初中英语趣味阅读七年级

(1)

An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man,

and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon hehad nothing left.Of course ,when that happened , all his friends lefthim.When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a ki nd, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles."My money has finished and my friends have gone,"said the young man. "What will happen to me now?""Don't worry , young man,"answered Nasreddin."Everything will soon be all right again.Wait ,and you will soon feel m uch happier." The young man was very glad."Am I going to get rich again then? " heasked Nasred din."No, I didn't mean that," said the old man."I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends."

( )1.An old man died and left his son_______.

A.nothing

B.some gold

C. much money

D.only a house

( ) 2. When the son was________, he went to see Nasreddin.

A.short of money

B.quite poor and sick

C.in trouble

D. quite poor and alone

( ) 3.The young man was very glad because Nasreddin said that________.

A.he would become rich again

B. he would soon feel much happier

C.he would become clever

D. he would have more friends

( ) 4.Nasreddin meant the young man______.

A.would get rich again

B. would get used to having nothing

C.would get used to being in trouble

D.would get out of poorness

( ) 5.What this story tells us is________.

A.that money is everything

B.that money makes the mare go

C.to save each penny

D. that misfortune tests the sincerity of friends

(2)

A man was travelling abroad in a small red car.One day he left the car and went

shopping.When he came back, its roof was badly damaged.Some boys told him that an elephant ha d damaged it. The man did not believe them,but they took him to a circus which was near there. T heowner of the elephant said,"I am very sorry!My elephant has a big, round,red chair.He thought t hat your car was his chair, and he sat on it!"Then he gave the man a letter, in which he said that he was sorry andthat he would pay for all the damage.When the man got back to his own country,the customs officers wouldnot believe his story.They said,"You sold your new car while you wereabro ad and bought this old one!"It was only when the man showed them the letter from the circus man that believed him. Multiple choice

( )1.A man was travelling abroad_______.

A.in a big bus

B.in a green jeep

C.in a red car

D.in a red taxi

( ) 2.The car was damaged because________.

A.there was a traffic accident

B.the circus man broke it

C. it rushed into a shop

D.the elephant sat on it

( ) 3.The circus man said that_______.

A.he would pay for part of the damage

B.he would pay for all of the damage

C.he wouldn't pay fo r the damage

D.he would buy a new car

( ) 4. When the man got back to his country,the customs officers______.

A. would check his new car

B.only checked his car

C. searched him

D. wouldn't believe what he had said,

( ) 5.It was only________that made the officers believe him.

A.the letter from the circus man

B. a newspaper from the country

B.C.the certificate of his D.the letter from the government

(3)

It was half-past eight in the morning. The telephone bell rang and

Mary went to answer it. "It's me-Peter." "Hello, who's that?"she asked.

Peter was a friend of Mary's eight-year-old brother,Johnny. "Oh hello,Peter.What do you want?"sai d Mary. "Can I speak to johnny?"

"No,"said Mary,"you can't speak to him now.He is busy. He is gettingready for school.He is eating his breakfast.Grandmother is combing hishair.Sister is under the table,putting his shoes on. Mothe r is gettinghis books and putting them in his school bag.Goodbye,I've got to go now. I have to hold the door open.The school bus is coming . Mtiple choice

( )1.Who went to answer it when the teltphone bell rang?

A.Johnny's sister

B.Peter C,Johnny D.Johnny's mother

( )2.Whom did Peter want to speak to?

A.Mary's brother

B.Mary's sister

C.Mary's grandmother

D.Johnny's mother

( )3.Johnny couldn't speak to Peter because Johnny _______.

A. was combing his hair

B.was putting his shoes on

C.was getting his books

D. was busy eating his hreakfast

( )4.How do you say to a stranger who is answering your telephone?

A.Who are you?

B.Anything to say?

C.Who is it?

D.Please

( )5.From this story we know that Johnny was_____.

A. a lazy

B.a clever boy

C.a busy boy

D.a hungry boy

(4)

A judge was working in his room one day when a neighbour ran in andsaid,"If one man's cow kills another's,is the owner of the first cowresponsible?""It depends," answered the judge. "Well,"said the man,"your cow has killed mine."

