江蘇省無錫市梁溪區(qū)2021-2023年中考英語一模試題分類匯編：閱讀理解（含答案）

江蘇省無錫市梁溪區(qū)

2021-2023年中考英語一模試題分類匯編

閱讀理解

2023年江蘇省無錫市梁溪區(qū)中考一模英語試題

三、閱讀理解

閱讀下面的短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，在每小題所給的四個選項中選出最佳選項，并在

答題卡上將該項涂黑。（本大題共13小題，每小題2分，共26分）

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25.Thispostercanbemostprobablyseen.

A.ataschoolB.inacompanyC.atacinemaD.inasupermarket

26.Onthatday,peoplewillbeprovidedwith.

A.popcornB.blanketsC.3-DglassesD.lawnchairs

27.IfMax,astudentoftheschool,goestoseethefilmwithherparents,theywillpay.

A.$7B.$9C.$12D.$14

B

Friendshipisoneofthemostwonderfulpartsofhumanlife.Friendsshareinyourhappiness

asyoumakeachievements.Whenyoufeelblue,theywillbethesunshinetowarmyourheartand

bringyoulaughter.Withitsuniversalsignificance,thethemeoffriendshipisquitepopularinboth

ChineseandWesternliterature.Let'sappreciatethefollowingtwopoems.

FarewelltoPrefectDuATimetoTalk

byWangBobyRobertFrost

You'lllavethetownwalledfarandwide,Whenafriendcallstomefromtheroad

Formist-veiledlandbyriverside.whenafriendcallstomefrom+heroad

/feelonpartingsadanddrear,Andslowshishorsetoameaningwalk,

Forbothofusarestrangershere.Idon'tstandstillandlookaround

Ifyouhavefriendswhoknowyourheart,OnallhillsIhaven'thoed,

Distancecannotkeepyoutwoapart,Andshoutfromwhere1cun,whatisit?'

Atcrossroadswherewebidadieu,No,notasthereisatimetotalk.

Donotlookteatfulaswomendo!Ithrowmyhoeinthesoftground,

Wordbank:Blade-endupandfivefeettall,

fareweH（告別）hoe（鋤地）Andplod:Igouptothestonewall

blade-end（刃端）plod（慢走）Forafriendlyvisit.

28.Whichpartofamagazineisthepassageprobablytakenfrom?

A.Schoollife.B.Internationalnews.

C.Historystudy.D.Culturalcommunication.

29.ATimetoTalkshowsthereadersthemomentof.

A.avisitfromafriendB.acalltoafarmer

C.afarewelltoafriendD.awalkonafarm

30.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothetwopoems?

①Thefarmerisbusywithhisjobsohehasnotimetotalk.

②Friendshipisverystrongandevendistancecannotbreakit.

③WangBowrotethispoemtoastrangerwhowouldlivefaraway.

④Thefarmerwillputhisworkasideandenjoythetimewithhisfriend.

A.①②B.①③C.②④D.③④

C

Itwastheannualcleaningdayforthefamily.Johnandhismomwerebusycleaningthe

house.Theycleanedupstairs,downstairs,insideandoutsideuntileverythingwasspotless.Then,

John'smomnoticedanoldchair.ThatfadedandwornchairwasforJohn*sgrandpa.

“John,comeandhelpme."John'smomsaid."We'lltakethechairtothecurb（路邊）.The

garbagetruckispickinguponourblocktomorrow.

Astheytriedtomovethechair,John'sgrandpasawwhatwashappening."No!uHecried.

“Youcan'ttakemychair."

“Butit*ssoold..."John'smomargued."We'llbuyyouanewone.”

“No,"hepersisted,tryingtopushhischairbackintoplace.

John'smomfinallyletgoofthechairandlefttheroom.Slowly,theoldmansankintohis

chairandclosedhiseyes.

“Grandpa,whywon'tyouletusgetridofthechair?,,Johnasked.

