初三英语阅读理解20篇

英语阅读理解练习题20篇及解析一、阅读理解1．根据短文内容理解选择正确答案。

AAccording to a new survey, students’ safety has become a big problem. Nearly 50% of students say they are worried about robbery on the way to and from school. Now in main big cities in China, some schools have taught an unusual lesson: self-protection. Students like this lesson because there are no exams or boring classes. And they can learn how to save lives and know how to stop danger before it really happens.Chen Haoyu, a teacher at Beijing No. 25 Middle School, gives young students advice on how to deal with danger.★If you are robbedKeep calm. lf you can not cry for help or run away. Give the robber your money. Try to remember what the robber looks like and tell the police later.★If you are in a traffic accidentIf a car hits you. You should remember the car number. If it is a bicycle, try to call your parents before you let the rider go. This is because you don't know how seriously you are hurt★If it is raining hard and there is lightingDon't stay in high places and stay away from trees.★When there is a fireGet away as fast as yon can. Put wet things on your body and try to find an exit. Do not take the lift.★If someone is drowningIf you can't swim, don't get into the water. Cry out for help.Remember that danger is never as far away as you think. Take care of yourself at all time! （1）Why do students like the self-protection lesson?①Because there are no tests.②Because the lessons are boring③Because they can learn how to save lives.④Because they can know how to stop danger b efore it happens.A. ①②B. ②③C. ①②④D. ①③④（2）What will you do if a bicycle hurts you?A. I will remember the bicycle number.B. I won't let the rider go until I call my parents.C. I will let the rider go before I call my parents.D. I will let the rider go because I know how seriously I am hurt.（3）lf your house is on fire, you must__________.A. put dry things on your bodyB. run quickly and take the liftC. run away and find an exit as quickly as you canD. take everything you have and then run away（4）There are ________ways of self-protection mentioned in the passage.A. 3B. 4C. 5D. 6（5）The best title for this passage is _________.A. How to Keep CalmB. Self-protectionC. An usual lessonD. Danger【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）C（4）C（5）B【解析】【分析】据调查，学生的安全是一个大问题，现在很多学校开设特殊的安全课。

