初三英语阅读及答案
初三英语阅读理解练习【1】
Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a huge(庞大的)clock in London. London is the capital of England. This clock has four faces. So，no matter where you stand，you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a double decker(层)bus. The hands are about four metres long. It is about the size of two people standing on top of each other. If you go to London，you may want to visit the Houses of Parliament(国会大厦). There you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower(塔)in the Houses of Parliament. Maybe you will hear it as well as see it. The huge clock makes such a loud noise. "Ding dong，ding dong，"it goes every quarter of an hour.
The clock was named after a big man. He was Sir Benjamin Hall. This man did much building work in London many years ago.
1. Big Ben is ______________.
A. a double decker bus B. a huge clock
C. the name of Ben D. a building
2. The clock strikes every _______ of an hour.
A. ten minutes B. fifteen minutes
C. thirty minutes D. forty-five minutes
3. You can read the time of Big Ben _________.
A. at the top of the clock tower
B. in the Houses of parliament
C. on the hands of the huge clock
D. on the four faces of the clock
答案及解析：
1.选B，根据第一行Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a huge(庞大的)clock in London.可以判断Big Ben是一个大钟的`名字。
2.选B，根据文中"Ding dong，ding dong，" it goes every quarter of an hour. 即可得知大钟每15分钟敲一次。
3.选D，This clock has four faces. So，no matter where you stand，you can read the time on the face of Big Ben.其他三项均不符合题意。
初三英语阅读理解练习【2】
Tom walked into a shop . It bad a sign outside : "Second-hand (旧的) clothes bought and sold . "He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, "How much will you give me for these?" The man looked at them and then said: "Two dollars."
"What !" said Tom. "I had guessed they were worth at least five dollars."
"No," said the man, "they aren't worth a cent more than two dollars."
"Well," said Tom, taking two dollars out of his pocket. "Here's your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price (标价)of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth."
Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say .
1. At first the owner of the shop thought that Tom __________ .
A. wanted to steal the trousers
B. wanted to sell the trousers
C. wanted to fool him
D. wanted to buy the trousers
2. The owner of the shop_______ for the old trousers .
A. would give Tom two dollars
B. would pay three dollars
C. would pay five dollars
D. would give Tom six dollars and a half
3. The shop owner insisted that the trousers were worth only two dollars because ____ .
A. he wanted to sell them cheaply (廉价地)
B. he wanted to buy them cheaply
C. he didn't like the trousers
D. they were old and dirty
4. In fact, the trousers _________.
A. were hanging inside the shop
B. were stolen by Tom from the shop
C. had been the shop owner's
D. had been Tom's
5. From the story we know that _________ cheaper than the list price.
A. the owner sold the trousers two dollars
B. Tom sold the trousers one dollar and a half
C. the owner bought the trousers three dollars
D. Tom bought the trousers four dollars and a half
答案及解析：
1.B.Tom拿着一条裤子并且问："How much will you give me for these?"店主所以认为Tom是来卖裤子的，故答案是B。
2.A.此题是细节题，可在第一自然段的末尾找到答案。
3.B.店主当然想便宜地把裤子买下来。
4.C.从短文的倒数第二段可以了解到，裤子不是Tom的而是店主的。
5.D.裤子的标价是6.5美元，而Tom只给了店主2美元，所以答案应该是D。