“Youdon'tunderstand,John."Hisgrandpashookhisheadandsaid,nIsatinthischairwith

yourgrandmarightherewhenIaskedhertomarryme.AndIsatinthischairthenightyourfather

wasborn.Manyyearslater,“pausedforawhile,Grandpacontinued,nIsatinthischairwhenthe

doctorcalledandtoldmethatyourgrandmawasill.Iwaslostwithouther,butthechairgaveme

comfortandwarmth.HTheoldman*svoicechangedasherecalledthatfatefulda、

“Iunderstandnow."Johnlookedathisgrandpaandsaid,"thisisnotjustanyoldchair.Itis

morelikeafriend.,,

“Yes,"henodded."We'vegonethroughalottogether.

However,thatnight,whenJohnandhisgrandpawereasleep,Johnsparentscarriedthechair

outside.Itwasastarlessnight.SnowfellsilentlyfromtheblackskyandcoveredGrandpa'schair

inablanketofwhite.

Thenextmorning,Johnwaswokenbythegarbagetruckpullinguptothehouse.Herun

downstairsandfoundthesnow-coveredchairstoodhelplesslyatthecurb,abouttobepulledaway.

“Wait!Stop!”Johnyelledandrushedoutside.Thetremendousnoisesweresuddenlystopped.He

thenranbackinsideandcried,“Mom,youcan*tthrowoutgrandpa*schair.Itislikealoyalfriend

thathaswitnessedthemostimportantmomentsinhis

Hearingthis,John'smomlookedatGrandpaandslowlywalkedtowardshim,'Tmsorry...I

justdidn*trealizehowmuchitmeanttoyou.^Togethertheycarefullymovedawaythesnowon

thechair,heaveditbackinsideandplaceditnexttothefireplacetodry.John'smomsteppedback,

asifseeingthechairfbrtheveryfirsttime.uMm.Iguessitdoesgivetheroomacertaintouchof

character,shemurmured.Everybodylaughed.Lovedoeshavemagic,astheyputit.

31.Theunderlinedpart“thatfatefulday"referstothedaywhen.

A.FatherwasbornB.thecouplefellinlovewitheachother

C.GrandmawasterriblyillD.GrandpaaskedGrandmatomarryhim

32.WhenJohnfoundthegarbagetruckoutside,hemostprobablyfelt

A.ashamedB.crazyC.surprisedD.nervous

33.Whichisthebesttitleforthestory?

A.ThroworKeep?B.Grandpa*sOldChair

C.ForgetorRecall?D.Grandpa'sLoyalFriend

D

Formanyanimals,anislandcanbeagreatplacetolive.Water

FindiesftvmGalApagos

allaroundkeepsbigpredatorsaway.Butislandshavetheirown

dangers.Foodandwaterarelimited.Astormorvolcanocaneasily

wipeoutawholepopulationorchangethelandinbigways.Ifa

predator（likecatsorrats）doesarrive,there*snoescape.These

challengescancauseislandanimalstoevolve（進化）quite

differentlyfromtheirmainlandancestors（祖先）.So,islandsaroundtheworldarehometorare

speciesfoundnowhereelse.

TheGalapagosareagroupofsmallvolcanicislandsinthePacificOcean,600miles（966km）

westofEcuador.Whentheseislandsfirsterupted（噴發(fā)）fromthesea,theywereemptyoflife.

Overtime,plantseedsblewordriftedthere.Birdsarrived,bringingmoreseeds.Tortoisesand

iguanas（鬣蜥）floatedoveronlogs.

WhenscientistCharlesDarwinvisitedtheGalapagosin1835,henoticedsomething

interesting.Manyoftheislandshadsimilaranimals-iguanas,landtortoises,smallbirds.Butthese

animalswereabitdifferentoneachisland.Ononeisland,birdscalledfincheshadlong,narrow

beaks-rightforcatchingbugs.Butonthenextisland,thefincheshadshort,strongbeaks.That

islandhadmoreseeds,andfewerbugs.Eachtypeoffinchhadabeakthatmatchedthemost

commonfoodonitsisland.Hefoundsimilardifferencesinthetortoisesandiguanas.

