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英语初中英语阅读理解阅读及答案及解析1

英语初中英语阅读理解阅读及答案及解析

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一、英语阅读理解阅读

1．阅读理解

   On26February,IgotanemailfrommyfriendDavid,askingmetogotoTanzaniatotraintheirsoftwareengineers.ThecompanyislocatedinDaresSalam,abeautifulcoastalcitytothewestoftheIndianOcean.IstayedforabouttwoweeksinthatcitylasttimeIwasthere.Duringmystaythere,Davidtookmetothenearbybeachandwehadawonderfulwalkalongthecoastwhichhadleftadeepimpressiononme.Iwasimpressedbytheoceanwaterandthedeepbluesky.

   Aftermorethan19hoursofairtravel,IwasfinallyhereatDaresSalaamAirport.Thetemperatureherewashighasusual-over30degrees.Ifeltshortofbreathbecauseoftheunbearableheatinthistinyhall.WhenIfinallygotmyturn,Ihandedmypassporttotheofficerinfrontofme,Hehadacloselookatmypassport.Thenheaskedthepurposeofmystay,ItoldhimIjustwantedtotravelhere.

   "Wheredoyouwanttovisit?

"heaskedagain.

   "DaresSalsam."

   "What'syourjob?

"heasked.

   "I'masoftwareengineer.

IwillneverforgetthisexperiencethatIhad.Istilllovethiscountry.

（1）Wheredidthewritergo?

A. NewZealand.                           B. Nepal.                           C. India.                           D. Tanzania.

（2）Thewriterstayedinthecityforabout______lasttime.

A. oneweek                      

B. twoweeks                      

C. threeweeks                      

D. fourweeks

（3）Theweatherwas______whenthewriterarrivedattheairport.

A. snowy                                 B. foggy                                 C. sunny                                 D. windy

（4）WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A. ThewriterreceivedanemailfromhisfriendDavid.

B. Theytookawalkalongthecoast.

C. ThewriterflewtoDaresSalaam,

D. Thewriterdidn'tlikethejourneybecauseitwasveryhot.

（5）What'sthebesttitleforthepassage?

A. Afamouscompany                                          

B. AtriptoTanzania

C. SomecustomsinTanzania                              

D. Agoodfriendofmine

2．阅读理解

   OnMiriam's9thbirthdaytwoyearsago,heraunt,wholivesinKenya（肯尼亚）,gavemoneytoagroupthatcaresforelephantstocelebrateMiriam'sbirthday.ThenMiriamandhermothervisitedAfricatolearnhowthegroupwashelpingelephants.Later,Miriamfellinlovewiththeanimalsandwantedtohelpsavethem.

   AfewmonthsaftervisitingAfrica,MiriamwatchedHowIBecameanElephant,afilmaboutthemistreatmentofelephantsinThailand,andayounggirl'sefforttosavethem.Miriamdecidedshewantedtoraisemoneytosaveelephants.

   Lastyear,MiriamcreatedaprogramcalledTheyDeserve（应得）toBeFreeafterseeinghowyoungelephantsareabusedinThailand.Shelearnedhowpeopletakeababyelephant,don'tgiveitfoodorwaterfordaysandbeatithard."Itmademereallysad.Ineedtodosomethinguseful."Miriamsaid.

   MiriamisworkingtomakemoneyforElephantNatureParkinThailand.Sheaskedherfriendstogivemoneytotheparkratherthangivingherbirthdaygifts.

   Sherecentlyjoinedabout12otherstudentsinanartcenter.Theymadeelephantsfromclayanddecorated（装饰）them.Thenshecreatedaplantosellclayelephants.

   Kate,Miriam'sartteacher,openedherartstudio（工作室）toMiriamandherfriendsonweekendssotheycouldmakeclayelephants.Sheevengavethemtheclay."It'sgreattoseeayoungstudentwantingtospendhertimeonsomethingmeaningful.Thisiswhatweshouldallworktowards,"Katesaid.

   Miriamsaysshehassold180clayelephantsworth2,000dollars,andallofthatmoneyhasbeensenttoElephantNatureParkinThailand.

（1）MiriamwenttoAfricato________.

A. joinagroup        

B. visitheraunt        

C. helpsaveelephants        

D. learnaboutthegroup

（2）Theunderlinedword"abused"inParagraph3means         .

A. 虐待                                     B. 杀害                                     C. 训练                                     D. 饲养

（3）WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutKatefromthepassage?

A. ShewasprobablyveryproudofMiriam.

B. ShetaughtMiriamtomakeclayelephants.

C. ShespenttimesellingclayelephantswithMiriam.

D. ShewasworriedthatMiriam'splanwouldn'twork.

（4）Thebesttitleforthepassageisprobably         .

A. ElephantsAreinGreatDanger                       

B. CareforAnimals,CareforEarth

C. 11-year-oldFightstoSaveElephants             

D. ProtectAnimals-DutyofEveryone

3．阅读理解

   Haveyounoticedyourlifebecomingalittleeasier?