"Oh,"answered the judge."Everyone knows that a cow cannot think likea man,so a cow is not resp onsible,and that means that its owner is notresponsible either."

"I am sorry,Judge,"said the man."I made a mistake.I meant that my cowkilled yours."

The judge thought for a few seconds and then said,"When I think aboutit more carefully,this case i s not as easy as I thought at first. "Andthen he turned to his clerk and said,"Please bring me that bi g blackbook from the shelf behind you." Multiple choice

( )1.The neighbour asked the judge_______. A. whether the first cow was responsible

B.whether the owner of the first cow was responsible

C..whether both cows were responsible

D. whether both the owners were responsible

( )2.When the neighbour reported that the judge's cow had killed his,the judge answered that____.

A.a cow was reponsible

B. its owner was not responsible

C.neither a cow nor its owner was responsible

D.his cow was responsible

( )3.When the neighbour heard this, he told the judge that_______.

A.there was nothing happened

B. his cow had been killed

C.it was his cow that had killed the judge's

D.both cows had been killed

( )4.When the judge heard that his cow had died, he________.

A..got angry

B.said nothing

C.put his neighbor into prison

D.changed what he had said at first

( )5.In this story the judge was______.

A. a clever judge

B.a humorist

C.unfair

D.foolish

A. At ten minutes to eight

B. At half past eight

C. At ten minutes past eight

D. At twenty minutes past eight

(5)Sandwich

Sandwich was an Englishman. He lived in the 18th century(世纪). Sandwich was rich(有钱的), but he liked to play cards (纸牌) for money. He often played for 24 hours, and didn't even stop to have his meals. He ordered(命令) his servants (仆人) to bring him some meat and bread. He put the meat between (在两者之间) the two pieces of bread and held the food in his left hand while he played cards with his right hand. People liked Sandwich's idea, and from then on

they ate bread and meat as Sandwich did. From the name of the man, Sandwich, we have the word of the food "sandwich" today.

( ) 1. Sandwich was the____ .

A. name of a servant

B. name of a man with a lot of money

C. poor man who lived on playing cards

D. name of food which was liked by the rich

( ) 2. Sandwich____.

A. was so interested (兴趣) in playing cards that he often had no time to have his meals

B. often brought some bread with him to play cards

C. never ate anything when he played cards

D. had no money to play cards with at last

( ) 3. People liked Sandwich's idea because ____.

A. bread, together with meat was cheap

B. he always won when he played cards

C. they liked Sandwich himself

D. when they ate with one of their hands they could do something with the other

( ) 4. Today, "sandwich" is ____.

A. also a name of a rich man

B. two pieces of bread with meat in between

C. not interested in playing cards

D. not liked by most of the people

( ) 5. As food, "sandwich"____ .

A. is usually made of(用...制做) bread and chicken C. is made of bread and meat

B. sometimes smells (闻) good, but sometimes not D. is easy for us to play.

I. Life Science 生命科学 The Five Senses 视觉、听觉、味觉、嗅觉和触觉是人类最基本的五种感觉，即五官感觉。我们通过它们感知外界物体，获取与机体生存紧密相关的重要信息，从而对所处环境作出分析判断。五感在我们的日常生活中扮演了至关重要的角色。 Sport injuries 肌肉是支撑人体活动的重要部分，我们要小心保护，防止肌肉受伤。 ·Warm-up Do you know any kind of sport injuries? Have you suffered from any of them? ·Big question to think about while you read What are sprains and fractures? Sprains occur when a muscle is pulled too far. The result can be a break or a tear of a ligament. Sprains can sometimes happen as the result of an injury, such as a fall. Sprains can also happen when you do not warm up your muscles before you exercise. A broken bone often occurs as the result of an accident. A broken bone is called a fracture. How can you tell if a bone is broken? The pain in the area is very strong. You cannot move the part that is broken. The part that is broken begins to swell or grow bigger. In most cases, you should not move because a bone may be broken Get someone's help to call an ambulance immediately. You will be taken to a hospital nearby to check whether or not you have a broken bone. To check this, you will normally get an X-ray. An X-ray is a black and white picture of the bones taken with a special machine. It lets a doctor see if a bone is broken. (178 words) ·Reflection questions on what you read 1. What are the differences between sprains and fractures? 2. How can a doctor tell whether there's a broken bone or not? 3. What should you do if a sprain occurs? 4. Which one do you think is more serious, a sprain or a broken bone?

