江蘇省無錫市惠山區(qū)2019-2021年三年中考模擬考試英語試題分類匯編：閱讀理解

江蘇省無錫市惠山區(qū)

2019-2021年三年中考模擬考試英語試題分類匯編

閱讀理解

江蘇省無錫市惠山區(qū)2020-2021學(xué)年九年級一模英語試卷

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(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳

選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。(本大題共13題，每小題2分，共26分)

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25.Howmanydayswilltheshowlast?

A.8days.B.9days.C.10days.D.11days.

26.Mr.WhitewantstotakehissontowatchitthisSaturdayafternoon,howmuchdoesit

cost?

A.$70.B.$60.C.$50.D.$85.

27.Whatwillhappentoalatecomer?

A.Heorshewon'thaveaproperbreak.B.Heorshewillfailtoenterthetheatre.

C.Heorshecanstillwatchthewholeshow.D.Heorshecanonlyenterduringabreak.

Whatdoesitmeantobeanoldersister?InthemovieSister,AnRanisa24-year-oldwoman

whodreamsofbecomingadoctor.However,afterherparentsdieinacaraccident,Anfacesa

choicebetweengoingafterherdreamandraisingher6-year-oldbrother.

An'sfamilyalwayswantedtohaveaboy.Tohaveasecondchild,An'sparentsmadeAn

pretend（假裝）tobedisabledwhenshewasalittlegirl.Afterherbrother'sbirth,herparents

almostseemedtoforgetAn.TheyaskedAntostudynursinginsteadofmedicineatcollegesothat

shecouldstartworkingsoonerandsupportthefamily.

Anhadplannedtoleavethefamilywhenthecaraccidenthappened.Whatwillshedo?

Thefilmisa“calmanddeepexaminationofChina'ssonpreferenceproblem,ChinaDaily

noted.DirectorYinRouxinsaidthefilmshowstherealpainanddifficultiesthatmanywomen

face.

“Thedirector,scriptwriterandproducerofthisfilmareallwomen.Andwe'veseenalotof

womenaroundusexperiencingsuchthings,Yinsaid."Whydopeopletakeitforgranted（理所當(dāng)

然）thatwomenshouldbetheonestosacrifice（犧牲）andcompromise（妥協(xié)、）?”

Thefilmhasanopenending,leavingtheaudiencetoguesswhetherAnhasdecidedtoraise

herbrotherornot."WewantAntoflyhigh,aswellaslearntolove,,,Yinsaid.Nooneknowsif

Anwillwinagainsttheunfairnessanddifficultiesoflife.Butatleastsheistrying.

28.Paragraph2ismainlyabout.

A.whatAndidtogoafterherdreamB.whatAnexperiencedinherfamily

C.howAnfeltaboutherbrotherD.whyAnwantedtobeadoctor

29.ThedirectorYinRouxinprobablyagreesthat.

A.it'shardtosaywhosacrificesmoreinfamilies

B.thefilmlooksatChina'spreferenceforboys

C.womenaremoreimportantthanmen

D.China'spreferenceforboyswillbehardtochange

30.Thewriterpresentsthefilmby.

a.introducingthecharactersb.lettingthedirectorexplainit

c.usingmediareportsd.introducingtheactors

A.abcB.abdC.acdD.bed

c

WeneverforgetwhenPerronetcametous.Itwasonaspringafternoon.Weneverknewwho

drownedPerronet,butDavidpulledhimoutofthewaterandsavedhislife.Peoplesometimes

askeduswhatkindofdoghewas,butweneverknew,exceptthathewasthenicestpossiblekind.

Mothersaidwecouldnotaffordhimbecauseofthetax（稅）andhiskeep.Thetaxwasfive

shillings（先令），butitwasnearlyayearbeforethetimewhenitmustbepaid.Atlast,wedecided

thatallthreeofuswouldgiveupsugartowardsavingthecostofhiskeep.Itwasthehardestfor

Davidbecausehewasfondofsweetthings,butthen,hewasfondofPerronet.Soweallgaveup

sugar,andPerronetwasallowedtoremain.

Wewereveryhappythatsummer.Theboyswereespeciallyhappy.Theonlythingthatvexed

mewasPerronet9staxmoney,formonthsandmonthswentonandwedidn'tsaveit.Oneday,I

foundDavidalonewithPerronetinhisarms.Hewascrying,andfeedingPerronetwithcake.I

can'tbeartoseeboyscry.IbeggedofDavidtostop,andtoldhimIshouldcertainlythinkof

something.

