中考英语考前阅读理解强化训练

2021年1月26日发(作者：alloy)
中考英语考前阅读理解强化训练

Reading material
阅读理解

1. Unless we spend money to spot(
认出，发现
) and prevent asteroids(
小行星
)
now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists.
Asteroids
are
bigger
versions
of
the
meteoroids(
流星体
)
that
race
across
the
night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don’t threaten us. But there are also
thousands of asteroids whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth.
But $$500 million worth of new telescopes right
now, then spend $$10 million a
year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks. By the time we spot a
fatal one, the scientists say, we’ll have a way to change its course.

Is it worth
it? Two things
experts consider when judging
any
risk are
(i) How
likely the event is; (2) How bad the consequences if the event occurs. Experts think an
asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500,000 years.
Sounds pretty rare but if one did fall. It would be the end of the world. “If we don’t
take care of these bid
asteroids, they’ll take care of us,” says one scientist. “it’s that
simple.”

The cure, though, might be worse than the disease. Do we really want fleets(
舰
队，车队
) of nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth? “the world has less fear from
doomsday(
毁灭性
)
rocks
than
from
a
great
nuclear
fleet
set
against
them.”
Said
a
New York Times article.
1.

What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids?
A. They are heavenly bodies different in composition.
B. They are heavenly bodies similar in nature.
C. They are more asteroids than meteoroids.
D. Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids.
2.

What do scientists say about the collision of an asteroid with Earth?
A. It is very unlikely but the danger exists.
B. Such a collision might occur once every 25 years.
C. Collisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected.
D. It’s still too early to say whether such a collision might occur.

3.

What
do
people
think
of
the
suggestion
of
using
nuclear
weapons
to
alter
the
course of asteroids?
A. It sounds practical but it may not solve the problem.
B. It may create more problems than it might solve.
C.
It
is
a
waste
of
money
because
a
collision
of
asteroids
with
Earth
is
very
unlikely.
D. Further research should be done before it is proved applicable.
4.

We can conclude from the passage that __
A. While pushing asteroids off course nuclear weapons would destroy the world.
B. Asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Earth in the near future.
C. The worry about asteroids can be left to future generations since it is unlikely
to happen in our lifetime.
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D. Workable solutions still have to be found to prevent a collision of asteroids
with Earth.
5.. Which of the following best describes the author’s tone in this passage?

A.
Optimistic(
乐观的
)


al(
批评的
)

C.
Objective(
客观的
)

D.
Arbitrary(
武断的
)

2. The law says that women should have the chance of doing the same jobs as
men and earn the same as them.
The reality is very different. Women lose because, 25 years after the Equal Pay
Act, many of them still get paid less than men.
They lose because they do lower-
paid jobs which men just won’t consider. And
they lose they are the ones who interrupt a career to have children.
All
this
is
reported
in
an
independent
study
ordered
by
the
Government’s
women’s unite.

The biggest problem isn’t equal pay in work places such as factories. It is a sort
of work women do.
Make a list of low-paid of jobs_ then consider who does them.
Try nurses, secretaries, cleaner, clerks, teachers in primary schools, dinner ladies,
and child care helpers. Not a lot of men among that group, are there?
Yet
some
of
those
jobs
are
really
important.
Surely
no
one
would
deny
that
about nurses and teachers, for a start.
So why do we reward the people who do them so poorly? There can be only one
answer--- because they are women.
This is not going to be put right overnight. But the Government, which employs
a lot of them,, and other bosses have to make a start.
It
is
disgraceful(
可耻的
) that we
have
gone into the 21
st
Century still treating
women like second-class citizens.
1.

Women should have the chance of doing the same jobs and be paid equally as men
____.
A. after 25 years
B. according to the law
C. as a result of the Equal Pay Act
D. because women are as strong as men
2.

We can learn from the text what the problem really matters is ____.
A. that the women interrupt a career to have children
B. what sort of work women do

C. because they are women
D. what an unfair pay women get in workplaces.
3.

Which of the following best describes the writer’s idea?

A. Women should get equal pay for equal work to that of men.
B. Women should strengthen
加强

themselves.
C. The Government ought to protect women against getting paid less than men.
D. Some of the jobs that women do are of great importance.
4.

When the writer says “This is not going to be put right overnight”, he means ____.

A. we must solve the problem very quickly.
B. there is not completely fair thing all over the world.
C. we need a long time to change the unfair reality.
D. the problem that women lose will be solved soon.
5.

Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
A. Work to give women a fair pay deal.
B. Time to change the situation.
C. Equal work, equal pay.
D. Should women be treated like second- class citizens?

