初二英语阅读9

A young officer was at a railway station. On his way home, he wanted to telephone his mother to tell her the time of his train, so that she could meet him at the station in her car. He looked in all his pockets, but found that he did not have the right money for the telephone, so he went outside and looked around for someone to help him. 󰀀At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said, \"Have you got change for ten pence?\" 󰀀\"Wait a moment, \" the old soldier answered, beginning to put his hand in his pocket, \"I'll see whether I can help you. \" 󰀀\"Don't you know how to speak to an officer?\" the young man said angrily. \"Now let's start again. Have you got change for ten pence?\" 󰀀\"No, sir, \" the old soldier answered quickly. 󰀀

1.The young officer wanted to telephone his mother to tell her _________. ( ) 󰀀 A. that he was going to visit her 󰀀B. when his train would leave 󰀀

C. when his train would arrive 󰀀D. that he was now at the railway station 󰀀 󰀀2.. He looked around for help because he _________. ( ) 󰀀

A. didn't have coins for the phone call 󰀀B. had no money to make the phone call 󰀀C. didn't have the local money 󰀀D. wanted to change money 󰀀 󰀀3. The old soldier _________. ( ) 󰀀

A. was glad to help him 󰀀B. didn't know if he had coins 󰀀C. didn't want to help him 󰀀D. was angry 󰀀

󰀀4. The young officer was angry because he thought the old soldier _________. ( ) 󰀀A. didn't know how to speak to him 󰀀B. didn't want to help him 󰀀 C. didn't answer him correctly 󰀀D. was not friendly to him 󰀀 󰀀5. The old soldier in the story was_________. ( ) 󰀀 A. clever B. stupid 󰀀C. polite D. friendly

No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted（发出呼噜声）like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him----water splashing（飞溅）, bees humming（嗡嗡作响声）, a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.󰀀󰀀People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.󰀀󰀀The words you know are called your vocabulary(词汇). You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty（足够多的） of books written in easy language. Your dictionary is your most useful book.󰀀

󰀀1.What do we mean by language?

[ ]󰀀󰀀 A．Sounds made by man.󰀀󰀀 B．All the words made by man.󰀀󰀀 C．Different kinds of sound.󰀀󰀀 D．The way man learns.󰀀

󰀀2．From the passage we know that long long ago ______. [ ]󰀀󰀀 A．no one learned how to make sounds or words󰀀󰀀 B．animals taught to learn the language󰀀󰀀

C．Man learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the ground, and so on󰀀󰀀 D．Man followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words󰀀

󰀀3．What is the number of language spoken in the world today? [ ]󰀀󰀀 A．500󰀀󰀀 B．5, 000󰀀󰀀 C．1, 500󰀀󰀀 D．15, 000󰀀 󰀀4．In which sentence can the word “contain (s)” be put so that it is a right one? [ ]󰀀󰀀 A．I ______several dictionary󰀀󰀀 B．Sea water______ salt.󰀀󰀀

C．A dog ______four legs󰀀󰀀 D．Mr Smith ______glasses on his nose󰀀󰀀

5．Which of the following is the best if we want to make our vocabulary larger? [ ]󰀀󰀀 A．To use the words in every day life󰀀󰀀 B．To read more books󰀀󰀀 C．To read easy books󰀀󰀀 D．To look up new words in the dictionary

The ideal (理想的) teacher may be young or old, tall or short, fat or thin. He should ___1___ his subject very well and like learning something about other subjects. The ideal teacher must be full of strong feelings of wonder or interest. He must ___2___ teach anything he himself is not ___3___ in. He should be like a man who can act and should not be afraid to ___4___ his feelings and tell other people what he likes and what he doesn't like clearly. He must like his students and respect them, and he must also respect himself and be proud of his work. ___5___ he doesn't, he cannot respect his students and ___6___ respect from them. The ideal teacher should have an ___7___ of his students and be able to get on well with them. He needs students' understanding, too. The ideal teacher should be kind and ___8___ and he should give hope to his students to learn knowledge. The ideal teacher should see his students' ___9___ so that he can know how to encourage the growth of ___10___ of his students. The ideal teacher is one who grows, learns, and makes himself better along with his students. So what about the teacher around you? 1. A.like B.know C.choose D.remember 2..A.never B.ever C.even D.still 3. A.weak B.well C.interested D.strict 4. A.hold B.show C.pass D.keep 5. A.Since B.As C.If D.Because 6. A.give B.lose C.change D.win

7..A.understanding B.idea C.exercise D.excuse 8.A.forgetful B.helpful C.quick D.lucky 9. A.lists B.mistakes C.cards D.differences 10.A.each B.every C.one D.either

Unit 1

提问内容： 短语：on weekends go to the movies twice a week three times a month as for

Keep in good health play ping-pong with her surf the Internet try one's best 单词：exercise hardly(almost nearly) program interviewer maybe although(though) magazine 句子：1.i shop once a month.

2.here are the results of the student activity survey.

3.Some students do homework three or four times a week. 4.My eating habits are pretty good.

5.I eat junk food two or three times a week. 6.My health lifestyle helps me get good grades. 7.Is the lifestyle the same as yours ? 8.I think i am kind of unhealthy.

Unit3提问内容：

短语：go camping rent videos the south of Italy get back take a vacation 单词：babysit send(sb sth &sth to sb) famous Greece countryside forget tourist

句子：who are you going with? I don't like going away for too long. Send me a postcard from Hong Kong

Show me your photos when we get back to school.

Can i ask you a few question about your vacation plans ? This time i want to do something different.

I know there are many people there who speak French.

He is leaving the first week in june and staying until September. I hear that Thailand is a good place to go sightseeing.

Unit4 提问内容：

短语:subway station not all students by boat depend on

单词：shower transportation depend means hundred minute stop 句子：

I usually walk but sometimes i take the bus. It takes about forty minutes.

It takes about 25 minutes to walk and 10 minutes by bus. How far is it from his home to school?

He gets up at six o'clock every day, showers and has a quick breakfast. Then he leaves for school at around six thirty.

Tom wants to know how long it takes to get to school. Tom wants to know what she thinks of the transportation

In Japan , most students takes trains to school, although others also walk or ride their bikes.

In China ,it depends on where you are.

And in places where there are rivers and lakes, like Hongshanhu, students usually go to school by boat.

That must be a lot more fun than taking a bus .

In Japan, the three most popular ways of getting to school are bus, train and bike.

1.Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used 2.A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall（瀑布）they had visited

3.Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt. 4.Will you stop where those two steps are？

5.it is good to keep some things from the past,but not at the expense(代价) of our future

6.Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word “cool”？

7.That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired. 8.She is always the last person to speak at the meetings. 9 Men who were at war with them would hear these sounds and run away.