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求23篇初中生英语阅读理解！

Answer 1

1.At the Barber's Shop(理发店)
Jack went to a barber's shop and had his hair cut, but when he came out, he
was not happy with the result(结果). When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed
and said, "What has happened to your hair,Jack?"
Jack said, "I tried a new barber's shop today, because I wasn't quite satisfied
with my old one, but this one seems even worse."
Bob agreed(同意). "Yes, I think you're right, Jack. Now I'll tell you what
to do when you go into a barber's shop next time: look at all the barber's hair,
find out whose hair looks worst, and then go straight to him."
"Why shall I go to him?" Jack asked. "But that would be foolish!"
"Oh, no, it wouldn't," answered Bob. "Who cut that man's hair? Just think
it. He couldn't cut it himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it. So
you know he can't be the worst barber."

1. When Jack went out of the barber's shop, he was not happy because ____.
A. nobody had cut his hair
B. the barber hadn't cut his hair well
C. the barber had cut his hair carefully
D. he was not satisfied with his old barber
#B
2. "I tried a new barber's shop today." means ____.
A. this barber's shop was a new one
B. this was the only barber's shop in this town
C. Jack often went to this barber's shop
D. Jack had not been to this barber's shop before
#D
3. After Jack had his hair cut, he thought ____.
A. the new barber's shop was the best one
B. the old barber's shop wasn't so good as the new one
C. the new barber's shop was worse than the old one
D. the old barber's shop was the worst one
#C
4. Bob told Jack to find out which barber's hair looked the worst and then go straight to him. Why?
A. Because he was certainly the best barber.
B. Because he was free all the time.
C. Because he was the worst barber.
D. Because he wasn't the worst barber.
#D
5. From the story we know that ____.
A. it's foolish to have one's hair cut at a barber's shop
B. barbers cut each other's hair
C. barbers never have their hair cut
D. a barber always cuts his hair by himself
#B

2.
Mr Perkin's New Car
Mr Perkin stood at the bus-stop and watched the cars go by. Many of the cars
were new Beta 400s, and most of them were yellow. Mr Perkin always wore the
same clothes as other men, ate the same food as other people, and did the same
things after work, and at the end of the week, Mr Perkin did not like to be
different.
The following week, Mr Perkin bought a new, bright yellow Beta 400s. He was
satisfied with it, and drove to work in it the very next day. He was even more
satisfied with his new car, when he saw all the other Beta 400s, in front, behind,
and on both sides of him.
Mr Perkin parked(停车) his car in a big car-park(停车场) near his office,
and walked the rest of the way. But when he came back at five o'clock, there
were so many bright yellow Beta 400s in the car-park that he did not know which
car was his. He tried his key in some of the cars, but people passing by gave
him a look he didn't like. So he stopped.
Poor Mr Perkin had to wait nearly two hours until his was the only yellow
Beta 400s in the car-park.

1. Mr Perkin wanted a new yellow Beta 400s because
A. the bus did not come.
B. he liked new clothes, food and cars.
C. he liked to do the same as other people.
D. he liked to be different from others.
#C
2. He drove to work in his new car
A. the very next day.
B. the day he bought it.
C. a week he bought in.
D. on the day he first watched the cars passing.
#A
3. He was satisfied with his new car because
A. no one else had a yellow one.
B. it was the same as other cars all around him.
C. he was in front of all the other cars.
D. other cars were not as bright as his.
#B
4. At five o'clock Mr Perkin
A. walked home.
B. drove his car out of the car-park.
C. came back to the car-park.
D. did not know which was his car-park.
#C
5. People gave him a look because
A. he had a nice new car.
B. he could not open the door of his car.
C. he was in the wrong car-park.
D. he was trying to open more than one car.
#D
6. Mr Perkin had to wait until
A. there was only one yellow Beta 400s in the car-park.
B. there was only one car in the car-park.
C. there were no bright yellow cars in the car-park.
D. there was no one about to look at him.
#A

3.
Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures
on the walls of the king's palace in English.
Then workers were sent for and a big platform(平台) was made.
With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They
worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready.
Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful.
He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again.
Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another.
Finally he was at the very edge(边缘) of the platform, but he did not know it
because he was thinking of his pictures.
The worker saw everything. "What should I do?" he thought. "Thornhill is at
the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall
off it and surely be killed." So the worker quickly took some paint(颜料) and
threw it at the picture.
"What are you doing?" cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.

