2019届中考英语阅读理解专项训练5.docx

中考英语阅读理解专项训练5阅读下面5篇短文,掌握大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。AVolunteers Needed for Poor Children Workplace:Childrens Care Center, Los Angeles, California, the USALiving Arrangements (安排):All our volunteers stay with a trained American host family to learn more about life here. On the first day, we meet them at the airport and take them to a hotel we have booked.Volunteers Must:have graduated from normal universities(师范大学);come from Asia;be twenty-five years old or older;speak English well.Length of Working Time:No less than four weeks and no more than one year.Activities:Playing with the kids during school hours.Teaching English and math in the class-room.Helping the kids deal with their school-work.Helping out in the kitchen.Organizing the kids homes.Reward (报酬):Every volunteer can get a free ticket to Disneyland after having worked here for 4weeks.For more information, please visit our website at http:/www.helptouc or send us e-mails at touchamerican .( )1. Who can be a volunteer?A: Lucy, a 23-year-old American girl who graduated from Cambridge University.B. Jim, a 28-year-old English boy who graduated from Oxford (牛津)University.C. Kumiko, a 25-year-old Japanese girl who is not good at English.D. Jerry Lee, a 26-year-old Chinese boy who graduated from Beijing Normal University and is good at English.( )2. Volunteers must do the following things EXCEPT_.A. help with cookingB. help feed the childrenC. help organize the children s homesD. help the children with their subjects( )3. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The American host family has been trained.B. The Childrens Care Center is in America.C. A volunteer cant get a free ticket to Disneyland if he or she hasnt got one-year work experience.D. No volunteers can work at the Childrens Care Center for two years.( )4. To learn more about the Childrens Care Center, you can_.A. call it B. interview it C. visit its website D. write it a letterBHave you heard the saying “If you cant find it, build it? Well, thats what 5th grader Maddie Bradshaw, of Texas, the United States did when she couldnt find magnets (磁铁) for her school locker. Her uncle gave her a bag of bottle caps, and Maddie went to work. She decorated the inside of one bottle cap with a picture of Albert Einstein and then put it in her locker. Her friends loved it and asked her to make some for them. Maddie said, “A kid knows what a kid likes. She made a “Happy Birthday” one for her sister and other designs for her friends.She then had the idea to make the caps into fun necklaces ( 项链). She connected a bottle cap to a magnet on a necklace that she designed using a colored cord ( 绳子). The bottle cap could be easily changed for another one with a different design. Suddenly; Snap Caps were born! Maddie thought to take fifty decorated bottle caps to a local store. To her surprise, they sold out in less than two hours!Maddie will soon be going to college and now she is very rich. She is the owner, along with her younger sister, Margot, and her mother, of the company, M3 Girl Designs. They sell many Snap Caps products across the United States to young girls who want to have some fun. Snap Caps can be worn as necklaces and bracelets (手链) or in hairpins (发夹). Now that Maddie is older, she has designed a new kind of bracelet for girls called Spark of Life.( )5. What is the name of Maddie Bradshaws company?A. Maddie Bradshaw. B. Happy Birthday. C. M3 Girl Designs. D. Snap Caps.( )6. Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the passage?A. Maddie Bradshaw got a bag of bottle caps from her father.B. Maddie Bradshaw made a “Happy Birthday” one for her friends.C. Maddie will soon go to college.D. Maddie Bradshaw s fifty decorated bottle caps sold out in about three hours.( )7. The writer mentions all of the items listed below, EXCEPT_.A. necklaces B. bracelets C. hairpins D. watches( )8. We can know that Maddie is according to the passage.A. very lazy B. full of new ideas C. very poor D. not cleverCJune and I were both poor when we were young. At that time, June always said, “If I got rich, I would buy a bigger house and a new wardrobe(衣柜).”Of course, she said this just for fun and she never imagined that she would really become rich.A few years ago, June was surprised and excited when she got a lot of money from her uncle, who had been single ( 单身的). After receiving it, she made a shopping list. On it she wrote down all the ways she could use to spend the money. Every time I told her not to spend all of the money and to save some, she would always say impatiently, “I know, I know!One day, when I was in Junes home, she passed a piece of paper to me. “I thought over your suggestion for several nights. Ive decided how to use the money. I hope my money will be helpful to those who need help, she said.I was pleased to hear what she said. Then I took the paper and only saw the two words written by her: Charity and Family. I smiled and played a joke on her, “Dont you want to move to a new house? That is what you have been dreaming of.