2011年中考英語閱讀提高題4

（體育類）

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TheWinterOlympicsisalsocalledtheWhiteOlympics.Atthistime,manycolorfulstamps

arepublishedtomarkthegreatGames.ThefirststampsmarkingtheopeningcameoutonJanuary

25,1932intheUnitedStatesforthe3rdWhiteOlympics.Fromthenon,publishingstampsduring

theWhiteOlympicsbecamearule.

Duringthe4thWinterOlympicGamesagroupofstampswerepublishedinGermanyin

November1936.ThefiveringsofOlympicsweredrawnonthefrontofthesportswear.Itwasthe

firsttimethattheringsappearedonthestampsoftheWhiteOlympics.

Inthe1950's,thestampsofthiskindbecamemorecolorful.WhentheWhiteOlympicscame,

thehostcountries（東道國）aswellasthenon-hostcountriespublishedstampstomarkthose

Games.ChinaalsopublishedfourstampsinFebruary1980,whentheChinesesportsmenbegan

totakepartintheWhiteOlympics.

JapanistheonlyAsiancountrythathaseverheldtheWhiteOlympics.Altogether14,500

millionstampsweresoldtoraisemoneyforthissportsmeet.

Differentkindsofsportsweredrawnonthesesmallstamps.Peoplecanenjoythebeautyof

thewonderfulmovementsofsomesportsmen.

1.TheWhiteOlympicsandtheWinterOlympics.

A.arethesamethingB.aredifferentgames

C.arenotheldinwinterD.areheldinsummer

2.Theworldmadeitaruletopublishstampstomarkthegreatworldgames.

A.aftertheyear1936B.afterthe3rdWhiteOlympics

C.beforethe3rdWhiteOlympicsD.beforetheyear1932

3.TheWinterOlympicsisheldonce.

A.everytwoyearsB.everythreeyears

C.everyfouryearsD.everyfiveyears

4.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.OnlythehostcountriescanpublishstampstomarkthoseGames.

B.Onlythenon-hostcountriescanpublishstampstomarkthoseGames.

C.AllthecountriescanpublishstampstomarkthoseGames.

D.Japancan'tpublishstampstomarkthoseGames

5.WhatmayappearonthestampsoftheWhiteOlympics?

A.Basketball.B.Tabletennis.

C.Football.D.Skating.

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Onceagroupof17-year-oldschoolboysdecidedtobreaktheworldbasketballmarathon

record（馬拉松記錄）.Theywantedtoplayforninetyhoursandthatistoaddsixhourstothe

record.Eachteamhadnineplayers,withfiveatatime.Theboysdecidedeachpersonwouldplay

21.5hoursandthenrestfor2hours.Thentheystartedat6o'clockintheevening.

Thefirstnightwasveryhardfortheplayers.Whenitwastheirturntorest,theyweretoo

excited（興奮的）tofallasleepatonce.

Aftersleepingforashorttime,theyhadtoplayagain.Onthesecondnight,theyfellasleep

assoonastheystopped.Someofthemhadtroublewiththeirfeetandhands,buttheonlyserious

problemwasapsychological（心理上的）one.Eachboywasthinking：whyamIdoingthis?How

canIplayanylonger?Afterthethirdnight,theplayersknewtheycouldfinishtheninetyhours.

Thebasketballonthefourthnightwasveryslow.Butinthefinalhours,theplayersgotbetter.For

thelastfewminutes,theplayerslookedasfreshaswhentheystarted.Howhappyeveryonewas!

1.Inthestory,therewereschoolboysplayingbasketballmarathon.

A.9B.14C.17D.18

2.Beforethisbasketballmarathon,theworldrecordwas.

A.84hoursB.86hoursC.90hoursD.96hours

3.Thefirstnightwashardfortheplayerstofallasleepbecause.

A.theyweretooexcitedB.theyonlysleptforashorttime

C.noonewatchedthemplayD.itwasverylong

4.”…theplayerslookedasfreshaswhentheystarted,,here“fresh"means.

A.新鮮的B.興奮不已的

C.精神飽滿的D.傷痕累累的

5.Whichofthefollowingsentencesiswrong?

A.Someoftheboyswerehurtwhentheyplayed.

