, Haibao, comes from the Chinese phrase "Si Hai Zhi Bao". "Hai" means the sea in English,
and it also implies (隐含) that it was born in Shanghai. "Bao" is a lucky name in Chinese traditional culture.
The name not only means the treasure (宝藏) of the sea, but also means the treasure of Shanghai. Every
part of Haibao"s body has its special meaning. For example, Haibao"s hair is like the wave of the sea. Its
smiling face shows its friendliness. Haibao was designed by two artists, one from Shanghai and the other
from Taiwan. The design is very successful. It is very easy to remember and it also shows the theme of
Shanghai World Expo "Better City, Better Life". Haibao is confident, lovely and lively. It is a good
ambassador (形象大使) of Shanghai World Expo. It is welcoming friends all over the world with its
opening arms and friendly smile. 1. What"s the meaning of the name" Haibao" in the passage?[     ]
A. It means sea water.
B. It means the Chinese word "ren".
C. It means the treasure of the sea and Shanghai.
D. It means a smiling face. 2. How many artists designed the mascot? [     ]
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Five.
D. Eight. 3. What is the theme of Shanghai World Expo 2010? [     ]
A. Better City, Better Life.
B. One World, One Dream.
C. Welcome Home.
D. Share the Spirit.4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage? [     ]
A. Haibao has curly hair and a smiling face.
B. Haibao looks like a man saying hello to everyone.
C. The artists who designed Haibao come from the same place.
D. Haibao is a lucky name in Chinese culture.

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完形填空。     In many English homes people eat    1   meals a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner (正餐). People
have    2    at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge (粥), eggs or bread. The
English people    3   tea or coffee at breakfast. Lunch comes    4   one o"clock. Afternoon tea is from
four to five in the afternoon and    5   is about half past seven. First they have soup (汤), then they have
meat or fish    6   vegetables. After that they eat some other things, like bananas, apples or    7   . But not
all English people    8    like that. Some of them have    9   dinner in the middle of the day. Their    10   are
breakfast, dinner, tea and supper all these meals are very simple (简单).

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(     )1. A. no
(     )2. A. supper
(     )3. A. take
(     )4. A. for
(     )5. A. dinner
(     )6. A. on
(     )7. A. onion
(     )8. A. talk
(     )9. A. his
(     )10. A. vegetables

B. five
B. breakfast
B. drink
B. on
B. lunch
B. for
B. potato
B. eat
B. your
B. meals

C. four
C. lunch
C. do
C. at
C. breakfast
C. with
C. hamburger
C. play
C. their
C. drinks

D. three
D. tea
D. has
D. in
D. meal
D. in
D. oranges
D. speak
D. our
D. food

根据以上内容，从下列五个选项中选择适当的句子还原到短文中，使短文完整与正确。

Everyone has a birthday, and most people"s birthday aren"t on the same day. But there is one special
birthday for every Chinese. We celebrate it together. 1._____ It is our motherland"s birthday -2._____ On
October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong declared the founding of the People "s Republic of China in
Tian"anmen Square. From then on, 3._____ There are many activities on that day all over China.4._____.
Last year was China "s 60th birthday. The great National Day parade in Tian"anmen Square was exciting.
We all were proud of our great country. This year China is 61 years old . 5._____ No matter what Plans
you have, wish everyone happy National Day!

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A. National Day of China.
B. Whose birthday is it?
C. our National Day is on October1 every year.
D. How are you going to spend your National Day?
E. People can have a long holiday on National Day

完形填空。

     My name is Jenny. My parents and I like different     1   . We have    2   at 7:30 in the morning. They
    3   eggs, milk and bread for it. I    4   milk and eggs,    5   I don"t like bread. It is not    6   food. They
have French fries, carrots and bananas    7   lunch at 12:30. Afternoon tea is at    8   . But I don"t have    9   .
We have dinner at 19:20. They have chicken, vegetables and   10   . I like vegetables and rice.

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(     )1. A. sports
(     )2. A. breakfast
(     )3. A. eats
(     )4. A. draw
(     )5. A. and
(     )6. A. interesting
(   )7. A. for
(     )8. A.16:00
(     )9. A. her
(     )10. A. food

B. collections
B. oranges
B. have
B. do
B. but
B. boring
B. under
B. 19:00
B. them
B. fruit

C. food
C. dessert
C. watch
C. like
C. /
C. healthy
C. on
C. 10:00
C. it
C. books

完形填空。

     April 27 is a special day in Britain. It"s called Take Our Daughters to Work Day. On that Day thousand
of girls take a day off school and go with one of their parents to their work places. By doing this, it can    1
girls more about the society where they live.
     Now the girls can have a close look at    2    their parents are doing. This may help them to be calmer
when they have to choose a job. Mary experienced a day of work at her mother"s office. This helped her
   3    her mother"s work better. She said that this made her feel more confident about her future.
     Schools and many companies support the activity, too. Some schools    4    make the day a necessary part
of school life. Experts think that girls with more self-confidence are more likely to be    5   than common girls.

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