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初一英语阅读理解技巧 在做英语阅读时，首先通读全文，不要被某个或某些自己不熟悉的单词所困扰，了解大概意思。然后看问题，带着问题精读全文，同时选择答案，必要时用排除法，注意，文章中一般都会有答案，有的可以直接找到，英美人并不愿意把问题弄得太深奥，不必想得太复杂，很多都是直接了当的，千万别自己发挥想象。但不得不说，平时多积累词汇量的话，答题可能就会主动一些，有把握一些。 一、初中阅读理解考查的主要内容。 首先，初中英语试题中的阅读文章题材多样(涉及政治经济、社会文化、风俗习惯、历史地理、科学技术等各个方面)，体裁形式丰富(包括记叙文、说明文、议论文、应用文以及新闻报道、广告、通知、操作说明、表格等)，这就需要考生在平时对各方面的知识都有所积累。 其次，阅读理解主要是考查考生综合运用所学语言知识的能力，包括阅读、理解、归纳概括、逻辑推理以及对材料的评估能力等。在阅读技巧上，考生要注意文章的个别词或句子、文章的某细节或情节、文章的主题或背景知识、文章的结论或结局、文章内涵的寓意等。 最后，从问题设置上可以将问题总结为四种类型： (一)直接题目：这种题目比较简单，只要通读全文，了解文中所叙述的重要事实或细节，就可以解答出来，有的甚至可以从文章的原句中直接找到答案。此类考查事实和细节的题目大多数是针对文章的细节设计的。 (二)理解性问题：要求对文中个别难词、关键词、词组或句子做出解释。解答这类题目时需要对有关的上下文，甚至整篇文章的内容建立准确、立体的理解才能做出正确答案。此类猜测词义的题目，要求考生根据上下文确定某一特定的词或短语的准确含义。 (三)推理性题目：这种题目考生往往不能直接从文中找到答案，而需要根据上下文及其相互间的关系或对整篇文章进行深层理解后，才能找到答案。有时甚至还得考虑作者的主旨、倾向等因素加以推理，才能获得正确答案。此类题目主要考查的是句与句之间，段与段之间的逻辑关系。 (四)概括性题目：要求考生在阅读和理解全文的基础上对文章做出归纳、概括或评价。此类考查主旨和大意的题大多数针对段落(或短文)的主题思想，标题或目的。解这种题目时，不能只凭文中的只言片语而断章取义，比如涉及文章的标题、

初中英语趣味阅读理解题4 Henry was an office worker in a big city. Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. “Enjoy count ry life. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding. Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting.” “This sounds a good idea,” he thought. “I?ll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishi ng. They?ll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming.” He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm. But four days later, he returned home. “What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him. “Didn?t you enjoy country life?” “Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.” “Oh. What?” “Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had r oast mutton for dinner.” “What's wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.” “I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.” “Lucky you!”

英语趣味阅读练习 （一）Someone Can Send Them To Me Mr Jones had a few days’holiday, so he said, “I’m goingto the mountains by train．”He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to the station and got into the train．He had a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window during the trip（旅途）and looked at the mountains．But the wind pulled his off． Mr Jones quickly took his old bag up and threw it out of the window too．The other people in the carriage laughed．“Is your bag going to bring your beautiful hat back?”they asked． “No, ”Mr Jones answered, “but there’s no name and no address in my hat, and there’s a name and an address on my bag．Someone’s going to find both of them near each other, and he’s going to send me the bag and the hat．” 判断对错： （）1．Mr Jones had a day’s holiday． （）2．Mr Jones went to the mountains bike． （）3．The wind pulled his old hat off． （）4．There was a name and an address on the bag． （）5．The people in the carriage laughed at Mr Jones． （）6．Hisbag could get his hat back． （）7．Someone sent the hat and the bag to Mr Jones． （二）They’ll Give Y ou A Helping Hand In a New Y ork street a small truck hit a big tree．The truck was full of glasses and they were all broken now．The driver came out of the truck and looked at the broken glasses．He was very sad．And people in the street were sorry for him． Then an old man walked to the driver, looked at him for a few minutes and said, “My poor boy! I think you must pay a lot for it．” “Y es．”was the sad answer． “Well, well, ”said the old man, “hold out your hat- here’s some money for you; and I can say some of these people will give you a helping hand, too．” Then he walked away．The driver held out his hat and over a hundred people came and put their money in it．At last the driver took out a bag and put all the money in．Then he looked at the people and said, “Well, thank you very much, but I don’t understand．That old man is my boss．” 根据正文短文内容选择正确答案。 1．The truck hit ______． A．something B．some glasses C．an old man D．the driver 2．The driver was ______ when he looked at the glasses．