3.
There
have
never
been
many
adventurers.
You
van
read
stories
about
men
called
adventures.
But
they
were
really
businessmen.
There
was
something
they
wanted----- a lady, or money, or a country, or honor. And so they
got
it. But
a true
adventure is different. He starts without any special purpose. He is ready for anything
he may meet.



There have been many half-adventurers. And they were great men. History is rich
with their stories. But each of them had a special purpose. They were not followers of
true adventure.
In the big city of New York, Romance and Adventure are always waiting.
As we walk along the street, they are watching us. We look up suddenly and see
a face in a window. The face seems to interest us strangely. Or in a quiet street, we
hear a cry of fear and pain coming from a house where no one lives. A car takes us to
a strange door, instead of to our own. The door opens and we are asked to enter. At
every corner, eyes look toward us, or hands are raised, or fingers point. Adventure is
offered.
But few of us are ready to accept. We are ready to do only the things we do every
day. We wish to do only the things that everyone else does. We move on; and some
day we come to the end of a long quiet life. Then we begin to think. Then, when it is
too late, we are sorry that we have never known true Romance and Adventure.
1.

In the author’s opinion, there are ____ tr
ue adventures.
A.

many

B. few

C. no

D. a few
2.

In
what
way
does
the
author
say
a
true
adventure
is
different
from
a
business
man?
A.

He is ready for anything he may meet.
B. He is not interested in money.
C. He enjoys excitement while a business man does not.
D. A true adventure is romantic, while a businessman is dull.
3.

According to the passage, a cry of fear and pain coming from a house where

no
one lives in a quiet street means____.
A. a number

B. a fight

C. wealth

D. adventure
4.

The passage doesn’t mention
it, but we can infer from the passage that when most
people meet an offer of adventure, they will ____.
A. grow angry but

curious
B. accept the offer
C. grow embarrassed and reject the offer
D. be frightened and cry for help.
5.

When do most people wish that they had known romance and adventure?
A. When they are young.
B. When it involves a beautiful lady or handsome man.
C. When something interests them strangely.
D. When they reach the end of a long quiet life.




4.

Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports
and
activities.
Of
course,
there
have
always
been
people
who
have
looked
for
adventures ----those who have climbed the highest mountains, traveled into unknown
parts of the world or sailed in small boats across the greatest oceans. Now, however,
there are people who look for an immediate excitement from a risky activity which
may only last a few minutes or even seconds.



I would consider bungee jumping to be a good example of such an activity. You
jump from a high place (perhaps a bridge or a hot-air balloon) 200 metres above the
ground
with
an
elastic
(
有弹性的
)
rope
tied
to
your
ankles.
You
fall
at
up
to
150
kilometres
an
hour
until
the
rope
stops
you
from
hitting
the
ground.
It
is
said
that
about
2
million
people
around
the
world
have
now
tried
bungee
jumping.
Other
activities
which
most
people
would
say
are
as
risky
as
bungee
jumping
include
jumping from tall building and diving into the sea from the top of high cliff.
（悬崖）

Why do people take part in such activities as these? Some psychologists suggest that
it is because life in modern societies has become safe and boring. Not very long ago,
diseases could not easily be cured, and life was
a continuous battle for survival.(
生
存
).
Nowadays, according to many people, life offers little excitement. They live and
work in comparatively safe conditions; they buy food in shops; and there are doctors
and
hospitals
to
look
after
them
if
they
become
ill.
The
answer
for
some
of
these
people is to look for danger in activities such as bungee jumping.
1.

A best title for the text is ____.
A. Dangerous sports: what and why
B. The boredom of modern life

C. Bungee jumping: Is it really dangerous?
D. The need for excitement
2.

More and more people today ____.
A.

are trying activities such as bungee jumping
B. are climbing the highest mountains
C. are coming close to death in sports
D. are looking for adventures such as traveling into unknown places
3.

In bungee jumping, you ____.
A. jump as high as you can
B. slide down a rope to the ground
C. attach(
系
) yourself to a rope and fall to the ground
D. fall towards the ground without a rope
4.

People probably take part in dangerous sports nowadays because _____.
A. they have a lot of free time
B. they can go to hospital if they are injured
C. their life is short of excitement
D. they no longer need to hunt for food
5.

The writer of the text has a ____ attitude towards dangerous sports.
A.