Afterthinkingaboutthisformanyyears,Darwin'sobservationsledhimtoastartlingnew

idea.Herealizedthateachfamilyofanimalsprobablysharedacommonancestor-theoriginal

birdsorturtleswhoflewordriftedthere.Gradually,astheyspreadtodifferentislands,theyoung

withtraitsthatbestsuitedthefoodonthatislanddidbetter.Butsinceeachislandwasdifferent,

thebirdsorturtlesoneachislandevolvedslightlydifferenttraits.Hecalledthisidea“natural

selection^^.

Darwin'sideaexplainedmorethanjusttheGalapagos.Italsoexplainswhyislandsareso

oftenhometounusualanimals.Islandsseparateanimalsfromothersoftheirkindandpresent

themwithnewchallenges.Thoseanimalsthatdobestonanislandmaynotbethesameoneswho

didbestonthemainland.Soovertime,theybecomedifferent.

34.Thewritingpurposeofthispassageis.

A.tointroducetheformoftheGalapagos

B.totellastoryaboutCharlesDarwin

C.toexplaintheimportanceoftheenvironment

D.todiscoverthesecretsofislandanimals

35.Thefollowingsentencewouldbestbeplacedattheendof.

Thisisoftenthewayplantsandanimalscomeandliveonislands.

A.Paragraph1B.Paragraph2C.Paragraph3D.Paragraph4

36.Whatcanwelearnabout"naturalselection^^?

A.Itprovedislandsaretheperfecthometodifferentanimals.

B.ItwasusedtodescribesomespecialanimalstheGalapagos.

C.Itannouncedtheresultoftheresearchoncertainislandanimals.

D.ItwasnamedaftertheislandswhereDarwinformedhisdiscovery.

37.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?

A.Mainlandanimalsneverevolvefortherearefewerdangersaround.

B.Bigislandanimalscangetsmallersincetheyhavelimitedfoodonislands.

C.Darwinfirstmistookdifferentfinchesfortotallyunrelatedkindsofanimals.

D.TheGalapagoswereconsideredasanaturallaboratorytodospecialresearch.

2022年江蘇省無錫市梁溪區(qū)中考一模英語試題

三、閱讀理解

閱讀下面的短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，在每小題所給的四個選項中選出最佳選項，并在答題

卡上將該項涂黑。（本大題共13小題，每小題2分，共26分）

A

Puff,themagicdragon,livedbythesea,

AndplayedintheautumnfoginalandcalledHonalee.

LittleJackiePaperlovedthatmagicPuff,

Andbroughthimfeathersandglueandotherfancystuff.

Togethertheywouldtravelonaboatwithsail.JackiekeptalookoutonPuff'sgianttail.

Kingsandprinceswouldgreetwhenevertheycame.

AllshipsloweredHagswhenPuffshoutedouthisname.

Adragonlivesforeverbutnotsolittleboys.

Paintedwingsandgiants'ringsmakewayforothertoys.Onegreynightithappened,Jackie

Papercamenomore.Andtheboyslowlyforgotthehappyhoursasbefore.

Withouthislife-longfriend,Puffcouldnotbe▲.

SoPuff,thatpowerfuldragon,sadlywentintohiscave.Oh,（Repeat）

25.Thereadingmaterialismostprobablya.

A.poemB.playC.songD.novel

26.Whichofthefollowingwordsisthemostsuitablefor▲?

A.boredB.scaredC.modestD.brave

27.WhatisPuffaccordingtothereadingmaterial?

AThehappytimespentasanadult.B.Thehappytimespentasachild.

C.Thehardtimespentasanadult.D.Thehardtimespentasachild.

