新版初中英语总复习阅读理解5

Hello everyone!

Thank you very much for coming to this concert. I hope you have enjoyed the performance. As you may know, all the performers have given their time to help us.

This concert is to raise money for children in Africa. Every day hundreds of children in Africa die because they don’t, have enough to eat. There are two reasons. First ,there is no work for the children’s parents. Second, the reasons. First, there is no work for the children’s parents. Second, the governments in many African countries do not have the money to help the poor. Most African countries are poor. The land is not good for growing good and the weather is also bad for farming. The Feed Africa Fund spends millions of dollars every year on food for poor people in Africa. This money comes from people like you –kind, generous people who do not want to see children die from hunger.

Every dollar you give this evening will go to the Feed Africa Fund. Just one dollar can buy enough food to feed a family of four for three days. Think about it: only one dollar can feed four people for three days.

How much do you spend on food every day? Ten dollars ? Twenty dollars? I am sure you can spend a little less on your own food so that you have a few dollars for the Feed Africa Fund.

Please be kind and generous! Give your money with a helping hand.

Your money can make a difference in others’life and yours. Thank you! 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

( )1.In the speech, the biggest problem in many African countries is __________.

A. hunger B. the bad weather C. the poor land D. water pollution

( )2.The speaker is trying to help the audience believe that___________.

A. things will be better soon. B. they should spend less money on their food

C. the concert is really wonderful D. their money will help a lot

( ) 3.The Chinese meaning for “generous” is __________.

A .高尚的 B.慷慨的 C.忠厚的 D.明智的 ( ) 4.The Feed Africa Fund is __________. A. a group that travels in Africa

B. a programme at the concert to help the poor C. an organization that offers food to African countries D. an activity to help poor children to go to school

( ) 5.If a person gives five dollars, the money will be able to feed four people for _____.

A. three days B. six days C. ten days D.

fifteen days

B

What makes the world become smaller? Some inventions . It began in the 11th century, but it has developed greatly in the last century. Let’s take a look at the five top inventions.

Movable type （活字印刷）: By using Movable Type, books could be printed cheaply and easily. Bi Sheng invented Movable Type in China in the 11th century.

Telephone: The inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876.“Mr.Watson, come here. I want you.” he said to his assistant over the phone line. And with those famous words, the world was about to get much smaller.

Airplane: The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903. Air travel has made the faraway places suddenly become a lot closer. Satellites(卫星): The Soviet Union sent up the world’s first satellite in 1957. This began the Space Age. Statellites have helped scientists study the earth. Much of our knowledge of the world has come from the information recorded by satellites.

Internet: When the Internet was created in 1969, only a few people knew about it. But more than 650 million people in the world use it now. The Internet has made information about anything easy to get. 阅读短文，根据短文内容,完成表格中所缺的信息。

Title（题目）: The 1.____________Make the World Smaller The top Movable inventioType ns 2._____China _ In When 3.________ 1876 The Books printed How cheaply and lot easily y study anything smalleplaces the earth easy to get r closer C

Kyra Komac, 28 years old, now has 25 furniture stores all over the country. The new

store, in London’s Camden High Street, takes her back to where it all started. She tells us about how the business began.

When I was little, my mother began selling flowers in Camden Market. She couldn’t leave me at home on my own, so I had to go to the market with her. To begin with, I didn’t have to do anything. I just sat there, and

1903 MakinMaking world g the 4._______ 5________agot a farawascientists bout In In 1957 In 1969 / / Union The soviet The U.S. hone ne TelepAirplaSatellites Internet my mum told me jokes and stories so I didn’t get bored. When I got older, I gave my mum a hand and I really enjoyed it.

Then, one year, my grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was all about making candles and I loved it. I was 14, and I didn’t have to go to the market any more because mum could leave me at home on my own. I spent my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. I made hundreds of them.

One day, my mother was ill so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to take some candles with me and see if I could sell them. They were sold out in twenty minutes! The next week, my mum gave me some money to buy some wax(蜡)to make more candles. They sold out really quickly, too. Nine months later, we decided to stop selling flowers. My mum and I couldn’t make enough candles during the week, so some of my school friends started to help us. I paid them one pound for every candle, and we used to sell them for three or four times that. It was fun and my friends worked with me in the market.

At the age of 22, my uncle lent me some money and I opened my first shop in Portobello Road. Since then, I’ve never looked back, even in difficulties. In the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from designer furniture to paintings. Oh , and candles, of course.

阅读短文，根据短文内容回答下面的问题。

1. How many furniture stores does Kyra Komac have now?

___________________________________________________________2. Where did Kyra’s mother sell flowers?

___________________________________________________________3.What did Kyra do in her free time when she was fourteen?

___________________________________________________________4. Did the candles sell well on the first day in the market?

___________________________________________________________ 5.Who helped Kyra and her mum when they couldn’t make enough candles during the week?