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初三阅读与表达专项练习及答案

1.阅读与表达(共8分，每小题2分)

阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。

Whatisahurricane（飓风）？

Youmayalreadyknowthathurricanesarestorms,theycancausedevastating

（毁灭性的）waves，wind，ppenduring“HurricaneSeason，"

whichisfromJune1

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untilNovember30

th

intheAtlanticOceanandfromMay15

th

untilNovember30thinthePacificOcean.

Categories（类别）ofHurricanes

Therearefivecategoriesofhurricanes，whicharebasedonwindspeeds。The

categorieshelppeopleknowhowmuchdamage（危害）ahurricanemaycause

becausethegreaterthewindspeed，themoredangerousthestorm。Forexample,a

Category5hurricanehaswindsover155milesperhour，theyarestrongenoughto

destroythebuildingsalongtheshorelinescompletely。

HurricaneDangers

Whenahurricanehappenstogetherwithheavyrainfall，therecanbea

devastatingflood(洪水)。Thecenterofahurricaneiscalledtheeye。Whilemostof

ahurricanehasdangerouslystrongwinds,theeyeisactuallyacalm(平静的)areain

thestorm。Whentheeyeofahurricanepassesoverland,peoplemightthinkthatit's

over，butbeforelongthewindandrainincreaseagainasthesecondpartofthe

hurricanemovesthrough.

HurricaneSafetytips

Thereisnowaytostopahurricaneormakeitchangedirection，soifyouever

findyourselfinthepathofahurricane，besuretorememberthefollowingsafety

tips.

＊Besureyouhavearadio,batteries，freshdrinkingwater，andenoughfood。

＊Tellneighbors，friends，andfamilymembersyouremergency(紧急的)

plans。Tellthemwhereyou’llgoifyouneedtoleaveyourhome.

＊Ifyouliveneartheocean,ld

staywithafriendorafamilymember，inahotel,orinanemergencyshelter

area。

＊ldbeseriouslyinjured（受伤的）ifyou

gooutside。

ricanesstorms？

58。Wheredohurricaneshappen?

thecentreofahurricanecalled?

60。Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout？

2.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分,每小题2分)

Weneedtoberesponsibleforourenvironment。Beingafrugalconsumer(节俭的消费者）

isonewaytohelp。But，whatexactlydoesthatmean?UseItUp

ethatlastbitoftoothpasteoutofthe

rube。'tthrowawayanybitsofthebiscuitatthebottomof

thebox。

WearItOut

eyoursneakershavebrokenlaces,but

’thavetohavethelatestiPhoneuntil

theoldonedoesn’tworkanymore。Thenyoucangetanewone。Thinktwicebeforereplacing

somethingthatstillworks.

MakeItDo

Whensomethingyouwantisnotonhand，lookforsomethingelsethatyoualreadyhaveto

takeitsplace。Supposeyouarepackingyourlunchfortomorrowandwantabuttersandwich.

Youareoutofbutter。Haveacheesesandwichinsteadsothatyoucanuseallofthecheese。

ittlethought，youcanmake

somethingdo，insteadofbuyingsomethingnew。

DoWithout

Thinkaboutallthosethingsthatyouwouldliketohave。Doyoureallyneedthem?How

longwillyoureallyplaywiththatnewtoyyousawonTV?Makingthethingsthatwewantuses

upourworld'sresources（资源）。And,gettingridofthethingswedon'twantanymoretakesupevenmoreresourcesandspace.

65。Doweneedtoberesponsibleforourenvironment？

edealwiththelastlittlepieceofsoap？

67。WhendoweneedtogetanewiPhone?

