初中閱讀理解之人物傳記故事閱讀類passage1DuringhislifeDrJamesNaismithworkedasadoctor,taughtP.Eandwroteseveralbooks.Whileheneverthoughtitveryimportant,DrNaismithistodaybestknownforonething.Hewastheinventorofbasketball.DrJamesNaismithwasborninCanadain1861andhisfirstjobwasataspecialsportsschoolintheUSA.OnedaytheschoolprincipaltoldJameshewashavingaproblemwiththestudents.Becauseofheavysnow,thestudentscouldnotgooutside.HetoldJamesthattheyneededasporttheboyscouldplayindoorsandgavetheteachertwoweekstothinkofsomething.ItwasontheverylastdaythatJamescameupwithhisidea.The“birthofbasketball"issaidtobeonDecember21,1891,whentwoteamsfromtheschoolplayedthefirstgame.Itwasquitedifferentfromthebasketballgamesoftoday.Ithad9playersoneachteamandfootballswereu?sedinsteadofbasketballs.Soonafter,thegamechangedto5playersoneachside,usingspecial“basketballs"throughnets.AlthoughDrNaismithdidnotlivetoseebasketballbecometheworldwidegameitistoday,in1936,justthreeyearsbeforehisdeath,basketballbecameanOlympicsportatthegamesinBerlin.WhichofthefollowingthingsdidDrJamesNaismithNOTdo?TeachP.Einschool.B.Writesomebooks.C.Workathospital.D.TakepartintheOlympicGames.InwhichseasondidDrNaismithinventbasketball?Summer.B.Winter.C.Spring.D.Autumn.WhyisDecember21thoughttobethebirthdayofbasketball?ItwasonthisdaythatDrNaismithcameupwithhisideaforbasketball.ItwasthedayonwhichDrNaismithwasborn.ItwasthedayonwhichDrNaismithwasaskedbyhisbosstoinventanewgame.Itwasonthisdaythatthefirstgameofbasketballwasplayed.passage2"ListencarefullytowhatIsay,"thetimetravelersaid,"Ishalltellyousomethingthatyouwillnotagree.""Whywillwenotagree?"Iasked."Becausethescienceandmathematicsyouknowarenotcorrect,"hesaid."Youbelievethereareonlythreedimensions（三維空間）-length,breadth（寬）andthickness.""Thereisnothingtoarguewiththat,"theyoungestmemberofourlittlegroupsaid."Exactly!"thetimetraveleranswered,"Butthereisalsoafourthdimension-time.""Weallknowabouttime,"anothermemberofthegroupsaid."Timepassed.""Idonotagree,"thetimetravelersaid,"Length,breadthandthicknessdonotpass.Theystayinthesameplaceinspace.Wemoveaboutthem.Icanprovethattimeisthesame.Itdoesnotpass.Wemoveintimethesamewaythatwemoveinbreadth,lengthandthickness."Noneofusbelievedthetimetraveler,andwearguedwithhimformanyhours."Ifwecouldtravelbackintime,"thescientistsaid,"Wecoulddothingstochangethefuture.""Ifwecouldtravelforwardintime,"thedoctor（博士）said,"wecoulddothingsthatchangeourpresent."Thetimetravelersmiled,"Itisclear,"hesaid,"thatthereisonlyonewayIcanshowyouthatIamright.Wemustdoanexperiment.Pleasewaithere."Helefttheroomandsoonreturned,carryingwhatlookedlikeaclock."Thisisamodelofatimemachine.Ittookmetwoyearstomakeit,"thetimetravelersaid."IwantallofyoutounderstandthatwhenIstartthemachine,itwillimmediatelytravelintimeanddisappearfromthepresent."Heturnedtotheyoungestofall."Givemeyourhand,"hesaid.Theyoungmanputouthishand.Thetimetravelertookitandplaceditonthemachine.Immediately,therewasasuddenwind,andthelittlemachinedisappeared.Iwascertainthiswasnotatrick,butthedoctorwasnotsosure."Areyouaskingustobelieve,"hesaid,"thatthemachineisnowinadifferenttime?""Certainly!Inmylaboratory,afull-sizemachineisalmostcomplete.Assoonasitiscomplete,Ishallsendmyselfonajourneythroughtime.Wouldyouliketoseemymachine?""Areyouseriousaboutthis?"thedoctorasked."Ihaveneverbeenmoreseriousaboutanything,"thetimetravelersaid,"Come."Wefollowedhimtohislaboratory.There,wesawtheactualmachine,notquitecomplete,butlargeenoughforamantositin.Howmanydimensionsdidthetimetravelersaythereare?Two.B.Three.C.Four.D.Five.Howlongdidittakethetimetravelertomakehismodeltimemachine?Twoyears.B.Twomonths.C.Twentyyears.D.Allhislife.Whichistherightorderofwhathappenedinthestory?Themodeltimemachinedisappearedwithawind.Thetimetravelercamebacktotheroomwithamodeltimemachine.Themembersofthegrouparguedwiththetimetravelerformanyhours.Thetimetravelershowedthemafull-sizetimemachinewhichwasnotquitecomplete.Theyoungestman'shandwasplacedonthemodeltimemachine.ecadbB.bceadC.cebadD.cbeadWhatcanweinfer（判斷）fromthepassageaboutthetimetraveler?Hebelievedthattheycouldmoveintime.Hewasplayingatrickonagroupofpeople.Hesenttheyoungmantothefutureinthemodeltimemachine.Hewouldpossiblysendhimselfonajourneythroughtime.Whatkindofstorydoyouthinkthepassageis?Adetectivestory.B.Asciencefiction.C.Aromanticfiction.D.Ahorrorstory.passage3It'sReallyaMiracle（奇跡）Mr.BrownworksinNewYorkandhebroughthisfamilytoChinalastsummer.Theyvisitedmanyplacesofinterestandhadagoodtimehere.BeforetheyleftforNewYork,theBrownsclimbedtheGreatWall.Itwasthegreatestprojectovertwothousandyearsago.Theytook?alotofphotosthereandthentheyhadapicnicunderabigtree.Suddenlyitbegantorainandtheyhurriedtothecar.Andwhentheyreturnedtothehotel,theycouldn'tfindthebaginwhichtheirexpensivecamerawas.Theywereallsorryforit.TheycouldbuyanothercamerabuthadnotimetogototheGreatWallagain.Theycouldnotmisstheplane!Thateveningtheydidn'thavesupper.Mr.Brownhopedtomakethemhappy,sohesaid,“Well,letmetellyouasd）ry.Anoldmanlivedinasixty-floorbuilding.Onedayhefelldownfromitwhenhewascleaningthewindow.Buthedidn'thurthimself."“Itwasamiracle!"calledouthischildren,“Why?"“Becausehelivedonthefirstfloor!"Theyallbegantolaughwhiletwopolicemenwithabagcamein.TheysaidaChineseboyfounditunderabigtreeandheaskedthemtofindoutwholostit.“It'sreallyamiracle!"theBrownssaidhappily.WheredidtheBrownsenjoythemselvesbeforetheyleftforNewYork?InLondon.B.InBeijing.C.InShanghai.D.InHongKong.Whydidn'ttheyhaveanythingthatevening??A.Becausetheywerenothungry.B.Becausetheyweresorryforlosingthecamera.C.Becausetheyhadnothingtoeat.D.Becausetheyhadnotimetohavesupper.WhatdidMr.Brownstellastorytohisfamilyfor?Hewantedtomakehisfamilyhappy.B.Hischildrenaskedhimtodoso.C.Hewantedtotellthemamiracle.D.Helikedtellingstories.Whofoundthebag?Twopolicemen.B.AnAmericanboy.C.AChinesegirl.D.AChineseboy.passage4LiTing,15,fromShanghai,waspreparingatalkonsomewesternfestivals.ShesearchedonlineforcertaininformationandmadePowerPointpresentations（展示）.WuQiong,herclassmate,wasdoinghischemistryhomeworkcarefully.Buthecouldn'tworkoutthelastproblemevenhetriedhisbest.Sohetookouthismobilephone,openedaspecialapp（應用軟件），andsearchedtheproblem.Answerssoonappearedonthescreeninseveralseconds.Nowadays,manystudentsdohomeworkonlinewiththehelpoftheInternetlikeLiandWu.Theysearchinformationonline,useappsordiscussthroughQQandWechat.“It'sconvenient.Youdon'thavetowaitforyourteachertoexplainittoyoufacetofhce."AccordingtoWu."Youcanalsolearnbyseeinghowothersworkthemout.What'smore,itimprovesstudents'abilities.Andit'sespeciallytruefornewkindsofhomework.IamquiteskilledatfindinginformationonlineandusingMicrosoftOffice."However,thistrend（趨勢）alsocausesproblems.Somelazystudentsjustcopytheanswersonlinewithoutthinking.Evensomeasktheirclassmatestodohomeworkforthem.Andtheirteachersdon'tknowthefact.Anyhow,knowinghowtousetheInternetisimportant.Thekeyistohavegoodself-control.Whenyoucomeacross（遇至0）adifficultproblem,thinkaboutitbyyourselffirst.BesuretounderstandthereasonsbehindtheanswersafteryouhaveturnedtotheInternet,oryouwon'tmakeprogress.Ifyouarenotsureaboutyourself-control,askyourparentsforhelp.BothLiTingandWuQiongusedtheInternettoplaygamesB.searchinformationC.takeexamsParagraph4ismainlyaboutofdoinghomeworkwiththehelpoftheInternet.theadvantagesB.thedisadvantagesC.theproblemsWhichproblemisNOTmentionedinParagraph5?somestudentsonlycopytheanswersonline.somecheattheirteachersbyaskingtheirclassmatestodohomeworkforthem.NobodyisabletofinishtheirhomeworknowwithouttheInternet.isthekeytousingtheInternettostudy.Self-respectB.Self-controlC.Self-developmentInthispassagethewriterwantstotellusthat.theInternetcanbeagoodhelperifweuseitproperly.theInternethasmadeallthestudentslazy.it'snotnecessarytolearntousetheInternet.passage5Anearlyformofagameinwhichaballwaskickedaroundafieldisrecordedin1004B.C.Japan.SomesportshistoriansbelievethatthegameofsoccerbeganinEnglandinthethirdcentury,however.TheysaythatearlyEnglishwarriors（武士）kickedaroundtheheadofakilledenemy.Thismayormaynotbetrue,hutitiscertainthatsoccerisanancientsport.Withoutdoubt,theEnglishplayedsoccerduringthetimesofKingEdwardIinthe1300s.Infact,thekingpassedalawagainstplayingit.Thelawsaid,"Thereisgreatnoise...causedbykickinglargeballsfromwhichmanyghostsmayappear."Anyonecaughtplayingsocceratthatt?imewasputintoprison.T:vohundredyearslater,QueenElizabethIstillhadpeopleputintoprisonforplayingthis"vulgar"sport.Althoughthereweresuchlaws,soccergrewmorepopular.In1681itbecameanofficial（正式的）sportinEngland.Bythe1800s,peoplethroughoutthecountryplayedsoccer.Bythe18thcentury,upper-classboysplayeditatschools.ItspopularitygrewamongallEnglishpeople.AtameetingheldinanEnglishschoolin1843,thefirstrulesweresuggested.In1863theheadsofEnglishsoccerteamsmetinLondontoagreeonsomeofficialrules.TheyorganizedanEnglishfootballassociation（協會）.By1871alloftheEnglishclubswerefollowingtheserulcs.Todayallsoccerteamsplaybythem.Socceriscalled"football"everywherebutintheUnitedStates.Thegameisplayedmostlywithfeet.Noplayersexceptthegoalie（守門員）maytouchtheballwiththeirhands.Theymaycontroltheballwithanypartofthebodyexcepttheirhands.Soccerisbyfartheworld'smostpopularsport.Everyfouryears,nearlyeverycountryintheworldtlghtsfortheWorldCup.TensofbillionsofsoccerfansfromaroundtheworldwatchtheWorldCupontelevision.Accordingtothepassage,a"vulgar"sportprobablyappearstoberudeB.appearstobeoldrequireslotsofenergyD.requiresgoodteamworkWhichofthefollowingshowstherightorderofthedevelopmentofthegame?Upper-classboystudentsplayeditatschools.AnEnglishfootballassociationwasorganized.ItbecameapopularsportthroughoutEngland.TheruleswereacceptedbyallEnglishclubs.Playingthegamewasconsideredtobeguilty.A.e-c-a-b-d.B.e-c-a-d-b.C.e-a-c-b-d.D.e-a-c-d-b.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?Itiscertainthatsoccerhasahistoryofoverl,800years.TheEnglishhadtoplaysoccerinsecretfortwocenturies.Footballiscalled"soccer"intheUSbecauseoftherules.Thekingpassedthelawagainstthegameforastupidreason.ThispassageismainlyaboutA.whythegameissopopularB.howthegamehasdevelopedC.whatthegameislikeD.wherethegamefirstbeganpassage6Mymotheronlyhadoneeye.Ineverwantedhertoshowupatmyschool.Onedayduringprimaryschool,Iwasterriblyill.Mymothercame."Yourmomonlyhasoneeye!"yelledsomeofmyclassmates.Iwishedmymotherwouldhavejustdisappeared（消失）.