2019屆中考英語閱讀理解專項訓(xùn)練5

1、中考英語閱讀理解專項訓(xùn)練5閱讀下面5篇短文，掌握大意，然后從每小題所給的A B、C、喇個選項中，選出一個最佳選項。AVolunteers Needed for Poor Children Workplace:Children's Care Center, Los Angeles, California, the USALiving Arrangements （ 安排）：All our volunteers stay with a trained American host family to learn more about life here. On the first day, w

2、e meet them at the airport and take them to a hotel we have booked.Volunteers Must: have graduated from normal universities（師范大學(xué)）; come fr om Asia; be twenty -five years old or older; speak English well.Length of Working Time:No less than four weeks and no more than one year.Activities:-room. Playin

3、g with the kids during school hours. Teaching English and math in the class Helping the kids deal with their school-work. Helping out in the kitchen. Organizing the kids' homes.Reward (報酬)：Every volunteer can get a free ticket to Disneyland after having worked here for 4weeks.For more informatio

4、n, please visit our website at or send us e-mails at touchamerican . )1. Who can be a volunteer?A. Lucy, a 23-year-old American girl who graduated from Cambridge University.B. Jim, a 28-year-old English boy who graduated from Oxford (牛津)University.C. Kumiko, a 25-year-old Japanese girl who is not go

5、od at English.D. Jerry Lee, a 26-year-old Chinese boy who graduated from Beijing Normal University and is go od at English.E. 2. Volunteers must do the following things EXCEPT.A. help with cookingB. help feed the childrenC. help organize the children 's homesD. help the children with their subje

6、ctsE. 3. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The American host family has been trained.B. The Children's Care Center is in America.C. A volunteer can't get a free ticket to Disneyland if he or she hasn't got one-year work experience.D. No volunteers can work at the Children's Care

7、Center for two years.E. ）4. To learn more about the Children's Care Center, you can.A. call it B. interview it C. visit its website D. write it a letterBHave you heard the saying “ If you can't find it, build it"? Well, that's what5th grader Maddie Bradshaw, of Texas, the United Sta

8、tes did when she couldn't find magnets （ 磁鐵 ） for her school locker. Her uncle gave her a bag of bottle caps, and Maddie went to work. She decorated the inside of one bottle cap with a picture of Albert Einstein and then put it in her locker. Her friends loved it and asked herto makesome for the

9、m. Maddie said, “ A kid knows what a kid likes." She madea “ Happy Birthday ” one for her sister and other designs for her friends.She then had the idea to make the caps into fun necklaces （ 項鏈 ）. She connected a bottle cap to a magnet on a necklace that she designed using a colored cord （繩子 ）.

10、 The bottle cap could be easily changed for another one with a different design. Suddenly; Snap Caps were born! Maddie thought to take fifty decorated bottle caps to a local store. To her surprise, they sold out in less than two hours!Maddie will soon be going to college and now she is very rich. Sh

11、e is the owner, along with her younger sister, Margot, and her mother, of the company, M3Girl Designs. They sell many Snap Caps products across the United States to young girls who want to have some fun. Snap Caps can be worn as necklaces and bracelets （手鏈 ） or in hairpins ( 發(fā)夾).Now that Maddie is o

12、lder, she has designed a new kind of braceletfor girls called Spark of Life.()5. What is the name of Maddie Bradshaw's company?A. Maddie Bradshaw. B. Happy Birthday.C. M3 Girl Designs. D. Snap Caps.()6. Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the passage?A. Maddie Bradshaw got a

13、bag of bottle caps from her father.B. Maddie Bradshaw made a “Happy Birthday " one for her friends.C. Maddie will soon go to college.D. Maddie Bradshaw' s fifty decorated bottle caps sold out in about three hours.E. 7. The writer mentions all of the items listed below, EXCEPT.A. necklaces B

14、. bracelets C. hairpins D. watchesF. 8. We can know that Maddie is according to the passage.A. very lazy B. full of new ideas C. very poor D. not cleverCJune and I were both poor when we were young. At that time, June always said,“If I got rich, I would buy a bigger house and a new wardrobe(衣柜).&quo