B.Itwashardfortheplayerstofallasleepatnight.

C.Theboysstartedplayingat6o'clockintheevening.

D.Intheend,alltheboysfelthappy.

（文化類）

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Evenachildknowsthatnodding（點頭）theheadmeans"Yes”.Butsomepeoplewill

probablybepuzzledwhentheyfirstcometoIndia.WhentheytalktoanIndian,heoftenshakes

hishead.TheymightthinkthattheIndiandoesnotlikewhathesaid,butonthecontraryheis

expressingagreement.

TheIndianshaveahabitofshakingtheirheadsslightlywhentheytalktosomebody.It

doesn'tmean"No",but"Ybs”.

Ifapersondoesn'tknowthis,itmightcausemisunderstanding.

AtonetimeaforeignerinIndiatoldhisdriverwhowasanIndiantotakehimtohisoffice.

Thedrivershookhishead.Theforeignerrepeatedhisrequestandthedrivershookhisheadagain.

Atlast,theforeignershoutedangrily,4tDrivemetomyofficeatonce!”Thedriversaidinalow

voice,“Yes,sir,"smilingandshakinghisheadagainatthesametime.

1.Generallyspeaking,noddingtheheadmeans,andshakingtheheadmeans.

A.Yes,NoB.No,YesC.Yes,YesD.No,No

2.AccordingtothehabitofIndia,ifsomeoneagreeswithyou,hewill.

A.nodhishead

B.shakehishead

C.neithernodshisheadnorshakeshishead

D.eithernodhisheadorshakehishead

3.WhydidtheIndiandrivershakehisheadwhentheforeigneraskedhimtodrivehimtohis

office?Because.

A.theIndiandriverhassomethingimportanttodo

B.theforeignerpromisedtogivehimonlyalittlemoney

C.Thedriverfeltuncomfortableatthattime

D.InIndiashakingtheheadmeansagreement

4.Whydidtheforeignerbecomeangry?Because.

A.theIndiandriverdidn'twanttosendhimtohisoffice

B.HemisunderstoodthemeaningofshakingtheheadinIndia

C.heaskedthedrivertosendhimtohisoffice,buttheIndiadriverdidn'tsayanywords

D.theIndiandriveraskedhimforalotofmoney

5.Thephrase“onthecontrary^^means.

A.justtheopposite

B.cleardifferencebetweentwothings

C.doingwhatyouwanttodo

D.ontheotherhand

（自然類）

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Putanicecubefromyourfridgeintoaglassofwater.Youhaveapieceofstring（線）10

centimeterslong.Theproblemistotakeoutthatpieceoficewiththehelpofthestring.Butyou

mustnottouchtheicewithyourfingers.

Youmayaskyourfriendstotrytodothatwhenyouarehavingdinnertogether.Thereisa

saltcellaronthetable.Youmustusesaltwhenyoucarryoutthisexperiment.

Firstyouputthestringacrossthepieceofice.Thenputsomesaltontheice.Saltmakesice

melt（融化）.Theiceroundthestringwillbegintomelt.Butwhenitmelts,itwillloseheat.The

coldicecubewillmakethesaltwaterfreezeagain.

Afteraminuteortwoyoumayraisethepieceofstringandwithityouwillraiseyourpiece

ofice!

Thisexperimentcanbeveryusefultoyou.If,forexample,thereisicenearthedoorofyour

house,youmustuseverymuchsalttomeltalltheice.Ifyoudon'tputenoughsalt,thewaterwill

freezeagain.

1.Wemustusewhenwecarryoutthisexperiment.

A.fridgeB.somefoodC.atableD.somesalt

2.Howlongwillittaketocarryoutthisexperiment?

A.Morethanthreeminutes.B.Fiveminutesorso.

C.Onlyoneminuteortwo.D.Abouttenminutes.

3.Whatisthetaskofthisexperiment?

A.Puttheicecubeintotheglassofwaterwiththehelpofthestring.

B.Takeouttheicecubeintheglassofwaterwiththehelpofthestring.

C.Takeouttheicecubeintheglassofwaterwithyourfingers.

D.Putsomesaltontheicecubeandthenputthestringacrossit.

4.Howmanythingsatleastareusedinthisexperiment?