Positive(
肯
定
的
)

B.
negative(
否
定
的
)

C.
neutral(
中
立
的
)

D.
nervous(
紧张的
)

5.
The
report
came
to
the
British
on
May
21,1949.
The
German
battleship
Bismarck,
the
most
powerful
warship(
战舰
)
in
the
world,
was
moving
out
into
the
Atlantic
Ocean.
Her
task:
to
destroy
the
ships
supplies
from
the
United
States
to
war-torn England.
The
British
had
feared
such
a
task.
No
warship
they
had
could
match
the
Bismarck in speed or in firepower. The Bismarck had eight 15-inch guns and 81 small
guns. She could move at 30 nautical(
海上的
) miles an hour. She was believed to be
unsinkable.
However, the British had to sink her. They sent out a task force headed by their
best
battleship
Hood
to
hunt
down
the
Bismarck.
On
May
24,
the
Hood
found
the
Bismarck.
It was a meeting that the German commander Luetjens did not want to see. His
orders were to destroy the British ships that were carrying supplies, but to stay away
from a fight with British warships.
The
battle
didn’t
last
long.
The
Bismarck’s
first
torpedo(
鱼雷
)
hit
the
Hood,
which went down taking all but three of her 4,419 men with her.
But in the fight, the Bismarck was slightly damaged. Her commander decided to
run
for
repairs
to
France,
which
had
at
that
time
been
taken
by
the
speed
and
the
heavy fog, they lost sight of her.
For two days, every British ship in the Atlantic tried to find the Bismarck, but
with no success. Finally, she

was sighted by a plane from the air. The Bismarck was
hit.



On the morning of May 27, the last battle was fought. Four British ships fired on
the Bismarck, and she was finally sunk.
1.

The Bismarck sailed into the Atlantic Ocean ____.
A. to sink the Hood
B. to gain control of France
C. to cut off American supplies to Britain
D. to stop British warships reaching Germany
2. Many people believed that the Bismarck could not be defeated because she ____.
A. was fast and powerful

B. had more men on board
C. was under Luetjens’ command

D. had bigger guns than other ships

3. We learn from the text that on 24 of May ____.
A. the British on the battle against the Bismarck
B. the Bismarck won the battle against the British
C. the British gunfire damaged the Bismarck seriously
D. the Bismarck succeeded in keeping away from the British
4. Luetjens tried to sail to France in order to ____.
A. have the ship repaired

B. join the other Germans
C. get help from the French

D. get away from the British
5. Which of the following is the immediate cause of the sinking of the Bismarck?
A. The British air strikes.
B. The damage done by the Hood.
C. Gunfire from the British warships.
D. Luetjens’ decision to run for France.



6.

“I
would
almost
rather
see
you
dead.”
Bobert
S.
Cassatt,
a
leading
banker
of
Philadelphia,
shouted
when
his
twenty-year-old
eldest
daughter
announced
that
she
wanted
to
become
an
artist.
In
the
19
th

century,
playing
at
drawing
or
painting
on
dishes was all right for a young lady, but serious work in art was not. And when the
young lady’s family racked among(
挤身于
) the best of Philadelphia’s social(
社会各
界的
) families, such an idea could not even be considered.


That was how Mary Cassatt, born 1844, began her struggle as an artist. She did not
tremble
before
her
father’s
anger,
she
opposed(
反对
)
him
with
courage
and
at
last
made him change his mind. Many Cassatt gave up her social position and all thoughts
of a thousand and a family, which in those times was unthinkable for a young lady. In
the end, after long years of hard work and perseverance(
坚持
), she became America’s
most
important
woman
artist
and
the
internationally
recognized
leading
woman
painter of the time.
1.

How did Mr Cassatt react(
反应
) when his daughter made her announcement?
A. He feared for her life.

B. He was very angry.
C. He nearly killed her.

D. He warned her.
2. What in fact was Mr Cassatt’s main reason in opposing his daughter’s wish?

A. Drawing and painting was simply unthinkable among ladies in those days.
B. He did not believe his daughter wanted to work seriously in art.
C. He believed an artist’s life would be too hard for his daughter.

D. Ladies of good families simply did not become artists in those times.
3.
What
made
Mary
Cassatt’s
“struggle”
to
become
a
recognized
artist
especially
hard?
A. She was a woman


B. Her father opposed her.
C. She had no social position. D. She didn’t come from an artist’s family.

4.
What do we know about Mary Cassatt’s marriage?

A. Her marriage failed because she never gave a thought to her husband and family.
B. She never married because she did not want to be just a wife and mother.
C. After marriage she decided to give up her husband rather than her career.
D. She did not marry because for a lady of her social position to marry below her was
unthinkable.
5. What do we know about Robert Cassatt’s character from the text?

A.

He was a cruel man.

B. He was a

stubborn (
固执的
) man.
B.

