中考英語(yǔ)閱讀訓(xùn)練

1、中考英語(yǔ)閱讀訓(xùn)練(1Many people sleep late on Sunday morning, but others dont . However (然而 , almost everyone reads the Sunday paper.The Sunday paper is usually very thick. It has many advertisements (廣告 and many different parts . The parents in the family like the front page, and the world news page . Many m

2、en also read the sports page.Most men dont read the womens pages, but the mother of the family usually does . The womens pages have the news about parties, food, health and clothes. Most Sunday papers have interesting stories. Children enjoy them. Old people read the death notices(訃告 . They tell abo

3、ut people who have died during the week.根據(jù)下面短文內(nèi)容判斷正誤, 在正確句子前面的括號(hào)內(nèi)打 “” , 在錯(cuò)誤句子前面的括 號(hào)內(nèi)打 “×” 。( 1. The parents in the family like sports page.( 2. The father of the facely usually read the women's pages.( 3. Only old women read the death notices.( 4. Almost everyone likes reading the Sunday pa

4、per.( 5. This passage is about the Sunday paper.(2Sleeping and Fresh AirDuring the day we work and play, at night we sleep. Our body rests while we sleep. In the morning we are ready to work and play again. Our body grows most while we are asleep. Children who are tired usually need more sleep. We c

5、an get at our lessons better, after we have had plenty of rest. Boys and girls who are eight or nine years old need ten hours of sleep every night. Our body needs plenty of air when we sleep. If we do not get enough fresh air, we will feel tired when we woke up. While in bed we must not cover our he

6、ads. Our lungs need to get enough fresh air. Cool air is better than warm air. Boys and girls who want to be strong must get plenty of fresh air.( 1.Our body grow while we are eating.( 2.Too much sleep makes us happy.( 3.When we are tired, we need more food.( 4.Children who are nine years old need e

7、ight hours of sleep.( 5.Warm air is better than cool air.(3CloudsClouds are made of millions of very small drops of water. The drops move around all the time. When they bump into each other, they join up. This is how they grow larger and heavier. When they are too heavy to stay in the air, they fall

8、 down as rain.If it is very cold, the very small drops of water turn into ice. The pieces of ice freeze together. When the ice gets too heavy, they fall down as snow.There are many different kinds of clouds. The thunderclouds are big and dark. Some clouds are like balls of cotton. If the water has f

9、rozen into ice, the clouds are little and very high in the sky. Other clouds cover the whole sky.( 1.Clouds in the sky are different in shape, size and colour.( 2.When clouds of water fall down, we get snow.( 3.Clouds in the sky never stop moving around.( 4.The sentence “Some clouds are like balls o

10、f cotton” means the clouds look as white as cotton.( 5.The passage mainly tells us how rain and snow are formed.(4 Old People Need a Quite and Peaceful LifeWhen Mr Finch retired, he bought a small house in the seaside village. The house was built in 1588, but it was still good. Mr Finch was looking

11、forward to a quite life,but in the summer holidays he got into trouble. Hundreds of tourists came to the seaside village. Mr Finchs house was the most interesting building in the village and many of the tourists came to see the house. From morning till night, there were tourists outside the house. T

12、hey kept looking through windows and many of them even went into Mr Finchs garden. That was too much for Mr Finch, so he sold the house and bought a small, modern house. It is an uninteresting little place and no one wants see it. But it is certainly quiet and peaceful.( 1.Mr Finch like to live in a

13、 small building in a seaside.( 2.In summer and winter holidays,tourists came to visit the sea village. ( 3.Tourists came to see Mr finchs house because it was very interesting.( 4.With so many tourists around the house Mr. Finch became happy.( 5.Mr. Finch bought a new house because the house is chea

14、p.(5Swimming in Hong KongHong Kong has about forty public beaches. Some of the beaches are among the best in the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to most of them by bus. To go to some beaches you must take a boat. There are toilets, changing rooms and places to buy food and drink on

15、 most of the beaches.Y ou will swim there without danger if you remember these instructions: 1. Never swim alone. 2. Never swim after a meal or when you feel hungry or tired. 3. Do not stay inthe water too long. 4.Never go out in a boat if you cannot swim.Remember: A red flag means that it is danger

16、ous for anybody to go into the water. A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children.( 1.There are a little more or less than forty public beaches in Hong Kong.( 2.we can reach all the public beaches except some by bus.( 3.you should not swim with other people.( 4.we you see a blue flag, you kn

17、ow that it is dangerous for anybody to swim. ( 5.This passage mainly tell us that Hong Kong is a beautiful place.(6FootballFootball is a popular sport. Many games are held in different places every year. World Cup is a game that all the good players want to play most. It is held every four years. On

18、ly the best team can win the last game.The 1998 World Cup started in France. Hundreds of thousands of people went to the games or watched them on TV day and night. They all got very excited and hoped that their favourite team would become the worlds best one.Football is a team sport. There are eleve

