英语阅读理解四.docx

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英语阅读理解四

英语阅读理解（四）

根据所掌握的文化或背景知识，选择最佳选项。

（）61.Qilin,whichisalongtheGreatPalace,standsfor____________.

A.thepowerofthecountryB.awarofthecountry

C.thepeaceofthecountryD.theprestigeofthecountry

（）62.Theheatfromthesuncan’tescapebecauseoftoomuch___________.

A.ozoneB.oxygenC.carbondioxideD.radiation

（）63.Inwesternculture,___________isoftenusedtodescribeawomenwhoiscruel.

A.thedogB.thecatC.thetigerD.thelion

（）64.__________liesinthecenterofChina.Thereareover1,000lakesinit.

A.HubeiB.HunanC.AnhuiD.Jiangxi

（）65.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.It’simpolitetoeatwithyourarmsorelbowsonthetableinAmerica.

B.InThailandpeopledon’tuseknivestoeatatall.

C.It’snotimpolitetosmokeduringamealinFrance.

D.Indianseatwiththeirlefthands.

（）66.“Sheilas”standsforallgirlsin___________.

A.CanadaB.AustraliaC.theUSA

D.alltheEnglishspeakingcountries

第二节阅读理解（共7小题;每小题2分，满分14分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

（1）

Treesareusefultomeninthreeimportantways:

Theyprovidethemwithwoodandotherproducts（产品）,theygivethemshade（树荫）,andtheyhelptopreventdroughtandfloods.

Unfortunately,inmanypartsoftheworld,menhavenotrealized（功能）isthemostimportant.Intheireagerness（渴望）tomakemoneyformtrees,somepeoplehavecuttreesdowninlargenumbers,onlytofindthatwithoutthemtheyhavelostthebestfriendstheyhad.Andbesides（此外）,theyareusuallytoocarelesstoplantandlookafternewtrees,sotheforestsslowlydisappear.

Thisdoesn’tonlymeanthatmenwillhavefewertrees.Theresultsareevenmoreserious:

wheretherearetrees,theirroots（根）breakupsoil—allowingtheraintosinkinandalsobind（固定）thesoil,thus（因而）preventingitfrombeingwashedawayeasily,butwheretherearenotrees,therainfallsandcarryingawaytherichtop—soil.Whenallthetop—soilisgone,nothingremains（剩下）butworthlessdesert.

（）67.Landbecomesdesertafteralltreesartecutdown,because____.

A.thereistoomuchrain

B.therearenomoretreestokeeptherichtop—soilfrombeingcarriedawaybyfloods

C.thereisastrongwind

D.rootsoftreesbreakupthesoil

（）68.Peoplecutdownmanytreesbecause____.

A.theywantedtogetwoodfromthem

B.theywantedtogetmoneyfromthem

C.theydidn’trealizetheimportanceofthem

D.alltheabove

（）69.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Treerootscanmakethetop—soilrichandthegroundhard.

B.Treescanmaketherainsinkintotheground.

C.Treescanpreventdroughtandfloods.

D.Treerootscantakeawaythetop—soil

（2）

Tomasteralanguageonemustbeabletospeakandunderstandthespokenlanguageaswellastoreadandwrite.LeninandhiswifeKrupskayatranslatedalongEnglishbookintoRussian.ButwhentheywenttoEnglandin1902,Englishpeoplecouldn’tunderstandawordtheysaidandtheycouldn’tunderstandwhatwassaidtothem.ThesedaysmoreandmoreforeignersarecomingtoChinaandmoreChinesearegoingouttoforeigncountriestoworkorstudy.Sothespokenlanguageisbecomingmoreandmoreimportant.

Speaking,ofcourse,can’tgowithoutlistening.Ifyouwanttopronounceawordcorrectly,firstyoumusthearitcorrectly.ThysoundsoftheChineseandEnglishlanguagesarenotexactlythesame.Ifyoudon’tlistencarefully,you’llfinditdifficultorevenimpossibletounderstandthenativespeakers.

Well,whataboutwriting?

Likespeaking,it’stoexchangeideas.Peoplegenerallyuseshorterwordsandshortersentencesintheirwriting.Theimportantthingistomakeyourideaclearinyourheadandthentowriteitinclearlivelylanguage.

Chinesestudentsreadfartooslowly.Ifyoureadfast,youunderstandbetter.Ifyoureadtooslowly,bythetimeyouhavereachedtheendofapageyouhaveforgottenwhatthebeginningisabout.Whenyoumeetwithnewwords,don’tlookthemupinthedictionary.Guessthemeaningfromthecontext.Youmaynotguessquitecorrectlythefirsttime,butasnewwordscomeupagainandagainindifferentcontexts,theirmeaningwillbecomeclearerandclearer.Ifyoulookupeveryword,you’llneverfinishabook.

Studentsofaforeignlanguageneedaparticularknowledge,theknowledgeofthelife,historyandgeographyofthepeoplewhoselanguagetheyarestudying.Theyshouldstudythesesubjectsintheforeignlanguage,notonlyintranslation.Inthiswayonecankilltwobirdswithonestone:

learnaforeignlanguageandgetsomeknowledgeoftheforeigncountryatthesametime.

（）70.Inhisfirstpointthewritertoldus____________.

A.howtospeakEnglish

B.howtoreadandwrite

C.whyspokenEnglishisimportant

D.whyEnglishpeoplecouldn’tunderstandLenin

（）71.Inhislastpointthewriteradvisedus____________.

A.tokilltwobirdswithonestone

B.tolearntwolanguagesatatime

C.tostudyallthesubjectsinaforeignlanguage

D.togetsomeknowledgeoftheforeigncountrywhoselanguageyouarestudying

（）72.Inthefourthparagraphthewritergavesomeadviceon___________.

