初中英语 中考专题 冲刺阅读.docx

1、初中英语 中考专题 冲刺阅读AIts the lunchtime break at Shanghai Xianxia Middle School. No mobile phone is ringing anywhere. The common sight of crowds of students chatting on their phones or sending short messages is disappearing.A Grade 2 student says, “I couldntconcentrate(集中注意力) during classes if the phone wa

2、s with me. I couldnt help checking if there were messages or missed phone calls. I even played games on the phone sometimes.”The school authorities say they feel theban(禁令) is necessary to keep order in class. They even give out an open letter to remind parents not to let their children bring mobile

3、 phonesto school. More than 96 percent of parents say they welcome the schools decision. The school is alsoflexible(灵活的) inimplementingthe ban. Those students who live far from school can bring mobile phones to call their parents. But they still have to turn them off in classrooms.Medical experts al

4、so welcome the schools decision. They say too much dependence on mobile phones can cause manypsychological(心理的) problems in teenage students.1. Which of the following words can be put intothe blank in Paragraph 2?A. differenceB. chanceC. problemD. Mystery2. What can we know about the VerizonInnovati

5、ve App Challenge?A. It was held by STEM Center Middle School.B. It was a competition for middle school students.C. It was designed to help solve environmentalproblems.D. It encouraged students to develop an interestin STEM.3. Which of the following is TRUE about theRecycling Bin?A. It is useful.B. I

6、t sells well.C. The idea for it came from three 12-year-oldstudents.D. The idea for it resulted from the bad recyclingsituation in a school.4. While turning their idea into an app, thestudents_.A. divided the work into partsB. learned a lot from each otherC. could reach an agreement soonD. got much

7、help from their school.5. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. A competition.B. An interview.C. A group.D. An app.BNo one knows exactly when jazz was invented, or by whom.But it is said that it began in the early 1900s. Jazz was a new kind of music, for America and the world, and New Orleans w

8、as its birthplace.Who were the jazz pioneers? Most were blacks. This music was not written down, and at first only blacks played it. It was hard for white musicians to learn the new style. But soonthey, too, were playing jazz.The popularity of this kind of music spread. From New Orleans, it traveled

9、 up the Mississippi to Chicago, then to Kansas City and New York. By the 1920s, there were many jazz musicians, both black and white. Many of them were famous. One man was better than the rest. His name was Louis Armstrong.Louis Armstrong was a born musician. He was not only talented but also hard-w

10、orking. He also had a good sense of humor and wore a big, good-natured smile. These personal qualities were valuable in his rise to fame. After he became famous, he traveled around the world. It seemed that everyone wanted to hear Louis play. But life was not always easy, especially at the beginning

11、.Louis Armstrong was born in 1900 in New Orleans. His father never went to school and his mother could hardly read. When Louis was still a kid, his parents separated, and Louis lived with his mother. How hard their life was can readily be imagined. And yet Louis smiled through everything. He later w

12、rote, “My whole life has been filled with happiness. Life was there for me and I accepted it. Whatever happened has been beautiful to me. I love everybody.”1. What can we know exactly from the first paragraph?A. Who invented jazz. B. When jazz was invented.C.Where jazz was invented.D. Why jazz was i

13、nvented.2. The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refers to _.A. new styles B. jazz pioneersC. black musiciansD. white musicians3. What made Louis Armstrong become the best jazz musician?A. His family background. B. His talent and hard work.C. His good sense of humor.D. His big and good-natured s

14、miles.4. Which of the following best expresses Louis Armstrongsattitude(态度)to life?A. He laughs best who laughs last. B. Failure is the mother of success.C. When you smile, the world smiles back.D. Without music, life is a journey through a desert.5. What is the passage mainly about?A. The developme

15、nt of jazz.B. The influence of jazz on Americans.C. The achievements of Louis Armstrong.D. The development of jazz and the best jazz musician.CDifferent weather makes people feel different. It has an effect on health,intelligence（智力）and feelings.In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot sometimes and very cold sometimes. People in these stateshave more heart troubl