九年级英语阅读理解专项练习（1）Little Tom down the street calls our dog "The keep dog".Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to say" Seep", it comes out "keep". And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing things hoem for us to keep! I'll tell you about some of them.Zip's first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk.We didn't know how Zip found the shoe. But after a moment Mary, my big sister, told me the shoe had a strange smell. I nodded(点头)and held my nose. "What do you think it is?""It smells like something for cleaning. I think someone tried to clean a spot (污点) off the shoe. Then he put it at the door to dry.""Along came Zip. And good-bye shoe!" I said."We should take it back.""We can't ".said my sistter."Maybe little Tom is right," Mary said. "Maybe Zip is a keep dog!"1.The writer and Mary didn't know______.A.what Zip's first present wasB.how Zip carried its first present homeC.who owned Zip's first presentD.what Zip's first present was made of2.Tom calls Zip "the keep dog"because ______.A.the dog likes keeping thingsB.the dog likes playing with shoesC.he doesn't know the dog's nameD.he can't pronounce the word "sheep"well3.What made the shoe strange was ______.A.its colourB.its smellC.its sizeD.that it was a silk one4.The word "keep"in the last sentence means "_____"A.keeping things for itselfB.bringing things for other to keepC.not letting it run aboutD.taking care of a small child5.We can know from the reading that the dog _____.A. likes to give presents to peopleB.has been kept in at the writer's homeC.has brought some troubleD.likes to be called "the keep dog"Key: 1.C 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.C（2）An old lady in a plane had a blanket（毯子）over her head and she did not want to take it off . The air hostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, “I have never been in a plane before , and I am frightened. I am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground again !”Then the captain came. He said, “Madam, I am the captain of this plane. The weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, and everything is going very well. ”But she continued to hide.So the captain turned and started to go back. Then the old lady looked out from under the blanket with one eye and said, “I am sorry, young man, but I don’t like planes and I am never going to fly again. But I’ll say one thing, ”She continued kindly, “You and your wife keep your plane very clean!”1. An old lady had _________ .A. glassesB. a blanket over her headC. a coatD. a basket2. A. She didn’t want to ________ .A. take it offB. turn it offC. get onD. talk about it3. _________ spoke to her .A. The air hostessB. The man next to herC. her husbandD. one of her friends4. The old lady had never been _________ before .A. abroadB. homeC. in a planeD. in hospital5. The woman didn’t like planes and she was never going ________ .A. to fly againB. to travelC. to go abroadD. to go homeKey: 1－5 BAACA（3）Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in hisroom and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel."Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."Choose the right answer1. Dick flew to New York because ___.A. he went there for a holidayB. he had work thereC. he went there for sightseeing (观光)D. his home was there2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?A. Because she didn't know his address yetB. Because she wanted to go to New York, tooC. Because she might send him another telegramD. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York3. Where did Dick stay in New York?A. In the center of the city.B. In a hotel.C. In a restaurant.D. At his friend's house.4. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?A. The manager (经理) of his hotel.B. The police office.C. The taxi driver.D. His wife.5. Which of the following is not true?A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.Key: 1-5 B A B D C（4）Bob and Jim once worked in the same factory. Oneday, Bob lent Jim ten dollars, but then Jim left his work and went to work in another town without paying back the money.Bob didn't see Jim for a year, and then he knew from another friend that Jim was in another town and staying at a hotel. So he went there to see him late in the evening.When he got to Jim's room, he saw his shoes near the door. "Well, he must be in," he thought, and knocked again, and said, "I know you are in, Jim. Your shoes are out here.""I've gone out in my boots," answered Jim.True or False1. Bob and Jim once worked in different factories.2. One day Jim borrowed ten dollars from Bob.3. Jim paid back the money to Bob and went to work in another town later.4. Bob hadn't seen Jim for a year when he learned that Jim was in another town.Key: 1-4 F T F T（5）I think the most terrible thing in life for my little brother is getting up in the morning. He is almost sickwhen my mother calls, "Herbert! It's seven o'clock! Get up!"Herbert answers, "I'm coming!" and goes right back to sleep. I'm not at all like my brother. I don't like to go to bed at night but I don't mind getting up in the morning. I usually wake up before my mother calls me. I jump out of bed and go into the bathroom to take a shower. I get dressed, brush my teeth, comb my hair, and get ready to go downstairs for breakfast as soon as my mother calls.But not Herbert. He just sleeps. A military band (军乐队) in our bedroom could not wake him up. I call him and say, "Get up! Mum will be up here to pull you out of bed if you don't get up immediately!"But he just sleeps. After calling a few more times my mother has to come upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed. It's that way every day with my little brother. Perhaps some day he'll learn to get up on time, but I really don't think so.True or False1. The most terrible thing in life for my little brother is going to school.2. I'm not like my brother because I like to go to bedearly at night and get up early in the morning.3. I usually jump out of bed and go into the bathroom for a shower before my mother calls.4. When mother calls, Herbert doesn't answer and remains in bed.5. My mother often has to go upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed as he refuses to get up.6. Sometimes we have to send for a military band to wake Herbert up.7. The writer thinks some day Herbert will learn to get up on time.Key: 1-7. F T T F T F F（6)In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swimsometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella (伞)or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.1. Why do people in England often talk about the weather?A. Because they may have four seasons in one dayB. Because they often have very good weatherC. Because the weather is warm just like in springD. Because the sky is sunny all day2. From the story we know that when _________come, there is a heavy rain.A. sunshine and snowB. black cloudsC. summer and winterD. spring and autumn3. "People can also have summer in winter." Means "it is sometimes too ______in winter."A. warmB. coolC. coldD. rainy4. In the sunny morning some English people usuallytake a raincoat or an umbrella with them because ________.A. their friends ask them to do soB. it often rains in EnglandC. they are going to sell themD. they are their favourite things5. The best title (标题)for this passage is ________.A. Bad SeasonsB. Summer or WinterC. The Weather in EnglandD. Strange English PeopleKEY: ABABC（7）Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.""OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and thatthe piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?""Burnt yesterday evening."1. Mr Brown told his son that _____.A. he would be away from home for four daysB. he would be back in seven daysC. he would be back in a monthD. he liked a cup of tea2. Mr Brown wrote the words down on ________.A. the wallB. the doorC. a piece of paperD. his son's pocket3. A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.A. the second dayB. the third dayC. the fourth dayD. the fifth day4. The man was very surprised because _________.A. he thought the child's father was deadB. the child didn't ask him to sit downC. the child gave him a cup of teaD. he couldn't find that piece of paper5. What was burnt? ___________.A. The piece of paperB. Mr SmithC. The visitorD. The boyKEY: BCDAA（8）One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary (必要的) to do this ina foreign language, too. Here are some examples.1. "What's the matter？" "I went to a party last night, so I…"2. "I feel so tired these days."" I think you'd better…"3."Of course, she never stops talking. She is one of the most…"You can see from the above three examples that the context (上下文) helps a lot in understanding what is beingtalked about. So "guessing "is very important in understanding English, especially (尤其)spoken English.1.This passage tells us mainly about _________.A. the importance of "guessing " in learning a foreign languageB. how to guess what one is going to talk aboutC. some examples of right guessingD. how important it is to guess all the time2.from the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE I is _________.A. "… so I didn't have a good time."B. "…so I went to bed very late."C. "…. So I felt unhappy."D. "… so I got up very early."3. Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 2 is________.A. "I think you'd better have a good rest and take good care of yourself."B. "I think you'd better have something to drink."C. "I think you'd better get some help from your friends."D. "I think you'd better be more careful."4. Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 3 is ______.A. "… she is one of the most famous film stars."B. "…she is one of the most beautiful women."C. "… she is one of the most famous speakers."D. " .. she is one of the most talkative women."5. From the passage we can infer (推断) that guessing is _______in learning a foreign language.A. the only wayB. more important in spoken English than in written EnglishC. more important than any other wayD. more important in written English than in spoken EnglishKEY: ABADB（9）Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They're both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (价格)。

