北斗星中考英语真题阅读 Topic 15 Literature and the Arts 文学与艺术.docx

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北斗星中考英语真题阅读Topic15LiteratureandtheArts文学与艺术

TopicFifteenLiteratureandtheArts文学与艺术

话说中考

本话题是文学与艺术，使学生了解我国及世界不同地区的文学与艺术领域的特色、发展及创新等情况，并能尊重和接受不同的文学与艺术。

中考阅读理解对本话题考查是通过阅读小短文理解大意，从短文中分析、整理出文学或艺术的历史、特色、新闻人物、发展创新及走向。

目的是陶冶学生情操，提升文化素养以及培养学生欣赏和发展文学与艺术的能力。

这就要求学生在日常生活中多关注当代文学与艺术的发展动向，多涉足文学与艺术领域，亲身去感受文学与艺术的魅力。

走近中考（四川乐山·2009）

Ifyouareateenageboy，andyouwanttosucceedinlife，you'dbetterreadthisgreatbook．FromBoystoMenbyanAmericanwriter，MichaelGurian，tellsteenageboysthattheyarelivingthroughthebestyearsoftheirlives．Thereisnoreasonforthemnottolovelife．

Youmaythinkthatonlyyourbodyisgrowingatthemoment．Butthebooksaysyourmindisgrowing，too．Thebooktellsteenageboysthattheyneedtohelptheirbodiesandmindsgrow．Todothis，theyshouldstopspendingtheirtimeplayingcomputergamesandshouldstartplayingsports．Sports，thebooksays，keepyouhealthyandteachyouimportantlifeskills．Theyteachyouhowtobealeaderandhowtoworkaspartofateam．

Thebookalsotellsboyshowtolovelifeifthey'rebeingbullied（被欺负）．Itsaysboyshavetostopbeingscared（害怕的）ofsuchbullies．Itistheonlywaytheycanbecomemoresuccessfulpeople．

Tobecomethemanyouwanttobe，youhavetothinkforyourselfandbelieveinyourself．But，mostimportantly，thebooksays，youmustalwaysdreamofsuccess．Neverbehappywithwhatyou'vegot，andalwayswantmore．

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

（）1．FromBoystoMenis_______．

A．aChinesemagazine

B．apieceofmusic

C．anAmericanbook

（）2．MichaelGuriantellsteenageboysto_______．

A．playgameswithotherboys

B．learntorepairmachines

C．lovetheirlife

（）3．Thebooktellsusthat_______．

A．ourbodiesandmindsgrowatthesametime

B．ourbodiesaremuchstrongerthanourminds

C．ourmindsgrowfasterthanourbodies

（）4．Thebooksaysthatsportscan_______．

A．teachyouhowtokeephealthy

B．teachyouimportantlifeskills

C．AandB

（）5．Thewriterofthispassagewishesusto_______．

A．readFromBoystoMen

B．helphimsellthebooksoon

C．sendthebooktoothers

解析

本文主要介绍了FromBoystoMen这本书的内容。

书中告诫青少年要热爱生活，为他们的成长提出了很好的建议。

1．C由开头you'dbetterreadthisgreatbook．FromBoystoMenbyanAmericanwriter，可知。

2．C语句理解题。

根据Thereisnoreasonforthemnottolovelife．可知是告诫他们热爱生活。

3．A根据第二段第二句Butthebooksaysyourmindisgrowing，too．可知。

4．C由第二段倒数第二句Sports，thebooksays，keepyouhealthyandteachyouimportantlifeskills．可知A和B都对。

5．A由短文第一段第一句可知作者的写作意图是“希望人们去读这本书”。

话题专练

一

Lifeislikethefourseasons．NowIamveryold，butwhenIwasyoung，itwasthespringofmylife．Iwasborn，Iplayedalot，andthenIstartedschool．Ilearnedmanynewthings．Likeaflower，Igrewbiggereveryday．Therewerehappydaysandsorrowfuldays：

somedaysthesunshone，andsomedaysitdidn't．

Inmytwenties，Ihadagoodjob．Iwasstrongandhappy．ThenImarried（结婚）andhadachild．Inthosedays，Ididn'thavemuchtimetothink．EverydayIwasbusyandworkedveryhard．Andso，Istartedtogetsomewhitehairs．Thesummerofmylifepassedquickly．

