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阅读理解练习Most English people have three names: a first name, a middle name and the family name. Their family name comes last. For example, my full name is Jim Allan Green. Green is my family name .My parents gave me both of my other names.People dont use their middle names very much. So “John Henry Brown” is usually called “John Brown”. People never use Mr, Mrs or Miss before their first names. So you can say John Brown, or Mr Brown; but you should never say Mr John. They use Mr, Mrs or Miss with the family name but never with the first name.Sometimes people ask me about my name. “When you were born, why did your parents call you Jim?” they ask.” Why did they choose that name?” The answer is they didnt call Jim. They called me James. James was the name of my grandfather. In England, people usually call me Jim for short. Thats because it is shorter and easier than James.1.Most English people have_ names. A one B two C threeD four2. _ is Jims family name. A Jim B GreenC Allan D James3.English people use Mr, Mrs or Miss with _ .A the family nameB the first nameC The middle name D the first name and the middle name4. The teachers name is Mary Joan Shute. Her students call her _. A miss Mary B Miss Joan C Miss Mary Joan D Miss Shute 5. People usually call the writer Jim instead of James because _.A Its the name of his grandfather B Its easier for people call him C Its the name that his parents chose for him D Its more difficult than James ( 2)It is Saturday。The Brownsare at home。Mrs Brown is in the kitchen。Shes making apple pies。The pies she makes are very delicious。Do youwant to have a taste？Mr Brown isnt in the living room。He is outside。He is washing his car。The car is new and very beautiful。So he looks after it very well。Jim is in the garden。He is playing football with some other boys。Where is his sister，Sue？Shes in her bedroom with her friend，Ann。They are watching the Animal World。1 There are _people in Mr Browns family。A six B four C two D three2 Mrs Brown is _.A tasting the apple pies B watching TV C cooking D eating a cake3 Mr Brown looks after _very well.A Mrs Brown B his daughter C his family D his car4 Who are playing outside? _A Mrs Brown and SueB Some boys C Sue and Ann D Some girls5 Sue and Ann are _.A watching TV in the living room B playing football in the open airC watching TV in Sues room D playing in Anns room (3)On Christmas Eve - the night before Christmas Day children are very happy. They put their stockings at the end of their beds before they go to bed. They want Father Christmas to give them some presents. Mr Green tells his children that Father Christmas is a very kind man. He comes on Christmas Eve. He lands on top of each house and comes down the chimney into the fireplace and brings them a lot of present.Christmas Day always begins before breakfast. The children wake up very early. They cant wait to open the presents in their stockings. Then they wake up their parents and call: Merry Christmas!Do you know what Christmas means? Christmas Day is the birthday of Jesus Christ. When Christ was born, many people gave him presents. So today, people still do the same thing to each other.1. Christmas Eve is _.A the night before December 24 B the night after December 25C the night of December 25 D the night of December 242. Father Christmas often puts the presents_.A into childrens hats B into childrens stockingsC under childrens beds D into childrens shoes3. Father Christmas comes into the house through the_.A window B front door C chimney D back door4. On the morning of Christmas Day, children wake up their parents very early and say_.A Good morning! B Happy New Year!C Best wishes for you! D Merry Christmas!5. On Christmas Day, people often _to each other.（4）Its easier to downhill than to climb uphill, so its easier to fall into bad habits than into good ones.Bad habits do not come suddenly. They come little by little without ones being aware of their danger. Schoolboys first pick up little bad habits in school and on the street. When they cannotWrite their lessons, they copy from their schoolmates. If they see bigger boys smoking, they also want to learn to smoke. If they see their friends gambling, they want to gamble. When they get bigger, the habits become stronger and stranger, so that they can no longer get rid of them. From copying, they learn to steal; from gambling, they learn to cheat. At last they become distrusted by every. How necessary it is that we get rid of the bad habits at the beginning! Or they should overcome us in the end!1. Bad habits dont come suddenly, do they? _.A Yes, they doB No, they dontC Yes, they dont D No, they do2. Some boy students fall into bad habits_.A in schoolB at homeC on the streetD both A and C3. The boys may steal from _.A copying B gamblingC writing D their parent4. Its_ to fall into bad habits, but_ to get rid of them.A easy, hard B hard, easy C easy, easy D hard, hard5. The writer wants to tell us_.A to steal for money B to get rid of bad habits at the beginning C to go uphill D A, B and C (5)The New Years Eve party was going on when the bell rang. A tall man opened the door and came in. Nobody knew him, but the host went over and took him in. The man sat there happily for an hour and drunk. Then he said, “invited me to this party。I dont know you, or anyone else here. My wife and I wanted to go out in our car, but one of your friends cars was in front of our gate, so I came here to find him, and my wife is still waiting in our car!”1. When did the story happen?A At 7:00 B In December C On New Years Eve D When the bell rang2. The “bell” here means the _.A time bell B doorbell C church bell D bell for class3. The host went to meet and took him in because he took the tall man for _.A one of his friendsB his brotherC his classmateD his teacher4. The tall mans wife waited in the car for _.A a long time B two hours C a half hour D an hour 5. At last, the host might be a little_.A happy B surprised C worried D afraid(6)The population count in China has ended. Population counters now will spend the next few weeks examining the count to make sure it is correct. The final count is expected to be announced by the end of August. 