68。Whatshouldwedowhensomethingwewantisnotonhand？

esthewriterwanttotellus？

3。阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）

stbetweenLeicester

SquareandShaftsburyAvenue。GerrardStreetisatthecenterandisthemostimportantstreetin

thearea。ThereisalargeChinesecommunity（社区)withalotofChineserestaurants，Chinese

supermarketsandshopsinthisstreet。

Inthe1950s，ametime，the

worldricemarketchangedandthousandsoffarmworkersinHongKonglosttheirjobs。They

beganarrivinginLondontolookforwork。Theyfoundjobsintherestaurantsinthisarea。

ManyBritishpeoplelikedChinesefood，andtherestaurantswerepopular。

Theserestaurantworkersoftenworked17hoursadayandhadnotimetolearnEnglish。As

moreChinesearrived,moreshopsandbusinessesgrewup。Wivescameandjoinedtheir

munitygrew，andChinatownwasborn.

Inthe1970sand1980s，British—bornChinesestartedtohaveabettereducationandthis

broughteconomic（经济的）miliesmovedoutofChinatown，and

therewasmorespaceforbusinesses。GerrardStreetbecameastreetonlyforvisitorsandwas

soonapopularplacefortourists。

NoweveryoneknowsaboutLondon'sChinatown。DuringtheChineseNewYear,thestreets

toftheyear，though,

LondonersandtouristsgotheremainlyforthefoodintheChineserestaurants。Thebest

restaurantsaretheoneswheretheChineseeat.

ChinatowninthemiddleofLondon?

66。Wasthearearichorpoorinthe1950s?

67。WhydidtherestaurantworkershavenottimetolearnEnglish？

dBritish-bornChinesestarttohaveabettereducation?

ethemainpointsaboutChinatowninthispassage？

4.阅读短文．根据短文内容回答问趣。（共10分,每小题2分)

Areyouatwin？Andifso，areyoua"double”too?ThenOhio，theUnited

ear，in

August,twinsfromallovertheworldgettogetherinOhio。foraspecialday——

theTwinsDayFestivalofferedtotwinsandforaweekendofsocially,celebrationand

fun。

TheTwinsDayFestivalatTwinsburgistheworld'slargestgatheringoftwins

everyyear。It’sabigclub-likeeventinwhichtwinsandtheirparentscometofins

smalltown.

ThefirstTwinsDayFestivalwasheldin1976withOnly37pairsoftwins，Thatyear,the

UnitedStatescelebrated200yearsofindependence,andthenagroupofpeopledecidedtoseta

ectorsdidnotwantthefestivaltobeaone—offcelebration。Sothenext

year，theyplanneditbetterandmadesurethatthefestivalcontinuedatthesameplace。Since

then,thisfestivalhasbeenheldwithoutfail，drawingtwinsfromeverycorneroftheworld.

However,thereusedtobeheatedargumentswhetherTwinsDayshouldbeonlyalocal

celebrationorafestivalforchildrenofmultiplebirths。In1979，thefestivalwentinternational

withtwosetsoftwinsarrivingfromLebanonandPoland。Inthesameyear,theTwinsDay

Committeewasformedasanon—profitorganization。

Today，theTwinsDayFestivalattracts2，736pairsoftwinsfromeverystateintheUSAand

othersfromallovertheworld，frombabytwinstopeopleintheireightiesandnineties！

65。IstheTwinsDayFestivalheldinAugusteveryyear？

stheworld'slargestgatheringoftwinsheld？

67。Whydidthedirectorsplanthefestivalbetterthenextyear？

68。whendidthefestivalgointernational？

69。WhatarethemainpointsabouttheTwinsDayFestivalinthispassage？

5.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分)

Ifyoulikeunusualplaces，youshould

visittheHebridesIslands。Notmany

peopleliveontheseislandsinthenorthwest

ofScotland。Thelandisnotgoodfor

’sonlygoodforkeepingsheep。

Thewintersarelong，cold，andwet。It’s

hardtomakealivingontheHebrides,butforavisitor,theseislandscanbeveryspecial。

They’renotforeveryone，er

istoocoldforswimming。Therearenoforests，andthereareonlyafewtreesandgreenfields.

Insteadoffields,therearejustrocksandsmallplants。Thehills,too，arejustpilesofrocks.

