初二英语阅读材料

（一） Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant(仆人） loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that. One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take of them.” With these words, he went out. But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself. ( )1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much. A. the rich man B. the servant C. both A and B D. neither A and B ( )2.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food. A. the cat B. himself C. nobody D. the servant ( )3.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________. A. there was in fact poison in the bottles B. did not want the servant to drink his wine C. he wanted to kill the cat D. he wanted to kill the servant ( )4.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine. A. the servant B. cat C. the rich man D. nobody ( )5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______. A. lazy B. bad C. clever D. kind 译文： 从前，有一个富翁。他有一个仆人（仆人） 。他和仆人（仆人）喜爱葡萄酒和良好的食物非常。每次富人离开家乡，仆人将喝葡萄酒，吃的所有食物中的好房子。财主知道他的仆人一样，但他从来没有被他的仆人这样做。 一天早晨，当他离家出走，他的仆人说， “这里有两瓶毒药（毒药）和一些不错的食品在家里。你必须采取什么样的。 “随着这些话，他走了出去。 但仆人知道，富人说是不真实的。在富人是远离家乡，他喜欢聚餐的空间。因为他喝太多，他是喝醉了倒在地上。当富人回来了，他无法找到自己的粮食和他的葡萄酒。他非常生气。他醒来的仆人了。但是，仆人告诉他的故事非常好。他说，猫吃了一切。他害怕受到惩罚，所以他喝毒药自杀。（二） Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each. Children in the US will leave their parents’ home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on holiday. Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves. Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid for doing some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use. ( )6.The size of most American families is ________ that of other countries. A. larger than B. smaller than C. as big as D. as small as ( )7.When children grow up, they leave their parents’ home to _________. A. get married B. be free C. find good jobs D. study ( )8.They visit their parents ________. A. on weekdays B. on weekends C. at any time D. on holiday ( )9.Which of the following statements is WRONG? A. Children have the freedom to choose their own job. B. Parents don’t ask their children to do the housework. C. Parents think it important for children to make their own decision. D. When children grow up, they usually live far away from their home. ( )10.Some parents pay their children for doing housework because ___________. A. children can learn how to make money for themselves B. their children required them to do so C. they are rich D. it is required by law译文： 大多数美国家庭都小于家庭在其他国家。大多数美国家庭有一个或两个家长和一个或两个孩子。 孩子在美国将离开自己的父母家中长大后。他们通常远离他们的父母，因为他们想找到好工作。他们经常写信给他们的父母或电话他们。他们往往去访问他们的父母在度假。 父母通常让孩子选择自己的就业机会。美国人认为，重要的青年人来决定他们的生活本身。 儿童被要求做一些工作，他们的房子周围。而且在许多家庭，儿童是支付做一些家务劳动，使他们了解如何赚钱供自己使用。（三） Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds. Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don’t study, but they travel together. Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “welcome”when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play. They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them. Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium（水族馆）. People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely（孤独的）. There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this. 1. Dolphins show their feelings with ___________ . A. pictures B. words C. water D. sounds 2. People can’t hear the dolphin’s sounds because ________ . A. they are above the water B. they are under the water C. they are very high D. they are very low 3. Which one is true according to the passage? A. Dolphins swim together in a school because they want to study B. They don’t study, but they travel in a group C. Dolphins like to be away from their school on an island. D. Dolphins like to kill people译文： 海豚可以谈话？也许他们不能谈论的话，但他们交谈的声音。他们表明自己的感情的声音。 海豚旅行的一组。我们呼吁一群鱼“学校” 。他们没有研究，但他们一起旅行。 海豚跟其他海豚在学校。他们提供资料。他们告诉当他们感到高兴的或悲伤或害怕的倾向。他们说， “欢迎”时，海豚又回到学校。他们谈到当他们发挥。 他们提出一些听起来水面。他们有更多的声音在水中。人们无法听到这些声音，因为它们是非常，非常高。科学家使磁带的声音和研究。 有时人们捕捉海豚的一个大型水族馆（水族馆） 。人们可以观看海豚表演。海豚不喜欢离开自己的学校，一座水族馆。它们是令人伤心和孤独（孤独的） 。 有许多故事海豚。它们帮助人们。有时候，他们拯救别人的生命。海豚肉是好的，但人们不喜欢要杀死他们。他们说，海豚带来好运。许多人相信这一点。（四） All my friends at school smoked. My dad smoked; he didn’t want me to smoke but my friends kept saying I was stupid. They asked when I was going to grow up. So I started when I was sixteen and after a month I couldn’t stop. But two years later I could feel what smoking was doing to me. I couldn’t run far, and I coughed every morning. I got very ill and decided to stop. It wasn’t easy, but now I’ve done it, and I feel better. Now I have money for other things. If you smoke, you are twice as likely to die from a heart attack. And the more you smoke, the earlier the heart attack is likely to be. For example, a 50-year-old who smokes more than 20 cigarettes a day, is four times more likely to have heart disease than a non-smoker of the same age. What does smoking do to the heart? First of all, it makes the heart beat faster and increases the blood pressure. The cigarette smoke also reduces the amount of oxygen in the blood. Consequently, the heart has to work harder, with less oxygen. Finally, your arteries will narrow faster if you smoke. So if you want to reduce your chances of getting heart disease, the answer is easy –– not to smoke. Don’t copy your friends and other people who smoke. If you smoke, find out how to stop. Stopping isn’t easy, but you’ll be healthier, and .... 