初中英语阅读100篇

3. Further study of the ―inner clock‖ will be useful because ________________. A. it might help us in some way

B. we do not yet understand plants and animals well enough C. the number of spacemen and airplane pilots is fast increasing D. we should try to live more naturally than we do now

4. Kept in constant darkness, flowers ________________________. A. will not open or close as usual B. will not open any longer

C. will open as they do in natural conditions D. will always remain in full blossom (开花)

5. ________________ have a mysterious power of knowing time without information from the outside world.

A. Animals including man as well as plants B. All living things except man C. Flowers are the only things in the world that D. Neither animals nor plants Key: 1-5 BDACA 【023】

.In the old days, in London, the smog (烟雾) was very thick. Car and bus drivers___________ to drive very slowly: they could ___________ see the road in front of them even during the daytime. People did not like going out in the smog. If they had to go out, they _____________―smogmask (防雾面具)‖ over their faces.

In December 1952, a very ________ dark cloud came down over London. It was the ________ smog Londoners had ever had. _________ of it was bad factory smoke. Nearly fifty people died in road accidents. But many more people became unhealthy (not healthy). The smog was very _________ for old people and children. One man said, ―The streets were almost ____________ because people stayed at home as much as __________. The air was very thick, and you could almost cut it with a knife.‖

After three weeks, the smog began to ___________. But in the following weeks and months over 4,000 people died as a result of the smog.(h ad, hardly, wore, thick, worst, Most/Much, dangerous, empty, possible, lift) 【024】

.There are a few different r_____(1) why people use small talk.The first,and most obvious,is to break an uncomfortable s____(2).Another reason,however,is simply to kill t____(3).That is why it is so common to make small talk when you are w____(4) for something.Some people make small talk in order to be p____(5).You may not feel l_____(6) chatting with anyone at a party,but it is r____(7) to just sit in a corner by

yourself.After someone i____(8) you to another person,you do not know anything about them,so in order to show a polite i____(9) in getting to know them better,you have to start with some small talk.And remember in an English-speaking environment it is often b____(10) to make a few mistakes than to say nothing at all!( reasons; silence;time;waiting;polite; like; rude; introduce;intention; better) 【025】

One cold winter morning,an oldwoman had to (see) her doctor.She told the doctor that her right leg hurt,and sometimes she (could not )walk.Sheasked him what was (wrong),as she never (had) such feeling.The docter looked her over carefully,then he said ,\are in good (health) for a woman of your age.I think the trouble in your right leg is just a matter of old age catching up with you.We get all kinds of illness (when) we get oder.The trouble will almost certainly (express)in spring.\don`t think so,doctor!\said,\left leg is (wrong),and it is the same( age )as my right\ 【026】

Today is April Fools' Day,so we could cheat our English teacher-Miss Zhang.We erasered the lessons' names,and c_____ English into physics. When Miss Zhang came into the c_____,all of us pretended to be taken by a big s_____,and said to her.―Miss Zhang,please look at the school time table. It's time for physics,not for English.‖ After h_____ these words,she really b_____ us. Shesaid,―I'm sorry,boys and girls. It's my fault.‖ And she was g_____ out of the classroom. When we saw this,we all l_____. Oh,Miss Zhang knew what had happened.She came back and laughed,too.

Then she took a lot of p_____ of paper out of her bag and said ,―Today,let's have an exam.‖― We were all shocked. But Miss Zhang b_____ to laugh again. ―Ladies and gentlemen,it's April Fools' Day‖ (changed classroom secret hearing belived gone laughed pages began) 【027】

I was born in New York,but I grew up in San Francisco.I began to live in London 25 years ago.If I am asked now w____(76) I want to live forever,I would say London.But I wil a____(77) be American.

San Francisco,like London,has many parks.Everyday my sister and I were t____(78)to play in the parks as children.I didn't go to school. I only had three hours of formal education when I was five. I was sent to school in the morning but came home at noon on the first day.I said I didn‘t e____(79) it and hadn‘t learned anything.My parents thought that school was unsuirable for me. They a____(80) with me,so I never went back to

school.

