阅读理解Reading Comprehension

(一)

Mike and Dick work in the same office. They don't like the cold weather. And one day they decided to take their holiday in Australia. Their plane arrived in Sydney at nine in the morning. They had a good rest in a hotel(旅馆). The next morning they rented(租) a car in the city and began their travel. A few hours later the sun was shining in the sky and there were no shade trees(遮阴树) beside the road. It was so hot that they could hardly go on driving. They had to stop to look around. Mike found a river was about half a kilometre away from them. They were both very happy and drove the car quickly. Soon they got to the river. Before they jumped into the water, Dick saw a boy playing under a big tree. He asked,"Are there any sharks(鲨) in the river,boy?"

"No, there aren't," answered the boy.

So they began to swim in the river. After a while, Dick felt something hit against his leg. He told Mike about it. They were afraid and stopped swimming. Dick asked loudly," Is it true that there aren't any sharks in the river?"

"Yes,sir,"said the boy,"There're a lot of crocodiles(鳄鱼) in the water. All the sharks have swum away!"

1. The story happened when it was _________ in the two men's country.

A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

2. Mike and Dick went to Australia _________ .

A. by air B. by car C. by bus travel D. by motorbike

3. The two young men went to Australia to _________ .

A. swim in the river B. study to drive

C. travel D. find some work

4. Mike and Dick couldn't drive any longer because _________ .

A. the sun was shining in the sky

B. there were no shade trees beside the road

C. the weather was very hot

D. they were too tired

5. Dick became afraid because _________ .

A. he saw a shark in the water

B. he thought it might be a shark that hit against his leg

C. he saw the boy laughing at them under the big tree

D. he had been told there were some sharks in the river

6. Having heard the boy,the two young men began to _________ .

A. catch the crocodiles in the water

B. look for the crocodiles there

C. run to beat the Australian boy

D. come out of the river at once

(二)

Mike was born in a small village. His father, Mr Hunt, has a big piece of farm and works hard on it. He often gets good harvests. Now Mike is six years old, but there's no school near the village. It worried him.

"My brother works in London," said Mrs Hunt,"We can take Mike to the capital. There're a lot of nice schools there, I think."

"It's a good idea!"Mr Hunt said happily. The next day they all went to London by train. Mike's uncle was glad to see them. A week later Mike came to a school.

"What's your name, my little boy?"asked a teacher.

"Mike Hunt," answered the boy.

"You must be polite,"said the teacher,"Always say 'sir' please when you're speaking to the elders(长辈). Now, answer my question again:What's your name?"

"Sir Mike Hunt."

1. The Hunts live in _________ .

A. America B. England C. Australia D. Canada

2. Mr Hunt is _________ .

A. a rich farmer B. a poor farmer

C. a rich worker D. a poor worker

3. Mr and Mrs Hunt took their son to London because _________ .

A. there're many nice schools in the city

B. they wish Mike to learn a lot there

C. there's no school near their village

D. they have no time to look after Mike

4. The teacher taught Mike _________ .

A. to be polite to him B. to call him sir

C. how to speak to him D. how to speak to the elders

5. The boy called himself "Sir Mike Hunt" because _________ .

A. his name was Mike Hunt

B. he wasn't polite to the teacher

C. he didn't know how to use the word "sir"

D. he was born in a small village

(三)

Mrs Smith is the owner of a house. She keeps one room for herself and lets out the other rooms. Since the house is near a college(大学), there are a lot of young people.

Mrs Smith keeps a strict eye on the use of the phone, electricity(电), and everything else, because she doesn't want to keep the bill(账单) high. Last month's phone bill was very high. She wanted to know if someone in the house made long distance calls(长途电话)and didn't tell her. So she decided to find out who it was.

She has waited behind the door for several nights. Just now she was glad to hear someone coming near the telephone desk. She couldn't hear what the person was saying, but she was sure it was a man's voice. "Why should this person be so secretive?"thought Mrs Smith," He must be trying to hide(藏) something." She decided to go in quickly so that she could catch the man right then.

But when she suddenly opened the door, she saw only the back of a man with his hand on the telephone desk. He was saying something in a low voice to a girl beside him. So Mrs Smith still doesn't know who the culprit(罪犯) is.

1. In the second sentence, "let out" means " _________ ".

A. 居住 B. 装修 C.出租 D.搬出

2. Most of the people in Mrs Smith's other rooms are _________ .

A. policemen B. middle school students

C. college students D. factory workers

3. "Keep the bill high " means" _________ ".

A. 放账单于高处 B. 增加开支 C. 保持账单于高处 D. 把账单提高

4. She was glad to hear someone coming near because _________ .

A. she thought she then could know who made long distance calls without

telling her

B. she thought she could hear what he was saying

C. she at last caught the man

D. she waited behind the door for some nights

5. "Be so secretive" means" _________ ".

A. not to keep quiet B. to tell anybody everything

C. not to make any noise D. to hide something

初三模拟试题答案

二、 基础知识:

Ⅰ.1. family 2. rules 3.different 4. though 5.themselves

Ⅱ.6. first 7. worse 8. Luckily 9. difference 10. care

Ⅲ. 11-15 BACDB 16-20 ADBDC 21-25 BCADC

二、交际运用

Ⅳ. 26-30 CEFBD

Ⅴ. 31. concert 32. How was the concert 33. are poor

34. raise money 35. I agree with you

三、阅读

Ⅵ. 36-40 HIDJC 41-45 AKEFL

Ⅶ. 46-50 CDBDD 51-55 TFTTF 56-60 BECDA

61. 900 62. king 63. India 64. change 65. radio 66. It's as old as Chinese.

67. In Germany.

68. Some round pieces of beef and two pieces of bread.

69. Where most words come from.

70. One of the Americans.