19、n players in each team of a game. The earliest games of football in England were not like what we know today . Games were played between two towns. Each team of the town had more than five hundred players, and each team of the town had to try to carry the ball to the other teams town. Today some tow

20、ns in England still play games like this.( 1.The next World Cup will be held in 2004.( 2.There were about five hundred players in each team when football was first played in England( 3.Hundreds of thousands of people go to the World Cup games because they want to watch their favourite team in.( 4.Th

21、e World Cup is held every five years.( 5.To the football players, the World Cup games are the most important.(7Hand-shaking CustomsBefore you go to another country it is a great help if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.W hen people meet each other for the first time in Br

22、itain, they say “How do you do?” And shake hands after they havent met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday . Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met t

23、heir Englishfriends at the stations, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh.( 1.It is very helpful if you know th

24、e language and some of customs of the country. ( 2.English people usually shake hands when the meet for the first time.( 3.German people shake hands as often as possible.( 4.English people shake hands with each other if they will be away for a short time. (8Reading SpeedA good reader is very much li

25、ke a driver. He must change his reading speed to fit what he is reading for, just as a driver does to fit the road situation.A good reader may read at 1000 WPM when he looks for something for a report in the library . But once he finds what he needs , he may slow down to 100 WPM. A GOOD reader may r

26、ead newpapers and story books at 600 WPM. But he may read his science or maths books at 150 WPM. Just as a driver has a wide change of driving speed, so a good reader has a wide change of reading speed.( 1.The writer thinks that a good reader can change the reading speed as he needs. ( 2.A good read

27、er should often read his book slowly.( 3.What a reader is reading for decides the speed of reading.( 4.A good reader may read fastest when he is trying to find something for his report. ( 5.Reading is very important but reading speed is not.(9Traffic in BritainIn Britain, cars, buses and bikes must

28、keep to the left side of the street. If a person wants to cross a street, he must be very careful. Before he crosses a street, he has to stop and look to the right first and then the left. While in China, we look to the left first instead.When visitors are in London, they should learn how to take bu

29、ses and underground trains. The most important of all, they must know in which direction they are going and which bus and which underground train they should wait for their buses to come. As soon as they get on a bus, they must pay for their fares.( 1.People in England go along the left side of the

30、street as we do in China.( 2.In England when they want to cross a road, people do not look to the left first. ( 3.Visitors in London should learn to drive buses.( 4.When they take a bus in England, visitors must make sure in which direction it is going.( 5.Visitors dont have to pay for their tickets

31、 at once after they get on a bus.(10Tom and His TV SetTom never liked to watch TV. He thought that it took people too much time to watch it. A lot of his friends often talked about sport programmes, films and plays. “They never read any books or went out in the evening,” Tom said to himself. So he d

32、idnt buy a TV set.Last year Tom was 60, and he stopped working in the factory. His son brought a TV set. He began to watch all the new programmes. He knows far more about the world now. And he reads more books, too. In fact, he wants to follow one of the Open University TV Courses. He thinks he may

33、get a degree when he is 65.There is only one problem. He gets quite angry when people make trouble while he is watching TV. His friends dont understand that one can change his idea when he is 60. ( 1.Tom didnt buy a TV set because_.A.his friends talked about the programmesB.his friends never read an

34、y books or went out in the eveningC.he thought people wasted a lot of time watching itD.he didnt like TV( 2.Tom_.A. stopped working this year B. didnt stop working until 60C. never stop working D.didnt stop working after 60( 3.Tom knows more about the world because he_.A. got a TV set last year B. F

35、ollows the Open University CoursesC. watches all the new programmes now D. he often talks about television whit his friends now.( 4.Tom is _ years old now.A. 61 B. 65 C. 59 D.60( 5.Its_ for Toms friends to understand th at one can change his ideas when he is 60.A. nice B. easy C. hard D. important(1

36、1Exact the sameMr. Smith had a nice and brown coat. He loved it very much, but his wife did not like it, because it was old. She often said, “Give it to a poor person.” But Mr. Smith always said, “No, I like this coat.” Then a cigarette fell on it and made a hole on it, so Mrs. Smith said, “Please d

37、ont wear it again.” Mr. Smith took it to a small tailors shop and said to the tailor, “Please make another coat like this one.” The tailor made the coat very carefully. Then he lit a cigarette, and made a hole in the same place. ( 1.Mr. Smiths coat was not_.A. nice B. brown C. old D. new( 2._ didnt

38、like the coat.A. Mr. Smith B. Mrs. Smith C. The tailor D. poor people( 3.Mr. Smith didnt give the coat to a poor person because_.A. there was a hole in it B. he liked it very muchC. he had no other coats to wear D. he had no money to buy a new one( 4.When there was a hole in his old coat, Mr. Smith_

