初一英語培優(yōu)閱讀訓練WEEK11

1、初一英語課外閱讀訓練Week 11 617期 s wild （ A）From Broadway to TV At first sight, you might be impressed 對 印象深刻的 by Brandon Niederauerhair. He looks like a rock star, doesnt he. In fact, he is one.The 15-year-old from New York is a popular guitarist. His fans call him Taz. This month, he gave a solo guitar perf

2、ormance 表演 and opened a rock opera on US TV channel NBC. The show had 9 million viewers 觀眾 . Niederauer isnt new to the stage. He has per formed for more than two years on a Broadway 百老匯 show called School of Rock. Its about a rock singer. Niederauer finished his School of Rock tour in July last yea

3、r. “It was hard to give it up,” he said.His love for guitar came from the movie that the Broadway show is based on. At 8, when he first watched the film School of Rock, he became interested in playing the guitar. His father, a music fan himself, bought him a guitar. He started performing in musicals

4、 音樂劇 just four years later. Choose the answer:1. Brandon Niederauer looks like a rock star with his _.A. special clothes B. singing style C. wild hair D. black skin2. What dont we know about Brandon Niederauer from the story.A. He is from New York.B. He is good at playing the guitar.C. He successful

5、ly held a show this month.D. He also played the piano during his show3. What can we learn from Paragraph 3.A. School of Rock came out in July last year.B. Niederauer had some performing experience.C. School of Rock was about Niederauers life.D. Niederauer was happy to finish his work on Broadway.4.

6、What is of the most suitable description for this story.A. A profile 人物簡介 of a young musician.B. A story about a popular TV show.C. An introduction for the show School of Rock.D. A profile of Broadway actors.（B）Say farewell to the last of the British queens favorite dogs Willow, a corgi 柯基犬 owned by

7、 Britains Queen Elizabeth II of England, died in April. The queen has had 30 corgis since she became queen in 1952. Willow was the last of these dogs.Elizabeth fell in love with this kind of dog after meeting corgis owned by some friends. She got her first corgi when she was just 10 years old. This

8、dog was named Dookie.On her 18th birthday, Elizabeth got a corgi named Susan. Susan gave birth to two corgis named Sugar and Honey. Many of the queens corgis later came from these two dogs.“Corgi Room ”The queen s corgis were royal 皇家的 pets. They slept in special baskets in the They ate fresh meat m

9、ade by a top chef 頂級大廚 . But they were also as naughty 頑皮的 as any other dog sometimes they bit people.飼養(yǎng) corgis. She didnt want any to be In 2022, the queen said that she would stop raising left after she dies. It looks like she will get her wish.Finish the following tasks: 1. What happened to Willo

10、w._2. What was Elizabeths first corgi called._3. Where did the queens corgis sleep._4. Why did the queen decide to stop raising corgis._5. 翻譯下面的句子：It looks like she will get her wish._（C）Some games are simple but funIn China, I often see people playing jianzi. People stand in a circle. They use only

11、 their legs and feet to keep a shuttlecock 毽子 in the air. The shuttlecock is usually made of four feathers 羽 毛. There is a similar game in the US called “hacky sack”. But we dont use a shuttlecock made 干豆子 or out of feathers. Hacky sack is played with a small bag, and it often has dried beans plasti

12、c beads 珠子 inside. Kids liked to play it during lunch breaks when I was still in high school. Diabolo, or doukongzhu, is another game that is popular both in China and other countries. It takes a lot of skill to play. Circus 馬戲團 performers sometimes use the toy to make their performances more fun. T

13、he famous Cirque du Soleil 太陽馬戲團 uses it as part of their act, too. Choose the answer: 1. When you play jianzi, you need to use your _.A. head and arms B. legs and feet C. legs and arms D. feet and head2. In the US, hacky sacks are made up of _.A. feathers and plastic discs B. a bag with dried beans

14、 inside C. rubber and dried beans D. feathers and plastic beads3. Why do circus performers like to use the diabolo. A. To make it more popular.B. To make their performances interesting. C. To teach people about Chinese culture.D. To help them practice their performing skills.4. The aim of the story

15、is to _ A. explain why games are popular in the US B. explain how to play jianzi C. introduce some casual games in China D. encourage people to learn doukongzhu（D） Many a little makes a lotWhen I was a child, my father always kept some empty jars 罐 on our kitchen counter 辦理臺. Every day, when he came

16、 back home from work, he would take all of the change out of his pockets and put it in the jars. It would make a sound every time he dropped some coins 硬幣 in the jars.I grew up in a small mining 礦業(yè) town. There werent many jobs for kids after they finished high school. Most of them would go to work i

17、n the mines, like my dad did. But I always wanted to do something more with my life.My dad knew that I wanted more out of life. He planned to save his change to help me. Every week, we would go to the bank together to deposit little by little, as the years went by.存入 the money. I watched his savings

18、 grow, When I finished high school, my dad said it was time to take out the money. He showed me all the money he had saved. There was enough for me to go to the college of my dreams. With just a few jars, my dad showed me how persistence 堅持 and patience can pay off.Task 2 Use the proper forms of the words from the story to fill in the blanks.1. The plate _ from her hands.2. If you _ now, you will be able to buy a car soon.3. A beggar 乞丐 asked for some spare _.4. The house is _. No one is living there.5. She has little _ with little kids.Task 3 Choose the answer: 1. The father saved mone