Sometimestheviewlookslikepicturesofthemoon。［来源：学科网ZXXK]

ebeachyoucanoftenseeallthewaytotherocky

ehillsyoucanseefarouttootherislandsandtheopenocean。Thecolors,too，are

special。’thetinyflowersthatgrowon

ummerandfallthehillsaremore

purple。Oftentheairissoftandgraywithcloudsandrain.

Ontheseislandsyoucanforgetabouttherestoftheworld。Theeveningsarequiet。The

restaurantscloseearly,andthereisn’tanynightlife。VisitorsstayataguesthouseoraBedand

Breakfast。Thisisthebestwaytolearnaboutlifeontheislands。Theislandersareoften

friendly,andtheyliketotalk。

Ifyouwanttomeetislanders,youcanalsotrythepubs(酒吧）are

innohurryhere。Theyliketochatabouttheweatherorthefishing。Therearealsosometourist

shops，sosellsomebeautifulclothes

madeofwoolfromtheislands。

walkintheclean，r

thequietbeautyandfortheviews。

65。AretheremanypeoplelivingontheHebridesIslands？

66。What'stheweatherlikeontheHebridesinthesummer？

67。WherecanyouseeotherislandsandtheopenoceanwhenyouareontheHebrides？

68。WheredovisitorsstayforthenightontheHebrides？

ingtothepassage,whatcanwedoontheHebrides？

6.阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）

Peerpressure（同伴压力)cancometoyouinmanyshapesandsizes。Wefeelitfromour

peerstodocertainthings,dresscertainways，usecertainwords，eatcertainfoods,andonand

erhowoldyouare，therewillalwaysbepeerpressure，butitcanbeaproblemin

highschool。Thoughpeerpressurecansometimesresultinpositive（积极的）results,usually

itisusedtodescribeanegative（消极的）influence。GiveintoPeerPressure

Althougheveryonewillprobablygiveintopeerpressureatsometimeintheirlives.

Unluckily，therearepeoplewhoaremorelikelytogiveintonegativepeerpressure。Theyare

theoneswhoshow：

Littleornoself-confidence

Loneliness

CommonActivitiesConnectedwithPeerPressure

Theactivitiesthatyourpeersmaypressureyoutodoare:

Puttingoffschoolworktohavefun

Allowingotherstocheatbycopyingyourhomeworkorexams

Drinkingandsmoking

Teasing（嘲弄）orbullying（欺侮）others

DefeatingPeerPressure

Ittakescourage!Youneedtodeveloptheself—confidence,self—acceptanceandself-love

lowingsuggestions

canbehelpful：

Joingroupswhosemembersbelieveinthesamethingsasyou.

Developfriendshipswithpeoplewhodonotpressureyou.

Thinkaboutwhereyoustandonissuessothatyoucangiveyourownopinion。

Discussyouropinionsandfutureplanswithyourparentsinordertogetsupport.

Unfortunately,dealingwithpeerpressureseemstobepartofbeingateenager。Know

yourself，loveyourselfandbeyourself,anddon’tletanyonetellyoudifferently！

65。Doespeerpressurehavenegativeinfluence？

66。Whatkindofteenagersismostlikelytogiveintopeerpressure?

67。Willthenegativepressureleadyoutostudyharderordrinkandsmoke?

68。Whyisitbetterforteenagerstotalktotheirparents？

esthepassagemainlytalkabout？

7。阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分）

阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。

Formanyofusthehomeinourheartsisonewerememberfromchildhood(童年时期）。For

meitwastherealhouseIeverlivedin。Thehousehadabigfrontyardwithaswing（秋千)onit。

both8yearsoldatthetime，butweweren'January，

rained，we’dplaytherewithneighborhood(街坊)kids,telleach

othermovieswe’dbeento，andsingroundslike“Row，Row，RowyourBoat。”Iremember

，ofcourse，wasthekitchen。IrememberMomputting

room,Ialsorememberthemorepleasingaroma(芳香）

ysmellisthestrongestsensememory。Icanstillsmellthesoup.

