【正文】 .. . . ..初一英語閱讀60篇1I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the more wonderful thing in the world. Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she’d said again, “it’s for Elizabeth. ”I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me。 she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted hearttoheart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易動感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface(表面)”. As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原諒) me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to disappointment(失望), then little interest and, finally, peace— it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not. Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside —a photo of my father and a onepage letter, folded(折疊) and refolded many times. Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words. 根據(jù)短文內容，選擇最佳答案。1. The writer began to love her mother’s desk ______. A. after Mother died B. before she became a writer C. when she was a child D. when Mother gave it to her 2. The passage shows that ______. A. mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter B. mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done C. mother cared much about her daughter in words D. mother wrote to her daughter in careful words 3. The word “gulf” in the passage means ______. A. deep understanding between the old and the young B. different ideas between the mother and the daughter C. free talks between mother and daughter D. part of the sea going far in land 4. What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking forgiveness? A. She had never received the letter. B. For years, she often talked about the letter. C. She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life. D. She read the letter again and again till she died. 5. What’s the best title of the passage?A. My letter to MotherB. Mother and Children C. My mother’s DeskD. Talks between Mother and Me 2閱讀理解并回答問題 One day the famous American scientist Albert Einstein met an old friend of his on a street in New York.“Mr. Einstein,” said the friend, “ it seems that you need to put on a new overcoat. Look, how wornout it is!”“It doesn’t matter,” answered Albert Einstein. “No one knows me here in New York.”Several years later they met in New York again. Einstein had been a worldfamous physicist after then but he still wore the same old overcoat.Once more his friend persuaded him to buy a new one.“There is no need now,” said Einstein, “Everybody here has known me.”根據(jù)短文內容，回答問題。6. Where did Albert Einstein meet an old friend of his?________________________________________________________________ 7. What did the friend want him to buy?________________________________________________________________8. How about Einstein’s overcoat?________________________________________________________________9. Did Einstein still wear the same old overcoat when he became a worldfamous physicist?________________________________________________________________10. What did Einstein say when the friend persuade once more him to buy a new overcoat?________________________________________________________________3Once Goethe, the great German poet, was walking in a park. He was thinking about something when he noticed he came to a very, very narrow road. Just at that time, a young man came towards him from the other end of the road. It was too narrow for both of them to pass through at the same time. They stopped and looked at each other for a while. Then the young man said rudely, “I never make way for a fool.” But Goethe smiled and said, “I always do.” Then he turned back quickly and walked towards the end of the road.根據(jù)短文內容，回答問題。11. Where was Goethe walking?________________________________________________________________12. Who came towards Goethe from the other end of the road?________________________________________________________________13. Was the road too narrow for both of them to pass through at the same time?________________________________________________________________14. Did the young man make way for Goethe?________________________________________________________________15. Who turned back quickly and walked towards the end of the road?________________________________________________________________4Not many years ago, some farmers were worried because hawks were taking many of their chicken. The farmers didn’t know what to do. Finally they went to the country officials and asked for help. “Kill the hawks,” the officials said, “We will even pay for them,” so the farmers began to think of ways to kill the hawks. The farmers killed many hawks. They no longer had to worry about their chickens. But they now had a new worry. Field mice were eating up a lot of the farmers’ grain. How did this happen? Hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice. They eat more field mice than chickens. But the farmers didn’t know this. When they killed a lot of hawks, they changed the balance.