苏教版初中英语阅读组合训练
一、完形填空
Gavin Thomas is a nine-year-old boy from the United States of America.He has got a lot of fans in China for his very special facial expressions（表情）.In August,2018,he with his family was invited to China for the first time for a surprise visit.And that made his Chinese fans very1.
They could not wait to2more memes of the boy’s facial expression during his visit to China.
The first stop of this Internet star was the Palace Museum,also3as the Forbidden City in Beijing. During his visit,Gavin was seen
__4like a little emperor and wearing an embarrassed(尴尬的)smile.Chinese Internet users reacted with a warm welcome and started to create new memes.Gavin’s embarrassed smile,in fact,was5what made him a star in China.
He first caught people’s6back in2014,when his uncle Nick Mastodon,another Internet star,shared a video of Gavin on Facebook.In the video,a gecko(壁虎)was7on top of Gavin’s head.And the little boy gave a8smile and a confused(困惑的)face.Gavin’s facial expressions in the video quickly became9 around the
Internet.When Chinese Internet users first discovered Gavin,they loved the boy’s smile at once.In the eye of the Chinese Internet users,Gavin’s smile is polite10unwilling.That is a very11feeling that people may have in their own social life.Chinese fans created many memes with Gavin’s photos and used them on social media like Blog,WeChat and QQ to12feelings of helplessness or embarrassment in certain13. They even made a name for him-“the boy with a fake(虚假的)smile.”
After Beijing,Gavin and his family14their trip to China’s southwestern city of Chengdu in Sichuan Province.There,he15the pandas’nature reserves over the next few days.
（）1.A.tired    B.scared    C.happy    D.angry
（）2.A.prepare    B.create    C.repeat    D.refuse
（）3.A.made    B.said    C.known    D.found
（）4.A.making out    B.putting on    C.turning out    D.dressing up
（）actly    B.naturally    C.nearly    D.carefully
（）6.A.mind    B.suggestion    C.attention    D.expression
（）7.A.played    B.laid    C.planted    D.paid
（）8.A.satisfied    B.serious    C.peaceful    D.nervous
（）9.A.popular    B.different    C.strange    D.fresh
（）10.A.but    B.and    C.if    D.when
（）11.A.friendly    B.helpful    C.similar    D.rare
（）press    B.say    C.accept    D.continue
（）13.A.ways    B.meetings    C.areas    D.situations
（）    B.began    C.wondered    D.allowed
（）alized    B.imagined    C.searched    D.visited
二、阅读理解
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Andrea Davis Pinkey is an American writer.She has written more than20books,including her latest collection of poems,Martin Rising:Requiem for a king.
Reporter:What inspired you to become a writer?
Andrea:When I was in the second grade,my dad got me a notebook.He said if I had a thought,I could just write it down.He said it didn't have to be perfect.So that's where it started.
Then,when I was in the sixth grade,there was a writing competition at my school.My teacher entered my writing for me.I wrote a story about a man made a fire.It was a mess,but my story won.I felt good,and I thanked my teacher for that.
Reporter:What were some of your favourite books when you were a kid?
Andrea:One was Ezra Jack Keats's The Snowy Day.That was really the first mainstream book to have an African-American kid as the main character.I loved Peter,and this kid looked just like me.I loved that book.It’s still my favourite.
Reporter:You’re both a writer and an editor（编辑）.What's the difference between the two jobs?
Andrea:When I write,I’m creating what's going to go in the book.When I an edit,I’m helping other writers say what they want to say.As an editor,I also pass messages between the writer and the illustrator(插图画家),who usually do not meet each other.
Reporter:__________________________
Andrea:Write abort things that are important to you.Believe that you can do it,and don't let Anybody tell you that you can't.
（）1.Who encouraged Andrea to start writing?
A.Her teacher.
B.Her father.
C.Her classmate.
D.Her mother.
（）2.When Andres was in the sixth grade,_____________.
A.her life was a mess
B.she read her favourite book
C.she won a writing competition
D.her teacher often helped with her studies
（）3.What can we know about The Snowy Day?
A.It is a collection of poems.
B.It was the first book Andrea read.
C.It's always Andrea's favourite book.
D.It was written by Andrea's teacher.
（）4.Which of the following may Andrea agree with?
A.The job of an editor is very easy.
B.The job of an editor is the same as that of a writer.
C.The writer and the illustrator should meet each other.
D.The editor is a bridge between the writer and the illustrator.
（）5.Which of the following can probably be put in________to be the last question the reporter asked?
A.Where do your ideas come from?
B.When do you usually write your books?
C.Can you say something about your latest book?
D.What advice do you have for kids who want to be writers?
