初一阅读专项训练.doc

阅读专项训练
一．Most Americans think that ice cream is as American as baseball and apple pie. But ice cream was known long before America was discovered.
The Roman emperor Nero may have made a kind of ice cream. He hired hundreds of men to bring snow and ice from the mountains. He used it to make cold drinks. Traveler Marco Polo brought back recipes for chilled（冷却） and frozen milk from China.
Hundreds of years later, ice cream reached England. It is said that King Charles enjoyed that treat very much. There is a story that he bribed（贿赂） his cook to keep the recipe for ice cream a royal （皇室的）secret.
Today ice cream is known throughout the world. Americans alone eat more than two billion quarts （品脱）a year.
（ ）1 .The passage says that most Americans _________
A. think that ice cream is very new B. think that ice cream was an American idea
C. know that ice cream has a long history D. do not know what ice cream is
（ ）2. The Roman emperor Nero hired men to _________
A. make ice cream for him B. bring ice cream from China
C. guard the secret of ice cream D. bring ice to cool his drinks
（ ）3. Charles I of England wanted to _________
A. make ice cream popular B. keep the secret of ice cream for himself
C. develop new kinds of ice cream D. bring ice cream recipes from China
二. Like mother, like son
1955
Dear Mummy
I hate this boarding school. Food Awful, prefects(学长) bully（恐吓） me. Please take me home.
Love,
David.

Dear David
Nonsense（胡言乱语）! Chin up（别泄气）.
Mother
1997
Dear David
I hate this home. Food awful, nurses treat me like a child. Fetch me immediately.
Mother

