中考英语 阅读理解练习20篇.docx

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中考英语阅读理解练习20篇

2014年中考英语阅读理解练习（20篇）

1.

TheworsttouristintheworldisNicholasScottieofSan-Francisco.OnceheflewfromtheU.S.tohishometowninItalytoseesomeoneathome.Theplanemadeone-hourstoptogetoilatKennedyAirportofNewYork.Ashethoughthehadarrivedhome.Mr.Scottiegotofftheplane.HethoughthewasinRome.Whennobodywastheretomeethim,Mr.Scottiethoughtmaybetheywereheldupbyheavytraffic.Whilelookingfortheiraddress,Mr.Scottiefoundthattheold“Rome”hadchangedalot.Manyoldbuildingswerereplacedbyhighmodernones.HealsofoundthatmanypeoplespokeEnglishinsteadofItalianandthatmanystreetswerewritteninEnglish.Mr.ScottieknewverylittleEnglish,soheaskedapolicemanthewaytothebusstation.HehappenedtomeetapolicemanwhowasalsoborninItalyandansweredhiminthesamelanguage.Aftertwelvehour’stravelingroundonabus,thedriverhandedhimovertoasecondpoliceman.HeaskedthepolicemanwhytheRomepoliceemployedsomanypeopleaspolicemenspeakingEnglishinsteadofItalian.Mr.ScottiedidnotbelievehewasinNewYorkwhenhewastoldso.TogethimonaplanebacktoSanFrancisco,hewassenttotheairportinapolicecarwithsirens（警报）on.“Look,”saidScottietohisinterpreter（翻译）,“IknowI’minItaly.That’showtheydrive.”

1.WhenMr.Scottiearrivedattheairport,nobodymethimbecause_______.

A.hewasinNewYorkB.hewasnotinRome

C.policemancouldhelphimD.bothAandB

2.InwhatdirectiondidtheplaneflywhenMr.ScottiewenttoItalyfromtheU.S.?

A.TotheeastB.TothesouthC.TothewestD.Tothenorth

3.WhywasMr.ScottiesosurethathewasinRome?

A.BecauseheknewlittleabouttheU.S.B.BecauseheknewlittleboutItaly.

C.Becausehetraveledalot.D.Becausehedidn’ttravelmuch

4.AtlastMr.Scottie__________.

A.knowhedidsomethingwrongB.stillthoughthewasinRome.

C.knewhewaswrongD.knewhewasathome

5.DoyouthinkmanypeopledothesamethingsasMr.Scottiedid?

A.NobodybutMr.Scottiemadethiskindofmistake.

B.Manypeoplemakethiskindofmistake.

C.Fewpeoplemakethiskindofmistake

D.50%ofpeoplewillmakethesamemistake

Key:

1-5DAABC

2.

“Cool”isawordwithmanymeanings.Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpressatemperaturethatisalittlebitcold.Astheworldhaschanged,theworldhashadmanydifferentmeanings.“Cool”canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything.

Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet,maybeyouwillsay,“It’scool.”Youmaythink,“He’ssocool,”whenyouseeyourfavouritefootballer.Weallmaximize（扩大）themeaningof“cool”.Youcanuseitinsteadofmanywordssuchas“new”or“surprising”.Here’saninterestingstorywecanusetoshowthewaythewordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthewaterfall（瀑布）theyhadvisited.Ononestudent’spaperwasjusttheonesentence,“It’ssocool.”Maybehethoughtitwasthebestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt.

Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity（缺乏）ofwords.Without“cool”,somepeoplehavenowordstoshowthesamemeaning.Soitisquiteimportanttokeepsomecredibility（可信性）.Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthatmakeyourlifeascolourfulastheword“cool”?

Ican.AndIthinktheyarealsoverycool.

6.Weknowthattheword“cool”hashad________.

A.onlyonemeaningB.nomeanings

C.manydifferentmeaningsD.thesamemeaning

7.Inthepassage,theword“express”means“____________.”

A.seeB.showC.knowD.feel

8.Ifyouare________something,youmaysay,“It’scool.”

A.interestedinB.angryaboutC.afraidofD.unhappywith

9.Thewritertakesanexampletoshowheis_______thewaythewordisused.

A.pleasedwithB.strangetoC.worriedaboutD.carefulwith

10.Inthepassage,thewritersuggests（暗示）thattheword“cool”______.

A.canbeusedinsteadofmanywordsB.usuallymeanssomethinginteresting

C.canmakeyourlifecolourfulD.maynotbeascoolasitseems

Key:

6-10CBACD

3.

TVPROGRAMMES

Channel1

Channel2

18:

00AroundChina

18:

30Children’sprogramme

19:

00News

19:

30Weatherreport

19:

40Aroundtheworld

20:

10TVplay:

Sisters

21:

00Englishfortoday

21:

15Popularmusic

21:

55Talkshow

17:

45Computerstoday

18:

10Foreignarts

18:

30Englishclassroom

19:

00Animalworld

19:

25China’99

20:

20Sports

21:

00TVplay:

GuoLanying

21:

45Englishnews

22:

06OnTVnextweek

11.Ifyouwanttowatchafootballgame,thebestprogrammeforyouwouldbe_____.

A.TVplayB.SportsC.AroundtheworldD.Talkshow

12.Theprogrammeof______willletyouknowmuchaboutwesterncountries.