A.Three.B.Four.C.Six.D.Seven.

5.Wecanlearnsomethingaboutfromthepassage.

A.PhysicsB.biologyC.chemistryD.maths

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Bambooisoneofthenature'smostsurprisingplants.Manypeoplecallthisplantatree,butit

isakindofgrass.

Likeotherkindsofgrass,abambooplantmaybecutverylowtotheground,butitwillgrow

backveryquickly.AJapanesescientistrecordedonebambooplantthatgrewalmost1.5metersin

24hours!BamboogrowsalmosteverywhereintheworldexceptEurope.Therearemorethan

1,000kindsofbamboothatgrowaroundtheworldonbothmountainsandplains（平原）.

Notallbamboolooksthesame.Somebambooplantsareverythin.Theymayonlygrowto

beafewcentimeterswidewhileothersmaygrowtomorethan30centimetersacross.Thisplant

alsocomesindifferentcolors,fromyellowtoblacktogreen.

ManyAsiancountrieshavebeenusingbambooforhundredsofyears.Theyoftenuse

bambooforbuildingnewbuildings.Asamatteroffact,thecables（繩索）thatholdupthehanging

bridgeacrosstheMinRiverinSichuanaremadeofbamboo.Thebridgehasbeeninuseformore

than1,000years,andisstillholdingstrong.

InAfrica,engineersareteachingpoorfarmershowtofindwaterusingbamboo.These

Africancountriesneedcheapwaystofindwaterbecausetheyhavenomoney,andtheirfields

oftendiefromnorainandnowater.Itseemsthatbambooisoneofthebestthingstheycanuse.

Bamboopipesanddrills（鉆）canhelptomakethepoorthirstyfieldstobewatered.

1.Howisbamboolikegrass?

A.Itisthinandeasytocut.B.Itgrowseverywhere.

C.Itgrowsquicklyafteritscutshort.D.Itisshortandgreen.

2.Thesentence“whileothersmaygrowtomorethan30centimetersacross."means“Someother

bambooplantsmaygrowtobevery

A.shortB.strongC.thickD.tall

3.Fromthetextweknow.

A.mostpeoplecallbambooplanttrees

B.abambooplantmaygrow4.5metersinthreedays

C.thebambooplantchangesitscolorswhenitgrows

D.abridgeheldbybamboocablewasbuiltthousandsofyearsago

4.WhydidtheengineersteachthepoorfarmersinAfricatomakeuseofbamboo?

A.Becauseitischeap.B.Becauseitiscolorful.

C.Becauseitdrillsfast.D.BecauseitisusedbyAsians.

5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Therearemanydifferentkindsofbamboowithdifferentcolors.

B.Cablesmadeofbamboocanlastforoverathousandyears.

C.Bamboocanbeusedforbuildings,bridgesandwateringprojects（工程）.

D.Bambooplantsareabletogrowwellinanypartoftheworld.

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DoyouknowAustralia?Australiaisthelargestislandintheworld.Itisalittlesmallerthan

China.Itisinthesouthoftheearth.Australiaisbig,butitspopulationisnotlarge.Thepopulation

ofAustraliaisnearlyaslargeasthatofShanghai.

Thegovernmenthasmadeenoughlawstofightpollution.ThecitiesinAustraliahavegot

littleairorwaterpollution.Theskyisblueandthewaterisclean.Youcanclearlyseefish

swimmingintherivers.Plantsgrowverywell.

LastmonthwevisitedPerth,thebiggestcityinWesternAustralia,andwenttoawild

flowers'exhibition.Therewesawalargenumberofwildflowerswehadneverseenbefore.We

hadawonderfultime.Perthisfamousforitsbeautifulwildflowers.InspringeveryyearPerthhas

thewildflowers'exhibition.AftervisitingPerth,wespentthedayinthecountryside.Wesatdown

andhadarestnearapathatthefootofahill.Itwasquietandweenjoyedourselves.Suddenlywe

heardbellsringingatthetopofthehill.Whatwesawmadeuspickupallourthingsandrunback

tothecarasquicklyaswecould.Therewereaboutthreehundredsheepcomingtowardsusdown

thepath.