B
Many of us know that Russia’s Lake Baikal from our textbooks,or by
listening to Chinese singer Li Jian’s popular song,Lake Baikal.But over
the past ten years,the world’s deepest freshwater lake has been more and
more popular because of an extreme sport.
Each March since2005,about150people from
Around the world take part in the Baikal Ice Marathon(冰上马拉松). They come to explore the lake’s breathtaking beauty and challenge themselves in difficult conditions.
The26-mile(41.84-kilometers)journey starts on the lake's eastern side.In March,the ice is a meter thick and iron-hard.Runners cross this frozen surface,finishing on the western side of the lake.
The Lake Baikal has the clearest water.This means its ice is almost perfectly transparent(透明的)."Seen from above,a runner on the ice looks as if he or she is jogging through space,"The New York Times noted.
The landscape might be beautiful,but it's also harsh.Strong cold winds blow across the lake and the average temperature in March is around-38℃.But runners say the cold climate is what attracts them.They want to test their limits.
"When you are in such an environment,you don't have cars around you,you don’t have the noise around.I think this extreme marathon allows you to be alone was nature,"Aliceja Barahona,
A64-year-old runner from the US,told ABC News.
Lake Baikal offers,strange and special characteristics for this marathon.The finish line can be seen from the
start,but the endless white offers no progress markers（标记）.The race also ends with little noise.Tou
rists crowding,the ice are just interested in snapping selfies(自拍)and didn't care about the runners.
For some runners,not having viewers makes the race more difficult.They must fight with themselves."You are alone on Baikal.It is your race.You are alone with yourself.All yon need to do is to defeat yourself,"Veoniquc Messia,a French runner,told the Telegraph.
（）6.What can know about the Baikal Ice Marathon from the article?
A.It takes runners from the northern end to the southern end of the lake.
B.It includes terrible weather and beautiful sights.
C.It attracts more and more runners each year.
D.It is about26kilometers in length.
（）7.In Paragraph5,the underlined word harsh probably means__________________.
A.有趣的
B.神秘的
C.严酷的
D.安全地
（）8.What makes the Baikal Ice Marathon different from other marathons?
A.Only men allowed to run in the race.
B.The runners can see the finish line from the start.editor怎么读英语发音
C.Tourists often cause trouble to the runners.
D.There are many progress markers on the ice.
（）9.What is the difficult part of the race for Veoniquc Messia?
A.Being lonely.
B.The long distance.
C.The cold climate.
D.Noisy tourists
（）10.Whit's the purpose of the whole passage?
A.To introduce Lake Baikal.
B.To attract more tourists to Lake Baikal.
C.To introduce a special marathon.
D.To describe the climate in Lake Baikal.
C
"Dad,"I say one day,"Let’s take a trip.Why don’t you fly and meet me?"
As a manager from IBM,my father’s job filled his day,his thought,his life.While he woke up and took a warm shower,I had fun under the Eiffel Tower.While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch,I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks.
My father sees me travelling without a purpose,nothing to show for my33years but a passport full of fu
nny stamps.He wants me to settle down(下来),but now I want him to explore the world.
He agrees and we meet four weeks later in Rapid City.
"What is our first stop?"asks my father.
"What time is it?"
"Still don’t have a watch?"
Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore.As he looks up at sculptures of the four Presidents in granite(花岗岩),his mouth and eyes open slowly,like those of little boy.
"Amazing,"he says,"How was this done?"
A film in the information center shows sculptor(雕塑家)Gutzon Borglum devoted14years to the sculptures.
We look up and I ask myself,"Can I devote my life to anything?"
No directions,no purpose.I always used to hear those words in my father’s voice.Now I hear them in m
y own.
The next day we’re at Yellowstone National Park,where we have a picnic.
"Did you ever travel with your dad?"I ask.
"Only once,"he says."I never spoke much with my father.We loved each other---but never said it.Whatever he could give me,he gave."
The last sentence----it’s probably the same thing I will say about my father.And what I want my child to say about me.
In Glacier National Park,my father says,"I’ve never seen water so blue."I have,in several places of the world,I can keep traveling,I realize---and maybe a fixed job won’t be as boring as I afraid.
Weeks after our trip,I call my father."The photos from the trip are wonderful,"he says."We have got to take another trip like that sometime."I tell him I’ve learn decided to settle down and find a fixed job,and I’m wearing a watch.
（）11.We can learn from Paragraphs2and3?
A.The father followed the fashion
B.The father got bored with his job
C.The father was unhappy with the son’lifestyle
D.The father liked the author’s collection of stamps
（）12.What does the son realize at Mount Rushmore?
A.His father is interested in sculpture
B.His father is as cute as a little boy