阅读理解：阅读下面短文并根据其内容选择最佳答案。
A meteorite (陨石) almost hit an 80-year-old man named Arthur Pettiffer in Britain when he was working in his garden. The meteorite was the biggest in the past 26 years in Britain.
The meteorite weighed one kilo, and might be over four thousand million years old.
“I heard the big noise in the air. I looked up and I saw the tops of the trees coming and going,” he said. “I didn't know what it was.”
Meteorites are small things from the small planets in space. About 3,500 meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found. Mr Pettiffer's meteorite is the fifth to fall in Britain since the Second World War.
Mr Pettiffer is glad. “When you think about it coming from so far away, it really is something strange.”
1．The meteorite was ________ Mr Pettiffer when it fell down.
[ ]
A．close to
B．far from
C．hitting
D．coming to
2．The meteorite was already ________ years old.
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A．40,000,000,000
B．40,000,000
C．400,000,000
D．4,000,000,000
3．Mr Pettiffer found the tops of the trees coming and going because ________ .
[ ]
A．the trees were afraid
B．the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops moving
C．it was going to rain
D．the moving was made by wind
4．________ people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often eachyear.
[ ]
A．Quite a few
B．Some
C．Few
D．Many
5．Mr Pettiffer was ________ to see the falling of the meteorite.
[ ]
A．happy
B．afraid
C．sorry
D．angry
科目：初中英语 来源：随堂讲与练 七年级下册(配合牛津英语) 牛津版 题型：051
阅读理解：阅读短文，然后根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
Mr Hunt went to the countryside on business．Bad luck! The rain lasted from Tuesday to Sunday and all the traffic(车辆)stopped．His bags were heavy and he could not carry them to town．He had to stay in an inn(客栈)alone．There were several houses in the small village and he could talk with nobody when night fell．He could not see any televisions and there was no cinema there, either．He had to go to bed early in the morning．He would not get up, but lay(躺下)in bed, listening to the rain falling．
One morning he was listening to the radio．Suddenly he remembered it was his birthday that day．He borrowed a bike from a farmer．It took him three hours to get to the small town．There he found a restaurant．He told the waiter to take some nice food．But when he ate it, he found it was bad．“Call your boss．(老板)”“Sorry, he's out to have lunch．”
1．How many days did the rain last?
_______________________________________
2．Whom could Mr Hunt talk with when night fell?
_______________________________________
3．Why did Mr Hunt go to the small town for some food?
_______________________________________
4．How did Mr Hunt get to the small town?
_______________________________________
5．Did the boss think the food in his restaurant delicious?
_______________________________________
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科目：初中英语 来源：湖北省恩施自治州2011年初中毕业生学业考试英语试题 题型：001
听力部分(25分)
一、情景反应 根据你所听到的句子，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最恰当的答语。听完每个句子后你有4秒钟时间作答和阅读下一小题。每个句子读两遍。(共5小题，计5分)
1．A．She’s kind．
B．She’s beautiful．
C．She likes dancing．
2．A．No problem．
B．Don’t say so．
C．Not at all．
3．A．No, they haven’t．
B．No, they don’t．
C．No, they didn’t．
4．A．You’re welcome．
B．Sure．Here you are．
C．Yes, I can．
5．A．Sorry, I will．
B．Don’t worry about it．
C．Sorry, I won’t do it again．
二、对话理解
第一节：听5段小对话及问题，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答语。听完每段对话和问题后，你有5秒钟时间作答和阅读下一小题。每段对话和问题均读两遍。(共5小题，计5分)
6．A．No, he won’t．
B．Yes, she will．
C．Yes, he will．
7．A．Judy．
B．Dolly．
C．Mike．
8．A．Across from the bookstore．
B．Next to the bookstore．
C．In No．2 street．
9．A．A teacher．
B．A doctor．
C．A policewoman．
10．A．It’s 10 thousand．
B．It’s 55 thousand．
C．It’s 60 thousand．
第二节：听一段长对话和一段独白，对话和独白后分别有几个小题，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答语。对话和独白均读两遍。(共5小题，计7．5分)
听第11段材料，回答第11至12小题。听之前你有5秒钟时间阅读相关小题，听完后你有5秒钟时间作答。
11．Why does Steve like the painting Sunflowers? Because it’s _________．
A．lovely with dark colors
B．lively with dark colors
C．lively with bright colors
12．The woman likes _________ better．
A．Leonardo da Vinci
B．Vincent van Gogh
C．Qi Baishi
听第12段材料，回答第13至15小题。听之前你有10秒钟时间阅读相关小题，听完后你有5秒钟时间作答。
13．Peter got the book _________．
A．last year
B．two years ago
C．last month
14．What has Peter learned from the book?
A．People should help and understand each other．
B．People should love each other．
C．Both A and B．
15．Peter loves the book best, because the book is _________．
A．named Beautiful English
B．full of his mother’s deep love
C．full of beauty
三、短文理解 听短文，根据短文内容，从A、B、C三个选项中选出所给问题的最佳答案。听短文前你有15秒钟时间阅读相关小题，听完后你有10秒钟时间作答。短文读两遍。(共5小题，计7.5分)
16．What do you think of Anna?
A．Stupid．
B．Polite．
C．Clever．
17．Whom does Anna learn a lot from?
A．Her mother．
B．Her grandpa．
C．Her grandma．
18．How did his mother feel when Anna laughed at Tim?
A．Happy．
B．Sad．
C．Angry．
19．How many teachers are there in the story?
A．Two．
B．One．
C．Three．
20．Which of the following is right?
A．Anna’s grandpa took her to the party．
B．The guests all praised Anna．
C．Tim couldn’t answer all the questions．
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科目：初中英语 来源： 题型：050
阅读理解
Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on.8th January, 1942. He went to school in St Albans, a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his Class.
After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, and then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology
（宇宙论）. As he him-self admits, he didn't work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. How-ever, he still got good marks.It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump
（撞下）into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neuron disease, an incurable illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23.At first, Hawking became very depressed. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote,
“Before my illness was diagnosed, I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do.”Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, and had three children. He also went to do some of the most important scientific research.Today, Hawking still works at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody, how had their situation is, should lose hope.
“Life is not fair,” he once said.“You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”(1) AS a university student, Stephen Hawking ___________.
[
]A
．worked very hardB
．studied math and physicsC
．was the best student in his classD
．was lazy and did very little work(2) Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him when _________.
[
]A
．he was sent to hospital for testB
．his mother made him see a doctorC
．he was twentyD
．he visited his family at Christmas time one year(3) In this passage the word
“incurable”means“___________.”[
]|
A ．无法治愈的 |
B ．难以确诊的 |
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C ．常见的 |
D ．可以治愈的 |
(4) When Hawking was first diagnosed with motor neuron disease, he ___________.
[
]A
．made up his mind to get marriedB
．made up his mind to get marriedC
．thought that nothing in life was worth doingD
．became very sad(5) What would be the best title for this passage?
[
]|
A ．Motor Neuron Disease |
B ．Life is Fair |
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C ．Professor Stephen Hawking |
D ．A Lazy Boy |
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