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初一年级英语阅读竞赛试题
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Reading comprehension(阅读理解): 1
Most mobile phone users find phones very useful, and half of the users keep them on all the time, a recent report said.
More than 1,200 American mobile phone users took part in the survey, and almost nine in ten say they get annoyed (烦恼的) by others' phones. “People tend to talk louder on the phone,” said Pamela, from Washington.
About a fourth of the mobile phone users said they can't imagine life without their mobile phones.
The survey also found:
28 per cent said they sometimes don't drive as safely as they should because they are using mobile phones.
Only one-third of US mobile phone owners use text messages.
Young adults love the many uses of mobile phones. 55 per cent of young adults take still (静态的) pictures with their phones, 47 per cent play games, and 28 per cent use the Internet.
True or False (判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用T表示，不符合的用F表示，填入空格内)(5%)
( ) 1. All the mobile phone users keep their phones on all the time
) 2. According to the survey, most phone users are annoyed by others' phones. ( ) 3. About two-thirds of US mobile phone owners use text messages. ( ) 4. Using a mobile phone while driving is very dangerous. (
) 5. Many young adults like to use the mobile phones to play games. (
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Most American school students have a long summer holidays. It is usually from June to September. During the holidays, students often travel 1 have summer jobs. 2
students take courses in summer school.
Mary 3 her last summer in summer school. She studied two courses and she 4
with her family. They saw interesting places near their 5 in Seattle. Mary's friends, Peter,
worked at a gas 6 during the summer. He sold gas and repaired cars. He made a lot of money and saved 7 all of it. Peter is going the university next year. He needs money for
the university tuition.
Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示填入空格内)(7%)
( ) 1. A: to B: but C: then D: or ( ) 2. A: Some B: No C: All D: More ( ) 3. A: had B: spent C: stayed D: worked ( ) 4. A: worked B: visited C: played D: traveled 精品文档． 精品文档
( ) 5. A: room B: school C: home D: hospital ) 6. A: shop ( B: factory C: station D: field ) 7. A: nearly B: quietly C: quickly ( D: truly
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Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(阅读短文，填写所缺的单词6%):
In Australia Christmastime is always in the hottest period in summer! Without s 1 , white Christmas never comes to Australia. It's a completely d 2
holiday from the one that you know.
Beaches are very popular d 3 that time. You can even see Santa Claus surfing on
the ocean! In the day, families like to go downtown to watch the carnival parade(狂欢游行). Everyone d 4 up. They are as beautiful as the performers. And this makes the carnival
more colorful. At night, people go to different outdoor parties to continue their happy hours . It may be a pity that A 5 cannot enjoy a white Christmas, but they never feel upset
because they have a s 6 happy holiday.
1.s 2. d 3. d 4.d
5.A 6.s
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True or False （判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）
The elephant is another animal that lives in groups. An elephant herd (群) usually has from twenty to forty members. The elephants in the herd depend on one another for help in time of trouble.
The leader of the group is usually a wise and strong
female. She travels at the head of the herd and is followed elephants bull young. The females by the other and their
, the （威胁）（公象）follow last. When danger threatensguard animals and the a circle around weaker bulls form them.
one to（忠诚）herd are loyal members The of the to behind is not left another. A sick or wounded elephant traveling herd stops is elephant sick, the whole die. If an until it gets well. When an elephant is injured, two others
walk on both sides of it and support it with their bodies. A member of the herd may be caught in a trap. Then the others try to free it.
help care. special They them and the youngsters of are Elephants fond the in group give ) when the herd crosses a river. They work together to rescue a 漂浮着young animals stay afloat ( 精品文档． 精品文档
calf（幼象）that has wandered（迷路）into a dangerous place.
A female elephant that is about to give birth to（生产）her young leaves the herd for a short time. However, she takes another female along to act as aunt. The aunt stands guard and helps the mother with her new-born calf. In this way, the whole herd protects its newest member. ( )1. The leader of the elephants travels in the middle of the herd.
( )2. In times of danger, the males form a circle around the weaker animals. ( )3. The leader of an elephant herd is usually a strong female. ( )4. Sick elephants are usually left behind to die.
( )5. Elephants will try their best to save the young ones when they are in dangerous situations. ( )6. Elephants can help each other in time of trouble. ( )7. A strong elephant can carry a sick elephant on its back.
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Choose the best answer （根据短文内容选择最恰当的答案）
Benjamin Banneker was born a few months before another great
George Washington. Benjamin was black, but he was —Americanfree. were and his grandmother slave. He and his mother not a
Benjamin's grandmother came from England. In America she got a job and worked for many years to pay for her boat trip across enough saved years, she ocean . After working many more the She while. for a Benjamin lived with her buy money to a farm. ).
算术taught him to read and write and do arithmetic (Benjamin's neighbour knew that he was clever. They were
not surprised when he built a large wooden clock. He made each him
clock made small pocket watch. The piece after studying a
famous, for it was one of the first clocks built in America. People from other places began to send hard problems of all kinds for Benjamin to settle.
He hard problems. ability to settle of Thomas Jefferson learned Benjamin Banneker's
Washington, asked Banneker to help build the city that was to be the capital of the United States—and streets marked where the the plans for the city. He on D.C. Banneker worked hard should be built.
—the Capitol (美国国会大厦) the White House, and many othersbuildings—d designed the new city,
had a quarrel, and went Later, L' Enfant, the Frenchman who haback to France in anger. He took all of the plans with him. The workmen couldn't build without any plans to follow.
For a while it seemed that the plans for the capital might have to be changed, but Benjamin each had built each again as he He Banneker remembered the plans he had helped draw. drew piece of his clock.
If it weren't for Benjamin Banneker, Washington, D.C might look very different from the way it does today.
taught him how ____________ when he was young. )1. Benjamin's grandmother( A) to read and write and do arithmetic B) to make a clock D) to solve some difficult problems C) to do farm work )2. When Banneker built a large wooden clock, ___________________. ( A) people in America showed no surprise 精品文档． 精品文档
B) his name spread all over America
C) he became the first man in America to build a clock D) people came from other places to congratulate him
( )3. Thomas Jefferson asked Banneker to help build the city Washington because he was told that Banneker was _____________.
A) warm- hearted B) clever C) hard-working D) serious ( )4. The French designer L'Enfant had a quarrel with the Americans and returned to France___________________.
A) worriedly B) angrily C) excitedly D) calmly ( )5. When L' Enfant left with his plans, Banneker was in _____ of building the capital Washington.
A) charge B) helping C) design D) completing ( )6. In building the city Washington, Banneker showed that _____________. A) he had a good memory B) he was never tired of working C) he feared no difficulties D) he was good at drawing ( )7. Benjamin Banneker is remembered to this day mainly because _____. A) he made one of the first clocks in America
B) he used to be an assistant to L'Enfant, who had designed the city Washington C) he designed the city Washington when L'Enfant left
D) he was able to continue the plans for the new city Washington as L'Enfant left with his plans
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Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语,完成短文)
Canada is one of the few ____1______ in the world to have two official languages: English and French. There are 10 provinces (省) in the country but only one of these —— Quebec( 魁北克 ) is known as “French Canada”. This is because it was founded by French explorers while British adventurers discovered and governed the rest.
Canada left the British empire in 1867 to become an independent country, and English
初一英语阅读理解竞赛题
