牛津上海版（深圳用）小学英语四年级下册期中复习：题型专练（阅读理解）

    My name's Lily. I have a big and happy family. I have grandparents, parents and two uncles. One is a bus driver. The other one is a fireman. I have one cousin. He is young. He is only three. His name's Peter. But he can play the piano. I have a brother. His name's David. He's ten years old. He likes Maths and Science. He likes playing the violin, too. He likes running and playing fooball. But I like playing table tennis. I like swimming and writing, too. But I can't play the piano or violin. My father likes drawing and my mother likes singing and dancing. She likes playing the guitar, too. And she often teaches me the guitar. I can play it a little. How about you?

There are many sports in the world. Football and basketball are very popular (流行) in the world. Many people like playing football but many people like to watch it, too. I am a football goal keeper(守门员). My job(工作) is to keep the ball out of the goal(球门). Football player can kick (踢) the ball, but they do not touch it with their hands. But I can catch the ball with my hands. Football is a group game. Everyone in the team (队) must do his best. Then the team can win (赢).

    One day there are four blind men under the tree. They are talking about the elephants.

    They never see an elephant. They want to know about it. A man is riding on the elephant. When he hears it, he gets off the elephant and lets them touch it. A blind man touches the elephant's ear. He says the elephant is like a fan(扇子). A blind man touches the elephant's tail. He says the elephant is like a rope (绳子). A blind man touches the elephant's leg. He says the elephant is like a tree trunk(树干). A blind man touches the elephant's body. He says the elephant is like a wall (墙). Do they say correctly?

Miss Fang: Boys and girls, this is our new music room. Let's begin our Music class. This is a new piano. It sounds nice. Listen! (Ding-ding!) Touch it, Jill. How does it feel?

Jill: It's hard.

Miss Fang: Yes, it is. Can you play the piano, Joe?

Joe: Yes, I can. Look, Miss Fang! Is that a guitar?

Miss Fang: No. It's a violin. Can you play the violin, Joe?

Joe: No, I can't. But Jill can.

Miss Fang: Well done, kids!

    Peter and Mike are classmates. Peter is 12 years old. He is tall and thin. He usyally gets up at 6:30. Mike is 13 years old. He is short, but he is strong. He usually gets up at 6:20. They go to school on foot together. They all like PE class. Peter likes playing football and basketball. Mike likes playing football and volleyball. So they often play football after class.

    Look at the table. There are many things on the table. There is a pencil, a ruler, a rubber and two pens. There are two balls, three books, a violin and a guitar on it, too. We don't know whose they are. Oh, there are names on it. Whose guitar is this? It is Lucy's guitar. It is new and wonderful. Whose books are these? They are Kate's books. They are thick. The violin is Lily's. The ruler and rubber are Sam's. The two pens are Ken's. They are long.

    Today is Wednesday. Tom has four lessons in the morning and three in the afternoon. At seven, he has some bread at home. His first lesson is Chinese. It begins at eight. He likes Chinese best. His dream is to be a writer in the future (将来). And his father is a scientist. He wants Tom to be a scientist, too. But Tom doesn't like science. He likes English, too.

    Tom has his lunch at twelve in the classroom. After three lessons in the afternoon, he plays basketball with his friends, Jim, Eddie and Eric.

    He goes home on foot at five. He is a good student at school and a good boy at home.

    Do you know about the sun, the moon or the earth? Let me tell you. The sun is a star. It is big and bright. It is hot. And it gives us light and heat(光和热量). We need the sun. Animals and plants both need it. The moon is a satellite(卫星). It goes around (围绕...转) the earth. On the moon there is no water or air(空气). So no people live on the moon. The earth is a planet(行星). It goes around the sun. It is our home. We live on the earth. So we should love our home-the earth.

    I am a girl. My English name is Linda. I am eleven years old. I have eight subjects at school. They are Chinese, math, English, PE, music, art，science and history.

    My favorite subject is Chinese. I think it is interesting. I also like English. But it's a little difficult for me. I can speak only a little English. History is interesting, too. I like it. Math is difficult. Mr. Wang is our math teacher. He is very strict. I'm usually tired after his class. But I work hard. I think I can study it well.