初中英语阅读训练2017.8一.完形填空 AHello, my name is Lucy. I come from England. I live in a very big house ___1____ my parents. There is a small ____2___ in front of my house. I grow a lot of beautiful flowers in it. Now let me ____3___ you about my house.This is the sitting room. There is a photo of my ____4___ on the wall. We all look happy in it. We have a big sofa. I like sitting on it to watch TV. There are two bedrooms. One is for my parents and ___5____ is for my sister and me. Our bedroom is not very big, ___6____ it is very comfortable. There is a toy cat on my bed. She is my best friend. I like the ____7___ very much because my parents ____8___ cook delicious food for us in it. We can enjoy the nice food every day. The bathroom is ___9____ my parents’ bedroom and ours. I ___10____ a bath in it every evening. My home is very comfortable and I like it a lot.( )1. A. with B. to C. about D. of( )2. A. shop B. river C. school D. garden( )3. A. tell B. say C. speak D. talk( )4. A. house B. home C. family D. school( )5. A. another B. other C. the other D. the others( )6. A. and B. so C. but D. or( )7. A. bedroom B. balcony C. sitting room D. kitchen( )8. A. never B. sometimes C. often D. seldom( )9. A. in B. at C. from D. between( )10. A. live B. make C. have D. getB A fox is 21 food. He is very hungry. Now he 22 near a wall. The wall is very 23 .The fox is looking up. He sees 24 fine grapes 25 the wall. He smiles and says, “26 nice they are! I want to eat them.nice they are! I want to at them.” The fox is jumping. He jumps and jumps, 27 the wall is too high. He 28 get the grapes. The fox says “I must go now. I don’t like those grapes.29 are green. They are not 30 to eat. ”( ) 21.A. seeing B. finding out C. looking for D. finding( ) 22.A. gets B. comes C. goes D. stands( ) 23.A. much B. small C. strong D. high( ) 24.A. a little B. few C. much D. a lot of( ) 25.A. in B. on C. at D. for( ) 26.A. What B. How C. What a D. How a( ) 27.A. and B. or C. but D. where( ) 28.A. can’t B. can C. hasn’t D. is n’t( ) 29.A. We B. It C. You D. They( ) 30.A. bad B. good C. hard D. betterCLinlin is a boy. He 1 in the No. 5 Secondary School. Every day he gets up early in the morning. Then he reads English 2 Chinese. 3 half past six he 4 breakfast. He goes to school 5 bike.Class begins at eight in the morning. There are four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. Classes 6 over at four thirty in the afternoon. Sometimes he plays games __7__his friends. At fiv e o’clock he leaves school.In the evening, he does his homework. He likes watching TV. But he doesn’t8 it from Monday to Friday. He can only 9 it on 10 and Sunday.( ) 1. A. study B. studying C. studies D. like studying( ) 2. A. of B. and C. but D. like( ) 3. A. In B. On C. For D. At( ) 4. A. has B. have C. eat D. is eating( ) 5. A. on B. by C. in D. at( ) 6. A. am B. is C. are D. be( ) 7. A. with B. and C. or D. of( ) 8. A. watches B. watching C. watch D. likes( ) 9. A. sees B. watches C. look D. watch( ) 10. A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Saturday D. Friday二．阅读理解ABill Gates has a nice house on a hill by Lake Washington. Inside the house there are seven bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, six kitchens and six fireplaces. It even has a theatre, a library, an exercise room and a swimming pool. You can say the house is very big. However, it doesn’t look so big, because a large part of it is in the hills.The house is famous (著名的) for many reasons. One is its large size, and another is its amazing electronic systems (电子系统). Before a visitor goes into the house, he/she gets a chip (芯片) at the gate. The chip sends information about the visitor to the electronic systems in the house. When the visitor goes into the house, lights are on automatically (自动地). When the visitor goes into a room, the temperature (温度) will change to make the visitor comfortable. When the visitor goes from one room to another, he/she can hear music.Bill Gates began to build his house in 1990. It took him about 7 years to build it.( )1. Bill Gates’ house doesn’t look very big because ________.A. the house is in a forestB. the house is very modernC. the house is very smallD. a large part of the house is in the hills( )2. Bill Gates’ house is very famous. The writer gives ________ reasons.A. oneB. twoC. fourD. five( )3. The visitor will get ________ at the gate of Bill Gates’ house.A. a map of the houseB. a model houseC. a systemD. a chip( )4. Bill Gates finished building his house in ________.A. 1990B. 1996C. 2006D. 2011( )5. Which is the best title for the passage?A. Bill Gates’ dream homeB. Bill Gates’ houseC. Bill Gates and his houseD. Bill Gates’ familyBThere is a poor man. He has an orange tree. On the tree, there are many fine oranges. One of them is very, very big. It is as big as a football. Nobody sees so big an orange. The poor man is very happy. He takes it to the King (国王). The King is so pleased(高兴) that he gives the man a lot of money for it.When a rich man hears of it, he says to himself, “It’s only an orange. Why does t he King giveso much money for it? I’ll take my gold cup to the King. He’ll give me more money.” The next day when the king receives(收到) the gold cup, he says to the rich man, “What a beautiful cup! I’ll show you something wonderful. Please take this great orange away.”