B

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28.Thepageaboveismostlikelytobetakenfroma.

A.tourists'guideB.students9bookC.dailynewspaperD.science

magazine

29.Whatproblemarethethreesolutionsdesignedtosolve?

A.Togetsomethingyoucan'treach.B.Tomakeiteasiertodroplitterintothe

bin.

C.Toattractthelongmetrestick.D.Toplayatrickonyourfavouritepet.

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AtlastthegirlsgotAnnetoplaytheLilyGirl.Asbiggirlsofthirteen,goingonfourteen,

thegirlshadlearnedthepoemthewinterbeforeandwouldtrysomethingromantic.Itwas

Anne'sideatoplayElaine,theLilyGirl.They'dsetaboatoffcarryingElaineandletitfloatto

thelowerland.Theothergirlshadnocouragetofloatdownaloneandthey'dneverbedead

enough.t4Well,FilbeElaine,Annewaspersuaded（說月艮）nottomindherhairandshelay

down,withclosedeyesandaflowerinherhands.

Theboatwaspushedoff.Thegirlsheadedforthebridge,throughthewoods,anddownto

theplace,wheretheyweretoreceivetheLilyGirl.Anneenjoyedtheromanceatfirst.Then

somethingnotromanticatallhappened-theboatbegantoleakandthewaterwaspouringin.It

didnottakeherlongtorealizethattheboatwouldgodownsoon.Annecouldn'tswim.She

wassofrightened.

JustthentheboatbumpedintoapileandAnnemanagedtoclimbup,toaplacewithno

wayofgettingupordown.Theboatsank.Thegirlssawitdisappear.Withnodoubtthey

thoughtAnnewentdownwithit,andtheyscreamedandranoffforhelp.Annewasstill

hangingonthere.Minutespassedby,eachseeminganhourtoher.Justasshecouldn'tholdon

anymore,GilbertBlythecameinaboat!

“Howonearthdidyougetthere?^^Withoutwaitingforananswerhepulledclose,heldout

hishandandhelpedherdown.Anneexplainedwhathappened,tryingnottolookathim.

GilberttookAnnetotheland.Annethankedhimandturnedaway.

ButGilbertalsojumpedfromtheboatandasked,"Can'twebefriends?I'msorryImade

funofyourhair...^^Hearingthis,Anne'sheartgaveaquicklittlebeat.Butthatsceneoftwo

yearsbeforecamebackasifithappenedyesterday.Gilbertcalledhercarrots!She'dnever

forgivehim!

“No,"shesaidcoldly,4ishallneverbefriendswithyou,GilbertBlythe.Idon'twanttobe!^^

“AHright,then!”Gilbertjumpedbackintohisboat,"I'llneveraskyoutobemyfriends

again,AnneShirley.^^

Anneheldherheadveryhigh,butshehadastrangefeelingafterGilbertleft.Shewould

rathersitdownandhaveagoodcry.

一TakenfromAnneof

GreenGables

31.HowdidAnnefeelaccordingtothelastfourparagraphs?

A.Doubtfulbutthenproud.B.Scaredandalittlecold.

C.Angrybutthenregretful.D.Madandalittlenervous.

32.Whatcanweinferfromthestory?

A.Thepoem,whichthegirlslearntinclass,wasbasedonasadstory.

B.Thevillage,whichthegirlslivedin,wasnearariveratthefootofahill.

C.Gilbert,whousedtobeAnne'sfriend,wasgoodatplayingtricksonothers.

D.Thegirls,whorefusedtobeElaine,discussedwheretolettheboatfloatbefore.

33.Whichisthebesttitleforthestory?

A.AnUnluckyLilyGirlB.AFoolishMistake

C.AnImaginativeGameD.ARomanticBoat

Ifyouarelookingtogetabetterunderstandingoftheworldaroundyou,chemistryisthe

perfectsubjecttostudy.Ifsastudyofmatter(物質(zhì))，itsproperties—waysinwhichitbehavesin

specialconditions,andhowitinteractswitheverythingaroundit.Attheheartofallthediscoveries,

suchasmedicine,cooking,andseveralotherareas,isoneimportanttablethatorganizeselements

basedontheiratomicnumberandchemicalproperties:theperiodictable.