Whateverthedinnerwas，thefamilywouldalwayseatiteverynightinthediningroomwhen

Dadwashome。Afterdinner，MaryandIwouldhelpwiththedishes:I'dwash,andshe’ddry.

Therewasalotofsinginggoingon,ivingroomtherewasthepiano。Momoften

played“ThatOldSilverMoon"onit。BothMaryandIweretakingpianolessonssotherewas

epianowasn’tplaying,theradiowas。

Theexpression“HomeSweetHome，”tome,isthememoryofvoicesandfacesinthatplace

onThanksgivingandChristmas,ofotherfamilymembers-grandparents，aunts，uncles，

cousins，andthelittledognamedInky。It’snottheroomsofthathouseIthinkofsomuchas

whatwentonthere。It’salwaysthepeople,thesinging，laughing,andjoking—andoccasionally

quarreling(吵架）andcrying。Quiteoften，ackandlookatahouse

alltheseyearslater，anditseemssodifferentnow，muchsmallerthanyouremember。Andyou

realizethatifit’sstillthereatall，’snotthebrick(砖块)，the

shape，orsizethatmatters。It’suswhohavechanged。

65。AreMaryandthewritertwins？

ewriterhaveasmallfamilyorabigfamily？

67。Whatdidthewriterusuallydoafterdinner？

68。Whydoesthehouselooksmallertothewriternow？

69。What’sinthewriter’smemory？

8。阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题.（共10分，每小题2分）

Onaveryhotday，itishardtoknowwhattodotofeel

good。Ifyourunaround,youmayfeelsickinyour

stomach。However，ifyoujustsitquietlyanddonothing,

youmayfeelbored。Aretherethingsyoucandotofeel

goodandhavefunwhenyou’rehot？

Perhapsplayinginwaterisagoodchoicetomakeyou

cooldown。Takingacoolbathorshower，orevenwashingtoysinapanofcoolwatercanalso

makeyoufeelgoodonahotday。Besides,youcanreadstoriesorpaintinfrontofafan。You

don’rejustsomeofthecoolthingstodoonahotday.

Inaddition,it'simportantforyoutodrinkwater。Onhotdays，youcanloseabout16glasses

ofwaterinoneday。Ifyoufeelthirsty,youarealreadyshortofwater。Sodon’twaitforthirst

uldtrytodrinkasmuchwaterasyouloseeveryday。Mixinga

littlefruitjuiceintoyourwaterisafunwaytohelpyoudrinkplentyofwater。

odssuchasice

creamanddrinkswithsomeicecancooldownyourbodies。Fruitsandvegetablesarealso

ahealthymenuforahotday—-—onethatdoesn’t

needanycooking。

65。Isiteasytoknowwhattodotofeelgoodonahotday？

66。Isplayinginwateragoodchoiceorabadone？

hwaterdoweloseonedayinhotweather？

68。Whatisahealthymenuforahotday？

69。Whatisthewriter’spurposeofwritingthispassage？

9。阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分,每小题2分)

Areyouthekindofpersonwholikesstayinginunusualplaces？Iftheansweris“yes”，

thentrytheworld’nwinterorall

you'llfindisapoolofwater，becausethehotelmeltseveryspring！

ThemanwhorunstheARTicHallHotelisNilsYngveBergqvist。Heisalsothemanwhose

ideaitwas。Hebuilthisfirsthotelforanartshowin1991andhedesignedthepresenthotel–

over200metressquare–himself。Ittookworkmenabouttwomonthstoput1,000tonsofsnow

ontoawoodenboard。Astheweathergotcolder，thesnowfrozeandthentheyremovedthe

lebuildingandeverythinginitismadeofsnow-exceptforthewoodenfrontdoor.