九年级上册英语阅读理解50篇一、阅读理解（共50题）1.阅读短文，下列问题BEach year there is an increasing number of cars on the roads and streets as millions of new cars and trucks are produced. One out of every six Americans works at putting together the parts of the cars,driving trucks,building roads,or filling cars with gas.Americans won't live without cars!Most Americans would find it hard to think what life could look like without a car.However，some have realized the serious problem of the air pollution caused by the car.The polluted air becomes poisonous and dangerous to people's health. One way to get rid of the polluted car is to design a car that does not pollute.That's what several of the large car factories have been trying to do.But to build a clean car is easier said than done.Progress in this field has been slow.Another way is to take the place of the car engine（发动机）by something else.Inventors are now working on steam cars as well as electric cars.Many makers believe that it will take years to develop a practical model that pleases man.To prevent the world from being polluted by car,we'll have to make some changes.Americans，for example,have to cut down on the number of their total cars.They are encouraged to travel and to go to work by bicycle.Bicycling is thought to help keep the air clean.But this change doesn't come easily—a large number of workers may find themselves without jobs if a car factory closes down.Thus the problem of air pollution would become less important than that of unemployment.Althoughcars have led us to a better life,they have also brought us new problems.（1）Some large car factories in the US are trying to build a new kind of car which_______.A.is clean in itselfB.is used to clean streetsC.is easier to makeD.does not pollute the air（2）If the number of cars cuts down,the most serious problem to American workers is to_______.A.have no work to doB.improve their environmentC.go to work by bikeD.make their factories richer（3）The writer wants to tell us that_______.A.riding a bike is the only way outB.the number of cars must be cut downC.people wouldn't live without carsD.cars bring us not only a better life but also serious problems（4）Which fact does the passage provide？A.About one sixth of American workers are working in car factories.B.The best way to get rid of air pollution is to change the car engine by something else.C.It isn't easy to change the way of life in the US.D.In the US bikes will surely take the place of cars in the future.（5）Which is the best title（标题）for the passage?A.A New Way to Get Rid of Polluted AirB.Cars and Polluted AirC.Many Serious Problems in the USD.Changes in Car Production2.根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

一、中考英语阅读理解汇编1．阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Hobbies let you explore interests outside of your line of work. They let you be creative and try all kinds of new things. Picking a different one can get your creative juices flowing again.Look at what interests you.Check what you love doing in your spare time. Do you enjoy reading books? Maybe you want to try your hand at writing your own. Do you like a hot coffee at the end of the day? Maybe your hobby could be trying to make it at home. Turn what you already love into a hobby.Think about what you value mostDo you value wisdom or courage? Do you admire artists? Let such question guide you when choosing a hobby.For example, maybe you could volunteer at a library as a hobby because you value education or maybe you could try painting because you admire people who can express themselves with art. Examine your skills and personality.Certain hobbies require certain skillIf you don't have much patience, then maybe going fishing isn't something you'd enjoy. However, if you love building things, maybe you should consider a hobby like working on older cars or building furniture.Play to your strengths.Pay attention to what excites your ①________.The way you talk about things can also show what you really like and it can be developed into a hobby.Think about the topics you go on endlessly about. Ask your friends and family what you seem to talk about all the time. Now think about the subject that you enjoy so much and decide how it can be turned into your hobby.（1）This passage is most probably taken from ________.A. a magazine for old peopleB. a magazine for young peopleC. a picture book for childrenD. a picture book for hobbies（2）This passage mainly shows us ________.A. how to find a new hobbyB. how to give up old hobbiesC. why you must find a new hobbyD. why you must give up old hobbies（3）Which is the most suitable word for ①________?A. hobbiesB. skillsC. topicsD. interests【答案】（1）B（2）A（3）C【解析】【分析】主要讲了发现一种新爱好的建议。

话题1 创新技术Passage 1It seems like technology is everywhere. Computers and smart phones are at the center of almost everything we do. They constantly（持续地）require our attention. We text our fr i ends with them during the day, sleep with them by our beds and check our messages as soon as we wake up.In the future we will use calm technology which was first developed by scientist Mark Weiser in the 1970s. In his opinion, calm technology works quietly but constantly. We know it is there, but we don’t pay much attention to it. According to Mark, the best technology should be invisible(隐形的) and let you li ve your life.We already use many different types of calm technology in our everyday life. Do you have a smoke alarm in your house? That smoke alarm is always there, checking the air for smoke and quietly keeping you safe. It only reminds you it’s there when you’ve burnt your bread! Or there may be lights in your home or school. When somebody passes in front of their sensor （传感器）, the lights turn on. You don’t think about this type of technology until you see the light go on.In the future, our houses will use calm technology to open the door for us. Or even to choose the best music for our mood. The minute we walk through the door, our house will respond by turning on the lights and music, and perhaps even starting to prepare our dinner!1~2 题完成句子；3 题简略回答问题；4 题找出并写下第三段的主题句；5 题将文中画线句子译成汉语。

初中英语阅读理解精选20篇(含答案)-CAL-FENGHAI.-(YICAI)-Company One1A Clever BirdA man has a bird. It is very clever. Every day the man speaks to the bird.“Hello!”he says. “Hello!”the bird answers.“What are you doing?”says the man.“What are you doing?”says the bird.The man is not at home one day. A thief comes in. He is taking many things.“Hello!”The thief hears the bird's words.“What are you doing?”The thief is very afraid，so he does not take any things and runs out of the house.1. The man teaches the bird ________.A. how to say somethingB. how to sing songsC. how to eat somethingD. how to dance2. The bird is ________.A. very niceB. very cleverC. very beautifulD. very silly(傻的)3. The man speaks to the bird ________.A. sometimesB. once a weekC. every weekD. every day4. The thief is taking ________ things from the house.A. a fewB. a littleC. a lot ofD. some5. The thief ________ out of the room.A. walksB. comesC. runsD. goesWhat Are Stars Like?Have you ever wondered about the stars In some ways，stars are like people. They are born. They grow old. And they die.A star is born from dust and gas. Slowly the dust and gas make a ball. The ball gets very hot. Then it starts to give off light. The young star grows into a giant. Many years go by. The older star begins to get small again. At last its light goes out. Thestar's life is over.1. Dust and _________ make a star.A. gasB. snowC. rain2. This story tells about _________.A. old peopleB. the life of a starC. the number of stars in the sky3. In the first part of the story，what does the word “wondered”mean?A. movedB. looked atC. asked yourself4. Stars give off light because they are very _________.2A. smallB. hotC. old5. You can guess from the story that most stars are around for a _________ time.A. longB. shortC. niceEnglish LearningEvery year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are children. Others are young people. Some students learn English at school，and others teach themselves.Why do all these people want to learn English It is very difficult to answer this question.Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many people learn English because it is useful in their work. Some young people learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at college or university. Other people learn English because(提要) they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.1. 根据短文内容在文中空白处填上恰当的答案。

英语阅读理解（通⽤20篇） 作为⼀项综合技能测试，“英语知识运⽤”⾸先检验的是阅读能⼒。

它也可以说是阅读理解的⼀个变体，所以解题的⾸要步骤是将短⽂的⼤意理解清楚，提⾼阅读理解能⼒。

下⾯是店铺带来的英语阅读理解，希望对你有帮助。

英语阅读理解篇1 根据教育部制定的英语课程标准，初中毕业⽣应达到五级综合语⾔运⽤能⼒。

阅读理解是综合语⾔运⽤能⼒的⼀个重要⽅⾯，在中考中所占⽐重越来越⼤，这是拉开档次的题⽬。

阅读理解五级的⽬标部分描述如下： 1、能根据上下⽂和构词法推断、理解⽣词的含义； 2、能理解段落中各句⼦之间的逻辑关系； 3、能找出⽂章中的主题，理解故事的情节，预测故事情节的发展和可能的结局； 4、能读懂常见体裁的阅读材料； 5、能根据不同的阅读⽬的运⽤简单的阅读策略获取信息； 6、除教材外，课外阅读量应累计达到15万词以上(上海的要求更⾼⼀些，30万词以上)所谓阅读能⼒是指视读能⼒、理解能⼒和对所读材料的评价能⼒。

阅读理解考查的项⽬⼤多是根据这三种能⼒的要求设计的。

为了提⾼阅读理解能⼒，同学们在做阅读理解时，就要在以下⼏个⽅⾯下功夫： (⼀)要注意养成良好的阅读⼼理阅读时要去掉杂念，⼼绪要安定，精神要专⼀，要形成⼀种惬意的顺向⼼理。