Althoughthefirstperiodictablewaspublishedin1869,itwasaworkinprogressfor

hundreds,ifnotthousandsofyears.

Sinceancienttimes,peoplehavebeeninterestedinelementssuchasgold,tin,ironand

copper(whicharewrittenasAu,Sn,FeandCuinthetable)intheirnaturalforms.Theyweredug

upfromthegroundandusedtomakejewelry,guns,coins,andmanyotherthings.Overtime,

peoplebecamemorecuriousaboutthesemetalsandhowtheyweremadeup.InancientGreece,

Aristotleandotherphilosopherssaidthingsweremadefromtheelementsofearth,water,fireand

air.Foryears,thisideawasaccepted.Thenpeoplebegantoconsiderthisideaagainduringthe

AgeofEnlightemnent.

In1661,IrishscientistRobertBoyledescribedanelementassomethingthat“cannotbe

brokendownintoasimplermatterbyachemicalreaction^^.Overacenturylater,Antone-Laurent

deLavoisier,FatherofChemistry,wouldpublishthefirstmoderntextbookonchemistry.Init,he

listedsomematterwhichhebelievedshouldbedividedaselementsintotwogroups:metalsand

non-metals.Althoughhisworkwasn'tcompletelycorrect,itrepresentedabigstepforwardatthat

time.

Overthenextcentury,scientistsstartedtodividetheelementsintodifferentgroups

dependingontheirpropertiesandatomicweights.However,itisRussianchemistDmitri

Mendeleevwhoisusuallybelievedasthefirstpersontomakeaperiodictable.Althoughother

scientistshadhandedintables,theywerefinallyrefusedbythescientificcommunitybecause

theywereshortofdetails.Mendeleevputalloftheelementsinaproperorderaccordingtotheir

atomicmass.Hewasevensmartenoughtoleaveemptyspacesforelementswhichhadn'tbeen

discoveredatthetime.AlthoughMendeleev'speriodictablewasn'tperfect,itsetthewayor

orderwhichissimilartotheoneusedtoday.

34.Whydidpeoplefirstbecomeinterestedinelements?

A.Manypeoplewantedtobelikeascientist.

B.Theywantedtousemetalstomakethings.

C.Peopleinancienttimeswascrazyaboutscience.

D.Theythoughtchemistryareusefulforeverything.

35.ThewritermentionedAntonie-LaurentdeLavoisie.

AtoadviseustorespectthegreatchemistB.toremindustopayattentiontohis

contribution

C.torequireustocareaboutthehistoryD.toencourageustodiscoverandthink

36.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A.Theinfluenceofchemistryistheeasiesttoseeintherealworld.

B.AristotlewasspokenhighlyofduringtheAgeofEnlightenment.

C.Mendeleevcreatedthetableandmanyotherscientistsadmiredit.

D.RobertBoylewastheonewhowrotedowneveryelementonEarth.

37.Thispassageismainlyabout.

A.howthetabledevelopedB.whenthetablefirstappeared

C.whatthetableislikeD.whythetableispopular

2021年江蘇省無錫市梁溪區(qū)中考一模英語試題

三、閱讀理解閱讀下面的短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，在每小題所給的四個選項中選出最佳

選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。（本大題共13小題，每小題2分，共26分）

A

WORLDREADINGHABITS

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25.Whichcountryprobablylikesreadingmostaccordingtothepicturesabove?

A.TheUSA.B.India.C.China.D.Poland.

26.Whathappenedin2020becauseoftheCoronavirusaccordingtothepicturesabove?

A.Digitalbooksalesincreased30%inTurkey.

