初三英语阅读及答案

　　初三英语阅读理解练习【1】

　　BigBenisnotthenameofaman.Itisthenameofahuge(庞大的)clockinLondon.LondonisthecapitalofEngland.Thisclockhasfourfaces.So，nomatterwhereyoustand，youcanreadthetimeonthefaceofBigBen.Eachfaceisthesizeofadoubledecker(层)bus.Thehandsareaboutfourmetreslong.Itisaboutthesizeoftwopeoplestandingontopofeachother.IfyougotoLondon，youmaywanttovisittheHousesofParliament(国会大厦).ThereyouwillfindBigBensitsatthetopoftheclocktower(塔)intheHousesofParliament.Maybeyouwillhearitaswellasseeit.Thehugeclockmakessuchaloudnoise.Dingdong，dingdong，itgoeseveryquarterofanhour.

　　Theclockwasnamedafterabigman.HewasSirBenjaminHall.ThismandidmuchbuildingworkinLondonmanyyearsago.

　　1.BigBenis______________.

　　A.adoubledeckerbus　　B.ahugeclock

　　C.thenameofBen　　D.abuilding

　　2.Theclockstrikesevery_______ofanhour.

　　A.tenminutes　　　　B.fifteenminutes

　　C.thirtyminutes　　　D.forty-fiveminutes

　　3.YoucanreadthetimeofBigBen_________.

　　A.atthetopoftheclocktower

　　B.intheHousesofparliament

　　C.onthehandsofthehugeclock

　　D.onthefourfacesoftheclock

　　答案及解析：

　　1.选B，根据第一行BigBenisnotthenameofaman.Itisthenameofahuge(庞大的)clockinLondon.可以判断BigBen是一个大钟的`名字。

　　2.选B，根据文中Dingdong，dingdong，itgoeseveryquarterofanhour.即可得知大钟每15分钟敲一次。

　　3.选D，Thisclockhasfourfaces.So，nomatterwhereyoustand，youcanreadthetimeonthefaceofBigBen.其他三项均不符合题意。

　　初三英语阅读理解练习【2】

　　Tomwalkedintoashop.Itbadasignoutside:Second-hand(旧的)clothesboughtandsold.Hewascarryinganoldpairoftrousersandaskedtheowneroftheshop,Howmuchwillyougivemeforthese?Themanlookedatthemandthensaid:Twodollars.

　　What!saidTom.Ihadguessedtheywereworthatleastfivedollars.

　　No,saidtheman,theyaren'tworthacentmorethantwodollars.

　　Well,saidTom,takingtwodollarsoutofhispocket.Here'syourmoney.Thesetrouserswerehangingoutsideyourshop.Thelistprice(标价)ofthemwassixdollarsandahalf.ButIthoughtthatwastoomuchmoney,soIwantedtofindouthowmuchtheywerereallyworth.

　　Thenhewalkedoutoftheshopwiththepairoftrousersanddisappearedbeforetheshopownercouldthinkofanythingtosay.

　　1.AtfirsttheowneroftheshopthoughtthatTom__________.

　　A.wantedtostealthetrousers

　　B.wantedtosellthetrousers

　　C.wantedtofoolhim

　　D.wantedtobuythetrousers

　　2.Theowneroftheshop_______　fortheoldtrousers.

　　A.wouldgiveTomtwodollars

　　B.wouldpaythreedollars

　　C.wouldpayfivedollars

　　D.wouldgiveTomsixdollarsandahalf

　　3.Theshopownerinsistedthatthetrouserswereworthonlytwodollarsbecause____.

　　A.hewantedtosellthemcheaply(廉价地)

　　B.hewantedtobuythemcheaply

　　C.hedidn'tlikethetrousers

　　D.theywereoldanddirty

　　4.Infact,thetrousers_________.

　　A.werehanginginsidetheshop

　　B.werestolenbyTomfromtheshop

　　C.hadbeentheshopowner's

　　D.hadbeenTom's

　　5.Fromthestoryweknowthat_________cheaperthanthelistprice.

　　A.theownersoldthetrouserstwodollars

　　B.Tomsoldthetrousersonedollarandahalf

　　C.theownerboughtthetrousersthreedollars

　　D.Tomboughtthetrousersfourdollarsandahalf

　　答案及解析：

　　1.B.Tom拿着一条裤子并且问：Howmuchwillyougivemeforthese?店主所以认为Tom是来卖裤子的，故答案是B。

　　2.A.此题是细节题，可在第一自然段的末尾找到答案。

　　3.B.店主当然想便宜地把裤子买下来。

　　4.C.从短文的倒数第二段可以了解到，裤子不是Tom的而是店主的。

　　5.D.裤子的标价是6.5美元，而Tom只给了店主2美元，所以答案应该是D。