造成⼤脑⽪层的优势兴奋中⼼。

切不可⼀遇到⼏个⽣词难句，就⼼烦意乱，失去⾃控能⼒。

⼼理学家告诉我们，任何恐慌，过分紧张的情绪都会形成⼀种消极因素妨碍⼤脑的正常思维功能。

因此，遇到困难⼀定要从容不迫，⼼⽆旁骛。

这样才能对所读的⽂章印象清晰，理解深刻。

英语阅读理解篇2 做英语阅读理解的技巧如下： ⼀、阅读积累，厚积薄发 阅读能⼒和理解能⼒是靠⼤量的阅读来训练和培养的。

阅读技巧和⽅法是在阅读过程中形成的。

1、阅读积累 要提⾼阅读⽔平，词汇量与短语量⾮常重要。

所以要提⾼阅读⽔平，我们就得学会积累词语。

我们不妨这么做：在通读全⽂后看第⼆遍，遇到⽣词尽可能根据上下⽂来猜，仍猜不出意思的，就查词典，然后将这些词抄写在⼀本可随⾝携带的⼩本⼦上。

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英语阅读理解练习题20篇及解析一、英语阅读（日常生活类）1．阅读理解When it comes to helping developing countries, we often think about offering money in order that they can build schools and hospitals, buy food and medicine, or find clean water supplies. These seem to be the most important basic needs in their lives. However, it's far from enough. We have to come up with better ideas.A man called Nicholas Negroponte invented a cheap laptop computer, which he decided to invent after he visited a school in Cambodia. The laptop which Mr. Negroponte has designed is not the same as the normal one that you can buy in the shops. One difference is that it will be covered in rubber so that it is strong and won't be damaged easily. As an electricity supply can be a problem in developing countries, the computer also has a special handle in order that children can wind the computer up to give it extra power when needed.This special laptop computer will cost less than 100 US dollars and Mr. Negroponte wants to produce as many as 15 million laptop computers in the first year. The idea is that these computers will help the children's education as they will be able to access the Internet. These computers might not benefit the people in developing countries immediately, but by improving children's education they should help people to find their own solutions to their problems in the long term.Another idea to help children in developing countries is to recycle old mobile phones so that they can be used again. In the UK. And probably in many other countries too, millions of mobile phones are thrown away every year. The waste crested by throwing away thee old phones is very bed for the environment, so it seems to be an excellent idea to achieve two important goals at the same time. We will reduce the waste we produce and help others. In other words, we will be able to" kill two birds with one "and that is always a good thing.)（1）The underlined phrase "wind up" in paragraph 2 means .A. 吹风B. 给……上发条C. 摇上D. 利用空气……使……（2）The laptop computer that Mr. Negroponte has designed .A. will be damaged much easier than the normal oneB. has a special handle to access the InternetC. is cheap and can run with extra powerD. can be helpful to find the people's own solutions（3）According to the passage，what benefit can we get from recycling old mobile phones ￥A. We can reduce the waste to protect the environment.B. We can help children in developing countries reuse the old mobile phones.C. it is good for the environment and very educative for phone users.D. It not only reduces the waste produced by developed countries but also helps the children in developing countries.（4）Mr. Negroponte's cheap computer is mentioned in the passage to .A. illustrate the kindness of people in the developed countriesB. tell us what high technology can help peopleC. show how to find business opportunities in developing countries[D. give an example of how to help developing countries（5）Which is the best idea the author gives us to help the developing countriesA. We need to help people in developing countries to help themselves，not just throw money at the problem.B. We should spend much money helping people in developing countries build more schools and hospitals.C. We should think about giving help to developing countries more often.D. We should help the people in developing countries by improving children's education immediately.【答案】（1）B（2）C>（3）D（4）D（5）A【解析】【分析】主要讲了Nicholas Negroponte发明了一种便宜的手提电脑和循环使用手机来帮助发展中国家。

