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中考阅读理解练习之社会文化篇附答案
社会文化篇
Passage32
Formostpeople,theword“fashion”means“clothes”.Butpeoplemayaskthequestion,“Whatclothesareinfashion?
”Andtheyusetheadjective(形容词)“fashionable”inthesameway:
“Shewaswearingafashionablecolor.”
Butofcoursetherearefashionsinmanythings,notonlyinclothes.Therearefashionsinholidays,inrestaurants,infilmsandbooks.Thereareevenfashionsinschoolsubjects,jobs…andinlanguages.
Fashionschangeastimegoes.Ifyoulookatpicturesofpeopleorthingsfromthepast,youwillseethatfashionshavealwayschanged.AnEnglishhouseof1750wasdifferentfromhisgrandsonin1860.
Todayfashionschangeveryquickly.Someofthisisnatural(自然的).Wehearaboutthingsmuchmorequicklythaninthepast.Newspapers,radios,telephonesandtelevisionsendinformationfromonecountrytoanotherinafewhours.
Newfashionsmeanthatpeoplewillbuynewthings,soyouseethereismoneyinfashion.
1.Fromthispassageweknowthat“fashion”means_________.
A.clothesB.manythingsC.mostofthepopularthingsD.everything
2.Whichofthefollowingthingsisfashionabletoday?
A.SurfingontheInternetB.HavingafamilydinneronNewYear’sDay
C.LearningtosingsongsontheradioD.Doingmorningexercisesatschool.
3.Todayfashionschangeveryquicklybecause_______.
A.Peoplereadnewspaperseveryday B.radiossendinformationfromonecountrytoanother
C.newthingsthatpeoplelikeareoftenshownonTV
D.peoplequicklylearnwhatishappeningintheworld
4.“Thereismoneyinfashion.”means________.
A.clothesareexpensiveB.moneycomesfromfashion
C.peoplelikenewthingsD.therearenofashionswithoutmoney
Passage33
FirstFrenchman:
Ionceheardsomeoneshout,"Lookout,"Iputmyheadoutofawindowandabasin(盆)ofwaterfellonme.Itseemsthat"Lookout"maymean"don‘tlookout."
SecondFrenchman:
OnceIwasonashipandheardthecaptain(船长)shout,"Allhandsondeck,"Iputmyhandsonthedeckandsomeonewalkedonthem.
ThirdFrenchman:
IoncevisitedanEnglishfriendearlyinthemorningandthemaidwhocametothedoorandsaid,"He’snotupyet.Comebackinhalfanhour,"WhenIwentagainforhim,shesaid,"He‘snotdownyet."
"Ifhe’snotupandhe’snotdown,whereishe?
"Iasked.
Shesaid,"He’sstillinbed.WhenIsay‘He’snotup’Imean‘hehasnotyetgotup’.WhenIsay‘He’snotdown’Imean‘hehasnotyetcomedownstairs,’"
1."Lookout"heremeans“_______”.
A.putyourheadoutofthewindowandlookB.Takecare
C.I’mgoingtopourthewaterD.Helpme
2."Allhandsondeck"means“_______”.
A.Allthesailorsgather(集合)ondeckB.Giveyourhandstome
C.PutyourrighthandandlefthandondeckD.Shakeyourhandswithme
3.Whenthemaidsaid,“He’snotupyet.”Shemeantthat_______.
A.hehasnotgrownupyetB.hehasnotyetgotup
C.hehasnotwokeupyetD.hehasnotyetcomeupstairs
4.WhenthethirdFrenchmanwentback,theEnglishfriend_______.
A.waswashinghisfaceB.washavinghisbreakfast
C.wasstillinanupstairsroomD.wasreadinganewspaper
5.Whichdoyouthinkisthebesttitleforthisarticle?
A.ThreeFrenchmenandtheirEnglishFriendsB.TheEnglishLanguage
C.ThreeFrenchStoriesD.WhataLanguage!
Passage34
Newspapersareveryimportantinourdailylife.Manypeoplebegintheirdaybyreadingthepaper.Inthiswaytheylearnwhatisgoingonintheworld.Sometimes,however,theydidn‘thavethetimetoreadthenewscarefullyandmustbepleasedwithaquicklookatthefrontpage.Atothertimestheymaybeinsuchahurrythattheyhavetimeonlytohaveaquicklookattheheadlines(标题).
Therearenewspaperstopleaseeveryreader.Inbigcitiestherearemanytypeswithseveraldifferenteditionseveryday.Insometownstherearefewernewspapersandperhapsonlyoneeditioneachday.Insomeplacesthepaperisprintedweekly.
Mostpapershaveseveraleditions,especiallyonSundayswhentheeditionislargerthanusual.Therearebesidesthefrontpagewiththemostimportantnews,thesportsnews,theamusement(娱乐)page,abusinesspageandsoon.
1.Peoplereadnewspaperto_______.
A.learnaboutthemostimportantnewsB.bepleased
C.getsomeinformationD.learnaboutwhatevertheywant
2.Readingtheheadlines,peoplecanknow_______.
A.whatthepassagesareaboutB.whatisgoingon
C.aboutthemostimportantnewsD.aboutsports
3.Inbigcitiesnewspapersareusuallyprinted_______.
A.dailyB.weeklyC.monthlyD.yearly
4.Mostpapershave_______onSundaysthanusual.
A.moretypesB.morepagesC.lesstypesD.lesspages
5.Ifyouwanttoseeafilm,you’dbetterread_______inanewspaper.