1. What was Thornhill? He was an English ____.
A. writer
B. king
C. worker
D. artist
#D
2. What was he ordered to do? He was ordered to ____.
A. paint a picture for the king
B. paint some pictures on the walls of the knig's palace
C. have his pictures painted in the king's palace
D. have his pictures painted on the walls
#B
3. The story leads us to believe that
A. the worker had to pay for the picture.
B. the painter could not forgave(原谅) the worker.
C. the worker was really sorry for what he did.
D. the painter thanked the worker for what he did when he got to know why.
#A

4.
Your Passport(护照) Please!
Mr Hill arrives at London Airport, at the end of a threeweek holiday in France.
Usually he wears a beard(留胡须). Since it has been hot there, he has taken
it off(剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his beard.\$
An office looks at the photo for a moment, and says: "Will you excuse me?
Please sit down. I shan't keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the
photo to a second office, and says: "I know that face." The second officer looks
at the passport and asks where Mr Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr
Hill has arrived back from Paris, the second officer smiled and says: "An Englishman
with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday, And that man looks just the
kind of man ..."
Suddenly it comes to the first officer who Mr Hill is. He returns to him,
and asks: "Did you teach at the No.2 . High School?" When Mr Hill answers,
in surprise, that he did, the first officer smiles and says: "I thought so.
I'm Jack Smith. You taught me French. You haven't changed a bit."

1. Mr Hill ____.
A. has just come back from the airport.
B. is on his way to Paris.
C. spent three weeks in Paris before he went to France.
D. has been in France for three weeks
#D
2. Mr Hill ____.
A. has a beard on his face but not in his photo
B. grew a beard while he was on holiday
C. has a beard in his photo but not on his face
D. took his beard off long before he went on holiday.
#C
3. The first officer is sure ____.
A. Mr Hill stole the painting
B. he has seen the face in the photo before
C. he knows the second officer's face
D. a man without a beard stole the painting
#B
4. The second officer says that ____.
A. Mr Hill stole the painting
B. a man with a beard, from France, stole a painting in English
C. an Englishman took his beard off and stole a painting
D. a man with a beard, from England, stole a painting in Paris.
#D
5. Mr Hill taught ____.
A. Jack Smith French at the No. 2 High School
B. Jack Smith to be a first officer
C. at the No.2 High School, in France
D. French some years ago and his name was Smith, not Hill
#A

5.
A long time ago people thought that the sun went round the earth. In some
countries people even said that the sun was a god(神). They thought the god
drove across the sky each day on a golden horse. Now we know the earth goes
round the sun. It takes the earth a year to go all way round the sun. Today
men even know how far it is for the earth to go round the sun. They tell us
that the earth travels over a thousand miles a minute on its journey round the
sun.\$
The sun is really a star. It is much bigger than the earth and it is very
hot. Some people have been to the moon but we know that no one can ever go to
the sun. It is far too hot for people to live anywhere near it. The sun is three
hundred thousand times heavier than the earth and more than million times larger.\$

1. A long time ago, people said the sun was ____.
A. a golden horse of god
B. a god on a golden horse
C. a god with golden dress
D. a god and a golden horse
#B
2. People can never live anywhere near the sun because it is ____.
A. star ... the sun
B. planet ... the moon
C. planet ... itself
D. planet ... the sun
#D
4. The earth travels over ____ miles an hour.
A. 1,000
B. 100,000
C. 6,000,000
D. 600,000
#D
5. One year is ____
A. the time for the earth to turn round.
B. the time the earth travels one thousand miles.
C. one circle the earth goes round the sun.
D. the journey of the earth.
#C