1. Who is more likely to have heart disease? A. A smoker B. A non-smoker C. A 50-year-old person 2. What does the writer think of smoking? A. It is good for his health B. Smoking is bad for him C. Is it neither good nor bad for his heath 3. What happens after the writer stopped smoking? A. He becomes rich B. He has more friends C. He becomes healthier and has money to do other things.译文： 我的所有朋友在学校吸烟。我爸爸抽烟，他不希望我抽烟，但我的朋友不停地说我是愚蠢的。他们问我要长大。所以我就开始当我还是16和一个月后，我不能停止。但两年后，我能感觉到什么吸烟正在给我。我不能远，我每天早上咳嗽。我病得很重，并决定停止。这是不容易的，但现在我已经做到了，我感觉更好。现在，我有足够资金用于其它事上。 如果你吸烟，你的两倍，可能死于心脏病发作。和你越是烟雾，越早心脏病发作可能。例如，一个50岁谁吸烟超过20支，每天的4倍更可能有心脏病比不吸烟的年龄相同。 吸烟是什么做的心？首先，它使心跳速度和增加血压。在香烟烟雾中也减少了血液中的氧气。因此，心脏必须加倍努力，以较少的氧。最后，您将动脉狭窄更快如果你吸烟。 因此如果您想降低您的机会越来越心脏病，答案是很简单-不要吸烟。请勿复制您的朋友和其他人谁烟雾。如果你吸烟，了解如何停止。停车是不容易的，但你会更健康，并....（五） In the USA, there are many types of restaurants. Fast food restaurants are very famous. You can find McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken in many countries around the world. You look at a menu above the counter, and say what you’d like to eat. You pay the person who serves you. You take your food and sit down or take it away. There’s no need to leave a tip. In a coffee shop you sit at the counter or at a table. You don’t wait for the waitress to show you where to sit. She usually brings you coffee when you sit down. You tell her what you’d like to eat and she brings it to you. You pay the cashier as you leave. A diner is like a coffee shop but usually looks like a railway carriage. In a family restaurant the atmosphere is casual, but the waitress shows you where to sit. Often the waitress tells you her name, but you don’t need to tell her yours. If you don’t eat everything, your waitress gives you a doggy bag to take your food home. You add an extra fifteen percent to the bill as a tip. In top class restaurants, you need a reservation and you need to arrive on time. The waiter shows you where to sit. If you have wine, he may ask you to taste it. You can only refuse it if it tastes bad, not if you don’t like it. When you get your bill, check it and then add fifteen to twenty percent to it as a tip for the waiter. 1. There are ______ types of restaurants here. A. three B. four C. five D. six 2. We should sit ______ in a coffee shop. A. near the door B. in the corner C. at a counter D. on the floor 3. In what kind of restaurant does the waitress often tell you her name? A. In a top class restaurant B. In a fast food restaurant C. In a coffee shop D. In a family restaurant 4. How much do you need to tip in a top class restaurant? A. Ten percent B. Fifteen percent C. Thirty percent D. Forty percent译文：在美国，有许多类型的餐馆。快餐店是非常有名的。你可以找到麦当劳和肯德基在世界各地许多国家。你看看上面的菜单柜台，并说要吃饭。你付出的人谁为您服务。你和你的食物坐下或是否可以离开。没有必要留下小费。 在咖啡店你坐在柜台或在桌子上。你不要等到服务员向您显示在坐。她通常会带给您咖啡当你坐下来。你告诉她你想要吃饭，她把它给你。您支付本票作为你离开。饭店就像一个咖啡馆，但通常看起来像车厢。 在一个家庭餐馆的气氛是轻松，但服务员告诉您在哪里坐。往往是服务员告诉你她的名字，但你不必告诉她你的。如果你没有吃的一切，您的服务员为您提供了一种狗袋采取的粮食回家。您添加额外的百分之十五的法案作为小费。 在一流的餐厅，你需要保留的，但您必须按时到达。服务员告诉您在哪里坐。如果您有酒，他可能会要求您品尝它。您只可以拒绝它，如果口味不好，而不是如果你不喜欢它。当您收到您的帐单，检查，然后放入15至百分之二十，以它作为一种提示侍者。答案：（一）CDBAC （二 BCDBA （三）DCB （四）ABC （五）BCDB 1。Today and friends of foreign travel, outside air is very good, people feel very comfortable. We all appreciate the fine girls bicycles. We enjoyed the beautiful nature brought. We happily spent a happy day. 今天和朋友一起出外交游，外面的空气很好，人感觉很舒服。我们骑着自行车一路欣赏鸟语花香。享受着大自然带给我们的无限美好。大家开开心心地度过了愉快的一天。 2。Today Mailehaoduo clothes, and parents take to the streets is happy, the parents have to pay to buy things. Unlike in their street to buy things they like to take a long time but saw the price, Ha-ha, is really very happy. I love my parents, I too thank them for the care and love. `` 今天买了好多衣服，和父母上街就是愉快，买东西有父母帮付钱。不像平时自己上街买东西碰到喜欢的但看了价钱都要考虑好久，呵呵，真的是很开心。我爱我的父母，太感谢他们对我的关心和爱戴了。 3.Flute " Robinson Crusoe " of good fortune, novelist of British, describe protagonist drift about on the island, overcome the difficulty, the legend story of pioneering an enterprise with painstaking efforts. Novel write true naturally, legendary. The protagonist plants the crops on the detached island, puts up the log cabin, has eaten the innumerable trials and tribulations, survive. Want, go back human world anxious, want to go how about go out of these damnable place only like make him to be fascinated, result fail, get back to, long separated for Britain for 28 year give me enlightenment by " Robinson's records of adventure " on 1868 year finally, tanacity of him let me wait for a chance to cause trouble, want, march toward another goal for life, look like Robinson like that spend one's own strength,reach ideal realm one's own. We need possess Robinson so spirit of struggle diligently. 英国小说家笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》描述了主人公漂流海岛,战胜困难,艰苦创业的传奇故事. 小说写得真实自然,富有传奇色彩.主人公在孤岛上种庄稼,搭木屋,吃了千辛万苦,生存下来.但想回人间的心切,使他着迷般地只想到如何走出这个鬼地方,结果还是失败了,最后于1868年回到阔别28年的英国 《鲁滨孙漂流记》给我以启示，他的顽强让我蠢蠢欲动，想要迈向人生的另一目标，像鲁滨孙那样用自己的力量，到达自己理想的境界。 我们需要具备鲁滨逊那样的刻苦奋斗的精神.