Now,whenyougotoacertainshoppingmall,youcanenjoyitsfreeWi-Fithere.Whenyouwanttotakeataxi,youcanbookonewithyourphone.Infact,allthesecanbeseenasthebasicpartsofasmartcity.

   TheideaofasmartcitywasbroughtupbyUScompanyIBMin2010.Generally,asmartcityisacitythatusesdigitaltechnologiessuchastheInternettoimprovecityplanning,savemoneyandresources,andmakeourlifeconvenient.Howsmartcanacitybe?

Herearegreatexamplesthatwecanlearnfrom.

   In2009,DubuquebecamethefirstsmartcityintheUS.Thecityusedsmartwatermeterstotaketheplaceoftraditionalwatermetens.Theycandetect（探测）waterwasteandleakage（泄漏）andsenddatatoletthehouseownerknow.Thesamesystemisusedforothercityresourceslikeelectricityandnaturalgas.Inthisway,peopleknowhowtheyusetheirresourcesandaregladtohelpreducewaste.

   SantanderinSpainalsogivesusalookatthefuture.Ifpeoplepointaphonetowardanearbybusstop,thephoneimmediatelyshowsallbuslinesthatservethestopaswellastheirarrivaltimes.ThegovernmentorganizedaresearchteamandprovidedanApp（应用程序）thatcollectsdataonalmosteverything:

light,temperature,andthemovementsofcarsandpeople.OpeningtheAppnearasupermarketprovidesimmediateinformationonspecialoffers.

（1）Theunderlinedword"convenient"isclosestinmeaningto"______".

A. useful                                

B. normal                                

C. suitable                                

D. easy

（2）Comparedwithtraditionalwatermeters,smartwatermetersdobetterin______.

A. cleaningwater             B. supplyingwater             C. savingwater             D. producingwater

（3）TheexampleofSantandershowstheuseofsmartsystemsinaspects（方面）EXCEPT______.

A. business             

B. healthcare             

C. trafficcontrolling             

D. publictransportation

（4）What'sthemainideaofthepassage?

A. Digitaltechnologieshelpimprovecityplanning.

B. Smartcitieswillmakeourfuturelifebetterandsmarter.

C. SmartcitiesareverycommoninbothDubuqueandSantander.

D. SpainandtheUStaketheleadingpositioninbuildingsmartcities.

4．阅读理解

   Ifyoucannottravelaroundtheworld,whynottravelontheInternet?

GeoGuessrisanewonlinetravelgame.Thegameiseasytoplay,butnearlyimpossibletowin.Thenewonlinegamechallengesyourgeographyskills.

Howtoplaythegame

   Whenyouthinkyouknowwherethephotowastaken,clickontheGooglemaptoplaceyourmarker.

   Clickonthe"MakeAGuess"buttononthebottomofthemap.Anewimagewillappear,showingthedistancebetweentheareayouchoseandtheactuallocation.GeoGuessrwilltellhowmanykilometersawayyouwereandhowmanypointsyouearned.

   Yougetfivechancestoguessthelocation.Afterthefifthone,youseeamapshowingyourguesses,thecorrectlocationandthenumberofpointsyouearned.

Helpfulhints（提示）

   Hereareafewtipstohelpyouidentifywhatpartoftheplanetyouareseeing.

   lookaroundandseeifyoucanfindanywordsonsignstoshowthelocallanguage.Forexample,ifbothFrenchandEnglishareonsigns,Canadamightbeagoodguess.

   Makeanoteofwhetherthecarsdriveontherightortheleftsideoftheroad.Ifcarsaredrivingontheleft,thatnarrowsyourguesses.

   Themoreyouplaythegame,thebetteryouwillgetatgeography.

（1）GeoGuessrisanewonlinegamewhichchallengesyour_________skills.

A. math                            B. language                            C. science                            D. geography

（2）Youcanhave_________chancestoguessthelocationyousee.

A. three                                     

B. four                                     

C. five                                     

D. six

（3）IfyouseebothFrenchandEnglishonsigns,youmaybein_________.

A. America                              

B. Japan                              

C. France                              

D. Canada

（4）What'sthebesttitleforthepassage?

A. Anewonlinegame

B. Howtotravelaroundtheworld

C. Howtoplaythegame

D. Howtoguessthegame

5．阅读理解

   Stonehengemeans"hangingstones".Theystoodinacircle,with30morestoneslyingontoptoformaringofrocks.Therewasalsoaninnercirclebuiltwithsimilarstones.Thestonessetupinatrilithon（巨石牌坊）pattern.

   Atrilithonismadeoftwostonepillarswithastabofrocklaidacrossthetop.Thestonesweighupto20tonseach.Peoplewonderhowthehugerockswereplacedthatway.

   HistoriansagreethatStonehengewasbuiltinthreedifferentstages.Thefirststagetookplaceabout5,000yearsago.Atthattime,alargecircularearthwallwasmade.Historiansbelievethewallwasdugandcutwithtoolsmadeformanglers（鹿角）ofreddeer.Theearthwallwasabout98mindiameter（直径）a5-meter-tallstonewasplacednearthecenter.Then,theyhadtotransportthelargebluestones（upto4tons）384kilometerstoStonehenge.Expertsthinkthey