6.
The Farmer, His Horse, and His son
Once there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself.
He set out one morning with his son to sell the horse before it died. Father
and son walked, because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired.
They met two men on the road who said, "Why are you walking, farmer? You have
a horse, It's a long way to market(市场). "The farmer know that this was true,
so he rode on the horse, while his son walked.
Then they met two old women, "What are you doing up there, farmer? Can't you
see how tired boy is?" So the farmer got down, and his son rode instead.\$
Next, three old men stopped them, one said, "Why are you walking, farmer?
Get up, It's too hot for an old man like you to walk today," So the farmer got
up behind his son, and they rode on.
Some time later, a young woman passed them, "Why aren't you walking?" she
asked, "It isn't far to the market. Give your poor horse a rest."
So the farmer, and his son, got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot
please all the people all the time.

1. The farmer wanted to sell the horse ____.
A. before it was dead
B. before it become too tired
C. before it market was over
D. before it was as old as he was
#A
2. The two men on the road ____.
A. asked how far it was to the market
B. said they thought the horse looked very tired
C. asked why the farmer was not riding on his horse
D. told the farmer's son to get off the horse and walk
#C
3. The two old women said it was wrong for ____.
A. the farmer to ride such a tired horse
B. the farmer to ride while his young son walked
C. the boy to ride instead of his father
D. only one person to ride such a long way
#D
4. The farmer got up behind his son because ____.
A. the old man said it was too hot for him to walk
B. the three old men stopped them on the road
C. he did not know why he was walking
D. his son could not ride the horse by himself
#A
5. The young woman was most sorry ____.
A. for the old man
B. for the farmer's young son
C. that it was not far to the market
D. for the horse
#D

7.
I Want to Be a Dustman
Tom was ten years old, and he was a very lazy boy, He didn't like doing any
work. He had to go to school of course, but he didn't study hard there and tried
to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they
hoped that their son would become one, too, when he grew up. But one day Tom
said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to be a dustman."
"A dustman?" his mother asked, she was very surprised. "That's not a very
pleasant job, why do you want to become a dustman?"
"Because then I would only have to work one day a week." Tom answered at once.
"Only one day a week?" his mother said, "What do you mean? and how do you
know?"
"Well", Tom replied, "I know that the dustmen who come to our house on work
on Thursday, because I only see them on that day."

1. What kind of boy was Tom?
A. Tom was a clver boy.
B. Tom was a boy who didn't like to work.
C. Tom was a boy who worked very hard.
#B
2. What were his father and mother?
A. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse.
B. His father was a worker, his mother was a doctor.
C. His father was a doctor, so his mother.
#C
3. What did his parents want him to be when he grew up?
A. They wanted him to be a dustman.
B. They wanted him to be an officer.
C. They wanted him to be a doctor.
#C
4. What did Tom say he wanted to be?
A. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who collected rubbish and emptied the dustbins.
B. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who taught the children at school.
C. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who worked in a hospital.
#A
5. Why did Tom think that dustmen only worked one day a week?
A. Because Tom heard of this.
B. Because one of the dustmen had told him before.
C. Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thurday at his house.
#C

8.
Can Animal be Made to Work for Us
Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals
may be taught to do a number of simple jobs. They say that in a film or on TV
we may see elephants, or monkeys, dogs, bear, or other animals doing a lot of
things. If you watch carefully, you may find that those animals are always given
something to eat in return for doing them. The scientists say that many different
animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get
something to eat in return.
Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and elephant can
be used to do some heavy jobs. And we can also teach animal to work in factories.
Apes(猿猴), for example, have been used in America to help make cars and scientists
believe that these large monkeys may one day get in crops and even drive trains.