B.57%ofFrenchreadersboughtphysicalbooks.

C.Onlinelibrarymembershipsincreased50%inNewZealand.

D.IntheUSA,physicalbookssalesdroppedfrom38%to33%.

27.Thepicturesabovemaybetakenfrom.

A.ageographybookB.atouristguide

C.amedicalmagazineD.aresearchreport

B

Weknowanimalshavefeelings.Theycanfeelfear.Wealsothinktheyfeellove,sincethey

havestrongrelationshipswitheachother.Soareanimalfeelingsallsimilartoourown?Anddothey

haveasenseofhumor?

AParrotNamedBongoMarie

Sally'sparrotBongoMariedidn'tgetalongwithherotherparrot,Paco.Infact,Bongoclearly

didn'tlikePacoatall!Oneday,Sallycookedachickenfordinner.Shestartedtocutthechicken

withaknife.t4Oh,no!Paco!”Bongosaidloudlyandlaughed.Sallylaughed,too,andsaid,"That's

notPaco.”"Oh...no,“saidBongo.Thistime,sheseemedtofeelblue.Thentheparrotlaughedat

herownjoke.

YogaDog

JeanDonaldsonenjoysdoingyoga-andsodoesherdogBuffy.WhileJeandoesyogaBuffy

carefullyplaceshertoysonJean'sbody.Ifatoyfalls,Buffyrunstoputitback.Doesthisbehavior

haveanyrealpurpose?”Shethinksit'sfunny!MsaysJean.

AnimalLaughter

Candogs"laugh”？Recentresearchshowsthatdogscantelleachotherwhentheywanttoplay.

Theymakeaspecialsound-akindof"laugh”.PsychologistPatriciaSimonetrecordedthesound.

Thenshetoassess（評估）theirbehavior."Allthedogsseemedtolikethelaugh,“says

Simonet.Sodoanimalshaveasenseofhumor?Iflaughterisaclue,thenperhapstheansweris

“yes!”

28.Whichofthefollowingisthemostsuitablefor"”?

A.playeditbackB.laughedtodogs

C.recordeditagainD.playedwithdogs

29.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A.BongofeltsadwhenshesawPacowascooked.

B.BuffylaughsatJeanDonaldsonwhenshedoesyoga.

C.Todogs,thelaughisasignofaskingfriendstoplaytogether.

D.Researchersbelieveanimalshavefeelingsallsimilartohumans.

30.Whichisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.Cananimalslaugh?B.Doanimalshavefeelings?

C.Cananimalsbehavelikehumans?D.Doanimalshaveasenseofhumor?

C

Athomeduringsuppertime,Peteannounced,uBabaOlenawantsustocomeforEasterdinner.”

Momshookherhead,"That'ssweet,butIdon'tthinkso.”Dadlaughed,tuIwouldn'twanttoseem

rudeifIdidn'tlikehercooking.Canyoutellherthanksbutwealreadyhaveplans?”

Petesighed.HisparentshardlyknewBabaOlena.Theydidn'tknowaboutherpastries（糕點）

andfunnysayings.AlltheysawwasanUkrainianwomanwithstrangehairandayardfullof

chickens.

OnEasterSunday,theypassedBabaOlena'shouseastheyheadedfbrDixie'sDiner.When

theyarrived,theyfoundthedinerwasdark,andnocarswereinfrontofit."What?”saidDad.

“They'realwaysopen!”“Nottoday,9,Momsaid."Guesswe'llbemakingsandwiches.”

Acrossthestreet,BabaOlenasteppedoutofthehouse,wavingtothem.

Peteshouted,"LookslikeBaba'sexpectingus.”"Wecan'tgothere,“Dadsaid,butBabawas

hurryingover."Youcame!I'msohappy,“shesaid."ThismorningIsawthedinerisclosedand

thoughtmaybeyouwillcome.,,

Inside,Pete'sparentssatstiff（僵硬地）asyardstickswhile