Thenthedaysgotshorter．Leavesfellfromthetrees．Mychildwasauniversitystudent，andthenanengineer．Myhomewasmuchquieter．Istartedwalkingmoreslowly．OnedayIstoppedworking．Ihadmoretime．Iunderstoodthiswasmyautumn，abeautifultimewhenthetreeschangecolorandgiveusdeliciousfruits．

Butthedayskeptgettingshorterandcolder．Winterhascome．Iamolderandweaker．IknowIdonothavemanydaysleft，butIwillenjoythemtotheend．

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

（）1．Thewriterstartedwalkingmoreslowlyinthe_______ofhislife．

A．springB．summerC．autumnD．winter

（）2．Accordingtothepassage，whichofthefollowingagesisduringthesummerofhislife?

A．15．B．33．C．62．D．87．

（）3．Whatdoestheword"sorrowful"meaninthispassage?

A．Sad．B．Exciting．C．Wonderful．D．Pleasant．

（）4．Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A．Thewriterwasanengineer．

B．Thewriterhadagardenwithflowers．

C．Thewriterwasalwayshappyasachild．

D．Thewriternowisoldandweak，butstillheenjoyshislife．

（）5．Thebesttitleofthepassagecanbe_______．

A．FourSeasons

B．MyLife

C．FourSeasonsinaYear

D．FourSeasonsinMyLife

答案：

1．C细节判断题。

根据每个阶段的描述，可知是在秋季。

2．B根据一年四季划分年龄段可得出答案。

3．A由下文“一些天，太阳照耀（露出笑脸）；一些天，太阳不出来（阴天）”可推出此处表达心情“不高兴的”。

4．D可用排除法。

根据短文大意，可知只有D正确。

5．D纵观全文内容可知最佳标题是“我生命中的四季”。

二

Theprogram"ChinaYearinRussia（俄罗斯）"hasended，buttheculturaltiesbetweenthetwocountriesgrowstronger．"Chinesefever（中国热）"continuesinRussia．

Fifty-year-oldWeiDehanhasbeenstudyingChinesecultureforthirtyyears．HewasamongthefirstRussianstoopenaChineseteahouseinMoscow．Thatwasin1995．HealsotaughtChineselanguageandTaichi（太极）．During"ChinaYearinRussia"，hesetupamagazineintroducingChineseculture．It'spopularwithlocalreaders．

InRussia，youngpeoplewhocanspeakChinesearepopular．YoungpeoplewhoareabletospeakChineselanguagefindjobseasily．Some15-thousandpeopleattendChineselanguageclassesinRussia．TheConfuciusInstitute（孔子学院），theworld-wideChineselanguageandcultureeducationcenter，hasbeensetupinthirteenofRussia'suniversitiesandcolleges．

Besidesthelanguage，Chinesewayoflifeisbecomingacommonfactor（因素）inthedailylivesofRussianpeople．Greentea，ChinesefoodandTaichibecomepopular．

Russiannewspapersandmagazinespraised（称赞）"ChinaYearinRussia"asatimelyevent．Theysaidthattheprogramdeepened（加深）understandingbetweenthepeopleofthetwocountries．Italsoopensthewayforfurtherculturalexchanges．

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

（）1．HowlonghasWeiDehanbeenlearningChineseculture?

A．For50years．

B．For30years．

C．Since1995．

（）2．During"ChinaYearinRussia"，WeiDehan_______．

A．openedaChineseteahouseinMoscow

B．taughtChineselanguageandTaichi

C．setupamagazineintroducingChineseculture

（）3．_______becomepopularinRussia．

A．Greentea，ChinesefoodandTaiChi

B．Chineselanguage

C．BothAandB

（）4．"ChinaYearinRussia"_______．

A．deepened（加深）understandingbetweenthepeopleofthetwocountries

B．opensthewayforfurtherculturalexchanges

C．AandB

（）5．Whichofthefollowingsentencesisnottrue?