5000,000 census takes have spent the past ten days talking to members of every family in China. They have collected information on age, employment, educational level of every person in China. Chinas population is believed to be 1000,000,000 people. This is about 20% of all the people in the world.1. This passage is _.A a letter B a piece of news C a story D a diary2. By the end of August, the population counters_.A are talking to members of every familyB will begin the censusC only have finished the countD will be able to have the final conut3. It will take them_ to examine the count.A about three weeks B about ten days C about a yearD about several months4. 1000,000,000 means_.A one thousand million B one millionC one billionD ten billion5. The population count in China is _.A busy and dangerous B difficult and slowC pleased and interestingD important and careful(7)Once an old man went to see a doctor. The doctor looked him over carefully and said,“Medicine wont help you. You must have a good rest. Go to bed early, drink milk, walk a lot and smoke one cigar a day. Go to the country place for a mouth.”After a month the man came to the doctor again,“How are you ?” said the doctor,“Im glad to see you again. You look much younger.” “OH！Doctor，I feel quite well now，” said the man ，“I had a good rest。I went to bed early，drank a of milk and walked a lot。You r advice certainly helped me， but you told me to smoke one cigar a day almost killed me first。Its no joke to start smoking at my age!1.The doctor told the man _.A to go to bed early B to drink milkC to walk a lot D Both A, B and C2.Which of the following sentences is true?A The doctor told the man to visit a beautiful city of country for a month.B The doctor didnt tell him what to do.C After a month, the old man felt better.D The old man was younger than before after a month.3. The doctors words were _ for the old mans health.A bad B good C well D strong4. The doctor wanted the old man_.A to get worseB to smoke less than beforeC to help him D to start smoking5. From what the old man said at last, we know_.A one cigar a day was really helpful to himB one cigar a day was better than beforeC the old man was not a smoker at allD smoking made him feel better than before（8）There is an interesting festival in China. On that special day, people in Hunan always have a dragon boat match. The dragon boat is quite long. There are pictures of dragons on each side. The front of the boat is like the head of a dragon. Each team of the match has twenty members. Besides them there is a man on the boat. He beats a drum（敲鼓）. Its an exciting match, especially（特别是）when they are reaching the end. The audience（观众）beside the lake shout for their favourite teams. From this match, we have the name of the festival Dragon Boat Festival. This special day has another（另一个）name Duanwu Festival. It has a story. The story is about a poet called Qu Yuan. ( )1. Whats the name of this special festival? Its called _. A. Chinese New Year B. the Mid-Autumn Festival B. C. Dragon Boat Festival D. Halloween( )2. The name of the Dragon Boat Festival comes from _. A. the dragon match in Hunan B. the dragon boat match in Hunan B. C. the boat like a dragon in Sichuan D. the dragon flying in the sky ( )3. In the match, there is always a man on the boat to _. A. shout for them B. help them boat B. C. carry a dragon for them D. beat a drum for them ( )4. The story of Duanwu Festival is about _.A. a poet called Qu YuanB. B. a poet called Li Bai C. C. a poet called Du Fu D. D. a poet called Bai Juyi ( )5. On that day, people eat _. A. pumpkins B. moon cakes C. rice dumplings D. candies （9）Mid-Autumn Festival usually comes in September of October. On that day families get together to celebrate（庆祝）the full moon. They usually sit outside in the open air at the table. On the table therere moon cakes, fruit, peanuts, water chestnuts（菱角）and so on. Adults tell the young people the story of Change and that of the moon cake. In China therere three main（主要的）traditional（传统的）festivals. Besides Mid-Autumn Festival, they are Dragon Boat Festival and Spring Festival. On every festival we have a big dinner. From January to December theres almost（几乎）a festival or holiday in each month. ( )1. Mid-Autumn Festival is on lunar（阴历）August _. A.1st B. 30th C. 15th ( )2. Families usually get to gather to celebrate _. A. the moon cakes B. the full moon C. Change ( )3. Which festival is one of the three main festivals? A. Spring Festival. B. The Lantern Festival. C. National Day.( )4. Besides moon cakes, people may eat _ on that day.A. water chestnut B. meat C. eggs （10）On Christmas morning, children like to get up early to find the presents in the stockings（长统袜）or under the Christmas trees. On Christmas Day, Mike got up at six twenty. He quickly put on the clothes and looked for his present in the stocking. “Wow, what a lovely toy dog! I like it very much.” He said happily. Them he ran down to the ground floor to see whats in the box. He shook（摇）the box and listened. His sister, Nancy came to him, “Oh, Mike, you are taking my present.” “What? Open it and have a look!” Then they opened the box, a pretty dress in it. Mike looked around, and he saw another box for him under the tree. ( )1. Mike got up at _. A. twenty to six B. twenty past six C. six( )2. The lovely dog was for _. A. Nancy B. Nancys sister C. Nancys brother ( )3. The pretty dress was for _. A. Mike B. Mikes sister C. Mikes brother( )4. Mike got _ presents from his family. A. only one B. two C. three B. ( )5. Whats in the box for Mike? C. A. A toy dog. B. A skateboard. C. Sorry, I dont know.
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