初三年英语练习—阅读理解专项练习 2页

‎2013年秋初三英语练习八 ‎(一)‎ ‎ Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time．If you see the world with your warm heart．you'll find that the whole world smiles to you．‎ ‎ While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher's face when you did a good job?‎ ‎ One day it is fine．Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain．Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why don't you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely(及时的)rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a food harvest．‎ ‎ Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do，sometimes failure(失败)can't be avoided．I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope．When we face failure，we must be confident in ourselves，draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes，“Failure is the mother of success．”‎ ‎ Attitude(态度)decides everything. With an optimistic(乐观的)attitude life is easy and pleasant．Let's smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.‎ ‎( )1. People sometimes complain .‎ A．the sky is always dark B．1ife is tiring C．they see the world with their heart ‎( )2．According to the passage，in school， .‎ ‎ A．the students don’t like their lessons B．the teachers will be happy if the students do good jobs C．the teachers don’t like their teaching ‎( )3．If there is a timely rain， ‎ A．you want to go out B. you can listen to a concert C．crops in the fields will grow better ‎( )4．When we face failure，we ‎ A. must be confident in ourselves B. shouldn’t be afraid of it or give up hope C．all of the above ‎( )5．The best title of this passage is ‎ A．Smile and the World Smiles to You B．Complaining about Life ‎ C．Failure Is the Mother of Success ‎(二)‎ ‎ My mother was a housewife．She thought that successful people spent a lot more time reading than watching TV．So she asked my brother and me not to watch too much TV，but to read two books every week in our free time．She would check them with marks．though she couldn't read the books at a11．‎ ‎ When I went to high school，I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted cool clothes and hung out with friends. I went from being an A-student to a C-student, but I didn't care. One night I complained about not having enough Italian shirts. Then my mother gave me all the money and said I could get the money left to buy shirts if I finished buying all the things the family needed. I was very pleased with that, but after I bought those things，there was no money left. I got to know how difficult it was for my mother to do all these. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again. Finally, my dream came true and I became a doctor．‎ ‎ My story is really my mother's story—a woman with little education greatly changed my life as a parent．So I believe there is no job more important than parenting(父母对孩子的养育)．‎ ‎ ( )1．What did the writer's mother do?‎ ‎ A．A worker． B．A housewife． C．A teacher．‎ ‎ ( )2．Why did the mother ask her children to read books in their free time?‎ ‎ A．Because she thought successful people spent more time reading．‎ ‎ B．Because she thought books were interesting．‎ ‎ C．Because she wanted her children to be happy．‎ ‎ ( )3．Which was NOT the reason for the writer's falling behind(落后)?‎ ‎ A．He only cared about clothes and didn't study．‎ ‎ B．He spent more time hanging out with friends than studying．‎ ‎ C．He spent much time reading story books．‎ ‎ ( )4．What was the writer's dream?‎ ‎ A．To be a doctor． B．To be a teacher． C．To be an A-student．‎ ‎( )5．The writer mainly wants to tell us that .‎ ‎ A．his mother is kind and helpful B．he loves his mother ‎ C．there is no job more important than parenting 2‎ ‎2013年秋初三年英语练习八 ‎(三)‎ ‎ Jackson was driving back home along a road one evening．He just lost his job．It was winter and it was very cold，just like his feelings．‎ ‎ An old lady with her car was standing on one side of the road．She needed help．No one stopped to help her．Jackson stopped in front of her and got out of his car．The lady looked very worried．Even when he put a smile on his face．the old lady still looked worried．Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe, and he looked poor and hungry．‎ ‎ Jackson knew how she felt．He said．“I'm here to help you，madam．Why don't you wait in my car? By the way, my name is Jackson．”‎ ‎ The lady thought for a while and then went into his car．There was something wrong with her car．Jackson went under her car to repair it．When he finished, he got dirty and his hands hurt．Then the lady told him that her name was Anie．She asked Jackson how much she should pay for his help．‎ ‎ Jackson never thought about getting money．This was not a job to him．This was helping someone in need．He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help，she should give that person help．‎ ‎( )1．Jackson felt ______when he drove home that evening．‎ A．strange B．happy C．sad ‎( )2．Why did the lady look worried?‎ A．Because she lost her way． B．Because her car broke down.‎ C．Because she felt very cold．‎ ‎( )3．It was______for Jackson to repair the lady's car．‎ A．difficult B．interesting C．impossible ‎( )4．Jackson helped the lady because________.‎ A．the lady would Pay him B．the lady felt cold ‎ C．he wanted to help someone in need ‎( )5．The old lady should______the next time she met someone who needed help.‎ A．help that person B．1eave that person alone C．call Jackson for help again ‎(四)‎ ‎ How can you buy a meal for lunch without any money in your pocket? Students in Class 9，Grade 8 at Mountain and Lake Middle School in Chengdu，Sichuan，have their ways．They give out flyers(传单)，draw portraits(人物素描)and work as waiters．‎ ‎ The class, working in eight groups, finished the activity. Experiencing Life for Seven Hours, on March 18, “I found students waste their food in tile dining-hall,”the class teacher, Deng Guiyong said．“So I held this activity to help them understand how hard it is to make　money.”‎ ‎ Jiang Yao, 15, and his group members stood in the streets giving out flyers for about two hours and got the money for their lunch. Then they worked as waiters in a pizza restaurant-cleaning the floor and toilets and getting food for guests,“We were busy all along，so we were terribly exhausted after the day's hard work."said Jiang．"We each got a pizza as a prize, which tasted much better than one I ate with my parents before．"‎ When Xie Ni's group didn't make any money in three hours，the members became nervous about their lunch．The 14-year-old girl came up with the idea of drawing portraits to sell,“I sold four portraits and one tourist even paid us 100 yuan for his portrait，”said Xie．‎ Xie realized that life is really hard．“We have to work hard to get the money to pay for even a simple meal.” Xie said, “We must value the happy life today．”‎ ‎ On top of making money，each group was asked to do at least five good deeds during the seven hours．Students helped the old cross the road，gave directions to tourists and turned in a lost bus card．‎ ‎( )1．From the teacher's words，we can see that the students______.‎ ‎ A．usually waste food in their daily life B．realize life is really not easy ‎ C．know it's hard to make money ．‎ ‎( )2．The underlined word“exhausted”in Paragraph 3 means________.‎ A．happy B．crazy C．tired ‎( )3．In order to make money，the students have done all except________.‎ ‎ A．help the old cross the road B．give out flyers C．draw portraits ‎( )4．The purpose of this activity is to__________.‎ A. let the students get food B．help the stndents learn to value their today's life C．help people in need ‎( )5. What's the best title for the passage?‎ ‎ A．Life Is Really Hard B．It's，Good To Be A Volunteer ‎ C．Experiencing Life For Seven Hours 2‎ ‎2013年秋初三年英语练习八