初三英语趣味阅读理解题（一）Someone Can Send Them To MeMr Jones had a few days‟holiday, so he said, “I‟m goingto the mountains by train．”He put on his best cl othes, took a small bag, went to the station and got into the train．He had a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window during the trip（旅途）and looked at the mountains．But the wind pulled his off．Mr Jones quickly took his old bag up and threw it out of the window too．The other people in th e carriage laughed．“Is your bag going to bring your beautiful hat back?”they asked．“No, ”Mr Jones ans wered, “but there‟s no name and no address in my hat, and there‟s a name and an address on my ba g．Someone‟s going to find both of them near each other, and he‟s going to send me the bag and the h at．”判断对错：（）1．Mr Jones had a day‟__________s holiday．（）2．Mr Jones went to the mountains bike．（）3．The wind pulled his old hat off．（）4．There was a name and an address on the bag．（）5．The people in the carriage laughed at Mr Jones．（）6．Hisbag could get his hat back．（）7．Someone sent the hat and the bag to Mr Jones．（二）A Story About Hairs1．Mr Smith hadn‟t many hairs, so he wasn‟t very happy．But he hadn‟t and way．What could he do? He had to go to hospital．2．Mr Smith saw a famous doctor and asked for some good medicine for his haris．The doctor gave him some new medicine．3．The doctor said, “This is a kind of new mdicine．You must send me a hair every week so that I can c heck it．Is it all right?”4．Mr Smith sent the doctor a hair every week, and the doctor wrote him a letter and told him the new medicine was good for his hair．5．But a few weeks later, Mr Smith wrote the doctor a letter．He said, “I‟m sorry, dear doctor．I haven‟t any hairs to send．What can I do?”The doctor wrote to him, “Eat the medicine again．”（三）Buying A Hat1．A woman wants to buy a hat which matches(和?相配) her dress．She goes into a hat shop．2．One after another, she picks and chooses many hats．3．Finally, she is satisfied with one of them．She says to the man in the shop, “Excuse me, how much i s this hat?”4．“Oh, madam, ”says the man in the shop, “but this is just the one you had on your head when you ca me into my shop．”（四）Hedgehog（刺猬）And Peacock1．A peacock was dancing．A little hedgehog was looking at him．How beautiful his clothes was! 2．The hedgehog went back home and said to his mother, “Can you give me a beautiful clothes like the peacock‟s, Mum?”His mother said, “Isn‟t your clothes good for you?”3．So he went to see the peacock and asked, “Can you give me a beautiful clothes like yours?”The peac ock sai d, “Certainly．Here you are．”4．Suddenly a wolf came up and tore up his new clothes, but couldn‟t tear up his old clothes．The hedge hog thought, “ The beautiful thing isn‟t good for me．”（五）They‟ll Give You A Helping HandIn a New York street a small truck hit a big tree．The truck was full of glasses and they were all broken now．The driver came out of the truck and looked at the broken glasses．He was very sad．And people i n the street were sorry for him．Then an old man walked to the driver, looked at him for a few minute s and said, “My poor boy! I think you must pay a lot for it．” “Yes．”was the sad answer．“Well, well, ”said the old man, “hold out your hat- here‟s some money for you; and I can say some of these people will give you a helping hand, too．”Then he walked away．The driver held out his hat and over a hundred people came and put their money in it．At last the driver took out a bag and putall the money in．Then he looked at the people and said, “Well, thank you very much, but I don‟t under stand．That old man is my boss．”根据正文短文内容选择正确答案。

1．The truck hit ______．A．something B．some glasses C．an old man D．the driver2．The driver was ______ when he looked at the glasses．A．happy B．pleased C．popular D．worried3．The old man ______．A．asked the driver a question B．gave the driver a hatC．was the driver‟s father D．knew the driver4．The driver ______．A．could keep the bag of moneyB．borrowed the moneyC．must give the money to the old manD．had to give the money to a poor boy（六）Food In BritainThe food British friends eat in Britain is very different from out Chinese food．For instance, they eat a lot of potatoes．They like to eat them every day．They eat bread for breakfast and usually for one other m eal．They eat their bread with butter, maybe chess, or jam, things we don‟t eat much in China．Cheese and butter are made from milk．They drink a lot of milk, too．They drink the milk cold or hot, and they put it in their tea．They put sugar in their tea, as well．They are the world‟s biggest tea-drinkers．They l ike Chinese tea, but they drink mostly strong black tea from India and Sri Lanka．They don‟t eat much r ice．