【英语】英语七年级英语上册阅读理解及答案 一、七年级英语上册阅读理解专项目练习（含答案解析） 1．阅读理解The Volleyball Club The school volleyball club wants new members! We have good players from the school team. They can help you enjoy the game. We practise for an hour every afternoon from Wednesday to Friday. Go to your PE teacher and buy sports shoes if you want to be with us. Girls' Volleyball Match Team: No.1 Middle School vs No. 2 Middle School Time: 2:30 p.m.—4:30 p.m., October 21st Place: Xuzhou Sports Centre Come for our school team. We have twenty tickets （票）for every class. Go to your PE teacher for the tickets before Friday. Please wear your school uniform （校服） at the sports centre. （1）Members of the Volleyball Club practise a week. A. once B. twice C. three times D. four times （2）What must you buy if you want to join the Volleyball Club? A. B. C. D. （3）What time does the volleyball match start? A. At twenty to three in the afternoon. B. At two thirty in the afternoon. C. At five o'clock in the afternoon. D. At twenty past two in the afternoon. （4）Students can go to their for tickets. A. PE teachers B. classmates C. parents D. grandparents （5）Students can't get a ticket on .

新译林7BUNIT1英语课外趣味阅读及练习题 课外趣味阅读 同义词趣味巧辨析 assert, affirm, allege, maintain, testify, claim 这些动词均含有“断言，声称”之意。 assert ：主观意味强，指自认为某事就是如此，而不管事实如何。 affirm ：侧重在作出断言时表现出的坚定与不可动摇的态度。 allege ：多指无真凭实据，不提供证据的断言或宣称。 maintain与assert近义，但前者指坚决维护某种主张或观点。 testify ：多指在法庭作证，庄严地宣称自己所说属实。 claim ：可与assert换用，但语气弱一些，侧重指行为自己的权利提出要求他人承认。 幽默故事 The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city." The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be

A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet. “What’s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived. “My cow’s ill,” the farmer said. “I don’t know what's the matter with her. She’s lying down and won’t eat. She’s making a strange noise.” The vet looked over the cow. "She’s certainly ill," he said, "and she needs to take some very strong medicine." He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, "Give her these. The pills should make her better." “How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked. The vet gave him a tube and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That’ll make it." The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried. “How’s your cow?” the vet asked. “No change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange myself.” “Oh?” the vet said, "Why?" “I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow’s mouth and then put two pills down it.” “And?” the vet asked. “The cow blew first,” the farmer said. 1. In the story, the vet must be _________. A. the farmer's friend B. a milk factory C. a hospital for cows D. a doctor for animals 2.The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow _______ A. couldn't lie down B. didn't eat the pills C. couldn't make any noise D. was ill 3.What medicine did the vet give the farmer? A. Bottle of pills. B. A long tube. C. Two pills. D. A small box. 4.The vet taught the farmer how _________. A. to blow the tube B. to make the cow take the pills C. to take the medicine D. to put the tube in his mouth 5.Which of the following is true? A. The farmer ate the pills himself. B. The cow got better after taking the medicine. C. The vet came to help the farmer change the cow the next day. D. The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day.

