中考英语阅读理解练习题(有答案解析)

2011

中考英语阅读理解练习题（有答案解析）

阅读理解。

（每小题

分，共

45

分）

A

You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another

hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another

over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes (

撞击

) through

a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead! Of course he isn't really

dead.

With

any

luck

he

isn't

even

hurt.

Why?

Because

the

men

who

fall

out

of

high

windows

or

jump

from

fast

moving

trains,

who

crash

cars

of

even

catch

fire,

are

professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say,

they perform tricks. There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things

you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not

fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress (

床垫

).

Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when

they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar! But although their work depends

on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman's

success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is

he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.

Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They

often

get

seriously

injured,

and

sometimes

killed.

A

Norwegian

stuntman,

for

example,

skied over the edge of a cliff (

悬崖

) a thousand feet high. His parachute (

降落伞

) failed to

open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only.

Men

no

longer

dress

up

as

women

when

actresses

have

to

perform

some

dangerous

action. For nowadays there are stunt girls, too.

(

)1. Stuntmen are those who _______.

A. often dress up as actors

B. prefer to lead dangerous lives

C. often perform seemingly dangerous actions

D. often fight each other for their lives

(

)2. Stuntmen earn their living by_______.

A. playing their dirty tricks

B. selling their special skills

C. jumping out of high windows

D. jumping from fast moving trains

(

)3. When a stuntman falls from a high building, _______.

A. he needs little protection

B. he will be covered with a mattress

C. his life is endangered

D. his safety is generally all right

(

)4. Which of the following is the main factor (

因素

) of a successful performance?

A. Strength.

B. Exactness.

C. Speed.

D. Carefulness.

(

)5. What can be inferred from the author's example of the Norwegian stuntman?

A. Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman.

B. The percentage of serious accidents is high.

C. Parachutes must be of good quality.

D. The cliff is too high.

B

Academy

Awards

The

Academy

Awards

are

the

most

prominent

film

award

in

the

United

States.

The

Awards

are

granted

by

the

Academy

of

Motin

Picture

Arts

and

Sciences. Academy Awards are nicknamed “Oscars”, which is also the nickname of the

statuette

（小雕像）

. The name is said to have been born when Margaret Herrick saw the

statuette on a table and said, “It looks just like my uncle Oscar!”

Berlin

Film Festival

One

of

the

“A”

festivals

in

Europe.

The

Berlin

International Film

Festival, also called the “Berlinale”, is held annually in February and started in 1951 after

an initiative of the American, who occupied part of the city after World War

Ⅱ

. The jury

（专

家评奖团）

always placed special emphasis on representing films from all over the world,

from the former Eastern Bloc

（集团）

Countries as well as from western countries. The

awards are called Golden and Silver Bears

（

as the Bear is the symbol of Berlin

）

.

Venice

Film

Festival

The

Venice

Film

Festival

takes

place

every

year

in

late

August/early September on the Lido in the historic Palazzo del Cinema, in Venice, Italy. Its

main award is the “ Leone d’Oro”

（

Golden Lion

）

. Recently, a new award has been added,

the San Marco Award for the best film.

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival is a famous international film festival.

It

has

been

held

annually

in

Cannes,

in

the

south

of

France,

since

1946

with

a

few

exceptions. Given massive media exposure, the Festival is attended by many movie stars

and is a popular venue for movie producers to launch their new films and attempt to sell

their works to the distributors who come from all over the globe.

The most famous award given out at Cannes is the “Palme d’ Or”

（

Golden Palm

）

for

the best film; this is sometimes shared by multiple films in one year.

(

)6. Which Award can be shared by multiple films in one year?

A. Golden Lion.

B. Golden Palm.

C. Academy Awards.

D. San Marco Award.

(

)7

. Which of the following statements about “Oscars” is not true?

A. It’s the nickname of Academy Awa

rds.

B. It’s also the nickname of the statuette.

C. It got its name because Margaret said the statuette looked like his uncle.

D. It’s an award in France.

(

)8. Which Award has the shortest history?

A. Golden Lion.

B. Golden Palm.

C. Academy Awards.

D.

San

Marco

Award.

(

)9

. Why is the Award for Berlin Film Festival called “Golden and Silver Bear”?

A. It looks like a bear.

B. It is made up of bear fur.

C. The bear is the symbol of Berlin.

D. Bear is rare in Berlin.