中考英语阅读专题高分冲刺及答案精析10页.docx

1、中考英语阅读专题高分冲刺及答案精析10页2020年中考英语阅读专题高分冲刺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

2、classes if the phone was 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 thei

3、r children bring mobile 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 classr

4、ooms.Medical experts also 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 ab

5、out the VerizonInnovative 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 B

6、in?A. It is useful.B. It 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 agr

7、eement soonD. got much 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 w

8、orld, and New Orleans was 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 N

9、ew Orleans, it traveled 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 t

10、alented but also hard-working. 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, espe

11、cially at the beginning.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

12、 everything. He later wrote, “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 inv

13、ented.D. Why jazz was invented.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

14、 big and good-natured smiles.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

15、 about?A. The development 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 w

16、et 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 trouble after the weather changes in Febru

17、ary or March.The weather can also influence intelligence. Forexample, in a 1983 report by scientists,IQ（智商）of a group of students was very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% lower. The wind can help people have more intelligence. Very hot weather, on the o

18、ther hand, can makeitlower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse in exams in the hot months of the year(July and August).Weather also has a strong influence on peoples feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might

19、feel unhappy during cold weather. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer. At about 18, people feel more comfortable.Areyou feeling sad, tired, or unhappy today? It may be the weathers problem.1. Besides feelings, how many sides does this passage mention about weathers influence on people?

20、A. Five.B. Four. C. Three. D. Two.2. What does the underlined word “it” refer to in Paragraph 3?A. Health.B. Wind. C. IQ. D. Weather.3. Whats the main idea of this passage?A. Different changes of weather.B. At about 18, people feel more comfortable.C. Weather influences students intelligence.D. Weat

21、her influences peoples health, intelligence and feelings.4. Why do students in many schools in the United States usually get worse in exams in July and August?A. Because a very strong wind came then.B. Because the weather is very hot.C. Because they dont do well in their studies.D. Because they have

22、 low IQ.5. In which page of the newspaper can you probably read this passage?A. Story.B. News.C. Discovery.D. Advertisement.DWe all know that recycling rubbish is veryimportant. But sometimes it is not so convenient whenwe cant find a recycling bin anywhere.A team of middle school students from the

23、U.S.noticed this_, so they designed their RecyclingBinapp(应用程序). This app encourages people torecycle. It provides users with a map of local recyclingcenters. And it allows them to save places as favoriteson it. This app also reminds users to recycle.The team, of nine students in Grade Six, is fromS

24、TEM Center Middle School. They came up with theidea as part of a school project for the VerizonInnovative App Challenge. The competition wasdesigned by the Verizon Foundation to increasestudents interest in science, technology, engineeringand math, or STEM. It asks students to think of an appthat co

25、uld solve a problem in their school or city. Thenine students came up with the idea for Recycling Binwhen they saw a need for more recycling.“We thought that this would really help a lot ofpeople,”said Jaden Hilkemann, 12.“We worked together and it was great,” JacobPfeifer, 12, added that they learn

26、ed a lot workingtogether. “At first, we all didnt agree on what wewanted it exactly to do, but in the end we all came to anagreement,” he said.They kept their design easy so that anyone coulduse it. Now the free Recycling Bin app has been putinto use in the Google Play app store for AndroidPhones.“I

27、 was so excited when it went up at the appstore,” said Seralyn Blake, 12.“A lot of my familymembersdownloaded(下载) the app. It was prettycool.”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 VerizonInnovat

28、ive 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.

29、It 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.5. 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

30、 help from their school5. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. A competition.B. An interview.C. A group.D. An app.答案精析A DBCAD1. 由第一段可知，现在午饭休息期间，学生们不再使用手机了。而以前在午饭期间，许多学生忙于使用手机聊天和发短信息, 故选D。2. 由第二段一个二年级学生所讲的内容可知，上课带着手机，他（她）不能集中注意力，甚至会在手机上玩游戏。从而推断在学校使用手机不好, 故选B。3. 由下文几句话分析可知，该词意为“执行”, 故选C。4. 根据第三段

31、“More than 96 percent of parents say they welcome the schools decision.”可知A表述错误不符。根据第三段“Those students who live far from school can bring mobile phones to call their parents.”可知B正确；根据最后一段“Medical experts also welcome the schools decision.”可知C表述正确；根据第三段“But they still have to turn them off in classrooms.”可知,D表述正确, 故选A。5. 通读全文可知本文主要讲的是某中学禁止学生上学带手机的规定，故选D。B CDBCD1. 根据文章第一段No one knows exactly when jazz was invented, or by whom. But.and New Orleans was its birthplace.可知