初三英语阅读理解---B篇精选--(含答案)

B2LindaandDavidhavetraveledbyairfromLondontoSydney,Australia．Lindahaspromised（答应）hermotherthatshewillringhertoletherknowthattheyhavearrivedsafely．Thisissomethingshehaddoneeversinceshewasachild.Davidthinksitisnotagoodideatoringsofar,tospendtoomuch,andtosaysolittle．Iftherewereanaccident．Hesays,aThey'dknowsoonenough．Badnewstravelsfast．ButLindahaspromisedthatshewouldring．However,shesays,itdoesn'tcostmuchwhenyoujustthinkthatit'stheothersideoftheworld．It’sonlysixpencepersecond(每秒六便士)。Ifyou'reonthattelephoneforlessthanoneminute,I'lleatmyhat,Davidsays,Andoneminute’snearlyfourpounds(英镑)．That’snomorethanyou’dpayforanewhat,Lindaanswers．Shehasaskedthemanatthehotel(旅馆)desktogetherthenumber.Thetelephonerings.Lindapicksitup．Hello,Mum.Isthatyou?Shesays．Sixpencepersecond,Davidreminds(提醒)her．“Hello,love．ItisMrs.Lee,Linda’smother,speakingfromLondon.”Icanhearyouveryclearlyjustlikeyouareinthenextroom.It‘sabetterlinethanwhenyoucalledmefromyouroffice．Doyouremember?Ishoutedatthattime,andstillyoucouldn’thearmesometimes．Yes,Mum．Lindaputsin.Ijustwantedtoringto……．IrememberhowyourangwhenyouwenttoBetty’shousetoeat,whenyouwerealittlegirl．Andthenwhenyou…Mrs.LeeisagreattalkerNearlyfourpounds．saysDavid．Lindatriestotellhermotherthatitistimetosaygoodbye．’Yes,allright,saysMrs.Lee,Butyouwillwrite,won‘tyou,asyoudidwhenyouwereatwork…Onceagain,Mrs.Leetalksaboutthepass,andthereisnostoppingher．Fourpoundsfifty,saysDavid．Atlast,Lindacutshermothershort,promisestowrite,andringsoff．There!Thatwasn'tlong,wasit?Fourpounds,ninetypence．Davidanswers．Andyoudidn'tevensaythatwe'vearrived．1．Lindaistelephoninghometo________．A.tellhermothersomebadnewsB.saythatsheandDavidhavearrivedsafelyC.reportanaccidenttohermotherD.saythatsheandDavidhaveleftLondon2．Lindadoesnotthinkitexpensivetoring,because_____.A．itonlycostsfourpoundsandninetypenceB．itisevenmoreexpensivetobuyanewhatC．shehadtelephonedhomesinceshewasachildD．shewillspeakfromonesideofthewordtotheother3．Davidsays,Nearlyfourpounds,because______.A．hewantstoremindLindaofthecostofthecostofthecallB．hewantstobuyhimselfanewhatC．LindahasnottoldhermothertheyhavearrivedD．hewantsMrs.Leetoknowhowmuchthecallcosts4．Mrs.Leegoesontalkingforsolongbecause_______.A．shelikestohearallaboutthepast．B．shelikestalkingC．LindahadnottoldherthatshehasarrivedD．sheisgoingtopayforthetelephonecall5．Lindatriestostophermotherby________.A．tellingherhowmuchthecalliscostingB．writingaletterasshehaspromisedtodoC．tellingherthattheyhavearrivedsafelyD．promisingtowrite,andringingoffB5IoftendreamedaboutPisawhenIwasaboy.IreadaboutthefamousbuildingcalledtheLeaningTowerofPisa.ButwhenIreadthewordPisa,Iwasthinkingofpizza.Ithoughtthistowerwasaplacetobuypizza.Itmustbethebestplacetobuypizzaintheworld,Ithought.ManyyearslaterIfinallysawtheLeaningTower.IknewthenthatitwasPisaandnopizza.Buttherewasstillsomethingspecialaboutitforme.Thetowergotitsnamebecauseitreallydidleantooneside.Somepeoplewanttotrytofixit.Theyareafraiditmayfalloverandtheydon’tlikeitleansoverthecity.Idonotthinkit’sagoodideatotrytofixit.Thetowerprobablywillnotfalldown.Itis600yearsold.Whyshouldanythinghappentoitnow?And,ifyouaskme,Ilikewhatitlookslike.Tomeitisaveryhumankindofleaning.Nothingisperfect.Itseemstosay.Andwhocares?Whydopeoplewantthingstobeperfect?Imperfectthingsmaybemoreinteresting.Let’stakethetowerinPisa.Whyisitsofamous?Therearemanyotherolder,morebeautifultowersinItaly.ButPisatoweristhemostfamous.Peoplecomefromallovertheworldtoseeit.1.Thispassageisabout_______.A.ItalianpizzaB.Italy’sproblemsC.HowtheLeaningTowerofPisagotitsnameD.WhythewriterlikesPisa2.ThewriterusedtothinkPisa______.A.inSpainB.notveryfamousC.notthesameaspizzaD.thesameaspizza3.TheLeaningTowerofPisais_______.A.modernB.fallingdownC.600yearsoldD.60yearsold-4.Thewriter________.A.doesn’tlikewhatthetowerlookslikeB.likeswhatthetowerlookslikeC.thinksit’sthemostbeautifultowerinItalyD.doesn’tliketowers5.ThewriterlikestheLeaningTowerofPisabecause________.A.it’soldB.it’sperfectC.itsellspizzaD.it’simperfectB8“Cool”isawordwithmanymeanings.Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpressatemperaturethatisalittlebitcold.Astheworldhaschanged,thewordhashadmanydifferentmeanings.“Cool”canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything.Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet,maybeyouwillsay,“It’scool.”Youmaythink,“He’ssocool,”whenyouseeyourfavoritefootballer.Weallmaximize(扩大)themeaningof“cool”.Youcanuseitinsteadofmanywordssuchas“new”or“surprising”.Hereisaninterestingstorywecanusetoshowthewaythewordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthewaterfall(瀑布)theyhadvisited.Ononestudent’spaperwasjusttheonesentence,“It’ssocool.”Maybehethoughtitwasthebestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt.Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity（缺乏）ofwords.Without“cool”,somepeoplehavenowordstoshowthesamemeaning.Soitisquiteimportantforustokeepsomecredibility(可信性).Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthatmakeyourlifeascolorfulastheword“cool”?Ican.AndIthinktheyarealsoverycool.1.Weknowthattheword“cool”hashad_____.A.onlyonemeaningB.nomeaningsC.manydifferentmeaningsD.thesamemeaning2.Inthepassage,theword“express”means“_____”.A.seeB.showC.kno