中考英语阅读七选五(13篇).doc

中考英语七选五试题1. Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, “ I tried to quit (放弃) smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. _1_ ” Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. _2_ They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine._3_ The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smokers body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad. _4_ Many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke “just one” cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. _5_ (240) A. It is very hard to quit smoking. B. It will be easier to change the smoking habit here. C. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes. D. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health. E. When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible. F. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start. G. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking. 2.辽宁I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier（收银台）in her general store. 1 I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying “thank you.”At first I was paid in candy. 2 I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. My father helped me set up a bank account. 3 By the time I was 12, my grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to selling cosmetics（化妆品）. I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye. Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as “ What color do you think I should wear?” I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup（化妆）ideas. 4 The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didnt need to be a Rocket scientistyou needed to be a great listener. _5_ Except they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics from me; instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed.A. Later I received 50 cents an hour.B. Before long, she let me sit there by myself.C. I ended up selling a record amount of cosmetics.D. Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers.E. My grandmas trust taught me how to handle responsibility.F. Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before.G. Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought.3. 说明文 （宁夏09）Getting your children to study can be a little like getting them to eat their vegetables. 71 Make a study time and have it at the same time every day. This will help your kids to learn to schedule their day and will give them a sense of control over how they spend their time. Allow them to study in blocks of time, such as for half an hour with a five-minute break in the middle. 72 Ideal （理想的）study times are after dinner or right after school before dinner. Never allow your children to study in front of the television, as that will encourage passive activity. 73Youll also need to help your kids find the right place to study. After youve set up a good study time for little learners, set up a good place where they can get those creative juices flowing. 74 Make sure there is a table or a desk and a comfortable chair. 75 This includes helping them out with their homework sometimes and being there for them with the answers to any questions. The input you give your children during study periods will help form a bond and help make studying enjoyable. A. Pick a place where your children can study properly. B. Hold them to the schedule they create for themselves. C. Finally, spend time with your kids when theyre studying. D. Keep the atmosphere light and offer lots of encouragement, too. E. Instead, use TV as a treat or a reward when the homework is completed. F. Try to stop this bad habit by offering some sort of reward. G. One of the best ways to form good study habits for your kids is to design a schedule that they keep to. （4）The world is an interesting place. Different people like different things. Some people like loud music. Other people dont. 1. _ Many people like sports, but they do not all like the same sports. In some countries, cricket(板球运动) is a very popular sport, In others it is not popular at all. No one plays it or watches it on TV. However, most people like soccer. The World Cup is very popular. 2. _ Different people like different foods. Some people do not like meat. 3. _ Some people do not like potatoes or bread. They prefer rice.4. _ Most people have their favorite colors. Some people like bright colors. Others prefer pale colors.Many people like traveling. Different people like different places. Some people like to go to the country. They like the fresh air. Some people like to go to the cities. Because they like shopping. 5._What do you like? Have you got an idea? A. They like soft music. B. Not everyone likes the same color.C. Millions of people watch the games on TV. D. Different people like different kinds of pets. E. They eat fruit and vegetables most of the time. F. So they dont raise pigs in their countries G. Some other people enjoy beautiful places like the mountains or beaches.(7)March 14 is International Police Day. 1._No matter if its burning hot or icy cold, a holiday or a school day, youll see policemen at the centers of the crossroads directing traffic. 2._There are more than 1.7 million policemen in China. 3._ Other police have different responsibilities (责任). Some are firefighters (消防员). Some watch out for bad guys and solve crimes. Others keep the peace. Special police deals with unexpected events. 4._ He has to learn laws, science, shooting, driving and climbing.To keep people safe and make peace for all, Chinese police put their lives at risk. 5._ Another 13,000 were injured in doing their jobs.A. It is a day for people to show their respect for police, the people who keep millions of families safe.B. A good special policeman needs a strong body as well as rich knowledge and many skills.C. Since 1980, more than 7,000 policemen have lost their lives.D. The traffic police is just one group.E. These are the traffic police.F. Police is a dangerous job.G. We should love police because their hard work.(5) In China ,more and more middle school students are getting shorter sleeping time than before. 1._ because they have much homework to do. Some homework is given by their teachers and some by their parents. Also 2._. They are not careful enough while they do their homework, 3._. Some students spend too much time watching TV or playing computer games. They stay up very late. Some student have to get up early every morning on weekdays to get to school on time by bus or by bike. 4._.Schools and parents should cut down some of the homework so that children can enjoy more than nine hours of sleep every night for their health. For children, we should make best use of our time. 5._, we will find it much better for both our study and health.A. Some homework is too difficult B. Most students sleep less than nine hours every night.C. When we have enough time for sleepingD. It can be a long way from home to schoolE. so it takes them a lot of time F. Some students dont know how to save time.G. Some students like to stay up late (6)Tom Smith was a writer. He wrote detective (侦探) stories for magazines. One evening he could not find an end for a story. He sat with his pen in front of him, 1._. So he decided to go to the cinema.When he came back, 2._. The man had a drink, smoked several of Toms cigarettes (香烟) and read the story. The man left a note, “I have read your story and I dont think much of it. 3._. By the way, I am a thief. I am not going to steal anything tonight. But if you become a famous writer, I will return.”4._. Then he sat down and finished the story. 5._ but when he goes out in the evening, he always leaves a half-finished story on his desk.A. Please read my advice and you can write a wonderful storyB. but had no idea.C. Please write down my advices and you can finish you story.D. Tom read the thiefs adviceE. Tom is famous nowF. Tom is still not a famous writer.G. he found that someone had broken into (闯入) his house(7)Happiness is for everyone. You dont need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or 1. _ and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. 2. _ When you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health. When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you. When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. 3._ All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that cant be bought with money. 4._, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转的)door. When it closes, it also opens. 5._.A. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help youB. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky personC. those who have nice cars and a lot of moneyD. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, tooE. those who have no housesF. When you meet with difficulties, you can give them up and be happy G. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy（8)In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. 1_ Before they keep them at their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them needles so that they wont carry disease(疾病). They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every store. 2. _ When you visit peoples homes, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. 3. _ Nobody is allowed to kill any animals in Canada. 4. _ If you killed an animal, you would be punished(处罚). If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it.5. _ One of them might be: Their family tie is not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own career(生涯). Then the seniors(老人) will feel lonely. But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.A. People usually use cages to keep them at home. B. They are free to come and go.C. People in Canada have many reasons to like animals.D. People love these pets and regard them as their good friends. E. Why dont people kill animals ? F. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food.G. They have a law against killing wild animals. （9）Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is b