中考英语 阅读理解考前必练 TEST 29 冀教版.docx

1、中考英语 阅读理解考前必练 TEST 29 冀教版TEST 29建议用时：45分钟 总分：50分 得分:_AHold your head up highI was 15 months old, a happy and carefree kid, until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly. From then on, my injured, sightless, cloudy gray eye lived on with me. Sometimes peo

2、ple asked me embarrassing (使人难堪的) questions. Whenever kids played games, I was the “monster”. I was always imagining that everyone looked down on (瞧不起) me. Yet mum would say to me, “Hold your head up high and face the world.” I began to depend on that saying. As a child, I thought mum meant, “Be car

3、eful, or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking.” As a teenager, I usually looked down to hide my shame. But I found that when I held my head up high, people liked me. In high school I even became the class president, but on the inside I still felt like a monster. All

4、I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mum and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the beauty that is inside instead of your appearance (外貌).” My mums love was the sunshine that

5、 made me bright. I had faced hard times, and learned not only to be confident but also to have deep compassion (同情) for others. “Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home. I say it to my children. The gift my mum gave me will live on. ( ) 1. The world “carefree” in the first line

6、probably means“_” in Chinese. A.无忧无虑的 B.无拘无束的 C.小心翼翼的 D.与众不同的 ( ) 2. Why did the writer imagine that everyone looked down on her? A. She felt bad about her appearance. B. She found it hard to act as a monster. C. Kids refused to play games with her. D. People always asked her embarrassing questions.

7、 ( ) 3. Why did the writers mum say “Hold your head up high” to her? A. To tell her to be careful. B. To help her hide the shame. C. To stop her from getting hurt. D. To make her more confident. ( ) 4. From the story, we can know that _. A. the writer understood the saying very well as a child B. th

8、e writer felt like everyone else in high school. C. the writer is living with a warm and brave heart now D. the writer has deep compassion for others all her life ( ) 5. The passage is mainly about _. A. what the writer experienced when she was 15 B. what the writer did to show thanks for mums gift

9、C. how the writer changed herself with mums love D. how the writer became confident with her great effortsBDecide to Do WellEverybody makes decisions in daily life. They can be as important as what you will do in the future or as simple as what you will eat for breakfast. Any decision could be the t

10、urning point of your life.I made an important decision when I was in Junior 3.Before I made that decision I was one of the boys who tried too hard to act as an adult. I didnt know that only kids want to show themselves as adults. I didnt listen to my parents and teachers, and my grades became poor.

11、Then came the high school entrance exam. At the turning point of my life, my mom wanted to have a conversation with me. I wanted to turn it down but when I looked at her eyes, I felt I couldnt refuse. Instead of asking me to study hard, to my surprise, Mom just asked what I wanted to do in the futur

12、e. Without thinking too much, I just said I would like to study hard. Mom smiled and asked again: “I asked: what do you WANT to do?”I never seriously thought about the question. So, I kept silent. “Whether you want to go on studying or enter the society,” she went on, “it is your own decision. Your

13、life ought to be decided by you, not by anyone else, including me.” After saying that, she had tears in her eyes. For the first time in my life I was asked to make my own decision. I sat in my chair and thought about myself, my life and what kind of person I wanted to become. It took me what seemed

14、to be ages to make the biggest decision so far in my lifeI wanted to be a man who makes a difference in the world. To achieve that, I needed to study hard. The path to my future became clear to me. I didnt act rebelliously (叛逆地) any more. With passion (激情) in my heart, I studied hard. Now, Im 17 and

15、 Im in one of the best schools in my city, in one of the best classes at the school and I am one of the best students in the class. Thanks to that decision, I have become what I am today. ( ) 1. When did the writer make the important decision? A. After he was 17 years old.B. After he was in one of t

16、he best classes. C. When he was a pupil.D. When he was studying in Junior 3. ( ) 2. What was the writer like before the decision? A. His grades became poor. B. He tried too hard not to act as an adult. C. He was one of the top students in his class. D. He did what his teachers and his parents asked him to do. ( ) 3. How did the write