（1）A Clever Bird
A man has a bird. It is very clever. Every day the man speaks to the bird.“Hello!”he says. “Hello!”the bird answers.“What are you doing?”says the man.“What are you doing?”says the bird.
The man is not at home one day. A thief comes in. He is taking many things.“Hello!”The thief hears the bird's words.“What are you doing?”The thief is very afraid，so he does not take any things and runs out of the house.
1. The man teaches the bird ________.
A. how to say something B. how to sing songs C. how to eat something D. how to dance 2. The bird is ________.
A. very nice B. very clever
C. very beautiful D. very silly(傻的) 3. The man speaks to the bird ________.
A. sometimes B. once a week C. every week D. every day 4. The thief is taking ________ things from the house. A. a few B. a little C. a lot of D. some 5. The thief ________ out of the room.
A. walks B. comes C. runs D. goes
(2 )What Are Stars Like?
Have you ever wondered about the stars? In some ways，stars are like people. They are born. They grow old. And they die.
A star is born from dust and gas. Slowly the dust and gas make a ball. The ball gets very hot. Then it starts to give off light. The young star grows into a giant. Many years go by. The older star begins to get small again. At last its light goes out. The star's life is over. 1. Dust and _________ make a star.
A. gas B. snow C. rain 2. This story tells about _________.
A. old people B. the life of a star C. the number of stars in the sky 3. In the first part of the story，what does the word “wondered”mean? A. moved B. looked at C. asked yourself 4. Stars give off light because they are very _________. A. small B. hot C. old
5. You can guess from the story that most stars are around for a _________ time. A. long B. short C. nice
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We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights , and there my wife saw the bookshelf.
It stood outside a furniture (家具)shop. \roof-rack (车顶架) . I've always wanted one like that . \
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof-rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too .
As it was getting darker, I drove slowly . Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through . Carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, \超车) ?\
Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers (警官)inside looked at us seriously when they went past . But then , with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church (教堂) . One of the offices came to me. \
I didn't quite understand . \the road. \
He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. \and laughed . \ My wife began to laugh . Suddenly I understood why the police drove here .
I smiled at the officer. \ 1 . From the story we know that ___________.
A . the writer was poor and didn't buy the bookshelf for his wife B . the writer's wife didn't like the bookshelf at all
C . the writer was always glad to buy something for his wife
D . the writer was not very dad to buy the bookshelf for his wife
2 . What made the writer think that carrying furniture was \ A . He could drive slowly and it was safe. B . Other drivers would let him go first . C . His wife could use a new bookshelf. D . He could save a lot of money and time.
3 . Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?
A . Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf. B . Because they didn't think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it .
C . Because they thought somebody in the writer's family had died and he needed help . D . Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car. 4 . Why did the writer's wife begin to laugh?
A . Because now she knew what mistake the police had made.
B . Because at last her husband understood why the police had driven to the church . C . Because the officer was always looking at the flowers and the bookshelf. D . Because the police had helped them a lot .
5 . When did the officers begin to realize (意识到)they had made a mistake? A . Before they arrived at the church. B . Before they overtook the writer's car
C . After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church. D . After the writer's family left the church. (7)阅 读 理 解
Mr. Smith is our Chinese teacher. He always asks the same student to answer his questions because he doesn't look at the students at all. Yesterday he questioned Dick three times. Dick was very angry. After class Dick asked me, \shall I do?\I told him a good idea. Now we are having a Chinese class. Mr Smith wants one of us to read the text. \please read the text.\\ 1. Mr. Smith teaches us ___.
A. English B. Maths C. Physics D. Chinese 2. He always asks the same student to ___.
A. translate the text B. read the text C. tell a story D. answer his questions 3. Yesterday he questioned Dick ___.
A. once B. twice C. three times D. four times 4. ___ told Dick a good idea.
A. Tim B. Mr. Smith C. The writer D. \ 5. Is the idea really good?___.
A. yes, it is B. No, it isn't C. Yes, it does D. No, it doesn't (8 )阅 读 理 解
Most people who work in the office have a boss (老板). So do I (我也是). But my boss is a little unusual. What's unusual about him? It's a big dig. Many men have dogs, but few men bring their dogs to the office every day. My boss's dog. Robinson, is big and brown. My boss brings him to work every day. He takes the dog to meetings and he takes the dog to lunch. When there is telephone call for my boss, I always know if he is in the office. I only look under his desk. If I see something brown and hairy (毛绒绒的) under it, I know my boss is somewhere in the office. If there is no dog , I know my boss is out.
1. People _________bring dogs to the office. A. usually B. often C. seldom (几乎不) D. sometimes 2. My boss is Robinson's ________.
A. boss B. master C. classmate D. teacher
3. Robinson goes to meetings _________ my boss. A. for B. without C. instead of (代替) D. with
4. Robinson is always under the desk if the boss is _________. A. in the office B. at meetings C. out of the office D. out of work
初中英语阅读理解精选20篇(含答案)---副本
