四川省眉山市年中考英语阅读理解练习语文.docx

1、四川省眉山市年中考英语阅读理解练习语文四川省眉山市2019年中考英语阅读理解专项练习Name_ Grade_第三部分：阅读理解。阅读短文，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。A People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions about the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so n

2、ice. For example,if you say bad things about a person,the person might protest and say“Do not bad mouth me.” Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that peoples feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to. The sp

3、eaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time”. If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth, In other words, he might feel afraid for saying the wrong thing. Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this h

4、appens, the friend might say: “You took the words right out of my mouth!” Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person. He might say that experience “left a bad taste in my mouth”. Or the person has possibly had a very scary experience, like being chased by an angry dog.

5、 He might say, “I had my heart in my mouth.” Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth”. This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from “hand

6、 to mouth”. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.( )51. When a man says “I had my heart in my mouth”, usually he means he is _. A. excited B. scared C. surprised D. satisfied( )52. Your best friend Tony said what you were going to say, y

7、ou might say:“_”A. You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth B. You really put my foot in my mouth. C. You really left a bad taste in my mouth D. You took the words right out of my mouth( )53. What does the underlined word “chased” mean in Chinese? A. 追赶 B. 戏耍 C. 喂食 D. 陪伴( )54. A person who li

8、ves from “hand to mouth” is very _. A. happy B. healthy C. poor D. rich( )55. According to the passage, _ are not so nice. A. some bad peoples mouths B. some people using the word “mouth” C. some expressions about mouth D. some things people use their mouths to doB In 1959, when Jean Harper was in t

9、he third grade, her teacher asked them to write a report on what they wanted to be when they grew up. She poured her heart into her report and expressed her dream of becoming an airline pilot. Her paper came back with an “F” on it. The teacher told her it was a “fairy tale”. Jean was completely disa

10、ppointed. As the years went by, Jean was beaten down by the discouragement. “Girls cant become airline pilots; never have, never will. Youre crazy.” Finally Jean gave up. In her senior year of high school, her English teacher was Mrs.Dorothy Slaton, a strict teacher with high standards.One day Mrs.

11、Slaton asked this question,“What will you do in the future?”Jean felt a rush of the old enthusiasm(热情),and with excitement she wrote down the very old dream right away. The next thing that Mrs. Slaton said changed the course of Jeans life. “I have a little secret for you. You do have unlimited (无限的)

12、 abilities and talents. When you leave school, if you dont go for your dream, no one will do it for you. You can have what you want if you try!” The hurt and fear of years of discouragement disappeared suddenly.Jean felt thrilled and told her teacher about her dream of becoming a pilot.Mrs.Slaton sl

13、apped(敲)the desk top,“Then do it!” she said. So Jean did. It didnt happen overnight. In her l0 years of hard work, even facing all kinds of difficulties, she never gave up her dream. Eventually, Jean Harper became a Boeing 737 captain (机长) of the United Airline Company.( )51. Jeans third-grade teach

14、er thought her dream to be_. A. great B. impossible C. challenging D. reasonable( )52. Mrs. Slaton may think that_. A. Jean is not a nice girl B. only some of her students have great abilities C. a belief helps to realize ones dream D. her students are good enough to enter the best schools( )53. Acc

15、ording to the passage, we can infer that _.A. Jeans dream was always in her deep heart B. Jean didnt go for her dream C. most people around Jean were for her dream D. Jean achieved her dream overnight( )54. What does the underlined word thrilled in Paragraph 4 mean? A. excited B. surprised C. disapp

16、ointed D. relaxed( )55. Whats the best title of the passage? A. Face Difficulties B. Dream the Future C. Voice Your Dream D. Go for It C Li Chunlin, a farmer, used to live in a poor village in the north of Shanxi. In the 1980s, he went to Shenzhen to make a living with his wife. Years later, they be

17、came rich and returned to their hometown. To their surprise, the land around the village was covered with sand. That made them feel sad. After thinking carefully, Li and his wife made up their minds to fight against the sands. They bought thousands of young trees and planted them around the village.

18、 However, only a few survived(存活), because the trees were not regularly watered. But how to get water was a big problem. They dug a well(井) but it became dry soon. Then they asked a drilling team to dig a deep well. Clear water appeared, but their money was used up. They couldnt afford to buy young

19、trees. They went to several banks for help but got nothing. Finally they turned to a friend who was also from the village. The friend had a big business. Learning what they were doing, their friend was moved and decided to do something for their village too. So he offered the money the needed. With

20、the money, they bought trees and had them planted. They looked after the trees as if they were their own children. After some time, green leaves came out. When the villagers saw the changes, some started to join Li and his wife in the fight. Then more joined. Years went by. And now larger areas arou

21、nd the village are covered with green trees.( )46. When Li and his wife returned from Shenzhen, they were sad because .A. the land around the village was covered with sand. B. they didnt have enough money to buy trees. C. their village was not as beautiful as Shenzhen. D. they didnt have enough wate

22、r to drink.( )47. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Li and his wife dug a well with enough water themselves. B. Li and his wife got much money from the bank. C. The villagers didnt join Li and his wife in the fight. D. Their friend gave Li and his wife some money to buy tre

23、es.( )48. This passage is mainly about how Li and his wife . A. tried different ways to find water B. made money in Shenzhen. C. fought against the sands. D. bought and planted trees. D Reading makes one wise, but many adults seldom read. They say they are too busy to have time to read. Sure. They h

24、ave work to do. They have families to support. But these are only excuses. The fact is that they havent got a reading habit. A reading habit isnt something natural. It needs to be trained. And its never too late to develop a reading habit. Scientists believe proper books are very important for child

25、ren to develop a good reading habit. A book in rich colors and with simple patterns(图案)such as lines and circles is a good choice for babies of three months old. When they reach six months, they will become interested in simple story books in rich colors. When children get old enough to read by them

26、selves, its necessary to buy books that are both interesting and right for them to understand. Books which are either too easy or too difficult are not good for kids to keep their reading habits. Only buying books for children isnt enough. For kids, parents are their first teachers. So parents shoul

27、d read books to set an example. Children will follow them. Scientists say imitating the adults is a born skill. And it is the most valuable way for children to learn. This will certainly help them develop a reading habit in the end.( )53. According to the writer, many adults seldom read because they

28、 .A. dont have enough time B. have to work all the timeC. havent got a reading habit D. have to support the family( )54. The underlined word “imitating” here probably means . A. copying B. reading C. testing D. missing( )55. We can learn from the passage that .A.story books are better than books in

29、colors B. a reading habit comes from certain trainingC.a three-month-old kid likes simple stories D. too easy books help keep a reading habitEEmojis（表情符号）Have you found that more and more people are using emojis to communicate online? For example. Happy Birthday has become a cake with lit candles. A

30、nd Im happy has become a smiling face. Emojis have been warmly welcomed since they were invented in the 1990s in Japan. According to a survey of a mobile technology company, 6 billion emojis are used in text messages around the world every day. Last year,20 percent of all emojis used in the UK and 1

31、7 percent of those used in the US was the icon.It became the most widely-used icon in 2019. Emojis are now used as % new of expression, and one which can cross language barriers(障碍). Emojis are popular among millennials, who were born between late 1980s and early 2019s, because they welcome new tech

32、nology and new things and they think emojis are flexible(灵活的) and show meanings beautifully, president of Oxford Dictionaries told The Wall Street Joural. Since millennials became the biggest part in the American workforce(劳动), emojis have been more accepted in the workplace. For many people, the tiny pictures also show that the users are part of mainstream(主流) society. In the digital age, emojis ar