1、中考英语总复习 提分特训 题型专项训练三 阅读理解含任务型阅读题型专项训练三阅读理解(含任务型阅读)题型一选择型阅读理解AAs an English,I can speak three languagesEnglish,German and French,so do you think the British people are very good language learners?The fact is that they arent.Some statistics(数据) from the survey done by the European Commission(欧盟委员会) sh
2、owed that 62% of the British people only speak English.38% speak at least one foreign language and 18% speak two or more.Compared with the British people,56% of the people in other European countries speak at least one foreign language and 28% speak two or more.From this you can see that the British
3、 people are famous for not speaking foreign languages and that they are not good language learners in Europe.And the survey also showed that English is the most widely-spoken foreign language.Many European people can have a conversation in English.Thats why my people dont think it is necessary to le
4、arn a foreign language.In Britain,students are not required to learn a foreign language.That means learning a foreign language is only an option at school.In UK schools it is common for children to start learning a foreign language at 11 and many of them give it up at 14.So why dont students continu
5、e learning foreign languages at school?Because they think it is more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history.To solve this situation,the British government is looking for different ways to improve language learning at school.One way is to start lear
6、ning it at a much younger age.Another one is to give school children more choices.Changing the British attitude(态度) to learning foreign languages may be a hard task but the government decides to try!1.Which country does the writer come from?A.America.B.China.C.Britain. D.Egypt.答案:C2.Which of the fol
7、lowing about the British people is true?A.They are good language learners.B.62% of them speak two or more languages.C.They are famous for speaking foreign languages.D.More than half of them only speak English.答案:D3.According to the passage,students in Britain prefer to learn .A.science or German B.h
8、istory or GermanC.science or history D.German or French答案:C4.In Paragraph 4,“an option” means .A.a choice B.a gameC.a mistake D.a conversation答案:A5.What is the best title of the passage?A.Speaking EnglishB.Foreign Language Learning in UKC.Schools in UKD.Young English Learner答案:BBLong,long ago people
9、 made fires from lightning(闪电).But they had to keep the fire burning,for they couldnt start it again if there was no lightning.Later,they found out hitting two pieces of stone together could make a spark(火花).The spark could fire dry leaves.In this way they could make the fire again if it went out.Th
10、en people also learned to make a fire by rubbing(摩擦).They made a hole on a piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole.They turned the stick again and again.After a few minutes they got a fire.As years went by,people learned other ways to make a fire.Sometimes they used the heat from the sun
11、.They held a piece of glass in the right way and made a piece of paper on fire.About two centuries ago,people began to make matches.Matches brought people a quick and easy way to make fires.Today matches are still being used,but people have more new ways to make fires.One of them is to use an electr
12、ic fire starter.Of course an electric fire starter is much more expensive than a box of matches.But it is very useful.1.From the text we know that a spark can .A.fire any leaves B.burn anythingC.burn dry leaves D.keep fire burning答案:C解析:细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The spark could fire dry leaves”可知选C项。2.To make a
13、 fire by rubbing,people should .A.make a hole on a big piece of woodB.put a smaller stick into the holeC.turn the stick hard for a whileD.all above together答案:D解析:细节理解题。A、B、C三项均为摩擦生火的步骤,故应选D项。3.Matches have been used .A.for about two thousand yearsB.for about two hundred yearsC.since people began to
14、 use fire for cookingD.since people used the heat from the sun答案:B解析:细节理解题。根据最后一段可知火柴已经用了大约200多年。故选B项。4.From the text,we know that .A.electric fire starters are widely usedB.people havent used matches since they had electric fire startersC.today there are only two ways to make fireD.some forest fire
15、s happen from lightning答案:A解析:细节理解题。通读全文可知电打火机已经被广泛地使用。故选A项。5.Which of the following is the right order of the ways to make fires that people got to know?a.with a match b.from the sunc.from lightning d.by rubbinge.with an electric fire starterA.a,b,c,d,e B.b,c,a,e,dC.c,d,b,a,e D.d,a,c,b,e答案:C解析:细节理解
16、题。人们逐渐认识火的顺序是闪电取火摩擦取火从太阳取火用火柴取火用电打火机取火,故选C项。CRecently the “China Dream” has been the subject of a public topic.Although it is quite common for Chinese people to dream of an empowered(强大的) or a prosperous(繁荣) China,most people also have their own dreams.Throughout Chinas thousands of years of history
