初三英语阅读理解练习题1.The worst tourist in the world is Nicholas Scottie of San-Francisco. Once he flew from the U.S. to his hometown in Italy to see someone at home. The plane made one-hour stop to get oil at Kennedy Airport of New York. As he thought he had arrived home. Mr. Scottie got off the plane. He thought he was in Rome. When nobody was there to meet him, Mr. Scottie thought maybe they were held up by heavy traffic. While looking for their address, Mr. Scottie found that the old “Rome” had changed a lot. Many old buildings were replaced by high modern ones. He also found that many people spoke English instead of Italian and that many streets were written in English. Mr. Scottie knew very little English, so he asked a policeman the way to the bus station. He happened to meet a policeman who was also born in Italy and answered him in the same language. After twelve hour’s traveling round on a bus, the driver handed him over to a second policeman. He asked the policeman why the Rome police employed so many people as policemen speaking English instead of Italian. Mr. Scottie did not believe he was in New York when he was told so. To get him on a plane back to San Francisco, he was sent to the airport in a police car with sirens (警报) on. “Look,” said Scottie to his interpreter (翻译), “I know I’m in Italy. That’s how they drive.”1. When Mr. Scottie arrived at the airport, nobody met him because _______.A. he was in New YorkB. he was not in RomeC. policeman could help himD. both A and B2. In what direction did the plane fly when Mr. Scottie went to Italy from the U.S.?A. To the eastB. To the southC. To the westD. To the north3. Why was Mr. Scottie so sure that he was in Rome?A. Because he knew little about the U.S.B. Because he knew little bout Italy.C. Because he traveled a lot.D. Because he didn’t travel much4. At last Mr. Scottie __________.A. know he did something wrongB. still thought he was in Rome.C. knew he was wrongD. knew he was at home5. Do you think many people do the same things as Mr. Scottie did?A. Nobody but Mr. Scottie made this kind of mistake.B. Many people make this kind of mistake.C. Few people make this kind of mistakeD. 50% of people will make the same mistake2.“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the world has had many different meanings. “Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “It’s cool.”You may think, “He’s so cool,” when you see your favourite footballer. We all maximize (扩大) the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”. Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall (瀑布) they had visited. On one student’s paper was just the one sentence, “It’s so cool.” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.But the story also shows a scarcity (缺乏) of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility (可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.6. We know that the word “cool” has had ________.A. only one meaningB. no meaningsC. many different meaningsD. the same meaning7. In the passage, the word “express” means “____________.”A. seeB. showC. knowD. feel8. If you are ________ something, you may say, “It’s cool.”A. interested inB. angry aboutC. afraid ofD. unhappy with9. The writer takes an example to show he is _______ the way the word is used.A. pleased withB. strange toC. worried aboutD. careful with10. In the passage, the writer suggests （暗示）that the word “cool” ______.A. can be used instead of many wordsB. usually means something interestingC. can make your life colourfulD. may not be as cool as it seems11. If you want to watch a football game, the best programme for you would be _____.A. TV playB. SportsC. Around the worldD. Talk show12. The programme of ______ will let you know much about western countries.A. SistersB. Around ChinaC. Around the worldD. On TV next week13. If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the bestprogramme for you is __________.A. Around ChinaB. Animal worldC. TV playD. Foreign arts14. English classroom is a programme that _________.A. lets you know something about classroomsB. tells you something about studentsC. lets you know something about school lifeD. teaches you English15. The programme at the end of Channel 2 means _______ on TV next week.A. newsB. programmesC. peopleD. places4.Our sun is a star, and nine worlds (天体) move round it. Worlds like these are planets. But there are other stars, other suns, not only thousands of them, but millions of them. Do different stars have planets? We can see the planets round our own sun. but we haven’t been anymore. The stars are too far away from us.Stars give out light, but the planets don’t have any light of their own. So wecan’t see them. They are too far, and too dark. Still, we can tell that some stars have planets. While a big planet goes round, it pulls its star to one side. And sometimes we can see this. Then we know that the star has a planet. For example, Barnard’s Star is a small red star. And it is the quickest star in the universe. But sometimes it moves slower, and then quicker again. We have known Bernard’sStar for many years, and now we are sure it has a planet.16. A star is a large body in the universe. It _________.A. moves round our sunB. has light of its ownC. can also be called a sunD. both B and C17. Which of the following is not true?A. The earth is one of the sun’s world’sB. There are millions of suns in the universeC. The world’s are very brightD. some stars have planets18. We can see the planets round our sun. But we can’t see ________.A. nine worlds in the universeB. the planets round other starsC. the satellites round the earthD. other stars19. Barnard’s Star moves more quickly than ________.A. most starsB. any other starC. its planetD. the planets round the sun20. How can people know that there is a planet round Barnard’s Star?A. Sometimes they see that the planet pulls the star to one side and makes it move slower.B. The planet is shiningC. The planet is next to our earth.D. The planet is a red one.5.We were going to play against a team from a country school.They didn’t come until the last minute. They looked worse than we had thought. They were wearing dirty blue trousers and looked like farm boys.We sat down for a rest. We felt that we didn’t need any practice against a team like that.The game began. One of us got the ball and he shot a long pass to our forward （前锋）. From out of nowhere a boy in an old T-shirt stopped the ball and with beautiful style （姿势）he shot and got two points. Then another two points in a minute. Soon the game was all over. We were beaten by the country team.After that, we thought a lot. We certainly learned that even though your team is very good, you can’t look down upon the others and still need to do you best. And the most important lesson we learned was: One can’t judge (判断) a personor a team only by their clothes.21. The team from the country were in old clothes so the writer’s team _______.A. looked down upon themB. couldn’t winC. didn’t like the city boyD. were afraid of them22. The country team arrived so late that _________.A. nobody saw themB. the writer’s team were angryC. they had no time to warm upD. they looked worse23. The team from the country won because _________.A. they were in old clothesB. they didn’t practice before the gameC. they practiced before the gameD. the team was better than the writer’s24. From the text, we can guess the writer’s team is _________..A. a basketball from a country schoolB. a football team from a school in the cityC. a basketball team from a school in the cityD. a football team from the country25. The writer’s team learned a lot from the game. They got to know how to ______..A. do better from then on B. fight against the country boysC. play against a weak teamD. judge a man or a team by clothes6.Long long ago people made fires from lightning(闪电)。