The day a girl becomes seven years old is a big day in the family.She may now wear a sash(腰帶)like the one her mother wears.Her friends and her mother's friends come and drink tea and eat cakes.It means that the girl must now be a womanly little girl and help in the home.

　　One of the great holidays in Japan is the Emperor's(天皇)birthday.Instead of school there are picnics，games，sports and speeches(演講)， as we have on our fourth of July in America.

　　根據短文內容選擇正確答案。

　　1.How many holidays and great days are told of in the story? .

　　A.One B.Two C.Three D.Four

　　2.When a boy begins to wear a shirt like the one his father wears， .

　　A.he isn't a boy

　　B.he needn't go to school

　　C.he must be a boy of strong character(性格)like his father

　　D.he has no trouble

　　3.Which birthday of a girl is a big day in her family? .

　　A.The sixth B.The seventh

　　C.The eighth D.The seventeenth

　　4.Japanese children don't go to school on .

　　A.their fifth birthdays

　　B.their seventh birthdays

　　C.their fifth and seventh birthdays

　　D.their Emperor's birthday

　　5.From the story we can know the writer is from .

　　A.China B.America

　　C.England D.Japan

　　閱讀理解練習題參考答案：

　　1-5 CCBDB

　　中考英語閱讀理解練習題2：

　　28 High Road

　　Oxford

　　Sept.27，2002

　　Dear John，

　　Thank you very much for your letter.I'm glad that you enjoyed your holiday with me.

　　We enjoyed having you and your sister here.We hope that you will both be able to come again next year.Perhaps you'll be able to stay longer next time you come.A week is not really long enough，is it?

　　I hope you are both working hard now that you're in Grade Three.I shall have to work hard next year when I am in Grade Three.Tom and Ann will be in Grade Three the year after next.

　　They went on a picnic yesterday but I didn't go with them because I hurt my foot and I couldn't walk very well.They went to an island and enjoyed themselves there.Do you still remember the island?That's where all five of us spent our holiday.

　　Tom，Ann and I send our best wishes to Betty and you.We hope to see you soon.

　　Yours sincerely

　　Michael

　　閱讀此信，回答下列問題。

　　1.How long did their holiday last this year?

　　2.Who stayed with Michael for the holiday?

　　3.When did Michael write the letter?

　　4.Who is in Grade Two now?

　　5.Why didn't Michael go to the island for picnic?

　　閱讀理解練習題參考答案：

　　1.It lasted only a week.

　　2.John，Betty，Tom and Ann.

　　3.He wrote it on September 27，2002.

　　4.Michael is in Grade Two now.

　　5.Because he hurt his foot and he couldn't walk very well.