初中英語閱讀理解綜合試題(編輯修改稿)

　

【文章內容簡介】 u want to bee a dustman? Because then I would only have to work one day a week. Tom answered at once. Only one day a week? his mother said, What do you mean? and how do you know? Well, Tom replied, I know that the dustmen who e to our house on work on Thursday, because I only see them on that day.1. What kind of boy was Tom?A. Tom was a clver boy.B. Tom was a boy who didn39。t like to work.C. Tom was a boy who worked very hard.2. What were his father and mother?A. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse.B. His father was a worker, his mother was a doctor.C. His father was a doctor, so his mother.3. What did his parents want him to be when he grew up?A. They wanted him to be a dustman.B. They wanted him to be an officer.C. They wanted him to be a doctor.4. What did Tom say he wanted to be?A. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who collected rubbish and emptied the dustbins.B. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who taught the children at school.C. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who worked in a hospital.5. Why did Tom think that dustmen only worked one day a week?A. Because Tom heard of this.B. Because one of the dustmen had told him before.C. Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thurday at his house.8.Can Animal be Made to Work for UsCan animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs. They say that in a film or on TV we may see elephants, or monkeys, dogs, bear, or other animals doing a lot of things. If you watch carefully, you may find that those animals are always given something to eat in return for doing them. The scientists say that many different animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get something to eat in return. Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and elephant can be used to do some heavy jobs. And we can also teach animal to work in factories. Apes(猿猴), for example, have been used in America to help make cars and scientists believe that these large monkeys may one day get in crops and even drive trains.1. Elephant can be used to do some heavy jobs because ____.A. they can eat a lot B. they are very heavy, tooC. they are very strong2. Dogs can be used to guard a house for his host because ____.A. they are good at runningB. they are very kind and friendly to peopleC. they are brave enough to get the stranger(陌生人)and thieves away from the house3. Many different animals may be taught to do some simple jobs if ____.A. they have enough food to eatB. they learn they will get something to eat in return after doing themC. if they are sent to school4. ____ can be train to work for us.A. Only a few animalsB. Quite a few animalsC. Few animal5. Many scientists are working hard to ____.A. make monkeys get in crops and drive trainsB. make monkeys guard house like dogsC. make bears get in crops9.Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king39。s palace in English. Then workers were sent for and a big platform(平臺) was made. With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready. Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge(邊緣) of the platform, but he did not know it because he was thinking of his pictures. The worker saw everything. What should I do? he thought. Thornhill is at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed. So the worker quickly took some paint(顏料) and threw it at the picture. What are you doing? cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.1. What was Thornhill? He was an English ____.A. writer B. king C. worker D. artist2. What was he ordered to do? He was ordered to ____.A. paint a picture for the kingB. paint some pictures on the walls of the knig39。s palaceC. have his pictures painted in the king39。s palaceD. have his pictures painted on the walls3. The story leads us to believe thatA. the worker had to pay for the picture.B. the painter could not forgave(原諒) the worker.C. the worker was really sorry for what he did.D. the painter thanked the worker for what he did when he got to know why.10.Mr Robinson worked in Africa(非洲). His son was born there. His name was John. One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went England, and they took John there. John was seven years old then. One day it snowed. The boy went into the garden, and he played in the snow. He said, Snow is very beautiful, but it is very cold. Then he said, What is this? It is a big, round piece of glass. It is beautiful, but it is very cold, too. But it was not glass. It was ice. It was on a bucket(桶) of water. John said, Who put this glass here? I am going to take it into the house. He took the ice to his father and said, This is a beautiful piece of glass, but it is very cold and wet. It was on a bucket of water in the garden. Mr Robinson smiled and said, Take it to the kitchen(廚房), put it in front of the stove(爐子) there, and dry(弄干) it. The boy took the ice to the kitchen and put it in front of the stove. He dried(弄干) his hands, because they were very cold and wet, and then he went to the ice again. He looked at it, and then he took it to his father again. He said, I put this glass in front of the stove, but it does not get drier. It bees wetter and smaller.1. John didn39。t know what the ice was, because ____.A. he was very foolish B. he was youngC. he was born in Africa D. he didn39。t go to school2. One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went England with ____.A. their son B. a boy of their friendsC. their daughter D. one of