He knew nothing about art.

D. He knew little about his daughter.

7.
I
had
just
gone
to
bed
after
a
very
hard
day
when
the
phone
rang.
It
was
an
eccentric(
怪僻的
)
farmer.
I
had
never
met
him
before
although
I
had
often
heard
people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute
or
so
before
I
understood
anything.
Even
then
I
could
make
out
was
that
someone
called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadn’t the slightest idea who she was but I
obviously had to go.



It
had been snowing heavily that I didn’t know the way. I had been driving for at
least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It
seemed Milly had died. “She meant more to me than anyone… even my own wife!”
he said.
I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken
place, a possible scandal (
丑闻
) . I was even more shocked when he told me he had
put her in the barn. “I wouldn’t leave her out in the cold!” he said.




Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not
expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle
and
I
saw
a
dark
figure
on
the
ground.
“She
was
such
a
good
cow!
I
wouldn’t
let
anyone but a doctor touch her !” he said
, and burst into tears again.
1.

The underlined phrase “make out” in the first paragraph means____.

A. expect

B. understand

C. see clearly

D. hear clearly
2.
Before
he
arrived
at
the
farmer’s
house,
the
writer
expected
to
see
Milly
lying
____.
A. on the ground of a barn

B. on the floor of a room


C. in bed in a room

D. in bed in a barn
3. What do we know about Milly from the story?
A. She had met with an accident


B. She had caused a scandal.
C. She was seriously ill.









D. She was hidden somewhere.
4. The farmer wished that the writer might ____.
A. look into the matter




B. bring Milly back to life


C. free him from a scandal

D. keep the whole thing a secret
5. The person who told the story is probably a ____.
A.

farmer

B. policeman

C. country doctor

D. newspaper reporter

8.
More
than
6000
children
were
expelled(
开除
)
from
US
schools
last
year
for
bringing guns and bombs to school, the US Department of Education said on May 8.



The department gave a report on the expulsions as saying handguns accounted for
58 per cent of the 6093 expulsions in 1996
—
97, against 7 per cent for rifles(
步枪
) or
shotguns and 35 per cent for other types of firearms.



“The report is a clear sign that our nation’s public schools are cracking down(
严
惩
)” on students who bring guns to school, “Education Secretry Richard Riey said in
a
statement.
“We
need
to
be
tough
-minded(
坚强的
)
about
keeping
guns
out
of
our
schools and do everything to keep our children safe.”




In
March
1997,
a
11-year-old
boy
and
a
13-year-old
using
hand-guns
and
rifles
shot dead four children and a teacher at a school in

Jonesboro, Arkansas. In October,
two were killed and seven wounded in a shooting at a Missisippi school. Two months
later,
a
14-year- old
boy
killed
three
high
school
students
and
wounded
five
in
Daducab, Kentucky.



“Most of the expulsions(
开除
), 56 per cent, were from high schools, which have
students from about age 13, 34 per cent were from junior high schools and 9 per cent
were from elementary schools.” The report said.

1.

From the first paragraph we can infer that in the US schools ____.
A. students enjoy shooting

B. students are eager to be soldiers
C. safety is a problem

C. students can make guns
2. The report from the US Department of Education shows that ____.
A. the number of the expulsions is now large
B. the number of the expulsions is wrong


C. there are soldiers hiding among the students
D. guns are out of control in US schools
3. The main idea of paragraph four shows us ____.
A. some examples of shootings in US schools
B. the Americans’ feeling

C. some famous schools
D. that some teachers were killed by students
4. How many students were

shot dead in 1997 in US schools?
A. 10 B. 9

C. 12

D. 22
5. From this passage we know that ____.
A. every American cannot have guns
B. only soldiers and police can have guns
C.

every American citizen can own guns
D. teachers have no money to buy guns

9. It helps us understand the world better if we know a little geography and have
some maps at hand. But with maps in Chinese only, misunderstanding is possible
in studying world events. Chinese names are long, hard to pronounce and without
meaning
to
a
foreigner.
For
the
opening
of
the
country
maps
are
important
and
helpful and needed badly.



I wish maps various languages, such as those used in the United Nations, would
come out and be sold in all bookstores open to Chinese.
1.