Oneday,wewereallinschool.Theschoolmastertoldusthattherewastobeaflowershow

fortheschoolchildrenthisyear,andthatanoldgentlemanwouldgiveprizestothebestarranged

wildflowers.Therewastobeafirstprizeoffiveshillings,andasecondprizeofahalfcrown,for

thebestcollectionofwildflowers,withtheirnamesuponthem.Isqueezed（擠）David'sarm,and

whispered,6<Fiveshillings!^^

IthoughtIcouldnevergetmylessonsthatday,foralldayIwasthinkingaboutPerronet?stax

money.Atnight,Isaidtothem,“Lookhere!I'llmakeacollectionofflowers.Youtwocanmakea

collectionofmosses（苔薛）.Therearetenkindsofmossesbytheriver,andwehavenamesofour

ownforthem.^^Theboysagreed.Richardmademeabox.Weputwetsandatthebottom,then

feathermoss,andintothatIstucktheflowers.Igotalltheflowersandallthegrassesreadyand

printedthenamesonpiecesofcardboard,tostickinwiththem.Ididnotlikeitwhenitwasdone,

butRichardpraiseditandthatcheeredme.Ithoughttheirmosseswerebeautiful.

Thedayoftheflowershowwasveryhot.Whenwereachedthetent,itwasfilledwithgrown

uppeople.Itwasveryhardworkgettingaboutandtryingtoseethestandswithflowers.Wekept

seeingticketswith“FirstPrize^^and“SecondPrize”.Itmademefeelsickwithheatandanxiety,

tothinkofthem.Wehadwalkedslowlyallroundthetent.Wehadseenallthecucumbers（黃瓜）,

onions,lettuce（葛苣）,grapes,longpotatoes,andeverythingelse.Atlastwesawmycollection!It

hadabiglabelonit,marked“FirstPrize"，andnexttoitcametheboys'moss,marked“Second

Prize".Wecried"Perronetispaidfor!^^

31.Themeaningoftheunderlinedword“vexed"iscloseto“,9.

A.surprisedB.pleasedC.attractedD.worried

32.Whichofthefollowingisthecorrectorderaccordingtothestory?

a.Thethreechildrendecidedtogiveupsugar.

b.Theboyswonthesecondprizeintheflowershow.

c.Thewritermadeacollectionofwildflowers.

d.Theheadmastertoldthechildrenabouttheshow.

e.MotherallowedthechildrentokeepPerronet.

A.aedcbB.adcbeC.eadcbD.eadbc

33.Fromthepassage,weknowthat.

A.Thechildrensavedmoneybygivingupsugartopaythetaxmoney

B.ThechildrenhadtosavesomemoneyiftheywantedtokeepPerronet

C.Davidwasonceseencryingbecausehecouldn'teatcakeanylonger

D.TheoldgentlemanwantedtohelpthechildrensavemoneyforPerronet

D

Itishardtoknowwhatbabieswant.Theycan'ttalk,walk,orevenpointatwhatthey're

thinkingabout.Butnewbornsbegintodeveloplanguageskillslongbeforetheybeginspeaking.

And,comparedtoadults,theydeveloptheseskillsmuchmorequickly.

Studiesshowthat,uptoabout6monthsofage,babiescanrecognize（認(rèn)出）allthesounds

thatmakeupallthelanguagesintheworld.

Thereareabout6,000soundsthatarespokeninlanguagesaroundtheworld,butnotevery

languageuseseverysound.Forexample,whiletheSwedishlanguagehas16vowelsounds,

Englishuses8vowelsounds,andJapaneseusesjust5.

Adultscanhearonlythesoundsusedinthelanguagestheyspeakfluently（流利地）.Toa

nativeJapanesespeaker,forexample,thelettersRandLsoundthesame.

Inasimilarwayolderbabiesstartrecognizingthepatterns（模式）thatmakeuptherulesof

theirnativelanguage.InEnglish,forexample,childrenwhoareabout18monthsoldstartto

understandthatwordsendingin”?ing"or"-ed"areusuallyverbs,andthatverbsareactionwords.

Scientistsareespeciallyinterestedinthebrainsofpeoplewhospeakmorethanonelanguage

fluentlybecausethatishardtodoafteraboutage7.

Inoneexperiment,forexample,nativeChinesespeakersspokeChineseto9-month-old

Americanbabiesfor12periodsover4weeks.Eachperiodlastedabout25minutes.Intheend,the

AmericanbabiesreactedtoMandarin（普通話）soundsjustaswellasChinesebabieswhohad

beenhearingthelanguagetheirwholelives.