A.thebusinesspageB.thefrontpage
C.thesportspageD.theamusementpage
Passage35
ThisdictionarytellsyouaboutEnglishwordsandhowtousetheminreading,writingandspeakingEnglish.Itnotonlygivesthemeaningofwords,itcanalsohelpyouwithspelling,wordbuilding,grammarandpronunciation.
Touseyourdictionarycorrectly,youneedtounderstandhowthedictionaryworks.Atthefrontofthebook,youwillfindsomeexercisestohelpyoumakethemostuseofyourdictionary.
Ifyoulookuptheword“colour”,youwillfindtwospellingsforthisword.“Colour”isusedinBritishEnglish,while“color”isusedinAmericanEnglish.Whensuchathinghappens,thedictionaryshowsitwiththeword“BrE”forBritishEnglishand“AmE”forAmericanEnglish.
Thedictionaryalsohelpsyoupronouncewordscorrectly.Itusesaspecialalphabet(特殊字母表)toshowpronunciation.Ifyouturntotheinsidebackface,youwillseeallthephoneticletters(音标)withsomewordstoshowyouhowtheyarepronounced.Justhavealookthispagewhenyou’renotsurehowtosayaword.
Themostimportantreasonforusingadictionaryistofindoutthemeaningofaword—itsDEFINITION.
Inthisdictionary,thedefinitionshavebeenwrittenusingonly2000words.Thismeansthatthedefinitionsofeventhemostdifficultwordsaresimplyexplained(简单解释)andeasytounderstand.
Whenawordhasmorethanonemeaning,readallthemeaningsuntilyoufindtheonethatcorrectlytellstheuseofthewordyouarelookingfor.
Mostofthewordsinthisdictionarycanbeusedbypeopleinallpartsoftheworld.
1.Thisdictionarycannothelpyouwith_____.
A.singingB.grammarC.spellingD.pronunciation
2.____ofthewordsinthedictionaryhavetwospellings.
A.AllB.OneC.FewD.Some
3.TheAmEspellingoftheChineseword“颜色”inthisdictionaryis______.
A.colourB.collarC.colorD.corner
4.Thephoneticalphabethelpsyoueachwordcorrectly.
A.understandB.writeC.sayD.know
5.TheChinesemeaningof“definition”hereis______.
A.词性B.词条C.词义D.词库
6.Howmanywordsarethereinthisdictionary?
_________.
A.TwothousandB.OnethousandC.OnehundredD.Wedon’tknow
7.Thedictionaryexplains______.
A.someofthedifficultwordsB.allthewordsinasimpleway
C.alltheeasywordsD.thewordsoftwomeanings
Passage36
TheWinterOlympicsisalsocalledtheWhiteOlympics.Atthistime,manycolorfulstampsarepublished(发行)tomark(标志)thegreatGames.ThefirststampsmarkingtheopeningcameoutonJanuary25,1932intheUnitedStatesforthe3rdWhiteOlympics.Fromthenon,publishingstampsduringtheWhiteOlympicsbecamearule(规定).
Duringthe4thWinterOlympicGamesagroupofstampswerepublishedinGermanyinNovember1936.ThefiveringsofOlympicsweredrawnonthefrontofthesportswear.ItwasthefirsttimethattheringsappearedonthestampsoftheWhiteOlympics.
Inthe1950’s,thestampsofthiskindbecamemorecolorful.WhentheWhiteOlympicscame,thehostcountries(东道主)aswellasthenon-hostcountriespublishedstampstomarkthoseGames.ChinaalsopublishedfourstampsinFebruary1980,whentheChinesesportsmenbegantotakepartintheWhiteOlympics.
JapanistheonlyAsiancountrythathaseverheldtheWhiteOlympics.Altogether14,500millionstampsweresoldtocollectmoneyforthissportsmeeting.
Differentkindsofsportsweredrawnonthesesmallstamps.Peoplecanenjoythebeautyofthewonderfulmovementsofsomesportsmen.
1.TheWhiteOlympicsandtheWinterOlympics_______.
A.arethesamethingB.aredifferentgames
C.arenotheldinwinterD.areheldinsummer
2.TheworldmadeitaruletopublishstampstomarkthegreatworldGames______.
A.aftertheyear1936B.afterthe3rdWinterOlympics
C.beforethe3rdWhiteOlympicsD.beforetheyear1932
3.TheWinterOlympicsisheldonce________.
A.everytwoyearsB.everythreeyears C.everyfouryearsD.everyfiveyears
4.Whichofthefollowingistrue?
A.OnlythehostcountriescanpublishstampstomarkthoseGames.
B.Onlythenon-hostcountriescanpublishstampstomarkthoseGames.
C.AllthecountriescanpublishstampstomarkthoseGames.
D.Japancan’tpublishstampstomarkthoseGames.
5.WhatmayappearonthestampsoftheWhiteOlympics?
A.Basketball.B.Tabletennis.C.Football.D.Skating.
Passage37
In1998,WorldCupFootballMatchheldinFrancetookupanewrule.Insteadoftheusualblackandwhiteball,acolorfulballwasusedinthegame.Thenewballwasmadeupof32piecesofthreecolors:
red,blueandwhite.Interestinglyenough,theFrenchnationalflaghappenedtobeinthreecolors,too.Besides,32teamstookpartinthecomingWorldCup.Butearlyfootballwasmadeupofeightpiecesofleather.Astim