1、初二英语期末阅读练习初二期末复习 -阅读理解部分1There are some programmes on TV. Please read and answer the following questions. Channel 1Channel 218:00 Around China18:30 Childrens programme19:00 News19:30 Weather report19:40 Around the world20:10 TV play: Sisters21:00 English for today21:15 Popular music21:55 Talk show17
2、:45 Computers today18:10 Foreign arts18:30 English classroom19:00 Animal world 19:25 China 9920:20 Sports21:00 TV play: What is Love21:45 English news22:05 On TV next week( ) 1. You are interested in football. You may watch TV at _. A. 20:20 on Channel 2 B. 19:40 on Channel 1C. 19:00 on Channel 2 D.
3、 18:30 on Channel 1 ( ) 2. How long is the TV play “Sisters”? It lasts _. A. 30 minutes B. 40 minutes C. 50 minutes D. 60 minutes( ) 3. If you want to know something about Japan, which of the following programmes would be the best one? A. Weather report B. Around the worldC. Animal world D. Talk sho
4、w2How do you read the train time table? If youre in New York City and you want to go to Princeton. Run your finger down the list of cities to find Princeton. Next, move your finger to the right. You will see the time that trains arrive in Princeton. Then run your finger up to the time listed across
5、from New York (below the train numbers). Thats when the trains leave New York. Make your choice (选择) and enjoy the ride!Train Number6189181141211169New YorkNewarkMetro ParkNew BrunswickPrincetonTrentonPhiladelphia7:007:157:31-8:038:368:008:128:288:38-8:589:359:009:12-9:449:5610:2910:0010:15-10:32-10
6、:5711:2811:0011:13-11:3411:4811:5812:3212:0012:14-1:241. If you want to arrive in Princeton before eleven oclock, which train should you take? A. 61 B. 181 C. 141 D. 2112. If you take the train in Newark at 10:15, when do you arrive in Trenton? A. 8:03 B. 8:58 C. 9:56 D. 10:573. A doctors office in
7、Philadelphia opens at 9:00. What time must he leave New York City to get there on time?A. 7:00 B. 8:00 C. 9:00 D. 10:00 3This is a page from a college information handbook. It tells you where you can find the college services you need.Where To find Help In The CollegeHere is the location (位置) of som
8、e important college services. Rooms numbered 100-130 are on the first floor and those numbered 200-300 on the second floor of the main college building.Student Services Centre Careers 113The staff members here are always ready to advise on career (就业) choice and applications (申请) for higher educatio
9、n. Accommodation Office 114Mrs J Wardle is free each afternoon from 1:30 to 4:30 to help students with housing problems. Medical Room 115Mrs J Wright, the college nurse, is on duty each morning from 9:30 to 12:00 am. The college doctor is on duty on Wednesday mornings.Sports Office 207Mrs B Murie ca
10、n provide (提供) information about sporting and keep-fit activities.Student Union Office 222A range (范围) of services and advice (travel etc.) is provided.Food Service 127Mr G Nunn is the manager and will do his best to help if you need a special diet. Library 215Besides books this also has photocopyin
11、g, video, audio-visual and computing facilities.1. Where should you go for help if you are not able to find a place to live? A. Room 114. B. Room 207. C. Room 222. D. Room 113.2. As a foreign student, you may go to Room 127 to _.A. apply (申请) for a higher educationB. ask for supply of some special f
12、oodC. pay for your educational fees (学费)D. book a round-trip ticket for holidays4Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is bec
13、oming deserts all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.Why is more and more land becoming deserts? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.Some places on the earth dont get very much rain. But they still dont become deserts. Th
14、is is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants dont let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants dont let the wind blow the dirt away. When a little bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land c
15、an become a desert much more easily.1. Deserts _.A. get very little rainB. never have any plants or animals in themC. can all be turned into good landD. both A and C2. Small green plants are very important to dry places because _.A. they dont let the sun make the earth even drierB. they dont let the
16、 wind blow the earth away C. they hold waterD. all of the above3. Land is becoming desert little by little because _.A. plants cant grow thereB. there is not enough rainC. people havent done what scientists wish them to doD. scientists know little about the deserts4. After reading this, we learn tha
