初中英語閱讀理解精選20篇(含答案)

1、A 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! ” Th

2、e 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. ver

3、y 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

4、 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

5、get small again. At last its light goes out. The star'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 star C. the number of stars in the sky3. In the first part of the story ， what does the word “ wondered” mean?A. moved B. look

6、ed at C. asked yourself4. Stars give off light because they are very .A. small B. hotC. old5. You can guess from the story that most stars are around for a time.A. long B. shortC. niceEnglish LearningEvery year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are children. Others are

7、 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 usef

8、ul 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. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容在文中空白處填上恰當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢?。Learning _ is very popular in many countri

9、es nowadays.It is very to answer why so many people want to learn English.There are many for people to learn English.2. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容進行連線。 Many boys and girls learn English at school because . Many people learn English because . Some young people learn English for their higher studies because . Other peopl

10、e learn English because .A. it is useful in their work.B. some of their books are in English at college or university.C. it is one of their subjects.D. they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside!O

11、n the way home we had to stop at traffic lights , and there my wife saw the bookshelf.It stood outside a furniture （ 家具 ）shop. "Buy it," she said at once. "We'll carry it home on the roof-rack （ 車頂架 ） . I've always wanted one like that . "What could I do? Ten minutes late

12、r I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof-rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too .As it was getting darker, I drove slowly . Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through . Carrying furniture was a go

13、od idea.After a time my wife said, "There's a long line of cars behind . Why don't they overtake （ 超車 ） ?"Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers （ 警官 ）inside looked at us seriously when they went past . But then , with a kind smile they asked us to follow the

14、ir car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church （ 教堂 ） . One of the offices came to me."Right, sir, " he said. "Do you need any more help now?"I didn't quite understand . "Thanks, officer, " I said . "You've been very kind. I l

15、ived just down the road. "He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. "Well, Well, " he said and laughed . "It's a bookshelf you've got there ! We thought it was-er, something else . "My wife began to laugh . Suddenly I understood why t

16、he police drove here .I smiled at the officer. "Yes, it's a bookshelf, but thanks again." I drove home as fast as I could .1 . From the story we know that .A . the writer was poor and didn't buy the bookshelf for his wifeB . the writer's wife didn't like the bookshelf at al

17、lC . the writer was always glad to buy something for his wifeD . the writer was not very dad to buy the bookshelf for his wife2 . What made the writer think that carrying furniture was "a good idea"?A . He could drive slowly and it was safe.B . Other drivers would let him go first .C . His

18、 wife could use a new bookshelf.D . He could save a lot of money and time.3 . Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?A . Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf.B . Because they didn't think it was polite to overtake a car with a books

19、helf on it .C . Because they thought somebody in the writer's family had died and he needed help .D . Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.4 . Why did the writer's wife begin to laugh?A . Because now she knew what mistake the police had made.B . Because at last

20、 her husband understood why the police had driven to the church .C . Because the officer was always looking at the flowers and the bookshelf.D . Because the police had helped them a lot .5 . When did the officers begin to realize （ 意識到 ）they had made a mistake?A . Before they arrived at the church.B

21、 . Before they overtook the writer's carC . After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church.D . After the writer's family left the church.Look at the picture. It's a small room. We can see Betty in it. There is a bed and a desk in her room. What's on

22、 the wall? It's a map of England. We can see a photo （照片 ） near the map. It's Betty's photo. We can see a clock on the table. There are some flowers near it. Is her black cat on the bed? No, it's her hat. Where's her bag? It's on the bed, too.1. Whose （誰的） room is it? 2. Is t

23、he room big or small?3. What's on the wall? 4. Where are the flowers?5. What colour is Betty's hat?When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say “ How do you do? ” and shake hands（握手）.Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake han

24、ds after they haven t met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands