PAGEPAGE82024中考英語閱讀理解基礎(chǔ)編題（11）及答案【實(shí)力選練】A（2024中考選練）WhenIwasachildIneversaid,"WhenIgrowup,IwanttobeaCEO,"buthereIam.WhenIlookbackonmycareer,IrealizetheroadtobecomingaCEOisn'tastraight,clearpath.Infact,notwopathsarethesame.Butwhetheryouwanttobeabossonedayornot,there'salottolearnfromhowleadersrisetothetopofsuccessfulcompanies.

Asthisseriesofstoriesshows,thepathstobecomingaCEOmaybedifferent,butthepeopleinthatposition(位置)sharethequalitiesofcommitment（義務(wù)）,workethic（道德）andastrongdesireforbuildingsomethingnew.AndeveryCEOtakerisksalongtheway—puttingyourlifesavingsonthelinetostartasoftwarecompanyorleavingabigbusinesstobeoneofthefirstemployeesatastartup.

IgrewupinMinnesota,andlearnedhowtobeanentrepreneur（企業(yè)家）frommyfather,whohasrunasmallbusinessforalmost30years.IwenttoGeorgetownUniversityandtriedalotofbusinessactivitiesincollegewithsuccess.AndIalwayshadadreamjobpattern(模式):towalktowork,workformyselfandbuildsomethingforconsumers(顧客).

I'monly29,soit'sbeenaquickridetoCEO.Outofcollege,IworkedforAOLasaproductmanager,thenmovedtoRevolutionHealthandrantheconsumerproductteam.Inmid-2007IleftRevolutionHealthandstartedLivingSocialwithseveralotherworkmates,whereIbecameaCEO.

Careeradvice:Don'tfigureoutwhereyouwanttowork,orevenwhatindustryyou'dliketoworkat.Figureoutwhatmakesyoudoso.Whatgivesyouareallybigrush?Answerwhyyoulikethings,notwhatyoulikedoing...andthenapplyittoyourworklife.Also,justbecauseyou'regraduating,don'tstoplearning.Readmorebooksthanyoudidincollege.Ifyoudo,andthey'renot,you'rereallywell-positionedtosucceedinwhateveryoudo.1.Whatcanweknowfromthefirstparagraph?A.Thewriterhasn'tachievedhischildhoodambition.B.ThewriterthinksthereissomeeasywaytobecomeaCEO.C.ThewriterhadanambitionofbecomingaCEOinhischildhood.D.ThewriterbelievessuccessstoriesofCEOscanbebeneficial(有益的)toeverybody.2.Accordingtothewriter,successfulCEOsshould_____.A.trynottotakerisks

B.stayinthesamebusinessC.haveastrongsenseofcreativity

D.saveeverypossiblepenny3.Whatcanweknowaboutthewriterfromthepassage?A.HestartedLivingSocialwhenhewasstillastudentofGeorgetownUniversity.B.HeusedtoruntheconsumerproductteamforAOL.C.Hisbusinessactivitiesatcollegeendedupinmorefailurethansuccess.D.Hisfatherhadfar-reachinginfluenceonhim.4.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase“figureout”mean?______.A.斷定

B.弄清

C.理解

D.領(lǐng)悟5.Whichofthefollowingproverbsmaythewriteragreewithaccordingtothelastparagraph?A.Wellbegunishalfdone.

B.Everythingcomestohimwhowaits.C.Timeandtidewaitfornoman.

D.Oneisnevertoooldtolearn.