15、t; Of course,she said this just for fun and she never imagined that she would really become rich.A few years ago, June was surprised and excited when she got a lot of money from her uncle, who had been single ( 單身的).After receiving it, she made a shopping list. Onit she wrote down all the ways she c

16、ould use to spend the money. Every timeI told her not to spend all of the money and to save some, she would always say impatiently, “ I know, I know!"One day, when I was in June's home, she passed a piece of paper to me. “ I thought over your suggestion for several nights. I've decided

17、how to use the money. I hope my money will be helpful to those who need help," she said.I was pleased to hear what she said. Then I took the paper and only saw the two words written by her: Charity and Family. I smiled and played a joke on her, “ Don't you want to move to a new house? That

18、is what you have been dreaming of."“ Actually, I have been looking forward toit, but now it doesn't seem soimportant to many more, ” she answered with a smile.When I put the paper on the table, I found there were still a few words at the very bottom( 底部 ) of the paper. After reading them, I

19、 laughed.June had written: AND a new wardrobe.( )9. How did the writer probably feel after seeing June s shopping listat first?A. Relaxed. B. Worried. C. Happy. D. Impatient.( )10. How did June plan to spend her money at last? Buying a big house. Leaving some of it to her family. Giving all her mone

20、y to charity. Getting a new wardrobe. Helping those who need help.A. B. C. D. ()11. From the passage we know that.A. the writer told June to give the money to the poorB. the writer helped June buy a new houseC. June ' s parents didn't have any brothers at allD. June was poor when she was you

21、ng()12. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?A. June's Life B. June's Friend C. June's Decision D. June' sNew HouseDIn the town of Swedesboro, NewJersey, 5thgrade students plan to make 2,000 paper cranes(2氏鶴)before the end of the school year. They want to pu

22、t smiles on childr en's faces.The idea of making the paper cranes started when their teacher, Tara Milward, read them the story Sadako and the One Thousand Paper Cranes. Sadako was ill at a young age. She began making paper cranes, along with her family and friends, because this was a symbol of

23、hope for Sadako to get better one day.The students want to take part in Sadako's story. They have decided to make 2,000 paper cranes. They want to send the first 1 ,000 cranes to Hiroshima, Japan, where Sadako was buried( 埋葬).The next 1,000 cranes are going to a hospital.“We just want to share a

24、s much hope withthe people around us as possible," a student says.“The sick people in the hospital can one day look at the cranes we made and know that they are looking at 1,000 symbols of hope to get better," says another student.There are 1 ,944 cranes still left to make! That's a la

25、rge number. But the 46 fifth-grade students are working very hard to do it. They spend every minute of their spare time making the paper cranes.“My students were the ones telling me to think bigger and not to give up on a task that seemed impossible in the beginning," said their teacher.They ar

26、e also encouraging their friends and families to become a part of this task. Sadako's story moved these students. They hope to make a difference that is known around the world, a difference that will show that everyone can make the world a better place.()13. Tara Milward is a.A. doctor B. teache

27、r C. patient D. student()14. What made the students want to make paper cranes?A. The story that their teacher read to them. B. The great fun of making paper cranes.C. The words of Sadako. D. The illness of Sadako.()15. We can learn that from the passage.A. Sadako's story happened in New JerseyB.

28、 Sadako was saved at lastC. the paper cranes will be sent to two placesD. there are 56 students making paper cranes()16. What does the writer want to tell us?A. Paper cranes give everyone good luck.B. Everyone can make the world a better place.C. We should be brave to face difficulty.D. Helping othe

29、rs is helping oneself.EAnna is a shy person and we 've been best friends since we were little. She wanted to make more friends but it was hard for her. I know she is a great friend. I always made friends very easily, So I always had her by myside.One day I was out and she had no one to play with

30、 un til this new kid showed up. His na .me was Jack and he asked if he could play with her. She said,“I hopeyou don't mind playing with someone who is really shy."" He said he didn't mind,because he was the same way. Then they played together. That was how they became best friends. WhenI came back she was very happy and she told me what had happened. I was very happy for her.A few days later, I told Anna I had to leave our town with my family. I was 13years old at the time. Then Jack moved away. We did