初中英语阅读理解及答案-简单的

阅读理解1

Babies love chocolate and sometimes they also eat the paper around it. My cat enjoys a

meal of good, thick paper, old letters, for example. She does not like newspapers very much

Of course, the best paper comes from wood. Wood comes from trees, and trees are plants.

Vegetables and fruit are plants, too, and we eat a lot of them. So can we also eat wood and

paper?

Scientists say, "All food comes in some way from plants." Well, is that true? Animals

eat grass and grow fat. Then we eat their meat. Little fish eat little sea-plants, then bigger fish

swim along and eat the ……Chickens eat bits of grass and give us…… Think for a minute.

What food does not come from plants in some way?

Scientists can do wonderful things with plants. They can make food just like meat and

cheese. And they can make it without the help of animals. It is very good food, too. Now

they have begun to say, "We make our paper from wood. We can also make food from wood.

The next thing is not very difficult." What is the next thing? Perhaps it is—food from paper.

Scientists say, "We can turn paper into food. It will be good, cheap food, too, cheaper than

meat or fish or eggs."

So please keep your old books and letters. (Don't feed [喂] your cat.) One day, they will

be on your plate, if what scientists say may come true.

1. The writer asks us to keep our old books and letters because _____.

A. they are useful for reading

B. They may be used to feed cats

C. We can make food from them soon

D. we can read them at breakfast

2. From the passage (段落)， we can infer(推断) that _____ do not come from plants in

some way.

A. few kinds of food B. meat and fish C. cheese and chicken D. wood and paper

阅读理解2

Mr. Lee was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring. He turned

on the light and looked at his clock. It was twelve o'clock. "Who can it be at this time of

night?" He thought. He decided to go and find out. So he got of bed, put on his dressing

gown (浴袍) and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there. "That

is very strange." Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed ,turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.

A few minutes later he heard the bell again. Mr. Lee jumped out of bed very quickly and

rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He closed the door and

tried not to feel angry. Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor. He picked it up. There were

some words on it : "It is now after midnight(午夜), so it is April Fool's Day (禺人节) . April

fool to you!"

"Oh , it was the English boy next door!" Mr. Lee exclaimed (惊叫) and almost smiled.

He went back to bed and feel asleep at once. The bell did not ring again.

1. When did Mr. Lee go to bed?

He went to bed _______.

A. before twelve o'clock B. after twelve o'clock

C. when the bell rang D. when he saw the boy

2. Why did he rush to the door when he heard the bell ring the second time?

A. He wanted to open the door for the visitor

B. He wanted to find out who the visitor was.

C. He was afraid of the ring

D. He was waiting for someone.

3. From this passage, we learn that we can _______ on April Fool's Day.

A. say "Hello" to each other B. dance and sing at night

C. play jokes on each other D. send pressents to children

4. What did Mr. Lee think about the English boy?

He thought he _________.

A. was a good boy B. was friendly with him

C. shouldn't ring the bell at midnight D. did a dangerous thing just now

阅读理解3

In England recently three foreign gentlemen came to a bus stop and waited . About

five minutes later, the bus they wanted came along. They were just going to get on when

suddenly there was a loud noise behind them. People rushed onto the bus and tried to push

them out of the way . Someone shouted at them. The bus conductor came rushing down the

stairs to see what all the trouble was about. The three foreigners seem all at sea and looked embarrassed (窘迫的 . No one had told them about the British custom (习惯)of lining up for

a bus that the first person who arrives at the bus stop is the first person to get on the bus .

Learning the language of a country isn't enough. If you want to have a pleasant visit,

find out as much as possible about the manners and customs of your host country. You will

probably be surprised just how different they can be from your own. A visitor to India would

do well to remember that people there consider it impolite to use the left hand for passing

food at table. The left hand is supposed to be used for washing yourself. Also in India, you