七年级英语阅读理解专项练习 一 Good morning! I'm Dale. What color is my quilt? It's yellow. What color is my jacket? It is blue. This is my key. It's black. My cup is white. What color is the map? It's purple. Good morning! I'm Cindy. This is a ruler. What color is it? It's red and white. What's this in English? It's a pen. It is a black pen. This is an orange. It's yellow. Hello, I'm Bill. This is my classroom (教室). Can you see my cup? It is green. That is my pen. It's a brown pen. The pen is on (在……上) my ruler. ( )1.The girl is ____. A.Betty B.Cindy C.Alice D.Grace ( )2.What color is Dale's key? A.Blue. B.Black. C.Purple. D.White. ( )3.The brown pen is ____. A.Betty's B.Dale's C.Bill's D.Cindy's ( )4.The ____ are yellow. A.quilt and orange B.ruler and orange C.pen and jacket D.quilt and jacket ( )5.You can NOT see Bill's ____. A.pen B.ruler C.cup D.jacket 二 Mr. Smith: Good morning, class! Students: Good morning, Mr. Smith! Mr. Smith: Boys and girls, look at the picture, please. What's this in English? Is this a pen, Bob? Bob: Sorry, I don't know. Mr. Smith: Frank, what's this? Frank: It's a key. Jenny: No. It's a ruler. Mr. Smith: Can you spell it, Jenny? Jenny: R-U-L-E-R, ruler. Mr. Smith: Very good! Now let's look at another (另一个) picture. 根据对话内容，选择最佳答案。 ( )1.It's ____ now. A.morning B.afternoon C.evening D.night ( )2.____ is a teacher. A.Bob B.Frank C.Mr. Smith D.Jenny ( )3.对话中画线单词“know” 的汉语意思为“____ ”。 A.听讲 B.知道 C.喜欢 D.听见 ( )4.Frank thinks it is a ____.

Henry was an office worker in a big city. Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyedtraveling in hisholidays. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw anadvertisement in a newspaper.“Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West HillFarm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding.Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting.” “This sounds a good idea,” he thought. “I?ll spend a month at West Hill Farm.Ithink I canenjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They?llmake a change from sittingby the seaside andswimming.” He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that hewould like to spend all of Julythere. Then on the first of July, he left for West HillFarm. But four days later, he returned home. “What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him.“Didn?tyou enjoycountry life?” “Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.”“Oh. What?” “Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and wehad roast muttonfor dinner.”“What's wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.” “I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”“Lucky you!” “You don't understand,” Henry said. “On the t hird day a pigdied and we hadroast pork fordinner.” “Let me finish,” Henry said. “On the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn'tdare (敢)stay fordinner!” 1.How did Henry find out about the farm? A. He saw it in a newspaper advertisement. B. His best friend told him.

Section II 趣味幽默篇 Passage 13 Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding. Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting.” “This sounds a good idea,” he thought. “I’ll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They’ll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming.” He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm. But four days later, he returned home. “What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him. “Didn’t you enjoy country life?” “Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.” “Oh. What?” “Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner.” “What's wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.” “I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.” “Lucky you!” “You don't understand,” Henry said. “On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.” “A different meat every day,” Ed said loudly, “ and you are complaining!” “Let me finish,” Henry said. “On the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn't dare (敢)stay for dinner!” 1.How did Henry find out about the farm? A. He saw it in a newspaper advertisement. B. His best friend told him. C. He wrote to the farmer. D. Maybe he learned it from the radio. 2. Henry came back home several days later because ______________. A. he didn't like the country life at all B. the farmer wasn’t friendly to him C. his holiday was over D. he thought he might have to eat the farmer 3. “…and you are complaining!”, the word “complain” means __________. A.夸奖 B.说三道四 C.抱怨 D.故弄玄虚 4.Which of the following sentences is true? A. Ed could eat a different kind of meat every day. B. Henry thought he could enjoy a change. C. Henry couldn't think of anything else to do, so he went to the farm. D. The farmer died because of the bad meat he ate. 5.Which is the best title for the passage? A. What a beautiful farm! B. Have a good time. C.A short holiday D. Henry and the farmer. Passage 14 After returning from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes me 12 pounds,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office.” You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me 12 pounds.”