A.SistersB.AroundChinaC.AroundtheworldD.OnTVnextweek

13.Ifyouwanttoknowsomethingabouttigers,elephantsandmonkeys,thebestprogrammeforyouis__________.

A.AroundChinaB.AnimalworldC.TVplayD.Foreignarts

14.Englishclassroomisaprogrammethat_________.

A.letsyouknowsomethingaboutclassroomsB.tellsyousomethingaboutstudents

C.letsyouknowsomethingaboutschoollifeD.teachesyouEnglish

15.TheprogrammeattheendofChannel2means_______onTVnextweek.

A.newsB.programmesC.peopleD.places

Key:

11-15BCBDB,

4.

Oursunisastar,andnineworlds（天体）moveroundit.Worldsliketheseareplanets.Butthereareotherstars,othersuns,notonlythousandsofthem,butmillionsofthem.Dodifferentstarshaveplanets?

Wecanseetheplanetsroundourownsun.butwehaven’tbeenanymore.Thestarsaretoofarawayfromus.Starsgiveoutlight,buttheplanetsdon’thaveanylightoftheirown.Sowecan’tseethem.Theyaretoofar,andtoodark.Still,wecantellthatsomestarshaveplanets.Whileabigplanetgoesround,itpullsitsstartooneside.Andsometimeswecanseethis.Thenweknowthatthestarhasaplanet.Forexample,Barnard’sStarisasmallredstar.Anditisthequickeststarintheuniverse.Butsometimesitmovesslower,andthenquickeragain.WehaveknownBernard’sStarformanyyears,andnowwearesureithasaplanet.

16.Astarisalargebodyintheuniverse.It_________.

A.movesroundoursunB.haslightofitsown

C.canalsobecalledasunD.bothBandC

17.Whichofthefollowingisnottrue?

A.Theearthisoneofthesun’sworld’sB.Therearemillionsofsunsintheuniverse

C.Theworld’sareverybrightD.somestarshaveplanets

18.Wecanseetheplanetsroundoursun.Butwecan’tsee________.

A.nineworldsintheuniverseB.theplanetsroundotherstars

C.thesatellitesroundtheearthD.otherstars

19.Barnard’sStarmovesmorequicklythan________.

A.moststarsB.anyotherstarC.itsplanetD.theplanetsroundthesun

20.HowcanpeopleknowthatthereisaplanetroundBarnard’sStar?

A.Sometimestheyseethattheplanetpullsthestartoonesideandmakesitmoveslower.

B.Theplanetisshining

C.Theplanetisnexttoourearth.

D.Theplanetisaredone.

Key:

16-20BCBBA

5.

Weweregoingtoplayagainstateamfromacountryschool.

Theydidn’tcomeuntilthelastminute.Theylookedworsethanwehadthought.Theywerewearingdirtybluetrousersandlookedlikefarmboys.

Wesatdownforarest.Wefeltthatwedidn’tneedanypracticeagainstateamlikethat.

Thegamebegan.Oneofusgottheballandheshotalongpasstoourforward（前锋）.FromoutofnowhereaboyinanoldT-shirtstoppedtheballandwithbeautifulstyle（姿势）heshotandgottwopoints.Thenanothertwopointsinaminute.Soonthegamewasallover.Wewerebeatenbythecountryteam.

Afterthat,wethoughtalot.Wecertainlylearnedthateventhoughyourteamisverygood,youcan’tlookdownupontheothersandstillneedtodoyoubest.Andthemostimportantlessonwelearnedwas:

Onecan’tjudge（判断）apersonorateamonlybytheirclothes.

21.Theteamfromthecountrywereinoldclothessothewriter’steam_______.

A.lookeddownuponthemB.couldn’twin

C.didn’tlikethecityboyD.wereafraidofthem

22.Thecountryteamarrivedsolatethat_________.

A.nobodysawthemB.thewriter’steamwereangry

C.theyhadnotimetowarmupD.theylookedworse

23.Theteamfromthecountrywonbecause_________.

A.theywereinoldclothesB.theydidn’tpracticebeforethegame

C.theypracticedbeforethegameD.theteamwasbetterthanthewriter’s

24.Fromthetext,wecanguessthewriter’steamis_________.

.A.abasketballfromacountryschool

B.afootballteamfromaschoolinthecity

C.abasketballteamfromaschoolinthecity

D.afootballteamfromthecountry

25.Thewriter’steamlearnedalotfromthegame.Theygottoknowhowto______.

.A.dobetterfromthenonB.fightagainstthecountryboys

C.playagainstaweakteamD.judgeamanorateambyclothes

Key:

21-25ACDCA

6.

Longlongagopeoplemadefiresfromlightning（闪电）。

Buttheyhadtokeepthefireburning,fortheycouldn’tstartitagainiftherewasnolightning.Later,theyfoundouthittingtwopieceofstonetogethercouldmakeaspark（火花）.Thesparkcouldfiredryleaves.Inthiswaytheycouldmakethefireagainifitwentout.Thempeoplealsolearnedtomakeafirebyrubbing.Theymadeaholeonabigpieceofwoodandputasmallerstickintothehole.Theyturnedthestickagainandagain.Afterafewminutestheygotafire.

Asyearswentby,peoplelearnedotherwaystomakeafire.Sometimestheyusedtheheatfromsun.theyheldapieceofglassintherightwayandmadeapieceofpaperonfire.

Abouttwocenturiesago,peoplebegantomakematches（火柴）.Matchesbroughtpeopleaquickandeasywaytomakefire.Todaymatchesarest