39、.A. decided to make a new one B. still wore itC. want to have it mended D. gave it to a poor man( 5.The tailor made a new coat with a hole in it_.A. because Mr. Smith had asked him to do soB. because he thought it would be the same as the old oneC. because he was not careful enoughD. because he thou

40、ght it would be better(12We may be very pleased with the rapid progress we have made in every field of, but the way to test a students knowledge and ability still as poor as it was We have almost done nothing to improve our examination system.It is well known that the examination system we are now u

41、sing may be a good way of testing a students memory , but it can tell you nothing about a students ability. It does no good to students and teachers.As soon as a child begins to go to school, he enters a world of all kinds of examinations that will decide his future or job.In fact a good examination

42、 system should train a student to think for himself, but it now does anything but. So the students are encouraged to remember what is taught. It doesnt enable them to get more and more knowledge. The students who come out first in the examination often drives teachers to cram all the. T hey cant tea

43、ch freely . They are forced to train students what to do with the coming examination from time to time. There must be some simpler and better way to test a students true ability besides knowledge. And that is what we should do at once.( 1.The main idea of the passage is about _ .A. working hard at e

44、xaminations B. having no examinationsC. testing a students knowledge D. making the examination system improved ( 2. Now the examination is mainly _ .A. to test a students abilityB. to teat a students memoryC. to test a teachers memory D. None of the above( 3. From the passage, we know that todays ex

45、aminations are very important to_ . A. a students friends B. a students healthC. a students future D. a students progress( 4. Which of the following should be the right aim to give students examinations ? A. To get a good job. B. To test students abilities.C. To make parents and teachers happy. D. O

46、nly to remember what is taught. ( 5. Which of the following is right?A. In the examination, the students who finish writing their papers first is not necessarily the best students.B. Teachers should teach students how to pass examinations.C. Teachers usually have best memories.D. Students shouldnt h

47、ave any kind of examination.(13Foulsham House is a fine large house of the 1790s.I t stands by the River Byre, in twenty-five hectares of the best farm-land in the southwest.The house was built by Smithson, and the story goes back to George, the son of King of Whales who fell in love with the beauti

48、ful Lady Kitty, at one of the first Foulshams wild woods parties Many years ago many great men rode on the hills about Foulsham House, and many fine girls took tea in the Green Room.The house has eight bedrooms, bathrooms, two living-rooms and a dining-room with a real Adam fire-place. Its library h

49、as a god view over the park and the river. All rooms ate light and airy, with good, high windows, and wood floors.At the back of the house there is a room for four cars. The third the 1790s meets the needs of the 1990s.If you wish to know more about Foulsham House, write to:Harvey . Platt, Longford

50、&Sons.6, Castel Green Gilham, Byreside( 1 Foulsham House is_.A. an old farm houseA. a 25-hectare house by the River ByreB. a large house for people to come to listen to its storyD. a house with a history two hundred years ( 2.We learned from the reading that_.A. Smithson built the house for wild

51、 wood parties .B. Many important people had been to the Foulsham HouseC. George and Lady Kitty loved the house and had many parties hereD. The Green Room is a place for many girls to make tea( 3. The sentence “Its library has a good view over the park and river.” Me ans “_”.A. The park and the river

52、 can be seen clearly from the libraryB. The library has a picture of the park and the river on the wallC. The library was build in the park by the riverD. Books about the park and the river can be read in the library( 4. Which of the following is ture?A. The 3rd Foulsham often rode his horses at the

53、 back of the houseB. The house has a room for four cars at the back of the house.C. The road behind the house is . wideenough for 4 cars to goD. There is some parking behind the house( 5 We can infer that HarveyA. wants the house to meet the needs modern lifeB. wants people to know the history of th

54、e house .C. wants to sell the houseD. wants some money to make the house meet todays needs(14When David was playing in front of a big house, a man arrived . The man asked David, “Are you parents at home? I have a letter for them.” David answered, “Y es, My father is watching TV and my mother is taki

55、ng care of my little sister.” The man rang the doorbell but no one answered the door. “Are they sleeping?” the man said to himself. The man tried again, But still no one answered. Then the man turned around and said to David, “ Y ou bad boy . Y ou lied to me! Y our parents arent at home.” “ I never

56、lie,” said David“ This is not my house!”判斷下列句子是否符合短文內(nèi)容 . 符合的寫(xiě) “T” ,不符合的寫(xiě) “F”.( 1. David was playing behind a big house.( 2. Davids father was sleeping and his mother was watching TV.( 3. The man rang the doorbell but nobody opened the door for him.( 4. David lied to the man( 5. David didnt live in t

57、hat big house.(15Cars are an important part of life in the United Sates. Without cars most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor, he doesnt feel really poor when he has a car.Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers. He probably didnt know how much

58、 the car was going to affect American culture. The car made the United States a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is now. The car became popular in the United States today . The country is a huge one and the Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. With a car, people can go to any place without spending a lot