初中英语阅读理解10题

C.dared not stay in his house D.couldn‘t say a word

( )3. The next morning Nasreddin found________ .

A.his wife in the garden B.the clothes-line

C. the thief dead D.a bullet-hole through the white shirt

( )4.Nasreddin said that if he had been wearing taht shirt_______.

A.he would be killed B. he would die

C.he would have killed D.he would have been killed

( )5.He called his neighbors together in order to_______.

A.make a speech B.tell the story C.thank God D.thank them

8.

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 responsible,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 is not as easy as I thought at first. "Andthen he turned to his clerk and said,"Please bring me that big 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

9.

Uncle Wang works in a book shop in the middle of the city. The shop is not far from his home. It is about one kilometre away. So Uncle Wang seldom(很少)goes to work by bus. He usually goes bike there by bike, sometimes on foot.It takes (花费) him twenty minutes to get there by bike and fortyminutes on foot. Today his bike is broken. He wants to walk there. Now he is having breakfast. He leaves home at ten minutes to eight and he walks to work twenty minutes earlier. His work starts at half past eight in the morning and finishes at a quarterto five in the afternoon.

1. What does Uncle Wang do?

A. He sells books. B. He grows flowers.

C. He makes shoes. D. He works in a hospital.

2. Why does he seldom go to work by bus? Because .

A. there is no bus B. his shop is not far from his home

C. he likes riding a bike

D. his shop isn‘t in the middle of the city

3. How long does it take him to walk to his book shop?

A. Twenty minutes B. Forty minutes C. Ten minutes

D. Half an hour

4. What time does he usually leave home by bike?

A. At ten minutes to eight

B. At half past eight

C. At ten minutes past eight

D. At twenty minutes past eight

5. He usually gets back home from work at in the afternoon.

A. 4:45 B. 5:15 C. 4:55 D. 5:05

10. 阅读短文，然后选择正确的答案：

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

B. sometimes smells (闻) good, but sometimes not

C. is made of bread and meat

D. is easy for us to play.