“Ifyouembarrass（使尷尬）me,whydon'tyoujustdie?"Ishoutedather,takingnonoticeofthesadlookonherface.Mymotherjusthandedmesomemedicineandleftwithoutsayinganything.Atthattime,Ididn'tthinkIhadhurtherfeelingsverymuch.ThatnightIsawmymomcryinginherroom.Evenso,Ihatedhertearsfromoneeye.Imadeadecision:Imuststudyhardandleavemymother.Yearslatermydreamcametrue.Iwasquitesuccessful.Ineverthoughtofgoingbacktoseemy"ugly"motheruntilonedayIgotaletter."MysonI'msorryIonlyhaveoneeye.Whenyouwerelittle,yougotintoanaccidentandlostyoureye.Asamom,Icouldn'tstandwatchingyoulivewithonlyoneeye.SoIgaveyoumine.IwasneverangrywithyouandIneverregretteditbecauseIloveyou."Icriedoutaloud.OnlythendidIrealisehowbeautifulmymotherwas!Whydidn'tthewriterwanthismomtoshowupathisschool?Becausehethoughtshewasugly.Becausehismomcouldn'tseeanything.Becausehisclassmatesdidn'tlikeher.Fromtheunderlinedword“shouted"inParagraph4,welearnthatatthattimethewriterwasTOC\o"1-5"\h\zvery.A.nervousB.angryC.excitedThatnight,thewriterdecidedto.askhismomnevertogotohisschooltakegoodcareofhismomfromthattimeworkhardandstayawayfromhismomThewriter'smomlostoneeyebecause.sheusedittosaveherson'ssightshehadaseriouscaraccidentshewasbornwithonlyoneeyeThestoryismainlyabout.thedifficultiesonaboy'swaytosuccessanaughtyboy'sexperienceofgrowingupamother'sgreatloveforhersonpassage7LittleTommywasdoingverybadlyinmath.Hisparentshadtriedeverything一tutors（家庭教師），cards,speciallearningcenters一inshort,everythingtheycouldthinkof.FinallytheytookTommytoacatholic天主教的）school.Afterthefirstday,littleTommycamehomewithaveryseriouslookonhisface.Hedidn'tkisshismotherhello.Instead,hewentstraighttohisroomandstartedstudying.Booksandpaperswerespread（鋪開）outallovertheroomandlittleTommywashardatwork.Hismotherwassurprised.Shecalledhimdowntodinnerandassoonashefinishedeating,hewentbacktohisroom,withoutaword.Innotimehewasbackhittingthebooksashardasbefore.Thiswentonforsometime,dayafterdaywhilethemothertriedtounderstandwhatwashappening.Finally,littleTommybroughthomehisreportcard.Hequietlyputitonthetableandwentuptohisroomandhitthebooks.Hismomlookedatitandtohersurprise,littleTommygotanAinmath.Shecouldnolongerholdhercuriosity（好奇心）.Shewenttohisroomandasked,“Son,whatwasit?Wasitthenuns（修女）?”LittleTommylookedatherandshookhishead,“No."“Wellthen,"sheaskedagain.“WHATwasit?"LittleTommylookedatherandsaid,“Well,onthefirstdayofschool,whenIsawthatmannailed（釘）totheplussign,Iknewtheyweren'tjoking."WhydidTommy'sparentssendhimtoacatholicschool?Becausehecouldeatwellthere.Becausehecouldearnmore?aboutnuns.Becausehisparentswantedhimtodobetterinhismath.Becausehisparentsdidn'twanthimtolearnmathanymore.Tommy'smotherfeltsurprisedthathisson.A.wasstillthesameasusualB.atesomuchatdinnerC.kissedherhelloafterschoolC.kissedherhelloafterschoolD.workedhardbutsaidlittle“Hittingthebooks"means“"inChinese.A.用功B.捶書C.發泄D.振作Thelastsentenceinthepassageshowsthat.TommyfeltsorryforthemailTommywasafraidofbeingnailedTommydidn'tliketheplussignTommylikedplayingjokesonothersFromthepassage,wecaninfer（推斷）that.teachersshouldbestrictwiththeirstudentsmistaking（誤解）mightdogoodsometimesacatholicschoolismuchbetterthanotheronesnunsaregoodathelpingchildrenwiththeirmathpassage8GordonHewitt,amean（吝嗇的）personwhousedtoreadhispaperinhiscartosaveelectricity,diedlastweek.Hehasleftbehind￡250,000inthebankafteralifetimeofsaving.WhenyoufirstsawMr.Hewitt,youmightthinkthathewaspoor:heworehisoldcoat,histrousersdidn'tfitwellandhisshoeswerewornout.Hesoldnewspapersinthestreets