中考英語(yǔ)閱讀練習(xí)題

I.根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成句子。（10分）

Deareditor,

Iamnotagood-lookingboyandIamnotgoodatstudying,either.Somepeople

don'tevenwanttotalktome.SoIusuallyfeellonely.SometimesIthinkthatifIwant

toleavehome,nobodywillcare.HowcanIstopfeelinglikethis?

Peter

DearPeter,

Butfirst,Iamsurethatyouarcwrongthatnobodywillcareifyouleaveyour

home.Whataboutyourparents?Andotherfamilymembers?Itseemsthatyouare

verysad.You'dbettergotoseeadoctorortalktoyourparents.Theycanhelpyou.

Second,I'msurethere*ssomeoneinyourclasswhofeelslonely,too.Youneverknow

howotherpeoplefeelinside.Trytomakefriendswiththem.Oryoujoinaclubto

meetnewpeopleandtokeepyourselfbusy.

Youneedtofindhappinessinyourself.Writealistofallthegoodthingsabout

yourself.Learntolikeyourself,andthenotherswillseeyourconfidence（信心）and

likeyou,too.

Editor

1.Peterisn'tgoodatandhefeels.

2.Hewritestotheeditortoaskforbecausehewantsto

feelinglonely.

3.IfPeterjoinsaclub,hecannewpeopleandkeepbusy.

4.Theeditorsuggests（建議）thatTomshouldtalktoaand

his.

5.Peterislackof（缺少）andheneedstofindinhimself.

II.情景交際。（5分）

根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容選擇適當(dāng)?shù)倪x項(xiàng)。

Binbin:6?

Father:VmlearningEnglish.

Binbin:Whatdoyoudothatfor?You'reonlyataxidriver,notastudent.Isitusefulforyouto

learnEnglish?

Father:Yes,aswcknow,7willbeheldinBeijingin2008.Whenthatdayconics,ifI

knowmuchEnglish,Tilhelpthefriendsfrom8.

Binbin:Oh,you'rereallygreat!

Father:Andwhat'smore,ChinahasbeenamemberoftheWTO.SoEnglishwillbecome9

important.Fromnowon,let'stryourbesttoleamEnglishwell.OK?

Binbin:1（）!

A.allovertheworld

B.theOlympicGames

C.Whatareyoudoingnow

D.moreandmore

E.Goodidea

m.完形填空。(15分)

Manyanimalsusesomekindsof“l(fā)anguage”.Theyusesignalswithmeanings.Forexample,

whenabeehasfoundsomefood,itgoes11itshome.It's12forabeetotelltheother

beeswherethefoodisbyspeakingto13,butitcandoalittledancing.Thistellsthebees

where(hefoodisand14itis.

Someanimalsshowhowtheyfeelbymakingsounds.It'snotdifficulttotellifadogisangry

15itbarks(吠).Birdsmakeseveraldifferentsoundsand16hasitsownmeaning.

Sometimeswehumansmakesounds17Wemakesoundslike"Oh!"or"Ouch!”toshow

howwefeelaboutsomethingorwhenwe18somethingonourfeet.

Wehumansalsohavelanguages.Wehavewords.Thesewordshavethemeaningsofthings,

actions,feelingsorideas.Wc'rcabletogiveeachother：9totellwhatvvethinkorhowwc

feel.Bywritingdownwords,we20rememberwhathashappenedor21messagesto

peoplefaraway.

Languagescanliveanddie.Ifalanguageisn'tusedbypeople,it'scalledadeadlanguage.

Thislanguagecannotliveorgrowbecause22speaksit.Latin(拉丁語(yǔ))isanexampleofa

deadlanguage.

Alivinglanguage,ofcourse,isoftenspokenbypeopletoday.Itgrowsand23with

time.

Newwordsarecreated,andsomeokiwordshave24meanings.Somewords,ortheir

meanings,maydieandonlybefoundintheoldbooks.EnglishandChineseare25examples

ofalivinglanguage.

()11.A.outofB.onwithC.awayfromD.backto

()12.A.importantB.difficultC.easyD.impossible

()13.A.himB.itC.themD.themselves

()14.A.howlongB.howoldC.howmanyD.howfar

()15.A.beforeB.sothatC.untilD.when

()16.A.eachB.allC.someD.every

()17.A.bythedifferentsoundsB.bythedifferentways

C.inthesamewayD.inthesamesound

()18.A.fallB.dropC.setD.put

()19.A.messagesB.newsC.languagesD.knowledge

()20.A.mustB.havetoC.needD.can

()21.A.sendB.bringC.gelD.push

()22.A.someoneB.anyoneC.everyoneD.noone

()23.A.beginsB.joinsC.inventsD.changes

()24.A.newB.strangeC.differenceD.good

()25.A.allB.eitherC.bothD.neither

IV.閱讀理解。（70分）

(A)

Althoughwemaynotrealizeit,whenwetalkwithotherswemakeourselvesunderstoodnot

justbywords.Wesendmessagestothepeoplearoundusalsobybodymovements.Asmileand

handshake(握手)showwelcome.Wavingone'shandistosay"Goodbye."Nodding(點(diǎn)頭)thehead

meansagreement,whileshakingitmeansdisagreement.InChinaandsomeEnglish-speaking

countries,thesebodymovementshavethesamemeanings.

Butnotallbodylanguagesmeanthesamethingsindifferentcountries.Forexample,

noddingtheheadinsomeAsiancountriesmeansnot“Yes.”,but“No.”

Whenwespeakaforeignlanguage,it'simportanttoknowthemeaningsofthebodymovements

intheforeigncountries.InRussia,FranceandsomeofSouthAmericancountriesmenkiss。吻)each

otherwhentheymeet.Mendon'tkisseachotherinChinaorEnglish-speakingcountries.InEngland,

olderpeopleusuallyshakehandswhentheymeetsomeonefordiefirsttime,however,youngpeople

don'tshakehands.InFrance,peopleshakehandsintheofficeeverymorning.Frenchpeoplekisseach

othermoreoftenthanEnglishpeoplewhentheymeetorleave.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷正(T)誤(F)。

()26.Wetalkwithotherpeoplejustbywords.

()27.Noddingtheheaddoesn'tmean"Yes."insomeAsiancountries.

()28.Fromthispassage,wecanknowthatmeninBrazilusuallykisseachotherwhenthey

meet.

()29.InFrance,menjustkisseachotherwhentheymeet.

()30.InChinaandsomeEnglish-speakingcountries,allthebodymovementshavethesame

meanings.

(D)

Beforeyougotoanothercountry,itisagreathelpifyouknowthelanguageandsomeofthe

customsofthecountry.

WhenpeoplemeeteachotherforthefirsttimeinBritain,theysay,“Howdoyoudo?”and

shakehands.Usuallytheydonotshakehandsaftertheyhaven'tmetfbralongtimeorwherthey

willbeawayfromeachotherfbralongtime.

LastyearagroupofGermanstudentswenttoEnglandforaholiday.Theirteachertoldthem

thattheEnglishpeoplehardlyshakehands.SowhentheymettheirEnglishfriendsatthestation,

theykepttheirhandsbehindtheirbacks.TheEnglishstudentshadlearnedtheGermansshake

handsasoftenaspossible,sotheyputtheirhandsinfrontandgotreadytoshakehandswiththem.

Itmadebothofthemlaugh.

()31.Itisifyouknowthelanguageandsomeofthecustomsofthecountry.

A.notusefulB.nothelpfulC.veryhelpfulD.verybad

()32.Englishpeopleusuallyshakehandswhenthey.

A.meeteverytimeB.meetfor(hefirsttime

C.saygoodbyetoeachotherD.sayhellotoeachother

()33.UsuallyEnglishpeopledon'tshakehands.

A.whentheywillbeawayforashorttimeB.whentheysay“Howdoyoudo?”

C.whentheyjustmeetorsaygoodbyeD.aftertheyhaveme(foralong(ime

()34.Whichofthestatementsisright?

A.Germanpeopleshakehandsasoftenaspossible.

B.Englishpeoplelikeshakinghandsverymuch.

C.Germanpeoplehardlyshakehands.

D.Germansdon'tlikeshakinghands.

()35.Thisstoryisabout.

A.shakinghandsB.languages

C.customsD.languagesandcustoms

(C)

Englishisnowthefirstlanguageofabout350millionpeople,themotherlanguageof12

countriesandtheofficiallanguageofmorethirty-threecountries.36

Englishhasbecomethe"newLatin(拉丁語(yǔ))"ofthecentury.37InItaly,forexample,

Englishisamust(必須的事)formanytechnical(技術(shù)的)jobs.InChina,38Nownoother

languageonearthisbettersuitedtoplaytheroleofaworldlanguage.39andi(easily

borrowslocalwordsandphrasesfrommanycountriesintoit,whichexpands(擴(kuò)大).

Englishissowidelyusedallover(heworld.40Now75%oftheworld'smailisin

English,60%oftheworld'sradiostationsarcbroadcast。"播)inEnglishandoverhalfofthe

world'sbooksandmagazinesprintedinEnglish.Inaword,Englishisnowtheworld'sfirst

language.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從方框中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)木渥樱a(bǔ)全短文。

A.Ithasbecomethestandardlanguageforallkindsofinternationalcommunicationnow.

B.Englishisthemostimportantforeignlanguagelearnedatschool.

C.ThatmeansoneineverysevenpeopleintheworldspeaksEnglish.

D.OnemustknowEnglishisapartofthetwenty-firstcentury.

E.BecauseEnglishiseasiertolearnthananyotherlanguage,

(D)

Itwasagreatdayforapicnicandapicnicwasagreatdaytostartthesummerholiday.Fred

broughthisclassmatesJohnandBettytoawonderfulpicnicplace.

Afterlunch.Johnsaidtheyshouldplayfootball.WhentheballcametoFred,helockedi(

intosomelonggrass.umgetit."hesaidandhurriedofftofindtheball.Momentslatertherewas

ashoutandoutcameFredholdinghisleg,'Tvebittenbyasnake!”

Astheothersrushedovertohelp.Fredbeganlaughing."Ha!I'mnotreallyhurt."ButBetty

didn'tlaugh,can'tbelieveyoudidthat,Fred.Iwasreallyfrightenedfbryou.”

Thefriendsthendecidedtogoforaswim.JohnandBettyjumpedintothewater.Fredwas

standingonalongrockbytheriverbankandsaid,"Watchmejump."Theyshoutedexcitedlyashe

wentunderthewater,butasthesecondspassedhedidn'tcomebacktothetop.Thefriends

becameworried.SuddenlytheyheardFred'slaugh,"Won'tyoueverlearn?Iswambehindthis

treewhenIjumped.”

“Veryfunny,Fred?”saidJohnangrily.^Anyway,TmfeelingtiredandI'mgoingforasleep.^^

Bettyjoinedhim.

Fred,however,moved(oanarrowpartoftheriverandjumpedin.Althoughhewasagood

swimmer,thewatertherewasmovingmuchfasterandFredfoundhimselfdraggedaway.He

managedtocatchholdofatree,buthewasverytirednowandwiththewaterstillmovingvery

fast,couldn'tpullhimselfout.

Backatthepicnicplace,asBettyandJohnwerepreparingtosleep,theyheardFred'scries

forhelp,JohnlookedatBettyandsaid."Doeshereallythinkwe'resofoolish?Wakemeupinan

hour.It'llbetimetogobackhomethen.”

41.WhathappenedwhenFredwenttogetthefootball?

A.Hewasbittenbyasnake.B.Hefellandcuthimself.

C.Hecalledfbrtheotherslohelphim.D.Heletoutafrighteningshout.

42.Attheendofthestory,whydidn'tJohnandBettygotohelpFred?

A.Theydidn'tbelievehatFredwasreallyintrouble.

B.TheythoughtFredwasagoodswimmer.

C.Theycouldn'thearhiscriesfbrhelp.

D.Theyweretootiredandneededtorest.

43.Theunderlinedword"dragged”means44

A.pulledB.heldC.guidedD.gave

44.Whatcanyoulearnfromthisstory?

A.Itisimportantforapersontotellthetruth.

B.Youshouldknowhowtoswimiftoywanttoplayintheriver.

C.Youmustwatchoutforsnakesinthecountryside.

D.Picnicscanoftenbedangerousfbrchildren.

(E)

45.Ifyouwanttobuybreakfastonyourwaytoschoolinthemorning,whereshouldyougo?

A.ItalianPizzaRestaurant.B.SichuanRestaurantandItalianPizzaRestaurant.

C.Harry'sHamburgerHouse.D.SichuanRestaurantandHarry'sHamburgerHouse.

46.Youandyourfriendwanttogoouttoarestaurantfbrdinner.ItisMondayeveningandyou

haveatotalof$50tospend.Wherewillyougo?

A.SichuanRestaurantcrHarry'sHamburgerHouse.

D.SichuanRestaurantorItalianPizzaRestaurant.

C.ItalianPizzaRestaurant.

D.Harry'sHamburgerHouse.

47.Whichrestaurantsareopensevendaysaweek?

A.SichuanRestaurantandItalianPizzaRestaurant.

B.ItalianPizzaRestaurantandHarry'sHamburgerHouse.

C.SichuanRestaurantandHarry'sHamburgerHouse.

D.SichuanRestaurant.Harry'sHamburgerHouseandItalianPizzaRestaurant.

48.WhichofthefollowingistrueaboutItalianPizzaRestaurant?

A.Ithascheaperfoodthantheotherrestaurants.

B.Itisopenearlierthantheotherrestaurants.

C.Itistheonlyrestaurantthatallowstake-away.

D.Itisagreatplaceforchildrentogettogether.

(F)

basketball.

DrJamesNaismithwasborninCanadain1861andhisfirstjobwasataspecialsports

schoolintheUSA.Onedayiheschoolprincipal(oldJameshewashavingaproblemwiththe

students.Becauseofheavysnow,thestudentscouldnotgooutside.HetoldJaniesthatthey

neededasporttheboyscouldplayindoorsandgavetheteachertwoweeksto(hinkofsomething.

ItwasontheverylastdaythatJamescameupwithhisidea.The“birthofbasketball”issaid

tobeonDecember21,1891,whentwoteamsfromtheschoolplayed(hefirstgame,itwasquite

differentfromthebasketballgamesoftoday.Ithad9playersoneachteamandfootballswere

usedinsteadofbasketballs.Soonafter,thegamechangedto5playersoneachside,usingspecial

4tbaskelballs^^throughnets.

AlthoughDrNaismithdidnotlivetoseebasketballbecometheworldwidegameitistoday,

in1936,justthreeyearsbeforehisdeath,basketballbecameanOlympicsportatthegamesin

Berlin.

49.WhichofthefollowingthingsdidDrJaniesNaismithNOTdo?

C.Workathospital.D.TakepartintheOlympicGames.

50.InwhichseasondidDrNaismithinventbasketball?

A.Summer.B.Winter.C.Spring.D.Autumn.

51.WhyisDecember21thoughttobethebirthdayofbaskcibali?

A.1(wasonthisdaythatDrNaismithcameupwithhisideaforbasketball.

B.ItwasthedayonwhichDrNaismithwasborn.

C.ItwasthedayonwhichDrNaismithwasaskedbyhisbosstoinventanewgame.

D.Itwasonthisdaythatthefirstgameofbasketballwasplayed.

52.AtthetimeofDrNaismith'sdeath,whichofthefollowingwastrue?

A.Basketballwasalreadyaworldwidegame.

B.Basketballwasplayedwith9playersoneachside.

C.BasketballwasanOlympicsport.

D.Basketballwasstillplayedusingfootballs.

53.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthisstory?

A.HistoryofBasketballB.HowBasketballHasChanged

C.FatherofBasketballD.HappyBirthday,Basketball

(G)

Wchavealwaysbeeninterestedinthemoon.2000yearsagopeoplealreadyknewitmoved

aroundtheearthandwhereitwouldbeintheskyatdifferenttimesoftheyear.Althattime,

everythingaboutthemoonwaslearnedbywatchingitcarefullyinthesky.

Whenscientistscouldusetelescopestostudythemoonmoreclosely,theirideasbeganto

change.Theycouldseethemoonwasmadeofrocks.Mostscientiststhoughtmoonrockswould

bedifferentfromthoseonEarth.Thiswasbecausetheybelievedthemoonhadoncebeenaplanet

thathadbeencaughtintheearth'sgravity(引^J)millionsofyearsearlier.

In1969moonrockswerefinallybroughttotheearthandstudied.Muchtotheirsurprise,

scientistsfoundthat,exceptforwater,themoonandtheearthweremadeofthesamethings.Once

againnewideaswereneededforthisnewinformation.

Afteryearsofstudy,mostscientistsnow(hinkthatthemoonwasoncepartofEarth.They

believeveryearlyinitshistory,maybe4millionyearsago,somethingaboutthesizeofMarshit

Earth.Thissentbillionsofrocksintospacearoundourplanet.Theserocksslowlyjoinedtogether

andaftermanyyearsbecamethemoon.

Inthefuture,eventhoughourideasaboutthemoonmaychangeagain,wcwillstillbe

interestedinit.

54.Whatdoesthewriterwanttotellusinthepassage?

A.Whypeopleareinterestedinthemoon.

B.Howideasaboutthemoonhavechangedovertime.

C.Wherethemooncamefrominthepast.

D.Thatpeoplehavefinallylearnedthetruthaboutthemoon.

55.Before1969mostscientiststhoughtthemoonwas.

A.partoftheearthbillionsofyearsearlierB.older(hantheear(h

C.aplanetcaughtbytheearth'sgravityD.madeofthesamethingsastheearth

56.Fromthispassagewecanlearnthat.

A.scientistsinthepastwerenotcleverB.theearthwasoncepartofthemoon

C.newinformationbringsnewideasD.wenowknoweverythingaboutthemoon

(H)

Itissaidthatasthepopulationofacitygrows,sodoiisproblems.Pollution,toomanycars,

andcrowdedstreetsarejustafewofthesedifficulties.Onewaytohelpwiththeseproblemsis

citytrains.