1. Elephant can be used to do some heavy jobs because ____.
A. they can eat a lot
B. they are very heavy, too
C. they are very strong
#C
2. Dogs can be used to guard a house for his host because ____.
A. they are good at running
B. they are very kind and friendly to people
C. they are brave enough to get the stranger(陌生人)and thieves away from the house
#C
3. Many different animals may be taught to do some simple jobs if ____.
A. they have enough food to eat
B. they learn they will get something to eat in return after doing them
C. if they are sent to school
#B
4. ____ can be train to work for us.
A. Only a few animals
B. Quite a few animals
C. Few animal
#B
5. Many scientists are working hard to ____.
A. make monkeys get in crops and drive trains
B. make monkeys guard house like dogs
C. make bears get in crops
#A

9.
A Girl or A Boy, A Woman or A man?
A lot of boys and girls in America are wearing the same clothes and many of
them have long hair. So it is often difficult to tell whether they are boys
or girls.
One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington, and he was tired,
he sat down on a bench(长凳). A young person was standing on the other side
of the pond(水池).
"Excuse me," the old man said to the person next to him on the bench, "Do
you see the person with the red trousers and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?"
"A girl," said his neighbour, "She is my daughter."
"Oh," the old said quickly, "I am sorry, but I didn't know that you were her
mother."
"I'm not," said the other person. "I'm her father."

1. It isn't often easy to tell whether many of American children are boys or girl ____.
A. because they all look like each other
B. because they are wearing the same kinds of caps and shoes.
C. because they have long hair and wear the same clothes.
#C
2. One day an old man went for a walk in ____.
A. the street in Washington
B. the Washington Park in America
C. in a park in Washington
#C
3. There were ____ persons beside the pond, they are ____.
A. three ... a man, a woman and a girl
B. three ... two men and a girl
C. two ... a man and a girl
#B
4. The young person standing on the other side of the ____ was ____.
A. bench ... the other's boy
B. pond ... the old man's daughter
C. pond ... the daughter of the old man's neighbour
#C
5. The young person wore ____.
A. a pair of red trousers
B. on a pair of red trousers
C. with a pair of red trousers
#A
6. The old man thought his neighbour was the girl's ____.
A. mother
B. father
C. brother
#A

10.
Mr Robinson worked in Africa(非洲). His son was born there. His name was John.
One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went England, and they took John there. John
was seven years old then.
One day it snowed. The boy went into the garden, and he played in the snow.
He said, "Snow is very beautiful, but it is very cold."
Then he said, "What is this? It is a big, round piece of glass. It is beautiful,
buf it is very cold, too."
But it was not glass. It was ice. It was on a bucket(桶) of water.
John said, "Who put this glass here? I am going to take it into the house."
He took the ice to his father and said, "This is a beautiful piece of glass,
but it is very cold and wet. It was on a bucket of water in the garden."
Mr Robinson smiled and said, "Take it to the kitchen(厨房), put it in front
of the stove(炉子) there, and dry(弄干) it."
The boy took the ice to the kitchen and put it in front of the stove.
He dried(弄干) his hands, because they were very cold and wet, and then he
went to the ice again.
He looked at it, and then he took it to his father again. He said, "I put
this glass in front of the stove, but it does not get drier. It becomes wetter
and smaller."

1. John didn't know what the ice was, because ____.
A. he was very foolish
B. he was young
C. he was born in Africa
D. he didn't go to school
#C
2. One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went England with ____.
A. their son
B. a boy of their friends
C. their daughter
D. one of their friend's son
#A
3. One day John found ____ on a bucket of water.
A. a piece of glass
B. a pece of ice
C. some snow
D. some water
#B
4. What did Mr Robinson ask John to do?
A. He asked John to take the ice out.
B. He asked John to put the ice in front of the stove.
C. He asked John not to play with ice.
D. He asked John to dry his hands at once.
#B
5. After John put the ice in front of the stove, he found that it became ____.
A. dry
B. wetter
C. bigger
D. colder
#B

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