初三英語閱讀理解練習題

1、閱讀理解 5Big BenBig Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a huge（龐大的）clock in London. London is the capital of England. This clock has four faces. So，no matter where you stand，you can read the time on the face of

2、Big Ben. Each face is the size of a double decker（層）bus. The hands are about four metres long. It is about the size of two people standing on top of each other. If you go to London，you may want to visit the Houses of Par

3、liament（國會大廈）. There you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower（塔）in the Houses of Parliament. Maybe you will hear it as well as see it. The huge clock makes such a loud noise. “Ding dong，ding dong，”it goes

4、 every quarter of an hour.The clock was named after a big man. He was Sir Benjamin Hall. This man did much building work in London many years ago.1. Big Ben is ______________.A. a double decker bus B. a huge clock

5、C. the name of Ben D. a building 2. The clock strikes every _______ of an hour.A. ten minutes B. fifteen minutes C. thirty minutes D. forty-five minutes 3. You can read the time of Big Ben _________.A. a

6、t the top of the clock tower B. in the Houses of parliament C. on the hands of the huge clock D. on the four faces of the clock 答案及解析： 答案及解析：1．選 B，根據第一行 Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a huge（

7、龐大的）clock in London.可以判斷 Big Ben 是一個大鐘的名字。A. stop B. cut C. kill D. fly 4. The text is mainly talking about the _____ of the police.A. life B. road C. job D. day 答案及解析： 答案及解析：1．選 D，根據第一段，Th

8、ey help keep our things and us safe.“警察可以保障我們安全”，因此選 safe。2．選 B，Some of them walk or go by car. In some big cities，some of the police ride on horses.在一些大城市里面，警察是騎馬的，因此選 B。3．選 A，文中劃線部分 If the police see a fight，they put a

9、n end to it right away.根據句意可以理解為 stop。4．選 C，本題是總結全文的 main idea，總攬全文，可以知道是在說警察的職責，因此選 job。 閱讀理解 7Gadgets for Work and PlayIt's 7: 45 in the morning，and 26-year-old Steve Clarkson is going to work. He puts on his jack

10、et，and picks up his mobile phone and laptop. As he leaves the house，he turns on his MP3 player and puts on his headphone. He is ready to go.Today，for millions of people，gadgets like Clarkson's are a normal part of li

11、fe. “I'm a reporter for a magazine，and I'm usually not in the office. My mobile phone and laptop help me to do my work both on the road and at home，”says Clarkson. Today many people can check e-mails, send messag

12、es，or surf the Web，using their mobile phones.Tina Fang is studying photography in New York City. “Some of these gadgets are expensive，but they can save your money in the long run. I have a digital camera. I can use it to