Australiaisfamousforitssheepandkangaroos（袋鼠）.Afterashortdrivefromanytown,

youwillfindyourselfinthemiddleofwhitesheep.Sheep,sheep,everywherearesheep.

1.Australiais.

A.thelargestcountryintheworld

B.aslargeasShanghai

C.notaslargeasChina

D.thelargestislandinthenorthoftheearth

2.Thegovernmenthadmade.

A.tooenoughlawstofightpollution

B.somanylawsthatitcanfightpollution

C.enoughlawsthatitcanhardlyfightpollution

D.enoughlawsbecausethepollutionisveryserious

3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Perthisfamousforitsbeautifulwildflowers.

B.PerthisbiggerthananyothercityinWesternAustralia.

C.PerthliesinthewestofAustralia.

D.NoothercityislargerthanPerthinAustralia.

4.InPerthyoumayvisitawildflowers,showin.

A.OctoberB.JanuaryC.MayD.July

5.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.Australiaisfamousforitssheep,kangaroosandwildflowers.

B.Weranbacktothecarbecausewewereinthemiddleofwhitesheep.

C.Threehundredsheepcametowardsusbecausetheysawus.

D.IfyougotothecountrysideinAustralia,youwillseealargenumberofwhitesheep.

參考答案

體育類

1

【答案與解析】本文告訴我們，自1932年后，每屆冬季奧林匹克運動會舉行時，東道

國與非東道國都可以為此發(fā)行紀念郵票。

1.Ao細節(jié)題。從第1句TheWinterOlympics（奧林匹克運動會）isalsocalledtheWhite

Olympics可知答案為A。

2.Bo細節(jié)題。根據(jù)句子ThefirststampsmarkingtheopeningcameoutonJanuary25,

1932intheUnitedStatesforthe3rdWhiteOlympics.Fromthenon,publishingstampsduringthe

WhiteOlympicsbecamearule（規(guī)定）可知答案為B。

3.Co細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容在1932年舉行第3屆冬季奧林匹克運動會，在1936年舉

行第4屆冬季奧林匹克運動會，山此推知每四年舉行一次。

4.Co細節(jié)題。從句子WhentheWhiteOlympicscame,thehostcountries（東道國）aswell

asthenon-hostcountriespublishedstampstomarkthoseGames中可知。

5.Do推斷題。文章的主題是冬季奧林匹克運動會，所以最可能出現(xiàn)在郵票上的是

Skating（滑雪）。

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【答案與解析】本文講述了一群17歲的男孩想打破世界持續(xù)打籃球馬拉松記錄并最終

成功的故事。

I.Do推斷題。文章第1段說每一組9個人，文章雖沒說有幾組，但不可能只有一組，

9的倍數(shù)也不可能是14或17,因此選項A、B、C都不正確，故選D。

2.A。推斷題。文章第1段說他們想持續(xù)打90個小時籃球，比記錄多了6個小時。由

此可知原記錄是84個小時，所以選A。

3.Ao推斷題。文章第2段說他們太興奮以致睡不著，所以選A。

4.Co詞義猜測題。由全文大意可知到了最后幾分鐘，他們變得像剛開始打籃球一樣精

神飽滿。

5.Bo細節(jié)題。第一晚他們太興奮了沒睡著，但到了第二晚他們很快就睡著了。由此可

知B不正確。

文化類

【答案與解析】本文介紹肢體語言在不同國家所表達的不同含意。

l.Ao第1句話說即便一個小孩都明白點頭表示yes,由此可知答案為A。

2.Bo據(jù)第2段可推知答案為B。

3.Do在印度搖頭表示同意。因此選擇D項。

4.Bo根據(jù)第3段中的Ifapersondoesnotknowthis,itmightcausemisunderstanding可

知答案為Bo

5.Ao山onthecontrary之前的but可知，后面的內(nèi)容與前面的內(nèi)容相反，故選A。

自然類

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【答案與解析】本文講述了把立方形的冰塊放入水杯中，如何用細繩取出冰塊的實驗。

1.Do我們進行實驗時必須用什么？文章第2段最后一句說當進行實驗時你必須用

salt（鹽）。由此可知答案是D。

2.Co文章第4段的Afteraminuteortwo...（一兩分鐘后你可以提起細繩…）