1、初三英语阅读理解练习ASome people do not mind working at weekends, but others think it is terrible.George Smith works in an office in a big city in Scotland. He thinks that working at weekends can be dangerous. One Saturday morning in 2006, he went to his office to do some work. After he got into the lift, it
2、stopped between floors. Mr Smith could not get out of the lift. To make things even worse, he didnt take his mobile phone with him. He began to shout, but nobody heard him. He knocked on the door, but it didnt work.No one was coming to work.There was nothing for Mr Smith to do. He had to wait until
3、someone came to work and found him. With nothing to eat, Mr Smith was very hungry and had to sleep most of the time.On Monday morning, one of his workmates came to work and found the lift was not working. Then they asked someone to come to repair the lift. When the lift was opened, Mr Smith was cold
4、, weak, and tired. ( )1. _ to work at weekends.A. All people like B. All people hate C. Some people hate D. Most people like( )2. Mr smiths office is probably _.A. on the ground floor B. on the top floor C. in a tall building D. next to the lift( )3. Maybe next time Mr Smith will make sure _.A. to a
5、sk someone to go out with him B. to take his phone with him when he goes outC. not to take the lift D. to check if the lift works OK before he gets into it.( )4. Mr Smith knocked on the door because _.A. he wanted to break the door and come outB. he wanted someone else to hear it and then help himC.
6、 he wanted to make the lift work again by knockingD. he had nothing to do( )5. Mr Smith was trapped in the lift for about_ hours.A. twenty-five B. fifty C. seventy D. twelveBDo you know how to write an English letter ?When you write a letter in Chinese, we always put the date at the end of the lette
7、r. But it is different in English. We have to put it on the top of the right corner. And above the date, we also write the number of our house and the name of our street, our city and our country. To begin the letter, we always use words like “Dear Sir” , “Dear Mr / Miss / Mrs ”To end the letter, we
8、 usually use words like “Yours”, “Yours ever”.It is also different to write an English envelope. If you write an English envelope, you should write your name and address on the top of the left corner , and write hers or his in the middle. Now read the following envelope , please.Qin LangNo.1 Middle
9、School Nanjing Jiangsu P.R.C.Miss Jane Shute8 King Street, New TownSydney, AustraliaSTAMP( )6. When we write a Chinese letter, we _A. should write down our address at the top of the letter on the leftB. should write down our address at the top of the letter on the rightC. should write down our addre
10、ss at the end of the letter on the leftD. often write down the date at the end of the letter but seldom write our address( )7. When we write an English letter, we should write down our address_.A. at the end of the letter on the left B. at the end of the letter on the rightC. at the top of the lette
11、r on the left D. at the top of the letter on the right( )8. How do you begin your letter if you write to Peter White?A. Peter B. White C. Dear Mr White D. Mr Peter( )9. The underlined word “ it ” in the passage means _.A. the date B. the letter C. the envelope D. the stamp( )10. From the envelope we can know that _ writes this letter?A. Mr Stamp B. Qin Lang C. Miss Jane Shute D. Sydney