17、,these “China Dreams” have always existed.Do you have a “China Dream”?I brought up this topic with several young Chinese students with higher US educational backgrounds.Unsurprisingly,they all had their own heartfelt hopes and dreams for their native country.Fred Wang,an MBA candidate in the US said
18、,“I dream of equal chance for the young in China.Equality means all young people can compete fairly,based on the rule-of-law no matter whether they are rich or poor.”Yujie Zhao,another MBA candidate in California said,“I dream of a happy family with an affordable home.I dream of having the best educ
19、ation for my children so they will not lose at the starting line,and I dream of being able to take good care of my parents after they retire(退休).” She said,“It seems like all my dreams are about family,but it is so true for most Chinese young dreamers today.”Yiqiong Zhang,an MBA graduate from the US
20、 shared her dreams.“I have a dream which I have been holding for many yearsthat is after working hard for about 20 to 25 years,I can have enough money to build and manage a small bookstore or a flower shop.Besides working hard,I am able to enjoy life:to play the piano,to hike and to enjoy a two-mont
21、h-long vacation every year.This may be a common dream among young Chinese students.”There is no doubt that all of these young students have their own “China Dream”.They all love China,and they all love chasing their dreams.Beautiful “China Dream” requires hard work.Everyone should work hard to make
22、their dream come true.1.Which is TRUE about the three young Chinese students?A.They receive higher education in China.B.They have their own hopes and dreams for China.C.They have their own hopes and dreams for America.D.They only have dreams that cant come true.答案:B解析:由最后一段“There is no doubt that al
23、l of these young students have their own China Dream.They all love China,.”可知答案。2.What does the word “compete” in the second paragraph mean?A.完成 B.成功C.竞争 D.实现答案:C解析:由第二段最后一句“Equality means all young people can compete fairly,based on the rule-of-law no matter whether they are rich or poor.”可知compete
24、的意思是“竞争”。3.Yujie Zhao hopes that .A.all young people can have equal opportunitiesB.she can have a happy family with a big houseC.she can look after her parents well when they are oldD.she can have enough money to build and manage a small bookstore or a flower shop.答案:C解析:由第三段倒数第二句“.I dream of being
25、able to take good care of my parents after they retire(退休).”可知答案。4.Which one is NOT Yiqiong Zhangs dream?A.Working hard for about 20 to 25 years.B.Managing a small bookstore or a flower shop.C.Playing the piano and hiking in her free time.D.Enjoying a two-month-long vacation every year.答案:A解析:“Worki
26、ng hard for about 20 to 25 years.”不是梦想,而是实现梦想的条件。5.From the passage we can learn that .A.“China Dream” is very difficult to come true.B.“China Dream” does need everyones hard work.C.“China Dream” is only a dream about the development of our country.D.“China Dream” is very easy to come true.答案:B解析:由最
27、后一句“Everyone should work hard to make their dream come true.”可知答案。DIt seems more and more Americans want schools to teach foreign languages to children younger than five years old.The most popular way to teach these young children another language is called immersion.Children in immersion programs h
28、ear only the new language in the classroom.The children play games,sing songs and talk to one another in the new language.Some experts say immersion programs are the most effective way for young children to learn a language.But there can be a problem when children in the United States begin to learn
29、 another language at such an early age.Not many elementary schools continue to teach a foreign language.Only seven of the fifty states require schools to teach a foreign language to students between the ages of six and twelve.Language experts say it is easier for younger children to learn a language
30、.Still,American schools generally do not begin to teach foreign languages until secondary schools.By then,students are about thirteen years old.American schools face difficult choices about the cost of educational programs.The government has increased support for foreign language study in its educat
31、ion law called No Child Left Behind.At the college,the Modern Language Association says more students than ever are studying foreign languages and more languages are being studied now than in the past.Spanish is the most widely taught in American colleges and universities.French,German,Chinese and I
32、talian are also popular.1.The most popular way to teach the American children another language is called .A.task B.speakingC.immersion D.listening 答案:C解析:由第一段最后一句“The most popular way to teach these young children another language is called immersion.”可知。2.Where is Spanish the most widely taught?A.In American colleges and universities.B.In American secondary schools.C.In
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