Then my mother taught me and my two sisters at home.In the w____(81) of an Englishi lady who had good education.We learned languages and reading more sciences and maths.Sometimes she taught h____(82) ,but we also had other teachers.They asked us to take lessons every day.About once a week we went to Golden Gate Park. While we were w_____(83) ,my mother taught me to read music.One day I saw a little toy train in the window of a shop and I remember now I‘d like to have it.I c_____(84) say ―r‖ when I was small. My mother said if I could say an ―r‖ well,I would have the toy train.I practiced and practiced.Then one morning I woke everybody up with my ―r‖.I got the toy train,I usually got thing I wanted in life,but I work h___(85) for them. 【028】

Australia has a lot of lovely animals . You cannot find them anywhere else in the world . The most famous ones are kangaroos and koalas.

The kangaroo is the symbol of Australia.They have large eyes and eats . They don't walk, they jump.They use their strong back legs . They can jump at 74 kilometres per hour . They can go over nine metres in one jump . Kangaroo mothers have pouches to carry their babies. The babies stay inside to get milk and keep warm.

Kangaroos are everywhere in Australia . They are on TV, in books and in the shops . But do you know that millions of kangaroos are killed every year?There are too many of them . There are about 20 to 25 million kangaroos in Australia. That's more than the number of people in the counery. Some kangaroos go humgry because there is not enough food to eat . They break into farms for food Farmers are very angry with them.

The koala is another famous Australian animal . They look like bears , and have small eyes and big noses. They eat leaves from gum trees.Koalas have a.They use it to mark their home----\mother's pouch,too.

（ ）1.If we want to see kangaroos and koalas in natural forests. we can go to________. A.China B.France C.Australia （ ）2.What does a kangaroo look like?

A.It looks like a bear. B.It has big eyes and ers. C.It has small eyes and big noses.

（ ）3.The work \ A.育儿袋 B。肌肉 C。尾巴

（ ）4.Which is NOT TRUE?____________

A.The kangaroos can go over nine metres in one jump. B.Koalas like eating leaves from gum trees. C.Koalas use their voices to mark their homes （ ）5.What's the best title of this passage?________. A.Kangaroos and koalas. B.Beautiful Australia

C.How to protect kangaroos and koalas. 【029】

A person, like a commodity （商品）, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration, however, does no harm when it shows the person‘s unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment（装饰）, so that the person so packaged is not a commodity but a human being, lively and lovely. A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted by God. Any attempt to make up would be self-defeating. Youth, however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work you are unique in through plains mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self-satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth . There is no need to make us of hair dyeing. The snow-capped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony （和谐）with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the elder‘s company is like reading a thick book of deluxe （better quality）edition that attracts one so much as to be unwilling to part with.

As long as one find where on stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging. 1．It can be concluded from the text that________. A. people should be packed at all ages B. people should be packed in a special way C. elderly people also care about packing D. proper packing makes people attractive 2．For the middle-aged, attractiveness________. A. hardly exists

B. is the strongest C. comes from the inside D. comes from the appearance

3．The underlined sentence means that elderly people ________. A. are usually packed like a finely - made book B. experience a lot and have rich knowledge of life C. do a lot of traveling and can give you much information D. enjoy reading thick books of beautiful nature and fairylands 【030】

An artist (画家) went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes(颜料和画笔)and painted till evening. When it got dark he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.

At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said,\want money. But give me one of your pictures. What`s money? In a week it will all be finished ,but your picture will still be here.\

The artists was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered ,\to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I`ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think.\

61.The artist went to the countryside to ________. A. visit his old friend B. spend his holiday C. visit the farmer D. Thank the farmer 62. Every day ,the artist _______.

A. went out to help the farmer to do some farming B. went out to visit his friends C. painted pictures

D. enjoyed the beautiful scenery

63. The artist wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer ____. A. wanted much more money B. wanted nothing

C. didn`t want any money at all

D. wanted one of his pictures instead of money

64. The artist thought the farmer wanted a picture of his because _______.