初三英语阅读理解训练题及答案三
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初三英语阅读理解训练题及答案三 （一）
Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, \that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.\
\remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, \pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, \
The man was very surprised. He asked, \your father last week. When did it happen?\
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1. Mr Brown told his son that _____.
A. he would be away from home for four days
B. he would be back in seven days
C. he would be back in a month
D. he liked a cup of tea
2. Mr Brown wrote the words down on ________.
A. the wall B. the door
C. a piece of paper D. his son's pocket
3. A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.
A. the second day B. the third day C. the fourth day D. the fifth day
4. The man was very surprised because _________.
A. he thought the child's father was dead
B. the child didn't ask him to sit down
C. the child gave him a cup of tea
D. he couldn't find that piece of paper
5. What was burnt? ___________.
A. The piece of paper B. Mr Smith C. The visitor D. The boy
KEY: BCDAA （二）
One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary (必要的) to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples.
1. \？\…\
2. \
3.\most…\
You can see from the above three examples that the context (上下文) helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about. So %understanding English, especially (尤其)spoken English.
1.This passage tells us mainly about _________.
A. the importance of \language
B. how to guess what one is going to talk about
C. some examples of right guessing
D. how important it is to guess all the time
2.from the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE I is _________.
A. \very late.\