Atabouttheageofseventheseskillsslowdown.Itgetshardertomemorizenewsounds.So,

ifyoudon'tstartstudyingaforeignlanguageuntilmiddleschool,youmustfightagainstyearsof

braindevelopment.

A12-year-old'sbrainhastoworkmuchhardertobuildlanguageconnectionsthananinfant's

（嬰兒）braindoes.YetintheUnitedStates,learningforeignlanguagesusuallybeginsaslateas

highschool.

34.Whenarethebabiesusedtothesoundsthatpeoplemaketocommunicatewiththem?

A.At6monthsold.B.At9monthsold.

C.At18monthsold.D.At7yearsold.

35.Accordingtothepassage,scientistsbelieve.

A.it'sbettertostarttolearnaforeignlanguagebeforetheageof7

B.it'sbettertostarttolearnaforeignlanguageaftertheageof7

C.it'seasierforchildrenover12tobuildlanguageconnections

D.it'sharderforchildrenunder7tomemorizenewsounds

36.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.Speakinggoestogetherwithlisteningwhenbabiesstartdevelopinglanguageskills.

B.Theolderoneis,themoresoundsusedinlanguagesonecanrecognize.

C.An18-month-oldbabyhasgotsomesenseofgrammar.

D.TheexamplegiveninParagraph7mainlyshowsthatenvironmentisimportantinlearning

aforeignlanguage.

37.Whichofthefollowingisthepropertitleforthepassage?

A.Languageismadeupofsoundsandrules

B.Languagelearningspeedsbraindevelopment

C.Adultscanlearnforeignlanguageslikebabies

D.Babiesaregoodlanguagelearners

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25-27BCD28-30BBA31-33DAB34-37AACD

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四、閱讀理解閱讀下面的短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容在A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇最佳答

案，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。（本大題共26分，每小題2分）

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StevenRedgrave—Winnerof5OlympicGoldMedals

“In1997Iwasfoundtohavedevelopeddiabetes（糖尿?。?believingthe

profession（職業(yè)）trainedforthewholeofmylifeended,Ifeltverysorry.

ThenoneofmyfriendssaidtherewasnoreasonwhyIshouldstoptraining.

Thatwasit—theencouragementIneeded.IcouldstillbeawinnerifI

believedinmyself.Iamnotsayingthatitisn'tdifficultsometimes.ButIwantedtoproveto

myselfthatIwasn'tfinishedyet.Nothingistostandinmyway.”

KarenPickering—SwimmingWorldChampion（冠軍）

“Iswim4hoursaday,6daysaweek.Imanagethatamount（總數(shù)）of

workbyputtingitontopofmydiary.Thisisthekeytosuccess——youcan't

followaprofessioninanyfieldwithoutbeingwell-organized.Makealistof

whatyoubelieveyoucanachieve.Trustyourself,writedownyourgoalsfor

theday,howeversmalltheyare,andyou'Hbeastepclosertoachievingthem.”

KristenStewart—Actress

“Whenthingsaregettinghard,avoiceinsidemyheadtellsmethatIcan'tachieve

anything.Then,thereareotherdistractions,suchasfamilyorhobbies.Thekeyisto

givemostofyourattentiontoonething.WhenIfeelnervous,ithelpsalottorepeat

wordssuchas'calm','peace',eitheroutloudorsilentlyinmymind.Itmakesmefeelmorein

controlandimprovesmyconfidence.Thisisahabitandisapowerfulpsychological（心理學(xué)的）

tool.”

（）48.Theunderlinedword"distractions''probablymeans.

A.goodhabitsB.thingsthatmakeonetired

C.wordstoenjoyD.thingsthatturnone'sattentionaway

（）49.Thesamecharacterofthethreepeopleis.

A.humourB.happinessC.self-confidenceD.wisdom

（）50.Thebesttitlefbrthepassageis.

A.HealthandFoodB.HowtoBeaWinner

C.DifficultiesandHabitsD.BeaSportsman

c

Bertiewassadforweeks,monthsaftertheliondied.TherewasnothingIcoulddotocheer

himorevenconsole（安慰）him.Hewouldsitforhoursinhisroom,orgooffonlongwalksallon

hisown.Heseemedsoshutawayinsidehimself.TryasIdid,Icouldnotreachhim.

①ThenonedayIwasinthekitchenhere,whenIsawhimhurryingdownthehill,waving

hisstickandshoutingtome."I'vegotit,“hecried,ashecamein,"I'vegotitatlast."Heshowed

metheendofhisstick.Itwaswhite.t4Seethat,Millie?^^“Chalk!It'schalkunderground,isn'tit?"

“So?”Isaid.

