初中英语九年级中考阅读训练C篇15篇及答案.docx

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初中英语九年级中考阅读训练C篇15篇及答案

C1

MattMasonhasseenthefuture—andit’sfun.Masonlikesthinkingabouthowmachinescanmakeourliveseasierbydoingtheworkwehate,suchascleaning.Heshowsahardfloorcleaningsystem（系统）that’sbuiltintothewall:

itwillblowdirttoapartoftheroomwhereitwillbecollectedbyavacuum（吸尘器）.Thenthesystemwilldropsomecleaneronthefloorandanarmwillmop（用拖把擦）itup.“Thismaytroubleyou,”saysKara,anexpertinMason’scompany.“Butyoucanprogramittocomeonat3a.m.,anditwilljustwet-mopthefloorforyou.”

Whenitcomestothekitchen,BruceBeihoff,anotherexpertatWhirlpool,issurethatinafewyears,robotswillbedoingmostoftheboringwork,freeingustorelax.“Morethanjustfun,futurekitchenswillbeenvironmentallyfriendly,”hesays.“Anewsystemwillbebuiltinthehousewhichcanrecycleenergy（能量）lostfromyourkitchentomakethewholehomewarm.”

“Thefridgewillbethecenterofthehome,”saysDanielLee,amarketexpert.Thefridgewillhaveatouchscreen（触摸屏幕）whereyoucanwatchTV,surftheInternet,checkyoure-mail,keepashoppinglistandordervegetables.“Yourfridgeisthefirstplaceyougointhemorningandthelastplaceatnight,”saysLee.

Everwonderwhya1.9-metermananda1.6-meterwomanhavetocookmealsoncounters（工作台）ofthesameheight.“Theheightwasdecidedover50yearsago,accordingtotheheightofordinarywomen,”saysJaneLangmuir,anexpertofcookingmachines.“Buttimeshavechanged.Wehavemadeanewcounterwhereyoupressabuttonanditmovestowhateverheightyouwant.”Atthesametime,TedSelkeratMIT’sCounterlabhasmadetheDishmakerwhichletsyoumakedishesandbowlsoutofplasticsathome.Aftereachmeal,thedishesarechangedstraightbackintoplastics.

57.Howmanyinventionsarementionedinthepassage?

A.Three.B.Four.C.Five.D.Six.

58.Infuture,ifyouwanttocleanyourhouse,youwill________.

A.havearecyclingsystembuiltinthewall

B.getupearlytostartyourcleaningsystem

C.useyourfridgetogiveorderstoacleaner

D.leavetheworktoakindofcleaningmachine

59.Whatisfuturekitchenworklike?

A.Terrificandrelaxing.B.Easyandinteresting.

C.Enjoyableandexciting.D.Funnyandamazing.

60.Fromthepassage,weknow________.

A.peoplewillhavemoreandmoretimeenjoyingthemselves

B.futurekitchenscanprovidealltheenergyforourlifeeveryday

C.thefridgecanbefoundinthecenterofafuturehouse

D.peoplemustbeexpertatcomputerstousetheseinventions

57.C58.D59.B60.A

C2

EachyearBenisgladwhenschoolisclosedonMartinLutherKingJr.Day.Benknowsthatthisdayhonorsanimportantman,butBendoesnotfeelconnectedtohim.However,thesmall-worldtheory（理论）connectsBentoDr.King.Ben’smom（0）hasaclosefriend,Amy

（1）.Amy’suncle,Mark

（2）,oncemetandspoketoJohnCarter（3）,thesonofPresidentJimmyCarter（4）.JimmyCarterknewDr.King（5）.Inaway,Benisonly“fivepeopleaway”fromMartinLutherKingJr.

Thesmall-worldtheorysaysthateveryoneintheworldisconnectedthroughashortchain（链条）ofpeopletheyknow.Anothernameofthischainisdegreesofseparation.Eachdegreeisastepthatseparatesapersonfromsomeoneheorshedoesnotknow.Therearezerodegreesofseparationbetweenapersonandthepeopleheorsheknowsdirectly.ThismeansthattherearezerodegreesbetweenBenandhismom.Thereisonedegreeofseparationwhenjustonepersonseparatessomeonefromapersonheorshedoesnotknow.Benknowshismom,buthehasn’tmetherclosefriendAmy.Therefore,BenisonedegreeawayfromAmy.Asthechaincontinues,Amy’suncle,Mark,istwodegrees.JohnCarteristhreedegrees,andhisfatherisfourdegrees.Dr.KingisfivedegreesawayfromBen.Thetheorysaysthattherearenomorethansixdegreesofseparationbetweenanytwopeopleintheworld.

Thesmall-worldtheoryhasalottodowithmath.Thetheoryassumes（假定）thateachpersonknows100people.Eachoneofthose100peopleknows50differentpeople.Eachofthose50peopleknowsanother50people,andsoon.Whensomeonecontinuesthecalculationtosixdegrees,itislikethis:

100×50×50×50×50×50=31.25×109.Thisnumberisgreaterthan31billion（abillion=athousandmillion）.Thereareover6billionpeopleintheworld.Thesenumbersshowitispossiblethatsixdegreesofseparationcouldincludeeveryoneintheworld.

Doesthesmall-worldtheorywork?

Noonehaseverprovedit.Maybethetheoryjustinvitespeopletothinkalittlemoreabouttheirplacesintheworld.

8.Benistwodegreesawayfrom________.

A.JimmyCarterB.JohnCarterC.AmyD.Mark

9.Whatisthemeaningof“degreesofseparation”inParagraph2?

