初二英语阅读理解50篇
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When you’re invited to have dinner in a foreigner’s home, please remember the following:
At table, when the hostess （女主人）picks up her napkin（餐巾），you may pick up yours and put it on your legs.
If a servant（佣人） passes food around, he will pass the dish to you at your left hand so that you can easily serve yourself with your right hand. Never serve yourself while the dish is on your right; it is then the turn of your neighbour on the right.
Do not reach across the table or in front of someone to get something---that is not polite. Ask him or her to pass it to you.
There are things in the middle of the table, such as bread, butter, and candies. You shouldn’t take any until the hostess tells the servant to pass them to you.
Do not leave your seat without saying anything. If you need to leave the table to go to the washroom or do something else, you should say “Excuse me for a moment, please.”
41. You should put your napkin on your legs before the hostess picks
up hers.
42. The dish is passed to you on either of your sides.
43. If the food is far from you, you shouldn’t stand up to serve yourself.
44. You may take any food at any time.
45. When you have to leave your seat, you need to say “Excuse me for
a moment, please.”
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Dolphins are not fish. They are mammals（哺乳动物）. They live in groups and speak to each other in their own language. But they are quite different from almost all land animals. Their brain（大脑）is as big as men’s and they live a long life---- at least 20 or 30 years.
Like some animals, dolphins use sounds to help them find their way around. They also use these sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food. They do not use their ears to receive sounds, but use the jaw--- the lower part of the mouth.
It is strange that dolphins are friendly to men, and for thousands of years, there are many stories about dolphins and men. In the 19th century, in a dangerous part of the sea near New Zealand, there was a dolphin. The seamen liked him very much and gave him a very good name, Jack. From 1871 to 1903, Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way. In 1903 a passenger on a boat with the name of The Penguin shot and hurt Jack. Luckily the dolphin didn’t die, and after a long time he was well again. He guided the ships through the area for nine more years, but he refused to help the boat The Penguin.
Today, some people still kill dolphins, but many countries in the world now protect them. In these places, people are not allowed to kill them.
46. The word jaw means _______ in Chinese.
A. 下颚
B. 嘴巴
C. 嘴唇
D. 鼻子
47. How do dolphins find their way?
A. They use their noses to smell the way.
B. They use their ears to hear the sounds.
C. They use their eyes to see the way.
D. They use sounds to find the way.
48. Who was Jack?
A. The writer.
B. A dolphin.
C. A seaman.
D. The passenger.
49. The dolphin guided the ships for about _______.
A. 32 years
B. 9 years
C. 41 years
D. 23 years
50. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT right?
A. Dolphins are not fish.
B. Dolphins don’t live in groups.
C. Dolphins are kind and friendly to people.
D. Dolphins can live a long life.
3
Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.
When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him.
His only friend was a dog named Tige. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn’t know that an unkind work sometimes could cut one’s heart like a knife.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” she said kindly, smiling.
A special feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled （吹口哨）to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.
“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” he repeated（重复）the woman’s words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Tige raised its ears as if it understood.
“Uhum! Even a dog likes it!” he said, “Well, Tige, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.” Tige waved its tail happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life.
After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed（种子） of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power（力量） it has!”
51. The boy repeated the words “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”, because _______.
A. he was thinking about the words
B. he didn’t understand the words
C. he wanted to talk to his dog
D. he liked talking to himself
52. What made the boy start his new life?
A. The people laughing at him.
B. The kind words spoken to him.
C. The hard life.
D. His lovely dog.
53. He was feeling ______ when he whistled to his dog.
A. funny
B. sad
C. lonely
D. excited
54. Which of the following is Right according to the passage?
A. He never took good care of his friend, Tige.
B. He usually had many friends around him.
C. He helped a young lady when her bag dropped.
D. He often washed his dirty face in the lake.
55. What’s the best title（题目） of this passage?
A. A Dog and a Boy
B. A Poor Boy’s Childhood
C. A Businessman and a Boy
D. The Power of Kindness
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Sally was fourteen. She studied in a middle school. She liked dancing
and singing and spent a lot of time on them. But she hated maths and even
decided to give it up. Her father was anxious (焦虑) about it.
It was Sunday. Sally's father gave a call to his sister who taught
maths in another school. He hoped she would come and tell his daughter
how to learn maths. The woman came and said, " You are a clever girl, Sally.
I' m sure you will soon learn maths well if you do your best "
"I'm afraid I can' t, Aunt," said Sally. " Girls can' t be good at maths.
"
"I don't think so," said the woman. "I was good at it when I was a girl.
You must do more exercises and try different ways to practise doing maths
problems until you work them out or at least understand them better. Here
is a maths problem. Please think it over and see if you can work it out.
"
"OK," said the girl. "Let me try. "
About an hour later Sally took the exercise book to her aunt and said,
"I've tried several times and worked out the problem at last!"
"Well done!" her aunt looked at her answer and said happily, "Now you
see, maths is not as difficult as you thought "
41. Sally tried her best to learn maths but could not learn it well.
42. Sally spent much more time in singing and dancing than in learning
maths.
43. Her aunt didn' t think that girls could be good at maths.
44. The father asked his sister to teach his daughter how to learn maths.
45. Sally worked out the problem at last 5
This year, Sichuan schools decide to start morning classes an hour
later. This will help students feel less tired. And most junior high
schools will begin the first class at about 8:30 am.
The students are happy about the change.
Liu Ming told us that his class were excited by the news on the first
day of school. " Great ! From now on we students at Chengdu No. 4 Middle
School don' t have to get up so early !" Liu said that he used to get up
at 6:40 am. Now he can get up at 7:40 am because class doesn' t start
until 8:40 am.