A．WeiDehanwastheonlyRussiantoopenaChineseteahouseinMoscow．

B．TheConfuciusInstitutehasbeensetupinthirteenofRussia'suniversitiesandcolleges．

C．YoungpeopleinRussiawhoareabletospeakChineselanguagefindjobseasily．

答案：

1．B根据第二段第一句可知。

2．C由第二段倒数第二句可知，其他两项活动均在此之前。

3．C词义理解题。

由第四段中besides为“除了……外，还有（包括除去部分）”可知。

4．C根据最后一段可知“俄罗斯中国年”活动的意义和作用。

5．A细节判断题。

由第二段HewasamongthefirstRussianstoopenaChineseteahouseinMoscow．可知他不是唯一的，他只是其中一位。

三

Asyoungstudents，youhavemanydreams．Thesedreamscanbeverybig，suchaswinningtheNobelPrize；theycanalsobesmall，suchasbecomingoneofthebeststudentsinyourclass．

Onceyoufindadream，whatdoyoudowithit?

Doyouevertrytomakeyourdreamreal?

AndrewMatthews，anAustralianwriter，tellsusthatmakingyourdreamsrealislife'sbiggestchallenge．Youmaythinkyou'renotverygoodatsomeschoolsubjects，orthatit'simpossibleforyoutobecomeawriter．Thosekindsofideasstopyoufromrealizingyourdream．

Infact，everyonecanrealizehisdream．Thefirstthingyoumustdoistorememberwhatyourdreamis．Don'tletitleaveyourheart．Keeptellingyourselfwhatyouwanteverydayandthenyourdreamwillcometruefaster．Youshouldknowthatabigdreamis，infact，madeupofmanysmalldreams．

Youmustalsonevergiveupyourdream．Therewillbedifficultiesontheroadtoyourdreams．Butthebiggestdifficultycomesfromyourself．Youneedtodecidewhatisthemostimportant．StudyinginsteadofwatchingTVwillhelpyoutogetbetterexamresults，whilesavingfiveyuaninsteadofbuyinganicecreammeansyoucanbuyanewbook．

Asyougetclosertoyourdream，itmaychangealittle．Thisisgoodasyouhavethechancetolearnsomethingmoreusefulandfindnewhobbies．

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

（）1．Whichofthefollowingisn'tmentionedinthispassage?

A．Youmaythinkyou'renotgoodatsomeschoolsubjects．

B．Makingyourdreamsrealislife'sbiggestchallenge．

C．Youmustnevergiveupyourdream．

D．ListeningtoEnglishmorecanhelpyourealizeyourdream．

（）2．Ifwehavedreamsinourheartsandworkhard，ourdreams_______．

A．can'tberealized

B．canbeverysmall

C．willcometrue

D．canbeverybig

（）3．Howdoyoumakeyourdreamcometruefaster?

A．Rememberwhatyourdreamis．

B．Don'tletyourdreamleaveyourheart．

C．Keeptellingyourselfwhatyouwanteveryday．

D．A，BandC．

（）4．Tomakeyourdreamreal，thefirstthingyoumustdois_______．

A．torememberwhatyourdreamis

B．todecidewhatisthemostimportant

C．tolearnsomethingmoreusefulandfindnewhobbies

D．togetbetterexamresults

（）5．Thebesttitle（标题）ofthispassageis_______．

A．HowtoBecomeaWriter

B．HowtoMakeYourDreamReal

C．ABigDreamIsMadeUpofSmallDreams

D．EveryoneCanRealizeHisDream

答案：

1．D可用排除法。

A和B在第三段提及，答案C在第五段第一句可提及。

2．C根据第四段yourdreamwillcometruefaster．可知。

3．D由整个第四段可知。

4．T根据第四段第二句Thefirstthingyoumustdoistorememberwhatyourdreamis．可知。

5．B纵观全文不难看出短文的最好标题应是：

如何实现自己的梦想。

四

Asweknow，therearedifferencesbetweenwesterncultureandChineseculture．Wecanseedifferenceswhenwepayattentiontothewaywordsareused．Let'slookatthewordsaboutanimalsandplants．MostexpressionsinChineseaboutthedog，forexample，"ahomelessdog"，"amaddog"，"arunningdog"and"adogcatchingamouse"，havenegativemeanings．

Butinwesterncountries，dogsarethoughttobehonestandgoodfriendsofhumans．InEnglish，peopleusethedogt