初二英语阅读理解练习.doc

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My dog, Hero, isn’t afraid of most things. But he is afraid of one thing. The vacuum cleaner（真空吸尘器）!
Every Saturday morning, Mother cleans the house. First she runs the cleaner in the living room. Hero hides in the kitchen. We always laugh at Hero. “Why are you afraid?” we ask. “The vacuum cleaner can’t hurt you.”
But sometimes I am afraid of things, too. I am afraid to be alone in the dark. And I know the dark can’t hurt me. I guess it’s the same way with Hero. He is afraid without knowing why.
A few weeks ago, Mum brought my new baby sister home. Her name is Barbie. She has a room all her own. Hero seems to know it is hers.
Last Saturday, Mum was cleaning the house again. Barbie was sleeping in her room. Hero was in the living room. Mum began to run the cleaner in the living room. Hero jumped out from below a chair. He ran towards my room. But then he stopped. He sat down at Barbie’s door. Mum went on running the cleaner. She ran it closer and closer to Hero. But Hero didn’t move! Then Mum ran the cleaner right up to his front feet. Hero shook all over. He was really afraid! But he didn’t let Mum get by. “You can’t take the cleaner into Barbie’s room,” he seemed to say. “ I’m taking care of Barbie.”
Mum says that Hero has the right name. He is a real hero. He is brave.
Being brave is not the same as not being afraid, Mum says. Being brave means that you do what you have to do. You do it even if you are afraid. Hero knew what he had to do. He had to take care of Barbie. So he did!
1. The writer is afraid of _____ .
A. kitchen B. Mum
C. the vacuum cleaner D. being alone in the dark
2. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Barbie is a baby.
B. The writer is the only child in the family.
C. Hero knows which room is Barbie’s .
D. Mum cleans the house with a vacuum cleaner.
3. In this passage, the sentence “Hero shook all over.” means that _____ .
A. Hero liked Mum B. Hero was pleased
C. Hero was afraid D. Hero was angry
4. Hero didn’t run away as Mum’s vacuum cleaner came nearer because _____ .
A. he didn’t mind it B. he was too frightened to move
C. he liked to watch it D. he wanted to stop it getting into Barbie’s room
5. Why do they say that “Hero” is the right name for the dog?
A. Because he was afraid of nothing or nobody.
B. Because he was afraid of only one thing.
C. Because he could catch a lot of thieves.
D. Because he tried to protect the baby girl Barbie.
B
Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage. She looked down the ___1___ into a very lovely garden. She wanted to get out of that hall and ___2___ among those flowers in the garden. But she could not even get ___3___ head through the door. “And if my head would ___4___,” thought poor Alice, “it would be of very little use ___5___ my shoulders.”
There seemed to be no use in ___6___ by the little door, so she went back to the table. She ___7___ a little bottle on the table with the words, “DRINK ME” on it in large letters. It was all very well to say, “Drink me,” but the ___8___ little Alice was not going to do that in a hurry. “No, I’ll look first,” she said, “and see if there is sign for ‘poison’”. ___9___, the bottle did not have a sign for “poison”, so Alice ___10___ it and thought it was very delicious. She finished drinking it very soon.
1. A. passage B. garden C. hole D. river
2. A. walk B. read C. write D. hear
3. A. her B. its C. my D. his
4. A. take off B. take part C. go through D. take around
5. A. of B. without C. with D. on
6. A. learning B. working C. relaxing D. waiting
7. A. sold B. bought C. washed D. found
8. A. clever B. friendly C. excited D. successful
9. A. However B. Then C. Often D. Sometimes
10. A. looked B. sounded C. felt D. tasted
C
Little Wempati was a very happy little girl. When she was five years old, Papa and Mama decided to send her to school.
The next morning, Mama drove Little Wempati to school. But at the school gate, Little Wempati didn’t want to go inside. She felt that someone pulled her into the gate.
Little Wempati cried. She did not like school.
She cried through story time, singing and art time. She cried until it was time to go home.
The same thing happened again. Then one day, Little Wempati saw the other children swinging and they seemed to be having a lot of fun. She thought, “Perhaps school isn’t that bad.”
So the next day, Little Wempati cried through art time, story time and singing. But when she got onto the swing, she stopped crying. She found it was interesting.
The other children shouted, “Little Wempati can swing higher than any of us!” That made her very happy.
So the next day, she cried through art time and story time. But she sang at singing. “What a lovely voice Little Wempati has,” said the teacher. And that made her happy, too.
After that, Little Wempati stopped crying. Then she found school could be interesting.
1. Little Wempati went to school at ________ years old.
A. four B. five C. six D. seven
2. How did Little Wempati go to school the first day?
A. By bus. B. By car. C. On foot. D. By taxi.
3. Why did Little Wempati cry?
A. She missed her parents. B. There were no children playing with her.
C. She didn’t like school. D. She was afraid of swinging.
4. What can we know from the last paragraph?
A. Little Wempati didn’t go to school from then on.
B. Little Wempati began to love swinging.
C. Little Wempati only cried during singing from then on.
D. Little Wempati stopped crying and started to love her school life.
D
It is reported that a 9-year-old boy was bitten off the right hand by a bear in Zhonghua Zoo, Hengshui, Hebei Province.
Xiao Jun is a primary school student in Grade 4 in Hengshui. He had a cold on November 3, and stayed at home for a rest and treatment. He felt better and went to the zoo alone on the morning of 6th. At about 2 pm, he found a carrot. So he picked it up and went to the cage with a bear. He wanted to feed the bear with the carrot. When his right hand with the carrot was in the cage, instead of biting the carrot, the bear got his right hand at once.
Hearing the boy’s cry, Li Chaoyang, the zoo keeper ran up to him. He tried to pull the boy’s arm out of the cage, open the bear’s mouth with his hands, and give some meat to the bear, but it still didn’t loose its mouth. Then Li ran to the gate of the zoo and shouted for more people. A few people came to help. They pulled the boy out at last. But the boy’s right hand and a part of his arm were left in the bear’s mouth.
Xiao Jun was sent to the hospital by the keeper. He was saved, but he became a boy with only one hand.
1. What happened to Xiao Jun on the morning of 6th?
A. He stayed at home for a rest.
B. He put his right hand into the cage to play with a bear.
C. He went to feed a bear with a carrot.
D. He tried to pull his right hand out of the cage.
2. Which is not true about the news?
A. Xiao Jun is in Grade 4 in a primary school in Hengshui.
B. Li Chaoyang tried a few things to help Xiao Jun.
C. When Li Chaoyang asked for help, nobody came to help.
D. Xiao Jun’s life was saved, but his right hand was bitten off by the bear.
3. What can we learn from the news?
A. It’s important to stay at home when you’ve got a cold.
B. You’d better not go to the zoo alone.
C. It’s dangerous to feed animals in the zoo.
D. Try to help others when they are in trouble.