中考閱讀理解專(zhuān)練(附答案)

1、中考閱讀理解專(zhuān)練 1A prairie is a type of grassland. Prairies are made up of a complete interdependent ecosystem. This means that all kinds of plants and animals in a prairie region depend on one another for survival（生存）. The members of a prairie ecosystem include grasses, flowering plants, animals, soil（土壤）

2、, sand, and fire.You may look at a prairie and think theres nothing there but grass, but thats not true. Most of the prairies living things are below the ground. Underneath the prairies surface are roots and bulbs（根莖）. The roots of the prairie flowers and grasses run deep. Some of them are as deep a

3、s 3.5 metres below the ground.It is important for the roots to run deep because fires are a part of the prairie ecosystem. When a fire burns through the prairie, plants with shallow（not deep） roots can not survive. Plants that have deep root systems are able to survive the fires. When fire burns acr

4、oss a prairie, it burns dead plants from the top and returns those nutrients（養(yǎng)料） to the soil. This adds to the richness of the prairie soil. Prairies have some of the richest soil in the United States. This cycle of growth and burning has been going on for thousands of years.Big bluestem is the plan

5、t that gives parts of the prairie the name “tallgrass prairie”. Big bluestem has very deep roots, and its stems（莖） are often 2 metres tall.The American bison（野牛） or buffalo, is the countrys largest land animal. Its home is on the prairies. In 1830, there were an estimated 30 million to 60 million bi

6、son in the United States. By 1889, Americans had made the bison population to fewer than 1,000 animals. Through great efforts, bison are being reintroduced to the prairies. They are also kept in zoos. The bison population has grown to several hundred thousand today.Humans have put the prairie ecosys

7、tem in danger. Through constant farming, building, fire prevention, and ignorance（not knowing） of how the prairie works, the United States has lost much of its natural prairie. Through education and other work, we can hope to save some of it.1A prairie is a type of _.AplantsBanimalsCgrasslandDsoil2W

8、hat is the meaning of “interdependent ecosystem” in the first line?AAll things in a prairie region depend on one another.BAnimals live on plants in a prairie region.CFire plays an important role in a prairie region.DSoil has a close relationship with a praide region.3By 1889, the bison population wa

9、s _.Aabout 30 millionBfewer than a thousandCabout 60 millionDseveral hundred thousand4We can learn from the article that _.Afires may destroy a prairie and therefore must be preventedBthe interdependent ecosystem is both below and above groundCthe prairie ecosystem is in danger because of farming an

10、d buildingDpeople haven t realized that they are losing their natural prairieKeys:CABB 2 The Winter Olympics is also called the White Olympics. At this time, many colorful stamps are published to mark the great Games. The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25, 1932 in the United St

11、ates for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on, publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule. During the 4th Winter Olympic Games, a group of stamps were published in Germany in November 1936. The five rings of Olympics were drawn on the front of the sportswear. It was the first time tha

12、t the rings appeared on the stamps of the White Olympics. In the 1950' s, the stamps of this kind became more colorful. When the White Olympics came, the host countries as well as the non - host countries published stamps to mark those Games. China also published four stamps in February 1980, wh

13、en the Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the White Olympics. Japan is an Asian country that has ever held the White Olympics. Altogether 14,500 million stamps were sold to raise money for this sports meet. Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps. People can enjoy the beauty

14、of the wonderful movements of some sportsmen. 1. The White Olympics and the Winter Olympics _ A. are the same thing B. are different games C. are not held in winter D. are held in summer 2. The world made it a rule to publish stamps to mark the great world Games _. A. after the year 1936 B. after th

15、e 3rd White Olympics C. before the 3rd White Olympics D. before the year 1932 3. The Winter Olympics is held once _.A. every two years B. every three years C. every four years D. every five years 4. Which of the following is true? A. Only the host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games. B.

16、 Only the non-host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games. C. All the countries can publish stamps to mark those Games. D. Japan can' t publish stamps to mark those Games. 5. What may appear on the stamps of the Winter Olympics? A. Basketball. B. Table tennis. C. Football. D. Skating.K

17、eys: ABCCD 3On a cloudy afternoon last September, Rubio watched Texas National Guard soldiers help passengers off planes at a small airport near College Station. All of them were running away from Hurricane（颶風(fēng)） Ike. They had something else in common as well. Each passenger wore a bright yellow wrist

18、band（腕標(biāo)）, RFID, developed by Rubios company. The wristband had a computer chip（芯片）, which allowed the states emergency response center（急救中心） to follow the person who wore it.“The wristband really made a difference,” says Rubio, adding that thousands of families who called the states emergency respon

19、se center during the hurricane were able to find loved ones. The wristbands also made a lot of money for Rubios company.Thats a goal Rubio could not have imagined even a few years ago, as a 36-year-old stay-at-home mum with three kids under ten and a husband who traveled for work five days a week. “

