初中英语阅读理解练习题
A friend of mine was fond of drawing hor. He drew the hors very well,but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the hor, that is why I was surprid。 It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly（肚子） or the foot of the hor， if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people's rule。They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar（奇特的) to himlf； and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy
to work in that way。
Now the very same thing is true to literature（文学)。 And the question, ”How shall I begin？" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere el. That is, you are not yet experienced（有经验的) enough to trust to your o
wn powers. When you become more experienced you will
never ask the question， and I think that you will often begin at the tail -—that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.
1. A friend of the writer’s drew the hors ____.
A. very well
B. in the way of western rule
C. in the way of his own rule
D. all of the above
2。 The writer was surprid becau ____.
A. the artist began to draw at the head of the hor
B. the artist began to draw at the tail of the hor
C. the artist made his own rule
D. the artist did not follow other people’s rule
3。 You are not yet experienced becau ____.
A。 you don't know where to begin
B。 you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail
C。 you always asked question
D. you do not trust to your own powers
4。 When you become more experienced you will ____.
A。 never ask question
B。 often begin at the tail
C. should write the end of the story
D. should think of the beginning
5. The topic of the passage is ______.
A。 How to draw a hor
B. How to write a story
C。 How to make your own rules
D. Trust to your own powers
Key： CDDCD
No。4 middle School
Kunming ，yunnan
April 2nd ，2004
Dear editor （编辑） ，
I live in a beautiful city 。 Many visitors come to my city . there are so many colorful peacocks （孔雀) here .
The peacocks mostly live on the grass land of Dongfeng Square
They are given food freely by visitors . They usually throw food to them , and don’t think about at all whether the food is right or not 。 Some of the peacocks became ill , some even died after eating the bad food given by the visitors.
I’m sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the birds ， but don’t realize （意识到) that they may be doing them harm （伤害）.
The visitors should be told that what have done is very harmful to the birds , and this kind of thing must be stopped from happening .
Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to ll peacock food . For us every person ， it's our duty to give more love to the beautiful birds and to look after them carefully。
Yours，
Sun Yan
()6.Many visitors come to the writer’s city to __________.
A。 do some shopping B。 e beautiful peacocks
C. play on Dongfeng square D. eat nice food
（)7。Some peacocks became ill and died becau some visitors ______;
A. did't give them any food B。 gave them too much food
C. threw them some bad food D。 loved them and played with them
（)8.Some shops can be built beside Dongfeng Square so that they may _____________.
A。ll food for visitors B。 ll food for peacocks
C.make the square more beautiful D.have the beautiful birds
（）9.From the passage we know people should __________。
A. live and play with the birds
B。 stop the birds from eating too much
C. give right food to the birds
D. give more food to the birds
(）10。We can guess the writer of the letter， Sun Yan ， may be a _____.
A. visitor B. shopkeeper C.square keeper D. student
6-10：B C B C D
（3）
Every town in the United States has a post office 。 Some are very small ， and you may also find them in the corner of a shop 。 Others are larger buildings . They are open five days a week and on Saturday mornings . From Monday through Friday they are usually open from 8：30 to 4：30 。
If you know how much the postage (邮资) is for your letter ， you can buy stamps at any window。 In some post offices you can buy stamps from machines . Stamps are sold many different prices , from one cent (美分） to many dollars 。 If you are not sure how much postage is for you letter ， you may ask the man or the woman in the post office for help . he or she will give you the stamps you need . If you are nding your letter far away ， you should u airmail envelopes (航空信封） . Remember that postage will be more expensive for a letter to be nt outside the country.