九年级英语阅读20篇1I was an unlucky nurse who had to work on Christmas Day. It was always quite in the emergency room on this day, so I was not expecting any patients. When I was complaining about working on such a beautiful festival ,five people showed up at my desk —a pale woman and four small children.“Are you all sick?” I asked doubtfully because they seemed all right.“Yes, ”the woman answered weakly and lowered her head. But when they started to present their problems, things got a little vague(模糊的）. The children had earaches, but they could not tell me which ear was in pain. The mother complained of a cough, but she seemed to be pretending.Something was wrong. I didn’t say anything but explained that it might take a while before a doctor could meet them.” Take your time, please,” the mother responded. On a hunch(出于直觉)I checked their charts(记录)—no address. Suddenly I knew, they were homeless and the hospital was warm.I look out at the family, huddling(蜷缩) together under the Christmas tree, smiling and chatting with each other sweetly. Quietly,I went back to the nurses’ station and told them that we had a homeless family in the waiting room. It was just like the God sending us a gift on Christmas Day. We took out our meals for our Christmas “patients”. We also put together oranges and apples as presents. We worked hard to exceed the needs of a family who only wanted a warm place on Christmas Day. Later, when the family was leaving, the 4-year-old girl ran back and gives me a kiss. “Thanks for__________________________today，”she whispered in my ear.1. The author was unhappy to work on Christmas Day, wasn’t she? ___________________________________________________________2. How did the author know that the families were homeless? ___________________________________________________________3. Why did the family pretend to be sick?___________________________________________________________ 4. What did the nurse on duty for the family?___________________________________________________________5. What might the 4-year-old girl say to the author?She might say,“ Thanks for___________________________________6. What do you think of the author? Give your reason.___________________________________________________________________2A 108-year-old Message in a BottleOn November 30, 1906, George Bidder dropped a bottle from a boat into the North Sea. The weighted glass bottle sank almost to the sea floor, and then it move slowly for 108 years and 138 days.Its journey ended when Marianne Winkler found the bottle in 2015. Winkler was then on vacation on Amrum Island. She picked up the bottle when it was washed up onto the beach. She saw a piece of paper inside, but didn’t break it open. She could tell that the bottle was old. So she didn’t want to damage it.Finally she got the piece of paper out of the bottle. She found that the paper was actually a postcard. On the back of the cardthere was this message: The Marine Biological Association（海洋生物学协会） would pay a shilling（先令） for the bottle. A shilling was a unit of money that was used in Great Britain before the early 1970s.Winkler filled out the card and posted it. The association was surprised to get a postcard addressed to George Bidder, the president of the association from 1939 to 1945. The workers of the association searched on the Internet to find a shilling. They found one and sent it to Winkler as a reward.The message in the bottle was the oldest ever re-discovered. For this reason Marianne Winkler got a place in “Guinness World Records”（吉尼斯世界纪录）. She broke the record for the oldest message in a bottle.Winkler’s bottle was not the only one Bidder sent to sea. Between 1904 and 1906, he spent away more than one thousand bottles. He placed postcards inside them. The bottles were part of a research project to map currents（洋流） in the North Sea. This was the best method at that time. But whether the association could get the bottles back depended on the people who found them. The association reported that about 55 percent of the bottles were returned. They added that the experimentwas a success as it showed the east-to-west flow of the North Sea’s currents.1. How long did the weighted glass bottle move in the sea? ___________________________________________________________ __2. When and where did Marianne Winkler find the bottle in 2015? ___________________________________________________________ __3. What was in the bottle?___________________________________________________________ __4. Who was George Bidder?___________________________________________________________ _5. Why did Bidder drop bottles into the sea?___________________________________________________________ _3Elizabeth got out of bed and dressed. She ate her favorite breakfast of scrambled eggs, toast and juice. Her mother gave her a kiss before opening the front door and wishing her daughter a good day.Elizabeth, carefully tapping along, made her way down the sidewalk to her best friend Kate's front door. Elizabeth used to attend a school for the blind. Today she was joining Kate at Washington Carver Elementary. "Here comes my brother." Elizabeth said, Kate looked around but saw no one. Then, suddenly, John came around the next corner on his skateboard. "How did you know John was coming?" Kate asked."From the sound of the wheels on his board," replied Elizabeth. "I'd know it anywhere." Kate listened again until she heard the joyful sound hidden among all the much louder noises on the street.John road along the sidewalk, moving from one side to the other and back again, until he came to a stop in front of Elizabeth and Kate. "Hey, Sis" he said. "Good luck today!" "Thanks John," said Elizabeth. "Any words of wisdom for me?" "Yeah," her brother replied, smiling. "Stay away from the Sloppy Joes in the cafeteria." After these words, John went away on his board.Kate wondered if Elizabeth still remembered eating the sloppy joes before she lost her sight at the age of six, because of a high fever. Kate wondered if she felt sad. She decided to ask. "I used to think I couldn't do anything," explained Elizabeth. "But now I know that I can do most things. I just need a little more learning time." Kate could see the sunny smile on her friend's face.Giving her friend a big hug, Kate said to herself,"____________________________________".88. Was it a special day or an ordinary day for Elizabeth? ___________________________________________________________ __________89. What kind of school did Elizabeth use to go to?___________________________________________________________ __________90. How did Elizabeth know John was coming around?___________________________________________________________ __________91. What does "the sloppy joes" probably refer to?___________________________________________________________ __________92. Why did Elizabeth lose her sight at the age of six?___________________________________________________________ __________93. Imagine what Kate would say to herself and complete the last sentence.___________________________________________________________ __________4Brian is a very funny student. What he loves most is to make people laugh. All his friends and teachers love his jokes. Brian knows that comedy is what he likes best.When Brian hear about the school’s talent show, he decides to sign up so that he can share his comedy from the stage. But when some of the students find he will participate, they laugh at him in a mean way.