（东营专版）2018届中考英语复习 题型演练 题型三 阅读理解试题.doc

阅读理解三、阅读理解(共20小题，计30分)阅读下列短文，然后从每小题a、b、c、d四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。a(2017福建中考)no one knows when the first kite was made. the first record of a kite was more than 2，000 years ago in china. han xin, the leader of an army, wanted to bring down a king. he decided to dig a tunnel(隊道) into the kings palace. he flew a kite over the wall of the palace to make sure the length(长度) of its string(线). in this way, he could determine how long the tunnel should be. his men in the tunnel took the kite string with them. when they reached the end of the string, they knew how to dig up. kites have been flown in japan for hundreds of years. in the 1700s, kites were flown in autumn to give thanks for a good harvest. they were also flown to send good wishes to couples who had their first son. today in japan, kites are often flown as part of a celebration, such as the beginning of a new year. and kite festivals are held each year in many parts of the country. kites have been used for scientific purposes in the western world. in 1752, benjamin franklin tied a key to a kite and flew it in a storm to find out that lightening was a form of electricity. in the 1890s, lawrence hargrave invented the box kite to test ideas about flight. from 1898 until 1933, the united states weather bureau(气象局) used box kites to collect weather data. the wright brothers also experimented(试验) with kites. what they learnt helped them make the first airplane flight in 1903. 1why did han xin want to dig a tunnel？( )ato pull down the palace. bto fight against the king. cto search for the kings treasure. dto find out the length of the kite string. 2what does the underlined word “determine” in paragraph 1 probably mean in chinese？( )a测定 b选择 c了解 d考察3one of the purposes of flying kites in japan is ato give thanks for a good harvest in summerbto express good wishes to the firstborn daughtercto celebrate the beginning of a new yeardto hold kite festivals all over the country4when did the united states weather bureau begin to use box kites？( )ain 1752. bin 1898. cin 1903. din 1933. 5what would be the best title for the text？( )athe history of kites bthe experiments of kitescthe invention of a kite dthe first record of a kiteb(2017福建中考)on may 5, 2017, chinas homemade passenger aircraft(飞机) c919 completed its 90minute first flight and landed safely back at pudong airport in shanghai. c919 is developed by comac, a chinese aircraft company. it is designed to compete with boeing 737 and airbus a320. the first c919 aircraft can carry 168 passengers and is able to fly a distance between 4，075 and 5，555 kilometers. its reported that a c919 costs around 50 million dollars, less than half of a boeing 737 or an airbus a320. up to now, more than 570 aircrafts have been ordered from 23 customers, mostly chinese, but also american and thai companies or airlines. comag aims to take one fifth of the worlds narrowbody aircraft market and one third of the chinese market by 2035. the name c919 has its special meanings. the letter c stands for both “comac” and “china”. the number 9 is pronounced as jiu in chinese, which means “forever”. and the number 19 refers to its capacity(容量) of 190 passengers. the large passenger aircraft is praised as “the flower of modern industry”. it is a symbol of the nations industrial and technological standards as well as the comprehensive(综合的) power. in order to realize the century dream of flying in the sky and the strategy(战略) of the nation, comac bears the nations dream and peoples trust. china considers it as a national pride. 6c919 is produced by aboeingba thai aircraft companycairbusda chinese aircraft company7which of the following is true about the first c919 aircraft？( )ait can carry 190 passengers at most. bit can only fly a distance of 4，075 km. cit costs less than half of a boeing 737. dit costs more than half of an airbus a320. 8which picture shows comacs aim to take the narrowbody aircraft market by 2035？( )9the letter c in c919 stands for a“company”bboth “comac” and “china”c“customer”dboth “cost” and “capacity”10the news report is written mainly to aintroduce the design of c919bdescribe the first flight of c919cexplain “the flower of modern industry”dshow chinas achievements in aircraft industryc(2017安顺中考)on february 9th, 2013, sarah darling was walking along the street when she met a homeless man named billy ray harris. she reached into her change purse, emptied out all the coins she had and gave them to the homeless man. neither of them realized that this small generous act(举动) would change their lives. sarah didnt realize that she had given billy not only all her change but also her diamond ring that she had put in her change purse earlier until the next morning. she and her husband. bill krejci, rushed to see if they could find billy. the homeless man was not only in the same place, but also immediately returned the ring. the grateful couple paid him back for his honesty by emptying out their pockets of all the money they had. bill krejci, a web designer, felt that he needed to do something more for this amazingly honest man. so on february 18th, he set up a special page(网页) to raise money for him. in just four days, billy received over $85，000 and there seems to be no end yet. that is not enough. billy is living with a person who is generous instead of living in the streets. and thats not allthanks to the news report, he got together again with his older brother, edwin harris who he had been unable to find for 27 years. all the good luck is just because billy did the right thingreturning something that did not belong to him. 11when did sarah realize that she had also given billy her diamond ring？( )aon february 9th, 2013. bon february 10th, 2013. con february 18th, 2013. don february 22nd 2013. 12which of the following is not mentioned in the passage？( )abilly is living with a generous person. bbilly has found his brother. cbilly bought a diamond ring. dbilly appeared in the news report. 13the underlined word “that” in paragraph 4 refers to(指代) “ ”areturning the ring bsetting up a pagecliving in the streets dreceiving money14whats the main idea of this passage？( )aa generous woman changed her own life. ba kind man set up special page. ca homeless man returned diamond ring. dmany people donated much money. 15from this story, we know that ahelping others is helping ourselvesbhelping those in trouble is sometimes not necessaryclife is not that easydwe should always help old peopled(2017安徽中考)kaitlin riffels dream to end poverty(贫困) started when she was visiting her father, who worked for the homeless. “i never realized there were people in the world who didnt have a home or food before，” said kaitlin, who is now sixteen. “i knew there was something i had to do about that. ”at age eight, she started raising money to build a playground. “it took me two years，” kaitlin said. “we started small. we wanted to do something to make a difference. ”in 2014, when kaitlin was thirteen, she visited central america, and saw people going hungry and families living in houses made of cardboard. that year, we set kids on a mission, which has helped hundreds of people there. “the rooms were smaller than my bedroom, but there would be eight people living in each one，” kaitlin said. “we also got to see the dirty rivers that those people were drinking out of. ”providing clean drinking water, food and clothes for people living in poverty is now an important task for kids on a mission. “this young lady is changing the hearts of people, and also changing the world，” said t