For their main meal they like is meat or fish with potatoes and one of two vegetables．They serve a ll this together．After the main meal they always have something sweet．They call this dessert．They do n‟t have Jiaozi in Britain．根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（√）误（×）：( )1．The Chinese food is the same as the British one．( )2．The British like to eat potatoes very much．( )3．Chinese like to eat cheese．( )4．They drink tea with milk in Britain．( )5．They like Chinese tea most in Britain．( )6．They eat meat or fish every day in Britain．（七）Weather In BritainIn Britain winter is not very cold and summer is not very hot．There is not a great difference between s ummer and winter．Why is this? Britain has a mild winter and a cool summer because it is an island cou ntry．In winter the sea is warmer than the land．The winds from the sea bring warm air to Britain．In summer the sea is cooler than the land．The winds from the sea bring cool air to Britain．The westerly（来自西边的）winds blow over Britain all the year．They blow from the southwest．They are wet winds．They bring rain to Britain all the year．Britain has a lot of rain all the year．The west of Britain is wester tha n the east．The winds must blow over the highland in the west．They drop more rain there．The east of Britain is drier than the west．The four seasons are all three months long．Winter is in December，Janua ry and February．Spring is in March，April and May．Summer is in June，July and August．Autumn is in September，October and November．根据短文内容选择正确答案：1．In Britain winter is _______．A．longer than summer B．shorter than summerC．nearly the same as summer D．very different form summer2．In the sentence “Britain has a mild winter”, “mild” me ans_______．A．hot B．warm C．cool D．cold3．Winter in Britain is not very cold because ______．A．there is more sunlight thereB．the warm winds in the sea blow over Britain in winterC．there are a lot of river thereD．there is no wind there4．Which is true of the following sentences?A．In winter the winds from the sea bring cool air to Britain．B．The westerly winds blow over Britain from east．C．The westerly winds are wet．D．The east of Britain is wetter than the west．5．From the text we know that there is _______．A．the same rain everywhere in BritainB．more rain in the west of Britain than in the east of BritainC．no rain in the east of BritainD．little rain in the west of Britain（八）The History Of Ping-pongAbout more than a hundred years ago, an American produced a game．He called it indoor tennis．The A mericans were not interested in it at first but he sent it to his London friends and it became very popula r(流行的) in Britain．The game was then played across dining-room tables, or on the floor with the net st rung（用绳缚）between two chairs．The balls were made of cork or rubber．The bats were made of wood．A few years later a hollow ball like the one we use today was invented．The game then quickly spread al l over the world．An Englishman once made a bat covered with rubber．He first sold then game in Engla nd and called it “Ping-pong”．“Ping”was the sound of the bat when it hit the ball，and “pong”was the sou nd of the ball when it hit the table．根据短文内容选择正确答案：1．Who invented the game of Ping-pong? ______．A．A Chinese B．An EnglishmanC．An American D．We don‟t know2．The game was first known as _______．A．Ping-pong tennis B．table tennisC．out-door tennis D．indoor tennis3．What did the British think of the game? ______．A．Moving B．InterestingC．Terrible D．Well4．In the early days the ball was ______．A．hollow B．covered with rubberC．made of cork or rubber D．made of plastics5．The name of “Ping-pong”has something to do with ______．A．sound B．sizeC．history D．place（九）Beethoven（贝多芬）Beethoven, a famous musician in the world, was born in Germany in 1770．In his childhood Beethoven d idn‟t have a happy life．His father was a singer．When he was only four, his father began to make himpractise hour after hour on different musical instruments（乐器）．If he did not put his heart into it, his f ather would beat him or make it hard on him．Beethoven loved music and he learned so fast that he w as able to go around to give concerts, when he was only a boy of eleven．At the age of seventeen, he won high praise from Mozart, the great musician at that time．Beethoven was often poor and ill during his life．After one illness, he suddenly found himself deaf（聋）．At that time he was only thirty-one．It was a blow（打击）to him indeed．But he still went on working and writing music pieces．To people‟s s urprise, some of his best pieces were written after he lost his hearing．In 1827, leaving more than 300 pieces, the great musician died．But his name is still remembered to this day．根据短文内容，选择正确答案。