46YouknowthefamousWhiteHorseonthehillsideatUffington,theonetheycarved（舟隹亥i］）

outofthechalkathousandyearsago?Thathorseneverdied,didit?It'sstillalive,isn'tit?Well,

that'swhatwe'regoingtodo,sohewillneverbeforgotten.We'llcarveTheWhitePrinceouton

thehillside—he'llbethereforever,andhe'llbewhiteforevertoo.n

“It'lltakeabitoftime,won'tit?"Isaid.

“We'vegotplenty,haven'twe?"hereplied,withthesamesmilehehadsmiledatmewhen

hewasaten-year-oldboyaskingmeifhecouldcomebackandmendmykiteforme.

②Everysparehourwehad,wewereuptherescraping（刨土）awaywithspades（鏟子）,

andwehadbuckets（桶）tocarryawaytheearth.Itwashard,back-breakingwork,butitwasa

labour（勞動(dòng)）oflove.Wedidit,BertieandI,wedidittogether——paws,claws,tail,mane,untilhe

wascompleteandperfectineverydetail.

③Itwasjustafterwe'dfinishedthatthebutterfliesfirstcame.Wenoticedthatwhenthesun

comesoutaftertheraininthesummer,thebutterflies—AdonisBlues,theyare,Ilookedthemup

-comeouttodrinkonthechalkface.ThenTheWhitePrincebecomesabutterflylion,and

breathesagainlikealivingcreature（動(dòng)物）.

④SonowyouknowhowBertie'swhitelionbecameTheWhitePrinceandhowTheWhite

Princebecameourbutterflylion.

（AdaptedfromTheButterflyLion）

（）51.Thesentence“Ittookthenexttwentyyearstodoit."shouldbeputatthebeginningof

oneparagraph.Whereshouldweputit?

A.①B.②C.③D.?

（）52.Theunderlinedword"he”inParagraph4refersto（指代）.

A.BertieB.butterflyC.theWhiteHorseD.thewhitelion

（）53.Thecorrecttimeorderoftheeventsaboutthestoryis.

a.TheliondiedandBertiewassad.

b.Butterfliesflewtothechalkface.

c.Bertiedecidedtocarvetheliononthehillside.

d.BertieandMilliespentallthesparetimecarving.

A.a-c?d?bB.a-d-b-cC.d-a-b-cD.c?b?a?d

D

Ilovemyblackberrymobilephone-ifsmylittleconnectiontothelargerworldthatcango

anywherewithme.Ialsolovemycomputer,asitholdsallofmywritingandthoughts.However,I

knowtherearetimeswhenIneedtomoveawayfromthesethingsandtrulycommunicatewith

others.

IteachacoursecalledHistoryMattersincollege.Mygoalsfortheclassincludeadeep

discussionofhistoricalthemesandideas.BecauseIwantstudentstofullystudythematerialand

exchangetheirideaswitheachotherintheclassroom,Ihavearule-nocomputer,iPads,phones,

etc.Whenstudentsweretoldmyrulebeforeclass,someofthemwerenothappy.

Moststudentsthinkmyreasonsforthisruleincludenegativeexperiencesinthepastwhen

studentsmadewronguseoftechnology.There'sabitoftruthtothat.I'veseldomhadstudents

makewronguseoftechnologyinmyclasses;however,Ihavebeene-mailedbystudentswhile

theywereinotherteachers9classrooms.

SomestudentsthinkthatIamanti-technology.There'snotruthinthatatall.AsInoted

above,Ilovetechnologyandtrytokeepupwithit.

TherealreasonwhyIaskstudentstoleavetechnologyatthedooristhatIthinkthereare

veryfewplacesinwhichwecanhavedeepconversations.Interruptions（中斷）bytechnology

oftenbreakstudents5thoughtsandmakethemdependtoomuchonoutsideinformationforideas.I

wantstudentstodigdeepinthemselvesforideas.Iwantthemtopusheachothertothink

differentlyandtomakeconnectionsbetweenthecourse,thematerialandtheclassdiscussion.

Ihavebeenteachingmyhistoryclassinthiswayformanyyearsandtheevaluations（評價(jià)）

showstudents9satisfactionwiththeenvironmentthatIcreate.Studentsrealizewithdeep

conversationandchallenge,theylearnatadeeperlevel—alevelthathelpsthemkeepthecourse

materialbeyondtheclassroom.

IamnotsayingthatIwon'teverchangemymindabouttechnologyuseinmyhistoryclass,

butuntilIhearareallygoodreasonforthechange,Iwillcontinuemyplan.Afewhoursof

technology-freedialogueisjusttoosweettogiveup.