“Actually, I have been looking forward to it, but now it doesnt seem so important to many more,” she answered with a smile.When I put the paper on the table, I found there were still a few words at the very bottom(底部) of the paper. After reading them, I laughed.June had written: AND a new wardrobe.( )9. How did the writer probably feel after seeing Junes shopping list at first?A. Relaxed. B. Worried. C. Happy. D. Impatient.( )10. How did June plan to spend her money at last?Buying a big house.Leaving some of it to her family.Giving all her money to charity.Getting a new wardrobe.Helping those who need help.A. B. C. D.( )11. From the passage we know that_.A. the writer told June to give the money to the poorB. the writer helped June buy a new houseC. Junes parents didnt have any brothers at allD. June was poor when she was young( )12. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?A. Junes Life B. Junes Friend C. Junes Decision D. Junes New HouseDIn the town of Swedesboro, New Jersey, 5thgrade students plan to make 2,000 paper cranes(纸鹤) before the end of the school year. They want to put smiles on childrens faces.The idea of making the paper cranes started when their teacher, Tara Milward, read them the story Sadako and the One Thousand Paper Cranes. Sadako was ill at a young age. She began making paper cranes, along with her family and friends, because this was a symbol of hope for Sadako to get better one day.The students want to take part in Sadakos story. They have decided to make 2,000 paper cranes. They want to send the first 1 ,000 cranes to Hiroshima, Japan, where Sadako was buried(埋葬).The next 1,000 cranes are going to a hospital.“We just want to share as much hope with the people around us as possible, a student says.“The sick people in the hospital can one day look at the cranes we made and know that they are looking at 1,000 symbols of hope to get better, says another student.There are 1 ,944 cranes still left to make! Thats a large number. But the 46 fifth-grade students are working very hard to do it. They spend every minute of their spare time making the paper cranes.“My students were the ones telling me to think bigger and not to give up on a task that seemed impossible in the beginning, said their teacher.They are also encouraging their friends and families to become a part of this task. Sadakos story moved these students. They hope to make a difference that is known around the world, a difference that will show that everyone can make the world a better place.( )13. Tara Milward is a _.A. doctor B. teacher C. patient D. student( )14. What made the students want to make paper cranes?A. The story that their teacher read to them. B. The great fun of making paper cranes.C. The words of Sadako. D. The illness of Sadako.( )15. We can learn that _ from the passage.A. Sadakos story happened in New JerseyB. Sadako was saved at lastC. the paper cranes will be sent to two placesD. there are 56 students making paper cranes( )16. What does the writer want to tell us?A. Paper cranes give everyone good luck.B. Everyone can make the world a better place.C. We should be brave to face difficulty.D. Helping others is helping oneself.EAnna is a shy person and we ve been best friends since we were little. She wanted to make more friends but it was hard for her. I know she is a great friend. I always made friends very easily, So I always had her by myside.One day I was out and she had no one to play with until this new kid showed up. His name was Jack and he asked if he could play with her. She said, “I hope you dont mind playing with someone who is really shy.” He said he didnt mind, because he was the same way. Then they played together. That was how they became best friends. When I came back she was very happy and she told me what had happened. I was very happy for her.A few days later, I told Anna I had to leave our town with my family. I was 13 years old at the time. Then Jack moved away. We didnt meet each other a