Dear Mother
________! Chin up.
David
（ ）1. What is the theme（主题） of the above short story?
A. The mother encouraged her son to stay against harsh （残酷的）condition and so did his son to his mother 22 years later.
B. The son had a high moral（道德的） sense to cheer his mother up while she was suffering in the Old People's House
C. The son refused his mother’s urgency （紧迫）for help because he was treated as such when he was at boarding school 22 years ago.
D. The son wanted his mother to experience how he was put down 22 years ago at boarding school.
完形填空专项：
一. How would you like to go to a school like this one in Oxford, England? There are no formal classes. The students (1) _________ from one group to another when they want to. (2) _________may find students who are fourteen, fifteen or sixteen years old all in the same (3) _________. They work at their own speed. (4) _________ tells them what they should or shouldn't be doing. The day I (5) _________, school began at nine. Some students were working (6) _________ a tape recorder and listening to their own voices. Others were watching a TV program (7) _________ physics. A third group was working in the library. I didn't see anybody just sitting doing (8) _________. Nobody was wasting time. (9) _________ the students taking a break in the cafeteria were having a (10) _________ on politics.
（ ）1. A. move B. study C. travel D. stay
（ ）2. A. You B. A man C. He D. I
（ ）3. A. grade B. school C. class D. group
（ ）4. A. Somebody B. A teacher C. Nobody D. The group leader
（ ）5. A. visited B. moved C. studied D. stayed
（ ）6. A. on B. with C. for D. Through
（ ）7. A. in B. according to C. on D. by
（ ）8. A. something B. much C. anything D. nothing
（ ）9. A. However B. Even C. Also D. 0nly
（ ）10. A. drink B. show C. debate（讨论） D. quarrel
二. John is a famous writer now. But he said he was not a (1)______ student when he was young. He was often late for (2)____ and didn't like doing his homework. Sometimes,he slept in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn't understand much,(3)__ he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher (4)_____ the students a question, “When Jack was ten years old, (5)_______ brother Bob was twenty, Jack is fifteen now and (6)______ is his brother Bob?”John said,“That's easy.Bob is twice as old as Jack ,so he is now thirty.”Another time, the (7)______ in a science class asked, “When it thunders(打雷), (8)_____ do we always see the light before we (9)______ the sound?”“But, Miss,”said John quickly, “don't you (10)_____ our eyes are in front of our ears?”
( )1. A. good B. tall C. rich D. fat
( )2. A. sleep B. lunch C. class D. play
( )3. A. so B. and C. or D. but
( )4. A. sent B. asked C. told D. found
( )5. A. your B. my C. his D. her
( )6. A. how many B. how old C. what D. who
( )7. A. teacher B. farmer C. nurse D. policeman
( )8. A. what B. when C. where D. why
( )9. A. break B. make C. hear D. smell
( )10.A. read B. hope C. study D. know
　　三．.Mr. Jackson was on duty that evening. It was   1   and there was thick snow outside. So   2   people came to the hospital and he could __3   on the bed in his office and soon he went to   4  . Suddenly someone knocked at the door and it woke him up. He got up and   5   the door. In went an old man. His wife was   6   and he asked the doctor to go to look her over.
It was still   7   when Mr. Jackson came out. The old farmer walked fast and he hardly   8   him. It was difficult for him to walk on the snowy roads. When he got to the man’s house, he was very   9  . He looked over the old woman and found she had a bad cold. He gave her some   10   and began to return to the hospital. The wind was blowing strongly and he had to walk   11   so that he wouldn’t fall over.And when he was near the hospital, he had a   12   in his foot.He walked slowly and at last he went into his office, He   13   his shoe and looked at his foot. There was much blood (血) on it. He   14   he stepped on (踩) a broken bottle. He looked at his shoe carefully and said to   15  , “Luckily, it didn’t prick(扎)my shoe!”  
　　( )1. A. hot          B. warm            C. cool              D. cold
　　( )2. A. few          B. a few          C. some              D. many
　　( )3. A. play         B. dance           C. lie down          D. sit down
　　( )4. A. work         B. sleep           C. study             D. write
　　( )5. A. closed       B. mended         C. opened            D. broke
　　( )6. A. healthy      B. strong          C. weak              D. ill
　　( )7. A. snowing      B. shining         C. raining           D. singing
　　( )8. A. got on well with               B. caught up with  
　　 C. looked after                   D. listened to
　　( )9. A. sorry         B. afraid         C. strange           D. tired
　　( )10. A. medicine     B. food           C. water             D. sugar
　　( )11. A. quickly      B. carefully      C. noisily           D. heavily
　　( )12. A. hole         B. sock           C. pain              D. pill
　　( )13. A. took off      B. put up        C. burnt             D. sold
　　( )14. A. forgot       B. remembered     C. understood        D. was told
　　( )15. A. him          B. her            C. them              D. himself
四。 Mrs. Ball had a son. His name was Mick. She __1__ him very much and as he was not a __2 __ child, she was always __3__ that he might be ill, __4__ she used to take him to see the best __5__ in the town four times a year to be looked __6__.
　　During one of these __7__, the doctor gave Mick all kinds of tests and then said to him, “Have you had any __8__ with your nose or ears recently?” Mick __9__ for a second and then answered, “Yes, I __10__.”
　　Mrs. Ball was very __11__. “But I’m sure you have __12__ told me that, Mick!” She said worriedly. “Oh, really?” Said the doctor __13__. “And what trouble have you with your nose and ears, my boy?” “Well,” answered Mick, “I always have trouble with them when I’m __14__ my sweater off, because the __15__ is very tight.”
( )1. A. loved            B. hated         C. missed              D. cared
( )2. A. rich             B. clever        C. strong               D. happy
( )3. A. afraid           B. surprised    C. glad                  D. sure
( )4. A. which            B. for             C. but                   D. so
( )5. A. player           B. teacher       C. doctor               D.lawyer
( )6. A. round            B. over           C. for                    D. after
( )7. A. talks            B. years          C. visits                 D. stays
( )8. A. answer          B. thing          C. word                 D. trouble
( )9. A. waited           B. thought      C. stood                D. looked　( )10. A. did             B. will           C. have           D. do
( )11. A. excited         B. interested   C. pleased             D. surprised
( )12. A. already        B. just            C. never               D. always
( )13. A. angrily        B. seriously    C. happily             D. carefully
( )14. A. turning        B. taking        C. keeping             D. putting
( )15. A. collar (衣领)         B. nose           C. mouth               D. ear
　五.   There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben,   1   he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made joked about him because he seemed so   2  .
      The mother   3   that she herself would have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a   4   a week and do a report about it for her.
      One day, in Ben’s   5  , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him   6  . Why did Ben raise his hand? They wondered. He   7   said anything, what could he possibly want to say?
      Well, Ben not only   8   the rock; he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew   9   the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were   10  . Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book   11  .
      Ben later went to the   12   of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.
      After Ben grew up, he   13   something about his mother that he did not know as a   14  .
      She, herself, had never learned how to   15  .
　　（ ）1.  A. because      B. so          C. but          D. though
　　（ ）2.  A. clever     B. had         C. slow         D. quick
　　（ ）3.  A. asked        B. decided      C. forgot      D. heard  
　　（ ）4.  A. notice       B. message      C. book        D. question
　　（ ）5.  A. class        B. room         C. office      D. lab
　　（ ）6.  A. think        B. leave        C. stand       D. speak  
　　（ ）7.  A. always      B. even          C. quickly     D. never
　　（ ）8.  A. found        B. played       C. knew        D. threw  
　　（ ）9.  A. whether     B. when         C. where       D. why  
　　（ ）10. A. afraid       B. surprised    C. worried     D. unhappy  
　　（ ）11. A. pictures     B. exercises    C. shops     D. reports  
　　（ ）12. A. top          B. end          C. back         D. side  
　　（ ）13. A. learned      B. remembered   C. understood D. guessed  
　　（ ）14. A. doctor       B. child        C. student      D. teacher  
　　（ ）15. A. read         B. work         C. teach        D. show  

一．1-3 BDB 二。1.C　
一．1-5 AADCA 6-10 BCDBC
.二.1-5 ACDBC 6-10 BADCD 三。1-5 DACBC 6-10 DABDA 11-15 BCABD
四．1-5 ACADC 6-10 BBDBC 11-15 DCBBA
五.本文介绍了美国一位平凡的母亲亲身教子的故事，父母是孩子的第一位教师，他们的一言一行深深地影响到孩子的成长和成材。文中的这位母亲通过自己的努力，使得智商不高的儿子成为栋梁之材，不能不使人沉思。
1-5 ACBCA 6-10 DDCCB 11-15 DAABA

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