“You are not funny,” the students tell him. “You will do a terrible job. No one will like what you do.”Brian cannot understand why they are being so unkind to him. For a moment, he thinks he will not participate. But then, he remembers how much his friends and teachers like his jokes. He decides to go ahead and prepare his comedy for the show. Brian does a great job at the talent show. Everyone loves him, and he wins first prize! Even so, the same students tell Brian that he will never be a successful comedian. Brian just shake his head and wonders what their problem is. And he realizes that it has nothing to do with him. He happily continues to work towards his goal.As the years go on, Brian meet more people like that. Luckily, they are the minority. As he works hard to become a comedian, most of the people he meets encourage him and help him become even funnier.Brian likes to tell funny stories in his acts about how hard he had to work and overcome the silly, nasty things people said to him along the way. He never listened to them, and now he is a big comedy star!Brian follows his heart to flourish and prosper, doing what he loves the most. And he really thinks he has chosen the best career in the world. He never feels stressed like those negative people, and he laughs all day long.88. Why does Brian decide to sign up when he hears about the school’s talent show?___________________________________________________________ __________89. Some mean students don’t think he will do a good job in the show, do they?___________________________________________________________ __________90. What makes Brian decide to go ahead and prepare his comedy for the show?___________________________________________________________ __________91. How does Brian deal with the negative comments?___________________________________________________________ __________92. What can people learn about from Brian’s funny stories in his acts?___________________________________________________________ __________93. What do you think of Brian? Why do you think so?___________________________________________________________ __________5Born in 1983 in Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA, Jessica has learned to live her life with her feet. She was born without arms, and all doctors did not know why.There were many questions at the time about whether Jessica would be able to live a "normal" life. However, Jessica ' s father has said he never shed a tear about her birth condition. He had full confidence in her potential.With the support of her parents and family, Jessica became confident in herself as an adult and continued to explore the world with her feet.As a child, Jessica studied dance in her home town. When the first performance arrived, she asked to be put in the back row. Her dance teacher told her there was no back row. Then, she took the stage with the other students and performed her routine. When she finished, the applause from the audience gave her encouragement and the confidence to continue dancing for 14 years.Jessica’s parents eventually met an instructor named Jim Cunningham. After he was told of Jessica’s birth condition, he told her that she would be more than physically able and that only her attitude could hold her back. At the age of 14, Jessica earned her first Black Belt in the International Federation. After from high school, Jessica attended the University of Arizona where she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Jessica' s most famous accomplishment was learning how to fly. It took three states, four airplanes, two flight instructors and a discouraging year to find the right aircraft. She received the Guinness World Record for being the first person permitted to fly an airplane with only her feet.Jessica now works as a motivational lecturer. She travels the world sharing her story and encouraging people to be creative with the slogan "Think outside the shoe."88. What was the problem with Jessica when she was born?___________________________________________________________ __________89. How did Jessica’s father feel about her birth condition? ___________________________________________________________ __________90. Why did Jessica ask to be put in the back row in her first dancing performance?___________________________________________________________ __________91. What inspired Jessica to continue dancing for 14 years? ___________________________________________________________ __________92. At the age of 14, Jessica earned her first Black Belt in the National Taekwondo Federation, didn’t she?___________________________________________________________ __________93. What was Jessica’s major in university?___________________________________________________________ __________94 What can you learn from the motto "Think outside the shoe"? ___________________________________________________________ ______6When talking about the UK, the first things that come to most people’s minds are Big Ben, the British Museum or Buckingham Palace. However, after my first visit to UK during the summer vacation, I think one thing should be added to the list—street artists.In York, I met a “purple man”. He was in the middle of the street and was pretending to ride a bike. Most of the time, he stood there without making a move. When people went close to him, he would make fun of them putting paint in their Some ranaway to avoid being painted while some accepted it with a smile. From the collection pot beside his foot, I could see that he made a living by taking photos with tourists.I met another performer in Edinburgh. He stood quite still (静止的）and was simply staring at the ground with several flyers (传单）in his hands. When a passer-by took a flyer, he .would dance for a while and then stand still again.Not all street artists are performing for money. Once I saw a young man just lying on the street; facing the ground as if listening to the heartbeat of nature.Before I went to Britain, I had heard that the people there were quite serious and somewhat dull. But what I saw on the streets changed my idea about them completely. These people are interesting and full of unexpectedly good ideas. They just wanted to express themselves in their own ways.Seeing is believing一that’s another thing I learned from my trip, and from the amazing street artists.1.How many street artists does the writer mention?(1分)2.How did the purple man make fun of people who went close to him? (2 分）3.When a passer-by took a flyer from the street artist in Edinburgh, what would he do? (2 分）4.What does the writer think of British people after his trip?