【正文】 utumn harvest. raditionally it includes the sharing of a turkey dinner. Traditional start of the Christmas and holiday season.（1）Memorial Day iss Eve, even with firework display and party.Last MondayMemorial DayIt honors the nation39。Public holidays in the United StatesDatesOfficial NamesRemarksJanuary 1New Year39。 s Day3．閱讀理解work hard to get more money for your motherD.buy roses for your mother when she is illB.s storyD.ask his mother for more moneyC. . A.t got enough money for his sick mother（3）At last John changed his mind and went home because he wanted tofelt sorry to ask John to pay for his flowersD.wasn39。 . A.D.C.B. altogether（總共） in the flower shop that day. A.Seeing this, John turned and quickly walked to the shop. He would take the flowers home himself.（1）John spentAs he walked out, he felt nice. Suddenly he saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon John realized it was not a park but a cemetery（墓地）. Crying, the young man carefully put down the roses, Mom, oh, Mom, why didn39。 t get to spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, it has to be roses, for roses are her favorite. ll send mom some roses（玫瑰）.While John was picking his flowers, a young man went inside. How many roses can I get for only five dollars, Madam? he asked. The assistant（店員） was trying to tell him roses were as expensive as forty dollars a dozen（一打）. Maybe he would be happy with carnations（康乃馨）.s Day. John was so busy with his work that he couldn39。 Confuciusa great teacher and thinker2．閱讀理解 A great man with a hard childhoodC.Confucius39。We should always care for ourselves.D.Thinking is very important in study.B.advised people to behave wellD.encouraged people to be strictB.he could be the first teacher in Chinese historyD.he could find himself a job as a teacherB. lessons. He told us that everyone has something worthy to be learned. When I am with three people, one of them must be better than me in some areas. I select their good qualities and follow them. I take their bad qualities and change them in myself. He also taught us, All study but no thinking makes people puzzled（困惑的）. All thinking but no study makes people lazy. Later, he became a teacher and started the first public school in Chinese history. At that time only children from rich families could go to school, but Confucius believed everyone should go to school if they wanted to learn. He had about 3, 000 students in his lifetime. s Shandong Province. He lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. His childhood was sad. His father died when he was only 3 and he had to work to help his mother. But young Confucius didn39。天津市南開中學(xué)初中英語閱讀理解閱讀專項(xiàng)練習(xí)試卷一、英語閱讀理解閱讀1．閱讀理解 Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? Many people would say: Confucius（孔子）. September 28is his birthday. He was born over 2, 000 years ago, but people still remember him on this day. Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu, part of today39。t give up studying. He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poetry and sports. Today, people still follow Confucius39。 Confucius is not only a great teacher, but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important teachings are about kindness and good manners. A kind person should care for others. Be strict with yourself, but he kind to others, he said. （1）Confucius started the first public school so that. A.children could learn at school rather than at homeC.children from poor families could go to school as well（2）Confucius not only gave lessons but also. A.provided students with puzzlesC.taught students how to make friends（3）What can we learn from Confucius according to the passage? A.We can learn everything from others.C.Learning music and sports is popular.（4）Which of the following is the best title for this passage? A. teaching methodsB.A person who changed Chinese historyD.It was Mother39。t go back home. When he passed by a flower shop in the evening, an idea came to his mind, I39。No, I have to have red roses, he said. My mom was badly ill last year and I didn39。After hearing it, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. Moved by both of them, the assistant said, Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you. Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the air and ran out of the shop. It was well worth twentyfive dollars that John paid to see the exciting moment. Then John paid for his dozen of roses and told the assistant to send them to his mother. t I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mom and tell her I love her. $5$25$30$55（2）The young man cried at the cemetery because hehad spent all his money on the rosesB.t able to tell his mother he loved her himselfC.hadn39。tell his mother he loved her himselfB.tell his mother the young man39。ask his mother if she liked roses（4）The writer writes the passage in order to tell us . A.let your mother know how much you love herC.send your mother flowers on Mother39。 s DayIt celebrates the beginning of the year. Festivities include counting down to midnight on the preceding night, New Year39。s war dead from the Civil War onwards, and marks the beginning of the summer season.July 4Independence DayIt celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence（獨(dú)立宣言） from British rule, also called the Fourth Day of July. Firework celebrations are hel