17、t _.A. plants can keep dry land from becoming desertB. it is good to get rid of the grass in the desertsC. all places without much rain will become desertsD. it is better to grow crops on dry land than to grow grass5Canada and the United States are neighbors. They are on the same land. They share th
18、e same long boundary (国界). These two nations are same in many ways. Canada buys many goods from the United States. Cars and clothes are two examples. The United States also buys goods from Canada. Much of the paper used in the United States comes from Canada and some of the oil comes from Canada, to
19、o.Americans travel to Canada on holiday. And Canadians often visit the United States. It is easy for the people of one country to go to the other country.Canadians read about the United States in newspapers and magazines. Many Americans watch Canadian baseball and hockey (曲棍球) matches on Sundays.How
20、ever, there are important differences between the United States and Canada.The United States has many more people. Look at the population chart (人口图表) on this page.Because the population is smaller, there are more open places in Canada. There is much unused land. This is another important difference
21、. 1. From the second paragraph we know that _ import (进口) cars from _.A. Canada; the US B. the US; Canada C. China; Canada D. Canada; China2. The United States has _ million more people than Canada.A. one hundred and eighty-fiveB. two hundred and eighty-fiveC. twenty-twoD. two hundred3. Which one of
22、 the following statements is WRONG?A. Canada is connected (连接) with America.B. Canada has not used all the land.C. Canadians dont like hockey.D. Canada has less people than the USA.6Jack was born in New York. He lived there with his parents for more than ten years. Last year his father came to work
23、in Beijing.China is quite different from America, and Beijing is far away from New York. So Jack wanted to know what kind of life the Chinese people were living. He often wrote to his father to ask some questions about China.Last month Jack and his mother came to China. How happy he was!Now Jack has
24、 some Chinese lessons every day. We all know that Chinese is different from English. Its not easy for an American boy to learn it well. But Jack is interested in it and works very hard.For the first time Jack walked in Changan Avenue with his mother yesterday. He found so many people in the street.
25、Most of them were very kind to him. He tried to ask some questions in Chinese. They answered his questions kindly. But sometimes some of them couldnt understand him. When Jack came back to school, he told his friends that some Chinese people couldnt understand his Chinese. They said to him, “ A lot
26、of Chinese are studying English now. Why didnt you ask them questions in English?” ( ) 1. Jacks family lived in the city of New York for_. A. less than ten years B. more than ten years C. few years D. only a few years( ) 2. Jacks father works in _ now. A. New York B. America C. Beijing D. Shanghai(
27、) 3. Its _ for Jack to learn Chinese well. A. easy B. not easy C. interesting D. unhappy( ) 4. When Jack was walking in Changan Avenue with his mother, he wanted to _. A. ask some questions in Chinese B. ask some questions in English C. ask the way D. speak English to others( ) 5. Jacks friends told
28、 him _.A. No Chinese speak English B. Only a few people in China can speak EnglishC. Chinese cant speak English now D. Many Chinese are studying English7 Malls are popular places for Americans to go. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called “mall rats”. Mall rats dont shop until
29、they are too tired in the hundreds of stores under one roof. People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations or private security guards. Parking is usually free, and the weather inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest areas with waterfalls (瀑
30、布) and palm trees (棕榈树). The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4.2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight night clubs, and a seven-acre (英亩) amusement park! There are parking spaces for 12,750 cars. About 750,000 people shop there every week. The
31、 first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in one place. Many more malls were built all over the country. Now, malls are like town centers where people come to do many things. They shop, of course. They also eat in restaurants that have food from all over the world. They see movies. Some people even take walks in the malls