(2 分）5. What does "Seeing is believing” mean in Chinese? And what does the writer mean by saying it? (3 分）7You may think that inventions are far away from your everyday life. But in fact, almost everyone can invent. It's just that they do not recognize that their idea could be the start of an invention. Once inventors see their ideas have some practical value, they don't let them slip away.For example, the inventors of the dishwasher, American Josephine Cochrane, loved to give dinner parties. But she found it took too long to wash her dishes by hand and too many of them broke. She decided that a machine could do the job faster and with fewer mistakes. So, in 1886, she set out to make one for herself.Most inventions are created to solve a problem. So, the first and most important step is to find the problem. Start by lookingat what is wrong with things you see now and ask people around if they remember ever saying, "I wish someone would invent something for ..." Then you might notice situations or things in need of improvement.The next step is to think about possible solutions. An invention is a new way of solving a problem. You can often come up with a solution to a problem if you think about it in a new way. When you try to invent things, you actually use a problem-solving technique(技巧). This problem-solving technique includes two parts:____________and___________. It can work in your everyday lives. So, why not try it in your studies, in your relationship with others, or even in the way you look at the world?1. Inventions are close to our daily life, aren’t they?2. What was the problem that Cochrane found in her life?3. According to the passage, why do people create things?4. How can we find a problem?5. Complete the sentence in the last paragraph.6. What do you want to invent for your everyday life? Why? (Give at least two reasons)8.Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955. When he was a boy, Jobs and his father always worked on electronics. Jobs had always been a clever thinker, but his school life was not successful. And he only spent six months in university before he gave up.In 1975 Jobs joined a computer club. A member, Steven Wozniak, was trying to build a small computer. Jobs became interested in such a computer. In 1976, he and Wozniak set up their own company in Job’s house. They called it the Apple Computer Company. They raised $1,300 to start the company by selling Job’s little bus and Wozniak’s calculator.Jobs and Wozniak tried to make computers smaller and cheaper. The two designed a series of user- friendly personal computers, each computer sold for$666.66. Their first model, the Apple I, earned them $774,000. Three years after their second model, the Apple II, sales increased to $139 million dollars. Apple became successful, and Jobs became its CEO.However, the next several products from Apple were not very good. Consumers （消费者）were disappointed with them. In 1985, Jobs resigned（辞职）as Apple’s CEO to begin a new company called NeXT Inc.In 1996, Apple bought NeXT for over $400million. Jobs returned to work as Apple’s CEO again. He put Apple back on track. His wonderful products caught the attention of customers once again. In the following years, Apple introduced such wonderful products as the Macbook Air, iPod, iPhone and iPad. Almost immediately after Apple released （发布）a new product, consumers rushed to its stores to buy the product.On August 24, 2011, Jobs retired as CEO of Apple. He had health problems for the last few years. On October 5, 2011, he died. His death marked the end of an era.（时代）.1. What did Jobs do with his father when he was a boy?________________________________________________________2. When did Jobs and Wozniak set up their own company?________________________________________________________3. Jobs began a new company called NeXT Inc. in 1985, didn’t he?________________________________________________________ 4. Please list three products of Apple’s which are mentioned （提及）in the passage.________________________________________________________ 5. Why did Jobs retire as CEO of Apple in 2011?________________________________________________________ 6. Do you agree that the death of Jobs marked the end of an era? Why?________________________________________________________9When I was a teenager, probably about 13, my mother taught me a very valuable lesson I've never forgotten. We were grocery shopping in a small store one day when I noticed a family come into the store. It looked like a mother, her daughter, and her granddaughter. They were clean, but dressed in worn clothes,and it was clear they were less fortunate. They pushed a cart through the store, carefully selecting items, only necessary foods.My mother and I finished our shopping and headed toward the counter to pay. As we got there, the family was in front of us, with one person in between. As I watched the family place groceries on the conveyor belt, I heard the mother ask the clerk ever so often to check the price, as she only had so much to spend. This took a while, and the person in front of me was getting impatient, mumbling about how he wished they would hurry and finish. When the store clerk did a final total, the woman did not have enough money, so she began pointing to different items to be put back.My mother then did something I will never forget. She reached into her purse, pulled out a twenty-dollar bill and handed it to the woman. The woman looked very surprised and said, "I can't take that!" My mother looked directly at the woman and quietly replied, "Yes, you most certainly can. Consider it a gift. There's nothing in that cart you don't really need, so please accept it. "The woman then reached out and took the money, holding my mom's hand for just a moment, and with tears runningdown her cheeks, said, "Thank you so much. No one has ever done anything this nice for me before. "I learned from my mother that day that the best kind of giving is giving from the heart.1. Did my father teach me a very valuable lesson when I was about 13?___________________________________________________________ __________2. From the clothes the family wore, what kind of people were they?___________________________________________________________ __________3. They hardly selected necessary foods, did they?___________________________________________________________ __________4. Where did the writer see the family again?___________________________________________________________ __________5. Who got impatient at the moment?___________________________________________________________ __________6. What do you learn from this valuable lesson?___________________________________________________________ __________10One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of building with a hat by his feet. He held a sign which said, "I am blind, please help me."There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the words.Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?"The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way."What he had written was, "Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it."Do you think the first sign and second sign were saying the same thing?Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.The first is: Treasure (珍惜) what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.The second is: Be creative(有创造力的). Think differently. There is always a better way！1.Who sat on the steps of a building asking for help ?___________________________________________________________ _________2.A man walked by and gave the boy a few coins, didn’t he ? ___________________________________________________________ _________3.What did the man do to the boy’s sign ?___________________________________________________________ _________4.What happened to the boy’s hat soon ?___________________________________________________________ _________5.How did the man write the sign?___________________________________________________________ _________6.Which sign do you prefer, the first one or the second one? Why? (answer the question in no more than 20 words)。