初中英语阅读材料

想提高阅读能力的中学生总是问有什么好的中学生英语阅读材料?以下是我整理的初中英语的阅读材料，希望能给大家一些帮助!

【成为积极的思考者 决心和毅力必不可少】

Positive thinking is a significant element of happiness. In order to become a positive thinker, determination and consistency are important. The first thing to know about positive thinking is that everyone can do it. With certain cognitive and behavioral modifications, we can all become positive thinkers. Another important factor is that being a positive thinker does not mean you become numb to anything that is not working properly in your life or is negative -- it just means that you approach life and face challenges with a healthier outlook.

正面思考是幸福的重要组成部分。要想成为一个积极的思考者，决心和毅力必不可少。首先你要知道，每个人都能成为积极思考者。只要改善一定的认知和行为，我们都可以做到。另外一个很重要的因素就是：你不需要对那些不是很完美的事情麻木不仁或是带有悲观的色彩——只是说人生和挑战你都要积极的对待。

To become a positive thinker, these may help you:

要想成为一个积极的思考者，下面这些也许能帮到你：

1. Change your self-monitoring:

改变自我监督

Instead of selectively attending to negative events, focus on the positive ones. Then pay attention to the delayed consequences of your behavior rather than the immediate ones. For example, if a job is not going like you want, focus on the fact that you have a job and how you can take your time to make the situation better.

