初中英语阅读理解练习题

初中英语阅读理解练习题A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well,but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised。It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly（肚子） or the foot of the horse， if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people's rule。They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar （奇特的) to himself ； and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easyto work in that way。Now the very same thing is true to literature（文学)。 And the question, ”How shall I begin？" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced （有经验的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you willnever ask the question ， and I think that you will often begin at the tail - that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.1. A friend of the writers drew the horses _.A. very wellB. in the way of western ruleC. in the way of his own ruleD. all of the above2。 The writer was surprised because _.A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horseB. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horseC. the artist made his own ruleD. the artist did not follow other peoples rule3。 You are not yet experienced because _.A。 you don't know where to beginB。 you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tailC。 you always asked questionD. you do not trust to your own powers4。 When you become more experienced you will _.A。 never ask questionB。 often begin at the tailC. should write the end of the storyD. should think of the beginning5. The topic of the passage is _.A。 How to draw a horseB. How to write a storyC。 How to make your own rulesD. Trust to your own powersKey： CDDCDNo。4 middle SchoolKunming ，yunnanApril 2nd ，2004Dear editor （编辑） ，I live in a beautiful city 。 Many visitors come to my city . there are so many colorful peacocks （孔雀) here .The peacocks mostly live on the grass land of Dongfeng SquareThey are given food freely by visitors . They usually throw food to them , and dont think abouall whether the food is right or not 。 Some of the peacocks became ill , some even died after eating the bad food given by the visitors.Im sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the birds ， but dont realize （意识到) that they may be doing them harm （伤害）.The visitors should be told that what have done is very harmful to the birds , and this kind of thing must be stopped from happening .Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to sell peacock food . For us every person ， it's our duty to give more love to these beautiful birds and to look after them carefully。Yours，Sun Yan()6.Many visitors come to the writers city to _.A。 do some shopping B。 see beautiful peacocksC. play on Dongfeng square D. eat nice food（)7。Some peacocks became ill and died because some visitors _;A. did't give them any food B。 gave them too much foodC. threw them some bad food D。 loved them and played with them（)8.Some shops can be built beside Dongfeng Square so that they may _. A。sell food for visitors B。 sell food for peacocksC.make the square more beautiful D.have the beautiful birds（）9.From the passage we know people should _。A. live and play with the birdsB。 stop the birds from eating too muchC. give right food to the birdsD. give more food to the birds(）10。We can guess the writer of the letter， Sun Yan ， may be a _.A. visitor B. shopkeeper C.square keeper D. student6-10：B C B C D（3）Every town in the United States has a post office 。 Some are very small ， and you may also find them in the corner of a shop 。 Others are larger buildings . They are open five days a week and on Saturday mornings . From Monday through Friday they are usually open from 8：30 to 4： 30 。If you know how much the postage (邮资) is for your letter ， you can buy stamps at any window。 In some post offices you can buy stamps from machines . Stamps are sold many different prices , from one cent (美分） to many dollars 。 If you are not sure how much postage is for you letter ， you may ask the man or the woman in the post office for help . he or she will give you the stamps you need . If you are sending your letter far away ， you should use airmail envelopes ( 航空信封） . Remember that postage will be more expensive for a letter to be sent outside the country.At a post office you can also buy postcards 。 A postcard is cheaper than a letter 。 Usually the price of postage for a postcard is about ha