()54.Thewriter'srulefbrhisHistoryMattersclassis.

A.discussinghistoricalideasdeeplyB.studyinganddiscussingthematerials

C.leavingtechnologyoutoftheclassroomD.makingrightuseoftechnologyinclass

()55.Theword“negative“inParagraph3means.

A.similarB.unforgettableC.specialD.unpleasant

()56.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?

A.Studentsmakerightuseoftechnologyinotherteachers'classes.

B.Theclassroomisoneofthegoodplacestohavedeepconversations.

C.Thewriterrequiresstudentstoagreewithothersafterdiscussion.

D.Studentsareunhappywiththewriter'swayofteachinghistory.

()57.Thewriterwantstotellusthat.

A.technologyhasdifferentinfluencesindifferentclassesincollege

B.technologymakesitdifficulttohavetruecommunicationinclass

C.historyclassescanhelpstudentstodeveloptheirdeepthinking

D.itistimeforhimtogiveuphisteachingmethodinhistoryclass

答案：

45-47DAC48-50DCB51-53BDA54-57CDBB

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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(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最

佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。(本大題共13小題，每小題2分，共26分)

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GallowayWildlifeConservationParkisinthesouthofScotland.Acollectionofnearly150

differentanimalsfromallovertheworldcanbeseenwithinthepeacefulandnaturalsetting.

GallowayWildlifeConservationParkistoprovidealivingshelterforsmallanimals,toprotect

wildlife,toprovidechancesforthepublictoenjoyandlearnabouttheareatheylivein.Amain

aimoftheparkistoprotectendangeredanimals.

Facilities(設(shè)施)availabletovisitorsmainlyincluderestaurants,giftshops,picnicareas,

facilitiesfbrbabies,facilitiesfordisabledpeoplefreeparking,etc.

Thereisaprogrammeofimprovementtoconditionfbrtheanimals,birdsandvisitors.Through

theprogramme,theparkplaysanimportantpartintheinternationalefforttoprotectrareand

endangeredanimals.Clickheretoseewhatimprovementtheparkhastomake.

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Hewasanoldmanwhofishedaloneinasmallboatontheseaandhehadgoneeighty—four

daysnowwithouttakingafish.Inthefirstfortydaysaboyhadbeenwithhim.Butafterforty

dayswithoutafish,theboy'sparentshadtoldhimthattheoldmanwasnowsalao,andordered

theboytojoinanotherboat,whichcaughtthreegoodfishthefirstweek.Ilmadetheboysadto

seetheoldmancomeineachdaywithhisboatempty.Thesaillookedliketheflagoffailure（失

敗）forever.

Theoldmanwasthinwithdeepwrinkles（皺紋）inthebackofhisneck.Hisfacewasterribly

brownbecauseofthestrongsunlightontheseaeverydayandhishandshadthedeepscars（傷疤）

fromdealingwithheavyfishonthelines.Butnoneofthesescarswerefresh.Everythingabout

himwasoldexcepthiseyesandtheywerethesamecolorastheseaandwerecheerful.

"Santiago,theboysaidtohimastheyclimbedthebankfromthesea."Icouldgowithyou

again.We'vemadesomemoney.^^

Theoldmanhadtaughttheboytofishandtheboylovedhim.

“No,"theoldmansaid."You'rewithaluckyboat.Staywiththem.”

“Butrememberhowyouwenteighty-fourdayswithoutfishandthenwecaughtbigones

everydayforthreeweeks.”

“Iremember,“theoldmansaid.

“Itwaspapawhomademeleave.IamaboyandImustfollow

“Iknow,“theoldmansaid.46Itisquitenormal（正常的）

“Hehasn'tmuchfaith（信心）

“No,"theoldmansaid.“Butwehave.Haven'twe?"

“YesJtheboysaid."CanIofferyouabeer?^^

“Whynot?”theoldmansaid"Betweenfishermen

（）28.Theunderlinedword"salao“inthefirstparagraphprobablymeans.

A.lonelyB.unluckyC.dishonestD.stubborn（固執(zhí)的）

（）29.Theoldmanrefusedtheboytogofishingwithhimagainbecause.

A.hewantedtofishbyhimselfB.hecouldreallyunderstandtheboy'sparents

C.theboyaskedforsomemoneyD.theboyhadalreadylearnthowtofish

（）30.Fromthestorywecanknowthat.

A.theboywasworriedabouttheoldman'shealth

B.theboy'sparentsbelievedintheoldman

C.everyonelaughedattheoldman'sbadluck

D.theoldmanwasalwaysfullofho