人教版初二英语阅读理解练习题（一）

阅读理解

A篇

Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.

Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea.“Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” 

The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out.

“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),” the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.

The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered (感到疑惑).

( )1. The thief was trying to get .

A. his neighbour B. his neighbour’s doorbell

C. some cotton D. a door with a bell on it

( )2. The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be for him to steal the doorbell.

A. safe B. difficult C. dangerous D. easy

( )3. The neighbour ran out probably(很可能) because .

A. he knew his doorbell was being stolen

B. he thought someone was eager (渴望的) to visit him

C. he realized (意识到) something strange happened

D. Both B and C

( )4. The neighbour hit the thief to .

A. give him lessons B. punish (惩罚) him for stealing

C. help him with the bell D. be his teacher

( )5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.

B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.

C. The thief thought the neighbour couldn’t hear the noise the bell made.

D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out.

Key: 1-5 BADBC

B篇

Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.

Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve (提高) their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain (抱怨) that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes.

In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.

Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves.

1. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _______________.

A. our country asks us to learn it

B. it can help us a lot

C. we can use it to play games

D．it can help us to find jobs

2. What do many teachers and parents complain about? _______.

A. Their students and children use computers to play games.

B. Computers let them lost their jobs.

C. Computers make the students and children fall behind.

D. Computers bring people a lot of trouble.

3. In this passage we know computers ________.

A. also bring us trouble

B. bring us happiness only

C. are hated by people

D. are bad for people’s health

4. Can computers really help children to study? ________.

A. Yes, they can. B. It’s hard to say C. No, they can’t. D. Of course not.

5. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means _______.

A. computers are used by people

B. people can live well without computers

C. one must decide how to use computers

D. computers are strange machines

Key: 1-5 BCAAC