.Infact,hehadaquarter-of-a-millionpoundsinatleast20savings.Hemarriedtwiceandlivedinthesamehouseallhislife.Hismoneywaslefttosixdifferentpeople.60-year-oldneighborJeanBuckleyremembersMr.Hewitt'smeanwaysoflife,“HeusedtositinhisRobinreadinganewspaperwiththelightonsothathedidn'thavetoturnthelightoninhishouse.Hewouldwalkmilestofindsomewherewarm,eventhroughtherain."68-year-oldneighborDavidCheesemansaid,“Ihaveknownhimforover50yearsandhewasalwaysstrangeandfunnyinhismanner.Itoldhimmanytimestolookafterhimselfandhaveheatinhishouse.Hejustlaughed.Hewouldn'tspendapennyunlesshehadto.Hewenttoeverychurchtositinthewarm,haveacupofteaorameal.Hehadadryer（烘干機）inhishousebutneverusedit.Hewashedclothesandputthemonevenwhentheywerewet.Hesaiditcostmoneytousethedryer."WhymightonethinkMr.GordonHewittpoor?Becausehesoldnewspapersinthestreets.Becausehewasinshoesthatwerewornout.Becausehewenttoeverychurchtohavemeals.WhatwouldGordonHewittdointhechurch?Hewouldreadanewspaper.Hewoulddryhiswetclothes.Hewoulddosomedrinkingandeating.Howdidhisneighborsthinkofhim?A.Funnyandstrange.B.Richbutstrange.C.Richandfunny.WhydidMr.GordonHewittjustlaughwhenhisneighbortoldhimtohaveheatinhishouse?Hethoughthedidn'tneedheatinhishouse.Hethoughttheideafoolish.Hethoughthavingheatinthehousecostalotofmoney.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?Mr.GordonHewitt'sstrangeneighbors.Mr.GordonHewitt,astrangepoorman.Mr.GordonHewittlivedastrangeandmeanlife.passage9Oncetherewasaforestwherealltheanimalslivedhappilytogether.Onedayafamilywenttospendthedayintheforest,andthesonlefthissocksthere.Afterthefamilyleft,abearcameby,foundthesocks,anddecidedtotrythemon.Theyfitsowell,andhelikedthemsomuchthathewouldn'ttakethemoff.Alltheanimalstalkedaboutthebear'snewlook.Soon,intheforest,therebeganappearingsquirrels（松鼠）inshirts,rabbitsinshoes,andevenrats（鼠）wearinghats!Theforestdoctorshookhishead,tellinganimals,“Thiscan'tbegood.Animalsdon'tneedclothes!"Butnoonelistenedtohim.Theysaidhewasjustoutoffashion.However,itwasn'tlongbeforethefirstresultsoffashionfevercame.Severaltimesthesquirrelcaughthisshirtontrees,stoppinghiminmidjumpandsendinghimfallingtothegroundfromatree.Theratcouldn'tgointohisholewithouttakingoffhishatfirst.Eventhebear,becauseofhissocks,slipped滑至U）fromtheriverrockandalmostkilledhimself.Whentheanimalscametoseethedoctor,hegavethemallthesameadvice,“Takeoffthoseclothesbeforeonedaythey'regoingtokillyou."Thosewholistenedtothedoctor'sadvicestoppedhavingaccidents.Andtheanimalsrealizedthattheydidn'tneedclothesatall.?Startingtowearthemhadbeenverydangerous,andtheyhadonlydoneittomakeothersadmire（羨慕）them,andtogetattention.foundthesocksandtriedthemon.A.ThesonB.ThebearC.TherabbitD.TheratFromthestorywecanknowthat.thefamilyhadagoodtimewiththebeartheanimalsdidn'tlikethebear'snewlookC.theforestdoctortoldtheanimalsnottowearclothesxthesquirrelcouldn'tgointohisholewithhishatonTheunderlinedsentence“itwasn'tlongbeforethefirstresultsoffashionfevercame."Probablymeansthat.soontheanimalshadafeverbecauseoftheclothessoontheanimalsenjoyedwearingclothesverymuchsoontheanimalsbecamehealthierinthewarmclothesD.soontheanimalshadlotsofaccidentsafterwearingclothesThestoryiswrittentotellus.A.helpingothersishelpingyourselfB.weshouldbecarefulintheforestC.thingsthatfityourselfarethebestD.animalsmustbelookedafterwellpassage10AndywasstilltravellinginSpainwhenherealizedhehadtoconfirm（確認）hisflighthomewiththeairlinecompany.HewasvisitingSpainin