(江苏省泰州市海陵区2011年初三英语适应性训练)

四、阅读理解 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容选择最佳答案。(30分)

(A)

What do you eat every evening? Do you eat meat? Do you eat vegetables? Do you eat fruit or dessert(甜点) after dinner? We asked the 55 students of Class 1, Grade 7 in Sunshine School. Here is the result

( )51. How many girls are there in Class 1, Grade 7?

A. Twenty. B. Thirty-five. C. Thirty. D. Twenty-five.

( )52. All the students in the class eat for dinner.

A. meat B. dessert C. fruit D. vegetables

( )53. In the class, 10 students don’t eat for dinner.

A. meat B. dessert C. fruit D. vegetables

(B)

Do you know there are many kinds of grass? Some are tall. The kind that grows around your house is short grass. But field grass often grows as tall as a man.

Bamboo is a kind of grass ,too. Maybe it is the highest grass in the world.

Some food that we eat comes from plants of the grass family. Wheat and rice are two of them. We use wheat to make bread. We use both wheat and rice to make breakfast. At some places, people eat more rice than any other food.

Animals as well as people get food from the grass family. Cows eat hay(干草). Do you know the kind of grass that horses like to eat?

( )54. Which of the following belongs to(属于) the grass family?

A. Wheat. B. Rice. C. Apples. D. A and B.

( )55. Which of the following doesn’t get food from the grass family?

A. Horses. B. Sheep. C. Dogs. D. Cows.

( )56. Which of the following is wrong?

A The grass family are all short.

B There are many kinds of grass.

C Field grass often grows as tall as a man.

D Horses get food from the grass family.

( )57 ____maybe is the highest grass.

A bamboo B Hay C plants D wheat

(C)

Many people go to school for education. School education is very important and useful ,but no one can learn everything from school. A teacher ,no matter how much he knows ,cannnot teach his student everything .His work is to show his students how to learn .He teaches them how to read and how to think . So much more is to be learned outside school by students themselves.

It’s aways more important to know how to learn by oneself than to learn some facts or formulas (公式)by heart.It’s quite easy to learn some facts in history or a formula in maths ,but it’s very difficult to use them. Edison and Einstein didn’t get everything from school,but they were all successful. They invented so many things. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study .They read many books outside school .They worked hard all their lives,wasting not a single moment. The most important thing is that they know how to use their brains(大脑)。

( )58.Students can’t learn everything in school because _____________.

E. the teacher doesn’t know much

F. the teacher can only teach them how to read and write

G. the teacher would not like to teach

H. there are still many things for the students to learn outside

( )59.A teacher’s work is _________________

B. to teach all subjects B.to teach everything

C.to teach the students how to read and think D.to work hard

( )60.To know how to__________ is much more important than facts or formulas by heart.

B. work out maths problems B.remember all the facts

C.study science D.study

( )61.Why did the famous scientists become successful ? Because__________

E. they know how to study

F. they remembered all the formulas

G. they didn’t get everything from school

H. they didn’t know how to use their brains

(C)

Mr King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager. He drives carefully and can keep calm in time of danger. And he escaped from several accidents. The manager pays him more and the traffic policemen often speak highly of him.

Mr Baker, one of his friends, works in a factory outside the city. It is far from his house and he has to go to work by bus. As the traffic is crowded in the morning, sometimes he is late for the work. His manager warns the young man will be sent away unless he gets to his office on time. He hopes to buy a car, but he hasn’t enough money. He decides to buy an old one. He went to the flea market and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to have a trial(实验) drive, the seller agreed. He called Mr King and asked him to help him.

Mr King examined the car at first and then drove it away. It was five in the morning and there were few cars in the street. At first he drove slowly and it worked well. Then he drove fast. And when he reached a crossing, the light turned red. He tried to stop it, but he failed and nearly hit an old woman who was crossing the street. A policeman told him to stop, but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.

“Didn’t you hear me?” the police man asked angrily.

“Yes, I did, sir,” said Mr King, “since it doesn’t listen to me, can it obey you?”

( )62. Mr King is paid more because he_________.

A. always drives very slowly B. is not afraid of danger

C. has driven for years D. drives very well

( )63. Mr Baker went to the flea market to __________.

A. buy a second-hand car B. have a trial drive

C. choose a new car D. sell his old car

( )64. Mr King tried to stop the car when___________.

A. he saw an old woman crossing the street

B. he saw a big tree

C. the traffic lights turned red

D. the policeman shouted angrily at him

( )65. Which of the following is true?

A. Mr King will be sent away if he keeps being late.

B. Mr Baker can’t afford to buy an old car.

C. Mr King didn’t hear the policeman.

D. Something was wrong with the car.

答案：

51-55 DADDC 56-60 AADCD 61-65 ADACD