A.Thechaintoconnectpeople.B.Therelationsbetweenpeople.

C.Thestepsofknowingstrangers.D.Theseparationbetweenstrangers.

10.Whatisthesmall-worldtheorymainlyabout?

A.HowfarBenisawayfromDr.King.B.Howmanypeopleonecangettoknow.

C.Howpeopleareconnectedintheworld.D.Howthedegreesofseparationaresetup.

11.Wecanlearnfromthearticlethat________.

A.thesmall-worldtheoryworks

B.moreresearchisneededtoprovethetheory

C.sixdegreesareneededtoknowthestrangers

D.thewriter’spurposeistohelppeoplefindouttheirplaces

8.D9.A10.C11.B

C3

ManytextbooksarenotwritteninthekindofEnglishthatwespeakeveryday.Infact,sometimesthereadingissodifficultthatitalmostseemslikeaforeignlanguage.Inaway,itisthelanguageofscience.Youshouldnotexpecttobeabletoreadadifficultsciencepassagethesamewayyoureadaninterestingstory;youshouldnotexpecttoreaditeasilyandallatonce.Instead,youmayhavetoreaditseveraltimesthrough,catchingonthemeaningofdifficultwords,goingbackoverdifficultsentences,andfinallyputtingthewholethingtogether.Donotbediscouragesifthewholepassagedon’tmakesensetoyouatfirst.Youneedtopickitapartpatientlyuntilyoucanunderstandit.

Thesearethestepstofollowwhenyouarereadingsomethingdifficult:

✧1.Starttoreadnormallyuntilyourunintoasentencethatdoesn’tmakesensetoyou.

✧2.Whenasentencedoesn’tmakesense,gobackandreaditagainmoreslowly.

✧3.Lookforanywordyoudon’tknowinthesentence.Trytounderstandtheirmeaningsusingwordpartsandcontextclues（上下文线索）.Ifnecessary,lookthemupinthedictionary.

✧4.Lookatthenextfewsentencestoseeiftheyexplainmoreaboutthesentenceyouareworkingon.Donotreadverymuchfartheraheaduntilyouunderstandwhatisbeingsaid.

✧5.Finally,readthesentenceagain.Trytoputitintosimplerwords.

✧6.Readthroughthepassageonce.Trytounderstandallthehardpartswell.Thenreadthewholepassageoncemoreatausualspeed.Thishelpsyoutoputallideastogether.

Thestopssoundalotharderthantheyare.Itisreallyjustthenormalwaygoodreadersunderstandanythingthatisdifficulttoread.Afteryouhavedonethebestyoucanthisway,youshouldalwaysfeelfreetoaskforhelpfromyourteacher,ifyouhaveone.

54.Theunderlinedphrase“runinto”means________.

A.workoutB.comeacrossC.lookintoD.passby

55.Fromthepassage,wecanknow________.

A.weshouldlookupnewwordsbeforereading

B.itissometimesdifficulttoreadasciencepassage

C.thesixstepsarehelpfulinlearningspokenEnglish

D.interestingstorieshelpreaderstoimprovetheirEnglish

56.Themassageismainlyabout________.

A.stepsofstudyingscienceB.difficultiesinreadingscience

C.waysofreadingsciencepassagesD.researchesonscienceandEnglish

54.B55.B56.C

C4

Whatdoyoudoifyou’restranded（处于困境的）onalonelyisland?

Surelyyouneedtofindawaytogetintouchwiththeoutsideworld.YourbestchanceofBodysignals（信号）.

Pilotsfromdifferentcountriesunderstandbodysignalsiftheyhavethecorrecttraining.Whenyouwaveyourarmsupanddowninastraightline,itmeans“yes”.Whenyoupointdownwardsandswingyourarmfromsidetoside,itmeans“no”.Ifyouwantthepilottoknowthatit’ssafetoland,pushyourhandsoutinfrontofyouandbend（弯曲）yourknees.Ifyouwanttosaythatit’snotsafetoland,putyourarmsintheairandmovethemtooneside.

Smokesignals

Thesmokefromafirecanbeseenfromfaraway,soit’sagoodwaytodrawattention.Iftheweatherisdry,itisn’thardtostartafire.Remember,however,thatfirescanbeverydangerousiftheygetoutofcontrol.Neverlightafireunlessyou’resurethatitcan’tspread..Ifthegroundisdark,lightsmokecanbeseenmoreeasily.Greengrassandleavesproducelightsmoke.

Ground-to-airsignals

It’sagoodideatobuildsomesignals,too.Uselargepiecesofwoodtomakethesymbols（标记）.Ifyoucan’tfindanywood,useearth.Someusefulsymbolsare:

F“Ineedfoodandwater”.

II“Ineedmedicine”.

I“Iambadlyhurt”.

X“Iamunabletomovefromhere.”

Pilots’replies

Ifthepilotlowerstheplane’swingsfromsidetoside,thismeans“messagereceivedandunderstood”（Atnight,thepilotflashestheplane’sgreenlights.）Ifthepilotfliestheplaneinaclockwisecircle,thismeans“messagereceivedbutnotunderstood”.（Atnight,thepilotflashestheplane’sredlights.）

However,thereisnosignalwhichmeans“messagenotreceived”.Whynot?

54.Whichpicturemeans“it’snotsafetoland”?

55.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A.Swingingyourarmfromsidetosidemeans“yes”.

B.Ifthegroundisdark,lightsmokecan’tbeseen.

C.Ifyouneedsomemedicine,makeasymbol“II”.

D.Thepilotsmakereplieswithabl