Wu Hongli feels the same. She said the new timetable ( 时间表) was good
for her health. "I used to get up at 6:30 am. I had to drink coffee every
night, or I would feel too sleepy to finish my homework, " said Wu. "
Now I can finish it without coffee. Because I can sleep a little longer.
"
Many teachers say the change will help students learn better. "Students
used to doze (瞌睡) for the first two classes in the morning, " said
Huang Shan, an English teacher at Chengdu No. 12 Middle School. "But
now they are active in class and learn much better than before. "
But some parents are worried that more sleep will mean less learning.
There used to be five classes in the morning. Now there are only four.
In fact, every coin has two sides. So does the change in the school
timetable.
46. This year, most Sichuan junior high schools will start the first class
____.
A. at about 8: 30 am
B. at about 7:40 am
C. at about 7:30 am
D. at about 6:40 am
47. Hearing the news, the students at Chengdu No. 4 Middle School felt
________.
A. worried
B. sad
C. excited
D.
angry
48. How many classes are there in the morning in Chengdu schools now?
A. Five.
B. Four.
C. Three.
D.
Two.
49. _________ used to drink coffee at night in order to finish homework.
A. Some parents
B. liu Ming
C. Wu Hongli
D. Huang
Shan
50. Which is right according to the text?
A. The students in Chengdu No. 12 Middle School used to doze for the
first two classes in the morning.
B. All the parents a&y the change will help students learn better.
C. The students will have to get up one hour earlier than before.
D. Many teachers are worried that more sleep will mean less learning.
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Round eyes, round head, round ears, round body! What is this lovely
little animal?
He looks like a bear. But he is not a bear. He' s a KOALA.
People in Australia love koalas and take care of them. They have set
up places for them to live safely. No one can kill them for their pretty
fur(毛皮)?. When a koala is born, he has no fur. And he is not as big
as your little toe(脚趾)! The mother koala has a pocket in the front of
her body. The baby goes into this warm pocket. There he stays for six
months.
The koala could not live without a special kind of tree. The tree gives
him both his home and his food. For most of the day the koala sleeps in
the tree.
At night the koala looks for food. He may go miles to find it He likes
only the bark (树皮) and the leaves of the tree. He eats nothing else.
And he eats more than two pounds each night！
How lovely the koalas really are!
51. People in Australia_________.
A. keep koalas in their homes
B. put koalas in the tree
C. set up places for koalas to live safely
D. raise baby koalas in
their pockets
52. After he is born, the baby koala lives in his mother' s pocket
_________.
A. for six days
B. for six months
C. for a night
D. all his life
53. What does the mother koala usually do when her baby is bad?
A. She takes him in her pocket
B. She keeps him on her back.
C. She makes him cry.
D. She beats him.
54. Koalas cannot live without a special kind of tree because ____.
A. they have to keep cool under the tree
B. they eat the fruit on the tree
C. they stay in the tree all the time
D. they live in the tree and get food from it
55. What is the text mainly about?
A. How people in Australia protect koalas.
B. Lovely koalas in Australia.
C. Koalas cannot live without a special kind of tree.
D. The way mother koalas take care of their babies.
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A kind of little cars may be seen in the streets in the future. People
will like this kind of small cars better than the big ones. The car is
as small as a bike but it can carry two people in it. Everybody can drive
it easily, just like riding a bike. Even children and old people can drive
them to schools or parks.
If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less
pollution in the air. There will be more space for all the cars in cities,
and there will also be more space for people to walk in the streets.
The little cars of the future will cost less money to buy and to drive.
These little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour, so driving will be
safer. The cars of the future will be fine for going around the city, but
they will not be useful for a long trip.
This kind of cars can save a lot of gas (汽油). They will go 450
kilometers, then they have to stop for more gas.
They are nice cars, aren't they?
41.Driving big cars can make the air dirtier.
42.The little cars can make more space for other cars and people.
43.These little cars will be useful for a long trip.
44.This kind of cars can save much gas.
45.Only children and old people can drive the little cars.
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Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge (知识). If you remember the following information, your life will be much safer.
Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn't walk alone outside. Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens, you can find them easily.
Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back. When a bus is full of people, it is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back.
If you are followed by someone you don't know, cross the street and go to the other way, let the person understand that you know he or she is after you. Next, don't go home at once. You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift (电梯).
If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. This stops other people from studying you. On the bus, don't sit alone. Sit behind the driver or with other people. Don't sleep.
46.Which of the following is NOT safe when you are out?
A.Go home alone late at night.
B.Make sure where the public phones are.
C.Don't get to the bus stop too early.
D.Always notice the environment around you.
47.You'd better put your bag ____ when there are too many people on
a bus.
A.Aon your back
B.beside you
C.in front of you
D.behind the driver
48.When you are followed by someone on your way home, you should ____ to make yourself safe.
A.Arun home
B.find a lift and go in
C.turn back and walk towards him or her at once
D.cross the street and go to the other way
49.When you take a bus alone, it's safe for you ____.
A.to sit behind the driver or with other people, but not to sleep
B.to talk with the driver
C.to call your friends
D.to get off the bus at once
50.What can you learn from the text?
A.How to notice the environment around you.
B.How to be safe in your everyday life.
C.How to cross the street.
D.How to use the public phones.
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One day, Jack's parents told him that his grandpa would retire (退休) after working for forty years. Jack said in surprise, “I'm only seven, so it means Grandpa has been … er… A really long time!”
His parents said, “Yes. That's why we are going to have a surprise party for him.”