中考英语阅读理解精准检测.docx

1、中考英语阅读理解精准检测中考英语阅读理解精准检测Passage 1If you look at the sky one night and see something moving and shining that you have never seen before, it might be a comet (彗星).A comet sometimes looks like a star. Like a planet, a comet has no light of its own. It shines from the sunlight it reflects (反射). Like the

2、 earth, a comet goes round the sun, but on a much longer path (轨道) than the earth travels. If a comet isnt a star, what is it then? Some scientists think that a large part of a comet is water frozen into pieces of ice and mixed with iron and rock dust and perhaps a few big pieces of rock. When sunsh

3、ine melts (融化) the ice in the comet, great clouds of gas go trailing after it. These clouds, together with the dust, form a long tail.Many people perhaps have seen a comet. However no one knows how many comets there are. There may be millions of comets, but only a few come close enough for us to see

4、.An Englishman named Edmund Halley, who lived from 1656 to 1742, found out a lot about the paths that comets take through the sky. Some comets move out of our sight and never come back. Others keep coming back at regular times. A big comet that keeps coming back was named after Halley because he was

5、 the one who worked out when it would come back again. Maybe you have ever seen Halleys Comets because the last time it came close to the sun and the earth was in the year 1986. Then people all over the world were outside at night to look at it. You will probably be able to see Halleys Comets when i

6、t comes near the earth again.1.A comet is like _.A. sun B. moon C. sunlight D. the earth2.A large part of a comet is _.A.water and rock B. water frozen into pieces of ice and mixed with ironC. ice, iron and rock dust D. only a few big pieces of rock3.Maybe many people _.A. havent seen any comets B.

7、have seen all cometsC. have seen a comet at daytime D. have seen a comet4.Some comets keep coming back _.A. at any time B. at noon C. at regular times D. at daytime5.Halleys Comets came back _. A. in 1990 B. in 1980 C. in 1986 D. in 1989Passage 2 A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this co

8、w and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet.“Whats the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived.“My cows ill,” the farmer said. “I dont know whats the matter with her. Shes lying down and wont eat. Shes making a strange noise.”The vet looked over the cow. Shes certai

9、nly ill, he said, and she needs to take some very strong medicine.He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, Give her these. The pills should make her better.“How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.The vet gave him a tube (管子)and said, Put this tube in her mouth

10、, then put the pills in the tube and blow. Thatll make it.The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried.“Hows your cow?” the vet asked.“No change,” the farmer said, “and Im feeling very strange myself.”“Oh?” the vet said, Why?“I did wha

11、t you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cows mouth and then put two pills down it.”“And?” the vet asked.“The cow blew first,” the farmer said.1.In the story, the vet must be _.A. the farmers friend B. a milk factory C. a hospital for cows D. a doctor for animals2.The farmer asked th

12、e vet for help when his cow _A. couldnt lie down B. didnt eat the pills C. couldnt make any noise D. was ill3.What medicine did the vet give the farmer?A. Bottle of pills. B. A long tube.C. Two pills. D. A small box.4.The vet taught the farmer how _.A. to blow the tube B. to make the cow take the pi

13、llsC. to take the medicine D. to put the tube in his mouth5.Which of the following is true?A. The farmer ate the pills himself.B. The cow got better after taking the medicine.C. The vet came to help farmer change the cow the next day.D. The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day. P

14、assage 3On November 18th, 1908, three men went up in a balloon. They started early in London. The headman was Auguste Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon, and they were ready for a long way.Soon they heard the sea below them. They were carrying the usual r

15、ope , and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water. Or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight. They were also carrying some bags of sand.After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,

16、000 meters, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the mens basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. There was also some snow on the balloon, and that made it very heavy. It began to go down towards the ground. The men tried to throw out some more s

17、and; but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling; so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake below and made a black hole in the ice.At last they pulled the box into the baske

18、t. It was still snowing; so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 meters! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had traveled 1,797 kilometers from London!1.Three men flew in a balloon _.A. more than

19、a century ago B. to visit PolandC. for nearly 1,800 kilometers D. to another city2.The metal box was used for _.A. changing weight B. carrying ropes of the basketC. keeping drinking water D. carrying the bags of sand3.When the balloon went up higher, _.A.they saw the sun go down B. the temperature o

20、f the balloon began to fallC. they could see a black hole on the ground D. they made a hole in the basket with their knives4.The balloon landed _.A. in a foreign country B. on a lake C. in London D. on the sea5.The three men had to land because _.A.they were very hungry B. they had not enough sandC.

21、 they pulled the box into the basket D. they felt too coldPassage 4If you get into the forest with your friends, stay with them always. If you dont, you may get lost. If you really get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Dont try to find your friendslet them find you b

22、y staying in one place.There is another way to help your friends or other nearby people to find you. Give them a signal (信号) by shouting or whistling (吹口哨) three times. Any signal given three times is a call for help.Keep up shouting or whistling always three times together. When people hear you, th

23、ey will know that you are not just making noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They give you two shouts, two whistles, or two gun-shots (枪声). When someone gives you a signal, it is an answer to a call for help.If you dont think that you will get help before night c

24、omes, try to make a little house-cover up to the holes with branches (树枝) with lots of leaves. Make yourself a soft bed with leaves and grass.What should you do if you get hungry or need drinking water? You would have to leave your little house to look for a river. Dont just walk away. Pick off smal

25、l branches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back. The most important thing to do when you are lost isstay in one place.1.If you lost in the forest, you should _.A.stay where you are and give signals three timesB.walk around the forest and shout so that your friends could hear

26、youC.try to find your friends as soon as possibleD.try to get out of the forest and shout for help2.If you want to let people believe that you are not just making noise for fun, you should _.A. tell people that you are lost B. keep up shouting or whistlingC. shout at the top of your voice D. shout o

27、r whistle three times3.When you hear two shouts, or whistles, or gunshots, _.A. you should shout more loudly B. you can whistle three timesC. it is an answer to your call for help D. you should try to run to them4.When you want to leave your place to get drinking water, you should _.A.just go to the

28、 river B. find some glasses or bottles before you goC. make a fire so that you can have some teaD. leave marks so that you can find your way back5.This passage mainly tells you _.A.when you hear a signal always three times, it is a call for helpB.What you should do if you get lost in a forestC.any s

29、ignal given twice means an answer to a call for helpD.how you can live longer in a forestPassage 5Are you carrying too much on your back at school? Youre not alone. Back experts in the United States are worried that young students are having back and neck problems as a result of carrying too much in

30、 their backpacks (schoolbags).“It hurts my back when I run,” said Oberlin Reyes, a student in Virginia. “Its hard to get up the stairs with my backpack, because its too heavy.”Oberlin is among students whose backpacks were weighed for a week in a recent study.They had regular backpacks with two stra

31、ps (带子) to carry them, but a number of students with heavy loads had switched to rolling backpacks (which have wheels and can roll on the ground).Shirley Park, whose backpack weighed 10 kilograms, said she changed to a rolling backpack because she was starting to have back pain.How much is too much? Experts say students should carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their own body weight.A few students ha