20、All I wanted was to have my family back together,” she says.Rubio considered doing something different after the birth of her third child and returned to work. A friend suggested the technology of RFID. It wasnt new but was mainly used to find packages.Rubio began imagining wider use of RFID, and in

21、 2005 the wristband appeared at a business conference and did a good job. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the company further used the technology, and later during Ike about 27,000 people were successfully saved.“Im a mum with three kids or a woman in a technology field. Ive succeeded and got conf

22、idence（信心）.” Rubio also achieved something else. She finally has the family life she always wanted.1People wore wristbands during Hurricane Ike in order to _.Aprotect them from being hurtBbe allowed to get on the planesClead their way to a safe placeDbe found easily by other people2Rubio decided to

23、return to work because _.Ashe wanted to make moneyBshe liked the new technologyCshe needed a change in lifeDshe was used to hard work3How did the wristband work according to the passage?AVery well.BAll right.CNot well.DVery badly.4What does Rubio think is the most important？AUsual business.BFamily l

24、ife.CGreat success.D Social position.Keys: DCAB 4Jackie Heinrichers love with bamboo started in her backyard. “As a child, I remember playing among the golden bamboo my dad had planted, and when it was windy, the bamboos sounded musical. It was my favorite place.”A biologist（生物學(xué)家） by training, Heinr

25、icher, 47, planned to work in a company in Seattle, where she lived with her husband, but she found it too boring. Her garden gave her the idea for a business. She would plant bamboo on their private farm.Heinricher started Boo-shoot Garden in 1998She realized early on what is just now beginning to

26、appear on the rest of the world. Bamboo is useful as well as earth-friendly. It can be used to make skateboards, buildings, furniture, floors and even clothing. Bamboo takes in four times as much carbon dioxide（CO2） as hardwood trees and gives out 35% more oxygen（O2）.First she had to find a way to p

27、roduce a lot of the plants. It was a hard task since bamboo flowers create seed（種子） only once every 50 to 100 years. And dividing a bamboo plant too often kills it. “People kept telling us wed never succeed,” says Heinricher. “Others had worked on it for 27 years ! I believed in what we were doing,

28、though, so I just kept going.”After a nine-year experiments, she found a way to grow millions of plants. The number of workers in her company increased from 5 to 55. Now she is working on all kinds of bamboo and selling them all over the world.“We are at the wonderful moment,” she says. “It takes me

29、 a lot of time to decide where to pay my attention. Producing bamboo products? Selling plants to gardeners？ Educating farmers about the economic（經(jīng)濟(jì)的） and environmental value of bamboo forests? Or asking the government to line roads with bamboo?”1When did Heinricher begin to love bamboo？AWhen she was

30、 a child.B When she was 47.CTwenty-seven years ago.DAbout ten years ago.2Bamboo is earth-friendly because _.Ait can produce musical soundsBit can be used widelyCit can make our city beautifulDit can help clean the air3What does the passage mainly talk about?AHeinrichers bamboo garden.BHeinrichers ba

31、mboo company.CHeinrichers bamboo story.DHeinrichers bamboo products.4What is Heinrichers work like now?AIts still in great trouble.BIt has been successful.CIts in perfect condition.DIt has begun to go easily.Keys:ADCB 5Imagine that you are the first person ever to see Hawaii. What would be the first

32、 thing you would set foot on?The beach, naturally. There are hundreds of miles of beaches on the twenty islands of Hawaii. These islands cover 1,600 miles and are about 2,300 miles west of California. Most of them are covered with fine white sand. They are thought to be among the finest beaches in t

33、he world.Another wonderful thing about the beaches of Hawaii is the water temperature. The year-round average（平均） temperature of the water at the famous Waikiki Beach is 23!The same is true of air temperature. In fact, there are no real seasons in Hawaii. There is a difference of only two or three d

34、egrees between the hottest day of summer and the coldest day of winter. That's why the Hawaiians don't have a word for weather in their language.Perhaps the nicest thing about Hawaiian beaches are the waves. The earliest settlers（定居者） in Hawaii, the Polynesians, quickly learned how much fun

35、it was to ride the waves. They developed a sport which is now very popular on the islands called body surfing. You go out into the ocean, wait for a big wave to come towards you, jump on it, and ride it all the way to the beach.Now imagine once again that you are the first person ever to set foot in

36、 Hawaii. What do you think would be the second beautiful thing you would notice?Would it be those strange triangles（三角形狀物） rising out of the water hundreds and hundreds of meters high? What are those beautiful things? They are volcanoes（火山）, of course. These volcanoes are not just a part of the isla

37、nds. They made the islands at first. Because of them the islands are still growing.The most famous volcano on Hawaii is Mauna Loa. It is the world's most active volcano. It has been erupting（噴發(fā)） for thousands of years. Even when it isn't erupting, smoke comes out of the earth from a thousand

38、 little holes.In 1950 Mauna Loa erupted for twenty-three days. That erupting produced the greatest amount of lava（熔巖） in modern history. In 1960 it erupted again. That time it added a kilometer of beach to the island. Because Mauna Loa has erupted so often, it has become the biggest（but not the tall