与其选择做那些消极的事情，不如集中做些积极的吧。然后看看你的行为之后的效果。不是立竿见影的那种。比如，如果工作不是很喜欢，就记住你有一份工作的事实，专注如何能把情况变得好点。

2. Change your self-evaluation:

改变自我评价：

Challenge any inaccurate internal attributions and see if you compare your behavior to standards that are excessively rigid and perfectionistic. If so, change these and be reasonable with your comparisons. For example, if you constantly compare your weaknesses with other peoples' strengths, then switch this and compare yourself with those who are doing poorer than you as well. Overall, people who focus more on their strengths than their weaknesses but at the same time are aware of their weaknesses have a healthier self-evaluation result.

探究那些内部失败的原因，看看自己的行为是否是没有达到严格完美的标准。如果是，就改掉那些标准，接受自己目前的不足。比如如果你总是把自己的缺点和别人的优点作比较，那么换一下，也和那些做的没有你好的人比一比吧。一般来说，人们都会更关注他们的强项而非弱点，但同时他们也会意识到缺点会有更健康的自我评价结果。

3. Change your self-reinforcement:

改变自我奖励机制：

If you have low rates of self-reward and high rates of self-punishment when it comes to certain aspects of your life, then you want to modify this. For example, think more of how far you've come, how hard you've worked, acknowledge yourself for it and then see how much further you want to go.

如果你对自己奖励很少惩罚很多，而这似乎已成为一种惯性时，是时候改变一下了。比如，多想想你已经达到哪些成就，多么努力地工作，奖励一下自己，然后看看你还能走多远。

4. Draw conclusions with evidence:

根据事实得出结论：

Look at the evidence, look at the events, look at patterns and don't base your conclusions on assumptions. For example, don't just assume someone will cheat you because they look like or in some ways act like an ex you didn't get along with. Look at other elements to see if there is any evidence for your assumption.

根据事实得出结论：看看事实，看看事件，看看形式，千万别把结论基于猜想上。比如，不要因为某些人看起来像在骗你或是表现的让你觉得不怎么舒服，就认为他们的确在骗你。看看有没有其他证据能证实你的观点吧。

5. Don't:

别把事情过分个人化：

The majority of how people interact with you is due to their own personality, strengths, and baggage and does not have as much to do with you. Pay attention to how to differentiate between different interaction signals. For example, instead of immediately getting frustrated because the waitress was a little late attending to you, think that maybe she is having a really tough day or too may tables to take care of.

大部分时候人们如何和你交往都取决于他们的个性、能力和精神状态，和你其实没多大关系。注意如何区分不同的交际信号。比如，与其为迟来的服务生感到生气，不如换位思考，想想他今天心情不好，或者实在是太忙了吧。

6. Don't do "either/or" thinking:

别做选择题

Black and white thinking based on perfectionistic thought is counterproductive. Every time a thought pops up and has words like "should" or "must," challenge it. For example, instead of saying "this should be done this way," say something like, "I prefer it this way but I am sure there are other ways to do and am willing to be open.

基于完美的'非黑即白想法反而会让你达不到预期的效果。每次出来一个想法，有着类似于“应该”“必须”这样的字眼，那么不妨改变一下吧。比如与其说“应该这么去完成”，不如说“我喜欢这个方法，但是我觉得肯定会有更好的方法能达到我们预期的效果。”

7. Don't do emotional reasoning:

不要太情绪化

This is a belief based on feeling alone without any rational thinking behind it. For example, you don't like such and such but you don't have any logical reason for not liking them.

冲动是魔鬼，这句话的确是是真理。例如，你总是没来由的不喜欢一些东西。

8. Challenge your "what if" thoughts:

改变那些“假使......”的想法：

When faced with too much fear about a situation, imagine the worst case scenario and visualize a solution for it, then let go of fear. This way, you will be prepared for anything and your fear would not block you from being open and creative to different solutions. For example, if you are constantly worried about losing your job up to a point where it is creating a lot of anxiety and fear and is effecting your performance and your happiness negatively, then think of losing your job, visualize how you will handle it, find solutions in your mind and then let go of the thought and the fear attached to it.

遇到太多的恐慌，想想最糟糕的的情况吧，设想一下那样的场景，然后把恐惧丢到脑后。这样你就算是做足了准备，恐惧感也不会再阻碍到你对于不同情景的创造力。例如，如果你总是担心失业，十分的焦虑和害怕，甚至影响到了你的表现和幸福，那么就想想如果你真的失业了，你会如何处理，自己想一想解决方案，然后就果断抛弃这些消极的想法和恐惧吧。

At the end, positive thinkers are better problem solvers and have better interactions. In addition to that, people who are positive thinkers are happier and more satisfied with their life.

最后，积极思考者都更善于解决问题，更好的与人交际。除此之外，那些积极思考者会更开心更知足。