There’satheatre，ajazzclub，aradiostationandalargeicebar。Asyoucanimagine,hot

drinksarepopularwiththeguests!Theroomshavenodoors，thereisnofurniture，noheating

andeveryonesleepson…yes，that'sright…icebeds。Butthe800peoplewhohavestayedatthe

anttostayinoneoftheicerooms，itwillcostyouabout

￡30anight。Youwon’tbeverycomfortable，butyouwillreceiveasurvivalcertificate（生存

能力证书)fromthemanager!

Whenthewinterisover，Nilsholdshiscompetitioneveryyeartopredictthedaythatthe

hotelwillfall。Thepersonthatguessedthedaycorrectlylastyearreceivedalargepaintingfrom

anARTicHallshow。Bergqvist'sicehotelsarebecomingworld–famousandheloveshiswork。

He'salreadyexcitedabouthisnextproject—anicehotelthatwillbebiggerandbetter，hesays。

65。CanyouvisittheARTicHallHotelinsummer？

stheARTicHallHotel？

67。Howmuchdoesthehotelcostforonenight？

68。Whatwillthemanagerdonext？

heARTicHallHotelunusual？

10。阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分)

Doyourunawaywhenyouhearabeebuzzing?ing(叮咬)hurtsand

somepeopleareallergic（过敏的)tobeevenom。Butdidyouknowthatbeesareveryimportant

tohumans?Honeybeesdomorethanjustmakehoney。Theyflyaroundandpollinate（授

粉)flowers，its，

thirdofAmerica’sfoodsupplyispollinatedbythehoneybee.

Haveyouseenorheardahoneybeelately？Beesarestrangelydisappearinginmanyparts

oftheworld。Mostpeopledon'tknowaboutthisproblem。ItiscalledColonyCollapseDisorder

（CCD)。SomeNorthAmericanbeekeeperslost80％oftheirhives(蜂巢）from2006to2008。BeesinItalyandAustraliaaredisappearingtoo.

imaginenevereating

anotherblueberry?restpeoplealways

suffertheworstwhenthereisnoenoughfood。

Thisproblemaffects(影响)elosingyourfavorite

icecream！theirflavors（口味）dependon

thehardworkinghoneybee。In2008HaagenDaazbeganraisingmoneyforCCD。Theyalso

createdawebsitecalledhelpthehoneybee。com。

Donating（捐款）moneytoresearchisthemostimportantthinghumanscandotosavethe

honeybees。Butnoteveryonehasmoneytogiveawayregularly。Thereareotherwaystohelp。

Spreadtheword,bytellingyourfriendsandfamilyabouttheproblem。Tellyourteacherabout

thedisappearingbees，too。Maybeyourclasscanwritealettertothegovernment。

65。Arebeesveryimportanttohumans？oblemistherewithhoneybees?

67。Withouthoneybees,willfoodgetcheaperormoreexpensive?

dHaagenDaazdoforhoneybees？

69。Howcanwehelpthedisappearinghoneybees？

11.阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分）

阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。

Laptopcomputers（笔记本电脑）arepopularallovertheworld。Peopleusethemontrains

andplanes,inairportsandhotels。Theselaptopsconnectpeopletotheirworkplace。Inthe

UnitedStatestoday,laptopsalsoconnectstudentstotheirclassrooms。WestlakeCollegein

Virginiaisthe10

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ad

Universityisalaptopcomputerprogramthatallowsstudentstodoschoolworkanywherethey

want。

Beginningthisfall，WestlakeCollegewillgivelaptopcomputerstoeachnewstudent。

Withinfiveyears，eachoftheother1，500studentsatthecollegewillreceivealaptop,too。The

laptopsarepartofa$10millioncomputerprogramatWestlake，a110-year—

studentswithlaptopscansurftotheInternet。Inaddition，theywillbeabletousee—mailto

“speak"withtheirteachers，theirclassmatesandtheirfamilies。However，themostimportant

partofthelaptopprogramisthatstudentswillbeabletousecomputerswithoutgoingtocomputer

nworkwithitathome,inafast-foodrestaurantorunderthetrees-anywhereatall！

IBMstarteditsThinkPadprogramthreeyearsago。Thecomputercompanyhopestodouble

thenumberofschoolsusinglaptopsto20inthenearfuture。Becauseofmanychangesin

computertechnology,laptopuseinhighereducation，suchascollegesanduniversities,is

opsbecomemorepopular，

addition,thelaptopscanconnectstudentstonotonlytheInternet，butalsolibrariesandother

resources。St

officialsalsoaretestinglaptopprogramsatotheruniversities，too.