( )6. How many people are there in the story?A. Five.B. Four.C. Three.D. Two.( )7. The orange is ________.A. fine and bigB. fine and beautifulC. good and fineD. small( )8. The rich man takes his gold cup to the King for ________.A. the orangeB. the orange treeC. a footballD. more money( )9. The orange is ________.A. a footballB. like a footballC. like a gold cupD. like an egg( )10. The King receives the orange and the gold cup ________.A. on the same dayB. the next dayC. every dayD. on different daysCJohn doesn’t like to go to school. His mother is worried about him. One morning she goes into John’s room, turns on the light and says to him, “It’s time to get up. You can’t stay in bed all day.” But John doesn’t want to get up. He turns the light off. “Don’t go to sleep again. You’ll be late for school again,” his mother says. Fifteen minutes later, John comes into the kitchen and sits down at the table.“Hurry, it’s eight o’clock,” his mother says to him.“There is no hurry,” John tells his mother. “I’m not going to school.”“Why not? Is it a holiday?”“No, it’s not a holiday.”His mother sits next to him and takes his hand.“John, tell me what’s wrong. Why do you hate school so much?”The son doesn’t say anything. A few minutes later he says, “The teachers don’t like me, and neither do the students.”“John,” his mother says, “I’m sorry about it, but you cann ot stay at home.”“Why not?”“Because dear, there are two very good reasons. First, you are thirty-five years old. Second, you are the school headmaster,” says his mother.( ) 31. Why is John’s mother worried about him?A. He cries a lot.B. He cannot do his homework.C. He sleeps all day.D. He does not like to go to school.( ) 32. Why doesn’t John want to go to school?A. He is ill.B. He likes to stay in bed.C. He is not happy there.D. It is a holiday.( ) 33. What does John do at the school?A. He is a student.B. He is an English teacher.C. He is the school headmaster.D. He doesn’t do anything.DIn the day we work and play, at night we sleep. Our body rests while we sleep. In the morning we are ready to work and play again. Our body grows most while we are asleep.Children who are tired and cross（暴躁的）usually need more sleep. We can study our lessonsbetter after we have lots of rest. Boys and girls who are eight or nine years old need ten hours of sleep every night. Our body needs lots of air when we sleep. If we do not get enough fresh air，we will feel tired when we wake up. While in bed we must not cover our head. Our lung（肺）needs to get enough fresh air. If we open our windows at night，we can have plenty of fresh air. Cool air is better than warm air. Boys and girls who want to be strong must get plenty of sleep.( ) 34. Our body grows most while we are _________．A. eatingB. playingC. exercisingD. sleeping( ) 35. What may cause（促使）us to feel tired in the morning?A. Too much air.B. Not enough fresh air.C. Too much cold air.D. Too much sleep.( ) 36. How many hours of sleep should a nine-year-old child haveA. 8 hours.B. 9 hours.C. 10 hours.D. 11 hours.EIn New York City，on a cold day in December，a little boy about 10 years old is standing before a shoe shop on the roadway，barefoot，looking through the window，and shaking with cold.A lady comes up and says，“My little fellow，why are you looking in that window?”“I am asking God(上帝) to give me a pair of shoes，” the boy answers. The lady takes him by hand and goes into the store and asks the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asks if he can give her a basin of water and a towel(毛巾).He quickly brings them to her. She takes the little fellow to the back part of the shop and，taking her gloves off, washes his little feet，and dries them with a towel. By this time the clerk has come back with the socks. She places a pair upon the boy's feet，and then brings him a pair of shoes. She ties up the other pairs of socks and gives them to him，“No doubt(毫无疑问），my little follow，you feel more comfortable now?” As she turns to go，the little boy catches her by the hand，and looking up in her face，with tears(眼泪）in his eyes，he asked，“Are you God's wife(妻子)?"( ) 37. Where is the boy when the lady meets him?A. In the shoe store.B. With his mother.C. In the park.D. Before the shoe window.( ) 38. What does “barefoot” mean？A.瘸腿的B.赤脚的C.没依靠的D.破脚的( ) 39. What's the relationship（关系）between the boy and the lady？A. Son and motherB. Student and teacher.C. Friends.D. They didn't know each other.( ) 40. What's the best title for this passage？A. A Poor BoyB. A Shoe Store C．A Lucky Boy D. Shoes。