A.howtoreadfaster

B.howtoguessthemeaningfromthecontext

C.howtolookupnewwordsinthedictionary

D.howtograspthegeneralmeaningofapassage

（）73.“Tokilltwobirdswithonestone”means___________.

A.togetsomeparticularknowledge

B.togetmorethanwhatonepays

C.thestoneistoobig

D.thebirdsareblindenough

第二部分非选择题（共40分）

第三节任务型阅读（共7小题;每小题2分，满分14分）

阅读下面两篇短文，根据所给语境，按要求完成下列各题

（3）

1.Manypeoplelikeanimalsandtakethemastheirpets.Nowadayspethospitalsareverybusy.Weneedkindpersonswholoveanimalstoworkinbusyanimalhospitals.

2.Scientiststhinkthatpetswillprobablybemuchsmallerbecausepeopleinthefuturewillbelivinginmuchsmallerspaces.Scientistsarealreadyworkingonmakingverysmallfarmanimals.

（1）Thesamethingsmightbedonetomakesmallercatsanddogs.

3.It’ssaidthatsomedayyoumightownapantherasapet.Scientistsmighthavetostartturningwildanimalsintopets.

（2）Thismightbetheonlywaytosavethemfromdyingout.

4.Whataboutarobotforapet?

Thismaysoundsilly,butitcouldbecometrue.Robotdogshavebeenmadetobarklikerealdogs.These“pets”mightbecomemoreandmorepopularinthefuture.Afterall,robotsdon’tlosehairorchewonthingsthewayrealpetsdo.

5.Lotsofpeoplemisstheirpetswhiletheyareonholiday.OnehotelinMinnesotahassolvedthisproblem.Theylendcatstotheirguests.Manyexpertsbelievethisideawillbecomemoreandmorepopular.（3）Itisverypossiblethatinthefutureyouwillbeabletoorderapet,aswellasroomservice,atahotel.

74.将

（1）处改为同义句。

We______________________thesamethingtomakesmallercatsanddogs.

75.将

（2）处翻译成汉语。

_________________________________________________________________

76.根据（3）处完成下面的句子。

It’spossible________you_________beabletoorderapetandroomserviceathotelinthefuture.

（4）

根据短文内容，找出相关信息，完成表格。

Scientistssaidthatinthepast100years,astheglobal（全球的）temperatureswentupby0.74°C,thetemperatureinNorthChinahasclimbed1.4°Cinonly50years.

Chinaneedstotocutcarbondioxide（二氧化碳）emission（排放）,becauseit'sthemainreasonforglobalwarming.ThegoodnewsisthatChinahasseentheimportanceofgoinggreen.Chinasetthegoalofcuttingenergyuseby20andpollutionemissionby10inthe11thFive-YearPlan.

Canyouslowdownglobalwarming?

Sure!

（3）Youandyourfamilycantakestepstocuttheamountofcarbondioxidethatissentoutintotheair.

Herearesomepiecesofadvicetohelpyousavetheearth.

▲Wearusedclothes.Wearingyourbrother's,sister'sordad'soldT-shirtmeansyousavetheenergy.

▲Changeyourlightbulbs（灯泡）.Useenergy-savinglightbulbs.Anddon'tforgettoturnoffthelightswhenyouleavearoomandturnoffyourtelevisionandcomputerwhentheyarenotinuse!

▲Ridethebus.Takingabussavesalotofoileveryyear.

▲Saynotoplasticbags.Thenexttimeyourparentsgotothemarket,askthemtousebaskets

▲Openawindow.Don'tusetheairconditioner（空调）,andletsomefreshairin.Whenyouhavetousetheconditioner,setthetemperaturehigherinthesummerandlowerinthewintertosaveenergy

Makesmallchangesinyourdailylife.Don'tusepapercups,bagsandboxes.

It'stimeforallofustodosomethingtosavetheearth.

Thereasonforglobalwarming（77）_____________________carbondioxideintheair

Howto（78）_________________

_________________________1.Wearusedclothes.

2.Useenergy-savinglightbulbsand

（79）________________________turnoff

thelightswhenyouleavearoom

3.Ridethebus.

4.Use（80）__________________instead

ofplasticbagswhenshopping.

5.Trytousetheairconditionerless.

答案：

61—66CCBADB67—69BDD70—73ADAB74.mightdo

75.这可能是唯一保护动物免于灭绝的方式。

76.for,to77.Toomuch78.savetheearth79.rememberto80.baskets

（2011年湖北省黄冈市胡河中学中考英语模拟试题）

三、综合阅读（共三节，计34分）

第一节综合知识（共6小题;每小题1分，满分6分）

根据所掌握的文化或背景知识，选择正确答案。

61.WhenwilltheExpo2010ShanghaiChinabegin?

A.OnMay1.B.OnOctober1.C.OnApril1.D.OnMay3.

62.ThespiritoftheOlympicsis_____.

A.OneWorldOneDreamB.FasterHigherStronger.

C.TheRedOlympicsD.TheGreenOlympics

63._____companieshavealreadymaderobotswalkanddace.

A.IndianB.AustraliaC.JapaneseD.American

64.childrenandsomeyoungpeopleplaytricksontheiron____

A.HoloweenB.EasterC.AprilFool’sDayD.Christmas

65.ZhaiZhigang,LiuBomingandJiangHaipenwentintospaceon___.theirflightaroundtheearthlastedabout_____hours.

A.September24,2008,67B.September25,2008,68

C.Semtember26,2008,69D.September27,2008,70

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