AtWestlakeCollege,morethan60％topswillallow

allteacherstousecomputersintheirlessons。AsoneWestlaketeachersaid,“Hereweareinthe

middleofVirginiaandwe’regivingstudentsawindow。Theycanseeeverythingallovertheworld.

65。Arelaptopcomputerspopularallovertheworld？

66。IsWestlakeCollegethe10

th

orthe20

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schooltojoinIBMThinkPadUniversity？

67。WhendidIBMstartitsThinkPadprogram?

68。Whathasmadelaptopuseatcollegeworkable？

69。Whatcanlaptopshelpstudentsdoeasily，accordingtothepassage？

答案

：

1。阅读短文,回答问题。

57。Yes,theyare。

58。IntheAtlanticOceanandPacificOcean.

。

hurricaneandhowtokeepsafewhenhurricanescome。

2.阅读短文，回答问题

65。Yes,wedo。

66。Useitup。

67。Untiltheoldonedoesn’tworkanymore。

68。Lookforsomethingelse。

howtobearesponsibleconsumer./Whatweshoulddotobeafrugalconsumer，in

ordertoberesponsibleforourenvironment./Whattheexactwaystohelptheenvironmentare。

3、阅读短文，回答问题.

。

66。Itwaspoor。

etheyoftenworked17hoursaday。1970sand1980s.

tisandhowithasdeveloped。

4、阅读短文，回答问题。

65。Yes./Yes,itis。

66。AtTwinsburg。

67。Becausetheydidnotwantthefestivaltobeaone—offcelebration。

1979。

69。WhattheTwinsDayFestivalisandhowithasdeveloped.

5。阅读短文，回答问题.

,therearen’t.

66。It’scoolandwindy。

ehills。

68。AtaguesthouseoraBedandBreakfast.

njoythequietbeautifulscenery，walkinthecleancoolair,talkwiththeislanders

andlearnaboutlifeontheislands。

6、阅读短文，回答问题。

65。Yes。

66。Theyhavenoconfidenceandfeellonely。

67。Drinkandsmoke。

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68。Becausetheycangetsupportfromtheirparents。

69。Whatpeerpressureisandhowteenagerscandefeatit。

7、阅读与表达

65No，theyaren't.

66Hehasabigfamily。

67Hewashedthedisheswithhissister。

68Becausehehaschanged。

69Hisoldhouse，hisfamilymembersandhisfamilylife。

8、阅读短文，回答问题。

65。No。/No，itisn’t.

66。Agoodchoice。

16glassesofwater。/Weloseabout16glassesofwateronedayinhotweather.

tdoesn'tneedanycooking。

suggestionsaboutwhattodotofeelgoodandhavefunonhotdays.

9、阅读与表达。.

asjarviinthenorthofSweden。

67。About￡30.

buildabiggerandbettericehotel。

69。Becauseitismadeofsnow。Theroomshavenodoors,thereisnofurniture，noheatingand

everyonesleepsonicebeds。

10、阅读短文，回答问题。

65。Yes，theyare。

66。Honeybeesaredisappearing。/ColonyCollapseDisorder（CCD）。

67。Foodwillgetmoreexpensive.

68。ItraisedmoneyforCCDandcreatedawebsite.

69。Bydonatingmoneyandtellingmorepeopleaboutthedisappearinghoneybees。

11、阅读与表达(共10分,每小题2分)

65。Yes。/Yes,theyare。

10

th

school。/3yearsago.

angesincomputertechnology.

69。Dotheirschoolwork，searchforinformationandconnectwiththeworld。