小学生英语故事 英文幽默故事： 1、There was a guy（家伙，伙计）who went into a shop to buy a parrot（鹦鹉）. There were three parrots in the shop. One was $5,000; another（另一个）one, $10,000; and the t hird（第三）one, $30,000. The customer（顾客）asked the owner, “How this guy is $5,000? T hat?s so expensive（贵的）for this kind（种类）of parrot.” The owner said, “Because I have trained （训练）him and he can talk.” So the customer asked him, “How about this guy? What can he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner said, “Well, apart from（除了）talking, he can also do some amusing （有趣的）actions （动作）,like dancing and so on. That?s why he?s so expensive.” Then the customer said, “How about the third one? What can he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner of the shop said, “I don?t know. Normally（通常）, I have never heard him talk, nor dance, nor whistle（吹口哨）, nor sing, nothing at all! But the other two call him …The Boss（老板）. 2、Where is the egg? Teacher:Can you make a sentence（造句）with the word "egg"? Student:Yes.I ate a piece of（一块）cake yesterday. Tea cher:Then where is the “egg"? Student:In the cake,Sir.

初一英语阅读理解技巧在做英语阅读时，首先通读全文，不要被某个或某些自己不熟悉的单词所困扰，了解大概意思。然后看问题，带着问题精读全文，同时选择答案，必要时用排除法，注意，文章中一般都会有答案，有的可以直接找到，英美人并不愿意把问题弄得太深奥，不必想得太复杂，很多都是直接了当的，千万别自己发挥想象。但不得不说，平时多积累词汇量的话，答题可能就会主动一些，有把握一些。一、初中阅读理解考查的主要内容。首先，初中英语试题中的阅读文章题材多样（涉及政治经济、社会文化、风俗习惯、历史地理、科学技术等各个方面），体裁形式丰富（包括记叙文、说明文、议论文、应用文以及新闻报道、广告、通知、操作说明、表格等），这就需要考生在平时对各方面的知识都有所积累。 其次，阅读理解主要是考查考生综合运用所学语言知识的能力，包括阅读、理解、归纳概括、逻辑推理以及对材料的评估能力等。在阅读技巧上，考生要注意文章的个别词或句子、文章的某细节或情节、文章的主题或背景知识、文章的结论或结局、文章内涵的寓意等。 最后，从问题设置上可以将问题总结为四种类型： （一）直接题目：这种题目比较简单，只要通读全文，了解文中所叙述的重要事实或细节，就可以解答出来，有的甚至可以从文章的原句中直接找到答案。此类考查事实和细节的题目大多数是针对文章的细节设计的。 （二）理解性问题：要求对文中个别难词、关键词、词组或句子做出解释。解答这类题目时需要对有关的上下文，甚至整篇文章的内容建立准确、立体的理解才能做出正确答案。此类猜测词义的题目，要求考生根据上下文确定某一特定的词或短语的准确含义。 （三）推理性题目：这种题目考生往往不能直接从文中找到答案，而需要根据上下文及其相互间的关系或对整篇文章进行深层理解后，才能找到答案。有时甚至还得考虑作者的主旨、倾向等因素加以推理，才能获得正确答案。此类题目主要考查的是句与句之间，段与段之间的逻辑关系。 （四）概括性题目：要求考生在阅读和理解全文的基础上对文章做出归纳、概括或评价。此类考查主旨和大意的题大多数针对段落（或短文）的主题思想，标题或目的。解这种题目时，不能只凭文中的只言片语而断章取义，比如涉及文章的标题、主题、结论、结局等有关问题，都需要在细读全文的基础上，结合所学语言知识、背景知识、生活常识、专业知识进行逻辑思维推理判断，从而获取文章中内含的信息。 二、阅读理解题的解题技巧。明确了阅读理解题的考查要点以后，我们现在来研究破解阅读理解题的方法和技巧。 1. 获取段落的主旨和大意。最有效的办法是找出主题句。一篇文章（或一段文章）通常都是围绕一个中心意思展开的。而这个中心意思往往由一个句子来概括。这个能概括文章或段落中心意思的句子叫做主题句。因此，理解一个段落或一篇文章的中心意思首先要学会寻找主题句。主题句一般具有三个特点：1）表述的意思比较概括，相对其主句来看，这种概括性更为明显。2）句子结构较简单，多数都不采用长、难句的形式。3) 段落中其它的句子必定是用来解释、支撑或发展主题句所表述的主题思想的。