The writer is mainly talking about ____.
A. geography

B. maps

C. Chinese names

D. the opening of the country
2.
Knowing
a
little
geography
and
having
some
maps
in
Chinese
only,
a
foreigner
____.
A. can study world events easily
B. can study world events without misunderstanding
C. can’t study world events without misunderstanding

D. will fell joy in studying world events
3. What are the difficulties for a foreigner to use a map in Chinese?
A. A foreigner has nowhere to buy a map
B. All the bookstores only open to Chinese.
C. The names of Chinese people are long, hard to pronounce and without meaning.
D. The names of places on a map in Chinese are long, hard to pronounce and without
meaning.
4. In the United Nations people use maps in ____.
A. foreign languages only

B. Chinese only
C. various languages

D. English only
5. According to the passage maps in foreign language are badly needed ____.
A. in a country open to other parts of the world
B. if a country is going to join the United Nations
C. when we are learning geography
there are no maps in bookstores open to Chinese

10.
Do
animals
have
a
culture?
What
do
we
mean
by
“culture?”
Lately
social
scientists
have
begun
to
ask
if
culture
is
found
just
in
humans,
or
if
some
animals
have
a
culture
too.
When
we
speak
of
culture,
we
mean
a
way
of
life
a
group
of
people have in common. Culture includes the beliefs and attitudes we learn. It is the
patterns of behavior that help people to live together. It is also the patterns of behavior
that make one group of people different from another group.
Our culture lets us make up for having lost out strength, claws, long teeth, and
other
defenses.
Instead
we
use
tools,
cooperate
with
one
another,
and
communicate
with language. But these aspe
cts of human behavior, or “culture,” can also be found in
the lives of certain animals. Animals can make tools, for example. We used to think
that
the
ability
to
use
tools
was
the
dividing
line
between
human
beings
and
other
animals. Lately, however, we have found that this is not the case. Chimpanzees(
非洲
小猩猩
) can not only use tools but actually make tools themselves. Animals can also
share knowledge with each other and use their own language to communicate. So it
may be important for us to know that the line dividing us from animals is not as clear
as we used to think.
1.

Choose the statement that best expresses the main idea.____.
A. A chimpanzee can learn to use sign language to make sentences
B. Other animals can invent tools
C. Knowledge and communication are no longer signs of only human behavior
D. The line dividing human culture from animal culture is not as clear as we might
think
2. “Culture” refers to ____.

A. book language of behavior we learn
B. the patterns of behavior we learn
C. traditional ideas
D. people’s good habits

3. A chimpanzee’s use of
tools means ____.
A. animals are the same as human beings
B. animals can be as clever as human beings
C. the dividing line between culture and animal culture no longer exists
D. animals may have a culture like our own
4. Which of the following statement is true?____.
A. The ability to use language separates human beings
B. We can be certain that animals have a culture too
C. Social scientists doubt if animals have a culture too
D.
Some
traditional
ideas
about
the
difference
between
human
beings
and
animals
may be wrong
first sentence of the second paragraph “Our culture lets 7us make up for having
lost our strength, claws, long teeth, and other defenses “ means ____.

A. as a result of our culture, we have lost our strength, claws, long teeth, and other
defenses
B.
our
culture
has
enabled
us
even
better
though
we
have
lost
our
strength,
claws,
long teeth, and other defenses
C. our culture has brought back to us strength, claws, long teeth, and other defenses
that we have lost

culture
asks
that
we
lose
our
strength,
claws,
long
teeth,
and
other
defenses
which animals still have
The key :
1. B A B D C

2. B B A C A
3. B A D C D

4. A A C C C
5. C A B A C
6. B A A B D
7. B C A B C

8. C D A B C
9. B C D C A
10. D B D D B
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A student passed all the entrance examinations before he went to a __1__ where he
put his _2____down for a course in geography, but after the first lecture ,he did not
___3_ up any more.


The teacher noticed the student’s __4__ ,and thought that he had changed to ___5_
course
.However ,he was very surprised at the boy’s __6__ on the list of students who
intended to take _7___ examination at the end of the term.


The
teacher
had
prepared
a
__8__
examination
paper,which,followed
his
lectures
very
__9__
,and
he
was
eagar
to
see
10___
this
student
would
answer
the
questions .He
_11__
bad
answers,but
it
turned
_12__
that
he
could
find
only
one
small 13___ .He went through he paper over again, but he got the _14___ he
sent for the student.


When
the
student
had
come
into
t
he
_15___
,the
teacher
said,
“I
know
that
you
attended my first lecture _16__ and after that you have been 17___ .I’d like to know
you got nearly everything _18___.


“
Oh,I
am
very
sorry
about
that
19___,sir,”
answered
the
student.
_20___
the
examination
,I
realized
what
I
_21___
have
written .I
would
not
have
made
the
mistake if I had not been __22_ by your first lecture.”



From this _23__ we know all the student who was absent __24__ the lectures was
bright,and know how to 25___ by himself.
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