39、est） mountain in the world.These volcanoes could be dangerous to the population of Hawaii. In fact, Hilo, the second largest city in Hawaii, is built just under Manna Loa. The volcano could erupt at any time. Most people believe that it will erupt sometime in the next twenty-five years. But the peop

40、le of Hilo do not seem worried. They live with the danger as part of their lives.1According to the passage, what are the two most beautiful things in Hawaii?AWaves and cities.BBeaches and language.CVolcanoes and beaches.DVolcanoes and people.2Which is NOT the reason why the Hawaiians don't have

41、a word for weather in their language?AThere are no real seasons in Hawaii.BThe temperature of the water at one of the beaches is always 23.CThe Hawaiians feel almost the same in the hottest day and coldest day.DThere is not much difference in air temperature all the year round in Hawaii.3What should

42、 be the meaning of “body surfing”?ARiding waves.BBody-building.CSea bathing.DJumping into the sea.4It can be inferred that _ according to the passage.Avolcanoes are more active because the area of the island is enlargingBthe visitors to Hawaii can probably see more than one active volcanoCMauna Loa

43、is the tallest mountain in the world because it has erupted so oftenDpeople in Hilo are sure that more visitors will come because of volcanoesKeys:CBCB6What are emotions? As far as we know, human beings have always had emotions. Poets write about them, singers sing about them, and lovers and friends

44、 talk about them. We know that we can control' emotions, express' emotions and feel' emotions. Is it possible that we can smell emotions? Are we able, like some animals, to smell fear?Sometimes you can see what emotions a person is feeling. When people are happy, they smile; when they ar

45、e sad, they might cry; when they are angry, their faces might turn red; when they are feeling shy, they might sweat（出汗）. These are all physical reactions（反應(yīng)）, so can we say that emotions are physical reactions to something in our lives?The problem is that emotions don't always include physical r

46、eactions that we can see. Some people are good at hiding their emotions, and different people can have different physical reactions to the same emotion. Some people's faces, for example, go white when they are angry and some people's faces turn red. Some people go quiet when they are angry a

47、nd some people shout.Sometimes there is a physical reaction that we can't see. For example, a person might be nervous and feel sick inside, but other people might not be able to see that. We might be able to see or smell emotions, but we can't touch them. Can we describe them? In one way we

48、can describe emotions. Everybody has some idea what happy' and sad' mean. But in another way it is difficult to describe emotions. Is the way you love' your pet, your family, your friend, or your husband and wife the same? I always think it is strange in English that we often write love&

49、#39; at the bottom of a Christmas card or a letter to a relative we hardly know or hardly ever see. We might write love' at the bottom of a letter to someone of the opposite sex（性別） who is just a friend, but we wouldn't write love' at the bottom of a letter to somebody of the same sex ev

50、en if we know that friend much better.Some people say that emotions are just a chemical reaction, but I don't want to believe that. I don't know what they are, but life would be boring without them.1According to the passage, because you can express' emotions, _.Ayour face might turn red

51、when you feel shy.Byou might know it when you're in danger.Cyou might smile when you're happy.Dyou are good at hiding your emotions.2Which reaction is NOT mentioned when people are angry?ATheir faces turn white or red.BThey don't seem to like to talk to others.CThey often talk to people

52、in a loud voice.DThey write to their friends or relatives.3Which of the following is TRUE?AEmotions only include physical reactions.BWe can hardly see a person's feelings from his face.CWe might smell or see emotions, but we can't touch them.DWe write love' at the bottom of the letter to

53、 our closest friends.4In the writer's opinion, what is emotion'?AIt's hard to say what it is.BIt is just a chemical reaction.CIt's a physical reaction to something in our lives.DIt can be controlled, felt, expressed and known easily.Keys:CDCA 7In North America if you are 16 or 17, li

54、ving away from home without money, you may be able to get social assistance under the OW program. This kind of assistance is short-term help for your day-to-day needs. It helps pay for things like food, clothing and medicine.You may have to show that your parents will not let you live at home, or th

55、at, it is harmful for you to live there. The OW worker must be sure that your parents can not or will not take care of you financially（在經(jīng)濟(jì)上）.You must also be going to school or training program provided by OW （unless a serious medical condition or other problem makes this impossible）.Even if you are

56、 a single parent of 16 or 17 years old, these requirements are necessary when you ask for this social assistance.If you are under 16 years of age, you are not allowed to get social assistance on your own. Keep in touch with the OW office near where you live. You have the right to ask for the assista

57、nce even if you are told that you may not be allowed. An OW worker will plan to meet with you. If possible, take at least one piece of identification（身份證明） to show the worker, and a report that shows you are in school or a training program.The OW worker will probably meet with your parents. If your parents have hurt your body, like head or arms, they should not be visited. Tell the worker that you have reason to fear your parents, and why. If your parents say they are willing