參考答案DCDAD【實(shí)力選練】BHaveyoueverdreamedaboutsendingalettertoyourselforyourfriendsinthefuture?Nowthereisanothertypeofmailasanewbusiness:“FutureMail”.“Thelettershouldbedelivered（郵遞）nextMother’sDayandnotadayearlier!”LiXiaofantoleoneofthecompaniesofferingtheservice.Shewrotealettertohermotherinadvanceto（提前）expressherlovertohermotherfornextMother’sDay.FengXiao,ayounggirlwhofeelspressuredecidedtowritealettertoherselfonher25thbirthdayandhaveitsentfiveyearslateronher30thbirthdaythrougha“FutureMail”.Sheexpressedherthoughtsaboutherpresentlifeandherhopesforthefuturetoencourageherselftofacethechallengesofherlife.While“FutureMail”isbecomingpopular,somepeopleareworriedaboutwhatwillhappeniftheaddressofthereceiverchangesofifthecompanygoesbroken（破產(chǎn)）beforelettersaredelivered.Infact,customersneedtofillaformandmakeanassessment（評(píng)估）sotheycanbecompensatediftheirlettersorgoodsarelost.Mostofthebusiness’scustomersarecollegestudentsandyoungwhite-collarworkers.Mostpeopleputtheirhopesandwishesintheletterssotheycanexperiencetheconnectionbetween“past”and“present”whiletheyreceivetheletters.Itcanhelppeoplereunderstandthemeaningof“time”.58.Inwhichpartcanyoureadthisarticleinanewspaper?A.Sports B.Science C.Lifestyle D.Health59.Theunderlinedword“compensated”inPara.3probablymeans__________A.paid B.changed C.bought D.repa60.__________areinterestedinfuturemailservicenow.A.Collegestudents B.Blue-collarworkersC.Oldpeople D.Youngchildren61.Thebesttitleofthisarticleshouldbe__________.A.DifferentKindsofLetters B.People’sHopesforTheFutureC.TheProblemsof“FutureMail” D.“FutureMail”Business參考答案58—61CDAD 【實(shí)力選練】CTHISyearmarksthe40thanniversary（周年紀(jì)念）ofthenormalizationofChinese-Japanesediplomaticties（中日邦交正?；?Inthepast40years,ChinaandJapanhaveworkedtogetherinmanyfields,suchaspolitics,economics,andculture.However,arecentpublicsurveyshowedthatonlyabout20%ofJapanesepeoplelikeChina,downfrom70%inthe1980s.Atthesametime,onlyabout30%ofChinesepeoplelikeJapan.LiuJie,aJapaneseprofessorpointedoutthatmanyfactorscausedbadfeelingsbetweenthetwocountries,suchasterritorialissues（領(lǐng)土問題）,differentunderstandingsofhistoryandeconomics.In2010,China’sGDP（國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值）surpassedJapan’s.ManyJapanesepeoplearesurprisedatChina’sfastdevelopment,andsomeareevenupset.InLiu’sopinion,itwilltakethejapanesepeople10to20yearstoacceptit.Differentviewsofhistoryareanotherbigproblembetweenthetwocountries.NagoyaMayor（名古屋市長）KawamuraTakashidenied（否認(rèn)）theNanjingMassacre（大屠殺）duringhisvisitinChinainFebruary.ThismadeChinesepeoplereallyangry.About300,000Chinesepeoplediedinthemassacrc.TerritorialissuesarethemostsensitiveproblembetweenChinaandJapannow.Recently,theJapanesegovernmentdecidedtogiveJapanesenamestomanyislands,includingtheDiaoyuIslands.ThiswasnotgoodforSino-Japanrelactions.However,inrecentyearsChinaandJapanhavealsobeenworkingtogethertoimproveunderstandingandtrustbetweentheirtwopeople.“Ihopethetwosideswilltrusteachotherandkeepworkingtogetherinmorefields,”Vice-PresidentXiJinpingsaidwhenhemetwithFormerJapanesePrimeMinisterHatoyamaYukio（鳩山由紀(jì)夫）inBeijinglastmonth.62.__________ofChinesepeoplelikeJapan.A.70% B.20% C.30% D.50%63.ThefollowingmaymakeSino-JapaneserelationsevenworseEXCEPT__________.A.JapaneseleadersdeniedtheNanjingMassacreB.ChinaisbecomingstrongerincconomicsC.JapanesepeoplethinktheDiaoyuIslandsbelongtoJapanD.ChinahasmoreinterestingplacesthanJapan64.Accordingtothearticle,whichofthefollowingisTRUE?A.ChinaandJapanbegantoworktogetherin1970.B.ManyJapanesepeoplestillcan’tacceptChina’sdevelopment.C.About30,000ChinesepeoplediedintheNajingmassacre.D.ChinaandJapanhaven’tworkedtogethersinceFebruary.65.Thisarticlemainlytalksabout__________betweenChinaandJapan.A.children’seducation B.people’slifeC.thepresentproblems D.theislands參考答案62—65CDBC【實(shí)力選練】D閱讀下列內(nèi)容，從每小題所給的三個(gè)或四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)最佳答案。WhenyouarereadingsomethinginEnglish,youmayoftenmeetwithanewword.What’sthebestwaytoknowit?YoumaylookitupintheEnglish-Chinesedictionary.Itwilltellyoualotabouttheword:thepronunciation,theChinesemeaningandhowtousetheword.ButhowcanyouknowwherethewordisthousandsofEnglishwords?Howtofinditinthedictionarybothquicklyandcorrectly?First,alltheEnglishwordsarearranged(支配)intheletterorder.InthedictionaryyoucanfirstseethewordsbeginningwithletterA,thenB,C,D….Thatmeans,iftherearetwowords“desert”and“pull”,“desert”willbecertainlybefore“pull”.Theniftherearetwowordsbothbeginningwiththesameletter,youmaylookatthesecondletter.Thenthethird,thefourth…Forexample,“pardon”isbefore“plough”,“judge”before“just”,etc.Doyouunderstandhowtolookupinthedictionary?Thedictionarywillbeyourgoodfriend.Ihopeyou’lluseitasoftenaspossibleinyourEnglishstudy.1.Thispassageisabout______.A.newwordsinwritingB.differentdictionariesC.thebestwayofreadingD.usinganEnglish-Chinesedictionary2.Inthedictionaryyoumaynotfind_______.A.howtopronouncethewordB.thespellingofthewordC.whousedthewordfirstD.howtousetheword3.InanEnglish-Chinesedictionary,thelastword______.A.beginswithZB.beginswithAC.isashortoneD.isnotoftenused4.WhichgroupofwordsisintherightorderinanEnglish-Chinesedictionary?A.perhaps,produce,plentyB.straight,subject,surpriseC.century,center,businessD.foreign,entrance,headache5.Inthepassagethewritertriestotellusthat_______.A.wehavetouseadictionarywhenwereadsomethinginEnglishB.anEnglish-ChinesedictionarycantelluseverythingaboutawordC.anEnglish-ChinesedictionarycanhelpusalotinourEnglishstudyD.allEnglish-Chinesedictionaryarethesame【參考答案】1D2C3A4B5A【實(shí)力選練】EJessyTheflightwastiring,buthereIamatlast,inSydney!look!Hereweareatlast!TheSydneyOperaHouse!Itlookslikeshells!It’swonderfulandamazing!AndI’mtakingtheplanetoNewZealandonTuesday.I’llpostagainfromthere.Parisisbeautiful!Wewentonagreatcitytour.WealsotookaboatrideontheRiverSeine.Andit’snicertojustsitatastreetcafeandwatchtheworldgoby.Buttotellyouasecret.Frank’sdisappointedbecausenoonecanunderstandhisFrench!We’restayingatafarminUtah.Thereisnearlynothing!It’stooquiet.Everymorning,weg